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Title: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 04, 2012, 02:34:39 am
The first megathread to be ported to the new forums. That said, have at it.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on January 04, 2012, 02:36:56 am
Guess who bought The Old Republic and three months of play time only to find that his computer can't handle it!
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Post by: Yaezakura on January 04, 2012, 02:51:19 am
Guess who bought The Old Republic and three months of play time only to find that his computer can't handle it!
Wow... that sucks, dude. x.x;

Sadly, I haven't had much to do gaming-wise lately. Haven't had the funds to buy anything new in a while.
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Post by: VirtualStranger on January 04, 2012, 02:52:01 am
Busy playing through all 4 Assassin's Creed games in order.
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Post by: MaybeNever on January 04, 2012, 04:48:57 am
Guess who bought The Old Republic and three months of play time only to find that his computer can't handle it!

Is it me? Because that doesn't sound like something that's happened to me.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on January 04, 2012, 04:53:24 am
Been playing Bejeweled 3. I reviewed it some time ago! :D
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Post by: TheL on January 04, 2012, 08:39:26 pm
Still sporadically working my way through Zelda.
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Post by: jumpingjackflash on January 04, 2012, 10:06:51 pm
Going through Castlevania Order Of Ecclesia. Ugh, Dracula's Castle...
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Post by: ironbite on January 04, 2012, 10:36:16 pm
Restarting Fallout New Vegas cause I screwed up on my initial build.

Ironbite-it's cool cause I'm up to Nipton so I'm not that far in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 05, 2012, 06:09:30 am
Going back and forth between Civilization II and NHL 11.  I also got Skyrim for Christmas, but I have no clue what I'm doing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on January 05, 2012, 11:07:18 am
I also got Skyrim for Christmas, but I have no clue what I'm doing.

What is confusing you?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 05, 2012, 05:57:04 pm
Well I know the game itself, I just kept getting lost trying to find the quests.  I'd then just run around killing people.  Until I get the strat guide, I've just been playing other games.
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Post by: erictheblue on January 05, 2012, 07:16:15 pm
Well I know the game itself, I just kept getting lost trying to find the quests.

You know you can track quests using the menu?
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Post by: Iczerfour on January 05, 2012, 07:25:26 pm
im addicted to Minecraft
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Post by: Mechtaur on January 06, 2012, 01:01:07 am
I'm raging at Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 pretty hardcore right now. It seems like the game is doing everything it can to prevent me from getting access to more stuff.
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Post by: syaoranvee on January 06, 2012, 05:15:31 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-A8xvFKaRA

This has to be the most oddest art style I've seen for a game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 06, 2012, 02:53:37 pm
Been playing mostly BF3 and AC: Revelations lately.

Is it just me or do shotguns in BF3 and MW3 have like a REDICULOUS amount of range?  You should not be able to basically snipe people with a shotgun from like 30 yards away.

Also, speaking of Assassin's Creed (light spoilers):
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 06, 2012, 04:40:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d61vtwJHAhg

Just an awesome-looking game that doesn't seem to be too well known, from what I've seen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on January 09, 2012, 02:02:47 am
Been playing mostly BF3 and AC: Revelations lately.

Is it just me or do shotguns in BF3 and MW3 have like a REDICULOUS amount of range?  You should not be able to basically snipe people with a shotgun from like 30 yards away.

Also, speaking of Assassin's Creed (light spoilers):
(click to show/hide)

Real shotguns have a much smaller spread (and thus, a longer range) than is commonly depicted in video games.

Every other Assassin's Creed game up to this point has had a cliffhanger ending, why would this one be different?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 09, 2012, 09:25:05 am
Been playing mostly BF3 and AC: Revelations lately.

Is it just me or do shotguns in BF3 and MW3 have like a REDICULOUS amount of range?  You should not be able to basically snipe people with a shotgun from like 30 yards away.

Also, speaking of Assassin's Creed (light spoilers):
(click to show/hide)

Real shotguns have a much smaller spread (and thus, a longer range) than is commonly depicted in video games.

Every other Assassin's Creed game up to this point has had a cliffhanger ending, why would this one be different?

Okay well that makes a little more sense for the shotguns.

The AC ending just pissed me off because it was supposed to be the ending of a certain aspect of the series and you'ld think that would give them room for a more clear cut ending.

*edited for spelling*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 09, 2012, 10:12:59 am
Been playing mostly BF3 and AC: Revelations lately.

Is it just me or do shotguns in BF3 and MW3 have like a REDICULOUS amount of range?  You should not be able to basically snipe people with a shotgun from like 30 yards away.

Also, speaking of Assassin's Creed (light spoilers):
(click to show/hide)

Real shotguns have a much smaller spread (and thus, a longer range) than is commonly depicted in video games.

Every other Assassin's Creed game up to this point has had a cliffhanger ending, why would this one be different?

Okay well that makes a little more sense for the shotguns.

The AC ending just pissed me off because it was supposed to be the ending of a certain aspect of the seires and you'ld think that would give them room for a more clear cut ending.

It's a bit of a cop out to call the game "Revelations" if it ends on a cliffhanger, methinks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: sandman on January 09, 2012, 10:55:01 am
I bought and played through Portal, Portal 2, Batman Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City over my Christmas break. Those games were all so good I was actually sad when I was done. Now I'm playing through Deus Ex: Human Revolution. So far it's pretty good, but brutal on mistakes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Servo on January 09, 2012, 11:00:07 pm
Now I'm playing through Deus Ex: Human Revolution. So far it's pretty good, but brutal on mistakes.

Let me guess, the boss battles? A blight on an otherwise great game.

(http://i.imgur.com/hmHS2l.png)
Now let's hope I don't regret doing this...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on January 09, 2012, 11:25:01 pm
Legion and Powerman 5000. Great combo, or the best combo?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5hPD32G4c
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 09, 2012, 11:43:28 pm
Wow, that's actually scary how well that fits.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 10, 2012, 01:15:40 am
Now I'm playing through Deus Ex: Human Revolution. So far it's pretty good, but brutal on mistakes.

Let me guess, the boss battles? A blight on an otherwise great game.

(http://i.imgur.com/hmHS2l.png)
Now let's hope I don't regret doing this...
Fuck me that's expensive...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: shadowpanther on January 10, 2012, 09:04:44 am

(http://i.imgur.com/hmHS2l.png)
Now let's hope I don't regret doing this...

Urge to post leaked ME3 scripts....rising.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 10, 2012, 09:07:18 am
Considering they changed a good portion of the script it wouldn't matter most likely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: shadowpanther on January 10, 2012, 09:20:18 am
Well that's my mindless dickery for the day ruined.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 10, 2012, 09:28:02 am
Terribly sorry. :P
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Post by: shadowpanther on January 10, 2012, 09:49:27 am
You should be. Now I have to go kick a puppy or something to make up for it.

Actually make that a baby. I'd feel bad about kicking a puppy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 10, 2012, 09:53:56 am
Played a little Civilization II.  I chose a small world with 7 nations, raging whores hordes, and warlord difficulty (I wanted to give myself a chance).

Before I had learned my second tech, the Japanese had wiped out 3 civs.  By the end of the game, they were doing so much damage, half the conquered civs came back! 

Ironically, they were nice to me.  In fact, the only combat I saw was fighting off some barbarians.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 11, 2012, 01:19:28 am
I had a bit of an embarrassing moment in Terraria. I defeated the Eye of Cthulhu using a gold bow, gold armour and an enchanted boomerang and later on the Eater of Worlds twice. After all that, I found I was one of two demonite bars short of a full set of demonite armour, weapons and tools. To fix that, I decided to beat up the Eye of Cthulhu for a bit of demonite and a gold coin. This time around I had a full set of demonite armour, a demon bow, a musket, a vilethorn and my old enchanted boomerang. That fight was a total walkover, right? Well actually, the bastard killed me before it reached its second phase.

Even though I was playing single player, I was so ashamed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: shadowpanther on January 14, 2012, 04:52:39 pm
Bored now. Reinstalling Red Alert 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 14, 2012, 10:02:41 pm
I got the Halo: Anniversery Edition today. :)

Other than that I've been mainly going back and forth between finishing side quests on my first character in Skyrim, and doing a last run through of ME2 before ME3 comes out.

Also, unlocked the 12X and 3.4X scoped for my main sniper rifle in BF3.  I love the 12x scope on big open maps cause the distance you can snipe people from is rediculous.  Then the 3.4X is awesome for medium and smaller maps because it basically becomes a long range shotgun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 16, 2012, 12:10:57 am
I officially can't wait for The Darkness II.  If its anywhere near as good as the first one, I will explode from the sheer fucking orgasm-inducing WIN that will be that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 19, 2012, 12:01:37 am
Darkness II demo was niiiice.
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Post by: Askold on January 19, 2012, 02:31:38 am
On my second playtrough of Mass effect 2 I used a character with biotic skills (first playtrhough was as a soldier) and there is this ability called shockwave. Basically a series of explosions ending in a big on which move in a straight line at an enemy. At first it seemed weak since most of the enemies are smart enough to use cover but then I reached that one level... Cybernetic zombie hordes chargin at me, not bothering with cover and to top it off the level was mostly made from narrow walkways surrounded by a deep pit... Mwahahahaaa! boom boom BOOM! Oh the humanity! Bits and pieces flying everywhere! Even the ones that would have survived the blast get thrown into a pit.

Fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 19, 2012, 02:51:00 am
About to face the Wall of Flesh in Terraria and move on to hardmode. All that's left to do is loot the floating islands and quarantine my house and surrounding area against the impending super-powered hallow and corruption spread. Fun stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 19, 2012, 03:01:40 am
Darkness II demo was niiiice.

Is it on the LIVE Marketplace?  If so, I am playing that motherfucker like WHOA.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 19, 2012, 04:18:44 am
Darkness II demo was niiiice.

Is it on the LIVE Marketplace?  If so, I am playing that motherfucker like WHOA.

Yep. Got released yesterday I think.

Gold exclusive though (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/The-Darkness-II-Demo/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025454889f)
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Post by: Mantorok on January 19, 2012, 05:04:11 am
Gold exclusive though (http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/The-Darkness-II-Demo/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025454889f)
It's normal for Gold members to get access to demos a week before Silver members.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on January 19, 2012, 05:08:31 am
I know it is. I just figured if he wanted to play it ASAP he'd like to know he'd need a gold membership. Otherwise he would have to wait. If he doesn't have one I think I have a code somewhere for a trial...

I also plan on playing the Asura's Wrath thing. Guy I know says it's a bastard child of Ninja Blade and DBZ.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 19, 2012, 05:49:56 pm
Thankfully, big bro has a gold LIVE account, and I got to play that motherfucker...it is...a thing of beauty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 19, 2012, 08:58:05 pm
I just won me a free game. Awesome sauce.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MisterMuncher on January 19, 2012, 09:06:18 pm
Rerelease of the original Syndicate over at GoodOldGames. Ah, memories. Burning, screaming, hypnotised civilian memories.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on January 19, 2012, 09:53:33 pm
Thankfully, big bro has a gold LIVE account, and I got to play that motherfucker...it is...a thing of beauty.

Jackieeee give in to the Darkness. Jackieeee.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 19, 2012, 10:08:46 pm
Rerelease of the original Syndicate over at GoodOldGames. Ah, memories. Burning, screaming, hypnotised civilian memories.
Funnily enough, that's what I just won me a copy of. Should be fun, methinks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eniliad on January 21, 2012, 03:17:20 am
Been playing through Knights of the Old Republic II. Now, I really fucking hate this game for a variety of reasons, which I can get into tomorrow for people that haven't heard of the game or liked it... I'm too tired to fully explain that one tonight. But I'm playing through it with the Restored Content Mod, which restores about 80% of the content cut from the game (and believe me, there's a lot), which makes the game worlds better. Slow going for several reasons: The game still bombs constantly (anyone who plays KotOR II knows what I'm talking about), and I'm playing through a second time, because - and this is not present in the retail cut of the game - the first time through I got the Bad Ending because I missed some vital content I didn't know they re-added into the game.
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Post by: Vypernight on January 21, 2012, 04:58:31 am
I remember that game, thought I don't remember much of what differed between the two endings.
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Post by: Eniliad on January 21, 2012, 03:11:11 pm
I remember that game, thought I don't remember much of what differed between the two endings.

Because there wasn't one. It was the most nihilistic bullshit I've ever seen in a video game. The first game has you deciding the fate of the entire galaxy, and there's a huge difference in endings, both pretty satisfying. The second game... well...

The biggest problem with KotOR2 is that it was rushed for Christmas. The meddling execs pulled a massive dick move and forced the game designers to rush the game in order to maximize their potential sales (yet another reason to hate both corporate execs AND Christmas, but I digress...) This caused massive problems, as huge bugs had to go unfixed or even untested, and the entire third act of the story arc was not only rush-jobbed, it was MASSIVELY cut down. As a result, plot points go unresolved, most of the dialog makes no sense, and the ending suffered horribly.

This is made all the more frustrating because the entire plot is basically made of Checkov's Guns and foreshadowing. In fact, there are plot twists so subtle and hard to spot, that years later, reading about them makes me spit-take. For example: Ever wonder who Kreia is? (http://lparchive.org/Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-II/Update%2058/)

Remember when, on Malachor V, the Remote goes off and activates the four computers needed to activate the Mass Shadow Generator, and G0-T0 pins the Remote down in a corner, and the scene just... ends? Ever wonder what the fuck Darth Traya is talking about when she says, as you enter the Trayus Academy, that you'll be faced with a choice? Ever wanted to know where all the HK-50s come from? How about more about just what/who the hell Nihilus is? Want to learn more from Mandalore?

All that, and fucktons more, was supposed to all be in the fucking game. You can even find files for it if you go searching through the KotOR2 folders. Including, get this, an entire unfinished planet. So many plot threads, resolved... dialog, finished... and it all got scrapped so the game could make it out the fucking door on Christmas, and ruin the holiday for me -I mean, huge fans of KotOR who thought the sequel would be good. And it would be. It'd be better than the first game... if only it was done.

Ugh, this game... I loved KotOR so much and the sequel could have been so much more. And the reason I know this is because I'm playing through the Restored Content Mod, which restores just about all the cut content they could (not the new planet unfortunately... not enough of it was done). I decided I wanted to play through it after reading the entire Let's Play that I linked to. It covers ALL the cut content from the game that there exist any files for, and I decided I needed some closure on this fucking disappointing sequel.

Unfortunately, like I said, I got the bad ending. That's because the scene with G0-T0 and the Remote ends with HK-47 barging in on the two. G0-T0 tries to summon some HK-50s to kill him, but HK-47's been through the HK-50 Factory and instead brought with him new HK-51s who are loyal to 47, and blast the everloving fuck out of G0-T0.

That's assuming you actually unlocked the quest for it. If you're like I was, however, and didn't bother getting influence with HK (because a good guy getting influence with HK without cheating is freaking hard), and didn't go through the droid factory, HK gets his "mind" dominated by G0-T0 who goes and blasts the remote. The ending after that involves the Exile being trapped forever on Malachor V. Awesome.

If nothing else, I'd totally read through the Let's Play I linked to from the start if you like KotOR or are curious about KotOR2's cut content. It's a good read and the author's pretty funny.
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Post by: Osama bin Bambi on January 21, 2012, 04:52:11 pm
There were similar problems with Neverwinter Nights II. I know a guy who knows one of the people working on that game. Apparently, they were working on the game when the higher-ups abruptly fired a bunch of managers and jumbled around the entire team. The result was that some programmers were working on things that weren't their original work. The entire game is incredibly unfinished - some quests just have no clear ending, and there are still glitches that had to be (partially) fixed with patches. Oh, and the game's graphics are only okay, but for some reason it lags like a fat beached whale.

NWN I might have shitty graphics but at least it doesn't crash every ten minutes kthxbai
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 22, 2012, 11:00:22 pm
Was playing Halo: Anniversery on co-op with a friend of mine recently, and I forgot how much more annoying the Flood was in that game than any of the others.
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Post by: chad sexington on January 23, 2012, 07:52:03 am
Crusader Kings II release date has been announced:  Feb 14 <3
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Post by: Shane for Wax on January 23, 2012, 07:58:15 am
Odd time to announce a release date.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yla on January 24, 2012, 04:08:32 am
-snip KotOR2 rant-
I loved KotOR2, played it through close to a dozen times before the mod. I didn't know it was finally done, will have to get it and play again.
Kreia is a philosophical challenge not to the character, but to the player.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 24, 2012, 04:35:57 am
Kreia is my favorite character. Here's why:

"When one relies on sight to perceive the world, it is like trying to stare at the galaxy through a crack in the door."

"When I spoke of sight before, there is a similar handicap that tends to occur among those strong in the Force. They neglect their skills. Some believe they no longer need them."

"Yes… and what are they without the Force? Take the greatest Jedi Knight, strip away the Force, and what remains? They rely on it, depend on it, more than they know. Watch as one tries to hold a blaster, as they try to hold a lightsaber, and all you will see is nothing more than a woman -- or a man. A child."

"'Sith' is a title, yes, but like you, the title is not who I am. It is not what I believe. For you… it is different. Know that there was once a Darth Traya. And that she cast aside that role, was exiled, and found a new purpose. But there must always be a Darth Traya, one that holds the knowledge of betrayal. Who has been betrayed in their heart, and will betray in turn."

"This wound … it is a physical thing, and will fade with time. It was necessary … some things may only be learned from sacrifice."

"Know that much may happen here, but above all, do not forget this—you may trust in me. We cradle each other's lives, and what threatens one of us, threatens us both. And if you find you cannot trust me, trust in your training. Trust in yourself. Never doubt what you have done. All your decisions have brought you to this point." [this one is even better when you hear what she has to say about your decision to help people causing you to doubt what you did]

"As you would pass judgment on her, I have come to pass judgment on you all. Do you wish to feel the teachings born of the Mandalorian Wars? Of all wars, of all tragedies that scream across the galaxy?"

(click to show/hide)

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on January 24, 2012, 01:59:46 pm
I really liked KotOR2, until the ending. I know now why the ending is as screwed up as it is, but when I first played the game, I didn't know. So I got to the end and could only think "uh, what just happened?" It really ruined the game for me, so much so that I cannot bring myself to play it again. (I have it on the original Xbox, so cannot get the mods that fix it.)
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 30, 2012, 04:41:48 pm
Why the fuck is this at the bottom of the page?  FUCK THAT JANK.

I got an update for you motherfuckers, ArenaNet has finally set a rough date for the open beta for Guild Wars 2. (http://www.tomshardware.com/news/NCsoft-ArenaNet-Guild-Wars-2-MMOG-Beta,14537.html)  When's that, you may ask?  March/April of this year.  I dunno about you guys, but I'm certainly testing this bitch when they pop the beta.  Five god damned years of development, this bastard had better be awesome.

Still no news on Thief 4, that I'm aware of, though.  Okay, Eidos...what the fuck's the holdup?  The last Deus Ex game came and went already.  What's taking you so fucking long?  Is it so much to ask for some teaser content or something by this time?  Something to whet my whistle a bit while I wait?  I don't mind a long development cycle, by all means, take your time and polish the game up so it can be set apart from its peers by having a good, fairly stable release...but, come on.  The fans need some kinda morsels to keep our appetites going.
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Post by: NonProphet on January 30, 2012, 08:06:06 pm
There were similar problems with Neverwinter Nights II. I know a guy who knows one of the people working on that game. Apparently, they were working on the game when the higher-ups abruptly fired a bunch of managers and jumbled around the entire team. The result was that some programmers were working on things that weren't their original work. The entire game is incredibly unfinished - some quests just have no clear ending, and there are still glitches that had to be (partially) fixed with patches. Oh, and the game's graphics are only okay, but for some reason it lags like a fat beached whale.

NWN I might have shitty graphics but at least it doesn't crash every ten minutes kthxbai

My copy doesn't lag or crash. *shrug* There are issues with some of the quests feeling... unfinished? And a lot of it does feel rushed. I blame the stupid execs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on January 30, 2012, 08:10:52 pm
NWN2 had some definite problems, both technical and in terms of its pacing and gameplay. Mask of the Betrayer, on the other hand, ranks with Planescape: Torment as a masterpiece of storytelling.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: NonProphet on January 30, 2012, 10:13:48 pm
NWN2 had some definite problems, but technical and in terms of its pacing and gameplay. Mask of the Betrayer, on the other hand, ranks with Planescape: Torment as a masterpiece of storytelling.
This, we can agree on.
I still felt sad about the bear spirit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 01, 2012, 08:49:58 pm
So apparently after Everquest II did so, they're making the first one F2P (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/its-official-everquest-goes-free-to-play/) now (and kaputing the Mac server at the same time).  Interesting they didn't do the original first as F2P and then the sequel. Oh well.  Everquest is one that I have on my list to try at some point if only for the "this is where it all started" factor.

And Rift seems to be trying something WoW is doing and is now making free trial to level 20. (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/02/01/enter-at-your-own-rift-want-to-play-rift-for-free-now-you-ca/#continued)  That's basically two regions worth of playing, The tutorial region of your faction (Level 1-5) and your starting area of your faction. (Level 5-20) and maybe a little bit of a Level 20-25 region before you have your ass handed to you.  So if you've wanted to try it this would be a good chance. Ode to the Defiant!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 02, 2012, 01:09:45 am
So apparently after Everquest II did so, they're making the first one F2P (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/its-official-everquest-goes-free-to-play/) now

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sZ-HtnjiVcw/TQ9b7bGOm6I/AAAAAAAABQ0/MMCmgbg_sG4/s1600/snoopy-dance.jpeg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on February 02, 2012, 10:22:08 pm
The new Lara Croft looks amazing and completely badass.

(http://i.imgur.com/4vWWs.jpg)
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Post by: TheL on February 02, 2012, 11:22:29 pm
Woah.  It's kinda weird watching her waistline go from "Barbie" to "physically possible" to "healthy."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 02, 2012, 11:29:08 pm
Wait a minute, is her chest getting smaller?

Well, that's a pleasant surprise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 02, 2012, 11:30:16 pm
Wait a minute, is her chest getting smaller?

Well, that's a pleasant surprise.

It might help they're re-inventing her and she's also only about 18.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 03, 2012, 12:00:52 am
Did Lara Croft just get done rolling down Mud Mountain?  You'd think she'd at least clean herself up a bit and change clothes before her photo-op...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 03, 2012, 12:10:07 am
Did Lara Croft just get done rolling down Mud Mountain?  You'd think she'd at least clean herself up a bit and change clothes before her photo-op...

Eh... I like her grimy and gritty.

Some trailers and gameplay demos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v9RFuFzwp8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7KNhWZ6EbU
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lithp on February 03, 2012, 12:17:54 am
I kind of feel like they went past the point of realistic & into completely ridiculous, unless she mud wrestles in every level.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 03, 2012, 12:21:31 am
You've never been on an island by yourself and having no time to take a bath after falling multiple times have you? I think it's more realistic that she gets dirtier as she goes on, without rest or a chance to wash off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 03, 2012, 12:29:01 am
You've never been on an island by yourself and having no time to take a bath after falling multiple times have you? I think it's more realistic that she gets dirtier as she goes on, without rest or a chance to wash off.
Depends on how heavily swimming is featured in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on February 03, 2012, 12:32:44 am
If the logic here is "it's realistic", I will probably not buy the game on the grounds that either they will not feature her pooping, which is not very realistic, or they will feature her pooping, which I'm not remotely interested in seeing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lithp on February 03, 2012, 12:44:01 am
There's no water on the island? She has no ability to wipe off her face?

Also, IF the mechanic is that she gets dirtier as she is exposed to dirt, that might make sense. I was under the impression this was a static model.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 03, 2012, 12:45:45 am
If the logic here is "it's realistic", I will probably not buy the game on the grounds that either they will not feature her pooping, which is not very realistic, or they will feature her pooping, which I'm not remotely interested in seeing.
What if she doesn't poop, but suffers a ruptured colon if you don't finish the game within a week or so?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 03, 2012, 12:48:07 am
There's no water on the island? She has no ability to wipe off her face?

Also, IF the mechanic is that she gets dirtier as she is exposed to dirt, that might make sense. I was under the impression this was a static model.
No, my impression from things I've read is she starts off perfectly clean but gets dirtier as you continue on.

As for the... bathroom needs. Come on, now you're bein' extreme, man.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on February 03, 2012, 12:58:42 am
There's no water on the island? She has no ability to wipe off her face?

Also, IF the mechanic is that she gets dirtier as she is exposed to dirt, that might make sense. I was under the impression this was a static model.
No, my impression from things I've read is she starts off perfectly clean but gets dirtier as you continue on.

As for the... bathroom needs. Come on, now you're bein' extreme, man.

I just think that appeals to realism are not prima facie sufficient to justify including some feature or other in a game. If something is fun or it is awesome, I find that a lot more compelling. That said, I find immersion both fun and awesome, so things that advance that I tend to approve of.

If the logic here is "it's realistic", I will probably not buy the game on the grounds that either they will not feature her pooping, which is not very realistic, or they will feature her pooping, which I'm not remotely interested in seeing.
What if she doesn't poop, but suffers a ruptured colon if you don't finish the game within a week or so?

Then I will purchase the game and masturbate furiously while playing it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 03, 2012, 01:19:49 am
There's such a thing as having a bit of realism so that your immersion is better.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mantorok on February 03, 2012, 01:27:49 am
I'm somewhat disappointed that Lara's injuries are going to occur as a result of unavoidable cut-scenes instead of player action. Isn't it about time that games with a survival theme stopped doing that? If my character is going to fall and break a leg it should be because I made them fall, not because I reached a trigger point that makes a cut-scene play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 03, 2012, 01:42:42 am
Actually the other injuries are QT events.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mantorok on February 03, 2012, 01:51:56 am
Are they avoidable quick time events though? Because if they're unavoidable, they might as well be a cut-scene that you just press buttons to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 03, 2012, 01:52:47 am
Considering it's not out yet nor have I played it, I don't have the foggiest on the context. I only know what I've read out of the myriad of preview articles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on February 03, 2012, 01:53:11 am
There's such a thing as having a bit of realism so that your immersion is better.

Yes, that is why I said what I did about immersion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 04, 2012, 03:09:24 pm
Darkness II has been fully paid for. (subsidized by workplace)
Mass Effect CE has been confirmed by Newegg. (Birthday gift to myself, get off my back)
Bought Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (thanks to my childhood buddy for taking my N64 copy)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is pre-ordered from NewEgg as well, tho I will be subsidized by my workplace.

I should probably save for my pre-order of Max Payne 3, The Witcher 2 (360), Darksiders II, and Tomb Raider. Tho I am assuming I'll get most of those for review (free copies!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 04, 2012, 06:04:21 pm
Waitwaitwait...hold the fucking phone.

The Witcher 2 is coming to 360?  WHY DID I NOT RECEIVE THE MEMO?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 04, 2012, 06:36:49 pm
I thought it was mentioned earlier... either way... the release date is set at April 17, 2012 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_2:_Assassins_of_Kings).

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on February 04, 2012, 06:45:58 pm
I must play this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 04, 2012, 11:15:19 pm
If all goes to plan, I'll be able to play The Witcher 2 on PC by the end of the month. Mods for the win baby!

Also, anyone here play Dominions 3? I've read a let's play for it and it looks amazing, but it's pretty expensive ($56 for a game made in 2006) and I'm a noob at 4X strategy so I'm not sure if my experience would be nearly as epic. What do y'all think?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 06, 2012, 02:38:16 am
Holy crap...am I the only one who read that as "Dominoes 3" and almost audibly WTFd?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on February 06, 2012, 02:45:05 am
If Dominions 3 is the game I'm thinking of, it's staggeringly complex. But I could be thinking of another game entirely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 06, 2012, 02:51:10 am
Nah, that's probably Dominions 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on February 06, 2012, 09:17:39 am
Holy crap...am I the only one who read that as "Dominoes 3" and almost audibly WTFd?

I would play a video game based entirely off setting up ridiculously-complex domino patterns and knocking them down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 07, 2012, 08:57:39 am
Did someone express desire to see Battlefront 3 (http://www.gamepodunk.com/topic/3532-star-wars-battlefront-3-may-be-in-the-works-again)?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: shadowpanther on February 07, 2012, 09:04:45 am
*intake of breath*

*Resulting Squee punches straight into the ultrasonics*

If this does turn out to be Battlefront 3 I will happily give them all of my money and lifeblood.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 07, 2012, 09:08:29 am
*flies backward from result of supersonic squee*

Aye, I am more than willing to take a look at a new game dealing with the stormtroopers. :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 08, 2012, 02:29:46 am
Anybody play the superhero MMOs that are out? (City of Heroes, Champions Online, DC Universe) cause I wanna try one but I don't which one to pick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on February 08, 2012, 02:52:15 am
DC Universe is a free to play, I think, which means there's no risk to trying it out beyond time spent downloading. I don't know about the others, though.

Regarding Skyrim, there's a free DLC on Steam that is a 3GB hi-def texture pack.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 08, 2012, 03:05:31 am
DC Universe is a free to play, I think, which means there's no risk to trying it out beyond time spent downloading. I don't know about the others, though.


All three are f2p, although they all carry limitations with it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on February 08, 2012, 03:06:23 am
So why not try each of them out for an hour or two and see which one you like the best?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 08, 2012, 06:07:40 am
DC Universe is a free to play, I think, which means there's no risk to trying it out beyond time spent downloading. I don't know about the others, though.


All three are f2p, although they all carry limitations with it.

Champions blows colorfull chunks, COH I paid for almost 5 years and DC online is kinda meh on power combinations since so much ties back to primary heros. DC Is quite cool looking though. I'm definintely playing favorites, but COH was still the better of them last time I went around to play them. I've just run out of power combinations I enjoy playing, though it did take 5 years to do that.

That said, the FTP restrictions on DC and COH only really limit how many characters you have. Champions, they limit you to pre-defined power sets, which isn't horrific, but is kinda boring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Jack Bauer on February 08, 2012, 08:33:43 am
So I bought a copy of Mass Effect 2 (XBox 360) because it was in Sainsbury's post Christmas sale for something silly - £8, I think. I had not played the original and was pretty ignorant as to the scenario - but I remembered reading a review a few months ago and the concept seemed quite interesting.

I'm about 12 hours into the story arc and I'm thoroughly enjoying it! I've just bought the original from eBay...

Go Shepard!

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on February 09, 2012, 07:46:16 pm
BEHOLD. I present... The Tower.

(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2007/01/genesistower.jpg)

Sega Genesis/Sega CD/32X, Sega Master System converter, cleaning cartridge, Game Genie, two copies of Sonic & Knuckles, and Sonic 3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 09, 2012, 08:04:11 pm
I've got Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning now. Some of the items that were supposed to be unlocked won't be until Valentine's day. What was the ruddy point of pre-ordering then?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 09, 2012, 10:35:33 pm
BEHOLD. I present... The Tower.

*snip*

Sega Genesis/Sega CD/32X, Sega Master System converter, cleaning cartridge, Game Genie, two copies of Sonic & Knuckles, and Sonic 3

Needs moar Sonic & Knuckles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on February 09, 2012, 11:47:11 pm
BEHOLD. I present... The Tower.

*snip*

Sega Genesis/Sega CD/32X, Sega Master System converter, cleaning cartridge, Game Genie, two copies of Sonic & Knuckles, and Sonic 3

Needs moar Sonic & Knuckles.

Seconded.  Also another Game Genie.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: shadowpanther on February 10, 2012, 12:41:29 pm
I've got Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning now. Some of the items that were supposed to be unlocked won't be until Valentine's day. What was the ruddy point of pre-ordering then?

Because lol EA?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 10, 2012, 12:50:27 pm
Mass Effect 3 FemShep trailer out! (http://www.gamepodunk.com/topic/3560-mass-effect-3-female-shepard-trailer-out-now) (with extra posting of my own articles!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yla on February 10, 2012, 02:22:22 pm
I know the music of that trailer. Most likely Two Steps from Hell, but I'm too lazy to dig through my bookmarks to find out the exact title.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 10, 2012, 02:28:53 pm
Either Two Steps From Hell or Immediate Music.

Two Steps from Hell sampler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0qy-VMrZgM)
Immediate Music sampler (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46tS09yBc9I&feature=related)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: shadowpanther on February 10, 2012, 04:21:17 pm
It's Armada by Two Steps From Hell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnIzZPtfzw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 10, 2012, 04:23:48 pm
Yeah, I love both immediate and Two Steps From Hell. <3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on February 11, 2012, 09:29:46 am
I've got Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning now. Some of the items that were supposed to be unlocked won't be until Valentine's day.

Like what?

Quote
What was the ruddy point of pre-ordering then?

The useful pre-order items?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 11, 2012, 01:07:53 pm
The ME3 items that one gets when you finish the ME3 demo. They better be damn good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Morgenleoht on February 13, 2012, 01:24:16 am
Anybody here play Dragon Age?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on February 13, 2012, 07:28:48 am
The ME3 items that one gets when you finish the ME3 demo. They better be damn good.

Ah, yes, those... I'm looking forward to the daggers, though I suspect by this point, what my Finesse/Sorc PC is using will be better...

Anybody here play Dragon Age?

Which one? I played the heck out of DA:O. Played DAII, but never finished it. I will get back to it, but there are other games I want to get through first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 13, 2012, 02:31:33 pm
I did get Shepard's armor in Kingdoms of Amalur, tho. Haven't pulled it on yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Morgenleoht on February 14, 2012, 08:56:42 pm
The ME3 items that one gets when you finish the ME3 demo. They better be damn good.

Ah, yes, those... I'm looking forward to the daggers, though I suspect by this point, what my Finesse/Sorc PC is using will be better...

Anybody here play Dragon Age?

Which one? I played the heck out of DA:O. Played DAII, but never finished it. I will get back to it, but there are other games I want to get through first.

I'm playing the crap outta DAO... Admitted Alistair fangirl here. :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 15, 2012, 03:16:09 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BssrlR_rdFc

New trailer came out today.

Make sure to turn CC on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 15, 2012, 03:16:45 am
The ME3 items that one gets when you finish the ME3 demo. They better be damn good.

The daggers you get are actually not that bad.  I was already level 14/15 when I picked them up, and they were like the second or third best finesse melee weapon in my inventory.  Would of been nice to have them before I was like a third of the way through the game though.  However, they do look absolutely badass.  The blades look like the omnitool blade.


On the topic of the ME3 demo, the single player part was a lot shorter than I expected.  Though, they probably didn't want to spoil too much.  Also, I am fucking LOVING the firefight/horde-esque multiplayer.  I've actually found that I'm pretty good at it too.  Had one match where me and one other guy survived 7 rounds alone and almost survived the 10th and final round when a third guy joined us during the 8th round.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 15, 2012, 03:18:55 am
Combining music from Red Alert 3 with Age of Wonders works very well...especially when playing as the Undead and deciding to go scorcher on everyone, using the Animate Ruins spell to make insta-cities.

(For those who don't know, "going scorcher" means that, whenever I capture a town, I either loot or raze it, preferably loot it.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yla on February 16, 2012, 09:14:22 am
Anybody here play Dragon Age?
LOVED the first, didn't like the second.

Combining music from Red Alert 3 with Age of Wonders works very well...especially when playing as the Undead and deciding to go scorcher on everyone, using the Animate Ruins spell to make insta-cities.

(For those who don't know, "going scorcher" means that, whenever I capture a town, I either loot or raze it, preferably loot it.)
Well, I tend to take them as they are, not even resettle. My favourite troop composition are Dark Elf blade-dancers transported by a Human airship, and if needed Elf archers for ranged and vampires for subversion and reinforcement. In the last game I played, I used all these units while my starting faction were Archons. My friends think I'm crazy.
(But yes, I do need the Peace Keeper perk.)


And in other news, while playing Sims 3, one of my sims gained 53500 points by a single event.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 16, 2012, 07:11:44 pm
Blade-dancers?  Vampires?  You using a mod, or are you talking about one of the sequels?

Also, I use Animate Ruins because pretty much -everyone- is at least wary of the Undead...except the Undead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 17, 2012, 04:54:18 am
Hey guys, dunno if you know but there are some gaming bundles going on:

Indie Gala (http://www.indiegala.com/) is one with three different sized bundles, each starting at a different price. The Epic Gala is by far the best deal, as it's the one that usually gets more added to it.

Game Music Bundle (http://www.gamemusicbundle.com/) this one doesn't have games but it does offer music from the games. Paying $10+ is the better deal as you get so much more out of it.

Did anyone else pick them up? I got the Music one and I'm debating the other one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yla on February 17, 2012, 04:28:24 pm
Blade-dancers?  Vampires?  You using a mod, or are you talking about one of the sequels?
Yeah, sequel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 17, 2012, 11:16:59 pm
Civilization V is to get a new expansion pack (http://www.gamepodunk.com/page/index.html/_/previews-trailers-and-demos/civiliation-5-expansion-pack-announced-r157)

Too bad my computer can't run it. I'd love to play as Boudicca.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 18, 2012, 10:02:10 pm
Fuck frostlings, seriously.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 18, 2012, 11:23:02 pm
Your dick might get frozen if you do that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 18, 2012, 11:57:11 pm
Fuck frostlings, seriously.

Hmm...ya know, the Frostlings never give me much guff.  The ones that always piss me off are the Elves.  I can count on one hand the number of times I've played as the fucking Highmen, and those pricks declared war on me the moment they saw me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on February 19, 2012, 12:02:09 am
Your dick might get frozen if you do that.

Of all the places to get frostbite...  :o
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2012, 12:22:48 am
Fuck frostlings, seriously.

Hmm...ya know, the Frostlings never give me much guff.  The ones that always piss me off are the Elves.  I can count on one hand the number of times I've played as the fucking Highmen, and those pricks declared war on me the moment they saw me.

Those damn yetis. It's the one Frostling unit my hero can't comfortably handle on his own and every Frostling army seems to have at least two of the bastards.

Still, I beat 'em in the end, so it's all good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 19, 2012, 12:27:29 am
I'd say the unit I hate most of all is the leprechaun.  Those little fuckers can lick the underside of my soldiers' boots when I crush them and the entire halfling race.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2012, 12:36:06 am
For me, it'd have to be the Nordic Light. I don't have to fight them all that often, but when I do, it's damn near impossible to land a hit on the bastards.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 19, 2012, 01:31:17 am
Awww I liked the frostlings.

I used to play AoW against a friend of mine and he always chose the Azracs. Why? Because he would built nothing but elephants. And if you put the game into quick combat the elephants will actually do fine in battle. There was this one battle where I bought my commander and 7 orc warlords and he had oh, 4 stacks of nothing but elephants.

The first few battles we had the slow way and my warlords totally butchered the elephants but he complained that this was taking too much time and we should use quick combat. Which resulted into my loss since the computer is a moron.



Anyway I really liked the story in AoW1 and particularly enjoyed the morality choises.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 19, 2012, 01:41:11 am
Actually, I take that back...incarnates are my most reviled/abused units.  Depends if I'm playing Dark Elves or not...making your enemies kill eachother is incredibly fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2012, 05:51:09 pm
I've been abusing the fuck out of Gold Dragons lately. A hero with Spellcasting V, four life spheres and everything researched means I can easily sustain three of them without any magic crystal generators. It's so much fun using one as a scout, finding several huge enemy armies composed entirely of melee units and proceeding to burn them to cinders while they stand around like morons.

I love flying units.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 19, 2012, 06:35:53 pm
I've been abusing the fuck out of Gold Dragons lately.

*snip*

I love flying units.

What game is this exactly, that I may look into it? o_o
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 19, 2012, 06:37:33 pm
Zis ist the game: Age of Wonders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Wonders).  Und ist very, very good strategy game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 19, 2012, 06:39:08 pm
Zis ist the game: Age of Wonders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Wonders).  Und ist very, very good strategy game.

Sweet.

Is it more like Civilization or Might and Magic?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 19, 2012, 06:43:10 pm
Hmm...more like Might and Magic, I'd guess.  Closest analogue I can think of, that I've played, is Warcraft.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 20, 2012, 03:10:50 am
One of my friends finally got me into Minecraft.  Been playing it all night.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 24, 2012, 01:51:47 am
I issue a challenge to all of you. Watch the following video, and if the soundtrack doesn't get stuck in your head, I'll owe you $1.

Go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHPF_OQBTfE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 25, 2012, 04:24:30 pm
Since I got a shiny new 1TB external HD for my laptop I moved a good portion of music+DRM-free games over to it. I now have 50GB left to fill on my internal, so that's some nice wiggle room. I can probably download my various indie bundle games now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on February 26, 2012, 03:41:08 pm
So, I have a coupon for 50% off a Rockstar product on Steam. Said coupon expires on the first, and since I will not have the dollars to buy LA Noire for myself by then, I'm putting the coupon up for grabs. Send me a message through Steam if you want it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 27, 2012, 12:08:46 am
Yeeeeeaaaaah...

(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/424414_10150499625671467_550316466_9050160_1269122289_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 27, 2012, 12:12:03 am
What happened?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 27, 2012, 12:16:31 am
I think it's the fact that noone scored anything.  Or that he's alone on one side.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 27, 2012, 12:26:04 am
Hooray for Noone I suppose. That fellow's one awesome player.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 27, 2012, 12:28:38 am
I think it's the fact that noone scored anything.  Or that he's alone on one side.

The latter one.  My entire team quit right at the beginning of the match.  This was taken during the match.  I was like "WTF, seriously?"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 27, 2012, 12:56:11 am
I had a situation similar to that in CoD4 before...I was in the middle of a match, and my whole team just...buggered off.  We were fairly even in score before then...but, it was 4-to-1, me being the one.

The last minute ended with me in a hangar with a Skorpion SMG, a M1911, no grenades, and only one extra clip for each of my guns.  So, outnumbered and outgunned, I waited in the hangar, and had a bastard come in on the right, I blew him away.  His friend came by just a second or two later, and I emptied the rest of my Skorpion clip and a few M1911 rounds in him.  THEN, both of the remaining enemies came into my little hangar not a few seconds later, just long enough to reload my pistol, and I blow one guy away, take a few bullets, and stick a knife into the remaining guy's head.

This shit all happened in less than...half a minute.  Oh, I also won that round.

[ETA]

Oh, and by the way...this, is the Skorpion, for those of you who don't know:

(http://scratch.mit.edu/static/projects/marcusgames/2193649_med.png)

Yes, it is tiny.  And therefore manly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 27, 2012, 01:42:04 am
I know I'm double-posting, bite me.  This is serious, damn it!

DDO's new expansion, Menace of the Underdark (http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=359286) looks like its going to be fucking SWEET.  How, you say?  I'll tell ya, you ignorant slut!

* Epic Levels.  Yes, you can finally go above level 20, all the way to level 25.

* I know this will make some of you guys fairly fuckin happy...Druids.  You're finally getting Druids.

*No longer are we bound to one world.  Oh no.  We got Forgotten Realms to go to now, bitches!

This is...this opens up a LOT of fucking possibilities.  Epic levels means we could see characters...potentially ascending to fucking godhood.  And, if we're going to be able to go to Forgotten Realms and bitchslap motherfuckers we ain't even heard of before...why not other worlds in other expansions?

In short: FUCK.  YES.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 27, 2012, 01:44:25 am
I downloaded my first mod on Fallout 3. It was to add new songs to GNR. I don't know if I want to tackle a texture pack yet... Even tho I desperately want one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 27, 2012, 03:49:47 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMYW3tvYeE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 27, 2012, 03:40:51 pm
I've been watching a lot of Yogscast videos regarding Guild Wars 2.  Between it and Menace of the Underdark, it looks like this year (and maybe the next) may very well be a damn good year for us MMO gamers.

(Though the preorder for the latter is set at 80 quid...I'm already tempted to plunk down just that much to preorder the awesome.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on February 27, 2012, 09:05:19 pm
When the fuck are they going to get around to making SimCity 5?

And no, Societies doesn't count.
__________________________________________________________________________

Speaking of games that need to be made immediately, Star Wars: Battlefront 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 27, 2012, 10:09:50 pm
Speaking of games that need to be made immediately, Star Wars: Battlefront 3.

I did post awhile back it might be in development right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on February 27, 2012, 10:54:43 pm
Speaking of games that need to be made immediately, Star Wars: Battlefront 3.

I did post awhile back it might be in development right now.

Has it been officially confirmed? There have been similar rumors going around since 2006.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 27, 2012, 11:22:27 pm
Speaking of games that need to be made immediately, Star Wars: Battlefront 3.

I did post awhile back it might be in development right now.

Has it been officially confirmed? There have been similar rumors going around since 2006.

Not yet. But I posted about there being a lot more evidence rather than just soft rumors. Battlefront 3 lobbies have been found, tho.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on February 28, 2012, 02:08:26 am
I'm not getting my hopes up until there's some concrete evidence.

On a different note, KotOR is refusing to work on Windows 7. It just crashes as soon as it starts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 28, 2012, 02:57:26 am
I'm having a tough time deciding if I should pre-order: Max Payne 3, Darksiders II, Borderlands 2, The Witcher 2, Dragon's Dogma, Bioshock Infinite, Prey 2, and Tomb Raider.

That's a lot of games and many of them come out in the same month. I can't afford it all. :( Maybe Tomb Raider, Witcher 2, Borderlands 2, and Max Payne 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on March 01, 2012, 04:12:03 pm
New info that's just been released. Assassin's Creed III is set during the American Revolution.

Box art (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/ac3box-4f4fb44-intro-thumb-640xauto-30881.jpg)

GameInformer cover (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/cov_228_v1_l.jpg)

I'm wondering how they're going to deal with all of the guns in the setting. The series is mostly centered around melee combat.

The setting also means less cities and more countryside. The cities in colonial America weren't nearly as large or grand as the ones in Europe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 01, 2012, 04:14:56 pm
I love how AC3 is actually like AC5. :P

Anywho, I'll definitely be getting this one as usual.  Haven't missed an AC game yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 01, 2012, 06:24:20 pm
New info that's just been released. Assassin's Creed III is set during the American Revolution.

Box art (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/ac3box-4f4fb44-intro-thumb-640xauto-30881.jpg)

GameInformer cover (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/cov_228_v1_l.jpg)

I'm wondering how they're going to deal with all of the guns in the setting. The series is mostly centered around melee combat.

The setting also means less cities and more countryside. The cities in colonial America weren't nearly as large or grand as the ones in Europe.

Single shot muskets and pistols.  There was a lot more melee combat then you expect in the American Revolution.  So there's that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 01, 2012, 06:33:26 pm
I'm having a tough time deciding if I should pre-order: Max Payne 3, Darksiders II, Borderlands 2, The Witcher 2, Dragon's Dogma, Bioshock Infinite, Prey 2, and Tomb Raider.

That's a lot of games and many of them come out in the same month. I can't afford it all. :( Maybe Tomb Raider, Witcher 2, Borderlands 2, and Max Payne 3.

Why would you pre-order Witcher 2? It's been out since last year.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 01, 2012, 07:18:00 pm
New info that's just been released. Assassin's Creed III is set during the American Revolution.

Box art (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/ac3box-4f4fb44-intro-thumb-640xauto-30881.jpg)

GameInformer cover (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/cov_228_v1_l.jpg)

I'm wondering how they're going to deal with all of the guns in the setting. The series is mostly centered around melee combat.

The setting also means less cities and more countryside. The cities in colonial America weren't nearly as large or grand as the ones in Europe.

Wait...we're finally getting out of the fucking Renaissance?!  We're not playing Ezio?  Bout fucking time.  *slaps Ubisoft*  Now, where's my waffles, bitch?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 01, 2012, 07:48:56 pm
I'm having a tough time deciding if I should pre-order: Max Payne 3, Darksiders II, Borderlands 2, The Witcher 2, Dragon's Dogma, Bioshock Infinite, Prey 2, and Tomb Raider.

That's a lot of games and many of them come out in the same month. I can't afford it all. :( Maybe Tomb Raider, Witcher 2, Borderlands 2, and Max Payne 3.

Why would you pre-order Witcher 2? It's been out since last year.

Not the 360 version, dude. Miss the announcement a few pages back? April 17, 2012 for 360.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 01, 2012, 09:15:07 pm
I'm having a tough time deciding if I should pre-order: Max Payne 3, Darksiders II, Borderlands 2, The Witcher 2, Dragon's Dogma, Bioshock Infinite, Prey 2, and Tomb Raider.

That's a lot of games and many of them come out in the same month. I can't afford it all. :( Maybe Tomb Raider, Witcher 2, Borderlands 2, and Max Payne 3.

Why would you pre-order Witcher 2? It's been out since last year.

Not the 360 version, dude. Miss the announcement a few pages back? April 17, 2012 for 360.

Apparently I did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 02, 2012, 02:56:13 am
Gotham City Imposters looks hillarious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on March 02, 2012, 03:34:17 pm
New info that's just been released. Assassin's Creed III is set during the American Revolution.

Box art (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/ac3box-4f4fb44-intro-thumb-640xauto-30881.jpg)

GameInformer cover (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/cov_228_v1_l.jpg)

I'm wondering how they're going to deal with all of the guns in the setting. The series is mostly centered around melee combat.

The setting also means less cities and more countryside. The cities in colonial America weren't nearly as large or grand as the ones in Europe.

UPDATE: Some in-game screenshots (http://imgur.com/a/3NNkQ)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 02, 2012, 05:17:23 pm
Gotham City Imposters looks hillarious.

Quite.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 03, 2012, 03:19:24 am
A found a nice little indie MMO in development called Island Forge (http://islandforge.com/gameplay/).

Quote
Create islands with stories for others to explore! Using the built-in Island Builder, arrange your island's terrain, scenery, town shops. Place actors (non-player characters) and write their dialogue (the story they tell).

Voyage from island to island. Go on solo adventures or form expedition parties to tackle the wilderness. Beyond the safety of town, numerous creatures lurk in the darkness. Equip yourself before setting out to explore and clear away the darkness. Rewards of experience and resources are waiting to be claimed by intrepid adventurers.

(http://islandforge.com/content/screens/islandforge-thumb-e.jpg)

Also I'm interested in the Realm of the Mad God game that was put on Steam recently, anyone else put a shot into it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 04, 2012, 01:11:52 pm
A found a nice little indie MMO in development called Island Forge (http://islandforge.com/gameplay/).

Quote
Create islands with stories for others to explore! Using the built-in Island Builder, arrange your island's terrain, scenery, town shops. Place actors (non-player characters) and write their dialogue (the story they tell).

Voyage from island to island. Go on solo adventures or form expedition parties to tackle the wilderness. Beyond the safety of town, numerous creatures lurk in the darkness. Equip yourself before setting out to explore and clear away the darkness. Rewards of experience and resources are waiting to be claimed by intrepid adventurers.

(http://islandforge.com/content/screens/islandforge-thumb-e.jpg)

Also I'm interested in the Realm of the Mad God game that was put on Steam recently, anyone else put a shot into it?

This is intriguing. I'd like to try it sometime.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 04, 2012, 06:00:23 pm
Finally found me a wi-fi network that a standard DS can handle. I now have all the downloadable puzzles for the first three Professor Layton games. Yay for additional content I suppose.

Also, I know I'm a little late to the party, but this is one of the most interesting and creative Minecraft 1.2 showcases I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuVn37lb57E
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 05, 2012, 09:25:27 am
I want to try 1.2, but my server is still using 1.1 until they can update some programs they use to moderate the server. :/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on March 05, 2012, 02:33:00 pm
New info that's just been released. Assassin's Creed III is set during the American Revolution.

Box art (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/ac3box-4f4fb44-intro-thumb-640xauto-30881.jpg)

GameInformer cover (http://blogs-images.forbes.com/erikkain/files/2012/03/cov_228_v1_l.jpg)

I'm wondering how they're going to deal with all of the guns in the setting. The series is mostly centered around melee combat.

The setting also means less cities and more countryside. The cities in colonial America weren't nearly as large or grand as the ones in Europe.

UPDATE: Some in-game screenshots (http://imgur.com/a/3NNkQ)

UPDATE 2: The first trailer has been released.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVUMPrv8oRw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 05, 2012, 05:49:45 pm
And apparently it's coming for the Wii U.

Ironbite-I'm....excited.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on March 06, 2012, 11:05:21 pm
Hey guys, you know how I said on the last page that thay need to get around to making SimCity 5?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztNWdhRdnw


(http://i.imgur.com/bFBMW.gif)

(http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j344/thatonegeek/Snark/steven-colbert.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on March 07, 2012, 04:14:15 am
I agree with both these reaction gifs.  But sims use the latin script now?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Servo on March 07, 2012, 08:49:09 am
...new...SimCity...?

(http://plus4chan.org/b/baw/src/132869133338.gif)

As long as EA doesn't fuck it up a la Societies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 07, 2012, 04:51:48 pm
I'll get excited when I see some actual gameplay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on March 07, 2012, 06:52:51 pm
New SimCity game is designed to support mods. (http://www.shacknews.com/article/72768/simcity-designed-to-support-mods?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#)

Smart move. SimCity 4 has one of the most active modding communities I've ever seen. Mods are what make SimCity 4 the best and most rewarding game in the series, and they're the entire reason that the fans are still playing it almost 10 years after its release.

Without places like Simtropolis (http://simtropolis.com/), the game wouldn't be nearly as enjoyable as it is.

Now what I'm worried about is that they'll go for a bright, cartoonish style instead of the realistic simulator that I've been waiting for. That's a big part of what turned me off of Spore, and it's what ruined SimCity Societies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Nightmare172 on March 07, 2012, 10:30:25 pm
>_>

Sooooo... who here loves fighters?

Anyone get SFxTK yet? Is it any good?

I'll probably end up getting it used, since I still need to get Soul Calibur 5, the new Blazblue, and Skullgirls.

My wallet hates me. But its another good year for fighters, so...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on March 08, 2012, 05:28:58 pm
I wish any of those were available on Wii.

Or that I knew someone around here whose 360/PS3 I can play. >.>
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 11, 2012, 06:26:45 pm
Turbine's running a sale on DDO, 200 points off Drow (which nobody buys, anyway) and Warforged.  Which is fucking sweet, as it means I was finally able to get access to the Warforged!  Fired up a new Warforged Sorcerer on Ghallanda...because I happened to be listening to a certain Amon Amarth song whilst making him, I decided to make him a prospective Air Savant.  I'm just sad I couldn't give him a Norse name, as all the good ones were taken.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 11, 2012, 08:58:46 pm
Air savants are awesome.

As are earth savants.

*cuddles his half-elf Earth Savant*

Who's a good "Master DoTer"?  Who'sa good Master Doter?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on March 11, 2012, 10:47:21 pm
I started playing Heroes of Might & Magic V last night.  Not liking the switch to 3D at all :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 12, 2012, 02:10:56 am
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already, but if not then I have some horrible news. It seems Terraria's developers have essentially abandoned it in its current state. Not that Terraria as it is right now isn't a great game, but goddamnit, after all the amazing shit they added in 1.1 and the various ideas they had for future updates, it could've been so much more.

I'm quite sad right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 12, 2012, 03:13:43 am
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already, but if not then I have some horrible news. It seems Terraria's developers have essentially abandoned it in its current state. Not that Terraria as it is right now isn't a great game, but goddamnit, after all the amazing shit they added in 1.1 and the various ideas they had for future updates, it could've been so much more.

I'm quite sad right now.
Welcome to Starbound (http://playstarbound.com/about/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 12, 2012, 03:20:07 am
I'm not sure if it's been mentioned already, but if not then I have some horrible news. It seems Terraria's developers have essentially abandoned it in its current state. Not that Terraria as it is right now isn't a great game, but goddamnit, after all the amazing shit they added in 1.1 and the various ideas they had for future updates, it could've been so much more.

I'm quite sad right now.
Welcome to Starbound (http://playstarbound.com/about/)
Well, it certainly has potential, though I'll reserve judgement until it's released.

Though it'll never replace what Terraria could've been.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on March 12, 2012, 03:26:04 am
I keep seeing rave reviews for Terraria, but I'm still not quite sure what the game is all about. Can someone fill me in?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 12, 2012, 03:31:56 am
At a glance it looks and plays like a 2D Minecraft, but in practice there's just so much more too it than that. I'm shitty at explaining things like this so if you've got a good bit of time on your hands then I believe this (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEA38BF263B773957&feature=plcp) Let's Play and its sequel should give you a good idea of what it's about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 12, 2012, 01:50:06 pm
It's essentially a 2D Platformer deconstruct-reconstruct world, similar to Minecraft.  It also happens to have some things that are similar to Minecraft, and the fact that night time is when you either have shelter or die.

That's where the similarities end.  There's bosses and many more constructables and liquid physics (which are MUCH easier to do in a 2D game than a 3D game, let me tell you) so that you can actually drain lakes or make aquariums and stuff like that.

It's actually less about construction-for-the-sake-of-it and more about let's-freaking-survive-so-we-can-get-to-the-next-level-of-power
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 12, 2012, 07:01:27 pm
It's essentially a 2D Platformer deconstruct-reconstruct world, similar to Minecraft.  It also happens to have some things that are similar to Minecraft, and the fact that night time is when you either have shelter or die.
Strictly speaking, that's only at the very beginning of the game. Once you have even a wooden broadsword, you can easily survive outside at night, if only because the knock-back is enough to keep demon eyes and zombies at bay.

In Minecraft, creepers are always a threat, even with full diamond gear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on March 12, 2012, 10:17:56 pm
Thanks for the info. I might buy the game, 'cause it sounds fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on March 12, 2012, 10:30:16 pm
>_>

Sooooo... who here loves fighters?

Anyone get SFxTK yet? Is it any good?

I'll probably end up getting it used, since I still need to get Soul Calibur 5, the new Blazblue, and Skullgirls.

My wallet hates me. But its another good year for fighters, so...

I'm never gonna touch SFxTK.  I wanted to get it but seeing as how the DLC characters were already on the disc, you just get to pay extra to unlock them, screw that. That is a big fiasco I don't wanna touch.

Capcom today admitted that the 12 Street Fighter X Tekken characters announced as PlayStation Vita exclusives are actually included on the discs of the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC versions of the game to be sold as downloadable content.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-explains-street-fighter-x-tekken-on-disc-dlc-6364712 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-explains-street-fighter-x-tekken-on-disc-dlc-6364712)

Screw Capcom
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 12, 2012, 11:21:43 pm
Working on and off on my second playthrough of Mass Effect 3, but been doing some Minecraft and finishing Kingdoms Of Amular in between.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 13, 2012, 12:28:36 am
I'm gonna go back to ME2 at some point. I never finished most of the DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 13, 2012, 06:21:34 pm
Played DDO for a bit today.  Did the Haunted Library on hard with my Drow Ninja Spy...died like dogs for the first half of it.  Managed to beat it, and the guys wanted to do elite.  Only problem was, our only healers were bots, and, if you've ever played DDO, you know just how stupid the hirelings are.  Soooo...we tried, anyway.  Started taking a lot of damage, then, I remembered...I have a healer in the level range for that very quest!

So, I swapped out to my healer, and the only deaths were because of Phantasmal Killer and traps, which on elite, are killers.  Got massive props, again, for my awesome healing skills...and a set of 3 year-old mithral full plate as a gift.  Fuck.  Yes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 13, 2012, 11:34:43 pm
"Hireling, why are you standing there and trying to cast magic on that enemy through the wall?"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 14, 2012, 12:58:55 am
I thought the henchmen in Guild Wars were stupid, too.  Nope, they're geniuses compared to DDO hirelings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 14, 2012, 12:41:13 pm
Meanwhile, we've got Kobold Shamans that subscribe to "Quadratic Wizards" and can Lightning Bolt people that, when playing the quest at-level, would still lack the levels to cast that spell.

To this day, I still dread playing the Harbor quests on Elite ._.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 14, 2012, 04:09:50 pm
They're not as bad if your character happens to have Evasion.  Rogues and Monks get it at level 2, which is well under-level for those quests on Elite.

But, yeah...I fucking hate kobold shamans, and I kill them (and all other casters, healers first) whenever I see em.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 14, 2012, 06:40:13 pm
Really when you get at high enough level you should be targeting the casters first.  All the time.  They're the ones who'll fuck you up the worst.

Ironbite-thankfully even though I play a caster in Pathfinder...its more like I'm a Digimon trainer then anything else.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 14, 2012, 10:01:48 pm
Really when you get at high enough level you should be targeting the casters first.  All the time.  They're the ones who'll fuck you up the worst.

Ironbite-thankfully even though I play a caster in Pathfinder...its more like I'm a Digimon trainer then anything else.

Meanwhile, I play as the squishy caster who is taking levels in Dragon Disciple to be significantly less squishy :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 15, 2012, 12:21:28 am
I prefer a caster who's got the kind of powerful magic (and metamagic) that can kill a fire elemental.  With fire.

And, if I can't, well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bBD5yyT-s0
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on March 15, 2012, 02:35:20 am
Well, I'm officially addicted to Terraria now. Thanks a lot, jerks.

Nah, but seriously, this game rules.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 15, 2012, 11:17:39 am
Oh god, Terraria looks like something I'd enjoy. Now I have to try it this weekend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 15, 2012, 09:46:58 pm
Well, I'm officially addicted to Terraria now. Thanks a lot, jerks.

Nah, but seriously, this game rules.

D: Don't blame meeee! I think I only pointed out it was neat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 16, 2012, 01:46:03 am
Personally, I don't like it too much.

Then again, I haven't seen a lot of it, so... yeah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on March 16, 2012, 05:30:31 pm
Oh god, Terraria looks like something I'd enjoy. Now I have to try it this weekend.

It's tons of fun, and definitely worth the $10.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 17, 2012, 04:04:11 am
I finally did the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC. I -had- to continue my Liara/FemShep relationship but I hadn't until now. Eeeeeeeeeee! I died from the cute.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 17, 2012, 02:13:38 pm
I finally did the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC. I -had- to continue my Liara/FemShep relationship but I hadn't until now. Eeeeeeeeeee! I died from the cute.

Yeah, I love the battle atop the ship itself, especially when using throw, charge, etc.  I also love all the bonuses you get once you complete the mission.

My wife bought me ME3 for an early birthday present.  I've been avoiding the ME3 thread because I don't want to be spoiled on the story.  Overall it's fun though it seems like you have less choices this time around.  Also, the controls are a little loose.  I've been killed a few times when I went to duck behind a wall but I instead rolled and stood up. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on March 17, 2012, 02:53:13 pm
Yeah, the revamped cover system manages to both suck and blow. I don't know how many times I've pressed the button to enter cover, only to roll out and get shot up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 17, 2012, 03:14:35 pm
I dunno, I'm missing being able to roll in ME2. Rather badly. I'm dying more because of the lack of rolling. :(

I finally did the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC. I -had- to continue my Liara/FemShep relationship but I hadn't until now. Eeeeeeeeeee! I died from the cute.

Yeah, I love the battle atop the ship itself, especially when using throw, charge, etc.  I also love all the bonuses you get once you complete the mission.

My wife bought me ME3 for an early birthday present.  I've been avoiding the ME3 thread because I don't want to be spoiled on the story.  Overall it's fun though it seems like you have less choices this time around.  Also, the controls are a little loose.  I've been killed a few times when I went to duck behind a wall but I instead rolled and stood up. 

Which bonuses? The six upgrades and the extra power?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 17, 2012, 03:21:25 pm
Maybe 'bonuses' isn't too accurate.  I meant you get upgrades and materials, along with credits (for investments), along with Stasis.

I also love all the info on everyone.  Grunt bought himself an action figure, Legion got kicked off a gaming site for taunting, and Tali is a covert pervert.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 17, 2012, 03:36:42 pm
I liked Miranda's and Jack's. I was hoping there'd be one on me. :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 17, 2012, 09:40:32 pm
Grabbed Anachronox yesterday for $5.99. Aside from the horrible Final-Fantasy-VI-esque combat, it's quite a fun RPG.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 18, 2012, 01:36:56 am
Finally found where I put my copies of Thief Gold and Thief II.  Gold's being a bit...flakey, looking into fixing that.  However, Thief II's working like a dream.  You know a game's good when you can spend almost 30 minutes on a single level...and not even notice the time going by.

Oh, and, one mission in, and I already had one heart attack moment.  I love this game!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 18, 2012, 06:09:24 am
I liked Miranda's and Jack's. I was hoping there'd be one on me. :(

Yeah that would be cool.  The other thing that annoys me about ME3;  "Insert Disc 2, insert Disc 1, insert Disc 2, insert Dis 1."  I've been doing this every other mission!  I actually yelled at my TV, "Make up your #%^#@$ mind!"

I also kind of wished they had even a small practice range on the Normandy so I wouldn't have to go down to the Citadel whenever I wanted to try out a new gun.*

*Edit, found another weapon bench in the back of the room of the gun range.  Duh!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 18, 2012, 10:36:22 am
I can't waaaaaait to get the first two Thief games for my birthday. I've been looking for a game to give me those heart attack moments for so long.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Meshakhad on March 18, 2012, 03:56:49 pm
I finally did the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC. I -had- to continue my Liara/FemShep relationship but I hadn't until now. Eeeeeeeeeee! I died from the cute.

For my "definitive" playthrough of ME2, I saved that scene for the very last. That was beautiful.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 18, 2012, 04:44:09 pm
I liked Miranda's and Jack's. I was hoping there'd be one on me. :(

Yeah that would be cool.  The other thing that annoys me about ME3;  "Insert Disc 2, insert Disc 1, insert Disc 2, insert Dis 1."  I've been doing this every other mission!  I actually yelled at my TV, "Make up your #%^#@$ mind!"

I also kind of wished they had even a small practice range on the Normandy so I wouldn't have to go down to the Citadel whenever I wanted to try out a new gun.

I'm doing it on ME2 as well. I've had to change it about four times now. Probably my own fault for hopping all over the place but still.
I finally did the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC. I -had- to continue my Liara/FemShep relationship but I hadn't until now. Eeeeeeeeeee! I died from the cute.

For my "definitive" playthrough of ME2, I saved that scene for the very last. That was beautiful.

I was hoping I'd be able to get more than a 'thanks for stopping by' whenever I'd drop by to pick up some things and such. :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Meshakhad on March 19, 2012, 01:04:03 am
Oh, you silly Xbox gamers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Iczerfour on March 19, 2012, 01:55:35 am
I have Been busy playing wolfenstein.  I play a little game With the Nazi's called "Let me shoot your head off of your shoulders and kill your Friend with the same bullet."  Its fun!   :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 19, 2012, 03:12:25 am
What is it with people on DDO and dissing my fucking characters?  My little Drow Ninja Monk got dissed because, due to her being a two-weapon fighting Monk, had high AC as a result.  I got dissed for "AC tanking."

Guess who died exactly one fucking time?  In 4 quest runs.  Half on elite.  Yeah, Mr. "Badass Sorcerer," I stayed right behind you in kills, and died 5x less often than you.  You, good sir, can eat a dick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 19, 2012, 03:57:50 am
That is fucking stupid. -_-
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 19, 2012, 06:23:02 am
Back over to Mass Effect 3 now that I finished ME2. Gotta see what my romance with Liara does in ME3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 19, 2012, 06:41:59 am
Back over to Mass Effect 3 now that I finished ME2. Gotta see what my romance with Liara does in ME3.

Thus far, they've said a few cute things to each other in my game, but I think I'm only about halfway through, if that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 19, 2012, 06:52:15 am
Back over to Mass Effect 3 now that I finished ME2. Gotta see what my romance with Liara does in ME3.

Thus far, they've said a few cute things to each other in my game, but I think I'm only about halfway through, if that.

Yeah, Shep did the whole rub loved one's face with palm on Mars. I'm sure there's more though. So cute together! eeeee!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on March 19, 2012, 11:55:36 am
What is it with people on DDO and dissing my fucking characters?  My little Drow Ninja Monk got dissed because, due to her being a two-weapon fighting Monk, had high AC as a result.  I got dissed for "AC tanking."

Uh, is there a problem with a Monk tanking (if built to do it)? And aren't tanks supposed to have high AC?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 19, 2012, 01:25:12 pm
Apparently, its because I would have, quote "shit DPS."

1) Weapon Finesse
2) Special Attacks
3) Finishing Moves

Also, they seemed to be under the impression that everyone can just use Lesser/Greater Reincarnation to totally rebuild their characters whenever they want.  Yes, I want to spend weeks on end farming for hearts of wood, or spend Turbine Points on them, just so I can respec my character completely.

We had a Barbarian in our party, too.  I hit more times than he did, while he did more damage overall, I did damage more consistently.  I also did it faster because, as a Monk with high Dex, I'm beefing up my Air Stance, which ups my attack rate and gives me a chance to double strike.  It also gives me extra Dex, which ups my chances to hit them, and decreases their chance to hit me.  I think shit through, damn it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 19, 2012, 02:07:42 pm
It's sad that AC is so borked at end-game that only Paladins, Monks, and Fighters can get any form of useable AC.  No other class can get enough AC for it to even matter, because it's the same as having 0 AC for them.  Their best bet is to have so much HP that they don't die too quickly.

And it's hardest to do for Monks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 19, 2012, 06:53:23 pm
That's one of the reasons I kinda dread getting to level 20.  End-game raiding and shit...the whole prospect sounds like fucking busy work, not fun.  Which is a major fucking problem.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 20, 2012, 12:28:19 am
To be honest, DDO just doesn't have the race I want to play as (Dragonborn)

...Most MMOs don't for that matter.

Oh, but you suggest it, and you get the following messages

"GNOMES FIRST!"

"Dragonborn?  I don't want that stupid 4E shit in my game.  Besides, the dragons of Eberron kill half-dragons on sight, it would break the lore." (Ignoring the fact that Dragonborn originated in a 3.5 side book, and are NOT half dragons, but instead an entirely unique type of dragon that serves and worships the big good dragon.  Which in this case would be Eberron.)

"Ew, no, they'd be overpowered." (Not really...)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 20, 2012, 03:53:43 am
Pfft...overpowered, my ass.  I'm sure half the people who want gnomes only want them so they can be the first to have one named Mr. Welch.

Which is bullshit, because that honor will be mine and mine alone!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on March 20, 2012, 10:00:03 pm
To be honest, DDO just doesn't have the race I want to play as (Dragonborn)

...Most MMOs don't for that matter.

Oh, but you suggest it, and you get the following messages

"GNOMES FIRST!"

"Dragonborn?  I don't want that stupid 4E shit in my game.  Besides, the dragons of Eberron kill half-dragons on sight, it would break the lore." (Ignoring the fact that Dragonborn originated in a 3.5 side book, and are NOT half dragons, but instead an entirely unique type of dragon that serves and worships the big good dragon.  Which in this case would be Eberron.)

"Ew, no, they'd be overpowered." (Not really...)

To be honest I miss the gnomes and I don't understand why they were excluded. But re: Dragonborn, I actually think they're really awesome. IIRC they were originally humanoids who had given up their human form in exchange for becoming champions of Bahamut, and gaining a motherfucking dragon head in the process. Now that is badass.

Also, I'm just going to leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlZKS4BJ-w
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 21, 2012, 01:47:55 am
I must say I'm extremely impressed with Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Not only does it shit all over Phantom Hourglass, but I think it's officially my favourite handheld Zelda game of all time. I sure hope Nintendo makes more Zelda games set in the Wind Waker > Phantom Hourglass > Spirit Tracks timeline, it is by far my favourite one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 21, 2012, 05:55:18 am
To be honest I miss the gnomes and I don't understand why they were excluded. But re: Dragonborn, I actually think they're really awesome. IIRC they were originally humanoids who had given up their human form in exchange for becoming champions of Bahamut, and gaining a motherfucking dragon head in the process. Now that is badass.

They didn't just gain a dragon head, they gained draconic-like bodies, albeit anthro.  And they have the choice of getting a tail, wings, or fire breath.

That could EASILY work in Eberron, just change Bahamut out with Eberron.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 21, 2012, 10:49:46 pm
Fun activity: When playing Spirit Tracks, try naming Link "you cunt". It makes for rather amusing dialogue. The highlight would have to be Zelda screaming "AHHHH! YOU CUNT!" whenever you fuck up and destroy the train.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 21, 2012, 11:21:28 pm
Fun activity: When playing Spirit Tracks, try naming Link "you cunt". It makes for rather amusing dialogue. The highlight would have to be Zelda screaming "AHHHH! YOU CUNT!" whenever you fuck up and destroy the train.

Try naming any video game character after any swear.

Cloud -> Dammit/dammit makes for some amusing stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 22, 2012, 01:36:08 am
I've had plenty of such fun in FF and Ultima games.  A few of my favorites:

O Lord
Dickhead
Grandpa Jones
Dude
Bananaman
HOLY SHIT/BALLS/TITS
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yla on March 26, 2012, 02:33:00 pm
I discovered Achron (http://www.achrongame.com/site/index.php) today and downloaded the demo. My brain is now trying to understand (with limited success) to understand time travel logic. I'm still at the point where the orders I gave two minutes ago countermand the orders I give now (when "now" is "two minutes ago").

Youtube video of a multiplayer game, with explanations (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TL-s51DzoF0&feature=related)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 26, 2012, 02:44:57 pm
^

Still sounds less complicated than Dwarf Fortress.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 26, 2012, 03:50:38 pm
My brain hurts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on March 28, 2012, 01:43:59 am
http://gamerant.com/epic-mickey-power-of-illusion-details-riley-140327/ (http://gamerant.com/epic-mickey-power-of-illusion-details-riley-140327/)

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Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion will allegedly feature hand-drawn sprites and some awesome 2D platforming elements, which is appropriate, as it turns out that the game is a follow-up the SEGA Genesis classic, Castle of Illusion.

As the latest issue of Nintendo Power (via About.com) reports, those longing for a sequel to cult-favorite Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse will finally be getting their wish, only on Nintendo’s 3DS. Along with the traditional platforming elements that made the original game so much fun in 1991, Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion will feature hand-drawn sprites in an effort to recreate that classic Genesis vibe. Players will find time to admire this classic look while traversing with Mickey through all kinds worlds based on Disney’s animated films, including everything from the likes of the well-known Sleeping Beauty to the more recent Tangled.

- New Epic Mickey game

- 2D side-scrolling platformer

- Hand drawn sprites

- Famous Disney characters an locations

- Sequel to Castle of Illusion for Sega Genesis


SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 28, 2012, 04:09:45 am
Castle of Illusion was awesome.  I had the game for my Genesis.

For anyone who's never seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGmHGRENoOk
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 28, 2012, 11:30:55 am
I'm enjoying the hell out of Thief. The zombies disturb me more than they should, for some reason, but I'm in love with these heart attack moments. Crouched in a corner whispering, "Don'tseeme don'tseeme don'tseeme" as you hear a guard's footsteps draw near is just what I was looking for.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 30, 2012, 01:37:48 pm
Picked up the new tropic 4 expansion, it's pretty cool.

Adds in a new tab of edicts ranging from banning twitter(including the in game functionality) to creating a festival of love. Also Chinese development assistance, which is a horrible, horrible joke.

The new time line feature is pretty cool, randomized events with significant impact on your options along with 30ish buildings unlocking over the years. And private health care!

Haven't tried the new campaign, but never finished the old one either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 30, 2012, 04:47:12 pm
Finally getting the hang of my first ever Paladin in DDO.  My only melee characters before then have all been Monks, and Paladins have a bit steeper learning curve.  But, its actually getting kinda fun...

[ETA]

Also, as some of you may already know, I've been designing a game of my own for some time now.  I've been hammering out the basic workings of the game rules themselves, but I've had a few other ideas that I figured I'd share behind spoiler tags.

(click to show/hide)

[ETA]

Well, my Paladin hit level 6 today, and I -finally- got him a decent set of armor!  Soooo...screenshots!

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_cothineal-1.jpg) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=cothineal-1.jpg)

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_cothineal-2.jpg) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=cothineal-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on March 31, 2012, 02:16:22 am
Playing Far Cry. Damned good game, and the storyline is a little similar to Crysis (understandable): you vs human enemies vs other non-human enemies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 31, 2012, 02:29:49 am
Darkness II was fucking short as shit. And what the fuck was with the ending? You want to bitch about endings... ughhh. Darkness III better be out soon, God damn it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 31, 2012, 02:32:33 am
Picked up the new tropic 4 expansion, it's pretty cool.

Adds in a new tab of edicts ranging from banning twitter(including the in game functionality) to creating a festival of love. Also Chinese development assistance, which is a horrible, horrible joke.

The new time line feature is pretty cool, randomized events with significant impact on your options along with 30ish buildings unlocking over the years. And private health care!

Haven't tried the new campaign, but never finished the old one either.

Tropico looks like a fun game.  Maybe sometime in the future, I'll check it out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on March 31, 2012, 05:14:51 am
Tropico is pretty fun. Haven't played 4 yet, though, since it's quite pricey.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 31, 2012, 09:26:56 am
Tropico is pretty fun. Haven't played 4 yet, though, since it's quite pricey.

I bought 3 first and played it for quite a while, but after getting four I can honestly say it's worth the price. Most of the DLC is kinda questionable, but I have rather enjoyed placing soldier statues throughout my little hell hole. It's kinda funny that the most expensive one is the one honestly worth the money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 31, 2012, 04:19:05 pm
I preordered Tropico 4 and got the first game and second game free with it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on April 01, 2012, 04:04:27 pm
Tropico is pretty fun. Haven't played 4 yet, though, since it's quite pricey.

I bought 3 first and played it for quite a while, but after getting four I can honestly say it's worth the price. Most of the DLC is kinda questionable, but I have rather enjoyed placing soldier statues throughout my little hell hole. It's kinda funny that the most expensive one is the one honestly worth the money.

I'd probably buy it if I could afford to lay down $40 on the game. I've been hoping that it will come on sale, but I suspect that it'll be a while before that happens, as I recall them having a sale on Tropico games a few months back, plus that recent sale they had with the expansion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on April 10, 2012, 11:13:00 pm
Apparently, details on GTA V have been leaked. None of this is official, so take everything with a grain of salt.

Quote
Hello!

I am a friend of someone who recently got sacked from RockStar North for general misconduct. Because one contract to RockStar covered everything, including secrecy, and his contractual obligaton was now removed, he was legally allowed to spill the beans on Rockstar’s upcoming GTA V. And he is making damn sure everyone knows about it.

Here is the info you really want:

1. The protagonist will be one character, and one character alone. His name is (as some rumours said) Albert De Silva. He’s a half hispanic man who was once part of a crime family in Vice City. He decided to settle down and have kids in Los Santos. He has one son called Kevin De Silva who is your stereotypical CoD player. He’s lazy, useless and shouts racial abuse online and is really into FPS games. Kevin does admire his Dad though.

2. Multiplayer will hold 32 people on the Xbox and PS3. I wasn’t told how many were able to be on the PC. Just like in RDR, players will be able to form Gangs. These gangs are not ranked through XP anymore, but via Reputation. Instead of gang hideouts, you can do jobs that range from robbing a launderette to breaking into a military base and stealing state-of-the-art weaponary. The Gang leader has much more control over his or her gang by being able to rank members of their gang and setting more specific objectives to specific members of their gang. Gangs can have their own terratory but this only applies to areas inside the city of Los Santos.

3. The map is about 5x as large as the GTA IV map and the City of Los Santos takes up just under half of this area (so it’s a bit bigger than 2 GTA IV Liberty Cities).

The map is (like most GTAs) seperated into three different sections. 4. Planes are flyable, they range from World War 2 fighter planes to Private Jets.

5. Cars and guns are customisable to an extent, for example, you can cusomise a gun to have a supressor on it and you can install nitrous into cars.

Here’s some stuff you might like:

1. The protagonist is the “rich guy” from the GTA V debut trailer. You get to learn more about this man in the second when he talks about his troubles. You only see the protagonist twice in the trailer. First time is the side of his face and second time is when he is driving a Deceptor (Audi R8). The people robbing the jewellery store are just with the protagonist. He is driving the van ready to get away.

2. Gunfights are more realistic. When you are shooting a gun out of a window of a car, depending on how fast it’s going you will have troubles aiming due to shaking cameras.

3. The game is due in May 2013. A more specific date has not been decided because the game is still needing 6 months to be fully developed. They will have a playable demo at E3.

4. Police chases are now way more than either running or driving. Depending on how wanted you are, police may bring out riot shields and flash bangs. 5. When someone reaches 4 star wanted level, there will be a radio warning on some stations.

6. Radio stations now do traffic reports that are actually correct. So if you don’t know what route to take, you can check the traffic reports on your phone or the radio. 7. The in-game TV now has many more channels

8. [Editor's note: the following point contains spoilers for RDR and L.A Noire] The protagonist DOES NOT die unlike in the last two Rockstar games.

9. The underworld actually has a working economy that you can contribute too by buying and selling drugs, weapons and illegal cars in single player.

10. The protagonist can take drugs which will have some effects. But smoking weed on the streetwalk will lead to getting a one star wanted level.

11. Police cars will go after you if you’re obviousely breaking the speed limit. Having high speed crashes will also damage your health.

Wanted levels:

1 star – police follow you on foot and try to make an arrest. No sirens, no car chases (unless you are speeding).

2 star – police will still attempt to make an arrest. If a weapon is drawn then the police will begin opening fire. Police will use stun guns if a weapon is not drawn.

3 star – Chases begin and the police don’t care how they stop you, they just want to do it.

4 star – road traps, radio stations and much more hostile police.Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 24 in-game hours for someone matching your description.

5 star – shoot to kill, arrest only if it’s made very possible. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 48 in-game hours for someone matching your description. Few missions become unavailable if you are wanted.

6 star – military vehicles come after you. Even when you have evaded them, they will still search for 72 in-game hours for someone matching your description. Some missions become unavailable if you are wanted.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 11, 2012, 11:11:53 am
http://www.gamesradar.com/capcom-gives-resident-evil-6-1300820-special-edition-extravagant-celebration-nth-degree-money-grubbing-self-parody/

LOLCapcom
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 13, 2012, 06:44:22 am
Finished replaying Hitman 2 (which I actually bought legit as opposed to pirated like I did the first time) and managed Silent Assassin rating on all but the last two missions (which is impossible for one and the other isn't rated due to it being the final mission). Really hard but really satisfying. Like any good stealth game should be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 13, 2012, 07:36:22 am
Dark Souls. Fuck you
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 13, 2012, 07:25:15 pm
Dark Souls:  Problem?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 13, 2012, 07:36:00 pm
I fucking love the game but goddamn it shits me when I travel all the way to somewhere and get killed, then trying and get back to my bloodstain only to die right next to it >.<
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on April 13, 2012, 08:12:38 pm
Finished the Sino-Soviet 69 scenario in TOAW 3. Won as the Soviets, but it seems that once you get close enough to Beijing or you take Tongliao, the Chinese get really aggressive (understandably so).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 13, 2012, 11:30:16 pm
A treasure chest in dark souls just ate me.

I opened it up, it grew arms and fucking ate me.

WTF MAN
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 14, 2012, 02:23:42 am
Fucking mimicks, man.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 14, 2012, 03:02:29 am
A treasure chest in dark souls just ate me.

I opened it up, it grew arms and fucking ate me.

WTF MAN

And then people wonder why I don't want to play that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 14, 2012, 03:13:04 am
^

People have told me about how, in Skyrim, with the Deadly Dragons mod, it's taken them 2 hours to defeat a single dragon, with a single mistake netting them instant death... and how absolutely great it is.

And then they treat me like a freak when I don't agree with them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 14, 2012, 03:23:38 am
^

People have told me about how, in Skyrim, with the Deadly Dragons mod, it's taken them 2 hours to defeat a single dragon, with a single mistake netting them instant death... and how absolutely great it is.

And then they treat me like a freak when I don't agree with them.

See, I get the appeal of hard games to challenge gamers. I really do, but that's why difficulty levels were invented. If you want the game to be harder, crank up the damn difficulty and enjoy your challenge. Just don't tell me how wrong it is for me to enjoy a much easier game when I want more out of a game (especially one with a storyline I'd like to see to the finish) than challenge. Hell, I played Deus Ex: Human Revolution on easy when I normally play games on the normal setting because I know I suck at stealth games and I wanted to enjoy the story (though ironically, I play Metal Gear on Normal and played MGS4 on the harder version of Normal).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 14, 2012, 03:26:29 am
To be fair, these are the same people who think Master is a cakewalk.

Meanwhile, I encounter struggle on Adept.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 14, 2012, 03:29:13 am
To be fair, these are the same people who think Master is a cakewalk.

Meanwhile, I encounter struggle on Adept.

I'd be inclined to say that its not so much that they think its a cakewalk as much as they think every game should be as hard as Dark Souls and have masochistic tendencies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 14, 2012, 03:48:56 am
I only go for the harder difficulties after I've worked my way thru the game at least once.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 14, 2012, 11:36:31 am
To be fair, these are the same people who think Master is a cakewalk.

Meanwhile, I encounter struggle on Adept.

I'd be inclined to say that its not so much that they think its a cakewalk as much as they think every game should be as hard as Dark Souls and have masochistic tendencies.

No, they really do.

Here, have a quote from a game forum:

Quote
Even on master difficulty this is a children's game in terms of difficulty. Dragons are also pathetic.

This isn't just that guy's opinion.  It's more or less the accepted opinion shared by the entire forum. :-/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 14, 2012, 12:53:48 pm
To be fair, these are the same people who think Master is a cakewalk.

Meanwhile, I encounter struggle on Adept.

I'd be inclined to say that its not so much that they think its a cakewalk as much as they think every game should be as hard as Dark Souls and have masochistic tendencies.

No, they really do.

Here, have a quote from a game forum:

Quote
Even on master difficulty this is a children's game in terms of difficulty. Dragons are also pathetic.

This isn't just that guy's opinion.  It's more or less the accepted opinion shared by the entire forum. :-/

You won't blame me if I call that hyperbole would you?
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 14, 2012, 12:59:02 pm
I wouldn't blame you, though that really is the accepted opinion :-/

To the point where Deadly Dragons and Deadly Combat are pretty much the first two mods that people push on anyone who asks for "must have" mods.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on April 14, 2012, 10:34:44 pm
"You're new, your definition of fun must match ours, then!  Here, have some bullshit that will make your gaming experience one of teeth-grinding frustration and rage!  Have fun!"

Followed by so many emoticons, it'd make a RR regular vomit.

Least, that's what I'm guessing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 14, 2012, 11:37:22 pm
If only they were that obnoxious :-/

Instead, they're more along the lines of "Perfectly and reasonably obnoxious in a way you can't complain about"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 14, 2012, 11:40:53 pm
Hahaha, just watch me.  I'm an Olympic-class bitch, when I want to be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 14, 2012, 11:55:16 pm
Finally got through Sens Fortress. The main boss there was so friggin easy. And course I lose all my souls from that fight in Anor Londo -_-
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 15, 2012, 03:50:30 am
Found my old discs for Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money and as such I shall be replaying them in full. While I dislike the reduced challenge, they're still a lot of fun and very much feel like a Hitman game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 15, 2012, 07:26:41 am
I love Blood Money.  Just the fun ways to kill people is worth it alone.  And a stressful day at work can be forgotten after massacring an entire neighborhood while dressed as a clown.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 15, 2012, 08:05:56 am
I remember getting Silent Assassin on every mission without too much hassle, and then feeling immensely superior to my friend who didn't quite manage the same feat.

On an unrelated note, is it wrong that it took me a good 40 seconds to remember how to spell "feat"?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 15, 2012, 08:08:49 am
I personally can't get into the Hitman games. I dunno why. I have a couple but they just didn't... 'stick'.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on April 15, 2012, 10:23:03 am
I've been playing Silent Assassin off and on lately. Unfortunately, I'm not very good at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 16, 2012, 06:09:36 am
I got SA on most missions, but I still had trouble with a few of them, like the Playboy mansion and mental hospital.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 16, 2012, 06:44:23 am
Just realized I can play PS1 games on my PS3 at the same time I found my copies of the first two monster rancher games. I won't be needing any new games for a while.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 17, 2012, 06:47:17 am
Last night, I downloaded 'Cute Things Dyling Violently.'  Fun little game where you have to slingshot cute little round critters into an elevator, though sometimes they hit spikes, spinning blades, etc. and get sliced to bloody pieces.  Not a bad little game for 80 pts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on April 17, 2012, 09:17:25 am
I got SA on most missions, but I still had trouble with a few of them, like the Playboy mansion and mental hospital.

All of my missions turn into conspicuous, bloody massacres. A lot of that is due to me being too impatient to walk slowly or sneak around, but even when I make an effort to be sneaky, I always seem to get caught & wind up in a gun fight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 17, 2012, 06:27:16 pm
Just finished playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution. definitely the sequel that Invisible War should have been. Those boss fights were fucking irritating though. I'll probably end up playing through the original game again after I'm finished with Ultima Underworld.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 17, 2012, 06:29:54 pm
I got the Witcher 2 today for 360. Looks like I'll be breaking Indoctrination with ME3 to play it. Witcherrrr.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on April 18, 2012, 07:53:02 am
Some people on the internet are making a survival horror game based on the SCP Foundation.

http://scpcb.wordpress.com/ (http://scpcb.wordpress.com/)

This game is really gonna rustle my jimmies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 18, 2012, 01:42:50 pm
The copy of Xenoblade Chronicles (Bundled with a Classic Controller Pro) I ordered from Nintendo.com finally arrived last night! Also, I've been playing Tales of Graces f (awesome) and Skullgirls (amazing) on the PS3, Ketzal's Corridors(pretty good) and Kid Icarus: Uprising(freakin' epic) on my 3DS, and a bunch of stuff on the PS Vita (ranging from just okay to very good), although I've mainly been playing ClaDun X2 (excellent), even though that's a PSP game, and Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack (ingenious).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 20, 2012, 07:13:09 pm
Here's a video of the new game I'm playing.  I found the guy's commentary hysterical so I saved the page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg8LUZ8fEEw 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: agentCDE on April 21, 2012, 01:39:57 pm
Some people on the internet are making a survival horror game based on the SCP Foundation.

http://scpcb.wordpress.com/ (http://scpcb.wordpress.com/)

This game is really gonna rustle my jimmies.

I watched a live stream of someone playing that game. The streamer was losing his shit throughout, and I'll admit I was tense as hell just from watching.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 21, 2012, 03:12:18 pm
Witcher 2 is proving more difficult than I anticipated it to be. But it's a fun journey.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 21, 2012, 03:16:59 pm
Some people on the internet are making a survival horror game based on the SCP Foundation.

http://scpcb.wordpress.com/ (http://scpcb.wordpress.com/)

This game is really gonna rustle my jimmies.

I watched a live stream of someone playing that game. The streamer was losing his shit throughout, and I'll admit I was tense as hell just from watching.


Holy crap, that footage really makes me want to see more.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 24, 2012, 12:52:18 am
Yes!  Battlefield 3 FINALLY gave players the option to create custom and private games!  ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 24, 2012, 08:18:02 am
I started playing my NHL 2K7 game, since it's Franchise mode is one of the most user-friendly that I've played.  One player I drafted was a goalie named Fredrick Rodgers.  Oh and he has a Composure stat of 96.  I'd be cool if his number (57) had any significance, but I can't find anything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 24, 2012, 06:11:41 pm
I'm starting to love my soon-to-be Arcane Archer.  There's something about being able to kill skeletons with a bow on elite (which, normally, is all but impossible because of DR) that's just intensely pleasing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on April 24, 2012, 07:30:58 pm
I'm starting to love my soon-to-be Arcane Archer.  There's something about being able to kill skeletons with a bow on elite (which, normally, is all but impossible because of DR) that's just intensely pleasing.

Another reason why they're one of my favorite prestige classes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 24, 2012, 07:56:20 pm
So I have a Gauss Rifle in New Vegas.

Ironbite-things are starting to die really easily now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 24, 2012, 08:58:12 pm
I'm starting to love my soon-to-be Arcane Archer.  There's something about being able to kill skeletons with a bow on elite (which, normally, is all but impossible because of DR) that's just intensely pleasing.

I've fallen in love with my Elven Wizard that I just made.  A much different feel from my level 6 Half-Elven Sorcerer, and I think it's actually a better feel.

I'm definitely going Pale Master, simply because that self-healing is extremely delicious (not to mention the death aura is very nice to have) and because insta-kill spells will also be delicious when I get them.

However, there is one single spell I've fallen in love with.  Sound Blast.

Destroying breakables, stunning groups of enemies while dealing fairly significant sonic damage to them, oh, and it only costs 4 SP.  Love it so much.

Disrupt Undead is underwhelming damage considering that it only targets undead.  I think it could've stood to either have additional effects, or quicker-scaling damage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 25, 2012, 12:39:33 am
So while playing Hitman: Blood Money last night, I found that the only way to achieve Silent Assassin in Flatline is to kill one target in a gas explosion and crush the other under a chandelier by setting off a remote mine on the spot where it's anchored.

Call me crazy, but two explosions isn't exactly what I'd call "silent".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 25, 2012, 05:49:00 am
Yeah, somehow, two brutal accident in close proximity to each other and occuring within minites of each other isn't suspicious at all.  And don't forget the guy choking on his own weightlifting machine.

The main problem I had was sneaking into the morgue at the end.  You don't get SA unless you return with your suit, but since you leave from that place, you need to sneak in and leave without alerting the guards (one standing right there and one looking from the opposite building).  How did you manage to get past them?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 25, 2012, 05:56:48 am
The main problem I had was sneaking into the morgue at the end.  You don't get SA unless you return with your suit, but since you leave from that place, you need to sneak in and leave without alerting the guards (one standing right there and one looking from the opposite building).  How did you manage to get past them?
Maybe it's a glitch, but it seems you're allowed in the morgue as long as you have the key. Even when an orderly walks in while I'm inside, he won't get pissed off at me unless he sees me in the act of reviving the CIA fellow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 25, 2012, 12:11:14 pm
Sleepy did not warn me of the amount of boob in Witcher 2. I have to be very careful of when I play the game now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 25, 2012, 01:05:47 pm
Sleepy did not warn me of the amount of boob in Witcher 2. I have to be very careful of when I play the game now.

XD  Yeah, I've seen some very, gratuitous parts in video game videos on youtube.  I can see how that would be surprising if you weren't expecting it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 25, 2012, 01:10:44 pm
I have the unique Gauss Rifle in New Vegas.  CARDOZAS FALL TO MY MIGHT!

Ironbite-have I mentioned how much I hate Cardozas?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 25, 2012, 01:12:28 pm
I have the unique Gauss Rifle in New Vegas.  CARDOZAS FALL TO MY MIGHT!

Ironbite-have I mentioned how much I hate Cardozas?

Cazadors?  Yeah I fucking hate those things with a passion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 25, 2012, 01:22:06 pm
Sleepy did not warn me of the amount of boob in Witcher 2. I have to be very careful of when I play the game now.

XD  Yeah, I've seen some very, gratuitous parts in video game videos on youtube.  I can see how that would be surprising if you weren't expecting it.

I mean I had heard about it but to see it. lol
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 25, 2012, 04:11:27 pm
I have the unique Gauss Rifle in New Vegas.  CARDOZAS FALL TO MY MIGHT!

Ironbite-have I mentioned how much I hate Cardozas?

Cazadors?  Yeah I fucking hate those things with a passion.

Note, Never taunt them from a high place that they can't seem to get up. At least one of them has left to go find a way up there, and you'll barely hear the buzz before you die.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 25, 2012, 05:18:47 pm
The main problem I had was sneaking into the morgue at the end.  You don't get SA unless you return with your suit, but since you leave from that place, you need to sneak in and leave without alerting the guards (one standing right there and one looking from the opposite building).  How did you manage to get past them?
Maybe it's a glitch, but it seems you're allowed in the morgue as long as you have the key. Even when an orderly walks in while I'm inside, he won't get pissed off at me unless he sees me in the act of reviving the CIA fellow.

Sounds like when, in the first mission (not the tutorial), you can shoot the son downstairs while he's sniffing, and even if they find the body, it still counts as SA.  Weird.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on April 25, 2012, 05:52:28 pm
Sleepy did not warn me of the amount of boob in Witcher 2. I have to be very careful of when I play the game now.

XD  Yeah, I've seen some very, gratuitous parts in video game videos on youtube.  I can see how that would be surprising if you weren't expecting it.

I mean I had heard about it but to see it. lol

I don't know how you wouldn't have expected it. The boobs were pretty much the only thing about the game that the gaming press talked about leading up to it's release.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 25, 2012, 06:35:24 pm
The main problem I had was sneaking into the morgue at the end.  You don't get SA unless you return with your suit, but since you leave from that place, you need to sneak in and leave without alerting the guards (one standing right there and one looking from the opposite building).  How did you manage to get past them?
Maybe it's a glitch, but it seems you're allowed in the morgue as long as you have the key. Even when an orderly walks in while I'm inside, he won't get pissed off at me unless he sees me in the act of reviving the CIA fellow.

Sounds like when, in the first mission (not the tutorial), you can shoot the son downstairs while he's sniffing, and even if they find the body, it still counts as SA.  Weird.

Between that and nobody noticing when you steal the seaplane and fly away, I have concluded that Chileans make really shitty guards.

In other news, I bought me a copy of Spacechem (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/spacechem) last night. It's a very well made programming logic based indie puzzle game. I've only just finished the training missions and the puzzles are already genuinely challenging, and this is coming from someone who almost finished Manufactoria.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 25, 2012, 07:17:22 pm
Sleepy did not warn me of the amount of boob in Witcher 2. I have to be very careful of when I play the game now.

XD  Yeah, I've seen some very, gratuitous parts in video game videos on youtube.  I can see how that would be surprising if you weren't expecting it.

I mean I had heard about it but to see it. lol

I don't know how you wouldn't have expected it. The boobs were pretty much the only thing about the game that the gaming press talked about leading up to it's release.

I did expect it. I thought I pointed that out. What I didn't expect was the amount. Also, since I don't read bullshit like Kotaku there's a very small likelihood of me to hear about something like that ad nauseum.

In other news, I'm currently stuck on one of the boss fights in Witcher 2. I am also stuck in Mass Effect 3 trying to beat Kai Leng. So I lost my gaming mojo today. :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 25, 2012, 08:09:30 pm
I have the unique Gauss Rifle in New Vegas.  CARDOZAS FALL TO MY MIGHT!

Ironbite-have I mentioned how much I hate Cardozas?

Cazadors?  Yeah I fucking hate those things with a passion.

Note, Never taunt them from a high place that they can't seem to get up. At least one of them has left to go find a way up there, and you'll barely hear the buzz before you die.

Only way I've been able to take them out is to let them take out Boone and ED-E and then pick off the remaining ones with a hunting shotgun.

Ironbite-damn thing is money when it comes to taking 'em out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on April 25, 2012, 08:14:32 pm
Yay, I beat Avadon: The Black Fortress. Went the loyalist route with a blademaster, so next time I play it, I'm going to opt for a traitor shaman or sorceress.

Now it's time to start working on either Avernum or Geneforge. I fucking love Spiderweb Software's games.

I did expect it. I thought I pointed that out. What I didn't expect was the amount.

Had something similar happen when I played Still Life. So many dead, gory boobs in that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 25, 2012, 09:25:38 pm
So I played the demo for the original Painkiller after hearing some good reviews about it.  Some of the parts were kind of confusing, like one flying enemy who took me a while to figure out how to kill.  Overall though was very fun, and am downloading the full version through Steam as I type this.  Can't wait to play.  Especially since it has a gun that shoots shurikens and lightning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkKopRpY8Mw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 25, 2012, 10:16:40 pm
Yay, I beat Avadon: The Black Fortress. Went the loyalist route with a blademaster, so next time I play it, I'm going to opt for a traitor shaman or sorceress.

Now it's time to start working on either Avernum or Geneforge. I fucking love Spiderweb Software's games.

I did expect it. I thought I pointed that out. What I didn't expect was the amount.

Had something similar happen when I played Still Life. So many dead, gory boobs in that game.

I misread that as Still Alive. XD Is Still Life good?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on April 25, 2012, 11:42:31 pm
It's an interesting story. I enjoyed it for the most part, but there were some downsides. It was a bit cheesy at times (not to mention the gratuitous boobs) and the walking back and forth got redundant after a while. Plus, I would have liked to have had more control over the outcome. It felt more like interactive fiction, where you had to solve puzzles to advance the plot, as is typical of these sorts of point and click adventures.

One thing to keep in mind: The ending of the first game leaves a large chunk of the details unresolved, including one rather important plot point, forcing you to buy the second one if you want closure.

I haven't really had a chance to play Still Life 2 thanks to my computer being a piece of crap and refusing to run it properly.

Random, unrelated side-note: The voice acting in Dead Mountaineer's Hotel SUCKS. One character sounds like he's reading off a list of grocery items or something -- it has that same monotone and weird inflection you get when the teacher makes 5th graders take turns reading aloud from a book -- while another constantly sounds like he's angry or sarcastic, even when he's supposed to be acting friendly or soothing. It makes him (the alleged hero of the game) come across as a dick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 26, 2012, 12:15:01 am
Have a new hatred for Deathclaws.

Ironbite-also Boone is incredibly dumb at times
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 26, 2012, 12:58:29 am
Rar. Fucking bosses at the end of Anor Londo. I got so excited when i killed one and then its like "oh you gotta be fuckin kiddin me!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 26, 2012, 02:54:25 am
I was playing my Pokemon SS game again, and I found out my Clefable, Cuddles has enough EV to get the Effort Ribbon.  Now I just need to finish off his moveset (including giving him Frustration), p*** him off, and send him into the Battle Hall.  I'm not counting on him doing well, but it'll be fun to try.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on April 26, 2012, 05:08:13 am
I was playing my Pokemon SS game again, and I found out my Clefable, Cuddles has enough EV to get the Effort Ribbon.  Now I just need to finish off his moveset (including giving him Frustration), p*** him off, and send him into the Battle Hall.  I'm not counting on him doing well, but it'll be fun to try.

Isn't it easier to use Return instead? Since, well, it's easier to raise Happiness than to lower it. But if you insists, feed the thing a lot of Herbs and try . Also, if you have 2 DS/have a friend, trading resets Happiness back to its default level (around 70), so you could try that. Here's a more detailed FAQ about Happiness (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ds/925601-pokemon-diamond-version/faqs/48344) if you want more info.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 26, 2012, 06:06:37 am
Sleeeeepy I'm stuuuuuck in Witcher 2. :(

Stupid Letho.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 26, 2012, 07:15:44 am
Have a new hatred for Deathclaws.

Trust me, the Tunnelers in Lonesome Road are arguably WORSE.

They're introduced by a Deathclaw being easily killed by one!
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 26, 2012, 10:17:49 am
It's an interesting story. I enjoyed it for the most part, but there were some downsides. It was a bit cheesy at times (not to mention the gratuitous boobs) and the walking back and forth got redundant after a while. Plus, I would have liked to have had more control over the outcome. It felt more like interactive fiction, where you had to solve puzzles to advance the plot, as is typical of these sorts of point and click adventures.

One thing to keep in mind: The ending of the first game leaves a large chunk of the details unresolved, including one rather important plot point, forcing you to buy the second one if you want closure.

I haven't really had a chance to play Still Life 2 thanks to my computer being a piece of crap and refusing to run it properly.

Random, unrelated side-note: The voice acting in Dead Mountaineer's Hotel SUCKS. One character sounds like he's reading off a list of grocery items or something -- it has that same monotone and weird inflection you get when the teacher makes 5th graders take turns reading aloud from a book -- while another constantly sounds like he's angry or sarcastic, even when he's supposed to be acting friendly or soothing. It makes him (the alleged hero of the game) come across as a dick.

oh it's a point and click. I haven't played one in a long time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 26, 2012, 11:06:54 am
Have a new hatred for Deathclaws.

Trust me, the Tunnelers in Lonesome Road are arguably WORSE.

They're introduced by a Deathclaw being easily killed by one!
(click to show/hide)

Don't have the DLC so I'm not worried bout them and also....that Deathclaw was suffering from Radiation sickness so it was weaker.

Ironbite-show me a Tunneler killing the Legendary Deathclaw and we'll talk
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 26, 2012, 12:22:22 pm
Sleeeeepy I'm stuuuuuck in Witcher 2. :(

Stupid Letho.

I wish I could play. My desktop back home ran it, just not well. I only have lappytop now. :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 26, 2012, 01:02:00 pm
Have a new hatred for Deathclaws.

Trust me, the Tunnelers in Lonesome Road are arguably WORSE.

They're introduced by a Deathclaw being easily killed by one!
(click to show/hide)

Don't have the DLC so I'm not worried bout them and also....that Deathclaw was suffering from Radiation sickness so it was weaker.

Ironbite-show me a Tunneler killing the Legendary Deathclaw and we'll talk

Couldn't find a video on YouTube, have the Xbox 360 version (so no console usage to spawn a Tunneler and Legendary Deathclaw in the same location), and even if you could use the developer's console in the 360 version, my 360 controllers have stopped working, even with the batteries changed. But, really, Tunnellers are mainly dangerous because they come in swarms, whereas Deathclaws hit like trucks. It's really a matter of if you're better with crowd control (read: explosives) or killing a single enemy quickly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 26, 2012, 01:45:12 pm
Riot Shotguns also work wonders.

But, my fiancee's trying to talk me into doing a Torchlight 2 Give away, anyone else here interested in the game?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 26, 2012, 02:27:14 pm
I was playing my Pokemon SS game again, and I found out my Clefable, Cuddles has enough EV to get the Effort Ribbon.  Now I just need to finish off his moveset (including giving him Frustration), p*** him off, and send him into the Battle Hall.  I'm not counting on him doing well, but it'll be fun to try.

Isn't it easier to use Return instead? Since, well, it's easier to raise Happiness than to lower it. But if you insists, feed the thing a lot of Herbs and try . Also, if you have 2 DS/have a friend, trading resets Happiness back to its default level (around 70), so you could try that. Here's a more detailed FAQ about Happiness (http://www.gamefaqs.com/ds/925601-pokemon-diamond-version/faqs/48344) if you want more info.

Return would be easier, but the whole point is to take the cute little mon, turn it into a demon-beast that hisses and spits and at very thought of me, and then send it into battle.  As I said, it's just for fun, though I'll be pleasantly shocked if little Cuddles does well in the BH.

As for the trading, my wife has a DS, and I also have Platinum so I will be doing the trading.  Thanks for the tip.

In addition to Frustration I was thinking of Magical Leaf (to counter double team, sand attack, etc.), Brick Break (for steel types) and also for steel types, either Fire Punch of Flame Thrower.  FT is more damaging, but i'm not sure if I want to waste it on Cuddles when I might need it for someone else later (since it costs quite a few coints to buy).  I was tempted to give him FT, Ice Beam, and Thunderbolt so he'd have all 3 elemental attacks, but the entire point is for Cuddles to embrace his hatred of me and use it to destroy everyone in his path. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 26, 2012, 02:53:40 pm
Riot Shotguns also work wonders.

I only have the Hunting Shotgun.

Ironbite-with full mods.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 26, 2012, 03:06:39 pm
Have a new hatred for Deathclaws.

Trust me, the Tunnelers in Lonesome Road are arguably WORSE.

They're introduced by a Deathclaw being easily killed by one!
(click to show/hide)

Don't have the DLC so I'm not worried bout them and also....that Deathclaw was suffering from Radiation sickness so it was weaker.

Ironbite-show me a Tunneler killing the Legendary Deathclaw and we'll talk

Couldn't find a video on YouTube, have the Xbox 360 version (so no console usage to spawn a Tunneler and Legendary Deathclaw in the same location), and even if you could use the developer's console in the 360 version, my 360 controllers have stopped working, even with the batteries changed. But, really, Tunnellers are mainly dangerous because they come in swarms, whereas Deathclaws hit like trucks. It's really a matter of if you're better with crowd control (read: explosives) or killing a single enemy quickly.

Yeah, though both are annoying, I'm much more scared by Deathclaws then I am by Tunnlers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on April 26, 2012, 05:46:24 pm
But, my fiancee's trying to talk me into doing a Torchlight 2 Give away, anyone else here interested in the game?

I am interested. I played the first one on the Xbox and really like it. Sadly, I am going to have to put it off for a while. Until I get a job, I need to watch my funds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on April 26, 2012, 10:23:11 pm
So.  I randomly bought a 3DS.

Lego Pirates of the Caribbean is pretty good.  Also, I am mildly disappointed that Sonic Generations was apparently heavily truncated when they ported it over to 3DS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 27, 2012, 09:39:22 am
Sleeeeepy I'm stuuuuuck in Witcher 2. :(

Stupid Letho.

I wish I could play. My desktop back home ran it, just not well. I only have lappytop now. :(

:( Did you ever beat the kingslayer? I could use some tips. The guide only told me 'he's a witcher, dodge his shit'.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 27, 2012, 11:09:03 am
Sleeeeepy I'm stuuuuuck in Witcher 2. :(

Stupid Letho.

I wish I could play. My desktop back home ran it, just not well. I only have lappytop now. :(

:( Did you ever beat the kingslayer? I could use some tips. The guide only told me 'he's a witcher, dodge his shit'.

Unfortunately, I never got very far because of how poorly it ran.

I need to magic up a nice desktop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 27, 2012, 11:13:23 am
This was a long time ago:

I was playing Jagged alliance 2 and I was trying to be really sneaky-quiet in one mission. I had my main character armed with a supressed Beretta 93R pistol and tooled and trained for stealth. After killing one enemy soldier I happened to find a MP5K and realising that it uses the same ammo as the pistol armed him with it. I also found out that I could arm a merc with two pistols/smgs at the same time. (I was new to the game and this was one of the first missions.) My merc had been left in overwatch/guard/whatever as I was waiting for my slower and less sneaky mercs to position themselves when one of the enemies happened to walk near my main merc.

This was the first time I used the overwatch mode so I was suprised that it was automatic and I had no control over the merc as he gets up and zip-BANG!-BANG!-BANG!-zip-AAARGH!

...Hmmm. So when I equip two weapons both are used automatically, this is important information. Another important bit is to find a second supressor for the smg SINCE LOUD AUTOMATIC FIRE DOES NOT COUNT AS: SNEAKY-STEALTHY-ACTION!

Anyway that particular enemy was killed in one go but not suprisingly other guards heard the gunshots. Second guard runs up and before you can say "What's all this then?" my merc turns around and -zip-BANG!-BANG!-BANG!-zip- another dead enemy. OK maybe this isn't so bad after all, maybe the other guards are too far back to have-OH FUCK! A THIRD GUARD IS COMING AN-zip-BANG!-BANG!-BANG!-zip-

...


Three soldiers, all killed in one burst. Maybe stealth is overrated.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 27, 2012, 08:17:44 pm
Sleeeeepy I'm stuuuuuck in Witcher 2. :(

Stupid Letho.

I wish I could play. My desktop back home ran it, just not well. I only have lappytop now. :(

:( Did you ever beat the kingslayer? I could use some tips. The guide only told me 'he's a witcher, dodge his shit'.

Unfortunately, I never got very far because of how poorly it ran.

I need to magic up a nice desktop.

Awww. :( I hope you get a nice new one, then!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 02, 2012, 03:53:00 pm
So apparently Dice and EA have released a series of "shortcut bundles".  They're basically "pay to unlock" bundles for each class, ground vehicles, and air vehicles, or you can buy the "Ultimate Bundle" and get it all at once.

Now, I sort of have mixed feelings on this.  I know a lot of people don't get to play the game too much and those people might like to try some of the other weapons that are hard to unlock.  I myself thought about getting the air bundle just because I can't even get off the ground without getting shot down because all the other pilots have so much better gear than me.

However, these bundles aren't cheap, with the Ultimate Bundle being $40.  That's 2/3 the price of BF3 ITSELF.  Also, it, in my opinion, kind of ruins a lot of the replayability if there's nothing left to unlock in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 03, 2012, 09:56:08 pm
Anyway...anybody here who loves rail shooter/light gun games (Time Crisis, House of the Dead etc.) besides me?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 03, 2012, 10:11:40 pm
I used to quite a fan of Silent Scope back in the day.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 04, 2012, 05:50:55 pm
My Pokemon, Cuddles, is currently up to 90 wins in the Battle Hall.  Not bad for an odious little puffball, though I'm not sure how much longer she'll last.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 04, 2012, 11:57:58 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6m9-Dret0U
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 05, 2012, 12:28:25 am
Anyway...anybody here who loves rail shooter/light gun games (Time Crisis, House of the Dead etc.) besides me?

I have always loved the Time crisis series. The dodging mechanic is something that separates it from other shooters and the games are really fun to play.

I especially liked when one of the games had a chopper that was basically a call back to retro rail shooters. That is to say that the whole side of the chopper was covered in tiny 'turrets' that were basically just a square with a gun barrel in it. It really reminded me of the Atari ST era shooters.

Then again there is no beating the classics like Operation Wolf.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 05, 2012, 09:37:07 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6m9-Dret0U

*spittatke* What?

Hmmm... though I do like the idea a lot, Bethesda needs to be careful how they handle this or they could piss off a lot of their fanbase.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 05, 2012, 03:09:51 pm
Too late. Already pissed off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on May 05, 2012, 09:57:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6m9-Dret0U

*spittatke* What?

Hmmm... though I do like the idea a lot, Bethesda needs to be careful how they handle this or they could piss off a lot of their fanbase.

Oh this is going to be one hilarious train wreck! Given the stability of any engine derived from gamebryo *cough*Creation*cough* (http://peter.corrosivetruths.org/2011/12/21/is-skyrims-creation-just-gamebryo/) those servers are going to go up and down faster than a martini shaken not stirred.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 06, 2012, 01:06:51 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6m9-Dret0U

*spittatke* What?

Hmmm... though I do like the idea a lot, Bethesda needs to be careful how they handle this or they could piss off a lot of their fanbase.

Oh please, the Elder Scrolls fanbase is almost as fickle as the Fallout fanbase.  The people who are going to bitch the most just want an online version of Morrowind or Daggerfall.  Oblivion and Skyrim are heretical because, unlike Morrowind, their combat engines aren't a pain in the ass.  In a RPG, that's a pretty fucking important thing to not screw the hell up.

I, for one, wanna see what they do with it.  With the new expansion for DDO slaked for June, I think it is, and Guild Wars 2 having recent beta exposure, we might be seeing a wave of MMOs (or expansions to MMOs) that are actually worth playing, for once.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 06, 2012, 02:45:26 am
Screenshots and Art here (http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2012/05/elder-scrolls-online.html)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 06, 2012, 04:30:47 am
I'm actually looking forward to it on concept, but the execution, being a complete theorycraft for people not actively working on the project, is still a mystery to me and as such I have no opinion on that yet.

I can say, though, that regardless of how good it is, there will be people bitching and whining about it.  Just like people bitch and whine about every new thing that comes out lately.  Because they build up their own personal hype so high that there is literally nothing that can be done to satisfy it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 06, 2012, 05:04:21 am
My Pokemon, Cuddles, is currently up to 90 wins in the Battle Hall.  Not bad for an odious little puffball, though I'm not sure how much longer she'll last.

Nevermind, got slaughtered in Match # 91.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 06, 2012, 09:30:12 am
I'm actually looking forward to it on concept, but the execution, being a complete theorycraft for people not actively working on the project, is still a mystery to me and as such I have no opinion on that yet.

This.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 06, 2012, 11:27:20 am
I'm actually looking forward to it on concept, but the execution, being a complete theorycraft for people not actively working on the project, is still a mystery to me and as such I have no opinion on that yet.

I can say, though, that regardless of how good it is, there will be people bitching and whining about it.  Just like people bitch and whine about every new thing that comes out lately.  Because they build up their own personal hype so high that there is literally nothing that can be done to satisfy it.
There's no way everyone will be happy with it, elder scrolls fans will want to walk the length of a continent, wow folk will want sparkly critters to mount, and the rest of people will want a game to actually play. But, given the sheer size of the existing universe for scrolls, they should have a solid base of content to build on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 06, 2012, 11:30:20 am
Well I do have a bit of news for you.  I know what type of engine it'll run on.  Hero according to Lordkat who was looking at specs on his stream.

Ironbite-take that for what you will.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 06, 2012, 01:11:18 pm
I can say, though, that regardless of how good it is, there will be people bitching and whining about it.  Just like people bitch and whine about every new thing that comes out lately.  Because they build up their own personal hype so high that there is literally nothing that can be done to satisfy it.

I've seen people bitch about Thief II.  Ten years after its been released.  Apparently, robots are far less subtle than burricks (http://images.wikia.com/thief/images/f/f8/DromEd_Object_Model_burrick.jpg), ape-men speaking the irritating Pagan dialect, or fucking Hammer haunts (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXO0j1fGz2k).  The enemies aren't supposed to be subtle, YOU ARE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 06, 2012, 03:28:26 pm
Well I do have a bit of news for you.  I know what type of engine it'll run on.  Hero according to Lordkat who was looking at specs on his stream.

Ironbite-take that for what you will.

I've heard about that, but I don't know anything about the Hero engine, so it's meaningless to me *shrug*

Unless someone would care to give examples...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on May 06, 2012, 07:33:02 pm
I've started playing TF2 again.  Fun times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 07, 2012, 05:38:17 am
I've started playing TF2 again.  Fun times.

Erectin' a DOKTOR, Need a dispenser ON THE POINT, Kryyy sum muerde, huddahuddahuddahudda
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yla on May 07, 2012, 06:23:37 am
The TES universe is of large enough scale that a MMO might work without raping the existing lore with a rusty spoon.

Screenshots and Art here (http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2012/05/elder-scrolls-online.html)
..and already sceptical. That didn't take long. This is a bit too colorful for my idea of Tamriel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 07, 2012, 09:37:09 am
The glitchiness of Bethesda's games plus the exploits MMOs typically have equals...
(click to show/hide)

In other news, I finished Lineages and Legacies in Tales of Graces f. Now I'm working on the side stuff.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 07, 2012, 01:42:33 pm
The TES universe is of large enough scale that a MMO might work without raping the existing lore with a rusty spoon.

Screenshots and Art here (http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2012/05/elder-scrolls-online.html)
..and already sceptical. That didn't take long. This is a bit too colorful for my idea of Tamriel.

.......Too colorful.  Really.

I think you've been stuck in the modern lands of brown for too long :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 07, 2012, 02:15:53 pm
Too...colorful?  Seriously?  If that's the case, just turn all the colors on your TV down to 0, and bam! no more annoying color, because its all gone greyscale.

Honestly, I'm glad they've decided to take a leap, which I'm sad its considered one in this day and age, and add fucking color to their game.  Real is NOT brown.  I can count at least a dozen colors within 2 meters of me right now.  The real world has fucking color, brown doesn't make your world "gritty" or "realistic," it just makes it drab and fucking boring.

Bring me back to the days of colorful games, like Ultima, Nox, Symphony of the Night, and System Shock!  Shit, Thief has more colors than modern games, and you spend (if you're playing anywhere NEAR properly) a good 90% of the game in the dark!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 07, 2012, 03:38:36 pm
I don't agree with the too colorful thing.  Some of the screenshots I saw made me instantly think of Cyrodil from Oblivion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on May 07, 2012, 05:14:46 pm
The TES universe is of large enough scale that a MMO might work without raping the existing lore with a rusty spoon.

Screenshots and Art here (http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2012/05/elder-scrolls-online.html)
..and already sceptical. That didn't take long. This is a bit too colorful for my idea of Tamriel.

.......Too colorful.  Really.

I think you've been stuck in the modern lands of brown for too long :P

I agree.  Everything about those screenshots looks wonderful and rich, without being too bright. :3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on May 07, 2012, 06:13:25 pm
The color isn't the problem. It's the cartoonish art style. To me, it looks more like WoW than it does Elder Scrolls.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 07, 2012, 06:26:40 pm
The color isn't the problem. It's the cartoonish art style. To me, it looks more like WoW than it does Elder Scrolls.

...Cartoony?

Now I KNOW you're kidding.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 07, 2012, 06:30:10 pm
The color isn't the problem. It's the cartoonish art style. To me, it looks more like WoW than it does Elder Scrolls.

(http://i.imgur.com/lFws9.jpg)
THIS is a screenshot from Elder Scrolls Online.

(http://www.wowinsider.com/media/2006/03/300306-murloc.jpg)
THIS is a screenshot from World of Warcraft.

Any questions?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 07, 2012, 10:29:32 pm
I mean it's obvious the graphics aren't going to be quite as high quality as like Skyrim for example, because it would run like shit with so many people playing at once.  However, like Ravynous pointed out, they are still a FAAAAAAAR step from the very cartoony WoW graphics.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 07, 2012, 11:08:50 pm
Meh, every other AAA MMORPG on the market has been completely destroyed by World of Warcraft in a matter of months. What the fuck makes Bethesda think that they'll fare any better?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 07, 2012, 11:23:46 pm
Meh, every other AAA MMORPG on the market has been completely destroyed by World of Warcraft in a matter of months. What the fuck makes Bethesda think that they'll fare any better?

The fans which have been clamoring for an Elder Scrolls MMO since the later years of Morrowind, perhaps?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 07, 2012, 11:24:21 pm
Meh, every other AAA MMORPG on the market has been completely destroyed by World of Warcraft in a matter of months. What the fuck makes Bethesda think that they'll fare any better?

If this were a few years ago, I'd agree with you.  However, WoW has been consistently losing loads of players over the last couple of years.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/243465/world_of_warcraft_loses_2_million_subscribers_in_a_year.html (http://www.pcworld.com/article/243465/world_of_warcraft_loses_2_million_subscribers_in_a_year.html)
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/720899/world-of-warcraft-loses-100000-subscribers-the-mmo-report/ (http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/720899/world-of-warcraft-loses-100000-subscribers-the-mmo-report/)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/03/02/activision-jobs-cuts-warcraft-losing-wow-factor/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/03/02/activision-jobs-cuts-warcraft-losing-wow-factor/)

That and the fact that people I know who have been playing WoW since the beginning have pretty much all left WoW.  I myself haven't played in a long time except for like a week or two when Cata came out.

Don't get me wrong.  I still think WoW is a definitely going to be a hard competitor for any big title MMO coming out, but it's not quite the scary goliath it used to be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 07, 2012, 11:29:08 pm
Meh, every other AAA MMORPG on the market has been completely destroyed by World of Warcraft in a matter of months. What the fuck makes Bethesda think that they'll fare any better?

Guild Wars. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_Wars)  D&D Online. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Online)

That's all I gotta say.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 08, 2012, 05:58:28 pm
Just finished Arx Fatalis for the second time. great game, some of the puzzles towards the end of the game were pretty frustrating, but didn't dampen the experience to any significant degree. Would recommend RPG fans check it out, on GOG.com or Steam.

Also, how did I manage to miss the fact they are making an Elder Scrolls MMO? Would be pretty interesting to see modern versions of regions like Daggerfall and Vvardenfell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 08, 2012, 11:54:43 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/adventure-time-hey-ice-king-whyd-you-steal-our-garbage-announced-3ds/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/adventure-time-hey-ice-king-whyd-you-steal-our-garbage-announced-3ds/)

Well, it's WayForward, so, this should work out fine. I mean, that Thor game for the DS was pretty decent, so...


http://www.gamesradar.com/ys-origin-preview-old-school-look-and-feel/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/ys-origin-preview-old-school-look-and-feel/)

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 09, 2012, 12:26:34 am
I read "Origin" and immediately thought that mean new Ultima, or at least official remakes...

Richard Garriott, Y U NO BUY ULTIMA BACK?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 10, 2012, 05:11:10 am
So guys, I'd like a little advice. I'm currently playing through Pokemon Leaf Green and I'm not quite sure who I want on my team. I'm currently up to Vermillion City and I've already got a Charmeleon and a Mankey (debating whether to swap it for a Hitmonlee when I get to Saffron). What would you guys recommend for my other four pokemans? Oh, and I'm strongly leaning towards Snorlax, Starmie and either Jolteon or Magneton as additions, though their inclusion in my team is by no means certain.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on May 10, 2012, 08:35:59 am
My knowledge of Pokemon isn't that great, but I usually try to keep a Kadabra (or Alakazam if you can trade). I also don't like using fighting Pokemon, but I prefer Primape. I also try to keep a Dugtrio, though they're not very useful. Also, a flying HM slave.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 10, 2012, 08:50:27 am
I wont need a flying HM slave as Charmeleon should evolve at around the time I get fly if all goes to plan. Also, I can't trade so Kadabra would just be wasted potential (not to mention redundant, as Starmie is part psychic). Dugtrio is certainly a possibility though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on May 10, 2012, 09:16:57 am
I didn't know Starmie was part Psychic, I just thought it could learn Psychic moves. However Kadabra is fast. Anyway, I usually just end up using Lapras.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 10, 2012, 02:25:50 pm
I love Starmie.  He/She/It was always a deadly sweeper on my teams, though one punch or kick flattens it like paper.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 10, 2012, 06:18:57 pm
Can Charizard learn Fly?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 10, 2012, 06:21:16 pm
Can in LeafGreen.

Ironbite-and by that I mean Ruby/Saffire
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 10, 2012, 06:23:33 pm
Can Charizard learn Fly?
It's been able to ever since Yellow version.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 10, 2012, 07:17:53 pm
So guys, I'd like a little advice. I'm currently playing through Pokemon Leaf Green and I'm not quite sure who I want on my team. I'm currently up to Vermillion City and I've already got a Charmeleon and a Mankey (debating whether to swap it for a Hitmonlee when I get to Saffron). What would you guys recommend for my other four pokemans? Oh, and I'm strongly leaning towards Snorlax, Starmie and either Jolteon or Magneton as additions, though their inclusion in my team is by no means certain.

My team through firered would be Charizard, Pigetot, Kadavra(or Alakazam), Poliwrath, Raichu, and Haunter (or gingar).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 10, 2012, 10:18:13 pm
Well, after looking at stats, it seems Dugtrio is absolute ass, so it definitely will not be a part of my team. I must say Rhydon is looking like a very nice possibility. The only worry now is that my team will be too heavily geared towards physical attack and defense. Granted, I do have three special attackers, though I'm not sure any of them would be well suited to tanking special attacks.

That said, I'm only doing the single player story so it should be more than up to the task.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 11, 2012, 08:13:37 am
Also, it seems that Jolteon shits all over Magneton, so methinks that'll be my electric type. Granted, it's not a dual type like Magneton, but I figure the significantly superior stats more than make up for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 11, 2012, 07:28:21 pm
So, many, references!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwNVQvygCNQ
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 11, 2012, 08:49:10 pm
Well, after looking at stats, it seems Dugtrio is absolute ass, so it definitely will not be a part of my team. I must say Rhydon is looking like a very nice possibility. The only worry now is that my team will be too heavily geared towards physical attack and defense. Granted, I do have three special attackers, though I'm not sure any of them would be well suited to tanking special attacks.

That said, I'm only doing the single player story so it should be more than up to the task.

Well, Chansey is a bastard and a half to catch, but Blissey is a wonderful special wall. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 11, 2012, 08:59:04 pm
Well, after looking at stats, it seems Dugtrio is absolute ass, so it definitely will not be a part of my team. I must say Rhydon is looking like a very nice possibility. The only worry now is that my team will be too heavily geared towards physical attack and defense. Granted, I do have three special attackers, though I'm not sure any of them would be well suited to tanking special attacks.

That said, I'm only doing the single player story so it should be more than up to the task.

Well, Chansey is a bastard and a half to catch, but Blissey is a wonderful special wall. Just sayin'.

It's also not available in Leaf Green.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 12, 2012, 12:51:41 am
I just finished Datura on the PS3...

I'm very confused, and I'm glad I have PlayStation Plus, so I got a discount, because otherwise I would've felt even more ripped off. [/firstworldproblems]

Also, Art, get a Magikarp, level it up until it becomes Gyardos, and annhilate everything in your path.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 12, 2012, 01:06:53 am
I've already got a flying and water type, so Gyarados would be redundant.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 12, 2012, 01:38:15 am
GYRADOS IS NEVER REDUNDANT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 12, 2012, 03:34:27 am
It is when you have both Charizard and Starmie on your team.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 12, 2012, 04:19:18 am
Yeah it's generally not a good idea to have 3 pokes that can be killed by carpeting.

Bummer you're not playing the original red or blue.  One Venosaur could thrash Lance's entire team.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 12, 2012, 06:23:49 am
It also seems that rock moves in gen III are all ass. Ah well, Rhyhorn is more of a defensive wall than a sweeper, so I suppose I can work around it. Not to mention, once it learns earthquake to go with drill horn it'll be more than adequate against anything that's not fighting or a special attacker.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 12, 2012, 08:54:23 am
Speaking of Pokemon, just this afternoon while playing HeartGold I've managed to beat Blue and obtain my 16th badge. Now I'm preparing to face off against Red; any advice for my party?

Here is my party:
Typhlosion L77 - Sunny Day, Flamethrower, Focus Blast, Solarbeam
Ho-Oh L72 - Sacred Fire, Fly, Earthquake, Recover
Mamoswine L73 - Ice Fang, Earthquake, Rock Tomb, Light Screen
Lapras L71 - Surf, Blizzard (utilizing Red's permanent Hail), Thunderbolt, Psychic
Dialga L83 (Hooray for 2 DS!) - Roar Of Time, Dragon Claw, Flash Cannon, Earthquake

The last slot is for my HM Slave Bibarel, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on May 12, 2012, 07:48:10 pm
For anyone who's interested, Tropico 4 is on sale on Steam for $13.59 (normally, it's $39.99) until Monday evening. DLC is also on sale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 12, 2012, 09:15:52 pm
Speaking of Pokemon, just this afternoon while playing HeartGold I've managed to beat Blue and obtain my 16th badge. Now I'm preparing to face off against Red; any advice for my party?

Here is my party:
Typhlosion L77 - Sunny Day, Flamethrower, Focus Blast, Solarbeam
Ho-Oh L72 - Sacred Fire, Fly, Earthquake, Recover
Mamoswine L73 - Ice Fang, Earthquake, Rock Tomb, Light Screen
Lapras L71 - Surf, Blizzard (utilizing Red's permanent Hail), Thunderbolt, Psychic
Dialga L83 (Hooray for 2 DS!) - Roar Of Time, Dragon Claw, Flash Cannon, Earthquake

The last slot is for my HM Slave Bibarel, unfortunately.

With all your levels in the 70's, you could probably wipe the floor with him using only Hoppips and Luvdiscs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on May 12, 2012, 09:18:40 pm
For anyone who's interested, Tropico 4 is on sale on Steam for $13.59 (normally, it's $39.99) until Monday evening. DLC is also on sale.

Are there any expansions out yet?  It feels wierd to see it sitting on the shelf alone, right next to Tropico 3: The Ultimate Pack.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 13, 2012, 12:16:28 am
With all your levels in the 70's, you could probably wipe the floor with him using only Hoppips and Luvdiscs.

Well since Red has the absolute highest leveled 'mons in the series... (L88 Pikachu w/ Light Ball anyone?) I still think it's gonna be a long gorefest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 13, 2012, 12:29:58 am
With all your levels in the 70's, you could probably wipe the floor with him using only Hoppips and Luvdiscs.

Well since Red has the absolute highest leveled 'mons in the series... (L88 Pikachu w/ Light Ball anyone?) I still think it's gonna be a long gorefest.

Well, that's quite a jump. Usually even the Elite 4 are only leveled in the 50's and 60's.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 13, 2012, 12:53:40 am
Ok, in Arkham city Batman has these finisher moves that knock out his opponents, some of them are done on opponents that are lying on the ground. One particular finisher has him sit on the opponents waist and then punch him in the face.

Sometimes this does something weird. In one fight as Batman used this finisher the villain happened to be lying on the ground with his head closer to Batman so... Batman sits down on the poor criminals' face (BAT-Teabag!) and punches him in the dick, so hard that the guy loses conciousness...
When this happened the first time it just seemed like a glitch but the second time...

Other features in the game are: Slowmotion knockdown of the last villain in the room and "detective-mode" which highlits clues, structural weak-points AND SHOWS AN X-RAY IMAGE OF EVERY PERSON. So when we combine all these features with dick punching:

Batman squats on the face of the villain (who, if I may remind, is seen as an x-ray-image with his skeletal structure visible) and after pausing just long enough to let the poor guy realise what is about to happen, Batman proceeds to punch him in the groin in slow-motion.

See, this is why the villains fear him.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on May 13, 2012, 12:54:40 am
What exactly is the difference between Tropico 3 and 4? They look like the exact same game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on May 13, 2012, 03:30:46 am
For anyone who's interested, Tropico 4 is on sale on Steam for $13.59 (normally, it's $39.99) until Monday evening. DLC is also on sale.

Are there any expansions out yet?  It feels wierd to see it sitting on the shelf alone, right next to Tropico 3: The Ultimate Pack.

I think Modern Times is an expansion. Incidentally, that too is on sale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 13, 2012, 04:28:10 am



Red's pokes are in the 70's and 80's.  Jumpingjackflash's team looks good, though you might want something with fighting moves for Snorlax. 

Following my Clefable, Cuddles' crushing defeat in match 91 of the Battle Hall, I'm looking to either train a Dragonite for the Bh or build a Battle Tower Team.  If I go for the BT, I'm thinking of Scizor, Swampert, and Togekiss.

Well, that's quite a jump. Usually even the Elite 4 are only leveled in the 50's and 60's.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 13, 2012, 07:46:20 am
Well, that's quite a jump. Usually even the Elite 4 are only leveled in the 50's and 60's.

Ever fight a rematch? You have got to see the leaders'/E4's levels. FYI, the E4 (first fight, natch) in HGSS is actually the weakest E4 in the series - Levels range from 42-50. But the rematch with them? 58-64. Which while weak by rematch standards, gives you a hard jump in levels with Champion Lance, whose levels are 68-75. So if you go in with 'mons with levels in the late fifties, the champion fight is gonna be brutal.


Following my Clefable, Cuddles' crushing defeat in match 91 of the Battle Hall, I'm looking to either train a Dragonite for the Bh or build a Battle Tower Team.  If I go for the BT, I'm thinking of Scizor, Swampert, and Togekiss.

Just a friendly advice: the higher your streak goes in Tower, the more cheats CPU will use to destroy your streak. I have experienced this, having my BT team get wiped out in one hit with Guillotine, a move that normally has a 30% chance of hitting. Three - THREE - fucking times in a row. If you insist, however, make sure to EV train your party. As it seems, the frontier facilities are the only place in the game where EV & IV actually is important to winning a fight.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 13, 2012, 03:53:53 pm
Trust me, I've seen my share of cheap shots.  Whether it was my Starmie getting out-maneuvered by a hitmontop 10 levels lower or a Weazing wiping out my entire team. 

And I don't even approach the BF until my poke has the Effort Ribbon.  I'm just not sure if I want to train one poke for the Bh or try the Bt this time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 13, 2012, 06:08:51 pm
To be fair, Starmie is a glass cannon, especially when it comes to physical defense, and Hitmontop is a physical attacker, so it's not completely unfeasible, particularly if Hitmontop uses normal type attacks. Also, Weezing is one of the best tanks in the game, which incidentally is exactly what a good poison type should be.

That reminds me, if you want to train up a new pokemon from scratch, I'd highly recommend Slaking. Teach it hyper beam, give it a silk scarf and it'll easily one hit KO opponents that are several levels higher. Base physical attack stat of 160 is a wonderful thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 13, 2012, 07:00:22 pm
Oh the fact that Hitmontop dropped Starmie with one attack didn't shock me.  The fact that it struck first did.  I had maxed out Starmie's Speed so for a L 82 Starmie to be outsped by a L 70 Hitmontop, something was up, especially since, at the same level, Starmie should Still hit first!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 13, 2012, 07:07:54 pm
Did Hitmontop have a quick claw? I'm guessing that would do it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 13, 2012, 07:19:35 pm
Nope, 'top, in the Bh, only holds a Salac Berry.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 13, 2012, 07:20:59 pm
That reminds me, if you want to train up a new pokemon from scratch, I'd highly recommend Slaking. Teach it hyper beam Giga Impact, give it a silk scarf and it'll easily one hit KO opponents that are several levels higher. Base physical attack stat of 160 is a wonderful thing.

Fixed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 14, 2012, 04:47:17 am
Tomb Raider has been delayed. I has a sads.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 14, 2012, 05:19:26 am
Tomb Raider has been delayed. I has a sads.

Better delayed than shoved out at the deadline with 500 glitches and a hurriedly stitched together plot, right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 14, 2012, 05:32:12 am
Welp it took me about 11 hours on Monday Night Combat but I now have the Pyro hat achievement.

Also I started Morrowind, apparently I was a prisoner who I assume stab the shit out of a bunch of people(never actually told me what I was in for) who just got released, found a note and a dagger in a room and went out into town trying to stab people.  Took a ride on a giant....elephant insect thing? to a town I was supposed to go to but couldn't find menu or something to tell me what im supposed to do in my quest next and stopped there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 14, 2012, 06:16:54 am
Tomb Raider has been delayed. I has a sads.

Better delayed than shoved out at the deadline with 500 glitches and a hurriedly stitched together plot, right?

Yes. I'm sad but I'm not devastated so long as they deliver on their promises of a polished game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 14, 2012, 11:27:47 am
http://www.gamesradar.com/the-most-innocent-wholesome-games-and-how-fox-news-would-probably-reinterpret-them-utter-filth/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/the-most-innocent-wholesome-games-and-how-fox-news-would-probably-reinterpret-them-utter-filth/)

GamesRadar and Fox News

Also, I beat ClaDun X2's post-game.
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 14, 2012, 01:57:09 pm
Got a Gamestop gift card from my mom as a late BD present.  I was going to buy Tropico 4, but they were out, so I bought Dragon Age 2.  I also downloaded Tropico's trial game to see if I'd like it.

I also preorded Hitman Absolution so I could get the Sniper game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on May 14, 2012, 04:04:19 pm
Why does this thread not include any game mods?

For example Project Nevada for FallOut: New Vegas (http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/40040) Just looking at it reminds me of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Complete mods. This alone had me replaying New Vegas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juMWKWR_BCo

It’s also made compatible with Mission Mojave: Ultimate Edition (http:// http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/45104/) so the game is less of a buggy POS.

Throw in something like Wasteland Defense (http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/38049) and holy jumpin jeebus FallOut has changed for the better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94jIzWLnqhs
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 14, 2012, 06:50:48 pm
Got a Gamestop gift card from my mom as a late BD present.  I was going to buy Tropico 4, but they were out, so I bought Dragon Age 2.

What a waste of a gift card. Couldn't you have waited until they had it back in stock?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 14, 2012, 07:42:22 pm
Got a Gamestop gift card from my mom as a late BD present.  I was going to buy Tropico 4, but they were out, so I bought Dragon Age 2.

What a waste of a gift card. Couldn't you have waited until they had it back in stock?

You do realize that there are people who actually like Dragon Age 2, right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 15, 2012, 09:33:00 am
Don't like Dragon Age, but it was cheap since it was used, so I didn't lose anything.  I tried the  Tropico demo, liked it, and bought it off Amazon for half of what Gamestop wanted. 

While I wait for that, it's back to my Pokemon game and the Battle Tower.  My planned team is;

Togekiss (Serene Grace) w/ wide lense
 Extreme Speed (STAB move for those times when I REALLY need to hit first)
 Air Slash (great STAB move)
 Aura Sphere (100% acc and great vs. steel)
 Flamethrower/Heat Wave (great vs. Steel)

Scizor (Technician) w/ focus sash
 Bullet Punch (first-strike and STAB)
 X Scissor/Bug Bite (STAB)
 Brick Break
 Night Slash

Swampert w/Leftovers
 Waterfall (great STAB physical attack)
 Earthquake (ditto, and no, not the poke!)
 Ice Punch (Dragon-killing move)
 Surf (to use against strong Defensive opponents)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on May 15, 2012, 08:16:58 pm
I have now played both the Xbox 360 and 3DS versions of Sonic Generations.  I love both.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 16, 2012, 03:36:51 pm
Don't like Dragon Age, but it was cheap since it was used, so I didn't lose anything.  I tried the  Tropico demo, liked it, and bought it off Amazon for half of what Gamestop wanted. 

While I wait for that, it's back to my Pokemon game and the Battle Tower.  My planned team is;

Togekiss (Serene Grace) w/ wide lense
 Extreme Speed (STAB move for those times when I REALLY need to hit first)
 Air Slash (great STAB move)
 Aura Sphere (100% acc and great vs. steel)
 Flamethrower/Heat Wave (great vs. Steel)

Scizor (Technician) w/ focus sash
 Bullet Punch (first-strike and STAB)
 X Scissor/Bug Bite (STAB)
 Brick Break
 Night Slash

Swampert w/Leftovers
 Waterfall (great STAB physical attack)
 Earthquake (ditto, and no, not the poke!)
 Ice Punch (Dragon-killing move)
 Surf (to use against strong Defensive opponents)

I just realized Swampert would be walled by Shedinja if he's the only one left, so I'm thinking of replacing surf with Crunch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 16, 2012, 05:50:27 pm
Also, Tropico 4 Q;  does the game have a sandbox mode in case you don't want to play actual missions? 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 17, 2012, 05:21:40 am
Just bought Beat Hazard today. Now my eyes are bleeding.

Ala Tails Doll below me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 17, 2012, 05:41:52 am
Also, Tropico 4 Q;  does the game have a sandbox mode in case you don't want to play actual missions?
Yes it does, you can pick from any of the existing maps, as well as generate a new random one.

It plops you onto the island and the only goals you get are those put forth by the population.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on May 17, 2012, 05:58:21 am
Thinking of buying Crysis Warhead, just so I can play Mechwarrior Living Legends.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 17, 2012, 06:19:13 am
Thinking of buying Crysis Warhead, just so I can play Mechwarrior Living Legends.
It isn't out yet, but this is rolling along towards release: http://mwomercs.com/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on May 17, 2012, 10:50:10 am
There is the public beta, it is at 0.5.0 so far, so it is somewhat playable.

They've been talking about Mechwarrior Online/5 for a while, but the website looks like something concrete.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 17, 2012, 11:31:25 am
Just bought Beat Hazard today. Now my eyes are bleeding.

Ala Tails Doll below me.

You can lower the intensity of the graphics before each song.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 17, 2012, 01:10:40 pm
Just bought Beat Hazard today. Now my eyes are bleeding.

Ala Tails Doll below me.

Have you tried 200% visual intensity yet? It's even better.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 17, 2012, 03:29:12 pm
Also, Tropico 4 Q;  does the game have a sandbox mode in case you don't want to play actual missions?
Yes it does, you can pick from any of the existing maps, as well as generate a new random one.

It plops you onto the island and the only goals you get are those put forth by the population.

Okay thanks.  Too bad there's no Pirate Island like in the first one, but the DLC islands all look pretty cool.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 17, 2012, 07:18:25 pm
Just bought Beat Hazard today. Now my eyes are bleeding.

Ala Tails Doll below me.

Have you tried 200% visual intensity yet? It's even better.

Well...some people wants it to go up to 500%. (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1229410&page=2)

And for fuck sake, why the hell are songs like You're The Inspiration and Canned Heat so freaking hard? TTFAF, Ready Steady Go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsjaQJf7ZCA), and Devil Went Down To Georgia (GHIII cover) I can understand, but they're soft/jazz songs, dammit. Even this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfDGSWx2KdY) song is easier!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 18, 2012, 01:18:26 am
Diablo 3 secret level.
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 18, 2012, 05:23:25 am
I would rather like to get my hands on either Pokemon Black or White, but they're rather expensive at this time. Damnit DS games, y u no reasonably priced?

Scratch that, Platinum looks to be both cheaper and better (seriously, that seasons mechanic in Gen V can fuck right off). I must say this sounds rather promising.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 18, 2012, 06:35:43 am
Scratch that, Platinum looks to be both cheaper and better (seriously, that seasons mechanic in Gen V can fuck right off). I must say this sounds rather promising.

Ever played Diamond/Pearl? If yes, you'll be pleased to see the improvements Game Freak made in Platinum, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 18, 2012, 07:21:15 am
I haven't played any Pokemon games later than Emerald, though according to Bulbapedia, there don't seem to be any major mechanics based on the real-world time in any way, shape or form, which is certainly a vast improvement over Gold/Silver/Crystal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 18, 2012, 03:03:00 pm
I ended up giving Diamond to my friend because I like Platinum better.  I don't remember why except that Platinum has the entire Battle Frontier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 18, 2012, 03:22:26 pm
I ended up giving Diamond to my friend because I like Platinum better.  I don't remember why except that Platinum has the entire Battle Frontier.
Also, battles in Platinum don't take a million years.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 19, 2012, 02:29:43 am
I just have to put this here, its from the cluebook to the Japanese version of Ultima VI for the SNES.  This is...this is epic.

(http://gallery.ultimacodex.com/files/2012/04/U6SNES.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 19, 2012, 08:15:39 am
(http://gallery.ultimacodex.com/files/2012/04/U6SNES.jpg)

That's my new desktop wallpaper now.

In other news, just this afternoon I managed to beat House Of The Dead 4 in a nearby arcade, again. The Star is a bitch to kill.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 19, 2012, 12:48:29 pm
I just have to put this here, its from the cluebook to the Japanese version of Ultima VI for the SNES.  This is...this is epic.
(image)

The Ultima series has some really cool art associated with it, I particularly like the Ultima Underworld cover artwork (Well, I do have it as my avatar and signature :P)
(http://i.imgur.com/tFVmg.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 19, 2012, 03:12:57 pm
Yeeeeeeeeeeees.  I want this armor, too:

(http://www.joystickdivision.com/Ultima6box.jpg)

(Also, I like how the box art for UW1 made the Avatar look like Conan the Barbarian, lol.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 19, 2012, 03:48:22 pm
From the neck down, that demon is dead sexy.

From the neck up, that demon is just... dead.  ._.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 19, 2012, 04:59:01 pm
From the neck down, that demon is dead sexy.

From the neck up, that demon is just... dead.  ._.

Correction, Zacky.  Gargoyle, not daemon.  Actually a common misconception characters have in-game...  Considering its the installment in the series that deals with fanatic, reactionary racism...actually appropriate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 19, 2012, 05:34:19 pm
Speaking of Ultima, which game in the main series would be a good first one to play? So far my only experience has been both the Underworld games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 19, 2012, 05:56:57 pm
I'd say Ultima IV.  You could start with the first one, The Age of Darkness, but Quest of the Avatar is where the proper Avatar gets his start, as the name suggests.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 19, 2012, 06:09:46 pm
Well, Ultima IV is free on GOG.com so I guess I'll start there then  :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 20, 2012, 07:25:10 am
I was reading about the Pokemon Emerald Mimic Glitch to give your poke nearly any move you want.  I thought about a snorlax with extreme speed and shadow sneak for some fun in the battle hall.  Only problem is snorlax isn't in Emerald, only Fire Red and Leaf Green, and even if I got one of those games, I'd need GBA systems and wires since pokes can't be traded between gba games on DS systems. 

Well, it seemed like a fun idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Danarth on May 20, 2012, 02:42:17 pm
I've been playing PC games for as long as I can remember,  I was actually a late comer to the console gaming era.
Though I am ever reminded of some of the first games I ever played.

For me, the ones I really do remember from the past are Tetris ,Theme Hospital, Civilisation, Transport Tycoon and Xcom.

Anyone else remember the first game(s) they played?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 20, 2012, 03:15:50 pm
Anyone else remember the first game(s) they played?

I think Rick Dangerous 2 was the very first PC game I played. Followed by games like Xenon 2 megablast (The music was good even through pc beeper, trough an actual sound card it was amazing.) and the Sierra adventure games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 20, 2012, 03:27:03 pm
Anyone else remember the first game(s) they played?

Of course, Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar for the NES.  Fuck Mario and shit, my first game ever was a RPG!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 20, 2012, 06:45:16 pm
Mine has to be Super Mario World.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 20, 2012, 07:51:39 pm
First game I played... either Super Mario 64 or Tetris Attack AKA Panel De Pon with Yoshi
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on May 20, 2012, 08:35:00 pm
The first game I ever played was Mech Warrior 2. I bought it second hand and being a seven year old shithead, I could barely turn the 'mech on, let alone actually finish any missions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 20, 2012, 08:47:38 pm
GUAHHHH!!!CAVESTORYGARbajhFDHBDERDSvhvXADGSACREDGROUNDSGUAHBARFDBFDBDFDAGARRYAHHHBALLOS!!!!!!!WHARGARBLGARBLLLAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!! (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Angrish)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 20, 2012, 09:38:54 pm
I think my first game was either Super Mario 64 or some Star Wars game my dad had on the computer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on May 20, 2012, 11:08:28 pm
I think my first game was a computer game called Reader Rabbit or something like that. It would crash about every ten minutes, and whenever it did so, the error message the computer displayed had a bomb on it. No, seriously, a bomb. It scared the shit out of me, and for years afterward I actually developed a phobia of computers and printers.

After that, there was a certain neuroscience game on the PC that was the stuff of nightmares. Creepy voices, anthro reptilians, terrifyingly stupid puns, and cats that shit paper (I am not making this up). Eniliad knows what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 20, 2012, 11:14:32 pm
GUAHHHH!!!CAVESTORYGARbajhFDHBDERDSvhvXADGSACREDGROUNDSGUAHBARFDBFDBDFDAGARRYAHHHBALLOS!!!!!!!WHARGARBLGARBLLLAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!! (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Angrish)

Did you get the gunsmith to upgrade your Polar Star to the Spur? I mean, it's far too late to do so at that point, but...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 20, 2012, 11:30:37 pm
Yes. Still too fucking hard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 21, 2012, 03:49:41 am
I'm not sure what I think about Max Payne 3. It isn't amazing but it isn't a piece of shit either. It is quite literally average.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 21, 2012, 04:49:14 am
Nothin wrong with an average game.  Better average than a piece of yearly-installment shovelware bullshit that EA likes to pump out like an OCD person with a masturbation problem.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 21, 2012, 05:30:40 am
Pac Man on the old Atari.  If you mean computer games, strip poker.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on May 21, 2012, 06:00:20 am
Probably Civilization, I remember learning to play that sitting on my dad's lap.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 21, 2012, 07:00:06 am
Playing Tropico 4, the church demanded that I ban contraceptives.  I arranged for one of their priests to have an accident.

I love this game!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 21, 2012, 01:13:47 pm
Anyone else remember the first game(s) they played?

A Formula One game for the Playstation. The next game I played right after that was Doom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 21, 2012, 06:51:29 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/castlevania-mirror-faith-coming-3ds-says-report/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/castlevania-mirror-faith-coming-3ds-says-report/)

Oh, boy, a new Castlevania!

Quote
David Cox and Enric Alvarez (the producer and writer/director of Lords of Shadow, respectively) will reportedly be leading the charge this time instead of the mastermind of Castlevania's recent 2D installments, Koji Igarashi.

...I hate my life.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 21, 2012, 06:59:05 pm
Nothin wrong with an average game.  Better average than a piece of yearly-installment shovelware bullshit that EA likes to pump out like an OCD person with a masturbation problem.

True but I don't know how to review an average game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 22, 2012, 01:24:16 am
http://www.gamesradar.com/castlevania-mirror-faith-coming-3ds-says-report/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/castlevania-mirror-faith-coming-3ds-says-report/)

Oh, boy, a new Castlevania!

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David Cox and Enric Alvarez (the producer and writer/director of Lords of Shadow, respectively) will reportedly be leading the charge this time instead of the mastermind of Castlevania's recent 2D installments, Koji Igarashi.

...I hate my life.

BWHAHAHAHAHAH!@

Ironbite-I had the same reaction.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 22, 2012, 01:42:43 am
You know, I've got a sudden hankering to play Minecraft again. I don't suppose the FSTDT server is still up and running?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 22, 2012, 01:56:07 am
You know, I've got a sudden hankering to play Minecraft again. I don't suppose the FSTDT server is still up and running?

We have a new one. Server is: 204.27.61.38
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 22, 2012, 01:58:08 am
You know, I've got a sudden hankering to play Minecraft again. I don't suppose the FSTDT server is still up and running?

We have a new one. Server is: 204.27.61.38

Perfect. Thanks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 22, 2012, 01:30:22 pm
I just found out Valve has a new intro (now in Portal 2 as of the most recent update, was already in the Dota 2 and CS:GO betas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXDiz0C-s
It gave me the jibblies.

EDIT: Also, I got my copy of Akai Katana Shin in the mail today.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 22, 2012, 03:41:04 pm
Oh god he's turning isn't he?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 22, 2012, 05:00:25 pm
Steam has a sale on the Thief series for midweek madness I believe.  Thief Gold, Thief Metal Age, and Thief: Deadly Shadows. I think I might pick up Deadly Shadows.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 22, 2012, 05:16:45 pm
Actually, if you don't already have it, I'd suggest either one of the first two.  Deadly Shadows...lacks, in comparison.  Quite a bit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 23, 2012, 08:51:47 pm
Final Fantasy 14 is 15 dollars right now on Square Enix's website (http://store.na.square-enix.com/DRHM/store?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&SiteID=sqenixus&Locale=en_US&Env=BASE&productID=241996400) for it's grand rerelease as an actual working game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 23, 2012, 10:45:41 pm
I just found out Valve has a new intro (now in Portal 2 as of the most recent update, was already in the Dota 2 and CS:GO betas)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6JXDiz0C-s
It gave me the jibblies.

EDIT: Also, I got my copy of Akai Katana Shin in the mail today.

Okay, I was NOT expecting him to turn in such a creepy ass manner.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on May 24, 2012, 07:19:55 pm
Red Dead Redemption is gorgeous. It's a serious contender for "prettiest outdoor landscapes in a video game."

That moment at the end of the first act when you step off of the raft and ride into Mexico for the first time while this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkvAb6THQY) plays in the background is absolutely stunning.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 24, 2012, 07:55:01 pm
Red Dead Redemption is gorgeous. It's a serious contender for "prettiest outdoor landscapes in a video game."

That moment at the end of the first act when you step off of the raft and ride into Mexico for the first time while this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkvAb6THQY) plays in the background is absolutely stunning.

It does look good, but I still think the original Crysis has it beat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 24, 2012, 08:18:01 pm
I wish I could love RDR like so many other people but I just can't seem to get into it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 25, 2012, 12:03:15 am
RDR is cowboy themed.

I have had cowboys burned out for me since I was a little boy.

Ugh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 25, 2012, 12:28:27 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/classic-graffiti-em-jet-set-radio-heading-ps-vita-see-first-screens-here/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/classic-graffiti-em-jet-set-radio-heading-ps-vita-see-first-screens-here/)

Dear Sega: Shut up and take my money!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 25, 2012, 12:55:12 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/classic-graffiti-em-jet-set-radio-heading-ps-vita-see-first-screens-here/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/classic-graffiti-em-jet-set-radio-heading-ps-vita-see-first-screens-here/)

Dear Sega: Shut up and take my money!

Jet Set Radio on Xbox Live?! OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on May 25, 2012, 02:22:59 pm
RDR is cowboy themed.

I have had cowboys burned out for me since I was a little boy.

Ugh.

I want you to try and count all of the western themed video games you can think of off the top of your head. I can only come up with about 3, and most of them are pretty mediocre.

The old west is a setting that is extremely underused in the video game industry.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 25, 2012, 05:32:52 pm
Newest patch for Skyrim is going to finally let people fight on horseback.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS2GG2tLh9Y

It's about damn time Bethesda.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 25, 2012, 05:47:32 pm
RDR is cowboy themed.

I have had cowboys burned out for me since I was a little boy.

Ugh.

I want you to try and count all of the western themed video games you can think of off the top of your head. I can only come up with about 3, and most of them are pretty mediocre.

The old west is a setting that is extremely underused in the video game industry.

Like the first World War.  Counting fantastical interpretations of the Great War, the only two games I can think of that contain it as something playable in-game are Red Baron and The Darkness.

We need more World War I games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 25, 2012, 06:05:26 pm
RDR is cowboy themed.

I have had cowboys burned out for me since I was a little boy.

Ugh.

I want you to try and count all of the western themed video games you can think of off the top of your head. I can only come up with about 3, and most of them are pretty mediocre.

The old west is a setting that is extremely underused in the video game industry.

Okay... that's nice?

The old west setting (and I repeat: SETTING) is still burned the fuck out for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 25, 2012, 06:50:38 pm
Oh I can't wait for the next Fallout game where you can fight on animal back.

Ironbite-tame Deathclaw?  I AM UNSTOPPABLE!  Until some Tunnlers got me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 25, 2012, 07:08:03 pm
RDR is cowboy themed.

I have had cowboys burned out for me since I was a little boy.

Ugh.

I want you to try and count all of the western themed video games you can think of off the top of your head. I can only come up with about 3, and most of them are pretty mediocre.

The old west is a setting that is extremely underused in the video game industry.

Like the first World War.  Counting fantastical interpretations of the Great War, the only two games I can think of that contain it as something playable in-game are Red Baron and The Darkness.

We need more World War I games.

Also, steampunk. We need far more steampunk games.

Come to think of it. Anything besides high fantasy and modern warfare would be a breath of fresh air at this point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 25, 2012, 07:44:42 pm
Well, we'd have more steampunk goodness if Eidos Montreal would get off its ass and do some fucking tangible work on Thief IV.  Seriously, at this point, the whole "we're working on Thief IV!" thing was like licking the head of a man's cock after building him up...and then just letting him fucking sit there while you decide whether or not to actually start blowing him.

Lemme give you the rundown...the earliest date stamp on this post (http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=118236), which is the "THIEF IV - OFFICIAL FAQ's THREAD," was 26 November 2009.  It was around this time that it was announced, on the TTLG forums (I can't find the original post for this, unfortunately), that they said they'd begin working on it after the latest Deus Ex game was released.  When was that?  For North America, 23 August 2011. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex:_Human_Revolution)  Nearly a year, and all we have to show for it is a group pic of the god damned dev team, which was last updated 12 March 2012, over 2 months ago.

If I remember correctly, shortly after the 2009 announcement of Thief IV and subsequent purchase of Thief4.com, (http://www.thief4.com/) Renee, the liaison between the Thief fandom and Eidos, said that they were looking for talented developers to make a good dev team for Thief IV.  If we assume they actually started this process a year after the first announcement (I don't have that post, again, can't find it), that still means its taken them roughly 2 years, the average development cycle for most games, just to hire a fucking dev team.

They are being god damned drag-ass about this, and its irritating the fuck outta me.  I know one thing, after this fucking long, they'd better not screw this up, or I'm taking a trip to Canada just to line up every employee of Eidos Montreal, except for the bloody janitors, and give each and every one of them a hard kick in the groin.

It took ANet 5 years to get Guild Wars 2 to a beta state, and at least it looks fucking amazing.

You've got one hell of an IP in Thief, Eidos Montreal.  Don't fuck it up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 25, 2012, 08:02:48 pm
I do wish Troika hadn't gone under. Arcanum was a brilliant game, it bloody well deserves a sequel, goddamnit.

Come to think of it, it should at least get a decent reboot. Hell, it's at least as good as Fallout so there's no bloody excuse not to.

As for Thief 4, it looks to me like it'll go the way of Duke Nukem Forever, if it gets released at all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 25, 2012, 08:13:18 pm
Dude, do you know how quick the TTLGers would turn on Eidos if that happened?  Instantly.  With few exceptions, they're almost the No Mutants Allowed of the Thief fandom, except more pompous.

Shit, I wouldn't be surprised if Thief IV came out, and was everything Thief II was, only with modern graphics and hardware behind it, and they'd bitch because the polygon count's too high.  What they want isn't even Thief, its a pipe dream brought on my too much fanwankery and too little grey matter.

(Can ya tell I really hate most of the TTLG crowd?)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on May 25, 2012, 08:27:27 pm
Also, steampunk. We need far more steampunk games.

Come to think of it. Anything besides high fantasy and modern warfare would be a breath of fresh air at this point.

And WW2. To paraphrase Cracked, I've probably killed more Germans than the entire Red Army.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 25, 2012, 08:30:58 pm
I have no idea what TTLG stands for, thus I choose to believe it means Towers of Trifle and Lego G-strings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 25, 2012, 08:42:09 pm
I have no idea what trifles are, but Lego G-strings sound horrendously inflexible and uncomfortable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 25, 2012, 08:43:03 pm
On the upside, it's really easy to turn one into a strap-on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 25, 2012, 08:44:43 pm
D:  That's even LESS appealing!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on May 25, 2012, 09:45:08 pm
If Ubisoft made an Assassin's Creed game set in the ancient far east, somewhere around the Japanese Sengoku period or the Chinese Tang or Ming dynasties. I would throw my money at the screen so fast it would explode on impact.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 25, 2012, 11:00:13 pm
My opinion on Sonic 4: Episode II so far (as of beating Sylvania Castle Zone and getting the first three Chaos Emeralds)...

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Also:

http://www.gamesradar.com/harry-potter-kinect-announced-warner-bros/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/harry-potter-kinect-announced-warner-bros/)

LOOKS FUCKING SHIT!

Also also:

http://www.gamesradar.com/zone-enders-project-zoe-hd-release-date-announced-konami/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/zone-enders-project-zoe-hd-release-date-announced-konami/)

Shut up and take my money! Wait, I already used that a page or so ago...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Danarth on May 26, 2012, 12:29:34 pm
Browsing Machinma vids on Youtube today, I saw something that I find rather exciting.

A new X-com game, or at least a remake of the very first X-com game.

I think UFO Enemy Unknown and the entire X-com series in general is one of my all time favourites. They could be as hard as anything but they were very well designed, you could blow up the enviroment and it had both length and depth. The other two x-com games that dipped into other genres were really not all that good so I am glad they went back to the squad based game.

It seems like a few old games have been revived and updated recently. I have seen new versions of Jagged Alliance, Cannon Fodder and Syndicate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on May 26, 2012, 08:46:35 pm
If Ubisoft made an Assassin's Creed game set in the ancient far east, somewhere around the Japanese Sengoku period or the Chinese Tang or Ming dynasties. I would throw my money at the screen so fast it would explode on impact.

Nit-picking, those time periods aren't ancient. And considering most gaming, I'm shocked that the first game actually included Muslims and was set in Palestine/Judea/the Holy Land.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 26, 2012, 11:56:11 pm
Been thinking about dropping $10 into buying a month of "basic access" to Istaria.

Essentially, it means that I gain access to five characters of any race.  There's more expensive options to be able to do stuff like own land, but that doesn't interest me yet.

The main draw of the game for me?  Playable dragons.  Not anthro dragons.  Not blue-skinned humans with fin-ears.  Actual quadraped true dragons.

They are awesome, from what I've played in the free trial.  You essentially mature as you level up and go through various rites.  It is the only game that I know of that gives me precisely what I want in a dragon game.

However, I'm actually afraid of spending money :-/ even though this is something I want... hmm.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 27, 2012, 12:56:41 am
A game with the option of non-automatic billing is pretty much the best way to go about things besides using a pre-paid card and it seems Istaria has both. I'd say go for it and if you don't like it after a month then don't bother with it again.  Personally, a game with interactive housing or property always interest me, I might have to give this a try.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 27, 2012, 01:13:11 am
A game with the option of non-automatic billing is pretty much the best way to go about things besides using a pre-paid card and it seems Istaria has both. I'd say go for it and if you don't like it after a month then don't bother with it again.  Personally, a game with interactive housing or property always interest me, I might have to give this a try.

It seems to be mostly manual payment, at least, but I can only justify basic access for one month.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 27, 2012, 05:43:52 am
So I got Dark Souls a day ago, started playing it today and two FUCKING skeletons keep on killing me over and over again. Either I'm doing something wrong or this game is designed for post-humans with intellect and reflexes far surpassing mine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 27, 2012, 06:00:36 am
So I got Dark Souls a day ago, started playing it today and two FUCKING skeletons keep on killing me over and over again. Either I'm doing something wrong or this game is designed for post-humans with intellect and reflexes far surpassing mine.

There's a reason the advertisements all said 'prepare to die'. It's meant to be hard as fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on May 27, 2012, 09:54:02 am
And considering most gaming, I'm shocked that the first game actually included Muslims and was set in Palestine/Judea/the Holy Land.

There is a reason there is a disclaimer on the start screen stating that the game was made by people of different faiths and means no disrespect to anyone. Also, both Christians and Muslims were the bad guys in that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 27, 2012, 03:47:04 pm
So I got Dark Souls a day ago, started playing it today and two FUCKING skeletons keep on killing me over and over again. Either I'm doing something wrong or this game is designed for post-humans with intellect and reflexes far surpassing mine.

Yeah, Dark Souls is supposed to be ridiculously hard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on May 27, 2012, 10:36:10 pm
Finally started playing Fallout: New Vegas again. One of my saves was in the middle of the Dead Money DLC, so I fired that one back up to get it taken care of. Several hours of frustration later, I have managed to set off the fireworks. (I had previously gathered the team.) Whoever made those maps should be fired! It wasn't an issue of "oh crap, there is poisonous gas there." It was "OK, how do I get to the quest marker? It's right there, but there is a wall in my way and I cannot get around it." On top of that, the character I was playing with is not statted for melee weapons, but that is all I can use to attack. (I did find a gun - which is the character's strength - but there is only so much ammo and I don't know if I will need it later. Can't hit worth a darn with the spears.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on May 27, 2012, 11:21:15 pm
Finally, finally finished feeding Manaphy in PMD: Explorers Of Sky. If it weren't for the Kecleon shop selling Blue Gummis, I'd be dead in the water by now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 28, 2012, 10:38:55 am
Finally started playing Fallout: New Vegas again. One of my saves was in the middle of the Dead Money DLC, so I fired that one back up to get it taken care of. Several hours of frustration later, I have managed to set off the fireworks. (I had previously gathered the team.) Whoever made those maps should be fired! It wasn't an issue of "oh crap, there is poisonous gas there." It was "OK, how do I get to the quest marker? It's right there, but there is a wall in my way and I cannot get around it." On top of that, the character I was playing with is not statted for melee weapons, but that is all I can use to attack. (I did find a gun - which is the character's strength - but there is only so much ammo and I don't know if I will need it later. Can't hit worth a darn with the spears.)

It will only get even worse, trust me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 28, 2012, 12:59:58 pm
Finally started playing Fallout: New Vegas again. One of my saves was in the middle of the Dead Money DLC, so I fired that one back up to get it taken care of. Several hours of frustration later, I have managed to set off the fireworks. (I had previously gathered the team.) Whoever made those maps should be fired! It wasn't an issue of "oh crap, there is poisonous gas there." It was "OK, how do I get to the quest marker? It's right there, but there is a wall in my way and I cannot get around it." On top of that, the character I was playing with is not statted for melee weapons, but that is all I can use to attack. (I did find a gun - which is the character's strength - but there is only so much ammo and I don't know if I will need it later. Can't hit worth a darn with the spears.)

Oooh did you get the Holorifle?  I think that might be one of the more powerful guns in the game.

Ironbite-should save some money up and get Dead Money....heard it's an awesome expansion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 28, 2012, 01:08:33 pm
Finally started playing Fallout: New Vegas again. One of my saves was in the middle of the Dead Money DLC, so I fired that one back up to get it taken care of. Several hours of frustration later, I have managed to set off the fireworks. (I had previously gathered the team.) Whoever made those maps should be fired! It wasn't an issue of "oh crap, there is poisonous gas there." It was "OK, how do I get to the quest marker? It's right there, but there is a wall in my way and I cannot get around it." On top of that, the character I was playing with is not statted for melee weapons, but that is all I can use to attack. (I did find a gun - which is the character's strength - but there is only so much ammo and I don't know if I will need it later. Can't hit worth a darn with the spears.)

Oooh did you get the Holorifle?  I think that might be one of the more powerful guns in the game.

Ironbite-should save some money up and get Dead Money....heard it's an awesome expansion.

The Holorifle quickly became my best friend in that DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 28, 2012, 01:29:45 pm
I think it became everyone's best friend in that DLC and beyond.

Ironbite-one of the best guns in the game and that's coming from a guy who enjoys shooting people in the head with a hunting rifle from 500 yards away.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 28, 2012, 02:25:49 pm
I stuck with the Oh, Baby! Unique Super Sledge for the most part, really. Even after Dead Money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 28, 2012, 03:41:11 pm
Meh...I don't truck with Melee weapons.  Much prefer sniper to close quarters combat.

Ironbite-best to take care of things before they get to you I always say.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Danarth on May 28, 2012, 06:55:55 pm
Meh...I don't truck with Melee weapons.  Much prefer sniper to close quarters combat.

Ironbite-best to take care of things before they get to you I always say.

Agreed....Close quarter combat with a Deathclaw Alpha or Deathclaw Mother is not a bright move....those things are fast.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 28, 2012, 06:59:34 pm
Which is why, if I make a melee/unarmed character, I always splash em with some explosives skill.  A deathclaw's nothing if they go thru a minefield getting to you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Danarth on May 28, 2012, 07:13:48 pm
Which is why, if I make a melee/unarmed character, I always splash em with some explosives skill.  A deathclaw's nothing if they go thru a minefield getting to you.

Long range usually helps....Unless you happen upon a rather large next of Deathclaws...babies, regulars, Alpha and Mother....there is a big nest on the other side of the river down from the dam....I died there quite a lot trying to get the power armour there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 29, 2012, 01:19:57 am
I like to use mid/long range scoped rifles for the most part, but switch to something fully automatic if I get swarmed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on May 29, 2012, 06:34:39 am
Oooh did you get the Holorifle?  I think that might be one of the more powerful guns in the game.

Yes, but I am lacking in ammo. I have 9 rounds left. I thought it used MF Cells, so I made more of them. No, it uses MF Cell B's, which I do not have, cannot find, and cannot make.

Quote
Ironbite-should save some money up and get Dead Money....heard it's an awesome expansion.

I hate it. Although that is mostly because of the frustrating and misleading maps and combat. The story is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 29, 2012, 07:04:32 am
...Witcher 1 is coming to PS3 and 360. YESSSSSSSSSS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 29, 2012, 11:26:34 am
Oooh did you get the Holorifle?  I think that might be one of the more powerful guns in the game.

Yes, but I am lacking in ammo. I have 9 rounds left. I thought it used MF Cells, so I made more of them. No, it uses MF Cell B's, which I do not have, cannot find, and cannot make.

In that case, if you haven't reunited with the rest of the crew yet... well, hope you have a high Speech stat. Preferably at 100. If not, then that just might be a bit of a problem...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on May 29, 2012, 12:18:36 pm
If there is one major flaw in Fallout: NV's gameplay, it's that you can only have one human companion with you at a time. I want to roam around the wasteland with my badass team.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 29, 2012, 02:47:40 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/castlevania-lords-shadow-mirror-faith-confirmed-3ds/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/castlevania-lords-shadow-mirror-faith-confirmed-3ds/)

So, was Harmony of Despair the last game in the franchise to involve 2D gameplay, or what?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 29, 2012, 04:48:59 pm
Finally beat Mass Effect 2. Lost Miranda's loyalty at some point due to an argument between her and Jack. Needed an absurd Paragon score to get her loyalty back so I made sure she died during the final mission. Problem solved.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 29, 2012, 05:49:06 pm
Tyrian 2000's available for free on GOG!   ;D

http://www.gamesradar.com/microsoft-e3-2012-predictions/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/microsoft-e3-2012-predictions/)

My responses to each prediction:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Juna Starrider on May 29, 2012, 07:04:57 pm
I decided to take my pimped out, level 42, power armour clad Courier to the Lonesome Road for the first time, expecting a rather easy OWB, or HH type playthrough.


Boy, was I wrong.   The first Marked Men weren't that bad, and E-DE  (Who I've apparently been saying it's name wrong the entire damn game) was a great help, it was when I walked into the underground and saw the event where a Deathclaw gets mauled offscreen by Tunnelers that I realized I was boned.  By the time I hit the Divide, I was out of bullets for all my fave guns (I never run out, I'm anal like that) so I'm using a flare gun and a pistol to fight deathclaws.   I can't port out because there's Marked men with stealth boys running around that I can't target via VATS (I'm horrible with manual shooting), including one of the 'elite' guys.   Then I make the mistake of walking into what I think is a 'secret' cave, only to have the entrance collapse on me, and the mother of all Deathclaws two shots me.   

*sob*

Don't get me wrong, it was a great challenge, being forced to go back to the earlier level playstyle, where I couldn't steamroll over everything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 29, 2012, 07:08:13 pm
Oh that's Rawr.  He's not that bad if you know that you can detonate a warhead that's in the ceiling above him.

Ironbite-also that cave is just so unfair.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 29, 2012, 07:31:22 pm
Hey, beat Rawr, and you can make the ultimate fist weapon: The Fist Of Rawr! [Angelic Chorus]*

*If you're playing on Wild Wasteland, it's name becomes a punny reference to Fist of The North Star.

Also, THQ has a new president:

http://www.gamesradar.com/naughty-dog-founder-new-president-thq/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/naughty-dog-founder-new-president-thq/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on May 30, 2012, 06:56:55 am
I decided to take my pimped out, level 42, power armour clad Courier to the Lonesome Road for the first time, expecting a rather easy OWB, or HH type playthrough.

Boy, was I wrong.   

Huh... Recommended level is 25+. Guess it REALLY scales...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 31, 2012, 10:52:33 pm
I've started playing Minecraft again after a months-long hiatus.  I fired it up, and started on an arctic island.  Three days into it, and I have my goal.  I will control my island completely.  No monsters will be able to spawn, or survive.  The whole, massive island will be under my boot.  I WILL CONQUER MY ENVIRONMENT!

[ETA]
Just to show you the scale of my task, here's a picture of my island.  The boxed-in area?  That's the area I currently control.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_my-island.jpg) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=my-island.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 01, 2012, 12:18:05 am
Ys Origins is out on Steam!  ;D

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200010/?snr=1_4_4__105_1 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/200010/?snr=1_4_4__105_1) Already pre-purchased this.

EDIT: It's actually called Ys Origin, there's no "s" at the end.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 01, 2012, 12:43:58 am
Ys Origins is out on Steam!  ;D

http://store.steampowered.com/app/200010/?snr=1_4_4__105_1 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/200010/?snr=1_4_4__105_1) Already pre-purchased this.

Quantum Conundrum looks interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 01, 2012, 12:51:14 am
I've started playing Minecraft again after a months-long hiatus.  I fired it up, and started on an arctic island.  Three days into it, and I have my goal.  I will control my island completely.  No monsters will be able to spawn, or survive.  The whole, massive island will be under my boot.  I WILL CONQUER MY ENVIRONMENT!
I do hope that includes any cave systems that connect to your island.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 01, 2012, 01:00:32 am
I've started playing Minecraft again after a months-long hiatus.  I fired it up, and started on an arctic island.  Three days into it, and I have my goal.  I will control my island completely.  No monsters will be able to spawn, or survive.  The whole, massive island will be under my boot.  I WILL CONQUER MY ENVIRONMENT!
I do hope that includes any cave systems that connect to your island.

Of course, but the surface comes first.  I have to think of style, after all...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 01, 2012, 02:38:17 am
The newest Humble Bundle looks amazing but I threw my money at Indie Gala instead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on June 01, 2012, 04:03:51 am
Goddamn I hate those stupid aliens in Crysis.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 01, 2012, 04:07:06 am
I've started playing Minecraft again after a months-long hiatus.  I fired it up, and started on an arctic island.  Three days into it, and I have my goal.  I will control my island completely.  No monsters will be able to spawn, or survive.  The whole, massive island will be under my boot.  I WILL CONQUER MY ENVIRONMENT!
I do hope that includes any cave systems that connect to your island.

Of course, but the surface comes first.  I have to think of style, after all...
Come to think of it, you'll probably get the caves sorted out while mining the stupid amounts of coal you'll need to get the entire surface torched.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 01, 2012, 04:40:23 am
I've started playing Minecraft again after a months-long hiatus.  I fired it up, and started on an arctic island.  Three days into it, and I have my goal.  I will control my island completely.  No monsters will be able to spawn, or survive.  The whole, massive island will be under my boot.  I WILL CONQUER MY ENVIRONMENT!
I do hope that includes any cave systems that connect to your island.

Of course, but the surface comes first.  I have to think of style, after all...
Come to think of it, you'll probably get the caves sorted out while mining the stupid amounts of coal you'll need to get the entire surface torched.

Charcoal
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 01, 2012, 05:40:46 am
I've started playing Minecraft again after a months-long hiatus.  I fired it up, and started on an arctic island.  Three days into it, and I have my goal.  I will control my island completely.  No monsters will be able to spawn, or survive.  The whole, massive island will be under my boot.  I WILL CONQUER MY ENVIRONMENT!
I do hope that includes any cave systems that connect to your island.

Of course, but the surface comes first.  I have to think of style, after all...
Come to think of it, you'll probably get the caves sorted out while mining the stupid amounts of coal you'll need to get the entire surface torched.

Charcoal
Which is far more tedious to acquire than just mining coal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 01, 2012, 06:41:19 am
If there is one major flaw in Fallout: NV's gameplay, it's that you can only have one human companion with you at a time. I want to roam around the wasteland with my badass team.

Just saying: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2

Pretty much the point of this game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 01, 2012, 06:37:28 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/ni-no-kuni-release-date-revealed/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/ni-no-kuni-release-date-revealed/)

I implore you to cease talking and allow me to grant you possession of the funds I have collected and brought with me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on June 02, 2012, 08:16:55 am
I can't find one damned server where I can play RO:OST.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 03, 2012, 01:20:58 am
As of this writing, this is a picture of how much area of my island I've got under my boot.  Its not much, but its significant.
(Grey = My Territory)
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_conquered-area_3-June-2012.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=conquered-area_3-June-2012.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 03, 2012, 01:27:23 am
As of this writing, this is a picture of how much area of my island I've got under my boot.  Its not much, but its significant.
(Grey = My Territory)
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_conquered-area_3-June-2012.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=conquered-area_3-June-2012.png)

It looks like a dick :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on June 03, 2012, 02:10:39 am
I've decided to buy Minecraft. Should be mine within a few days (i.e. when the money transfers to Paypal). How does the game work exactly? Is it PvE or PvP or both? Does one have to find a server? If so, does one have to compete/work with/interact with other people on that server?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 03, 2012, 11:41:22 am
It's mainly PvE as far as combat is concerned, but some servers do focus more on PvP.  Some servers though, like the main one I play on, only have PvP in specific arena's and consider it griefing outside of said arenas.

Also, this:
(Slightly NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wgQvij3rVE
Old review, but has some truth to it still.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 03, 2012, 02:00:51 pm
I've decided to buy Minecraft. Should be mine within a few days (i.e. when the money transfers to Paypal). How does the game work exactly? Is it PvE or PvP or both? Does one have to find a server? If so, does one have to compete/work with/interact with other people on that server?

Yes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 03, 2012, 02:32:03 pm
I've decided to buy Minecraft. Should be mine within a few days (i.e. when the money transfers to Paypal). How does the game work exactly? Is it PvE or PvP or both? Does one have to find a server? If so, does one have to compete/work with/interact with other people on that server?

All of those are options. You can also play by yourself in various modes, like creative, where you have unlimited resources to build to your heart's content, and survival, where there are creepers and other various monsters that you must kill. There are different servers for different types of play, like PvP (I've seen a lot of Hunger Games-type servers lately). There are servers filled with assholes who will grief the hell out of anything you build. There's a lot to be done in the game.

Anyway, I've recently been playing Fable. Not the greatest, but it's entertaining, and I enjoy the numerous side quests and opportunities for relationships, housing, etc.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 03, 2012, 03:18:28 pm
I've decided to buy Minecraft. Should be mine within a few days (i.e. when the money transfers to Paypal). How does the game work exactly? Is it PvE or PvP or both? Does one have to find a server? If so, does one have to compete/work with/interact with other people on that server?

I have required reading for you. (http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki)  Because, seriously, none of the crafting recipes are explained in-game...one of the only real gripes I have bout it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on June 03, 2012, 10:34:51 pm
EDIT: Nevermind, moved to the Pokemon thread.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 03, 2012, 10:45:08 pm
-ahem- I've decided to replay Pokemon Emerald, and so far I've beaten Roxanne. My current team so far is:

Combusken Lv16
Ralts Lv13
Slakoth Lv12

Any suggestion as to what 'mons I should get next? I also need a good Water-type whose name isn't Milotic, Gyarados (stupid Atk/SpAtk by type division...), or Kyogre.

http://forums.fstdt.net/entertainment-and-television/pokemon-thread-re-re-hashed/ (http://forums.fstdt.net/entertainment-and-television/pokemon-thread-re-re-hashed/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 04, 2012, 11:05:03 am
I know it's kinda old news right now, buuuutt.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6-eId8rgyc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJXaVrvpXE
Maybe it's time to stop milking the shit out of Star Wars?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 04, 2012, 02:26:46 pm
Other developers, take note, this is what happens when you axe your creativity department.  You become Lucas Arts, one of the worst cases of executive meddling there is...and, yes, I'm including the clusterfuck that is EA.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 04, 2012, 08:14:02 pm
I hate seeing stuff like that, after playing so many LucasArts adventure games that were simply amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 04, 2012, 10:13:06 pm
I remember back in the day when LucasArts used to put out astounding games.  No, we're reduced to how much they can squeeze from their dying cash cow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 04, 2012, 10:31:56 pm
Though I must admit, one thing Star Wars always seemed to be lacking was The Village People. It's good that someone finally decided to fix such a glaring flaw.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 05, 2012, 01:26:29 pm
Is this better or worse than the Star Wars Christmas Special?

(Which I have yet to see)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 05, 2012, 01:33:47 pm
I haven't either, but I must admit, the idea of Star Wars themed dance-offs is really growing on me. Hell, it's the most creative thing anyone's done with Star Wars since, well, fucking ever. It's a positive breath of fresh air to see the characters resolving their differences in ways that don't involve space battles, blaster shootouts and/or lightsaber duels.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 05, 2012, 02:19:42 pm
I haven't either, but I must admit, the idea of Star Wars themed dance-offs is really growing on me. Hell, it's the most creative thing anyone's done with Star Wars since, well, fucking ever. It's a positive breath of fresh air to see the characters resolving their differences in ways that don't involve space battles, blaster shootouts and/or lightsaber duels.

In other words, it's reached "So bad it's great" territory. ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 05, 2012, 02:22:18 pm
I haven't either, but I must admit, the idea of Star Wars themed dance-offs is really growing on me. Hell, it's the most creative thing anyone's done with Star Wars since, well, fucking ever. It's a positive breath of fresh air to see the characters resolving their differences in ways that don't involve space battles, blaster shootouts and/or lightsaber duels.

In other words, it's reached "So bad it's great" territory. ;D

God no, it's the very embodiment of "so bad it's great". Hell, if "so bad it's great" were to make it into the dictionary, the description would simply say "See Star Wars Kinect: Galactic Dance-off".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 05, 2012, 10:30:31 pm
Anyone here played Dragon's Dogma?  It looks like it could be interesting, but I'm on the fence about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 05, 2012, 10:31:47 pm
I've heard it's a mediocre game.

Which probably means it's a good, even great game but doesn't fit what the hipster game community wants.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 05, 2012, 10:33:34 pm
One of the most common comparisons I've heard is like a cross between Skyrim and Dark Souls which is what got me interested in the first place, but the reviews I've seen tend to be all over the place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 05, 2012, 10:37:32 pm
One of the most common comparisons I've heard is like a cross between Skyrim and Dark Souls which is what got me interested in the first place, but the reviews I've seen tend to be all over the place.

I'm interested because of the draconic antagonist who looks fucking awesome and kinda sexy.

I'm kinda hoping that it ends up being a "Fuck destiny, let's work together" thing, but I doubt it ever would because "reptiles are abhorrent".  Unfortunately, I don't have the system it's for...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on June 06, 2012, 04:05:58 am
Is this better or worse than the Star Wars Holiday Special?

*ahem*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on June 06, 2012, 08:33:17 am
Just downloaded Re-Volt today. Sweet, sweet nostalgia, it was my first racing game on the PC my father bought for me. I felt like a 10-year-old playing it.  :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 06, 2012, 10:58:45 am
I've decided to start up a second Minecraft project, to keep me from getting burnt out on my first one.  Its something a bit different, though...its a journal detailing the story of a man who finds himself in a very strange village, and the role he ends up playing in not just their history, but in the history of humankind.

Minecraft: The Villager (http://minecraftvillager.blogspot.com/)

Enjoy!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 06, 2012, 11:39:28 am
One of the most common comparisons I've heard is like a cross between Skyrim and Dark Souls which is what got me interested in the first place, but the reviews I've seen tend to be all over the place.

A comparison with Dark Souls makes it sound interesting, I've been loving Dark Souls ever since I got it. I'm gonna see if there's a demo and check it out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on June 06, 2012, 03:37:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHDQHVkYq4g

Okay, so we've got M.Bison, Zangief, Robotnik, Bowser, a DnD Beholder, the final boss from Altered Beast, Clyde, a generic ninja (possibly from Shinobi), "Kano", a double axe zombie from House of the Dead, Chun-Li, Q-Bert...

ALL THOSE CAMEOS. (http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/wreck-it-ralph-movie-image.jpg) Is this going to be the video game version of Roger Rabbit?

The movie seems interesting enough. The trailer is awful, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 06, 2012, 04:49:54 pm
Zangief = villain? Dafuq?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: jumpingjackflash on June 07, 2012, 07:28:59 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHDQHVkYq4g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQCP85FngzE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 07, 2012, 03:17:32 pm
http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6381357/the-next-castlevania-on-the-3ds-isnt-what-youd-expect-and-thats-okay (http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6381357/the-next-castlevania-on-the-3ds-isnt-what-youd-expect-and-thats-okay)

After reading this article, I'm a bit more optimistic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 07, 2012, 07:46:33 pm
so I just won the Humble Indie Bundle from Lordkat.

Ironbite-I'm.....kinda happy now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 08, 2012, 09:38:53 am
Zangief = villain? Dafuq?

I suppose it could be that they simply assumed that since he is a russian (commie soviet to be excact) he must be the bad guy. Or it could be because in the Raul Julia movie he was working for the bad guys as well as some of the comics apparently. Likewise it could simply be that they thought having a big russian guy in a funny accent make such a smart speech would be funny.


Or it could be something more subtle, after all in the game Zangief is more of a rival than a villain therefore even though the player (unless played as Zangief) must defeat him to win the game Zangief himself isn't evil.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 08, 2012, 11:11:25 am
Or maybe it's that Zangief utterly broke the Single Player of Street Fighter 4. Spinning Lariat, much?

Also, I'm sending my Nintendo 3DS in for repairs. It kept falling out of my pocket, so the shoulder buttons are kinda broken.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 08, 2012, 02:43:59 pm
Zangief = villain? Dafuq?

I suppose it could be that they simply assumed that since he is a russian (commie soviet to be excact) he must be the bad guy. Or it could be because in the Raul Julia movie he was working for the bad guys as well as some of the comics apparently. Likewise it could simply be that they thought having a big russian guy in a funny accent make such a smart speech would be funny.


Or it could be something more subtle, after all in the game Zangief is more of a rival than a villain therefore even though the player (unless played as Zangief) must defeat him to win the game Zangief himself isn't evil.

Notice that he uses the term "bad guy"

Not "villain"

In video games, the "bad guy" is anyone who fights against you.

Therefore, he doesn't need any deep motives, or evil history, or any sorta thing... he just needs to be an enemy :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 08, 2012, 03:13:44 pm
Zangief = villain? Dafuq?

I suppose it could be that they simply assumed that since he is a russian (commie soviet to be excact) he must be the bad guy. Or it could be because in the Raul Julia movie he was working for the bad guys as well as some of the comics apparently. Likewise it could simply be that they thought having a big russian guy in a funny accent make such a smart speech would be funny.


Or it could be something more subtle, after all in the game Zangief is more of a rival than a villain therefore even though the player (unless played as Zangief) must defeat him to win the game Zangief himself isn't evil.

Notice that he uses the term "bad guy"

Not "villain"

In video games, the "bad guy" is anyone who fights against you.

Therefore, he doesn't need any deep motives, or evil history, or any sorta thing... he just needs to be an enemy :D

Absolutely brilliant!  ;)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 08, 2012, 10:02:18 pm
Zangief = villain? Dafuq?

I suppose it could be that they simply assumed that since he is a russian (commie soviet to be excact) he must be the bad guy. Or it could be because in the Raul Julia movie he was working for the bad guys as well as some of the comics apparently. Likewise it could simply be that they thought having a big russian guy in a funny accent make such a smart speech would be funny.


Or it could be something more subtle, after all in the game Zangief is more of a rival than a villain therefore even though the player (unless played as Zangief) must defeat him to win the game Zangief himself isn't evil.

Notice that he uses the term "bad guy"

Not "villain"

In video games, the "bad guy" is anyone who fights against you.

Therefore, he doesn't need any deep motives, or evil history, or any sorta thing... he just needs to be an enemy :D

Absolutely brilliant!  ;)

To quote him from the trailer...

"You are bad-guy, but this does not mean that you are... bad guy."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 09, 2012, 02:37:15 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT-MuixrEiU

Considered nostalgic yet?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on June 10, 2012, 12:52:56 pm
Anyone looking into getting War of the Roses? http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/war-of-the-roses (http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/war-of-the-roses)

It almost looks like it is a Medieval Call of Duty only of course not shit. what do you guys think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peG7-GKRcWE

I think it looks pretty awesome and am thinking hard about getting it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 10, 2012, 02:16:08 pm
...Um.

The way they have the POV for the bow is... really off.  Like the person's head is floating a foot to the right of where it should be.

Other than that, yeah, it looks like fun.

CoD except not shit, huh?  Then it isn't CoD ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on June 10, 2012, 11:13:52 pm
It looks like a high-quality mod for Mount & Blade.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 11, 2012, 11:42:11 am
Has anyone here played Catherine? I think most people generally agreed that it was a shitty game, and yet I can't shake the urge to play it and find some stuff I might've overlooked in the first playthrough.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 11, 2012, 12:29:15 pm
Has anyone here played Catherine? I think most people generally agreed that it was a shitty game, and yet I can't shake the urge to play it and find some stuff I might've overlooked in the first playthrough.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 11, 2012, 05:09:29 pm
Hooked up my 360 to my PC monitor, much more convenient and a bigger screensize than the tiny TV on my desk. determined to get Dark Souls and The Witcher 2 beat before August.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 11, 2012, 07:50:37 pm
Natsume has announced a Recettear ripoff:

http://www.gamesradar.com/project-happiness-trailer-whats-next-harvest-moon-creator/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/project-happiness-trailer-whats-next-harvest-moon-creator/)

I mean, come on, it's so flippin' obvious! Compare:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/70400/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/70400/)

EDIT: Oh, yeah, http://www.gamesradar.com/project-fedora-and-space-quest-kickstarters-reach-funding-goal/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/project-fedora-and-space-quest-kickstarters-reach-funding-goal/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 11, 2012, 08:56:26 pm
Nothing that comes from Harvest Moon is terrible.

NOTHING!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 11, 2012, 11:14:03 pm
Except this isn't Harvest Moon, it's just the same creator. And besides, I never said it would be bad, just that it's either a ripoff or a huge coincidence.

http://www.gamesradar.com/best-ps-vita-games/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/best-ps-vita-games/) I keep forgetting to order Gravity Rush. Also, Y U NO MENTION PURE CHESS OR BLAZBLUE?

Also, I've completed Ys Origin with Yunica, and I'm going through it again with Hugo. Why?

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EDIT: http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-overworks-devs-with-no-mercy-street-fighter-producer-6382135 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/capcom-overworks-devs-with-no-mercy-street-fighter-producer-6382135) Stay classy, Crapcom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 12, 2012, 09:55:10 pm
So after getting some good reviews from a couple friends, I finally decided to go out and buy Dragon's Dogma.

Light spoilers
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One thing that made me love the game is that it has I swear one of the best companion AI's I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 12, 2012, 10:35:04 pm
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/15030/ (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/15030/)

Potato Sack Reunion. Let's begin the wild speculation!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: StallChaser on June 13, 2012, 04:17:30 am
I'm a bit surprised with the lack of Diablo 3 commentary.  But that's maybe because they're too busy playing the game.

IMO, it's much better balanced than D2 (as in no clearly useless skills, fewer completely useless item mods).  My 2 cents on the next patch is that they shouldn't nerf IAS (it's not overpowered to the point that it's a "must have" over other good modifiers), and they shouldn't nerf act2 inferno.  While it is ridiculously hard, that's kinda the whole point of inferno difficulty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 13, 2012, 02:33:18 pm
Though they should fix the "invisible projectile" issue...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on June 13, 2012, 05:56:07 pm
I'm a bit surprised with the lack of Diablo 3 commentary.  But that's maybe because they're too busy playing the game.

IMO, it's much better balanced than D2 (as in no clearly useless skills, fewer completely useless item mods).  My 2 cents on the next patch is that they shouldn't nerf IAS (it's not overpowered to the point that it's a "must have" over other good modifiers), and they shouldn't nerf act2 inferno.  While it is ridiculously hard, that's kinda the whole point of inferno difficulty.

I find the forums http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/3354739/ (http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/3354739/) to be 100x more entertaining than the game itself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 13, 2012, 06:00:03 pm
I just find dungeon crawlers to be about as interesting as watching cricket. That is to say, not even remotely interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 14, 2012, 10:41:20 am
Looks like dwarf fortress has had some serious updates lately, they have actual containers now, so no more hauling one seed at a time. Not that I have the slightest clue how to use any of this yet.

Also, Checking out the secret world beta this weekend, if anyone wanted to know anything I can rattle out a summary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 14, 2012, 01:43:05 pm
http://jezebel.com/5918222/the-rapey-lara-croft-reboot-is-a-fucked+up-freudian-field-day

Sorry if this has been posted before, but dear god, what an overreaction. I agree that the whole rape plot is fucking idiotic (as well as cliche, but that's beside the point), but this article makes it out to be the only thing about the game. The writer is outright angry over a few stupid sounding comments made by one of the game's producers in this article (http://kotaku.com/5917400/youll-want-to-protect-the-new-less-curvy-lara-croft) and instead of making calm commentary, she sensationalizes the whole fucking thing. This is really just bad journalism.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 14, 2012, 02:05:56 pm
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4taxkqwYJ1qmdbzfo1_400.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on June 14, 2012, 08:25:13 pm
Also, Checking out the secret world beta this weekend, if anyone wanted to know anything I can rattle out a summary.

I'm in the beta as well. Cannot wait to try it out
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 15, 2012, 10:18:26 am
http://www.gamesradar.com/why-best-thing-about-wii-u-not-thing-youve-been-getting-excited-about-for-last-year/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/why-best-thing-about-wii-u-not-thing-youve-been-getting-excited-about-for-last-year/)

...EXCITEMENT GET!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 15, 2012, 10:51:21 am
(http://c3333424.r24.cf0.rackcdn.com/3dc9d2ead40be8f17d408f64a328e56f63774302.jpg__620x348_q85_crop_upscale.jpg)

I just realized that that's a cricket bat. I DEMAND "DON'T STOP ME NOW" TO PLAY WHILE USING THIS WEAPON!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on June 15, 2012, 05:50:51 pm
Sorry for linking to Shitaku, but...

http://kotaku.com/5917400/youll-want-to-protect-the-new-less-curvy-lara-croft

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"When people play Lara, they don't really project themselves into the character," Rosenberg told me at E3 last week when I asked if it was difficult to develop for a female protagonist.

"They're more like 'I want to protect her.' There's this sort of dynamic of 'I'm going to this adventure with her and trying to protect her.'"

So is she still the hero? I asked Rosenberg if we should expect to look at Lara a little bit differently than we have in the past.

"She's definitely the hero but— you're kind of like her helper," he said. "When you see her have to face these challenges, you start to root for her in a way that you might not root for a male character."

Gamers don't identify with and project themselves onto Lara? They want to "be her protector"?

What.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 15, 2012, 06:33:16 pm
Sorry for linking to Shitaku, but...

http://kotaku.com/5917400/youll-want-to-protect-the-new-less-curvy-lara-croft

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"When people play Lara, they don't really project themselves into the character," Rosenberg told me at E3 last week when I asked if it was difficult to develop for a female protagonist.

"They're more like 'I want to protect her.' There's this sort of dynamic of 'I'm going to this adventure with her and trying to protect her.'"

So is she still the hero? I asked Rosenberg if we should expect to look at Lara a little bit differently than we have in the past.

"She's definitely the hero but— you're kind of like her helper," he said. "When you see her have to face these challenges, you start to root for her in a way that you might not root for a male character."

Gamers don't identify with and project themselves onto Lara? They want to "be her protector"?

What.

You mean most male players didn't just play previous games for the breasts?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 15, 2012, 08:58:32 pm
Sorry for linking to Shitaku, but...

http://kotaku.com/5917400/youll-want-to-protect-the-new-less-curvy-lara-croft

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"When people play Lara, they don't really project themselves into the character," Rosenberg told me at E3 last week when I asked if it was difficult to develop for a female protagonist.

"They're more like 'I want to protect her.' There's this sort of dynamic of 'I'm going to this adventure with her and trying to protect her.'"

So is she still the hero? I asked Rosenberg if we should expect to look at Lara a little bit differently than we have in the past.

"She's definitely the hero but— you're kind of like her helper," he said. "When you see her have to face these challenges, you start to root for her in a way that you might not root for a male character."

Gamers don't identify with and project themselves onto Lara? They want to "be her protector"?

What.

You do realize that was JUST posted on the top of the page, right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 16, 2012, 12:27:57 pm
Also, Checking out the secret world beta this weekend, if anyone wanted to know anything I can rattle out a summary.

I'm in the beta as well. Cannot wait to try it out

I'm pretty impressed, I've had to think, search (including a google search, in game), and have distinct crowd control and single target abilities based on what comination of attacks I use. And the Siren's song is awesome.... I've got a pre-order in on this, if anyone else does I figure a crew of 2 or 3 would make combat a bit less tedious and make it more likely we'll get these hints they toss at us.

Go figure I'd use the internet on a phone in a video game before I did it on my own.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 16, 2012, 07:46:33 pm
I suddenly find myself wishing that I had a PC that could handle ArmA 2. I must say, the DayZ mod looks like a fuckload of fun, and this is coming from someone who's really getting sick of all these damn zombie games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on June 16, 2012, 11:03:39 pm
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/why-do-people-hate-ea (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/why-do-people-hate-ea)

Really, IGN? Why do people hate EA? How much did EA pay you to write this piece of shit?

You really want to know why? Well, here's a simple little picture to give you a decent idea.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 17, 2012, 12:01:34 am
And, yet, no one ever mentions the unsung gem of Westwood that was NoX.

Also, just watch this (http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/05/29/ultima-9-ascension/) and Spoony will tell you, at least partially, just how EA fucked Origin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on June 17, 2012, 12:18:59 am
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/why-do-people-hate-ea (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/14/why-do-people-hate-ea)

Really, IGN? Why do people hate EA? How much did EA pay you to write this piece of shit?

You really want to know why? Well, here's a simple little picture to give you a decent idea.

(click to show/hide)

Well, what do you expect? IGN survives on advertising and being chummy with EA probably gives them exclusive interviews.

Also, is that a list of games/developers that EA bought over and/or squashed? Do you know any good articles going through EA's problems?

Edit: the Wikipedia page provides a nice summary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on June 17, 2012, 10:17:51 am
I'm pretty impressed, I've had to think, search (including a google search, in game), and have distinct crowd control and single target abilities based on what comination of attacks I use. And the Siren's song is awesome.... I've got a pre-order in on this, if anyone else does I figure a crew of 2 or 3 would make combat a bit less tedious and make it more likely we'll get these hints they toss at us.

Go figure I'd use the internet on a phone in a video game before I did it on my own.

I'm mostly enjoying it, but find some of the things needlessly difficult. (Like not giving the player the shopping list for the explosives maker after picking up the quest. Took me 20 minutes to find it in the circle.) I wish there was a /queststuck feature that would give a hint if the player gets stuck. (I forgot the clue an NPC mentions in a cut scene that tells you who to talk to to advance the Templar story quest. All the journal said was "Talk to the Survivors" to get information. There are a lot of survivors, and I talked to a lot of them (picking up their quests along the way) without finding the 1 I had to talk to. (A question in General chat got me the hint I needed.)

At first, I hated combat since I did not have ranged or AoE (Fist/Chaos). I dropped Chaos for Pistols briefly yesterday, giving me ranged and AoE. Combat is a lot easier now.

I'm not pre-ordering, but that is mostly because I need to save my money. Hopefully once I get a job, I will be able to pick up the game and start.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 17, 2012, 11:23:51 am
And, yet, no one ever mentions the unsung gem of Westwood that was NoX.

Also, just watch this (http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/05/29/ultima-9-ascension/) and Spoony will tell you, at least partially, just how EA fucked Origin.

I have to figure his Ultima 9 rant, and let's face it that's what this is gonna become, is gonna be in quite lengthy and meaty.  I mean this is the game that offically squashed his childhood and made him the man he is today.  This game...this game...this game is un-fucking-believable.

Ironbite-and yes...you know what voice you read that last line.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 17, 2012, 12:27:50 pm
And, yet, no one ever mentions the unsung gem of Westwood that was NoX.

Also, just watch this (http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/05/29/ultima-9-ascension/) and Spoony will tell you, at least partially, just how EA fucked Origin.

I have to figure his Ultima 9 rant, and let's face it that's what this is gonna become, is gonna be in quite lengthy and meaty.  I mean this is the game that offically squashed his childhood and made him the man he is today.  This game...this game...this game is un-fucking-believable.

Ironbite-and yes...you know what voice you read that last line.

Spoony's and mine.  You gotta remember, homes, I grew up with Ultima, too.  I was playing Quest of the Avatar before I even went into kindergarten, in fact, Quest of the Avatar for the NES was the first video game I ever played.

While Ultima VIII was a rather glaring example of executive meddling, many of its issues were technical.  In fact, Origin had an expansion (The Lost Vale) ready for duplication before EA pulled the plug on it when they saw that Pagan didn't sell well.  I, personally, enjoyed Pagan for all its flaws.  It was different, yes, drastically different from any previous Ultima game, but it was supposed to be shockingly different, you were supposed to feel isolated, and Pagan achieved that.

Ascension, on the other hand, was so badly contrived thanks to EA's creative fuckery, that we ended up with an abomination.  Fuck, most of the cutscenes weren't even made for the Ultima IX we got, but for a totally fucking different one.  You weren't supposed to go to Britannia, but the Guardian's home world, that's what you saw at the end of Pagan.  Let's not even get into the fact that the person narrating the whole intro area, telling you to not forget your clothes, wasn't the Time Lord, but Hawkwind, the seer from Ultima IV...who is long since dead.

So, yeah...for Ascension alone, EA can go fuck itself with a live grenade.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 17, 2012, 01:34:20 pm
I'm mostly enjoying it, but find some of the things needlessly difficult. (Like not giving the player the shopping list for the explosives maker after picking up the quest. Took me 20 minutes to find it in the circle.) I wish there was a /queststuck feature that would give a hint if the player gets stuck. (I forgot the clue an NPC mentions in a cut scene that tells you who to talk to to advance the Templar story quest. All the journal said was "Talk to the Survivors" to get information. There are a lot of survivors, and I talked to a lot of them (picking up their quests along the way) without finding the 1 I had to talk to. (A question in General chat got me the hint I needed.)
Honestly, I found it kinda cool. Particularly when I talked to the NPC and realized that the game expected thought from me I started handling the missions far better. It is a bit of a pain, but it makes a group of people worth more than just extra fighting power, chat could help clear these things up, mutiple people cover ground faster in circles... but I'm just overly fond of RP being part of an RPG again.

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At first, I hated combat since I did not have ranged or AoE (Fist/Chaos). I dropped Chaos for Pistols briefly yesterday, giving me ranged and AoE. Combat is a lot easier now.
Out of all of them Chaos seems to be the biggest pain in the ass, I'm guessing it pays off later. That said Assault Rifle is awesome, particularly after re-binding some of the controls to my mouse using it's programming features. Lock and Load w/ improvement = instant fullpower aoe finisher barrage. Thinking I'll be going that and blood magic for a main. Not to mention it's fastest attack also heals you.

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I'm not pre-ordering, but that is mostly because I need to save my money. Hopefully once I get a job, I will be able to pick up the game and start.
I'll let you know if they start up any friend programs, could always be fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on June 17, 2012, 05:08:42 pm
Anyone know where one might buy a digital copy of American McGee's Alice? I have Alice: Madness Returns, but I kind of want to try out the original game too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 17, 2012, 05:12:38 pm
Anyone know where one might buy a digital copy of American McGee's Alice? I have Alice: Madness Returns, but I kind of want to try out the original game too.

I envy you. I have Madness Returns and it won't run well at all on my laptop. I also wanted to try the original though, after seeing the first few cutscenes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on June 17, 2012, 05:20:05 pm
Unfortunately, it doesn't run well on mine either. I had to borrow my brother's laptop in order to play it. That's actually part of the reason I want to get the original -- I'll actually be able to use it regularly.

Edit: Also, I noticed you mentioned playing Thief. Does it run well on your laptop? I've been thinking about getting it, but I'd rather not buy it if it isn't going to be playable with my crappy graphics card.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 17, 2012, 05:30:35 pm
Ah, yeah. Same here. I've only seen the original on Amazon so far.

Edit:

Edit: Also, I noticed you mentioned playing Thief. Does it run well on your laptop? I've been thinking about getting it, but I'd rather not buy it if it isn't going to be playable with my crappy graphics card.

Thief runs well on my laptop. It was out in 1998, I think, so unless your laptop's pretty ancient, it should be fine. It's definitely worth the money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 17, 2012, 05:34:42 pm
I've had Thief run well on a fairly low-end laptop before, something from like...2003 or so.  Unless your laptop doesn't even have a 3D accelerator card, you should be fine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on June 17, 2012, 05:38:05 pm
Awesome, thanks for the info. Gonna buy it, then.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Juna Starrider on June 17, 2012, 10:47:54 pm
For those who love to piss your pants in fright, Fractional Games has something for you......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bbNmEBya7w

Trust me, I won`t play it..... but then again, I still have to ask the boyfriend to beat the first boss in Zelda: OoT.  Chicken is my middle name.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 17, 2012, 11:58:30 pm
I feel this video needs to be shared.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RGORttEnzA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on June 18, 2012, 02:06:44 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jotMV-Xg8HI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 18, 2012, 08:37:20 am
Both the Worlds of Ultima games have been released for free on GOG.com, for any interested parties.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 18, 2012, 03:42:23 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/kirby-20th-anniversary-collection-finally-detailed/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/kirby-20th-anniversary-collection-finally-detailed/)

As I said about it before: Shut up and take my money!

EDIT: My 3DS came back! And the shoulder buttons are working again! And... wow, that's a lot of StreetPass tags. Only one of them being a girl.

I am so getting that Mario-themed 3DS Pouch from Club Nintendo once I've got the 450 coins needed. https://club.nintendo.com/rewards-details/a/28010.do (https://club.nintendo.com/rewards-details/a/28010.do)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 20, 2012, 10:44:53 pm
Sorry for the double post (well, kinda, this post is two days later, but...)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/207350/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207350/)

Buy this! Right now! It's been on Steam for twenty days! It's only twenty dollars! You have no reason not to buy it!

And now that I've gotten that out of my system...

http://www.gamesradar.com/okami-coming-ps3-hd-remaster/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/okami-coming-ps3-hd-remaster/)

We really need that :swoon: avatar from Something Awful.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 21, 2012, 04:42:32 am
I really REALLY hate these XBox Live updates.  Every time I have to download one, I can't get back online and have to spend about 20 minutes trying again and again and again.  I messaged them, and they said there shouldn't be a problem, even after I sent them a copy of the actual error.  Ugh!  At least it finally worked, after 20+ minutes!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 21, 2012, 08:58:32 am
One of my friends finally badgered me into getting Diablo 3.  It's not bad.  First dungeon crawler I've ever really played to an extent, and I like it so far.  It's not amazing, but it's fun.  Also, easily one of the goriest games I've played in a while.  There's one dungeon with baskets of severed heads in it.  When you hit the baskets they fall apart with a splash of blood, and you can see and hear the severed heads bouncing and rolling away.

I really REALLY hate these XBox Live updates.  Every time I have to download one, I can't get back online and have to spend about 20 minutes trying again and again and again.  I messaged them, and they said there shouldn't be a problem, even after I sent them a copy of the actual error.  Ugh!  At least it finally worked, after 20+ minutes!

o_O  Really?  I don't know what could be causing that cause I have no problem getting on after updates.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 21, 2012, 11:21:38 am
For anyone looking to buy their way to victory in the mechwarrior universe, I giveth the:
http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/06/288-founders-package-on-sale-now

The pack I probably won't buy because it's releasing two weeks after another MMO I just preordered two days before this fucking pack launched.... I would have gone in for 120, but my entertainment budget is hosed for a while after that Mel Brooks collection and pre-ordering secret world.

But really... a custom atlas... 100 tons o terror... Maybe I can sell some organs... God damn this year and it's videogames.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on June 21, 2012, 04:35:58 pm
Story time:

I'm talking with this one guy, and he asks me if I play video games.
- "Yes"
- "What do you think of the new Call of Duty?"
- "I don't play it"
- "Oh, so you're one of those casual gamers, huh?"

(http://i.imgur.com/0RE9F.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 21, 2012, 04:42:34 pm
Story time:

I'm talking with this one guy, and he asks me if I play video games.
- "Yes"
- "What do you think of the new Call of Duty?"
- "I don't play it"
- "Oh, so you're one of those casual gamers, huh?"

(http://i.imgur.com/0RE9F.gif)

"Oh, so you're one of those casual gamers, huh?"
(http://blueroof.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/but-seriously-now.png?w=500)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on June 22, 2012, 06:34:40 am
Story time:

I'm talking with this one guy, and he asks me if I play video games.
- "Yes"
- "What do you think of the new Call of Duty?"
- "I don't play it"
- "Oh, so you're one of those casual gamers, huh?"

Well, if you want casual to mean "I do it as a hobby and not for pay," I guess I would call myself casual. But yeah, NO...


In other news, I just got my hands on a closed beta key for Secret World. Since I didn't get a chance to play a Dragon or Illuminati last weekend, and the servers are different so I didn't have access to my Templar, I rolled up a Dragon. I had read that the quests were all the same, regardless of faction, but thought they just meant "everyone goes to the same areas, so the general quests are the same, but faction quests are different." (The way it in in every MMO.) No, even the faction quest is the same.

This makes me wonder about the longevity of the game. There are no classes and you can swap builds easily, so replayability based on classes is gone. (Technically, you do have to specialize to a certain extent to have enough skill points, but with enough grinding, you can overcome that.) Since the faction stories are the same, there is little draw to replay to see all the story. (You do get different reward messages when you complete a quest, but that's the only difference.) You are limited to 3 characters, making it harder to keep multiple builds (if you want a tank, a DPS, and a healer, you can do that. Although role switching isn't very hard. You can do it without even changing weapons. "OK, with this gear, my Fists/Pistols Templar is a tank. Put on this gear, switch a few abilities, and he heals.")

I do enjoy the game, and will most likely pick it up once I have money. But I can't help but think FunCom shot themselves in the foot with this one. Niche gameplay that will drive away a lot of players. Little replay value.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 22, 2012, 02:44:14 pm
Story time:

I'm talking with this one guy, and he asks me if I play video games.
- "Yes"
- "What do you think of the new Call of Duty?"
- "I don't play it"
- "Oh, so you're one of those casual gamers, huh?"

Well, if you want casual to mean "I do it as a hobby and not for pay," I guess I would call myself casual. But yeah, NO...

Technically, the term is "Amateur", with "Professional" being the term used to denote someone who gets paid for it.  ("Amateur" being an insult is probably because people view those who play for just the fun of it as "not being skilled enough" to do it professionally, despite some people wanting hobbies to remain hobbies)

95% of hardcore players are, in fact, amateurs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 22, 2012, 03:47:14 pm
I play and review video games. I'm not 'hardcore'. It's just a passion of mine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 22, 2012, 04:15:06 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/3ds-xl-news-all-facts-nintendo-new-handheld/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/3ds-xl-news-all-facts-nintendo-new-handheld/)

Cue complaints about a version of the system intended soley for the elderly and... well, anybody who gets cramps using the standard 3DS in 3...2...1...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on June 22, 2012, 05:01:53 pm
Story time:

I'm talking with this one guy, and he asks me if I play video games.
- "Yes"
- "What do you think of the new Call of Duty?"
- "I don't play it"
- "Oh, so you're one of those casual gamers, huh?"

Well, if you want casual to mean "I do it as a hobby and not for pay," I guess I would call myself casual. But yeah, NO...

From my understanding, the difference between a "casual" and a "hardcore" player is not the player, but the games that they play.

"Casual games" are games that require little effort or time to play, and don't really have much to offer once you've mastered them. (i.e. browser flash games, Facebook games, iPhone games, a decent majority of handheld games, arcade-style run and gun shooters, and just about everything in the Wii library.)

"Hardcore" games, by contrast, are games that have a steeper learning curve, requiring a much more significant investment from the player, and are much more rewarding in the long run. These games have more replay value and are able to be played for a much longer periods of time (i.e. Tactics-based shooters, RPGs, RTS, 4X,)

That is the definition that I have heard most frequently.

Of course, going by what I just wrote, this makes the above encounter even more hilarious, since CoD is probably one of the most "casual" FPSs on the market.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 22, 2012, 05:20:03 pm
"Casual games" are games that require little effort or time to play, and don't really have much to offer once you've mastered them. (i.e. browser flash games, Facebook games, iPhone games, a decent majority of handheld games, arcade-style run and gun shooters, and just about everything in the Wii library.)

CAVE has made plenty of ports of their games for the iPhone. Of course, those originated in arcades, so they don't really count. Oh, yeah, and I'm assuming that  "just about everything in the Wii library" excludes most of the first-party titles without "Wii" in their name.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 23, 2012, 12:59:37 pm
God fucking dammit, I just lost so much precious stuff in Minecraft. I'm not gonna want to play again for a long time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 23, 2012, 02:34:54 pm
Hey, it's Minecraft, ssssssssssshit happens.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 24, 2012, 10:52:37 pm
Just finished Quantum Conundrum

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on June 25, 2012, 02:33:58 am
A new expansion for HOI 3 (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?612134-E3-2012-New-Expansion-for-Hearts-of-Iron-III-Announced!&s=bcd63e963b11197fd942cf12892445ad). I hope in this version ships will now be upgraded (maybe have them stuck in port while it's happening) instead of having to build new ships every two years to replace the whole fleet.

Also, in a game as Italy, Barbarossa started with Germany having barely 760,000 troops on the border, and just over 1 million in total. The USSR had over 2 million (mobilised) troops on the Axis-USSR border, with another 550,000 against Finland. Not difficult to see who one, and the AI is more than happy to attack tank divisions with infantry while crossing a river.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 26, 2012, 03:00:01 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/spelunky-arrives-xbox-live-arcade-july/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/spelunky-arrives-xbox-live-arcade-july/)

Shut up and take my Microsoft Points!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 26, 2012, 03:24:17 pm
Downloaded Perfect Dark for the 360 since my N64 broke and I lost the game during my last move.  Last time, my now ex unlocked everything, but now I have to do it myself, and it's frustrating as hell.  Really?  Bots walk right through balls of fire and shoot me from across the room with pistols?  UGH!  I wish there was an easy way to unlock all the weapons.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 26, 2012, 09:25:05 pm
Meet the Pyro drops tomorrow.  3 big things as well:

http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/ (http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on June 27, 2012, 08:04:25 am
A couple of good (IMO) articles about Diablo 3.
http://blogs.raiders-guild.org/2012/06/eulas-and-consumer-rights/
http://blogs.raiders-guild.org/2012/06/diablo-3-review-i-server-stability/

Based on the above and other stuff I've heard, I'm quite happy I didn't buy the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 27, 2012, 09:44:55 am
http://www.gamespot.com/news/most-wont-finish-hitman-absolution-says-director-6384588 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/most-wont-finish-hitman-absolution-says-director-6384588)

Good to see he has a lot of confidence in his product [/sarcasm]
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 27, 2012, 03:32:43 pm
http://www.gamespot.com/news/most-wont-finish-hitman-absolution-says-director-6384588 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/most-wont-finish-hitman-absolution-says-director-6384588)

Good to see he has a lot of confidence in his product [/sarcasm]

It's kinda funny, was discussing this last night.

Take a look on steam, and see how many people finshed the first level of a game. I mean Civ 5, 15% of those who own it haven't settled a second city. Barely over half have completed the most popular civic track, another key part of the game, something that should happen in the first half of one, if not earlier. A quarter have won a standard game.

People just don't play through things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 27, 2012, 04:19:26 pm
Meet The Pyro is out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I

Absolutely glorious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 27, 2012, 04:25:59 pm
Meet The Pyro is out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUhOnX8qt3I

Absolutely glorious.

What the fuck did I just watch?

And why did I like it so much!?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 27, 2012, 07:37:08 pm
I WANT THAT FUCKING FLAMETHROWER!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 27, 2012, 08:03:00 pm
I WANT THAT FUCKING FLAMETHROWER!

Knowing Valve, that flamethrower WILL be released.

And it'll set opponents on... joy?

I dunno, what will it do?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 27, 2012, 08:18:59 pm
I'm actually more exited that they finally released Source Filmmaker.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 27, 2012, 09:21:40 pm
I WANT THAT FUCKING FLAMETHROWER!

Knowing Valve, that flamethrower WILL be released.

And it'll set opponents on... joy?

I dunno, what will it do?

http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/pyroland/ (http://www.teamfortress.com/pyromania/pyroland/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 28, 2012, 12:10:25 pm
I'm very content because I just got Tales of Monkey Island from GOG for 60% off. I can't wait to complete it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 28, 2012, 08:40:46 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/worms-revolution-hands-preview-worms-are-back-glorious-2d/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/worms-revolution-hands-preview-worms-are-back-glorious-2d/)

Shaddup 'n take mah moneh!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 02, 2012, 06:45:43 am
So fellow Minecraft players, any of you used the Tekkit mod pack? I'm strongly considering installing it, simply because it looks fucking amazing. Is it really as good as it looks?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 02, 2012, 09:46:48 am
I bought the first two parts of "On the rain slick precipice." The Penny arcade game series and although the games were really short I did enjoy them. (Besides they are really REALLY cheap games so I can't really complain about the shortness.)

I'm probably gonna get the third one as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 02, 2012, 10:48:16 am
I bought the first two parts of "On the rain slick precipice." The Penny arcade game series and although the games were really short I did enjoy them. (Besides they are really REALLY cheap games so I can't really complain about the shortness.)

I'm probably gonna get the third one as well.

Well, so far at least (Chapter 2), episode 3 is amazing, though significantly different from the previous two. So, yeah, you should.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 02, 2012, 11:49:59 am
Between(and largely during) crises this weekend I was plowing through  The Secret World. After having completed 4 of the 'Good luck fucker, you get to guess' missions I have to say I love this damn game. The only sad part is when I replay those quests they damn easy... which is convenient for blowing a character through that awkward early phase when you have two attacks. Assuming you're able to run screaming away fast enough when monsters show up. The rest of the missions are a bit more typical, but the cinematic approach to them is interesting. And for the love of all that's terrifying the faction quest made me want to hide under my chair.

Also, I'm fairly sure the college in innsmouth is roughly what some of the fundies assume happens at real schools.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 02, 2012, 12:20:35 pm
Well, I downloaded the Technic Pack for Minecraft. Upon loading up my first world, I find myself outside an old timey Japanese village. I decide to go looking for rubber trees. In my five minute long travels, I fell into an oil well, found what I can only guess is a purple fairy before finally being immediately mauled to death by a panther.

All in all, looks to be a very promising mod pack.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 02, 2012, 04:45:38 pm
I discovered a massive Nether fortress in Minecraft during my search for blaze rods and killed at least four Blazes. Not one of the motherfuckers dropped a rod, and the last one's fireball knocked me into the lava. Dammit, I wanna reach The End. Gimme your rods!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 02, 2012, 05:36:54 pm
That's what she said.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 02, 2012, 09:23:29 pm
So played the Dawnguard dlc for Skyrim.  Absolutely loved it.  Added SEVERAL hours of gameplay and the final boss was actually a bit of a challenge compared to the main game final boss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 02, 2012, 11:05:52 pm
It's kinda hillarious to look at the steam forums/reddit steam and watch their summer sale predictions.


STEAM SUMMER SALE!

Coming June 28th  29th   30th
            July 1st     2nd

            July 12th !
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 03, 2012, 12:25:29 am
So played the Dawnguard dlc for Skyrim.  Absolutely loved it.  Added SEVERAL hours of gameplay and the final boss was actually a bit of a challenge compared to the main game final boss.

Are we talking actually challenging, or just challenging by Bethesda standards?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 03, 2012, 04:05:48 am
So played the Dawnguard dlc for Skyrim.  Absolutely loved it.  Added SEVERAL hours of gameplay and the final boss was actually a bit of a challenge compared to the main game final boss.

Are we talking actually challenging, or just challenging by Bethesda standards?

ಠ_ಠ
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 03, 2012, 06:21:14 am
So played the Dawnguard dlc for Skyrim.  Absolutely loved it.  Added SEVERAL hours of gameplay and the final boss was actually a bit of a challenge compared to the main game final boss.

Are we talking actually challenging, or just challenging by Bethesda standards?

(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3j39wmfG81qfq5i0.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 03, 2012, 08:33:15 am
So played the Dawnguard dlc for Skyrim.  Absolutely loved it.  Added SEVERAL hours of gameplay and the final boss was actually a bit of a challenge compared to the main game final boss.

Are we talking actually challenging, or just challenging by Bethesda standards?

Definitely challenging by Bethesda standards, and was a little actually challenging too.  He was super fun to fight though.

Also, if you side with the Dawnguard you can use fucking armored battle trolls.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 04, 2012, 11:57:59 am
http://www.gamesradar.com/kirbys-dream-collection-release-date-revealed/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/kirbys-dream-collection-release-date-revealed/)

OH GOD YES
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 04, 2012, 12:17:57 pm
Woohoo, I got Monkey Island downloaded. I must say, I missed the Threepwood and his beloved awkwardness.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 04, 2012, 01:07:40 pm
I forgot that Spelunky will be coming out on XBLA today! W00T!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 04, 2012, 06:46:08 pm
Oh my god...I'm so proud of myself right now.  I've managed to make, with the help of MightyPork's PowerCraft mod for Minecraft, a 16-bit clock.  There's a -little- loss of accuracy after the 8th bit's been passed, but twas necessary to expand the resolution beyond 8 bits.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_16-bit-clock.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=16-bit-clock.png)

Image is a bit big, but pretty damn cool.

I wonder what it'd take to expand it to 32 bits...

[ETA]
Not much, apparently.  XD

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_32-bit-clock.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=32-bit-clock.png)
(From MSB to LSB: White > Green > Red > Blue)
Instead of repeaters I decided to use the redstone crossing blocks, normally used to let two wires intersect without having them become one, as impromptu no-delay repeaters!

[ETA, Again]
I think I'm having too much fun with this, lol.  I wired up an extra 32 bits to my clock, bringing me up to 64.  Link, so as to not overload this thing with images. (http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/64-bit-clock.png)  Gonna have to stop with that, though...Minecraft was about to lock up, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on July 04, 2012, 09:32:11 pm
I still have to get Dawnguard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on July 04, 2012, 10:40:42 pm
Ah Rome: TW. So much better than Empire, yet I would still put Medieval 2 as my favourite. Also have Borderlands, will start on that tomorrow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 05, 2012, 12:32:21 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/nights-dreams-hd-real-beautiful-and-coming-psn-xbla-and-pc-first-trailer-inside/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/nights-dreams-hd-real-beautiful-and-coming-psn-xbla-and-pc-first-trailer-inside/)

 ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on July 06, 2012, 02:49:52 am
Also, Rome 2: TW has been announced. I hope CA goes back to the days of Rome and Medieval 2, Empire was atrocious (comparatively).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on July 06, 2012, 04:53:18 am
For real?  Will that include a remake of Barbarian Invasion?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on July 06, 2012, 05:44:06 am
That would be nice. I also hope they rework the barbaric/pagan/non-'civilised' powers e.g. so Britannia doesn't take over huge chunks of northern and eastern Europe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 06, 2012, 05:47:44 am
That would be nice. I also hope they rework the barbaric/pagan/non-'civilised' powers e.g. so Britannia doesn't take over huge chunks of northern and eastern Europe.

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/209/6/2/Lelouch___Geass_by_SoullessHakumen.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 06, 2012, 07:01:47 am
After over a year, they're finally releasing a new campaign and upgraded maps for Left 4 Dead 2 at the end of the month.  I'm glad I already have points in my account because I still need to get the new set for my wrestling card game as well, and The Dark Knight Rises comes out around the same time.  Talk about a busy week!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on July 06, 2012, 11:05:19 am
Hey beta sign ups are going on for War of the Roses (the medieval FPS type game I talked about earlier)  here is the link to the beta sign ups - http://www.waroftherosesthegame.com/?ref=11c0d4c2ba5 (http://www.waroftherosesthegame.com/?ref=11c0d4c2ba5)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 06, 2012, 12:27:46 pm
Tales of Xillia has been announced for a western release in 2013! Hopefully they'll do what was done for Abyss and give it a bit of a spit-shine for the west.

EDIT: Article found! http://www.gamespot.com/news/tales-of-xillia-getting-western-release-6385882 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/tales-of-xillia-getting-western-release-6385882)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 08, 2012, 08:11:26 pm
Oi! I've got friend codes for secret world, they've unfucked a bunch of the the earlier missions that had some launch trouble and I can toss out 24 hour passes for it until the 14th. let me know if you want one. Pass expiration only starts when you first log in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on July 08, 2012, 09:42:14 pm
That would be nice. I also hope they rework the barbaric/pagan/non-'civilised' powers e.g. so Britannia doesn't take over huge chunks of northern and eastern Europe.

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/209/6/2/Lelouch___Geass_by_SoullessHakumen.jpg)

I'm pretty sure Emperor Charles had a bit more than a few chariots and druids who throw heads. Britannia shouldn't even be a proper nation, at best a loose coalition of tribes.

Also, Borderlands is bloody fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 09, 2012, 10:46:41 pm
http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight (http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight)

Holy shit...

Not sure if this will be good or bad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 10, 2012, 01:21:50 am
Oi! I've got friend codes for secret world, they've unfucked a bunch of the the earlier missions that had some launch trouble and I can toss out 24 hour passes for it until the 14th. let me know if you want one. Pass expiration only starts when you first log in.

I'll take one, I kinda want to see if my computer can handle the game and their stupid tool on their site doesn't work for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 12, 2012, 03:02:20 am
Catherine-related stuff below.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 12, 2012, 03:14:03 am
I found (and bought) an oddity in DDO today...a +1 True Law Absolute Chaos Longsword.  For those of you not familiar with D&D, that makes the weapon both Lawful and Chaotic in alignment, which should be impossible.  I'll get photographic evidence...but, that thing was only 1,000 platinum in the auction house, which was absurdly cheap for something that unique.

Taco Cart kicked major ass with that thing in the Chronoscope raid, lemme tell ya.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 12, 2012, 03:31:53 am
Namco Bandai Helping To Develop Next Smash Bros. (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/22/namco-bandai-developing-next-smash-bros)

In before Digimon/Tales of roster characters.

Greymon versus Charizard, motherfuckers.


And in more boring news. Final Fantasy 7 is being rereleased on the PC (http://www.gamespot.com/news/downloadable-final-fantasy-vii-pc-announced-6385652)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 12, 2012, 03:40:54 am
http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight (http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight)

Holy shit...

Not sure if this will be good or bad.

There are other sites that already do this tho...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 12, 2012, 03:51:05 am
Catherine-related stuff below.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 12, 2012, 03:55:16 am
Namco Bandai Helping To Develop Next Smash Bros. (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/22/namco-bandai-developing-next-smash-bros)

In before Digimon/Tales of roster characters.

Greymon versus Charizard, motherfuckers.


And in more boring news. Final Fantasy 7 is being rereleased on the PC (http://www.gamespot.com/news/downloadable-final-fantasy-vii-pc-announced-6385652)

...I'm not sure if that would be glorious or horrifying.

Then again I don't know how the two fanbases feel about each other.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on July 12, 2012, 04:00:10 am
I found (and bought) an oddity in DDO today...a +1 True Law Absolute Chaos Longsword.  For those of you not familiar with D&D, that makes the weapon both Lawful and Chaotic in alignment, which should be impossible.  I'll get photographic evidence...but, that thing was only 1,000 platinum in the auction house, which was absurdly cheap for something that unique.

Taco Cart kicked major ass with that thing in the Chronoscope raid, lemme tell ya.

WOAH. Dude, that's just... holy shit, man. You should keep that thing just for the novelty value. How is that even possible?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 12, 2012, 05:22:31 am
I know that there was some handwraps that were unique for being simultaneously Lawful and Chaotic, and you got them from a Lovecraftian questline.

Now they're not so unique.  Huh.  Must be a side effect of the new loot system.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 12, 2012, 08:46:42 am
Oh, misleading news from Gamespot:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/kid-icarus-developer-no-more-6386408 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/kid-icarus-developer-no-more-6386408)

Apparently they don't realize that the whole purpose of Project Sora, made up of staff from Sora Ltd. and Nintendo, was to make Kid Icarus: Uprising. They accomplished their goal, so they're moving on.

EDIT: STEAM SUMMER SALE!

Wait, the summer achievements aren't game related, and all you get is a stupid badge? Meh
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 12, 2012, 01:10:33 pm
Catherine-related stuff below.

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(click to show/hide)

Gotcha. Many thanks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 12, 2012, 02:42:29 pm
I found (and bought) an oddity in DDO today...a +1 True Law Absolute Chaos Longsword.  For those of you not familiar with D&D, that makes the weapon both Lawful and Chaotic in alignment, which should be impossible.  I'll get photographic evidence...but, that thing was only 1,000 platinum in the auction house, which was absurdly cheap for something that unique.

Taco Cart kicked major ass with that thing in the Chronoscope raid, lemme tell ya.

WOAH. Dude, that's just... holy shit, man. You should keep that thing just for the novelty value. How is that even possible?

Photographic proof:

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/lawful-chaotic-sword.png)

[ETA]

Also, just learned that Richard Garriott, Lord British...is a fan of Stephen Colbert.  Fuck.  Yes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on July 12, 2012, 03:33:55 pm
Hey guys if you play "Sim City Social" do not buy the diamonds for the game.  EA is pulling a bait and switch on it!  Here is the proof - http://forum.playfish.com/showthread.php?t=2863246 (http://forum.playfish.com/showthread.php?t=2863246)

(http://i.imgur.com/ewnrK.jpg)

Just thought I would let you all know!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 12, 2012, 07:00:11 pm
Why the fuck would you ever pay real money for a freaking Facebook game in the first place?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 12, 2012, 08:27:47 pm
Why the fuck would you ever pay real money for a freaking Facebook game in the first place?

This times 1000.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on July 12, 2012, 08:46:58 pm
I never understood that.  Even "good" Facebook games suck, they're just good time killers at best.  I could never get into WoW because I refuse to pay to play video games.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 12, 2012, 09:08:24 pm
Behold what is in my opinion the second best point and click (and also parser) adventure series out there.  (the Monkey Island series perhaps being the first, even if I don't enjoy it as much as this game series)

Excuse me while I go into commercial mode.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/quest_for_glory

Quest for Glory.  If you've ever played King's Quest, it is a similar game - though where King's Quest focuses on fairy tales, Quest for Glory focuses on fantasy, much in the vein of Dungeons and Dragons.

You are a blonde-haired overly tanned wannabe hero who learned everything he knows from a correspondence course.  Now, what type of hero you ask?  Well, that's up to you.  Unlike other Point and Click adventure games, this has heavy RPG elements.  And much like The Elder Scrolls games (which I believe came out after this), you become better at something by doing it.

Now, how much grinding you do is up to you.  Some people like to grind everything to max each game, others are quite content to go for whatever number they feel is best.

You have three classes.  Fighter, Magic User, and Thief.  (And you have a fourth prestige class, but it's essentially a souped up Fighter)

Fighter uses a sword and shield, and is the only class that natively starts the first game with Parry skill, which is a skill that lets you block an attack, which is better on your stamina than dodging.  He loves to fight.

Magic User wields a dagger, and is the only class that starts the first game with the Zap spell and natively starts the first game with the Magic skill.  Due to Zap, he's capable of hitting very hard with his dagger, but Zap only lasts for one hit, so you may have to recast.  Magic User is also unique in that he doesn't start with the Throwing skill, which both Fighter and Thief do - however, his magic suffices.

Thief wields a dagger, and is the only class that natively starts the first game with Lockpicking, (called Pick Locks for some reason) Climb, and Stealth.  Thief is also the only class that can start the first game with every skill, though it's hard to make use of Parry when you only have a dagger.

However, each character you start gains a pool of points to start with.  This can be distributed into existing stats and skills, or it can be distributed into "cross class" skills.  It's more expensive to put points into a skill you are at 0 at, but you only need 5 points in it (the minimum you can put in) to be able to start training the skill.

It's quite possible to create a Fighter that possesses the Magic skill, allowing him to sling spells around.  Or to make a Thief that knows how to Flynn with the best of them using his dagger.  Or make a Magic User that's as adept at sneaking around and lockpicking as he is at casting magic.

There's also more things to do than just save the day.  The Fighter has to be at his physical excellence, able to best even master swordsmen, and thus has much competition to do.  The Magic User seeks out arcane knowledge and power, proving that Ambition is Not Evil, constantly seeking knowledge wherever he goes.  And the Thief loves to break into the houses of the very people he's helping, to steal away any valuables they have "carelessly" left in their own homes, yet somehow manages to balance the darkness of his thievery with the light of being a hero, a trait which is admirable in its own right.

And while this isn't required to fully enjoy the game, Quest for Glory has the benefit of allowing you to continue your adventure with the same character.  You can take a character from the very first game, and follow his journey through all five games.

And of course, there is the prestige class, called the "Paladin".  A powerful Fighter who fights not for the love of battle, but for the ultimate good.  He is able to perform supernatural feats without magic use (though there is a design error that made it so they had to give the Paladin magic use in order to allow him access to his skills, but that's easy to ignore) such as healing his wounds or the wounds of others, making his sword burn blue with the flame of honor, or even being able to create a shield that reduces the damage he takes.  It's unlockable at the end of the second game, and you can start playing as one at the start of the third game, so act with honor if you wish to follow the path of the Paladin!

The game follows many different fantasy themes.  The first game takes place in the thawing Germanic lands of Spielburg, as spring sets in.  The theme is close to classic D&D, as the local Baron inevitably recruits your aid and rewards it heartily.  So, you want to be a hero?  The monsters, thus, tend to be the most generic and familiar of the game series. 

The second game takes you to the desert lands of Shapier in the summer sun, where the Sultan needs you to save the city from an unknown danger.  You will be experiencing middle-eastern legend as you battle and tame the four elements, before undergoing a Trial by Fire. 

The third game takes an unexpected break and takes you to the wild plains of Fricana, to where African superstition and Egyptian mythology combine together as you experience the Wages of War. 

In the fourth game, you are wisked away to the Russian lands of Mordavia, as Fall sets in.  You must stop a Lovecraftian Horrorfrom being awoken, but vampires are out for your blood (and thankfully, they don't sparkle) as well as the undead... and bat-winged spiders to terrify you arachnophobes.  Yet do not fear, for the Roma are there to aid you as well. 

Finally, in the fifth game, you go to a Greek island as a warm winter sets in, compared to the cool spring that you started out in.  The king there has been assassinated, and you have to compete with others in both a race for the crown... and a race to lure the assassin out of his shadowy hiding place.

The GOG version addresses many glitches that previously plagued the games, which makes them even better than they were to me.

...And I'm done :V Commercial over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 13, 2012, 05:17:07 am
I was almost considering Lego Batman 2 (Hey you get to go all over Gotham as the DC heroes beating villains up!) until I read the review:

http://www.gamespot.com/lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes/reviews/lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes-review-6383789/ (http://www.gamespot.com/lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes/reviews/lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes-review-6383789/)

It's one thing to say a game sucks; it's another to specifically point at horrible controls and glitches.  But then, Game Informer magazine gave it an 8.75.

I know people have different opinions, but how do you go from, "glitches and control issues," to "This game is awesome!" between two reviews?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 13, 2012, 08:47:48 am
*hueg post*

Do the puzzles in these games have sensible solutions, as opposed to the obtuse King's Quest puzzles?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on July 13, 2012, 11:29:51 am
After seeing people on a lot of forums talk about DDO, I finally decided to break down and reactivate my account. Being hesitant, I didn't go VIP or buy Turbine points. All I did was download the game and fire it up. Since I had previously subscribed (when it first came out), I am considered a Premium F2P. My old characters are gone, but that was no surprise, given the drastic changes in how the game plays now than how it played then.

I started up a Ranger (eventually planning to pick up some Rogue levels and go Darkwood Sniper) on the Khyber server. I haven't gotten very far (only just ready to go to the Island, as opposed to the town), but it isn't bad so far. If I decide I like it, I may buy enough Turbine points to buy Monk, which would be going full circle. When DDO first came out, I wanted to play a Monk. Turns out, that class was not available at the time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 13, 2012, 11:34:42 am
I know people have different opinions, but how do you go from, "glitches and control issues," to "This game is awesome!" between two reviews?
Pure luck on glitches, and however a person is wired with the controls.

On the controller it could just be someone sucking, which happens often enough. Sometimes controls just don't click with a person quickly, or sometimes ever and game  reviewers are rarely a patient bunch.

If you think the lego games are cool, it'll probably be good. Some how they always seem to be amusing, but if you don't like the lego gimmic I'd say stay the hell away. Wonky controls are par of the course really, the shit's made of legos.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 13, 2012, 11:37:08 am
Yes I'm double posting, because it amuses me, and I have a different post to respond to.

After seeing people on a lot of forums talk about DDO, I finally decided to break down and reactivate my account.
This is a tad random, but if there are a few other people out there who were interested I'd be willing to kill some time trying this out as a FSTDT group of sorts. Just have to decide a server if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 13, 2012, 03:45:41 pm
I'm active on pretty much every server...though, while I would recommend Wayfinder (the new German server) because its fairly, well, desolate, I also don't because that lack of people leads to a really shitty (read: non-existent) player economy, especially in the auction house.  Which means, you're stuck being broke for most of the game, which is a real bitch.

But, should you decide on a server, I should be able to offer up my knowledge, power, and if on the right server, money, to help ya out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 13, 2012, 07:24:36 pm
Just got Dragon's Dogma, and it probably has the most hilariously out of place, yet awesome title music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jTeHzzefS4

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 14, 2012, 12:03:37 am
Just got Dragon's Dogma, and it probably has the most hilariously out of place, yet awesome title music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jTeHzzefS4

When the rock track started when I first popped the game disc in, I was like "What the FUCK?"

The game is good, but I lost interest about halfway through and never finished it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on July 14, 2012, 02:19:37 am
Playing Skyrim. I am just about sick of everyone in Whiterun.

"Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh what am I saying, of course you don't"
"I work with my mother, to sell fruits and vegetables. It's fun most days, but hard work."
"I work for Belethor, at the General Goods store."
"Skjor says I have the strength of Ysgrammor, and my brother has his smarts"
"Come to Dragonsreach to discuss the ongoing hoshtilities, like the rest of the great warriors?"


OH MY GOD SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 14, 2012, 03:05:34 am
Playing Skyrim. I am just about sick of everyone in Whiterun.

"Do you get to the Cloud District very often? Oh what am I saying, of course you don't"
"I work with my mother, to sell fruits and vegetables. It's fun most days, but hard work."
"I work for Belethor, at the General Goods store."
"Skjor says I have the strength of Ysgrammor, and my brother has his smarts"
"Come to Dragonsreach to discuss the ongoing hoshtilities, like the rest of the great warriors?"


OH MY GOD SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT THE FUCK UP

*Quicksaves*

*Pulls out Fireball*

*KILLS EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING*

*Quickloads*

*hueg post*

Do the puzzles in these games have sensible solutions, as opposed to the obtuse King's Quest puzzles?

I want to say "Yes", but then I have the first four games' solutions memorized since I was 11 or so, so it's hard for me to say.

I can't think of a single incident where the games are like "You're hungry.  Eat something."  *later* "There's a yeti.  What do you do?  ... You're supposed to throw the pie, morong.  ... What do you mean you ate the pie? *trollface*"

Oh, it IS possible to screw yourself over, don't get me wrong, but it's fairly obvious when you do.

That being said, some puzzle solutions can be a little obscure, but the fact that many puzzles generally have at least three ways to approach it (Magically, stealthily, or BRUTE FORCE MOTHERFUCKER) makes things a bit easier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 14, 2012, 09:40:37 pm
http://tecnoblog.net/107348/novo-ps3-anatel/ (http://tecnoblog.net/107348/novo-ps3-anatel/)

Oh, great, another new PS3 model. Hey, Sony, isn't there a portable system you released recently which hasn't gotten much support?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/activision-blizzard-finding-few-potential-buyers-report-6386910 (http://www.gamespot.com/news/activision-blizzard-finding-few-potential-buyers-report-6386910)

Delicious, delicious karma.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: clockworkgirl21 on July 14, 2012, 11:59:07 pm
I've never really been a video game person, but I played Amnesia with one of my friends today for the first time. We played it in a dark room. I mostly panicked when the character went around corners and opened doors, and screamed a lot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on July 15, 2012, 02:55:01 am
I've never really been a video game person, but I played Amnesia with one of my friends today for the first time. We played it in a dark room. I mostly panicked when the character went around corners and opened doors, and screamed a lot.

I have got to know what people find so damn scary about this game, I haven't found much yet.

EDIT: Looked up some more game play and I'm still pretty unenthusiastic about it. Maybe I need to get the atmosphere more appropriate?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 15, 2012, 03:46:52 am
Watching videos of the game online, it's pretty easy to distance yourself from the game.

Playing the game itself, however, has a tendency to draw you in and immerse you in the environment.

Just as an example of this effect, I could watch a Hexen Let's Play and not be scared at all when the guy gets back attacked or startled by an enemy.

The moment I'm in control of the game, however, I'm paranoid, looking around every corner, checking my back, and just about jumping out of my skin if I get attacked from behind.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2012, 04:01:26 am
Yeah, you really need to be playing it to get the full effect. I believe there's a demo on Steam so you can give it a go without forking over any money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 15, 2012, 06:22:07 am
Does anyone else like matching games like Bejeweled or is it just me? I also like I Spy type games. But I know like NOBODY ELSE who likes them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2012, 06:28:45 am
I like the I Spy games, though that's purely nostalgia rather than the game's merits. Make of that what you will.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 15, 2012, 06:59:18 am
Well not the actual I Spy game, though... Hence the 'type'.

I mean games like: Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb (http://www.popcap.com/games/amazing-adventures-lost-tomb/pc), or Escape Rosecliff Island (http://www.popcap.com/games/escape-rosecliff-island/pc)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2012, 07:17:34 am
I know, but the I Spy games themselves are the only I Spy type games I've played and enjoyed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 15, 2012, 07:35:04 am
I like Bejeweld. Not much of a fan of Hidden Object games, though.

By the way, click here for awesomeness: http://playism-games.com/games/lamulana/ (http://playism-games.com/games/lamulana/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 15, 2012, 08:45:42 am
Deadpool's got his own game now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 15, 2012, 08:59:45 am
I know, but the I Spy games themselves are the only I Spy type games I've played and enjoyed.

I actually hated the I Spy game itself. I much prefer the ones I linked. They're a lot more fun in a way.

I dunno. As I said I'm usually the only one to actually like the game. And legitimately like it. I feel like it keeps my mind sharp to spot things like that since a lot of it is rather cleverly hidden.

I love matching games like Bejeweled. Though I've come to find myself also moving away from actual Bejeweled to other games like Puzzle Quest, Jewel Quest, and the Cradle of ___ games (like Persia and Rome).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on July 16, 2012, 12:16:03 am
Yeah, you really need to be playing it to get the full effect. I believe there's a demo on Steam so you can give it a go without forking over any money.

A friend actually let me play on his and... I don't know. I think it might be my hardcore obsession with Resident Evil and Silent Hill but I wasn't actually all that scared. Just went into usual survivor mode and everything seemed to go smooth.

EDIT: Not saying it isn't a bit unnerving in a few parts. Very fun and recommended. I'm more finding the best places and ways to escape and taunt enemies with my presence though. xD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 16, 2012, 01:06:45 am
Well what do you know, there now exists a sequel to I Wanna Be The Guy. Yes, it's just as fucking evil as the original.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 16, 2012, 10:40:53 pm
Getting slightly retro with my old xbox. Playing the first Max Payne game.


Then on to Prince Of Persia Warrior Within!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 17, 2012, 05:36:32 am
Success! I finally got The Ship multiplayer to work. Any fellow Ship players up for a game or two?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 17, 2012, 06:14:54 am
I have to get a new controller for my 360.  The button got stuck on my current one after it, um, fell, and hit the TV stand.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 17, 2012, 02:46:08 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/battlefield-4-officially-thing-exists-can-pay-50-beta-access-right-now/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/battlefield-4-officially-thing-exists-can-pay-50-beta-access-right-now/)

...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 17, 2012, 03:40:09 pm
I have to get a new controller for my 360.  The button got stuck on my current one after it, um, fell, and hit the TV stand.

Right... fell.  ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 17, 2012, 03:50:48 pm
That's right, Fell . . . at a diagonal angle . . . at high speeds . . . with gravity sending it into my TV stand.  Fell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 17, 2012, 03:57:55 pm
That's right, Fell . . . at a diagonal angle . . . at high speeds . . . with gravity sending it into my TV stand.  Fell.

Them quirky gravity wells, always screwing up our video game equipment through no fault of our own.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 17, 2012, 04:06:39 pm
So...that's where my micro singularity wandered off to...  If you see it again, could you send it back to me?  I need it...for experiments.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on July 17, 2012, 06:11:08 pm
This week on "How To be Completely Derivative, Stale, And Unoriginal" we present:

"Video game box art depicting gruff-looking dudes slowly walking towards the camera"



(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Battlefield_Bad_Company_2_cover.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Bf3-pc-cover.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Call_of_Duty_Modern_Warfare_3_box_art.png)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Call_of_Duty_4_Modern_Warfare.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/db/Modern_Warfare_2_cover.PNG)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/ME3cover.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/06/Deus_Ex_Human_Revolution_cover.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Assassins_Creed_2_Box_Art.JPG)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/Infamous-cover.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Dragon_Age_2_cover.jpg) (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5c/Halo-_Reach_box_art.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on July 18, 2012, 11:45:37 pm
Browsing the Steam Summer Sale, I noticed that Might and Magic Heroes V (with all expansions) is 33% off. MMH VI is also 33% off. I played the demo for VI (which is not the tutorial, but farther into the campaign, which made me feel better about how bad I was doing), but there isn't a demo for V.

So... How do they compare? Should I get V before VI? (I'm kind of inclined to, since V and the expansions is $20 cheaper than VI alone.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 19, 2012, 12:23:50 am
Browsing the Steam Summer Sale, I noticed that Might and Magic Heroes V (with all expansions) is 33% off. MMH VI is also 33% off. I played the demo for VI (which is not the tutorial, but farther into the campaign, which made me feel better about how bad I was doing), but there isn't a demo for V.

So... How do they compare? Should I get V before VI? (I'm kind of inclined to, since V and the expansions is $20 cheaper than VI alone.)
I've never heard of this Might and Magic Heroes of which you speak. However, on the off chance that you're referring to Heroes of Might and Magic, I'll just say I've only played II and III so I can't be of much help to you. Dreadfully sorry about that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on July 19, 2012, 02:14:20 am
Borderlands 2. Less than three months. I'll probably buy it a/two week/s after release.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 19, 2012, 05:24:06 am
Just bought the Thief Collection for less than 7 bucks.

All three games.

What have I gotten myself into?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 19, 2012, 07:38:30 am
I must say, death matches in The Ship are broken as fuck. It seems who wins depends entirely on who finds a blunderbuss or tommy gun first (seeing as there's infinite ammo in death match mode). I found one of the former and then spent the rest of the match gunning down hordes of other players like they were nothing. Even the horrible frame rate I was getting during the more intense moments still didn't help any of the poor melee weapon wielding sods.

It does make for nice trolling opportunities though. Walk up to someone who's looking a container, wait for them to turn around and BOOM! Handful of buckshot to the face!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 19, 2012, 09:26:17 am
Browsing the Steam Summer Sale, I noticed that Might and Magic Heroes V (with all expansions) is 33% off. MMH VI is also 33% off. I played the demo for VI (which is not the tutorial, but farther into the campaign, which made me feel better about how bad I was doing), but there isn't a demo for V.

So... How do they compare? Should I get V before VI? (I'm kind of inclined to, since V and the expansions is $20 cheaper than VI alone.)

I quite enjoy Heroes V,  but I haven't played any of VI so I can't compare. I hear Heroes VI has some technical issues so it might be better to get the fifth game as it benefits from several years of patches and expansions behind it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 19, 2012, 09:32:52 am
Borderlands 2. Less than three months. I'll probably buy it a/two week/s after release.
But dude, the pre-order bonuses! GOLD GUNS! ... ok, I just want an FPS I'll actually enjoy again. But still.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on July 19, 2012, 04:52:58 pm
Well, since it was on the Daily Sale special on Steam, I bought Amnesia. Now, back to screwing with monsters.

EDIT: Spoke a bit too soon. Seems that for some reason the game is insisting that my drivers are out of date even though I just updated them. Not terribly upset since it was only $5.

On another note, just got a pre-order of the new Kingdom Hearts game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 19, 2012, 06:38:25 pm
Just bought the Thief Collection for less than 7 bucks.

All three games.

What have I gotten myself into?

Probably the single best first person stealth game ever crafted by human hands?

[There's a reason my avatar is Garrett.]
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 20, 2012, 11:21:04 am
Borderlands 2. Less than three months. I'll probably buy it a/two week/s after release.

One of my best friends just got me into Borderlands.  Not very far through it yet, but I like it so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 20, 2012, 09:15:53 pm
Meanwhile, in 2006...

http://www.gamesradar.com/legend-zelda-twilight-princess-walkthrough/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/legend-zelda-twilight-princess-walkthrough/)

Personally, I can't wait for Super Mario Galaxy. It's one of the reasons I got a Wii.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7u3nhANa4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 21, 2012, 07:31:13 pm
After about close to 30 hours of gameplay I can heartily recommend Dragon's Dogma, with a combat system similar to Dark Souls and the open-world gameplay like other RPG's, it's just a barrel of fun. Taking down a massive monster by climbing up on it and ripping it apart never stops being satisfying.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on July 21, 2012, 08:05:17 pm
But dude, the pre-order bonuses! GOLD GUNS! ... ok, I just want an FPS I'll actually enjoy again. But still.

After being burnt buy Empire TW, I'm willing to wait a bit so I don't waste my money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 24, 2012, 09:19:10 am
But dude, the pre-order bonuses! GOLD GUNS! ... ok, I just want an FPS I'll actually enjoy again. But still.

After being burnt buy Empire TW, I'm willing to wait a bit so I don't waste my money.
Gah, I know... burnt 3 times this year. Just hoping I don't get burnt by gearbox, because that would destroy my faith in gaming. It's my only pre-order at the moment, and their last trailer was amusing so i'm hopful.

Pretty much this and the Yakuza games(and HD remakes of the first two *dances*) are about all I'm looking forward to for a while.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 24, 2012, 02:53:59 pm
And I'm replaying Mass effect 2 and Dawn of war: Retribution. Space-Pirate-Orks are as funny as I remembered and the story in Mass effect has not lost its charm.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 28, 2012, 03:46:05 am
http://www.gamesradar.com/new-content-finally-added-knights-old-republic-2-modders/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/new-content-finally-added-knights-old-republic-2-modders/)

I'm sure more people would've given a fuck a few years ago.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 28, 2012, 03:58:38 am
I'll never for the life of me understand why Obsidian and LucasArts didn't just finish putting together the cut content and releasing it as an expansion pack. It would've been a guaranteed money-spinner, considering how many people liked the game in its current, broken state.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on July 28, 2012, 06:02:51 am
I'll never for the life of me understand why Obsidian and LucasArts didn't just finish putting together the cut content and releasing it as an expansion pack. It would've been a guaranteed money-spinner, considering how many people liked the game in its current, broken state.

Obsidian didn't do it because LucasArts wouldn't give them permission to. LucasArts didn't give them permission because they're fucking retarded.

LA have done their best to forget the game ever existed, seeing as how they've:

A) Refused to let Obsidian finish the game
B) Pretty much retconned everything that happened in it.
C) Refused to release the game on Steam, even though the first one is already on there.

(Also, this was back in 2004 when DLC wasn't really a thing yet)

http://www.gamesradar.com/new-content-finally-added-knights-old-republic-2-modders/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/new-content-finally-added-knights-old-republic-2-modders/)

I'm sure more people would've given a fuck a few years ago.

The mod was released around 3 years ago. This is just the final version.

Quote
That’s the project you mentioned earlier — M4-78EP?

Indeed, M4-78EP, which is going to add M4-78, the Droids’ Planet that was cut from the game, back. Reason it’s not part of TSLRCM is fact that there aren’t many dialogs left, so we have to create lot of content ourselves, which doesn’t really fit under “restoration” category. Of course, it’s going to be fully compatible with TSLRCM 1.8.

So you’ll have to write your own dialog for M4-78EP? Do you guys record voice acting where it’s missing?

Yes to both; most of M4-78 is written by now (most of it is working, in fact, but we’re still doing side quests). We record new voice overs for our dialogs, too. Finding good voice actors isn’t an easy job, but we’re doing our best to ensure voice acting is as quality as in the rest of a game.

One thing I’d like to add here, so it doesn’t seem like M4-78EP is going to be 100% new content – we use models that were left in game files, and some main plot points are based on what we were able to recover from game dialog files. Also, living Master Vash is restored (she was originally supposed to be on droid’s planet, not Korriban), along with her dialog, which is fully recorded, though unavailable in game, even with TSLRCM.

Did the team do the voice acting? Did you have auditions?

We’re doing auditions for the most part; there are some exceptions (Sith Holocron, who was with the project from the beginning, is voicing planet’s main AI, and it was decided that way loooong ago, and sometime someone is suggested to me for a role). There are also voice acting forums all over the internet, so we’re using them too – then I post a thread with a list of characters along with some audition lines. If someone sends audition I like, he gets a role (obviously).

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/07/26/community-heroes-modders-debug-and-restore-cut-content-in-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii/

Holy shit. They're going to restore the droid planet? Now that's dedication.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 28, 2012, 10:21:44 pm
Dude, screw Silent Hill, screw every other survival horror game ever, I've found the best of them all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHjKY3_mHYg

The Slender Man.

Sleeping tonight?  LOL, NOPE.

[ETA]
I found it. (http://parsecproductions.net/)  Its free.  Its 58MB.  You're downloading it right now, aren't you?

[ETA]
Oh my fucking GOD.  Just played it for the first time...it is pretty much the only game to have ever made me jump and feel legitimate fucking dread.

I LOVE IT.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 29, 2012, 11:06:04 am
You're downloading it right now, aren't you?
Me? No. I don't much care for the prospect of shitting myself in fright.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on July 29, 2012, 11:08:06 am
I was downloading it, but I changed my mind a quarter of the way through the download.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 29, 2012, 12:18:25 pm
You're downloading it right now, aren't you?
Me? No. I don't much care for the prospect of shitting myself in fright.

Pfft, real men put themselves on the line and shit themselves all the time.

Anyway, I downloaded it. I'll probably wait until tonight to try it, when it's pitch black in here.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 29, 2012, 12:37:32 pm
Wear a diaper.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 29, 2012, 05:08:49 pm
I might play it, but then I don't want a parent rushing to my room when I scream for turning around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 29, 2012, 05:14:19 pm
Don't click if you don't want help:  (With "Slender")

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 30, 2012, 01:19:01 pm
And remember that your flashlight battery is limited!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 31, 2012, 12:45:45 pm
Is this not one of the most awesome things you've ever seen? I for one cannae wait.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W7hsDhSCBg
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 31, 2012, 03:22:50 pm
Zelda Western?

Pass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 31, 2012, 07:44:45 pm
Lisa Foley?

Ironbite-WIN!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 01, 2012, 04:47:35 am
We were in toys R Us recently and I decided to try out their 3DS which was on display.  After about 5 minutes of it, I decided I no longer want one, as that screen just hurts my eyes.  Maybe it works better with different games (This one had Mario Tennis on it), but I didn't enjoy it at all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 01, 2012, 04:48:39 am
We were in toys R Us recently and I decided to try out their 3DS which was on display.  After about 5 minutes of it, I decided I no longer want one, as that screen just hurts my eyes.  Maybe it works better with different games (This one had Mario Tennis on it), but I didn't enjoy it at all.

You can turn the 3D feature off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 01, 2012, 05:25:03 am
Yeah, the 3D is a rather worthless gimmick to me.  Although like the person above me said, you can turn it off with the slider on the top screen right side.  It tends to give people headaches.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 01, 2012, 05:36:43 am
Oh, wasn't aware of that.  I'll have to try that next time we're in the store.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 01, 2012, 05:45:50 am
I don't use my 3D much on mine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 01, 2012, 06:10:27 am
That 3D slider is probably the one of the smartest things Nintendo could've done with the 3DS.

I like the 3D myself, but it does put a strain on my eyes, and it's as simple as turning it all the way down to fix that.

The gimmick isn't enforced, which, even though I consider Nintendo's gimmicks to be enjoyable, is unusual for Nintendo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on August 02, 2012, 08:12:04 pm
That 3D slider is probably the one of the smartest things Nintendo could've done with the 3DS.

I like the 3D myself, but it does put a strain on my eyes, and it's as simple as turning it all the way down to fix that.

The gimmick isn't enforced, which, even though I consider Nintendo's gimmicks to be enjoyable, is unusual for Nintendo.

They learned from Virtual Boy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 02, 2012, 10:13:30 pm
I haven't played any actual 3D games on my 3DS yet (so far only old DS titles), but from what I know the frame rate halves whenever you turn on the 3D. Makes sense, seeing as the 3DS is having to render twice as much, but I can see it being a major problem, especially further down the line when the 3DS is nearing the end of its life and games are taxing its hardware much harder.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on August 02, 2012, 10:32:58 pm
The 3DS gives me insta-headaches.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 03, 2012, 12:42:38 am
I haven't bothered with a handheld since the GameBoy Micro.  Too expensive for what ya get, if ya ask me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 03, 2012, 03:15:26 am
I've tried some DS and 3DS games, and I just can't bring myself to enjoy any of them. Handhelds aren't my thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 03, 2012, 05:04:52 am
Most of my games are for the regular DS instead of 3DS. XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 03, 2012, 06:31:19 am
Oi! Death Rally Remake coming to steam today!

Better than the Ipad version from what I've seen, just hoping they brought back the underground market mechanics.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 03, 2012, 11:58:34 am
Well, I just gave myself a raging nostalgia boner on Youtube by listening to the radio stations from GTAIII. My god were good times had with that game, so many good times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 03, 2012, 02:39:40 pm
Well, I just gave myself a raging nostalgia boner on Youtube by listening to the radio stations from GTAIII. My god were good times had with that game, so many good times.

Even though I picked up GTA3 long after its prime time, one day I actually just sat down and listened to that one talk show.  Just parked my car somewhere, turned the radio to that station, and just listened.

That was awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 03, 2012, 06:09:34 pm
The Secret World is playable for anyone from today to monday.  All you have to do is Sign up and install (http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/celebrate_the_first_live_month_of_the_secret_world).

Also I prefered Vice City and VC Stories Radio shows.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 03, 2012, 09:25:42 pm
Well, I just gave myself a raging nostalgia boner on Youtube by listening to the radio stations from GTAIII. My god were good times had with that game, so many good times.

Even though I picked up GTA3 long after its prime time, one day I actually just sat down and listened to that one talk show.  Just parked my car somewhere, turned the radio to that station, and just listened.

That was awesome.
Ah, but the killer bees are nothing compared to ants. You cannot kill them, they're like sheep, they're going to take over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on August 03, 2012, 10:07:52 pm
Vice City had some really funny shit on the radios.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 03, 2012, 10:09:01 pm
Indeed. K-Chat and VCPR were both pure gold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 03, 2012, 10:35:46 pm
Guys, I have 175 games on my laptop.

I think I have a problem since I bought a bunch of bundles...

Help.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 04, 2012, 02:57:37 am
I'd say give some ta me, but alas, I'm lacking a Steam account.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 04, 2012, 05:05:12 am
It wouldn't work anyways since they're all attached to my account. Unless they made it to where you can swap redeemed games. Which would be weird.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on August 05, 2012, 03:37:10 pm
I'm enjoying the 3DS, but that's largely because I was a huge N64 fangirl and made sure to get the new versions of OoT and Starfox 64.

As awesome as the updated graphics, gyro controls, and optional 3D are, I actually find myself missing the old, clunky N64 graphics.  Does that make me an old fuddy-duddy?

(Current 3DS game list:
Cartridges
Pokemon Black
Lego PotC
Sonic Generations
Ocarina of Time 3D
Starfox 64 3D

I also have some downloadable games, but other than Tetris and Zuma's Revenge I don't really bother with them.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 06, 2012, 02:52:35 pm
Alright. Here is the faction map for Elder Scrolls: Online. Does anyone but me see a problem with this?

http://i.imgur.com/Y2buy.png (http://i.imgur.com/Y2buy.png)

Most of the races that they paired up completely despise each other in one way or another. How much do you have to twist the existing lore to make the Dunmer and Argonians allies? Did they miss the part where those two races took turns enslaving each other for thousands of years? Most of these alliances don't make a damn bit of sense, even thousands of years before Skyrim.

Every other part of the game looks awful too, but that's what stood out for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 06, 2012, 05:46:59 pm
Well, nations that normally hate one another have been known to join together to fight a mutual enemy, usually because they both see said enemy as a greater threat than the other is.  So, while unlikely, its not impossible, nor is it unknown.

In this case, Morrowind and Black Marsh could've joined forces because of the threat of the Aldmeri Dominion.  Remember how bad they are in Skyrim?  No reason those high elf fucks can't be a threat at any other time in history, considering they all seem to come off as condescending, nose-in-the-air, holier-than-thou twats who think fucking everyone, man or elf, is below them at the best of times...at the worst?  A plague keeping them back from their rightful dominion over Tamriel, if not all of bloody Nirn.

Personally, I'd like to see a game or add-on that incorporates Akavir.  We see and read so much about it, but we never, ever get to go there.  Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...we've been everywhere else, pretty much.  Tamriel is old news, give me Akavir!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 06, 2012, 05:59:23 pm
Perhaps that'd be the next game's location?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 06, 2012, 06:03:23 pm
You have no idea how fast that'd make me tear my jeans like the Hulk, from the awesome.

Also, been derping around with the latest version of Technic Minecraft.  I have to say, I think I'm gonna enjoy the electric engines.  Steam engines are cool, but require coal.  Combustion engines will blow the fuck up unless you keep em fed with water, which is just more fucking overhead.  Electric?  I got one that runs as fast as steam, and I'm running it off two low-voltage solar arrays being fed thru a MFE (after goin thru a step-down LV transformer, of course).

I got a condenser in two days.  Three days, and I've got a small solar stack going, a macerator, an extractor, a MFE, step-down transformer, and about two stacks of glass fibre cable.  I only -ever- use glass fibre cable, too...yes, its much more expensive than your standard fare, but it requires no insulation, has very little distance-based power loss (-1EU/t per 40 blocks), can handle power straight from a fucking nuclear reactor, and is totally safe to stand on.  Well, well worth the cost, if ya ask me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 06, 2012, 06:12:36 pm
From what we know so far, Akavir appears to be modeled after East-Asian cultures. The Blades trace their lineage from Akavir, which explains why their buildings look like this. (http://www.projectmanager.f2s.com/morrowind/Tamrielx2/ScreenShot405.jpg)

Also, there is the "Akaviri Sword" in Oblivion and the "Blades Sword" in Skyrim which are both pretty much katanas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 06, 2012, 06:15:38 pm
K I'm kinda hoping in the next Fallout game we're able to choose other races other then human.  Would really love to play as a Ghoul or a Super Mutant.

Ironbite-no Death Claw though...that would suck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on August 07, 2012, 03:07:47 pm
Also, been derping around with the latest version of Technic Minecraft.  I have to say, I think I'm gonna enjoy the electric engines.  Steam engines are cool, but require coal.  Combustion engines will blow the fuck up unless you keep em fed with water, which is just more fucking overhead.  Electric?  I got one that runs as fast as steam, and I'm running it off two low-voltage solar arrays being fed thru a MFE (after goin thru a step-down LV transformer, of course).

I got a condenser in two days.  Three days, and I've got a small solar stack going, a macerator, an extractor, a MFE, step-down transformer, and about two stacks of glass fibre cable.  I only -ever- use glass fibre cable, too...yes, its much more expensive than your standard fare, but it requires no insulation, has very little distance-based power loss (-1EU/t per 40 blocks), can handle power straight from a fucking nuclear reactor, and is totally safe to stand on.  Well, well worth the cost, if ya ask me.

I've run IC2 several times in the past and always wanted to step up to the Technic Pack. The extra stuff it adds on top of the already completely awesome IC2 stuff just sounds incredible.

That said, glass fiber cable is so outrageously expensive that I pretty much only use it to run from my nuclear reactor to an MFSU, and then from there wire things with gold or copper wire (or iron cabling for the high-end stuff). That said, I've always dreamed of building this remote nuclear complex with huge power transmission infrastructure spreading around the map. Usually I just build a massively shielded sub-basement to house the reactor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 07, 2012, 06:42:33 pm
I've run IC2 several times in the past and always wanted to step up to the Technic Pack. The extra stuff it adds on top of the already completely awesome IC2 stuff just sounds incredible.

That said, glass fiber cable is so outrageously expensive that I pretty much only use it to run from my nuclear reactor to an MFSU, and then from there wire things with gold or copper wire (or iron cabling for the high-end stuff). That said, I've always dreamed of building this remote nuclear complex with huge power transmission infrastructure spreading around the map. Usually I just build a massively shielded sub-basement to house the reactor.
I find I never need a nuclear reactor. Solar does the job just fine, especially high voltage solar arrays. It gives you assloads of power with no need to keep it supplied with uranium.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 07, 2012, 07:07:09 pm
I've run IC2 several times in the past and always wanted to step up to the Technic Pack. The extra stuff it adds on top of the already completely awesome IC2 stuff just sounds incredible.

That said, glass fiber cable is so outrageously expensive that I pretty much only use it to run from my nuclear reactor to an MFSU, and then from there wire things with gold or copper wire (or iron cabling for the high-end stuff). That said, I've always dreamed of building this remote nuclear complex with huge power transmission infrastructure spreading around the map. Usually I just build a massively shielded sub-basement to house the reactor.
I find I never need a nuclear reactor. Solar does the job just fine, especially high voltage solar arrays. It gives you assloads of power with no need to keep it supplied with uranium.

Though, you gotta admit, there's just something inherently cool about being able to say you've got a fucking nuclear reactor powering your home.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 07, 2012, 08:01:50 pm
So I've been talked into it.  Next payday, getting Skyrim.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on August 07, 2012, 10:28:10 pm
I've run IC2 several times in the past and always wanted to step up to the Technic Pack. The extra stuff it adds on top of the already completely awesome IC2 stuff just sounds incredible.

That said, glass fiber cable is so outrageously expensive that I pretty much only use it to run from my nuclear reactor to an MFSU, and then from there wire things with gold or copper wire (or iron cabling for the high-end stuff). That said, I've always dreamed of building this remote nuclear complex with huge power transmission infrastructure spreading around the map. Usually I just build a massively shielded sub-basement to house the reactor.
I find I never need a nuclear reactor. Solar does the job just fine, especially high voltage solar arrays. It gives you assloads of power with no need to keep it supplied with uranium.

Nuclear power is fairly vital for producing quantum armor and maintaining a teleport network. Neither of that stuff is crucial, but it is awesome. My next stop is visiting The End to kill the Enderdragon with a laser rifle.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 07, 2012, 11:11:08 pm
Am I the only one that feels like a badass when I knock Ghasts' fireballs back at them and kill them with 'em?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 08, 2012, 07:37:21 am
Guys, if you have an iPhone and like free games, download "The Heist" right now. It's currently a free app and your reward for beating the game are free Steam keys for World of Goo, Puzzle Agent and Eets. I must say, it's a bloody good deal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on August 08, 2012, 09:06:11 am
So I've been talked into it.  Next payday, getting Skyrim.

Bye, ironbite. It was nice knowing you.  Once you start playing, we will never see you again. ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 08, 2012, 05:09:38 pm
Oh please it's not like I get obsessed with the games I play.

Ironbite-*whistles while paying no attention to his current avatar*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 08, 2012, 05:52:22 pm
So rumors say Thief 4 is gonna be launched on next gen consoles (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/362035/thief-4-switched-to-next-gen-consoles/)

This news reminded me that I still need to complete the first two games in the series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 09, 2012, 05:54:00 am
I just finished Puzzle Agent, and I have to say I had a great time with it. It's a blatant and unashamed Professor Layton clone, but it's a damn good Professor Layton clone. The hand drawn art style is very pleasing to the eye, the puzzles are interesting and engaging (if a little on the easy side) and it actually solves the age old point-and-click problem of having to pixel hunt for everything. It's a little on the short side, but that's to be expected from a $10 indie. All in all, I'd highly recommend it.

My favourite part of all has to be the fact that my favourite DS series of games is becoming popular enough for other developers to start making clones. It is a damn good formula, after all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 09, 2012, 06:04:41 am
Oh please it's not like I get obsessed with the games I play.

Ironbite-*whistles while paying no attention to his current avatar*

Let's take a vote, how many cities in Skyrim will have a 'burn him to the ground on sight' bounty for Ironbite's character by the end of the week?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on August 09, 2012, 08:04:33 am
Oh please it's not like I get obsessed with the games I play.

Ironbite-*whistles while paying no attention to his current avatar*

Let's take a vote, how many cities in Skyrim will have a 'burn him to the ground on sight' bounty for Ironbite's character by the end of the week?

All of them?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 09, 2012, 08:11:26 am
When playing skyrim, it's incredibly useful to have a map with you. The in-game map is not very useful.

This is the best one:

http://www.gamebanshee.com/showshot.php?/skyrim/mapofskyrim/skyrimmap.png
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 09, 2012, 09:16:03 pm
Hey how can they afford to pay the bounty after I rob them all blind?

Ironbite-huh"?  answer that Mr. Smarty Pants.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 09, 2012, 09:25:31 pm
Hey how can they afford to pay the bounty after I rob them all blind?

Ironbite-huh"?  answer that Mr. Smarty Pants.
I'm guessing they'll take the funds off your corpse.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 09, 2012, 09:46:53 pm
Aaaand MapleStory's available on Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/216150/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/216150/)

Ugh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 09, 2012, 09:49:55 pm
Hey how can they afford to pay the bounty after I rob them all blind?

Ironbite-huh"?  answer that Mr. Smarty Pants.
I'm guessing they'll take the funds off your corpse.
Plus you can only haul so much and not become a pin cushion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 09, 2012, 10:45:48 pm
See they'll have to know I stole from them and how they gonna do that if they have no eyes?

Ironbite-and are on fire?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 09, 2012, 10:55:23 pm
Aaaand MapleStory's available on Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/216150/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/216150/)

Ugh.

So is Secret World.

Was only a matter a time for maplestory to show up after all the other nexon games..
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 10, 2012, 04:59:05 am
See they'll have to know I stole from them and how they gonna do that if they have no eyes?

Ironbite-and are on fire?

We'll just have to wait and see just how sneaky you are for a big metal lizard.

I once got an entire town mad at me when one of my arrows missed the dragon we were all fighting and hit someone who swore he was forever in my debt (after I had helped him 2 minutes earlier).  And I was trying to be nice because I liked that town.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 11, 2012, 10:40:59 am
Getting off of ironbite and Skyrim for a bit...

I beat Ys Seven last night. Longest final boss ever if you don't grind.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 12, 2012, 10:21:34 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONWTGEZKzn8
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 13, 2012, 07:22:45 am
It's almost Halloween (We start celebrating in September.  Gives us more time.), so I'm breaking out the horror stories, horror movies, and horror games (including using Mythic for some solo RPG's).  I already have Dead Space 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.  I'm thinking of rebuying Bioshock, but has anyone played the second game, and is it any good?

Does anyone have any other reccommendations (Ps2 or 360.  My comp won't run a lot of the games)?  I'm not in favor of games where you spend more time worrying about the control then running from or killing monsters (I really wanted to enjoy Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame, but that issue turned me away).  I'm all for jump scares, creepy atmospheres, etc. though.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 13, 2012, 07:47:18 am
Amnesia: Dark Descent.

I've never played it, but if it scared the crap out of Jazzy, it must be good :o
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 13, 2012, 08:09:44 am
That's not on PS2 or 360, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 13, 2012, 08:47:40 am
It's almost Halloween (We start celebrating in September.  Gives us more time.), so I'm breaking out the horror stories, horror movies, and horror games (including using Mythic for some solo RPG's).  I already have Dead Space 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.  I'm thinking of rebuying Bioshock, but has anyone played the second game, and is it any good?

Does anyone have any other reccommendations (Ps2 or 360.  My comp won't run a lot of the games)?  I'm not in favor of games where you spend more time worrying about the control then running from or killing monsters (I really wanted to enjoy Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame, but that issue turned me away).  I'm all for jump scares, creepy atmospheres, etc. though.

Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
Penumbra (all three of them). It's on PC, but it's old enough that even my shitty laptop can run them so you'll do fine. It's also by Frictional, a developer who really knows their shit when it comes to survival horror. All in all, you can't go wrong.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 13, 2012, 08:52:13 am
Thanks, I'll look it up.  My computer freezes a lot now, but if it's cheap, I'll give the game a try. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 13, 2012, 08:57:51 am
That's not on PS2 or 360, though.

Oops, I missed that part :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 13, 2012, 08:59:30 am
Thanks, I'll look it up.  My computer freezes a lot now, but if it's cheap, I'll give the game a try. 
All three of them are $20 on Steam.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 13, 2012, 11:05:25 am
I might check out Amazon instead.  I'd rather have a hard copy, in case Murphy decides to check out my computer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 13, 2012, 01:10:46 pm
I must say, I'm really loving this week's Jimquisition episode (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/6147-Old-Man-Mario?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=videos). I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the Mario franchise has been horribly stagnant as of late.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 13, 2012, 07:08:43 pm
PC gamers who enjoy a good challenge should be advised, Dark Souls releases on Steam 10 days from now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 13, 2012, 07:54:53 pm
Skyrim is a completionist's nightmare.

I'm over 110 hours in and I haven't even gone up to High Hrothgar in the main quest-line yet. I've just been dicking around doing all of the side-quests in the holds. I actually have a pattern in that I go to one hold at a time and do all of the side-quests there before moving on to the next hold. First I did Whiterun, then Falkreath, and now I'm in The Rift, and I think next is either The Reach or Eastmarch.

Sometimes, you'll pass random guards and they'll remark, "I wonder what the Dragonborn does when they're summoned by the Greybeards"

...To which I'd respond, "If that Dragonborn happens to be me, then they fuck around for several months performing fetch quest for random strangers and becoming the supreme leader of every guild in the entire country."

Fuck the Greybeards, they can wait. I have 50 more random caves full of bandits to kill so I can loot all their shit and sell it off to merchants.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 13, 2012, 08:14:16 pm
I'm still fucking around in New Vegas.  Haven't even returned the Platinum Chip back to Mr. House.

Ironbite-and I'm almost at level cap.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 13, 2012, 08:36:38 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/neo-geo-gold-gets-release-date-and-price/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/neo-geo-gold-gets-release-date-and-price/)

[Drools]
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 14, 2012, 03:38:00 am
Just gotta show off my girl's new armor in DDO...so awesomeeeeeeeeeee.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_Sarandhra-DeRosan_14-Aug-2012.jpg) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=Sarandhra-DeRosan_14-Aug-2012.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 14, 2012, 06:51:00 pm
http://store.steampowered.com/app/206250/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/206250/)

...If I didn't already beat the PSP version all the way through the post-post-game (no, that isn't a typo), I would be drooling.

PC gamers who enjoy a good challenge should be advised, Dark Souls releases on Steam 10 days from now.

Games For Windows Live DRM is sort of a dealbreaker for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 14, 2012, 06:56:32 pm
Welp...the people asked for it so Valve gave it to them.  Ladies and Gentlemen....I give you...

Mann vs. Machine (http://www.teamfortress.com/mvm/)

Ironbite-yep...co-op.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 14, 2012, 07:05:19 pm
Welp...the people asked for it so Valve gave it to them.  Ladies and Gentlemen....I give you...

Mann vs. Machine (http://www.teamfortress.com/mvm/)

Ironbite-yep...co-op.

There is a disturbance in the force.

As if a million voices cried out in joy and haven't stopped.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 14, 2012, 08:11:08 pm
Ok so for those of you too lazy to click the link, it's been revealed that there's a third Mann brother who's been kept alive all these years.  Yes there is a story to this fucking glorified deathmatch game.  So he shows up, kills his brothers, then sets sight on Mann Co.  Because his brothers were idiots and didn't understand that their dad had left them land that is...useless.

So he's built a machine that will drive up to a random Mann Co. building then unleash robotic versions of the Team Fortress dudes.  Wave after wave after wave.  And it's your job, along with 5 of your buddies, to fend off these waves.  And the video indicates that this is a mix of Red and Blue.  So yeah...CO-OP!

Ironbite-it's...so awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Bender_Rodríguez on August 15, 2012, 11:57:18 pm
New version of Final Fantasy for PC was released today.  I've heard good things about it except for the music.  It still uses the midi music that came with the original PC version.  Here's the link for those interested http://finalfantasyviipc.com/us (http://finalfantasyviipc.com/us).  I'm pretty sure it's NA only though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 16, 2012, 12:58:54 am
I wonder if it fixed the horrid translation at least.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 16, 2012, 04:21:18 pm
It would seem that a 75% off Portal 2 voucher has just appeared in my Steam inventory. I can't use it, seeing as I already have Portal 2, so if any of you lot want it then let me know.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 16, 2012, 04:59:02 pm
Hey I'll take it off your hands then, my Steam name is Wheelworld.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 16, 2012, 05:07:39 pm
Righto then.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Normandy on August 16, 2012, 09:20:13 pm
It would seem that a 75% off Portal 2 voucher has just appeared in my Steam inventory. I can't use it, seeing as I already have Portal 2, so if any of you lot want it then let me know.
The exact same thing happened to me.  It's free to anyone who wants it.  Just give me your Steam name since I don't think I've added many of you on Steam yet.

Edit: I also have some three-day guest passes for Red Orchestra 2 if anyone wants one of those.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 16, 2012, 10:16:43 pm
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 16, 2012, 10:28:53 pm
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.

Same logic being shooting foxes that get into your chicken coop.  Protect your food source :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 16, 2012, 10:41:36 pm
Apparently, the thing with the Portal 2 Coupons is because the level editor now works with co-op.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 17, 2012, 01:42:08 am
I've preordered Dishonored. Quite excited.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 17, 2012, 01:50:47 am
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.
Gee, can't imagine why people would be a little miffed at you killing their livestock. It's a complete fucking mystery.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 17, 2012, 04:58:58 am
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.

Chickens are also witnesses who'll rat you out if they see you kill someone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 17, 2012, 05:56:33 am
I wonder if it fixed the horrid translation at least.
Hope you enjoy MIDI music.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on August 17, 2012, 09:16:23 am
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.

Chickens are also witnesses who'll rat you out if they see you kill someone.

That got fixed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 17, 2012, 10:01:42 am
I have to say, I'm absolutely loving Railroad Tycoon 3 right now. I tell you, no game has grabbed my attention like this in years. Most games I play in very short spurts before my gaming ADD takes over and I lost interest, but with this one I actually played for something like 11 hours straight and didn't even notice. I must say, I've really missed the feeling of playing such an engrossing game. It's great to have it back.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 17, 2012, 01:52:49 pm
I wonder if it fixed the horrid translation at least.
Hope you enjoy MIDI music.

I have a soft spot in my heart for midi music.  Ah, the nostalgia...

Though if the translation isn't fixed, then there's no point.  I'm not rebuying a game just for achievements.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Bender_Rodríguez on August 17, 2012, 08:54:27 pm
I wonder if it fixed the horrid translation at least.
Hope you enjoy MIDI music.

You can find the better music out there.  I'm playing through my old copy now and have the music mod installed.  While it's not quite the same as having the right music, it's still pretty good.  I don't think they fixed the translation either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 17, 2012, 09:23:08 pm
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.

Chickens are also witnesses who'll rat you out if they see you kill someone.

THEY MUST ALL DIE THEN!

Ironbite-also I have Lydia now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 18, 2012, 01:00:08 am
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.

I'm pretty sure that chickens are marked in the game's code as "pets", so killing them will incur the same reaction from their owners that killing a family member would.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 18, 2012, 06:02:50 am
I have Skyrim.  And I found out that killing a chicken pisses people off.

Ironbite-not sure why though.

I'm pretty sure that chickens are marked in the game's code as "pets", so killing them will incur the same reaction from their owners that killing a family member would.
I'm always stunned how many people walk into the first town and immediately attempt to kill a chicken, and then wonder why the town is pissed at them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 18, 2012, 06:17:23 am
I always wonder why they kill that chicken in the first place. It's a stupid, pointless thing to do. The chickens in the game are basically scenery. My urge to kill them is about a strong as my urge to start hacking at the damn trees.

Seriously. I don't get it. Why does everyone but me get the uncontrollable urge to slaughter that same chicken? I've walked by hundreds of chickens in the game and never paid them any more than a passing glance.


Also, I'm not sure why everyone refers to Riverwood as simply "the first town". The town has a name, you know.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 18, 2012, 06:27:49 am
Seriously. I don't get it. Why does everyone but me get the uncontrollable urge to slaughter that same chicken? I've walked by hundreds of chickens in the game and never paid them any more than a passing glance.
Being small and relatively quick they do make good target practice while you're getting used to how the bows work(plus kill cam on a chicken is funny as hell), but beyond that I've got nothing.

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Also, I'm not sure why everyone refers to Riverwood as simply "the first town". The town has a name, you know.
I've seen it happen when people started wandering in other directions, found a chicken, killed it anyway. Some folks take a perverse pride in doing as little of the main story as possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 18, 2012, 09:03:12 am
its blow back from zelda I think.  at least on my part

ironbite-also gonna do a game log on my livejournal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 18, 2012, 03:31:16 pm
I always wonder why they kill that chicken in the first place.

It's because there are no kittens in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 18, 2012, 03:56:52 pm
Seriously. I don't get it. Why does everyone but me get the uncontrollable urge to slaughter that same chicken? I've walked by hundreds of chickens in the game and never paid them any more than a passing glance.
Being small and relatively quick they do make good target practice while you're getting used to how the bows work(plus kill cam on a chicken is funny as hell), but beyond that I've got nothing.

Dunno bout anyone else, but I find smashing chickens with a huge fucking hammer hilarious.  Crunch go da chicken!

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Also, I'm not sure why everyone refers to Riverwood as simply "the first town". The town has a name, you know.
I've seen it happen when people started wandering in other directions, found a chicken, killed it anyway. Some folks take a perverse pride in doing as little of the main story as possible.

I get to about the point where dragons start spawning on their own, then...I get distracted by killing the dragons and setting bandits on fire, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 19, 2012, 03:00:45 pm
I'm rather annoyed with The End in Minecraft, because I spawn there and am immediately knocked out of the world by the dragon. I have no chance of dodging or fighting -- it's like a bad glitch, as if he's always waiting at my spawn point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 19, 2012, 05:40:36 pm
WHY CAN'T I KILL GIANTS IN FUCKING SKYRIM!?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 19, 2012, 05:48:12 pm
Just run, Ibby. They're still tough to kill at level fifty, and most of them are content to let you pass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 19, 2012, 05:48:54 pm
I did manage to kill two but one killed Lydia and I can't let my beast of bur...I mean Housecarl die like that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on August 19, 2012, 05:51:20 pm
WHY CAN'T I KILL GIANTS IN FUCKING SKYRIM!?

Get a bow. Learn to kite.

Or shoot one and then run into that little tower near Whiterun where you fight the first dragon. They can't fit through the archway.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 19, 2012, 05:53:18 pm
My Lydia got killed by a dragon, and I didn't realize she had died until I'd fast-traveled away and back about three times looking for her. So I put on my roleplaying hat and gave her a heartfelt lore-accurate funeral in the nearby river.

And yes, a step in that funeral may have involved taking all the useful gear she had, but it was in character, dammit.

In all seriousness, losing her actually did tear me up a little. I didn't take another follower for about two months, and I heal my new one, Kharjo, constantly and reload saves if he dies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 19, 2012, 06:03:07 pm
I need to get my hands on a house.  I think I have a free one in Riverwood but I'm not sure.

Ironbite-I kinda miss New Vegas where companions don't die in casual...they just fall asleep.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 19, 2012, 06:09:30 pm
You can get a house in Whiterun after you kill the first dragon.  I think you technically get the house in Riverrun if you marry the shopkeeper's sister.  Too bad he has to live there to (You don't want to kill him; he's great for selling items back to).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 19, 2012, 06:13:48 pm
I remember someone gave me a key in the first big town that doesn't get fucked by a dragon.  Not sure if it's for a house or what.

Ironbite-also the house in Whiterun costs 5000....argness.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on August 20, 2012, 02:35:04 am
I just started playing Skyrim again.  I just gotta unlock the werewolf and vampire achievements from Dawnguard.
I'm on my fifth play through.  Enemies are based on your level but Giants have a higher minimum level so you may not be strong enough to take them out.  I was just annoyed how Shadowmere was made not essential this game and can now dies all the time at high levels and then respawns a month later where he died.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 20, 2012, 06:47:16 am
I remember someone gave me a key in the first big town that doesn't get fucked by a dragon.  Not sure if it's for a house or what.

Ironbite-also the house in Whiterun costs 5000....argness.
Give it a while and some side quests, I've managed 3k in the normal course of events up until you get the chance to buy it. A couple side runs and instant house.

Bug some people for jobs, it typically does the trick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 20, 2012, 01:06:20 pm
If you're not up to date on patches, don't buy the mansion in Solitude. It's a little glitchy in the base game. Hjerim, the house in Windhelm, kicks ass, however.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 20, 2012, 02:49:09 pm
I remember someone gave me a key in the first big town that doesn't get fucked by a dragon.  Not sure if it's for a house or what.

Ironbite-also the house in Whiterun costs 5000....argness.

What's the name of the key?

As a personal side note, I has now amassed a total of 200,000 gold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 20, 2012, 03:29:32 pm
Its the key to the house of the Stormcloak dude's sister's house.

Ironbite-which I can't really find and am not gonna worry bout.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 20, 2012, 03:33:24 pm
Its the key to the house of the Stormcloak dude's sister's house.

Ironbite-which I can't really find and am not gonna worry bout.

It's not very useful unless you're near Riverwood and need a free place to sleep.

It's number 5

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 21, 2012, 01:24:27 pm
Since we're yammering on about skyrim.

Any suggestions on improving armor skills? I have this habit of killing things in one hit, or dying. I'd like to avoid that.

That said, enhanced dwarven crossbow shooting exploding fire bolts is a blast. Literally. Don't use it close to the target.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 21, 2012, 01:32:36 pm
Since we yammering on about skyrim.

Any suggestions on improving armor skills? I have this habit of killing things in one hit, or dying. I'd like to avoid that.

That said, enhanced dwarven crossbow shooting exploding fire bolts is a blast. Literally. Don't use it close to the target.

If your going for heavy armor, complete the Companions quest-line and get Farkas as a follower. He's a high-level heavy armor trainer. He's also a follower, which means you can just ask to see his inventory to take the training fee back afterwards.

There's also the old "Stand there getting hit and keep healing yourself" trick.

Armor skill increases whenever your armor successfully resists damage. Therefore, the only way to level it up in combat is to get hit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 22, 2012, 05:04:16 am
There's always the Alchemy trick to make your weapons and armor superpowerful, so you can drop a dragon or giant in one hit.  The problem is the game gets a little boring at that point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on August 22, 2012, 06:57:22 am
Since we're yammering on about skyrim.

Any suggestions on improving armor skills? I have this habit of killing things in one hit, or dying. I'd like to avoid that.

Raise the difficulty. I normally play on the easiest difficulty, but on my current playthrough, I am using all skills, so need to be able to use them as much as possible. Raising the difficulty means I get hit more (light and heavy armor goes up) and I have to hit more (1-handed, 2-handed, and Destruction increase).

You can change difficulty in the middle of combat, so if you encounter something you cannot kill or run away from, drop the difficulty until you finish the fight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on August 22, 2012, 07:16:16 am
Since we're yammering on about skyrim.

Any suggestions on improving armor skills? I have this habit of killing things in one hit, or dying. I'd like to avoid that.

That said, enhanced dwarven crossbow shooting exploding fire bolts is a blast. Literally. Don't use it close to the target.

Find a wolf and just let it take bites out of you. Or a skeever. Heal yourself when needed. This also works for block.

Unrelated to Skyrim: Will anyone be playing GW2 when it's released?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 22, 2012, 08:26:37 am
I'm not sure, actually.  So far, the game hasn't really done anything that made me go "OH MAN!  I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MMO TO BE RELEASED! :D"

It's done some things that are interesting, and I like some of the races, but I'm having trouble finding that urge to play.

I wonder if it has anything to do with me trying out the 24 hour free trial of the original Guild Wars and absolutely hating it...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on August 22, 2012, 08:28:31 am
I'm not sure, actually.  So far, the game hasn't really done anything that made me go "OH MAN!  I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MMO TO BE RELEASED! :D"

It's done some things that are interesting, and I like some of the races, but I'm having trouble finding that urge to play.

I wonder if it has anything to do with me trying out the 24 hour free trial of the original Guild Wars and absolutely hating it...

I pre-ordered and participated in all the beta events. GW2 is super different from the first game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 22, 2012, 08:38:43 am
I'm not sure, actually.  So far, the game hasn't really done anything that made me go "OH MAN!  I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MMO TO BE RELEASED! :D"

It's done some things that are interesting, and I like some of the races, but I'm having trouble finding that urge to play.

I wonder if it has anything to do with me trying out the 24 hour free trial of the original Guild Wars and absolutely hating it...

I pre-ordered and participated in all the beta events. GW2 is super different from the first game.

I could actually tell it was super different, but like I said, I wonder if my experience with the first game is making me feel "meh" about the sequel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on August 22, 2012, 08:46:42 am
I'm not sure, actually.  So far, the game hasn't really done anything that made me go "OH MAN!  I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MMO TO BE RELEASED! :D"

It's done some things that are interesting, and I like some of the races, but I'm having trouble finding that urge to play.

I wonder if it has anything to do with me trying out the 24 hour free trial of the original Guild Wars and absolutely hating it...

I pre-ordered and participated in all the beta events. GW2 is super different from the first game.

I could actually tell it was super different, but like I said, I wonder if my experience with the first game is making me feel "meh" about the sequel.

Yeah, I can see that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 22, 2012, 11:25:25 am
Well folks, it's the end of an era.

Nintendo Power Magazine is finally coming to an end.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/08/source-nintendo-power-magazine-to-cease-publication/

Their maps and cheats were the shit back before we had internet in the house.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 22, 2012, 11:39:53 am
The mechwarrior online founders packs finally have a drop dead date of september 6th. I'm thinking of dropping 60 for a hunchback o'doom myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Bender_Rodríguez on August 22, 2012, 02:47:10 pm
Well folks, it's the end of an era.

Nintendo Power Magazine is finally coming to an end.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/08/source-nintendo-power-magazine-to-cease-publication/

Their maps and cheats were the shit back before we had internet in the house.

NP was still around?  I still have a large collection of them from the late 80s to the early 90s. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on August 22, 2012, 03:47:35 pm
The mechwarrior online founders packs finally have a drop dead date of september 6th. I'm thinking of dropping 60 for a hunchback o'doom myself.
Buy me a Fafnir, I'll settle for an Atlas. :p
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 22, 2012, 03:59:30 pm
The mechwarrior online founders packs finally have a drop dead date of september 6th. I'm thinking of dropping 60 for a hunchback o'doom myself.
Buy me a Fafnir, I'll settle for an Atlas. :p
Hey, 60 and you can get an Atlas with special bonuses built in. I just think they're slow as hell and I can cram jump jets into a hunch back.

Also: Atlas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvXEflnmwNM
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on August 22, 2012, 05:00:31 pm
Yeah, they really are hulking lumbering targets, but they're still cool. When I play battletech I tend to do mix light and mediums.

Sadly the game is Windows only, so no Mechwarrior Online for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on August 22, 2012, 06:23:18 pm
The mechwarrior online founders packs finally have a drop dead date of september 6th. I'm thinking of dropping 60 for a hunchback o'doom myself.

Shit yes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 23, 2012, 03:20:05 am
I'm not sure, actually.  So far, the game hasn't really done anything that made me go "OH MAN!  I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MMO TO BE RELEASED! :D"

It's done some things that are interesting, and I like some of the races, but I'm having trouble finding that urge to play.

I wonder if it has anything to do with me trying out the 24 hour free trial of the original Guild Wars and absolutely hating it...

I pre-ordered and participated in all the beta events. GW2 is super different from the first game.

I could actually tell it was super different, but like I said, I wonder if my experience with the first game is making me feel "meh" about the sequel.

Yeah, I can see that.

Oh yeah, another aspect is that I actually don't like PvP that much.  When it comes to multiplayer games, I've always loved co-operative play over competitive play.

Games that are 80% PvP are instantly turn offs for me :-/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 23, 2012, 05:04:51 pm
I haven't done any PvP in Guild Wars, and I still enjoy it. I only play with a friend though, since it's not nearly as fun otherwise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 23, 2012, 06:10:35 pm
So this is on steam now. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/208580/)

Everything I've heard about it has been that it isn't worth it in it's original state.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 23, 2012, 06:19:27 pm
So this is on steam now. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/208580/)

Everything I've heard about it has been that it isn't worth it in it's original state.

http://deadlystream.com/forum/files/file/197-tsl-restored-content-mod/

Luckily, you don't have to play it in it's original state.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 23, 2012, 07:12:38 pm
So this is on steam now. (http://store.steampowered.com/app/208580/)

Everything I've heard about it has been that it isn't worth it in it's original state.

http://deadlystream.com/forum/files/file/197-tsl-restored-content-mod/

Luckily, you don't have to play it in it's original state.

Oh good, a game I would have to mod to get everything out of it.  It's like Masquerade all over again.

TWEWY 2? (http://www.square-enix.co.jp/subaseka/sp.html)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 24, 2012, 01:34:51 am
Irritated as fuuuuuuuuuuuck right now.  Rolled up a new Monk in DDO, a Dex-based TWF Light Monk with the Shintao prestige line goin.  So, I decided to join a group doin Tear of Dhakaan.  Simple enough, go in, butcher some hobgoblins, maybe steal an artifact, and kill their leader.  Well, before I got to the entrance, the group, which had entered long before I'd joined up, wiped except one guy, an Artificer.  "Least I have someone who can deal some damage," I thought.

Damage, he dealt.  However, when we were going for the soul stones of our comrades, I got all of em, got mobbed by a group of hobgoblins, ran outta heals, and the Arty just...fucked off.  While I was fucking surrounded by dickheads I couldn't fucking jump over.  Apparently, he thought I'd follow him, which is fucking retarded, because I couldn't fucking move, because I was being mobbed to hell and back.

Mother.  Fucking.  DUMBASS.

Oh, and his idiocy got me killed, and he ended up getting butchered...and had the fucking balls to blame me for the wipe.  Yeah, keep rolling in your delusion, dickhead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 24, 2012, 01:40:35 am
That is the suck :(

The DDO playerbase has declined a lot recently, and not just because it went F2P...

Oh, I know that that stuff has been happening since the first party in the first MMO, but I'm talking about the frequency of it, as well as the whargarbl that goes on in the forums.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 24, 2012, 01:46:14 am
Ha, I learned from the NoX and TTLG forums that gaming forums are generally to be avoided unless visiting is absolutely necessary.

Also, I haven't had that many experiences like that in DDO...which is likely the reason why its so damned grating.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 24, 2012, 02:03:09 am
Ha, I learned from the NoX and TTLG forums that gaming forums are generally to be avoided unless visiting is absolutely necessary.

Also, I haven't had that many experiences like that in DDO...which is likely the reason why its so damned grating.

Right...

Speaking of which, I'm kinda tempted to make a sorc in DDO now, starting anew.  Any suggestions for which Savant line to go with?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 24, 2012, 02:08:05 pm
Hmm...depends on what ya want out of it.

Fire savant is good for crowd control, but loses a fair bit of effectiveness in later levels because many opponents either have resistance or immunity to fire.

Earth savant is good for damage over time, and acid retains a fairly level rate of effectiveness throughout the game...least, that I've seen, of course.

Water savant starts out kinda weak, facing a lot of undead in the early game, its effectiveness is pretty low, but it gets much better after about level 8-9 or so, when you start facing things that -aren't- undead.  Also, apparently quite good against daemons.

Air savants are great for early game daze-locking foes, due to Sound Burst and Electric Loop, and they're also good for single-target spiking.  Once you get Ball Lightning and Chain Lightning, however, you also get a really good boost in crowd control effectiveness.  Also, with Air Savant II (at level 12), you get a permanent feather fall toggle, which saves you a boot/cloak/ring slot that you've got taken up with a feather fall item, so you can use it for something else.  If its boots, I'd -definitely- suggest striding.  Great in case you've gotta get the hell outta dodge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 24, 2012, 02:20:58 pm
Replaying Dead Space 2.  Nice, fun, creepy game and the first time a cardboard sun made me jump.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 25, 2012, 02:06:48 pm
Dear friends- This October, I will be getting all of my remaining wisdom teeth removed at once. After the procedure, I must spend seven days sitting in bed and taking the pain medication they prescribe. This will put me in a state of mind professionally known as "tripping balls". Therefore, I want your input- what bizarre, psychedelic, and generally brain-breaking video games should I play during my recovery? Whatever you suggest, I'll film my playthroughs so we can share in the best medicine of all- schadenfreude.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 25, 2012, 02:13:02 pm
Dear friends- This October, I will be getting all of my remaining wisdom teeth removed at once. After the procedure, I must spend seven days sitting in bed and taking the pain medication they prescribe. This will put me in a state of mind professionally known as "tripping balls". Therefore, I want your input- what bizarre, psychedelic, and generally brain-breaking video games should I play during my recovery? Whatever you suggest, I'll film my playthroughs so we can share in the best medicine of all- schadenfreude.
Naaaa nanana nana nana, Katamari Damacy...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 25, 2012, 02:13:48 pm
Dear friends- This October, I will be getting all of my remaining wisdom teeth removed at once. After the procedure, I must spend seven days sitting in bed and taking the pain medication they prescribe. This will put me in a state of mind professionally known as "tripping balls". Therefore, I want your input- what bizarre, psychedelic, and generally brain-breaking video games should I play during my recovery? Whatever you suggest, I'll film my playthroughs so we can share in the best medicine of all- schadenfreude.
Lemme think...
-Conker's Bad Fur Day
-Binding of Isaac
-Postal 2
-Psychonauts
-Penumbra: Overture
-Amnesia: The Dark Descent
-The Ship
-Saints Row 2
-Fahrenheit (not Indigo Prophecy, the US localisation is censored)

Have fun (and good luck successfully recording, editing, rendering and uploading your playthroughs while tripping balls, boy are you going to need it).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 25, 2012, 02:24:43 pm
Lemme think...
-Conker's Bad Fur Day
-Binding of Isaac
-Postal 2
-Psychonauts
-Penumbra: Overture
-Amnesia: The Dark Descent
-The Ship
-Saints Row 2
-Fahrenheit (not Indigo Prophecy, the US localisation is censored)

Have fun (and good luck successfully recording, editing, rendering and uploading your playthroughs while tripping balls, boy are you going to need it).

A buddy of mine will be helping with the recording and the like- I'll just be playing the games.I've already got Amnesia and Psychonauts ready, and I'll try to find Fahrenheit. I hadn't thought of Conker, and my friend already owns it so I won't have to buy/rent it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 25, 2012, 02:32:25 pm
A buddy of mine will be helping with the recording and the like- I'll just be playing the games.I've already got Amnesia and Psychonauts ready, and I'll try to find Fahrenheit. I hadn't thought of Conker, and my friend already owns it so I won't have to buy/rent it.
You can find Fahrenheit here (http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/fahrenheit_indigo_prophecy) if you do decide to get it. It's cheap, modded to work on Windows 7 and it's the uncensored version. That said, I'd highly recommend Postal 2. You can actually whip it out in public and urinate all over people if you so desire. It's truly a beautiful game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 25, 2012, 03:48:08 pm
Dear friends- This October, I will be getting all of my remaining wisdom teeth removed at once. After the procedure, I must spend seven days sitting in bed and taking the pain medication they prescribe. This will put me in a state of mind professionally known as "tripping balls". Therefore, I want your input- what bizarre, psychedelic, and generally brain-breaking video games should I play during my recovery? Whatever you suggest, I'll film my playthroughs so we can share in the best medicine of all- schadenfreude.

Psychonauts has already been suggested so I'll throw Rayman 2: The Great Escape into the suggestions. Rayman is basically what happens when you cross a French dude with LSD then tell him to design a game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on August 25, 2012, 03:48:19 pm
Deadly Premonition.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 25, 2012, 11:22:11 pm
LSD, the Japanese game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 25, 2012, 11:56:53 pm
Definitely echoing Katamari Damacy and Psychonauts.  I suggest Ultima Underworld II, as there are several parts...and one part in -very- particular, that are trippy as fuck.

Also, I've begun to understand the mystery of blueprints and builders in Technic.  My first creation?  A base built out of reinforced stone and glass...completely bomb-proof, and a fair amount of room to move in.  Think I might create a blueprint for a larger room, though.  I want it to end up being a totally bomb-proof manufactury, using a complex series of BuildCraft pipes automating as much as I possibly can: ore macerating/smelting, an automated system to make solar arrays (up to and including the high-voltage version), MFSUs, lapotron crystals...perhaps I'll try to divine the mystery of logistics pipes, next!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 26, 2012, 02:40:29 pm
Speaking of Ultima Underworld, GOG.com now has the entire Ultima series up and they're selling all the games as a 50% off package. it's a good excuse for me to play the Ultima games proper.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on August 26, 2012, 03:10:48 pm
Rinella:  I had all my wisdom teeth pulled at once, and I was fine three hours later and only taking a couple ibuprofen...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 26, 2012, 03:57:21 pm
My dentist is prescribing some pretty strong stuff and says I'll need to be bed-bound all week. If it doesn't pan out, I'll still do Let's Plays of the trippy games, I just won't be on meds, meaning it may be a bit less loopy.

The current listing is:
Amnesia
Katamari Damacy
Farenhiet
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Worms 3D
LSD
The Ship
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on August 26, 2012, 04:24:33 pm
I'd also suggest anything from the Shin Megami Tensei or Persona series.  Disgaea's a good, toonier option, too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on August 26, 2012, 06:58:19 pm
I finally got around to finishing Fallout: New Vegas. I had played it so that I was near the end of both the Yes Man and NCR plotlines. I finished the NCR (that ending is DEPRESSING), then reloaded and finished with Yes Man (I like that one much better). I've started a playthrough to side with Caesar, and have another that I may use to do Mr. House. (The last one was intended to run around and pick up achievements I haven't done yet.) I also have a save of my NCR/Yes Man playthrough before going to end-game, so I can reload to do DLCs or whatever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 26, 2012, 07:14:09 pm
Even if you do the 4 main endings, you still haven't done all the endings because each one has about a hundred different sub-variations

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_endings

The NCR ending was only depressing for you because you did various things during the course of the game that made it so. If you play your cards right, even the Legion ending turns out not-completely-horrible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 26, 2012, 07:40:11 pm
Nearing the end of my second run through Dead Space 2, I had to unlock a door while fighting a regenertating creature.  I finally escaped through the door, only for it to follow and kill me.  Luckily, I spawned alone in the hallway I had escaped to.  Unfortunately, my health and stasis were almost out and all 3 of my guns were out of ammo. 

Of course, when I rounded the corner, I ran into about a dozen creatures.  After about a dozen tries, I finally managed to high-tail it to the elevator and slip in (by using the last of my stasis on the creature following me), only to end up in another room with more things that wanted me for dinner.

Luckily, I broke a few little crates, got a little ammo, and (after a few more tries), got through THAT area.  I then ended up in a Zero-G area, dodging laser beams while also dodging a plant-like creature's floating seeds (or whatever they were).  I don't know how, but I made it to the end, and hit the button to restore gravity and destroy the creature.  Unfortunately (AGAIN!), nothing happened, and the creature shot me just as I hit the button again (I'm SO glad for that 1 small health pack in the last area!).

Now I'm in an area with an item room, a store, a work bench, and a save area.  After all that crap, I'm doing the unlimited-item cheat to  fully upgrade some of my weapons.  I don't care if it's cheating; I deserve it after limping through the Halls of Hell!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on August 27, 2012, 07:06:20 am
Even if you do the 4 main endings, you still haven't done all the endings because each one has about a hundred different sub-variations

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout:_New_Vegas_endings

The NCR ending was only depressing for you because you did various things during the course of the game that made it so. If you play your cards right, even the Legion ending turns out not-completely-horrible.

Actually, what made the NRC ending depressing for me was the NCR ending since I used the same character for NRC and Yes Man. (I played through Wild Card: Side Bets and For the Republic, Part 2 until I had to make a decision. I saved, played the NCR ending, then reloaded and played Yes Man.) What was depressing for me was all the people whose lives went to crap because of NCR rule (Goodsprings, Primm, etc).

Although I see now I should have talked to Boone more to complete his second quest. (I did both quests for ED-E, and didn't use any other companions.) Good thing to know for the playthrough where I plan to pick up everyone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 27, 2012, 01:19:34 pm
Gaslamp games has a new baby:
http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/clockwork-empires-a-preview-of-gaslamp-games-lovecraft-laden-steampunk-city-builder/

The guys behind dungeons of dreadmor are apparently putting a city builder together, looks interesting to me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 27, 2012, 11:11:29 pm
Oh my!  I'll be keeping an eye out for that one!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 28, 2012, 02:45:08 am
Welp, I've got my MMOs set for awhile.

The Secret World:  Been looking into this one, seems funs, combat is bit wonky but I like the idea and atmosphere.  Plan on buying it thursday off of steam.  Only thing I'm trying to figure out is either being the Illuminati or Dragon.

The Old Republic: Plan on picking up the trialthrough and playing until level 15, game is going F2P in a month or two so I might as well wait and not buy the game to finish it.  Want to see what the stories are like for the classes, heard they are fantastic.  Probably going to be a Sith Warrior.

Final Fantasy XI:  Been wanting to play this one for a long time, but just haven't had the time to put into it.  It's extremely long with something along the line of over 5 expansions and a new one coming out next year, however I'm going to start it sometime soon.  Going to be a dragoon or dark knight.

Istaria: Played a week trial of this, thought it was sorta neat.  Actually really interested in being able to build caves(playerhouses) to live in more then anything. A purple dragon named spyro.

Guild Wars: The sequel is coming out so I figured I play the original alongside it. Wonder how different they are.

Guild Wars 2: Apparently the big talk of the town at the moment, going to play it alongside the original, I kinda wish it would be on steam like the first game.

Rift's Expansion The Storm Legion: Rift still tops my list for MMOs and I look forward to this expansion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 28, 2012, 04:08:13 am
Final Fantasy XI:  Been wanting to play this one for a long time, but just haven't had the time to put into it.  It's extremely long with something along the line of over 5 expansions and a new one coming out next year, however I'm going to start it sometime soon.  Going to be a dragoon or dark knight.

They've actually made the grind not so much a grind anymore, probably because the declining playerbase makes it harder for players to find other players to make teams with.  Also, you can party with max-level party members now and earn experience.

As far as "dragoon" or "dark night" goes, it's not that simple... you're going to have to earn those classes.  The classes you start off with are Warrior, Monk, Thief, Black Mage, White Mage, and Red Mage.

Similar to Final Fantasy Tactics, you are able to change your main job (and later, when you earn it, your secondary job) at certain points - namely, your house or guest house.

I just have to say, though, Dragoon is an epic class, but Dark Knight's quest makes it seem very interesting.

Also, do be sure to check out Dancer.  That's a fun class from what I understand, and it works well with other classes, even as a secondary I think.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 28, 2012, 06:09:06 am
Speaking of Guild Wars 2, apparently people are being banned for bad language, some people claiming they hadn't said anything bad at all and wanting to know why they were banned.  Then a support team member from Arenanet starts showing why these people are banned (http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/yxx3m/suspensions_for_offensive_names_and_inappropriate/) and some of them are hillarious.  From the things they say or from names like 'ballsacklarry'.

Example:

(http://i49.tinypic.com/ztiy3r.png)


It just shows that people are butthurt for their actions and try to make a game look bad.



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As far as "dragoon" or "dark night" goes, it's not that simple... you're going to have to earn those classes.  The classes you start off with are Warrior, Monk, Thief, Black Mage, White Mage, and Red Mage.

Yeah I know, you start out with a basic job and then have to have specific requirements and track down the person who will teach what job that you want.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on August 28, 2012, 06:27:51 am
The Secret World:  Been looking into this one, seems funs, combat is bit wonky but I like the idea and atmosphere.  Plan on buying it thursday off of steam.  Only thing I'm trying to figure out is either being the Illuminati or Dragon.

I played the beta and the game is AWESOME. The only reason I'm not playing now is that I am short of funds. Once I can, I will get the game and play Templar. (Not that it really matters all that much.)

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The Old Republic: Plan on picking up the trialthrough and playing until level 15, game is going F2P in a month or two so I might as well wait and not buy the game to finish it.  Want to see what the stories are like for the classes, heard they are fantastic.  Probably going to be a Sith Warrior.

I played this for several months when it came out. (Again, stopped playing because of funds.) I've started 1 of every class, though my mains are Imperial Agent (Sniper) and Jedi Consular (Sage). The game is amazing, and I hope going F2P will help the player base.

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Guild Wars: The sequel is coming out so I figured I play the original alongside it. Wonder how different they are.

I played this a lot several years ago, and fired it up again a few months ago. I enjoyed it, though the style was kind of weird. (can't really explain why, just quirky).

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Rift's Expansion The Storm Legion: Rift still tops my list for MMOs and I look forward to this expansion.

Played the free starting parts of this. The class system is really cool, though I found it is easy to make a character that just doesn't work very well. If I ever had time, I'd get back into it, since it is fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 28, 2012, 06:28:52 am
It doesn't seem like they're banning them for bad language so much as abusive language.

Basically, if you can't say it in a crowded square without being cited for disturbing the peace (Example: "Wow, these fucking faggots are just shitting all over everything!  I'm going to take this dildo and ram it up their fucking ass!" vs. "Blah blah blah blah blah FUCK I spilled my drink".  The former being abusive, the latter not) then you can't really expect to say it in a video game chat room.

Also, good to hear you already did your research about FF11 :D It's a good game IMO, and I wish I could play it again but I lack the funds to pay monthly for a game right now.

Also, vaguely related to the current topic of discussion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcrsgm4T7Wk
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 28, 2012, 06:39:10 am
The Secret World:  Been looking into this one, seems funs, combat is bit wonky but I like the idea and atmosphere.  Plan on buying it thursday off of steam.  Only thing I'm trying to figure out is either being the Illuminati or Dragon.
Don't take them overly seriously and the Illuminati are a blast.

Hell, if people are getting back into it let me know... I may very well resub it only lapsed because I knew the story backward and I was starting another new character.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on August 28, 2012, 08:02:50 am
Final Fantasy XI:  Been wanting to play this one for a long time, but just haven't had the time to put into it.  It's extremely long with something along the line of over 5 expansions and a new one coming out next year, however I'm going to start it sometime soon.  Going to be a dragoon or dark knight.

They've actually made the grind not so much a grind anymore, probably because the declining playerbase makes it harder for players to find other players to make teams with.  Also, you can party with max-level party members now and earn experience.

As far as "dragoon" or "dark night" goes, it's not that simple... you're going to have to earn those classes.  The classes you start off with are Warrior, Monk, Thief, Black Mage, White Mage, and Red Mage.

Similar to Final Fantasy Tactics, you are able to change your main job (and later, when you earn it, your secondary job) at certain points - namely, your house or guest house.

I just have to say, though, Dragoon is an epic class, but Dark Knight's quest makes it seem very interesting.

Also, do be sure to check out Dancer.  That's a fun class from what I understand, and it works well with other classes, even as a secondary I think.

I main Dancer in FFXI, takes forever to kill things but we're nigh impossible to kill, especially with ninja as a sub. If you want to go Dark Knight I'd recommend starting as Red Mage or Warrior up to 49 (the unlock level is 30 but 49 is the max you'll need them as for a sub job), for Dragoon, Warrior as your starter.

It may be less grindy, but you will learn to despise Crawler's Nest book burns.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on August 28, 2012, 12:43:30 pm
Speaking of Guild Wars 2, apparently people are being banned for bad language, some people claiming they hadn't said anything bad at all and wanting to know why they were banned.  Then a support team member from Arenanet starts showing why these people are banned (http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/yxx3m/suspensions_for_offensive_names_and_inappropriate/) and some of them are hillarious.  From the things they say or from names like 'ballsacklarry'.

Example:

(http://i49.tinypic.com/ztiy3r.png)


It just shows that people are butthurt for their actions and try to make a game look bad.

I just saw a guy with the in-game name "Murderboner". Ten bucks says he'll be complaining about being banned.
I'm glad ANet is trying to keep the community friendly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 28, 2012, 01:10:08 pm
Some of these are hilarious. "GUYS WHAT DID I DO WRONG!?", followed by:

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The name's fine. The chat? No so much: Bixx: Get out of here you gag faggot.

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Name: OK Chat: Not ok -- "i AM A DOG YOU NIGGER"

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Name: OK Chat -- not ok: "im gonna shove my cock up your asshole"

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Name: OK Chat: Not ok -- "lets fuck these niggers ."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 28, 2012, 10:59:01 pm
I made this in Technic toady!

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_Diamond_Factory.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=Diamond_Factory.png)

Tha fuck is it?  IT MAKES DIAMONDS, BITCH!  Outta nothin but coal and gravel, with an optional input for pre-made flint, so it don't gotta be macerated.  I don't even need to mine obsidian, because I've got a condenser set up that turns 1 in every 4 pieces of coal I use into obsidian, since each bit of coal nets me several pieces obsidian, and it only goes in at the 2nd to last step in the process (before final compression), so I can have a healthy stock before I even really need it.

Oh, and my macerators and compressors?  Rotary macerators and singularity compressors, actually.

No, Hisao, I don't fuck around when it comes to machines.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 28, 2012, 11:11:22 pm
I believe you can condense diamonds directly from Industrialcraft power, if I recall correctly. Just hook up a nuclear reactor or a few high voltage solar arrays and it'll spit out a steady stream of diamonds, or anything else you care to produce.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 29, 2012, 01:44:00 am
Aye, I know you can do it with a mass fabricator, but each diamond requires 9 UU-Matter, and even with several overclocked recyclers feeding into the mass-fab, it takes foreeeeeeeeeeeeever to be able to make anything decent out of it.  It took me about 1 Minecraft day to get a piece of iridum ore (which requires 7 UU-Matter) for my quantum armor.  In one Minecraft day, my current setup's given me 5 diamonds, and its not like coal and gravel are particularly difficult to find, let alone acquire, given that I've got a full compliment of red matter tools, not to mention 5 alchemy bags.

Hell, I've been spending a lot of my time crystal hunting, as I'm finally getting into Thaumcraft.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 29, 2012, 03:15:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhQZoyZn1g

Was that guy baking bread? If so, FUCKING SOLD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 29, 2012, 03:44:10 pm
I saw a mod that more or less had the exact same method of building your house (though it was always in a single location) and, well...

I'm kinda impressed and disappointed with that DLC at the same time, in a strange dichotomy of emotions that I don't know how to handle.

While I am glad that there's going to be some official support for adoption and these other things, it just feels like they took a bunch of mods, potentially improved upon them, and then packed them as a DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 29, 2012, 03:55:42 pm
While I am glad that there's going to be some official support for adoption and these other things, it just feels like they took a bunch of mods, potentially improved upon them, and then packed them as a DLC.
If you ask me, it's slightly better than the Minecraft model. That is, take a bunch of mods, make them significantly worse and release them as updates.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on August 29, 2012, 03:55:57 pm
Keep in mind, this DLC is only 5 dollars.

I'm really excited about this because I play on the 360 and one thing this game was missing was the ability to set up your own "home base." The default player houses just don't do it for me.

Also, I would totally adopt Aventus Aretino. He's the most famous dude in Skyrim. You chat with some dude all the way in Morthal and he's like "HEY BUDDY, YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT AVENTUS ARETINO!? FUUUUCKED UP!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 30, 2012, 01:12:03 am
Now that Guild Wars 2 is released, I don't see much on the road for the future.  The only things I hear about now are the Elder Scrolls MMO which almost everyone believes that I have seen that it will be a failure. And World of Darkness which we probably won't get anything solid on until at least mid-2013.  Am I missing anything?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 30, 2012, 01:23:54 am
I find it silly that they're judging a game to suck before they've even seen screenshots, let alone gameplay.

I'm not saying it won't suck, because I have no idea what it's going to involve yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 30, 2012, 01:34:20 am
I find it silly that they're judging a game to suck before they've even seen screenshots, let alone gameplay.

I'm not saying it won't suck, because I have no idea what it's going to involve yet.

Screenshots already exist: 1 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_1.jpg) 2 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_2.jpg) 3 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_3.jpg)  4 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_4.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 30, 2012, 02:05:39 am
I find it silly that they're judging a game to suck before they've even seen screenshots, let alone gameplay.

I'm not saying it won't suck, because I have no idea what it's going to involve yet.

Screenshots already exist: 1 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_1.jpg) 2 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_2.jpg) 3 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_3.jpg)  4 (http://static.elderscrollsonline.com/assets/65/img/media/tx_ss_4.jpg)

Ah, I thought they were still in the concept art phase.

Still not indicative of suckitude or not, though.  No gameplay shown yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 30, 2012, 03:13:39 am
I don't see anything inherently wrong with the screenshots, other than they likely mean I won't be able to play it on my laptop.  Then again, its Elder Scrolls, I didn't expect that to begin with.

Seems to me that the majority of the complaining about Elder Scrolls Online is either conjecture unsupported by any actual, ya know...facts, or the classic standby, "they changed it, therefore it sucks."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 30, 2012, 08:52:15 am
Seems to me that the majority of the complaining about Elder Scrolls Online is either conjecture unsupported by any actual, ya know...facts, or the classic standby, "they changed it, therefore it sucks."
When was the last time the elder scrolls community was happy with something? They seriously have the ability to stare down the depths of the gift horse's mouth and then complain about the view.

Don't have a stick up your ass and it has some promise. I'm curious how it works myself because it does seem like a universe where an MMO actually could work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: StallChaser on August 30, 2012, 09:32:16 am
I'd also suggest anything from the Shin Megami Tensei or Persona series.  Disgaea's a good, toonier option, too.

I'd probably steer away from the more stat-intensive games.  Things like managing stats and planning out strategies are likely skills you'll lose if you're high on painkillers.

But that could also mean some hilarious let's plays.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on August 30, 2012, 03:48:48 pm
Guess what's new on Steam?

http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/ (http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on August 30, 2012, 05:08:33 pm
Seems to me that the majority of the complaining about Elder Scrolls Online is either conjecture unsupported by any actual, ya know...facts, or the classic standby, "they changed it, therefore it sucks."
When was the last time the elder scrolls community was happy with something? They seriously have the ability to stare down the depths of the gift horse's mouth and then complain about the view.

Don't have a stick up your ass and it has some promise. I'm curious how it works myself because it does seem like a universe where an MMO actually could work.

Seriously, I can't stand other Elder Scrolls fans. If I hear one more goddamn word about spears..

For those confused, spears and polearms were available weapons in Morrowind, but haven't reappeared since. Every time a game in the series comes out, people demand their inclusion then freak out when they don't get them. What they seem to be forgetting is that spears and polearms fucking sucked in Morrowind. They did less damage than a one-handed sword but needed both hands for wielding, meaning you couldn't defend yourself very well. I really don't understand why everyone wants them back.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 30, 2012, 05:18:57 pm
BECAUSE SPEARS!

Honestly if I were getting spears and the like, I'd like mounted combat because that's the only place they would be useful.

Ironbite-but then I don't do a lot of mounted combat so...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 30, 2012, 05:21:00 pm
Just hope the mounted combat doesn't include a completely fucked targeting system.

Suffice to say shooting a crossbow from horse back doesn't work... at all.. let alone very well, just at all. May be trying it with a sword or something soon though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 30, 2012, 05:25:17 pm
Shooting anything in anything other then first person is damn hard in Skyrim.  I mean you can do it but I like my first person sneak attack with a bow to the back of the head.

Ironbite-did that to one mage and yeah...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 30, 2012, 05:30:03 pm
I liked spears. Sure, they don't do as much damage, but as long as they have significantly longer reach than swords and the like (as they would in real life), they'd most definitely have their place. I for one would love to see them as part of some future DLC. They did it with crossbows, so it's hardly impossible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 30, 2012, 06:28:06 pm
They actually have mounted combat already.

Unfortunately, it's kinda half-assed.  No magic, no two-handed weapons, just a one-handed weapon.  I'm not sure if you can dual-wield, I haven't tried it yet.

(Hopefully, they'll improve upon it in a future patch)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 30, 2012, 09:16:06 pm
Shooting anything in anything other then first person is damn hard in Skyrim.  I mean you can do it but I like my first person sneak attack with a bow to the back of the head.

Ironbite-did that to one mage and yeah...

People play Skyrim in 3rd person mode?  XD

In all seriousness, fandoms in general seem to be aiming toward pissing me off.  Whether its the Fallout fandom (I'm looking at YOU, No Mutants Allowed) going into a blood frenzy over the removal of turn-based combat, or the Elder Scrolls fandom frothing at the mouth when Bethesda decided to ditch the abso-fucking-lutely abysmal combat system in Morrowind for one that made fucking sense in every other game since then.  Seriously, they need to take a step back, take their lips off the crack pipe, and fuckin chill.  Nothin wrong with constructive criticism, but going all barbarian rage over every little change...I'm surprised we haven't had reports of any of them dying of self-inflicted heart attacks.

Also, I played Guild Wars 2 for a few hours today.  OH MY GOD, THE SWEETNESS.  That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 30, 2012, 09:27:12 pm
or the Elder Scrolls fandom frothing at the mouth when Bethesda decided to ditch the abso-fucking-lutely abysmal combat system in Morrowind for one that made fucking sense in every other game since then.

They flat-out worship Morrowind, even though the game is boring and not fun to play if you don't have a guide to all of the super-duper broken equipment that is scattered around the land.

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Seriously, they need to take a step back, take their lips off the crack pipe, and fuckin chill.  Nothin wrong with constructive criticism, but going all barbarian rage over every little change...I'm surprised we haven't had reports of any of them dying of self-inflicted heart attacks.

Seriously.

Star Fox is the same way.  Every game that did something different from Star Fox 64 was automatically trash and the worst game ever made.  They aren't happy with any game that isn't Star Fox 64.  Even the remake for the 3DS.

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Also, I played Guild Wars 2 for a few hours today.  OH MY GOD, THE SWEETNESS.  That is all.

It does look fun, but I don't think my computer will be able to handle it, sadly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 30, 2012, 11:06:53 pm
Guess what's new on Steam?

http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/ (http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/)
Yes and there's one game I'd like to see make it.

NEStalgia (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92588954)

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 30, 2012, 11:34:41 pm
Guess what's new on Steam?

http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/ (http://steamcommunity.com/greenlight/)
Yes and there's one game I'd like to see make it.

NEStalgia (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92588954)



I'll contribute a "Hell yeah" and a "thumbs up" to that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 31, 2012, 03:12:55 am
It is possible to play it right now (http://silkgames.com/nestalgia/) through BYOND or a standalone client they've created.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 31, 2012, 03:14:38 am
Actually, Zacky, my laptop can run it better than it does DDO.  Granted, it pretty much runs at bare bones graphics settings, which it automatically detects and sets for you (that's how you do convenience RIGHT), but it works right out of the box, as promised, and it works well.

For the record, here's the basic get-up I'm workin with:

* AMD E-350 Processor (2x core) 1.6 GHz
* 4 GB of RAM
* Windows 7 (64-bit OEM)
* AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics

I got it for...around 400 bones.  I've had Minecraft maps that run slower than Guild Wars 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 31, 2012, 06:21:32 am
Pretty good.

Bearing in mind, though, that I have to run DDO at low graphics for it to run smoothly.

Oddly, Psychonauts runs pretty smoothly despite having more complex graphics than DDO, so I don't know anymore lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on August 31, 2012, 09:08:22 am
OFFICIAL (and about damn time) TorchLight II Release Date!!!

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I don't think there's much else I could say that would interest you right now, so -

The official Release Date for Torchlight II is Thursday, September 20th, 2012.

3 weeks away!

We'll announce it 'more' officially and bigger tomorrow.

You know first!

Thank all of you for being an awesome and patient community
http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=32505 (http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=32505)

Well it is still technically a summer release. (First day of fall is the 22nd of September) Nothing like cutting it as close as possible haha.  Oh well I can't wait!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 31, 2012, 09:31:49 am
'Bout sodding time we got a release date (Well, I really shouldn't be complaining, I got a pre-order for free)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on August 31, 2012, 09:52:51 am
Two fucking days after borderlands 2...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 31, 2012, 11:04:09 am
Actually, Zacky, my laptop can run it better than it does DDO.  Granted, it pretty much runs at bare bones graphics settings, which it automatically detects and sets for you (that's how you do convenience RIGHT), but it works right out of the box, as promised, and it works well.

For the record, here's the basic get-up I'm workin with:

* AMD E-350 Processor (2x core) 1.6 GHz
* 4 GB of RAM
* Windows 7 (64-bit OEM)
* AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics

I got it for...around 400 bones.  I've had Minecraft maps that run slower than Guild Wars 2.

Holy fuck, seriously? I thought there was no way my laptop could handle it, as jumpy as it can be with rendering distances in Minecraft above Normal. I've got less RAM but 2.3 GHz, so maybe there's hope.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 31, 2012, 12:50:42 pm
Why are you making me choose between Borderlands 2 and Torchlight 2, Gaming Gods?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 31, 2012, 01:53:29 pm
Actually, Zacky, my laptop can run it better than it does DDO.  Granted, it pretty much runs at bare bones graphics settings, which it automatically detects and sets for you (that's how you do convenience RIGHT), but it works right out of the box, as promised, and it works well.

For the record, here's the basic get-up I'm workin with:

* AMD E-350 Processor (2x core) 1.6 GHz
* 4 GB of RAM
* Windows 7 (64-bit OEM)
* AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics

I got it for...around 400 bones.  I've had Minecraft maps that run slower than Guild Wars 2.

Holy fuck, seriously? I thought there was no way my laptop could handle it, as jumpy as it can be with rendering distances in Minecraft above Normal. I've got less RAM but 2.3 GHz, so maybe there's hope.

Dude, if you got Guild Wars 2, I think I'd have to ask for that for my birthday.  As it is, I's just usin Ka's account because convenience, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on August 31, 2012, 04:58:11 pm
I love Fallout and the Elder Scrolls.  I don't mind or complain about the changes.
I feel Fallout has done nothing but improve. 
I think Elder Scrolls should steal from Fallout by adding more possible outcomes/paths for the game.  And I'd like spears separating bracers and tops and bottoms and to add back some of the magic they took away, again as it was in Morrowind but those are very minor things.
I'd also like more racial, gender importance, even if it's just once quest/faction you could only do/join if you meet the requirement.  That and cleaning up NPC scripts a little on races, when you play as none Nords in Skyrim there are people who you can ask about your own race.

And add brothels or prostitutes to inns/taverns that give the married well rested bonus for a price. 

Both series are awesome though.  And I have high hopes for future games and I do not feel I'll be let down.
I feel most problems are to avoid glitches or because the technology isn't there yet to get it to the standard they want.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Gst0395 on August 31, 2012, 05:10:27 pm
I love Fallout and the Elder Scrolls.  I don't mind or complain about the changes.
I feel Fallout has done nothing but improve. 
I think Elder Scrolls should steal from Fallout by adding more possible outcomes/paths for the game.  And I'd like spears separating bracers and tops and bottoms and to add back some of the magic they took away, again as it was in Morrowind but those are very minor things.
I'd also like more racial, gender importance, even if it's just once quest/faction you could only do/join if you meet the requirement.  That and cleaning up NPC scripts a little on races, when you play as none Nords in Skyrim there are people who you can ask about your own race.

And add brothels or prostitutes to inns/taverns that give the married well rested bonus for a price. 

Both series are awesome though.  And I have high hopes for future games and I do not feel I'll be let down.
I feel most problems are to avoid glitches or because the technology isn't there yet to get it to the standard they want.
I love Fallout and Elder Scrolls as well. I really love Oblivion and Skyrim. Morrowind is great as well though I couldn't get into it as much as I could with those two. My characters are ALWAYS Argonians. I find their reptilian appearance really cool.

I have a large taste in video games actually. I've been playing them for as long as I can remember. Have owned many systems like the SNES, PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and others. I primary use a PlayStation 3 nowadays (my PSN gamertag is Geoff-uk123 for anyone curious, tell me you're from FSTDT and I'll add you) and mainly play games like Fallout 3, Oblivion, Skyrim, Saints Row 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne 3 and LittleBigPlanet. I am as you probably noticed by now that I'm a fan of open-world sandbox games, especially Grand Theft Auto whose fifth instalment I am currently anticipating. It looks just like San Andreas reborn (arguably one of the best games in the series).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 31, 2012, 05:54:09 pm
And add brothels or prostitutes to inns/taverns that give the married well rested bonus for a price. 

I think more mature-rated RPGs need more prostitutes in general.  If its set in a medieval setting, guess what?  Prostitution was fucking rampant, back then.  It adds an extra level of realism, and nothing attracts players more than NPCs they can stick their dicks into, or who can stick their dicks into them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on August 31, 2012, 06:00:59 pm
It exists in the Fallout world but even then, it's very tame compared to what it would be.
And while I'm not saying it should reflect how it would be in real life or have a lot of detail included in it, I'm fine with the screen going black for X#  of game hours, but it is something I feel should be included.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 31, 2012, 09:25:06 pm
It exists in the Fallout world but even then, it's very tame compared to what it would be.
And while I'm not saying it should reflect how it would be in real life or have a lot of detail included in it, I'm fine with the screen going black for X#  of game hours, but it is something I feel should be included.

Hours?  Dude, if you're screwing for hours, you must have the stamina of a god.  /missing-the-point-entirely
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on September 01, 2012, 03:47:22 am
I only now remember about this one and find out that it's  shutting down (http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php).

A shame too, out of the three games, this one seemed like it had it's shit together best.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 01, 2012, 04:13:18 am
I only now remember about this one and find out that it's  shutting down (http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php).

A shame too, out of the three games, this one seemed like it had it's shit together best.

Just...why?  What's wrong with NCSoft?  First, they kill off Tabula Rasa right as it was hitting its stride (and, from what I hear, screwing Lord British out of a dickload of money), now they kill off City of Heroes?  I mean, I've never played it...subscription-based games are something of a gaming turn-off, but that always seemed like one of their biggest money-makers, aside from perhaps Guild Wars.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on September 01, 2012, 04:19:04 am
I only now remember about this one and find out that it's  shutting down (http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php).

A shame too, out of the three games, this one seemed like it had it's shit together best.

Just...why?  What's wrong with NCSoft?  First, they kill off Tabula Rasa right as it was hitting its stride (and, from what I hear, screwing Lord British out of a dickload of money), now they kill off City of Heroes?  I mean, I've never played it...subscription-based games are something of a gaming turn-off, but that always seemed like one of their biggest money-makers, aside from perhaps Guild Wars.

Guild Wars 1 is next.

Calling it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on September 01, 2012, 05:15:55 am
It exists in the Fallout world but even then, it's very tame compared to what it would be.
And while I'm not saying it should reflect how it would be in real life or have a lot of detail included in it, I'm fine with the screen going black for X#  of game hours, but it is something I feel should be included.

Hours?  Dude, if you're screwing for hours, you must have the stamina of a god.  /missing-the-point-entirely

I have the stamina of the Thunder God.

But I was talking about video game hours and saying I'm fine with how Fallout does it.
But my character in Elder Scrolls also has the stamina of a God, or at least of Daedric Prince, Sheogorath.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 01, 2012, 05:23:32 am
It exists in the Fallout world but even then, it's very tame compared to what it would be.
And while I'm not saying it should reflect how it would be in real life or have a lot of detail included in it, I'm fine with the screen going black for X#  of game hours, but it is something I feel should be included.

Hours?  Dude, if you're screwing for hours, you must have the stamina of a god.  /missing-the-point-entirely

That or you really really REALLY love foreplay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 01, 2012, 01:02:03 pm
It exists in the Fallout world but even then, it's very tame compared to what it would be.
And while I'm not saying it should reflect how it would be in real life or have a lot of detail included in it, I'm fine with the screen going black for X#  of game hours, but it is something I feel should be included.

Hours?  Dude, if you're screwing for hours, you must have the stamina of a god.  /missing-the-point-entirely

That or you really really REALLY love foreplay.

Probably the former as you can wind up being a full on pornstar.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 01, 2012, 01:07:10 pm
I only now remember about this one and find out that it's  shutting down (http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php).

A shame too, out of the three games, this one seemed like it had it's shit together best.

Just...why?  What's wrong with NCSoft?  First, they kill off Tabula Rasa right as it was hitting its stride (and, from what I hear, screwing Lord British out of a dickload of money), now they kill off City of Heroes?  I mean, I've never played it...subscription-based games are something of a gaming turn-off, but that always seemed like one of their biggest money-makers, aside from perhaps Guild Wars.
CoH went free to play a while back, the limits aren't anything to horrible, but it is a pretty old game at this point and has newer competition with licenses people want to play with attached to them. I still think it was the best of the lot, but I played it pretty much to death. Though I may try running with the mastermind concept and make a game out of it if they're going down completely.

Funny thing about Tabula Rasa, Lord British sued and I believe won a small fortune on the matter. That said, it needed a LOT of work. If it'd played more like the Secret world I've have given it more of a chance, but like the Secret World it too was rushed to market. Which is sad, because I figure SW is going to get canned before too long as well and I really like it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 01, 2012, 10:26:53 pm
I liked the way Tabula Rasa played.  It was simple, tactical, and smooth.  The game itself suffered heavily from NC's desire to rush it out the door without proper playtesting, which did hurt it comin out, but it gained strength as they got shit patched up and improved.  Hell, I played several (used multiple throw-away e-mail accounts) trials, and would've probably subscribed if I'd had a job back then.

Ya know, if they kill games like this, they should put the server software and shit up for grabs.  I mean, it won't be making any money for them, anyway, and people would've likely bought it just to make their own private servers and keep the game alive, like they've done with Ultima Online.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: agentCDE on September 02, 2012, 02:22:42 am
CoH and Paragon are shutting down? Aw, man, now I have major sads. City of Heroes was one of my favorite games back in the day.

Speaking of "back in the day", I reinstalled Deus Ex today, and promptly lost an afternoon. Totally worth it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 02, 2012, 08:33:01 am
Ya know, if they kill games like this, they should put the server software and shit up for grabs.  I mean, it won't be making any money for them, anyway, and people would've likely bought it just to make their own private servers and keep the game alive, like they've done with Ultima Online.
There's a lot involved in that software, and ensuring someone else doesn't make money off of it is typically a pretty big priority, as well as maintaining any intellectual property rights tied up in it. Simply put, it's not bloody likely that people are going to let go of their software just because some people want it. It could actually cost them a great deal in the long run.

Though I should admit to shelling out for Rasa when it came out, and being quite pissed off at the time. I wasn't surprised at all, when you pay 60 bucks for a game you expect it to be done. Probably the first time I got burned on a retail game, so it holds a special place in the the hunk of my brain that stores disappointments and swindles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 02, 2012, 07:33:42 pm
Hmm...perhaps.  I know there was a Tabula Rasa private server project going at one time, but I haven't seen anything about it recently.

Though, EA has pretty much said it'll allow Ultima Online server emulators like RunUO and LoneWolf to continue, even though they could easily stop them all dead in a minute...which is honestly quite surprising, given their track record.  (I know it doesn't have much to do with the TR thing, just an addendum.)  I can see it working for a game like UO, because I can tell ya from first-hand experience, there is a world of difference between free shards, and the proper shards, and that could easily lend to increasing their subscriber base.  Kinda like how MP3s helped otherwise unknown artists get some fans and headway to work with so they could continue making their music.

[ETA]

Thank you, Sips, for introducing me to Happy Wheels.  I FUCKING LOVE HAPPY WHEEEEEEEEELLS!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on September 02, 2012, 10:44:47 pm
Well, with CoH going under, I guess it is time to saddle up and find a new MMO to haunt for a while.

I'm thinking either STO, LotRO, DCUO, or DDO. Anyone got any other suggestions?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 02, 2012, 10:55:03 pm
I'd suggest DDO, its fairly stable, free-to-play, and by and large, the player base isn't a raving bunch of lunatics, which is always a plus.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 02, 2012, 11:21:50 pm
I'd suggest DDO, its fairly stable, free-to-play, and by and large, the player base isn't a raving bunch of lunatics, which is always a plus.

Hell, the forums are actually split instead of being pure unadulterated hatewanking.

Still nearly intolerable, but it's improved.  Until the next major patch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 02, 2012, 11:29:27 pm
I'd suggest DDO, its fairly stable, free-to-play, and by and large, the player base isn't a raving bunch of lunatics, which is always a plus.

Hell, the forums are actually split instead of being pure unadulterated hatewanking.

Still nearly intolerable, but it's improved.  Until the next major patch.

I generally assume that people don't visit gaming forums unless they need to.  That said, I've never needed to go to the DDO forums except, like, two times.  Once for Lamannia, and the other to look at some build someone told me about.

Really...there's nothing there that's of any real use, as far as the game itself goes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 06, 2012, 12:49:05 am
Talked with the gamestop guys a bit today.

Borderlands 2 has an additional bonus from game stop, as the poster puts it "Moxxi's Rocket Launcher" which is apparently named in game "Moxxi's Creamer". I'm gonna guess that was named a fair distance away from the people who had to approve the posters.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on September 06, 2012, 01:10:26 am
Phoenix Wright 5 Confirmed (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/05/ace-attorney-5-coming-to-nintendo-3ds)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 06, 2012, 05:14:19 pm
http://www.gamesradar.com/half-minute-hero-gets-pc-release-date/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/half-minute-hero-gets-pc-release-date/)

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The next platform to be graced with Half-Minute Hero's unique brand of ultra-fast world saving will be the PC later this year on September 27 for $9.99.

YES! YES!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/214830/?snr=1_4_4__105_1 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/214830/?snr=1_4_4__105_1)

And it has all of the game modes from the original PSP version, unlike the XBLA version which reduced them to glorified Hero 30 stages?

My body wasn't ready.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on September 06, 2012, 08:02:00 pm
Actually, Zacky, my laptop can run it better than it does DDO.  Granted, it pretty much runs at bare bones graphics settings, which it automatically detects and sets for you (that's how you do convenience RIGHT), but it works right out of the box, as promised, and it works well.

For the record, here's the basic get-up I'm workin with:

* AMD E-350 Processor (2x core) 1.6 GHz
* 4 GB of RAM
* Windows 7 (64-bit OEM)
* AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics

I got it for...around 400 bones.  I've had Minecraft maps that run slower than Guild Wars 2.

Holy fuck, seriously? I thought there was no way my laptop could handle it, as jumpy as it can be with rendering distances in Minecraft above Normal. I've got less RAM but 2.3 GHz, so maybe there's hope.

Running a 64bit operating system, less than 4GB of RAM, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit.

Optifine is your friend, your sanity will depend upon it. Good luck using a texture pack grater than 16x16.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 06, 2012, 08:18:36 pm
Actually, Zacky, my laptop can run it better than it does DDO.  Granted, it pretty much runs at bare bones graphics settings, which it automatically detects and sets for you (that's how you do convenience RIGHT), but it works right out of the box, as promised, and it works well.

For the record, here's the basic get-up I'm workin with:

* AMD E-350 Processor (2x core) 1.6 GHz
* 4 GB of RAM
* Windows 7 (64-bit OEM)
* AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics

I got it for...around 400 bones.  I've had Minecraft maps that run slower than Guild Wars 2.

Holy fuck, seriously? I thought there was no way my laptop could handle it, as jumpy as it can be with rendering distances in Minecraft above Normal. I've got less RAM but 2.3 GHz, so maybe there's hope.

Running a 64bit operating system, less than 4GB of RAM, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit.

Optifine is your friend, your sanity will depend upon it. Good luck using a texture pack grater than 16x16.

Laptop, brother, can't easily extend your RAM capacity.  Hell, I've seen cases where you outright can't.

As for the texture packs...the LB Photorealism pack looks good and all, but I rarely play outside of the default pack.  It does its job, and it still manages to look good, even with its relatively tiny pixel count.

Remember, some people put graphics at a far lower priority than most...I'm one of em.  Gameplay and story first, then graphics.  Maybe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 07, 2012, 01:08:07 am
Actually, Zacky, my laptop can run it better than it does DDO.  Granted, it pretty much runs at bare bones graphics settings, which it automatically detects and sets for you (that's how you do convenience RIGHT), but it works right out of the box, as promised, and it works well.

For the record, here's the basic get-up I'm workin with:

* AMD E-350 Processor (2x core) 1.6 GHz
* 4 GB of RAM
* Windows 7 (64-bit OEM)
* AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics

I got it for...around 400 bones.  I've had Minecraft maps that run slower than Guild Wars 2.

Holy fuck, seriously? I thought there was no way my laptop could handle it, as jumpy as it can be with rendering distances in Minecraft above Normal. I've got less RAM but 2.3 GHz, so maybe there's hope.

Running a 64bit operating system, less than 4GB of RAM, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit.

Optifine is your friend, your sanity will depend upon it. Good luck using a texture pack grater than 16x16.

My, someone shoved a large stick up your ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 07, 2012, 01:47:46 am
Actually, Zacky, my laptop can run it better than it does DDO.  Granted, it pretty much runs at bare bones graphics settings, which it automatically detects and sets for you (that's how you do convenience RIGHT), but it works right out of the box, as promised, and it works well.

For the record, here's the basic get-up I'm workin with:

* AMD E-350 Processor (2x core) 1.6 GHz
* 4 GB of RAM
* Windows 7 (64-bit OEM)
* AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics

I got it for...around 400 bones.  I've had Minecraft maps that run slower than Guild Wars 2.

Holy fuck, seriously? I thought there was no way my laptop could handle it, as jumpy as it can be with rendering distances in Minecraft above Normal. I've got less RAM but 2.3 GHz, so maybe there's hope.

Running a 64bit operating system, less than 4GB of RAM, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit.

Optifine is your friend, your sanity will depend upon it. Good luck using a texture pack grater than 16x16.

My, someone shoved a large stick up your ass.

But seriously, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit. Like, litterly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 07, 2012, 02:19:00 am
...

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Did everyone just skip my post?  One word: LAPTOP.

("Do I just have a face that no one listens to?")
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 07, 2012, 08:20:15 am
...

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...

Did everyone just skip my post?  One word: LAPTOP.

("Do I just have a face that no one listens to?")

I've been there several times in this very thread.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 07, 2012, 09:22:03 am
Art...LAPTOP!  They're not easily upgraded like a PC.

Ironbite-or are you just going to ignore these posts too?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 07, 2012, 09:52:48 am
Art...LAPTOP!  They're not easily upgraded like a PC.

Ironbite-or are you just going to ignore these posts too?
But Ibs, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit!1!!!1!!ONE! I'm not fucking around here. Half of the advantages of 64bit: Your are litterly missing them. Like, litterly. How are you not seeing this?!?!?!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 07, 2012, 09:56:55 am
We got anybody here on the DUST 514 closed beta? if so, my character name is Meynard Mayhem, PSN: PineBluffVariant, hit me up sometime.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 07, 2012, 10:50:01 am
Art...LAPTOP!  They're not easily upgraded like a PC.

Ironbite-or are you just going to ignore these posts too?
But Ibs, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit!1!!!1!!ONE! I'm not fucking around here. Half of the advantages of 64bit: Your are litterly missing them. Like, litterly. How are you not seeing this?!?!?!
Because laptop ram is fucking expensive?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 07, 2012, 11:03:01 am
Art...LAPTOP!  They're not easily upgraded like a PC.

Ironbite-or are you just going to ignore these posts too?
But Ibs, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit!1!!!1!!ONE! I'm not fucking around here. Half of the advantages of 64bit: Your are litterly missing them. Like, litterly. How are you not seeing this?!?!?!

+1, good sir.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 07, 2012, 11:05:27 am
Art...LAPTOP!  They're not easily upgraded like a PC.

Ironbite-or are you just going to ignore these posts too?
But Ibs, your are litterly missing half of the advantages of 64bit!1!!!1!!ONE! I'm not fucking around here. Half of the advantages of 64bit: Your are litterly missing them. Like, litterly. How are you not seeing this?!?!?!
Because laptop ram is fucking expensive?
Distind, I am litterly disappoint.

Pah, at least Sleepy gets it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on September 07, 2012, 12:32:15 pm
I'm are litterly in awe that people are missing the sarcasm in Art's posts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on September 07, 2012, 01:26:45 pm
I am in literal shock and disbelief at just how poorly designed that laptop is. I mean it is at Alienware level bad. It’s not like they can claim ignorance, they specifically had an OEM license with Microsoft. Microsoft had to give them the specifications for running and bust practice guidelines for compatibility.

This is not Sleepy’s fault either, as it is my opinion that Sleepy was burned by whoever made and sold that laptop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 07, 2012, 01:51:04 pm
Apparently Old Rebuplic is going to become free to play! I am downloading the trial version to get an early look at the game.

Seriously though, I expect to see the same problems that all MMORPG's have. Namely, you have to play with other people. People who behave like the average online player...

Still, I am going to try it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 07, 2012, 02:56:08 pm
I am in literal shock and disbelief at just how poorly designed that laptop is. I mean it is at Alienware level bad. It’s not like they can claim ignorance, they specifically had an OEM license with Microsoft. Microsoft had to give them the specifications for running and bust practice guidelines for compatibility.

This is not Sleepy’s fault either, as it is my opinion that Sleepy was burned by whoever made and sold that laptop.


I am baffled.  Not every laptop is made to exploit the power of a given operating system and/or hardware configuration.  Many, if not most of them, are made for your everyday consumer, and your everyday consumer isn't going to need too much in the way of hardware horsepower, including RAM.

Unless you get an expensive fucking laptop, chances are, you're not getting a whole hell of a lot of horsepower.  Case in point, I spent ~$400 on mine.  Yeah, it was cheap, but it works, plays games relatively well, and does what I need it to do.  I don't need Alienware-level horsepower, I'm not going to be playing Skyrim or Crysis on my laptop, and I never expected as much when I got it.

So, don't even blame the manufacturer, they make the cheaper laptops for the people who generally buy them, people who don't need much horsepower.  If you want that, you get a desktop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on September 07, 2012, 03:38:18 pm
Apparently Old Rebuplic is going to become free to play! I am downloading the trial version to get an early look at the game.

Seriously though, I expect to see the same problems that all MMORPG's have. Namely, you have to play with other people. People who behave like the average online player...

Still, I am going to try it.
Let me know how it is. I've been tempted to try it since it's going free, but I have the same apprehensions you do. Plus they can be a real time suck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 07, 2012, 03:43:27 pm
Wait, I'm dumb, what's wrong with Alienware? Are you talking about laptops only?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 07, 2012, 04:31:46 pm
Wait, I'm dumb, what's wrong with Alienware? Are you talking about laptops only?

I think it's that Alienware claims to make gaming-quality computers, but they take a lot of shortcuts and use less powerful components, then jack up the price heavily for the brand name.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 07, 2012, 05:40:08 pm
Wait, I'm dumb, what's wrong with Alienware? Are you talking about laptops only?

I think it's that Alienware claims to make gaming-quality computers, but they take a lot of shortcuts and use less powerful components, then jack up the price heavily for the brand name.

(Looking at my Alienware PC)...well, shit. Note to self: Never trust Dell to give me good advice for buying computers again. Well, at least it works.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 07, 2012, 05:49:25 pm
Generally speaking, if you're going to make a gaming rig, its better and cheaper to just make it yourself with parts you buy offa Newegg or somesuch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 07, 2012, 06:32:58 pm
Well, it's too late for me to do that now. By about a few months.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 07, 2012, 06:53:45 pm
Well, it's too late for me to do that now. By about a few months.

Bootstraps!

But, in all seriousness, tis something worth considering if you're into PC gaming.  If ya buy right, a good gaming computer (that will last ya a while) should run ya half, perhaps even less, of what you'd pay for a decent pre-built machine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 07, 2012, 07:12:44 pm
I'm eager to build a gaming PC once I have more hardware knowledge and money. My current laptop was a gift to me for schoolwork, so it's not like I feel particularly ripped or anything. I'm thankful to have a machine to use, especially since it'll play a lot of good stuff like GW, Minecraft, Sims 3, etc.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on September 07, 2012, 08:03:58 pm
Apparently Old Rebuplic is going to become free to play! I am downloading the trial version to get an early look at the game.

Seriously though, I expect to see the same problems that all MMORPG's have. Namely, you have to play with other people. People who behave like the average online player...

Still, I am going to try it.
Let me know how it is. I've been tempted to try it since it's going free, but I have the same apprehensions you do. Plus they can be a real time suck.

I played when it first came out.

No, you do not have to play with other people (until end game). You can quest solo, and even run the flashpoints solo once you outlevel them. (It's a way to get moddable armor.) As I understand the F2P, you are limited on how much you can PvP in Warzones, but open world PvP is unlimited. (I believe the limit is 1 WZ a day.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on September 07, 2012, 08:52:56 pm
Sounds promising. What are flashpoints?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: StallChaser on September 07, 2012, 09:04:41 pm
I am in literal shock and disbelief at just how poorly designed that laptop is. I mean it is at Alienware level bad. It’s not like they can claim ignorance, they specifically had an OEM license with Microsoft. Microsoft had to give them the specifications for running and bust practice guidelines for compatibility.

This is not Sleepy’s fault either, as it is my opinion that Sleepy was burned by whoever made and sold that laptop.


I am baffled.  Not every laptop is made to exploit the power of a given operating system and/or hardware configuration.  Many, if not most of them, are made for your everyday consumer, and your everyday consumer isn't going to need too much in the way of hardware horsepower, including RAM.

Unless you get an expensive fucking laptop, chances are, you're not getting a whole hell of a lot of horsepower.  Case in point, I spent ~$400 on mine.  Yeah, it was cheap, but it works, plays games relatively well, and does what I need it to do.  I don't need Alienware-level horsepower, I'm not going to be playing Skyrim or Crysis on my laptop, and I never expected as much when I got it.

So, don't even blame the manufacturer, they make the cheaper laptops for the people who generally buy them, people who don't need much horsepower.  If you want that, you get a desktop.


Just because you're not a power user doesn't mean the manufacturer shouldn't take into consideration which components work the best.  To put it another way, whether the budget is $400 or $4000, there's always a reason to make it the best possible system within that budget.  RAM upgrades are very cheap and easy, so it makes no sense not to have that capability.  That is, unless the manufacturer wants customers to repeatedly buy cheap throwaway laptops every time they need an upgrade, which is a distinct possibility.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 07, 2012, 09:22:04 pm
That's just it, though, the RAM works just fine.  There's a cost vs. benefit thing there, too, on the manufacturer's side.  RAM costs money, the more of it you plunk in, the more it'll cost to make, and the shorter the battery life on the resulting laptop will be.

Your typical consumer wants good battery life from a laptop, and the more serious hardware you put into it, the less that will be, and the less likely Joe Average will be to buy it.  Sure, you'll appeal more to the ever-growing gamer populace, but the Joe Average consumer will always outnumber us, and his dollar will always be the first dollar they seek.

[ETA]

After playing GW2, I can honestly say that I am in love with the Engineer.  However, I'm also taking a liking to my Sylvari Thief...I've always loved stealth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on September 08, 2012, 03:57:50 am
I getting really tired of the concept of hype. Yes, it's a good thing to get your game out there, showing the positives etc. But at the same time, it launches and basically it stabs you in the back.

"SWTOR isn't the WOW-killer I was expecting! It's now a failure in everyway to me!"
"GW2 isn't the WOW-killer I was expecting! It's now a failure in everyway to me!"

Massively (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/guild-wars-2-fan-site-compromised-11-000-game-accounts-affected/#comments) Comments (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/swtor-expands-free-to-play-rewards/#comments) make my head hurt sometimes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 08, 2012, 04:41:19 am
I getting really tired of the concept of hype. Yes, it's a good thing to get your game out there, showing the positives etc. But at the same time, it launches and basically it stabs you in the back.

"SWTOR isn't the WOW-killer I was expecting! It's now a failure in everyway to me!"
"GW2 isn't the WOW-killer I was expecting! It's now a failure in everyway to me!"

Massively (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/guild-wars-2-fan-site-compromised-11-000-game-accounts-affected/#comments) Comments (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/swtor-expands-free-to-play-rewards/#comments) make my head hurt sometimes.

At least they didn't pull a Peter Molyneux, and go "THIS GAME WILL LITERALLY MAKE YOU CUM IN YOUR PANTS, ITS THAT FUCKING AWESOME."

Seriously, of all the hype machines I've seen, that man has got to be the worst offender of them all.  Peter, brother...shut up!  Stop signing checks your games can't cash.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on September 08, 2012, 07:33:47 am
Sounds promising. What are flashpoints?

4 player "dungeons" that take about 60-90 minutes to run. You enter them from your fleet's space station.

Forgot earlier, there are also "Heroic" missions on the planets that are designed to be done in a group. However, like flashpoints, you can either skip them or come back when you are overlevel and run them with just your NPC companion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 08, 2012, 07:43:52 am
I getting really tired of the concept of hype. Yes, it's a good thing to get your game out there, showing the positives etc. But at the same time, it launches and basically it stabs you in the back.

"SWTOR isn't the WOW-killer I was expecting! It's now a failure in everyway to me!"
"GW2 isn't the WOW-killer I was expecting! It's now a failure in everyway to me!"

Massively (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/guild-wars-2-fan-site-compromised-11-000-game-accounts-affected/#comments) Comments (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/07/swtor-expands-free-to-play-rewards/#comments) make my head hurt sometimes.

Ironically, it seems like 90% of the harmful hype ends up coming from the fanbase.  As is 90% of the loud disappointment.

People expect games to be perfect, and get sharply disappointed when it doesn't turn out that way.

I should add that Peter Molyneux is an exception.  Seriously, there's ambition, and then there's just outright lying about what you can accomplish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 08, 2012, 08:11:27 am
I'm currently about two thirds of the way through Banjo-Tooie, and I'm feeling rather forlorn that I've done everything there is to do in Witchyworld. The music in that level is freaking fantastic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 08, 2012, 09:38:33 am
I'm currently about two thirds of the way through Banjo-Tooie, and I'm feeling rather forlorn that I've done everything there is to do in Witchyworld. The music in that level is freaking fantastic.

A certain boss almost ruined that level for me.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I played through To The Moon

I laughed at Dr. Watts, I would've cried if the former didn't keep ruining the mood, and I was baffled by how the developers tried to keep River's disorder ambiguous.

(click to show/hide)

But, yeah, it's pretty good, albeit incredibly easy, which is okay, since the focus is on the storyline.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 08, 2012, 09:45:41 am
I'm currently about two thirds of the way through Banjo-Tooie, and I'm feeling rather forlorn that I've done everything there is to do in Witchyworld. The music in that level is freaking fantastic.

A certain boss almost ruined that level for me.

I always find that a spray and pray approach tends to get the job done.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 08, 2012, 11:41:18 am
I'm currently about two thirds of the way through Banjo-Tooie, and I'm feeling rather forlorn that I've done everything there is to do in Witchyworld. The music in that level is freaking fantastic.

I've been playing Tooie as well, and the difference in the size of the worlds compared to the first one is insane. Since I never played this as a kid and have zero familiarity, it's kinda hard to navigate and figure out where the hell I am when I don't have the greatest view with the camera (although it is improved).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 08, 2012, 12:26:35 pm
I've been playing Tooie as well, and the difference in the size of the worlds compared to the first one is insane. Since I never played this as a kid and have zero familiarity, it's kinda hard to navigate and figure out where the hell I am when I don't have the greatest view with the camera (although it is improved).
When it comes to navigation, particularly in levels where everything looks more or less the same (looking at you, Grunty Industries), all I can say is warp pads are very much your friend. They and other means of fast travel make life a hell of a lot easier.

It is a bloody amazing game though, no? I tell you, as a kid it simply blew me away. The worlds, the move set, the various jiggies. Everything's just so much bigger and better. Not to mention the fact that they managed to get an E rating despite all the barely concealed innuendo. Rare was a freaking god in those days.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 08, 2012, 02:27:16 pm
My computer is having trouble handling Minecraft of all things. What's weird is that it handles more graphics- processing power-intensive games quite well. Maybe it's just loading a ton of chunks all at once, or maybe it's because I'm in a jungle temple right now, and therefore there are a lot of surrounding trees and plenty of redstone.

Actually, come to think of it, my old computer (which I replaced with my Alienware one because the former became unbearably slow) could run Minecraft better than my Alienware PC is.

I wonder if it's possible to sue Dell for false advertising since they directed me to the Alienware site in the first place.

EDIT: Minecraft is working fine in the browser, oddly enough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 08, 2012, 03:34:41 pm
Anyone else seem interested in FTL - Faster Than Light? I just watched a first impressions of it and I must say, it looks like a hell of a lot of fun. Methinks I'll definitely grab it on GOG once it's released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-SnIhpCm5w
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 08, 2012, 06:37:33 pm
My computer is having trouble handling Minecraft of all things. What's weird is that it handles more graphics- processing power-intensive games quite well. Maybe it's just loading a ton of chunks all at once, or maybe it's because I'm in a jungle temple right now, and therefore there are a lot of surrounding trees and plenty of redstone.

Actually, come to think of it, my old computer (which I replaced with my Alienware one because the former became unbearably slow) could run Minecraft better than my Alienware PC is.

I wonder if it's possible to sue Dell for false advertising since they directed me to the Alienware site in the first place.

EDIT: Minecraft is working fine in the browser, oddly enough.

Personally, I think its a problem with the Java Runtime, itself.  Its a well-known resource hog, is horribly inefficient, and is...really bloody slow with even the simplest tasks.  The reason more processor/graphics-intensive games run better than the relatively simple machine that is Minecraft is because, unlike Minecraft, pretty much every game ever is made with C++, or some other compiled language, which means no overhead from JIT compilation, bytecode interpretation, and the like, which means greatly improved performance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on September 08, 2012, 06:40:18 pm
Well, okay, but... why is it running better on the browser than via the launcher?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 08, 2012, 06:48:53 pm
Well, okay, but... why is it running better on the browser than via the launcher?

My guess would be because the browser version of Java is tailored to its environment.  Speed on the internet is key, if your site and/or online software is slow, then people will likely get bored and use someone else's site/service/whatever.  As a platform for stand-alone software, they could afford to take hits to performance...used to be, this was because they were really the only widely-accepted cross-platform, interpreted language around.  Now, its simply because Oracle's slow to adapt to a changing environment, and if they continue like this, Java will soon fade into obscurity while its primary competitors, Python and .Net, take over where it left off.

[ETA]

Okay, okay, you motherfuckers have to see this.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_2012-09-08_222749.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=2012-09-08_222749.png)

I decided to pop into a randomly-generated MystCraft world in Technic, in my increasingly frustrated quest to find cacti (for waterproofing), as I spawned in a fucking taiga biome the size of Texas.  I eventually found myself here, in the age I've appropriately called "Yawning Abyss."  You're seeing that right, I'm at layer 1.  I am literally mining one broken block away from falling into the void.

That was the most tense mining experience I've ever fucking had, but I got 18 diamonds out of the deal, so its not like I came away empty-handed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on September 09, 2012, 04:39:35 am
Pre-ordered Borderlands 2. Oh well, better be worth $70.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 09, 2012, 07:15:10 am
Pre-ordered Borderlands 2. Oh well, better be worth $70.
Check gearbox's youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gearboxsoftware?feature=g-all-u

Seems to do a good job of selling it.

But minecraft isn't written spectacularly well and it's core gameplay mechanic is prone to massive memmory chewing(and thus hitting major processing bottle necks). It's probably as much that the code sucks as any possible issue with your computer. If I was going to guess I'd say high speed ram and possibly even hard drive would have better increases than processing or GPU inprovements. Possibly more ram if it's taking up that much, but I kinda doubt it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on September 09, 2012, 03:05:10 pm
A few questions about DDO...

I started a Ranger (with 1 level of Rogue), eventually going Deepwood Sniper. I'm enjoying it enough to be considering actually buying some Turbine Points and Adventure Packs. My favorite class (and the class I wanted to play when DDO came out in 2006) is Monk, so that is almost certainly a to-buy. I'm also considering the Menace of the Underdark Standard Edition (which comes with more stuff, including the Druid class). My other option is buy just the Druid class.

Given that I play mostly solo (and probably will continue that way, unless I get so into it I decide to join a guild), would it be worth it to buy the Adventure Pack, or just get the classes? Also, how do I go about earning Renown with House Cannith to unlock Artificer?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 09, 2012, 03:36:04 pm
A few questions about DDO...

I started a Ranger (with 1 level of Rogue), eventually going Deepwood Sniper. I'm enjoying it enough to be considering actually buying some Turbine Points and Adventure Packs. My favorite class (and the class I wanted to play when DDO came out in 2006) is Monk, so that is almost certainly a to-buy. I'm also considering the Menace of the Underdark Standard Edition (which comes with more stuff, including the Druid class). My other option is buy just the Druid class.

Given that I play mostly solo (and probably will continue that way, unless I get so into it I decide to join a guild), would it be worth it to buy the Adventure Pack, or just get the classes? Also, how do I go about earning Renown with House Cannith to unlock Artificer?

Adventure packs are a worthy investment, even for solo players.  More variety, easier experience, and better loot.  As for the Artificer, I know that the Cannith challenge missions give ya favor.  The quests in Secrets of the Artificers are all pretty high-level, but Vaults of the Artificers will give you access to all the challenges any time you happen to want to enter one.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 09, 2012, 08:02:31 pm
Deepwood Sniper is kind of a trap at the moment.  You'd be better off going Arcane Archer until Turbine gets around to the Enhancement Overhaul.  Then maybe Deepwood Sniper won't be absolutely terrible.

...That being said, if you really WANT to go Deepwood Sniper, do.  I'm just saying, at the moment, Arcane Archer is unfortunately superior in every way for what you want to do :-/
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Post by: erictheblue on September 09, 2012, 08:54:01 pm
Deepwood Sniper is kind of a trap at the moment.  You'd be better off going Arcane Archer until Turbine gets around to the Enhancement Overhaul.

What do you mean?

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I'm just saying, at the moment, Arcane Archer is unfortunately superior in every way for what you want to do :-/

Right now, I'm Ranger 1/Rogue 1, and about to pick up Ranger 2. I'm also Human, not Elf. Would it be worth it to scrap this character and restart to get a casting class? If so, what class? From the DDO site, it seems the casting classes are hard to solo (though I guess I could take Ranger 5, snag a casting class at 6, and take Ranger 6 and AA at 7). I have not unlocked Artificer yet, so my options are Bard, Sorc, and Wiz.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 09, 2012, 09:05:30 pm
Rangers are partially a casting class and so naturally qualify for Arcane Archer (though they do need to pick up a Mental Toughness feat at level 5 to qualify)


You don't actually need to multiclass to pick up Arcane Archer (and, in fact, it's preferable not to)

That being said, you can keep on playing as you are.  The level of Rogue is very useful, and the sneak attack damage will help out a bit, too.  You might get some odd looks, but you'll be fine.

Human is a perfectly good race for a ranged ranger.

The reason Deepwood Sniper is terrible is, well... there's only one rank of it, the active ability it is pretty terrible even when it does work, and the passive abilities of the prestige enhancement are not even worth the AP.  You'd literally be better off not taking any prestige enhancement than taking Deepwood Sniper.
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Post by: erictheblue on September 09, 2012, 09:19:45 pm
Rangers are partially a casting class and so naturally qualify for Arcane Archer (though they do need to pick up a Mental Toughness feat at level 5 to qualify)

Ahh... I see that now... I didn't click on the link for Mental Toughness in the DDO wiki, so thought it was a feat that comes from a casting class. (All the other feats listed are ones from arcana classes.)

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Human is a perfectly good race for a ranged ranger.

Another misunderstanding on my part, this time from the Compendium. It recommends Half-Elf as the race, which I took to be from the PNP requirement of being either Elf or Half-Elf. Nice to know that is gone. (DDO Wiki also calls it "Elven Arcane Archer." I see now that that is a separate, but mostly identical, enhancement.)

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The reason Deepwood Sniper is terrible is, well... there's only one rank of it, the active ability it is pretty terrible even when it does work, and the passive abilities of the prestige enhancement are not even worth the AP.  You'd literally be better off not taking any prestige enhancement than taking Deepwood Sniper.

I see.... Looking again at AA and knowing that it does not require an arcane casting class, it does look like the better option. Thanks!
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 10, 2012, 03:52:28 am
All Mental Toughness requires is that you have SP.

On a side note, I borrowed Epic Mickey from Rusty.  Holy guacamole and garlic on a meatless sandwich, this is a fantastic game.  The camera is a bit wonky at times, but other than that, the game is pretty much excellent.  The atmosphere is very good at conveying just how dark and depressing the world is, and if you go Scrapper, the game is even MORE depressing.  And unlike other games where you can just try out choices and reload until you get the morality you want, in this game, it autosaves after a morality choice.  While inconvenient in a way, it also does what it sets out to do - basically, makes you stick with your choice.  In other words, your decisions matter and have an impact.

And boy do they have an impact.  If you're a Heroic Mickey, NPCs react to you fairly positively.  If you're a Scrapper Mickey, they look at you with a cold disdain.  If you're Heroic, they're generally walking around cheerfully.  If you're Scrapper, they're hunched over, staring at the ground instead of where they're going.  Some choices have consequences beyond the most immediate resolution, too.

Also, Animatronic Goofy will haunt my nightmares.  In a fantastic way.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on September 10, 2012, 04:24:59 am
15 Ages.  It took me traveling to 15 different motherfucking dimensions to finally find cacti in Technic.  I almost ditched the world I found it in, too...because it was all covered in fucking snow.  It took re-entering the world after looking at the book in my writing desk and noticing the "DesertHills" glyph to find the little, green fuckers.

I finally have a working volcano pump!  I'VE GOT LAVA, BITCHES!  I've finally got fucking lava in tanks!  I'm going to give geothermal power a big, sloppy kiss (I'd give it a stiff fuck, but...that's reserved for someone else), then, I'm going to become a fucking god.  Again.
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Post by: ironbite on September 10, 2012, 04:09:19 pm
So in Skyrim I threw in with the Stormcloaks and....I don't think I like Ulfric.  I want to murder him.

Ironbite-not sure why either.
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Post by: Gst0395 on September 10, 2012, 04:13:55 pm
So in Skyrim I threw in with the Stormcloaks and....I don't think I like Ulfric.  I want to murder him.
I chose the Stormcloaks as well. Why should they be told by the Imperials how they live?
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Post by: ironbite on September 10, 2012, 04:20:43 pm
Oh no I totally agree with their political views.  I mean Skyrim itself is only marginally a part of the Empire as a whole.  But to be told that a major figure in your Pantheon has suddenly been kicked out because a bunch of jackass Mer said so?  And let's not forget that they started the war by basically butchering a very ancient and old organization that protected your emperor for centuries.  Yeah let's give in to them and change how we worship our gods.  That'll go over well.

Maybe it's just Ulfric I don't like but if there was a way to take over the Stormcloaks I'd do it in a second.  Maybe it's the fact that I'm the Dragonborn or something but god damn these people.  Really not seeing how they've gotten where they have without me.

Ironbite-also the Jarl of Whiterun's an idiot.
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Post by: Distind on September 10, 2012, 04:28:38 pm
You guys did snoop around and find the mer's files on Ulfric right? I went through the stormcloak side of the war and came out feeling dirty before I even found those files. Had to start a new character so I could whoop his ass again.

Also, a full unrelenting force is a lot of fun off the top of a tower.

170 hours in the game, finally got about half way through the story, suddenly feel the urge to start another new character.
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Post by: ironbite on September 10, 2012, 04:33:45 pm
Oh I did find those files on him.  But even then I don't like the Empire.  At all.  And yes I know there's a way to not do this questline, I just don't like the Empire.  I don't like a people who gave away one of their gods just for the sake of peace.

Ironbite-if I could set myself up as ruler of Skyrim I would in a heartbeat.
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Post by: Vypernight on September 10, 2012, 04:43:37 pm
I never got involved with politics in Skyrim.  That just means less people to kill.
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Post by: ironbite on September 10, 2012, 04:46:04 pm
Exactly and where's the fun in that?

Ironbite-I mean there's only so many Thalmor in Skyrim.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 10, 2012, 06:21:46 pm
Ironically, private worship of Talos was allowed (and encouraged) until the Stormcloaks raised a fuss, which alerted the Thalmor to the fact that the god they said not to worship was being worshiped.

So, you can thank the Stormcloaks AND the Thalmor for private worship of Talos being banned.

Me?  The only decent Stormcloak is Ralof.  The rest can go get devoured by Alduin.  They're practically like a cult following Ulfric's every word as if it was the gospel truth, and he uses that fact.

That's not to say I don't like the Empire, but strategically speaking, they have the primary advantage in the war against the thalmor - the Stormcloaks, however, would rather sacrifice Skyrim to the Thalmor than partner with the Empire.  And they'll kill Nords who don't agree with their cause.  So, excuse me Mr. "Skyrim is for the Nords", it is also for the Nords you don't agree with.  I won't side with the man who murdered his high king in cold blood and then tried to pass it off as a challenge afterwards.

...

Is there a "Side with Alduin" option?  I'd love that.  Screw Skyrim, let the rebirth begin!

(You know you're fucked when the messianic figure allies himself with the devil figure)
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Post by: RavynousHunter on September 10, 2012, 07:12:24 pm
Ya know, in Skyrim, you're basically Jesus.  You really should be able to form your own faction and kick everyone's ass, especially the Thalmoor.  Then again, I have an emphatic hatred for all things Altmer.
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Post by: Distind on September 10, 2012, 07:23:40 pm
Ya know, in Skyrim, you're basically Jesus.  You really should be able to form your own faction and kick everyone's ass, especially the Thalmoor.  Then again, I have an emphatic hatred for all things Altmer.
I just whoop Ulric's, the thalmor and pretty much everything else's ass while wearing a amulet of Talos. I figure it all balances out. Once genocide is complete there's no further reason to ban his worship.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on September 10, 2012, 07:39:47 pm
As a rule, I only use fire against the Altmer.  Especially the Fire Breath thu'um, if I'm up against a group of em.
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Post by: syaoranvee on September 10, 2012, 10:48:42 pm
Is there any particular game to start with first with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on September 10, 2012, 11:12:17 pm
Eeh, not really.  You get some backstory with the earlier ones, but its pretty much all explained in the in-game books.  They're all pretty much their own, separate games.
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Post by: MaybeNever on September 11, 2012, 12:11:58 am
Morrowind's probably the strongest if you don't mind dated graphics and like very alien locales AND WILL MURDER ALL CLIFF RACERS. There are also a few hints of what was to come in Oblivion, so that's pretty neat. The expansions, though, are really great. Oblivion had some kind of weh DLCs, and Skyrim's first and second expansions look so underwhelming I think they gave me cancer. But Morrowind's? First class, all the way.

Oblivion's a lot more bland, Merry Olde England sort of thing, although there were certain improvements in how the game handles some things that make it more palatable than Morrowind. This is particularly the case with respect to combat, which in MW was purely about statistics (even if you visibly hit an enemy in MW, it doesn't count unless your skill roll behind the scenes says you hit). Archery is a lot more gooder too. Good choice if you have an older computer, since at this point it can still probably handle all the graphical dealies. Probably the most fun guild questline in any Elder Scrolls game, that for the Dark Brotherhood, is in this game.

Skyrim is probably the best if you want something actiony, since there was clearly a focus on making combat more visceral and cinematic. I feel like it has the weakest guild quest lines, but a lot more emergent stuff and more beautiful terrain to run around in. I've put in a lot of hours just fooling around in all the games, but I feel like Skyrim's been the most consistently attractive to me over time.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 11, 2012, 12:26:33 am
Morrowind's combat system is kinda bad though, even for the time period.

If you own both Morrowind and Oblivion, though, there is a special mod (I forget what it's called exactly... Morroblivion?) that basically is Morrowind but with Oblivion's physics and gameplay.

It does require data directly from Morrowind's files, though, so you actually do have to have both games in order to play it.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on September 11, 2012, 12:34:58 am
As part of my current Banjo-Kazooie binge, I've decided finally try and beat Nuts and Bolts. I have to say, I've forgotten how absolutely horrible the physics are in that game. Everything just feels so weightless and the only vehicles that don't handle like ass are boats. I really do like the idea of an adventure game based around building vehicles, it's just the execution is a little sub-par. I do hope that mechanic is used in a future game and done right.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 11, 2012, 12:36:55 am
Actually, there seem to be plenty of videos of people mastering the mechanics system to make vehicles do things that the game makers couldn't even predict.

Though that might just be MORE evidence of how broken it is.
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Post by: VirtualStranger on September 11, 2012, 12:42:33 am
Ya know, in Skyrim, you're basically Jesus.  You really should be able to form your own faction and kick everyone's ass, especially the Thalmoor.  Then again, I have an emphatic hatred for all things Altmer.

Because Bethesda isn't very good at the whole "choice" thing. Most of the time in Skyrim, the only plot choice you have is either "do the quest" or "don't do the quest", with only slight variations along the way that don't really change much. Like how the Imperial and Stormcloak quest-lines are pretty much exactly the same and change nothing once you've completed them. Bethesda games are really more about world-building and exploration more than anything else, and that's what they're good at.

Now if Obsidian had made the game on the other hand, then you would probably be able to do exactly what you described.

Compare Fallout 3 (Bethesda) to Fallout: NV (Obsidian) in terms of faction choice and you'll see what I'm talking about.


On another note, the Hearthfire add-on is pretty fun. I've spent the last couple days building and customizing my new huge-ass manor.
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Post by: Sleepy on September 11, 2012, 12:45:53 am
As part of my current Banjo-Kazooie binge, I've decided finally try and beat Nuts and Bolts. I have to say, I've forgotten how absolutely horrible the physics are in that game. Everything just feels so weightless and the only vehicles that don't handle like ass are boats. I really do like the idea of an adventure game based around building vehicles, it's just the execution is a little sub-par. I do hope that mechanic is used in a future game and done right.

I was wondering about Nuts & Bolts, but reading about it, I think I'd be disappointed if I were to play. I can appreciate them trying to be creative by adding new elements to the game, like the vehicle construction, but that's not really my thing.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on September 11, 2012, 12:48:12 am
Actually, there seem to be plenty of videos of people mastering the mechanics system to make vehicles do things that the game makers couldn't even predict.

Though that might just be MORE evidence of how broken it is.
You don't need to even come close to mastering the mechanics to break the game. You can build any sort of plane, knock one of the wings off and it'll fly perfectly. You can also slap together the heaviest possibly build you can possibly come up with within the maximum dimensions the game will allow, use a single small engine to drive a small propeller pointed either up or down and you'll have a perfectly functional (if a little hard to handle) helicopter. Then of course there's the fact that you can easily reach areas of the overworld that you're theoretically not supposed to reach until later in the game. It's a little tedious, but you can acquire parts that completely break some of the earlier challenges.

I do wish that game wasn't console exclusive. I'm sure that mods could've improved it by leaps and bounds.
I was wondering about Nuts & Bolts, but reading about it, I think I'd be disappointed if I were to play. I can appreciate them trying to be creative by adding new elements to the game, like the vehicle construction, but that's not really my thing.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a genuinely fun game in its own right, as flawed as it is. If you can find it cheap like I did, it should be worth the price. Just ignore the Banjo-Kazooie aspect or at the very least treat it as a spin-off and you should have a good enough time with it.

In other, Banjo-Tooie related news, fuck clinkers. It took me around fifteen tries to get all of the little fuckers.
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Post by: Askold on September 11, 2012, 09:24:01 am
Update on Old Rebublic:

The story seems good.

I like the light/dark-side choices. Particularly because of the way many of them seem to work on the empire side. You see I was afraid I would simply get the classic Save orphan vs kick the puppy choices -and sometimes that is what I get- but often the choices are a bit smarter. For sith many ligh-side choices are the choices where their actions help the Empire while the dark-side choices are selfish and only help themselves. And the Sith in general are selfish with a insane hunger for more power so having them backstab each other in a struggle for power is in character.

I particularly like when this shows up in the prologue of the imperial agent.
(click to show/hide)

I get the feeling that much of the work done by the non-sith members in the empire is trying to undo the damage done by the sith running wild...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 11, 2012, 09:40:27 am
Is there any particular game to start with first with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim.
Oblivion and Skyrim have fast travel, Morrowind does not. Oblivion has a GOTY edition that's generally cheap as hell during steam sales. If you're not quite desperate to play I'd say pick up Oblivion next steam sale, unless you like dragons and the kicking of dragon ass, in which case skyrim is worth it. Skyrim's combat's a bit more fun, but you don't get to bunny hop across the country side for shits, giggles and profit like oblivion.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 11, 2012, 02:12:26 pm
Right.  You can only bunny hop for shits and giggles ;D

At least jumping doesn't take stamina in Skyrim, though I'm sure there's a mod for that in Oblivion.

At least it's not like Morrowind where, if your athletics are low, you run as fast as people walk in Skyrim, and you lose stamina while doing so.
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Post by: Distind on September 11, 2012, 04:02:23 pm
Oh yeah, and I finally realized how to level armor in skyrim without having to do boring things. Don't invest all your skill points in offense. Combat takes more than two hits and is actually quite interesting, in so doing your block and armor skills wind up much higher than one and two shotting everything.

Though little can compare to the glory of the legendary enhanced dwarven cross bow of doom and tripled sneak crit damage, actually fighting has proven to be somewhat enjoyable as well.
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Post by: SimSim on September 11, 2012, 04:10:47 pm
Is there any particular game to start with first with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim.
Oblivion and Skyrim have fast travel, Morrowind does not. Oblivion has a GOTY edition that's generally cheap as hell during steam sales. If you're not quite desperate to play I'd say pick up Oblivion next steam sale, unless you like dragons and the kicking of dragon ass, in which case skyrim is worth it. Skyrim's combat's a bit more fun, but you don't get to bunny hop across the country side for shits, giggles and profit like oblivion.
There's fast travel in Morrowind, sorta. You can take the Silt Striders to certain cities and there's the mark and recall spells.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 11, 2012, 04:13:21 pm
Not to mention the Mage's Guild has portals to other Mage's Guild centers.

Though I will admit, the fast travel of Oblivion/Skyrim is a HUGE convenience.  I just think Oblivion should've gone with what Skyrim did and not give you every major city automatically.
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Post by: ironbite on September 11, 2012, 06:29:55 pm
I kinda wish the radar system in Skyrim was a bit mroe like Fallout.  I understand why it's not but damn, really wish I knew where my god damn companion was without having to wait an hour.

Ironbite-just a mark for where my ally is.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 11, 2012, 06:57:48 pm
Not to mention the Mage's Guild has portals to other Mage's Guild centers.

Though I will admit, the fast travel of Oblivion/Skyrim is a HUGE convenience.  I just think Oblivion should've gone with what Skyrim did and not give you every major city automatically.

I should amend my statement a bit and point out that while there is a mod that essentially sets it up so that you can't just fast travel to any city, the problem with it is that the way the game is set up, you're put in the middle of nowhere at the beginning.  You can turn around and walk all the way around the imperial city until you get in, but then you've still got to make the arduous journey to one of the other towns.

Also, due to fast travel being so easy to use, there are naturally no forms of "natural" fast travel like Skyrim and Morrowind have.

I kinda wish the radar system in Skyrim was a bit mroe like Fallout.  I understand why it's not but damn, really wish I knew where my god damn companion was without having to wait an hour.

Ironbite-just a mark for where my ally is.

Not a fan of Fallout series, but that does sound handy.
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Post by: Vypernight on September 12, 2012, 04:39:38 am
I'm thinking of getting Pokemon Black 2 when it comes out, depending on how different it is from the original.  I want to take a cute little Audino (or however it's spelled) and turn it into a vicious red-eyed monster, just like I did with Cuddles the Clefable in SS.
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Post by: Mechtaur on September 12, 2012, 05:33:45 am
I'm thinking of getting Pokemon Black 2 when it comes out, depending on how different it is from the original.  I want to take a cute little Audino (or however it's spelled) and turn it into a vicious red-eyed monster, just like I did with Cuddles the Clefable in SS.

Well, the core mechanics are the same as BW1, but the story is a sequel story.

Personally, I want to get it just to have fun and collect all of N's Pokemon to make my team.
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Post by: Vypernight on September 12, 2012, 05:34:57 am
I never played BW so it's all new to me anyway.
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Post by: Mechtaur on September 12, 2012, 05:41:23 am
I never played BW so it's all new to me anyway.

Aw, fair enough.

I guess all I can do is suggest a synopsis to prevent some confusion then. xD
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Post by: Saturn500 on September 12, 2012, 05:18:00 pm
I've decided to simply buy La-Mulana via Playism, since it'll take forever to get through Steam Greenlight at this rate.
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Post by: Distind on September 13, 2012, 08:17:45 am
So, anyone else getting borderlands 2? I'd love to actually play this one with people.
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Post by: largeham on September 13, 2012, 08:26:29 am
I'll be picking it up on the 20th, when it comes out here. When does it come out in the States?
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Post by: Art Vandelay on September 13, 2012, 08:31:01 am
FTL - Faster Than Light comes out tomorrow. I can't wait, it looks freaking brilliant and its so cheap I won't feel bad about grabbing it on launch.
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Post by: Distind on September 13, 2012, 08:34:22 am
I'll be picking it up on the 20th, when it comes out here. When does it come out in the States?
Comes out on the 18th in the states, though that is my fiancee's birthday so I'll most likely either be doing something else or playing it so she can watch.

And yeah, I'm considering FTL as well, paid for my pre-order of borderlands ages ago so I have some play money.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on September 13, 2012, 02:53:18 pm
So, anyone else getting borderlands 2? I'd love to actually play this one with people.

My bro pre-ordered it a while back, I could introduce you two, if ye wanted.  He's a fairly cool dude, even if he does get too into the game every so often.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 14, 2012, 07:14:25 am
FTL - Faster Than Light is now out on GOG, and I'm now the proud owner of a copy. I'm now a very happy panda.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 14, 2012, 07:18:21 am
A bit late to the party, but I have to say, the whole thing with Guild Wars 2 was a bit hilarious.

Before release, during testing:

"Oh man, this game is fun!"
"Yeah, it's definitely better than <insert MMO here>"
"So much going for it.  I can't wait until it's actually released!"

After release

"HOLY FUCK THIS GAME SUCKS!"
"YEAH, <insert same MMO here> WAS SO MUCH BETTER!"
"BAWWW MORE SHITTY GAMES NO ONE EVER RELEASES ANYTHING GOOD ANYMORE BAWWWW!"

Fickle gamers... you amuse me :3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 14, 2012, 10:03:12 am
FTL - Faster Than Light is now out on GOG, and I'm now the proud owner of a copy. I'm now a very happy panda.
For the new owners of this, I've got one question. Can you give orders while paused?

I SUCK at real time strategy, but I know you can pause the game, however half the time when you can pause you can't actually do anything while paused.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 14, 2012, 10:16:04 am
FTL - Faster Than Light is now out on GOG, and I'm now the proud owner of a copy. I'm now a very happy panda.
For the new owners of this, I've got one question. Can you give orders while paused?
You can. I tell you, without this option, the game would be absolute arse. It's hard as balls as it is, but not in a cheap way (largely thanks to this lovely feature).
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Post by: Distind on September 14, 2012, 10:51:00 am
Wonderful, now, I wonder if it'd looks like I was working while playing it... I should probably wait till I get home.
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Post by: Distind on September 14, 2012, 05:04:11 pm
I could sooo pretend to work while playing this... but it's a fun game thus far.
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Post by: erictheblue on September 14, 2012, 08:31:39 pm
I hate my luck.

I bought the Monk class for DDO 2 days ago. Today, it went on sale for 20% off.


Speaking of DDO, am I right in thinking there's only 1 Enhancement for Artificer (Battle Engineer) and none for Druid? I read ddowiki.com for info, but the site does not list anything else, and when I went looking last night, I couldn't find any.



A bit late to the party, but I have to say, the whole thing with Guild Wars 2 was a bit hilarious.

Before release, during testing:

"Oh man, this game is fun!"
"Yeah, it's definitely better than <insert MMO here>"
"So much going for it.  I can't wait until it's actually released!"

After release

"HOLY FUCK THIS GAME SUCKS!"
"YEAH, <insert same MMO here> WAS SO MUCH BETTER!"
"BAWWW MORE SHITTY GAMES NO ONE EVER RELEASES ANYTHING GOOD ANYMORE BAWWWW!"

Fickle gamers... you amuse me :3

I had wondering if that would happen. When SWTOR first came out, the forums were full of "this game sucks! I can't wait for TSW and GW2." In the back of my mind, I kept thinking "dreams are usually better than reality..."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 14, 2012, 09:58:00 pm
I hate my luck.

I bought the Monk class for DDO 2 days ago. Today, it went on sale for 20% off.


Speaking of DDO, am I right in thinking there's only 1 Enhancement for Artificer (Battle Engineer) and none for Druid? I read ddowiki.com for info, but the site does not list anything else, and when I went looking last night, I couldn't find any.

Aye, for now, Artificers only get one prestige enhancement line, the Battle Engineer.  As for Druid, they've got two: Season's Herald (http://ddowiki.com/page/Seasons%27_Herald_enhancements), and Nature's Warrior (http://ddowiki.com/page/Nature%27s_Warrior_enhancements).

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I had wondering if that would happen. When SWTOR first came out, the forums were full of "this game sucks! I can't wait for TSW and GW2." In the back of my mind, I kept thinking "dreams are usually better than reality..."

I haven't played SWTOR or TSW, but I can say that GW2 at least looks like it took 7 some-odd years to make.

In my eyes, was it worth the wait?  Fuck.  Yes.  It ain't the perfect game, but no game is, but it is really, really fucking good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 14, 2012, 10:18:36 pm
Part of the problem is that many in the gaming community have had their rose-colored nostalgia goggles permanently affixed to their eyes.

They think about the good ol' days, about how all the old games were better.  The problem is that they've put the "good ol' days" on such a high pedestal that there is no way any game released now could ever possibly compare.

Games made back then were as shitty and good as the games today are.  People complain about how "games today are so easy" but then hard games are being made (and often these same people will be whining about that)

What also gets me is when people complain about how X is overpowered and Game that X belongs to is too easy.  When you ask them "Well, maybe stop using the overpowered ability", their response can be accurately summed up as

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DON'T ASK ME TO PERFORM ANY SELF CONTROL, IT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO MAKE THE GAME NINTENDO HARD FOR US METAGAMERS WHO TAKE ABSOLUTELY EVERY ADVANTAGE OF THE SYSTEM!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on September 14, 2012, 10:56:12 pm
So Obsidian is doing a thing. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity)

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Obsidian Entertainment and our legendary game designers Chris Avellone, Tim Cain, and Josh Sawyer are excited to bring you a new role-playing game for the PC. Project Eternity (working title) pays homage to the great Infinity Engine games of years past: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment.

Project Eternity aims to recapture the magic, imagination, depth, and nostalgia of classic RPGs that we enjoyed making - and playing. At Obsidian, we have the people responsible for many of those classic games and we want to bring those games back… and that’s why we’re here - we need your help to make it a reality!

(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma3wz5xIWY1qesugk.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 15, 2012, 02:44:47 am
Waitwaitwait...weren't those all using various D&D rulesets?  ...Are they implying we could have a good D&D-based single-player RPG coming soon?

That was the sound of my penis exploding from the sheer ecstasy that thought caused.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on September 15, 2012, 12:29:15 pm
I haven't played SWTOR or TSW, but I can say that GW2 at least looks like it took 7 some-odd years to make.

I'm sure it is awesome. I haven't played GW2, but did play 1 and really like it. I'm very interested in GW2, but can't justify buying it right now.

So Obsidian is doing a thing. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity)

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Obsidian Entertainment and our legendary game designers Chris Avellone, Tim Cain, and Josh Sawyer are excited to bring you a new role-playing game for the PC. Project Eternity (working title) pays homage to the great Infinity Engine games of years past: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment.

Project Eternity aims to recapture the magic, imagination, depth, and nostalgia of classic RPGs that we enjoyed making - and playing. At Obsidian, we have the people responsible for many of those classic games and we want to bring those games back… and that’s why we’re here - we need your help to make it a reality!

I saw that yesterday and started drooling. I really wonder what they are going to come up with.

Waitwaitwait...weren't those all using various D&D rulesets?  ...Are they implying we could have a good D&D-based single-player RPG coming soon?

That was the sound of my penis exploding from the sheer ecstasy that thought caused.

Put your penis back together. This is a new IP, not another D&D game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 15, 2012, 07:50:50 pm
New IP doesn't mean they won't be using D&D rules.  There's a difference between using a D&D setting, and the D&D ruleset.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on September 16, 2012, 01:02:43 am
New IP doesn't mean they won't be using D&D rules.  There's a difference between using a D&D setting, and the D&D ruleset.

I need to find where I read it, but I'm pretty sure they're not using D&D rules because they've said they're horrendously unbalanced.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 16, 2012, 03:48:41 pm
Fuck yes, I finally defeated the flagship in FTL - Faster Than Light. I managed to stumble upon the perfect build and strategy for taking him down, completely by accident (though admittedly, it is kind of obvious). That fight was not so much a fight as it was me steadily dismantling his ship piece by piece. Only took a total of eight points of hull damage throughout the entire fight.

After having my ass handed to me every time I got close to him, this was absolutely glorious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on September 16, 2012, 08:40:29 pm
Finally got my first earned Botkiller weapon, the Flamethrower (I bought a Botkiller wrench off some guy since it is the one I really wanted).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 17, 2012, 05:03:06 am
Beat Dead Space 2 for the third time, though this time with 3 fully-upgraded weapons.  The only thing better than obliterating everything in my path was killing the ubermorph that constantly regenerates.  After he made my life hell the last playthrough, and after he chased me through the previous level, I finally tricked him into getting right near a huge fan.  I then hit him with Stasis and shot him right into the fan, yelling, "Trying growing back now!"  Great feeling when you kill something that's normally unkillable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 17, 2012, 10:04:34 am
New IP doesn't mean they won't be using D&D rules.  There's a difference between using a D&D setting, and the D&D ruleset.

I need to find where I read it, but I'm pretty sure they're not using D&D rules because they've said they're horrendously unbalanced.
If you find it let me know, I'd be backing the project if it isn't using the D&D rules.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 18, 2012, 05:37:42 am
Take a lookse at what I just found. Starship Corporation (http://www.starshipcorporation.com/). Basically, it's a big fuckoff spaceship building and management sim, or as I like to call it, Faster Than Light on steroids (at least that's how it looks thus far). I have to say, despite all the pretentious 8-bit shovelware, indie developers are doing some amazing things in the sci-fi genre.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on September 18, 2012, 06:03:53 am
I'm a fan of Shores of Hazeron (http://www.hazeron.com/) which allows you to build a civilization from nothing to sending rockets into space, allowing you to build actual spaceships(with blueprints that you make for it) from minerals on other planets, build some warp drive shit and check out neighboring solar systems(you can do this without it but it will take hours before you reach anything outside your solar system).

Only downsides are that the game was started like a decade ago so the graphics are rather basic. And sometimes horrible lag.

Here's a video of a person having reached the stage of basic rockets and blasting off to the moon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRAnMvKtSY4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 18, 2012, 06:56:34 am
I would love to try out Hazeron should I ever have a PC that wouldn't melt at the mere thought of it. Though it does look like it suffers from the Spore problem of spreading itself way too thin. Personally, I'd rather have a dedicated spaceship building and combat sim.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 20, 2012, 01:01:07 pm
Free games:
http://neondeathparade.net/post/31819794911/big-fat-birthday-pc-game-giveaway

That I happen to know about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on September 20, 2012, 09:34:32 pm
Hmm, Borderlands 2 requires Steam activation. This does not bode well, but it seems good so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 20, 2012, 09:55:15 pm
Hmm, Borderlands 2 requires Steam activation. This does not bode well, but it seems good so far.
Has some nice integration features from what I'm seeing. Lets you invite people right off your steam list.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on September 20, 2012, 10:52:24 pm
Hmm, Borderlands 2 requires Steam activation. This does not bode well, but it seems good so far.
Has some nice integration features from what I'm seeing. Lets you invite people right off your steam list.

I liked that, but I hate it being on Steam. One has to be online to get into offline mode, and all the advertising crap.

The game is pretty bloody good, but the UI isn't as good as the first game, though maybe it's just because I'm used to it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 21, 2012, 08:24:18 am
By the way, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is currently 60% on GOG.com, bringing it down to $7.99. If you don't have it already and you like management sims, then definitely pick it up. It's most definitely the best in its genre by a huge margin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 21, 2012, 08:26:49 am
The game is pretty bloody good, but the UI isn't as good as the first game, though maybe it's just because I'm used to it.
I'm finding the separate menus a bit jarring as well, but should I figure out the hot keys again(been ages since i played an FPS like this) it should be manageable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 21, 2012, 02:43:01 pm
By the way, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is currently 60% on GOG.com, bringing it down to $7.99. If you don't have it already and you like management sims, then definitely pick it up. It's most definitely the best in its genre by a huge margin.

I love RCT 3, though for some reason, people think my coasters are a little too extreme to watch.  Just because one has an 800 foot drop whilte another has over 40 inversions . . .

I also love giving drinks away for free but charging $6 for the bathroom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 21, 2012, 03:03:39 pm
I love RCT 3, though for some reason, people think my coasters are a little too extreme to watch.  Just because one has an 800 foot drop whilte another has over 40 inversions . . .

I also love giving drinks away for free but charging $6 for the bathroom.
I'm having a lot of fun with it so far. My only major complaints so far is that micro-managing your employees is a pain in the ass and the interface is a lot more cryptic than its predecessors, but other than that, it's a seriously awesome game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 21, 2012, 04:37:58 pm
I love RCT 3, though for some reason, people think my coasters are a little too extreme to watch.  Just because one has an 800 foot drop whilte another has over 40 inversions . . .

I also love giving drinks away for free but charging $6 for the bathroom.
I'm having a lot of fun with it so far. My only major complaints so far is that micro-managing your employees is a pain in the ass and the interface is a lot more cryptic than its predecessors, but other than that, it's a seriously awesome game.

I especially love sandbox mode, because the ride selection is fantastic, and you can create a diverse, kickass park with sections for every type of guest. I have the water park expansion pack, and that's awesome as well. It's fun to build custom water slides. Man, do the lines get long for those.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 22, 2012, 04:12:27 am
I preordered Pokemon Black 2.  It sounds like fun, and the new Pokestar studios sounds like a pokemon version of The Movies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on September 23, 2012, 11:56:18 am
I'm several years behind the times and I just started playing Fallout New Vegas. I kinda like paying $20some to have the bugs gone and all the DLC. Any suggestions on missions that are must dos and those that suck and are worth skipping?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: DrFishcake on September 23, 2012, 02:33:28 pm
By the way, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 is currently 60% on GOG.com, bringing it down to $7.99. If you don't have it already and you like management sims, then definitely pick it up. It's most definitely the best in its genre by a huge margin.

^ This. Enjoyed that game so immensely. Also, D/L the PyroMikkel fireworks pack. Ton of new effects, about 90% of which are more realistic than the default selection.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 23, 2012, 04:12:56 pm
I'm several years behind the times and I just started playing Fallout New Vegas. I kinda like paying $20some to have the bugs gone and all the DLC. Any suggestions on missions that are must dos and those that suck and are worth skipping?

Don't do anything for the Legion.  They're douche bags.  Hell everyone but you is a douche and doesn't deserve any of your time.  And unlike Skyrim, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR ANYONE!  You can go out and just take over New Vegas by yourself, it's great!

Ironbite-and there are bugs...it's a Bethesda game. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on September 23, 2012, 04:58:34 pm
It's a Bethesda and Obsidian game, I should rephrase, the game destroying bugs have been worked out.

And yeah, I noticed that your actions have varying effects between the factions. Helping one tends to get others to dislike you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on September 23, 2012, 08:18:19 pm
I'm several years behind the times and I just started playing Fallout New Vegas. I kinda like paying $20some to have the bugs gone and all the DLC. Any suggestions on missions that are must dos and those that suck and are worth skipping?

Don't do anything for the Legion.  They're douche bags.  Hell everyone but you is a douche and doesn't deserve any of your time.  And unlike Skyrim, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR ANYONE!  You can go out and just take over New Vegas by yourself, it's great!

The Legion questline can be fun if you don't mind being a jerk. I made one character specifically to do those quests, and made her as evil as possible.

I find "Come Fly With Me" to be rather touching (if you take the good option).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on September 23, 2012, 10:01:13 pm
I made a female character who slept with, then killed Benny.
I only played the first DLC Dead Money,  and found it to be Nintendo Hard (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FalloutNewVegas/TropesNToR)

How you help or don't help every character changes their ending, do a lot of side quests.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on September 23, 2012, 10:58:13 pm
Can't wait for Phantasy Star Online 2 to get up, I plan on downloading it as soon as it becomes possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 23, 2012, 11:10:41 pm
I'm considering weather or not to drop the $9.99 and buy Faster Than Light or save up and finally shut up my fucking cousin and get Saints Row Three.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on September 23, 2012, 11:31:25 pm
I made a female character who slept with, then killed Benny.
I only played the first DLC Dead Money,  and found it to be Nintendo Hard (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FalloutNewVegas/TropesNToR)

How you help or don't help every character changes their ending, do a lot of side quests.

Dead Money is brutal, but the potential payoff is really nice. I liked that there were a lot of stat/skill checks for various non-quest stuff, like understanding Christine. Honest Hearts was beautiful and had a rather nice and basically logical moral choice at the end as well as lots of great stuff to find (like the Survivalist stories), but it felt a bit aimless. I've done a bit of Old World Blues, which appears to be hard as balls - harder than Dead Money - and the sense I get from Lonesome Road is that it'll be more of the same. It's cool that they all have references to each other, though. It gives you the sense there are other wanderers out there doing stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 24, 2012, 08:30:15 am
From what I've found, Old World Blues and Lonesome road connect directly to the main story pretty seamlessly.  Dead Money and Honest Hearts...eh.

Ironbite-but Lonesome Road is so connected it's not even funny.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Juna Starrider on September 24, 2012, 09:18:53 am
Lonesome Road seems to be very hard, in my opinion.  Dead Money is hard because of all the limitations (Lose all your gear, explosive collar 'round your neck, enemies that are hard to kill, deadly gas), but Lonesome road is just bloody hard, even though it allows you to pack everything.  I was decked out in Power Armour, several different top of the line weapons, enough ammo to shoot up New Vegas, and stimpacks galore.   By the end of the game, I was scrounging for bullets, eating radiated Mac 'N Cheese for sustenance,  all while being hunted by a marked man with a stealth boy.   Oh god...it was fun.

Although, the tunnellers.... *shudder*.  I thought Cazadores and Deathclaws were scary.  Those guys have nothing on the Tunnellers. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 24, 2012, 09:24:17 am
Stealth is your friend in lonesome road.

Went through it with a riot shotgun and desert ranger armor, with the odd help from a rocket launcher(and at one point a fatboy). Was a blast.

That said, I thought old world blues wasn't that bad, you just need something with a bit of AP to it, an EMP weapon, or a couple of those anti-robot perks. Shit ton of loot though, never have money trouble after that place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 25, 2012, 01:32:39 am
I think I'm starting to fall in love with RedPower, in Technic Minecraft.  Unlike the BuildCraft pipes, if RedPower pipes can't send anything into a connected inventory, even if a pulse is sent to a filter to pull things out of a chest, it won't do it.  If any excess does happen to pop up, its just sent back down the system, and right back into the chest from whence it came.

No need for obsidian pipes, BuildCraft engines, or any complex retrieval systems, since the filters work off simple redstone pulses, which you can do easily with a timer and some red alloy wire.  No muss, no fuss...lovely, and efficient.  Just how I like my machines.

[ETA]
My god, I think I've created not one, but two monsters.  My first monster?  A behemothic BuildCraft energy generator that works off 64 redstone and 64 steam engines, the latter of which are fueled by an endless supply of charcoal (4x less EMC than regular coal) distributed by a RedPower pneumatic tube system.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_BuildCraft-Behemoth-Generator.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=BuildCraft-Behemoth-Generator.png)

My second monster?  You know how, with my behemoth BuildCraft generator, I effectively have a massive, endless supply of BuildCraft energy?  I've done the same with IndustrialCraft, using a little trick I learned by reading the Technic wiki comments that allows me to create endless amounts of lava.  FOR FREE. (Minus parts and labor, of course)

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_Free-Lava-Generator.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=Free-Lava-Generator.png)

Oh, and how much can this generate?  Well, it may not look like much, but my tanks were about...15% full before I made two of these wee buggers.  A few Minecraft days later, I now have THIS.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_SO-MUCH-LAVA.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=SO-MUCH-LAVA.png)

Yeah.  I...actually forget exactly how high those towers of tanks are, but there's a dozen per row.  My guess?  They're about 12 blocks high, so that's...12x4x12 = 576 tanks.  With each storing 16 cubic meters of lava, that brings me to a maximum of 9,276 cubic meters of lava, which I'm nearly at.

Sooo...yeah.  Effective, efficient, and endless.  I dunno bout you guys, but I'm pretty damn proud of myself, right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on September 25, 2012, 05:41:11 am
I think I'm starting to fall in love with RedPower, in Technic Minecraft.  Unlike the BuildCraft pipes, if RedPower pipes can't send anything into a connected inventory, even if a pulse is sent to a filter to pull things out of a chest, it won't do it.  If any excess does happen to pop up, its just sent back down the system, and right back into the chest from whence it came.

No need for obsidian pipes, BuildCraft engines, or any complex retrieval systems, since the filters work off simple redstone pulses, which you can do easily with a timer and some red alloy wire.  No muss, no fuss...lovely, and efficient.  Just how I like my machines.

[ETA]
My god, I think I've created not one, but two monsters.  My first monster?  A behemothic BuildCraft energy generator that works off 64 redstone and 64 steam engines, the latter of which are fueled by an endless supply of charcoal (4x less EMC than regular coal) distributed by a RedPower pneumatic tube system.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_BuildCraft-Behemoth-Generator.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=BuildCraft-Behemoth-Generator.png)

My second monster?  You know how, with my behemoth BuildCraft generator, I effectively have a massive, endless supply of BuildCraft energy?  I've done the same with IndustrialCraft, using a little trick I learned by reading the Technic wiki comments that allows me to create endless amounts of lava.  FOR FREE. (Minus parts and labor, of course)

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_Free-Lava-Generator.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=Free-Lava-Generator.png)

Oh, and how much can this generate?  Well, it may not look like much, but my tanks were about...15% full before I made two of these wee buggers.  A few Minecraft days later, I now have THIS.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_SO-MUCH-LAVA.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/?action=view&current=SO-MUCH-LAVA.png)

Yeah.  I...actually forget exactly how high those towers of tanks are, but there's a dozen per row.  My guess?  They're about 12 blocks high, so that's...12x4x12 = 576 tanks.  With each storing 16 cubic meters of lava, that brings me to a maximum of 9,276 cubic meters of lava, which I'm nearly at.

Sooo...yeah.  Effective, efficient, and endless.  I dunno bout you guys, but I'm pretty damn proud of myself, right now.

This actually looks absurdly fun. I love engineery things!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on September 25, 2012, 08:33:24 am
Borderlands 2 is a bit harder than number 1, the AI is smarter and guns and vehicles are harder to use. It does make for a different, and arguably better, experience.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 25, 2012, 09:46:00 am
Borderlands 2 is a bit harder than number 1, the AI is smarter and guns and vehicles are harder to use. It does make for a different, and arguably better, experience.
I've had some pretty heavy skews in difficulty on different characters. I was getting trashed on one, started another(without even getting to skill points yet) had a much easier time. That said, now that I'm familiar with the game I'm back to the original character and Iridium is falling out of the fucking sky on me compared to any other characters.

But I love the fact the enemies react to bullets near them. Makes it a bitch to kill them, but great for herding them into grenades. I'm thinking I need some more grenades with long fuses to make it more fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on September 25, 2012, 10:38:55 am
Borderlands 2 is a bit harder than number 1, the AI is smarter and guns and vehicles are harder to use. It does make for a different, and arguably better, experience.
I've had some pretty heavy skews in difficulty on different characters. I was getting trashed on one, started another(without even getting to skill points yet) had a much easier time. That said, now that I'm familiar with the game I'm back to the original character and Iridium is falling out of the fucking sky on me compared to any other characters.

But I love the fact the enemies react to bullets near them. Makes it a bitch to kill them, but great for herding them into grenades. I'm thinking I need some more grenades with long fuses to make it more fun.

IMO Axton's turret is a bit over-powered. Then again I haven't had much of a chance to play with it, let alone other characters.

Also, is it just me or have all weapons had their accuracy reduced (barring Hyperion, for their own reasons)? But it is nice to see the AI using a basic modicum of tactics, even if at best it is simply roll out of the way. It does make using grenades with a high area of effect (correct phrase?) fun to use.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 25, 2012, 10:58:28 am
As I level up I'm seeing some serious weapons improvements, but up till 10 at least rifles are shit, shotguns are a joke and pistols are fucking awe inspiring. Hell, my heavy weapon right now is a hyperion elemental pistol. The thing takes down anything once I can fucking hit something with it. Also Sniper rifles with 5 round burst fire... I thought it was a joke at first, then I dropped a badass in one burst. I might only have 12 shots with it, but by god each time something died.

Finally found a decent rifle with auto fire, and bursts while aiming down the sights, but I still wind up using different weapons from time to time. I'm seeing more and more interesting(and accurate) weapons outside of pistols now though, it may get better as higher level weapons are introduced.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on September 26, 2012, 03:43:45 am
In the low twenties now and my friends and I have been finding some great drops, like 500+ damage explosive rifle that shoots rockets. Great when fighting armored bots and such. I've been focused on rifles since I'm playing Axton, but we have each class in our group and everybody's been pretty happy with the stuff we've found. Seems like the game hits its stride around 15-20.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on September 26, 2012, 07:37:42 pm
Eh, I don't really like playing multiplayer. I like wasting time and looking around for loot or other interesting random stuff, while in my experience most people would rather just rush through the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on September 28, 2012, 01:16:29 am
Eh, I don't really like playing multiplayer. I like wasting time and looking around for loot or other interesting random stuff, while in my experience most people would rather just rush through the game.

Yeah, that's a downside. But playing single-player seems very... empty. Lonely. It'd be nice if there were NPC companions, but oh well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on September 28, 2012, 03:59:29 am
Holy shit, new Mount & Blade!  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLB9PlqkONo
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 28, 2012, 11:24:48 pm
I officially have the best girlfriend in the world.  Guess what she got me for my birthday?  Go on, guess!

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 29, 2012, 12:06:46 am
So I just got Faster Than Light and I love it but it is hard as hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 29, 2012, 12:25:12 am
So I just got Faster Than Light and I love it but it is hard as hell.
You may want to play on easy for a while, just so you can unlock some more ships. The game gets a little dull when you only have the Kestral and the Engi Cruiser available.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on September 29, 2012, 06:20:49 am
I officially have the best girlfriend in the world.  Guess what she got me for my birthday?  Go on, guess!

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We knew that even without the awesome gift! :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 29, 2012, 06:25:10 am
I officially have the best girlfriend in the world.  Guess what she got me for my birthday?  Go on, guess!

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We knew that even without the awesome gift! :D

Hahaha, true.  But, it certainly doesn't hurt things, no?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on September 29, 2012, 01:51:58 pm
$6 for Starflight 1 and 2 on GOG, damn that's a steal. I can't remember how hours I wasted playing Starflight on my Amiga in the early 90s. I wonder if it'll work in DOSBox on my Mac, it'd be great to play it again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 29, 2012, 08:33:25 pm
Just killed some time in the X Com demo, thinking of picking it up to further build up a backlog of shit I haven't finished. Pretty brutal for a tutorial, but it gets the point across.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on September 29, 2012, 09:06:22 pm
Holy shit, new Mount & Blade!  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLB9PlqkONo

ALL THE SHIT HAS BEEN LOST
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 29, 2012, 10:33:23 pm
I've decided to have another crack at finally finishing Dragon Age: Origins. Maybe putting it on nightmare difficulty was a bad idea, seeing as I'm dying quite a bit trying to slog through the Kokari Wilds, but I do like a challenge.

I figure things'll become a lot easier once Alistair learns taunt. It'll make life a hell of a lot easier for my archery-focused PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on September 30, 2012, 07:00:42 am
I've decided to have another crack at finally finishing Dragon Age: Origins. Maybe putting it on nightmare difficulty was a bad idea, seeing as I'm dying quite a bit trying to slog through the Kokari Wilds, but I do like a challenge.

I figure things'll become a lot easier once Alistair learns taunt. It'll make life a hell of a lot easier for my archery-focused PC.
That damn game kicked my ass on normal until I traded a console version in for a PC version.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 30, 2012, 03:44:46 pm
I need a better computer with a better processor before I can think of tackling Dragon Age Origins again.

Seriously, what kinda game has its battle system set up so that the damage lags up to 15 seconds behind the action?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 30, 2012, 03:50:10 pm
I need a better computer with a better processor before I can think of tackling Dragon Age Origins again.

Seriously, what kinda game has its battle system set up so that the damage lags up to 15 seconds behind the action?

A poorly-designed one?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 30, 2012, 04:04:58 pm
I need a better computer with a better processor before I can think of tackling Dragon Age Origins again.

Seriously, what kinda game has its battle system set up so that the damage lags up to 15 seconds behind the action?

A poorly-designed one?

Heh.

Seriously, though, my computer's so bad that even on the lowest settings, large groups of enemies (or, worse, rain) bogs the gameplay down to the point where the damage calculations lag behind everything.  Which makes it very easy to die, let me tell you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Normandy on September 30, 2012, 05:23:01 pm
I am way behind the rest of the world on this, but I started playing Portal this weekend.  Really loving it so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 30, 2012, 07:34:54 pm
I've decided to have another crack at finally finishing Dragon Age: Origins. Maybe putting it on nightmare difficulty was a bad idea, seeing as I'm dying quite a bit trying to slog through the Kokari Wilds, but I do like a challenge.

I figure things'll become a lot easier once Alistair learns taunt. It'll make life a hell of a lot easier for my archery-focused PC.
That damn game kicked my ass on normal until I traded a console version in for a PC version.
I'd love nothing more than to play that game on PC, as the 360 controls are a little less than ideal. However, my laptop struggles to handle even Pentium-era graphics. I can only play Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 in 800x600 and with all but a few texture details turned right down if I want it to run smoothly.

The joys of integrated graphics processing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 30, 2012, 08:22:49 pm
Starting to think everything in Skyrim has a suicide wish.

Ironbite-everything that attacks me...dies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 30, 2012, 11:53:46 pm
Starting to think everything in Skyrim has a suicide wish.

Ironbite-everything that attacks me...dies.

Welcome to every RPG ever ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on October 01, 2012, 12:39:10 am
Late game once you've leveled up I agree.

I like how things like giants are really hard to kill until you're level 8-10 depending on your build, but there should be more of that.  The masked Dragon Priests should have higher minimum levels as should certain bosses.  Dragons could be stronger and more dynamic.
And then Bandits and other NPCs could be toned down.  With my Dark Brotherhood character Shadomere became useless.  As he doesn't retreat and the level 40 and 50+ bandits would one or two hit kill him.  And I got tired of having to mark on the map where he died to come pick him up a month later.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 01, 2012, 01:16:56 am
Shadowmere is just following me along whenever I quick travel anywhere.  And then I leave him where he's at.

Ironbite-CAUSE WHO THE FUCK USES HORSES WITHOUT DAWNGUARD ANYWAYS?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 01, 2012, 01:55:43 am
Shadowmere is just following me along whenever I quick travel anywhere.  And then I leave him where he's at.

Ironbite-CAUSE WHO THE FUCK USES HORSES WITHOUT DAWNGUARD ANYWAYS?

Horse combat is a part of vanilla Skyrim :P

Too bad you can only do it with one-handed weapons and I think bows.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 01, 2012, 02:09:06 am
Again I ask, who uses horses anyways?  I haven't seen anything that needed me to be on a horse.  They can't run faster, jump higher or further.  In fact, using a horse is almost an insult to me.

Ironbite-that and it's 1000 septims per horse...fuck me I ain't made of money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 01, 2012, 02:42:57 am
One of the reasons I love the mounts, horses in particular, in Ultima Online.  They're faster than people (unless you're a mage with plenty of skill and mana for mark/recall or gate travel), and when trained properly, can at least manage to not fucking die when faced with some opponents.  Granted, unless you get something like a nightmare (no, don't think Nightmare Moon, bronies.  Think the Man-Eating Horses of Diomedes), which can outclass dragons and daemons, it ain't much...but, its better than nothin, and helps if you get hit by a bola.

Oh, and I do so love nightmares in UO.  They are NOT pussies, and not to be fucked with by anything less than a grandmaster tamer with some powerful magic, or powerful backup.  They're also exclusive carnivores...and prefer their meat raw.  They don't look like much in-game, but if you get too close, they'll kill your ass with magical fire, because they're also magic.  And evil.  And almost as intelligent as a god damned dragon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 01, 2012, 03:58:27 am
Again I ask, who uses horses anyways?  I haven't seen anything that needed me to be on a horse.  They can't run faster, jump higher or further.  In fact, using a horse is almost an insult to me.

Ironbite-that and it's 1000 septims per horse...fuck me I ain't made of money.

My horses have armor.  And I didn't have to shell out real money for that "privilege" :D

But really, they could stand to be faster.  They do have the advantage of being able to say "Fuck physics" and ride straight up a mountainside though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on October 01, 2012, 06:53:49 am
Again I ask, who uses horses anyways?  I haven't seen anything that needed me to be on a horse.  They can't run faster, jump higher or further.  In fact, using a horse is almost an insult to me.

Ironbite-that and it's 1000 septims per horse...fuck me I ain't made of money.

My horses have armor.  And I didn't have to shell out real money for that "privilege" :D

But really, they could stand to be faster.  They do have the advantage of being able to say "Fuck physics" and ride straight up a mountainside though.

Can't you fast travel on a horse, even if you are encumbered?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 01, 2012, 07:38:46 am
Again I ask, who uses horses anyways?  I haven't seen anything that needed me to be on a horse.  They can't run faster, jump higher or further.  In fact, using a horse is almost an insult to me.

Ironbite-that and it's 1000 septims per horse...fuck me I ain't made of money.

My horses have armor.  And I didn't have to shell out real money for that "privilege" :D

But really, they could stand to be faster.  They do have the advantage of being able to say "Fuck physics" and ride straight up a mountainside though.

Can't you fast travel on a horse, even if you are encumbered?

I forgot about that, actually.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 01, 2012, 07:41:02 am
Again I ask, who uses horses anyways?  I haven't seen anything that needed me to be on a horse.  They can't run faster, jump higher or further.  In fact, using a horse is almost an insult to me.

Ironbite-that and it's 1000 septims per horse...fuck me I ain't made of money.

My horses have armor.  And I didn't have to shell out real money for that "privilege" :D

But really, they could stand to be faster.  They do have the advantage of being able to say "Fuck physics" and ride straight up a mountainside though.

Can't you fast travel on a horse, even if you are encumbered?

....*pimpslaps*

Ironbite-hate you!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: StallChaser on October 01, 2012, 10:45:48 pm
Again I ask, who uses horses anyways?  I haven't seen anything that needed me to be on a horse.  They can't run faster, jump higher or further.  In fact, using a horse is almost an insult to me.

Ironbite-that and it's 1000 septims per horse...fuck me I ain't made of money.

My horses have armor.  And I didn't have to shell out real money for that "privilege" :D

But really, they could stand to be faster.  They do have the advantage of being able to say "Fuck physics" and ride straight up a mountainside though.

Shadowmare.   /horsedebate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: VirtualStranger on October 02, 2012, 01:34:02 am
Again I ask, who uses horses anyways?  I haven't seen anything that needed me to be on a horse.  They can't run faster, jump higher or further.  In fact, using a horse is almost an insult to me.

Ironbite-that and it's 1000 septims per horse...fuck me I ain't made of money.

1000 gold? I made that much money in the first three hours of the game just by raiding dungeons full of bandits and selling off their shit.

As a side note, My current character currently possesses 300,000 gold, two fully furnished houses, and a huge-ass custom-built lakeside manor. By the end of the game, I should have enough money to buy the entire country.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 02, 2012, 04:00:47 am
Well, my Dragon Age: Origins play through is going rather well. Finished clearing the Circle of Magi, managed to take down Uldred using only three lyrium potions in total. Did I mention I'm playing on nightmare difficulty? On an Xbox 360?

Still, the real test will be whether or not I can bring down a dragon. As I recall, those things are just insane.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 02, 2012, 05:57:07 am
Threw another controller yesterday, though this time it was for my PS 2.  I was frustrated because of our Air Conditioner.  Then my computer kept freezing so I tried to put on Fire Pro Wrestling to watch in between freezes.  At that point, either the game was having problems, or I was too ****'ed off to concentrate, but the settings kept going to default after I spent 10 minutes setting up a league.  I sent the controller hurtling toward the TV, where it shattered (Gamestop brand so not very sturdy).

Oohs, oh well I have a back up, and PS2 controllers aren't very cheap.  I decided to to play any 360 or DS games for a while at that point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on October 09, 2012, 01:29:24 am
I got Pokemon White 2 today.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on October 09, 2012, 02:49:11 am
I got Pokemon White 2 today.

Is it any good?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 09, 2012, 03:49:57 am
I preordered Black 2.  Even though we're going to Walmart today, I have to wait until at least Friday.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on October 09, 2012, 04:10:22 am
I got Pokemon White 2 today.

Is it any good?

Only got to play for a little bit before I go to bed, pretty fun so far.

I plan on trying to play through the game using only N's Pokemon when I get the chance. Should provide a decent challenge. Getting a little bored with finding the daycare and breeding some supersoldiers to EV train before steamrolling the entire game into oblivion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on October 10, 2012, 08:29:58 am
The XCom remake is awesome. Despite my inability to keep snipers or rookies alive.

Edit:
Oh, and retro city rampage got a stealth release yesterday.
Quick look from some guys who seem to be on top of things: http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-retro-city-rampage/17-6658/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 10, 2012, 06:21:00 pm
I may....be getting Hearthfire.  May.  I love Dawnguard as it adds horse combat and vampires who aren't pathetic to my game and from what I saw with Al Chest Breach it looks kinda fun.  My only issue is that the kids seem...awfully stupid.

Ironbite-wonder if you can kill 'em and start over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on October 10, 2012, 10:12:01 pm
Hearthfire is OK, I like it, but the 3 plots and house you can make are really similar and should be more customizable.  The horse combat needs work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 11, 2012, 01:36:14 am
I've been on the Mechwarrior online closed beta for a while now. Fun game.

Highlights so far:

1) The match starts with a lone scout charging my team and getting blasted pretty quickly. We advance but see no other hostiles. I get a great idea and get on top of a hill to get a better view. Well what do you know, I actually spot some hostiles so I zoom in and turn on the heatvision to get a better aim... And suddenly my screen is filled with long range missiles zooming at me -FULL REVERSE! BOOM BOOM BANG!

Huh, apparently the other team had been staying back because almost all of them had LRM-mechs. Well that taught me a lesson. (but it did look cool)

2) Early in the match I had one arm blown off my mech and suffered much damage to other parts as well, so I'm trying to be cautious for now at least. Together with some team mates I start harassing an Awesome (let's just say that this mech did not get that name by being a tiny, little, weakly tin can.) and I keep at it's back and blast it with my laser and SRM. I'm not really doing that much damage compared to the others since I'm in a scout mech but it is cool when one of the arms gets blown off and the game credits me with the destruction. Also, I get the credit for the kill few shots later.

3) I've been shooting at an Atlas (biggest, toughest, meanest mech in game) alongside some teammates and my mech overheats and shuts down. Seeing as I am IN FRONT OF the Atlas I override the shutdown and decide to run out of the fire arc to cool down. but after taking one step my mech blows up... "Hylobates has killed Hylobates" Ahhh. So RUNNING will also cause heat. And by overriding the shutdown I killed myself by producing too much heat... GG
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on October 11, 2012, 07:23:00 pm
The PSN store's getting a new look...

http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/11/sony-unveils-redesigned-ps-store-live-from-october-17/ (http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/11/sony-unveils-redesigned-ps-store-live-from-october-17/)

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/10/11/new-playstation-store-coming-october-23rd/ (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/10/11/new-playstation-store-coming-october-23rd/)

...Well, at least it isn't the current Xbox 360 interface (I seriously want to subject whoever came up with Metro in the first place to a Limbo of the Lost playthrough)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MoonWolfhowl on October 12, 2012, 04:38:51 pm
Made a fuckton of characters in Skyrim, but got distracted by finding my old Chrono Cross and FFTactics games. I can deal with the shitty translation if it means I won't have to be on constant guard for goddamn chocobos killing me all the time.

I got Pokemon White 2 today.

I wanna get myself a pokerman game again. I have an emulator for Ruby but it's just not the same as getting to play on a handheld.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on October 12, 2012, 11:45:24 pm
I got Pokemon White 2 today.

I wanna get myself a pokerman game again. I have an emulator for Ruby but it's just not the same as getting to play on a handheld.

If you're going to get a Pokemon game, I'd suggest finding a copy of Black or White first, and then later pick up Black 2 or White 2 if you feel so inclined. Aside from being direct story sequels, I think Black or White would offer something of a better experience to someone coming back into the game after an absence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on October 13, 2012, 12:20:16 am
Also, transferring data from a B&W save to B&W 2 gets you some more cutscenes.

Speaking of which, I got Genesect in B&W2 via Mystery Gift after beating Elesa (I simply didn't bother to use the feature up until that point). It's pretty much broken the game so far, although I'm going to have to face Skyla next, so that may wind up changing soon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on October 13, 2012, 02:00:02 am
There have been some  pretty mediocre (http://www.gamespot.com/pokemon-white-version-2/reviews/pokemon-white-version-2-review-6397356/) reviews for it though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 13, 2012, 02:46:36 am
Also, Black and White both have horrible real time based mechanics in the game. Specifically, there are different seasons in-game and they change depending on the actual time of the year (or to put it bluntly, you have to regularly exit the game and fuck around with the DS's internal clock to access all of the content). If, like me, you find that sort of thing to be completely insufferable, you may want to go with Diamond/Pearl instead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on October 13, 2012, 02:49:21 am
Or you can just say fuck it, like I do, rush through the story, hunt down what you want to mess with when you want, get the perfect team you want up and running and just ruin the whole point of the game for the sake of your own little metagame.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 13, 2012, 04:49:22 am
I skipped right to Black 2.  At the moment, my Lucario and whatever the water starter is are laying waste to everything in their paths.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on October 13, 2012, 08:55:07 am
There have been some  pretty mediocre (http://www.gamespot.com/pokemon-white-version-2/reviews/pokemon-white-version-2-review-6397356/) reviews for it though.

They also gave Jet Set Radio a low score. Besides, I haven't trusted Gamespot since the whole Kane & Lynch fiasco.


I skipped right to Black 2.  At the moment, my Lucario and whatever the water starter is are laying waste to everything in their paths.

Add to that by using Mystery Gift from the main menu.

Genesect will really wreck your opponents' shit
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 14, 2012, 09:29:45 pm
I think I've reached the level of technological insanity in Technic.  I've got enough EMC in my Transmutation Tablet to make practically anything I want, including Mk 3 collectors and relays.  I've managed to create an automated BuildCraft power generation facility that runs forever, an eternal supply of steel (for Railcraft), an eternal supply of geothermal power via lava cells, and I've just finished a system that will give me a never-ending supply of advanced alloys.

I think I can safely say that Equivalent Exchange is BROKEN AS ALL FUCK.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 15, 2012, 12:15:12 am
I have beaten Dawnguard.  Only took me 4 Cuddles.  And now I have Serana as a companion.

Ironbite-Vampire lady looks good in glass armor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on October 15, 2012, 12:32:48 am
There have been some  pretty mediocre (http://www.gamespot.com/pokemon-white-version-2/reviews/pokemon-white-version-2-review-6397356/) reviews for it though.

GameSpot always gives Pokemon lackluster reviews because Nintendo won't pay them for good ones, not to mention GameSpot's notorious genre bias. For some other POVs, Famitsu gave it a 36/40, and IGN gave it a 9.6/10. When one review source consistently rates a specific series lower than every other review source on the planet, I think it's pretty obvious the problem doesn't rest with the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 15, 2012, 01:35:58 am
I honestly don't pay much heed to reviews, or even hearsay.

Played some good games and been sorely disappointed, played some bad games and had a blast.

As it turns out, I have different taste from a lot of people.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on October 15, 2012, 01:52:22 am
I honestly don't pay much heed to reviews, or even hearsay.

Played some good games and been sorely disappointed, played some bad games and had a blast.

As it turns out, I have different taste from a lot of people.

This, so much more than should be necessary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 15, 2012, 05:24:17 am

I skipped right to Black 2.  At the moment, my Lucario and whatever the water starter is are laying waste to everything in their paths.

Add to that by using Mystery Gift from the main menu.

Genesect will really wreck your opponents' shit

I want one but I can't get my DS to connect to my wife's wireless internet.  We can't figure out what the code is that we need to enter; we tried every number we could find, under the router and in her program.  She then bought me wifi USB adapter, I plugged it in and installed everything, but I still can't get it to work.

Currently training a Drilbur, or at least trying to.  She's getting her rear end handed to her by everything in the area.  It doesn't help that her calm nature is making her raise her Attack VERY slowly.  I'm thinking of just using Lucario to defeat Elesa and then catching another Drilbru in Chargestone Caverns.  Considering I prefer Sand Rush to her Sand Force, I'm seriously considering this.  Or I might just try training Darumaka instead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 15, 2012, 06:12:29 pm
This looks awesome, and I'm not a real fan of first person fighting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJZwv4NqVRY
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 15, 2012, 08:02:37 pm
It seems a bit too realistic and... monotonous for my tastes :-/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MoonWolfhowl on October 16, 2012, 05:40:00 pm
I got Pokemon White 2 today.

I wanna get myself a pokerman game again. I have an emulator for Ruby but it's just not the same as getting to play on a handheld.

If you're going to get a Pokemon game, I'd suggest finding a copy of Black or White first, and then later pick up Black 2 or White 2 if you feel so inclined. Aside from being direct story sequels, I think Black or White would offer something of a better experience to someone coming back into the game after an absence.
I haven't played one since Ruby, so...yeah I need some time to get back into it. Only just recently started understanding how EVs and IVs and Natures and stuff works.
Also, Black and White both have horrible real time based mechanics in the game. Specifically, there are different seasons in-game and they change depending on the actual time of the year (or to put it bluntly, you have to regularly exit the game and fuck around with the DS's internal clock to access all of the content). If, like me, you find that sort of thing to be completely insufferable, you may want to go with Diamond/Pearl instead.
I don't really mind, although I missed a bunch of beasties on my first playthrough of Silver because they only came out at certain times.

Also: I only just figured out how Elements are supposed to work in Chrono Cross. By reading the manual. To quote a friend of mine, "I never claimed to be especially bright..."
And my dreams of recreating the cast of Homestuck in my FFT game are down the drain, as it freezes after the first plot-related battle after the tutorial. :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on October 17, 2012, 09:27:02 am
http://www.gamesradar.com/deadly-premonition-directors-cut-ps3-q1-2013/ (http://www.gamesradar.com/deadly-premonition-directors-cut-ps3-q1-2013/)

Quote
Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut on PS3 Q1 2013

All I needed was the article title in order to be able to say:

"Shut up and take my money!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on October 18, 2012, 01:23:08 am
Oh my god, Sleeping Dogs is amazing. I've literally been transfixed for three hours.

It's like the Batman: Arkhamverse combat system, the GTA open-world city, and Red Dead Redemption's writing all got mushed into one disc.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: DrFishcake on October 18, 2012, 04:27:13 am
I don't know if it's just me, but the 1.8.2 update for Minecraft on XBLA seems to have made drawing a reliable seed for a new world damn near impossible.  ???
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on October 18, 2012, 06:19:58 am
Oh my god, Sleeping Dogs is amazing. I've literally been transfixed for three hours.

It's like the Batman: Arkhamverse combat system, the GTA open-world city, and Red Dead Redemption's writing all got mushed into one disc.
That's what I was afriad of...

I might get it after I finish xcom. Which has sucked my entire life into it's boney little clutches.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 18, 2012, 06:49:53 am
Hitman Absolution now has Contracts mode, where you can take a completed mission and designate new targets.  Now as many options as an actual editor, but it sounds pretty good to me.  Already got it pre-ordered, so I can bypass my wife's 'No more games until after Christmas' rule.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on October 18, 2012, 07:51:54 am
Anyone here played Resident Evil 6 yet?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 18, 2012, 07:57:48 am
I did. I like it enough but it's not as horror laced as the prvios titles but its good I haven't beaten it yet though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on October 18, 2012, 08:00:45 am
Ok.  I was thinking of getting it for Halloween actually.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on October 18, 2012, 06:07:14 pm
Well, judging from some comments I've read, the new PSN store (currently only available in Australia) is slower than a snail...

A dead snail.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 18, 2012, 06:18:43 pm
Ok.  I was thinking of getting it for Halloween actually.

I would still get it but I'd get the Antholigy version cause it comes with the other 5 but it cost like $87.99 but its worth it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on October 18, 2012, 07:55:06 pm
I just found a alpha game called Prison Architect which is basically a prison sim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdFhI9pz784

The tutorial to the game(video above) itself is probably the only game I've ever taken interest in simply from a tutorial:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 18, 2012, 08:37:10 pm
I just found a alpha game called Prison Architect which is basically a prison sim.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdFhI9pz784 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdFhI9pz784)

The tutorial to the game(video above) itself is probably the only game I've ever taken interest in simply from a tutorial:

(click to show/hide)


I've been following that game myself, and I have to say I'm very intrigued. It looks like something my PC can handle, it scratches the business sim itch that the gaming scene these days otherwise ignores and it actually manages to effectively tell a story. Assuming the price is reasonable, I'll almost certainly grab it once it's released.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: StallChaser on October 19, 2012, 08:24:10 am
I've been playing minecraft.  So I was min(d)ing my own business, found a cave system to explore, and all of a sudden, CREEPER!  I escaped most of the blast damage, only to have the floor destroyed out from under me, and fell into a giant lava pit.  FML.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on October 20, 2012, 06:31:35 am
Just finished xcom after plowing through it at full speed. Twas awesome. Just wish some of the abilities really measured up to the others, I guess flush could be as nice as double shot if you don't have high level weapons, but really, killing anything in the game in two hits is just plain handy to be able to do in one turn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on October 20, 2012, 02:07:31 pm
I have friends who play LoL and DOTA2. Now they're bugging me to join.

Anyone here play either? I haven't really pursued looking at either of these.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on October 20, 2012, 02:39:34 pm
Dota 2's pretty good, even though I suck at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 20, 2012, 02:51:43 pm
I have friends who play LoL and DOTA2. Now they're bugging me to join.

Anyone here play either? I haven't really pursued looking at either of these.

I play LoL and it's a ton of fun.  Not as much as I used to do admittedly but it's a ton of fun to hear PENTA KILL!

Ironbite-not that that ever happened to me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 20, 2012, 03:28:38 pm
So I managed to take down a dragon in Dragon Age: Origins. On nightmare difficulty, and on Xbox 360. Granted, I was sucking down potions like they were liquid bacon, but I think it still counts as quite an accomplishment.

In other news, has anyone tried Ace of Spades (http://www.ace-spades.com)? It's a shooter that can best be described as Minecraft if it had good combat, and it's completely free. It's a shooter that actually does trench warfare well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 20, 2012, 06:17:58 pm
Anyone here played Resident Evil 6 yet?

Not personally, but I've seen Marc0 play it on a livestream, and I gotta say, it looked...pretty damn cool.  Like, actually fucking interesting, which is somethin coming from me, since I'm not particularly...keen on the RE series as a whole.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on October 22, 2012, 12:27:01 pm
I beat Borderlands 2 not that long ago, but might be getting the new DLC soon.  I've been playing the shit out of Dishonored.  That game is honestly the best stealth game since Thief.  Also, my girlfriend got me the Doom 3 BFG edition, and I've been having a blast replaying both Doom 3 and the original Doom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 22, 2012, 10:48:53 pm
Minecraft's site is down, and because of that, I can't log the fuck in, and Technic won't let me play offline unless I actually terminate my connection with my router.  That wouldn't be a problem if one, I weren't in the middle of a YIM conversation, and two, if the site hadn't been down since 11 in the god damned morning.  Central time, of course.

Yeah, its nearing 12 hours of downtime, now, if not already there or beyond.  What the fuck, Mojang?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on October 23, 2012, 06:54:28 pm
Did anyone else go from overflowing chests of gold to fucking broke when they installed hearth fire? I'm offing dragons just to have petty cash, and I haven't even added the two other wings to my house.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Veras on October 23, 2012, 06:55:44 pm
At least you can get Hearthfire.

Stupid PS3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 23, 2012, 07:10:22 pm
Did anyone else go from overflowing chests of gold to fucking broke when they installed hearth fire? I'm offing dragons just to have petty cash, and I haven't even added the two other wings to my house.

That is the one bad thing I'm dreading.  I tend to amass gold like a badass but I've only gotten up to like 40k max.  If this is a drain might be hitting up Dungeons with next to nothing on just so I can carry out all the armor and weapons to sell to shops.

Ironbite-and my own wife.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: tygerarmy on October 23, 2012, 07:43:30 pm
My main character made two houses with all the wings and innards and still had over 150,000 gold.
I only didn't get to do the last plot because of glitch it wouldn't let me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on October 24, 2012, 12:51:31 am
Did anyone else go from overflowing chests of gold to fucking broke when they installed hearth fire? I'm offing dragons just to have petty cash, and I haven't even added the two other wings to my house.

OMFG yes.  Especially since I took the lazy route and pretty much just bought 90% of the supplies to make stuff.


Also, picked up Naughty Bear: Gold Edition yesterday for 20 bucks.  Holy shit... The game is fun, but EFFED UP at the same time.  You basically run around as "Naughty Bear", a sadistic misanthropic teddy bear who goes around and slaughters other teddy bears or scares them until they off themselves.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on October 24, 2012, 06:57:58 pm
Been making the HRE in EU3 (Which promptly killed my excitement because I can do all the things) and making the Scandavian Empire in CK2. It's quite hard since all the Scandavian kingdoms are elective. All my best family members are women, which does not help me one bit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 25, 2012, 09:00:45 am
DLC just came out for Dark Souls. guess I know what I'll be doing this whole weekend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on October 25, 2012, 01:31:11 pm
I know the game is old news, but I just got a new computer yesterday and started playing GW2. Only level 11, but it's already the most fun I've had with an MMO in well over a decade.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 25, 2012, 09:21:37 pm
GW2 hasn't even been out for 3 months...  How's it old news?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on October 25, 2012, 09:42:09 pm
Skylanders Giants! Weee!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on October 26, 2012, 02:10:00 pm
Just preordered Rift: Storm Legion.  It'll be the first ever expansion I play on launch day.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 26, 2012, 02:43:33 pm
New patch in the Mechwarrior online BETA. On one hand I lost all the mechs I had bought earlier (shame about losing my brand new Cat. I had only used it in one match and hadn't had time to customize it) on the other hand I did get back the C-bills I had earned which gave me enough cash to buy an Atlas. (The biggest, baddest, meanest, and slowest mech available)

Considering that I had been playing with fast and fragile mech almost all the time since I got into the BETA it is almost too much fun to pilot a slow lumbering giant with more weight put into armour than my previous mech had in total weight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on October 28, 2012, 04:58:55 am
TF2 halloween is here and they released quite a few things this year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQt7rV4SbZ8
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 28, 2012, 06:19:02 pm
(To summarize)

They released a significantly stable game mode that introduced a lot of mechanics such as random effects, including spontaneously low gravity and such.

And also a boss that requires two enemy teams to work together to defeat.

And a Mann vs Machine map that's supposedly pretty fun.

And last but the opposite of least, hats.

I'd say Valve did a good job.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on October 28, 2012, 06:47:38 pm
Pokemon with dragons (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/26/soe-live-2012-dragons-prophet-invigorates-sandbox-hopes/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 28, 2012, 07:00:39 pm
Pokemon with dragons (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/10/26/soe-live-2012-dragons-prophet-invigorates-sandbox-hopes/)

It seems to be a fair bit more complicated than "Pokemon with dragons", but I know one thing for sure.

DO WANT.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 29, 2012, 02:26:35 am
I get pretentious indie gamer points, yayyyyy!  I gotta pimp this game, because its epic.

Hotline Miami. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eagB7gAqs8)

I...any words I could think up simply can't sum this game up.  Look at link and watch, because is so simple, yet so brilliant.  I highly recommend!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 30, 2012, 05:54:49 am
Finally finished Dragon Age: Origins. Nightmare difficulty, on Xbox 360. A Gaming God, I most certainly am.

I must say, it was a lot of fun, and it was good to finally see Act 3 after three years of owning that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on October 31, 2012, 11:53:06 am
Okami HD is out on PSN. As soon as I get power back, I'm gonna buy it ASAP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on October 31, 2012, 09:34:55 pm
Been playing Resident Evil 6.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 31, 2012, 11:23:47 pm
Borderlands 2 has sucked up most of my life even tho I got my badass rank reset.

The Pirate's Booty DLC is proving to be pretty good. I love the Pirate Captain. She's awesomesauce.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on November 01, 2012, 09:13:29 am
Borderlands 2 has sucked up most of my life even tho I got my badass rank reset.

The Pirate's Booty DLC is proving to be pretty good. I love the Pirate Captain. She's awesomesauce.

I finally got all (and I mean all) the Vault Hunters to Sanctuary. (I know I am way behind, but I have been busy.) Also unlocked the achievement for Phaselocking 100 enemies, so I may leave Maya behind for a while. I'm also not crazy about the way Salvador plays (which is weird, since I loved Brick in the first game), so from here on out, I may be focusing on Zer0, Axon, and my favorite, Gaige. ("I can't believe you only got third place in the science fair!")
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on November 01, 2012, 09:39:23 am
I'm going to get the new Borderlands dlc eventually.  Focusing on Warfighter right now, and probably picking up my pre-order of AC3 this weekend.

Borderlands 2 has sucked up most of my life even tho I got my badass rank reset.

The Pirate's Booty DLC is proving to be pretty good. I love the Pirate Captain. She's awesomesauce.

I finally got all (and I mean all) the Vault Hunters to Sanctuary. (I know I am way behind, but I have been busy.) Also unlocked the achievement for Phaselocking 100 enemies, so I may leave Maya behind for a while. I'm also not crazy about the way Salvador plays (which is weird, since I loved Brick in the first game), so from here on out, I may be focusing on Zer0, Axon, and my favorite, Gaige. ("I can't believe you only got third place in the science fair!")

Zer0 is my favorite character.  I love sniping enemies from a distance, stealthing, and then stabbing them in the back.  Though I could just be partial to the sniper class since my favorite character from the first game is Mordecai.


EDIT:
Beat the new Medal Of Honor game.  The campaign was actually pretty decent though very frustrating at times.  One thing that annoyed me when you died though is how every time the game asks if you want to lower the difficulty.  Every, fucking, time.  I didn't like the multiplayer though.  It was kind like a modern CoD clone disguised with Battlefield-esque "realism".  Those two do not gel well at all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 01, 2012, 11:48:40 pm
I've spent more time hacking Borderlands 2 (for the 360) saves for my brother than I have actually playing the game.  In my defense, seeing the shit I can create is very fun, like an assault rifle with a minigun on the end, instead of a regular barrel.

Also, two words: HYPERION.  PARTS.  Best in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 02, 2012, 12:00:30 am
Started a new playthrough of Dragon Age: Origins. This time, I'll be playing a rogue who relies on traps to deal damage. So far, it's quite a strain on the old finances, seeing as I have to keep buying trap plans and can no longer sell off all my crafting materials willy-nilly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 02, 2012, 01:15:52 am
Wait a minute...those things were actually useful, and not just condensed money?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 02, 2012, 02:24:00 am
Well, they're not really condensed money, seeing as they take up an inventory slot per stack whereas money is for all intents and purposes weightless and volumeless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on November 02, 2012, 03:37:12 am
I've spent more time hacking Borderlands 2 (for the 360) saves for my brother than I have actually playing the game.  In my defense, seeing the shit I can create is very fun, like an assault rifle with a minigun on the end, instead of a regular barrel.

Also, two words: HYPERION.  PARTS.  Best in the game.

I'm pretty sure that Vladof already has assault rifles with miniguns instead of a standard barrel. Also, is there any point in modding the game? I mean this in terms of weapons, I never got the point of doing so. Why not just make yourself the most uber ultimate weapon possible?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on November 02, 2012, 03:48:16 am
probably picking up my pre-order of AC3 this weekend.

Oh yeah, that came out the other day.  How did I forget about that? :-\
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 02, 2012, 04:49:46 am
I've spent more time hacking Borderlands 2 (for the 360) saves for my brother than I have actually playing the game.  In my defense, seeing the shit I can create is very fun, like an assault rifle with a minigun on the end, instead of a regular barrel.

Also, two words: HYPERION.  PARTS.  Best in the game.

I'm pretty sure that Vladof already has assault rifles with miniguns instead of a standard barrel. Also, is there any point in modding the game? I mean this in terms of weapons, I never got the point of doing so. Why not just make yourself the most uber ultimate weapon possible?

Aye, Vladof has the minigun assault rifle.  And...I wouldn't know, I'm not modding the game itself, just the saves.  Also, why mod the weapons, instead of just making an infinity + 1 gun?  One, I don't know how; the way the weapons are setup in the save structure, its not as simple as just typing in "Hyperion Sniper, dmg 10000000000000000000."  You've got to individually select the parts that are tacked on to the gun, thankfully, the program I use knows which parts are compatible with which guns, manufacturers, and gun types, so that takes some of the guesswork out of it, but there's still a lot there.  Which leads me to number two, its fun!  Not knowing what you're going to get, experimenting with various combinations of parts...you never know if you're going to strike out, strike gold, or find that one really, really weird gun that's almost impossible to get naturally.  One that's so unique, nobody else has it, and it outstrips everything else in its class, because you managed to find that 1 in 1,000,000 ultra-winning combination.

Its all about the journey, my friend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 02, 2012, 07:52:08 am
Gearbox has been banning people who have been modding their games. So... Yeah.

Also, I play Axton. I'm gonna do a Gaige playthru eventually. Not sure I can ever do a Maya or Zer0 playthru tho.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on November 02, 2012, 08:37:28 am
Also, I play Axton. I'm gonna do a Gaige playthru eventually. Not sure I can ever do a Maya or Zer0 playthru tho.

Everyone's got their own playstyle and I think that influences a lot of who you play as.  I love Zer0 and you can actually get a pretty good rythym going with him.  I choose mostly the Bloodshed talent tree, and I'd pick off the some of the stronger ones or shoot off Goliath helmets with my sniper rifle.  Then I'd run in revolver blazing, stealth, and assinate someone, then run around sharpshooting with my revolver until stealth recharages, and rinse and repeat.  That method especially worked with the Bloodshed tree since one ability temporaily increases your melee when you get a kill with a gun and vice versa, so I'd constantly get HUGE critical hits.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 02, 2012, 08:45:44 am
For any old dynasty warriors fans. If you can stand a bit of angst Dynasty Warrior: Gundam 3 is probably the best Dynasty Warrior I've played in ages. The mechanics are actually interesting and you can set AgnstyMcCutterBoy up with Haro as a operator making for a wonderfully amusing combination of messages. A horribly huge body count with a huge variety of attacks and strategic bullshit to run screaming around the field to handle. I've been enjoying myself till I can get my PC games re-installed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 02, 2012, 09:46:07 am
Also, I play Axton. I'm gonna do a Gaige playthru eventually. Not sure I can ever do a Maya or Zer0 playthru tho.

Everyone's got their own playstyle and I think that influences a lot of who you play as.  I love Zer0 and you can actually get a pretty good rythym going with him.  I choose mostly the Bloodshed talent tree, and I'd pick off the some of the stronger ones or shoot off Goliath helmets with my sniper rifle.  Then I'd run in revolver blazing, stealth, and assinate someone, then run around sharpshooting with my revolver until stealth recharages, and rinse and repeat.  That method especially worked with the Bloodshed tree since one ability temporaily increases your melee when you get a kill with a gun and vice versa, so I'd constantly get HUGE critical hits.

I actually started my Axton playthru cause Axton seemed pretty cool from the previews and stuff. It just so happens how he plays is something I can work with.

In the first Borderlands I played as Roland and Brick. So.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on November 02, 2012, 01:03:14 pm
For any old dynasty warriors fans. If you can stand a bit of angst Dynasty Warrior: Gundam 3 is probably the best Dynasty Warrior I've played in ages. The mechanics are actually interesting and you can set AgnstyMcCutterBoy up with Haro as a operator making for a wonderfully amusing combination of messages. A horribly huge body count with a huge variety of attacks and strategic bullshit to run screaming around the field to handle. I've been enjoying myself till I can get my PC games re-installed.

I want to play 3 so damn much, but I'm stuck with 2 until I get a proper system. Of course, it takes a back seat to finding Warriors Orochi.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 02, 2012, 02:32:03 pm
I want to play 3 so damn much, but I'm stuck with 2 until I get a proper system. Of course, it takes a back seat to finding Warriors Orochi.
3 has a few definite improvements in it, you only ever turn around from a blank battle field to find a horde when you've killed everything in front of you(surprisingly easy to do with some time invested). Something that always bothered me about the dynasty warrior games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 02, 2012, 06:58:36 pm
Gearbox has been banning people who have been modding their games. So... Yeah.

Also, I play Axton. I'm gonna do a Gaige playthru eventually. Not sure I can ever do a Maya or Zer0 playthru tho.

Yeah, but they don't really care unless you go into random people's games and start showing off or trolling.  If ya just play with friends, and none of them report you, you're cool.  Besides, I'm all but certain people have been doing that shit since day one, its just how shit goes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: DrFishcake on November 03, 2012, 08:03:12 am
Plan on picking up AC3 soon, but will wait until I know for sure that they're not going to repeat the mistake from Rev and put out a patch that banjaxes the achievements. Fool me once, Ubisoft...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 03, 2012, 01:32:50 pm
Gearbox has been banning people who have been modding their games. So... Yeah.

Also, I play Axton. I'm gonna do a Gaige playthru eventually. Not sure I can ever do a Maya or Zer0 playthru tho.

Yeah, but they don't really care unless you go into random people's games and start showing off or trolling.  If ya just play with friends, and none of them report you, you're cool.  Besides, I'm all but certain people have been doing that shit since day one, its just how shit goes.

Just mentioning what was said on their official forums. Especially with the virus that spreads from player to player (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-29-borderlands-2-xbox-360-virus-spreading-deleting-player-saves).

Luckily it's easy to dodge it: Players are advised to exit their game sessions via the Save and Quit option from the in-game pause menu. Anyone finding themselves at the Borderlands 2 main menu after dying should immediately select Continue to resume playing.

I got hit with this thing (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-10-10-borderlands-2-badass-rank-bug-plaguing-users-not-connected-to-dlc).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 03, 2012, 02:47:45 pm
...Why do people make viruses that are purely destructive?  I thought that went out of style in the 90s.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 03, 2012, 03:53:01 pm
...Why do people make viruses that are purely destructive?  I thought that went out of style in the 90s.

People get bored and want to be dicks, no matter what decade we're in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 03, 2012, 04:13:59 pm
At least they're not destroying anything important, I suppose.

Yeah, I'd be pissed that they'd borked my saves, but its not like they, for instance, stole my debit card number.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 03, 2012, 04:49:35 pm
No but they stole over a hundred hours of playtime for some people. So. It depends on how important your time is.

EDIT- I just realize that sounds a little... flippant? Either way, it's true it isn't entirely important not like money. But I know I have been rather devastated because I can't get my badass rank or my skins back. Until I make a new save. So.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 03, 2012, 06:20:59 pm
Aah, that's true.  Still...of all the games to make a virus for...why wouldn't they do it for Halo?  XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 03, 2012, 07:24:45 pm
 Cause there isn't a new Halo game out (just yet) and BL2 is insanely popular for 360 right now. As a guess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 04, 2012, 12:35:04 am
Hahaha, I know.  I just figured I'd give Master Chief a foot in the ass...ya know, for old time's sake.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on November 05, 2012, 04:38:24 pm
NEW SKYRIM DLC TRAILER. INCLUDES DRAGON RIDING. ALL THE SHIT HAS BEEN LOST.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 05, 2012, 07:24:48 pm
NEW SKYRIM DLC TRAILER. INCLUDES DRAGON RIDING. ALL THE SHIT HAS BEEN LOST.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsROQUWaHnQ

...

*foams at the mouth and collapses into a mess on the floor* @_X OHMYGAWDWANT
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 05, 2012, 08:28:49 pm
Launch day buy.  Also some new enemies and locations for us to explore.

Hey wasn't there a main quest line I should be doing?  Right?  I could've sworn I had something to be doing there.

Ironbite-oh well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on November 05, 2012, 09:58:00 pm
Just saw the new Skyrim dlc trailer right before I got on here.  Freaking epic!  Can't wait to ride a dragon off into the sunset.


Also, the twist at the end of Sequence 3 of AC3 caught me seriously off guard.  I actually went "What the fuck?"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 06, 2012, 01:36:52 am
I'm more excited about going back to Morrowind than riding a dragon...I want to see the devastation Red Mountain caused when it blew right the fuck up.

Also, I JUST got done laying down the foundation for my newest Minecraft ('Nilla) creative project: The Great Desert Castle Mk II.  Less random idiocy, more giant fucking castle in the desert.  Eight towers, each 21 blocks wide, placed in the shape of a square, all connected by roadways that are 26 blocks long and 5 blocks wide, with a massive 35 block wide tower foundation in the middle, for the palace.  It took me two days just to lay down the foundation and sculpt the land...all by hand, no WorldEdit, didn't even use any TNT.

Two days for a fucking foundation, two real-world days.  Yeah, this is gonna take a long time, but my GOD, is it gonna be worth it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 06, 2012, 04:18:51 am
I haven't played Skyrim since ME 3 came out.  Now I'm just waiting for Hitman in a couple of weeks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 06, 2012, 04:31:56 am
I'm just wondering if you can have your dragon mount attack shit.  Cause if so....that would be amazing.

Ironbite-just...amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 06, 2012, 05:05:06 am
So when are we going to get the dragon armour DLC?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 06, 2012, 05:24:47 am
So when are we going to get the dragon armour DLC?

...

I see what you did there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 06, 2012, 05:53:43 am
I'm just wondering if you can have your dragon mount attack shit.  Cause if so....that would be amazing.

Ironbite-just...amazing.
I'm gonna laugh if I wind up shooting a bow and pegging the dragon in the back of the head.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on November 06, 2012, 08:56:08 pm
I'm more excited about going back to Morrowind than riding a dragon...I want to see the devastation Red Mountain caused when it blew right the fuck up.

Oh SNAP!  I just watched the trailer again.  Did NOT catch that the first time.  Now I can't wait even more for this DLC!


EDIT:  Okay, I beat AC3 last night.  Not going to spoil anything, but that was a much darker game than any of the previous games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 08, 2012, 05:04:32 pm
Sine Mora's coming out on Steam soon!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/207040/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207040/)

Being a shmup junkie, I pre-purchased it immediately.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 08, 2012, 11:55:32 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17iRUIE56Nc
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 10, 2012, 02:01:24 am
After watching half of a Let's Play, I decided to give Dwarf Fortress a try. Hey, it's free, so why not? I've just got to find a tileset I like (In my opinion, ASCII graphics look like ass) and maybe a few anti-tedium mods (Dwarf Therapist, perhaps) and I'll see how I go. I'll probably be absolutely terrible at it, but what the hey.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on November 10, 2012, 05:42:32 am
After watching half of a Let's Play, I decided to give Dwarf Fortress a try. Hey, it's free, so why not? I've just got to find a tileset I like (In my opinion, ASCII graphics look like ass) and maybe a few anti-tedium mods (Dwarf Therapist, perhaps) and I'll see how I go. I'll probably be absolutely terrible at it, but what the hey.

Remember, losing is fun.

Advice for a beginner: avoid aquifers and areas with necromancers. Once you have food sorted, dig down for magma so you can smelt. Serrated glass disc traps are a good starter if you have sand.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 10, 2012, 07:37:31 am
Advice for a beginner: avoid aquifers and areas with necromancers. Once you have food sorted, dig down for magma so you can smelt. Serrated glass disc traps are a good starter if you have sand.
Would it be advisable to use coke (or charcoal, if possible) as an alternative to magma for a short while? Just so I can build up a little before I go too deep and have to deal with the various cavern-dwelling nasties. From what I've seen, those require a functioning military to safely deal with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 10, 2012, 08:57:48 am
After watching half of a Let's Play, I decided to give Dwarf Fortress a try. Hey, it's free, so why not? I've just got to find a tileset I like (In my opinion, ASCII graphics look like ass) and maybe a few anti-tedium mods (Dwarf Therapist, perhaps) and I'll see how I go. I'll probably be absolutely terrible at it, but what the hey.
Lazynewbpack.

It's a godsend. Plus the tilesets ain't half bad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on November 11, 2012, 11:42:19 am
Advice for a beginner: avoid aquifers and areas with necromancers. Once you have food sorted, dig down for magma so you can smelt. Serrated glass disc traps are a good starter if you have sand.
Would it be advisable to use coke (or charcoal, if possible) as an alternative to magma for a short while? Just so I can build up a little before I go too deep and have to deal with the various cavern-dwelling nasties. From what I've seen, those require a functioning military to safely deal with.

Depends how much wood you have to hand, smelting eats through wood like mad. My advice to caverns is to seal them up if you breech them accidentally. Getting magma from the magma sea or lava tubes is safer.
Stone mugs are good to make for trade for booze and food.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 11, 2012, 11:57:49 am
A few more tips:


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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on November 11, 2012, 02:20:56 pm
A few more tips:

  • Elves love it when you give them wooden things.
  • Once you've found some Adamantine, keep digging it, and if you find a sword stuck in the ground whilst doing so, pull it out.

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Ah, hippies, candy canes and circus tents.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 11, 2012, 05:43:08 pm
The original FF14 is dead.  They're beginning to bring on the 2.0 version.  The trailer they did showing the end of the original world is amazingly done:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqL3-n2-3J4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 12, 2012, 09:20:26 am
Well, I just finished Dreamfall, and I have to say, the devs really ballsed it up. The Longest Journey had a very interesting and coherent story, Dreamfall was just a complete mess in that department, as well as just a wee bit pretentious. Ah well, I guess it's fun to theorise what exactly went wrong during development.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: DrFishcake on November 12, 2012, 12:36:12 pm
EDIT:  Okay, I beat AC3 last night.  Not going to spoil anything, but that was a much darker game than any of the previous games.

This!
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on November 12, 2012, 01:38:21 pm
Was really considering Skyrim a debacle after some serious thunking after the fact. Oblivion wasn't perfect, but Fallout and Fallout New Vegas meant they could have done a lot more.

I've come back with the Skyrim Redone mod and my my my, it's like playing a much different and vastly improved game. Anyone want to play a game of Punchies?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 13, 2012, 06:09:14 am
Punched in a prepaid card for TOR over the weekend.

For some reason I find the fact that I can dual wield red and blue lightsabers to be badass:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2012, 01:46:45 pm
Why would you prepay for a game that is going FTP on the 15th, tho?

At any rate, I think I dual-wielded purple and white before. That was fun. When it goes FTP I may be signing up soon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on November 13, 2012, 02:27:18 pm
Why would you prepay for a game that is going FTP on the 15th, tho?

1) Some races are not available to F2P, unless you either buy the race specifically or had a character of that race as a subscriber.

2) BioWare is giving out free Cartel Coins to prior subscribers who have an active account between the day it goes F2P and Dec 20th. (I think that is the date...) If at any point in there you have a subscription, you get the coins.

3) Warzones and Flashpoints are limited if you are F2P.

4) Cannot run Ops if you are F2P.

That's what I remember off the top of my head. I just reactivated my account.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2012, 03:19:00 pm
Yeah, see. I'm one of those people who if it's FTP I'm happy with what I get. Heh. I have enough subscriptions to things I will constantly use rather than play once in a while.

It's why when I hear about something going FTP like STO I tend to just wait instead of "wasting" the money. Even if there's a FTP level cap I never hit it with how little I play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 13, 2012, 05:05:31 pm
Blue covered alot of it.  I generally hate F2P restrictions (http://www.swtor.com/free/features), if I enjoy it, I'll pay for it.  Although I generally don't subscribe, I usually use either pre-paid cards or using their website to pay for certain amount in months ahead of time.  Some games don't have either of these options which really piss me off. (ie. The Secret World).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 13, 2012, 06:39:08 pm
I'm getting some serious replay value outta Hotline Miami.  I'm not even bothering to try and get all the secrets, its just that much damn fun.

Also, I think Technic is making me lazy, I just built a rig to automate the creation of insulated copper cables, because I find adding rubber to each stack of cable (which I have to have, for certain high-end machinery) really god damned tedious.  So...I built a machine to not only do it for me automatically, but to generate the stuff on its own, with help from two Mk III collectors and two condensers.  Again, because I utterly despise tedium.

...

Except when it comes to digging.  I love digging on my own and I find quarries and the supporting machinery they require to function independently not only cumbersome, but boring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2012, 07:52:11 pm
Started Black Ops II. Already feel like it's gonna be a damn mindfuck like the first one. It'll be a fun ride once I can play without interruption so I can understand the damn plot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 13, 2012, 09:11:32 pm
What's so hard to understand about the plot? It's Call of Duty, the game where the story is always about as complex as "you have gun, darkies/ruskies over there, you go shoot them, then die dramatically to a nuke".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2012, 09:59:08 pm
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2ilfv3m.png)

Possible spoilers:

So far I've dealt with trying to run with a man (who has been starved and tortured) out of harm's way (in a dense jungle if I might add), seen a child soldier bashed in the head for not handling his gun properly, and generally under the assumption that the protagonist, Mason, is still suffering ill effects from the shit that happened in the first game.

There's also apparently a time skip from the 1980s to 2025 which is gonna throw me for a damn loop. I have to keep up with the time hops from "present day" to the 80s then up to 2025.

I generally prefer Treyarch's way of doing things to Infinity Ward's way of doing things. The gameplay seems a bit more solid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 13, 2012, 10:13:01 pm
So basically it's going for the Homefront style "throw a bunch of atrocities at you and hope something sticks".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2012, 10:16:31 pm
...Not really? But whatever. I don't feel like explaining the plot and the game as a whole to someone who doesn't legitimately give a damn.

I did hop to 2025 again and the future shit is neat but not impossible like in some games I've played.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on November 13, 2012, 10:34:32 pm
Ah Black Ops 2, propaganda made fun. (http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/7878/article/black-ops-2-s-villain-is-revealed-as-the-leader-of-the-99/?placeValuesBeforeTB_=savedValues&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=550&width=980)

Also, this game (http://unityofcommand.net/) seems to be quite good. I have played the demo, based off that and what has been floating around the intertubes, this game seems like a worthwhile buy. But I'm currently oscillating between Panzer General and War in Russia.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 14, 2012, 12:07:36 am
Can anyone find any word as to when the Technic Pack will be updated to 1.4.2?  I know the main stick is Eloraam and RedPower...just wanna know if anyone has any news that I might've missed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on November 14, 2012, 06:09:58 am
Just grabbed Killing Floor off steam and I am loving it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on November 14, 2012, 06:17:34 pm
New GTA V trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMRSWroDkEw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 14, 2012, 09:38:30 pm
Those clever, clever bastards...its like GTA IV was a practice act, testing new technology and concepts, and this is the game they wanted to make out of it all.  The fact that it looks like its in San Andreas only serves to make it even more awesome...because GTA:SA is still my favorite Grand Theft Auto of all time.

Also, I think I know why my Technic maps keep hitting the, as I call it, Lag Point...the point where all my facilities begin to lag the game to nigh-unplayability.  With each map, I game the system more and more...I exploit holes in things like Equivalent Exchange, IC2, and BuildCraft, and warp them in such a way that I can easily achieve anything I want, with just a few minutes' work.

Think I might just shut off my machines in my current base, fill up some lapotrons/blulectric batteries, grab some of my more important things like my rotary macerators and singularity compressor, stuff a few extra goodies into an alchemy bag or four, and just...start anew somewhere else.  This time, at least trying to not exploit every hole I see in the mods.

Still not using ThaumCraft, though.  Seriously, what's the point?  Almost anything it can do, the other mods can do, and they can either do it better, more easily, or many times, both.  I don't need magic, just the raw, fierce marriage of alchemy and high technology.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 14, 2012, 10:01:13 pm
Well, Thaumcraft's point is that it's magic, more or less, and operates more on atmospheric power than, say, direct power.

If you're metagaming, I can see why you wouldn't see a use for it.  If you're normal playing, it's probably really fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 15, 2012, 01:06:38 am
I was about to play some Mass Effect 3 multi but then a storm came and destroyed the possibilities of it. So I did another mission in Black Ops II.

And then it made me do a strike mission. No idea what I'm doing but I lost.

Also my friend is going to make me play the first Dragon Age at this rate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 15, 2012, 03:00:51 am
Well, Thaumcraft's point is that it's magic, more or less, and operates more on atmospheric power than, say, direct power.

If you're metagaming, I can see why you wouldn't see a use for it.  If you're normal playing, it's probably really fun.

Well, I mean...from an in-game perspective, what's the point of trying to research, say, a Thaumic Duplicator, when I've already got the knowledge to make a condenser pressed into my positronic brain?  It can duplicate more, likely works a hell of a lot -faster,- and is far, far easier to acquire in terms of time and energy spent in pursuit of it.

From a metagaming perspective, this is even moreso, because the chance of coming across the theory you want is totally random, there's almost no way (that I'm aware of) other than the obvious stuff, to influence the outcome of your research, in terms of what arcane theories you come across.

Its cumbersome, its inefficient, and, if ya ask me...a little inelegant.  Though, I think that's more a personal thing.  IC2, RedPower, and BuildCraft give me massive technological boners.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 15, 2012, 11:46:38 pm
Enjoying Halo 4 and Black Ops 2 very much but I'm enjoying Halo a lot more due to the fact that I can actually dominate the multiplayer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 16, 2012, 02:14:52 am
I'm getting Halo 4 later on. Trying to avoid spoilers for that is harder than it was for Mass Effect 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 16, 2012, 03:09:13 am
Beat.  Hotline.  Miami.  Finished the puzzle, got the masks, got the good ending.  That game is one of the most brutally difficult games I've ever played, especially when restricting one's self to only the 2nd (secret-revealing, and nothing else) mask for the entire game.  In a game where masks can give you different weapons and abilities...some of which make certain levels (I'm not tellin, figure it out on your own like I had to!) much, much simpler.  LOLNOPE, I had to be as brutal to the game as it was fuckin bein to me.  Because I'm a fuckin boss like that.

And, I loved every second of it.  May even go for a 3rd play thru...or 4th, its hard to tell since I kinda skipped around a bit hunting for secrets.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on November 16, 2012, 03:52:38 am
New GTA V trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMRSWroDkEw

Well I am just thoroughly stiff right now.
Title: FTL: Faster than Light: limitations and intrigue
Post by: The Illusive Man on November 16, 2012, 01:34:31 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, I am willing to assume that many of you are familiar with FTL: Faster Than Light (http://www.ftlgame.com) and the modding community that has grown quite a bit around it. (http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10) Modders with more patience than I and contact with the developers were able to determine a lot about the limitations of FTL. (http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=5157#p23726)

However such hardcoded limitations simply do not make sense as they only selectively apply. I will exemplify:

Quote
Question (shark):
2. Building up on some skills yields expected results; expanding shields/weapons/drones to level 10 results in correct behaviour; however the UI won't advance past level 8.
2.1. I could not find how to set tooltils for levels 9 and 10, or adjust the size of the textfield/label used to display them; I did however find the level_grid file which i adjusted for 10 levels accordingly but that just looks weird. Can you tell me how to change the tooltip size so that I can fit 10 of them?
2.2 How do these skills know what to do?

Answer (Justin):
2. The UI wasn't designed for >8, no way that'll work.
2.1 It's not designed to go past 8. I'm surprised it doesnt just crash on you.
2.2 I have no idea. Probably does nothing since they're hardcoded.

Question (shark):
3. More of a buildup on the last one, extending engines to level 10 starts giving 0 dodge on level9 and 10. Why doesn't it know how to advance properly?
3.1. Artillery uses "Cloaking 25 seconds" for it's level5 tooltip, however it works properly once supplied with a right asset; button_artillery_5.png and even it's timer works right. How to change this tooltip?

Answer (Justin):
3. Because the amounts are hardcoded and nothing was included for >8
3.1 A lot of tooltips are hardcoded (sensing a trend? :/ )


For the sake of testing and amusement I have decided to push FTL beyond its breaking point set by Justin (power > 8 ) by testing what others have found/discovered. The following was the result of memory editing via Cheat Engine 6.2 (http://cheatengine.org/). The below should come as no surprise to anyone as such values are stored as 4 bytes (32-bits / DWORD).

Oxygen level 10 works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LurNrAHvS40

The oxygen system is one of the first aspects of the game that I observed to go past the 8 > limit. Examples such as this drew my suspicion. Why is it that almost everything else is hard coded but this is not? This applies to the medbay too! It would seem that the developers intentionally either left some aspects not hardcoded or intentionally hardcoded most aspects. Why?

Level 30 Oxygen, BRB oxygenating space!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKz3L9c4S4o

Medbay up to 10 works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azeaD_pu-VI

Here is a fun fact not shown in this video, it is actually possible to have your medbay upgraded so far that you don’t need oxygen. OPEN ALL THE DOORS! The rate of health loss due to suffocation is less than the rate of health gain. Add Engi Med-bot Dispersal and then you can have an entire ship crew of perpetual:

(http://imgboot.com/images/KILMAIMBURN/hqdefault.jpg)

And the best part is that the crew can still operate the ship’s systems.

Graphical glitches occur when artillery is given more than 4 bars of power but in works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFZpfqEJc8Y

Artillery gone wild.avi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WISfcER0XZE
 Give artillery 8 or more power bars and it won’t stop firing due to the countdown timer having either 0 or a negative value. *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM**BEEEM* *BEEEM* *BEEEM*

Engines past 8 = 5% chance to dodge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGJ6hXRXQAE
Sadly giving the engines past 8 power bars only reduces your ship’s chances to dodge 5%.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 17, 2012, 03:55:05 am
I've finally gotten around to playing my Sylvari warrior in Guild Wars 2, instead of just instinctively hopping on my (incredibly fun) thief.  I have this to say: MOTHERFUCKING HAMMERTIME, BITCHES!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 18, 2012, 04:10:50 am
Finished Black Ops II.

I... don't know but I think I fucked up. I got the "bad ending". I'm pretty sure I know where I screwed up tho.

Also, I wasn't expecting the thing after the credits.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 18, 2012, 05:02:49 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFDESAIkmlE

This video goes over all the differences between TOR's sub version to it's now F2P conversion.  Hint: There's alot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on November 18, 2012, 07:14:09 pm
So, did anyone else just play in the final event of The Lost Shores, in Guild Wars 2? That was friggin' epic. Pretty nice rewards, too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 18, 2012, 11:29:21 pm
Nooooooooooooo!  I missed it!  ...Oh, well.  As it goes with Guild Wars, there will be more.  There are always more.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on November 19, 2012, 12:03:59 am
Unity of Command is a pretty tough game. The AI will quickly cut off supply lines, go for gaps and take bridges. My only problem with this is that it does so in a nearly suicidal manner, in other games it would then be somewhat simple to turn around and destroy them, but in this game it hurts because of the way supply works and the time constraints.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on November 19, 2012, 01:39:34 am
Nooooooooooooo!  I missed it!  ...Oh, well.  As it goes with Guild Wars, there will be more.  There are always more.

Shame you missed it. The rewards were a 20-slot bag, an earring that gives like +25 to everything, then 2 random rares of your level and 2 random exotics of your level.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 19, 2012, 02:29:15 am
Well, least I've got a reasonable excuse.  'Sides, like I said, there will be more of em, that's just how Guild Wars has rolled since day one.  (Even if I, myself, started playing shortly before Factions came out.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 19, 2012, 05:09:26 am
Hitman comes out tomorrow, though I have to wait until next week since I'm working for the rest of this week.  Also, my wife ordered me, WWE 13, which should be here soon. 

Between those and the 2 new sets for the Legends of Wrestling card game, I'm going to be plenty busy for the next couple months!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 19, 2012, 09:09:05 am
I didn't know that F2P version of The Old Rebublic would be that bad... I was actually looking forwards to trying it once it became free.


Some of those restrictions are really stupid. Although I understand stuff like restricting races (since it appears to be only a visual thing with all the races functionally equal) or limiting the PVP and Raids and such. But stuff like limiting the chat and quickslots is just dickish. Only two characters per account? What if I make several accounts?

Hmmm... It still leaves a game with a several co-op campaigns that have slightly interactive plot. And based on what I've seen the plot is decent (sometimes even pretty good) and so is the gameplay.

So it is not a total loss. Maybe they get smarter and lift off some of the restrictions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on November 19, 2012, 09:54:07 am
I didn't know that F2P version of The Old Rebublic would be that bad... I was actually looking forwards to trying it once it became free.

There are threads in the forums discussing that maybe BW went too far in restrictions. I kind of agree.

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Although I understand stuff like restricting races (since it appears to be only a visual thing with all the races functionally equal)

It is. Also, you can unlock any race with Cartel Coins or through legacy and in-game credits. I personally think the CC route is better, as it will unlock the race on any server. Unlocking through legacy only unlocks on that one server.

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or limiting the PVP and Raids and such.

This is the complaint a lot of people have, actually. I've seen the argument that PvP or Raids should be limited per day, not per week. I can see it both ways. I only PvP or Raid (now that there is a group finder) 1-2 times a day, so daily limits would not affect me at all. On the other hand, if someone wants to Raid/PvP to level, weekly limits will really hurt them.

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But stuff like limiting the chat and quickslots is just dickish.

Cartel Coins. And IIRC the next two quickslots (which are all you need) are cheap.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 19, 2012, 01:53:37 pm
Quote
But stuff like limiting the chat and quickslots is just dickish.

Cartel Coins. And IIRC the next two quickslots (which are all you need) are cheap.

Not to mention there's perfectly legit reasons. If they didn't have some restrictions on chat from free accounts the trolling and gold farmer messages would be utterly impossible to control. It's a pretty typical constraint from the FTP conversions I've seen recently.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 19, 2012, 02:54:02 pm
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But stuff like limiting the chat and quickslots is just dickish.

Cartel Coins. And IIRC the next two quickslots (which are all you need) are cheap.

Not to mention there's perfectly legit reasons. If they didn't have some restrictions on chat from free accounts the trolling and gold farmer messages would be utterly impossible to control. It's a pretty typical constraint from the FTP conversions I've seen recently.

Gee, you guys make it seem reasonable and all...

;)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 19, 2012, 10:49:28 pm
Brb, grinding animals (http://store.steampowered.com/app/213610/)

(http://mspaforums.com/image.php?u=1003836&dateline=1293894535)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 19, 2012, 11:22:30 pm
When NiGHTS (inevitably) gets on Steam, I will buy copies of it for every one of my Steam friends, and then some. (Aside from you, syaoranvee, since you said you don't accept gifts)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 20, 2012, 06:30:32 am
Oh yeah, Torch Light 2, they added a badger pet. Apparently that was all I needed to enjoy the game.

While I'm going to be galavanting a bit till monday I'm thinking of setting up a running TL 2 online game. If anyone else still plays.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 20, 2012, 01:26:14 pm
Oh yeah, Torch Light 2, they added a badger pet. Apparently that was all I needed to enjoy the game.

While I'm going to be galavanting a bit till monday I'm thinking of setting up a running TL 2 online game. If anyone else still plays.

If it's at a time when I'm actually awake, then I'm down to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 23, 2012, 02:33:12 am
I've decided to challenge myself in Hotline Miami yet again.  This time, instead of a pure speed/high score run, I'm playing exclusively with the Oscar mask, which for those unaware, makes everything really dark.  As in difficult to see.  I'll give ya a peek, how bout that?

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_hl-miami-gameplay-with-molehead.png) (http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/hl-miami-gameplay-with-molehead.png)

Sooooooo, yeah.  This is gonna be difficult.  Then again, I like difficult!  Already 4 chapters in, and I think I'm getting acclimated to the dark.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 23, 2012, 05:32:11 am
I finished To The Moon yesterday. I have to say, the writing was pretty solid, though the ending was a bit of a disappointment. It was so close to a very moving bittersweet ending but instead opted for a cliche perfect happy ending at the last second.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on November 23, 2012, 05:50:42 am
Shogun 2 ain't bad at all. The battle AI isn't that good, though I haven't played that many battles, but the strategy AI is a lot better than previous games, IMO the best vanilla AI so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 23, 2012, 08:37:06 pm
I recently started replaying Cave Story and gods I forgot how hard this damn game was.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on November 23, 2012, 09:21:47 pm
Shogun 2 ain't bad at all. The battle AI isn't that good, though I haven't played that many battles, but the strategy AI is a lot better than previous games, IMO the best vanilla AI so far.

Battle AI in total war game's always been somewhat questionable. I've done some completely absurd things in Medieval 2 and pulled off a victory. Usually because they'll pull right up into arrow range and just stand there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 25, 2012, 07:32:27 am
Has anyone played any of the Blackwell games? Great indie point-and-click adventure with very well written and (most surprisingly) voice acted story and characters. If this is the sort of thing you like in a game, you really can't go wrong.

Man, I just love the indie scene for bringing back one of my favourite genres of old. The scratch a lot of itches that the publisher-backed side of things sadly ignore most of the time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on November 25, 2012, 05:46:39 pm
Just beat the Sleeping Dogs Halloween DLC. God damn, but that's a fun game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 25, 2012, 08:35:36 pm
Picked up a beta version of a new modpack for Minecraft: Feed The Beast (http://www.feed-the-beast.com/).

What is it?  Basically, its a collection of all the best Forge mods for Minecraft (IndustrialCraft, BuildCraft, RedPower, Thermal Expansion, ThaumCraft, etc) put together in one pack which is being updated and maintained either by the mod authors themselves, or with their permission.  Like I said, its currently in beta, but it stands to be at least a serious competitor for Technic/Tekkit.  Oh!  Also, its got Forestry + Extra Bees.  Haven't gotten around to working with that mod (mostly been working with BC and Thermal Expansion), but it looks...pretty damn cool.

The launcher is a little buggy, in regard to downloading the pack correctly, but the help section's got a fix for it, which is on the first page, last I saw.

All in all, it runs better than Technic, starts up faster, has fewer lag spikes, and includes such nifty things as the Portal Gun mod, which has become an indispensable part of my life.  One last thing, its working off 1.4.2 'nilla Minecraft, so you've got all the nifty bits from there, too.

If you wanna check it out, hit up direwolf20's YouTube channel. (http://www.youtube.com/user/direwolf20)  Got an entire server LP season dedicated to the SMP version of this pack, and I gotta tell ya, it looks fucking amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on November 26, 2012, 06:18:25 pm
I just got an e-mail saying I won the Kirby playing cards. Yay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 26, 2012, 06:56:51 pm
I just got an e-mail saying I won the Kirby playing cards. Yay.

On a related note, my Club Nintendo 2013 Calendar has been shipped.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on November 26, 2012, 07:04:59 pm
I just got an e-mail saying I won the Kirby playing cards. Yay.

On a related note, my Club Nintendo 2013 Calendar has been shipped.

I just ordered that Gold nunchuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 26, 2012, 09:15:24 pm
I got Halo 4 today.

Does anyone want a 14-day Xbox Live Gold code? I have no need of it and won't before it even expires so...

Also, I have these coming to me:
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdxdgkrs6s1qdl4w6o1_500.png)
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdwjsfnYXc1qdl4w6o1_400.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 26, 2012, 09:37:21 pm
Spoiler'ed for possible dickishness.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 26, 2012, 09:40:59 pm
Doom 3 was released on the 360? Huh, I could've sworn that came out on the Xbox long before the 360 was out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 26, 2012, 09:54:40 pm
It's the BFG Edition, which includes the first two games, as well as the expansion pack and new levels for the third. Also, updated graphics, of course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 27, 2012, 12:36:33 am
Spoiler'ed for possible dickishness.

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...I buy what interests me and what I enjoy playing. I don't buy things I don't have an inkling of interest in. And quite honestly, that game doesn't interest me in the slightest and similar games hurt my head trying to deal with. Regardless of how easy or hard a game is, if I enjoy it I'll play it. And I'm not sure how I like my taste in games being looked down on.

As for Doom 3 BFG (http://www.amazon.com/Doom-3-BFG-Xbox-360/dp/B008E6ZXRM), it was updated and packaged together with the previous games. I wanted to play it on my 360 and they have a couple Doom games for download already on the marketplace but I wanted the upgraded version(s).

Many of the games I've been waiting to buy, and Black Friday gave me the perfect chance. Especially considering Dishonored was only $25 and Halo 4 was basically half off with the promotions they gave me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 27, 2012, 04:45:59 am
It's the BFG Edition, which includes the first two games, as well as the expansion pack and new levels for the third. Also, updated graphics, of course.

It includes Doom 1 and 2?  I might have to get that in the future.

Anyway, I got Hitman Absolution.  The levels where you get to assassinate people are fun.  The levels where you have to escape, not so much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 27, 2012, 06:03:49 am
I know I'm a little late to the party, but Dungeons of Dredmor is a hell of a lot of fun. I mean, it's got a skill set called "mathemagician". What's not to love?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 27, 2012, 06:25:21 am
I know I'm a little late to the party, but Dungeons of Dredmor is a hell of a lot of fun. I mean, it's got a skill set called "mathemagician". What's not to love?
Wait till you start playing with portals and find a merry little diggle hell. They're plenty of fun. Still haven't beaten the damn game, but I keep poking my nose where I damn well know it doesn't belong.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 27, 2012, 09:03:47 am
I know I'm a little late to the party, but Dungeons of Dredmor is a hell of a lot of fun. I mean, it's got a skill set called "mathemagician". What's not to love?
Wait till you start playing with portals and find a merry little diggle hell. They're plenty of fun. Still haven't beaten the damn game, but I keep poking my nose where I damn well know it doesn't belong.
I've yet to clear the first level. I've heard it described as "baby's first Rogue-like", yet FTL is a much easier game. Ah well, I suppose I'll get the hang of it in due course.

On another note, I just finished all four Blackwell games. I must say, it's a fantastic series. I'll definitely be buying the last two games as soon as they're released.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 27, 2012, 10:58:56 am
I've yet to clear the first level. I've heard it described as "baby's first Rogue-like", yet FTL is a much easier game. Ah well, I suppose I'll get the hang of it in due course.
That's because most Rogue-likes make chewing on nails while downing Tabasco sauce seem fun. It's not a particularly easy game by normal standards, but with the right amount of luck you can be katana wielding steel covered death machine by the 3rd level. It's just a promise, in fact my fiancee who watched me do it didn't believe I found that much steel that early.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on November 27, 2012, 04:00:28 pm
I know I'm a little late to the party, but Dungeons of Dredmor is a hell of a lot of fun. I mean, it's got a skill set called "mathemagician". What's not to love?

I love me the COmmunism skill tree!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 27, 2012, 06:02:50 pm
I'm trying to decide whether to get a Wii U or a PS Vita during the holidays.  I'm heavily leaning toward the Wii U as it has a back catalog of Wii games to play (I haven't had a console since the gamecube) and the fact that the Vita has ridiculous prices for memory cards if you want a digital library.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on November 27, 2012, 07:04:03 pm
I'm trying to decide whether to get a Wii U or a PS Vita during the holidays.  I'm heavily leaning toward the Wii U as it has a back catalog of Wii games to play (I haven't had a console since the gamecube) and the fact that the Vita has ridiculous prices for memory cards if you want a digital library.
I'd suggest the Wii U myself, there just isn't much worth playing on the Vita. At least not much you couldn't play on PSP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 27, 2012, 07:10:17 pm
If you get a Wii U, go for the Deluxe Edition. It has so much to offer over the Standard Edition, it's a wonder anybody buys the latter.

Oh, and don't shut the Wii U down during the 5 GB firmware update.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 27, 2012, 07:55:27 pm
If you get a Wii U, go for the Deluxe Edition. It has so much to offer over the Standard Edition, it's a wonder anybody buys the latter.

Availability is pretty much the biggest reason.

I know of one place where they won't restock any Deluxe Editions until March.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 27, 2012, 08:18:09 pm
Okay, scratch that, it's a wonder the Standard Edition even exists. They should've made more Deluxes snd not made any Standards.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 28, 2012, 12:38:27 am
I've been playing the Omega DLC for Mass Effect 3. It's interesting but nothing seems 'wow that's awesome'.

I do like the female turian tho.

After I finish the DLC I might pop in Dishonored or something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 28, 2012, 07:21:45 am
I've been playing the Omega DLC for Mass Effect 3. It's interesting but nothing seems 'wow that's awesome'.

I do like the female turian tho.



Does it seem like the type of missions you might enjoy replaying, to try different strategies, etc.?  I was a little iffy about it since the previous DLC seemed so linear, I have no desire to replay it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 28, 2012, 08:56:23 am
No, it's got a pretty on-the-rails feel to it. You might want to try different strats against the bad guys but that's about it. Try out different endings (there are two, a paragon and a renegade ending).

But, after finishing it I'm kinda wondering why I bothered. But the reviews are mixed. Some love it, some are meh, others hate it cause OMG FEMALE TURIAN WITH BOOBS (even tho we don't know if they're actually boobs or not because she never takes her armor off. It could just be her carapace is elongated to give the impression).

The only thing you'd probably do is wait for it to be 50% off to pick off the achievements. But it's not entirely worth it even for that unless you're a strict completionist.

If you're really interested in Aria and why Cerberus took Omega, then you can read the comics. The DLC is just the finale which you can already guess what happens so it's nothing shock and awe.

In other news I forgot the information about Lego LotR having voices. But, I also understand why (differentiate between Elvish and Common). Still weird. Used to having a version of Simlish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on November 28, 2012, 08:59:10 am
Dishonored stealth gameplay never engaged me. After playing lots of stealth games, most new stealth games come as intuition. Not Dishonored!

On the other hand, trying to drive the boat in AC3 was like slipping on a well worn shoe. It felt just right. I was worried that section would suck, but no. I was very surprised... and happy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 28, 2012, 03:55:28 pm
No, it's got a pretty on-the-rails feel to it. You might want to try different strats against the bad guys but that's about it. Try out different endings (there are two, a paragon and a renegade ending).

But, after finishing it I'm kinda wondering why I bothered. But the reviews are mixed. Some love it, some are meh, others hate it cause OMG FEMALE TURIAN WITH BOOBS (even tho we don't know if they're actually boobs or not because she never takes her armor off. It could just be her carapace is elongated to give the impression).

The only thing you'd probably do is wait for it to be 50% off to pick off the achievements. But it's not entirely worth it even for that unless you're a strict completionist.

If you're really interested in Aria and why Cerberus took Omega, then you can read the comics. The DLC is just the finale which you can already guess what happens so it's nothing shock and awe.

In other news I forgot the information about Lego LotR having voices. But, I also understand why (differentiate between Elvish and Common). Still weird. Used to having a version of Simlish.

Thanks for the info; I think I'll wait.  I've been having a hard enough time replaying ME3, not because of the endings, but because I'm so sick of finishing a mission, only to see loading screen, cut scene, loading screen, cutscene, loading screen, dream sequence, loading screen, report to Hackett, loading screen, play again.  I don't care about the endings anymore, just give us skippable cutscenes! 

Dishonored and Lego LOTR are both possible additions to my XMas list.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on November 30, 2012, 05:40:47 pm
My comment on the article unveiling the latest batch of games to be greenlit on Steam Greenlight:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/765/announcements/detail/1281535715093415350 (http://steamcommunity.com/games/765/announcements/detail/1281535715093415350)

Quote from: Me
So, a game where you drive a truck around got greenlit over several, much more worthy games like Flightless, and, of course, La-Mulana?

[puts on sunglasses]

You've gotta be trucking kidding me.


Hey, nobody else is posting in the Steam Greenlight thread.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 30, 2012, 11:57:01 pm
No, it's got a pretty on-the-rails feel to it. You might want to try different strats against the bad guys but that's about it. Try out different endings (there are two, a paragon and a renegade ending).

But, after finishing it I'm kinda wondering why I bothered. But the reviews are mixed. Some love it, some are meh, others hate it cause OMG FEMALE TURIAN WITH BOOBS (even tho we don't know if they're actually boobs or not because she never takes her armor off. It could just be her carapace is elongated to give the impression).

The only thing you'd probably do is wait for it to be 50% off to pick off the achievements. But it's not entirely worth it even for that unless you're a strict completionist.

If you're really interested in Aria and why Cerberus took Omega, then you can read the comics. The DLC is just the finale which you can already guess what happens so it's nothing shock and awe.

In other news I forgot the information about Lego LotR having voices. But, I also understand why (differentiate between Elvish and Common). Still weird. Used to having a version of Simlish.

Thanks for the info; I think I'll wait.  I've been having a hard enough time replaying ME3, not because of the endings, but because I'm so sick of finishing a mission, only to see loading screen, cut scene, loading screen, cutscene, loading screen, dream sequence, loading screen, report to Hackett, loading screen, play again.  I don't care about the endings anymore, just give us skippable cutscenes! 

Dishonored and Lego LOTR are both possible additions to my XMas list.

Can't really say much about your issues with the cutscenes, mainly cause it's most definitely hyperbole.

Lego LOTR is pretty fun. I just finished book 1.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 01, 2012, 01:28:52 am
Grr, I'm getting too good at Hotline Miami.  I finished an entire play-thru with the tiger mask in around...3-4 hours.  Its still fun, but I want more, damn it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 01, 2012, 06:30:30 am
And so the sun sets on City of Heroes.

Betting on Guild Wars 1 being on NCsoft's chopping block next.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 01, 2012, 09:45:17 am
Just started playing Resonance, and I have to say it starts on a very strong note. The way things are going, Wadjet Eye is quickly becoming one of my favourite developers. If you like point-and-click adventure, definitely check out some of their games. You will not regret it for one second.

I'll most certainly be grabbing Gemini Rue once I'm done with Resonance. Hell, I may even not wait for the Christmas sale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 01, 2012, 11:27:17 am
Can't really say much about your issues with the cutscenes, mainly cause it's most definitely hyperbole.
I'll put up on this one, I refuse to play through the game again because if nearly lost my shit with the heavy handed (and dead fucking lousy)(and out of place) attempt at symbolism which involved running incredaibly slowly through inky forrest like thing with random light child in it. I got it the first time, OOH mystical bullshit, this is totally relevant and symbolic.

Toss in the loss of anything resembling an RPG and you have one of the games I'm leasy happy with in ages, and I pre-ordered sword of the stars 2, which wasn't even playable for a few months. Still happier with that purchase.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on December 01, 2012, 11:45:09 am
At least SOTS 2 comes with a free expansion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 01, 2012, 05:43:47 pm
NCSoft really screwed the pooch when it came to handling the shut down of City of Heroes.

2 seconds after shutting down the servers, they nuked the community.

Ironbite-people are not happy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on December 01, 2012, 07:49:10 pm
I started Assassin's Creed III yesterday.  Oh my god, you can pat dogs and feed acorns to pigs!  :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 01, 2012, 08:00:05 pm
I started Assassin's Creed III yesterday.  Oh my god, you can pat dogs and feed acorns to pigs!  :D

(https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/11/6/vrzsbex1v0OZ4X3-0TDcrw2.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on December 01, 2012, 08:02:54 pm
That was pretty much my reaction.  "Wait, I'm supposed to kill people?  Fuck that, I'm gonna go pet dogs instead!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 01, 2012, 08:37:45 pm
NCSoft really screwed the pooch when it came to handling the shut down of City of Heroes.

2 seconds after shutting down the servers, they nuked the community.

Ironbite-people are not happy.
I'm not surprised, NCSoft has been annoyed with it's continued existence since it failed in S. Korea. Ah well, adios boys, I killed countless hours with those characters who are now forever lost. At least I managed 1 level 50.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 01, 2012, 09:21:42 pm
I'm getting Assassin's Creed 3 for Christmas along with a shiny new PS3. So.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on December 02, 2012, 11:53:13 am
My wife got us a Wii and Skylanders Giants for Christmas. We decided to go ahead and give it to ourselves (rather than wait for Christmas) so her brother and sister-in-law don't think her parents got us the Wii.

Now I have to go back and actually look at Wii games, since I have been ignoring them for years. (I do know I am getting a Wii Fit Plus, and Epic Mickey 1 & 2.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on December 02, 2012, 02:15:51 pm
I played Playstation All-Stars Bttle Royale on my friend's PS3 yesterday. It's excellent. It looks a lot like Smash Bros., but it plays pretty differently, with a focus on awesome combos.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on December 02, 2012, 02:59:33 pm
My wife got us a Wii and Skylanders Giants for Christmas. We decided to go ahead and give it to ourselves (rather than wait for Christmas) so her brother and sister-in-law don't think her parents got us the Wii.

Now I have to go back and actually look at Wii games, since I have been ignoring them for years. (I do know I am getting a Wii Fit Plus, and Epic Mickey 1 & 2.)

A notable one was Muramasa: The Demon Blade, if you like hack-and-slashy actiony/platformy gameplay. It also has rather amazing artwork, looking much like you're playing a vividly colored old Japanese painting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 02, 2012, 05:36:15 pm
Don't forget Rhythm Heaven Fever!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 02, 2012, 06:55:22 pm
Been playing Sonic Adventure 2 for about 10 hours already according to steam, half that time has been in the chao gardens, somehow I have forgotten how long it takes for a chao to evolve into a hero or dark chao.  But while I was stamina training them by forcefeeding them fruits they eventually did. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpvm1ikcV9w)  Now I have the additional gardens open and have more room for more chao.  Who wants a chao named after them?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 02, 2012, 09:30:24 pm
I'm pretty sure the Chao naming service is randomized. Or maybe that isn't the case in the PC version. If you can actually enter a Chao's name yourself on the PC, I want one named after me, please!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on December 02, 2012, 09:31:51 pm
Been playing Sonic Adventure 2 for about 10 hours already according to steam, half that time has been in the chao gardens, somehow I have forgotten how long it takes for a chao to evolve into a hero or dark chao.  But while I was stamina training them by forcefeeding them fruits they eventually did. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpvm1ikcV9w)  Now I have the additional gardens open and have more room for more chao.  Who wants a chao named after them?

If you can, will you use my alternate username OWNi and show it to us? :3


Edited because "Derp, how do I question mark?"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 02, 2012, 10:09:57 pm
I'm pretty sure the Chao naming service is randomized. Or maybe that isn't the case in the PC version. If you can actually enter a Chao's name yourself on the PC, I want one named after me, please!

You go to the fortune teller and say no to the randomized name, then no again to try again, then it will ask if you want to input a name yourself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 04, 2012, 05:53:03 am
Here are the newest chaos of the garden.  OWNi (http://i45.tinypic.com/1ifjfd.png) and Saturn (http://i49.tinypic.com/34zexds.png)


Oh, and The Secret World is starting up a ARG based around the end of the world (http://www.thesecretworld.com/arg/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 04, 2012, 06:10:58 am
Oh, and The Secret World is starting up a ARG based around the end of the world (http://www.thesecretworld.com/arg/)
Maybe someone should tell them that announcing an ARG is a big fuckoff case of Doing It Wrong. If your target player base can't find it via a proper rabbit hole, then they've no business playing ARGs in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 04, 2012, 06:20:27 am
Oh, and The Secret World is starting up a ARG based around the end of the world (http://www.thesecretworld.com/arg/)
Maybe someone should tell them that announcing an ARG is a big fuckoff case of Doing It Wrong. If your target player base can't find it via a proper rabbit hole, then they've no business playing ARGs in the first place.
Or they actually wanted people to find it and get their money out of making it happen... It is rather short notice. Or is this going to be one of those hardcore gamer argument deallies?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 04, 2012, 06:37:40 am
Or they actually wanted people to find it and get their money out of making it happen... It is rather short notice. Or is this going to be one of those hardcore gamer argument deallies?
It just seems like lazy design on the creator's part. An ARG that just blatantly announces its presence just ruins the atmosphere of the whole thing. The ever brilliant Extra Credits sums it up far better than I ever could.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiU4AYPdIOw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 04, 2012, 08:00:37 am
MAH BOYFRIEND GAVE ME A GAMING COMPUTER

So far I am playing
Arma 2
Empire Total War
Borderlands 2
Amnesia
Company of Heroes

Been too long since I've been in this thread <3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 04, 2012, 05:59:37 pm
I haven't played a good RPG in ages, does anybody have any recommendations? there is a massive backlog of SNES RPG's I've yet to play, but I don't know where to start. My computer isn't that great either, so it limits what I can try.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 04, 2012, 06:57:57 pm
I haven't played a good RPG in ages, does anybody have any recommendations? there is a massive backlog of SNES RPG's I've yet to play, but I don't know where to start. My computer isn't that great either, so it limits what I can try.
I'd highly recommend the original (Black Isle) Fallout games, as well as Arcanum and Planescape: Torment. Just add the fanmade patches and content restoration and you're good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on December 04, 2012, 07:04:47 pm
Back in Europa Universilas again. Playing good old Polish Lithuanian COmmonwealth. Basically been at odds with the HRE since the start, the Emperor getting shit from me constantly.

Basically I've won before the 1500s. Germany is half a Polish Playground and the other Half is getting nommed on by France. The Former "emperor" is now my vassal and I'm laughing as two province Burgundy tries to keep the thing from falling apart. Difficulty of course is dismantling the Empire when you're not a republic or Theocracy, of course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on December 04, 2012, 07:26:09 pm
I haven't played a good RPG in ages, does anybody have any recommendations? there is a massive backlog of SNES RPG's I've yet to play, but I don't know where to start. My computer isn't that great either, so it limits what I can try.
I'd highly recommend the original (Black Isle) Fallout games, as well as Arcanum and Planescape: Torment. Just add the fanmade patches and content restoration and you're good.

Oh, God, I loved Arcanum. Play it if you haven't.
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Post by: Saturn500 on December 04, 2012, 07:28:54 pm
I haven't played a good RPG in ages, does anybody have any recommendations? there is a massive backlog of SNES RPG's I've yet to play, but I don't know where to start. My computer isn't that great either, so it limits what I can try.

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Post by: Shane for Wax on December 05, 2012, 05:36:36 pm
I'm getting a little tired of having to carry my team. And when people run into me multiple times, fucking up my aiming.

Stop that, team.

I also find it difficult to dodge spoilers for many of the current games I haven't yet completed for whatever reason. It's getting to be annoying.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 05, 2012, 07:12:04 pm
Well, I'm now replaying Fallout 2, and this time, I'm not only going to try and actually finish the damn thing, but not be a cheap cunt about it (I.E. not saving and reloading every round of combat to guarantee a 5% hit to the eyes every time).
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 06, 2012, 01:20:17 am
After beating Fallout 2 legit, like, a lonnnnnnnnnng time ago, after that, I decided to say "fuck it" and use some less-than-scrupulous memory fuckery to max out my everything.  Is there anything more satisfying than killing an Enclave soldier with a single shot to the eyes...with a run-of-the-mill BB gun?  With the Bloody Mess trait on, so they explode into showers of gore every time they die from so much as a papercut?
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Post by: Askold on December 06, 2012, 01:57:37 am
Well, I'm now replaying Fallout 2, and this time, I'm not only going to try and actually finish the damn thing, but not be a cheap cunt about it (I.E. not saving and reloading every round of combat to guarantee a 5% hit to the eyes every time).

OOOHH! Do you have Killap's patch? Get that it is awesome!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 06, 2012, 02:59:31 am
Well, I'm now replaying Fallout 2, and this time, I'm not only going to try and actually finish the damn thing, but not be a cheap cunt about it (I.E. not saving and reloading every round of combat to guarantee a 5% hit to the eyes every time).

OOOHH! Do you have Killap's patch? Get that it is awesome!

Yup. That and the Fallout 2 Restoration Project. It's some pretty snazzy stuff.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on December 06, 2012, 02:43:25 pm
I'd highly recommend the original (Black Isle) Fallout games, as well as Arcanum and Planescape: Torment. Just add the fanmade patches and content restoration and you're good.

  • Any Ys  game (except III or V, though the far superior remake of III is on Steam, along with Ys Origin)
  • Recettear
  • Pretty much any Shin Megami Tensei game available in the west (If you know Japanese, include the ones that are Japan-only. Also, I'm assuming you have either a PS2 or a backwards-compatible PS3. Also, ports of the games in the Persona sub-series are playable on the PSP and Vita, aside from the second game in the Persona 2 duology)
  • What Art recommended

My brother donated to me his old graphics card yesterday so I can finally play my copy of the Witcher at a consistent framerate so I'm playing that now mostly, but I'm certainly gonna keep these suggestions in mind for later, thanks! Been meaning to play the original Fallouts for the first time after playing the 3rd one.
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Post by: Saturn500 on December 06, 2012, 04:55:32 pm
Also, forgot to clarify: none of the Shin Megami Tensei games are on the PC. Hence the part about assuming you have a PS2, seeing as many of the ones which have been localized are on that system.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on December 06, 2012, 05:25:34 pm
I have a PS3 Slim, but I don't think those are PS2 compatible :(
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 06, 2012, 05:28:54 pm
If ya lookin for a decent old-timey western RPG series to play, I highly recommend the Ultima series.  In fact, quite a few of the early games are free on GOG, and the latter ones (like VII, easily one of the best games of all time) are still pretty cheap, weighing in at around $6.  Cheap, not graphically intensive in the slightest, and looooooots of play time, lemme yell ya.  Hell, just Ultima IV will have you playing for at least a few weeks before you beat it, and that's even with a fair piece of foreknowledge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 06, 2012, 05:30:07 pm
I have a PS3 Slim, but I don't think those are PS2 compatible :(
They aren't. Though Persona 3: FES is available on the PSN store, at least.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on December 06, 2012, 06:51:43 pm
If ya lookin for a decent old-timey western RPG series to play, I highly recommend the Ultima series.  In fact, quite a few of the early games are free on GOG, and the latter ones (like VII, easily one of the best games of all time) are still pretty cheap, weighing in at around $6.  Cheap, not graphically intensive in the slightest, and looooooots of play time, lemme yell ya.  Hell, just Ultima IV will have you playing for at least a few weeks before you beat it, and that's even with a fair piece of foreknowledge.

I actually bought all the Ultima games when they were on sale, really enjoyed Ultima Underworld but had trouble getting into Ultima VII, probably a side-effect of being born in the 90's but it just struck me as confusing. I'm certainly going to give it a second look after I'm done with The Witcher.
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Post by: largeham on December 06, 2012, 08:12:56 pm
Playing Company of Heroes has reminded me how much micro-management RTSes require.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 06, 2012, 11:23:31 pm
If ya lookin for a decent old-timey western RPG series to play, I highly recommend the Ultima series.  In fact, quite a few of the early games are free on GOG, and the latter ones (like VII, easily one of the best games of all time) are still pretty cheap, weighing in at around $6.  Cheap, not graphically intensive in the slightest, and looooooots of play time, lemme yell ya.  Hell, just Ultima IV will have you playing for at least a few weeks before you beat it, and that's even with a fair piece of foreknowledge.

I actually bought all the Ultima games when they were on sale, really enjoyed Ultima Underworld but had trouble getting into Ultima VII, probably a side-effect of being born in the 90's but it just struck me as confusing. I'm certainly going to give it a second look after I'm done with The Witcher.

Aah, aye, the gameplay can be a bit confusing, coming in for the first time.  Also, I loveeeeeeed Underworld.  The first thing that endeared me to Looking Glass Studios.
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Post by: syaoranvee on December 07, 2012, 12:49:17 am
I apparently make a terrible sith. Even myself tells me so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwv2rMmVBnI
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 07, 2012, 01:55:28 am
Hotline Miami is 50% off on Steam right now. I must say, I'm tempted, though I really shouldn't be spending money until I've finished my Christmas shopping.

Sigh, this going to bug me all weekend...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 07, 2012, 02:10:53 am
Hotline Miami is 50% off on Steam right now. I must say, I'm tempted, though I really shouldn't be spending money until I've finished my Christmas shopping.

Sigh, this going to bug me all weekend...

DUDE.  So worth it.  So so worth it.  Its one of the only games that can successfully distract me from both Minecraft and Guild Wars 2.  And that's almost impossible.
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Post by: syaoranvee on December 07, 2012, 04:22:49 am
The Legacy of Kain trilogy has just been released on steam. Are they any good?


They also finally threw Mabinogi on there as well, that was no surprise given how many Nexon games are on Steam.
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Post by: Askold on December 07, 2012, 08:56:32 am
I've got Blood omen 2 and Legacy of Cain: Defiance and must say that I love the storyline. I never managed to find the rest of the series but I've watched walktrhoughs of them and must say that they looked good.

I seriously love the whole character of Raziel, that is how you do a brooding vampire. None of this glittery sparkly bishie crap. If he is supposed to be sad about his "hideous curse and monstrous body" then tear off his jaw and make him look like it as well.

Might buy some of them from Steam if I can spare the money.

(For the record, on some sites I use the username Raziel partly because of this series.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 07, 2012, 03:57:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFY6e1b4hSk

I hope ArcSys gets the PS3 version done already so they can take my money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 07, 2012, 05:16:13 pm
Hotline Miami is 50% off on Steam right now. I must say, I'm tempted, though I really shouldn't be spending money until I've finished my Christmas shopping.

Sigh, this going to bug me all weekend...

Also on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Devolver-Digital-Hotline-Miami-Download/dp/B009GKT2Y0). I have credit in my account so it's free, which is why I knew.

EDIT- I went ahead and bought it cause I had $7 credit for game downloads on Amazon and when I did... I got $5 credit applied to my account. It cost $5. I... okay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 08, 2012, 05:50:02 am
Dark Souls 2 was just announced! If this erection persists for more than 72 hours, I'm gonna have to go to the hospital.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 08, 2012, 07:14:04 am
Allow me to vent about something minor about a not-so-great MMO, known as Forsaken World.

There is a Bard class in the game.  It's part nuker, part support.  One of the interesting things is that by casting your songspells in a certain order, you cause musical effects that buff you and your allies.

The problem is in the "song" and "musical" aspects of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkroQ6eTAmw

Congratulations for turning one of the few good concepts about your game into a snoozefest because your musical class isn't very musical.

That is all.
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Post by: ThunderWulf on December 08, 2012, 12:24:53 pm
So I downloaded the new Skyrim dlc Dragonborn.  So far I like the dlc, but I've ran into my first gamebreaking glitch with Skyrim.  I'm doing my run through of the first main quest dungeon for the dlc, and am about 3/4 of the way through it.  There's this one room where you have to search for a hidden switch so you can advance and whenever I start searching the game freezes after like a minute. Every, single, time.  It's actually kinda pissing me off.
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Post by: Zygarde on December 09, 2012, 02:20:12 pm
I am closely following a game by the name of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch which is a game being made by Level-5 studios  (Creators of Professor Layton) and Studio Ghibli this game is going to be either the greatest PS3 game I have played since Heavy Rain or a major disappointment I'm hoping its the former.
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Post by: Saturn500 on December 09, 2012, 03:01:52 pm
I've been wondering why I haven't pre-ordered it yet, considering I've known about it since it was announced.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on December 09, 2012, 05:59:17 pm
I find myself trying to do more missions and I'm redo'ing the boss fight in the Pirate's Booty DLC for Borderlands 2. Mainly cause I want to get to at least 40 before I do the final fight in the main game.

I'm level 36 now and it's really slow going. But I'm doing a bunch of challenges and such that is boosting my damage and such. Grinding is a chore I forgot was a staple of the Borderlands games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 09, 2012, 06:39:31 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61-OMrOxyso

YES! YES!
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Post by: largeham on December 09, 2012, 08:44:28 pm
Maybe I'm just stupid, but Unity of Command is in part a fantasy game: the AI in attacking the players supply lines is at times completely suicidal. A unit will breakthrough and cut off supply, even if it leaves a gap in their line and it means that unit will get destroyed the next turn. No military has ever been so suicidal in such a manner.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 10, 2012, 08:35:23 am
You know that moment in Fallout 2 when you finally get the car? It's an amazing feeling. Being able to move faster than a slug and have a place to store all the crap that won't fit in your inventory is simply a godsend.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 10, 2012, 12:18:21 pm
Only downside is that it uses energy weapon ammo as fuel...they are, if nothing else, excellent sources of entertainment when you manage to melt people or disintegrate em.  Especially the melting.  One of the only things that's disappointed me in the last few Fallout games, the melting is just too...pretty, too clean.  Fallout 2 doesn't pull any punches with the melting, making it far more worth it.
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Post by: Distind on December 10, 2012, 01:11:43 pm
Only downside is that it uses energy weapon ammo as fuel...they are, if nothing else, excellent sources of entertainment when you manage to melt people or disintegrate em.  Especially the melting.  One of the only things that's disappointed me in the last few Fallout games, the melting is just too...pretty, too clean.  Fallout 2 doesn't pull any punches with the melting, making it far more worth it.
One of the true drawbacks to 3d games, animation is done by a skeleton rather thna frame by frame so there's less fun to be had with it. Unless someone really busts ass that is.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 10, 2012, 05:52:58 pm
Only downside is that it uses energy weapon ammo as fuel...they are, if nothing else, excellent sources of entertainment when you manage to melt people or disintegrate em.  Especially the melting. 
I always find that by the time I've cleared out New Reno, I have enough energy ammo to both fuel the car and shoot things, especially with the fuel cell regulator.
One of the only things that's disappointed me in the last few Fallout games, the melting is just too...pretty, too clean.  Fallout 2 doesn't pull any punches with the melting, making it far more worth it.
Then again, Fallout 3 does have the railroad rifle. Any game where you can pin people's extremities to walls using railroad spikes fired from a steam powered rifle that whistles with every shot is quite alright in my book.
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Post by: syaoranvee on December 10, 2012, 07:17:56 pm
Work on fangame for year and a half, get shut down after release 1 month later. (http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/12/10/my-little-pony-online-put-out-to-pasture/)

Someone has never heard of the eventual fates of fangames before.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 11, 2012, 02:53:38 am
I'll just leave this here, from Guild Wars 2...from the auction house...

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/the-most-expensive-of-all.png)
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Post by: syaoranvee on December 11, 2012, 05:31:48 am
For some random reason I decided to go demoknight during Hale Mode in TF2.  Darth Vader was summoned as the boss. This video was born:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4rG9vT2Vro
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Post by: Mechtaur on December 11, 2012, 05:44:00 am
For some random reason I decided to go demoknight during Hale Mode in TF2.  Darth Vader was summoned as the boss. This video was born:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4rG9vT2Vro

Man, this makes me remember my time going into a fist fight with GabeN as a Heavy. Good times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 11, 2012, 06:34:08 am
So apparently I'm going to be checking out Guildwars 2 here before long, any suggestions on not dying horribly?
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 11, 2012, 05:17:09 pm
So apparently I'm going to be checking out Guildwars 2 here before long, any suggestions on not dying horribly?

Aside from the standard fare of keeping track of your health and such...once you get into putting points in your Traits, invest a few points into whichever trait line gives you additional Toughness.  The extra armor you get from it will be invaluable later on, and those lines almost always come with nice defensive abilities once you get enough points invested in em.

Also, if you're playin a Thief, I suggest bumping up your precision as much as ya can.  With dual daggers/pistols, the high crit chance you'll get from high precision, and the speed at which you can deal damage with those two sets of weapons, you'll be able to DPS most standard mooks pretty easily and the mid-tier elite mooks shouldn't be too much more difficult.  But, for big bosses, switch to your pistols.  Always.
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Post by: syaoranvee on December 11, 2012, 06:38:54 pm
Guild Wars 2 was almost completely wrecked for me because of my time reading Massively, a news blog dealing in MMO news.  You have no idea of how many people believe this game to be the messiah of onling gaming and all other games inferior.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 11, 2012, 07:34:00 pm
Guild Wars 2 was almost completely wrecked for me because of my time reading Massively, a news blog dealing in MMO news.  You have no idea of how many people believe this game to be the messiah of onling gaming and all other games inferior.

Don't let a couple assholes ruin a perfectly good game for ya.  I can tell ya from personal experience, most of the people in-game ain't like that.  Actually...they're pretty friendly and helpful.

Naw, it ain't the messiah of online gaming, but it is good.  To me, at any rate.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 11, 2012, 08:21:45 pm
Wow, it's amazing how potent the night vision + sharpshooter perks are in Fallout 2. 118 points in small guns and I have a 95% chance to hit a target in the eye, from around 9 hexes away, in the middle on the night with a scoped hunting rifle. I have to say, it's a beautiful thing.
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Post by: Distind on December 11, 2012, 09:10:51 pm
Wow, it's amazing how potent the night vision + sharpshooter perks are in Fallout 2. 118 points in small guns and I have a 95% chance to hit a target in the eye, from around 9 hexes away, in the middle on the night with a scoped hunting rifle. I have to say, it's a beautiful thing.
Yeah, once you break 100 things get a bit nuts, particularly with the right perks.

But yeah, checked out character creation and I was mildly impressed. Given my mmo history that's actually saying something, the game I've spent the most time with had people subscribe largely to play with it's character creation. Not entirely sold on the rest of the mechanics so far, but I'm still figuring them out.  For a ten minute exposure all I can really say is, where is the 'dressed' option for female characters?
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Post by: syaoranvee on December 11, 2012, 10:58:13 pm
Guild Wars 2 was almost completely wrecked for me because of my time reading Massively, a news blog dealing in MMO news.  You have no idea of how many people believe this game to be the messiah of onling gaming and all other games inferior.

Don't let a couple assholes ruin a perfectly good game for ya.  I can tell ya from personal experience, most of the people in-game ain't like that.  Actually...they're pretty friendly and helpful.

Naw, it ain't the messiah of online gaming, but it is good.  To me, at any rate.

Meh, I'm kinda waiting and seeing if it ends up on steam or not like the first one is.
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Post by: Saturn500 on December 11, 2012, 11:05:18 pm
Meh, I'm kinda waiting and seeing if it ends up on steam or not like the first one is.

^This, very much this.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 11, 2012, 11:50:52 pm
Wow, it's amazing how potent the night vision + sharpshooter perks are in Fallout 2. 118 points in small guns and I have a 95% chance to hit a target in the eye, from around 9 hexes away, in the middle on the night with a scoped hunting rifle. I have to say, it's a beautiful thing.
Yeah, once you break 100 things get a bit nuts, particularly with the right perks.

But yeah, checked out character creation and I was mildly impressed. Given my mmo history that's actually saying something, the game I've spent the most time with had people subscribe largely to play with it's character creation. Not entirely sold on the rest of the mechanics so far, but I'm still figuring them out.  For a ten minute exposure all I can really say is, where is the 'dressed' option for female characters?

You can find it from random armor drops, but you can also craft it.  Since I'm assuming you're talkin about caster women, lookin into tailoring will make things much easier, aesthetically.  Also, never hurts to be able to make your own armor.

Also...what's with people and Steam?
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 12, 2012, 12:00:54 am
Also...what's with people and Steam?

What do you mean?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 12, 2012, 12:29:21 am
Also...what's with people and Steam?

What do you mean?

Its like, everyone wants to get everything on Steam.  I mean, I understand if its somethin otherwise hard ta find or a Steam exclusive, but...Guild Wars 2?  Its right freakin there, you can even get a digital download version thingy.  I mean, unless you're gonna wait for a Steam sale, should it come there...then, that would make sense.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 12, 2012, 12:40:43 am
Also...what's with people and Steam?

What do you mean?

Its like, everyone wants to get everything on Steam.  I mean, I understand if its somethin otherwise hard ta find or a Steam exclusive, but...Guild Wars 2?  Its right freakin there, you can even get a digital download version thingy.  I mean, unless you're gonna wait for a Steam sale, should it come there...then, that would make sense.

Ease of installation
Community (You can keep in contact with your Steam friends without having to drag them in-game)
Sales potential
Automatic updates that can happen anytime Steam is loaded up
Organization
Some form of weird loyalty that doesn't make any sense
Having your right to download the game basically stored in your Steam account as opposed to a potential digital download key that can get lost
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Post by: Material Defender on December 12, 2012, 12:53:28 am
Also...what's with people and Steam?

What do you mean?

Its like, everyone wants to get everything on Steam.  I mean, I understand if its somethin otherwise hard ta find or a Steam exclusive, but...Guild Wars 2?  Its right freakin there, you can even get a digital download version thingy.  I mean, unless you're gonna wait for a Steam sale, should it come there...then, that would make sense.

Ease of installation
Community (You can keep in contact with your Steam friends without having to drag them in-game)
Sales potential
Automatic updates that can happen anytime Steam is loaded up
Organization
Some form of weird loyalty that doesn't make any sense
Having your right to download the game basically stored in your Steam account as opposed to a potential digital download key that can get lost

I think the loyalty comes from the fact it's easiest to mesh everything in one place as opposed to spread them out and have to check different stores at different times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 12, 2012, 12:57:51 am
Also...what's with people and Steam?

What do you mean?

Its like, everyone wants to get everything on Steam.  I mean, I understand if its somethin otherwise hard ta find or a Steam exclusive, but...Guild Wars 2?  Its right freakin there, you can even get a digital download version thingy.  I mean, unless you're gonna wait for a Steam sale, should it come there...then, that would make sense.

Ease of installation
Community (You can keep in contact with your Steam friends without having to drag them in-game)
Sales potential
Automatic updates that can happen anytime Steam is loaded up
Organization
Some form of weird loyalty that doesn't make any sense
Having your right to download the game basically stored in your Steam account as opposed to a potential digital download key that can get lost

Aye, but like...one of those things, maybe two (Steam community and...whatever organization is), apply to GW2.  Sure, you can lose your digital product code, but that doesn't prevent you from accessing the game, and that easily applies to the hardcopy version you get with the on-DVD form of the game...that, and its generally good practice to write those things down, anyway. 

Ease of installation?  Download the client from the GW2 website, and tell it where you want it to go.  It does -not- get simpler than that.

Sales potential?  Eeh, maybe, but its hard, in my mind, to offer a game for digital distribution...when its already got digital distribution that doesn't come tied to another service and potential DRM from said service clashing with other programs you might have installed on your machine don't make a whole lotta sense.

Automatic updates?  Already handles that in the launcher itself, don't even got to log in, just fire the fucker up.

Lose your game due to HDD crash or having to reformat/repartition?  Again, just download the client, install, and you're golden so long as you remember your account info, which applies equally to Steam and GW2 on its own.

Again, while Steam certainly works well for other games, I don't see any reason why GW2 would ever need or want to be on there, other than to pander to a niche market of folks who refuse to play any games that aren't available on Steam.  Steam sales are the only real reason I see why you'd want the Steam version over the one you can get directly from the game's site.  Or Amazon.  And probably a lot of other places, too.  Well, that and the whole Steam friends list thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 12, 2012, 01:13:49 am
I like having everything in a simple library which allows me to install or uninstall games without having to rumage through numerous folders to find a uninstall button for a particular game.  I also know that if I have to manually remove some form of files left over, I can easily find them located under the steam folder instead of swamping my Program Files folder.

Another thing that I like is that through Steam, I can easily pay for anything that I want without having much trouble or delay.  Using Steam also negates the need to have my payment info widespread across the net. through various websites(I usually use prepaid cards for game with subscriptions.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 12, 2012, 01:39:04 am
I like having everything in a simple library which allows me to install or uninstall games without having to rumage through numerous folders to find a uninstall button for a particular game.  I also know that if I have to manually remove some form of files left over, I can easily find them located under the steam folder instead of swamping my Program Files folder.
So going Program File > [Publisher] > [Game] is harder than going Program Files > Steam > steamapps > common > [Game]? How does that make any sense?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 12, 2012, 01:59:32 am
I think Vee's mostly talking about what ya do once Steam's client is already fired up.

That said, uninstalling isn't too terribly difficult, without Steam.  Considering most games keep their uninstall executable where the main game executable is, all you need ta do (if you're runnin Windows) is right click your shortcut and hit "Open file location."

That, and I keep my game shortcut folder meticulously well-organized.  I'm a lil OCD, lol.

[ETA]

In the end, you got your way, and I got mine.  Neither is the "right way," just different means to achieve the same ends.  Personally, only time I ever used Steam was for Counter Strike.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 12, 2012, 03:04:49 am
I think Vee's mostly talking about what ya do once Steam's client is already fired up.
Sure, it's ever so slightly more convenient then clicking the uninstall.exe, but he also said it's easier to hunt down and delete manually anything the uninstaller happened to miss because somehow finding the game in your program files is harder than finding the game in your Steam files (which itself resides in program files).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 12, 2012, 05:46:22 am
I think Vee's mostly talking about what ya do once Steam's client is already fired up.
Sure, it's ever so slightly more convenient then clicking the uninstall.exe, but he also said it's easier to hunt down and delete manually anything the uninstaller happened to miss because somehow finding the game in your program files is harder than finding the game in your Steam files (which itself resides in program files).

In the Steam folder, the games are labeled under their names, in the Programs File, they're labeled under their producer. I don't feel like looking through folders trying to find what I'm looking for because I forgot who produced the game. (For example, folders labeled Activision, Funcom, Ubisoft etc.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on December 12, 2012, 06:15:03 am
I kinda agree. Digital download isn't limited to Steam and the (Guild Wars 2, Minecraft, Unity of Command jump to mind of games that are primarily or entirely downloaded), and the problems you get with digital distribution can happen with Steam. Arguably in that sense Steam is worse, if it fucks up you lose all your games.

Automatic updates are annoying. What if the update makes the game worse? What if I want to play the game now and update it later?

The online aspect of Steam annoys me: advertising everywhere, having to go online to play offline, can't stay more than a month offline, etc/ The worst thing about Steam though is how many games now are forcing Steam on customers. Sega/CA forcing Empire TW through Steam was one of the reasons the game pissed me off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 12, 2012, 06:20:54 am
Automatic updates are annoying. What if the update makes the game worse? What if I want to play the game now and update it later?
When discussing MMOs that's not a real concern.

It's kinda nice to have it DL patches for you rather than needing to wait on start up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 12, 2012, 06:47:32 am
The Secret World no longer requires a sub (http://www.thesecretworld.com/news/subscription_no_longer_required)

I was literally about to throw more cash in to continue playing this thursday when my pay came in.

This is literally a day after releasing a video log of a person ranting about the end of the world and how subs don't matter because of that. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3LN96IZtDU)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 12, 2012, 10:30:22 am
... and this is when my friends get me into guildwars.... sonofa.

At least I have Distind in that fucking game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 13, 2012, 01:46:01 am
I'm currently working through The Savage Coast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7epQvV9kdOQ&playnext=1&list=PLZAFkPwvuC2QtR2huRwh3q-wReJ529ixv&feature=results_video) but I keep hearing the next area of the game Blue Mountain will beat my head in.  Any of that true?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 13, 2012, 06:16:19 am
It certainly got me pretty welll. Though If I install it we might be able to take it between the two of us. I had a pretty effective tank who squishes things build going.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 13, 2012, 06:24:18 am
I just bought FTL.


I've been playing it way too much. Simple (at least graphically) yet addictive game full of suprises.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 13, 2012, 06:32:01 am
I just bought FTL.


I've been playing it way too much. Simple (at least graphically) yet addictive game full of suprises.

First time I played that. I ran out of moves and was stuck waiting for an encounter with someone to find me.  A tradeship comes by saying they can help but don't dare try to negotiate. Only option available? Negotiate. My ship blew up soon after.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 13, 2012, 06:43:12 am
I managed to get the upgrade that gives your weapons full charge when the battle starts onto my engie ship.

And my ship had a huge beam weapon with an extremely long recharge rate.

a) unleash drones to sap away the enemy shields

b) BOOM! Enemies say goodbye to two subsystems. (Either shields or weapons depending on the layout and the rooms next to them)

c) Watch as the enemies try to put out fires as the drones finish them off.

d) Profit.


Aaaaand then I got killed anyway when I met a ship with shields I couldn't penetrate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on December 13, 2012, 09:32:02 pm
I'm really hoping the 3DS remake of Dragon Quest VII comes stateside.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 14, 2012, 03:48:52 am
There's a cool game out called Hawken, a first person mecha shooter. It's only multiplayer and its open beta, but it's free. Google it, it's not that bad and has tons of potential
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 14, 2012, 06:45:03 am
Holiday crates have begun to drop in TF2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 14, 2012, 09:41:49 am
Well, I've beaten Persona 4 Golden on Normal difficulty, and I got the Super Mega Happy Ending.

(click to show/hide)

Overall, Golden's a bit easier than the original, although the new dungeon is a bit tough, and the game as a whole will still kick the player's ass into next week. Also, there's a Very Hard difficulty now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on December 16, 2012, 01:17:44 pm
I just had two epic experiences in SW:TOR. I was running a Flashpoint (group dungeon) with a LVL 17 character.

1) The class I was playing can spec as either healing or DPS. I was going DPS, but at my low level, not a lot of points had been added to either tree. I entered the group finder queue as DPS and the option to join a group came up. Before I could accept, I got a message that one group member had declined and I would be put at the top of the queue. I guess being put at the top of the queue caused me to be offered any position that I could qualify for. Without noticing it, I got ported in as a healer. Now, as I said, my class has a heal spec, and I had 2 healing powers. However, I had not put a lot of points into that tree. But since I didn't want to disappoint the group, I said I would do my best healing. Yeah, that was entertaining. I did it until the last boss (who is killer), but I was very glad 2 of the other 3 were a little overlevel for the FP!

2) We got to the final boss and wiped once. So we regrouped and tried again. I died, then one of the DPS. Finally, the tank went down, leaving only the other DPS. I was almost back and hoped I would get there in time to keep the other DPS up long enough for the Tank to get back. As I was about to get into range to heal, I heard the voice-over that marked the boss's death. The DPS had less than 100 health left, but she pulled it off!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 16, 2012, 10:26:00 pm
Gog has arcanum for 3 bucks.

If you ever wondered what fall out would like like as steampunk, there you go.

Just remember to turn on turn based combat in the options.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 16, 2012, 10:46:43 pm
Just remember to turn on turn based combat in the options.
Unless you're going for a tech based character. The best way to take down large melee focused enemies to to kite them, which is much easier in real time combat mode.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 16, 2012, 10:59:07 pm
Gearbox finally got their asses in gear and helped out the people who lost their badass rank thanks to a glitch that appeared around the time that Scarlett's Pirate Booty came out.

Ended up loading up to 96 badass tokens to my name and nearly 13k badass rank (which I just broke a bit ago). And I also got a few extra golden keys I guess to make up for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 17, 2012, 11:31:06 am
Guess what's on Steam now?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/219950/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/219950/)

I know I said I would get a copy for all of my Steam friends (with the exception of a certain individual who doesn't accept gifts), but my mom has banned me from giving gifts on Steam.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 17, 2012, 11:37:10 am
WTF is up with XBox Live now?  I need two 'proofs' or other ways for them to contact me (email, phone, etc.) just to use their service, which I already pay for?  I'm guessing they're nervous about security after the PSN fiasco, but buy stuff on Live through points cards.  They have no access to anything of mine.  What's someone going to do, get under my name and order a bunch of free games?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 17, 2012, 04:00:14 pm
With all these older games Sega is putting out on steam, I really hope we end up getting a PC port of Skies of Arcadia.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 17, 2012, 06:38:33 pm
All of the rereleases put on Steam actually come to the Xbox 360 and PS3 first. So for a Skies of Arcadia port to happen, it'll need to come out on XBLA and PSN first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 18, 2012, 05:06:18 am
The secret world ARG (http://situationroom.thesecretworld.com/) started a little while back and we're half way through it with 3 out of 6 missions. The first mission nets you a set of robes and the other two exp potions. 4th mission is set to begin on the 19th.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 18, 2012, 05:20:18 am
Since I'm going Christmas shopping on Thursday, I was thinking that while I'm there, I'll try and pick up a used copy of Fallout 3 Game of the Year. I've been hankering to play that game recently and I seem to have lost my copy of the base game, so why not?

Also, where's the fucking Steam Christmas sale? There was a huge one last year (that's what she said), yet only a dinky little autumn sale this year? What gives?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 18, 2012, 05:42:17 am
Since I'm going Christmas shopping on Thursday, I was thinking that while I'm there, I'll try and pick up a used copy of Fallout 3 Game of the Year. I've been hankering to play that game recently and I seem to have lost my copy of the base game, so why not?

Also, where's the fucking Steam Christmas sale? There was a huge one last year (that's what she said), yet only a dinky little autumn sale this year? What gives?

The sale is expected to start on the 20th. As someone let it slip (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/20/steams-autumn-sale-starts-tomorrow-winter-sale-dated-too/) shortly before the autumn sale began. Seeing as the autumn sale began on the 21st as they said, it's a good bet they're correct on the winter date as well.  What I'm wondering is if they'll have a sale similar to last years with the gifts and coal. I actually managed to win the X series of games last year while getting the game achievements they had set up.

Just checked my inventory, the winter crates for TF2 expire an hour before midnight on the 3rd, meaning an hour before the 4th when the sales would expire as well if the dates are in fact the 20th through the 4th.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 18, 2012, 07:26:47 am
Just as long as we get one at some point. It'll make a decent chunk of my Christmas shopping a hell of a lot cheaper.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on December 18, 2012, 05:01:09 pm
I got to play some of Far Cry 3 and Assassin's Creed 3 over the weekend. I'm definitely getting AC3 as soon as I can- the new controls threw me off at first, but I really started to get them after about an hour. The plot's great, and since I've managed to avoid any spoilers I can look forward to getting sucked in by the story.

As for FC3, I watched a Let's Play because I thought I wouldn't enjoy it much, so I know the endings and the general plot. It was a hell of a lot of fun, though, and I might still get it when the price goes down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 19, 2012, 01:50:26 am
I like how CanIRunIt says I only meet the MINIMUM requirements to play NiGHTS Into Dreams.

Sega Saturn must have been packing some serious shit back in it's day.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 19, 2012, 02:22:36 am
I like how CanIRunIt says I only meet the MINIMUM requirements to play NiGHTS Into Dreams.

Sega Saturn must have been packing some serious shit back in it's day.
Nah, emulators are just colossal fucking resource hogs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 19, 2012, 09:44:29 am
I'm pretty sure it's a port, not emulated.

Also, there's an HD graphics mode.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 19, 2012, 11:26:07 pm
My mistake. Usually these old console games are simply emulated.

In other news, I now have Fallout 3 Game of the Year. It's been too long since I've played with the railroad rifle.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on December 19, 2012, 11:45:29 pm
Okay, the first horse chase in AC3 was god-awful. The optional requirement, to shoot all powder carts, is pretty much impossible due to the mechanics- your character will occasionally not fire his gun for some unfathomable reason while you ride, and if you slow down to shoot you lose your chase target. On top of that, the gun takes forever to reload because it's a flintlock, so if you miss or he targets a random enemy instead, you're bit going to get it in time to keep up the chase. I'm loving the game, but that part was abysmal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 20, 2012, 12:10:52 am
The MechaUpdate (http://www.teamfortress.com/mechaupdate/) is on the horizon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 20, 2012, 02:05:53 am
The MechaUpdate (http://www.teamfortress.com/mechaupdate/) is on the horizon.

I'm going to give Valve a soldier salute for making an All Your Base reference even after it's been long dead.

No, I don't care that it's fucking overused, I still love it :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 20, 2012, 04:00:33 am
I downloaded Hearthfire and Dragonborn for Skyrim and started replaying.  I'm thinking of starting over though with a Sith-like character, though with Destruction and Conjuration as my two main skills. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 20, 2012, 06:03:54 am
After playing Fallout 2, I'd forgotten just how much Fallout 3 hands out S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points like candy. You can get one to two points from common outfits, certain chems will give you around 10 (albeit temporarily) and let's just say the Intense Training perk is mucho OP. Then of course, there's the bobbleheads. It's still a great game, don't get me wrong, but it really lacks the feeling of S.P.E.C.I.A.L. points being really rare and precious.

Though I have to say, nothing makes you feel like a badass like taking down three raiders in a row, all with perfect shots to the head (non-VATS) from the hunting rifle. I really do love the hunting rifle.

Oh, and I hereby swear that I will be collecting each and every fucking bobblehead if its the last thing I do. I don't care how many copy-paste subway stations/building interiors I have to crawl through.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: DrFishcake on December 20, 2012, 11:58:10 am
Okay, the first horse chase in AC3 was god-awful. The optional requirement, to shoot all powder carts, is pretty much impossible due to the mechanics- your character will occasionally not fire his gun for some unfathomable reason while you ride, and if you slow down to shoot you lose your chase target. On top of that, the gun takes forever to reload because it's a flintlock, so if you miss or he targets a random enemy instead, you're bit going to get it in time to keep up the chase. I'm loving the game, but that part was abysmal.

It seemed to me that most of the optionals were needlessly abstract compared to AC:Rev. I've completed the game but had no real inclination to go back and get 100% sync.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on December 20, 2012, 02:39:58 pm
Is there any good reward this time around? I'm on the first mission with the boat ship, and the game's improved dramatically. I'm loving the plot and the characters, the progression feels great, and most, if not all, of the challenges are going great.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on December 20, 2012, 10:13:52 pm
The Red Turn DLC for Unity of Command is bloody fun, but a little easy IMO.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on December 21, 2012, 04:16:02 am
After more time than I'm proud to admit, I finally got a good Extreme Speed Zigzagoon in Pokemon. Dammit, I shouldn't have had that many issues with it.

Oh, and on another note, finally got hold of Megaman ZX Advent. Been looking for that game for years.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 21, 2012, 04:27:05 am
Finally got one of these strange fuckers. They're quite uncommon to uncrate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au2tiA_Se9Y


(click to show/hide)

And this is just sillyness. (http://i.imgur.com/uomJb.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 21, 2012, 05:06:30 am
After more time than I'm proud to admit, I finally got a good Extreme Speed Zigzagoon in Pokemon. Dammit, I shouldn't have had that many issues with it.



My new favorite is still Imposter Ditto.  Equip him with a Choice Scarf and he pwns nearly everyone in his path.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 22, 2012, 07:38:11 am
Three words, bitches. Railway Rifle Schematics.

I am a very happy panda right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 22, 2012, 12:29:36 pm
Congrats.

Ironbite-it is one of the funniest weapons...wish New Vegas had something like that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 22, 2012, 01:25:49 pm
I need to go back through my backlog it seems (http://backloggery.com/shane_for_wax). I'm rather bad at not completing at least the campaign of most games I have.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 22, 2012, 06:44:45 pm
So, Fallen Enchantress isn't bad at all. I've got a mounted army of doom, I'm still getting my ass whooped by the legendary forces that have ripped apart the world. I'm leaving a serious fucking dent though!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 23, 2012, 07:27:36 am
I have to say, in Fallout 3 having your weapon in perfect condition makes a huge difference to its effectiveness. Ol' Painless is able to reliably bring down a super mutant from a good 100 metres away and my trusty railway rifle can completely eviscerate three Talon Company mercs before they can even put a scratch in my total hit points.

I must say, it really is a beautiful thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on December 24, 2012, 02:20:56 am
New GTAV screens (http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/47481/happy-holidays-enjoy.html):

(http://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/news/upload/actual_1356323978.jpg)
(http://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/news/upload/actual_1356323896.jpg)
(http://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/news/upload/actual_1356323955.jpg)
(http://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/news/upload/actual_1356323937.jpg)

And this one just cracks me up:
(http://media.rockstargames.com/rockstargames/img/global/news/upload/actual_1356323913.jpg)


(larger versions at link above)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 24, 2012, 07:55:37 am
I have to wonder, what the everloving fuck happened to Ace of Spades?! Back when it was free to play, it not only worked, but it was one of the smoothest and lag-free games I've ever played. Now that I've shelled out money for it, it won't even run at all. I freely admit that I'm no programmer, but really now, how'd the dev fuck it up this badly?!

Sigh, I really do hope it gets fixed in a future patch. Call me entitled, but it'd be kind of cool to be able to actually play a game for which I paid actual money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on December 24, 2012, 02:03:56 pm
I need to go back through my backlog it seems (http://backloggery.com/shane_for_wax). I'm rather bad at not completing at least the campaign of most games I have.

That site is great. I created my own account and realized how bad I am about finishing games. (I get distracted by other games.) This encouraged me to finally get the last 4 Achievements in ES: Oblivion. (1 down - I finished the Fighters Guild. 3 to go - all in the Thieves Guild.)

(As an aside, Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 are listed twice in your Xbox games.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 24, 2012, 08:28:11 pm
I have to wonder, what the everloving fuck happened to Ace of Spades?! Back when it was free to play, it not only worked, but it was one of the smoothest and lag-free games I've ever played. Now that I've shelled out money for it, it won't even run at all. I freely admit that I'm no programmer, but really now, how'd the dev fuck it up this badly?!

Sigh, I really do hope it gets fixed in a future patch. Call me entitled, but it'd be kind of cool to be able to actually play a game for which I paid actual money.

Basically it was sold to Jagex (The company behind Runescape) and they made alot of chances to the game that pissed off the original players.  More then likely, something Jagex added is probably fucking over the game for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 24, 2012, 08:49:59 pm
What exactly doesn't work? Typically the fuckups are graphical ones... but I kinda fail to see how that could happen with that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 24, 2012, 09:18:08 pm
It works fine for me, just so long as I don't try to enter a ranked match.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 24, 2012, 10:52:21 pm
It won't even load any graphics for me. It just gives me a blank screen and the theme music.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 24, 2012, 11:48:16 pm
I need to go back through my backlog it seems (http://backloggery.com/shane_for_wax). I'm rather bad at not completing at least the campaign of most games I have.

That site is great. I created my own account and realized how bad I am about finishing games. (I get distracted by other games.) This encouraged me to finally get the last 4 Achievements in ES: Oblivion. (1 down - I finished the Fighters Guild. 3 to go - all in the Thieves Guild.)

(As an aside, Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 are listed twice in your Xbox games.)

I have them twice in actuality. I just didn't bother to change one to PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: DrFishcake on December 25, 2012, 06:49:12 pm
My favourite part of Christmas day is taking noobs to the cleaners in multiplayer. I moved up 6 levels in ACIII tonight.  ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 25, 2012, 07:16:33 pm
I got the PS3 Assassin's Creed III bundle. Gotta set it up and buy the Mass Effect trilogy for it then I will be set.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 25, 2012, 08:27:35 pm
This comment I found pretty much sums up the general consensus among shmup fans regarding Sine Mora

Quote
To say that Sine Mora is as well designed and balanced as games from the likes of (for example) Cave is just false. It does a few interesting things but doesn't stand up to the same level of scrutiny. I think it's great that someone has put a shmup as their number one game of the year, I just worry that by over hyping Sine Mora people who play it and are new to the genre will be put off by its flaws and assume that it just isn't for them. I mean, this is supposed to be the best game since Ikaruga, right?

I do agree that it was a huge dissapointment. I'm still not going to remove my reccomendation of Sine Mora from my Steam profile, though (I'm too lazy, and I think my reccomendation was pretty funny). Instead, here are some much better shmups!

Jamestown (http://store.steampowered.com/app/94200/)
Ether Vapor Remaster (http://store.steampowered.com/app/214570/)
Really Big Sky (http://store.steampowered.com/app/201570/)
Gundemonium Recollection (http://store.steampowered.com/app/92200/)
GundeadliGne (http://store.steampowered.com/app/92220/)
Hitogata Happa (http://store.steampowered.com/app/92210/)
Satazius (http://store.steampowered.com/app/203990/)

Also, on the Xbox 360, there's Akai Katana, Raiden IV, Guwange, Radiant Silvergun, and so on. (Oh, yeah, and those four are available for download, the latter two being on XBLA)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Goosey on December 26, 2012, 01:24:57 am
That site is great. I created my own account and realized how bad I am about finishing games. (I get distracted by other games.) This encouraged me to finally get the last 4 Achievements in ES: Oblivion. (1 down - I finished the Fighters Guild. 3 to go - all in the Thieves Guild.)

It must be nice to be bad about finishing games. According to my darkadia (http://darkadia.com/member/thegooseking), I own over 100 games I haven't started :S

On the plus side, I haven't bought very much in the Steam sale yet. But there's still another week and a half.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 26, 2012, 07:53:36 am
I am not used to games taking forever to load.

I thought people were kidding about load times and update times on the PS3. Y'know, just complaining to complain. But holy shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on December 26, 2012, 08:00:26 am
I haven't had any problems with loading times on PS3.  Installation times, maybe, but once that's over with most games are ready to go within two minutes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 26, 2012, 08:35:55 am
I haven't had any problems with loading times on PS3.  Installation times, maybe, but once that's over with most games are ready to go within two minutes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 26, 2012, 08:37:49 am
Which games? Some are bigger offenders than others. The newer Yakuza games do a fair job of integrating the loading into the scene, while there's other shit that doesn't really manage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 26, 2012, 10:10:29 am
Which games? Some are bigger offenders than others. The newer Yakuza games do a fair job of integrating the loading into the scene, while there's other shit that doesn't really manage.

I was trying to update AC3. It was only like 31mb. But my connection keeps timing out.

I managed the system update just fine. Only a couple minutes. But AC3 doesn't want to update.

I'll try a couple other games and see how that goes. It may just be AC3.

EDIT- I fiddled with the network settings and manually put in the DNS numbers and now everything is goin' smoothly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 26, 2012, 12:51:56 pm
Got Faster Than Light on the GOG.com sale, after my first space battle the ship loses oxygen and everyone dies. This will be fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 26, 2012, 01:03:42 pm
Got Faster Than Light on the GOG.com sale, after my first space battle the ship loses oxygen and everyone dies. This will be fun.
Just wait until you get boarded the first time that happened I never scrambled to figure out how to kill something  faster in my life
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 26, 2012, 03:22:24 pm
Got Faster Than Light on the GOG.com sale, after my first space battle the ship loses oxygen and everyone dies. This will be fun.
You're going to absolutely adore solar flares. Every FTL player does.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 26, 2012, 08:01:40 pm
Think I might try Fallout New Vegas, I heard it's buggy but Fallout 3 I hear doesn't even work properly on Windows 7.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 26, 2012, 10:02:44 pm
Think I might try Fallout New Vegas, I heard it's buggy but Fallout 3 I hear doesn't even work properly on Windows 7.
NV is less buggy than FO3 was from my own experiences. There are a couple of glitches that might pop up, and they're weird as hell looking, but I only found them in youtube videos.

I enjoyed NV a lot more than the third, if only because the story is far less rail roaded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Goosey on December 27, 2012, 12:06:44 pm
Think I might try Fallout New Vegas, I heard it's buggy but Fallout 3 I hear doesn't even work properly on Windows 7.

FO3 works fine for me on Windows 7. It takes a little work to set up properly, but it is a little work. There are no patches to download or anything. As far as I remember it's just setting the right compatibility settings in Windows and tweaking a .ini file. You should be able to find a thread on the Steam forums about it.

I actually preferred Fallout 3, even if New Vegas had better writing and mechanics; Fallout 3 had more unity. It just felt more like a singular, coherent experience.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 27, 2012, 07:43:53 pm
Until the ending.

Ironbite-I HAVE A FUCKING SUPER MUTANT WHO ENJOYS RADIATION!  WHY THE FUCK AM I BEING SENT TO DIE!?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on December 27, 2012, 07:47:47 pm
Until the ending.

Ironbite-I HAVE A FUCKING SUPER MUTANT WHO ENJOYS RADIATION!  WHY THE FUCK AM I BEING SENT TO DIE!?

Which is why Brotherhood of Steel changes the ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 27, 2012, 07:48:21 pm
Until the ending.

Ironbite-I HAVE A FUCKING SUPER MUTANT WHO ENJOYS RADIATION!  WHY THE FUCK AM I BEING SENT TO DIE!?

Which is why Brotherhood of Steel changes the ending.

That's Broken Steel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 27, 2012, 08:06:14 pm
And is DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 28, 2012, 12:41:00 am
I have to say, Alpha Centauri is a fantastic game, but like any 4x strategy, it's harder to get into than bloody goth jeans. Hopefully I'll get the hang of things in the very near future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 28, 2012, 01:31:50 am
I got a free 1-month trial of Playstation Plus with my new PS3. Thinking of redeeming it solely for Bioshock 2 which is apparently a free for plus members game. Hot diggity.

The fact that Scott Pilgrim Versus the World as well as inFAMOUS 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2 are also free doesn't hurt, either. And Dungeon Defenders.

Not sure it's worth buying a whole year of PS+ for the possibility of a game you absolutely need for free but the games they have for Plus member for free right now isn't too shabby. And the code expires soon anyhow, why not use it?

Also got my eye on Legend of Dragoon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 28, 2012, 12:37:15 pm
PS+ also comes with cloud storage for your save files.

EDIT: Oh, yeah and those free games will only last as long as you have PS+, so once your trial period is up, you'll need to shell out money for a PS+ subscription in order to keep playing them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on December 28, 2012, 02:19:51 pm
I decided to play GTA III again. It's been far too long since I killed some hookers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 28, 2012, 02:43:05 pm
I decided to play GTA III again. It's been far too long since I killed some hookers.

...And that wins the "most ominous and easily misintepreted stamend I heard this week" reward.

Applause for the winner.

;)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 28, 2012, 07:14:56 pm
PS+ also comes with cloud storage for your save files.

EDIT: Oh, yeah and those free games will only last as long as you have PS+, so once your trial period is up, you'll need to shell out money for a PS+ subscription in order to keep playing them.

That sounds positively stupid considering with 360 you get to keep the free gold games and play them as much as you bloody well please. In fact the idea that you have to pay to keep playing an entirely singleplayer game has to be the dumbest thing in the world I've heard in the past week.

Also I don't give a hoot about cloud storage so.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on December 28, 2012, 07:54:51 pm
PS+ users also get access to betas and hour-long free trials.

And as for the cloud storage, after I broke my original PS3 in an act of outright stupidity and lost all of my saves, I give a shitload of fucks about cloud storage these days. Of course, you seem like a calm person, so that probably doesn't apply to you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 28, 2012, 08:11:11 pm
1) I already looked at everything PS+ offers. When I said what I said about the games, that is literally the only thing I gave a crap about and I don't do betas anymore for many reasons, some of which because nobody really understands what a beta actually is. Hence why I only mentioned one of the things that interested me. Everything else is just stuff I won't use and feel no reason to pay for.
2) I don't like cloud storage. At all. And the fact that I'd have to keep my PS+ going just in case of 'something drastic happening' when I have other ways of saving my files... well.
3) I don't even plan on gaming on my PS3 as often as I do my 360 so getting yet another subscription when I'm already shelling out for netflix and such like, things I won't even use much gets a backseat.

So yeah.

Either way I have the Mass Effect trilogy set up. I need to debate buying Arrival (ME2) and From Ashes+Leviathan+Omega (ME3) or just not worrying about it. All of the DLC has trophies tacked on but I'm not really into such stuff as much as I used to be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on December 29, 2012, 01:08:50 am
Am I the only one screaming for March to get here faster so PSO2 will finally be out in the states?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 29, 2012, 04:56:26 am
My parents bought me Dishonored for Christmas.  I just started it, so it's too early to have an opinion. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on December 29, 2012, 08:05:13 am
I know it's an old game, but I recently downloaded Persona 3 on the Playstation Store and it's good but... I'm consistently disturbed by the main characters shooting themselves in the head in order to summon Personas. It's pretty much guaranteed to happen at least once during each battle, because that' how you use what would be magic in other series, but I still can't get beyond being deeply unsettled by it.

Also, some of the game's commentary on depression is, well... It's not a good game for escapism.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 29, 2012, 04:49:19 pm
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I know it's an old game, but I recently downloaded Persona 3 on the Playstation Store and it's good but... I'm consistently disturbed by the main characters shooting themselves in the head in order to summon Personas. It's pretty much guaranteed to happen at least once during each battle, because that' how you use what would be magic in other series, but I still can't get beyond being deeply unsettled by it.

Also, some of the game's commentary on depression is, well... It's not a good game for escapism.

If it helps, they're shooting blanks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on December 29, 2012, 07:43:13 pm
32
I know it's an old game, but I recently downloaded Persona 3 on the Playstation Store and it's good but... I'm consistently disturbed by the main characters shooting themselves in the head in order to summon Personas. It's pretty much guaranteed to happen at least once during each battle, because that' how you use what would be magic in other series, but I still can't get beyond being deeply unsettled by it.

Also, some of the game's commentary on depression is, well... It's not a good game for escapism.

If it helps, they're shooting blanks.

I know that, but it's still pretty disturbing imagery.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Auggziliary on December 29, 2012, 11:17:32 pm
I've always wanted to play Silent Hill, but I know I would freak out and never play it again 5 minutes into the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 30, 2012, 12:15:56 am
I've always wanted to play Silent Hill, but I know I would freak out and never play it again 5 minutes into the game.
The same thing happend to me and Dead Space then I played Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on December 30, 2012, 07:48:44 am
My parents bought me Dishonored for Christmas.  I just started it, so it's too early to have an opinion.

It's a little short, but I loved playing through that game.  One of the best true stealth games we have had in a while.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on December 30, 2012, 12:18:25 pm
I've always wanted to play Silent Hill, but I know I would freak out and never play it again 5 minutes into the game.
The same thing happend to me and Dead Space then I played Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

I really want to play Amnesia at some point, because I'm always looking for a game to genuinely freak me out.

Anyway, I forgot how much I enjoyed GTA. I used to mostly go around screwing with pedestrians, but the missions are good fun, so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on December 30, 2012, 03:42:16 pm
I've had Amnesia sitting on my computer for almost half a year now, but I can't play it because it keeps insisting my graphic drivers are out of date. Even when I just update them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 30, 2012, 04:00:10 pm
My parents bought me Dishonored for Christmas.  I just started it, so it's too early to have an opinion.

It's a little short, but I loved playing through that game.  One of the best true stealth games we have had in a while.

I don't like the fact that there's no game + and anything you unlock can only be used in future levels, not earlier ones.  I'm trying to unlock as many powers as I can early on for that very reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 30, 2012, 06:58:56 pm
I haven't played much new games this year, but Legend of Grimrock most certainly tops the list. One of the few times I got fully immersed in a game, staying up late to clear just one more dungeon. Jump-scares normally annoy the fuck out of me, but when it's 2 AM and a tentacle beast pops out of a grate I'm legitimately panicking. Awesome game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 30, 2012, 07:07:14 pm
I finally got my Legend of Dragoon. *sigh* Nostalgia. And it lacks a tutorial same as I remember. Then again, this was the age where we had actual, thick, game guides.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on December 31, 2012, 06:34:40 am
I've had Amnesia sitting on my computer for almost half a year now, but I can't play it because it keeps insisting my graphic drivers are out of date. Even when I just update them.
The game is a wonderful motion sickness simulator, I haven't been able to get far enough in to really say anything beyond that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on December 31, 2012, 01:11:40 pm
I've had Amnesia sitting on my computer for almost half a year now, but I can't play it because it keeps insisting my graphic drivers are out of date. Even when I just update them.
The game is a wonderful motion sickness simulator, I haven't been able to get far enough in to really say anything beyond that.

Yes, that was my experience as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 02, 2013, 06:30:08 pm
Spent the GS gift card my wife got me on Darksiders II.  Now I'm juggling my time between DS II, Dishonored, WWE 13, Hitman Absolution, and Skyrim (I finally got a couple of the DLC and created a new character).  However, I mostly play Dishonored, Hitman, and Darksiders currently since I only have so many hours in the day, and I need to create minutes somewhere to work on my Star Wars fanfic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on January 03, 2013, 12:35:44 am
Apparently, they're finally adding same gender romance in The Old Republic (http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/01/02/star-wars-the-old-republic-confirms-same-gender-romance-more-e/).  If I remember correctly, they promised this shortly after the release of the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on January 03, 2013, 06:31:22 am
Over 4 years since I first put it in my 360, I popped the last Achievement in ES 4: Oblivion last night. I plodded along for a while, picking up achievements as I went. I took a character I was no longer playing to the Shivering Isles, just to knock those out. At one point, I made a character specifically to do the Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild. I got DB, but glitched out TG and couldn't finish it. Finally, during break between my last two semesters, I made a character who would do everything except DB, TG, and SI, and another to do DB (which I really like) and TG. It took a while, but by the end of break, the only achievements I hadn't finished were the last one in the Fighters Guild and the 3 that I had been unable to get to in the Thieves Guild. And there it sat for about a year - 4 Achievements undone.

Just before Christmas, I decided to fix that. I fired up the character who had done most everything and did the last few quests to finish the Fighters Guild. Then I fired up my sneaky and vowed to get through the Thieves Guild. I played a little each day, finishing quests a little at a time. Finally, around 10:00 last night, my 360 dinged and I became Master of the Thieves Guild.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on January 03, 2013, 12:20:12 pm
I'm playing Morrowind and still haven't gotten used to the combat. I like the massive world, but Jesus, now I see what everyone was bitching about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 03, 2013, 03:40:13 pm
I'm playing Morrowind and still haven't gotten used to the combat. I like the massive world, but Jesus, now I see what everyone was bitching about.

Truth be told, my problems with Morrowind extend less to the game itself and more to the sheer hype it gets -- not from gaming media, but from the gamers who play it.

Morrowind I like.  It's still far more overhyped than it needs to be.

I... actually consider Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim to be all around the same point in quality, based on various limitations (though I will say Morrowind's character designs are a bit dated -- everybody looks ugly.  Everybody.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 04, 2013, 02:40:04 am
I have the urge to toy with ComputerCraft and see what kind of mechanical monstrosities I can bring into existence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 04, 2013, 03:33:30 am
I'm trying to 100% Vice City and I have to say, what the fuck were they thinking with the vehicle side missions? The paramedic missions are tedious and drawn out enough as is, but they'd be at least bearable if you could listen to the radio in an ambulance, but not only is that not possible, it's also hard coded into the game, so it can't be changed via a mod.

Ah well, at least it's done now. The worst is most definitely over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on January 04, 2013, 03:57:17 am
And... One of my friends finally talked me into Minecraft. Is fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 04, 2013, 04:52:58 am
And... One of my friends finally talked me into Minecraft. Is fun.

If ya ever get the desire to play around a bit with mods, might I suggest the Feed The Beast (http://www.feed-the-beast.com/) modpack?  Its -kinda- like Technic/Tekkit, but with two major differences: 1) The mods are updated more frequently, so you don't have to wait, like, a fucking year to get updated mods and updated vanilla base (though, some included mods are testing releases, so bugs are a possibility).  2) Every mod author who's got a mod or mods in the pack has not only given their blessing to the FTB team to include their mods, but are working alongside them and other authors to make them integrate more easily.

Oh, also, FTB doesn't take the "everything including the kitchen sink" approach to mod inclusion that Technic seems to have, so you don't get your game weighed down by a ton of effectively useless mods like MAtmos, Mo' Creatures (though, this one is a bit subjective), or whatever the fuck "Crystal Wing" is, so your game runs more smoothly.

Also, it has an awesome name, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on January 05, 2013, 06:39:48 am
The countless mayans I sacrificed to make this costume is intotalable (http://i49.tinypic.com/2s9x640.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on January 05, 2013, 07:52:53 am
I would say Crysis Warhead is better than Crysis. Unfortunately the the game is quite a bit shorter. Also, I never got the ammo problems I got in the first game. However, the end of the game is damned difficult.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 07, 2013, 07:41:18 pm
I miss playing Mass Effect. I'm in the hospital. And I miss it.

I need to beat Saren, dammit. How can I do that in the hospital?

...Wait. I have it on my PC. *choking sob* But then I'd have to redo everything on my PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on January 08, 2013, 04:58:14 pm
holyshita3dpokemongame (http://www.pokemon.com/pokemonxy/en-us)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on January 08, 2013, 05:16:56 pm
holyshita3dpokemongame (http://www.pokemon.com/pokemonxy/en-us)

With that Dragon Quest VII and Monster Hunter it doesn't look good for vita.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 08, 2013, 05:38:45 pm
People said that about PS3, but then their staff got their act together and actually released some decent games.

I'm just wondering if KH3 will come out for the PS3 or the Playstation Quad (calling it, this will be the name, rather than PS4)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on January 08, 2013, 05:40:52 pm
Yeah,but still, even with Gravity Rush, LBP Vita, and Persona 4 Golden (All three of which I have), there aren't really any other heavy hitters for the Vita...

Yet. (http://tearaway.mediamolecule.com/) Not that it'll help much.

Speaking of the Vita, I'm still waiting for XSEED to get around to localizing the remake of Ys IV.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 08, 2013, 06:07:15 pm
3d handheld pokemans? I might actually play a pokemon game again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 08, 2013, 06:13:46 pm
People said that about PS3, but then their staff got their act together and actually released some decent games.

I'm just wondering if KH3 will come out for the PS3 or the Playstation Quad (calling it, this will be the name, rather than PS4)

PS3's still pretty new. I am pretty sure KH3 will come out for PS3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 08, 2013, 06:36:29 pm
So I recently got Far Cry 3 and have been having a blast playing that game.  The stealth takedowns are absolutely epic, the landscape is BEAUTIFUL and uber rich, the npcs aren't brain dead stupid like in some shooters, etc.

The only complaint I have is that for the most part the crafting system is a waste of time.  Point in case- syringes. You can craft syringes that either heal you or do special things like temporarily enhance your senses, make you fire resistant, etc.  The problem is you come across health kits and the herbs to make healing syringes so often that you practically have no need for the other recipes (with the exception maybe of the underwater breathing one) because you easily can have 10 healing syringes and like 30 green herbs on you at any time.  Cross that with the fact that crafting outright pauses the game and it feels like you never need anything else but your bullets and the cash to buy them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 08, 2013, 06:45:16 pm
Look what I just found (http://www.buildandshoot.com/serverlist_page.php). Original, non-Jagex Ace of Spades that doesn't suck eggy farts. It lives!

I'm very happy right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 08, 2013, 07:03:43 pm
holyshita3dpokemongame (http://www.pokemon.com/pokemonxy/en-us)

I'm conflicted on the starters, only for a completely different reason than normal. This is the first generation where I've had good first impressions from all three starters since Gen I. For Gen II, I didn't (and still don't) like Chikorita, Gen III I only liked (and still only like) Treecko, Gen IV, I initially only liked Turtwig, but even grew to like Piplup more and Gen V had me initially disliking Tepig.

With this, I like all of them, but the Fire type is a fox... that I want to call Mozilla. This would be all well and good if it weren't for the fact that Typhlosion is my favorite Pokemon and I haven't gone without one in my party since Diamond.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on January 08, 2013, 07:21:25 pm
People said that about PS3, but then their staff got their act together and actually released some decent games.

I'm just wondering if KH3 will come out for the PS3 or the Playstation Quad (calling it, this will be the name, rather than PS4)

KH3 won't be out for PS3. The main team behind Kingdom Hearts has been working on Final Fantasy 13 Versus which has been in development hell for years and wouldn't do any serious work on a numbered title until that was finished. PS3 is getting KH1.5 which is a HD version of Kingdom Hearts 1 and 365/8 Days and that will probably be it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on January 09, 2013, 07:22:08 pm
Please include some shmups. Please, oh please include some shmups. (http://www.siliconera.com/2013/01/08/capcom-arcade-cabinet-announced-for-xbox-live-and-playstation-network/) I mean, I obviously like way more genres than just shmups, but still...

EDIT: I just remembered the existence of the 194X games, at least one of which is guaranteed to be on there. I was thinking more along the lines of Giga Wing, Vulgus, and so on, but I'll be fine if it's just the 194X series. Though I hope there will be some more shmups, of course.

EDIT 2-ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: While I'm on the subject, since they published it, maybe they can include Progear?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 10, 2013, 05:17:08 am
I tried Far Cry 3. I really prefer Far Cry 2 due to its grittier content. If FC2 had the fast travel it would have been so much better
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 12, 2013, 08:27:02 am
I just completed Vice City 100%. It was fucking glorious. I tell you, the final mission in a fucking breeze when you have the minigun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 12, 2013, 09:51:08 am
Just beat Far Cry 3 last night.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 12, 2013, 02:18:21 pm
Just got Far Cry 2, my save game corrupted at 27% completion. Can't be bothered to start again. Time to find something else to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 12, 2013, 02:31:49 pm
Got a #DS yesterday and got Kingdom Hearts with it...I'm having fun.

Ironbite-next week getting OOT.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 12, 2013, 05:16:10 pm
I found myself rather confused trying to play OoT after so long on my 3DS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on January 12, 2013, 06:09:14 pm
Beat Sleeping Dogs, it's a damn good game. Combat sits between the recent batman games, the Yakuza series and Max Payne(the good ones). The story is actually interesting, and while it's rather railed, there's plenty of random shit to do in the city itself. And some of the DLC is killing me laughing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 13, 2013, 08:00:56 am
Holy crap Dawn Of War 2 is a hard game
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 14, 2013, 12:21:22 pm
Finally hit level 50 in BL2.

Also...

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8cf6c58053b68d1934ec0e14b45048f/tumblr_mgli9s7nd61qdl4w6o1_400.png)

All for PS3. I bought BL2 again for PS3 cause I promised someone who plays PS3 exclusively I'd play with them otherwise I wouldn't have bought it again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on January 14, 2013, 12:47:52 pm
FUCK YEAH! I reached the True Final Boss of Hitogata Happa!

[A few minutes later]

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT! I LOST!

EDIT: HELLS-TO-THE-YEAH! VICTORY IS MINE! (But it was on the easiest difficulty) IT WAS STILL HARD, JACKASS! (Well, yeah, but still...) WHO CARES? IT'S A BULLET HELL SHOOTER, AND I BEAT THE TLB! MY SKILLS ARE SECOND TO-[looks at leaderboard] A lot of people. Sonuvabitch...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on January 15, 2013, 12:44:46 am
Orcs Must Die 2 is hilariously fun right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: agentCDE on January 15, 2013, 11:04:03 am
FUCK YEAH! I reached the True Final Boss of Hitogata Happa!

[A few minutes later]

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT! I LOST!

Huh. That sounds oddly familiar-

Oh man, I made it through FTL! This is it, time to face the Flagship.

(a few minutes later)

SHIT SHIT WHY IS EVERYTHING ON FIRE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 15, 2013, 12:06:17 pm
And the next attempt:

Yay! The flagship is blowing up! No, wait it just lost some bits and now it teleports away for the next phase.

And my ship is nearly a wreck already.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: agentCDE on January 15, 2013, 12:50:56 pm
Yeah, run! I got you this time, bastard!

SHIT SHIT WHY ARE DRONES ON EVERYTHING
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 15, 2013, 02:39:13 pm
Seriously, FTL is fun and all, but fucking damn it, these fuckers don't put out fires fast enough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on January 15, 2013, 03:15:35 pm
Seriously, FTL is fun and all, but fucking damn it, these fuckers don't put out fires fast enough.
That's what the rock dudes are for. I finally beat the boss with my ship largely vented other than the bridge and the rock dude was wandering about stomping out fires in the areas that had air. Had an engie walking around doing repairs as needed to... it was a pretty impressive crew really.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 16, 2013, 12:32:16 am
Seriously, FTL is fun and all, but fucking damn it, these fuckers don't put out fires fast enough.
That's what the rock dudes are for. I finally beat the boss with my ship largely vented other than the bridge and the rock dude was wandering about stomping out fires in the areas that had air. Had an engie walking around doing repairs as needed to... it was a pretty impressive crew really.
The rock dudes on the other hand are so slow that it takes a while to get them to the fire.

I usually just vent the room and have the O2 system upgraded so I can refill faster.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 16, 2013, 12:35:55 am
Played BL2 on the PS3. Graphics are a bit shinier but I'm seeing no real major differences like people wanted to claim. But that's just one game.

I really wanted God of War to come in and guess which one out of the many games I ordered didn't arrive today?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 16, 2013, 12:52:06 am
The Factorization mod for Minecraft officially confuses the fuck outta me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 16, 2013, 04:09:12 am
Played BL2 on the PS3. Graphics are a bit shinier but I'm seeing no real major differences like people wanted to claim. But that's just one game.

Yeah, generally that's the extent of the differences between two console versions. One version has better graphics (though generally only marginally) and might run at a more consistently high framerate, but gameplay is generally the same.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 16, 2013, 04:12:58 am
Played BL2 on the PS3. Graphics are a bit shinier but I'm seeing no real major differences like people wanted to claim. But that's just one game.

Yeah, generally that's the extent of the differences between two console versions. One version has better graphics (though generally only marginally) and might run at a more consistently high framerate, but gameplay is generally the same.

Yeah no I figured gameplay to be the same. Just the graphics was one of the things PS triple fanboys would squawk about and really I don't see much in the way of astounding differences.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 16, 2013, 04:52:48 am
Played BL2 on the PS3. Graphics are a bit shinier but I'm seeing no real major differences like people wanted to claim. But that's just one game.

Yeah, generally that's the extent of the differences between two console versions. One version has better graphics (though generally only marginally) and might run at a more consistently high framerate, but gameplay is generally the same.

Yeah no I figured gameplay to be the same. Just the graphics was one of the things PS triple fanboys would squawk about and really I don't see much in the way of astounding differences.

Honestly, not only are there games that look better on the 360, the differences are generally minimal and usually amount to slightly better textures.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 16, 2013, 04:57:19 am
I've been playing Hitman Absolution.  The story itself sucks, but the Contracts Mode, where you can go through existing maps and designate your own targets (and how to kill them) is fun.  I just got my first, "How the **** did do you do this?" message.  Of course, as soon as I told the person, he/she proceeded to crush my score.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 16, 2013, 05:21:24 am
Played BL2 on the PS3. Graphics are a bit shinier but I'm seeing no real major differences like people wanted to claim. But that's just one game.

Yeah, generally that's the extent of the differences between two console versions. One version has better graphics (though generally only marginally) and might run at a more consistently high framerate, but gameplay is generally the same.

Yeah no I figured gameplay to be the same. Just the graphics was one of the things PS triple fanboys would squawk about and really I don't see much in the way of astounding differences.

Honestly, not only are there games that look better on the 360, the differences are generally minimal and usually amount to slightly better textures.

Yup. Definitely. But I'm also not obsessive to getting side-by-side stills even tho I can quite easily.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on January 16, 2013, 04:10:06 pm
Gotta say, this gen the real differences seem to be controler layout and online services. The hardware may have differences, but short the rrod or shitty ports I can't think of any serious differences in games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on January 16, 2013, 06:29:58 pm
Next generation, when the Steam Box launches, that will be different. It will sell every game ever made at half price and run them, max graphics, at flawless resolution and frame rate and will provide blowjobs on command. For a small number of users it will cause super-AIDS and make their hands fall off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 16, 2013, 07:20:55 pm
Gotta say, this gen the real differences seem to be controler layout and online services. The hardware may have differences, but short the rrod or shitty ports I can't think of any serious differences in games.

Essentially. Still. I'm glad to be able to play the PS3 exclusives, now. Been meaning to forever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on January 16, 2013, 08:10:16 pm
Pandora's Tower coming to North America

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=508587
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on January 16, 2013, 08:14:01 pm
Next generation, when the Steam Box launches, that will be different. It will sell every game ever made at half price and run them, max graphics, at flawless resolution and frame rate and will provide blowjobs on command. For a small number of users it will cause super-AIDS and make their hands fall off.
Frankly I'm surprised they haven't tried to horn in on microsoft, they run Steam on Windows, why not Xbox?

Console sales profits are miserable compared to digital distribution. They'd make far more piggybacking than they would launching their own console. But I shouldn't be surprised that it hasn't happened with windows 8 launching it's own app store.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 17, 2013, 12:41:55 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7sMssgAQIs

Want!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 17, 2013, 12:51:46 am
Next generation, when the Steam Box launches, that will be different. It will sell every game ever made at half price and run them, max graphics, at flawless resolution and frame rate and will provide blowjobs on command. For a small number of users it will cause super-AIDS and make their hands fall off.
Frankly I'm surprised they haven't tried to horn in on microsoft, they run Steam on Windows, why not Xbox?

Console sales profits are miserable compared to digital distribution. They'd make far more piggybacking than they would launching their own console. But I shouldn't be surprised that it hasn't happened with windows 8 launching it's own app store.
Windows (at least 7 and its predecessors) is an open platform. Xbox, on the other hand, is not and Microsoft would no sooner allow anyone to compete directly with Xbox Live than they'd all stick their own nutsacks to a block of ice and slide it down a mountain.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 18, 2013, 03:30:58 am
[Awesome looking Kamen Rider game that will never see the light of day outside Japan]

Want!

Same. Can we expand Operation Rainfall to include this?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 18, 2013, 06:04:40 am
Playing the first God of War thanks to playstation's 'collections' line of games.

I really like it. I feel really bad for Kratos already and I'm not even half finished yet. I hear the third installment is extremely emotional.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 18, 2013, 07:59:06 am
Well, I've decided to 100% San Andreas. I've owned that game and been playing it on and off ever since the Xbox port was released. I think it's about time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 18, 2013, 08:37:04 am
That reminds me... should I get GTA on the PS or xbox?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 18, 2013, 08:41:22 am
I've only had a meaningful amount of experience with the Xbox version, but from what little I've seen of its Playstation counterpart, they're both pretty much the same. I guess it depends on which controller you prefer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on January 18, 2013, 03:01:14 pm
Beat Sleeping Dogs, it's a damn good game. Combat sits between the recent batman games, the Yakuza series and Max Payne(the good ones). The story is actually interesting, and while it's rather railed, there's plenty of random shit to do in the city itself. And some of the DLC is killing me laughing.

I told you so! Highly underrated game.

For my part, I've beaten AC3 (great game, up until that incredibly stupid ending), and I'm starting up a playthrough of good old Silent Hill 2, because I like nightmares.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 19, 2013, 12:15:44 am
I've only had a meaningful amount of experience with the Xbox version, but from what little I've seen of its Playstation counterpart, they're both pretty much the same. I guess it depends on which controller you prefer.

Meh. They're both all right...

I'm stuck on the Challenge of Poseidon in God of War. I have always hated water levels.
Title: Ludicrous gibs is back!
Post by: The Illusive Man on January 19, 2013, 04:27:20 pm
(http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/12/jul/triad_3.jpg)
Rise of the Triad IS BAAAACK! (http://interceptor-entertainment.com/portfolio/rott/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K22MvI7t9c


Includes a level editor! Some of the sound track is free too! (https://soundcloud.com/rott-music)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxWoRMnUsLw

There was an interview (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/08/rise-of-the-triad-pc/), highlights quoted here.


Quote
RPS: How much is the focus here on remaking Rise of the Triad in a very literal way – reproducing exact levels, etc – versus recapturing its spirit using modern technology?

Schreiber: It’s more recapturing the spirit of the original. We think of it as a reboot, because we’re basing all our levels on the original levels, but we definitely have to change up some things. Back then, they [did some pretty silly things]. Like, one of the original levels is a letter. Like, “Hi, I’m Ryan A.” That’s a level. So we took the best from the old and did some new stuff on top of it. All the weapons are the same weapons, but we have re-envisioned them all. Same with all the characters.


Quote
RPS: And having just played it, it’s certainly unbalanced and very glitchy, but it’s also really fun. And I’m not sure if ridiculously over-the-top weapons (the Flame Wall is my favorite) and zany humor can make up for frustration that might arise due to unbalanced weapons, but I definitely like what you’re trying to do. Realistically, though, do you think you’ll have to fix that?

Schreiber: We will balance some things over time, but we’ll balance them to a level where it’ll still be the original weapon. Like, even though the original weapon was unbalanced, we’ll change a few things so that – to the naked eye – it doesn’t actually feel different. But it really is. I mean, with the original Flame Wall, the wall of fire went from one end of the map to the other. It just went through everything. So we want to capture that effect, but we slowed it down. So you can actually outrun it. You can also jump over it. So in that way, we’re trying to balance it out.

Or there’s the heat-seeker. When we started out with the heat-seeker, it was so accurate. We replicated the original, so it was so accurate that you couldn’t run away from it. Past walls, around cars, whatever – it would keep following you. It looked really funny. So we had to nerf that, make the missiles a bit less accurate, and make them a bit slower. So we have balance in the game, but we want the player to feel like “Whoa, this is nuts.”


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RPS: What’s the absolute most batshit thing you have? Is it, er, the bat? With the eyeball and the torrent of flaming baseballs?

Schreiber: Yeah, it’s definitely the Excalibat. I don’t know what they were thinking when they came up with that. Someone must have taken mushrooms. It’s like, “Whoa guys, it’s a baseball bat that shoots baseballs in a World-War-II-style setting.” That’s just so awesome.

There’s also a missile launcher that rapid fires ten missiles – like ten, ten, ten, ten – and they just go all over the place and explode. In the original Rise of the Triad, that just killed everyone all the time. We’re gonna do the same thing, but we’re gonna create small, tiny missiles that don’t do as much damage.

RPS: So there’s a Dog Mode. Given that I consider myself something of a connoissuer of both dogs and modes, I naturally want to know more.

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Schreiber: It’s a power-up. We have a bunch of power-ups, actually – like one where you can fly around. There are also power-downs, like shrooms mode. You get high and it messes you up.

Dog Mode is a mode where you turn into a dog. So you see a nose and tongue lolling out [from first-person]. And you can get into areas as a dog [that you couldn't as a human]. Primary fire mode is biting people in the crotch, and they die instantly. Or you can hold down the mouse buttons to howl [makes frighteningly accurate howling sound], and everything just explodes around you. That’s Dog Mode. It’s super awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on January 19, 2013, 05:17:44 pm
So the game Ni No Kuni  is releasing soon I can't wait to try that out since you know Studio Ghibli movie in game format.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on January 19, 2013, 06:13:51 pm
I'm having no-win situations with some games lately.

(1) Many years ago, I bought Titan Quest on disks. When the expansion came out, I bought that from Direct2Drive. Played fine. A year or so ago, GameFly bought D2D, but any games bought on D2D still worked. A few weeks ago, I decided to play TQ again, so tried to fire it up. It wouldn't run. So I uninstalled the retail TQ and D2D expansion and downloaded both from GameFly. Still wouldn't run. (I was running as an administrator and under XP compatibility.) Running just the game (rather than the launcher) actually gave me an error message about a file being missing. "OK," I thought, "maybe the download TQ is not the full game, but is just the part needed for multiplayer."

So I got my old TQ disk, installed it, and tested it. Ran fine. Install the expansion. Nothing. Finally, I sent tech support an e-mail. They told me their version of the expansion does not run with the retail disk and to download it again and try to run just TQ. It won't run. The "missing" file is actually in the install directory. I set Norton to allow everything in the directory when I download and install. Nothing. I set Norton to allow TQ. Nothing. Finally, tech support tells me they cannot help me and for me to contact Norton.

(2) I fired up Skyrim on the 360 today. I had to go to Dawnstar for a quest, and when I did, the daedra/nightmare quest started. So I start it and progress along, saving a few times. Then I tried to save and the console locked up. Cursing, I rebooted and reloaded. Froze again. I thought maybe there was a bad spot on the drive (since I was saving over another save), so deleted the save I was saving over, then selected "New Save." Froze. Thinking maybe my most recent save was corrupted, I loaded an earlier save and progressed, saving successfully at the same place I had saved before. Then I went on, tried to save, and it locked. I checked the wiki and it said a recent patch had broken that part, and saving after a certain event in that quest caused the 360 to lock and the PC to crash to dashboard. It went on to say playing through without saving and with autosave turned off would take care of the bug. It also said leaving the castle where the quest is (back to Skyrim) and saving outside should also solve the problem. I turned off autosave and continued, but there is an autosave at the end of that quest that cannot be turned off. Locked again. Going outside, fast traveling and fast traveling back also locked the console. In the end, that playthrough seems to be completely lost. It also seems that quest cannot be completed until there is a patch that fixes it. Since that quest is required for 2 achievements (getting 15 daedric artifacts and buying and upgrading all three houses), I hope it gets fixed!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 19, 2013, 06:23:09 pm
I think I might need someone to play the Challenge of Poseidon for me so I can finish God of War. Otherwise I'm gonna hop to God of War 2 because I already know the story of God of War and I like to enjoy my games. Not get pissed off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 19, 2013, 06:54:02 pm
RoTT's coming BACK?  Oh.  My.  Fucking.  GOD.  YES.  Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes, and more fucking yes!  Please, pleaaaaase, let it be awesome like the original.  We need some insanity in a genre that's becoming more and more either depressed or "FUCK YEAH, MILITARY SHOOTING BROWN PEOPLE WOOOOOOH!"  Just good, old-fashioned insanity; blowing shit up, setting things on fire, and blowin bitches' heads off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on January 19, 2013, 07:15:02 pm


Rise of the Triad IS BAAAACK! (http://interceptor-entertainment.com/portfolio/rott/)


Well that looks like fun.  I'll keep an eye out for that one :D
Title: Planescape: Torment is getting a sequel! Planescape: Numenera!
Post by: The Illusive Man on January 22, 2013, 04:42:10 pm
(http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/images/13/jan/numen4.jpeg)

This game will have some seriously fucking big shoes to fill! Monte Cook, a writer for the original Planescape pen and paper RPG, had taken the franchise out of licensing hell. To do so Monte basically created a new world Numenera (http://www.numenera.com/overview/) and started a kickstarter for money. (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1433901524/numenera-a-new-roleplaying-game-from-monte-cook)

However, this game is sci-fi not fantasy! Forget the whole Ravel tree aspect of the universe. (http://bootstrike.com/Torment/Online/ravelpuzzlewell%20.php)

Quote
Numenera is a science fantasy roleplaying game set in the far distant future. Humanity lives amid the remnants of eight great civilizations that have risen and fallen on Earth. These are the people of the Ninth World. This new world is filled with remnants of all the former worlds: bits of nanotechnology, the dataweb threaded among still-orbiting satellites,  bio-engineered creatures, and myriad strange and wondrous devices. These remnants have become known as the numenera.

Player characters explore this world of mystery and danger to find these leftover artifacts of the past, not to dwell upon the old ways, but to help forge their new destinies, utilizing the so-called “magic” of the past to create a promising future. (http://www.numenera.com/overview/)

Judge by an example story and setting, The Amber Monolith. (http://www.numenera.com/the-amber-monolith/)

Highlights from the RPS interview (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/09/planescape-torment-sequel/#more-137374) are here:

No planes no gods!
(click to show/hide)

Probably real time combat.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 23, 2013, 01:24:39 am
Goddamn Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. They're both good games, but the PSP and its controls are just so bad that it's almost unplayable. Why those games were never ported to Xbox and/or PC, I'll never understand.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 23, 2013, 02:22:07 am
RoTT's coming BACK?  Oh.  My.  Fucking.  GOD.  YES.  Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes, and more fucking yes!  Please, pleaaaaase, let it be awesome like the original.  We need some insanity in a genre that's becoming more and more either depressed or "FUCK YEAH, MILITARY SHOOTING BROWN PEOPLE WOOOOOOH!"  Just good, old-fashioned insanity; blowing shit up, setting things on fire, and blowin bitches' heads off.

Hell yes!


Also, a sequel to Planescape: torment!?!?!?!?!

The scifi-aspect was a suprise but I think they can still make it work, the explanation to the weird stuff that happens in the game will be "This is science, I don't have to explain anything" rather than "This is magic, I don't have to explain anything" but I think they can still have the portals/teleporter and powerful and ancient creatures so I'm not too worried.

And I think they can put a character much like Ravel Puzzlewell into the game anyway (I have to admit that she really is one of my alltime favourite NPCs.) just like
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 23, 2013, 10:04:21 am
Goddamn Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. They're both good games, but the PSP and its controls are just so bad that it's almost unplayable. Why those games were never ported to Xbox and/or PC, I'll never understand.
It's been ported to the PS2...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 23, 2013, 10:11:12 am
Goddamn Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. They're both good games, but the PSP and its controls are just so bad that it's almost unplayable. Why those games were never ported to Xbox and/or PC, I'll never understand.
It's been ported to the PS2...
Which I do not have. I've only got a PC and Xbox 360. Therein lies the problem. Have you seen how much a PS2 goes for? That shit's expensive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 23, 2013, 10:56:12 am
...A PS2 now that the PS3 came out goes for about $150 last I looked on amazon when I was sifting through things. If you get it used thru Amazon you can get it for $80-$100. And if you're lucky you can find a good condition PS2 for around $50 from a reputable dealer.

Also, PS3s have backwards compatibility depending on how old the console itself is. For instance the 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 Bundle model supports backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

But... I do see where you're coming from. Simply saying the option is there. And I'm sure someone has emulated the games for PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 23, 2013, 05:21:14 pm
So I decided out of the blue today that I want to do a marathon run of the entire ME trilogy from beginning to end, all DLC's included.  Probably gonna start on it sometime this weekend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 23, 2013, 06:46:55 pm
...A PS2 now that the PS3 came out goes for about $150 last I looked on amazon when I was sifting through things. If you get it used thru Amazon you can get it for $80-$100. And if you're lucky you can find a good condition PS2 for around $50 from a reputable dealer.

Also, PS3s have backwards compatibility depending on how old the console itself is. For instance the 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 Bundle model supports backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

But... I do see where you're coming from. Simply saying the option is there. And I'm sure someone has emulated the games for PC.
I'm on a rather tight budget right now, so dropping $80 on a new console just for two games is completely unjustifiable. Though yeah, if I had a powerful enough PC, emulation would also be a good option. Anything really where I can play those games with a controllable camera.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 23, 2013, 07:24:08 pm
For instance the 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 Bundle model supports backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

Not for long. Sony is going to update PS3s with software based backwards compatibility so that they are no longer backwards compatible... which is one of the most amazingly stupid ideas I've heard from Sony.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 23, 2013, 07:30:17 pm
For instance the 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 Bundle model supports backwards compatibility with PS2 games.

Not for long. Sony is going to update PS3s with software based backwards compatibility so that they are no longer backwards compatible... which is one of the most amazingly stupid ideas I've heard from Sony.

Why let people play their old PS2 games when you can force them to buy them again over PSN?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on January 23, 2013, 08:02:10 pm
Sources please, Waldorf. I looked it up, and didn't find any even remotely recent news on the subject.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 24, 2013, 02:59:20 am
Sources please, Waldorf. I looked it up, and didn't find any even remotely recent news on the subject.

The only source I have is my friend who works at Gamestop. He claims that Gamestop stopped listing 80gb PS3s with 4 USB ports as backwards compatible due to a PS3 update that would take remove it. I do not rule out the possibility of him being wrong.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 24, 2013, 03:59:21 am
Sources please, Waldorf. I looked it up, and didn't find any even remotely recent news on the subject.

The only source I have is my friend who works at Gamestop. He claims that Gamestop stopped listing 80gb PS3s with 4 USB ports as backwards compatible due to a PS3 update that would take remove it. I do not rule out the possibility of him being wrong.

Except there'd be no point to push out an update for a specific model of console. That's too much fucking work. Instead, make newer models come without the compatibility. Which is what they already did.

My PS3 Slim has no backwards compatibility. It is missing the hardware to do it.

@Art- fair enough, as I said.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 24, 2013, 05:03:37 am
Took a break from writing to download and play some DLC for Tropico 4.  Bad enough as they next 3 hours disappeared.

I did think it was funny when the priest contacted me and demanded that I ban contraceptives.  I looked at my poulation, which was about 70% women and though, "Ah, no."

I ended up losing the election after having single-digit favorable ratings for the Religious and Communist Factions.  That's right, the groups that loved religion and hated religion both hated me!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 24, 2013, 05:51:47 am
I got Saints Row the Third: the full package.

Dildo bats here I come. (heheh... come)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 26, 2013, 06:57:44 am
You know, I'm thinking I'll get back into Sim City 4 Deluxe. Man, I've a lot of good memories with that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on January 26, 2013, 08:45:04 am
Took a break from writing to download and play some DLC for Tropico 4.  Bad enough as they next 3 hours disappeared.

I did think it was funny when the priest contacted me and demanded that I ban contraceptives.  I looked at my poulation, which was about 70% women and though, "Ah, no."

I ended up losing the election after having single-digit favorable ratings for the Religious and Communist Factions.  That's right, the groups that loved religion and hated religion both hated me!

You may have gotten wires crossed there. It's the religious and intellectuals that tend to be at odds--making one happy tends to involve pissing the other off, at least as far as policies and such go. The communist counterpart would be the capitalist faction.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 26, 2013, 02:33:10 pm
I just realised that THQ going bankrupt might mean we lost Metro: last light which is a shame because I was waiting for that one (Metro 2033 is an good game and the original book is awesome) and it was just few months away from being published...

Seems like another company just bought the rights, I hope they still publish the game (and don't fuck it up.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 27, 2013, 02:07:43 am
I just realised that THQ going bankrupt might mean we lost Metro: last light which is a shame because I was waiting for that one (Metro 2033 is an good game and the original book is awesome) and it was just few months away from being published...

Seems like another company just bought the rights, I hope they still publish the game (and don't fuck it up.)

There doesn't appear to be anything stopping Metro's release. I just want some confirmation on the status of Darksiders and the Games Workshop license.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on January 27, 2013, 02:09:55 am
I just realised that THQ going bankrupt might mean we lost Metro: last light which is a shame because I was waiting for that one (Metro 2033 is an good game and the original book is awesome) and it was just few months away from being published...

Seems like another company just bought the rights, I hope they still publish the game (and don't fuck it up.)

There doesn't appear to be anything stopping Metro's release. I just want some confirmation on the status of Darksiders and the Games Workshop license.

I'm kind of wondering about the GW license myself. THQ really did the series justice. I'm concerned few other companies will have the balls for the kind of grimdark 40k games require.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 27, 2013, 04:29:36 am
You may have gotten wires crossed there. It's the religious and intellectuals that tend to be at odds--making one happy tends to involve pissing the other off, at least as far as policies and such go. The communist counterpart would be the capitalist faction.

I could've sworn supporting something the Communusts like made the Religious faction mad at you as well, but I probably misread it.  It was funny at one point seeing people protest outside the church, though at the time I didn't think to clock the people to see what exactly they were protesting.


Since the, "Oh Crap," thread got bumped to page 2, I'll post this moment here.  I was playing Hitman Absolution, and trying to use a proximity mine as a melee weapon, which someone on another board had suggested.  It worked great, though when I took 2 steps, I heard, "Beep Beep," followed by an explosion that sent my body flying off a 3-story building.

I tried again, hitting my first opponent with the mine, then tossing it to the second.  Again it worked great, and I set up another trap, getting a third mine (in a building that had several), and setting a trap for a third guard.  I got him blown right off the cliff, the the mine was close enough to singe me.  I turned to reenter the building when I realized that mine explosions, if close enough, arm other mines.  As soon as I entered the building, I heard 3 separate, "Beep Beep," sounds.  Kinda wish I had chosen the disguise with the brown pants.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 27, 2013, 05:37:32 am
(click to show/hide)

I think I mentioned at some point in time that I once took a book off of a shelf in Oblivion which caused the shelf to fall down.

This wasn't that, but it was something funnier.  I picked up an alchemy ingredient and caused... THIS. Obviously, I'm using a mod that makes everything susceptible to physics.

Also, I'm getting into an Overlord mood again.  I wish there was any information about a possible Overlord 3.  I'm worried that the series is dead.

EDIT:
Speaking of Overlord, have all of my screenshots: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197979417023/screenshots/?appid=12710&sort=newestfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 28, 2013, 12:16:36 am
Well, I've finally done it. San Andreas, 100% completion. Man, it only took me, what, seven years?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 28, 2013, 02:29:42 am
Darksiders has possibly been picked up by Platinum Games but there's nothing concrete.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 28, 2013, 02:36:22 am
Man. This chivalry medieval warfare game is epic
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on January 28, 2013, 02:51:50 am
Man. This chivalry medieval warfare game is epic

I've seen some gameplay videos, and unless I'm really missing something, it didn't seem that impressive. It basically comes across as a low-budget FPS game without guns. From what I understand, it also suffers from some pretty poor balancing, with the Vanguard being vastly superior to every other class.

Edit to add:

Heh, I figure I may as well talk a bit about my own recent gaming adventures.

Back in December, I found the on-board speakers on my 3DS had crapped out somehow. No clue what happened--I left a game in sleep mode overnight, came back the next day, no sound. Sound still functioned with headphones, but not the speakers, and since I'm often watching TV or on the computer while playing, I rather dislike using headphones. Luckily, Nintendo's customer service is amazing. They sent me a shipping label, I sent them the system, and I recently got it back with new speakers and a new main circuit board, and it's working great now--if anything, the sound quality is better than when it was new. As a bonus, any factory repair job done by Nintendo resets your warranty, so I'm covered for another year. Seriously, Nintendo just can't be beat when it comes to customer service. Plus, the whole thing didn't cost me a dime.

I've also been working through some of the games I picked up during the Steam holiday sale. I beat Batman: Arkham Asylum, and have started up Arkham City. I'm rather enjoying the series. Also picked up and been playing Tropico 4 off and on--I love management style games, and the game has some great humor to it.

I also picked up the Gods & Kings expansion for Civilization V. At the moment, I'm mostly trying to just grasp all the new additions and changes rather than seriously play. It adds so much that can really change how you go about handling things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 28, 2013, 05:23:59 am
Well, I just bought Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale since I need something to play now that I'm done with San Andreas (backlog? What backlog? It's only, what, 130 odd games and counting. Shut up, I'm saving that for later!) and I had a lot of fun with the demo. The price tag is a tag steep, but hopefully it'll suck down enough hours to make up for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on January 28, 2013, 06:34:08 am
Well, I just bought Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale since I need something to play now that I'm done with San Andreas (backlog? What backlog? It's only, what, 130 odd games and counting. Shut up, I'm saving that for later!) and I had a lot of fun with the demo. The price tag is a tag steep, but hopefully it'll suck down enough hours to make up for it.

Oh man... I got Recettear when it first came out, and it ruled my life for months. That game is just so damned addictive.

Plus, if you're looking to 100% it, you have to play through the game around... 8 times? Luckily, NG+ lets you keep your inventory of items (though not any money you may have left) so the debt isn't really much a factor after the first time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 28, 2013, 06:46:33 am
Well, I just bought Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale since I need something to play now that I'm done with San Andreas (backlog? What backlog? It's only, what, 130 odd games and counting. Shut up, I'm saving that for later!) and I had a lot of fun with the demo. The price tag is a tag steep, but hopefully it'll suck down enough hours to make up for it.

Oh man... I got Recettear when it first came out, and it ruled my life for months. That game is just so damned addictive.

I know, right? Indebted servitude has never been so adorable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on January 28, 2013, 02:03:16 pm
Should plug it before it comes out, Omerta, by the same people as Tropico. Build up your 30s gang in atlantic city with similar to tropico kind of management. Click a building, select a action, select thug/group to carry out said action. Combat was surprisingly interesting(think jagged alliance 2) and from the screenshots you get the chance to take a bat to klansmen.
Site here: http://www.cityofgangsters.com/

They've got a demo up here: http://forum.kalypsomedia.com/showthread.php?tid=17739

I've played through the demo and will be snagging a preorder. It was different from anything else I've played in a while, which itself is almost enough to sell me on buying the damn thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on January 28, 2013, 07:24:52 pm
My experience with Recettear:


...But someday, I'll want to touch this game again. It just sucks that I have to start all over and have to read the same shit again before I can return to where I got screwed and cream-pied.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on January 28, 2013, 07:36:31 pm
You do know you can just press the ESC key to skip cutscenes, don't you? I mean, it's pretty hard not to see the text which says so in the lower-right corner during every cutscene.

In other news, Redigit has been considering the possibility of updating the PC version of Terraria again! (http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/something-about-a-possible-pc-update.95324/) ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 28, 2013, 07:40:26 pm
In other news, Redigit has been considering the possibility of updating the PC version of Terraria again! (http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/something-about-a-possible-pc-update.95324/) ;D
Part of me has been hoping he wouldn't do that, simply because the fanbase have been acting like insufferable little shits over the game getting a console port.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 29, 2013, 08:15:03 pm
Sly 4: Thieves in Time is going to be released the fourth.

I can't wait........ to watch a Let's Play of it because I don't have a PS3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 30, 2013, 06:42:31 pm
I find myself utterly amused with Saints Row 3. Genki Bowl is my favorite activity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on January 31, 2013, 07:37:27 am
Pagan Expansion for Crusader Kings II has been announced!  About fecking time! :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on January 31, 2013, 09:48:11 am
Nothing is more annoying then trying to form an Xbox LIVE party with someone who has a shitty internet connection.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 31, 2013, 12:31:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXty2JYIjPo
You know, shit like this is why I love indie games. For all the piles of neo-retro dross that ranges from mediocre to shovelware, the gems are really something amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on January 31, 2013, 03:45:56 pm
[Browses the Coming Soon section on Steam]

[Sees that the PC version of Ys I & II Chronicles is there (http://store.steampowered.com/app/223810/)]

[Pre-purchases it immediately]
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 31, 2013, 11:29:31 pm
Goddamnit, I can't run Antichamber at more than 3-4 frames per second. Though I'll hopefully have a solution to that one in the near future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 02, 2013, 05:14:55 am
I have almost cleared out The Savage Coast in The Secret World.  Until this point, I haven't had much trouble with the missions they throw out at me.  However, I've had "fun" with two particular missions, one dealing with having to destroy a wraith in a academy that emerges into the world through mirrors. The mission requires you to bring it down to about a quarter of it's health in which it will then run back into the mirror nearby, the problem? The mission is bugged.  The mirrors respawn faster then you can destroy them in four parallel classrooms, I sat for a hour destroying the same four mirrors over again until I looked it up and found out it's basically a unfinishable mission.

And the second mission? This fucker (http://unsubject.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/the_secret_world_ghost.jpeg).  He uses the souls of children in a abandoned amusement park.  I've fought him over a dozen times already and at this point he might as well be telling me to "assume the position" when I show up now.  Fucker basically is all area damage attacks and has a high amount of HP.  An example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_ItExj9iU&t=7m10s)

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 02, 2013, 06:12:43 am
As it turns out, Antichamber is one of precious few Steam-bought games that'll run just fine without the Steam client. With a little tinkering, I just may be able to squeeze a reasonable frame rate out of this game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 02, 2013, 07:22:52 am
Apparently gamefly doesn't like newborn accounts buying PC games without doing some sort of background check on you.

I guess I have to wait a bit longer for my discounted Torchlight 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 03, 2013, 10:38:14 am
And the second mission? This fucker (http://unsubject.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/the_secret_world_ghost.jpeg).  He uses the souls of children in a abandoned amusement park.  I've fought him over a dozen times already and at this point he might as well be telling me to "assume the position" when I show up now.  Fucker basically is all area damage attacks and has a high amount of HP.  An example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_ItExj9iU&t=7m10s)
Use things that break line of sight, I finally nailed the prick after getting real creative with abusing the hit detection.

But I've got to say, the guys who called Omerta the XCom of the mob needs to be beaten. I like the game, but it doesn't measure up to the new XCom or the old, and there are whining idiots everywhere complaining because they bought it expecting a lot more.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on February 04, 2013, 04:02:26 pm
Played Alice: Madness Returns on the 360 for awhile and it was amazing. I love the trippy worlds and the platforming is always enjoyable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 04, 2013, 05:10:44 pm
The original Alice game was pretty rad too, might be hard to come by since it was only released on PC in 2000 as far as I know.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on February 04, 2013, 06:02:12 pm
The 360 copy actually came with the original Alice, though it was kinda crummy to play with the 360 controller. I'm sure it's better on PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on February 04, 2013, 07:13:24 pm
My Current Gaming news updates

List of possible new PC Steam games that were found looking around in the CDR last night (http://cdr.thebronasium.com/cdr (http://cdr.thebronasium.com/cdr))

    La-Mulana

    The Splatters

    Octodad: Dadliest Catch Beta

    Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition (Duke Nukem 3D+)

    Super House of Dead Ninjas

    Fez

    LucasArts Test App

    Fast and Furious 6

    Lococycle

    Yogventures!

    Dyad

    Cut the Rope

    Shadow Warrior Complete

    THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII

    Retro/Grade

    Resident Evil: Revelations

    THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH

    THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98 ULTIMATE MATCH

    Quantum Conundrum 2

    Halo 3

    Halo 2

    Halo: Combat Evolved

    The Witness

    Angry Birds Space

    Angry Birds Seasons

    Second Life

Also
So anyone looked at getting the new Sim City game? I don't plan on it even though I so wanted another Sim City game.

The game devs did a AMA last month and well....all of my fears for the game have come true. Here is their Reddit AMA - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14umm1/we_are_the_simcity_dev_team_from_maxis_amaa/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/14umm1/we_are_the_simcity_dev_team_from_maxis_amaa/) and here is a link for the highlights of it  - http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2012/12/so-the-simcity-ama-did-not-go-very-well/ (http://www.uproxx.com/gammasquad/2012/12/so-the-simcity-ama-did-not-go-very-well/)

And lastly for those who don't know, Jay Wilson the Game Director of Diablo 3 was fired (no joke) http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7592242994 (http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7592242994)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on February 05, 2013, 12:26:15 am
Since Alice: Madness Returns has been mentioned recently, for anyone who owns this game on Steam and not a physical PC CD-ROM copy or the console ports:

Does the Steam release have a code for the original American McGee's Alice? I'm saying this because I'm one of those people who like to play the first game prior to the sequel(s).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on February 05, 2013, 02:23:18 pm
@ CAF Some of those were on Greenlight and passed, so seeing them isn't much of a surprise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 05, 2013, 08:37:02 pm
I finally picked up Torchlight 2 if anyone has it and is looking for co-op or whatever.

I'm also still lookin' for partners for various PS3 games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 06, 2013, 06:47:00 am
In Hitman Absolution, I finished creating a mission where you have to take out three separate targets (who are some distance from each other) with a remote mine, 2 gasoline cans, and 2 fuel tanks.  Granted, you take out a few innocent bystanders as well, but What An Explosion!

I know I've been watching too many, 'Let's Play' vidoes for Hitman on Youtube because every time I create an explosion, I yell out, "Blow them SKY FUCKING HIIIIIIGH!   Yeah!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on February 06, 2013, 08:12:25 pm
BEHOLD! The Stanley Parable Helpful Development Showcase! (http://www.galactic-cafe.com/2013/02/introducing-the-stanley-parable-helpful-development-showcase/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 06, 2013, 11:39:32 pm
Though I'm not big on EVE and had never even heard of Dust 514 before I saw this, I have to say my jaw dropped at the awesomeness of it.

Dust 514 takes place IN the EVE universe and both games effect eachother in REAL TIME.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp2XvR7Kw-Y
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 07, 2013, 06:35:11 am
New Shadowrun screen shots. Armitage is back!

http://harebrained-schemes.com/post/new-art/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 07, 2013, 06:40:44 am
Though I'm not big on EVE and had never even heard of Dust 514 before I saw this, I have to say my jaw dropped at the awesomeness of it.

Dust 514 takes place IN the EVE universe and both games effect eachother in REAL TIME.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp2XvR7Kw-Y

I've played it. I got distracted by the graphics.

That tell you anything?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 08, 2013, 06:00:30 am
I'm really getting damn good at Railroad Tycoon 3. Managed a gold medal on the Orient Express scenario with five years to spare (and that's without using a certain, extremely cheap strategy). To put that in perspective, there are quite a few Let's Plays of that game on Youtube, but when it comes to that scenario, every single Let's Player either uses the aforementioned ultra-cheap strategy or completely fucks it up.

I know nobody likely knows what the fuck I'm talking about, much less gives a shit, but I'm feeling too proud of myself to keep quiet about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 08, 2013, 12:08:49 pm
Fire Emblem has consumed my soul
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on February 08, 2013, 05:22:23 pm
My wife has been playing the heck out of Skyrim on the 360 and just bought it on the PC. Now she is looking for mods to add.

Her play style: Sneaky. Marksman, 1-handed, Stealth, Lockpick, Pickpocket... You get the picture. She is not big on magic. About the only spells she uses are Muffle and Clairvoyance. She is not a fan of difficulty, always playing on the easiest setting.

Any recommendations I can pass on to her?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 08, 2013, 05:27:18 pm
Uncle Sheogorath's Really Helpful hints and tips.

Best skyrim mod I've got.

Other than that remember the free high rez packs, along with the requisit Chopping block / wood fires fix. If you can run them. Makes it look amazing.

I've got magic scaling and Detailed mine markers as well, but mostly because I was bored shitless the last time I was playing it and wanted something different.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 08, 2013, 05:44:41 pm
Dwemer Certified.

Ironbite-cause nothing says sneaking like a giant, steam-breathing, Dwarven mech running around behind you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on February 08, 2013, 07:45:04 pm
Uncle Sheogorath's Really Helpful hints and tips.

Seconded. Also, all the Unofficial Patches.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 09, 2013, 09:16:06 am
Dwemer Certified.

Ironbite-cause nothing says sneaking like a giant, steam-breathing, Dwarven mech running around behind you.

You can get one of those huge machines to follow you now?  Which DLC did I miss?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 09, 2013, 01:27:19 pm
It's a mod based on the Fallout one called Robco Certified.  Basically you get the ability to Forge Dwemer constructs that will follow you around.

Ironbite-you never said I couldn't suggest fun stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 09, 2013, 04:21:36 pm
Bummer, it's a mod.  Oh well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 09, 2013, 04:44:19 pm
But it's a fun mod.  Come on...live life a little.

Ironbite-the modding community for Skyrim is amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on February 09, 2013, 07:25:38 pm
But it's a fun mod.  Come on...live life a little.

Ironbite-the modding community for Skyrim is amazing.

I'd love to play with mods, but I can't. I play on the 360.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 09, 2013, 08:03:59 pm
Oh...well then.

Ironbite-sucks for us.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 10, 2013, 06:13:08 am
But it's a fun mod.  Come on...live life a little.

Ironbite-the modding community for Skyrim is amazing.

I'd love to play with mods, but I can't. I play on the 360.

Same here.  My computer gives me a hard time when I'm writing on Works.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 11, 2013, 12:17:44 am
Today I bought Spec Ops: The Line. I've made it to the start of Chapter 5, and so far I really like what I've seen. For once, the hype may well have been warranted.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 11, 2013, 12:29:16 am
Anyone excited for the new fire emblem
I'll start a proper thread when I get
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 11, 2013, 12:32:45 am
Already playing it dude.

Ironbite-already...playing it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 11, 2013, 12:37:21 am
Can't wait to get Aliens: Colonial Marines this Tuesday I hope it's awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on February 11, 2013, 02:46:26 am
Reserved a copy of Pokemon X as an early birthday gift for myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 11, 2013, 05:27:53 am
Today I bought Spec Ops: The Line. I've made it to the start of Chapter 5, and so far I really like what I've seen. For once, the hype may well have been warranted.

Just for safety's sake please use spoiler tags if you plan on talking about it. I was planning on playing thru the campaign prior to me getting sick and have done good so far avoiding spoilers as of yet. I know it's a months old game but... yeah.

I have Torchlight 1 and 2 on my laptop and it has kept me sane in the hospital. I dumped a bunch of mods into Torchlight and am debating mods fro TL2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 11, 2013, 05:30:43 am
Torchlight 2 has mods why didn't I know this until just now?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 11, 2013, 05:40:53 am
Today I bought Spec Ops: The Line. I've made it to the start of Chapter 5, and so far I really like what I've seen. For once, the hype may well have been warranted.

Just for safety's sake please use spoiler tags if you plan on talking about it. I was planning on playing thru the campaign prior to me getting sick and have done good so far avoiding spoilers as of yet. I know it's a months old game but... yeah.

Sure. I'll just say that it's freaking amazing, and you need to experience it at your earliest possible convenience.

Torchlight 2 has mods why didn't I know this until just now?
...You're surprised by this? Pretty much any PC game with more than three or four fans has mods.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 11, 2013, 05:50:37 am
I found a ridiculous bug in Company of Heroes, cant be fucked to explain so ill copy and paste what i said to a mateyou have the option to self repair your tank, which you can do with a button in the bottom left, but the fucking thing wont let me click it. It just says in the panel for it "requires: weapon not enabled"
What the fuck man. Theres  like...no info for this
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 11, 2013, 11:34:29 am
Today I bought Spec Ops: The Line. I've made it to the start of Chapter 5, and so far I really like what I've seen. For once, the hype may well have been warranted.

Just for safety's sake please use spoiler tags if you plan on talking about it. I was planning on playing thru the campaign prior to me getting sick and have done good so far avoiding spoilers as of yet. I know it's a months old game but... yeah.

Sure. I'll just say that it's freaking amazing, and you need to experience it at your earliest possible convenience.

Torchlight 2 has mods why didn't I know this until just now?
...You're surprised by this? Pretty much any PC game with more than three or four fans has mods.

I appreciate it, Art. Honestly. Thanks. I am. That's why I bought it and was planning on it ASAP but getting sick got in the way.

RE: Torchlight 2- the Modding tool is not available yet for TL2 but people are using TL1's and such for TL2 mods.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 11, 2013, 06:27:05 pm
Eh. I played spec ops. Honestly I was bored by it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 11, 2013, 09:39:13 pm
Can anyone else on here who plays DOTA 2 explain why it's full of dicks who complain about me dying when I tell them I'm a new player?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 11, 2013, 09:51:52 pm
Welcome to the DOTA community.  Its the place people go when they think League of Legends is too easy on people.

Ironbite-I stay the hell away from DOTA.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 11, 2013, 10:37:20 pm
My first match (which was against the CPU) ended with someone saying I didn't do that badly despite being a newbie who didn't know half of the UI when he first played.

Then again, I... didn't do that badly.

Not saying there aren't any dicks, just saying I had a very unusual first experience with it.

However, I will say this: This is why I hate competitive gaming in general -- it brings out the worst in absolutely everyone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 12, 2013, 02:24:19 am
I think I got a case of Minecraft Sadism Disorder.  I keep devising new, incredibly evil ways to kill creepers, with the help of a few nice mods.

Wonder if I could have em ride along a minecart track while their head's being dragged through a small river of lava...detector rails and some transposers, and I can at least get the drops, while being a complete, sadistic bastard!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 12, 2013, 04:11:47 am
So I've been playing Witcher 2 and it's good enough that i am thinking of starting a CD Projekt fanthread
Also apparently if you play FE and go the barracks on a characters birthday you get free shit
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 12, 2013, 06:02:59 am
Just finished Spec Ops. I have to say, it's a freaking amazing game. It has some of the most fantastic story telling I've ever seen in a game. If you ask me, we need a lot more games like that.

It makes me wish Six Days in Fallujah wasn't canned just because Konami is a soft cock all the more.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 12, 2013, 06:12:19 am
So I've been playing Witcher 2 and it's good enough that i am thinking of starting a CD Projekt fanthread
Also apparently if you play FE and go the barracks on a characters birthday you get free shit
I've been fighting the urge to do a cyberpunk thread for a while now, largely as there's jack and shit out there about it, but hey...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 12, 2013, 05:49:08 pm
It is official I have purchased Aliens:Colonial Marines and am currently awaiting the download to finish soon I will be felling fear brought upon by a giant parasitic insectoid species.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 12, 2013, 10:46:14 pm
Got around to fixing the game-breaking bug I was experiencing with GW2...needed to update my graphics drivers, derp.  Anywho, I've only been playing a couple of days (no more than four), and got my thief up from level 51 to 63, got him working with darksteel as a weaponsmith, and I have my jeweler lady making chunky, platinum jewelery in a single sitting...from only starting to work with gold.

Yes, I can make weapons out of a Magic: The Gathering reference, and jewelery that would leave all but the most hard-to-impress rappers speechless.

Suck it, Tyria!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 13, 2013, 12:41:09 am
It is official I have purchased Aliens:Colonial Marines and am currently awaiting the download to finish soon I will be felling fear brought upon by a giant parasitic insectoid species.

Yeah you do that.

(http://i.minus.com/i212wUcwcU0eE.gif)

Ironbite-hope you kept the receipt
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 13, 2013, 01:04:44 am


(http://i.minus.com/i212wUcwcU0eE.gif)


"Alright, the human is looking around.  I'll walk up to it slowly in the dark an- OH FUCK THEIR SPECIES HAS LIGHTS THAT WORK IN THE DARK.......well maybe if I keep walking like this it won't notice....yeah, that it's it don't mind me."


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Ironbite-hope you kept the receipt

Oh come now, I'm sure that's just one mistake.  Every series has it's fuckups. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r67jBFQXJ7E)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 13, 2013, 01:31:29 am
I'M AMAZON!

Ironbite-no you're Skyrider...silly Saban.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Bender_Rodríguez on February 13, 2013, 04:07:06 am
It is official I have purchased Aliens:Colonial Marines and am currently awaiting the download to finish soon I will be felling fear brought upon by a giant parasitic insectoid species.

Yeah you do that.

(http://i.minus.com/i212wUcwcU0eE.gif)

Ironbite-hope you kept the receipt

OMG, that's freaking hilarious.  I'm a big enough fan that I almost preordered, thank god I didn't.  I might pick it up in a steam sale down the road.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 13, 2013, 04:20:47 am
There's an altered version of that GIF where the xenomorph is talking like a drunk chav challenging the player to a fight as it walks past, but I can't find it.

Instead, have this.

(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/986634/thumbs/s-NEOGAF-large.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 13, 2013, 06:38:34 am
Though apparently that xenomorph is debilitated due to mass irradiation. Not really sure what they typically look like moving though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 13, 2013, 09:47:46 am
Guys.
Guys.
Guys, seriously.
System Shock 2 on GOG.com, tommorow.
I am so hard right now you cannot believe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 13, 2013, 10:12:03 am
Guys.
Guys.
Guys, seriously.
System Shock 2 on GOG.com, tommorow.
I am so hard right now you cannot believe.

HOLY SHIT! Maybe getting fired isn't all bad, now I have time to get some classic old games and play them. (Arcanum! I am looking right at you!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 14, 2013, 02:55:14 am
I'M AMAZON!

Ironbite-no you're Skyrider...silly Saban.

Well, at least they got ZX right.

And there's also the fact that we have Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, which cared about the source material a lot more... and bombed. Yeah, I'm thinking that Kamen Rider is fucked in the west.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on February 14, 2013, 06:58:29 am
I'M AMAZON!

Ironbite-no you're Skyrider...silly Saban.

Well, at least they got ZX right.

And there's also the fact that we have Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, which cared about the source material a lot more... and bombed. Yeah, I'm thinking that Kamen Rider is fucked in the west.

From what I heard the network didn't like it much and the plot kinda went off the rails.

And yet somehow Power Rangers still survives.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 14, 2013, 08:17:50 am
Bad news EA confirmed no backwards compatability.  :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on February 14, 2013, 08:31:29 am
Huh? What are you talking about? The PS4 and Xbox 720?

I mean, you seriously need to explain that shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 14, 2013, 12:27:55 pm
I'M AMAZON!

Ironbite-no you're Skyrider...silly Saban.

Well, at least they got ZX right.

And there's also the fact that we have Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, which cared about the source material a lot more... and bombed. Yeah, I'm thinking that Kamen Rider is fucked in the west.

To be fair they were using Ryuki who's plot.....goes everywhere but sense.  It's a good series but the CW wanted the next Power Rangers and kinda fucked with the scheduling and such.  Also still hasn't aired the last couple of episodes.

As for Kamen Rider being fucked in the west...fuck you man.  There's a huge fansubbing community who takes time to sub every episode of Kamen Rider it can get it's hands on for free and millions watch it.  Same with Super Sentai.  So don't say there's not an audience in the West.

Ironbite-just another series that MAKES FUCKING SENSE should've been chosen over Ryuki.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 14, 2013, 01:25:16 pm
I'M AMAZON!

Ironbite-no you're Skyrider...silly Saban.

Well, at least they got ZX right.

And there's also the fact that we have Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, which cared about the source material a lot more... and bombed. Yeah, I'm thinking that Kamen Rider is fucked in the west.

To be fair they were using Ryuki who's plot.....goes everywhere but sense.  It's a good series but the CW wanted the next Power Rangers and kinda fucked with the scheduling and such.  Also still hasn't aired the last couple of episodes.

As for Kamen Rider being fucked in the west...fuck you man.  There's a huge fansubbing community who takes time to sub every episode of Kamen Rider it can get it's hands on for free and millions watch it.  Same with Super Sentai.  So don't say there's not an audience in the West.

Ironbite-just another series that MAKES FUCKING SENSE should've been chosen over Ryuki.

I am well aware of the subbing community. But there's a difference between being fucked in terms of official releases and being fucked in terms of fan releases, which Kamen Rider has a healthy community of it.

Also, apparently the Dragon Knight writers wanted to do Kamen Rider Blade first, but the producers told them to do Ryuki because thirteen Riders means more toys to sell than four Riders.

And in terms of video games: How about that awesome looking Dynasty Warriors Kamen Rider that we're not likely to get?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 14, 2013, 02:26:50 pm
Huh? What are you talking about? The PS4 and Xbox 720?

I mean, you seriously need to explain that shit.
Sorry :( but yes they did
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 14, 2013, 02:44:41 pm
Huh? What are you talking about? The PS4 and Xbox 720?

I mean, you seriously need to explain that shit.
Sorry :( but yes they did

...Yes they did what?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 14, 2013, 04:04:38 pm
CFO possibly talking out his ass:
http://www.i4u.com/2013/02/john-riccitiello/ea-used-next-gen-talks-backwards-games-cfo-compatibility-no

Given the systems are supposedly coming out within a year I doubt him on both counts, I can't imagine that blocking used game sales is going to help the launch of a new console without some SERIOUS fucking around by the companies responsible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 14, 2013, 04:08:01 pm
Apparently achievements in both TL1 and TL2 are glitched unless you're connected to the internet at the time of completion. Or so it seems after me fiddling about trying to get easier achievements like teaching my pet spells (already taught him 5 and no achievement for 4).

And I can't connect to steam on the hospital wireless. It's forbidden.

Also, a producer of games can't confirm shit. Only the producer of the consoles themselves can. Thanks for playing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 14, 2013, 04:10:39 pm
It's also EA, who are pretty much the poster boys pushing the end to both.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 14, 2013, 05:48:42 pm
It's also EA, who are pretty much the poster boys pushing the end to both.

EA is also pretty blatantly evil and hates anything that's not dollar bills.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 14, 2013, 06:03:42 pm
It's also EA, who are pretty much the poster boys pushing the end to both.

EA is also pretty blatantly evil and hates anything that's not dollar bills.

Seriously.  EA is basically the video game equivalent of Apple, really.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 14, 2013, 06:06:35 pm
It's also EA, who are pretty much the poster boys pushing the end to both.

EA is also pretty blatantly evil and hates anything that's not dollar bills.

Seriously.  EA is basically the video game equivalent of Apple, really.

Don't insult Apple like that. Very few corporations manage to reach EA's level of evil and misunderstanding of their product.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 14, 2013, 08:09:58 pm
It's also EA, who are pretty much the poster boys pushing the end to both.

EA is also pretty blatantly evil and hates anything that's not dollar bills.

Seriously.  EA is basically the video game equivalent of Apple, really.

Don't insult Apple like that. Very few corporations manage to reach EA's level of evil and misunderstanding of their product.

Apple is evil and doesn't understand its product beyond making it pretty and useless for people who don't use their computers for more than making self-indulgent YouTube videos while stoned.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 14, 2013, 08:11:22 pm
It's also EA, who are pretty much the poster boys pushing the end to both.

EA is also pretty blatantly evil and hates anything that's not dollar bills.

Seriously.  EA is basically the video game equivalent of Apple, really.

Don't insult Apple like that.

I was actually more worried about insulting EA with that statement.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 14, 2013, 09:44:08 pm
At least EA's made one or two quality products.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on February 14, 2013, 10:19:10 pm
Correction: EA's published some good games. They develop jack shit aside from sports games.

And I'll never understand this line of thinking that the iPhone's a useless piece of shit. Sure, the App Store's about as developer-friendly as a starving velociraptor with an intense hatred of game developers, there's a new iteration every two seconds, and the built-in maps for iOS 6 are utter crap, among other issues I'm aware of which could easily be fixed if Tim Cook weren't too busy bathing in gold, but  it could be much worse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Gage_(device)).

Now, if you're talking about the Mac... yeah, the Mac is a pile of shit for people who think that Windows is too mainstream, and that Linux is for basement-dwellers.

Speaking of Linux,  Steam on Linux is out of Beta, and there's a week-long sale to celebrate! (http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 14, 2013, 11:37:57 pm
I know EA won the worst company in America and all  but still at least EA doesn't use babies
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 14, 2013, 11:38:26 pm
Speaking of Linux,  Steam on Linux is out of Beta, and there's a week-long sale to celebrate! (http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/)
On that note, has the recent update made it impossible to recommend games, or am I just being a thickie? Every time I click on any "recommend this game" link, it links me to everything that's recommended to me.

I tell you, Steam has really been slipping as of late.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 15, 2013, 12:32:59 am
I'M AMAZON!

Ironbite-no you're Skyrider...silly Saban.

Well, at least they got ZX right.

And there's also the fact that we have Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, which cared about the source material a lot more... and bombed. Yeah, I'm thinking that Kamen Rider is fucked in the west.

To be fair they were using Ryuki who's plot.....goes everywhere but sense.  It's a good series but the CW wanted the next Power Rangers and kinda fucked with the scheduling and such.  Also still hasn't aired the last couple of episodes.

As for Kamen Rider being fucked in the west...fuck you man.  There's a huge fansubbing community who takes time to sub every episode of Kamen Rider it can get it's hands on for free and millions watch it.  Same with Super Sentai.  So don't say there's not an audience in the West.

Ironbite-just another series that MAKES FUCKING SENSE should've been chosen over Ryuki.

I am well aware of the subbing community. But there's a difference between being fucked in terms of official releases and being fucked in terms of fan releases, which Kamen Rider has a healthy community of it.

Also, apparently the Dragon Knight writers wanted to do Kamen Rider Blade first, but the producers told them to do Ryuki because thirteen Riders means more toys to sell than four Riders.

And in terms of video games: How about that awesome looking Dynasty Warriors Kamen Rider that we're not likely to get?

Yeah let's go with Kamen Rider Yu-Gi-Oh as your first new Kamen Rider in America.  That'll sell well.

Jesus the pre-Decade Kamen Rider series just has no sense of storytelling whatsoever.  Everything is just so....bam it's stupid.  At least W, OOO, and Fourze ended.

Ironbite-also IMPORTS!  They'll be good to you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 15, 2013, 12:50:24 am
I'M AMAZON!

Ironbite-no you're Skyrider...silly Saban.

Well, at least they got ZX right.

And there's also the fact that we have Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, which cared about the source material a lot more... and bombed. Yeah, I'm thinking that Kamen Rider is fucked in the west.

To be fair they were using Ryuki who's plot.....goes everywhere but sense.  It's a good series but the CW wanted the next Power Rangers and kinda fucked with the scheduling and such.  Also still hasn't aired the last couple of episodes.

As for Kamen Rider being fucked in the west...fuck you man.  There's a huge fansubbing community who takes time to sub every episode of Kamen Rider it can get it's hands on for free and millions watch it.  Same with Super Sentai.  So don't say there's not an audience in the West.

Ironbite-just another series that MAKES FUCKING SENSE should've been chosen over Ryuki.

I am well aware of the subbing community. But there's a difference between being fucked in terms of official releases and being fucked in terms of fan releases, which Kamen Rider has a healthy community of it.

Also, apparently the Dragon Knight writers wanted to do Kamen Rider Blade first, but the producers told them to do Ryuki because thirteen Riders means more toys to sell than four Riders.

And in terms of video games: How about that awesome looking Dynasty Warriors Kamen Rider that we're not likely to get?

Yeah let's go with Kamen Rider Yu-Gi-Oh as your first new Kamen Rider in America.  That'll sell well.

Hey, don't shoot the messenger!

Quote
Jesus the pre-Decade Kamen Rider series just has no sense of storytelling whatsoever.  Everything is just so....bam it's stupid.  At least W, OOO, and Fourze ended.

I can't really say much as I haven't actually finished most Kamen Riders, but Agito, which I have finished, only had two major issues with storytelling if you ask me: The ending was rushed and Gils was never properly explained.

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Ironbite-also IMPORTS!  They'll be good to you.

Do they have English subtitles? If not, then they do me no good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 15, 2013, 01:05:31 am
Bah to you good sir bah to you!

Ironbite-and done with the Kamen Rider derail.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 15, 2013, 01:13:22 am
Remember buds when they released TF2 on the Mac?  Tux Penguin for anyone who runs TF2 on linux until March (http://www.teamfortress.com/linux/)

It's also the reason I imagine the preorder Brutal Legend items didn't come today.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 15, 2013, 05:39:52 am
Correction: EA's published some good games. They develop jack shit aside from sports games.

And I'll never understand this line of thinking that the iPhone's a useless piece of shit. Sure, the App Store's about as developer-friendly as a starving velociraptor with an intense hatred of game developers, there's a new iteration every two seconds, and the built-in maps for iOS 6 are utter crap, among other issues I'm aware of which could easily be fixed if Tim Cook weren't too busy bathing in gold, but  it could be much worse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Gage_(device)).

Now, if you're talking about the Mac... yeah, the Mac is a pile of shit for people who think that Windows is too mainstream, and that Linux is for basement-dwellers.

Speaking of Linux,  Steam on Linux is out of Beta, and there's a week-long sale to celebrate! (http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/)

I'm the proud owner of an iPhone 4. Never upgraded (bought an iPhone 4 and had it replaced with a fresh one when the speakers busted), never downgraded. Haven't even updated to iOS 6 because I don't feel a need to.

It works well, especially since I don't abuse my phone or drop it on the sidewalk or wash it in my pocket or anything like that. It still works about as well as it did when I first got it, a lot smoother than an Android, and it's very easy and simple to operate. It takes excellent pictures and video as well, so I've gotten a massive amount of use out of the camera. Being a smartphone and letting me instantly upload everything to the internet instead of using barely-there internet connections or a cable connected to my computer helps as well.

I really don't get the hate for it. Hate for the constant upgrades and the questionable utility of the iPad? I get that. Hate for the iPhone's very existence? Not really.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 15, 2013, 06:55:51 am
It's almost entirely due to mac's heavy handed control over what you can do with them. No USB, No third party anything they don't approve, and the whole jailbreak deal was pretty impressive. That and the unit itself isn't really up to par with the competition, it's just got such a huge user base that the others rarely last long enough to make inroads.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 15, 2013, 08:05:45 am
Also they are agressively violent towards competitors (see Brazil)  Their products have awful UI (I have this strange horror story with this and a wireless router)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on February 15, 2013, 08:54:09 am
The simple truth is, Apple charges too much for out-dated technology that they go out of their way to limit the usage of. They purposefully make all of their products difficult if not impossible to use with a PC, just so they can try to sell you a Mac when you call tech support because iTunes won't work right--despite the fact they advertise you can use those services with a PC.

Pretty much every product they produce is made in the exact same factory as equivalent non-Apple products--but they cost the consumer twice as much, and have half the power and utility.

There is honestly no excusing Apple's business practices most of the time.

...With that out of the way, I picked up Harvest Moon: A New Beginning the other day. Only played about two weeks' worth of game time, but I'm liking it. I've always liked HM games, but sucked at them. This one seems to go a long way towards eliminating a lot of the problems that held me back from fully enjoying previous titles in the series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 15, 2013, 09:05:07 am
With new beginning i've not bought it but I like how they have Indian bachelors.
Also I started my FE Awakening Run on Hard CAsual and man am I glad I turned perma death off
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 15, 2013, 10:49:24 am
Friend convinced me to pick up World of Warcraft. Already a lvl21 Goblin Hunter. Am I already too deep into the rabbit hole? =P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on February 15, 2013, 11:33:06 am
Friend convinced me to pick up World of Warcraft. Already a lvl21 Goblin Hunter. Am I already too deep into the rabbit hole? =P

Oh no, that happens when you're 90 odd.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 15, 2013, 12:09:54 pm
With new beginning i've not bought it but I like how they have Indian bachelors.
Also I started my FE Awakening Run on Hard CAsual and man am I glad I turned perma death off

Yeah I'm doing "Easy" but I still get my ass kicked.

Ironbite-also Lissa was a favored target until I figured out that there's a certain range the enemies have.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 15, 2013, 01:04:35 pm
With new beginning i've not bought it but I like how they have Indian bachelors.
Also I started my FE Awakening Run on Hard CAsual and man am I glad I turned perma death off

Yeah I'm doing "Easy" but I still get my ass kicked.

Ironbite-also Lissa was a favored target until I figured out that there's a certain range the enemies have.

Fire Emblem: a game with smart enough AI to attack the girl with the healing stick first.

Sure, the App Store's about as developer-friendly as a starving velociraptor with an intense hatred of game developers

Is it bad that Iron Bite's the first thing that came to mind here?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 15, 2013, 01:34:58 pm
I've beat 8 and 9 so I have some experience but the difficulty seems higher.  And sadly it's a roll of the dice.  Also once the appropriate DLC launches (http://i.imgur.com/GC2RM.jpg)  broken  game (the class has a skill that heals 10 hp a turn to all adjacent units within 3 squares.
Also
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 15, 2013, 03:36:16 pm
Yeah...I know.  Also that's just Sumia's kid.  If she's not Chrom's...not sure if she is a Pegapony Princess.

Ironbite-also MORGAN WHY'D YOU KEEP GETTING YOUR ASS HANDED TO YOU!?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 15, 2013, 03:45:00 pm
Rescue staff
Still is a brony a translator
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 16, 2013, 03:04:18 pm
So I went back to try and play the Dragonborn dlc for Skyrim again.  And it's STILL freaking freezing on me.  I'm in a dungeon and have to search for a lever to open a hidden door.  After about 2 minutes of searching the whole game freezes without fail.  Every damn time.

Should I try deleting it and then reinstalling it? Or clearing some old saves I don't use any more or something?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 16, 2013, 03:58:37 pm
Try deleting old saves and if that doesn't work, try reinstalling.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 17, 2013, 10:48:11 am
Speaking of Linux,  Steam on Linux is out of Beta, and there's a week-long sale to celebrate! (http://store.steampowered.com/sale/linux_release/)
On that note, has the recent update made it impossible to recommend games, or am I just being a thickie? Every time I click on any "recommend this game" link, it links me to everything that's recommended to me.

I tell you, Steam has really been slipping as of late.

I'm more upset I can't get achievements while offline for 75% of my games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 17, 2013, 01:32:26 pm
So now that Halo is squarely in the hands of 343, it looks like Bungie's next big project is going to be a FPS-RPG-MMO named "Destiny". It will be set in the distant future after mankind has gone to the stars but has been almost obliterated by some unknown force and is now on the brink of true space travel once again. If done well, this could be an amazing game.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams (http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 17, 2013, 10:12:22 pm
Finally got back home and ughhh the achievement itch is so strong right now for both Torchlight games but what do I do put in Dante's Inferno for PS3 to get trophies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 18, 2013, 01:05:12 am
I've gotten back into playing Red Faction: Guerrilla, and in a few days, I'm up to the first foray into Eos.  I.  Fucking.  Love.  This.  GAME.  Seriously, fuck any of the pussy reviewers (I'm looking at you, Yahtzee) who dissed Guerrilla, they don't know what the fuck they're talking about.  There are very, very, very few games that are as purely, enjoyably cathartic as Guerrilla.  The mere fact that any building I can see, I can destroy, is the kind of freedom more games need.  After all, what's the fun of having a thermobaric rocket launcher if you can't use that massive explosion to level entire apartment complexes with one shot?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 18, 2013, 01:33:56 am
The only game from that series I've played is Red faction 2...

On PS2...

There were some impressive things about it. I liked the destructible world and every now and then the story and the whole atmosphere of the game was good, but mostly the game was dissapointing.

Later I did find out that it was considered the worst of the series.


In other non-news I've gone back to playing Fallout: New Vegas. I'm planning to do the Legion quests this time. (Usually I just don't LIKE playing evil characters but I have missed much of the game because of that.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 18, 2013, 06:53:28 am
I've started a playthrough of the original Deus Ex. This time, I hope to actually finish the damn thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 18, 2013, 08:28:57 am
I've started a playthrough of the original Deus Ex. This time, I hope to actually finish the damn thing.
I've got to admit, after playing human revolution it doesn't feel like the world shattering game it once did.

Though it could be I just suck at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 18, 2013, 10:42:45 am
I keep getting mauled by things in Far Cry 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 18, 2013, 10:45:58 am
The only game from that series I've played is Red faction 2...

On PS2...

There were some impressive things about it. I liked the destructible world and every now and then the story and the whole atmosphere of the game was good, but mostly the game was dissapointing.

Later I did find out that it was considered the worst of the series.

Yeah, the original blew RF2 out of the water.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 18, 2013, 06:55:20 pm
I've started a playthrough of the original Deus Ex. This time, I hope to actually finish the damn thing.
I've got to admit, after playing human revolution it doesn't feel like the world shattering game it once did.
I suppose great strides have been made in yellow screen filters since the original.

That said, the AI is utterly moronic. You can be directly in front of them, and chances are they won't actually spot you for a good ten seconds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 18, 2013, 07:34:45 pm
I've started a playthrough of the original Deus Ex. This time, I hope to actually finish the damn thing.
I've got to admit, after playing human revolution it doesn't feel like the world shattering game it once did.

Though it could be I just suck at it.

Well, Deus Ex hasn't really aged well. I think Human Revolution is such a great game because it took all of the stuff that made the original great (some level of free roaming, many different choices and possibilities for how missions can go, plenty of side missions, limited inventory, weapon and augmentation modification, good emphasis on talking, complexity in the world and storyline, ability for non-fatal resolution to almost every encounter, etc.) and added on the advances made in modern gaming (somewhat workable cover system, weapons don't have ridiculous inaccuracy past sneezing distance unless you spend skill points on "training", regenerating health instead of being stuck in a rut and having to restart from an earlier point because you're too weak and don't have enough health items to go on, etc.). Deus Ex does what made it unique better than many modern games, but it's also undeniably primitive in the gameplay sense.

Of course, a lot of rabid fanboys don't seem to have played the original game either. They criticize Human Revolution for requiring you to kill certain enemies in boss fights instead of being able to non-violently sneak past them or knock them out (the original also required that, though you could learn their kill phrases and just blow them up without fighting), or for having regenerating health that makes it too easy (the original had a health regeneration augment that could regenerate you much faster than any modern video game will be willing to do).
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 19, 2013, 01:10:12 am
The only game from that series I've played is Red faction 2...

On PS2...

There were some impressive things about it. I liked the destructible world and every now and then the story and the whole atmosphere of the game was good, but mostly the game was dissapointing.

Later I did find out that it was considered the worst of the series.

Yeah, the original blew RF2 out of the water.

Never got to play the full version of the first Red Faction, and RF2 was...reasonably fun.  Guerrilla, however, takes the destructible world idea, and pretty much runs as far with it as humanly possible without being able to level the land itself.  Though, using a MOAB (Ohhhhhh, yes, they got those, and they're gorgeous) to level a mountain would be pretty fucking sweet.
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Post by: syaoranvee on February 19, 2013, 01:13:08 am
Started Blue Mountain on The Secret World the other day.

Apparently, Sasquatches are our final line of defense when the world goes to hell.
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Post by: Vypernight on February 19, 2013, 07:51:43 am
The only game from that series I've played is Red faction 2...

On PS2...

There were some impressive things about it. I liked the destructible world and every now and then the story and the whole atmosphere of the game was good, but mostly the game was dissapointing.

Later I did find out that it was considered the worst of the series.


In other non-news I've gone back to playing Fallout: New Vegas. I'm planning to do the Legion quests this time. (Usually I just don't LIKE playing evil characters but I have missed much of the game because of that.)

My favorite part of RF 2 is running off a platform, just so I can hear the character scream, "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!"

Never gets old.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2013, 08:00:09 am
I can't be alone in this but the main fire emblem game is not bad.  The paralogues are Dark Souls
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2013, 09:47:17 am
Well, Deus Ex hasn't really aged well. I think Human Revolution is such a great game because it took all of the stuff that made the original great (some level of free roaming, many different choices and possibilities for how missions can go, plenty of side missions, limited inventory, weapon and augmentation modification, good emphasis on talking, complexity in the world and storyline, ability for non-fatal resolution to almost every encounter, etc.) and added on the advances made in modern gaming (somewhat workable cover system, weapons don't have ridiculous inaccuracy past sneezing distance unless you spend skill points on "training", regenerating health instead of being stuck in a rut and having to restart from an earlier point because you're too weak and don't have enough health items to go on, etc.). Deus Ex does what made it unique better than many modern games, but it's also undeniably primitive in the gameplay sense.
I have to say, I'm of pretty much the opposite opinion. I've never found myself wanting for a cover system. I've always found crouching or standing behind something solid to be perfectly sufficient, especially since you're able to lean from side to side, which means you can still pop out to fire off a few shots while exposing as little of yourself to enemy fire as possible.

As for the training system: That's exactly how it should be. Deus Ex is designed around forcing the player to specialise and actually use their chosen skills to play the game. If you could easily overcome a poor training level with player skill, then what would be the point of any sort of levelling system in the first place? It's also why every new augmentation comes with two possible buffs, and you can only pick one, and why there aren't enough augment upgrades in the game to max out all of your augmentations. It forces you to pick and choose the augmentations that fit your playstyle. Then of course the highly limited inventory forces you to do the same with your equipment. In effect, it creates a completely organic class system. Add to that the level design which makes any halfway reasonable build perfectly viable and it just works. It's what makes Deus Ex a proper RPG/shooter hybrid rather than a shooter with token RPG elements.

As for regenerating health, it's really not suited to a game like Deus Ex. It works quite nicely in a more linear game, where there's little scope for searching for health pick ups, but in a game with very open levels like Deus Ex, they provide yet another rather compelling reason to explore. It also means doing badly in a fight has some consequences, which for an RPG is definitely something you want. Sure, you can get an augmentation that regenerates health, but it uses up bioelectricity like it's going out of fashion, which itself is a finite, non-regenerating resource. You could certainly argue that it's overpowered, but it's most definitely not the same thing as free, constantly regenerating health.
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Post by: Material Defender on February 19, 2013, 10:03:43 am
I've started a playthrough of the original Deus Ex. This time, I hope to actually finish the damn thing.
I've got to admit, after playing human revolution it doesn't feel like the world shattering game it once did.

Though it could be I just suck at it.

Well, Deus Ex hasn't really aged well. I think Human Revolution is such a great game because it took all of the stuff that made the original great (some level of free roaming, many different choices and possibilities for how missions can go, plenty of side missions, limited inventory, weapon and augmentation modification, good emphasis on talking, complexity in the world and storyline, ability for non-fatal resolution to almost every encounter, etc.) and added on the advances made in modern gaming (somewhat workable cover system, weapons don't have ridiculous inaccuracy past sneezing distance unless you spend skill points on "training", regenerating health instead of being stuck in a rut and having to restart from an earlier point because you're too weak and don't have enough health items to go on, etc.). Deus Ex does what made it unique better than many modern games, but it's also undeniably primitive in the gameplay sense.

Of course, a lot of rabid fanboys don't seem to have played the original game either. They criticize Human Revolution for requiring you to kill certain enemies in boss fights instead of being able to non-violently sneak past them or knock them out (the original also required that, though you could learn their kill phrases and just blow them up without fighting), or for having regenerating health that makes it too easy (the original had a health regeneration augment that could regenerate you much faster than any modern video game will be willing to do).

My brother and I use Deus Ex regularly as a game that is held upon another standard. Between the use of conspiracy theories effectively (As opposed to gambit pile up, it's one level that you're constantly learning laterally about to know the true depth.) and sensible plot progression, as well as meaningful, organic choices you can make. Like Killing Anna Narvarra to prevent her from killing that dude? There's no prompt for that. I just decided to blow her away because she acted like an asshole to me and I knew I could get more information from the dude. And you don't have to fight Walter Simmons or Hermann. You can just run past them. Walter's so close to a level change anyways he's super easy to run away from. The bosses in the games also had a lot less health. One Rocket+Training=Death to Hermann and Anna. The groups of enemies were a lot more meaningful.

Also sounds like you got a broken version if it takes ten seconds for them to notice me. I had them able to see me pretty readily at a distance unless i was crouching in shadows. It uses an organic stealth system like Thief, it just lacks a proper light gem so it feels a little wonky. I think the cover system in Human Revolution was more just replicating something you'd do anyways in the original. Hide behind cover. Until of course you have the 85% versus everything resistance. Plus, if I'm low on medpaks? It means its stealth time!

I respect Human Revolution, it works great as a successor to the name of Deus Ex. I'm curious whether they'll do a remake/reimaging of the original or skip it (Since it's good AS IS, so no tinkering is required) and fix Invisible War. Story was decent, but the gameplay was... too simple. It took away meaningful choice making with your augments.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2013, 10:06:45 am
I liked HR but my biggest problem was the end game
and the fact there was no reason to use lethal strikes
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 19, 2013, 10:36:40 am
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I've never found myself wanting for a cover system. I've always found crouching or standing behind something solid to be perfectly sufficient, especially since you're able to lean from side to side, which means you can still pop out to fire off a few shots while exposing as little of yourself to enemy fire as possible.

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I think the cover system in Human Revolution was more just replicating something you'd do anyways in the original. Hide behind cover. Until of course you have the 85% versus everything resistance. Plus, if I'm low on medpaks? It means its stealth time!

I'd like a lean system added on (my own idea for a vaguely related game concept includes the new Medal of Honor cover system and leaning outside of that), but the cover system tends to make things easier since you can see exactly what parts of your body are sticking out (an impossibility in first person orientation, as you don't have any sense of awareness of where any of your body parts are) and lets you blindfire. Human Revolution actually made the smart decision of having almost no accuracy during blindfiring (even in Gears of War is just serves as a "less accurate normal shooting"), but it does suit a more rapid combat style where you can respond to enemies in cover by running up, ducking behind the pile of boxes they're hiding behind, and blindly sticking a shotgun over and into their face when they pop up.

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As for the training system: That's exactly how it should be. Deus Ex is designed around forcing the player to specialise and actually use their chosen skills to play the game. If you could easily overcome a poor training level with player skill, then what would be the point of any sort of levelling system in the first place? It's also why every new augmentation comes with two possible buffs, and you can only pick one, and why there aren't enough augment upgrades in the game to max out all of your augmentations. It forces you to pick and choose the augmentations that fit your playstyle. Then of course the highly limited inventory forces you to do the same with your equipment. In effect, it creates a completely organic class system. Add to that the level design which makes any halfway reasonable build perfectly viable and it just works. It's what makes Deus Ex a proper RPG/shooter hybrid rather than a shooter with token RPG elements.

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Story was decent, but the gameplay was... too simple. It took away meaningful choice making with your augments.

First off, HR actually included the limited inventory and augmentation standard from the first game. Other than the choice of inventory expansions as an augmentation and making ammo take up space (the original had it off in the ether somewhere, untainted by the grid), the grid system is almost exactly the same in size as the original and actually restricts you MORE, since ammo has to be included as well as everything else. There's also only 21 Praxis Kits in game (it takes 68 points to fully upgrade) and it costs a total of 45,000 credits to purchase 9 of them, which only compulsive thieves who scour every area for cash will be able to easily acquire. So someone will likely never manage more than half of the possible upgrades at the most before completing the game even including XP on top of that, which fits into the "Choose carefully" bit.

On my second point, the training levels in the first game were downright ridiculous and completely destroyed suspension of disbelief: an augmented supersoldier and trained government agent can barely even hold a weapon steady enough to hit the target at 50 yards unless he decides to use those augments to increase his skills to the levels of an average USMC rifleman? Along with stretching believability even if you tried to justify it, it's immensely frustrating for players who have the skill to do the task (and could probably accomplish it themselves in real life) but are hamstrung by their character shooting like a drunk. Adam Jensen starts with the level of training and skill that someone in his position should rightfully have, and the augmentations do exactly that: augment his ability. He can use his Praxis points to steady his aim or reduce recoil, but he never needs to use them just to get himself past the competency level of your girlfriend trying out a shotgun for the first time out in the woods.

As for making augmentations "meaningful", HR always provides more than enough choices for people who took any augmentation to make it through. Someone who emphasized hacking and break through locked doors and computers faster (and has access to hacks that literally aren't possible for those with lower skill levels), someone who emphasized stealth can more easily sneak around the guards and cameras, someone who emphasized combat can shoot his way through, etc. Certain augmentations like the wall breaking and Icarus Landing System open up entirely new paths. But you're never going to be left thinking "Dammit, I should have chosen X augmentation beforehand." Because really, you can't expect the player to predict what may come in handy far in the future and players probably won't be happy if they spend the entire game focusing on one play style that works only to find that it's useless at a certain point. Even the last level's pseudo zombie apocalypse still incorporates elements of the available playstyles and even makes it possible (albeit extremely difficult) to make it through non-lethally, while still keeping it new and wild enough to force players to adapt or die.

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As for regenerating health, it's really not suited to a game like Deus Ex. It works quite nicely in a more linear game, where there's little scope for searching for health pick ups, but in a game with very open levels like Deus Ex, they provide yet another rather compelling reason to explore. It also means doing badly in a fight has some consequences, which for an RPG is definitely something you want. Sure, you can get an augmentation that regenerates health, but it uses up bioelectricity like it's going out of fashion, which itself is a finite, non-regenerating resource. You could certainly argue that it's overpowered, but it's most definitely not the same thing as free, constantly regenerating health.

Regenerating health became popular for good reason: limited supplies. Both games are infamously lethal (even on the easiest difficulty, HR will kill you quickly if you get caught in the open for mere seconds), but forcing the player to rely on limited medical supplies very often resulted in the player being caught with too little health to make it through the next section, but no supplies available to revitalize them. It's extremely annoying, especially since both games make such useful items in general relatively uncommon and have limited inventory space to try and fit everything in. Making it through Deus Ex gets frankly annoying sometimes, because you die quickly (especially early on) and you may have absolutely zero chance of recovering any health if you manage to hide. It's all in the name of giving the player a fighting chance, which is kind of a necessity if you want your game to have more than niche appeal these days. It's why my own game concept follows the Dwarf Fortress or Nethack manifesto of extreme unfairness and forcing creative thinking, but also understands the game's niche and how it's not meant to really be made for mass consumption.

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Also sounds like you got a broken version if it takes ten seconds for them to notice me. I had them able to see me pretty readily at a distance unless i was crouching in shadows. It uses an organic stealth system like Thief, it just lacks a proper light gem so it feels a little wonky.

I think you misquoted there.

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I liked HR but my biggest problem was the end game

The endgame was almost exactly like the first one: you get several choices and you have to pick one. They were admittedly limited by the story being a prequel, but they explicitly made it so that there wouldn't be a bunch of non-canon endings: the progression to Deus Ex has elements that fit every possible ending, so any one of them could be correct.

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and the fact there was no reason to use lethal strikes

You mean the melee strikes? They actually do serve an important purpose: unconscious enemies can be woken up if they get found. I decided to do a 100% non-lethal sneaking run through the police station recently, and I kept running into problems where the cops would quickly wake up whoever I knocked out (especially if I ever got caught, as they'd promptly start patrolling the area). I had to get around this by quickly knocking them out and dragging them into a nearby air vent until everyone on the floor was stuffed in a tangle of bodies blocking damn near the whole thing.

Also, the office floor is probably one of the hardest areas to stealth through. Along with being utterly loaded with cops (all of whom will promptly start shooting you simultaneously if they catch you uninvited), there's a lot of windows and open doorways that expose you as you walk by AND patrolling cops in the halls behind those windows. It takes impossible levels of speed and precision to stealthily make it in and out of the morgue unless you find an alternate route, and you'll probably end up throwing flashbangs and shooting tasers and PEPs while sprinting upstairs to escape through the vents.

Oh, and if you get caught, all cops outside become hostile. Yeah, all the guys patrolling in full body armor and carrying shotguns who call for backup if you fight them. You're basically left sneaking around Detroit for a long time.
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Post by: Distind on February 19, 2013, 11:10:59 am
I'm still kinda amused about the people who bitch about the yellow, god forbid someone have a consistent style for a game other than realism and brown.

If there had been ways to avoid the boss fights(and there pretty much is for the last one) then I wouldn't see much of any fault in the game. You're still never going to have ALL of the augs, and this is coming from someone who did a nearly 100% nonlethal take down run, with ghost an smooth operator on almost every level. I still didn't have enough to pick everything, though I did have far more than I really needed near the end. Think I had about  7 points left over I never bothered to use with probably 10-20 points worth of augs that actually did something left. Run and gun your way through and you'll get about 1/5th that experience total.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2013, 11:13:55 am
Oh the boss fights in HR were outsourced which makes sense since the Typhoon broke the game
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Post by: Material Defender on February 19, 2013, 11:14:18 am

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Story was decent, but the gameplay was... too simple. It took away meaningful choice making with your augments.


Loved HR man, I'm talking about Invisible War in that quote. HR gave meaningful choices in its augmentation system and I played two separate games completely differently. I think the only issue is you had to take the anti-EMP augmentation to survive the second boss fight. With it? Its cake.

Invisible War was terrible though. There was almost always a "Better Choice" so there was no real choices there.
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Post by: Distind on February 19, 2013, 11:16:04 am
Oh the boss fights in HR were outsourced which makes sense since the Typhoon broke the game
I'm thinking of doing a run where I actually use it. I don't think I've ever even managed to use it once... despite it being a rather large plot point in the game.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2013, 11:43:35 am
Just run up to the boss and use it it dies in two shots
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Post by: Distind on February 19, 2013, 11:50:17 am
Just run up to the boss and use it it dies in two shots
That's almost as broke as the laser rifle right at the end.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2013, 11:51:34 am
The boss fights were awful and not really suited for a no kill run
This is why you don't outsoruce
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Post by: Material Defender on February 19, 2013, 11:54:03 am
Oh the boss fights in HR were outsourced which makes sense since the Typhoon broke the game
I'm thinking of doing a run where I actually use it. I don't think I've ever even managed to use it once... despite it being a rather large plot point in the game.

It felt out of place in the game for Jenson, so I never got it.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2013, 12:00:03 pm
I got it since I suck at shooters (I was dying a lot on easy)
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Post by: ironbite on February 19, 2013, 12:07:47 pm
I can't be alone in this but the main fire emblem game is not bad.  The paralogues are Dark Souls

Let me guess...you ran into the Great Gate didn't you?

Ironbite-fuck that level.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 19, 2013, 12:16:23 pm
The boss fights were awful and not really suited for a no kill run
This is why you don't outsoruce

People have still found ways to sorta do no-kill runs; the bosses still die in the cutscenes, but a LOT of taser shots and EMP grenades can eventually trigger the cutscene. I actually used one on Namir, who's notoriously difficult: normally he'll instakill you if you try a takedown, but there's a short time during his "leaping over the walls" animation where he's vulnerable. Just predict where he's going to land and start mashing the button as soon as he starts coming over, and you'll get treated to Jensen simply punching him in the jaw.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on February 19, 2013, 02:21:41 pm
I dunno how or why but whenever there's a cutscene in Far Cry 3 I've been clearing out things in Torchlight. I think I have a problem.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on February 19, 2013, 02:59:35 pm
I dunno how or why but whenever there's a cutscene in Far Cry 3 I've been clearing out things in Torchlight. I think I have a problem.

I think you accidentally this sentence.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2013, 06:39:23 pm
I'm still kinda amused about the people who bitch about the yellow, god forbid someone have a consistent style for a game other than realism and brown.
I didn't say it's a bad thing, I was just being tongue-in-cheek.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2013, 07:28:01 pm
I'd like a lean system added on (my own idea for a vaguely related game concept includes the new Medal of Honor cover system and leaning outside of that), but the cover system tends to make things easier since you can see exactly what parts of your body are sticking out (an impossibility in first person orientation, as you don't have any sense of awareness of where any of your body parts are) and lets you blindfire. Human Revolution actually made the smart decision of having almost no accuracy during blindfiring (even in Gears of War is just serves as a "less accurate normal shooting"), but it does suit a more rapid combat style where you can respond to enemies in cover by running up, ducking behind the pile of boxes they're hiding behind, and blindly sticking a shotgun over and into their face when they pop up.
Isn't that more to do with 1st/3rd person perspective that a cover system? I imagine being able to switch to 3rd person would solve that problem, even with just the leaning and no real cover system. You wouldn't have blindfire, but ah well. I suppose it's a preference thing in the end.
On my second point, the training levels in the first game were downright ridiculous and completely destroyed suspension of disbelief: an augmented supersoldier and trained government agent can barely even hold a weapon steady enough to hit the target at 50 yards unless he decides to use those augments to increase his skills to the levels of an average USMC rifleman? Along with stretching believability even if you tried to justify it, it's immensely frustrating for players who have the skill to do the task (and could probably accomplish it themselves in real life) but are hamstrung by their character shooting like a drunk. Adam Jensen starts with the level of training and skill that someone in his position should rightfully have, and the augmentations do exactly that: augment his ability. He can use his Praxis points to steady his aim or reduce recoil, but he never needs to use them just to get himself past the competency level of your girlfriend trying out a shotgun for the first time out in the woods.
I wasn't trying to compare Human Revolution and the original (as I've never played Human Revolution), I just discussing the merits of the original's mechanics. I suppose I should've been clearer about that.

In any case, the incompetence at untrained levels aren't there for story purposes (because, as you said, it makes little sense), it's for gameplay reasons. You want to put all of your points into hacking and lock picking? Well then, you'd better be prepared to find the stealthy, break-and-enter-y solutions to things, because you're not going to last five seconds in a firefight. As I said, if you could overcome not levelling the relevant weapons skill with simple player competence, then there'd be little point in upgrading weapons in the first place, and every imaginable build would be a viable frontal attacker. Deus Ex is designed from the start to force you to specialise in a narrow set of skills and to have to use those skills to solve any given problem. It's so that you can't just say "fuck it, I'm just going to blast my way through the level".
Regenerating health became popular for good reason: limited supplies. Both games are infamously lethal (even on the easiest difficulty, HR will kill you quickly if you get caught in the open for mere seconds), but forcing the player to rely on limited medical supplies very often resulted in the player being caught with too little health to make it through the next section, but no supplies available to revitalize them. It's extremely annoying, especially since both games make such useful items in general relatively uncommon and have limited inventory space to try and fit everything in. Making it through Deus Ex gets frankly annoying sometimes, because you die quickly (especially early on) and you may have absolutely zero chance of recovering any health if you manage to hide. It's all in the name of giving the player a fighting chance, which is kind of a necessity if you want your game to have more than niche appeal these days. It's why my own game concept follows the Dwarf Fortress or Nethack manifesto of extreme unfairness and forcing creative thinking, but also understands the game's niche and how it's not meant to really be made for mass consumption.
Regerating health became popular because it works really well for linear shooters. There's little to no scope for searching for health pick ups, and it means the developer knows the player will always be on full health going into any given fight. Because those sort of shooters are all about creating a very controlled spectacle, it makes it much easier to design a level and place enemies in a way that's appropriately challenging without fucking up the difficultly curve. Since Deus Ex is not linear and is very open and player driven, the biggest merit of regenerating health no longer applies.

As for your experience, it sounds like you simply need to switch up your tactics. Medkits are fairly common if you properly explore the levels, they only take up one slot and stack up to fifteen at a time. The Medicine skill is relatively cheap and allows you to squeeze more health out of each medkit. Items like ballistic armour and thermoptic camo can be used to give you an edge in combat, augmentations like aggressive defence and ballistic resistance can turn you into a fucking amazing tank, especially if upgraded and of course the regenerating health augmentation can convert bioelectricity into health (and bioelectric cells are even more common than Medkits, and you can carry up to 30 of those at a time). Maybe it's just the build I went for, but by the time I reached Hell's Kitchen, I was finding more medkits than I could carry. The only thing that was in short supply was lock picks (for some odd reason, I was swimming in multitools). That's on the 2nd highest difficulty.
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Post by: Distind on February 19, 2013, 09:07:54 pm
I'm still kinda amused about the people who bitch about the yellow, god forbid someone have a consistent style for a game other than realism and brown.
I didn't say it's a bad thing, I was just being tongue-in-cheek.
You didn't really bitch, I'm mostly refering to the residents of the steam forums. They do some serious bitching.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2013, 10:18:26 pm
I meant you cant' sneak past etc also you dont get rewarded for stamina killing unlike in MGS3
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2013, 11:20:26 pm
I'm still kinda amused about the people who bitch about the yellow, god forbid someone have a consistent style for a game other than realism and brown.
I didn't say it's a bad thing, I was just being tongue-in-cheek.
You didn't really bitch, I'm mostly refering to the residents of the steam forums. They do some serious bitching.
Oh, well it's the Steam forums. That goes without saying.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 20, 2013, 01:50:34 am
I've been binging on GW2 for a few days...and my main character, mah Thief, is up to level 75.  I'm almost thereeeeeeeeee!  Stab stab staaaaaab!
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Post by: Shane for Wax on February 20, 2013, 08:51:45 am
I dunno how or why but whenever there's a cutscene in Far Cry 3 I've been clearing out things in Torchlight. I think I have a problem.

I think you accidentally this sentence.

How so? While there's a cutscene in one game, I'm playing another.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on February 20, 2013, 09:57:39 am
I dunno how or why but whenever there's a cutscene in Far Cry 3 I've been clearing out things in Torchlight. I think I have a problem.

I think you accidentally this sentence.

How so? While there's a cutscene in one game, I'm playing another.

Ah, sorry. didn't understand the sentence first time 'round.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on February 20, 2013, 03:28:27 pm
I dunno how or why but whenever there's a cutscene in Far Cry 3 I've been clearing out things in Torchlight. I think I have a problem.

I think you accidentally this sentence.

How so? While there's a cutscene in one game, I'm playing another.

Ah, sorry. didn't understand the sentence first time 'round.

Not a problem. It is kinda confusing. Would have been more so if I said I'm playing two games at the exact same time.
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Post by: Saturn500 on February 21, 2013, 12:47:09 am
[Finishes chapter 9 in FE: Awakening] 0.0 Holy shit...
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Post by: ironbite on February 21, 2013, 12:52:04 am
Yeah.

Ironbite-welcome to the game.
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Post by: Saturn500 on February 21, 2013, 06:38:05 am
You seem to be implying that it'll get even darker than
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Sorta makes the amusing revelation in Paralogue 4 that
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epic Mood Whiplash if you play it immediately after it's unlocked, like I did.

In related news, I've promoted both Chrom and the MC. And yes, I waited until they were level 20 to do so. Also, I'm playing on Normal Classic, and the only unit I've lost so far has been Donnel in Paralogue 1... which was rather frustrating, since I had managed to level him up.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 07:08:55 am
Okay whats odd for me s just having 8 soldiers works well
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Post by: Dakota Bob on February 21, 2013, 08:11:41 am
Just completed System Shock 2 for the second time after buying the re-release. The real horror in this game is the audio work, those fucking cyborg midwives and their screeching gets me every time.

Babies must rest....
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 09:29:36 am
Started Deus Ex and man the game is ugly even by 2000 standards
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Post by: Distind on February 21, 2013, 09:54:19 am
Started Deus Ex and man the game is ugly even by 2000 standards
I'd forgotten about the running and screaming part of the tranq darts myself.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 10:07:17 am
I dunno I played an N64 game Banjo Tooie from the same year and it was much better looking
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 21, 2013, 11:43:29 am
Started Deus Ex and man the game is ugly even by 2000 standards
I'd forgotten about the running and screaming part of the tranq darts myself.

Or the crossbow that shoots gigantic bolts right into your face and do nothing but knock you unconscious harmlessly.

I'd like to also point out that just a year later, they released a game that looked like this (http://www.starburstmagazine.com/images/april2012/max-payne1.jpg). On a console that the Deus Ex port had to be dumbed down for.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 12:09:11 pm
Also Banjo Tooie was just as long so I dunno my guess they put too much effort into story and gameplay
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Post by: Shane for Wax on February 21, 2013, 01:23:05 pm
Max Payne looked even worse.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on February 21, 2013, 03:08:04 pm
So, One Piece: Pirate Warriors is half off right now.
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Post by: CaseAgainstFaith on February 21, 2013, 05:02:49 pm
Anyone watch the Playstation 4 announcement thing last night?  Wasn't too bad over all but I think I will be skipping this generation of consoles and sticking to my PC.  Though the biggest take away from last night is Diablo 3 is getting ported to the PS3 and PS4 and well that sent the PC Diablo 3 fanboys into a nuclear meltdown of rage.  see here -

http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/18yhdt/diablo_3_offline_play_on_playstation_3_4/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/18yhdt/diablo_3_offline_play_on_playstation_3_4/)

and here

http://www.diablofans.com/topic/86606-diablo-3-offline-play-on-playstation-3-4/ (http://www.diablofans.com/topic/86606-diablo-3-offline-play-on-playstation-3-4/)

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Post by: Saturn500 on February 21, 2013, 05:18:10 pm
My question is, why bother with a console port in the first place? I think there are around 10 people in the world who don't hate it.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 05:26:35 pm
Ive not played it but why Krater and torchlight 2 r chaper and better
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 21, 2013, 07:43:51 pm
Also Banjo Tooie was just as long so I dunno my guess they put too much effort into story and gameplay
You say that like it's a bad thing.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 21, 2013, 08:42:58 pm
Oh, and since nobody mentioned the PS4 yet, I feel this is warranted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rJDn0jRnUQ
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Post by: syaoranvee on February 21, 2013, 08:53:41 pm
Also Banjo Tooie was just as long so I dunno my guess they put too much effort into story and gameplay
You say that like it's a bad thing.

I hated Banjo Tooie for the amount of backtracking it involved, you constantly had to be going in between worlds to achieve a single jiggy compared to the first game where you only to go back to a world once (Defeat the polar bear with the running shoes that you get in the next world).

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Oh, and since nobody mentioned the PS4 yet

I was waiting for any news on the Vita, instead I got a console I won't even bother with.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 09:00:26 pm
I actually liked that bit of metroid vania but it was only in Tooie not so much Kazooie
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 21, 2013, 09:03:02 pm
Also Banjo Tooie was just as long so I dunno my guess they put too much effort into story and gameplay
You say that like it's a bad thing.

I hated Banjo Tooie for the amount of backtracking it involved, you constantly had to be going in between worlds to achieve a single jiggy compared to the first game where you only to go back to a world once (Defeat the polar bear with the running shoes that you get in the next world).

I think we were both referring to Deus Ex (the gameplay and story is amazing but the aesthetic is a tad lacking).
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 09:06:42 pm
part of the issue is Deus Ex's graphics can hurt gameplay IE I had no idea if a floor was metal or not
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Post by: Sleepy on February 21, 2013, 09:12:27 pm
I hated Banjo Tooie for the amount of backtracking it involved, you constantly had to be going in between worlds to achieve a single jiggy compared to the first game where you only to go back to a world once (Defeat the polar bear with the running shoes that you get in the next world).

Yeah, that got annoying reeeeal fast, to me. That and you could be in a level for an hour and still have just one jiggy. I got sick of the levels.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 21, 2013, 09:25:02 pm
So anyone else play Magical Diary
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 21, 2013, 10:38:59 pm
part of the issue is Deus Ex's graphics can hurt gameplay IE I had no idea if a floor was metal or not

"A bomb."

8|
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Post by: agentCDE on February 22, 2013, 02:13:31 am
Don't get me started; I love how wonderfully quotable Deus Ex's dialogue is. The urge is intensifying to the point where I may not be able to contain it.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 22, 2013, 04:30:31 am
Don't get me started; I love how wonderfully quotable Deus Ex's dialogue is. The urge is intensifying to the point where I may not be able to contain it.

Don't look at me. I didn't ask for this.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on February 22, 2013, 05:18:31 am
...My vision is augmented.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 22, 2013, 07:19:25 am
"The Luminous Path Triad is closed to guailloes." Says the guy named Gordon Quick. The totally 100% Chinese Luminous Path leader and doorman.

Yeah, that game has a few parts that just make no sense whatsoever. Also, the AI is pants-on-head retarded.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on February 22, 2013, 09:08:22 am
I love the game 'n all, but what were they thinking when they did the model animation?
http://postimage.org/image/ejg8o72xd/ (http://postimage.org/image/ejg8o72xd/)
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 22, 2013, 09:18:12 am
are they in invisible massage chairs
Still better then ME3's ending
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Post by: ThunderWulf on February 22, 2013, 10:08:19 am
Don't get me started; I love how wonderfully quotable Deus Ex's dialogue is. The urge is intensifying to the point where I may not be able to contain it.

Don't look at me. I didn't ask for this.

Beat me to it.


So last night I was playing a subscription based game with a friend of mine.  We're in the middle of a boss fight, when he gets kicked off.  Turns out his subscription ran out in the middle of the fight, and he doesn't have the spare money to reactiviate it for like another 2 weeks. :/
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 22, 2013, 11:12:14 am
I really, really want to play Rise of Flight. But my computer stutters and tries to explode just from the cutscenes.

Time to upgrade!
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 23, 2013, 04:46:31 am
Bought Red Dead Redemption today. I must say, I really love the tail end of a console generation. There's a massive library of games (some of them are even good) and most of them are quite reasonably priced. Admittedly, not as cheap as they'd be on PC, but you can't win 'em all.
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Post by: Distind on February 23, 2013, 06:47:53 am
Fucking dwarf fort.

A dwarf went missing, couldn't find the body for my life. Then it showed back up, chasing my other dwarves around. I hadn't even managed to get a hole into the ground yet.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on February 23, 2013, 09:38:03 pm
Bought Red Dead Redemption today. I must say, I really love the tail end of a console generation. There's a massive library of games (some of them are even good) and most of them are quite reasonably priced. Admittedly, not as cheap as they'd be on PC, but you can't win 'em all.

Oddly I never liked RDR even tho everyone I know raved about it.
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Post by: Zygarde on February 23, 2013, 09:54:20 pm
So I just purchased Gratuitous Space Battles not playing it now but I will I hope it's a good game (Also I'm noticing I'm starting to type like Mordin from Mass Effect.)
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 24, 2013, 04:05:23 am
Bought Red Dead Redemption today. I must say, I really love the tail end of a console generation. There's a massive library of games (some of them are even good) and most of them are quite reasonably priced. Admittedly, not as cheap as they'd be on PC, but you can't win 'em all.

Oddly I never liked RDR even tho everyone I know raved about it.

I'm loving it, personally. I'm huge fan of sandboxes, and the sheer size of this one and the amount of stuff to do scratches just the right itch. It's also produced a good number of derptastic moments. Like the time I was bringing a criminal into town. I just happened to be riding alongside a train while a few of his mates were attempting a rescue. While fending them off, I accidentally targeted and shot the train driver.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on February 24, 2013, 04:49:46 am
I find myself a lot more interested in SR3, tbqh. Then there's Far Cry 3. I guess I just didn't like the third person of RDR. Even tho I like SR3 so go figure.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 24, 2013, 05:29:49 am
Fair enough.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 24, 2013, 06:44:17 am
I just tend to have a bit of an issue with the clumsy horse controls for RDR. Especially when you want to turn your horse 180 degrees from a standstill in a hurry and it decides to shoot forward and run into a wall instead.

I really think more games need Euphoria, though. Only a handful of games have used it (mostly Rockstar games), but I haven't found a case where it ever detracted from the game. Too bad that Indiana Jones game ended up fizzling into terribleness after they canceled all the current gen versions. It was set to have Euphoria and focus on the fistfighting.
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Post by: ThunderWulf on February 24, 2013, 07:52:12 pm
So I recently picked up my pre-orders of Dead Space 3 and Crysis 3.

Dead Space is amazing and is much more reminiscent of the first game, which is good because the second one was kind of lack luster in comparison in the horror department.  I'm completely stuck on one area though.  I keep getting almost done with what I'm doing, but then get destroyed by a swarm of small fast necromorphs every single time.

Crysis is graphically JAW DROPPING as usual.  However, in games like Crysis, Dishonored, etc., I tend to prefer the stealth route.  I always play games on the normal difficulty the first time through, but it's pretty bad how easy stealth is in a lot of parts of the game.  They've made the enemy AI a lot more aware to sounds and stuff, but they are mind numbingly stupid sometimes.  I was stealthed at the top of a staircase at one point, picking them of with the bow for like 5 guys in a row and they just kept running up the stairs not realizing I was RIGHT THERE.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 24, 2013, 08:00:48 pm
What do you think about games that offer a stealth option but then make it almost useless outside of certain quests designed for it?

*glares at Dungeons and Dragons Online*
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 24, 2013, 09:05:05 pm
One of the biggest problems with video game stealth, and in turn one of the first obstacles developers need to overcome before stealth can seem truly natural, is the reaction to unusual situations. Enemies in almost all games will react to bodies, but often refuse to consider WHY there's bodies there and will simply charge headlong into a hallway even if there's a literal pile of corpses at the entrance. They may even continue to run in like lemmings after seeing several people get shot in the head immediately upon popping up around the corner.

Games really need to have their AI react better to the player's capabilities and recognize when a pile of bodies is a bad sign. I mean, think about what YOU would do if you were a guard or soldier and every time someone went to climb a staircase, their corpse tumbled back down. You'd probably just blindfire and throw grenades wildly upstairs and refuse to ever expose yourself until you were totally satisfied that the sheer level of firepower you poured into the room had rendered it relatively safe to try and clear. Even if you didn't actually see anyone die and you just happened to come across a bunch of corpses with bullet holes in their heads in the exact same spot, you'd probably figure that it wouldn't be a good idea to hang around and you'd REALLY want to call for backup.

Also, any game that has guards ever drop to the lowest alert level as soon as they think the threat is gone. "Oh, the man in the steampunk mask with a sword who just threw a bomb down a hallway hasn't been seen for a few minutes. Guess it's safe to holster my pistol and take a nap on the couch." Ha, no. It'll probably take DAYS for the facility to calm down enough for people to stop demanding passwords from other guards at random to check if they're actually an assassin in disguise, or move around without open carry of their weapons.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 24, 2013, 09:14:21 pm
To be fair, there has to be a certain amount of AI stupidity for stealth-based games to even work.

Though a logic based system based on corpses and perhaps how they were killed would be neat.  Like... "Oh, I see all of these corpses suffered from burns in a medieval setting.  I should employ stealth myself and make good use of cover."
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 24, 2013, 09:27:38 pm
I would imagine it's really fucking difficult to get the AI right for stealth to feel good in even the most linear game. As I recall from the first three Splinter Cell games, the AI was still quite complex. They'd see/hear you at certain distances and certain levels of light/background noise, if they saw or heard you in some confined area like a vent, they'd run to cover the entrances rather than losing interest as soon as they lost track of you. If you did manage to lose them, they'd patrol a lot more aggressively and they'd especially keep a close eye on any nearby choke points on the map. Bear in mind, these are some of the most linear (good) stealth games I've ever played. You could imagine a more open world (or god forbid, a full on sandbox) or non pure stealth game, programming an AI that respond like that to stealth, without the benefits of a linear game where it's feasible to give them very specific context-based reactions and on top of everything else they need to do, I think it's safe to assume that it's not even remotely feasible.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 24, 2013, 11:04:17 pm
I know that in Thief, if an enemy has spotted you before, they're more likely to react to glimpses of you than dismissing them as hallucinations.  And their reasons for giving up generally boil down to "Too much effort" or "He's probably a mile away by now"
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Post by: ironbite on February 25, 2013, 12:29:04 am
Stealth in video games also needs to be better the "crouch down and YOU'RE INVISIBLE!"  Looking at you Fallout and Skyrim.  Though Fallout does have Stealth Boys but what does Skyrim have as an excuse?

Ironbite-nothing that's what.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 25, 2013, 12:37:19 am
Well, dynamic lighting is improving by leaps and bounds. As long as the game can detect differing light levels, it can determine how dark the shadows are in a particular area to figure out how hidden the player is.

There can also be other options for realism regarding light. Sudden changes in intensity, for instance. This was actually simulated in ARMA II (or it may be exclusive to Dayz), where entering a dark building from the sunlight would lead to everything looking much darker than it really is until your eyes adjust, while exiting the building into the sunlight temporarily causes a glare that makes it harder to see. This could be coded with essentially a sort of timer that lowers the NPC's ability to detect you for a certain number of seconds upon entering an area with radically different light levels.

One thing you DON'T see often, though, is how standing in the light makes dark areas look darker. Someone under a streetlight will be unable to see into the shadows around them because of how it kills their night vision, while the people in the shadows can see everything around them (plus the guy standing under a massive light source). The only game I've seen touch on this was Splinter Cell: Conviction, and I don't know if it was actually simulated in gameplay beyond Sam mentioning it to his daughter during a flashback.
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Post by: ThunderWulf on February 25, 2013, 01:49:05 am
When it comes to stealth though, the Crysis AI can sometimes be a special kind of stupid.  I've gone into cloak right in front of them WHILE they're shooting at me/. Instead of keeping shooting for a few seconds or lobbing a grenade in my direction, they stand around for a couple seconds like "Where'd he go?"  before fully reacting.  And the bad guys KNOW I have a nanosuit that can cloak.
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Post by: StallChaser on February 25, 2013, 02:11:37 am
There's a fine line between making stealth difficult/realistic and impossible.  Making those things too realistic could kill the fun factor of the game, which is more important.   I could see doing it in a semi-realistic way, where blowing your cover would completely change up how the scenario plays, because all the guards would be on high alert, shift to more defensive positions, no longer patrol alone, etc.
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Post by: Askold on February 25, 2013, 02:56:15 am
There's a fine line between making stealth difficult/realistic and impossible.  Making those things too realistic could kill the fun factor of the game, which is more important.   I could see doing it in a semi-realistic way, where blowing your cover would completely change up how the scenario plays, because all the guards would be on high alert, shift to more defensive positions, no longer patrol alone, etc.

...I think that some games have had that. Get seen once and some objectives and enemy patrol routes change.
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Post by: Vypernight on February 25, 2013, 05:01:49 am
One of the biggest problems with video game stealth, and in turn one of the first obstacles developers need to overcome before stealth can seem truly natural, is the reaction to unusual situations. Enemies in almost all games will react to bodies, but often refuse to consider WHY there's bodies there and will simply charge headlong into a hallway even if there's a literal pile of corpses at the entrance. They may even continue to run in like lemmings after seeing several people get shot in the head immediately upon popping up around the corner.

Games really need to have their AI react better to the player's capabilities and recognize when a pile of bodies is a bad sign. I mean, think about what YOU would do if you were a guard or soldier and every time someone went to climb a staircase, their corpse tumbled back down. You'd probably just blindfire and throw grenades wildly upstairs and refuse to ever expose yourself until you were totally satisfied that the sheer level of firepower you poured into the room had rendered it relatively safe to try and clear. Even if you didn't actually see anyone die and you just happened to come across a bunch of corpses with bullet holes in their heads in the exact same spot, you'd probably figure that it wouldn't be a good idea to hang around and you'd REALLY want to call for backup.

Also, any game that has guards ever drop to the lowest alert level as soon as they think the threat is gone. "Oh, the man in the steampunk mask with a sword who just threw a bomb down a hallway hasn't been seen for a few minutes. Guess it's safe to holster my pistol and take a nap on the couch." Ha, no. It'll probably take DAYS for the facility to calm down enough for people to stop demanding passwords from other guards at random to check if they're actually an assassin in disguise, or move around without open carry of their weapons.

In Hitman Blood Money, when guards encounter a dead body, one guard takes it away in a body bag while the rest do a basic search of the area.  Then they return to guard duty.  This includes guarding a house even though the house's owner is now dead.

In H Absolution, they do a more-extensive search of the areas and even get jumpy if they see blood.  Of course, they can be distracted by radios, bottles, running behind them, etc. 
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 25, 2013, 07:32:35 am
When it comes to stealth though, the Crysis AI can sometimes be a special kind of stupid.  I've gone into cloak right in front of them WHILE they're shooting at me/. Instead of keeping shooting for a few seconds or lobbing a grenade in my direction, they stand around for a couple seconds like "Where'd he go?"  before fully reacting.  And the bad guys KNOW I have a nanosuit that can cloak.

I saw the beginnings of an LP of Crysis 3 on its release, and a CELL soldier at the start shot at the player after sneaking up behind him (not really using stealth against the player; he was just distracted shooting at someone else and got flanked). After the player cloaked, the soldier immediately started spraying the entire area in front of him, just waving his gun around and hoping to hit something.

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There's a fine line between making stealth difficult/realistic and impossible.  Making those things too realistic could kill the fun factor of the game, which is more important.   I could see doing it in a semi-realistic way, where blowing your cover would completely change up how the scenario plays, because all the guards would be on high alert, shift to more defensive positions, no longer patrol alone, etc.

One of the game concepts I've been working on (based on an RP which is in turn inspired by Battle Royale) actually tries to go toward the upper end, with NPCs being able to spot/hear rustling foliage and not necessarily blindly following any sound they hear (so if you throw a rock in a corner to try and draw them away, they may freak out and flee or instinctively shoot toward the noise or go on guard and put themselves in a defensive position). The way it's able to work is that the game also has an RPG-style stat system regarding Perception, as well as hidden stats regarding things like morale (lumped in with fear, so low morale = high fear) so the enemies you're facing aren't going to be trained soldiers or cold criminals.

Another big part of it is that the NPCs in the game can use stealth against YOU, and have access to the full range of abilities that the player has(like sneaking, making noises for a distraction, climbing trees or ducking into crevices to hide, ambushes, etc.). The game idea is more along the lines of Dwarf Fortress or Nethack in that it's explicitly not meant to be fair to the player, and won't cheat to gain an advantage or intentionally fudge actions to make it easier. The RPG stat and skill system governs how the NPCs act, so most enemies will have terrible combat skills and won't exactly pop you in the head from behind a tree at 50 yards before you even hear them coming. But they won't cause a skilled and deadly enemy to miss his first shot just as a warning, or make someone far stronger than you suddenly weaken to keep him from overpowering you in physical combat. The idea is to force the player to focus, be cautious, use their own skill and knowledge to make up for the character's faults, and be a crafty motherfucker.
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Post by: Distind on February 25, 2013, 10:53:39 am
Honestly I'm thinking that breaking from the current real time 3d games and going back to turned based things could let us take another look at the more complicated mechanics that the old games couldn't implement. We've tossed everything into graphics and physics and ignored the bit about games being games. Rather than having half assed real time ai, work it out in a turn based system and see about turn it into something real time.

The new X-Com did a pretty damn good job of that all around, and still had effective graphics for what it was doing. Dwarf fort has it's moments, but it's so effectively strangled by it's UI it's hard to sell people on.(I say this having just fully armed and armored a squad of steel clad dwarves)

I know I'm not saying much new, but with the lack of noticeable graphical improvement may force people to think about the game itself again, which would be kinda nice.
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Post by: Yaezakura on February 25, 2013, 11:12:47 am
I know I'm not saying much new, but with the lack of noticeable graphical improvement may force people to think about the game itself again, which would be kinda nice.

One could only hope. I'm not very convinced after watching Sony's recent PS4 announcement
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 25, 2013, 11:33:01 am
The good news is that as graphics improve, games with that huge level of complexity will gradually look better and better. The AAA titles like Call of Duty and Uncharted will always be at the forefront of graphical and physics technology, possibly to the detriment of gameplay (the public has their preferences, and the best selling games will almost always be the ones that have the most appeal to the gaming community at large), but indie games have much more access to advanced graphical and physics capabilities. The sequel to Slender: The Eight Pages (http://www.slenderarrival.com/) looks utterly brilliant and has graphics that could compete with big budget titles from a few years ago, but it's an indie title with exactly one homegrown game concept to its name beforehand. Haunt: The Real Slender Game is a free title that expands on the original Slender concept of minimalist horror by including a deeper storyline and has graphics that would have gotten rave reviews from major publications in 2010.

And indie games have much greater freedom for creativity, because they're not spending $100 million on development and having to sell 50 million copies to be considered a success by their corporate publisher. They can't use expensive development kits, but they don't have to because technology is ever improving. Dwarf Fortress is brilliant and all, but it's in desperate need of at least an improved UI and controls. I don't find it unbelievable that by the end of this decade, a game with the complexity of Dwarf Fortress will be in the full 3D while remaining free to play and made by a handful of amateurs.
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Post by: Yaezakura on February 25, 2013, 04:40:53 pm
There's a game on Steam called Towns that seems very similar to Dwarf Fortress, except with, well, with actual graphics and an arguably better controls. Not free, obviously, but it's not expensive either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 25, 2013, 04:43:45 pm
There's a game on Steam called Towns that seems very similar to Dwarf Fortress, except with, well, with actual graphics and an arguably better controls. Not free, obviously, but it's not expensive either.
Java fueled crap from what I've heard. Down to a near lack of AI in the initial release, may have gotten better since.

That said, I refuse to install Java on machine due to the security holes, so I'm not exactly impartial.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 25, 2013, 04:49:47 pm
Towns from what I gathered was released in a similar state to War Z (not as unfinished)
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Post by: Shane for Wax on February 25, 2013, 08:07:50 pm
I really wish I didn't suck so much at stealth.

I lack the patience for stealth but I can snipe just fine. What do.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 25, 2013, 09:38:59 pm
Towns from what I gathered was released in a similar state to War Z (not as unfinished)

Oh, you mean the game that blatantly cashed in on the popularity of DayZ to the point where the DayZ developer called them out on it? The one that basically has no idea how to actually make an MMO without screaming and randomly shooting players to make an example of them?
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 25, 2013, 10:06:57 pm
The one with pay to win consumables and a permadeath option.  The one with this steam page http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/20/the-war-z-interview-sergey-titov-backlash/
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 25, 2013, 10:16:17 pm
The one with pay to win consumables and a permadeath option.  The one with this steam page http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/20/the-war-z-interview-sergey-titov-backlash/

Yeah, that's what I said.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 25, 2013, 10:19:25 pm
That game is illegal I think with the amount of bullshit on the page
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 25, 2013, 10:51:26 pm
That game is illegal I think with the amount of bullshit on the page

At least one part is: they got tired of people demanding refunds (and couldn't get away with simply blacklisting them from the store in retaliation), so they edited the Terms of Service so that anyone who accepted (read: anyone who downloaded the game) would be barred from ever receiving a refund. This is actually illegal in a number of countries.

The game was removed from Steam literally 2 days after it was put up. The investors are pretty much as corrupt as possible. They literally care about nothing but getting more and more money in their pockets, no matter the detriment to actual players, and have no qualms about manipulating the playerbase to squeeze more cash out of them and silencing any criticism of their practices.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 25, 2013, 11:04:23 pm
And then Valve themselves gave everyone refunds in the developer's stead because they acknowledged that they helped cause it by letting it onto the Steam store in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 25, 2013, 11:33:51 pm
I meant the steam page being a lie
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 26, 2013, 01:38:40 am
Kefka, could you please start using puncuation? I sometimes have trouble understanding what you are trying to say.
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Post by: ironbite on February 26, 2013, 01:57:36 am
Or better English?
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 26, 2013, 03:59:49 am
Thief was, in my opinion, one of the only games to ever do stealth right.  Yes, Splinter Cell was very good, in that regard, not sayin anything else.  However, Thief gave you exactly what you needed, and little to nothing else: a way to tell how visible you are (light gem), some kind of feedback on how loud you're being (one of the earliest examples of 3D audio with actual, nearly-believable propagation mechanics), and...the one thing a LOT of stealth-based, or stealth-inclusive games fuck up: your character isn't an unstoppable killing machine.

The latter point is a huge one, because if you can effectively tank all your enemies...what's the point in hiding?  Why sneak around when you can just cleave a few dozen bastards in two with a sword, or blow them to kingdom come with an assault rifle?  Thief both actively and passively punished you for fucking up the whole sneaking thing: guards would be harder to fool, bodies you'd have to hide, blood to clean up, guards hearing someone screaming as they die from an arrow to the eye or a sword to the spine, and on higher difficulties, outright failing you on the mission, thus forcing you to restart either from the beginning or your last save, should you kill.  Hell, on the highest difficulty, the game outright forbids you from killing anyone outside monsters and steampunk robots.

However, given the tech we've got nowadays, I fail to see why we haven't had another stealth-based game that can rival Thief, both in gameplay and storytelling.  For fuck's sake, we've got games like fucking Crysis, whose graphics can end up looking as close to photorealistic as we can get in a game...and, from what I've seen at max settings, it gets pretty fucking close.  Why the hell can't we say, cut that graphics power requirement in half, have a game that looks good without having graphics that'd give any photographer a raging hardon for at least an hour, and use the resulting freed-up resources to make an epic stealth game?

Then again, we do have Thief 4 in the works, so maybe I'll see it realized, at long last.  That is, if Eidos Montreal aren't too busy not showing us a god damned thing, not even fucking concept art.  Its been some four fucking years, and we've gotten practically nothing outside a logo.  I understand not showing things because they can be changed, especially at the early stages, but one: its been four god damned years, and two: give the fans fucking SOMETHING for waiting this damn long.  A piece of concept art, sound clips, trailer, anything.  Drag your feet too long and give us no real proof outside a few forum posts that you're actually working on this game, and most of the fans will likely end up walking away to other things, and you'll end up fucking your game right in the ass.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 26, 2013, 04:32:08 am
Psh. Thief fans are Thief fans. If they're fans of a game that hasn't had a new installment for 9 years and first came out in the 20th century, they're not flavor-of-the-month dilettantes who will move on to the Next Big Thing (TM) if they don't get immediate satisfaction.

The success of Thief 4 will depend on what it looks like when they're confident in the finished product. If the series has enough staying power to attract a fanbase that remains despite not having any updates in almost a decade, it's got enough power to make the fans buy it no matter how long it takes. Better for them to work on it as long as they can and make sure that they have a good product instead of following the Call of Duty standard and shipping out something quickly hashed together with nothing but the branding to guarantee them cash.

I follow the same principal with the new Half-Life game. I'm fully confident that Valve is working on it; it's not uncommon for developers to have a team secretly working on their other projects while they release more public stuff to keep the gamers occupied (Assassin's Creed 3 entered development almost immediately after 2 came out, with the rest of the team shelling out more Ezio stories to keep stuff from stagnating due to the long development cycle). I'd rather they spend as much time as they need to make sure that it's a good game and a proper finish to the Half-Life 2 story, and you just KNOW that it'll make major moolah. Hell, Half-Life 3/Episode 3 is such a famous mythical concept that it'll make waves just through the release of a single screenshot, let alone releasing the game. Their fanbase is big enough that there's pretty much no way to lose unless they take so long that all of the fans die first.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 26, 2013, 04:44:06 am
Aye, I know, its just bloody irritating.  I mean, Guild Wars 2 took forever, but the devs at least gave us a taste of it in the meantime.  Eidos hasn't done jack.  Seriously, I've checked their little Thief 4 forum about...once every 2-3 months, and I've seen maybe, one or two updates in the past year.  Mostly either shifting community reps or saying "we're making it!"  That's effectively fuckin nothing.  I want some proof that they're doing what they say they're doing and aren't pulling a Duke Nukem Forever on us.  I mean, come on...you can't say that, after 4 years, they haven't at least got some pieces of concept art floating about they could show us.  Not unless they're painting them all on canvas and pressing their own dyes for the paints, which while commendable for extreme commitment, would be very unlikely, to say the least.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 26, 2013, 04:56:39 am
Kefka, could you please start using puncuation? I sometimes have trouble understanding what you are trying to say.
Too fucking right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 26, 2013, 05:58:53 am
Aye, I know, its just bloody irritating.  I mean, Guild Wars 2 took forever, but the devs at least gave us a taste of it in the meantime.  Eidos hasn't done jack.  Seriously, I've checked their little Thief 4 forum about...once every 2-3 months, and I've seen maybe, one or two updates in the past year.  Mostly either shifting community reps or saying "we're making it!"  That's effectively fuckin nothing.  I want some proof that they're doing what they say they're doing and aren't pulling a Duke Nukem Forever on us.  I mean, come on...you can't say that, after 4 years, they haven't at least got some pieces of concept art floating about they could show us.  Not unless they're painting them all on canvas and pressing their own dyes for the paints, which while commendable for extreme commitment, would be very unlikely, to say the least.

I think Duke Nukem Forever has scared a lot of developers into considering their end product more, but they also made a lot of really unique mistakes. I've played through the entirety of the game for an LP on another site (sadly lost when the board went down), and an acquaintance of mine has worked in game development for a long time (he did a lot of the work on Mechwarrior 2, specifically) and shed a little light on the thinking behind everything.

DNF was overly ambitious, trying to slavishly add every single advancement made in gaming technology as it appeared. It got to the point where they'd be forced to rebuild the entire game for the next engine that came out, without considering the time it would take to effectively make the entire game from scratch. It puttered along, always trying to remain ahead of the curve but falling behind with the constant delays and attempts to "improve", until finally they just quit. Then Gearbox came in, slapped together whatever they could into something that could reasonably be called a video game on the same engine 100% of the time, and shipped it out while relying on nothing but the apparent triumph of releasing the most infamous vaporware in gaming history to actually sell.

The results speak for themselves. It's a mess, never quite doing anything right but managing to get a lot wrong. A lot of the content is left over from the earliest development back in the 90s while trying to mix in modern gaming tropes (like a two-weapon inventory and regenerative health) to make it seem current. It's obviously sloppily hashed together, with filler to stretch the game out to about 14 hours.

I don't see Thief 4 or Half-Life 2: Episode 3 following these mistakes. Aside from being more competent developers (who aren't trying to revive a parody of 80s and 90s action heroes while incorporating shock jock-style offensive content for cheap thrills and simultaneously mocking the more successful games of the generation), I think that they're taking a long time purely because they want the end product to be the best it can be. DNF was the product of trying to constantly add more, whether or not it made sense, and being willing to throw out and redo everything due to an almost delusional fear of looking dated (which the final product does). Few developers will throw out their entire nearly finished game and rebuild it even once, and it takes a special kind of stupid to do it over and over again until you're over a decade in and have nothing to show for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on February 26, 2013, 06:40:37 am
The results speak for themselves. It's a mess, never quite doing anything right but managing to get a lot wrong. A lot of the content is left over from the earliest development back in the 90s while trying to mix in modern gaming tropes (like a two-weapon inventory and regenerative health) to make it seem current. It's obviously sloppily hashed together, with filler to stretch the game out to about 14 hours.
I've got to defend one thing about DNF, the regenerating health is actually from a duke game from prior to the final restart of the project. Ego is lifted almost completely from Manhattan Project, and honestly was one of the most amusing parts of that game. It fit the character to well not to keep.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 26, 2013, 06:43:45 am
Man, Thief is one of many games I never got around to completing, I have a boxset of the games somewhere around, I'm hoping I can get them working on a Windows 7 machine. was I the only one who enjoyed Thief 3, the asylum level is still one of the best levels in any game ever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 26, 2013, 08:12:38 am
OKAY I GET IT I'LL START USING PUNCTUATION.  Hyperventilates JUST STOP!   I've been having legally debilitating panic attacks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 26, 2013, 08:15:19 am
OKAY I GET IT I'LL START USING PUNCTUATION.  Hyperventilates JUST STOP!   I've been having legally debilitating panic attacks.
You forgot a comma, right after "OKAY". There should a full stop right after "IT" and at the very least, a comma after "Hyperventilates".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 26, 2013, 08:20:20 am
Way to miss the point. 
JUST STOP
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on February 26, 2013, 10:22:24 am
Man, I miss Thief. I have the first two games and am still in the middle of the first one. I'm not a huge stealth game maniac, but it's beautifully implemented and makes the games so rewarding.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 26, 2013, 11:05:43 am
OKAY I GET IT I'LL START USING PUNCTUATION.  Hyperventilates JUST STOP!   I've been having legally debilitating panic attacks.

Over.....punctuation?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 26, 2013, 12:15:16 pm
I prefer Zero Punctuation myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 26, 2013, 01:36:31 pm
Okay after beating System Shock 2 I decided to give the original a try. On the second level I find a switch, so I use it. SHODAN then contacts me and says "Thank you for destroying the greater part of earth for me. Please wait there to be escorted to the celebration" So I look a little left and see a sign that says "Laser Control" I'm impressed a game would let me fuck up that hard. an A+ to you, Looking Glass Studios.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 26, 2013, 03:13:02 pm
Okay after beating System Shock 2 I decided to give the original a try. On the second level I find a switch, so I use it. SHODAN then contacts me and says "Thank you for destroying the greater part of earth for me. Please wait there to be escorted to the celebration" So I look a little left and see a sign that says "Laser Control" I'm impressed a game would let me fuck up that hard. an A+ to you, Looking Glass Studios.

I guess the Portal developers played plenty of System Shock beforehand.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 27, 2013, 07:11:40 am
Whoever it was that decided I should hunt cougars with a knife is a fucking asshole. Those things are bad enough when you get to use a gun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 27, 2013, 08:37:21 am
When it comes to stealth though, the Crysis AI can sometimes be a special kind of stupid.  I've gone into cloak right in front of them WHILE they're shooting at me/. Instead of keeping shooting for a few seconds or lobbing a grenade in my direction, they stand around for a couple seconds like "Where'd he go?"  before fully reacting.  And the bad guys KNOW I have a nanosuit that can cloak.

I saw the beginnings of an LP of Crysis 3 on its release, and a CELL soldier at the start shot at the player after sneaking up behind him (not really using stealth against the player; he was just distracted shooting at someone else and got flanked). After the player cloaked, the soldier immediately started spraying the entire area in front of him, just waving his gun around and hoping to hit something.

They will do that sometimes, but not always.  And they may lob a grenade where I dissapeared, but several seconds AFTER I've cloaked.  It may also be that I always play on the normal difficulty the first time I play any game.  Usually games like Crysis have much harder stealth on the higher difficulties.

Spoiler'd for length.

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One recent game that I do believe has done an excellent job with stealth was Dishonored.  Great game, and the stealth was very well balanced and actually challenging.  A lot of people I've seen review it have flat out said it's the best stealth game since Thief.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 27, 2013, 09:05:03 am
I should really get around to playing Thief at some point. Though I doubt they'll impress me more than Hitman. Why skulk around in the shadows like an asshole when you can simply convince anyone present that you're nothing more than yet another face in the crowd, and are in no way connected to whatever Bad Thing is about to go down? If you ask me, that's how it's done.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 27, 2013, 09:33:26 am
I'm a bit disappointed that Metal Gear Rising ended up being turned into a cheap slash-em-up. I was genuinely interested in not only the "free cut" mode and the dynamic destruction of scenery and enemies, but how they wanted more of a "hunting stealth" where you used hiding to actively close in on a target and take it out instead of just sitting in a corner waiting for the bad guys to walk away.

One game that sounds similar to that concept is Far Cry 3. I haven't gotten a chance to play it yet (and I'm very disappointed that I haven't been able to go and snag a copy yet), but it seems from the stealth playthroughs I've seen that it definitely supports that kind of rapid pace hunting and killing instead of always having to painstakingly sit behind cover and wait for everything to be positioned perfectly for a single kill.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 27, 2013, 10:36:26 am
I need 2 play FC3
Im imagining trying to do half the stuff you do in that came in a COD.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 27, 2013, 11:02:19 am
I need 2 play FC3
Im imagining trying to do half the stuff you do in that came in a COD.

Serious question: is English your first language?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on February 27, 2013, 05:11:17 pm
I need 2 play FC3
Im imagining trying to do half the stuff you do in that came in a COD.

Serious question: is English your first language?

From what I recall Kefka is from a European country.

Also I was in the middle of a mission in inFamous and the damn game gave me a game breaking glitch. God dammit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on February 27, 2013, 06:12:24 pm
[Finds out that The War Z is back on Steam]

Well, Valve is officially dead to me.

Eh, they probably figured nobody would bother getting it at this point, even as a joke.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 27, 2013, 06:14:32 pm
IM AMERICAN STOP CORRECTING ME
Seriously I told you guys to stop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on February 27, 2013, 07:38:38 pm
I've been enjoying AC3 so much I decided to 100% it - got to around 90%ish, with nearly a hundred hours of gametime, when... my PS3 died.  AAAAAARGHHH!!!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 27, 2013, 07:41:41 pm
I should really get around to playing Thief at some point. Though I doubt they'll impress me more than Hitman. Why skulk around in the shadows like an asshole when you can simply convince anyone present that you're nothing more than yet another face in the crowd, and are in no way connected to whatever Bad Thing is about to go down? If you ask me, that's how it's done.

That's one reason I love Hitman.  That and dropping pianos on people's heads, throwing them Royal Rumble style over railings, sniping them from across the map, and even getting them killed by their own security. 

Heck, in one level, you can mass-murder nearly an entire hotel full of people and make them all look like accidents.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 27, 2013, 08:25:03 pm
I should really get around to playing Thief at some point. Though I doubt they'll impress me more than Hitman. Why skulk around in the shadows like an asshole when you can simply convince anyone present that you're nothing more than yet another face in the crowd, and are in no way connected to whatever Bad Thing is about to go down? If you ask me, that's how it's done.

Aah, but you may very well still be the new guy, and the new guy is the first to be blamed whenever something goes awry.  If they don't know anyone was there, but things have just plain screwed up, who can they blame?  Ghosts?  Jesus?

That, and Garrett is a MAN.  An awesome man.

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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 27, 2013, 09:36:41 pm
That's one reason I love Hitman.  That and dropping pianos on people's heads, throwing them Royal Rumble style over railings, sniping them from across the map, and even getting them killed by their own security. 

Heck, in one level, you can mass-murder nearly an entire hotel full of people and make them all look like accidents.
I have to say, the opera house level in Blood Money is my favourite. Replacing the fake pistol with a real one so that someone else can unknowingly shoot your target for you? Simply sublime. Granted, immediately dropping a chandelier on the next target and a few more people who just happened to be in the way is just a tad suspicious and an all around uncouth way to follow up the first hit, but still.
Aah, but you may very well still be the new guy, and the new guy is the first to be blamed whenever something goes awry.  If they don't know anyone was there, but things have just plain screwed up, who can they blame?  Ghosts?  Jesus?

That, and Garrett is a MAN.  An awesome man.
Maybe it was an inside job? Maybe it was someone going for the hidey-sneaky approach to stealth? Then again, you may well suspect the new guy who appears for a few minutes, then vanishes immediately after something explodes and the guy he replaced is found unconscious, naked and stuffed in a dumpster, but fat load of good that'll do when he's long gone and you've nothing to go on but a few fleeting glances if his incredibly unremarkable face.

Besides, blood Money is way ahead of you on that one. After each level, you get a newspaper article of this hit you just did. If people did indeed recognise you, then it'll say so, and there'll be police sketches of you included, at increasing levels of detail and accuracy the more people see you for who you are. Then of course, security will be a lot tighter on later maps and people will have a much easier time seeing through your disguises.
IM AMERICAN STOP CORRECTING ME
Seriously I told you guys to stop.
Dude, seriously. It is genuinely difficult to figure out what you're actually saying. It's just a few extra key strokes on your part, it's not that difficult. It hardly warrants a full on melt down.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 27, 2013, 09:52:42 pm
One of the best things about Blood Money is that there's just so much to do. Just the opera house alone, you can:

1. Replace the blank pistol with a real one.

2. Disguise yourself as the actor and shoot him on cue with the real pistol.

3. Snipe him from the rafters perfectly in time with the fake gunshot.

4. Kill him in his dressing room between rehearsals with a poison syringe, gun, knife, fiber wire, remote explosive, or any other sort of weapon you have available.

5. Drop the lighting rig on him.

6. Run in guns blazing and massacre everyone in your way.

And that's just one of the two targets.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 27, 2013, 10:35:34 pm
MELTDOWN
*hyperventilates*
It's really rude okay.  *cries*  Seriously would it kill you to not do it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 27, 2013, 10:51:12 pm
One of the best things about Blood Money is that there's just so much to do. Just the opera house alone, you can:

1. Replace the blank pistol with a real one.

2. Disguise yourself as the actor and shoot him on cue with the real pistol.

3. Snipe him from the rafters perfectly in time with the fake gunshot.

4. Kill him in his dressing room between rehearsals with a poison syringe, gun, knife, fiber wire, remote explosive, or any other sort of weapon you have available.

5. Drop the lighting rig on him.

6. Run in guns blazing and massacre everyone in your way.

And that's just one of the two targets.

Go to YouTube and look for a playthru, pretty much any one will do, of the Thief II mission "Life of the Party."  /discussion
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 27, 2013, 11:20:05 pm
MELTDOWN
*hyperventilates*
It's really rude okay.  *cries*  Seriously would it kill you to not do it

Okay, why do you speak so poorly? Are you not fluent in English?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 27, 2013, 11:41:21 pm
MELTDOWN
*hyperventilates*
It's really rude okay.  *cries*  Seriously would it kill you to not do it
We're not kidding here. It's honestly difficult to understand you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 27, 2013, 11:43:52 pm
I KNOW JUST
Sorry
*cries*
Anyways trying out the happy ending ME3 mod
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 28, 2013, 12:46:40 am
I KNOW JUST
Sorry
*cries*
Anyways trying out the happy ending ME3 mod

Okay, we're still not getting anything out of this. We just want to know WHY you speak the way you do.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 28, 2013, 01:16:42 am
I don't know
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 28, 2013, 01:30:49 am
I don't know

......so you don't have any kind of impediment?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 28, 2013, 02:09:21 am
*smacks upside the head*

Ironbite-NO!  BAD BOY!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 28, 2013, 07:08:25 am
No I don't just stop.
Anyways yeah found a way to make me3 have a not shit ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 28, 2013, 07:14:39 am
Had a pretty much perfect run of Railroad Tycoon 3. Every town on the map was linked up to my railraod, and not just in a haphazard manner either. It'd build a few major arteries running the entire length of the map that were packed full of trains and from those I had branch lines going to the shittier towns. The micro-management was a royal pain in the anus, but it was well worth it in the end. It's probably the most efficient network I've ever built in this game by a huge margin. Also managed to get the AI nicely boxed in before it could expand beyond two towns. That was nice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 28, 2013, 07:39:00 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbptWt_Qs4

One of my favorite ways to kill a target.  Not only does it count as an accident, but the guy's own guards (FBI agents) are at fault!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on February 28, 2013, 10:33:57 am
Try explaining that one to the boss!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on February 28, 2013, 09:16:48 pm
No I don't just stop.
Anyways yeah found a way to make me3 have a not shit ending.

Turn the game off after Anderson says "I'm proud of you, child"?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 28, 2013, 09:21:58 pm
No they modded it so Annie isn't there there's a battle Joker picks you up and then the Geth live and we all are happy except the relays are damaged (boo) and the granddad stargazing scene is there (fun fact in the original cut it was a real hero playing the grandfather take a guess which one)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Southern Comforter on February 28, 2013, 11:33:47 pm
I usually play stuff like Grand Theft Auto (I play TONS of GTA), but recently, I've been trying to add more variety. However, when I did that, I just wound up becoming obsessed with Disgaea. I played it once when I was 14, and it was confusing, so I dropped it, but I picked up the second one not too long ago, and god damn, it is the most fun I've had in ages. My friend tells me I should just skip over to 4 because she's obsessed with 4 (well, with the character designs, but obsessed nonetheless), but I don't have a PS3. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't have even tried it if my friend didn't convince me to buy a $50 PSP at the mall. He also got me Monster Hunter so we could play together, but I forgot it existed after I got my hands on Disgaea.

When I'm not playing GTA clones or Disgaea, I enjoy the Metal Gear Solid series. There's also a few DS games I never got to finish up, namely Professor Layton. It was fun while it lasted.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Carnotaurus on March 01, 2013, 12:36:07 am
Got a craving for Spyro the Dragon this weekend, so I bought the three Legend of Spyro games off ebay. Just started playing the first one tonight.

Why do these games get so much flak?  All I hear is negativity, but so far, I'm liking A New Beginning quite a bit. Sure, the plot's somewhat cliche and by the book, but the graphics are good, the voice acting is top notch, and while it feels more on the rails than classic Spyro, I feel it works in conjunction with the grand-scale plot. It's not bad, it's just different, and it reminds me of Jak and Daxter for some reason, which is a huge plus!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 01, 2013, 12:56:58 am
It gets so much flak because it's not a clone of the original trilogy.

By the way, you cannot imagine how happy your post right there made me :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 01, 2013, 01:33:41 am
This new game called released on steam called Star Conflict. Its F2P and very cool. Shiny
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 01, 2013, 02:22:31 am
No they modded it so Annie isn't there there's a battle Joker picks you up and then the Geth live and we all are happy except the relays are damaged (boo) and the granddad stargazing scene is there (fun fact in the original cut it was a real hero playing the grandfather take a guess which one)

I know, I'm just being an ass because I have it on the XBox and I can't mod it and that makes me sad.

Also, Buzz Aldrin?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 01, 2013, 04:16:57 am
War of the Roses is on steam for free until midday sunday, it's a nice little medieval team based pvp game, although the way of attacking and blocking (click mouse, move in it direction you want to hit or block) can take getting use to.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on March 01, 2013, 09:19:23 am
Yep a real American hero
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Post by: Carnotaurus on March 02, 2013, 12:53:41 am
It gets so much flak because it's not a clone of the original trilogy.

By the way, you cannot imagine how happy your post right there made me :D

It's got all the basics, though. Collecting gems, rescuing dragons, burning stuff, there was even a semi-speedway level. It really does boil down to "NOT MAH SPYRO."

I've been watching LPs of the original games after Year of the Dragon (and playing the ones I can find). Only Enter the Dragonfly and Legacy of Shadow actually look bad. That's a pretty impressive record. I want to check out Skylanders, but that is way too expensive for my poor ass. :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 02, 2013, 12:59:18 am
I've been watching LPs of the original games after Year of the Dragon (and playing the ones I can find). Only Enter the Dragonfly and Legacy of Shadow actually look bad. That's a pretty impressive record. I want to check out Skylanders, but that is way too expensive for my poor ass. :P
Skylanders is essentially forcing you to buy not just DLC but also merchandise in order to play the game (from what I know, certain levels are all but impossible to complete without a certain character). Even if the game itself were solid, supporting such a horrid business model would be a huge no no.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Carnotaurus on March 02, 2013, 01:13:02 am
I've been watching LPs of the original games after Year of the Dragon (and playing the ones I can find). Only Enter the Dragonfly and Legacy of Shadow actually look bad. That's a pretty impressive record. I want to check out Skylanders, but that is way too expensive for my poor ass. :P
Skylanders is essentially forcing you to buy not just DLC but also merchandise in order to play the game (from what I know, certain levels are all but impossible to complete without a certain character). Even if the game itself were solid, supporting such a horrid business model would be a huge no no.

Exactly, and those figurines don't come cheap at all. The full set even before Giants cost more than the system, plus you have the game's hefty price tag on top of that. It's a neat concept, I think, but more suited to either smaller and cheaper figurines or trading cards, something that isn't such a massive moneypit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 02, 2013, 06:37:41 am
I've been watching LPs of the original games after Year of the Dragon (and playing the ones I can find). Only Enter the Dragonfly and Legacy of Shadow actually look bad. That's a pretty impressive record. I want to check out Skylanders, but that is way too expensive for my poor ass. :P
Skylanders is essentially forcing you to buy not just DLC but also merchandise in order to play the game (from what I know, certain levels are all but impossible to complete without a certain character). Even if the game itself were solid, supporting such a horrid business model would be a huge no no.

Exactly, and those figurines don't come cheap at all. The full set even before Giants cost more than the system, plus you have the game's hefty price tag on top of that. It's a neat concept, I think, but more suited to either smaller and cheaper figurines or trading cards, something that isn't such a massive moneypit.

I would certainly argue that it's not a neat concept. If it was just a simple deluge of on-disk DLC, that'd be bad enough. But the fact that the only way to unlock what would normally be $1-5 DLC is with a $20+ figurine and a $40+ peripheral that serves no purpose besides unlocking said DLC and on top of that, the game is designed from the start to force you to buy all of the bloody things? Well, I'd say it's a concept that badly needs to die in a fire before any other publishers think that it may be a business model.

The only way I could see this sort of thing being halfway acceptable is if the game itself were free-to-play, it were still completable with the base characters and the additional characters could simply be bought digitally at a more reasonable price. In other words, a pretty standard microtransaction-driven free to play model.

In other news, I finally finished the original Deus Ex. I have to say, all three endings were hugely disappointing. None of them give us anything more than a few measly lines of dialogue and a historical quote. That's it. Not even a glimpse of how things turned out. Have Ion Storm never heard of "show, don't tell", or had they just run out of money when it came time to wrap things up? Either way, it's a quite a big fuckoff blemish on an otherwise fantastic game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 02, 2013, 07:30:24 am
It's still better then how they handled it in HR.  As for Skylanders to be honest the idea is a solid one when you realize that the audience is little kids.  It's actually a great way for parents to play with their kids not to mention you can play with the figures outside of the game
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Post by: Art Vandelay on March 02, 2013, 08:12:30 am
As for Skylanders to be honest the idea is a solid one when you realize that the audience is little kids. It's actually a great way for parents to play with their kids not to mention you can play with the figures outside of the game
I'm not sure how that makes even a modicum of sense. Does the act of placing a figurine on a sensor somehow turn an otherwise single-player experience into a great family bonding activity? If so, I'm really at a loss as to how. Sure, you can play with the figurines when you're not playing the game. As it turns out, though, were the figurines not in fact needed to access content in a game you already paid for, playing with them would still very much be within the realm of possibility.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 02, 2013, 08:25:14 am
Kind of see I was viewing it as using it as like inspiration.  Like you see Spyro doing something cool in game and then you and your son try to reenact it with your figures.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on March 02, 2013, 09:11:07 am
That's just a wee bit of a stretch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on March 02, 2013, 11:14:22 am
(from what I know, certain levels are all but impossible to complete without a certain character).

No. You can complete the entire game using 1 character alone, if by complete you mean "finish the last stage and defeat the boss." If you want to unlock the hidden areas, you need a character of the appropriate type, of which there are 6 (I think). You do not have to have a certain character. In short, you can do everything in the game with 6 characters.

As an aside, the characters are $15, not $20. (It isn't a huge difference, but it is one.) You can get 3 characters for $25, or  $8.33 each.

I'm not sure how that makes even a modicum of sense. Does the act of placing a figurine on a sensor somehow turn an otherwise single-player experience into a great family bonding activity?

You can put 2 character on the portal at a time. So parents can play with their kids.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on March 02, 2013, 12:37:10 pm
On top of what Eric said (In my area, each of the smaller ones are about $10 with the giants being $15, but the triple pack is the same price), one of the ideas that was nice with Skylanders is that it allows compatibility between systems and was the only way around DLC (the Wii does not support DLC, no clue on the Wii U). Plus, you only need to use the characters once in a file to unlock the special stat boosting challenge levels. So, you don't need to buy all the figures to unlock everything if you can work up some friends to get some of the characters you don't have.

But, yeah, it is a massive money pit that will wring collectors out of house and home.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 02, 2013, 12:39:08 pm
I got the geth juggernaut in the gift pack for ME3 MP. My friend got the Cabal Vanguard (the turian).

She's already 1hit KO'd a phantom in her turian.

Let's see what I do in my tank of a geth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 02, 2013, 12:47:02 pm
In other news, I finally finished the original Deus Ex. I have to say, all three endings were hugely disappointing. None of them give us anything more than a few measly lines of dialogue and a historical quote. That's it. Not even a glimpse of how things turned out. Have Ion Storm never heard of "show, don't tell", or had they just run out of money when it came time to wrap things up? Either way, it's a quite a big fuckoff blemish on an otherwise fantastic game.

Ironically, one of the biggest criticisms of Human Revolution was saying that the ending was disappointing and that nothing was as interesting or had as big of an impact as it did in the original game, nothing but "select button 1, 2, or 3." That's pretty much exactly how the original game went.

Of course, they also said that in Deus Ex you could do a 100% no kills run even on the bosses without exploits. It's like they've never even played the original.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 02, 2013, 01:54:26 pm
As an aside, the characters are $15, not $20. (It isn't a huge difference, but it is one.)

That actually is a significant difference for people like me XD

Though the starting package to get into Skylanders is a bit too expensive... and technically it's not even a Spyro game -- Spyro's just making a starring cameo appearance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 02, 2013, 02:30:35 pm
Well in Deus Ex you had to work for the ending while in HR they were all right next to each other.  Also Skylanders I say the parent child thing since that is how Activision markets and it is very successful.  They are #1 selling toys.  Doesn't hurt they are nicely sculpted and painted.
On a final note FUCK YOU EA their CFO says microtransactions for every game
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 02, 2013, 02:39:17 pm
Well in Deus Ex you had to work for the ending while in HR they were all right next to each other.

Not necessarily a 100% improvement. What's important is just how fun the extra work doing all of the necessary steps and fighting more enemies is. Especially since you go through a lot more effort for an unsatisfying conclusion.

Also, I think Human Revolution is generally longer than the original. So it's not like they're cutting the game down into an inferior product.

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Have Ion Storm never heard of "show, don't tell", or had they just run out of money when it came time to wrap things up?

Not money, but time. It happens to a lot of games, where the finale is placed somewhere at the end of the development cycle. It's done with movies as well, filming everything in sequence. It's most comparable to writing a book. There's advantages to it, such as gaining a more natural flow as you learn to incorporate past developments into newer sequences. But it also means that if you start to run short, you need to wrap things up quickly to get the game out on time. You NEVER want to miss deadlines. Just ask John Romero.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 02, 2013, 03:05:55 pm
Daikatana was both too early and too late.  Early in that the already abysmal game was buggy and too late as Half Life came out so we were all spoiled by a better shooter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 02, 2013, 03:13:13 pm
Daikatana was both too early and too late.  Early in that the already abysmal game was buggy and too late as Half Life came out so we were all spoiled by a better shooter.

Daikatana suffered from a lot of the same problems as Duke Nukem Forever, namely switching engines when the game was nearly complete out of an obsessive attempt to have The Best (TM). They also had a lot of people who didn't really get proper game design, like the artist who designed a 2000 pixel arrow model.....in the 1990s.

They had ages to finish the game, but had no set schedule or ideas and everyone was too busy shifting the blame onto everyone else to actually get to work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 02, 2013, 04:45:37 pm
On top of what Eric said (In my area, each of the smaller ones are about $10 with the giants being $15, but the triple pack is the same price), one of the ideas that was nice with Skylanders is that it allows compatibility between systems and was the only way around DLC (the Wii does not support DLC, no clue on the Wii U).

Considering the announcement of the 80-level Luigi-themed DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 02, 2013, 05:49:21 pm
On top of what Eric said (In my area, each of the smaller ones are about $10 with the giants being $15, but the triple pack is the same price), one of the ideas that was nice with Skylanders is that it allows compatibility between systems and was the only way around DLC (the Wii does not support DLC, no clue on the Wii U).

Considering the announcement of the 80-level Luigi-themed DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U...

AKA the soon-to-be most purchased DLC in history.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 02, 2013, 06:20:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW1rapFNwqQ
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 02, 2013, 08:22:20 pm
As I am one of the few people who actually LIKED the drama between Conner and Haytham, I'm hoping that they delve into why Haytham betrayed the Assassins.
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Post by: chad sexington on March 02, 2013, 08:26:48 pm
AC4 already?  What about the half-dozen DLC/Expansions/Spinoffs for III?

That said, holy shit this game looks awesome!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 02, 2013, 09:53:27 pm
[Playing FE: Awakening] Holy shit, using a Second Seal on a unit returns them to level 1, but they keep their stats!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 02, 2013, 10:01:44 pm
As I am one of the few people who actually LIKED the drama between Conner and Haytham, I'm hoping that they delve into why Haytham betrayed the Assassins.

The person in this one is Edward Kenway, Connor's grandfather, so I imagine that will come up.  Thing I wondering more about is
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Also, I working on trying to get a preorder of Starcraft2: Heart of the Swarm by next thursday as Blizzard has a sale of buying that and getting Wings of Liberty for free, seeing how that one still goes for 40 by itself in most places and by buying Swarm you get both for 60, that's a damn good deal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 02, 2013, 10:09:39 pm
I'm contemplating whether or not to get Ginga Force (Japan-only, but region free). The thing is, it goes for around $100...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 02, 2013, 10:51:43 pm
It's official: Geth Juggernaut is a beast.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 02, 2013, 11:03:51 pm
In other news, I finally finished the original Deus Ex. I have to say, all three endings were hugely disappointing. None of them give us anything more than a few measly lines of dialogue and a historical quote. That's it. Not even a glimpse of how things turned out. Have Ion Storm never heard of "show, don't tell", or had they just run out of money when it came time to wrap things up? Either way, it's a quite a big fuckoff blemish on an otherwise fantastic game.

Ironically, one of the biggest criticisms of Human Revolution was saying that the ending was disappointing and that nothing was as interesting or had as big of an impact as it did in the original game, nothing but "select button 1, 2, or 3." That's pretty much exactly how the original game went.

Very much so. The only difference is that the buttons are spaced a little bit further apart.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 03, 2013, 01:15:32 am
AC4 already?  What about the half-dozen DLC/Expansions/Spinoffs for III?

That said, holy shit this game looks awesome!

The huge amount of crap for Assassin's Creed II was partially a result of the very long development period of III. They started work literally as soon as II hit the shelves, since they needed so much time to get the tree running right (it's a lot harder to make a parkour engine when you're adding curves and unusual angles and protrusions). So they had a small team working on that and keeping as quiet as possible starting in November 2009 while everyone else made a bunch of continuations for Ezio to expand on the story and keep the fans satisfied.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on March 03, 2013, 02:08:22 am
On top of what Eric said (In my area, each of the smaller ones are about $10 with the giants being $15, but the triple pack is the same price), one of the ideas that was nice with Skylanders is that it allows compatibility between systems and was the only way around DLC (the Wii does not support DLC, no clue on the Wii U).

Considering the announcement of the 80-level Luigi-themed DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U...

Yeah, I haven't been following news on the Wii U since it has no relevance to me at all right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 03, 2013, 02:32:36 am
On top of what Eric said (In my area, each of the smaller ones are about $10 with the giants being $15, but the triple pack is the same price), one of the ideas that was nice with Skylanders is that it allows compatibility between systems and was the only way around DLC (the Wii does not support DLC, no clue on the Wii U).

Considering the announcement of the 80-level Luigi-themed DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U...

Yeah, I haven't been following news on the Wii U since it has no relevance to me at all right now.

You were wrong in the first place, too. The Wii DOES have DLC support, it's just that very few games used it with Guitar Hero and Rock Band making up the vast majority of Wii DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 03, 2013, 06:53:29 am
In other news, I finally finished the original Deus Ex. I have to say, all three endings were hugely disappointing. None of them give us anything more than a few measly lines of dialogue and a historical quote. That's it. Not even a glimpse of how things turned out. Have Ion Storm never heard of "show, don't tell", or had they just run out of money when it came time to wrap things up? Either way, it's a quite a big fuckoff blemish on an otherwise fantastic game.

Ironically, one of the biggest criticisms of Human Revolution was saying that the ending was disappointing and that nothing was as interesting or had as big of an impact as it did in the original game, nothing but "select button 1, 2, or 3." That's pretty much exactly how the original game went.

Very much so. The only difference is that the buttons are spaced a little bit further apart.
I still find it funny people don't realize that there's actually 3 variants for each of those endings in HR. Based on how many people you killed on the way. You know the kind of thing that might change your view of the world when you're deciding just what it will hear. It's not an OMG flag hell ending, but it actually fits the situation quite well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 03, 2013, 08:26:50 pm
I just began chapter 5 of Tales of Monkey Island, and HOLY FUCK I'M HAVING A STROKE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on March 03, 2013, 09:02:50 pm
I just began chapter 5 of Tales of Monkey Island, and HOLY FUCK I'M HAVING A STROKE

You should see a doctor about that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 03, 2013, 10:34:07 pm
Finished Fire Emblem: Awakening.

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And now I'm playing Etrian Odyssey IV.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on March 03, 2013, 10:37:33 pm
I paired Chrom with Sumia who i made a dark flier so I could give Lucina Gale force
GAME BROKEN
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 03, 2013, 10:50:29 pm
I did go with Chrom X Sumia, but that was more because it was the pairing the game clearly wants the player to go with. I didn't even know about dark fliers until they showed up as enemy units, and therefore I didn't know about Gale Force. Hell, I didn't know about inheritance.

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You may have guessed that I didn't look at any forums or anything until after beating the game.

Also, is it just me, or is Awakening a lot like Genealogy of the Holy War?
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Post by: kefkaownsall on March 03, 2013, 11:04:38 pm
It was kind of a refined take without the incest. 
Pies are excellent foreplay
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Post by: Cloud3514 on March 03, 2013, 11:12:00 pm
I'm surprised that it mostly excluded incest (Lucina can marry Owain, who is her cousin) as incest, especially sibling incest, is a recurring subtextual theme.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on March 03, 2013, 11:27:46 pm
Yeah although for themm they changed to companions.  Shame I shipped them anyways fav supports
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 04, 2013, 01:26:18 pm
After having one hell of a time finishing both System Shock games I'm now replaying the BioShock games. After them, hopefully gonna get around to the Thief games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on March 04, 2013, 02:28:34 pm
ANy of you guys try this free game called Star Conflict? It's pretty tasty space fighter game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 04, 2013, 03:23:26 pm
After having one hell of a time finishing both System Shock games I'm now replaying the BioShock games. After them, hopefully gonna get around to the Thief games.

I remember how the first time I played System Shock 2 (after beating both BioShocks), I was amazed at how similar the two series were. I knew BioShock was a spiritual successor, but I didn't expect to be playing something that reminded me of it so much.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on March 04, 2013, 04:45:06 pm
The best thing about the two series is the fucking fantastic audio design, SHODAN is one of the greatest villians precisely for that reason, I get legit uncomfortable hearing her (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZMD_eCpEo) voice. The little announcements given over the speaker systems in both games and the audio logs just add so much.

"Andrew Ryan would like to remind you, are you a man, or a parasite?"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 04, 2013, 05:10:46 pm
The trailer for the Citadel DLC was released today and the Mass Effect fandom is already hating on the DLC even tho we've only seen a trailer.

I, on the other hand, got to see Jack snuggling with Shepard so I am a happy camper especially because he has one of her tats on him. It's cute.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 04, 2013, 05:14:24 pm
The trailer for the Citadel DLC was released today and the Mass Effect fandom is already hating on the DLC even tho we've only seen a trailer.

I, on the other hand, got to see Jack snuggling with Shepard so I am a happy camper especially because he has one of her tats on him. It's cute.
I can count the number of things right with #3 on one hand, not even using the full number of fingers. I doubt they're going to be wrong.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 04, 2013, 05:55:35 pm
There's no point in hating something you barely know about.

At this point people are just hating to hate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 04, 2013, 05:57:58 pm
Bioware lost too much karma with the ending
Frankly they should have let the guy who did the Krogan segments
So Sim City will have small cites
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on March 04, 2013, 06:03:01 pm
The new Mass Effect 3 DLC looks cool my favorite part of the trailer is the random masked guy saying "Todays entertainment is brought to you by random acts of violence!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 04, 2013, 06:27:50 pm
I suppose with the happy ending mod it might work  I still wish the ending scene didnt happen fuck it my head canon is that the relays get rebuilt in 5 years
also in the DLC trailer it looks good but who are those guys and please but them in Multiplayer since that the best part of ME3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 05, 2013, 12:27:11 am
Bioware has done several good games. Maybe the ending to ME3 was bad, but they seem to be trying to make up for it.

I have never understood how people start hating something because of just one bad thing. For example: My music tastes are quite random and seems like even the bands I love have at least one song I dislike or even hate on each record. Does that mean that I have to hate every song?

Does the ending of ME3 mean that all the previous games they made are also bad because of association?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 05, 2013, 12:36:09 am
Bioware has done several good games. Maybe the ending to ME3 was bad, but they seem to be trying to make up for it.

I have never understood how people start hating something because of just one bad thing. For example: My music tastes are quite random and seems like even the bands I love have at least one song I dislike or even hate on each record. Does that mean that I have to hate every song?

Does the ending of ME3 mean that all the previous games they made are also bad because of association?

I think part of it is the entitlement issues a lot of gamers have gotten in the last couple years. Case in point: The reaction to Assassin's Creed III. If you listen to the loudest critics, you'd think that ACIII was unplayable. You'd think there was NOTHING good about it. If you listen to someone like me, you'd think it was a good game that was simply not as good as some of the other games in the series (my view on it is ACII > ACB > ACIII > ACR > ACI).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 05, 2013, 01:03:17 am
I'm just waiting for the Kinect and similar full body motion controls to become a bit older and have more people know how to use them.

The Kinect gets criticized a ton, usually for being "imprecise", but I think it's mostly because it's very new technology. The modern controller has over 20 years of experience to draw on: the PS3 controller has more buttons and analog sticks than an NES controller and doesn't have a wire, but it's fundamentally the exact same thing and works the same. The Kinect has people with what, two years worth of using it at the most? But there's just no patience with many gamers. They try a Kinect game, flail around uselessly, and deride the game or peripheral as "broken" and go on to something else. Meanwhile, people who put a lot of practice in to get good learn how to properly move their body and learn to pay attention to their movements and are able to make Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor work flawlessly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2013, 01:10:48 am
Well, I bought the first Thief game. I'm really in the mood for a good stealth game, so this should keep me happy for a while. It'll be interesting to see if it's really as good as people claim.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 05, 2013, 01:58:13 am
Well, I bought the first Thief game. I'm really in the mood for a good stealth game, so this should keep me happy for a while. It'll be interesting to see if it's really as good as people claim.

One note...

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Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2013, 02:13:36 am
Well, I bought the first Thief game. I'm really in the mood for a good stealth game, so this should keep me happy for a while. It'll be interesting to see if it's really as good as people claim.

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If I can just get the fucking thing to even run properly, I'll consider it a victory.

Here I thought GOG.com took care of this shit before selling the installer.

On a lighter note, I got it to work. Some awesome individual put together a pack of fixes for the game. No more flickering cursor and unplayable cutscenes in my Thief.
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Post by: Sleepy on March 05, 2013, 02:25:03 am
That's annoying. I got it from GOG too and mine runs fine in compatibility mode.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2013, 02:27:00 am
That's annoying. I got it from GOG too and mine runs fine in compatibility mode.
Are you running Windows 7 64-bit?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 05, 2013, 08:51:08 am
So, Star Conflict? FTP, space sim, friend of mine says it plays like freelancer. Anyone else interested? I'm going to check it out tonight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 05, 2013, 10:43:20 am
That's annoying. I got it from GOG too and mine runs fine in compatibility mode.
Are you running Windows 7 64-bit?

Yep. What problems are you having with it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 05, 2013, 11:21:41 am
So, Star Conflict? FTP, space sim, friend of mine says it plays like freelancer. Anyone else interested? I'm going to check it out tonight.

From what I saw on the net it looked like World of tanks in space.

Might check it out if have have the time from all my other projects.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 05, 2013, 03:28:05 pm
So, that Thief 4 game?

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/03/thi4f-becomes-plain-old-thief-reboot-coming-in-2014/

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Ready to feel old? It has been nearly nine years since we last got to sneak around The City while stealing and killing from the shadows in Thief: Deadly Shadows. Ready to feel young again? Square Enix and Eidos Montreal are finally ready to unveil the fourth game in the venerable Thief series, simply called Thief, ahead of a release for PC and PlayStation 4 sometime in 2014.

Game Informer is giving the game its cover slot for its April issue, teasing that the title will see the return of series protagonist Garrett and the Gothic Victorian setting of The City. Eidos Montreal seems to be branding the new title as a full series reboot rather than a sequel to existing games, though.

"We wanted as a core team to keep the main pillar of what is a Thief game," one developer says in a short teaser trailer posted by Game Informer. "Garret is not someone that's renowned in the world of Thief, so most NPCs will not talk to him, and if they will see him they'll be quite afraid of him, because he's a scary gentleman," says another.

I will admit, it does actually kinda make sense that this would be a reboot, considering what happened at the end of Thief 3 (which did neatly tie things together to the point where another sequel would have been kinda forced)

At the same time, this has a greater potential for failure now.

I wonder... will they implement a karma system as seems to be incredibly popular lately?  Will they have too much emphasis on combat in a game that shouldn't be about combat?

Or will they somehow manage to create a stellar game without compromising the ideals of the Thief series?

I guess we'll see in 2014...

In the meantime, have screenshots:

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 05, 2013, 03:33:59 pm
If the original storyline ended with Thief 3 then a reboot or simply a different story with new characters is much better than some half-assed attempt to mangle the old story and characters into Thief 4.

Slightly related: When the fourth Pirates of Caribbean movie came out I was delighted that they had not included Will and Elizabeth into the movie. After all they had no reason to be involved in the new adventure and any attempt to do that would have been awkward. Similarly starting again with Thief 4 is not such a bad idea. Although they have just used a new main character as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 05, 2013, 03:43:24 pm
And Thief 4 is for the consoles.  I never played any of the previous games, because they're on the computer, but this looks interesting.  Question, is this like Hitman and Dishonored where you're supposed to be stealthy but you can butcher people if you feel like it (referring to previous games)?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 05, 2013, 04:04:33 pm
I just finished the DLC. The story is about 2 and a half hours, more or less but the content itself is about 8 hours (it depends on how replayable the simulator and arcade game is to you, I suppose.)

I was... I'm... I'm not ready to let go of Shepard. It's been a great ride. Some people can say they got into Mass Effect thanks to a friend. Mass Effect... Shepard... is my family. I found it. All on my own. Is small. And broken. But good. Yeah. Still good.

The idea that Shepard's story is done though? I think we'll hear more of Shep. We just won't play as her anymore. I'm not sure what the Mass Effect franchise will be later on. But I can say with absolute certainty that Shepard has literally saved my life before.

The DLC today was a great send-off. I'm glad I paid for it. Some of the parts were cheesy, I'll admit. But it was a nice way to end things. Romances were rekindled, friends were brought back again. It was nice. I'm going to play through it a few more times, I imagine.

Danke, Shepard. For all you've done for many of us.

Some may hate the games for a small blemish, but I will always love the trilogy. The whole franchise. My family. My friends.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 05, 2013, 04:17:43 pm
The DLC is out already?  Is it as linear as the previous one or is it a little more replayable?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on March 05, 2013, 04:31:52 pm
I'm pretty excited for AC4— then again, I've been an AC fanboy since day one, so that's to be expected.

I mean, yes, the ending of AC3 was annoying, but the game? Good. Damn good. Not perfect, but I had loads of fun with it. Even when the games aren't groundbreaking, mindblowing works of art (I love AC2 so much), they're still pretty high quality. I'm excited to see where this goes.

Art, are you still playing RDR? That's probably my favorite single game of all time (yes, it had a prequel, no, I don't care). Excellent writing and solid gameplay. How are you finding it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 05, 2013, 04:36:19 pm
And Thief 4 is for the consoles.  I never played any of the previous games, because they're on the computer, but this looks interesting.  Question, is this like Hitman and Dishonored where you're supposed to be stealthy but you can butcher people if you feel like it (referring to previous games)?

Thief 3 was for the X-Box (360? I don't recall) as well as the PC, but it was always best played on the PC.

No, it is not like Hitman or Dishonored in that aspect... well, it is and it isn't.

On the normal difficulty setting, you can pretty much kill whoever you want (outside of special missions) with no real repercussions.

On the hard difficulty setting, you can only kill guards and non-humans, not innocents.  Not that this is a particular game-changer since innocents are incredibly easy to knock out even after they spot you.

On the hardest difficult setting, however, you can't kill any humans.  Garrett is a thief, not a murderer.  Killing people is unprofessional.  You can, however, knock them out as you please (with the exception of a single mission in Thief 2)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 05, 2013, 05:45:13 pm
The DLC is out already?  Is it as linear as the previous one or is it a little more replayable?

That depends on what you mean.

There's plenty of things to replay.

But you must understand Mass Effect has never really been a sandbox type deal. It's going to be linear in its DLC. It always has been a game with linear DLC stretching back to the first one.

If you want non-linear find a different game.

However, I will say that the DLC is one of my favorite pieces next to Lair of the Shadow Broker.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 05, 2013, 06:04:52 pm
I didn't mean sandbox.  I meant can you enjoy running through it, killing things over and over, or is it so linear, story-wise and playwise, that one time is it.  I was also asking how it compares to Omega, since if I remember right, you didn't think too highly about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2013, 07:09:23 pm
That's annoying. I got it from GOG too and mine runs fine in compatibility mode.
Are you running Windows 7 64-bit?

Yep. What problems are you having with it?

Basically cutscenes would not play and the cursor would constantly flicker. There may or may not have been gameplay issues, but I didn't actually start a game until I'd fixed the above issues.

Though admittedly, I didn't bother with any compatibility modes. Went straight to slapping TFix (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134733) onto it.
Art, are you still playing RDR? That's probably my favorite single game of all time (yes, it had a prequel, no, I don't care). Excellent writing and solid gameplay. How are you finding it?
I've slowed down a lot. I'm a tad OCD about doing all the sidequests, and no matter what I do, I can't seem to make heads or tails of the 7th treasure map. Running fruitlessly up and down the map over and over again does tend to make one a bit burned out.

Though I do plan to give it another shot in the very near future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on March 05, 2013, 07:35:08 pm
There still isn't any news on PSO2's release date in America and I'm starting to get worried that they might have decided to cancel it. I mean, if all else fails, it wouldn't be hard to get the Japanese version and a translation program.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 05, 2013, 08:33:00 pm
And Thief 4 is for the consoles.  I never played any of the previous games, because they're on the computer, but this looks interesting.  Question, is this like Hitman and Dishonored where you're supposed to be stealthy but you can butcher people if you feel like it (referring to previous games)?

The first two?  Technically, on Normal, you can, but it is very, VERY ill-advised.  People scream when they die, and leave lots of blood that you've got to expend non-renewable gear to clean up, lest somebody see it and raise the alarm.  That, and Garrett really is not built for toe-to-toe combat.  He's a thief, not a hitman.  Hell, on any difficulty over Normal, the game will outright fail you for killing civilians, on Hard, or anyone on Expert.

This said, that article gave me a boner that would make all gods, even the Aesir, weep from its majesty and enormity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 05, 2013, 11:26:23 pm
I didn't mean sandbox.  I meant can you enjoy running through it, killing things over and over, or is it so linear, story-wise and playwise, that one time is it.  I was also asking how it compares to Omega, since if I remember right, you didn't think too highly about it.

I liked Omega fine. What I didn't like was how it could have been more.

And I really have no idea what you're looking for, honestly. All I can say is it's just about exactly like Lair of the Shadow Broker was in terms of replayability. The fact that your squad has different dialogue and you can find out more things in further playthrus, etc.,

And, it also helps it took a page out of ME1's DLC with a simulator to where you fight to get points for prizes etc.,
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2013, 11:34:32 pm
Completed the first level of Thief. I'm loving the exploration aspect of the levels, but the AI is still a bit stupid. If someone above or below you hears you clomping about, they don't think to go up/downstairs to have a look around before deciding it was just rats. Then of course, there's the fact that they can't see silhouettes. Even if someone is in pitch-black darkness, if the area behind them is well lit, they'll stick out like a sore thumb.

Still, apart from one guy I knocked out, I managed to ghost the entire level on expert difficulty on my first try. Stealth is most definitely my bag.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Indikins on March 06, 2013, 12:28:21 am
Just went to EB Games today and bagged myself a used copy of Planescape Torment for twenty Australian dollars. ($20.57 in American dollars)

If my computer refuses to play it, I will drop-kick said machine into a large body of water.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RinellaWasHere on March 06, 2013, 12:31:23 am
Hey, you know what's a great game? Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura! You know what game I just found at a garage sale? Fucking Arcanum! You know what's going to happen to my GPA now? Awful things!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on March 06, 2013, 12:54:11 am
So I learned today that ARMA 3 has an Alpha that you can buy on Steam...I need Steam Dollars cause I want to Play ARMA 3 even if it's in the Alpha stage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 06, 2013, 01:01:56 am
Just went to EB Games today and bagged myself a used copy of Planescape Torment for twenty Australian dollars. ($20.57 in American dollars)

If my computer refuses to play it, I will drop-kick said machine into a large body of water.
You could have got for half that price and modded to work on modern PCs.

See? (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/planescape_torment)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Indikins on March 06, 2013, 03:03:20 am
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You could have got for half that price and modded to work on modern PCs.

See? (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/planescape_torment)

*Shrug* I can still return it within seven days for literally any reason for a full refund.

Only problem I'm having is that it won't let me overwrite saves or delete them...so I need to make a new save file every time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 06, 2013, 05:20:39 am
I didn't mean sandbox.  I meant can you enjoy running through it, killing things over and over, or is it so linear, story-wise and playwise, that one time is it.  I was also asking how it compares to Omega, since if I remember right, you didn't think too highly about it.

I liked Omega fine. What I didn't like was how it could have been more.

And I really have no idea what you're looking for, honestly. All I can say is it's just about exactly like Lair of the Shadow Broker was in terms of replayability. The fact that your squad has different dialogue and you can find out more things in further playthrus, etc.,

And, it also helps it took a page out of ME1's DLC with a simulator to where you fight to get points for prizes etc.,

Okay cool, I enjoyed LOTSB. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on March 06, 2013, 06:04:45 am
Thief 4 has my jibbles excited.

Hey, you know what's a great game? Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magic Obscura! You know what game I just found at a garage sale? Fucking Arcanum! You know what's going to happen to my GPA now? Awful things!

Lol!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 06, 2013, 06:13:44 am
I just learned in Hitman Blood Money that you can kill people in elevators just by pushing them over when the elevator is moving.  Cue me eliminating nearly half the people in the hotel by killing them in the elevators, and also pushing them over railings and down stairs.  For some reason, that never gets old for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 06, 2013, 07:47:52 pm
I've been playing so much Medieval 2 and empire Total war recently, i even got mods for them.....i fucking love those games.

Also I tried a bit of Planetside 2. I would appreciate more if my computer ran a bit better for it. Because it can stutter so easily.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 06, 2013, 08:32:36 pm
Beat Crysis 3 today.  Despite some of my remarks about the AI being stupid, the game overall was pretty well done.  The ending was also easily one of the best video game endings I've witnessed in quite a while.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 07, 2013, 08:32:28 am
ANy of you guys try this free game called Star Conflict? It's pretty tasty space fighter game.

Installed it yesterday and I'm still learning how it works.

It helps that it has many similarities to World of tanks so I'm not totally lost with the system. The graphics look nice even on my computer which is suprising.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on March 07, 2013, 09:11:53 am
ANy of you guys try this free game called Star Conflict? It's pretty tasty space fighter game.

Installed it yesterday and I'm still learning how it works.

It helps that it has many similarities to World of tanks so I'm not totally lost with the system. The graphics look nice even on my computer which is suprising.

Yeah, it's pretty well optimized. Rarely encounter noticeable lag at all. I mostly got into it quickly because it's a star fighter game that somehow uses a mouse to replicate a joystick in function. Since I'm fairly used to star fighter stuff, it was pretty to pick up. I'm MaterialDefender on there if you wanna fly a few missions together sometime.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 07, 2013, 09:18:05 am
Is it wrong that when I play Hitman, and I'm playing the theater mission, whenever I 'accidentally' kill someone, whether by switching a prop gun with a real one, pushing them over railings or down stairs, or dropping things on their heads, I yell, "Macbeth!" each time?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Iczerfour on March 08, 2013, 09:44:48 pm
been busy playing the Voltz add-on for minecraft.   I crashed minecraft a few times due to my love of the anti-matter bombs..   Lets just say minecraft can not handle 100 of them going off at the same time.  the world before it crashed was full of craters that reached right to the bedrock..
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 09, 2013, 04:37:45 am
Is it wrong that when I play Hitman, and I'm playing the theater mission, whenever I 'accidentally' kill someone, whether by switching a prop gun with a real one, pushing them over railings or down stairs, or dropping things on their heads, I yell, "Macbeth!" each time?

I dunno, do you do it when you're alone?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 09, 2013, 05:11:34 am
My wife watched.  Okay, MY mind went to the gutter with that one!

Also, my idea to complete that mission is to switch the script with The King in Yellow and run.  Everyone goes nuts and kills each other.  No witnesses.

Silent Assassin Rating!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 11, 2013, 01:11:34 am
I...won.  My brother and I beat Guild Wars 2, tonight.  Zhaitan dropped like a fucking pussy.

Today is a glorious day.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on March 11, 2013, 07:23:00 am
Also, my idea to complete that mission is to switch the script with The King in Yellow and run.  Everyone goes nuts and kills each other.  No witnesses.

Silent Assassin Rating!

I think my mind died a little there.  :)   :o

Although wouldn't switching the script just cause Haster to appear and kill everyone? Still has the same outcome, but slightly different way of getting there. And then Haster would be running around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 11, 2013, 12:30:24 pm
What's the SCP where the entire theater goes nuts and kills everyone who even witnesses the play?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 11, 2013, 02:15:54 pm
About those Hitman comments:

You are hired to kill a target, silently and without raising suspicion. Bonus points if it looks like an accident or natural death.

Your ideal solution is, summon an elder God to devour the target, everyone around him and possibly entire Earth.

Sublety?

This reminds me of that Travolta movie where an assassin wants to make the death of one woman look like the work of a serial killer. Since there isn't a serial killer around at the time he starts a killing spree that goes on for days so that he can later kill this one target in a way that isn't suspicious...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 11, 2013, 03:42:20 pm
I think an elder god showing up and causing everyone to go mad and kill each other would throw all suspicion away from 47 (the title character of Hitman). 

As for the King in Yellow.  I thought the madness only occurs either when someone reads the play or is exposed to its performance. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 11, 2013, 08:59:27 pm
What's the SCP where the entire theater goes nuts and kills everyone who even witnesses the play?
The Hanged King's Tragedy (http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-701)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 12, 2013, 12:37:47 am
That's the one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 12, 2013, 12:43:18 am
I love the new Mass Effect dlc.  More than once was I laughing out loud.

This is easily one of my favorite scenes.  Love the Star Wars reference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuJcOrpuOHs
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 12, 2013, 12:48:22 am
Just gotta put this here.  Tiny spoiler, but this plays after you beat Guild Wars 2, and this song makes me so happy, I can't not share it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVnPiLi8vOo
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 12, 2013, 12:52:04 am
Wait you can beat an MMO?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 12, 2013, 01:04:33 am
Wait you can beat an MMO?

Depends on what you are aiming for.  For my LPs I do all story content and gain maximum level for the most part.  Completing all dungeons or otherwise content could also count.  Generally MMOs don't update heavily if they have expansions, the one that don't tend to throw little things in every month or so.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 12, 2013, 01:07:08 am
Yep.  I'm end level in an MMO I'm playing right now and am trying to get geared up to beat all the high level dungeons/raids and world bosses.  Then I will consider it "beat" until the next expansion or patch comes out.


Also yeah, just gonna leave this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF9Vqn_cQyc
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 12, 2013, 01:18:14 am
Wait you can beat an MMO?

Well, you can beat GW2's personal story questline.  Which, for an MMO story, is actually pretty well done.  Found myself actually getting invested in the characters and setting.  Hell...

(click to show/hide)

That shit don't happen often, for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 12, 2013, 01:44:47 am
Huh.....interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 12, 2013, 09:06:20 am
For an MMO guildwars 2 is pretty good. It's still a MMO grindfest though. But at least it rewards you for even the utterly mundane grinding.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on March 12, 2013, 05:33:16 pm
Been playing Riven on my new ipad, even after all these years the game still creeps me out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 12, 2013, 06:35:20 pm
The myst games are quite good. Riven was real pretty looking, even it was renderings from 1997.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on March 12, 2013, 07:18:51 pm
The myst games are quite good. Riven was real pretty looking, even it was renderings from 1997.
Seeing this takes me back to a simpler time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUZ6V6CZtcg


 only played the first two. Are the others good?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 12, 2013, 07:27:25 pm
Myst III is quite enjoyable, if a tiny bit easier than the previous two. haven't played the fourth, and myst V is full 3d and very pretty, and harder than III.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 12, 2013, 08:08:35 pm
Riven is just stupidly difficult. To all who've played it, just remember the animal tombstone circle puzzle and the marble grid puzzle. It's the one game I feel absolutely no remorse whatsoever for using a walkthrough to complete it.

III, on the other hand, is a lot more reasonable. I could beat that one on my own with no trouble whatsoever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on March 12, 2013, 09:17:30 pm
Riven is just stupidly difficult. To all who've played it, just remember the animal tombstone circle puzzle

That's where I am now, I remember four of the five animals
(click to show/hide)
But I can't remember the last one and what, if any, order you have to push them in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 12, 2013, 10:06:50 pm
Wow, haven't thought about the Myst series in FOREVER.  Talk about a nostalgia trip!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 13, 2013, 05:18:26 am
Played Star Wars Battlefront, the Endor map as the Empire and we got slaughtered.  In the end, I was down to my lone stormtrooper guarding the shield bunker against over 40 rebels.  I got them down to the teens before some moron lobbed a grenade at me.  Still, I got 72 kills so I did my part.

I then replayed it, mined the bunker, then jumped into a scout walker and laid waste to any rebel or ewok in the area.  77 kills later and I won the battle for The Emperor.

We ended up slaughtering them on Hoth.  At one point, I parked my AT-AT right outside the rebel hanger and blasted anything that moved.  I got both the Public Enemy and Trator award (Sorry, Lord Vader, but you lived).

I also keep getting the Traitor award on the Mos Eisley map for shooting jawas.  And to answer Luke's question about why Imperial troops would want to slaughter jawas;  because it's fun, and they make a humorous sound when they die!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 13, 2013, 02:31:16 pm
Used to play Battlefront II practically daily online before I switched computers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 13, 2013, 03:40:25 pm
Got the Arma 3 alpha, my computer should be able to run it. 3 ghz cpu and a gts 250 with 6 gig ram. But the game is soooooo fucking badly optimized, yet it has so much potential
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 13, 2013, 03:42:05 pm
It is an alpha. And it is an Arma game.

But given they have people paying for access to the alpha they should have the cash to finish cleaning it up eventually.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 13, 2013, 08:52:53 pm
I have a sudden urge to play Arcanum, but I know I'll probably get burned out before I finish it. Again. I've really got to stop doing that with RPGs, I've built up quite an impressive library of the things where I'm quite familiar with the first half of the game but beyond that I've no clue what happens.

Whelp, I started again after all. Didn't manage to find revolver parts in the IFS Zephyr wreckage this time, which made life a little harder, but I still managed in the end. Got my firearms skill up halfway, with expert training and a home made fine revolver to go with it, all before I left Shrouded Hills.

Bullets are fucking expensive, though. I have to get the schematic to make my own as soon as bloody possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 14, 2013, 09:03:27 am
Shadowrun Returns Alpha footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MiMjQwd2VE

Looks better than a number of released games I've seen recently. Looks pretty awesome on most counts honestly. /fanboy
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Material Defender on March 14, 2013, 10:45:59 am
The Pit is oddly fun! Rather have enjoyed it so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 14, 2013, 01:24:32 pm
Well, let's see, the games I've been playing a lot recently have been:

Etrian Odyssey IV (My first EO game, mapping everything out manually is way more fun than I expected)
Gradius V (Simply awesome)
Nano Assault EX (It's pretty good)
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene (I swear, I WILL finish Challenge mode one day)
Garry's Mod (Mostly Art of Parkour and Sandbox)
Knytt Underground (I finished it, the ending was pretty lame, albeit clever, and it's more about the journey, anyway, as is actually stated in-game)
Metal Torrent (Yes, even by shmup standards, it's short, but you're supposed to play for score anyway. Also, the three bosses only LOOK the same)

Maybe I play too many shmups? Nah.

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Oh, and that Ugly Baby game that was in the Potato Sack has been getting rather frequent updates lately. It's almost a completely different game now!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 14, 2013, 09:06:29 pm
I have a sudden urge to play Arcanum, but I know I'll probably get burned out before I finish it. Again. I've really got to stop doing that with RPGs, I've built up quite an impressive library of the things where I'm quite familiar with the first half of the game but beyond that I've no clue what happens.

Whelp, I started again after all. Didn't manage to find revolver parts in the IFS Zephyr wreckage this time, which made life a little harder, but I still managed in the end. Got my firearms skill up halfway, with expert training and a home made fine revolver to go with it, all before I left Shrouded Hills.

Bullets are fucking expensive, though. I have to get the schematic to make my own as soon as bloody possible.

Who needs guns? Just mind control people and lock them in a room somewhere (which is also great for robbing banks).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 14, 2013, 09:18:51 pm
I just unlocked a fourth tier ship in star conflict, also unlocking more slots, modules and maps. Shit just got intense
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 14, 2013, 09:24:14 pm
I have a sudden urge to play Arcanum, but I know I'll probably get burned out before I finish it. Again. I've really got to stop doing that with RPGs, I've built up quite an impressive library of the things where I'm quite familiar with the first half of the game but beyond that I've no clue what happens.

Whelp, I started again after all. Didn't manage to find revolver parts in the IFS Zephyr wreckage this time, which made life a little harder, but I still managed in the end. Got my firearms skill up halfway, with expert training and a home made fine revolver to go with it, all before I left Shrouded Hills.

Bullets are fucking expensive, though. I have to get the schematic to make my own as soon as bloody possible.

Who needs guns? Just mind control people and lock them in a room somewhere (which is also great for robbing banks).

When given the choice between tech and magic, it can only be tech. Picking magic really disagrees with my sensibilities.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 14, 2013, 09:38:03 pm
I have a sudden urge to play Arcanum, but I know I'll probably get burned out before I finish it. Again. I've really got to stop doing that with RPGs, I've built up quite an impressive library of the things where I'm quite familiar with the first half of the game but beyond that I've no clue what happens.

Whelp, I started again after all. Didn't manage to find revolver parts in the IFS Zephyr wreckage this time, which made life a little harder, but I still managed in the end. Got my firearms skill up halfway, with expert training and a home made fine revolver to go with it, all before I left Shrouded Hills.

Bullets are fucking expensive, though. I have to get the schematic to make my own as soon as bloody possible.

Who needs guns? Just mind control people and lock them in a room somewhere (which is also great for robbing banks).

When given the choice between tech and magic, it can only be tech. Picking magic really disagrees with my sensibilities.

You say that now. But when you get teleport...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 14, 2013, 09:47:58 pm
I have a sudden urge to play Arcanum, but I know I'll probably get burned out before I finish it. Again. I've really got to stop doing that with RPGs, I've built up quite an impressive library of the things where I'm quite familiar with the first half of the game but beyond that I've no clue what happens.

Whelp, I started again after all. Didn't manage to find revolver parts in the IFS Zephyr wreckage this time, which made life a little harder, but I still managed in the end. Got my firearms skill up halfway, with expert training and a home made fine revolver to go with it, all before I left Shrouded Hills.

Bullets are fucking expensive, though. I have to get the schematic to make my own as soon as bloody possible.

Who needs guns? Just mind control people and lock them in a room somewhere (which is also great for robbing banks).

When given the choice between tech and magic, it can only be tech. Picking magic really disagrees with my sensibilities.

You say that now. But when you get teleport...

It's convenient, but I'd rather stick to my magnetic hat, healing jacket, two charged rings and charged repeater rifle. It doesn't get more badass than that.

Though I'll probably go with magic if I ever decide to do a thief run. Being able to teleport into locked rooms may or may not have a few minor benefits.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 14, 2013, 09:59:40 pm
I have a sudden urge to play Arcanum, but I know I'll probably get burned out before I finish it. Again. I've really got to stop doing that with RPGs, I've built up quite an impressive library of the things where I'm quite familiar with the first half of the game but beyond that I've no clue what happens.

Whelp, I started again after all. Didn't manage to find revolver parts in the IFS Zephyr wreckage this time, which made life a little harder, but I still managed in the end. Got my firearms skill up halfway, with expert training and a home made fine revolver to go with it, all before I left Shrouded Hills.

Bullets are fucking expensive, though. I have to get the schematic to make my own as soon as bloody possible.

Who needs guns? Just mind control people and lock them in a room somewhere (which is also great for robbing banks).

When given the choice between tech and magic, it can only be tech. Picking magic really disagrees with my sensibilities.

You say that now. But when you get teleport...

It's convenient, but I'd rather stick to my magnetic hat, healing jacket, two charged rings and charged repeater rifle. It doesn't get more badass than that.

Though I'll probably go with magic if I ever decide to do a thief run. Being able to teleport into locked rooms may or may not have a few minor benefits.

When you unlock a container magically, it stays unlocked forever. You can just visit a store you robbed after it restocks and take everything again with very little effort.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 14, 2013, 10:16:05 pm
I have a sudden urge to play Arcanum, but I know I'll probably get burned out before I finish it. Again. I've really got to stop doing that with RPGs, I've built up quite an impressive library of the things where I'm quite familiar with the first half of the game but beyond that I've no clue what happens.

Whelp, I started again after all. Didn't manage to find revolver parts in the IFS Zephyr wreckage this time, which made life a little harder, but I still managed in the end. Got my firearms skill up halfway, with expert training and a home made fine revolver to go with it, all before I left Shrouded Hills.

Bullets are fucking expensive, though. I have to get the schematic to make my own as soon as bloody possible.

Who needs guns? Just mind control people and lock them in a room somewhere (which is also great for robbing banks).

When given the choice between tech and magic, it can only be tech. Picking magic really disagrees with my sensibilities.

You say that now. But when you get teleport...

It's convenient, but I'd rather stick to my magnetic hat, healing jacket, two charged rings and charged repeater rifle. It doesn't get more badass than that.

Though I'll probably go with magic if I ever decide to do a thief run. Being able to teleport into locked rooms may or may not have a few minor benefits.

When you unlock a container magically, it stays unlocked forever. You can just visit a store you robbed after it restocks and take everything again with very little effort.

That's hilarious :D

More so since I'm trying to imagine what it would be like in universe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 15, 2013, 02:40:47 am
Maybe it only unlocks for the spellcaster?

So the owner can check the lock and everything is ok, but it keeps opening for the player.

Because otherwise it would be like looking at a safe door thats been blown off the and thinkoing. "Well, getting it fixed is expensive and I did like this safe so much... Maybe I'll keep storing my money here. It's not like the thief would come back for the fifth time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 15, 2013, 09:39:34 am
This is just a good week for me, Civ 5 next expansion announced(Gasp, international relations, in a civ game? never!) and Saints Row 4 teaser:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaBMty_YbSI

They've offically lost their shit and I can't wait to see just what they threw together.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 15, 2013, 11:10:25 am
Which ending are they gonna use as a jump off point
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 15, 2013, 12:19:46 pm
Which ending are they gonna use as a jump off point
Looks like you've got reasonably good press, so I'm guessing the hero one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 15, 2013, 12:38:08 pm
Hopefully now that they got practice with the Engine Steelport can feel alive unlike Johnny Gat
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 15, 2013, 03:01:24 pm
Remember the good ol' days when Saint's Row sold based on it being GTA without the change to brooding darkness and realism of GTA IV?

I'm not quite sure what you can call it now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 15, 2013, 03:16:23 pm
Remember the good ol' days when Saint's Row sold based on it being GTA without the change to brooding darkness and realism of GTA IV?

I'm not quite sure what you can call it now.
The awesome opposite of GTA. Which it pretty much was with 3. Never played the earlier ones, but 3 hit a lot of the "Fuck it let's have fun" cords I haven't felt in ages. Which is why I have no reservations about 4 looking at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 15, 2013, 03:21:33 pm
I never played 2 since the PC port was rubbish.  I like in 3 how a DLC car lets you run people over and shoot them out as a cannon
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 15, 2013, 03:23:22 pm
...I've never been interested in the Saint's Row series before.

It had my curiosity.  Now it has my attention.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 15, 2013, 03:40:58 pm
See, I began playing Saints Row back when it was brand new. The first game was a plain GTA clone that got attention because of its colorful graphics (especially since this was when the dull browns and grays of faux-realism began to hit it big) and actually being a good game by its own right. Biggest problem was probably the very bare bones story, with the protagonist speaking exactly once in every gang finale mission. There were still typical colorful characters and the "dirty parody" humor style, like a Wendy's restaurant being named "Freckle Bitch's." But despite the polished and fun gameplay, it was basically the skeleton of a larger game.

Saints Row 2 added to that and came out when GTA IV had taken the gaming world by storm with a much more realistic and serious take on the series, greatly subduing itself from the insanity of San Andreas. Saints Row 2 added a talkative and more customizable protagonist and tried to add on to the storyline (as well as connecting it even more to the Red Faction universe by showing the rise of Ultor, turning a throwaway joke into something much more serious), but it mainly got by as an alternative to the brooding philosophizing and subdued humor of GTA IV. It was bright and colorful, let you use a minigun to clean up the streets for a COPS-esque TV show, included a long side mission involving spraying feces from a truck at various houses and vehicles, and had almost cartoonish physics.

Saints Row 3 took everything that the developers figured people wanted and turned it all up to 11. The cartoonish element and plain denial of the laws of physics and sometimes reality itself were brought to greater extremes, almost like it was a parody of itself. Saints Row 2 had Yakuza, punk-style maniacs, and a Caribbean/Voodoo drug syndicate. Saints Row 3 had luchadores and cyberpunk hackers. This was the point where I got really disinterested, because it seemed to care more about "not giving a fuck" than anything really cohesive.

Saints Row 4? Well, we're seeing superpowers from the first seconds of the trailer. I'm not even sure how close this game is going to be to its original incarnation, and I'm not sure if the developers have really had any kind of plan for the series starting with the third game beyond "Turn up the dial."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 15, 2013, 06:43:27 pm
I bought primal carnage and Jet set radio
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 15, 2013, 07:07:28 pm
Fuck yeah Jet Set Radio, love those games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 15, 2013, 07:25:26 pm
Since I managed to post this in the wrong thread like a fucking moron, I'mma just copy/paste it over here now.

More on Arcanum, has anyone else read the contents of the Tarant library? I never did that in earlier play throughs, but I'm really glad I did this time. It would seem that not only was Arcanum doing dark fantasy before it was cool, but it also did it with a lot of subtlety. The end result is that while you see hints of racial tensions here and there, you have to do a bit of digging before you see the full extent of things. It makes things a lot less one-dimensional than, for example, Dragon Age: Origins, where they seem to shove racism in your face so much that it pretty much loses all impact within a few hours of play.

To think that this game was such a commercial failure that it led to Troika going under, whereas series like Mario can actually not just stagnate but also regress and still make millions. People really suck, sometimes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 15, 2013, 07:31:23 pm
If it was better known it'd might have wound up in consideration for entry into the same museum Fallout went into. But honestly, it's a total bitch to play. Walk the wrong direction in Tyrant and you're gonna be hosed, assuming you live long enough to find the place. Once you grasp the mechanics it's a bit more reasonable, but woe on those who walk the wrong direction or anger the random encounters god. And the realtime battle system was hokey.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 15, 2013, 07:53:39 pm
If it was better known it'd might have wound up in consideration for entry into the same museum Fallout went into. But honestly, it's a total bitch to play. Walk the wrong direction in Tyrant and you're gonna be hosed, assuming you live long enough to find the place. Once you grasp the mechanics it's a bit more reasonable, but woe on those who walk the wrong direction or anger the random encounters god. And the realtime battle system was hokey.
I never had that problem, personally. Maybe the 2nd half of the game turns into a "where the fuck do I go next?" fest, but so far it's always been pretty clear where I have to go next. While random encounters can be unfairly difficult, funnily enough, Fallout is just as bad on that front.

I believe what killed it for most was the plethora of bugs and the underpowered guns. Admittedly, I probably would've ragequit for good on my first play through if it weren't for the unofficial patch and Otto Krupp's Firearm Mod.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 16, 2013, 03:51:57 am
I don't know if GW2 has made everything easier, or if I've gotten better, but my female Sylvari warrior has been cleaning up in areas that are usually meant for players 5-7 levels higher than she is...even with the cap at level 80, that's a fairly large difference in power.  Yet, just going in standard sword-and-board, I've destroyed armies without dropping below half health.

I also have, in my mind, the plans for some kind of insane Rube Goldberg machine for the FTB Minecraft modpack involving tree-farming carts, conveyor belts, and a plethora of machinery from numerous mods with the end goal being fueling basic IC2 generators for an endless power setup.  The only thing that generates LESS power than those are the regular solar panels, but they have the advantage of not needing fuel.  Sooooooo...yeah.  I think, later today, it'll be high time to go into creative mode and go nuts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 16, 2013, 05:06:56 am
My wife was playing her 3DS game last night (some game with a bunch of 'boardwalk' minigames), and she was still playing it when I got up this morning.  She also damn-near threw her system countless times and cursed every five minutes.

I take full responsibility for that.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 16, 2013, 06:18:45 am
Sounds like too much work to put into minecraft, I just like to stick with the basics.

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Yup, the basics.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 16, 2013, 01:15:32 pm
Oh God, Starcraft II: Heart of the swarm... I haven't bought it yet but I'm watching an Let's play.

Yes, I do that. But I am planning to get the game (and Wings of liberty) when I am in a better financial situation.

It is so very very much better than I thought it would be.

I thought that I would hate the Zerg campaign like I did in the first Starcraft. I thought I would be waiting for the last part and would just try to make it trhough this one but instead: the story is decent, the characters... Some I don't like that much but others are just awesome. Including the chemistry between some of them.

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Haven't seen the end but so far this is a good game with good story and although I still dislike the whole "you must be connected to net in order to play singleplayer" I am willing to look over it if other qualities are good enough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 16, 2013, 07:32:42 pm
Sounds like too much work to put into minecraft, I just like to stick with the basics.

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Yup, the basics.

Pffft, fire is overrated. A pack of inbred dogs is where it's at!

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Also, the D&D Arcade games are coming to PSN and XBLA!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 16, 2013, 09:48:49 pm
I really want to play Gauntlet again, N64 version or not.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 16, 2013, 10:15:18 pm
The original Gauntlet's on XBLA, last I checked.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 17, 2013, 12:18:47 am
I think so. But I've also not been buying a lot from XBL that isn't DLC for Mass Effect. ahah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 17, 2013, 12:54:17 am
Sounds like too much work to put into minecraft, I just like to stick with the basics.

(click to show/hide)

Yup, the basics.

Hahahaha, but...Rube Goldberg machines are fun!  Shit, I'm trying to automate an entire production line just to fuel a fusion reactor.  Which I think I might find a way to turn into power to create nuclear bombs.  Why?  Nuclear deterrents against those DAMNED creepers, of course!  Creepers, I am your god.  Do not anger me, or I will annihilate your entire race with nuclear fire.  I'll find a way to make a nuke launcher, damn it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 18, 2013, 08:12:04 am
Though back onto Saints Row 4, I could easily see any #5 playing 4 off as shaundi's drug fueled hallucination.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 20, 2013, 05:49:16 pm
Steam started something called Early Access (http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Early%20Access/) today which allows you to buy games still in development.  I imagine this is probably due to the bitching about Towns some months ago.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 20, 2013, 08:28:22 pm
Steam started something called Early Access (http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Early%20Access/) today which allows you to buy games still in development.  I imagine this is probably due to the bitching about Towns some months ago.

Another, looser category for The WarZ to fail at entering.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 20, 2013, 08:38:16 pm
Steam started something called Early Access (http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Early%20Access/) today which allows you to buy games still in development.  I imagine this is probably due to the bitching about Towns some months ago.

Another, looser category for The WarZ to fail at entering.

WarZ has been reput on steam for like a month now already.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 20, 2013, 10:14:04 pm
Fuck that game.  Who thought WarZ was anything other then an alpha.  Unless the game is finished and what we got is what hammerpoint thinks is gold
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on March 21, 2013, 12:19:26 am
After a considerable amount of trading in and bargaining, I have a Wii U now.

I also got an Unusual hat for my Heavy, so I'm happy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 21, 2013, 06:54:49 am
I just clocked 100 hours in Railroad Tycoon 3. I feel like I've really accomplished something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 21, 2013, 10:13:43 am
Good lord. My friend's 360 died yesterday, so we basically spent all day trying to find a fun Wii game that wasn't Mario Kart or Mario Party (and they even fucked up Mario Party on the Wii). Couldn't find a thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 21, 2013, 11:26:35 am
I would just use Brawl
Also a good game for teh wii that is single player Xenoblade
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 21, 2013, 11:45:45 am
The new super Mario brothers games are pretty fun if your definition of fun involves murder suicides when you miss a jump.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 21, 2013, 04:16:59 pm
Some neighbors approached my wife expressing concern because they heard yelling, cursing, and shouts of threats comeing from our apartment.  I was playing Hitman on my 360 and she was playing Angry Birds on her 3DS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 21, 2013, 04:33:42 pm
Might & Magic X? YES PLEASE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5p8zZVprS4)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Auggziliary on March 21, 2013, 05:04:49 pm
I had some drawing app on my itouch. I showed it to my parrot and he licked the screen and was like "Oh?" when it changed colors. He licked it for like a minute and then got bored.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 21, 2013, 07:33:25 pm
Steam Indie Sale, guys!

Recettear for $6.79! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/70400/)
Half-Minute Hero for $3.39! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/214830/)
The Gundemonium Collection for $4.99! (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/11712)
Terraria for $2.49! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/)
To The Moon for $3.99! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/206440/)

I could go on, but I won't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 21, 2013, 07:51:06 pm
I'm slowly working my way thru Spec Ops the Line.

The controls are so different from what I'm used to with other games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 21, 2013, 07:59:35 pm
Steam Indie Sale, guys!
75% off Democracy 2? I'll take that.

Now, if only Primordia were discounted, I'd be set.

That said, this isn't exactly good for my current Arcanum playthrough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 22, 2013, 10:52:48 am
I'm slowly working my way thru Spec Ops the Line.

The controls are so different from what I'm used to with other games.

I've heard pretty much everybody say the controls are a little different in that game.  I want to get it though because I've heard it's got a really good plot, albeit a little fucked up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 22, 2013, 04:10:00 pm
La-Mulana's available for pre-purchase on Steam, and Cut The Rope's available for present-purchase!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 22, 2013, 11:37:24 pm
I'm slowly working my way thru Spec Ops the Line.

The controls are so different from what I'm used to with other games.

I've heard pretty much everybody say the controls are a little different in that game.  I want to get it though because I've heard it's got a really good plot, albeit a little fucked up.

The plot is definitely one of those 'damn they went there' plots.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 22, 2013, 11:39:34 pm
Even watching the LP major spoilers 
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 25, 2013, 07:43:38 am
BioShock Infinite is releasing tomorrow!

.......and the ending has already been revealed.

Well, shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 25, 2013, 10:27:07 am
Anyone played Dante's Inferno? I have no clue if it's supposed to be decent.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on March 25, 2013, 10:38:46 am
Never played it, all I've ever heard  about it was bitching from people who read the original source material and that it's a god of war clone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 25, 2013, 11:56:33 am
That's kinda what Yahtzee said. I can't really take him seriously though, he's too hard on a lot of stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 25, 2013, 01:26:33 pm
It's not.  It's a shitty ass God of War clone that doesn't even try to be anything but.

Ironbite-also getting Bioshock Infinite tonight at midnight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 25, 2013, 05:35:09 pm
I played maybe two levels of Dante's Inferno. It really is a God of War clone, one that tries to attract people more through its shock value than good gameplay. It's one of those games where you start to think that all the graphic violence, nudity, and body horror are there just for their own sake instead of actually having a real purpose.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 25, 2013, 06:17:10 pm
I couldn't play it just because of the source material. But thats just the purist in me raising its douchey head
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 25, 2013, 06:32:59 pm
Anyone played Dante's Inferno? I have no clue if it's supposed to be decent.

It's... lackluster. I rented it from GameFly and only played it for a couple of hours. If you like mindless hack and slash action RPGs without the puzzles like in God of War then it's your game. Emphasis on mindless because you won't give two shits about the story. I'd suggest you get God of War or Devil May Cry instead. Or Dark Souls. Or Darksiders. All of which are hack and slash.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 25, 2013, 06:38:34 pm
I thought Dark Souls was too tactical to be considered a hack 'n' slash, considering that hack 'n' slash mentality is the best way to see the "You Died" screen over and over again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 25, 2013, 06:40:30 pm
Well, what would you call it? Other than action rpg.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 25, 2013, 06:55:04 pm
Well, what would you call it? Other than action rpg.

The best fuckin' action-rpg ever?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 25, 2013, 07:05:39 pm
Well, what would you call it? Other than action rpg.

The best fuckin' action-rpg ever?

Potentially this, yes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 25, 2013, 07:11:12 pm
Goddamn I wish they would announce more details about Dark Souls 2.

Also, got a text from my local gamestop, completely forgot that I had a Bioshock: Infinite pre-order. so excited.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 25, 2013, 09:38:14 pm
Though, unless you want to spend your whole time playing as a zombie, I wouldn't recommend Dark Souls for those who don't fancy PvP.  Because, not only is there PvP, but it is, from what I've gathered, completely non-consensual.  If somebody invades your world, prepare to defend yourself, or promptly shut off your 360.

One game I can definitely recommend for 360, though, is Red Faction: Guerrilla.  Yeah, the story is a bit of an excuse to blow shit the fuck up, but that's always been Red Faction's main draw, and Guerrilla does it better than any other game in the series.  Armageddon, in comparison, was quite disappointing.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 25, 2013, 09:53:10 pm
EA got in hot water with Dante's lust marketing campaign.  The gay couple who won that ordered their prize money be used for EA to buy sensitivity training.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 25, 2013, 10:08:24 pm
EA got in hot water with Dante's lust marketing campaign.  The gay couple who won that ordered their prize money be used for EA to buy sensitivity training.

What's this about a marketing campaign?  And the gay couple won what?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 25, 2013, 10:18:57 pm
Im assuming gay people went to a circle of hell in the game, which also happens in the book, then a gay people decided to be a pair of tools and bitch about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 25, 2013, 10:49:39 pm
Though, unless you want to spend your whole time playing as a zombie, I wouldn't recommend Dark Souls for those who don't fancy PvP.  Because, not only is there PvP, but it is, from what I've gathered, completely non-consensual.  If somebody invades your world, prepare to defend yourself, or promptly shut off your 360.

One game I can definitely recommend for 360, though, is Red Faction: Guerrilla.  Yeah, the story is a bit of an excuse to blow shit the fuck up, but that's always been Red Faction's main draw, and Guerrilla does it better than any other game in the series.  Armageddon, in comparison, was quite disappointing.

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I'm playing through Armageddon right now after having beaten Guerrilla and been playing it at various times for a few years now. I think the sequel could have struck a balance between a 100% linear story-driven game and a sandbox with an excuse plot if they tried. Make it an open world with a mix of missions that are linear and more open; one has you tearing through an underground market in a suit of power armor in a level that's totally linear but provides a lot of scripted cinematic moments, then another has you being given a general "Blow this up" objective and being able to choose how you do it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 26, 2013, 12:14:58 am
No to market the game EA had contests based on the sins and the lust one was well titivate us.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 26, 2013, 12:31:23 am
No to market the game EA had contests based on the sins and the lust one was well titivate us.

Is this what you're talking about?

http://kotaku.com/5322781/ea-apologizes-for-sin-to-win-booth-babe-promo

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But Electronic Arts, being the big corp it is, had to cover its ass and (likely) kick that of a marketing team that promised horny gamers "a sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty." This was also illustrated by a tramp-stamp logo atop some kind of crack, be it butt or boobs. UPDATE: They are boobs. Thank you observant and helpful Kotaku commenters.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 26, 2013, 01:18:13 am
I kinda want to know the details on that prize, because they're pretty heavily implying that they'll implicate winners in a prostitution scandal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 26, 2013, 01:21:54 am
I kinda want to know the details on that prize, because they're pretty heavily implying that they'll implicate winners in a prostitution scandal.
I think it's just a night on the town with some arm candy. Any sexual activity on their part would be going above and beyond the call of duty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 26, 2013, 02:19:20 am
I kinda want to know the details on that prize, because they're pretty heavily implying that they'll implicate winners in a prostitution scandal.
I think it's just a night on the town with some arm candy. Any sexual activity on their part would be going above and beyond the call of duty.

On the other hand, it would really fit EA's image to do something morally reprehensible in the name of profit. The Origin client and how it works (as well as the entire reason for its existence) also seems to imply that they don't really understand human behavior or business, so they might find prostitution perfectly normal and fine for a marketing campaign.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Iczerfour on March 26, 2013, 02:29:39 am
started to play BioShock Infinite.   So far i love it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 26, 2013, 02:36:40 am
I kinda want to know the details on that prize, because they're pretty heavily implying that they'll implicate winners in a prostitution scandal.
I think it's just a night on the town with some arm candy. Any sexual activity on their part would be going above and beyond the call of duty.
On the other hand, it would really fit EA's image to do something morally reprehensible in the name of profit.
Something blatantly illegal? With the entire legal department they undoubtedly have? Nah, that's not their style. They prefer to use the law to their advantage. Screw developers out of profits and control over their own games, hand further development over to a sub-par studio and in the process run both the franchise and the original dev into the ground. Then, of course, fucking their consumers with shitty DRM that only works while EA feels like paying for the relevant servers.

Isn't it just beautiful that EA can turn a healthy profit while good publishers like THQ go bankrupt?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 26, 2013, 03:03:03 am
So Bioshock Infinite....2 hours in and 3 Vigors drank, I'm really feeling it.

Ironbite-weapon selection's nice and damn I do not miss plasmids at all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 26, 2013, 06:58:48 am
Was just walking down memory lane on some Graal Online, it really is terrible that it's basically dead on PC. Classic server was being redeveloped and looking great, find out yesterday it was discontinued last month.  Whole system being weighed down with limitations on what "trial" members can do that don't really exist in the iphone version of Graal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 26, 2013, 07:38:51 am
Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on March 26, 2013, 08:05:21 am
I have no idea why EA thought that was a good idea.
On that note you know how EA and everyone says that their adult games are marketed towards adults, then explain this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKkPFDEiC6Q
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 26, 2013, 08:11:28 am
Well, what would you call it? Other than action rpg.

The best fuckin' action-rpg ever?

Potentially this, yes.

HERESY! DARK SOULS IS A MERE PEASANT OF AN ACTION-RPG COMPARED TO YS, THE GRANDFATHER AND GREATEST OF THEM ALL!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 26, 2013, 08:20:17 am
Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.

You know if you hold down space you can mantle up stuff right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 26, 2013, 01:46:35 pm
Though, unless you want to spend your whole time playing as a zombie, I wouldn't recommend Dark Souls for those who don't fancy PvP.  Because, not only is there PvP, but it is, from what I've gathered, completely non-consensual.  If somebody invades your world, prepare to defend yourself, or promptly shut off your 360.

One game I can definitely recommend for 360, though, is Red Faction: Guerrilla.  Yeah, the story is a bit of an excuse to blow shit the fuck up, but that's always been Red Faction's main draw, and Guerrilla does it better than any other game in the series.  Armageddon, in comparison, was quite disappointing.

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I never had that problem. And you can play offline, anyways.

I get Bioshock Infinite today. I never managed to get to puzzle 59 cause I didn't do very well in the pre-game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 26, 2013, 04:24:47 pm
Several hours into Bioshock: Infinite now, goddamn the art design, so amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 26, 2013, 04:49:41 pm
Several hours into Bioshock: Infinite now, goddamn the art design, so amazing.

*whines* I DON'T HAVE MY COPY YET.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 26, 2013, 06:14:03 pm
Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.

You know if you hold down space you can mantle up stuff right?

Yeah, tried that on both the walls and the walkways. Not working, especially since I can easily slip under the walkways while trying to climb up onto them.

I'd like to picture that the developers wouldn't put in an unclimbable area without invisible walls or even guardrails to keep players from dropping in to look for more Toxin-A or loot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 26, 2013, 06:59:00 pm
Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.

You know if you hold down space you can mantle up stuff right?

Yeah, tried that on both the walls and the walkways. Not working, especially since I can easily slip under the walkways while trying to climb up onto them.

I'd like to picture that the developers wouldn't put in an unclimbable area without invisible walls or even guardrails to keep players from dropping in to look for more Toxin-A or loot.

Can you take a screenshot or somethin? ,might be a long shot but if I can see the area I might be able to help.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 26, 2013, 07:46:47 pm
Playing System Shock 2. Was going really great until I dropped into some water in Hydroponics and there's apparently no way to climb out. And I saved down there.

You know if you hold down space you can mantle up stuff right?

Yeah, tried that on both the walls and the walkways. Not working, especially since I can easily slip under the walkways while trying to climb up onto them.

I'd like to picture that the developers wouldn't put in an unclimbable area without invisible walls or even guardrails to keep players from dropping in to look for more Toxin-A or loot.

Can you take a screenshot or somethin? ,might be a long shot but if I can see the area I might be able to help.

Tried again and made it out. Turns out there was an extremely small sweet spot between "hit the walkway and bounce off" and "miss the walkway entirely" where I could actually climb.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 27, 2013, 01:26:02 am
Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 27, 2013, 02:14:12 am
I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 27, 2013, 02:15:27 am
Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

The game comes with a handful of stuff from Half-Life 2 (since most Valve games reuse assets, it's easy to grab and copy them), but you may be missing quite a bit. Garry's Mod did start as a purely Half-Life 2 thing, after all.

Regardless, I find that the biggest draw is actually the multiplayer. Trouble In Terrorist Town is an especially popular one; try to go for the Crowbar Gaming server.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 27, 2013, 02:29:30 am
Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

The game comes with a handful of stuff from Half-Life 2 (since most Valve games reuse assets, it's easy to grab and copy them), but you may be missing quite a bit. Garry's Mod did start as a purely Half-Life 2 thing, after all.

Regardless, I find that the biggest draw is actually the multiplayer. Trouble In Terrorist Town is an especially popular one; try to go for the Crowbar Gaming server.

Is it possible to just fill in the missing assets with fan-made assets?

I really don't feel like buying a game I'll never play just to add assets to Garry's Mod.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 27, 2013, 02:35:09 am
I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 27, 2013, 02:39:58 am
I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.

Yes. The gear is. But you can get the lockpicks and silver eagles the regular way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 27, 2013, 02:58:50 am
Must stop exploring when I'm fighting.

Ironbite-getting me killed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 27, 2013, 04:59:50 am
I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.

Aw fuck, I don't want to have to go through the whole thing, what gear will I be missing out on if I skip it?
Yes. The gear is. But you can get the lockpicks and silver eagles the regular way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 27, 2013, 05:05:06 am
I finally got my copy of Bioshock Infinite and used my code I got from the Industrial Revolution game. The extra money and the gear has come very much in handy.

Is their items in the game that can only be unlocked by playing through Industrial Revolution? because I really don't wanna play through that thing.


Yes. The gear is. But you can get the lockpicks and silver eagles the regular way.
Aw fuck, I don't want to have to go through the whole thing, what gear will I be missing out on if I skip it?

I only got 3/4 of the gear but it's:

Sugar Rush- after eating a snak, move 50% for 3 seconds
Handyman Nemesis- Increases damage against Handymen by 50%
Fleet Feet- When evading, movement speeds are increased. Affects side strafing and back pedaling.

I dunno what the fourth one is. You can probably find out by googling.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 27, 2013, 05:18:48 am
Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

The game comes with a handful of stuff from Half-Life 2 (since most Valve games reuse assets, it's easy to grab and copy them), but you may be missing quite a bit. Garry's Mod did start as a purely Half-Life 2 thing, after all.

Regardless, I find that the biggest draw is actually the multiplayer. Trouble In Terrorist Town is an especially popular one; try to go for the Crowbar Gaming server.

Is it possible to just fill in the missing assets with fan-made assets?

I really don't feel like buying a game I'll never play just to add assets to Garry's Mod.

Depends on what you want to add. There's a lot of mods out there (check the Steam Workshop for the game for everything that's definitely GMod 13 compatible, and it downloads the stuff into the game automatically for you when you start it up anyway instead of making you shuffle files around and breaking the game yourself), some of which are specifically out to add things like the Counter-Strike Source weapons or assets from various games. But I can't guarantee that you'll be running smoothly without Half-Life 2. One of the biggest problems, especially in multiplayer, is that servers will only download the model for something instead of the texture and it'll come out with a texture of purple and black blocks if it can't find something in the existing Steam files. Usually it can be mitigated by redownloading the specific stuff (though good luck if it's something added while joining multiplayer and you can't find the assets online), but sometimes it just plain expects you to have the right content.

I do know that there's a TTT pack on the Workshop in case you're missing Counter-Strike, so you can play what's literally the most popular multiplayer mode on there (as in player numbers of several thousand minimum at any given time).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on March 27, 2013, 05:48:51 pm
I'm so happy Bioshock: Infinite is out...

However, I have not played Bioshock 2. Honestly, is it worth giving that game a spin at least, because most of the time I always want to play the preceding game(s) first before playing the sequel(s).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 27, 2013, 06:10:54 pm
I'm so happy Bioshock: Infinite is out...

However, I have not played Bioshock 2. Honestly, is it worth giving that game a spin at least, because most of the time I always want to play the preceding game(s) first before playing the sequel(s).

I'd say playing the first BioShock will enhance the experience, but isn't necessary. I didn't play the second and I don't think I missed out on anything. BioShock 2 isn't even made by the same developers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 27, 2013, 06:24:28 pm
BioShock 2 is only somewhat of a direct continuation of the first one: it shows what happened to Rapture after the ending of the first game, but it's got a different protagonist and all different weapons since you're playing as a completely different kind of character. However, the first two only have a tenuous connection to Infinite at best outside of what gameplay and sound effects have been ported over. Their connection is explained toward the end of the story, but it's on a deeper level than simply prequel/sequel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 27, 2013, 06:25:58 pm
Playing BioShock 1 for the first time was a fantastic experience for me, I think BioShock 2 improved on some of the flaws of the first game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 27, 2013, 07:14:53 pm
I have a BioShock Infinite on hold, but I'm not going to be able to pick it up until this weekend. :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 27, 2013, 07:37:11 pm
I have a BioShock Infinite on hold, but I'm not going to be able to pick it up until this weekend. :(

It's a fucking good game, try to avoid spoilers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on March 27, 2013, 07:47:24 pm
Konami's conference today had the announcement of MGS: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain actually being the same game: Metal Gear Solid V.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw5t45tEPWQ


Gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PisJDUCdPqI


Also on the topic of Elder Scrolls:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on March 27, 2013, 08:07:46 pm
Also on the topic of Elder Scrolls:

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Pleeeeeaaaaaaaaase let this game be good!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 27, 2013, 08:16:22 pm
Ah, I see Kojima's love for gratuitous man ass shots has reached its graphic peak!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 27, 2013, 08:16:32 pm
Every time someone says TES:O is the first time we'll be seeing all of Tamriel in one game, I die a little inside.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 27, 2013, 08:24:45 pm
I'm so happy Bioshock: Infinite is out...

However, I have not played Bioshock 2. Honestly, is it worth giving that game a spin at least, because most of the time I always want to play the preceding game(s) first before playing the sequel(s).

Considering Bioshock Infinite is a spiritual prequel, you have no real need to play the first two.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on March 27, 2013, 08:27:38 pm
I'm so happy Bioshock: Infinite is out...

However, I have not played Bioshock 2. Honestly, is it worth giving that game a spin at least, because most of the time I always want to play the preceding game(s) first before playing the sequel(s).

Considering Bioshock Infinite is a spiritual prequel, you have no real need to play the first two.

Have you beaten the game? I don't want to spoil anything, but I'd say that having played the first one or at least knowing the story of it  enhances the game at a certain point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 27, 2013, 08:29:51 pm
I'm so happy Bioshock: Infinite is out...

However, I have not played Bioshock 2. Honestly, is it worth giving that game a spin at least, because most of the time I always want to play the preceding game(s) first before playing the sequel(s).

Considering Bioshock Infinite is a spiritual prequel, you have no real need to play the first two.

Have you beaten the game? I don't want to spoil anything, but I'd say that having played the first one or at least knowing the story of it  enhances the game at a certain point.

I said no real need for a reason. Enhancing something doesn't make it necessary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 27, 2013, 08:55:55 pm
Okay, I just finished BioShock: Infinite. no spoilers but holy fuck that ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 27, 2013, 09:06:56 pm
IGN is suffering huuuuge backlash for their walkthrough of it. They uploaded the entire thing (47 videos in all, with 30 vids being the actual walkthrough and two separate vids for the ending and post-credits sting, as well as an introduction video and 14 videos for all the voxophones) nearly instantaneously just before the midnight release, which resulted in all of the millions of subscribers getting their sub boxes spammed with BioShock Infinite videos that started to push the older videos in it out of line. They apparently uploaded them out of order as well before sorting them into the playlist (which resulted in chunks of the game missing for a time), there's a ton of problems where the sound didn't sync to the point where the entire initial Siren battle has the sound up to 5 seconds ahead of the action, and the video showing the battle on the Hand of the Prophet is in 240p even when you switch it to HD.

The comments are almost nothing but people saying "STOP SPAMMING!" and "UNSUBBED".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on March 28, 2013, 09:29:47 am
Well I've decided to jump on a bandwagon extremely late and got myself Garry's Mod for a whopping $2.49

I don't have Half Life 2, though, so this should be interesting...

The game comes with a handful of stuff from Half-Life 2 (since most Valve games reuse assets, it's easy to grab and copy them), but you may be missing quite a bit. Garry's Mod did start as a purely Half-Life 2 thing, after all.

Regardless, I find that the biggest draw is actually the multiplayer. Trouble In Terrorist Town is an especially popular one; try to go for the Crowbar Gaming server.

Don't forget the NoXiousNet game modes (if you can handle the stupidity of the playerbase).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 28, 2013, 12:29:51 pm
So far I have only downloaded DLC for one game, Dark Souls. if the new Bioshock gets some new story related content, I'm on that like a motherfucker. There were a few things I missed from the original Bioshocks though: the gun model changing with upgrades, the wider variety of plasmids/vigors. I think a inventory system like the one from System Shock 2 would be nice, being able to carry more than 2 guns and not having to dump gear permanently when you find replacements.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 28, 2013, 01:51:45 pm
So far I have only downloaded DLC for one game, Dark Souls. if the new Bioshock gets some new story related content, I'm on that like a motherfucker. There were a few things I missed from the original Bioshocks though: the gun model changing with upgrades, the wider variety of plasmids/vigors. I think a inventory system like the one from System Shock 2 would be nice, being able to carry more than 2 guns and not having to dump gear permanently when you find replacements.

It has 3 DLC planned... so I'm sure there is some story DLC in the works.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 29, 2013, 09:46:24 pm
I'm gonna get skewered for this, but I don't find Garrett's apparent new mask in Thief IV to be out-of-place.  But, 'fore you get the torches and pitchforks, lemme 'splain.  Garrett's a thief, a criminal in a city where death is a frequent punishment for far lesser offenses.  Therefore, it'd make sense for him to wear a mask, to conceal his identity and make it so the guards and such have a harder time identifying him.

Might be a bit off, but at least its got a decent, logical reason behind it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 29, 2013, 10:04:43 pm
I'm gonna get skewered for this, but I don't find Garrett's apparent new mask in Thief IV to be out-of-place.  But, 'fore you get the torches and pitchforks, lemme 'splain.  Garrett's a thief, a criminal in a city where death is a frequent punishment for far lesser offenses.  Therefore, it'd make sense for him to wear a mask, to conceal his identity and make it so the guards and such have a harder time identifying him.

Might be a bit off, but at least its got a decent, logical reason behind it.

Shit, the guy can't even walk down the street at night without guards calling him a thief and trying to stab him on sight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 29, 2013, 11:17:15 pm
I'm gonna get skewered for this, but I don't find Garrett's apparent new mask in Thief IV to be out-of-place.  But, 'fore you get the torches and pitchforks, lemme 'splain.  Garrett's a thief, a criminal in a city where death is a frequent punishment for far lesser offenses.  Therefore, it'd make sense for him to wear a mask, to conceal his identity and make it so the guards and such have a harder time identifying him.

Might be a bit off, but at least its got a decent, logical reason behind it.

Why am I not surprised people are whining about something as simple as a cloth mask?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 30, 2013, 02:12:46 am
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 30, 2013, 02:23:51 am
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I think the ending followed the same path Ken Levine did with his previous games by subverting gamers' expectations.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 30, 2013, 04:01:08 am
I'm gonna get skewered for this, but I don't find Garrett's apparent new mask in Thief IV to be out-of-place.  But, 'fore you get the torches and pitchforks, lemme 'splain.  Garrett's a thief, a criminal in a city where death is a frequent punishment for far lesser offenses.  Therefore, it'd make sense for him to wear a mask, to conceal his identity and make it so the guards and such have a harder time identifying him.

Might be a bit off, but at least its got a decent, logical reason behind it.

Why am I not surprised people are whining about something as simple as a cloth mask?

Because a lot of the more adamant bits of the Thief fandom are complete wankers with whom Garrett would be ashamed to be associated?  (badumtsh!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on March 30, 2013, 04:33:06 am
I'm gonna get skewered for this, but I don't find Garrett's apparent new mask in Thief IV to be out-of-place.  But, 'fore you get the torches and pitchforks, lemme 'splain.  Garrett's a thief, a criminal in a city where death is a frequent punishment for far lesser offenses.  Therefore, it'd make sense for him to wear a mask, to conceal his identity and make it so the guards and such have a harder time identifying him.

Might be a bit off, but at least its got a decent, logical reason behind it.

Why am I not surprised people are whining about something as simple as a cloth mask?

Because a lot of the more adamant bits of the Thief fandom are complete wankers with whom Garrett would be ashamed to be associated?  (badumtsh!)

Pretty much.

Now that I think about it, didn't Garrett's model in Thief 2 have a cloth mask?  I remember thinking "Oh I didn't expect that" when an LPer showed me his model with one of those camera devices.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on March 31, 2013, 09:51:59 pm
Finished Mass Effect 1 again but I kinda rushed it. It won't hurt me too badly later on. Now I'm on to ME2 and hello the real TIM.

Also, the PS3 version basically had an HD upgrade.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 01, 2013, 10:01:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHtoo2EVEc

So this is here now.

I gotta say, I'm not sure how I feel about Garrett's new VA.  I miss Stephen Russell, but I wanna give this guy a chance, too.  Who knows?  Maybe he can pull off Deadpan Snark just as well as Russell could.

I gotta say, though, the nod towards the gamers who "Ghost" the Thief games was brilliant.  A great way to show that the people responsible for marketing know their audience.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 01, 2013, 10:06:06 pm
I know I'm late to the party, but I've started a play-through of the original Bioshock. Damn, that's a fantastic game. When I'm done, I'm definitely going to play both of the System Shocks (that is assuming I can legally download System Shock from somewhere).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 01, 2013, 11:11:24 pm
I know I'm late to the party, but I've started a play-through of the original Bioshock. Damn, that's a fantastic game. When I'm done, I'm definitely going to play both of the System Shocks (that is assuming I can legally download System Shock from somewhere).

System Shock 2 can be legally downloaded for $10 from Good Old Games (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/system_shock_2). The original one can only be played on DOS, meaning that it's effectively legal to emulate it. This link (http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=211.0) on what's as close as you'll get to an official System Shock fan forum packages the emulator with the game, so all you need to do is download, follow the instructions given when you start the game, and play.

Keep in mind, though, it's a 1994 FPS that was one of the first (if not THE first) to have full 3D environments, including looking up and down and even leaning like a modern tactical shooter. It's also got a lot of items and weapons (more than both BioShocks combined, probably), alternate ammo types, audio emails and logs, and interactive environments. All in an era when most computers didn't have a mouse. So even with the mouselook mod packaged with the game in the link I gave, it's extremely clunky. The mouselook mod doesn't even really make it a full FPS control scheme: it works by locking the cursor to the center of the screen and making it so that the mouse motions control the camera, so it works like a regular FPS most of the time until you pick up an item and need to Tab back to "inventory mode" (really the actual mode the game was played in) to put it in your inventory. Trying to play it without the mouselook mod basically requires relearning how to play computer games.

Also, you may notice a ridiculous amount of similarities with BioShock when you play System Shock 2. Along with the aforementioned audio logs, radio/email communication with someone guiding you, and alternate ammo types, you've got the ghosts retelling what occurred before you arrived, researching enemies to gain bonuses against them (though much more in depth, involving the right chemicals from storerooms around the game to research and requiring certain items and weapons to be researched before they can be used), a short hacking minigame that can be bypassed with a limited amount of automatic devices, vending machines that can be hacked and dispense both standard and unusual items side-by-side (like grenades and chips), a grenade launcher instead of throwable grenades, hackable turrets, security cameras that summon enemies if they see you for too long, and various psionic powers that require hypos to recharge. And Ken Levine's preference for messing with common video game tropes and playing on the player's expectations as part of the plot. Though really, everyone knows the plot twist by now.

That said, it's also much more detailed than BioShock in some manner. There's several different melee weapons with different properties, firearms degrade and can break (requiring maintenance tools or a repair skill to fix), it has a large RPG-style stat system that requires upgrading your stats to wield certain weapons or perform research and learn new psionic powers, and a grid inventory with limited space (upgradeable by increasing your Strength stat or taking a one-time boost from one of 4 upgrade machines in the game), and implants (basically like gene tonics in BioShock) have limited power and are disposable items.

One good tip: if you raise your Standard weapon skill to 6, you can use the assault rifle (there's on available from the first deck if you know the Medical armory code or hack it open). It takes the same ammo as the pistol, but fully automatic and with much higher damage. Since pistols are the most common firearm after the shotguns that many enemies use and you can take ammo from discarded guns, it makes the pistol obsolete and will probably become a primary firearm for the whole game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 01, 2013, 11:51:45 pm
The original one can only be played on DOS, meaning that it's effectively legal to emulate it. This link (http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=211.0) on what's as close as you'll get to an official System Shock fan forum packages the emulator with the game, so all you need to do is download, follow the instructions given when you start the game, and play.
Emulation is fine, yes. But only if either the game is freeware or you've already paid for it. System Shock is not freeware and since I don't already own a copy, downloading it for free would be piracy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 12:05:52 am
The original one can only be played on DOS, meaning that it's effectively legal to emulate it. This link (http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=211.0) on what's as close as you'll get to an official System Shock fan forum packages the emulator with the game, so all you need to do is download, follow the instructions given when you start the game, and play.
Emulation is fine, yes. But only if either the game is freeware or you've already paid for it. System Shock is not freeware and since I don't already own a copy, downloading it for free would be piracy.

It's usually listed as abandonware, which is why I emphasized that it's legal. The creator and publisher shut down over a decade ago, the game ceased production in the 90s (and finding an actual copy is like finding gold, since they only sold 170,000 copies), and extremely few computers can play it without emulation and a digital copy ready for it. The one I linked is actually a fan-made version specifically built for emulation on modern computers. Finding ethical objections in it is rather silly by any logical or moral standard; almost nobody would ever be able to play it otherwise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 02, 2013, 12:16:46 am
The original one can only be played on DOS, meaning that it's effectively legal to emulate it. This link (http://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=211.0) on what's as close as you'll get to an official System Shock fan forum packages the emulator with the game, so all you need to do is download, follow the instructions given when you start the game, and play.
Emulation is fine, yes. But only if either the game is freeware or you've already paid for it. System Shock is not freeware and since I don't already own a copy, downloading it for free would be piracy.
It's usually listed as abandonware, which is why I emphasized that it's legal. The creator and publisher shut down over a decade ago, the game ceased production in the 90s (and finding an actual copy is like finding gold, since they only sold 170,000 copies), and extremely few computers can play it without emulation and a digital copy ready for it. The one I linked is actually a fan-made version specifically built for emulation on modern computers. Finding ethical objections in it is rather silly by any logical or moral standard; almost nobody would ever be able to play it otherwise.
You know that abandonware isn't actually a thing, legally speaking, right? It's a fanmade term for commercial software that's no longer being sold anywhere, not an actual software license. From what I've found out, the rights to System Shock are now held by EA and it's not been made freeware or anything of the sort, so it's still not legal to download for free.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 02, 2013, 12:21:43 am
What about Afterlife the old Lucas arts sim
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 12:27:00 am
Well, it hasn't been in manufacture for many years and every copy has been sold. It's not available for legal digital distribution anywhere either. The copyright holders have literally made all of the money that they will ever make on it as long as they don't begin reselling it. If you're not willing to download something that hasn't actually been offered since the 90s, then there's a good chance that you will never play it unless you want to drop serious dough. These are the only copies (http://compare.ebay.com/like/271139064447?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar) I can find, all secondhand and in the realm of $72 to $125. Meaning that EA is making no money off of your sale.

Morally objecting to freely downloading a game that has sold all of the copies that it can sell, has not been in production for a long time, and cannot run without emulation due to its age is akin to morally objecting to privately building a Model T on the basis that it's stealing profit from Ford.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 02, 2013, 12:38:02 am
I wasn't talking about the ethics of it. Ethically, I don't mind as long as it's truly not being sold anywhere by the publisher (many of these abandonware web sites are quite lax on this front) and that should it ever come up for sale again, any who downloaded a copy for free then pay for it. My objection was your claim that it's legal, especially because you seemed to be implying that you think "abandonware" is an actual software license.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 12:48:00 am
It's legal in the sense that not a single soul would ever prosecute it, and pretty much nobody would even bat an eye. I'm fairly confident that the original developers and publishers would be perfectly fine with it, seeing as how nobody is making money from it and it brings new fans to the IP. EA would have to be completely evil to try and sto--wait, shit....
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 02, 2013, 01:01:47 am
It's legal in the sense...
No, it's not. Legality is not a subjective thing. Just because illegal actions aren't prosecuted doesn't make them any less illegal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 01:15:51 am
So are you afraid of prosecution?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 02, 2013, 01:41:04 am
So are you afraid of prosecution?

Why does he have to be afraid of prosecution before he can simply not want to do something illegal?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Bender_Rodríguez on April 02, 2013, 02:03:13 am
I just played through Batman: Arkham Asylum again.  That is one hell of a good game.  I"m at 85% complete.  I managed to get all of the Riddler stuff this time too.  Damn what a good feeling.  Now I just have to master all the challenges.  Which means I'm probably done for a while.  Time to move on to Arkam City
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: agentCDE on April 02, 2013, 02:37:10 am
So I got the new XCOM with Bioshock: Infinite, right?

Turns out I'm actually being sucked into XCOM. I just finished my second run on normal (Ironman mode this time) and am trying to start up a Classic Ironman run.

Classic difficulty is not like normal difficulty.

Normal is fair. Normal is fun. Normal is good.

Classic... lives up to its name. The classic, X-COM: UFO Defense, would not hesitate to kick you in the junk. Classic XCOM: Enemy Unknown does not, either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 02:50:41 am
So are you afraid of prosecution?

Why does he have to be afraid of prosecution before he can simply not want to do something illegal?

Unless you're willing to drop close to or more than $100 for the game alone and spend more time and/or money setting up so you can play it because it's so outdated, you're probably not going to get to experience said work. All of the copies that can be sold have been sold, and the copyright holder has made all of the money they can off of the game as long as they continue to not put it up for distribution. The developer and publisher dissolved within less than a decade of its creation, so none of them are going to make any profit in the first place. You're not really committing an act of theft (because you're not denying profit or taking property from another), which is why people are fine with it.

It's a violation of the law on an even lesser level than making an illegal U-turn while driving, or forgetting to put your blinker on while turning, or jaywalking, or dropping a gum wrapper on the sidewalk. Downloading System Shock exposes you to no personal risk and doesn't contribute to any larger problem. It's literally the only way most people are able to experience the game, and I think the creators would rather someone download and play the game than have their work reach a smaller audience.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 02, 2013, 03:02:22 am
Eh, I know a few people here who would disagree with you still on the level of harm.  One of them is an artist.

Also, some people refuse to drop gum wrappers on the sidewalk because they know that eventually, that trash is going to end up somewhere and it's going to have to be cleaned.  Jaywalking can result in dead pedestrians, forgetting to put your blinker on can result in an accident when someone believes that you're not going to turn, and U-turns can also result in car accidents -- or at the very least both of the previous ones result in pissing off lots of other drivers who have now missed their one chance to turn and have to sit there for several more minutes waiting for the next opportunity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 03:05:18 am
Eh, I know a few people here who would disagree with you still on the level of harm.  One of them is an artist.

Also, some people refuse to drop gum wrappers on the sidewalk because they know that eventually, that trash is going to end up somewhere and it's going to have to be cleaned.  Jaywalking can result in dead pedestrians, forgetting to put your blinker on can result in an accident when someone believes that you're not going to turn, and U-turns can also result in car accidents -- or at the very least both of the previous ones result in pissing off lots of other drivers who have now missed their one chance to turn and have to sit there for several more minutes waiting for the next opportunity.

You don't seem to have fully read my post. I mentioned at the very beginning of that paragraph that downloading System Shock is a lesser level than those because it "exposes you to no personal risk and doesn't contribute to any larger problem." The point it was making was that all four of those actions are extremely minor in legal terms and people do them regularly, and downloading System Shock for free is far, far less bad than any of that.

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Eh, I know a few people here who would disagree with you still on the level of harm.  One of them is an artist.

I'm not entirely sure why they would disagree in this situation. It's not like downloading Skyrim; as I've said over and over, all of the copies that have been made have been sold. Very few people can even play the game because of how old it is. The publisher and developer have both dissolved, so the creator no longer has control of their product anyway, and the current copyright holder continues to not sell the game in any form. As long as this situation exists, the free downloading on systemshock.org is the only way the majority of the world will get to see their work and become a fan. I'd think any artist would rather their work be experienced and enjoyed than to have it sit and do absolutely nothing and be seen by less than 200,000 people.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 02, 2013, 03:14:46 am
So are you afraid of prosecution?
No, as I just said, I don't mind piracy in this particular case, just as long as anyone who downloaded it does pay for it if and when it becomes available to purchase. I'm just pointing out that it is still very much illegal, and claiming otherwise (and especially saying that abandonware is an actual software license) is objectively wrong. That's all, really.

Personally, I'd rather just wait until I can buy it legit. It really shouldn't take that long, considering EA is already partnered with GOG and System Shock 2 has just been released.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 02, 2013, 04:43:52 am
I'm starting what is perhaps my millionth playthru of ME2.

I wonder if I can try to legitimately--- nope. Can't romance anyone else but Liara. My Shep just cannot compute turians, drell, or Jacob. And she finds Kelly to be touched in the head.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 02, 2013, 06:18:44 am
So I got the new XCOM with Bioshock: Infinite, right?

Turns out I'm actually being sucked into XCOM. I just finished my second run on normal (Ironman mode this time) and am trying to start up a Classic Ironman run.

Classic difficulty is not like normal difficulty.

Normal is fair. Normal is fun. Normal is good.

Classic... lives up to its name. The classic, X-COM: UFO Defense, would not hesitate to kick you in the junk. Classic XCOM: Enemy Unknown does not, either.
X-Com is awesome. There's no real way around that. Shame about the DLC though...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 06:27:11 am
So are you afraid of prosecution?
No, as I just said, I don't mind piracy in this particular case, just as long as anyone who downloaded it does pay for it if and when it becomes available to purchase. I'm just pointing out that it is still very much illegal, and claiming otherwise (and especially saying that abandonware is an actual software license) is objectively wrong. That's all, really.

Personally, I'd rather just wait until I can buy it legit. It really shouldn't take that long, considering EA is already partnered with GOG and System Shock 2 has just been released.

It may take longer than expected, since System Shock was designed for MS-DOS and thus HAS to be emulated unless you've got a vintage 90s operating system and a physical copy. Unless they want to simply take the systemshock.org style and package an emulator with it, they'll need to make a lot of modifications to the game or even build it from the ground up to make it work on modern computers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 02, 2013, 06:38:02 am
It may take longer than expected, since System Shock was designed for MS-DOS and thus HAS to be emulated unless you've got a vintage 90s operating system and a physical copy. Unless they want to simply take the systemshock.org style and package an emulator with it, they'll need to make a lot of modifications to the game or even build it from the ground up to make it work on modern computers.
I present to you, DOSBox (http://www.dosbox.com/), GOG's main workhorse when it comes to DOS emulation. It's simply a matter of finding the right settings and replacing the original .exe with a DOSBox custom boot-up (or whatever they're called). Relatively speaking, it takes no time at all to get an old DOS title running on a modern OS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 02, 2013, 09:05:52 am
Navigating the clusterfuck of licensing issues will probably delay any strictly legal System Shock release. I don't think EA actually owns the System Shock property anymore, GOG had to make a deal with some insurance company that bought the IP way back when to re-release it.

But luckily, the System Shock 2 plot is mostly independent from the first one so you can still enjoy it, and there are a few hi-res mods out there to bump up the graphics somewhat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 02, 2013, 09:55:24 am
Strangest thing. While trying to figure out who owns System Shock, I read that the first Dead Space was supposed to be System Shock 3. Of course, that's probably bullshit (or more likely it was supposed to be a spiritual sequel, kind of like a crappier Bioshock), but quite amusing nevertheless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 02, 2013, 11:55:41 am
I remember the Dead Space announcement being made around the same time as EA renewing their trademark on the System Shock name. Probably best they didn't develop a sequel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 02, 2013, 12:01:14 pm
So I got the new XCOM with Bioshock: Infinite, right?

Turns out I'm actually being sucked into XCOM. I just finished my second run on normal (Ironman mode this time) and am trying to start up a Classic Ironman run.

Classic difficulty is not like normal difficulty.

Normal is fair. Normal is fun. Normal is good.

Classic... lives up to its name. The classic, X-COM: UFO Defense, would not hesitate to kick you in the junk. Classic XCOM: Enemy Unknown does not, either.
X-Com is awesome. There's no real way around that. Shame about the DLC though...
What DLC slingshot is good
I dont play on ironman and I have this issue with the lack of a 5th difficulty Normal and Classic have a too big gap
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 05:07:23 pm
Navigating the clusterfuck of licensing issues will probably delay any strictly legal System Shock release. I don't think EA actually owns the System Shock property anymore, GOG had to make a deal with some insurance company that bought the IP way back when to re-release it.

But luckily, the System Shock 2 plot is mostly independent from the first one so you can still enjoy it, and there are a few hi-res mods out there to bump up the graphics somewhat.

The licensing clusterfuck is the entire reason why System Shock 2 not only took so long to be re-released, but why the creators are doubtful that we'll see more content for the IP in the foreseeable future. A bunch of different people and companies held copyright to all sorts of different parts of the game and franchise, and simply releasing the game for digital distribution took a massive effort to work out everything between all of the different parties involved. If they want to make a sequel or prequel or anything like that, they'd need to do the same dance all over again unless one single company buys the IP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 02, 2013, 08:02:29 pm
I remember the Dead Space announcement being made around the same time as EA renewing their trademark on the System Shock name. Probably best they didn't develop a sequel.
Amen to that. I've never played Dead Space myself, but from what I know, the story is nowhere near System Shock standards.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 02, 2013, 08:43:28 pm
Okay, Thief fans have proven that they're pretty much just as stupid as the Morrowind fans.

"Why's he wearing a mask the original Garrett didn't wear a mask!"
"Why'd he take off the mask, they aren't supposed to show his face!"
"Why's he got the mechanical eye already, isn't this supposed to be a reboot?" (Okay this one is a valid point but stated in a whining manner -- it's also extremely easy to get around if one stops to think for 5 seconds)
"IT ISN'T GARRETT IF IT ISN'T STEPHEN RUSSELL OH MY GOD IT'S RUINED FOREVER" (I thought you were Thief fans.  Apparently you're just Stephen Russell fans.)
"Oh my god it's going to be just another game where you have the option of combat and aren't solely forced to rely on stealth!" (I thought options were good?  Besides, how can you tell that from a minute long trailer in which the only offensive thing Garrett does is drop a bomb that may or may not be a flashbang?  Which does not constitute as "combat" by the way.)
"WHY NO STEPHEN RUSSELL OH MY GOD EIDOS YOU SUCK" (Seriously shut up about Russell already)
"I can already tell this is just going to be another game catering to a casual audience." (Anyone who says this unironically is stupid.)

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 02, 2013, 08:53:11 pm
[Reads rant]

CONGRATULATIONS, ZACH, YOU HAVE REACHED ENLIGHTENMENT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 09:09:56 pm
I think a lot of the "Old games used to be hardcore!" stuff comes from the difficulties with playing them. Games have been constantly evolving, and the 90s had a lot of games that did things similar to what modern games do, but much less streamlined. Look at the original System Shock, like I mentioned earlier in this thread. You've got alternate ammo, plenty of varied weapons, a fully 3D game world with the ability to look up and down and shoot in any direction, leaning around corners, limited resources, etc. Think about how many games do that now. Now consider that it came out in 1994, before the age of mouselook. You need to use keys or click on parts of the screen to move the camera, with the cursor being where you aim and what you pick up. Even with a new mouselook mod that gives a facsimile of modern game design, it's clunky has hell. Without that, you basically need to remap your brain when it comes to FPS gameplay.

Now, the FPS genre has left that experimental age. All of the things System Shock pioneered are now typical and expected, but we've greatly advanced in control schemes and playability. There's more shooters out there now, since it's no longer the brand new genre it was decades ago (you'll notice in old media that first-person shooters were often derisively called "Doom clones" before it became the norm), and we've reached certain expected standards for how they control. The games of the past aren't any more difficult than modern games, just more primitive; imagine playing Black Ops 2 with the same controls as the original Doom or Wolfenstein 3D and think about how much raw skill and practice is needed just to overcome the difficulties in doing anything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 02, 2013, 09:24:56 pm
I gotta say, I'm not sure how I feel about Garrett's new VA.  I miss Stephen Russell, but I wanna give this guy a chance, too.  Who knows?  Maybe he can pull off Deadpan Snark just as well as Russell could.

I'm honestly impressed with the new VA, and this is coming from someone who freaking LOVES Stephen Russell and expected Garrett's new voice to be horrendous. Thank fudge they picked a good guy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 02, 2013, 10:02:50 pm
Zacky, you now see why I avoid gaming forums and other...conglomerations altogether.  They start out nice, lots of decent people talking about things they enjoy like regular bloody humans.  Then, you get a few loud assholes, who attract other loud assholes, eventually leading to the board either going into a state of constant war, or becoming a vocal echo chamber of sheer idiocy, fury, and many times, disgusting pompousness.

Honestly, I think this reboot of Thief looks fairly promising.  Yeah, it looks modernized, but that happens.  Modern doesn't mean bad, and with as long as this has been in development...well, lemme put it like this: Guild Wars 2 took an inordinate amount of time to develop.  Some launch bugs and such aside, on release, the game was (and still is) absolutely phenomenal, and very well worth both the money and the wait.  I shall remain cautiously optimistic about this, because this has the potential to be absolutely amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 10:12:23 pm
I wonder what they'd say if it still had the same graphics and physics engines of the early 2000s Thief games. Probably be complaining about it being old and boring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 02, 2013, 10:25:46 pm
Dungeon Fighter Online (http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/nexon-closing-north-american-dungeon-fighter-online/) and Digimon Battle (http://digimonbattle.wemade.net/news/news_notice_view.asp?p=3ce74393&s=3d02679f3cf4d5993d0ff9a5&f=3d16c2a83d02679f3d02679f#main_banner) are closing this month.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 02, 2013, 10:35:06 pm
Apparently, the XBLA version of the former WON'T be closing down.

Speaking of the Xbox 360, I've imported a copy of Ginga Force, and it set me back almost $90! Hooray for Weird Currency Shit!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 02, 2013, 11:04:25 pm
I think a lot of the "Old games used to be hardcore!" stuff comes from the difficulties with playing them. Games have been constantly evolving, and the 90s had a lot of games that did things similar to what modern games do, but much less streamlined.

In a way, that's kind of a good point.

In a hilarious bit of hypocrisy, I notice that a lot of the whining about Skyrim's new Legendary difficulty mode is that it's "artificial difficulty."  (Psst.  It's noti.)

People are saying Skyrim's overall not as hard as Morrowind.  Guess what made Morrowind hard?  LEGITIMATE artificial difficulty.

Same for Arena and Daggerfall.  Same for most of the NES games.  Artificial difficulty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 02, 2013, 11:06:39 pm
I think a lot of the "Old games used to be hardcore!" stuff comes from the difficulties with playing them. Games have been constantly evolving, and the 90s had a lot of games that did things similar to what modern games do, but much less streamlined.

In a way, that's kind of a good point.

In a hilarious bit of hypocrisy, I notice that a lot of the whining about Skyrim's new Legendary difficulty mode is that it's "artificial difficulty."

People are saying it's not as hard as Morrowind.  Guess what made Morrowind hard?  LEGITIMATE artificial difficulty.

Same for Arena and Daggerfall.  Same for most of the NES games.  Artificial difficulty.

Oh God, yes. There's a reason it's called "Nintendo Hard" on TV Tropes, and why the trope pages related to artificial difficulty list so many classics.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 02, 2013, 11:08:24 pm
Dungeon Fighter Online (http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/04/02/nexon-closing-north-american-dungeon-fighter-online/) and Digimon Battle (http://digimonbattle.wemade.net/news/news_notice_view.asp?p=3ce74393&s=3d02679f3cf4d5993d0ff9a5&f=3d16c2a83d02679f3d02679f#main_banner) are closing this month.

I couldn't care less about the latter.

The former, however... dammit.  I was kinda hoping we'd get to see the Female Slayer on western shores, and eventually other features as well.

Well, so much for that...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 03, 2013, 01:42:58 am
Ever since the announcement of Might & Magic X I've finally got around to playing the previous titles. they focus more on feeling powerful and slaughtering entire dungeons rather than dialogue but they are fun as fuck, especially in the 8th title when you can decide to break the game and hire dragons into your party.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on April 03, 2013, 03:49:32 am
Dear Lagiacrus,

I hate you so damn much and when I capture you, it will be the first and last time.

Your enemy,

-Mechtaur.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 03, 2013, 08:52:09 am
I think a lot of the "Old games used to be hardcore!" stuff comes from the difficulties with playing them. Games have been constantly evolving, and the 90s had a lot of games that did things similar to what modern games do, but much less streamlined.

In a way, that's kind of a good point.

In a hilarious bit of hypocrisy, I notice that a lot of the whining about Skyrim's new Legendary difficulty mode is that it's "artificial difficulty."  (Psst.  It's noti.)

People are saying Skyrim's overall not as hard as Morrowind.  Guess what made Morrowind hard?  LEGITIMATE artificial difficulty.

Same for Arena and Daggerfall.  Same for most of the NES games.  Artificial difficulty.
Agame with artificial difficulty is Boarderlands multiplayer (the enemies just take more hits to kill nothing more )
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 03, 2013, 01:46:36 pm
I think a lot of the "Old games used to be hardcore!" stuff comes from the difficulties with playing them. Games have been constantly evolving, and the 90s had a lot of games that did things similar to what modern games do, but much less streamlined.

In a way, that's kind of a good point.

In a hilarious bit of hypocrisy, I notice that a lot of the whining about Skyrim's new Legendary difficulty mode is that it's "artificial difficulty."  (Psst.  It's noti.)

People are saying Skyrim's overall not as hard as Morrowind.  Guess what made Morrowind hard?  LEGITIMATE artificial difficulty.

Same for Arena and Daggerfall.  Same for most of the NES games.  Artificial difficulty.
Agame with artificial difficulty is Boarderlands multiplayer (the enemies just take more hits to kill nothing more )

I don't really consider that artificial difficulty necessarily.  More like "Make it so that multiplayer doesn't make the game easier than piss."  Diablo II, a game that's lumped in with Morrowind for having a lot of nostalgic fanboys, had that same effect, and no one ever complained about it having artificial difficulty (at least not without being laughed off of every message board they were on)

In Skyrim, raising the difficulty decreases the damage you do and increases the damage you take.  And while that can be artificial difficulty at times, Legendary is a large enough leap that it actually forces you to play more carefully.  We're talking about a high level character with defense capped getting two-shotted by bandits.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 03, 2013, 06:02:51 pm
You know what RPG series has stuff in addition to artificial difficulty? Ys! Not only do bosses hit harder, among other things, but their attack patterns are harder to dodge!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 03, 2013, 06:36:36 pm
So I preorderd Pokemon X and Y today as well as picking up Bioshock Infinate and I am currently installing the game as I type this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 03, 2013, 08:35:42 pm
So I preorderd Pokemon X and Y today as well as picking up Bioshock Infinate and I am currently installing the game as I type this.
Damned nostalgia is tempting me into this gen of pokemon. Just something utterly mindless to fritter away time without needing to be a twitch game, sounds really nice.

Trancedence is filling the gap at the moment, and doing a bang up job for a free game:
http://transcendence.kronosaur.com/index.html

Site needs to be updated more, but it's like an escape velocity game that sucks less, and is interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 03, 2013, 09:55:02 pm
So after deleting a metric shit ton of saves, I finally got Skyrim to stop freezing on me and am now enjoying the Dragonborn dlc again.  There's one spot on the east end of the island where you can actually see Red Mountain in the distance with smoke bellowing out of it.  When I first noticed it, there were even some Netch floating around in front of me.

Also, I beat the Bioshock Infinite.  Holy shit...  Game of the Year right there.  Seriously.  I missed a couple, but I even went out of my way to get as many audio recordings and stuff as I could find.  The backstory, the art, the plot, everything was just epic.

MAJOR SPOILERS
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 03, 2013, 10:51:35 pm
I made a scenic ride:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khILrWoeyn8

Still have no idea how to control rail speed, as there doesn't seem to be a way to slow it down besides going uphill.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 03, 2013, 10:54:27 pm
Bought the new borderlands 2 DLC. Goddamn I love it when they raise the level cap
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 05, 2013, 01:55:59 am
Bought the new borderlands 2 DLC. Goddamn I love it when they raise the level cap

Unfortunately to actually get to the new one you basically have to go to the new mode they added on.

Also I am on playthrough one billion of Mass Effect 3 on 360 while working my way thru ME2 on PS3.

...What?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 05, 2013, 03:28:51 am
So I've been playing Quest for Glory 5 as the one class I haven't yet -- Fighter.

I've played it as a Paladin, Wizard, and Thief, all to great success, but I've been hesitant about playing the Fighter.

First of all, one thing you should know about Quest for Glory 5.  The combat system is terrible.  The pre-rendered backgrounds kill all depth perception you have.  You have two battle methods, the cheap kind and the involved kind.  Cheap kind is to left click repeatedly on the enemy, which makes the hero do his fast attack.  And then you just chug pills to eat the damage.

The involved kind involves switching to keyboard controls.  You use the arrow keys to move and turn.  F is a fast attack.  G is a strong attack.  D raises your shield to block attacks.  You can hold down CTRL to change how you move around a bit.

Yes, it's a pretty terrible battle system, because it's hard to tell where the enemy is, and you have to turn to face them, which can get troublesome because of taking damage.  However, this is probably the most fun I've had with physical combat in years.  Blocking attacks, trying to slip my blade in between their defenses, and so forth.  It's awesome.

That being said, all of this Fighter play is making me want to raise up a Paladin from Quest for Glory 3 onwards (since QFG3 is the earliest you can play one).  The two become very different in the fifth game, whereas in the third and fourth game, the Paladin is basically a Super Fighter with a better weapon, self-healing powers, and a passive defense ability, as well as a better plotline.

Ha...

One of the things that makes QFG5 so different between a Fighter and a Paladin is that, while the Paladin has the best weapon in the game (it's as strong as the Fighter's strongest sword, but it also gains an additional boost to damage from your Honor stat) the Paladin has an express desire to avoid unnecessary conflict (outside of random battles).  Two of their abilities are a superpowerful fear which sends all enemies fleeing (which results in a non-violent victory) and a superpowerful calm ability that essentially allows you to just walk past enemies no problem.  (Attacking an enemy that's calmed will cost you honor points, though.)

The Fighter, however, thrives in conflict.  Cerberus willing to let you pass through with a bribe of food?  Nope!  Stab him in his three faces.  The Queen of the Tritons is willing to listen to reason if you give her flowers?  Slaughter her guards instead and intimidate her into peace.  The Thief gets around the problem, the Wizard attacks the problem from multiple angles, the Paladin tries to resolve the problem with peace first, sword later, and the Fighter just outright murders the problem.

I love this game series.  It needed to be more than a cult classic :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 05, 2013, 04:50:43 am
Sid Meiers Pirates.  I love the chain shot.  A few blasts and the enemy surrenders.  I also a made a running joke of giving my ships silly names, like the Unicorn, Fuzzy Rabbit, and Bunny Lake.  I also defeated Blackbeard and took his ship, the Queen Ann's Revenge.  I renamed it the Hush Puppy.  I can pretty much drop and ship's sails in 1-2 shots.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 05, 2013, 10:05:23 am
I was going to try to enjoy The Old Republic
As soon as I started they said that I can't get rest experience unless I subscribe
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on April 05, 2013, 12:53:40 pm
I'm finally getting to play Monster Hunter Ultimate online today, after I get the tunnel set up on the Wii U. (I have to play on the 3DS)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on April 05, 2013, 05:06:21 pm
I was going to try to enjoy The Old Republic
As soon as I started they said that I can't get rest experience unless I subscribe

Honestly, it doesn't matter. Rest XP helps, but if you do all the quests on a planet, you'll still outlevel the planet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 06, 2013, 09:29:34 am
If there was anyone who wanted to play those old D&D games, gog's got all of them on sale
http://www.gog.com/promo/hasbro_stacking_weekend_promo_050413

20 bucks for the lot including some of the best RPGs ever. And I'm not the kind of person to say that lightly, they're good enough they make D&D rules enjoyable. Then theres... the rest. But frankly you get the last couple for less than 50 or 10 cents a piece, soo.... everything but dragonshard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 07, 2013, 06:45:50 am
Peter Moore had a response to EA being named "Worst Company in America"
(click to show/hide)

A few points.

1. Even if Always-On gaming isn't DRM, it's still completely stupid, especially since many gamers don't live in areas where the most stable of internet is an option.
2. If people really voted EA for "worst company" because some of their games give the option of a gay romance... well, let me put it this way.  They are entitled to their opinion, but their opinion is fucking stupid.
3. This letter reads like self-wank.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 07, 2013, 07:15:10 am
Peter Moore did make some good points in his post as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 07, 2013, 08:27:11 am
While EA was uber anti consumer I still say BOA is far far more evil
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 07, 2013, 10:34:05 am
That point about 45 Million Origin users is bullshit, because I'm pretty sure you HAVE to make an Origin account to play games like Mass Effect Trilogy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 07, 2013, 10:42:21 am
That point about 45 Million Origin users is bullshit, because I'm pretty sure you HAVE to make an Origin account to play games like Mass Effect Trilogy.

THIS. I was forced to make an account to receive updates for my games. I didn't willingly sign up for that shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 07, 2013, 10:47:59 am
That point about 45 Million Origin users is bullshit, because I'm pretty sure you HAVE to make an Origin account to play games like Mass Effect Trilogy.

That's the entire reason. Origin has absolutely zero advantages over Steam, and is frankly a terrible system. Not to mention that it (at least the early versions; they apparently removed it) actually added spyware to your computer. Literally the only reason anyone uses Origin is for games that force you to download it, or can only be digitally downloaded from Origin because EA pulled the games off Steam. Nerd Cubed covered the Origin platform in one of his vlogs/rants, and pointed out the inherent stupidity in trying to make more money by pulling your game from a distributor in the hopes of denying them a little cash.

By the way, I looked at some of the current Steam deals when I last logged in. They're bundling games and DLC/expansions together for the price of the base game simply for pre-ordering. Like if you pre-order Dead Island: Riptide, you get the game with DLC and the original Dead Island all for $60. I got Killing Floor for something like $4 a while back, and I logged in yesterday and suddenly found that I had a day left on a Red Orchestra 2 free trial that I didn't realize I got. I don't see Origin having as many deals and offers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 07, 2013, 01:21:25 pm
Daisy Fitroy can go rot in hell.

Ironbite-glad she got what's coming to her.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 08, 2013, 01:26:08 am
Okay, I think I'm going to like the new Thief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le4lJe5tEpc

Looks like they actually listened to the sensible fans, and are making it modern, yet awesome.  Honestly, if they have rope arrows (or their cousins, vine arrows), I'm going to need a change of fuckin underwear, because I LOVED those things.  Hell, still do.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 08, 2013, 01:41:06 am
I've heard that they're going for kind of a clawshot deal, but I've only heard this.  I for one wouldn't mind a reusable version of a rope/vine arrow (especially since good players learned how to survive with just one rope arrow anyways) but yeah.

I must admit, I'm doubly rejoicing at the navigational system.  I get lost so easily in Thief 1 to the point where I still haven't beaten the first mission (then again I've been preoccupied with other games so that's not saying anything) and having a navigational guide would be so helpful.  I'm also glad it's optional, because now the people complaining about it just look like nitwits.

Overall, though, it looks like they addressed most of the concerns some players had about the game, and in a positive manner.  Surely they should stop complaining and whining so much, right?

...Right?

......I'm scared to check out the video's comments......
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 08, 2013, 02:00:42 am
The comments I saw didn't seem too bad.  Also, the claw shot...actually, I could see that being -cooler- than a rope arrow.  I'd get lynched for that on TTLG, but I like it.

[Unrelated ETA]
On a complete tangent, I'm really starting to enjoy the Applied Energistics mod for Minecraft.  Normally, sorting between dozens of inventories took a LOT of time, not to mention processing power.  RedPower pneumatic tubes are wonderful, but if there's a backup in the system, which can happen even if you've got an overflow chest on the network, then the entities being rendered in the tubes will lag the fuck outta you.  BuildCraft pipes require a prohibitive amount of power, not to mention space, to automate and manage several inventories at once, and they've a nasty habit of throwing shit on the ground if they can't put an item anywhere, thus causing lag.

But, Applied Energistics?  Its dirt simple, once you understand the basics, powerful, and very VERY importantly...compact and pretty much completely lag-free compared to the other two primary options.  Got an example here...

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_2013-04-08_042825_zps9c24ba33.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/user/RH-00/media/2013-04-08_042825_zps9c24ba33.png.html)

That is a Steve's Carts tree farm (on the far left), which has the contents the cart put into the cargo manager (the silvery block at the right edge of the dirt) automatically sorted by AE cables, sending the apples and saplings into a pair of barrels for later, unspecified use.  Annnnd, sending the wood over to that bank of furnaces, which are being heated by Factorization furnace heaters, which allow me to use Factorization power to burn items in the furnaces without fuel (the power is supplied by a pair of liquid-fueled boilers and an infinite oil/fuel setup), and sends the resulting charcoal to a buffer barrel.  Finally, the charcoal from the barrel is pulled out the bottom (the only place on a barrel you can pipe out items without using RedPower), and sent into a bank of 8 IndustrialCraft 2 generators.  I've plans on expanding the generators, once I've had a chance to, ya know, SLEEP and not feel like a zombie.

Hell, the only hitch in that whole system is that I forgot to put a coal engine on that cart, making it run entirely on solar power.  Something I, again, intend to correct once I've had a chance to rest.

I love it when a plan comes together.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 09, 2013, 12:13:41 am
So I found out Animal Crossing: New Leaf released a new trailer I keep forgetting to pre order that game despite how much I love Animal Crossing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 09, 2013, 05:33:12 am
I got around to giving Anachronox a more solid go, and I'm so damn glad that I did. Despite the plethora of bugs (some of them sidequest-breaking), it's freaking fantastic.

Oh, and I also finished Red Dead Redemption. The story was good and all, but for some annoying reason, I only managed 98.5% completion and I've no idea where the hell the other 1.5% is supposed to come from. I'm pretty sure I did all of the Stranger side quests, so I'm really at a loss here. Oh, and I was highly disappointed that we never got to actually drive a car or even a plane by the end. All the way through, the game was constantly teasing me with the possibility, but nope. All I get a pallet-swapped horses, some of which have slightly different speeds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 09, 2013, 07:34:55 pm
Okay, I think I'm going to like the new Thief.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le4lJe5tEpc

Looks like they actually listened to the sensible fans, and are making it modern, yet awesome.  Honestly, if they have rope arrows (or their cousins, vine arrows), I'm going to need a change of fuckin underwear, because I LOVED those things.  Hell, still do.

I've read a few articles about it since it was announced, and this is gonna be one game I'm definitely pre-ordering!  I really hope they pull off a good reboot of the franchise!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 09, 2013, 11:49:37 pm
So Walking dead is on sale for 10 bucks on steam till thursday
How good is it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 10, 2013, 06:19:14 am
So Walking dead is on sale for 10 bucks on steam till thursday
How good is it

It's pretty good I got it during the Steam Winter it's kinda hard if your not used to playing point and click adventure games but it's good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 10, 2013, 05:13:57 pm
Dark Souls 2 gameplay was revealed today. 12 minutes of it. GO WATCH IT NAO (http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-12-minute-demo)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on April 10, 2013, 06:02:12 pm
Dark Souls 2 gameplay was revealed today. 12 minutes of it. GO WATCH IT NAO (http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-12-minute-demo)

Motherfucker, I want this game so much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 11, 2013, 03:57:33 am
Dark Souls 2 gameplay was revealed today. 12 minutes of it. GO WATCH IT NAO (http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-12-minute-demo)

Motherfucker, I want this game so much.

IKNORITE?? So glad I got this on pre-order, I need to play this as soon as humanely possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on April 11, 2013, 08:35:10 pm
Dark Souls 2 gameplay was revealed today. 12 minutes of it. GO WATCH IT NAO (http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-12-minute-demo)

Motherfucker, I want this game so much.

IKNORITE?? So glad I got this on pre-order, I need to play this as soon as humanely possible.

I just hope that it either has a decent PC release or the PS3 release isn't plagued with the same server issues as the first one.

EDIT: I also hope I can be a sunbro again. I really love Great Lightning Spear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 11, 2013, 11:05:10 pm
The good news is on the website there is no Games for Windows logo
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 11, 2013, 11:46:42 pm
Dark Souls 2 gameplay was revealed today. 12 minutes of it. GO WATCH IT NAO (http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/04/10/dark-souls-2-gameplay-reveal-12-minute-demo)

Motherfucker, I want this game so much.

IKNORITE?? So glad I got this on pre-order, I need to play this as soon as humanely possible.

I just hope that it either has a decent PC release or the PS3 release isn't plagued with the same server issues as the first one.

EDIT: I also hope I can be a sunbro again. I really love Great Lightning Spear.

I love how that miracle basically breaks plot and gameplay segregation in that you see it being used in a cutscene.

I haven't even played Dark Souls and I'm already a fan of the games.  I just need to get a computer that doesn't suck ass and a 360 wired controller and I can play it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 12, 2013, 08:25:17 am
I started playing League of Legends again and all I can say is, I hate Teemo. I really really hate Teemo and his attack speed being upgraded up to the point of where he is hitting you 3 times in one second.

Everytime I get to bash him in the head as Mordekaiser is a joyous occasion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 12, 2013, 12:24:14 pm
Oh so you're trying to take on Teemo with a melee champ eh?

OF COURSE HE'S OUT SHOOTING YOU!

Sucker is designed to just shoot and shoot and shoot.  Hell, I think he's got the highest base attack speed in the whole game.  But!  He does magic damage.  Get some Magic Defense and you shut his ass down.

Ironbite-haaaaaaaaaaaaaaard
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 12, 2013, 04:13:52 pm
So, I'll be running around squealing like a little girl for a while:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkseasgames/road-redemption?ref=live

The protoype could use some work, but I'd kill to have a PC Road Rash and the additions look amusing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 12, 2013, 05:00:35 pm
So apparently this is a real thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dofacvjRkc

It's apparently going to be a standalone DLC coming out May 1.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on April 12, 2013, 05:59:47 pm
So apparently this is a real thing:

[snip]

It's apparently going to be a standalone DLC coming out May 1.

Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60TCwX11PVw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 12, 2013, 08:08:19 pm
"The apocalypse has had an apocalypse"

MY SIDES
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 12, 2013, 10:44:13 pm
So apparently this is a real thing:

[snip]

It's apparently going to be a standalone DLC coming out May 1.

And the protagonist's name is Sargent Rex Colt.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 13, 2013, 12:23:52 am
So apparently this is a real thing:

[snip]

It's apparently going to be a standalone DLC coming out May 1.

And the protagonist's name is Sargent Rex Colt.

Played by Michael Biehn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 13, 2013, 04:36:00 am
If anyone's interested in Blood Dragon, here it is. (http://www.gameanyone.com/video/541872)

You should....really see it for yourself. Nothing has been this 80s. Ever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 13, 2013, 10:59:03 am
Got Assassin's Creed on the 360 for just $20, and it's so damn enjoyable. Makes me want to climb everything IRL.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 13, 2013, 11:04:39 am
Got Assassin's Creed on the 360 for just $20, and it's so damn enjoyable. Makes me want to climb everything IRL.
Enjoy the novelty while it lasts. The amount of padding in that game is utterly ridiculous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 13, 2013, 12:42:03 pm
I beat Bioshock Infinite

Ironbite-my god that ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 13, 2013, 12:51:18 pm
Got Assassin's Creed on the 360 for just $20, and it's so damn enjoyable. Makes me want to climb everything IRL.
Enjoy the novelty while it lasts. The amount of padding in that game is utterly ridiculous.

I don't mind enjoyable padding. I'm only at the second assassination, so I guess we'll see.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 13, 2013, 02:08:38 pm
Pretty close to completing Might & Magic VI after last playing it years and years ago, no other RPG series has given me this sense of power, getting overwhelmed in one area and then returning later, raining meteors on hordes of minotaurs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 13, 2013, 02:54:55 pm
I started playing World of tanks again. I got the Stug III which is something that I wanted to get right from the start. (I like the design and the history of the tank destroyer.) I am also starting to like the heavy tanks more and more. I just don't have the skills to "dance" with the light tanks and the being able to shrug off shots while slowly, oh so slowly, advancing in my mighty Matilda is just so much fun. I love the sound of bullets ricocheting off my armour.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 13, 2013, 04:58:24 pm
So Civilization V is getting a new expansion in July called Brave New World. From what I've read it adds archaeologist that can look up stuff from the past of your game and it adds more stuff with  culture so It should be right up my alley since I love Civ V.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 13, 2013, 06:52:18 pm
My imported copy of Ginga Force arrived!

I'm pleased that the menus are in English. It's just too bad that, as it's a Japanese import, everything else is in Japanese, and therefore I can't understand how to unlock items for purchase in the shop, nor am I able to know what most of them do until I purchase them and try them out. Luckily, the shop categories (Primary weapon, subweapon, special weapon, extra(lolwut?), paint jobs, and some other thing) are in English.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on April 13, 2013, 07:12:14 pm
I caught a Ditto in Pokemon Leaf Green and named it "Whore".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 13, 2013, 07:16:58 pm
So am I the only person on the internet who doesn't play Pokemon in adulthood, never touched anything past the original 151, and only liked the cartoon and a few spinoff games like Colosseum as a kid?

I'm seeing all these people talking about how much they love Pokemon and grabbing up the newest games and I'm sitting here all awkward like ".....yeah."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on April 13, 2013, 07:43:43 pm
I never got into Pokémon at all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on April 13, 2013, 08:22:47 pm
I've almost completed the 5th gen pokedex. If I sat down and put a real effort into it, I could probably finish by next weekend.

And then October...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on April 13, 2013, 09:20:23 pm
I've never played any Pokemon games that came out after Gen 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 13, 2013, 09:25:08 pm
I doubt I could ever enjoy a 4th gen onwards Pokemon game. I've been spoiled by save states and a handy 10x speed key.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 13, 2013, 09:58:32 pm
Yeah because they didn't speed up the game or anything  ::) (Seriously in Gen V travel is a snap because you get your bike fairly early
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on April 13, 2013, 09:59:24 pm
Speaking of such things, I've been criticized for keeping my Super NES operational instead of downloading an emulator for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 13, 2013, 10:15:34 pm
Yeah because they didn't speed up the game or anything  ::) (Seriously in Gen V travel is a snap because you get your bike fairly early
I'm talking about an emulator speed toggle. Not only is it much faster than the bike, it also lets you speed through other, non movement related tedium, such as battle animations you've already seen 1000+ times already and the same six or seven boxes of text you get every time you use the Pokemon Center.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 13, 2013, 10:22:50 pm
So I beat the main quest line and pretty much all the side quests for Skyrim's Dragonborn dlc.  Now I'm doing a second playthrough of Bioshock trying to get all the secrets I missed.  It's interesting knowing the ending some of the stuff you pick up on that you didn't the first time around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 13, 2013, 10:24:24 pm
Yeah because they didn't speed up the game or anything  ::) (Seriously in Gen V travel is a snap because you get your bike fairly early
I'm talking about an emulator speed toggle. Not only is it much faster than the bike, it also lets you speed through other, non movement related tedium, such as battle animations you've already seen 1000+ times already and the same six or seven boxes of text you get every time you use the Pokemon Center.
I know and I think you can turn off animations though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 13, 2013, 10:59:12 pm
You can.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 13, 2013, 11:06:00 pm
I'm at the fight with Kai Leng again and getting increasingly miffed with how it was handled. With the team I have, I can easily take down his shield then he runs and I get shot at by his air support. I take down his shields again and he runs and I get shot at. Repeat until the script ends and then Shep has lost Thessia.

It still doesn't make me call Mass Effect 3 a bad game. Scripted fights happen in plenty of other games, too.

And, the scripted fight on the Cerberus base is pretty great. Probably cause paragon or renegade you stab Kai Leng and mutter about revenge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 13, 2013, 11:06:58 pm
I don't know if you'll be able to in X Y
I hope so for Smogons sake.
And as for that fight at least they half way justify it by having the gunship use the sun to make itself invisible
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 14, 2013, 12:15:19 am
I don't know if you'll be able to in X Y
I hope so for Smogons sake.
And as for that fight at least they half way justify it by having the gunship use the sun to make itself invisible

Dude, it's sunset. The sun is too low to do anything to help the gunship. The gunship has super intense lights pointed at Shepard and her crew. Where the hell does the sun even come into the picture?

If anything you could say that Shepard's helmet should help by darkening the visor like it should do when you're near a sun in the ship.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 14, 2013, 12:16:22 am
I was never able to get into Pokemon past the original 151. I'd like to play FireRed at some point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on April 14, 2013, 12:48:34 am
Speaking of such things, I've been criticized for keeping my Super NES operational instead of downloading an emulator for some reason.
Hahahaha, what.

I also have a Super Nintendo Entertainment System that is still operational. The last time I used it, I played up to (I think) more than one quarter of Breath of Fire (the original). I've been wanting to go back, if it weren't for an overflow of college work and my step-father getting bitchy if I play anything in my room past 10:00 at night (because the master bedroom is below my room).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Auggziliary on April 14, 2013, 02:51:01 am
I was never able to get into Pokemon past the original 151. I'd like to play FireRed at some point.

2nd gen is good too. I liked 3rd gen a lot, but some people hate it and think that's when Pokemon "went bad"...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 14, 2013, 08:26:41 am
So am I the only person on the internet who doesn't play Pokemon in adulthood, never touched anything past the original 151, and only liked the cartoon and a few spinoff games like Colosseum as a kid?

I'm seeing all these people talking about how much they love Pokemon and grabbing up the newest games and I'm sitting here all awkward like ".....yeah."
I've been considering picking it back up just so I have something utterly mindless to play that doesn't involve twitch gaming. But not since the first games myself either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 14, 2013, 08:33:53 am
So am I the only person on the internet who doesn't play Pokemon in adulthood, never touched anything past the original 151, and only liked the cartoon and a few spinoff games like Colosseum as a kid?

I'm seeing all these people talking about how much they love Pokemon and grabbing up the newest games and I'm sitting here all awkward like ".....yeah."
I've been considering picking it back up just so I have something utterly mindless to play that doesn't involve twitch gaming. But not since the first games myself either.

I just play Call of Duty on the easiest difficulty level for that. You take so many bullets to die that you practically HAVE to let yourself get killed. You can pretty much just walk around trying to trick shot stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on April 14, 2013, 08:47:56 am
I don't mind enjoyable padding. I'm only at the second assassination, so I guess we'll see.

Here is my Amazon review of Assassin's Creed...

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The game is a blast at first. After about the 4th assassination, though, it becomes very repetitive. Though the exact details of what you have to do vary, the overall premise is the same. Investigations, Save Citizen, Climb, Assassinate.

I had hoped this game would be a keeper, but it isn't. As soon as I finish the last chapter, I'm trading it.

I did finish the last chapter, and I did trade it. I have Assassin's Creed II, and I know they fixed a lot of the repetitive nature. But I've had a hard time getting myself to put it in the 360, just because of how disappointed I was in 1.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 14, 2013, 09:16:02 am
I don't mind enjoyable padding. I'm only at the second assassination, so I guess we'll see.

Here is my Amazon review of Assassin's Creed...

Quote
The game is a blast at first. After about the 4th assassination, though, it becomes very repetitive. Though the exact details of what you have to do vary, the overall premise is the same. Investigations, Save Citizen, Climb, Assassinate.

I had hoped this game would be a keeper, but it isn't. As soon as I finish the last chapter, I'm trading it.

I did finish the last chapter, and I did trade it. I have Assassin's Creed II, and I know they fixed a lot of the repetitive nature. But I've had a hard time getting myself to put it in the 360, just because of how disappointed I was in 1.

I still haven't gotten past Venice (first due to my save getting wiped, now due to apathy), but it's much improved from the first. You examine more of the character's life and the game is both longer and divided into smaller missions with plot relevance and better variety. The problem is that it's just so long and there's not as much to do as I would have liked. I mean, racing's fine for one or two times. But I don't want to spend my time just parkouring around Italy until I've found every brick in every city. And the feather hunt is something that I just plain refuse to do; unmarked scavenger hunts all around the game world for 100 items and your reward just raises your notoriety and makes the game harder? Nah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 14, 2013, 10:55:50 am
I don't mind enjoyable padding. I'm only at the second assassination, so I guess we'll see.

Here is my Amazon review of Assassin's Creed...

Quote
The game is a blast at first. After about the 4th assassination, though, it becomes very repetitive. Though the exact details of what you have to do vary, the overall premise is the same. Investigations, Save Citizen, Climb, Assassinate.

I had hoped this game would be a keeper, but it isn't. As soon as I finish the last chapter, I'm trading it.

I did finish the last chapter, and I did trade it. I have Assassin's Creed II, and I know they fixed a lot of the repetitive nature. But I've had a hard time getting myself to put it in the 360, just because of how disappointed I was in 1.

I agree that it does get repetitive. I think I'm enjoying it more because I'm playing with a friend, and lots of games are more fun that way. Hell, it made Catherine fun, and that game is kinda sad. Anyway, everyone says the sequels did a lot to fix the repetitiveness, so I look forward to those, too.

And it is a game I'll want to play in the future, probably just to screw around in the cities.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 14, 2013, 12:33:58 pm
Beat Dragonborn, well the main quest.  Not sure what was going on during the end fight but man alive, Miraak went down like a bitch.

Ironbite-a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 14, 2013, 12:45:19 pm
So, he was incredibly easy, then?

Considering Bethesda's track record with final bosses, it's more of a surprise when they're not incredibly easy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 14, 2013, 12:47:09 pm
Pretty much.  Then again I did have a buddy helping me out as I have the Summon Spectral Assassin power and I think one of his Dragon buddies was still enthralled to me and I had full Dragon Aspect on.

Ironbite-and I set him on fire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 14, 2013, 04:52:33 pm
Miraak wasn't too hard.  However there was an unmarked side quest which had you fight probably one of the toughest bosses in Skyrim.  The ghost of Karstaag (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Karstaag_(Dragonborn)) (from Morrowind's Blood Moon expansion).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on April 14, 2013, 06:31:20 pm
Miraak wasn't too hard.  However there was an unmarked side quest which had you fight probably one of the toughest bosses in Skyrim.  The ghost of Karstaag (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Karstaag_(Dragonborn)) (from Morrowind's Blood Moon expansion).

That was such a bullshit fight. His knockback sent me into the caves multiple times and, at one point, I went flying over the walls and got stuck. You don't even get anything good as a reward.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 14, 2013, 09:00:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV-4sPSnSNQ

This is a relatively recent indie game called Receiver. It's only $5 on Wolfire (who make Overgrowth), and it's deceptively simple on the surface: roam a cyberpunk skyscraper with your gun and flashlight, fighting off drones and robot turrets while collecting cassette tapes to try and piece together the plot.

What makes this game different is that it tries to perform a 100% realistic depiction of firearms. There are three guns in the current game: M1911A1, Glock 18, and S&W Model 10. All three guns are unique and have fully functioning controls, with the player having to operate all of them manually. So to reload the 1911 you need to remove the magazine, either drop it or put it in your pocket, pull out a new magazine, insert it, and hit the slide release (or rack the slide if it was forward). Or you can use individual cartridges to reload the magazine and put it back into the gun. Just make sure to chamber a round first. And put the safety on if you're paranoid. Bullets have modeled ballistics, including ricochets that lower damage, and robots can have different pieces like their camera and weapon disabled by shots on different parts of their body.

I think the ultra-realistic depiction makes the game a much different animal from traditional first-person shooters. Normally, a lot of stuff is done for you, and reloading is simply pressing a button to stop the pause in shooting. Receiver forces the player to focus and carefully consider how they operate their weapon, and fastidiously check it to make sure that it's loaded. There's no on-screen ammo counter, so you need to mentally keep track of your ammo and check the gun occasionally to see how much you have left. It also shows just how difficult it would be for an untrained protagonist to go through these difficult action scenarios.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 15, 2013, 02:56:18 am
Miraak wasn't too hard.  However there was an unmarked side quest which had you fight probably one of the toughest bosses in Skyrim.  The ghost of Karstaag (http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Karstaag_(Dragonborn)) (from Morrowind's Blood Moon expansion).

Yeah that's a level 80 fight.  I'm not even close to that level yet.

Ironbite-and I really don't go for 100% completion anyways.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 15, 2013, 03:32:02 am
I think I'm beyond usual levels of Minecraft evil.  Not only did I intentionally use a few basic Thaumcraft items to bring an area to, in Thaumcraft's own words, "DANGEROUS" levels of flux, but I did it to a village.  Dangerous flux levels means that, eventually little wisps will spawn...which have a nasty habit of attacking people with lightning.  I flux'd a testificate village just to make a wisp battle arena so I can farm the wisps' tasty essences, with the villagers and their village likely ending up as collateral damage once I decide to get around to making a nuclear bomb.  Though, now that I think about it, they may be too close to my base for a nuke...I'll need testing!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 16, 2013, 02:08:45 pm
http://kotaku.com/some-dont-like-bioshocks-forced-baptism-enough-to-as-473178476

Yeah, killing countless virtual people is fine, but don't you DARE make me go through an intentionally uncomfortable religious ceremony that's thematically relevant to the story!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 16, 2013, 02:15:23 pm
Same people who hate Ash for being religious, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 16, 2013, 02:57:53 pm
So...

Some people, including christians, found it uncomfortable that the player's character is force babtised in the game?

The babtism is done to the character you are playing, not to you. There is a difference between those two things, just like I haven't really saved Hyrule or stopped the Master from turning all humans into mutants. Those things were done by the computer created artificial character I was playing as in the games.

I'm all for immersion into the game and there are games that really get opressive and scary if I can really get "into" the world but it is still just a game.

On the other hand I rarely do the evil quests in a game when I have the choice so I kinda understand that they feel uncomfortable but this particular scenario is something that is forced onto the character so there is no choice involved.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 16, 2013, 04:40:34 pm
I'm amused some people complained about not having a choice to accept the baptism (trying not to give away spoilers) because the whole absence of choice is a recurrent theme throughout the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on April 16, 2013, 05:00:42 pm
I'm amused some people complained about not having a choice to accept the baptism (trying not to give away spoilers) because the whole absence of choice is a recurrent theme throughout the game.

The baptism is probably one of the least potentially offensive things in the game anyway.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 16, 2013, 05:13:23 pm
I'm amused some people complained about not having a choice to accept the baptism (trying not to give away spoilers) because the whole absence of choice is a recurrent theme throughout the game.

Both not having a choice and making the decision to "cut off all the branches" and force a decision regardless of what "should" happen.

Isn't "Thou shalt not kill" a Commandment? He's fine murdering virtual folks, but seeing a virtual man baptized? Nope! That's blasphemy!

Dude needs to grow some Jesus balls.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 16, 2013, 06:03:45 pm
So Walking Dead really depressing
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 16, 2013, 06:31:40 pm
I'm amused some people complained about not having a choice to accept the baptism (trying not to give away spoilers) because the whole absence of choice is a recurrent theme throughout the game.

The baptism is probably one of the least potentially offensive things in the game anyway.

Yeah, there's FAR more offensive stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 16, 2013, 08:59:36 pm
Didn't see this one in here,

Starbound is now taking pre-orders:
http://playstarbound.com/

Apparently they're doing their own kickstarter type deal with levels, goals, the whole lot. Already down for 600k and looking to hit 750 before too much longer. That said, it isn't a kick starter and the money is immediately sent to them, so, be a bit wary of putting too much in. They seem competent, but I've seen excelent designers fail at business horribly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 17, 2013, 01:55:39 am
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 17, 2013, 02:29:10 am
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Took me a second to realize you were talking about TWD.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 17, 2013, 03:31:42 am
Man, my Minecraft crashed right as I was about to finish up the components for my nuclear reactors...NEI likes to crash at random while "updating screen events."  Yes, that was "reactors," plural.  Three of 'em, to start with, and a design that makes 'em 100% safe, 100% efficient (only ever need to replace the uranium cells), very compact, and easy to automate.  I'm gonna need more uranium...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 17, 2013, 04:58:38 am
Ended up winning a copy of Bit Trip Runner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAn2BIWpvek) on TF2 after winning a contest I didn't realize I had entered until after I had beat the boss.

It appears to be a music side scroller and I think it has a series around it.  Anyone else know about it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 17, 2013, 07:24:35 am
Ended up winning a copy of Bit Trip Runner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAn2BIWpvek) on TF2 after winning a contest I didn't realize I had entered until after I had beat the boss.

It appears to be a music side scroller and I think it has a series around it.  Anyone else know about it?

It's a pretty popular music game, yeah... Surprised you hadn't heard of it. I have it and it's pretty damn neat. Until things get trippy as hell. Then it might get funner if you're into that?

I prefer bit trip beat tho.

As for Bioshock Infinite, all three Bioshock games are about lack of choice, about people controlling you and what and who you are. It's supposed to make you uncomfortable and make you think. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to get a few brain cells.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 17, 2013, 10:27:32 am
DUUUUUUUUDE! (https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/324528540223672321)

DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUUUUUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE!  ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 17, 2013, 01:44:37 pm
I wonder if the game's Virtual Console debut will outsell its original debut? XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on April 17, 2013, 08:05:40 pm
Man, my Minecraft crashed right as I was about to finish up the components for my nuclear reactors...NEI likes to crash at random while "updating screen events."  Yes, that was "reactors," plural.  Three of 'em, to start with, and a design that makes 'em 100% safe, 100% efficient (only ever need to replace the uranium cells), very compact, and easy to automate.  I'm gonna need more uranium...

"100% efficient", in the context of a reactor, would mean having literally every slot filled with uranium. I once designed a redstone circuit that would let this reactor run for extremely brief periods, and the output was staggering, but when I say "extremely brief periods" I mean literally like 5 seconds. Still, each unit of uranium would put out like twenty-four million EU.

If you make the thermal sensor, any reactor can be 100% safe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 17, 2013, 09:13:23 pm
I wonder if the game's Virtual Console debut will outsell its original debut? XD

I'm going to bet yes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 17, 2013, 09:24:14 pm
Man, my Minecraft crashed right as I was about to finish up the components for my nuclear reactors...NEI likes to crash at random while "updating screen events."  Yes, that was "reactors," plural.  Three of 'em, to start with, and a design that makes 'em 100% safe, 100% efficient (only ever need to replace the uranium cells), very compact, and easy to automate.  I'm gonna need more uranium...

"100% efficient", in the context of a reactor, would mean having literally every slot filled with uranium. I once designed a redstone circuit that would let this reactor run for extremely brief periods, and the output was staggering, but when I say "extremely brief periods" I mean literally like 5 seconds. Still, each unit of uranium would put out like twenty-four million EU.

Wouldn't that be "100% capacity"? 100% efficiency would be getting the largest possible output per unit of input.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 17, 2013, 09:43:06 pm
Man, my Minecraft crashed right as I was about to finish up the components for my nuclear reactors...NEI likes to crash at random while "updating screen events."  Yes, that was "reactors," plural.  Three of 'em, to start with, and a design that makes 'em 100% safe, 100% efficient (only ever need to replace the uranium cells), very compact, and easy to automate.  I'm gonna need more uranium...

"100% efficient", in the context of a reactor, would mean having literally every slot filled with uranium. I once designed a redstone circuit that would let this reactor run for extremely brief periods, and the output was staggering, but when I say "extremely brief periods" I mean literally like 5 seconds. Still, each unit of uranium would put out like twenty-four million EU.

If you make the thermal sensor, any reactor can be 100% safe.

I do have GregTech and Nuclear Control as part of the FTB Ultimate pack...so, theoretically, I could do a checkerboard of quad plutonium and thorium cells with a setup like that.

Also, I mean more that it can run 24/7 with zero oversight and never breaks its cooling components.  With a little Applied Energistics work, I'll be able to automate the insertion of fresh uranium cells and extraction of spent ones.  With that, all I'll ever have to do is make the occasional batch of uranium cells, and shove em into an ender chest.  The area's already chunk-loaded, so it runs 24/7, anyway.

[ETA]

HOLY FUCK.  Okay, that's a bit absurd.  Just put a design thru the planner, using nothing but quad plutonium and thorium cells with some reactor plating, and...

Lifetime Generation: 1,272,000,000 EU.
Active EU/t: 1,272 EU/t
Generation Time: 4 seconds

1.272 BILLION EU.  If I can automate that and ensure 100% safety...FUCK.

Oh, and also, that's a reactor with 0 extra chambers.  Zero.  ZERO.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MaybeNever on April 17, 2013, 11:12:22 pm
Man, my Minecraft crashed right as I was about to finish up the components for my nuclear reactors...NEI likes to crash at random while "updating screen events."  Yes, that was "reactors," plural.  Three of 'em, to start with, and a design that makes 'em 100% safe, 100% efficient (only ever need to replace the uranium cells), very compact, and easy to automate.  I'm gonna need more uranium...

"100% efficient", in the context of a reactor, would mean having literally every slot filled with uranium. I once designed a redstone circuit that would let this reactor run for extremely brief periods, and the output was staggering, but when I say "extremely brief periods" I mean literally like 5 seconds. Still, each unit of uranium would put out like twenty-four million EU.

Wouldn't that be "100% capacity"? 100% efficiency would be getting the largest possible output per unit of input.

In Industrialcraft, at least, the efficiency of a unit of uranium is increased by having it surrounded by more uranium. A single unit produces 2M units of energy, two together produce 4M each, three together 8M each, etc. Other mods or more recent builds of Industrialcraft may change that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 18, 2013, 09:54:44 am
DUUUUUUUUDE! (https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/324528540223672321)

DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUUUUUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE DUDE!  ;D

Though I won't go out of my way to buy a Wii U because of it, that is awesome that they're in a sense reviving such a great old franchise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 18, 2013, 09:36:34 pm
Okay, okay, I'm seriously too proud of this to NOT show it off.  I've been metaphorically grinding my teeth, trying to automate my little reactors in a way that actually...well, works.  Applied Energistics never worked, RedPower lags too much, and BuildCraft would require a build so absolutely gigantic that it'd be pointless.

All's lost?  Nope.  I found a way.  Oh boy, did I find a way.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_2013-04-18_192806_zpscccef4dc.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/user/RH-00/media/2013-04-18_192806_zpscccef4dc.png.html)

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/th_2013-04-18_195818_zpse83f60b3.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/user/RH-00/media/2013-04-18_195818_zpse83f60b3.png.html)

Golems.  I have ThaumCraft smart stone golems doing everything but crafting the cells and putting the refined uranium in the canning machine, the latter being because I just couldn't get 'em to actually DO it.  I've got nuclear reactor golems!  Adorable, useful, and by the very nature of their job, badass.
Title: The Massive Mojave Mod Mashup Compatibility Patch Mod (MMMMCPM)
Post by: The Illusive Man on April 18, 2013, 09:51:54 pm
Alas, poor Yorick mod thread! Well I guess this goes here. As of recent I have been working on a VERY ambitious compatibility patch mod of sorts for Fallout New Vegas. It will not be released until I get the required permissions otherwise I will be sued for copyright infringement. IF all goes well, I will post a link for testing (got to add more stuff, get more permissions,ect ) here. Because I like you guys.

Below is the WIP readme:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 18, 2013, 09:59:00 pm
I will admit to having done an obscene amount of modding to my copy of New Vegas. It's pretty much not even the same game any more, especially with all the added weapons. I even threw in stuff like bolt-action shotguns (just Hunting Rifles rechambered to 12 gauge) just to add more variety.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 18, 2013, 10:01:09 pm
Best video game trailer ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxxnq5YAVHw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 18, 2013, 10:03:57 pm
Best video game trailer ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxxnq5YAVHw

So many levels of win.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 19, 2013, 05:50:09 pm
After almost a decade, I finally did it!
(http://i.imgur.com/XUeXckK.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on April 19, 2013, 08:53:11 pm
Temple of Baa?

"All hail the Divine Sheep, and his prophet Shaun!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on April 19, 2013, 10:07:40 pm
After almost a decade, I finally did it!
(http://i.imgur.com/XUeXckK.png)

(http://1.cdn.tapcdn.com/images/thumbs/taps/2012/07/google-image-result-for-http-cdn-head-fi-org-6-65-65c6f20c_dayum-jpeg-af1345a1-sz624x462-animate.jpg)

I will leave this here. (http://www.cheatengine.org/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 19, 2013, 11:45:06 pm
Temple of Baa?

"All hail the Divine Sheep, and his prophet Shaun!"

Don't laugh. That sheep has a nasty bite.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on April 20, 2013, 02:08:30 pm
Fuck you Canary Mary, I want that last Cheato page.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 20, 2013, 04:11:52 pm
Fuck you Canary Mary, I want that last Cheato page.

(click to show/hide)

Seriously, I am a master of rapid button pressing and I still couldn't get that page. Also, what the hell is Canary Mary? She's like a mentally ill woman who tried to dress as a bird and failed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 20, 2013, 05:43:11 pm
Rubberband AI, ho!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 20, 2013, 06:48:49 pm
Rubberband AI, ho!

The absolute worst example of it, too.

Punishes you for being perfect, punishes you for not being perfect enough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on April 20, 2013, 10:41:14 pm
I did it! I used a spoon, left some slight scratches on my controller.

Fuck you Canary Mary, I want that last Cheato page.

(click to show/hide)

Seriously, I am a master of rapid button pressing and I still couldn't get that page. Also, what the hell is Canary Mary? She's like a mentally ill woman who tried to dress as a bird and failed.

I wonder why she was left in the cage, if only I could put her back in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 20, 2013, 10:51:50 pm
Fuck you Canary Mary, I want that last Cheato page.

(click to show/hide)

Seriously, I am a master of rapid button pressing and I still couldn't get that page. Also, what the hell is Canary Mary? She's like a mentally ill woman who tried to dress as a bird and failed.

The trick is to use your index finger and make very light and rapid taps. Ignore your instinct to make harder taps, because then you'll be wasting valuable time drawing back your finger further than it needs to be. If you can get the technique right, you'll win by a surprisingly large distance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 20, 2013, 10:56:13 pm
Fuck you Canary Mary, I want that last Cheato page.

(click to show/hide)

Seriously, I am a master of rapid button pressing and I still couldn't get that page. Also, what the hell is Canary Mary? She's like a mentally ill woman who tried to dress as a bird and failed.

The trick is to use your index finger and make very light and rapid taps. Ignore your instinct to make harder taps, because then you'll be wasting valuable time drawing back your finger further than it needs to be. If you can get the technique right, you'll win by a surprisingly large distance.

That sounds reasonable. I know I won the first round by moving slowly at the beginning, then speeding up very quickly once we rounded a turn, preventing her from catching up. That wasn't working, second time around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 20, 2013, 11:28:45 pm
I saw one strategy which was to tap like a mad fucker and then pause the game to rest
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 21, 2013, 12:58:02 am
Finally got my Warrior lady to 80 in GW2.  Of all the weapons I've used for 'em, and they've got a HUGE variety, nothing beats the classic sword-and-board for close-quarters combat.  Plus, there's just something...cool about how that looks, for me.  Giant swords and hammers are for people with no aiming abilities.  Also, traited out so I can use a longbow at double normal range, and I can almost out-distance my brother's Ranger, who's got a 50% longbow range boost.  Its skills also let me set things on fire, which is always fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 21, 2013, 11:13:18 am
Finally got my Warrior lady to 80 in GW2.  Of all the weapons I've used for 'em, and they've got a HUGE variety, nothing beats the classic sword-and-board for close-quarters combat.  Plus, there's just something...cool about how that looks, for me.  Giant swords and hammers are for people with no aiming abilities.  Also, traited out so I can use a longbow at double normal range, and I can almost out-distance my brother's Ranger, who's got a 50% longbow range boost.  Its skills also let me set things on fire, which is always fun.
Bah, the sword and shield just took too damn long to use, give me big honking sword or give me swift death... that was pretty much how I played.
Title: Re: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 21, 2013, 11:26:19 am
Finally got my Warrior lady to 80 in GW2.  Of all the weapons I've used for 'em, and they've got a HUGE variety, nothing beats the classic sword-and-board for close-quarters combat.  Plus, there's just something...cool about how that looks, for me.  Giant swords and hammers are for people with no aiming abilities.  Also, traited out so I can use a longbow at double normal range, and I can almost out-distance my brother's Ranger, who's got a 50% longbow range boost.  Its skills also let me set things on fire, which is always fun.
Bah, the sword and shield just took too damn long to use, give me big honking sword or give me swift death... that was pretty much how I played.

I actually prefer dual wielding swords in games like that.  More damage output like two handers, but a lot faster.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 21, 2013, 11:23:13 pm
Finally got my Warrior lady to 80 in GW2.  Of all the weapons I've used for 'em, and they've got a HUGE variety, nothing beats the classic sword-and-board for close-quarters combat.  Plus, there's just something...cool about how that looks, for me.  Giant swords and hammers are for people with no aiming abilities.  Also, traited out so I can use a longbow at double normal range, and I can almost out-distance my brother's Ranger, who's got a 50% longbow range boost.  Its skills also let me set things on fire, which is always fun.
Bah, the sword and shield just took too damn long to use, give me big honking sword or give me swift death... that was pretty much how I played.

I actually prefer dual wielding swords in games like that.  More damage output like two handers, but a lot faster.

Dunno if Warriors can go dual-wield with swords, but I know they can with axes...they call it point-blank AoE for a reason, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 22, 2013, 07:01:07 am
So, there's this game called Sturmwind coming out in a couple of days...

...For the Sega Dreamcast (http://www.gamespot.com/sturmwind/). No, seriously.

Apparently, the Dreamcast is easy to develop for or something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 22, 2013, 07:25:18 am
So, there's this game called Sturmwind coming out in a couple of days...

...For the Sega Dreamcast (http://www.gamespot.com/sturmwind/). No, seriously.

Apparently, the Dreamcast is easy to develop for or something.

That... Makes no sense whatsoever. Even if the game could turn a profit on the Dreamcast, it'd almost certainly make so much more on PC. Just whack it onto Steam and it'll sell so much better, and without having to worry about manufacturing physical copies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 22, 2013, 08:18:10 am
So, there's this game called Sturmwind coming out in a couple of days...

...For the Sega Dreamcast (http://www.gamespot.com/sturmwind/). No, seriously.

Apparently, the Dreamcast is easy to develop for or something.
Just whack it onto Steam and it'll sell so much better.

It would need to go through Steam Greenlight, and shmups haven't made it through Greenlight so far. Possibly because the people who vote on it are idiots, considering a generic retro-styled platformer with the AVGN's face on it got through.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 22, 2013, 08:21:32 am
So, there's this game called Sturmwind coming out in a couple of days...

...For the Sega Dreamcast (http://www.gamespot.com/sturmwind/). No, seriously.

Apparently, the Dreamcast is easy to develop for or something.
Just whack it onto Steam and it'll sell so much better.

It would need to go through Steam Greenlight, and shmups haven't made it through Greenlight so far. Possibly because the people who vote on it are idiots, considering a generic retro-styled platformer with the AVGN's face on it got through.

Everything has to go through Greenlight now? I thought that was just an indie thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 22, 2013, 08:23:28 am
It is an indie thing, and a "Never-Been-On-Steam-Before" thing.

I think.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 22, 2013, 08:38:03 am
How strange.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 22, 2013, 08:40:26 am
...Exactly how many people still own their Dreamcasts?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 22, 2013, 09:27:23 am
...Exactly how many people still own their Dreamcasts?
I asked the same thing, apparently my brother in law owns one. Only person I know who ever did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 22, 2013, 02:59:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG_9_P8tLHc
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on April 22, 2013, 02:59:47 pm
...Exactly how many people still own their Dreamcasts downloaded Dreamcast emulators?
Fixed
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 22, 2013, 03:23:26 pm
...Exactly how many people still own their Dreamcasts downloaded Dreamcast emulators?
Fixed

I'm still working on finding a workable emulator and figuring out how to operate it purely so I can play Shenmue.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 22, 2013, 03:36:17 pm
I'm still working on finding a workable emulator and figuring out how to operate it purely so I can play Shenmue.
Damn, I'd finally forgotten about that game... it was the only reason I ever considered a dreamcast.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 22, 2013, 08:37:23 pm
...Exactly how many people still own their Dreamcasts downloaded Dreamcast emulators?
Fixed

I'm still working on finding a workable emulator and figuring out how to operate it purely so I can play Shenmue.

The trick is that you also need to mount the ROMs on a virtual disk drive before any emulator will play them. Personally, I'd recommend Daemon Tools.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 22, 2013, 08:53:26 pm
The answer to the question: a lot of shmup fans still have Sega Dreamcasts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 22, 2013, 11:56:23 pm
...Exactly how many people still own their Dreamcasts downloaded Dreamcast emulators?
Fixed

I'm still working on finding a workable emulator and figuring out how to operate it purely so I can play Shenmue.

The trick is that you also need to mount the ROMs on a virtual disk drive before any emulator will play them. Personally, I'd recommend Daemon Tools.

I've already got that. How else would I pirate games?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 23, 2013, 12:18:27 am
...Exactly how many people still own their Dreamcasts downloaded Dreamcast emulators?
Fixed

I'm still working on finding a workable emulator and figuring out how to operate it purely so I can play Shenmue.

The trick is that you also need to mount the ROMs on a virtual disk drive before any emulator will play them. Personally, I'd recommend Daemon Tools.

I've already got that. How else would I pirate games?

Righto then. It's just that's the most common problem people seem to have with emulators.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 23, 2013, 08:07:28 pm
As feminists (hopefully) and gamers, this is relevant to our interests. (http://clairehosking.tumblr.com/post/39546112838/playthings)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 26, 2013, 05:21:37 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eRNavwcloQ

It finally happened.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 26, 2013, 08:43:33 am
Okay, this is getting a bit ridiculous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFWS2TBKi4w

I mean, at least Sturmwind was apparently in development for 8 years!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 26, 2013, 11:49:14 am
Gonna get Luigi's Mansion today also Poker Night 2 is out today :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 26, 2013, 12:02:53 pm
Turns out I suck at red dead redemption. Badly. Not entirely sure why I bought it, wondering if it's trade in value is significant.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 26, 2013, 12:06:37 pm
Turns out I suck at red dead redemption. Badly. Not entirely sure why I bought it, wondering if it's trade in value is significant.

Probably not. The game came out a few years ago and turnover for video games is damn high. Even a AAA title that sells for $65 new will drop to half price before a year passes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 26, 2013, 01:08:20 pm
Turns out I suck at red dead redemption. Badly. Not entirely sure why I bought it, wondering if it's trade in value is significant.

Stick with it. The game has one of the best storylines I've ever seen in a video game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 27, 2013, 09:28:00 am
Turns out I suck at red dead redemption. Badly. Not entirely sure why I bought it, wondering if it's trade in value is significant.

Trade-in is probably $5. Maybe. Depending who you trade it in to. Amazon's is $2.40 for the regular edition. $8.40 for the GOTY. No idea about Gamestop and whatnot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 27, 2013, 09:46:29 am
Turns out I suck at red dead redemption. Badly. Not entirely sure why I bought it, wondering if it's trade in value is significant.

Trade-in is probably $5. Maybe. Depending who you trade it in to. Amazon's is $2.40 for the regular edition. $8.40 for the GOTY. No idea about Gamestop and whatnot.

I'm betting even less. You'd have more luck selling the game privately if you want a decent return.

I still recommend you just practice and try to play through it. It really is a rewarding game (though one that will take quite a lot of time to beat even if you play nothing but it for days).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 27, 2013, 11:53:13 am
I'd just like to point out that Monaco is truly perfect. If you do not get this amazing new generation of Stealth Action Madness, you are STUPID! Yes, I know, it's insulting, but it's also the truth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 27, 2013, 02:04:17 pm
So I've been playing Poker Night 2 and have noticed that Sam is cheating bastard and Brock seems to go full retard every other round and go all in on the second turn of the tournament.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 27, 2013, 02:27:03 pm
Turns out I suck at red dead redemption. Badly. Not entirely sure why I bought it, wondering if it's trade in value is significant.

Trade-in is probably $5. Maybe. Depending who you trade it in to. Amazon's is $2.40 for the regular edition. $8.40 for the GOTY. No idea about Gamestop and whatnot.

I'm betting even less. You'd have more luck selling the game privately if you want a decent return.

I still recommend you just practice and try to play through it. It really is a rewarding game (though one that will take quite a lot of time to beat even if you play nothing but it for days).

How can you bet any less when it's easy to double-check where I got my numbers?

Either way, a lot of games take a bit to actually like. I've been hopping between games lately. Mostly stuck on the Mass Effect trilogy still but I'm about to dive into the Bioshock games again.

I also have a bunch of games I haven't played yet in my backlog. Now if only I felt like playing...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on April 27, 2013, 03:20:43 pm
So I've been playing Poker Night 2 and have noticed that Sam is cheating bastard and Brock seems to go full retard every other round and go all in on the second turn of the tournament.

My observations are that the players in 2 share the same play habits as the people who sat in those positions in the first game. Brock is a wildcard who will throw everything he has at a hand that contains nothing, just like Max used to do. Claptrap is reckless, but usually has at least something if he bets big, even if it doesn't seem good enough to justify his betting, which is the same way Strong Bad played. Ash has no real distinguishing playstyle, and instead is a stable player who does take risks, but rarely huge ones, like The Heavy. And then Sam plays very conservatively, folding far more hands than he ever plays, and only bets big on really good hands or when it's down to 2-3 players to try and force the game to a close, just like Tycho did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 27, 2013, 04:48:23 pm
So I recently picked up Lands of Lore and I half love it half hate it, it's great at what it does (tile based dungeon crawling) but when it turns out I missed some obscure puzzle piece several floors up I'm ready to scream and throw my monitor out the window.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on April 27, 2013, 10:31:51 pm
So I've been playing Poker Night 2 and have noticed that Sam is cheating bastard and Brock seems to go full retard every other round and go all in on the second turn of the tournament.

My observations are that the players in 2 share the same play habits as the people who sat in those positions in the first game. Brock is a wildcard who will throw everything he has at a hand that contains nothing, just like Max used to do. Claptrap is reckless, but usually has at least something if he bets big, even if it doesn't seem good enough to justify his betting, which is the same way Strong Bad played. Ash has no real distinguishing playstyle, and instead is a stable player who does take risks, but rarely huge ones, like The Heavy. And then Sam plays very conservatively, folding far more hands than he ever plays, and only bets big on really good hands or when it's down to 2-3 players to try and force the game to a close, just like Tycho did.
Thanks although I notice Ash tends to raise a lot.  I still say he cheats
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 28, 2013, 01:11:09 am
Turns out I suck at red dead redemption. Badly. Not entirely sure why I bought it, wondering if it's trade in value is significant.

Trade-in is probably $5. Maybe. Depending who you trade it in to. Amazon's is $2.40 for the regular edition. $8.40 for the GOTY. No idea about Gamestop and whatnot.

I'm betting even less. You'd have more luck selling the game privately if you want a decent return.

I still recommend you just practice and try to play through it. It really is a rewarding game (though one that will take quite a lot of time to beat even if you play nothing but it for days).

How can you bet any less when it's easy to double-check where I got my numbers?

Either way, a lot of games take a bit to actually like. I've been hopping between games lately. Mostly stuck on the Mass Effect trilogy still but I'm about to dive into the Bioshock games again.

I also have a bunch of games I haven't played yet in my backlog. Now if only I felt like playing...

I was guessing less for the brick and mortar stores like Gamestop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on April 28, 2013, 07:05:10 pm
I already covered that with the 'depends on who you trade it in to' but okay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Moltar on April 28, 2013, 10:10:01 pm
If anyone has Metroid Prime trilogy and wants to trade friend vouchers let me know.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 28, 2013, 11:30:04 pm
On Earthbound finally coming to virtual console:

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So? It's been a free rom for years now.

"HOLY CRAPS!! I GETS TO PAY FOR IT AGAINZ!!!!!"

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FINALLY we can now pay to play a game everyone has been emulating for years!

I don't really see the big benefit to getting the game on the Wii. Most people gave up after a year and just said "Fuck it" and played on zsnes or something.

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I already have Earthbound on my Iphone, laptop and Nexus 7. No thanks Wii U.

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I softmodded my Wii to be able to load NES, SNES, Atari 2600, Sega Genesis, GBA and GBC roms about 2 years ago, so this doesn't matter to me.

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why not just download a emulator?

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It's been playable on PC for like 15 years. If you had any interest on this game you can play it right now. This is just a cash-in from Nintendo.

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Hooray, an easily emulatable game that can be played for free on various devices is coming out on a very specific device for money!

How about things that aren't readily emulatable, or haven't been seen in ages.

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Still not gonna buy a Wii U. I've got it running great on my 7-inch tablet through the SNES9X emulator. It's like the Wii U gamepad, but lighter!

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Ok, so I hope I don't get downvoted into oblivion for this, and I swear this isn't trolling, but it seems people are going crazy over the release of this on the Virtual Console. I haven't really been following how long this has been anticipated for, and I was wondering if someone could tell me: why is this release such a big deal?

What's so special about this game being released on the virtual console when it's been freely available as a rom download for years? Are the majority of Earthbound gamers just against emulation? Do a lot of people not own PCs? Can someone explain this to me?



I hate pirates. I hate pirates. I hate pirates.

Also, this quote probably somes up the whole thing:


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I love how so many people "oh i can already emulate it" "oh i downloaded the rom" well gee if you actually enjoyed the game, why not, I don't know buy it to show there is still a strong liking of the mother series, maybe get the third localized?

Not saying buy a new console just for it, but a lot of you guys sound like douche bags.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 28, 2013, 11:35:06 pm
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I love how so many people "oh i can already emulate it" "oh i downloaded the rom" well gee if you actually enjoyed the game, why not, I don't know buy it to show there is still a strong liking of the mother series, maybe get the third localized?

Not saying buy a new console just for it, but a lot of you guys sound like douche bags.

The third game has a fan translation... which has actually been offered to Nintendo for free.

Still, this guy gets a gold star!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 29, 2013, 12:31:36 am
syaoranvee:
Thank you.

You see I found this one rage gif and have been waiting for a proper moment to use it. I didn't just want to put it in the funny pictures thread and I had already expressed my rage at so many earlier posts, so I had been just... Waiting for something that would justify my anger.

And now you found one of my pet peeves. Digital pirates with lame excuses. I understand abandonware, I get that when there is no legal ways to get something piracy isn't that bad. Now that another classic game has been re-released though, why not just buy the game if you already have the gaming platform and like the game?

Seriously, how much does that one game cost? Don't try to tell me that you can't spare the small change for the game if you claim that you love it. And stop complaining about content creators/owners demanding payment in exhange for said content. If you don't want to pay for it then either don't get it at all or at least admit that you are breaking the law for the sake of your own enjoyment. You are no Robin Hood and the company isn't some evil king taking money from the peasants by force.

And stop complaining about how you can't possibly afford all these games/movies/whatever and still be able to pay for rent and food. Some people prioritize. I can't afford a six month trip around the world but I'm not saying "fuck you airlines I'm gonna be a stowaway!" I can't afford all the cool toys (which admittedly at the moment would be medieval armour and weapons. Maybe a flintlock or two as well.) but this just means that I prioritize. Supporting my family comes first and the cool toys and hobbies are something I get if/when I can afford it. I'm not raging on the webs that the armories want money for their products.

And now the gif:
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvh4wtPAp01qhgavao7_r1_250.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 29, 2013, 02:21:26 am
Well, got back into playing Ultima Online after...I dunno, 18 month hiatus?  Maybe more?  As one may expect, I've gone and made a crafting character, whom I've affectionately named Old Man Jenkins.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/Old-Man-Jenkins_zps0074c238.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/user/RH-00/media/Old-Man-Jenkins_zps0074c238.png.html)

Yes, he's supposed to look like a deranged, homeless man wearing a skull mask and wielding an axe.  (Also, yes, that IS a dress.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 29, 2013, 05:20:28 am
The fuck, Ultima Online is still around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on April 29, 2013, 07:51:29 am
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I love how so many people "oh i can already emulate it" "oh i downloaded the rom" well gee if you actually enjoyed the game, why not, I don't know buy it to show there is still a strong liking of the mother series, maybe get the third localized?

Not saying buy a new console just for it, but a lot of you guys sound like douche bags.

While I understand and agree with this comment, the point a lot of the other commenters were making is that they pirated it because there was no other way to get it. (I could be wrong about no other way, but that's the impression I got.) Now they have the game and fail to see the point in buying it when they have been playing it for years.

To use a different analogy... Say you found a few out-of-print books at a library give-away that you really like. You read these particular books at least once a year, sometimes more, for several years. Now the publisher is re-releasing the books and expects everyone who found the book while it was out-of-print to go back and pay for it now.

You didn't take money away from the author/developer or publisher because there was no way to give money to the author/developer or publisher while the game was "out-of-print." You had no way of knowing the book/game would ever be available for purchase again, so there is no reason to wait around until you can buy it legally. (You would, in theory, be waiting forever.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 29, 2013, 09:35:27 am
The point in buying it now is so you can play it legally.

I mean, that's a really bad analogy, since a library give-away isn't, you know, illegal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 29, 2013, 10:11:28 am
You're dealing with people who think anything not properly secured is perfectly fine to walk away with.

Legal doesn't come into the equation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 29, 2013, 11:23:33 am
The justification behind abandonware and "not available in my country" is, "I would buy it if I could but since I can't I have the RIGHT to pirate it."

Now that such a game is available they are proven as hypocrites.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 29, 2013, 11:30:01 am
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I love how so many people "oh i can already emulate it" "oh i downloaded the rom" well gee if you actually enjoyed the game, why not, I don't know buy it to show there is still a strong liking of the mother series, maybe get the third localized?

Not saying buy a new console just for it, but a lot of you guys sound like douche bags.

While I understand and agree with this comment, the point a lot of the other commenters were making is that they pirated it because there was no other way to get it. (I could be wrong about no other way, but that's the impression I got.) Now they have the game and fail to see the point in buying it when they have been playing it for years.

To use a different analogy... Say you found a few out-of-print books at a library give-away that you really like. You read these particular books at least once a year, sometimes more, for several years. Now the publisher is re-releasing the books and expects everyone who found the book while it was out-of-print to go back and pay for it now.

You didn't take money away from the author/developer or publisher because there was no way to give money to the author/developer or publisher while the game was "out-of-print." You had no way of knowing the book/game would ever be available for purchase again, so there is no reason to wait around until you can buy it legally. (You would, in theory, be waiting forever.)
I can understand pirating a game when there's no legal way to buy it (barring buying second hand, where no money goes to the publisher). However, if you do pirate on those grounds, and said game becomes available after you've played it, then you should still buy yourself a copy as belated compensation for using their product (unless of course you'd have to do something as ridiculous as buy a Wii U just to purchase said game).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on April 29, 2013, 01:05:59 pm
Adding to that train of thought, however, anyone who pirates it after the re-release, hardware purchase needed or not, has no ground to stand on. The game is available via legal means. Bypassing those means to use the product anyway is straight piracy with no moral gray areas to hide in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 29, 2013, 01:31:26 pm
However, if you do pirate on those grounds, and said game becomes available after you've played it, then you should still buy yourself a copy as belated compensation for using their product (unless of course you'd have to do something as ridiculous as buy a Wii U just to purchase said game).

*raises hand as someone who'd actually have to buy a Wii U to purchase Earthbound*

That being said I'll probably just delete the ROM anyways (assuming I have it since I don't remember), since I don't play the game anymore and it's available legally now.

Mother 3 is a different case since it's a Japanese-only game that wasn't released here because the GBA was nearing the end of its lifespan.

As is Star Fox 2 because that game wasn't released anywhere and we only have it because someone leaked it in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on April 29, 2013, 05:18:40 pm
I believe Mother 3 got a fan translation a year or 2 back.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 29, 2013, 05:41:27 pm
Speaking of piracy, a story broke today about a game called Game Dev Tycoon.  Basically the creators, pre-empting the game's eventual appearance on file-sharing sites, uploaded their own cracked copy of the full game. But within the code lay a few extra lines.  Making the game all but impossible due to having piracy rampant in later eras of the game. 

Leading to various hillarious messages on their site such as this one:

(http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/5/7/5/9/4/0/eurogamer-58n8c7.jpg)

Although with the added exposure due to this story they will probably get better sales, however before this story broke the amount of the game pirated was 3104 of 3318.  The remaining games being the ones actually bought.

Can read more about it here (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-29-game-dev-tycoon-forces-those-who-pirate-the-game-to-unwittingly-fail-from-piracy)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on April 29, 2013, 05:55:52 pm
Some part of me honestly believes the entire game was designed and built purely to pull that joke on the pirates.

But yeah, welcome to why non-business programming is typically a hobby. People don't pay for shit if they don't have to.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 29, 2013, 06:28:24 pm
My favorite method of copy protection was in Arkham Asylum. if your copy was cracked Batman wouldn't be able to glide, just crash headfirst into the ground.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 29, 2013, 06:30:03 pm
I wonder if there's actually been a reliable study on the damage piracy has done to the gaming industry.
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Post by: Saturn500 on April 29, 2013, 06:49:04 pm
More games need to do that kind of stuff.

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By the way, I would really like all of you to upvote the fuck out of this:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=140267269 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=140267269)

Because, seriously, there are so few shmups on Steam! (And frankly, Nyu Media is gonna need all the help they can get. I mean, seriously, damnit! (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=136246834))
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 29, 2013, 09:24:43 pm
The fuck, Ultima Online is still around.

And very alive, as well.  Both on the official EA servers, and the veritable standing army of freeshards available.  For those who wanna know, I play on UOGamers: Demise.  100% free, almost up-to-date with the EA servers and their content...it is missing a few things from Stygian Abyss and upwards, but there's still a LOT of shit.

If ya don't mind olde tyme graphics and like games with a hell of a lot of freedom, look no further than Ultima Online.  However, to all prospective newbies, two warnings: stay out of Felucca, as you can be player-killed anywhere outside the reach of the town guards in that world, and avoid Ilshenar until you've got really good kit, stats, and skills.  I'm talking Master level (90-99%) skills, at minimum.  Ilshenar not only has a LOT of hostile mage-type mobs, but its the only world with Paragon critters, which are an order of magnitude stronger (and faster) than their normal counterparts.  A Paragon zombie might be a laughingstock, but a Paragon dragon?  Lemme put it like this, about 18 months ago, I had a mage character that could rip apart regular dragons with hordes of angry magic bees with casual ease, and she had a hard time killing Paragon dragons.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 29, 2013, 09:57:36 pm
I absolutely love it when developers add in little quirks, acknowledgments, and walls whenever a game can tell it's been pirated or the player is cheating.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 29, 2013, 10:34:00 pm
I remember Spirit Tracks had an amusing method of copy protection. That is, if you played a pirated copy, the controls for the train simply wouldn't appear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 29, 2013, 10:52:23 pm
I believe it was Mother 3 that did this, but the game would crash as you're starting the fight against the final boss and when you restarted the game all your saves were wiped.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 29, 2013, 11:15:08 pm
I believe it was Mother 3 that did this, but the game would crash as you're starting the fight against the final boss and when you restarted the game all your saves were wiped.

It was actually Earthbound, Cracked did a list (http://www.cracked.com/article_19162_6-hilarious-ways-game-designers-are-screwing-with-pirates.html) on this subject about 2 years ago.

Another example I know of is how Spyro: Year of the Dragon made pirates rip their hair out for months with all it's anti-cracking traps.  Here's a 3 page article on it (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131439/keeping_the_pirates_at_bay.php)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 29, 2013, 11:21:38 pm
At least one game in the Wing commander series let you play the first mission in the "pirated" version but then your wingman comments "Son you've gone to the darkside." and shoots you.

And there was some other flying game where the autopilot button would instead trigger the eject seat in the pirated version.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 29, 2013, 11:29:44 pm
I think all of the interesting anti-cracking features that screw with pirated copies of the game are infinitely more effective than DRM in preventing piracy.

Well, until they accidentally activate on legit copies. Or the pirates figure out how to get past it all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on April 29, 2013, 11:42:04 pm
I think all of the interesting anti-cracking features that screw with pirated copies of the game are infinitely more effective than DRM in preventing piracy.

Well, until they accidentally activate on legit copies. Or the pirates figure out how to get past it all.

Sadly, they almost always eventually figure out how to get around it. Some people put so much effort into pirating software, you'd think the skills they need could easily qualify them for a job that would give enough income to comfortably purchase games. I remember that Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen had a little message in them for pirates at one point. If the game detected it was being emulated, at one point an NPC would say something like like "By the way, if you like the game, buy it or die." But you'd now be hard-pressed to find a GBA emulator that would give the message. You'd have to find an ancient early version of one from before the days when they reached perfect emulation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on April 29, 2013, 11:44:01 pm
I believe it was Mother 3 that did this, but the game would crash as you're starting the fight against the final boss and when you restarted the game all your saves were wiped.

It was actually Earthbound, Cracked did a list (http://www.cracked.com/article_19162_6-hilarious-ways-game-designers-are-screwing-with-pirates.html) on this subject about 2 years ago.

Another example I know of is how Spyro: Year of the Dragon made pirates rip their hair out for months with all it's anti-cracking traps.  Here's a 3 page article on it (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131439/keeping_the_pirates_at_bay.php)

Ah yes, I knew it was that series, but wasn't sure which game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 29, 2013, 11:50:02 pm
I think all of the interesting anti-cracking features that screw with pirated copies of the game are infinitely more effective than DRM in preventing piracy.

Well, until they accidentally activate on legit copies. Or the pirates figure out how to get past it all.

Sadly, they almost always eventually figure out how to get around it. Some people put so much effort into pirating software, you'd think the skills they need could easily qualify them for a job that would give enough income to comfortably purchase games. I remember that Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen had a little message in them for pirates at one point. If the game detected it was being emulated, at one point an NPC would say something like like "By the way, if you like the game, buy it or die." But you'd now be hard-pressed to find a GBA emulator that would give the message. You'd have to find an ancient early version of one from before the days when they reached perfect emulation.

Alas, most jobs care more about degrees than they do concrete proof of applicable skills.  You can code til you're blue in the face, but if you don't got that scrap of paper, they will not give even a single fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 30, 2013, 12:16:49 am
I think all of the interesting anti-cracking features that screw with pirated copies of the game are infinitely more effective than DRM in preventing piracy.

Well, until they accidentally activate on legit copies. Or the pirates figure out how to get past it all.

Sadly, they almost always eventually figure out how to get around it. Some people put so much effort into pirating software, you'd think the skills they need could easily qualify them for a job that would give enough income to comfortably purchase games. I remember that Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen had a little message in them for pirates at one point. If the game detected it was being emulated, at one point an NPC would say something like like "By the way, if you like the game, buy it or die." But you'd now be hard-pressed to find a GBA emulator that would give the message. You'd have to find an ancient early version of one from before the days when they reached perfect emulation.

Alas, most jobs care more about degrees than they do concrete proof of applicable skills.  You can code til you're blue in the face, but if you don't got that scrap of paper, they will not give even a single fuck.

A good resume can overcome a lack of a fancy degree. It shows experience, which is especially useful in jobs like coding or creative jobs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 30, 2013, 12:52:07 am
Which doesn't do jack shit if you don't have anyone to actually speak for you on your behalf.

By which I mean references, that pesky thing that you need a job to get, but can't get a job without.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 30, 2013, 12:59:29 am
The antipiracy methods seem to be more to delay then to stop indefinitely, like the article I posted which mentions that all the antipiracy traps and affects in Spyro: Year of the Dragon ultimately led to it being crackfree for 2 months after it came out.  Although that doesn't seem like a long time, you have to consider most cracks for games are done in a 24-48 hour window for a game without any grand antipiracy measures.  Also the fact:

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Two months may not seem like a long time, but between 30 and 50 percent of most games' total sales occur in that time. Approximately 50 percent of the total sales of Spyro 2, up to December 2000, were in the first two months. Even games released in the middle of the year rather than the holiday season, such as Eidetic's Syphon Filter, make 30 percent of their total sales in the first two months. If YOTD follows the same trend, as it almost certainly will, those two to three months when pirated versions were unavailable must have reduced the overall level and impact of piracy. On top of this, since YOTD was released in Europe one month after the U.S., those two months protected early European sales from pirated copies of the U.S. version.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 30, 2013, 01:19:13 am
It's neat to see the creative anti-piracy measures for Spyro. I was unaware of them until now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 30, 2013, 01:42:47 am
Yeah, it puts a bad taste in my mouth to pirate a game anywhere within a few years of its release.

Then again I don't pirate much anymore, despite the temptations.  I've got lots of nice legal games sitting in my Steam account that didn't cost me an arm and a leg to buy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 30, 2013, 01:44:27 am
This cry of fear game on steam, fuck me its weird. A little reliant on the jump out and boo scare, buuuuut the melee combat is a whore to work with
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 30, 2013, 04:52:33 am
More games need to do that kind of stuff.

--------------------------------------------------------------

By the way, I would really like all of you to upvote the fuck out of this:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=140267269 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=140267269)

Because, seriously, there are so few shmups on Steam! (And frankly, Nyu Media is gonna need all the help they can get. I mean, seriously, damnit! (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=136246834))

I'll vote for it if you vote for Papers, Please.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on April 30, 2013, 06:44:40 am
Done! This is another thing Steam needs more of: stuff nobody's played before! (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=138290904&searchtext=papers%2C+please)

Speaking of which, Reciever's pretty decent so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 30, 2013, 06:54:17 am
Most excellent. As promised, I've thrown my support behind ALLTYNEX.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 30, 2013, 10:32:23 am
This cry of fear game on steam, fuck me its weird. A little reliant on the jump out and boo scare, buuuuut the melee combat is a whore to work with

Yeah, it used to be a Half-Life mod. Can't remember the name of it, but the creator did an earlier horror mod on the same engine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on April 30, 2013, 11:05:18 am
New GTAV trailer, hot off the presses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf38HiYPMiI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 01, 2013, 12:06:47 am
I am almost to the point of freaking maniacal laughter.  Why?  Well, I've been playin Ultima Online off and on today, farming crazy ant people for their sweet, sweet monies (and salable items), and I've managed to make just over 43 grand in a single freaking day.  Why?  Let's just say that my mage lady is approaching near-deific levels of power...master mage and climbing!  Why do I need so much scratch?  Because I want a fucking house, and the one I want is 160,500 gold, and I'm just under the halfway point.

After that, get a few vendors, scatter a few runes to my house around Luna, and let the jack start rollin in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 01, 2013, 12:12:24 am
Making a bard seems pretty neat in Ultima Online.  Turn your foes against each other, stop them from attacking you...

And since it's such a modular system, I could easily make it a sneaky rogue who does it, or a mage who sings, or whatever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 01, 2013, 12:34:05 am
Making a bard seems pretty neat in Ultima Online.  Turn your foes against each other, stop them from attacking you...

And since it's such a modular system, I could easily make it a sneaky rogue who does it, or a mage who sings, or whatever.

That's one of my favourite things about the game, how flexible it is when it comes to "classes."  (Put those in quotes because, technically, UO has no classes.)  Also, Provocation is probably one of the most overpowered non-magical skills available since you can, at a high enough skill level, turn daemons and such against one another which, as one can imagine, makes actual combat pretty much unnecessary.  Its also quite useful for a crafting character, since you only need 2 skills to use it (Musicianship + Provocation), as opposed to the 3+ with actual combat/magic skills, and it allows you to get nice loot while you're out cutting wood or mining for ore...or making critters kill eachother so you can go and cut their hides off 'em with a knife.

If you want it, more times than not in UO, you can do it.  Want to just spend your time fishing?  Get a rod and fish, and you can even sell said fish, and at high Fishing levels, can uncover sunken treasures...and krakens and shit.  Wanna cook?  There's a skill for that.  Tame critters?  Its one of the most useful character types you can make.  Shit, you can even make a professional beggar that can beg NPCs for money.  You heard me right, you can actually be a professional bum.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 01, 2013, 03:39:36 pm
and I'm playing star trek online now

ironbite-yeah
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 01, 2013, 03:55:21 pm
The difficulty of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers has certainly been taking a while to reach SMT standards, but seven hours in, it's starting to get kinda tough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 01, 2013, 03:57:09 pm
My StugIII just committed suicide in World of Tanks.

Seriously, I was just driving it along a road in that city map which has the castle on the hill. I had a good start, one kill and a few assists and went looking for more enemies after the ones near me had been killed. I was coming downhill and most of that road has a wall along it preventing any falls, but there is one spot where that wall is broken. There were no enemies around, but the very second I was next to that hole I lose control of the tank, it starts moving and turning on its own and I get a weird lag spike. When the game returns to normal my dear Stug does a faceplant at the bottom of the hill.

My team thought it was funny.

In other news, I'm really liking the British Matilda. The later heavy tanks are tougher but there is just some weird charm to this little tank, toughest tank on tier IV, slow as a snail but armed with a rapid firing cannon with plenty penetration. Not much damage though, but when it's firing shot after another with deadly accuracy it is lethal.

And the fast reload means that in the case that you miss you will get another shot soon, which means that I can take riskier shots on the move or at fast scout tanks. And I really seem to have the knack of hitting the faster enemies from a long range which is always fun when you can take out their tracks.

Goin somewhere? BOOM! Not anymore.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 01, 2013, 04:02:10 pm
And now it seems Valve is doing smaller, more frequent batches of Greenlighting.

Papers, Please got through.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 01, 2013, 10:21:17 pm
Papers, Please got through.
It did? Fucken-A.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 01, 2013, 11:49:41 pm
So I'm playing Blood Dragon.  Oh man, funniest fucking thing I've played in a long time.  DRIPPING in parody to the point of ripping the 4th wall a new one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 02, 2013, 08:29:09 am
Anybody got a suggestion on a good game I could pick up on Steam for about 7 euro?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 02, 2013, 08:32:08 am
Anybody got a suggestion on a good game I could pick up on Steam for about 7 euro?
You can't go wrong with Defense Grid: The Awakening (assuming you don't mind tower defense games). It's got a pretty good story to it as well.

In other news, in anyone else really annoyed at the massive amounts of wasted potential that is the 3DS e-shop? They are selling Luigi's Mansion 2 through it, so it can clearly handle large games, but it's just so underutilised. Considering all of Nintendo's handheld consoles and main consoles up to the SNES (maybe even the N64), there's a mind-bogglingly enormous library of games they could sell for the 3DS. Even just counting first and second party titles, there's a fucking goldmine to be had there.

I know Nintendo is only figuring out this whole digital distribution thing now and all (and even then, they've still yet to work out something as simple as user accounts), but this level of wastefulness is just plain ridiculous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 02, 2013, 01:02:10 pm
Lugi's Mansion 2 isn't even the biggest game they've got through the eShop.  That title belongs to Fire Emblem.

Ironbite-fucker took up half my SD card.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 02, 2013, 03:50:53 pm
While I enjoy NHL 11's Be a Pro Mode, feel like being at work at times, when I feel like I'm getting blamed for everything.  Crossing the line without the puck?  I get blamed for Offsides.  If I pass the puck to a teammate and he skates behind the line, I get blamed for offsides.  I'm already behind the line and my teammate passes the puck to me?  I still get blamed for Offsides.

If I'm the goalie and an opponent scores on me, I get blamed for allowing the goal.  If I'm a skater and an opponent scores on the goalie, I still get blamed for allowing a goal.  And if I'm either a goalie or skater and my own teammate shoots the puck into our own goal (It's happened several times), yep, full blame goes to me.

In one game, I got so frustrated, I spent the entire time picking fights and hitting people.  I spent about 50 out of the 60 minutes of game time in the penalty box.  Ironically though, I was commended for picking fights and hitting people at just the right time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 02, 2013, 05:05:13 pm
While I enjoy NHL 11's Be a Pro Mode, feel like being at work at times, when I feel like I'm getting blamed for everything.  Crossing the line without the puck?  I get blamed for Offsides.  If I pass the puck to a teammate and he skates behind the line, I get blamed for offsides.  I'm already behind the line and my teammate passes the puck to me?  I still get blamed for Offsides.

If I'm the goalie and an opponent scores on me, I get blamed for allowing the goal.  If I'm a skater and an opponent scores on the goalie, I still get blamed for allowing a goal.  And if I'm either a goalie or skater and my own teammate shoots the puck into our own goal (It's happened several times), yep, full blame goes to me.

In one game, I got so frustrated, I spent the entire time picking fights and hitting people.  I spent about 50 out of the 60 minutes of game time in the penalty box.  Ironically though, I was commended for picking fights and hitting people at just the right time.

Welcome to the NHL, we like to assign blame everywhere we can.

EDIT: A friendly reminder, you can pick up this flawed but intensely satisfying action-RPG on steam for 10 dolla.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR1XdvRGwDw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 02, 2013, 07:38:35 pm
Finally.  GOT.  MY.  HOUSE!  160,500 gold, plus expenditures for a pair of vendors to hock some of my crap at Walmart-low prices.

Also, had an attempt on my life!  Someone came to my house (I'd dropped marked recall runes around Luna, UO's version of advertising) bought some crap, and invited me to their place.  Well, my first hint was the dude opened up a red moongate, and red moongates only lead to one place, Felucca, where you can murder people all you want, so long as you're not in the reach of the town guards.  Sooooo...summoned a daemon, set it to guard me, and went thru.  We did a little tour of his place which was, admittedly, not too bad, and took me to his "treasure room."  He started casting some tiny, crap spells like Heal, which immediately set off a red flag for me, so I opened my runebook, went to the first page and had my cursor right on the "Recall" button.  Well, he dispelled my daemon, which tripped my alarms BIGTIME, so I hit that button and ran like hell to New Haven and to the safety of the Trammel ruleset.

You're not a real UO player until you've had someone try to murder you, lol.

(For those who desire to play UO, but are new to it, NEVER enter a red moongate unless you know who you're going with.  Even then, prepare before you do.  The world of Felucca is only for those who either enjoy PvP, or don't mind the constant threat of being murdered by psychopathic player bandits.  And, if you go, INSURE YOUR GEAR AND OTHER VALUABLES BEFOREHAND.  Otherwise, they can loot it off your rotting corpse, leaving you not only broke, but almost completely defenseless.  Also, just fyi, insurance [on Demise, at least] costs 600 gold per item, but you can toggle it to be auto-renewed, and in the long run, its a very, very wise investment.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 03, 2013, 02:35:18 pm
Apparently Fallout 1,2 and Tactics along with every Star Wars game is on sale on steam today.

Does Fallout 1 and 2 have the same problems as 3 does with Windows 7?

Is Battlefront 2 worth buying?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 03, 2013, 02:38:02 pm
I've played Star Wars Battlefront 2 on the PS2 and I'd definitely say it's worth buying the PC version, assuming that there are no problems inherent to the PC version (might be worth a look before buying)

It's basically like a third person shooter version of TFC.  With space battles.  Glorious space battles.  MAGNIFICENT space battles.

Oh and you're expected to change classes to suit your needs, and you even have to unlock classes.  At least in single player.

I know that in multiplayer there are also class quotas on some classes (so more than x amount of people can't be x class)

Battlefront 2 may possible be the best Star Wars game of all time, barring RPGs which are inherently more subjective anyways.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 03, 2013, 03:07:46 pm
Apparently Fallout 1,2 and Tactics along with every Star Wars game is on sale on steam today.

Does Fallout 1 and 2 have the same problems as 3 does with Windows 7?

Is Battlefront 2 worth buying?

Not that I know of, when it comes to Fallout.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 03, 2013, 03:14:23 pm
While I enjoy NHL 11's Be a Pro Mode, feel like being at work at times, when I feel like I'm getting blamed for everything.  Crossing the line without the puck?  I get blamed for Offsides.  If I pass the puck to a teammate and he skates behind the line, I get blamed for offsides.  I'm already behind the line and my teammate passes the puck to me?  I still get blamed for Offsides.

If I'm the goalie and an opponent scores on me, I get blamed for allowing the goal.  If I'm a skater and an opponent scores on the goalie, I still get blamed for allowing a goal.  And if I'm either a goalie or skater and my own teammate shoots the puck into our own goal (It's happened several times), yep, full blame goes to me.

In one game, I got so frustrated, I spent the entire time picking fights and hitting people.  I spent about 50 out of the 60 minutes of game time in the penalty box.  Ironically though, I was commended for picking fights and hitting people at just the right time.

Welcome to the NHL, we like to assign blame everywhere we can.


I'm beginning to see that.

Battlefront 2 may possible be the best Star Wars game of all time, barring RPGs which are inherently more subjective anyways.

I've always liked the first one better, mostly because I dislike the change they made to the Darktrooper's weapon, not to mention getting, "Press X to play as Jedi," appearing over and over again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on May 03, 2013, 05:23:27 pm
Apparently Fallout 1,2 and Tactics along with every Star Wars game is on sale on steam today.

Does Fallout 1 and 2 have the same problems as 3 does with Windows 7?

Is Battlefront 2 worth buying?

Fallout 1 and 2 do have a problem with higher resolutions where the color will be distorted. There's a fix for it here (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1144779). If that doesn't work, try making a script that closes explorer when you launch the game:

Quote
taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
[whatever your fallout launcher is, I don't have it installed to check. For example, fallout.exe]
Start explorer.exe
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 03, 2013, 05:23:51 pm
Does Fallout 1 and 2 have the same problems as 3 does with Windows 7?
Not the same problems, but you're going to have to mod it to get the nicest experience out of it.

That said, I believe gog's version is pre-patched and non sucky, or you can get the new CD versions floating around that have the same patching.  There's like 3 different versions all requiring different tweaks(or working out of the box) floating around. But they all CAN work with windows 7. It's just a matter of getting it there. Looks like it's not a huge problem with the steam version, but check out this before you buy it:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/38400/discussions/0/810919057004088388/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: FirsthandTuna on May 03, 2013, 05:28:21 pm
Does Fallout 1 and 2 have the same problems as 3 does with Windows 7?
Not the same problems, but you're going to have to mod it to get the nicest experience out of it.

That said, I believe gog's version is pre-patched and non sucky, or you can get the new CD versions floating around that have the same patching.  There's like 3 different versions all requiring different tweaks(or working out of the box) floating around. But they all CAN work with windows 7. It's just a matter of getting it there. Looks like it's not a huge problem with the steam version, but check out this before you buy it:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/38400/discussions/0/810919057004088388/

I'd recommend getting it on gog. Not only will it work on modern systems with little to no effort, they also keep it up-to-date. Even with the fixes for Fallout 1 and 2 there are problems like screen flickering on the Steam version.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 03, 2013, 06:27:30 pm
I've played Star Wars Battlefront 2 on the PS2 and I'd definitely say it's worth buying the PC version, assuming that there are no problems inherent to the PC version (might be worth a look before buying)

It's basically like a third person shooter version of TFC.  With space battles.  Glorious space battles.  MAGNIFICENT space battles.

Oh and you're expected to change classes to suit your needs, and you even have to unlock classes.  At least in single player.

I know that in multiplayer there are also class quotas on some classes (so more than x amount of people can't be x class)

Battlefront 2 may possible be the best Star Wars game of all time, barring RPGs which are inherently more subjective anyways.

I used to play it regularly on the PC, before I switched computers and lost the CD key (this was before I entered the world of The Pirate's Bay, so I figured I was screwed). I'm not sure how often it's played nowadays, but the multiplayer was great fun and there are servers that exclusively play Mos Eisley with all hero characters (like Darth Maul, Han Solo, and The Emperor).

Just don't play single player except as basic practice, though. It's not as fun.
Title: Grimdark Zelda mod is grimdark and epic.
Post by: The Illusive Man on May 03, 2013, 11:51:09 pm
Hyrule: Total War is a conversion for Medieval 2: Total War. A vast majority of the iconic races from the Zelda universe have been represented as armies that the player can assemble, command, and ultimately use to destroy their enemies. The Hero of Time has chosen to return to the past, a choice that ultimately has ruined the charts of history and sent Hyrule into chaos. Major wars that were already decided have unmade themselves, allowing fallen armies a second chance at these critical events in Hyrule's history. This is where you, the player, comes in. (http://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-total-war/)

AKA Link royally shits the bed by trying to regain his childhood and things get all Warhammery. Obligatory TV Tropes page. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HyruleTotalWar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB4Et3Dmdlc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MgDYgwkQMU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfhy7B8mSlM

Fun fact: there are armies of Technicolor Navi, annoying fuckhuge armies in fact. They also kill via color and it buuurrrnnnssss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on May 04, 2013, 12:36:30 am
That is bizarre. I don't know what to think of it, honestly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 04, 2013, 01:10:46 am
I will forever prefer the Stainless Steel mod for Medieval Total War 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 04, 2013, 05:35:17 am
Guess which mod is going to receive a cease and desist order very soon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 04, 2013, 05:39:28 am
Guess which mod is going to receive a cease and desist order very soon.
It's already out, so it'll probably go the way of the Lord of the Rings mod.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 04, 2013, 06:27:49 am
That mod looks stupid. Both in a good way, and a "Way too grimdark" way.

So, it's like Warhammer.
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Oh, hey, the demo for Kamui, one of the games in the ALLTYNEX trilogy, is out! (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyumedia/the-tale-of-alltynex-japans-epic-shooting-game-tri/posts/470851) It's awesome!

It's the first two stages. It's kinda like Rayforce (if you've heard of that).
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Oh, hey, C-Rush, another shmup on Steam Greenlight, has a demo now! (http://www.artnumeris.com/c-rush.html) It's awful! And it might contain ransomware!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 04, 2013, 11:08:06 am
Guess which mod is going to receive a cease and desist order very soon.

Doubtful. Mods for various other IPs are extremely popular, probably one of the biggest sections of the modding community. It falls into the gray area of fair use, so any company trying to incite a legal battle only has its own empty threats and the fear of the modders (or unwillingness to pay for a legal campaign) to get them to stop. If it actually went to court, the aforementioned company would likely end up with egg on their face and a loss on their record. Even if they could get a win, it would be counterproductive due to looking stereotypically evil to their market and everyone willing to work with them as well as wasting time and money on something that doesn't actually affect their copy protection at all; AMC loses no profit from someone making a Walking Dead content pack for Fallout: New Vegas. It would be a 100% fruitless endeavor.

That's why cease and desist orders for modders using other IPs are extremely rare, and I haven't seen any that actually went beyond a company making empty threats and the an ignorant modder panicking and shutting everything down because they don't realize that there's no case that can be brought against them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 04, 2013, 04:05:27 pm
Blood Dragon is the most self aware thing ever. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 04, 2013, 04:05:41 pm
Do you know how many copy-right shattering mods there on in Fallout?  Skyrim?  Hundreds.  Know how many of those get taken down?  None.  Why?  Nobody is selling these mods.

Ironbite-fair use is fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 04, 2013, 04:33:04 pm
Come to think of it, the ONLY time I can remember where a mod or independent game had content changed was the Goonstation version of Space Station 13. The code comes standard with Xenomorphs (along with various other stuff, like RIGs from Dead Space that are occasionally renamed "hardsuits" but still have the look), but apparently they got a legal threat and the coders panicked and removed all Aliens content. Everything else remains, of course. Despite this, even the /tg/station folks refuse to add new IP material (like SHODAN and XERXES faces for the AI) because of a stated fear of copyright infringement....while leaving Dead Space hardsuits and plasma cutters in the game and still keeping their aliens.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 04, 2013, 05:31:52 pm
This LOTR mod got taken down.  Some games encourage copy right infirngement cough scribblenauts*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 04, 2013, 11:27:40 pm
Do you know how many copy-right shattering mods there on in Fallout?  Skyrim?  Hundreds.  Know how many of those get taken down?  None.  Why?  Nobody is selling these mods.

Ironbite-fair use is fun.
The Lord of the Rings conversion mod for Skyrim got a cease and desist. Largely because unlike most other mods, the copyright holders actually managed to catch it before it was finished and released.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 04, 2013, 11:37:55 pm
Lord of the Rings will probably slap down more mods based off of it due to how stingy the rights holders are.  Which is fair it is their copyright and all that.  But it does stink they're so stingy that way.

Ironbite-but hey, there's a ton of other great mods out there so it's not big loss.,
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 05, 2013, 01:06:27 am
Lord of the Rings will probably slap down more mods based off of it due to how stingy the rights holders are.  Which is fair it is their copyright and all that.  But it does stink they're so stingy that way.

Ironbite-but hey, there's a ton of other great mods out there so it's not big loss.,

It's still mostly an empty threat, one that relies on the modding team being too scared to consider the legal situation or too unwilling to face a legal battle if it came to that. Just about any judge would consider a game mod to fall under fair use, and the negative publicity of taking someone to court over a mod on the basis of copyright infringement would be astounding. Contrary to popular belief, there IS such a thing as bad publicity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 05, 2013, 01:16:27 am
I now have a grey jedi playing SWTOR.

My computer can barely handle the game. *sob*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 05, 2013, 03:13:51 pm
I now have a grey jedi playing SWTOR.

My computer can barely handle the game. *sob*

I decided to invert the roles with my characters for SWTOR.

I'm currently playing honorable Sith Warrior.

After that I'll play scumbag Jedi Knight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on May 05, 2013, 03:42:39 pm
I've been wondering if I should get Dishonored. I love stealth, although I don't know how much the game encourages stealth versus killing sprees. Any opinions?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on May 05, 2013, 04:46:31 pm
I've been wondering if I should get Dishonored. I love stealth, although I don't know how much the game encourages stealth versus killing sprees. Any opinions?
Either stealth or killing sprees are viable choices. Just install the patches or else bugs will ruin your Thiefgasm.


Behold, the video game version of The Great Gaspy! (http://greatgatsbygame.com/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woPFgpqtrvI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 05, 2013, 05:35:41 pm
I've been wondering if I should get Dishonored. I love stealth, although I don't know how much the game encourages stealth versus killing sprees. Any opinions?

Nerd³ on Youtube has a pair of videos on Dishonored, showing the same mission (one shown in the previews, where you need to infiltrate a masquerade party, ID a particular noblewoman, and dispose of her) with both pacifist stealth and rampaging, violent methods of completion. Both are perfectly viable, with the violent route (simply charging in and killing everything in your path) taking longer than the pacifist stealth route (sneaking around, knocking people unconscious, and engaging in dialogue) but being more difficult to avoid death. It takes a good player to be a rampaging action movie hero, but you can totally do it and have a fun time with it.

Also, the game makes a note of not only stealth vs. violence, but also pacifism vs. murder. It's possible to have any permutation, so you can be a stealthy killer or a loud showoff who only knocks people unconscious and never lays a finger on anyone unnecessarily.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 05, 2013, 05:47:49 pm
I now have a grey jedi playing SWTOR.

My computer can barely handle the game. *sob*

I decided to invert the roles with my characters for SWTOR.

I'm currently playing honorable Sith Warrior.

After that I'll play scumbag Jedi Knight.

Well like I said I'm playing grey jedi. She walks the balance between light and dark side but she's a massive sarcastic bitch.

My fully dark side version of her will be played later on when I get more comfortable and she'll basically still be sarcastic. But will have the dark side corruption and everything else.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 05, 2013, 06:03:01 pm
I talked about this game in the IRC a month or two back but I just found a video that truely shows how terrible a game Scarlet Blade is:

(semi-nsfw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpwBG2Dtpmk


Scarlet Blade makes Tera's female armor look like double layer armor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 05, 2013, 07:49:55 pm
I got Tomb Raider for my birthday but I agreed to not download it till June 15th you know how the steam sales
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 05, 2013, 08:51:06 pm
So I was thinking of getting a Steam prepaid card next week to celebrate me moving on from the 10th grade any suggestions on what games I should get with the extra $50 in my Steam wallet?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 05, 2013, 08:53:18 pm
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Also, the Ys games. Not to mention Monaco. And La-Mulana. And Recettear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 05, 2013, 10:12:14 pm
So I was thinking of getting a Steam prepaid card next week to celebrate me moving on from the 10th grade any suggestions on what games I should get with the extra $50 in my Steam wallet?
If you're getting that card sometime in the next 14 hours, Spec Ops: The Line is 75% off. It's quite a fantastic game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 05, 2013, 10:17:13 pm
So I was thinking of getting a Steam prepaid card next week to celebrate me moving on from the 10th grade any suggestions on what games I should get with the extra $50 in my Steam wallet?
If you're getting that card sometime in the next 14 hours, Spec Ops: The Line is 75% off. It's quite a fantastic game.

Just...be careful.  Its an excellent game, yes, but uh...lemme put it this way, I've only ever seen other people play it, and it still managed to freaking traumatize me.  I can deal with some dark shit, but that...I have never encountered anything as brutally honest as that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 05, 2013, 11:56:16 pm
Its a good game for story, boring for gameplay. Very...very boring
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 06, 2013, 01:58:54 am
I know I've seen the white phosphorus scene...I still have nightmares.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 07, 2013, 12:33:50 am
Its one of those things you'd feel bad for spoiling, but at the same time...you kinda wanna warn other prospective new players about...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 07, 2013, 12:40:23 am
Its one of those things you'd feel bad for spoiling, but at the same time...you kinda wanna warn other prospective new players about...
I don't. The whole point of the game is to have the player think they're playing just another generic modern military shooter, with all the expectations thereof being slowly picked at and then utterly shattered by that one scene. If the player isn't expecting another 3rd rate Call of Duty clone, the effect is ruined.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 07, 2013, 10:51:49 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9cMRDLJSPg
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 07, 2013, 12:09:29 pm
I'm not really traumatized by Spec Ops but it did make me very somber while I was playing. And yeah, the gameplay is pretty dull. I feel like it's more of an interactive movie.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 07, 2013, 12:39:28 pm
Its one of those things you'd feel bad for spoiling, but at the same time...you kinda wanna warn other prospective new players about...
I don't. The whole point of the game is to have the player think they're playing just another generic modern military shooter, with all the expectations thereof being slowly picked at and then utterly shattered by that one scene. If the player isn't expecting another 3rd rate Call of Duty clone, the effect is ruined.

Unfortunately, I think the effect's been ruined by this point. The game has had enough exposure and reviews to clue in prospective buyers that it's meant to have that kind of storyline. The only ones who are going to pick it up thinking it's a generic military shooter right now are the ones who never pay attention to gaming media, websites, or reviewers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 08, 2013, 02:31:56 am
Its one of those things you'd feel bad for spoiling, but at the same time...you kinda wanna warn other prospective new players about...
I don't. The whole point of the game is to have the player think they're playing just another generic modern military shooter, with all the expectations thereof being slowly picked at and then utterly shattered by that one scene. If the player isn't expecting another 3rd rate Call of Duty clone, the effect is ruined.

Unfortunately, I think the effect's been ruined by this point. The game has had enough exposure and reviews to clue in prospective buyers that it's meant to have that kind of storyline. The only ones who are going to pick it up thinking it's a generic military shooter right now are the ones who never pay attention to gaming media, websites, or reviewers.

True, but what are you going to do?

Anyway, just started another play through of Zelda: Wind Waker. Man, it really makes me miss the days when Nintendo consoles were actually good. None of this motion control garbage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 08, 2013, 06:57:42 am
And that reminds me of how the 3DS has a gyroscope none of the games for it bother to use.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 08, 2013, 10:16:57 am
And that reminds me of how the 3DS has a gyroscope none of the games for it bother to use.
Luigi's Mansion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 08, 2013, 01:16:24 pm
Mario Kart 7.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 08, 2013, 01:21:21 pm
Its one of those things you'd feel bad for spoiling, but at the same time...you kinda wanna warn other prospective new players about...
I don't. The whole point of the game is to have the player think they're playing just another generic modern military shooter, with all the expectations thereof being slowly picked at and then utterly shattered by that one scene. If the player isn't expecting another 3rd rate Call of Duty clone, the effect is ruined.

Unfortunately, I think the effect's been ruined by this point. The game has had enough exposure and reviews to clue in prospective buyers that it's meant to have that kind of storyline. The only ones who are going to pick it up thinking it's a generic military shooter right now are the ones who never pay attention to gaming media, websites, or reviewers.

True, but what are you going to do?

Anyway, just started another play through of Zelda: Wind Waker. Man, it really makes me miss the days when Nintendo consoles were actually good. None of this motion control garbage.

They're redoing Wind Waker on the Wii U. Basically a graphics rehaul.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 08, 2013, 04:16:05 pm
I think it's a bit more in depth than that (since as I recall, Miyamoto was not satisfied with the game when it was released, and there were several features cut because of the deadline) but I don't know for sure.  They might be expanding the game or it could be a mere graphical upgrade.
Title: Plants vs. Zombies 2
Post by: The Illusive Man on May 09, 2013, 12:30:40 am
Good news:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qyItbOQ1rg

Bad news:
PopCap has laid off Plants vs. Zombies creator George Fan, the day after announcing a sequel to the game. (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/119212-PopCap-Lays-Off-Plants-vs-Zombies-Creator)

EA has acquired casual games developer PopCap Games for $750 million in cash and stock options. (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111607-EA-Buys-Peggle-Creator-PopCap-Games)

(http://i.imgur.com/IBIdswP.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 09, 2013, 12:55:31 am
I've not played PvZ but really?  I hope Fan got money unlike Ass Creed's creator
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 09, 2013, 01:18:02 am
Its one of those things you'd feel bad for spoiling, but at the same time...you kinda wanna warn other prospective new players about...
I don't. The whole point of the game is to have the player think they're playing just another generic modern military shooter, with all the expectations thereof being slowly picked at and then utterly shattered by that one scene. If the player isn't expecting another 3rd rate Call of Duty clone, the effect is ruined.

Unfortunately, I think the effect's been ruined by this point. The game has had enough exposure and reviews to clue in prospective buyers that it's meant to have that kind of storyline. The only ones who are going to pick it up thinking it's a generic military shooter right now are the ones who never pay attention to gaming media, websites, or reviewers.

True, but what are you going to do?

Anyway, just started another play through of Zelda: Wind Waker. Man, it really makes me miss the days when Nintendo consoles were actually good. None of this motion control garbage.

They're redoing Wind Waker on the Wii U. Basically a graphics rehaul.

I know, but I'll personally stick to the Gamecube version. No way I'm paying several hundred dollars to play a game I already own with a stupid tablet controller that has a 2-3 hour battery life at the very most. I'll just stick with my Gamecube and its normal, perfectly functional controller, kthanxbye.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 09, 2013, 08:36:07 am
Road Redemption has a slight chance in hell it's closing in on 130k:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkseasgames/road-redemption

Maybe I should start a pimp your kickstarter thread or something...

But unlike the doublefine backers, I'm looking at two games coming out in the next few months that appear to be quite on budget.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 09, 2013, 01:17:07 pm
The Kickstarter for localization of The Tale of ALLTYNEX is almost at the first stretch goal.  (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyumedia/the-tale-of-alltynex-japans-epic-shooting-game-tri) I think it may have helped that they made it so people who donate $25 or more now get a free Satazius Steam key, in addition to two of the three ALLTYNEX games, one soundtrack, and those wallpapers.

UPDATE: It lost money again? Are you shitting me?
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Oh, and System Shock 2's on Steam. Yay!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 10, 2013, 08:22:40 pm
Picked up Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. Blood Dragon is delightfully absurd.

MARK IV STYLE MOTHAFUCKA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 11, 2013, 06:21:19 am
Road Redemption is closing in on an Xbox360 port if anyone was thinking of getting it, that said, it is funded at this point.

And how is dragon's dogma, I was looking at that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 11, 2013, 06:59:22 am
I quite enjoyed it when I completed the original. the combat takes a few cues from dark souls and shadow of the colossus but is a bit more arcade-y. The Dark Arisen version fixes some of the originals flaws while adding new content. The environment design is great with some great dungeon-crawling bits, writing is a bit meh, voice acting alright (tries too hard to sound medievel) the pawn system is interesting (You can create a sidekick character that can be used by anybody playing online, and you can also hire other players pawns) sidequests are probably the games biggest weakness (not much variety)

One of the main problems fixed in the Dark Arisen is the ferrystones, crystals allowing you to fast-travel to locations where you place them. in the original they were pretty pricey and forced you to travel everywhere by foot for most of the beginning portions in the game. in the new version the price is slashed significantly making it a more viable option.

For its price its a great lengthy action-RPG
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 11, 2013, 08:03:12 am
I just got me a copy of Primordia for 60% off. When it comes to indie current adventure games, you just can't beat Wadjet Eye.

Just noticed this game isn't actually indie. It's developed by Wormwood while Wadjet is the publisher. Well, isn't that something?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 12, 2013, 04:17:08 am
Do you remember those games where everything leading up to the end was entertaining, challenging and utterly awesome... But after defeating the final boss the actual payoff, the ending, was just one page of text or something similarly dissappointing?

It's not just that "I don't like the ending" it's more like there has been no effort done for the ending and it is just a token "you win" screen and some words.

This was a bigger problem in the older games but I just saw the ending to the first Stronghold game (after 2000 is still recent, dammit!) and other games like the Dungeon keeper and Startopia, startegy games in general and beat 'em ups as well seem to suffer from this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 12, 2013, 07:22:21 am
I don't know, aside from the fallout kind of game where it actually means something time devoted to building some spectacular ending is time taken away from making a game that doesn't suck. See FF13 for the logical conclusion of spending all the money on story telling rather than making any kind of game at all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 12, 2013, 08:22:06 am
Most shmups are pretty much the epitome of "gameplay over story".

For most shmups, the plot is All There in the Manual aside from the ending cutscene.

Mind you, this is primarily because they're arcade games, and, well, you know, there's probably going to be a line...

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Speaking of which, it seems the reason the ALLTYNEX kickstarter has been losing funds is because people are withdrawing their donations, since they don't think it'll reach the stretch goals.

Which is dumb. They're dumb. Obvious self-fulfilling prophecy mentality.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 12, 2013, 12:58:47 pm
I don't know, aside from the fallout kind of game where it actually means something time devoted to building some spectacular ending is time taken away from making a game that doesn't suck. See FF13 for the logical conclusion of spending all the money on story telling rather than making any kind of game at all.

Story?  FF13 has a story?  I thought it was just a mess of not-connected hallways that you're forced to send the characters down.

Ironbite-the story....there is no story.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 12, 2013, 07:01:49 pm
Story?  FF13 has a story?  I thought it was just a mess of not-connected hallways that you're forced to send the characters down.

Ironbite-the story....there is no story.
No, there is a story, it's just utter shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 13, 2013, 01:37:53 am
If you want System Shock 2, run over to Steam. It's on sale for $7.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 13, 2013, 02:36:53 am
Story?  FF13 has a story?  I thought it was just a mess of not-connected hallways that you're forced to send the characters down.

Ironbite-the story....there is no story.
No, there is a story, it's just utter shit.

And meanders aimlessly for 20+ hours.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 13, 2013, 02:28:50 pm
So I was playing Skyrim and this happened:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=144847548

I got a good bit of a laugh out of it, though I was confused, then I eventually realized why this happened.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 14, 2013, 05:55:18 pm
Do a Google Image search for "Atari Breakout". Observe as your time disappears.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 14, 2013, 06:19:30 pm
Do a Google Image search for "Atari Breakout". Observe as your time disappears.

Haha, this is awesome
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 14, 2013, 07:30:25 pm
So I was looking at stuff for Pokemon X and Y and one of the coolest things I saw with the news is that you can customize your character also you can now actually sit on benches and stuff (That may not seem like much but It is in terms of a Pokemon game)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 14, 2013, 08:26:41 pm
So I was looking at stuff for Pokemon X and Y and one of the coolest things I saw with the news is that you can customize your character also you can now actually sit on benches and stuff (That may not seem like much but It is in terms of a Pokemon game)
I'll never understand the obsession with sitting in videogames. That said they seem to have done quite a bit with the 3D in both senses they could have. I'm impressed with some of the animations.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 14, 2013, 08:48:54 pm
So I was looking at stuff for Pokemon X and Y and one of the coolest things I saw with the news is that you can customize your character also you can now actually sit on benches and stuff (That may not seem like much but It is in terms of a Pokemon game)
I'll never understand the obsession with sitting in videogames.

Roleplaying and immersion, mostly.

Makes you feel like you're playing someone who is actually a part of the world instead of just an obvious player character with everyone else being obvious NPCs.

Hell going back to Morrowind from Oblivion or Skyrim and it annoys me that I can't sit in chairs for whatever reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on May 15, 2013, 02:07:57 am
Quote
owo: (http://owo.tumblr.com/post/50457569381/benches-in-animal-crossing-benches-in-pokemon)

    benches in animal crossing

    (http://media.tumblr.com/43198269d7c38fb51cb609394f56a125/tumblr_inline_mmtcki8mAW1qz4rgp.png)

    benches in pokemon

    (http://media.tumblr.com/4864d0b795418a220197bb6e4b72f36d/tumblr_inline_mmtclkSb2L1qz4rgp.gif)

    welcome to the gaming revolution of 2k13

Ayep. A pretty exiting year for gaming.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 15, 2013, 02:47:17 am
I'm giddy like a schoolgirl.  My paladin woman on Demise has finally gotten one of the best swordsmanship weapons around, the Blaze of Death.  Fucking halberd of flaming DOOM!  EVERYTHING BURNS!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 15, 2013, 04:19:42 am
So I'm playing STO and am now part of a Fleet go me and am a level 22 Commander.

Ironbite-I love the escort classes but next class I may go Intrepid just because I've always loved Voyager.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 15, 2013, 04:38:53 am
Playing this new open beta MMO called neverwinter. I am quite impressed
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 15, 2013, 06:17:18 am
So that's what cryptic has been up to. And look at that, they know how to make money this time. 200 bucks to play a renegade drow. (http://nw.perfectworld.com/founderspack)

At least it might keep them rare.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 15, 2013, 12:34:43 pm
I doubt it.

Ironbite-now when are they gonna drop this Romulan shit I've been hearing about?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 15, 2013, 01:42:49 pm
Just hunted down a Griffin to a wrecked, abandoned tower and lit it on fire, in Dragons Dogma. fun times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 15, 2013, 01:46:50 pm
Am I the only one for whom Steam actually works at a reasonable pace?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 15, 2013, 03:08:28 pm
No?  Steam works fine for me too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 15, 2013, 05:54:40 pm
Love steam, more or less live through it at times.

But, anyone up for sucking our way through Neverwinter? Downloading it now while I fuck about with dinner. Though current DL rate puts me at 10 before it'll finish, let alone install...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 15, 2013, 06:57:58 pm
Eh, if some of you are giving it a go, I'll give it a go, too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 15, 2013, 07:44:51 pm
Problem is with never winter, it holds your hand until you get to the main city. Then it drops you in the middle of memo mayhem and is like "have fun, im fucking off now"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 15, 2013, 08:22:35 pm
I feel like a bad (Minecraft) motherfucker, right now.  I built up my quantum armour, upgraded the chest to a gravity chest plate which, alongside making me effectively invincible and immune to fire (til it runs outta juice, of which it has 10x more than a regular quantum chest), allows me creative mode-like flight at the cost of power.

I went to the End, slaughtered the Ender Dragon, raped the End of a TON of resources (GregTech adds some useful ores and such to the End), and I'm now using the dragon's egg as an endless source of energy.

(Also, the GraviChest and dragon energy siphon are motherfucking EXPENSIVE AS HELL.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 15, 2013, 09:16:44 pm
I'm kinda disappointed that Dragonborn aren't already a race in Neverwinter.  I mean, hell, if that shitty Facebook game by the same name can have them, why not... eh.

I'll still give it a go.  If I only played games that had playable dragons on them, I would be limited to... Istaria.

...Yep, Istaria.  That's about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on May 15, 2013, 10:56:18 pm
Playing this new open beta MMO called neverwinter. I am quite impressed

I have a Rogue, a Wizard, and a Guardian Fighter, none higher than level 14. (Yes, I bought extra character slots.) I'm struggling with the Wizard, but the Rogue is amazing. (The GF is too low level to have a feel for yet. Seems good so far.)

I really like playing Foundry missions. Some people out there are way too creative. (I've also played some that left something to be desired, but oh well...)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 16, 2013, 01:48:02 am
I'm kinda disappointed that Dragonborn aren't already a race in Neverwinter.  I mean, hell, if that shitty Facebook game by the same name can have them, why not... eh.

I'll still give it a go.  If I only played games that had playable dragons on them, I would be limited to... Istaria.

...Yep, Istaria.  That's about it.

Well, in Dark Souls you can put on a dragon head and do this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0mrpSptfyA)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 16, 2013, 02:27:45 am
...Guys, I'm sorry.  I can play Neverwinter, but as the first instance showed me (the one where you're storming the bridge) the game will slow down to a nearly unplayable crawl anytime action happens.  This is on the lowest (or near lowest) settings.

My computer just can't handle the game.  I'm sorry.

I'm kinda disappointed that Dragonborn aren't already a race in Neverwinter.  I mean, hell, if that shitty Facebook game by the same name can have them, why not... eh.

I'll still give it a go.  If I only played games that had playable dragons on them, I would be limited to... Istaria.

...Yep, Istaria.  That's about it.

Well, in Dark Souls you can put on a dragon head and do this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0mrpSptfyA)

Dude that's awesome.  Too bad there's no way my computer could ever handle that game >_<

I also know that you can fully change into a half-dragon, though this is less desirable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 16, 2013, 02:40:38 am
...Guys, I'm sorry.  I can play Neverwinter, but as the first instance showed me (the one where you're storming the bridge) the game will slow down to a nearly unplayable crawl anytime action happens.  This is on the lowest (or near lowest) settings.

My computer just can't handle the game.  I'm sorry.

My old computer would act like that on some games. Its pretty funny at times, but extremely annoying. That said, I have Neverwinter installed, but find its instance-only nature to be pretty boring without people to play with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 16, 2013, 10:36:26 am
It makes my machine somewhat unhappy as well, no real slow down, but my fan rarely works this hard. I'm going to take a wack at cleaning it out and see if I can find a class that interests me. Great weapon fighter didn't really manage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 16, 2013, 01:51:02 pm
I did try out two classes before I decided that I didn't need to inflict my hardware-enforced lack of reaction time on parties.

I tried out a Dwarf Devoted Cleric and a Tiefling Control Wizard.  Ironically, I'm thinking the Cleric is the funner caster.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 17, 2013, 12:33:59 pm
For anyone following the Nintendo laying claim to ad revenue of people's videos of their games, this is definitely a must watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yX4io2O4EI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 17, 2013, 07:04:47 pm
Love steam, more or less live through it at times.

But, anyone up for sucking our way through Neverwinter? Downloading it now while I fuck about with dinner. Though current DL rate puts me at 10 before it'll finish, let alone install...

I rather like Neverwinter.  It's rather enjoyable, though they several bosses who are That ONE Boss (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThatOneBoss).  Usually they've either got BFW's (Big freaking weapons),  are undead with the ability to literally suck the HP out of you, tend to call huge groups of the heavy-hitters from the area attacks, or some combination of all three.

Also, if you've played Neverwinter Nights, and haven't exactly kept up with the lore, you tend to go "what happened to this town?!"

Are y'all going to start a guild?  It'd be cool to have an FSTDT guild on there.  I play Dragon server.  My Guardian fighter (which can block damn near anything as long as her stamina holds out) is Solunarus Risdine.

Control wizard is kind of hard to solo, I found the cleric a bit... WTF with wielding a holy symbol as a weapon, rogue is a lot of fun, and has the best hats until about level 30 or so, and I haven't tried Great Weapon Fighter yet.  There's also another class that may be coming out, later.  Probably Druid or Ranger.  There is another race coming out, too.  More than likely Drow.

Additionally, there seems to be race-based, and class based quests available in some areas.  If you're a half elf (or half-orc I would presume), for example, you can persuade a tribe of half-orcs to become Neverwinter's allies, which opens up at least one other quest path.  As a rogue you can get covert missions to either sabotage the local gangs, or ahem "reclaim" lost artifacts.  As a Guardian Fighter, you can join the Neverwinter Militia as a freelance corporal.  I've also seen seemingly random elf, dwarf, drow, and halfling characters that you can talk to, and some say pithy things about their particular race, but because you are NOT the right race, that's it.

This is why I suspect that the last race is going to be Drow.  Because A. you are unable to choose what kind of elf you can be in the character creation (which sucks) and B. I saw a "Mysterious Drow" in a couple of places.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 17, 2013, 11:21:59 pm
(http://www.teamfortress.com/roboticboogaloo/images/egg/rock_mann.jpg) (http://www.teamfortress.com/roboticboogaloo/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 17, 2013, 11:39:28 pm
Mann vs Machine, yes?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 17, 2013, 11:49:11 pm
Mann vs Machine, yes?

Click the picture, it's a link to a new update.

METAL HATS GALORE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 18, 2013, 12:03:51 am
Horray.  I just don't have that game.  Still waiting to hear about the FSTDT guild on Neverwinter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 18, 2013, 12:05:45 am
TF2 is free actually.

Well technically free.  If you want to have your drop rates unnerfed and to be able to trade with people you have to spend, like, 99 cents on it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 18, 2013, 12:54:06 am
TF2 is free actually.

Well technically free.  If you want to have your drop rates unnerfed and to be able to trade with people you have to spend, like, 99 cents on it.

Doesn't help I don't have $.99 to spend on it.  I live on a fixed income.  Yes I have Internet, because it's my only means of entertainment.  I had the cable disconnected, last month.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 18, 2013, 01:33:59 am
Horray.  I just don't have that game.  Still waiting to hear about the FSTDT guild on Neverwinter.

I for one am up for it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 18, 2013, 01:38:00 am
Haven't really been playing TF2 lately. It's kinda soured after I played it semi-regularly with folks from a forum that I'm no longer a part of (some of whom have responded to their banning by continuing to hound me and vandalize my work). May start getting back into it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 18, 2013, 04:03:38 am
Horray.  I just don't have that game.  Still waiting to hear about the FSTDT guild on Neverwinter.

I for one am up for it!

Awesome!  We'll need about five folks on in a party to start things up. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 18, 2013, 05:03:50 am
Oooh me too, sounds cool. :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 18, 2013, 11:08:00 am
I'd just like to state that Game Dev Tycoon is a ripoff of Game Dev Story for the iPhone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 18, 2013, 02:34:03 pm
I saw TB's WTF of it and yeah.  I don't like how you are not told anything
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 18, 2013, 03:58:53 pm
I saw TB's WTF of it and yeah.  I don't like how you are not told anything
That's kind of vague.  Total Biscuit's WTF of which game, precisely?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 18, 2013, 07:35:30 pm
I'm pretty sure he's referring to Game Dev Tycoon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 18, 2013, 08:01:17 pm
Game Dev Tycoon has a nifty thing where if you Pirate a game, you lose your revenue to piracy.  So... yeah.

ANYway...  I'm on Neverwinter Right now.  Jansaadi Chorster is my hafling Trickster Rogue.

Also, it helps to turn off the "Zone" in the chat window.  Less spam.  And it's a load of useless info in Protector's Enclave anyhow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on May 18, 2013, 10:47:56 pm
I'm downloading Neverwinter to give it a try. Never having played it, I'm not sure... is there a specific server everyone's joined that I'd need to be on to play with everyone else here?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 19, 2013, 01:29:10 am
Ended up uncrating a hat out of a robocrate with one of the new unusual effects (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3XavPkZIsY)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 19, 2013, 01:51:43 am
I'm downloading Neverwinter to give it a try. Never having played it, I'm not sure... is there a specific server everyone's joined that I'd need to be on to play with everyone else here?

The only shard that's been mentioned was Dragon, so I'm going to roll up a character there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 19, 2013, 02:08:07 am
Amazon is having a sale.
I am liking this bundle http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CPBZDPE/ref=amb_link_376691582_7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=0R6B52C7DKVDMZZVXQSB&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1557634902&pf_rd_i=1000716161
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 19, 2013, 02:34:50 am
ANYway...  I'm on Neverwinter Right now.  Jansaadi Chorster is my hafling Trickster Rogue.

I just rerolled up my Elf Control Wizard (Chaedi Wolfsbane) and a Human Trickster Rogue (Sven Greybeard), though I haven't had a chance to play around with the Rogue yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 19, 2013, 02:37:02 am
I'll get back on in a bit.  I was playing with a friend on my Trickster rogue.  Parties have a voice chat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on May 19, 2013, 02:38:07 am
wait beta is open now  I'll join
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 19, 2013, 03:46:25 am
I just spent the past two fucking hours prototyping an automation system for a GregTech fusion reactor in Minecraft.  I had EVERYTHING running perfectly; deuterium and tritium were coming along nicely, Applied Energistics was being incredible as always.  But...guess what?  MY COPY OF GREGTECH'S BUGGED!  The motherfucking cuntpickle whoredick bastard-ass fusion reactor has no god damned output.  I can shove as much EU into that fucker as I want, and it'll generate til I'm blue in the balls, but fuck me if I want to USE any of that incredible god damned power.

I'm gonna go find Gregorious and I'm gonna slap him with my dick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 20, 2013, 12:34:56 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKGPhKu3jNg

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQh_biRNkY80PuB7JMdb4NVP2l7Oc8A7c90ejXopGNadiWXJ0woMg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 21, 2013, 03:30:13 am
Watching some of Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Apparently Batman can teleport the Batmobile anywhere, including the Watchtower orbiting Earth, purely to use it for running people over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 22, 2013, 02:33:40 pm
Alan Wake humble bundle this week:
http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

1 buck for steam key for both, or you could give to charity...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on May 22, 2013, 02:44:39 pm
20 HOURS REMAIN FOR THE ALLTYNEX LOCALIZATION KICKSTARTER (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nyumedia/the-tale-of-alltynex-japans-epic-shooting-game-tri)

ALL-CAPS

Oh, and just to remind everyone, this (http://www.play-asia.com/Sturmwind_Regular_Edition/paOS-13-71-x-49-en-70-500t.html) is actually a thing that exists.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 22, 2013, 06:37:18 pm
Just realized that Everquest upgraded their F2P model to "More than a fancy free trial" so I've been playing that.

May try Everquest 2 soon as well, which has the same model with a couple more restrictions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 22, 2013, 08:15:15 pm
So I finally started the run through I've been wanting to do of the entire ME trilogy from start to finish.  Can I just say that I forgot how much of a pain in the ass the inventory system was in the first game?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 22, 2013, 10:21:09 pm
Alan Wake humble bundle this week:
http://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

1 buck for steam key for both, or you could give to charity...

That's a hell of a steal for a game like Alan Wake.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 23, 2013, 03:28:28 am
I tried out the demo for Gamebiz 3, and naturally it was an instant purchase. How exactly the much shallower Game Dev Tycoon became popular while this one stays almost unknown is virtually criminal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 23, 2013, 06:13:03 pm
There's this first person rouge-like with Minecraft style graphics on Steam Greenlight, if you're interested (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=92982318)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 23, 2013, 11:49:23 pm
I have a raging Sci-Fi hard on right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS1BM9XRgvw

EDIT:  This also pretty much seals that I'm playing Hunter class when this comes out.  Dat revolver.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 24, 2013, 02:21:04 am
Get it for the PS4 so you can stick it to Microsoft.

Ironbite-funny...thought I swore of Sony for all time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on May 24, 2013, 02:27:58 pm
Defiance is having a free weekend on Steam and I noticed Payday The Heist 2 has gone on preorder.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 24, 2013, 03:45:34 pm
Defiance is having a free weekend on Steam and I noticed Payday The Heist 2 has gone on preorder.
I'm joining the hordes to attempt to kill the defiance servers once it finishes downloading, be happy to join anyone else. Steam name is Distind for anyone who doesn't already have me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 24, 2013, 04:13:09 pm
There's a bundle called Groupees Be Mine and it includes Patrician IV as well as Blood Bowl and Drakensang (http://groupees.com/bm8).

If you're looking for music they have music bundles as well (http://www.groupees.com).

Though I would suggest the current Game Music Bundle if you want music. (http://www.gamemusicbundle.com/#buy)

IndieGala (http://www.indiegala.com) also has their own weekly bundles same as humble.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 24, 2013, 04:37:29 pm
So I'm playing Star Trek Online and I come out of a system and I look around me and I say to myself, "Awful lot of Romulan Warbirds round here."

Ironbite-seriously, Legacy of Romulus just dropped and people already have high tier ships.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 24, 2013, 05:04:11 pm
So I'm playing Star Trek Online and I come out of a system and I look around me and I say to myself, "Awful lot of Romulan Warbirds round here."

Ironbite-seriously, Legacy of Romulus just dropped and people already have high tier ships.

That's how it goes. Unless the developers put all of the high level content behind gigantic restrictions and nigh-impossible challenges that even the brightest/most obsessive minds can't figure out due to the sheer difficulty, there WILL be people obsessive enough to grind until they get it nonstop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 24, 2013, 05:21:09 pm
Somehow, I accidentally bred Primeval and Noble bees in Minecraft.  I seriously do NOT know how that happened.
Title: Re: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on May 24, 2013, 05:26:08 pm
So I'm playing Star Trek Online and I come out of a system and I look around me and I say to myself, "Awful lot of Romulan Warbirds round here."

Ironbite-seriously, Legacy of Romulus just dropped and people already have high tier ships.

That's how it goes. Unless the developers put all of the high level content behind gigantic restrictions and nigh-impossible challenges that even the brightest/most obsessive minds can't figure out due to the sheer difficulty, there WILL be people obsessive enough to grind until they get it nonstop.

Happens in pretty much any MMO. I remember one time when one of the WoW expansions came out, I saw people at end game level in end game raid gear within TWO DAYS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 24, 2013, 06:16:05 pm
Same with regular multiplayer, especially the new Call of Duty games. Even people who didn't have access to leaked or beta content will make it to top levels within a day or two. Combine the fact that some people get beta access (especially with Black Ops 2), and you've got people with the absolute maximum level possible in the game ON RELEASE.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 24, 2013, 06:36:56 pm
You do know that your account gets reset when the beta ends, right? It's supposed to, anyways. All the betas I've been a part of my stuff's been rolled back. Most notably with the Mass Effect 3 MP beta.

But yeah, you'll always find people who devote their time to getting to the top, and quickly. You don't even have to be good to do it, which is a kick in the pants for those who want to do it 'legitimately'.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 24, 2013, 08:09:11 pm
You do know that your account gets reset when the beta ends, right? It's supposed to, anyways. All the betas I've been a part of my stuff's been rolled back. Most notably with the Mass Effect 3 MP beta.

But yeah, you'll always find people who devote their time to getting to the top, and quickly. You don't even have to be good to do it, which is a kick in the pants for those who want to do it 'legitimately'.

That's one of the reasons I love Guild Wars...both of 'em.  Anyone can get ideally-statted gear with relative ease.  The expensive shit's just expensive because its pretty and/or requires rare materials to make, not because they provide any special bonuses.  Your power comes from properly combining gear, stats, skills, and tactics, not by how much money you've got in your bank.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 26, 2013, 10:09:58 am
To this day I've never completed any of the Elder Scrolls games, I'd just get to a certain point and then lose interest. So I'm determined to finally finish one, but which one should I start with? Any but Skyrim, that one doesn't work on my machine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 26, 2013, 10:13:50 am
To this day I've never completed any of the Elder Scrolls games, I'd just get to a certain point and then lose interest. So I'm determined to finally finish one, but which one should I start with? Any but Skyrim, that one doesn't work on my machine.
In my experience, Oblivion takes the least commitment of all of them, especially if you ignore the side quests and focus on the main story. If you can stomach the utterly retarded leveling system and enemy scaling, it's probably your best bet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on May 26, 2013, 10:36:28 am
If you're willing to game the system oblivion can be stupidly easy. Set any combat or athletic skills as non class skills, any skills you'll never use setup as class skills. They'll take longer to improve, but enemies won't level up when you do it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 26, 2013, 03:43:38 pm
Morrowind has the same problem, actually, since it has the exact same level system.  The only difference is that the enemy scaling isn't as pants-on-head retarded.

(Funny thing is, people's complaints about Skyrim is that the enemies don't scale high enough.)

That being said, the wonderful thing about playing on a PC (which I assume is the case) is that you can use mods.  Realistic Leveling for Oblivion and Gardensia's Character Development for Morrowind.  These effectively remove the need to consult a spreadsheet every time you want to level up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on May 26, 2013, 03:56:30 pm
The wait for Animal Crossing: New Leaf is killing me. ._.; I fully paid off the game nearly a year ago. Still 2 weeks left...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on May 26, 2013, 04:37:49 pm
I'm a few missions along in Assassin's Creed 2, and WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT INTRO FOR? Other than to make me want to gore the crap out of Lucy, I mean.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 26, 2013, 05:20:22 pm
The level up system is that broken, it needs a mod fix? I hope the rest of the game isn't that broken :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 26, 2013, 07:24:43 pm
The level up system is that broken, it needs a mod fix? I hope the rest of the game isn't that broken :P

As much as Morrowind players don't want to admit it, most of everything they criticized about Oblivion can be applied to Morrowind, too, including the easily-exploitable and easily-exploited-by leveling system.

But does it need the fix?  no, the games are perfectly playable without modding.  It's just that... why the hell would you buy a post-Daggerfall Elder Scrolls game if you didn't intend to use mods at one point?  That's like buying Minecraft and refusing to build projects.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 26, 2013, 07:33:29 pm
The level up system is that broken, it needs a mod fix? I hope the rest of the game isn't that broken :P

As much as Morrowind players don't want to admit it, most of everything they criticized about Oblivion can be applied to Morrowind, too, including the easily-exploitable and easily-exploited-by leveling system.

But does it need the fix?  no, the games are perfectly playable without modding.  It's just that... why the hell would you buy a post-Daggerfall Elder Scrolls game if you didn't intend to use mods at one point?  That's like buying Minecraft and refusing to build projects.
Weeeeeeell, there are folks who play TES games on things other than the PC.  I first played Morrowind on the Xbox, Oblivion on the 360, and have only played Skyrim on the 360, as well.

That said, Oblivion has one huge thing over Morrowind: the combat system in Oblivion won't have you screaming at cliff racers until you black out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 26, 2013, 11:31:04 pm
That said, Oblivion has one huge thing over Morrowind: the combat system in Oblivion won't have you screaming at cliff racers until you black out.

Believe it or not, Morrowind gamers consider that one of the flaws of Oblivion.

Apparently, if a game isn't frustrating, it's bad, but if it is frustrating, it's good.

Because artificial difficulty in Morrowind is so much more real than "artificial" difficulty in Skyrim :-/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 27, 2013, 02:59:27 am
Why do you think I almost totally avoid gaming and fandom forums of all kinds?  Been burned twice, I'm not doin it a third time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 27, 2013, 08:50:33 am
I'm replaying Bioshock, the first one, as I have no interest in the second or third.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 27, 2013, 09:59:40 am
I dunno, I quite liked the second Bioshock. what didn't you like about it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 27, 2013, 01:22:24 pm
I'm replaying Bioshock, the first one, as I have no interest in the second or third.

Second's alright but the third has nothing, at all, to do with Rapture.

Ironbite-that's a plus btw.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 27, 2013, 03:00:58 pm
I dunno, I quite liked the second Bioshock. what didn't you like about it?

I didn't like the story at all. 
I'm replaying Bioshock, the first one, as I have no interest in the second or third.

Second's alright but the third has nothing, at all, to do with Rapture.  Plus it was really glitchy, unless that was just my game.

Ironbite-that's a plus btw.

That's a reason I'm not interested in it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on May 28, 2013, 10:52:50 am
I'm replaying Bioshock, the first one, as I have no interest in the second or third.

Second's alright but the third has nothing, at all, to do with Rapture.

Ironbite-that's a plus btw.

I wouldn't say nothing. Being as non-spoilery as possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 28, 2013, 09:53:38 pm
Okay, Necromancers on Ultima Online are too damned fun for their own good.  A little proper kit, which I just happened to have lying about, and that's all I've needed to carve thru tons of bastards.  Its amazing what a few skeletons can do.  To an ettin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 30, 2013, 08:03:12 am
Well, hard drive failed. lost all my progress in Oblivion, Knights of the Old Republic, Might & Magic V. Goddamn it. Guess I'll try to get through them again when I'm not so pissed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 01, 2013, 01:18:05 pm
Speaking of Kotor, it's recently seen a release on the  Ipad. (http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/30/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-ipad-review)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 01, 2013, 01:44:26 pm
Huh.  Didn't expect that.

Off topic (maybe) but vee, what character is that in your sig and avatar?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 01, 2013, 01:59:59 pm
Huh.  Didn't expect that.

Off topic (maybe) but vee, what character is that in your sig and avatar?

Granberia from MGQ (http://monstergirlquest.wikia.com/wiki/Granberia) Possibly NSFW
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 01, 2013, 02:26:05 pm
Huh.  Didn't expect that.

Off topic (maybe) but vee, what character is that in your sig and avatar?

Granberia from MGQ (http://monstergirlquest.wikia.com/wiki/Granberia) Possibly NSFW

*Looks left and right, then clears throat.*

Monster girl quest is a fun game, I like the story, the characters are fun and the romance that starts to build up is nice, gameplay is simplistic but not too bad.


...Then there are the sex scenes...

Some are better than others are you certainly have to have brainbleach ready for those that are really gross. Of course depending on what your fetishes are those might be the one's you like the most.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 01, 2013, 06:28:25 pm
I decided to read that Monster Girl Quest wiki entry.

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Currently, Granberia is the only of the Four Heavenly Knights whom has yet to rape Luka through vaginal intercourse.

...

Granberia is one of two monsters who does not have any sex related skills, the other being the Dragon Pup. As sexual skills are also the only requestable skills available, the two are also the only monsters with no requestable skills.

Gee, I wonder what kind of game this is?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 01, 2013, 07:46:08 pm
Well, hard drive failed. lost all my progress in Oblivion, Knights of the Old Republic, Might & Magic V. Goddamn it. Guess I'll try to get through them again when I'm not so pissed.

*plays Amazing Grace on bagpipes a la Scotty from Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 01, 2013, 11:54:50 pm
Gee, I wonder what kind of game this is?

Well, basically it goes like this:

You see a monster, you fight it, if you win the story continues and there is a chat or two with some characters, if you lose you will get a long scene where the monster (usually) rapes the hero and a game over scene. Every now and then you visit a town where you can chat with several characters, but otherwise it's fight->talk->fight etc. (And there are a fex sex scenes that are part of the story and do not require you to die.)

The gameplay is not very diverse and as I said the fighting system is quite simple but playable.



...And I liked the story.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on June 02, 2013, 12:47:23 am
Well, basically it goes like this:

(http://s3.roosterteeth.com/images/lmcfangirl48af7eecb3f74.jpg)

Fixed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on June 02, 2013, 02:35:44 am
Quote
Currently, Granberia is the only of the Four Heavenly Knights whom has yet to rape Luka through vaginal intercourse.

...

Granberia is one of two monsters who does not have any sex related skills, the other being the Dragon Pup. As sexual skills are also the only requestable skills available, the two are also the only monsters with no requestable skills.

Quote
Currently, Granberia is the only of the Four Heavenly Knights whom has yet to rape Luka through vaginal intercourse.

Quote
rape Luka

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rape

(http://media.tumblr.com/e52bf40416abf0d22a97fc19d2109a20/tumblr_inline_migdruhkE51qz4rgp.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 02, 2013, 03:51:46 am
I should also point out here that from my perusing of the wiki, Luka is the underage protagonist. They don't give his age, but he's confirmed to be "under 21" and looks about 13.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 02, 2013, 12:57:43 pm
I should also point out here that from my perusing of the wiki, Luka is the underage protagonist. They don't give his age, but he's confirmed to be "under 21" and looks about 13.

Actually, from what I've been hearing about the new chapter release a few days ago, his age was revealed to be 18.


And yes, the game is based around if you lose a battle, you get raped.  Basically being that all of the monsters are female and can only reproduce with human males, however, due to the human's worshiping to the Goddess Ilias who says not to have sex with monsters they generally don't willingly.  The game's arcing story being about how to have both species be in co-existence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 02, 2013, 01:12:03 pm
I think I'm more concerned with how casual the wiki is about the rape scenes. It's like "Oh yeah, she hasn't raped the kid yet."

Edit: Downloading Dust 514.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 03, 2013, 11:33:13 pm
Was that racist meme necessary.  Also Little I realized how awesome Sam and Max are
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 04, 2013, 04:06:46 am
I think I'm more concerned with how casual the wiki is about the rape scenes. It's like "Oh yeah, she hasn't raped the kid yet."

Edit: Downloading Dust 514.

Dust 514 is a fun online shooter, and plenty of loadout customization and stats options avaiable. Luckily most of the graphics issues have been fixed, game runs infinitely smoother than the early beta.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 04, 2013, 01:48:09 pm
As of last night, there's STILL graphical issues. It takes about a second after respawning for the textures to pop in, and sometimes you'll run into a building and find that they just plain won't come in at ALL while you're in there.

I'm doing decently so far. Picked up a new swarm launcher and SMG as salvage, though I haven't trained my skills up to use either of them. I've only been in a few battles, so right now I have no ties to anyone. Just playing the field and getting paid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 04, 2013, 02:11:02 pm
The nice thing about the game is that the dudes who've been paying cash for weapons don't have a massive advantage over the new players. you can do pretty well with starter gear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 04, 2013, 02:17:07 pm
I checked the leaderboards last night. Less than a month and the top killer (I think it's 13EAR) has over 16,000 kills. The beta began on January 22, which is 133 days. So if he began on the date of open beta, that's 120.3 kills per day. 5 kills an hour if he played nonstop. Assuming he only played 2 hours a day, that's 60 kills in a day of play.

And again, I'm assuming he began with open beta. The official release was May 14. That's 666.6 kills per day if he started there

Edit: Holy crap I was wrong. I just checked the leaderboard. It's 70,000 kills.

Well, fuck that then.

There's also a dude who's made close to 400 kills without a single death according to his K/D R.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 04, 2013, 06:07:47 pm
I can't help but think of how well Far Cry 3 would work for so many other settings after seeing what they did with Blood Dragon. It really does combine open-world stealth and action very well, and I think it could be applied to a lot more. Maybe something post-apocalyptic or a special forces game?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 05, 2013, 12:43:21 am
Ubisoft please have a mod competition
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 05, 2013, 09:38:25 pm
Ok, did anyone else think this was going to be an awesome month, then check all the release dates and find them in the last damn week? Annoying.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 05, 2013, 09:54:53 pm
Ubisoft please have a mod competition

Or Bethesda should have a modding competition.

Ironbite-though I think the guys from Project Brazil might have a leg up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 05, 2013, 10:07:51 pm
Ok, did anyone else think this was going to be an awesome month, then check all the release dates and find them in the last damn week? Annoying.

This just seems like an awesome year, period. BioShock Infinite, The Last of Us, Beyond Two Souls, GTA V, Watch Dogs, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon....

Speaking of which, early reviews of The Last of Us are raving over it. It's in the 95% zone on places like Metacritic, and the Wikipedia list of reviews is a long line of 9s and 10s.

Except Gamespot, which gave it an 8. So fuck 'em.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 06, 2013, 12:48:43 am
They gave Dust an Elysian a 7 and Skyward a 7.5 so fuck em
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 06, 2013, 01:49:52 am
Is Dust 514 getting a 7 too little or too much? I like the connections with EVE and the use of a real marketplace and gear that gets lost (so you actually need to budget yourself instead of like Call of Duty, where you buy the high level gear after grinding a lot and then you're forever superior), but the actual gameplay and graphics are a bit lacking. The MCC explosion, in particular, looks like something from the PS2 era.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 06, 2013, 02:02:22 am
Not to mention, Skyward Sword supposedly re-uses the same three areas over and over again and though the Wii motion plus helps tighten the controls, latency is still as bad as ever. It's like the home console version of Phantom Hourglass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 06, 2013, 02:11:02 am
The area reuse was bad but the dungeons were great.  And actually the controls were almost perfect.  The reviewer seemed to be baffled entirely and didn't really try to learn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 06, 2013, 03:40:31 am
and though the Wii motion plus helps tighten the controls, latency is still as bad as ever.

...Er... what latency?

I own the game and have no latency with the controls.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 06, 2013, 04:04:39 am
and though the Wii motion plus helps tighten the controls, latency is still as bad as ever.

...Er... what latency?

I own the game and have no latency with the controls.

I haven't played it myself, it just seems to be a common theme with others who have.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 06, 2013, 02:44:18 pm
and though the Wii motion plus helps tighten the controls, latency is still as bad as ever.

...Er... what latency?

I own the game and have no latency with the controls.

I haven't played it myself, it just seems to be a common theme with others who have.

More uncommon than common, I'd think.

The "backtracking" complaint makes sense to a degree... except that unlike most other games with backtracking, sometimes the entire nature of the area changes, such as when Faron is flooded.  Still, there is a lot of backtracking...

Honestly, most of the complaints I hear about Skyward Sword isn't because of the controls (except from reviewers who didn't even try), but because it's not like the old thing, it's a new thing, and it's "too easy" and aimed at "dem filthy casuals" and other bullshit like that.

I had one person insist that video games were purely for challenging the player, and that "playing for fun" was a terrible reason to play games and the reason that the video game industry is "going downhill".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 06, 2013, 02:59:35 pm
I had one person insist that video games were purely for challenging the player, and that "playing for fun" was a terrible reason to play games and the reason that the video game industry is "going downhill".
Not purely, but a game that doesn't have some level of challenge is just a movie with a set of inputs and a desperate need for traveling montages. I mean how much of the fun of a game comes from accomplishing something that was difficult to do? Hell, some games are managing new kinds of difficulty, like the new Wii mario games, nothing like draging your friends with you to your doom.

Games are going 'down hill' because of the graphics boners people have and the sheer size of a team required to produce realistic graphics. At that level of investment you have little choice but to do something with the greatest mass appeal you can manage to recoup your expenses or close. So everything looks the same (because real is brown) and plays the same (because it's what people are used to), so nothing seems new anymore and thus sucks compared to what did the same thing before. Unless your an Xbro and will buy a copy of the same game every year or two for better graphics and the ability to shoot your friends who are suddenly back into the game since a new one came out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 06, 2013, 06:23:31 pm
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Not purely, but a game that doesn't have some level of challenge is just a movie with a set of inputs and a desperate need for traveling montages.

So Medal of Honor: Warfighter?

Nerd Cubed dissected the game and pointed out how ridiculous it was. It's literally 100% linear: if you don't follow a command or perform a scripted action, the game will outright refuse to move forward until you do it or fail you if you do anything else. The first thing you do in the game is pop a guy at point blank range in the back of the head, and you can stand there literally forever until you press the button the game tells you to. He demonstrated in one early level how you can shoot HUNDREDS of insurgents in a building, with bad guys constantly respawning until you call in an airstrike.

It really is just a movie with controls. You can't do anything but what the game tells you to do, and the only difference between playthroughs is minor variations in how fast the nameless mooks die and how many bullets you fire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 07, 2013, 03:30:52 am
Well, I just finished Primordia. Well, I don't know what it is about Wadjet Eye Games, but pretty much everything the develop and even publish is pure adventure gaming gold (except for maybe Gemini Rue and its stupid combat sequences).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 07, 2013, 04:10:33 am
Got Crysis 2 for the PS3.

It's really really....optimized for the PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 07, 2013, 06:44:51 am
Quote
Not purely, but a game that doesn't have some level of challenge is just a movie with a set of inputs and a desperate need for traveling montages.

So Medal of Honor: Warfighter?

Nerd Cubed dissected the game and pointed out how ridiculous it was. It's literally 100% linear: if you don't follow a command or perform a scripted action, the game will outright refuse to move forward until you do it or fail you if you do anything else. The first thing you do in the game is pop a guy at point blank range in the back of the head, and you can stand there literally forever until you press the button the game tells you to. He demonstrated in one early level how you can shoot HUNDREDS of insurgents in a building, with bad guys constantly respawning until you call in an airstrike.

It really is just a movie with controls. You can't do anything but what the game tells you to do, and the only difference between playthroughs is minor variations in how fast the nameless mooks die and how many bullets you fire.
Yeah, that's how you do a game very much wrong.

The Yakuza series, I love it, but it's largely a movie with some action sequences you play. And that's awesome, because it doesn't tie needless half assed mechanics in to tell the story when the game itself is larvely about hitting people really, really hard. Occasionally with bicycles or street signs. It switches between story telling cut scenes(generally pretty damn long, but reasonably good) and roam/fight sequences.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 07, 2013, 12:25:59 pm
See, I can handle a linear game if it's done right. Really good gameplay, or something unique and fun, or both. But Warfighter is just another bog standard modern war FPS that relies on pretty graphics (at least on the surface) to attract people. Outside of the lighting and explosions and the big setpieces that you can show off in trailers, the graphics are actually kinda mediocre and tend to suddenly pop in. And it can get pretty glitchy sometimes, which Dan is always good at finding.

Some of the most hilarious stuff is the lack of paths. They do the Battlefield "Turn back or you will be killed" thing if you ever try to take an open path that's not the one the game wants you to take. He kept trying different paths that are really wide open and look like a way you can go, and then game literally threatens to kill your character if you try to use them. And it gives you so little time to get back that if you try to sprint down one of these pathways, you'll be milliseconds from not getting killed by the time you realize your mistake and run back.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 07, 2013, 12:39:45 pm
So Skyrim: Legendary Edition is out now.

Ironbite-all three DLC for the low price of the 59.99
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 07, 2013, 03:09:51 pm
Ugh, that just reminds me of how "linear" has become a buzzword for "bad", like any buzzword that isn't the "hardcore" buzzword.

...Still though, that Medal of Honor game sounds terrible.  Seriously.  Killing you for going down a wrong hallway?

I mean, if it was one of those classic Sierra Quest moments where you had to learn through trial and error what not to do, great, but this isn't even those.  It's just... "You went down the wrong hallway.  So you're just going to die right there.  No justifications.  No cutscenes.  Just ... death."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 07, 2013, 03:26:27 pm
Ugh, that just reminds me of how "linear" has become a buzzword for "bad", like any buzzword that isn't the "hardcore" buzzword.

...Still though, that Medal of Honor game sounds terrible.  Seriously.  Killing you for going down a wrong hallway?

I mean, if it was one of those classic Sierra Quest moments where you had to learn through trial and error what not to do, great, but this isn't even those.  It's just... "You went down the wrong hallway.  So you're just going to die right there.  No justifications.  No cutscenes.  Just ... death."

I don't mind a linear game if it can be good. Some games are meant to tell a story, and sometimes the story would fall apart if you were given too many choices. A good example of a linear game would be the Crysis series: you don't get to choose how the plot unfolds, but you DO get options for how to do it. Instead of just a corridor shooter where you run down the same path, you're given an open area and/or multiple paths and various options for going about it. Crysis 2 even gives you "tactical options" in your visor so you can see various vantage points to get a better view, supplies, vehicles, etc. You still follow the same path, but you're given some choices in exactly how to handle each situation.

Medal of Honor doesn't do that.

Here's the video in particular. I love Dan Hardcastle because he's funny and just plain cool, but this video does a very good job of pointing out the flaws:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuPISfamUvY
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 07, 2013, 03:39:01 pm
It's mroe like Doorfighter.
There was one thing we all agree was awful about Skyward.  The Imprisioned
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 07, 2013, 04:37:12 pm
It's mroe like Doorfighter.
There was one thing we all agree was awful about Skyward.  The Imprisioned

RRRGGGHHHH!! Dx
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 07, 2013, 05:40:18 pm
It's mroe like Doorfighter.

Dan also pointed out the silliest part of all the door breaches: you unlock new breach animations by earning headshots during said breaches, but every single one you unlock is slower than the standard "kick it in" selection. So it's nothing but useless switching of animation that makes the game take longer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 07, 2013, 06:09:06 pm
Warfighter is the very embodiment of a shitty Call of Duty clone. Everything about it is just a badly designed mess. Even the name of all things is fucking stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 07, 2013, 06:32:41 pm
I was rewatching the video, and my God it's hilarious. That crane that nearly falls on you in the first mission? Not only does it look like a decade-old model, it has no clipping! You can walk straight through it! And it's not even off far on the side behind a bunch of invisible walls to keep you from finding it; Dan just walks to the left a little while still on the main path and goes through it!

How do you skew your focus so much on a video game that you don't even bother making sure that all of the props your players can touch are actually physically there?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Southern Comforter on June 07, 2013, 09:04:42 pm
After years of not being able to play it, I finally beat MGS 2 two days ago. I just got my hands on 4 today.

Oh, and even though I just beat 2 and never played 4, you should all know that I'm a big big big big big big HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE fan of MGS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 07, 2013, 09:10:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Ew-awbsNw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 07, 2013, 10:03:45 pm
So, that TV show I did last year? The one that's doing record-breakingly well off in Europe?

Well, it has a tie-in video game (in the show's universe, the video game company that's the setting of the show created the game) that's being released in various forms.

We're now working on the Steam Greenlight! (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=151215817)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 07, 2013, 10:09:14 pm
AND NOW THE TRUTH OF WHY YOU JOINED THIS FORUM COMES OUT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 07, 2013, 10:37:08 pm
AND NOW THE TRUTH OF WHY YOU JOINED THIS FORUM COMES OUT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 07, 2013, 11:26:59 pm
Chit, please tell me that's a very, very, very early build.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 07, 2013, 11:32:38 pm
Chit, please tell me that's a very, very, very early build.

It's a port of a mobile game, Saturn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 08, 2013, 07:31:38 am
An interesting development, Ubisoft and the developers are allowing fans to vote on content (https://mightandmagicx-legacy.ubi.com/opendev/blog) to be added into Might & Magic X. The first vote up is on what kind of dungeon to design. A pretty cool feature if I say so myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 09, 2013, 10:13:13 pm
So, does anybody want a copy of Satazius? Because I've got a Steam Key for supporting the Kickstarter for The Tale of ALLTYNEX, and I already had a copy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 10, 2013, 01:48:37 am
So, does anybody want a copy of Satazius? Because I've got a Steam Key for supporting the Kickstarter for The Tale of ALLTYNEX, and I already had a copy.

Yeah alright, looks like an interesting game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 10, 2013, 02:21:18 am
Fallout 4 is rumored to be shown at E3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 10, 2013, 03:52:15 am
Fallout 4 is rumored to be shown at E3.

The game had better have everything in New Vegas and more, or people are gonna be pissed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 10, 2013, 05:13:25 am
I wouldn't say everything. I can do without the damn game breaking glitches.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 10, 2013, 05:22:24 am
Not really a videogame but I downloaded the Legends of Boxing sim game to my computer and have been running some matches.  It's not bad, but too many matches end in decisions.  I mean, Rocky Balboa vs. Clubber Lang goes 15 rounds?  Foreman vs. Frazier goes 12 rounds?  One of the few matches that didn't go the distance was when Jack Johnson beat Mike Tyson to a bloody pulp.  I'll admit I quite enjoyed that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 10, 2013, 05:26:41 am
I wouldn't say everything. I can do without the damn game breaking glitches.

I don't think that'll ever NOT happen with this studio. Bethesda has a nasty habit of making really cool stuff, then releasing it before it's ready so they can get it out on time and hoping that they can patch the problems away later. The games are so horribly buggy that even downloading patches can create NEW bugs.

Obsidian suffered a similar problem for a different reason in New Vegas: they operate by getting paid a fixed amount in return for making a game on a set time and budget, and they can't really negotiate extra time or money. They HAD to release New Vegas when the deal said, even though they could have gotten their promised bonus (based on a Metacritic score that they missed by one percentage point) if they had been granted a little more time and money.

I'm guessing Fallout 4 will be running on the engine used for Skyrim. Which, judging from the last Fallout games being made on the Oblivion engine, will not have a single bug ironed out before they ship it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 10, 2013, 01:18:29 pm
I heard that news about the new Super Smash Bros is gonna be at E3 so that's good to me since I love Super Smash Bros.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 10, 2013, 06:06:25 pm
I wouldn't say everything. I can do without the damn game breaking glitches.

I don't think that'll ever NOT happen with this studio. Bethesda has a nasty habit of making really cool stuff, then releasing it before it's ready so they can get it out on time and hoping that they can patch the problems away later. The games are so horribly buggy that even downloading patches can create NEW bugs.

Obsidian suffered a similar problem for a different reason in New Vegas: they operate by getting paid a fixed amount in return for making a game on a set time and budget, and they can't really negotiate extra time or money. They HAD to release New Vegas when the deal said, even though they could have gotten their promised bonus (based on a Metacritic score that they missed by one percentage point) if they had been granted a little more time and money.

I'm guessing Fallout 4 will be running on the engine used for Skyrim. Which, judging from the last Fallout games being made on the Oblivion engine, will not have a single bug ironed out before they ship it.

More then likely it'll be Skyrim with guns.  Probably use the radiant quest system or some variant and hopefully give us an ending that DOESN'T INVOLVE YOU GOING INTO A RADIATION FLOODED ROOM WHEN YOU HAVE A GOD DAMN SUPER MUTANT WHO CAN DO THAT FOR YOU!

Ironbite-sorry...kinda bitter bout Fallout 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 10, 2013, 06:21:06 pm
Anybody else watching E3? these jokes are tanking hard and it's awkward as fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on June 10, 2013, 06:40:42 pm
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/d4d1891100a2a6d282a1d4df027adc23/tumblr_mo6rd0VivO1rrrk0fo1_1280.png)

It's a real tweet. (https://twitter.com/E3News2013/status/344128328585859072)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 10, 2013, 06:44:44 pm
So far I've watched the stuff for Halo 5, Dead Rising 3, and Metal Gear Solid V.

Halo 5 reveals effectively nothing. It's just a trailer featuring what looks like a gigantic Forerunner robot moth in the desert, and the Chief wearing a burlap poncho over his armor for no reason whatsoever.

Dead Rising 3 is something I'm interested in, but it's unfortunately slated to be an Xbox One exclusive and I really don't want to buy one. It's got the same basic gameplay as the previous games, but a bit slower paced and more realistic. Takes place in a full city now, with destructible environments (both the player and zombies can smash down fences, for instance). You can take time to build at least some weapons or modifications, like a sledge-saw or taping a flashlight to a pistol, without needing a workbench. And you can use the SmartGlass to interact with the game, including calling in airstrikes.

Metal Gear Solid V is looking the best out of the trio. Impossibly good looking, with open world environments, vehicles and horses, and a far superior combat system that seems to make it practical to actually go loud and shoot (including "dynamic CQC", one of the tactics being disarming an enemy and shooting everyone around with his gun). Hopefully they've learned from the previous game and won't make it 9 hours of cutscenes interspersed with 10 or 20 minutes of gameplay each.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 10, 2013, 07:18:34 pm
Tom Clancey's The Division was the best game to come out of Ubisoft's conference.

Also interested in The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot might try for the closed beta.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 10, 2013, 08:03:53 pm
I wouldn't say everything. I can do without the damn game breaking glitches.

I don't think that'll ever NOT happen with this studio. Bethesda has a nasty habit of making really cool stuff, then releasing it before it's ready so they can get it out on time and hoping that they can patch the problems away later. The games are so horribly buggy that even downloading patches can create NEW bugs.

Obsidian suffered a similar problem for a different reason in New Vegas: they operate by getting paid a fixed amount in return for making a game on a set time and budget, and they can't really negotiate extra time or money. They HAD to release New Vegas when the deal said, even though they could have gotten their promised bonus (based on a Metacritic score that they missed by one percentage point) if they had been granted a little more time and money.

I'm guessing Fallout 4 will be running on the engine used for Skyrim. Which, judging from the last Fallout games being made on the Oblivion engine, will not have a single bug ironed out before they ship it.

For me I always expect bugs and then I expect the worse ones to be ironed out before ship. More and more though I'm seeing a pattern of brand new, release day games needing updates when I put it in my console. I don't like that. Find the bugs before you ship not after.

ALSO: BATTLEFRONT!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 10, 2013, 08:07:24 pm
More and more though I'm seeing a pattern of brand new, release day games needing updates when I put it in my console. I don't like that. Find the bugs before you ship not after.
This one sits on the hardware people as much as the programmers. Programmers are handed a set of beta drivers, the public doesn't have those yet when the game releases, hell breaks loose. Seen that happen at least as often as obviously untested configurations(take that graphics card logo on the box serious on release day folks).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 10, 2013, 08:11:44 pm
Well, yeah. For PC. There's a reason you have places that tell you if your current config can deal. But glitches that aren't dependent on your config is awkward.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 10, 2013, 08:13:58 pm
True, the fact it happens on consoles... I tend to blank it out really.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 10, 2013, 08:15:55 pm
The advent of internet connections for more than just online gaming has made it easier for developers to justify buggy releases. Back in the PS2 and Xbox days, online gaming outside of the PC was in its infancy and you mostly just used wireless adapters to play multiplayer. But the PS3 and Xbox 360 made one of the biggest leaps in technological advancement between generations (especially from the PS2 to the PS3), and part of that included using the internet to download content (including, more recently, downloading entire brand new games instead of buying them in stores). Previously, it was impossible to patch a game after release except to re-release it and hope that people bought it. Like they did after the Hot Coffee scandal with San Andreas.

But now that many users have Xbox Live or a PSN account that they use regularly, it's viable for games to be given mandatory patches online. What started as an easy way to fix problems in console games like you could on the PC has turned into an excuse for developers to release the game on time at a good part of the year (like the holidays), then scramble to fix the problems for months afterward.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 10, 2013, 08:31:26 pm
True, the fact it happens on consoles... I tend to blank it out really.

Yeah I'm predominantly on console because I can't afford a gaming laptop. And I can't use a regular desktop.

E3 day one summed up:

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/b1fb803ef760a78ea3494f23616c6593/tumblr_mo7mq9Nkmr1r33r0fo1_400.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 11, 2013, 07:22:17 am
So E3 is only on television for the first day and online for the rest?  Well that sucks.  I took this vacation mainly so my wife and I could sit on the couch or lay in bed and watch E3 all week.  WTF?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 11, 2013, 07:48:05 am
Check for online streams, lots of stuff should be floating about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 11, 2013, 09:04:39 am
So....how about that PS4 design? looks a bit...peculiar.

EDIT:Sony perfectly bitch-slaps Microsoft in 20 seconds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWSIFh8ICaA)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 11, 2013, 08:26:20 pm
I got an email from Microsoft talking about the Xbox One.

They're offering an exclusive controller and achievement if you pre-order. A ruddy achievement. Wonder what it'll say?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 11, 2013, 08:30:01 pm
I got an email from Microsoft talking about the Xbox One.

They're offering an exclusive controller and achievement if you pre-order. A ruddy achievement. Wonder what it'll say?
"I pre ordered the Xbone and all I got was a lousy achievement"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 11, 2013, 09:27:33 pm
I got an email from Microsoft talking about the Xbox One.

They're offering an exclusive controller and achievement if you pre-order. A ruddy achievement. Wonder what it'll say?

Probably only worth 100 points anyway.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 11, 2013, 10:03:57 pm
As someone who hates console wars, I seriously don't get why people are saying the PS4 "destroyed" the Xbox One.  Other than the price and the drm/used-games debacle, they're practically the same damn system.  Both are big bulky black blocks (say that ten times fast), have almost the same specs, have subscription based internet connection, have only a couple currently announced exclusives, have a motion camera kinecty thing, etc.

If you look past the price and drm/used games thing, they are equal.  And this is coming from someone who owns a 360 and agrees with Sony about how used games and drm should work.


Anywho, as far as games go so far this was my impressions:

Halo 5 trailer was... different.  Why the hell is Chief wearing a poncho over his armor?

Watchdogs looked pretty interesting. I was definitely intrigued by the concept of smartphone hacking in a game.

The Order looked weird but interesting.

Elder Scrolls Online still looks freaking epic.

Battlefield 4 looked just... WOW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjSykcTGrNc
When that building collapses I was like OH, SHIT!

Also, HOLY FUCK do I need Destiny NOW!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBO_igyh8DY



Also, I thought it was pretty amusing watching both Microsoft and Destiny have technical problems while showing off a game.  Microsoft had to restart the Battlefield trailer because it started with no sound, and then Sony had the Assassin's Creed 4 demo freeze on them about 3/4 of the way through.


Lastly, this was the funniest thing ever.  "Welcome to hell."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLAiNUUEFao
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 11, 2013, 10:08:44 pm
Quote
Other than the price and the drm/used-games debacle, they're practically the same damn system.

Well, that's pretty much the big problem. The Xbox One wouldn't be receiving so much bad press if they weren't doing something that was downright hostile to the gaming community. It speaks very poorly of their opinion on the market that they're supposed to be catering to.

Edit: Frankly, I'm damn excited for the Battlefield 4 multiplayer. I don't give two shits about the single player (if it's anything like the previous game, it'll be a lot of cliches and setpieces that I can't be arsed to care about), but we need more good, large-scale multiplayer. War games always seem to have problems getting the large and small stuff to mesh together: small scale stuff like Call of Duty gets in a lot of detail in the infantry work and close combat, but tends to either keep things small or feels awkward when they try to have you play at a very large scale, while large scale stuff like ARMA works well for long range fighting and heavy vehicle usage, but feels underwhelming and clunky up close and tends to lack a lot of detail due to making areas so large.

This seems to actually be nailing the idea of a very large scale fight and allowing for the individual soldier to have a highly immersive and detailed experience simultaneously.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 11, 2013, 11:27:52 pm
I'm really interested in Final Fantasy 15 (originally Versus 13), considering I've been waiting for a single player final fantasy to be really interested in since 10.  Seeing how it's the team behind Kingdom Hearts making it(the reason it's taken so long for KH3) I doubt it's going to be a total mess like 13.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Carnotaurus on June 11, 2013, 11:58:56 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX2KNyaoNV4

All of my happiness  ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on June 12, 2013, 12:23:25 am
I got an email from Microsoft talking about the Xbox One.

They're offering an exclusive controller and achievement if you pre-order. A ruddy achievement. Wonder what it'll say?

Probably something about how you're the biggest sucker in the universe?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Morgenleoht on June 12, 2013, 12:35:33 am
The Dragon Age 3 teaser looked epic...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 12, 2013, 12:41:45 am
One thing that they announced a few days ago that I'm excited about is that they are making Mirrors Edge 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 12, 2013, 01:07:49 am
I got an email from Microsoft talking about the Xbox One.

They're offering an exclusive controller and achievement if you pre-order. A ruddy achievement. Wonder what it'll say?

Probably something about how you're the biggest sucker in the universe?

Probably.

I'm still bouncing over BATTLEFROOOOOOOOOONT.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 12, 2013, 01:17:36 am
I got an email from Microsoft talking about the Xbox One.

They're offering an exclusive controller and achievement if you pre-order. A ruddy achievement. Wonder what it'll say?

Probably something about how you're the biggest sucker in the universe?

Probably.

I'm still bouncing over BATTLEFROOOOOOOOOONT.

I have to say, this is exactly how a Star Wars game should be made: Frostbite 3. I'm willing to bet that it'll look and play spectacularly.

And imagine the potential for destructible environments.

Edit: Watching the gameplay demo for The Division. Aaaaand I came.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 12, 2013, 05:29:19 am
I'll be excited for Battlefront if it's released on the 360.  I have a feeling though that it'll be a next-gen game, but I hope I'm wrong.  I wonder if they finally figured out the Red Ring problem and precented it with the new XBOX.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 12, 2013, 05:40:07 am
I'll be excited for Battlefront if it's released on the 360.  I have a feeling though that it'll be a next-gen game, but I hope I'm wrong.  I wonder if they finally figured out the Red Ring problem and precented it with the new XBOX.

Well, they eventually learned their lesson and redesigned the 360 to have actual, working heat sinks that didn't direct painfully hot air over the vital components. So hopefully THAT problem is gone.

The question is whether the ridiculous decisions involving the DRM and hostility toward renting, used games, and the sharing of physical discs are indicative of a general lack of care with the rest of the system.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 12, 2013, 06:11:45 am
The newer slims don't have the RRoD from what I know. SO yeah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 12, 2013, 10:43:37 am
That's good, though I still have no desire for an XBOX One for a while.  One again, I'm hoping Battlefront is on the 360, but I'm not counting on it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 12, 2013, 11:57:00 am
Frankly, I'm damn excited for the Battlefield 4 multiplayer. I don't give two shits about the single player (if it's anything like the previous game, it'll be a lot of cliches and setpieces that I can't be arsed to care about), but we need more good, large-scale multiplayer. War games always seem to have problems getting the large and small stuff to mesh together: small scale stuff like Call of Duty gets in a lot of detail in the infantry work and close combat, but tends to either keep things small or feels awkward when they try to have you play at a very large scale, while large scale stuff like ARMA works well for long range fighting and heavy vehicle usage, but feels underwhelming and clunky up close and tends to lack a lot of detail due to making areas so large.

This seems to actually be nailing the idea of a very large scale fight and allowing for the individual soldier to have a highly immersive and detailed experience simultaneously.

I also found out that BOTH PC and console are going to have 64 player multiplayer.  I cannot WAIT to play on that ridiculous of a large scale.  And in my opinion, Battlefield has always been the closest with maintaining a large scale feel while having a great individual experience, but it does look like they finally truly nailed it with Battlefield 4.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on June 12, 2013, 12:37:10 pm
My in-laws got me a Steam gift card for my birthday. I've already bought one game, but am considering a few more. Specifically, KotOR II.

I played KotOR II on the original Xbox. The game was confusing, and the ending was... well... It left a really horrible taste in my mouth, and I have never been able to bring myself to play it again. Several years later, I learned about the deleted content, and that there are mods that add that content back in (making the game a lot better).

Does anyone have a recommendation? Should I buy KotOR II, get the mods, and have another go at it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 12, 2013, 01:23:25 pm
If you don't already have it I recommend Civilization V and bolth of its expansions Gods & Kings and Brave New World.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 12, 2013, 01:29:30 pm
I actually quite enjoyed the vanilla KotOr II, but I've heard the the mod that puts that content back in actually complements the game pretty well. The game shouldn't be too much on steam so I say go for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 12, 2013, 01:44:33 pm
If you don't already have it I recommend Civilization V and bolth of its expansions Gods & Kings and Brave New World.
I'm very nearly vibrating in anticipation of international trade returning to Civ. It's pretty much the only reason other than getting stomped to avoid war and I missed it so much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 12, 2013, 04:09:46 pm
Holy shit you guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHgUuhOsHoA

You see the character busting out of that giant statues shield? apparently that could be any player character (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xvienbZxLk) if you play online.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Meshakhad on June 12, 2013, 06:33:46 pm
So, last night, I was playing through the campaign in the original StarCraft. In the sixth Terran mission, you have to get two Dropships, one of which contains Raynor, to a crashed ship. The problem is that between you and the ship is a shitload of Spore Colonies, it's on a cliff, and you don't have anything heavier than a Goliath. The official walkthrough said to fight my way through a Zerg-filled map to take the back route.

I said "fuck that shit".

My solution? Build 9 Engineering Bays and send them in ahead of my dropships to draw all the AA fire. Engineering Bays are slow as hell, and have no attacks, but they have 850 hit points and cost only 125 minerals. Perfect cannon fodder.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 13, 2013, 01:51:36 am
I suddenly feel like playing Dwarf Fortress again. Largely because I want to tame polar bears and turn them into weapons of war. I just hope I can remember how to navigate that asshole of an interface.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on June 13, 2013, 02:51:18 am
I suddenly feel like playing Dwarf Fortress again. Largely because I want to tame polar bears and turn them into weapons of war. I just hope I can remember how to navigate that asshole of an interface.

I always wanted to get into Dwart Fortress. I really did. It's the interface that's simply so user-unfriendly. Not just user-unfriendly, but kicks-the-user-in-the-gonads-steals-their-dog-and-pisses-in-the-mailbox-on-the-way-out unfriendly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 13, 2013, 03:08:10 am
I suddenly feel like playing Dwarf Fortress again. Largely because I want to tame polar bears and turn them into weapons of war. I just hope I can remember how to navigate that asshole of an interface.

I always wanted to get into Dwart Fortress. I really did. It's the interface that's simply so user-unfriendly. Not just user-unfriendly, but kicks-the-user-in-the-gonads-steals-their-dog-and-pisses-in-the-mailbox-on-the-way-out unfriendly.

The way I learned is watch a Let's Play first to see it in action so you know what to expect. Then when playing, be prepared to not only spend 10 minutes at a time with the game paused just leafing through the various commands, but also frequently be tabbing out to check the wiki. It's a royal pain in the ass at first, but it's worth it once you have a basic grasp of things. That and using the Lazy Newb Pack to turn off aquifers saves you a lot of bullshit, at least while you're still learning the ropes.

Also, Dwarf Therapist. Never ever ever play without Dwarf Therapist if you value your sanity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 13, 2013, 06:10:54 am
Not to mention the lazy newb key binds. Those are awesome. No more needing the shift key just to move up and down levels.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 13, 2013, 06:38:24 am
Now there's a dead donkey just rotting in my dining room, and nobody seems willing to take it outside where it won't stink the place up. Ah well, if miasma breaks out, don't come crying to me about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on June 13, 2013, 11:05:22 am
Now there's a dead donkey just rotting in my dining room, and nobody seems willing to take it outside where it won't stink the place up. Ah well, if miasma breaks out, don't come crying to me about it.

Did you build a refuse storage pile or mark it for dumping?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 13, 2013, 11:09:13 am
Now there's a dead donkey just rotting in my dining room, and nobody seems willing to take it outside where it won't stink the place up. Ah well, if miasma breaks out, don't come crying to me about it.

Did you build a refuse storage pile or mark it for dumping?

I do indeed have a refuse pile. Earlier on, a Yak did the exact same thing, and someone did manage to haul it outside, so it should happen eventually. It's just taking quite a while for someone to get around to it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 13, 2013, 01:29:52 pm
Check tags, make sure there's room.... make a  garbargedwarf? I've considered that lately.
Title: The Massive Mojave Mod Mashup Compatibility Patch Mod (MMMMCPM) is public
Post by: The Illusive Man on June 14, 2013, 02:12:13 am
Ladies and gentlemen, it is finally done. The Massive Mojave Mod Mashup Compatibility Patch Mod (MMMMCPM) is public in alpha v0.0.1.0. (http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/50533) Public testing is now open.

While war never changes, New Vegas certainly has! I dove headlong into compatibility hell with the explicit purpose of improving New Vegas. The goals I seek to accomplish are:


In other words, at least:
mod (A) working with mods (a1, a2, ect) for mod (A) working with
mod (B) working with mods (b1, b2, ect) for mod (B) working with
ect. In the words of Shakespeare “O, that way madness lies…”

The entries made to accomplish such have been documented in a MASSIVE change log for the sake of suggestions, learning and mod integration. Most entries are ‘copy as overrides’, new entries made by myself use data from other mods. Seek permission from those authors before adding to your mod(s).

The best way to show what has changed is through comparing these videos:

MMMCPM alpha v0.0.0.3:  Raul's life is a hell, literally and figuratively.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sv8PALBsuw

MMMMCPM v0.0.0.6 alpha: Strange things in Freeside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WJHydYJiTg

MMMMCPM v0.0.0.7 alpha: My power armor is powered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aecZi5HE-Mg

MMMCPM V0.0.1.0: "Go to hell and take your cheap suit with you!" --The Spy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0RLkdaLyMQ


The following mods will cause problems with MMMMCPM and the associated mods:




Links are on the mod page.
Almost fool proof install instructions
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Why does Mission Mojave Ultimate Edition.esp have interface\icons\pipboyimages\weapons\weapons_powerfist.dds and everything else Interface\Icons\PipboyImages\Weapons\weapons_power_fist.dds?



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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 14, 2013, 09:14:44 am
So are you their PR team or what?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on June 14, 2013, 11:01:49 am
So are you their PR team or what?
Nope. No teams, no group effort. It’s just me, FNVEdit 3.0.29 EXPERIMENTAL, a legitimate copy of New Vegas on one partition and a pirated copy on another.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 14, 2013, 05:58:22 pm
I've been waiting over a year for Rainbow Six Patriots, only to learn it's being released on the X1 now.  I hope I didn't preorder.  Oh well, at least Payday 2 looks interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 14, 2013, 08:37:17 pm
So are you their PR team or what?
Nope. No teams, no group effort. It’s just me, FNVEdit 3.0.29 EXPERIMENTAL, a legitimate copy of New Vegas on one partition and a pirated copy on another.
So that's where you've been... I did have an urge to play NV again... Though I was considering checking out the fallout mod for Dwarf Fort instead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 14, 2013, 11:43:58 pm
Unfortunately, I had to get rid of New Vegas until I can upgrade my computer. I like to play with a lot of mods, but unfortunately the game just doesn't run well enough to justify it taking up almost 20 GB of space on my computer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 15, 2013, 01:33:51 am
I really want to play Crusader Kings 2, but alas, my crappy laptop would have none of it. The base game looks fine enough on its own, but add the expansions and it looks fucking mind-blowing. Granted, the Muslims and Vikings are both a tad overpowered, but that's nothing a patch or two, be it official or fan made, can't fix.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on June 15, 2013, 11:27:28 pm
So are you their PR team or what?
Nope. No teams, no group effort. It’s just me, FNVEdit 3.0.29 EXPERIMENTAL, a legitimate copy of New Vegas on one partition and a pirated copy on another.
So that's where you've been... I did have an urge to play NV again... Though I was considering checking out the fallout mod for Dwarf Fort instead.

Due to a combination of: FormIDs not staying the same of other people even with a standardize load order and people removing older versions of their mods while I was still bug testing MMMPCM! MMMCPM pretty much died, I will probable have to start over from scratch. Hell I can’t even use mod fusion of all of the mods, as a mods authors said no.

My mother fucking mod masterpiece, all that time and effort is pretty much now gone. Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and fucking Despair.

(http://www.recruiterchicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/crazy.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 16, 2013, 08:55:53 pm
So Alchestbreach never got to do your mod?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 17, 2013, 01:59:50 pm
I got Fable 3 as a free download to XBox Live.  So far, I'm 45 minutes into the game, and I'm bored of out my mind.  I've seen nothing but long-winded dialog, linear quests, and rare and overly-simplistic combat.  I need to popl in another game and kill something as I'm sick of shaking people's hands!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 17, 2013, 02:08:47 pm
2 was far better. Got it for next to nothing used.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 18, 2013, 01:21:49 am
2 was far better. Got it for next to nothing used.
It's the only game I've ever played where you can draw a large crowd of people in the centre of town to watch you shit your pants. The amount of entertainment I've derived just from that really speaks volumes about my immaturity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 18, 2013, 01:31:23 am
I have Fable: The Lost Chapters on steam and let me tell you, the character models have not aged gracefully.  They look dreadful.  That's probably part of the reason they're doing a HD remake.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 18, 2013, 09:06:53 am
I have come to the conclusion that Mass effect fans are no longer allowed to complain that the ending to ME3 was the worst thing that ever happened to the franchise. (Also, claiming that it was the worst thing ever in anything, is just silly.)

I came to believe this after seeing Mass effect: Infiltrator. I'm not going to complain about graphics or anything like that, it's a game for a phone and I'm amazed that it looks as good as it does. My issue with it is that the story is rubbish and I have no idea why they have voice actors for the game íf none of them can bother to act. Either they are all just phoning it in (although I suppose delivering lines as dumb as that game has isn't very rewarding.) or simply cannot act at all.

Bah. I know that the game was just some cheap attempt to cash in with the success of the main series, they have also released some books and apparently an animated movie as well, but I just cannot believe how little effort they put into the story and voice acting. From the reviews I've read I've gathered that some people have enjoyed the gameplay so it's not all bad... Which makes the bad story and voice acting just seem even worse when compared to an otherwise decent/mediocre game!

Were they originally making an completely unrelated game and then just slap the mass effect title on it half way trough? Didn't they just care? Or was it that only a part of that company is competent while the rest of the crew are always on drugs?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 18, 2013, 09:17:31 am
At risk of sounding like a corporate shill, that sale on GOG.com is fucking insane. It's basically 50% the entire catalog along with 80%-90% off for the daily deals. I must say, it makes the Steam sales (especially the recent ones) seem rather insignificant in comparison.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 18, 2013, 09:22:38 am
At risk of sounding like a corporate shill, that sale on GOG.com is fucking insane. It's basically 50% the entire catalog along with 80%-90% off for the daily deals. I must say, it makes the Steam sales (especially the recent ones) seem rather insignificant in comparison.

Yeah, but the Steam sales also apply to games released after 2001.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 18, 2013, 09:30:33 am
At risk of sounding like a corporate shill, that sale on GOG.com is fucking insane. It's basically 50% the entire catalog along with 80%-90% off for the daily deals. I must say, it makes the Steam sales (especially the recent ones) seem rather insignificant in comparison.

Yeah, but the Steam sales also apply to games released after 2001.

Funnily enough, they release more indies than old games nowadays.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 18, 2013, 11:09:57 am
Huh, so manhattan project is 3 bucks and I wouldn't have to try to track down the disk again? That may well be sold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 18, 2013, 11:38:39 am
Seriously though, this GOG sale IS fucking insane. With (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/might_and_magic_6_limited_edition) games (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/the_witcher_2) like (http://www.gog.com/gamecard/neverwinter_nights_2_complete) this (http://www.gog.com/promo/wide_awake_bundle) on sale and more, they gonna be making some serious bank.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 18, 2013, 11:42:05 am
Don't forget to grab Torchlight if you haven't already. It's free on GOG for only a little bit. I love Torchlight so much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 19, 2013, 11:31:04 am
I found a copy of Tony Hawk's Underground for the Xbox a while back. My god is that game fun. I tell you, nobody makes skateboarding games like Neversoft.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 19, 2013, 06:27:40 pm
I'm not a Tony Hawk fan or a skating fan by any means, but that game was super fun, surprisingly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 19, 2013, 06:30:42 pm
Yeah, Underground is still the only one out of my collection that I still play (which consists of 1, 2x, 3 for the Gamecube, 4 for the PS1, and Underground for the PS2). It's really the only one that managed to get all the stuff right and temporarily made me want to get into skateboarding.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 20, 2013, 12:08:33 am
It's really the only one that managed to get all the stuff right and temporarily made me want to get into skateboarding.
You're not the only one. There was a temporary skateboarding craze entirely off the back of the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games back when they were new.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 21, 2013, 07:44:19 pm
World of Tanks had some updates. After battle reports used to just say how many critical hits you've scored on each enemy, now it will also show them so you know how many crew members or tank components you took out. :) Concidering that some of my tanks are getting criticals with nearly every hit they score this is incredibly fun.

And when making a critical the game actually notifies of this, before the update you simply knew that when you make a penetrating hit that does no HP damage it was a critical.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 22, 2013, 04:55:57 am
King of Dragon Pass for $1.50? Fuck yeah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 23, 2013, 04:52:17 am
Master of Orion 1+2 for 3$? I shouldn't have been listenting to the soundtrack of MOO2 on Youtube, it got me crawing for the old classic and now I just had to buy it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 23, 2013, 05:01:23 am
I suddenly have the urge to play Age of Wonders again. I'm not usually a strategy fan, but it's an utterly fantastic game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on June 23, 2013, 05:21:00 am
It is! :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 23, 2013, 11:45:47 pm
Playing through The Last Of Us. Having a lot of fun, but goddamn this game is longer and harder than a porn star. Even on normal I end up dying half a dozen times or more in some encounters, and I've probably sunk more hours into it than Black Ops II and I'm not even halfway through.

The multiplayer is really difficult as well, but it's also a very different experience from traditional shooters and takes a lot more thought and cunning to succeed. Also, you not only have a metagame clan that you need to maintain throughout the multiplayer "story", but you can choose to have it be populated by your Facebook friends. And it gives you regular updates on what various clan members are doing, and sometimes requires you to make choices regarding them. This amuses me greatly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 24, 2013, 01:39:37 am
Even on normal I end up dying half a dozen times or more in some encounters, and I've probably sunk more hours into it than Black Ops II and I'm not even halfway through.

DURHUR YOU DIED ON NORMAL YOUR SUCH A STUPID LOSER

HERES A GENIUS IDEA TRY NOT GETTING HIT MORON

*smacks self*

Sorry, I was possessed by the spirit of a Morrowind fandumbass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 24, 2013, 02:59:32 am
The hardest part of the game are the Clickers. They take two headshots to kill and have generally higher health and while they're blind, they have REALLY sensitive hearing (to the point where even full speed sneaking is audible at a certain distance, so you have to move at about half of your usual "slow" speed to avoid getting caught). They can only be stealth killed if you have a shiv (which is a disposable tool that lasts only two uses after you upgraded it and spends much of the game as a one-use item.....or the entire game if you didn't find the upgrade manual) and until you learn the proper skill AND have a shiv handy it's an unavoidable one-hit kill if they make contact. And they almost always come in groups, and if not they're surrounded by regular Infected that still have their eyesight and just bum rush you. If you lose stealth even once, you usually get rushed and killed as soon as a single Clicker touches you because you're distracted by too many enemies.

Speaking of enemies, the humans in this game are fucking SMART. They can flank, and Joel has so little health even when upgraded that it's often a death sentence if a guy with a gun gets around you. And they'll gladly throw Molotovs at you when you're hiding. Not to mention that you can't block with the fighting system, so any mistimed or misaimed hit means you'll likely take a few whacks. And bad guys all attack you at once, so fighting more than one person in melee is a death sentence and guys with guns will shoot you with impunity if you get caught up in a brawl.

Making it through an encounter takes a ton of intelligence and cleverness. You usually need to distract and isolate enemies to take them out through stealth, and every shot you make should be the most damaging one possible from your position. The best option is usually to just never let the enemies know you're even there in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 24, 2013, 07:09:39 am
I gave Thief another shot. As it turns out, it's more fun when you're not trying to ghost every level on expert your first run. Who new? While it's not my favourite stealth game of all time, it's still very good for what it is.

In other news, I've been playing a lot of Theme Hospital lately. Bloody hell, that game is more fun than it has any right to be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 25, 2013, 01:06:16 pm
I got Poker Night 2 last night.

Holy hell this game is fun.  And it's hard to stay frustrated at.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 25, 2013, 05:24:00 pm
Untill my harddrive died I played it a lot fun and all but I am convinced the dealer on purpose gives everyone better cards then you which is fitting for Glados
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 25, 2013, 06:12:54 pm
Not really true.  The developers have outright stated that the game is not rigged (which is not necessarily evidence that it isn't) but people who play poker have confirmed that the game is quite accurate to real poker in the way the cards are handled.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 25, 2013, 07:19:08 pm
Anything with random generation will get those accusations.

Finally got a solid enough handle on Dwarf Fort to start playing with DFhack. Yeah, hell of a tool. All those little things you wanted to be able to do, probably easily doable from a commandline.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 25, 2013, 10:03:06 pm
last of us does it play well on an SD TV as a lot of ps3 games have really bad ut off screens
Also the game had me lose a lot so yeah
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 25, 2013, 10:03:31 pm
Picked up Battlefield 3 for $16. Denied Gamestop's 1 year warranty, as it was literally a third the cost of the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 27, 2013, 01:02:47 am
Has anyone else played Retro City Rampage? It's a lot of fun. It's like if Saint's Row were 8-bit and obsessed with references to stuff from the 80's.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on June 27, 2013, 01:07:36 am
So one of my friends got me to start playing Halo 4 multiplayer again, and holy hell did we have the absolute worst luck with teams today.  I don't think we went even one match without at least two people on our side ragequitting, and we kept getting paired with people who had NO idea what they were doing.  I think I'm just going to go back to finishing my trilogy run through of Mass Effect again...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 27, 2013, 06:10:25 am
Picked up Battlefield 3 for $16. Denied Gamestop's 1 year warranty, as it was literally a third the cost of the game.

The warranty is pretty useless in the first place if you take care of your discs. I've never had issues with used games because, if I'm worried about the disc's condition, they usually let me inspect it first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 27, 2013, 09:10:23 am
Started playing far cry blood dragon.

My brain is seared with neon
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 27, 2013, 01:03:00 pm
Started playing far cry blood dragon.

My brain is seared with neon

MARK IV STYLE, MOTHAFUCKA.

I hope whoever designed the final boss in Rayman 2 never works in the business again. Finally beat the fucking thing after 12 years, but I gave myself a splitting migraine doing it. Not sure it was worth it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on June 27, 2013, 08:55:42 pm
I only bought one bad game and that was Xenosaga 1 (game disc wouldn't work)
Two of my gamecube discs are failing but to be fair they are old
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 28, 2013, 04:53:45 am
They need to attach wrist bands for the 3DS like they do for the wii controller.  My wife has nearly thrown her system across the room multiple times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 28, 2013, 05:42:35 am
They need to attach wrist bands for the 3DS like they do for the wii controller.  My wife has nearly thrown her system across the room multiple times.

The 3DS isn't exactly a motion controller. I think your wife needs to take some tranquilizers before playing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on June 28, 2013, 08:19:56 am
Been playing the new DLC for Borderlands 2.

I love the jabs towards so-called 'fake geeks' along with the references to many other fantasy titles like Game of Thrones.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 28, 2013, 03:54:54 pm
They need to attach wrist bands for the 3DS like they do for the wii controller.  My wife has nearly thrown her system across the room multiple times.

The 3DS isn't exactly a motion controller. I think your wife needs to take some tranquilizers before playing.

It's Mario Kart.  It'd make a nun dream of shooting a princess with a rocket launcher.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 28, 2013, 04:50:53 pm
Oh....yeah.  Mario Kart.

Ironbite-totally could see your wife flinging the damn thing around after getting hit with a blue shell inches from the finish line.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 28, 2013, 05:00:54 pm
Panzer I Auf C.

It is a German light tank in World of Tanks. Pretty fast. Actually the fastest tank in the game when it has all the best upgrades (like mine does.) How do people do drive by shootings at your neighbourhood? Driving a Subaru and blasting away with Tec-9? How about zooming past with a fucking tank and firing a 7.92mm machine gun?

Awesome.

And yes, having a tank armed with a machine gun might seem stupid when other tanks of the same tier have at least 20mm autocannons or up to 76mm cannons... But the fire rate is incredibly high and if you hit weak spots you are doing some serious damage.

Besides with that speed if you aren't shootin off their tracks and then circling behind the enemy to drill trhough their weak rear armour then you are doing it wrong.

(And bottom line is that it is incredibly fun to use the PzIc.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 28, 2013, 07:15:10 pm
Oh....yeah.  Mario Kart.

Ironbite-totally could see your wife flinging the damn thing around after getting hit with a blue shell inches from the finish line.

How about a blue shell, three red shells from 3 separate cpu opponents, and another blue shell, all within a span of seconds, with the finish line in sight.  She said she went from first place with no one in sight to 5th place in about 4 seconds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 28, 2013, 07:47:22 pm
Oh....yeah.  Mario Kart.

Ironbite-totally could see your wife flinging the damn thing around after getting hit with a blue shell inches from the finish line.

How about a blue shell, three red shells from 3 separate cpu opponents, and another blue shell, all within a span of seconds, with the finish line in sight.  She said she went from first place with no one in sight to 5th place in about 4 seconds.

Which is exactly why I don't play Mario Kart.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 28, 2013, 08:25:16 pm
Mario Kart Wii is so awful because of stuff like that. They got incredibly lazy with the AI and if it's on hard, they just have a million shells bombard you as carts fly by at abnormal speeds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 28, 2013, 11:21:25 pm
I remember a while back I got really good at Mario Kart DS. Whenever a blue shell came after me, I'd brake and let the guy in 2nd and hopefully 3rd and 4th as well get closer so they get caught in the blast radius. I still got fucked over just as hard by it, if not harder, but it was a nice consolation price nevertheless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 29, 2013, 02:48:29 am
Mario Kart Wii is so awful because of stuff like that. They got incredibly lazy with the AI and if it's on hard, they just have a million shells bombard you as carts fly by at abnormal speeds.

Fucking this is why I don't like Mario Kart Wii. Its got the laziest racing game AI I've ever seen. I was beyond relieved when Mario Kart 7 took more from DS instead of Wii with its AI.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 29, 2013, 06:43:25 am
Mario Kart Wii is so awful because of stuff like that. They got incredibly lazy with the AI and if it's on hard, they just have a million shells bombard you as carts fly by at abnormal speeds.

Fucking this is why I don't like Mario Kart Wii. Its got the laziest racing game AI I've ever seen. I was beyond relieved when Mario Kart 7 took more from DS instead of Wii with its AI.

I just despise obvious rubberband AI in general. If you need to resort to cheating to try and create a challenge for the player, you clearly haven't designed a properly challenging game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 29, 2013, 08:41:45 am
It's mario cart, if there weren't cheap tactics there wouldn't be any at all.

Playing with dwarf fortress's world gen. I have mirthful oceans now, I'm not really sure what that means.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on June 29, 2013, 09:16:15 am
It's mario cart, if there weren't cheap tactics there wouldn't be any at all.

Playing with dwarf fortress's world gen. I have mirthful oceans now, I'm not really sure what that means.

Means neutral good oceans. Likely with mermaids (which you can't farm for their bones anymore)

http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Surroundings#Good (http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2012:Surroundings#Good)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on June 29, 2013, 04:16:00 pm
Can't farm the mermaids, but I can probably get something pretty fun out of these dumbass giant wren that just flew into my front door. I may need to modify some raws and make them war trainable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 29, 2013, 05:45:48 pm
I just found the Hyrule Historia at Walmart.  Ended up getting it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Saturn500 on June 29, 2013, 10:20:21 pm
You're going to LOVE the official timeline.

Speaking of Timelines, the guidebook for The Tale of ALLTYNEX got released. It seems to be a bit rushed, due to grammatical issues and the like, but it's still pretty good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 30, 2013, 01:32:26 pm
Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines is a great game, can't believe I never got around to playing it before now, still a few graphical glitches even after the fan patch, but I'll cope.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 30, 2013, 07:28:19 pm
So I've been playing a lot of Star Trek online.  How much is a lot?  Check out the current ship I've got that you cannot buy with real money.

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/ironbite4/RaptorsTimeRisa_zps77b2c8a1.png) (http://"http://s98.photobucket.com/user/ironbite4/media/RaptorsTimeRisa_zps77b2c8a1.png.html")

Presenting the U.S.S. Raptor's Time.  A Mirror Universe Mobious Temporal Destroyer.

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/ironbite4/RaptorsTimeRisafront_zps6effa43c.png) (http://"http://s98.photobucket.com/user/ironbite4/media/RaptorsTimeRisafront_zps6effa43c.png.html")

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/ironbite4/RaptorsTimeRisarear_zps429a22e2.png) (http://"http://s98.photobucket.com/user/ironbite4/media/RaptorsTimeRisarear_zps429a22e2.png.html")

I love this ship so much.  Why?  Because of it's signiture ability, the Manhime Effect.

(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l241/ironbite4/RaptorsTimeRisaManhimeEffect_zps78b8e023.png) (http://"http://s98.photobucket.com/user/ironbite4/media/RaptorsTimeRisaManhimeEffect_zps78b8e023.png.html")

I really love this game and best part...IT'S FREE!

Ironbite-well...save for Lock box keys.

Title: Xbox One Will Feature Halo Television Series Directed by Steven Spielberg
Post by: The Illusive Man on June 30, 2013, 09:58:42 pm
Quote
Amidst all of the hullabaloo – and total gamer glee – surrounding today’s announcement of Microsoft’s new Xbox One came a special highlight for TV fans: the news that Steven Spielberg would be producing a live-action series based on the Halo game universe.

The series, which will be available on Xbox Live, will be produced in conjunction with the game’s developer 343 Industries. During the Xbox One announcement in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft’s president of entertainment and digital media Nancy Tellem said that “TV on the Xbox One will immerse you, allowing you to virtually jump into the action,” and in a video statement Spielberg enthused about what could be done with the first-person shooter in a series. (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/steven-spielberg-halo-xbox/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 30, 2013, 10:02:31 pm
But will Neill Blomkamp be involved?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 30, 2013, 10:47:58 pm
Surprised ewe boll isnt beating up everyone to be involved in it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 30, 2013, 10:54:50 pm
Surprised ewe boll isnt beating up everyone to be involved in it

I think he's been blacklisted by every game developer/publisher.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 30, 2013, 11:05:30 pm
That, or all game developers have hired clones of Bruce Lee to keep him away from their shit.  Its what I'd do.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 30, 2013, 11:38:25 pm
Surprised ewe boll isnt beating up everyone to be involved in it

I think he's been blacklisted by every game developer/publisher.

That wouldn't surprise me. Hideo Kojima lost his shit when someone brought up a rumor that Uwe Boll was doing a Metal Gear Solid movie.

No sane developer will ever let him TOUCH their stuff. Only the ones desperate for money or who have little to no control over their creation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 01, 2013, 05:43:20 am
I preordered Payday 2.  Right now, it's the only game coming out this year that I'm looking forward to, since they bumped Rainbow Six to the X1.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on July 01, 2013, 10:15:17 am
Finished Assassin's Creed III today.  My god, those credits go on forever...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 03, 2013, 05:08:44 am
Time to spam some screenshots of Napoleon total war


Some cannons firing, i love the glow behind the smoke
(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/613896266601509291/414D4C0B925790DC3691608454121370A9D7892F/1024x640.resizedimage)

A large army of french soldiers taking cairo
(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/612769008094310634/8D1CC0494727B50495B90D064BDC6E11CA2E13DB/1024x640.resizedimage)

Prussian soldiers getting ambushed by a swedish line at a river crossing
(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/613896266617166869/05E8E214605EF09C064DABA79AE85CFB4BC3AA01/1024x640.resizedimage)

Italian chasseurs running down some fucking annoying russian skirmishers
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An awesome view of a french army charging down a hill to destroy a Sardinian town
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 03, 2013, 10:16:00 am
So, GameSpot is having their annual contest to see what games from E3 people are most looking forward too.  One of the brackets is Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag vs the new Thief remake.  The Ubisoft run AC page on Facebook was telling people to go vote for AC4 of course, but a lot of people commented that they were more looking forward to the Thief remake.  Ubisoft than acted like a spoiled 5 year old and straight up deleted all the pro-Thief comments they could find.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 03, 2013, 02:05:23 pm
So, GameSpot is having their annual contest to see what games from E3 people are most looking forward too.  One of the brackets is Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag vs the new Thief remake.  The Ubisoft run AC page on Facebook was telling people to go vote for AC4 of course, but a lot of people commented that they were more looking forward to the Thief remake.  Ubisoft than acted like a spoiled 5 year old and straight up deleted all the pro-Thief comments they could find.

O.O  Way to give the competition more business, morons.  Seriously, its like people up and forgot what proper PR is over the past few years.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 04, 2013, 11:18:01 pm
I bought State of Decay. I'm not going to go into a full review or advertising pitch, but it's the best zombie game ever made in my opinion, and is the fastest-selling XBL Arcade game ever for a very good reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 05, 2013, 05:10:38 am
I decided to start up a new game of the first Gothic. It all came flooding back to me as to why I love that series. The controls are a tad convoluted, but my god, the world and lore are fantastic. It's dark fantasy done right. Not just regular fantasy where everyone's racist and swears a lot, but the whole world is the sort of place where might makes right, honour is a meaningless concept and simply just surviving a fight with all of your limbs attached means you had a very good day. I have to say, it's one of the most immersive games I've ever played.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 05, 2013, 05:29:07 pm
I might also add that Gothic came out around the same time as Morrowind and...

...had a complex world with lots of NPCs that all HAD SCHEDULES AND ACTUALLY LIVED LIVES.

So whenever anyone defends Morrowind's absolutely lifeless and bland NPCs (which is funny because people like to praise Morrowind for having better NPCs than Skyrim, which confuses me) by citing technical limitations, I just want to slap them.  Even FUCKING ARENA had a semblance of life what with shops closing at night and NPCs thinning out.

Also, I once pointed out that Morrowind had more repetitive dialogue than Skyrim did, and someone defended it by saying that it was an "older game"

Uh, no.  Literary standards have not changed.  Morrowind's dialogue is easier to change than Skyrim's because it's 99% text.  Age is NOT an excuse since there were no actual technical limitations in place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 05, 2013, 05:43:39 pm
I bought Sonic Adventure DX for 2.33 it's not a great game but I needed to buy it since my gamecube disc is fail
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on July 05, 2013, 05:59:13 pm
I bought Sonic Adventure DX for 2.33 it's not a great game but I needed to buy it since my gamecube disc is fail

If you're you're talking about the PC port of that game (which is very likely since your Gamecube DX has a dead disc), check the community for patches. It makes the port more tolerable. There are enough bugs in that game that makes it almost as bad as '06 (and I haven't even played that game, only heard horror stories about it).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 05, 2013, 06:23:31 pm
Sonic has always been a glitchy series (Though personally it seems they tightened up on quality control since the travesty known as 06)

...Crap now I want to pop in my Sonic Adventure 2 Battle disc.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 05, 2013, 06:27:53 pm
I bought Sonic Adventure DX for 2.33 it's not a great game but I needed to buy it since my gamecube disc is fail

If you're you're talking about the PC port of that game (which is very likely since your Gamecube DX has a dead disc), check the community for patches. It makes the port more tolerable. There are enough bugs in that game that makes it almost as bad as '06 (and I haven't even played that game, only heard horror stories about it).
No I think I'm playing the port of the 360 port but I''lll check pc gaming wiki since the camera is awful and the keyboard controls are abyssmal. 
SA2 had a good story although they ruined it by bringing shadow back although crush 40 made some good music about him
has a falshback to Shadow the hedgehog ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 05, 2013, 06:37:38 pm
...

I like Shadow the Hedgehog.  Both the character and the game.

Shadow gets a lot of unnecessary hate by counter-culturalists >_>
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 05, 2013, 07:00:04 pm
...

I like Shadow the Hedgehog.  Both the character and the game.

Shadow gets a lot of unnecessary hate by counter-culturalists >_>
Completely agreed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 05, 2013, 11:26:08 pm
I might also add that Gothic came out around the same time as Morrowind and...

...had a complex world with lots of NPCs that all HAD SCHEDULES AND ACTUALLY LIVED LIVES.

So whenever anyone defends Morrowind's absolutely lifeless and bland NPCs (which is funny because people like to praise Morrowind for having better NPCs than Skyrim, which confuses me) by citing technical limitations, I just want to slap them.  Even FUCKING ARENA had a semblance of life what with shops closing at night and NPCs thinning out.

Also, I once pointed out that Morrowind had more repetitive dialogue than Skyrim did, and someone defended it by saying that it was an "older game"

Uh, no.  Literary standards have not changed.  Morrowind's dialogue is easier to change than Skyrim's because it's 99% text.  Age is NOT an excuse since there were no actual technical limitations in place.
I can't say I really have a problem with Morrowind on that front. That game's about having a massive world with a stupid amount of cities and dungeons to explore in which you can simply fuck about to your heart's content. In light of that, overly complex NPC's aren't all that necessary and if anything would take away from other aspects of the game. Just look at the sheer number of them, giving their individual routines more than two or three steps per day a la Gothic would take a hell of a lot of development time. Gothic isn't so much about exploration and simply doing your own thing, there's a lot more emphasis on the story and world, so naturally more detailed NPC behavior takes a higher priority.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 05, 2013, 11:33:32 pm
...

I like Shadow the Hedgehog.  Both the character and the game.

Shadow gets a lot of unnecessary hate by counter-culturalists >_>

The good power which sped you up was an absolutely terrible idea for multiple level ends throughout the level considering the level design usually never let you go backward.

Quote
SA2 had a good story although they ruined it by bringing shadow back although crush 40 made some good music about him
has a falshback to Shadow the hedgehog ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Sonic Adventure 2 is probably my favorite sonic game(mostly for the chao garden) but going back and playing it when it was released on Steam...holy shit was the animation and some of the voices bad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 06, 2013, 12:54:11 am
I might also add that Gothic came out around the same time as Morrowind and...

...had a complex world with lots of NPCs that all HAD SCHEDULES AND ACTUALLY LIVED LIVES.

So whenever anyone defends Morrowind's absolutely lifeless and bland NPCs (which is funny because people like to praise Morrowind for having better NPCs than Skyrim, which confuses me) by citing technical limitations, I just want to slap them.  Even FUCKING ARENA had a semblance of life what with shops closing at night and NPCs thinning out.

Also, I once pointed out that Morrowind had more repetitive dialogue than Skyrim did, and someone defended it by saying that it was an "older game"

Uh, no.  Literary standards have not changed.  Morrowind's dialogue is easier to change than Skyrim's because it's 99% text.  Age is NOT an excuse since there were no actual technical limitations in place.
I can't say I really have a problem with Morrowind on that front.

My biggest problem with it is that the NPCs don't even have a day/night cycle.  They literally stay in their exact radius forever, no matter the time.  They don't even go home during the night.  Or for NPCs that stay home, they stay in their home forever and never even sleep.  This makes being a thief either very easy or very hard, depending on which.  At least with Oblivion you can count on NPCs leaving their houses during the day or sleeping at night.

They didn't even need a routine, just... a "enter home at night, sleep when it's late, leave house during the day" routine.

If people can accuse Bethesda of being lazy with Skyrim based off of a few things, I can accuse Bethesda of being lazy with Morrowind because of this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 06, 2013, 06:22:50 am
Boyfriend made me play this mmo called tera.

Its like a korean pedophiles wet dream.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 06, 2013, 06:25:55 am
Boyfriend made me play this mmo called tera.

Its like a korean pedophiles wet dream.
Why?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 06, 2013, 08:28:32 am
You haven't seen some of the character designs have you?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 06, 2013, 08:34:08 am
You haven't seen some of the character designs have you?
Nope. Let me guess, it looks like a (drawn, duh) loli porn website?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 06, 2013, 09:08:02 am
You know whats sad, and depressingly racist.

I took one look at the characters, turned to jai and went "this is made by asians isnt it"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 06, 2013, 09:13:17 am
You know whats sad, and depressingly racist.

I took one look at the characters, turned to jai and went "this is made by asians isnt it"
Not really all that racist. It's no more racist than seeing tribal art and saying "This is made by Africans, isn't it?".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 06, 2013, 05:24:19 pm
Certain countries have certain art styles and art tropes that come through in stuff they make.

Korea and Japan all seem to have a fondness for anime-ish styles, and have a tendency to also include cute little girls and cute little animal people as playable characters.

Alongside big monstrous giant beasts that seem to be quiet and gentle.

Actually TERA reminds me of FF11 more than anything, now that I think about it.

EDIT:

I found a game called Sorcery for the PS3 (involving the use of Playstation Move, though I think it looks pretty clever) and a lot of people called it a Skyward Sword rip-off in a way that indicated that this automatically made it worse than Skyward Sword.

Now, aside from some people's certain irrational hatred of anything beyond pushing buttons...

People complain about how games have similar concepts in a negative manner.  This feels very backwards to me.

If a company makes a game that has a similar concept, they'll be under a lot of pressure to make it BETTER than the game that their game vaguely resembles.  (Aside from shovelware games, but shovelware is shovelware and will always exist and there will always be people who buy it.)

When companies compete, customers win.  When they compete in the same genre (sorta), customers who are a fan of that genre wins.

Also, no, Sorcery is not a Skyward Sword rip-off.  They have entirely different concepts, different form of motion control with different requirements, and so forth.  The only similarity is that they are action/adventure games with motion control.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 06, 2013, 07:49:39 pm
Replayed and beat Rainbow Six Vegas 2.  Lots of fun sniping and blowing up terrorists.  At one point, i was blindsided by two mooks who dropped from a skylight.  The next time I entered the room, I threw C4 on the ground and backed up.  When they dropped from their ropes, BOOM!

I also had a laugh loading all 3 doors of a small room with C4 to take out 1 guard.  Hey, there's no kill like overkill!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 07, 2013, 12:50:23 am
I don't see why Grand Theft Auto 4 has such praise. It has a sucky gameplay system to me.

However, the last DLC for Borderlands 2 is a hoot and a half, still.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 07, 2013, 01:24:54 am
I don't see why Grand Theft Auto 4 has such praise. It has a sucky gameplay system to me.

However, the last DLC for Borderlands 2 is a hoot and a half, still.

I can work GTA IV fine. The cover system usually works, but I really like the driving. If you treat it more like a real car and don't try to handbrake all the corners, you'll be zipping around just fine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 07, 2013, 01:54:53 am
I wasn't talking about either one. I'm fine with driving. But there's more to gameplay than driving and a cover system. Such as proper waypoints, an easy way to refer to your mission notes, accessing your phone is a pain because they make it work like an actual phone.

But that's just me. I'm sure people are just fine with it.

Also, calling Saints Row a GTA clone is doing both games a disservice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 07, 2013, 01:58:51 am
I wasn't talking about either one. I'm fine with driving. But there's more to gameplay than driving and a cover system. Such as proper waypoints, an easy way to refer to your mission notes, accessing your phone is a pain because they make it work like an actual phone.

But that's just me. I'm sure people are just fine with it.

Also, calling Saints Row a GTA clone is doing both games a disservice.

No proper waypoints? It gives you exact waypoints AND a GPS guide to them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 07, 2013, 02:05:12 am
Also, calling Saints Row a GTA clone is doing both games a disservice.
Agreed. But I am iffy about SR4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 07, 2013, 02:25:04 am
Also, calling Saints Row a GTA clone is doing both games a disservice.
Agreed. But I am iffy about SR4

Saints Row started as a GTA clone, albeit well done enough that people liked it. The sequel tried to intentionally distance itself from the serious direction GTA IV took by becoming an over the top parody of the series.

Then Saints Row The Third just decided "BALLS OUT CRAZY TIME MOTHAFUCKAS" and started a game design process that appears to have involved writing a bunch of random words and concepts, throwing them in a shredder, and piecing together content from what came out.

Saints Row 4 has become so divested from its origins that you may as well change the title now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 07, 2013, 02:30:24 am
Also, calling Saints Row a GTA clone is doing both games a disservice.
Agreed. But I am iffy about SR4

Saints Row started as a GTA clone, albeit well done enough that people liked it. The sequel tried to intentionally distance itself from the serious direction GTA IV took by becoming an over the top parody of the series.

Then Saints Row The Third just decided "BALLS OUT CRAZY TIME MOTHAFUCKAS" and started a game design process that appears to have involved writing a bunch of random words and concepts, throwing them in a shredder, and piecing together content from what came out.

Saints Row 4 has become so divested from its origins that you may as well change the title now.
I agree. Saints Row 2 was the best, with the best customization and the best story. It takes skill to make that game make you cry (and EVERYONE cried for Carlos).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 07, 2013, 12:09:40 pm
I wasn't talking about either one. I'm fine with driving. But there's more to gameplay than driving and a cover system. Such as proper waypoints, an easy way to refer to your mission notes, accessing your phone is a pain because they make it work like an actual phone.

But that's just me. I'm sure people are just fine with it.

Also, calling Saints Row a GTA clone is doing both games a disservice.

No proper waypoints? It gives you exact waypoints AND a GPS guide to them.

Bah. I can't explain it. Either way, to me it isn't as good a game as I was expecting it to be. Luckily things like this are down to taste mostly.

Frankly, GTA just isn't my kind of game at the moment. It'll probably get better further on but right now I find myself aching to return to another game. Probably why I have it paused on my PS3 and have gone to BL2 on my 360 to try to finish up tiny tina's assault.

As for SR4, it's said to be bigger and badder than SR3 and I'm curious if it's the last game in the series. They're running out of steam.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 07, 2013, 12:48:07 pm
SR3 was "bigger and badder" in the sense that they had more stuff. But it felt shallow, like they were just throwing whatever came to mind without care and seeing what stuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 07, 2013, 12:56:03 pm
SR3 was "bigger and badder" in the sense that they had more stuff. But it felt shallow, like they were just throwing whatever came to mind without care and seeing what stuck.
Pretty much, this. And they fucked up the clothing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 07, 2013, 01:19:21 pm
Pretty sure that was the point of SR3. Tho, the game is still rather enjoyable. I'm using the Full Package edition. There is just so much stuff for the game it's ridiculous.

But SR4 is probably going to be better. Romance plus Keith David plus Gat? Yes please.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on July 07, 2013, 01:20:34 pm
Honestly, strange as this may sound, I played the FUCK out of GTA 3, and bits of GTA 4... but firing up SR3? It... I just can't get into it.  It's almost too silly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 07, 2013, 01:21:46 pm
Pretty sure that was the point of SR3. Tho, the game is still rather enjoyable. I'm using the Full Package edition. There is just so much stuff for the game it's ridiculous.

But SR4 is probably going to be better. Romance plus Keith David plus Gat? Yes please.
What, no comment on Eliza Dushku returning? And, yeah, I got the collectors edition on release. Kinda pissed that I get the game day one, midnight release, and I get shafted.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 07, 2013, 01:45:33 pm
Pretty sure that was the point of SR3. Tho, the game is still rather enjoyable. I'm using the Full Package edition. There is just so much stuff for the game it's ridiculous.

But SR4 is probably going to be better. Romance plus Keith David plus Gat? Yes please.
What, no comment on Eliza Dushku returning? And, yeah, I got the collectors edition on release. Kinda pissed that I get the game day one, midnight release, and I get shafted.

There's a difference between the collector's edition and the full package, tho... Hence me specifying.

Why do you assume I'd have a comment about Dushku? I'm not a big fan of Eliza Dushku. She's all right. Her voice acting isn't as recognizable as others. And Shaundi's there regardless. And I'm not excited about her voice acting like I am Keith David's. :/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 07, 2013, 01:49:47 pm
Pretty sure that was the point of SR3. Tho, the game is still rather enjoyable. I'm using the Full Package edition. There is just so much stuff for the game it's ridiculous.

But SR4 is probably going to be better. Romance plus Keith David plus Gat? Yes please.
What, no comment on Eliza Dushku returning? And, yeah, I got the collectors edition on release. Kinda pissed that I get the game day one, midnight release, and I get shafted.

There's a difference between the collector's edition and the full package, tho... Hence me specifying.

Why do you assume I'd have a comment about Dushku? I'm not a big fan of Eliza Dushku. She's all right. Her voice acting isn't as recognizable as others. And Shaundi's there regardless. And I'm not excited about her voice acting like I am Keith David's. :/
I know the difference. I'm pissed about the difference, lol. Payed more for less content, and most of the DLC was on-disk. As for Dushku, just a bit of a fanboy (love her as Faith on BTVS and Echo on Dollhouse, mainly).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 07, 2013, 02:05:39 pm
 It happens all the time. You take the chance all the time with buying a game within months of release.*shrugs* Either way, I'm really hoping same-sex romance is available in SR4.

(http://media.tumblr.com/91ddff05c5ebf1426ef91a75e988f78e/tumblr_inline_mp95ltiEvy1qz4rgp.png)

And... okay. I guess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Bender_Rodríguez on July 07, 2013, 10:19:21 pm
SR3 was shallow, but it was a lot more fun than GTA 4.  GTA 4 was just boring.  The only memorable mission was the bank robbery.  Aside from that, I barely remember anything that happened.  SR3 was so over the top that it was just a blast to play.  I wish they would have tightened it up a little and had deepened the gameplay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 07, 2013, 10:26:42 pm
Eh I liked GTA 4 mostly The Lost and Dammed and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 07, 2013, 10:30:49 pm
Ar4 can still be good I am biased since I never played 2 (PC user)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 08, 2013, 04:06:22 am
SR3 was shallow, but it was a lot more fun than GTA 4.  GTA 4 was just boring.  The only memorable mission was the bank robbery.  Aside from that, I barely remember anything that happened.  SR3 was so over the top that it was just a blast to play.  I wish they would have tightened it up a little and had deepened the gameplay.
Agreed. Also, I wish the clothing worked like it did in SR2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 08, 2013, 06:07:07 am
GTA 4 not only took itself way too seriously, but also did a horrible job of telling its story. It's a shame this is still such an alien concept for developers, but when one of the most important things is that the story should never be contradicted by the gameplay. It's all well and good for Niko to lament having to lick the local small time crime boss's boots just to survive another night, but it's a tad hard to take seriously when he can spend several in-game weeks doing nothing but running over old ladies, pushing police officers down stairs and baiting the cops into city-wide car chases purely for shits 'n' giggles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 08, 2013, 06:32:04 am
Boyfriend made me play this mmo called tera.

Its like a korean pedophiles wet dream.
Why?

This (http://tera.enmasse.com/game-guide/races/elin) should answer that. I had to look, now I have to share.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 08, 2013, 06:47:26 am
Eh I liked GTA 4 mostly The Lost and Dammed and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

I'm pretty sure the DLC are actually considered separate from GTA 4 simply because you can play them standalone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 08, 2013, 07:38:19 am
Well i adored gta 4. My only problem was that theres close to nothing to do outside of the main missions. I also hated SR3. It was just....too silly for me to take as a genuine game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 08, 2013, 09:12:07 am
Well i adored gta 4. My only problem was that theres close to nothing to do outside of the main missions. I also hated SR3. It was just....too silly for me to take as a genuine game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu7vySQbgXI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 08, 2013, 10:05:24 am
I liked SR2 better than GTA4, mostly because the driving controls were easier.  I never played SR3; is 3 anything of an improvement or any different than 2?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 08, 2013, 10:13:39 am
3's wackier than 2. But I like it well enough. Heh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 08, 2013, 10:58:19 am
Wacky I don't mind, and all the new weapons, etc. sound fun, but does it have all the same options as 2?  i'm already not happy that they use GTA4's driving controls, which turned me off of GTA 4 in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 08, 2013, 01:57:42 pm
Uh, yeah. Same options and such. Depends on what you're looking for, I suppose. Hard to tell exactly what you are getting into with games, tho.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 08, 2013, 02:23:30 pm
Running around shooting people, driving around, flying around, pimping out vehicles, picking up hookers, or just standing on the stree corner watching police officers fight random people.  I ignored most of SR2's story.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 08, 2013, 02:45:58 pm
GTA 4 not only took itself way too seriously, but also did a horrible job of telling its story. It's a shame this is still such an alien concept for developers, but when one of the most important things is that the story should never be contradicted by the gameplay. It's all well and good for Niko to lament having to lick the local small time crime boss's boots just to survive another night, but it's a tad hard to take seriously when he can spend several in-game weeks doing nothing but running over old ladies, pushing police officers down stairs and baiting the cops into city-wide car chases purely for shits 'n' giggles.

San Andreas was far, far worse in that department. Niko was a video game protagonist in terms of skill and resistance to injury, but most of his power was simply on the level of "Can kill dozens of people before being shot dead." You mostly wondered why he was worried about Roman's debts when he was earning so much money.

The big problem is in San Andreas when CRASH is able to hold the murder of a cop over CJ's head for the whole game. The guy will have killed more officers than some towns have in their police force by the end of the game, to say nothing of the literally hundreds of gangsters (from small time street thugs up to La Cosa Nostra), innocent civilians, government agents, and possible aliens in human disguise that he slaughters. In gameplay, CJ could likely blow Tenpenny and Pulaski away at any given time. They couldn't keep Sweet in prison because CJ could just one-man army the whole joint (and if you play well, you get yourself an Apache helicopter as well before Sweet gets released). You may very likely get arrested and jailed for causing millions of dollars in property damage and hundreds of deaths, only to get released with a bribe no sweat.

The problem is much worse when mere minutes after the game establishes that you have to obey the corrupt cops to avoid getting pinned with a murder charge, you violate everything that is established.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 08, 2013, 02:54:43 pm
Running around shooting people, driving around, flying around, pimping out vehicles, picking up hookers, or just standing on the stree corner watching police officers fight random people.  I ignored most of SR2's story.

Then yeah! SR3 gives you that and more. Including a dildo bat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 08, 2013, 04:37:18 pm
GTA 4 not only took itself way too seriously, but also did a horrible job of telling its story. It's a shame this is still such an alien concept for developers, but when one of the most important things is that the story should never be contradicted by the gameplay. It's all well and good for Niko to lament having to lick the local small time crime boss's boots just to survive another night, but it's a tad hard to take seriously when he can spend several in-game weeks doing nothing but running over old ladies, pushing police officers down stairs and baiting the cops into city-wide car chases purely for shits 'n' giggles.

San Andreas was far, far worse in that department. Niko was a video game protagonist in terms of skill and resistance to injury, but most of his power was simply on the level of "Can kill dozens of people before being shot dead." You mostly wondered why he was worried about Roman's debts when he was earning so much money.

The big problem is in San Andreas when CRASH is able to hold the murder of a cop over CJ's head for the whole game. The guy will have killed more officers than some towns have in their police force by the end of the game, to say nothing of the literally hundreds of gangsters (from small time street thugs up to La Cosa Nostra), innocent civilians, government agents, and possible aliens in human disguise that he slaughters. In gameplay, CJ could likely blow Tenpenny and Pulaski away at any given time. They couldn't keep Sweet in prison because CJ could just one-man army the whole joint (and if you play well, you get yourself an Apache helicopter as well before Sweet gets released). You may very likely get arrested and jailed for causing millions of dollars in property damage and hundreds of deaths, only to get released with a bribe no sweat.

The problem is much worse when mere minutes after the game establishes that you have to obey the corrupt cops to avoid getting pinned with a murder charge, you violate everything that is established.

The same thing could be said about damn near any game, though.  You could spend all your time in Skyrim literally picking flowers.  Lots of people use MMOs as little more than a virtual form of the stock market.  For me, it really comes down to which between San Andreas and GTA IV has the better characters and gameplay, and San Andreas wins on both accounts.

Roman Bellic?  Irritating fucker who always called you to take him out on dates to titty bars when you're trying to rob a bank or evade the police.  Niko himself?  Serious, angsty, and a little whiny; his best moments were when he was being a smartass to the various dickheads in the game, his cousin most especially.  That's not the Grand Theft Auto I grew up with, and while change isn't a bad thing, this was an example of bad change.

Compare to CJ: CJ was serious, too, but funny, snarky, and much more intelligent than his background would lead one to believe.  San Andreas also gets nice nods to both Vice City and GTA 3, plus its own original characters like The Truth, Woozie, and even that snake Ryder had their awesome moments.  It had more from the start, more content, more places to go, more to do, more to see, and an ending that's NOT fucking depressing as hell.

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GTA IV wanted to be more of a serious crime drama in a series that was never serious to begin with.  Shit got real, but it got too real, and the game suffered for it.  Story aside, GTA IV is a solid enough game and does have some good entertainment value, but its still lacking the sheer variety San Andreas had, so even in that mark its still, to me, inferior.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 08, 2013, 05:09:12 pm
Running around shooting people, driving around, flying around, pimping out vehicles, picking up hookers, or just standing on the stree corner watching police officers fight random people.  I ignored most of SR2's story.

Then yeah! SR3 gives you that and more. Including a dildo bat.
Not to mention how you get the bat. I've got to remember to pre-order SR 4 next time I'm out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 08, 2013, 05:35:55 pm
I dunno if SR4 will be good or not the e3 trailer was awesome.  I hope now that they have experience with the engine they can make it work
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 08, 2013, 05:42:45 pm
Running around shooting people, driving around, flying around, pimping out vehicles, picking up hookers, or just standing on the stree corner watching police officers fight random people.  I ignored most of SR2's story.

Then yeah! SR3 gives you that and more. Including a dildo bat.
Not to mention how you get the bat. I've got to remember to pre-order SR 4 next time I'm out.

So then the only thing holding me back is the fact that the driving controls are similar to GTA 4, which is the very reason I disliked GTA 4 in the first place.  The driving controls in SR2 worked just fine for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 08, 2013, 05:45:19 pm
Running around shooting people, driving around, flying around, pimping out vehicles, picking up hookers, or just standing on the stree corner watching police officers fight random people.  I ignored most of SR2's story.

Then yeah! SR3 gives you that and more. Including a dildo bat.
Not to mention how you get the bat. I've got to remember to pre-order SR 4 next time I'm out.

Ahaha. Way ahead of you. I wonder how many are buying the Wub Wub edition?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 08, 2013, 11:18:52 pm
San Andreas was far, far worse in that department. Niko was a video game protagonist in terms of skill and resistance to injury, but most of his power was simply on the level of "Can kill dozens of people before being shot dead." You mostly wondered why he was worried about Roman's debts when he was earning so much money.

The big problem is in San Andreas when CRASH is able to hold the murder of a cop over CJ's head for the whole game. The guy will have killed more officers than some towns have in their police force by the end of the game, to say nothing of the literally hundreds of gangsters (from small time street thugs up to La Cosa Nostra), innocent civilians, government agents, and possible aliens in human disguise that he slaughters. In gameplay, CJ could likely blow Tenpenny and Pulaski away at any given time. They couldn't keep Sweet in prison because CJ could just one-man army the whole joint (and if you play well, you get yourself an Apache helicopter as well before Sweet gets released). You may very likely get arrested and jailed for causing millions of dollars in property damage and hundreds of deaths, only to get released with a bribe no sweat.

The problem is much worse when mere minutes after the game establishes that you have to obey the corrupt cops to avoid getting pinned with a murder charge, you violate everything that is established.
The difference is that San Andreas was never a story driven game to begin with. It's only purpose was to tie the story missions together and give a halfway plausible reason to introduce a bunch of zany characters. GTA 4, on the other hand, was all about the story. That's what I meant by "took itself too seriously". Unlike San Andreas, it actually expected to be taken seriously as a drama, which doesn't really work when coupled with its gameplay. San Andreas itself, on the other hand, the story was never meant to be taken seriously to begin with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 11, 2013, 02:10:59 pm
Steam Summer Sale is here, seems the main focus is to collect cards for a  badge this time around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 11, 2013, 03:02:31 pm
Grand Theft Auto V gameplay video is out.

Shut up and take my money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Potenatae Argyros on July 11, 2013, 03:24:25 pm
I finally finished Portal 1 & 2. Despite some problems with the retcon between the sequel and the original,  and the appearance of the Personality Cores from both games, it was a pretty good series. (If 2 games count as a series)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 11, 2013, 07:41:08 pm
Playing Rainbow six, I got a Marksman bonus with a shotgun and a close-quarters bonus with a sniper rifle. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 11, 2013, 07:42:52 pm
Uh....
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 11, 2013, 07:43:33 pm
Playing Rainbow six, I got a Marksman bonus with a shotgun and a close-quarters bonus with a sniper rifle. 

I'm not sure that's how those guns should work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 11, 2013, 07:53:43 pm
Broke out my dad's old SNES the other day and started a new game of Final Fantasy II (North American FF IV), which was my very first RPG. The game's older than I am, but damn what a game!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 11, 2013, 08:06:45 pm
So today I decided to play the first two Eldar Scrolls game since I'm a huge fan of the series and holy fuck is Arena harder than I thought it was (this is mostly due to me not knowing how to control the damn thing.) and I couldn't even get past the first dungeon. I haven't tried Daggerfall but I imagine it's gonna be much of the same. (Also trying to find a copy of The Elder Scrolls Adventures : Redguard impossible can't even find a copy on Amazon. )
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 11, 2013, 11:21:38 pm
So, with the Green Man Gaming sale on it and the Steam summer sale, I now have the complete Borderlands 2 on PC... for less than $20. I had already bought it on Xbox, but I only have one expansion, so I saved $30 and got the better version of the game. Steam sales are AWESOME.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on July 11, 2013, 11:23:58 pm
Broke out my dad's old SNES the other day and started a new game of Final Fantasy II (North American FF IV), which was my very first RPG. The game's older than I am, but damn what a game!

No kidding.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 12, 2013, 01:44:24 am
Broke out my dad's old SNES the other day and started a new game of Final Fantasy II (North American FF IV), which was my very first RPG. The game's older than I am, but damn what a game!

No kidding.

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Ah yeah, I made the same mistake several times before I figured it out on my first playthrough. Yeah, the story in that game was what really made it for me. The graphics and sound and mechanics are shitty compared to today's standards, but the story was so powerful that pretty early on, I was cheering for or raging at little clusters of pixels on the screen. It's probably safe to say that that game greatly shaped how and why I enjoy video games. After FF IV, my top priority was always a game's story.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on July 12, 2013, 02:25:38 am
Broke out my dad's old SNES the other day and started a new game of Final Fantasy II (North American FF IV), which was my very first RPG. The game's older than I am, but damn what a game!

No kidding.

(click to show/hide)

Ah yeah, I made the same mistake several times before I figured it out on my first playthrough. Yeah, the story in that game was what really made it for me. The graphics and sound and mechanics are shitty compared to today's standards, but the story was so powerful that pretty early on, I was cheering for or raging at little clusters of pixels on the screen. It's probably safe to say that that game greatly shaped how and why I enjoy video games. After FF IV, my top priority was always a game's story.

I like how you've mentioned that the graphics sucks by today's standards because I once upon a time really hated the graphics of that game, how it was often inconsistent in quality. I regret playing the Game Boy Advance remake first because it wasn't so great a port in comparison. At least my first experience with another classic Super Nintendo (or "Super Famicom," as it originally wasn't released in North America) RPG, Tales of Phantasia, wasn't with the Game Boy Advance "remake."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 12, 2013, 03:13:58 am
So today I decided to play the first two Eldar Scrolls game since I'm a huge fan of the series and holy fuck is Arena harder than I thought it was (this is mostly due to me not knowing how to control the damn thing.) and I couldn't even get past the first dungeon. I haven't tried Daggerfall but I imagine it's gonna be much of the same. (Also trying to find a copy of The Elder Scrolls Adventures : Redguard impossible can't even find a copy on Amazon. )

Yeah if you're having trouble with Arena you won't have any better luck with Daggerfall. This post reminded me I still need to get Oblivion. I kinda wish that game had the same map system as Daggerfall, being able to go anywhere as long as you know the name of where you want to go
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 12, 2013, 03:43:21 am
So today I decided to play the first two Eldar Scrolls game since I'm a huge fan of the series and holy fuck is Arena harder than I thought it was (this is mostly due to me not knowing how to control the damn thing.) and I couldn't even get past the first dungeon. I haven't tried Daggerfall but I imagine it's gonna be much of the same. (Also trying to find a copy of The Elder Scrolls Adventures : Redguard impossible can't even find a copy on Amazon. )

Yeah if you're having trouble with Arena you won't have any better luck with Daggerfall. This post reminded me I still need to get Oblivion. I kinda wish that game had the same map system as Daggerfall, being able to go anywhere as long as you know the name of where you want to go

Well, Daggerfall NEEDED that kind of fast travel. Otherwise you'd never leave the starting area.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 12, 2013, 04:25:44 am
Playing Rainbow six, I got a Marksman bonus with a shotgun and a close-quarters bonus with a sniper rifle. 

I'm not sure that's how those guns should work.

Well, in my defense, the shotgun has a laser site attached, and I think I got REALLY lucky with that head-shot.  With the sniper rifle, I was sniping targets from behind cover when some mook snuck past my teammates and got right in my face.  I spun out of cover looking through the sites and saw someone's groin.  On reflex, I pulled the trigger.  Next thing I know, I got the award.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 12, 2013, 06:31:45 am
So today I decided to play the first two Eldar Scrolls game since I'm a huge fan of the series and holy fuck is Arena harder than I thought it was (this is mostly due to me not knowing how to control the damn thing.) and I couldn't even get past the first dungeon. I haven't tried Daggerfall but I imagine it's gonna be much of the same. (Also trying to find a copy of The Elder Scrolls Adventures : Redguard impossible can't even find a copy on Amazon. )

Yeah if you're having trouble with Arena you won't have any better luck with Daggerfall. This post reminded me I still need to get Oblivion. I kinda wish that game had the same map system as Daggerfall, being able to go anywhere as long as you know the name of where you want to go

Actually Daggerfall is way easier than Arena I think it stems from the fact that Arena has controls that are weird to me since I grew up in the era when WASD where the movement keys and not the arrow keys . Combine this with the fact that you cannot edit the controls for Arena unlike Daggerfall and you see the root of my problem.


Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 12, 2013, 09:26:00 am
You young'uns talking about your first games bein on the SNES.  Mine was on the NES!  Ultima IV, which is -still- one of my favourite games of all time, if not my all-time favourite; NES or PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on July 12, 2013, 10:08:48 am
Bah, you rich kids and your NES. My first console was a Famicom clone. Also my last console, not counting handhelds and PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 12, 2013, 12:39:34 pm
I believe my first console was the N64. Though it's hardly the first platform I regularly played games on. That honour goes to DOS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 12, 2013, 01:25:16 pm
My first console was the NES, I believe.

Also, I finally got the newest Tomb Raider. It's pretty nice so far. Granted I'm not far into the game itself yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 12, 2013, 01:27:59 pm
If anyone was dissappointed with Civ 5 back when it came out, once you toss on the two expansions it's become a rather wicked game. Trade actually requires a bit of thought, and going to war with the wrong person can utterly hose you. Religion can cause you to dominate the world(Something I do quite a bit for an atheist, the stuff has plenty of use if you're in control). Oh, and they unfucked the combat quite a bit in the first expansion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 12, 2013, 02:37:28 pm
Gold upgrade for civ V is only 5 dollars
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 13, 2013, 05:45:33 am
Speaking of civ, I apparently have two copies of 4 randomly appearing in my inventory. I have disks for the game and it's expansions so I don't really need either of them. If anyone wants them let me know, but they don't include the expansions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 13, 2013, 05:50:00 am
Speaking of civ, I apparently have two copies of 4 randomly appearing in my inventory. I have disks for the game and it's expansions so I don't really need either of them. If anyone wants them let me know, but they don't include the expansions.
I'll take one, if you've still got it. My Steam name is Hesusio.

If you want, I can give you a 20% off anything voucher for Green Man Gaming in exchange.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 13, 2013, 10:29:21 am
Uh shit... seems it was the windows version and mac version, which means the person I was using to split the pack now has both of those. Sorry about that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 13, 2013, 10:35:15 am
Well, poop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on July 13, 2013, 01:41:44 pm
So who else has hit the Steam sale? So far, I've picked up Civ V with all the DLC and will snag Heroes of Might and Magic VI (with all the expansions) sometime in the next 24 hours. My wife got Bioshock Infinite.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 13, 2013, 01:47:06 pm
Grabbed Hotline Miami.

Ironbite-think I'd be better at it with an actual controller.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on July 13, 2013, 03:01:08 pm
I just got a new computer, and one of the parts came with free copies of Crysis 3, Farcry 3: Blood Dragon, and Bioshock Infinite, so I'll be playing those. I'll also probably pick up ARMA 2, since it's part of the Steam sale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 13, 2013, 05:10:40 pm
Considering blood bowl... for the third time... well, fourth if you count the xbox version I got when my PC was toasty, but that was so hacked together I don't even try. For what these guys can do, optimization is not one of them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 13, 2013, 11:43:06 pm
All I've bought this week is B17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th on GOG. As it turns out, that game really does not work too well with a mouse and keyboard. Especially not with a keyboard that doesn't have a numeric keypad. Ah well, live and learn I suppose.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 13, 2013, 11:50:20 pm
All I've bought this week is B17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th on GOG. As it turns out, that game really does not work too well with a mouse and keyboard. Especially not with a keyboard that doesn't have a numeric keypad. Ah well, live and learn I suppose.

Yeah, it's hard as hell. Even if you've got a stick, though, you'll be spending most of your time at the keys.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 14, 2013, 12:13:04 am
All I've bought this week is B17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th on GOG. As it turns out, that game really does not work too well with a mouse and keyboard. Especially not with a keyboard that doesn't have a numeric keypad. Ah well, live and learn I suppose.

Yeah, it's hard as hell. Even if you've got a stick, though, you'll be spending most of your time at the keys.

I can deal with it being hard, but I believe the simple fact that you can't look around the cockpit completely ruins the game. You've just got a fixed view out the window and more often than not you can't see a damn thing unless the plane is pointed at the ground. Normally that would be manageable, since you could still fly with the instruments, but you can't see the instruments unless you switch to a whole separate screen, during which time the AI takes control of the plane. Not to mention, I've no idea what the hell is going on with the physics.

I know it's more a crew management sim than a flight sim, but that's inexcusable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 14, 2013, 12:30:03 am
I got the gold upgrade tomb raider legends and ys but truthfully this sale has been underwheling. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on July 14, 2013, 12:37:04 am
I got the gold upgrade tomb raider legends and ys but truthfully this sale has been underwheling. 

Still a lot of days left in it. Only thing I've picked up so far is Borderlands 2 and most of its DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 14, 2013, 01:41:03 am
I do recommend tomb raider athoguh the multiplayer is throwaways
Played a match today and they made the bow worthless.  It makes sense but still
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 14, 2013, 01:04:47 pm
I've only bought the Borderlands 2 Season Pass, since it was less than the 3 pieces of DLC i hadn't already bought. Wasn't interested in all of them, only Tiny Tina's one, but meh it wasn't much more than that one alone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 14, 2013, 02:09:54 pm
So who else has hit the Steam sale? So far, I've picked up Civ V with all the DLC and will snag Heroes of Might and Magic VI (with all the expansions) sometime in the next 24 hours. My wife got Bioshock Infinite.

Though it was a different sale, I got Borderlands 2 and the season pass for $13.50. I already had the Xbox version and one expansion, but grabbed that deal since it was far cheaper than two of the three expansions and two characters I didn't have. The only things I've gotten from the Steam sale itself are the two characters that the season pass didn't come with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on July 14, 2013, 05:30:54 pm
Just found out that FO3 and FO:NV are on sale (with all DLC) for $5 each. I have both on 360 (and have all the achievements in FO3), but it would be nice to play with mods.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 14, 2013, 05:44:57 pm
Just found out that FO3 and FO:NV are on sale (with all DLC) for $5 each. I have both on 360 (and have all the achievements in FO3), but it would be nice to play with mods.

Trust me, take the opportunity. I had New Vegas on my PC for a time with all the DLC (bought it on 360 as well), and while I had to drop it because it didn't run well enough all the time to justify it taking up so much space, the mods totally changed the experience. I had several large quest lines added, a ton of weapons, armor, and items, an extremely in-depth needs mod (which actually tracks things like malnourishment due to lack of protein or vitamins/minerals, water poisoning, and the faster dehydration due to large consumption of fluids leading to excess urination), a ton of new handloading recipes for my guns, a lot of workbench recipes for making just about any item in the game (with added resources like steel, brass, ceramics, and electronics available for a more in depth crafting and deconstructing system)....

Basically, I turned the game on its head and made it into something far larger than its creators ever could have done.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ScrappyB on July 14, 2013, 06:51:49 pm
I picked up the complete version of GTA IV. I have the original game on the 360, but never got the expansions. Want to play through it again in preparation for V and try out the mods. Also got Fallout: New Vegas and the Witcher 1 & 2. Not bad for $25.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Crystal-King on July 14, 2013, 08:39:57 pm
Grabbed Strike Suit Zero for five bucks off of Steam. Most fun I've had getting my ass repeatedly kicked in a long time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2013, 07:24:19 am
Finished Gothic. Good game, if a tad rough around the edges. In fact, I had to use the console to give myself a key item since a bug locked me out of the area where I'm meant to get it. Also not a fan of the fact that ranged combat gets progressively more useless as the game progresses. In fact, the latter half of the game in general is rather dull. In fact, the only sidequest is a fetch quest where the reward is a fight with a horde of skeletons. Still a decent low budget RPG, all things considered.

Still, this has inspired me to replay Gothic 2 now. It's a much better game than its prequel in almost every way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 15, 2013, 02:07:58 pm
So I have a question. Is this trading card thing a permanent steam feature? It seems to be from what I read but idk.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ScrappyB on July 15, 2013, 05:44:56 pm
Picked up Star Wars:KotOR 1 and 2 and Dishonored.

Damn, if I save much more money I'm gonna be broke.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: erictheblue on July 15, 2013, 08:32:51 pm
I got KotOR II so I can finally see what the game is supposed to be like.

My wife wants to get Dishonored.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 15, 2013, 10:49:58 pm
I got KotOR II so I can finally see what the game is supposed to be like.

My wife wants to get Dishonored.

She should definitely get it! Being the nerd I am, I pre-ordered it, and it was one of the best purchases I made all year. The gameplay is smooth and easy to get a feel for, and there are so many ways to reach your objectives in the missions. But more than anything, I loved the atmosphere of the game. In some levels, the grittiness was hiding just beneath the surface, but in others the gloom was in your face and you can't help but feel like you're right in the level. It was an amazing game, definitely worthy of all the praise it got.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 15, 2013, 11:47:47 pm
Grabbed Fallout 3 GOTY and Unreal Tournament 2004.

Ironbite-me thinks I won't be playing either until I get a game pad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ScrappyB on July 16, 2013, 01:12:14 am
Fallout 3 works very well with the KB+M. I played it at release and never felt the need for a gamepad. The controls are very similar to Oblivion and Skyrim. You can use one if you want, but it's really not necessary.

Also picked up the Overlord bundle. Played them on the 360 because I'm a sucker for humorous games where you play the bad guy, and the theme reminded me of Bullfrog's Dungeon Keeper series. Had an absolute blast, and for $5 it's a steal:

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2464/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 16, 2013, 01:43:39 am
Yeah, Fallout 3 and New Vegas are probably best with just the keyboard and mouse. You've got more accessible hotkeys (trust me, you'll want to use them for your weapons) and a readily available auto-move button so you can travel long distances without fast travel without needing to touch the controls. I've played first person shooters on consoles way more than on the PC (and I have 3 and NV on the 360), but it's genuinely improved on the keyboard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Bender_Rodríguez on July 16, 2013, 06:04:49 am
Does anybody need a prison architect card, card 6 of 10?  i have 3 of them and could use anything but a 2 and a 7.  I also have an extra 2 if anyone is interested.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on July 16, 2013, 06:18:17 am
I don't really get the point of the cards. They're just kind of sitting in my inventory.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on July 16, 2013, 06:20:17 am
I don't really get the point of the cards. They're just kind of sitting in my inventory.

They're basically appealing to collectors and e-peen

Does anybody need a prison architect card, card 6 of 10?  i have 3 of them and could use anything but a 2 and a 7.  I also have an extra 2 if anyone is interested.

You know you can sell them for a few pence on the steam marketplace, then buy the cards you're missing with the proceeds?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on July 16, 2013, 06:21:33 am
If I were to sell these random summer sale cards, how much cash would I realistically get?

Edit: NM, found it myself. I'd make, like $0.50 if I was lucky.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 16, 2013, 07:05:13 am
The cards are used to craft badges and you could get coupons and shit from it.

It's like an extra reward for playing your games, is all.

The problem for me is I usually have shit luck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2013, 09:43:56 am
My issue is I just don't get the precision I need with Keyboard and Mouse.  Just feels off to me.  Especially when I try turning.

Ironbite-guess I'm more of a gamepad man.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 16, 2013, 10:00:52 am
Speaking of those cards, if we have any scribblenauts playsers with an extra maxwell I'll trade off any of my cards for it. my fiancee's decided she enjoys it and no one she knows actually plays the game. Me... I think i'll collect the ones for Kerbal, that's about it. And yeah, not really into the buying the cards business, so more than happy to trade.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 16, 2013, 10:09:56 am
Oh my god these gay little cards are giving me flashbacks to primary school when everybody lost their shit over pokemon
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 16, 2013, 05:09:24 pm
Just started playing Rayman: Origins, I'm pretty sure you can buy the clothes the fairies wear in a halloween costume store, just look for "Sexy Fairy"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 16, 2013, 08:55:21 pm
So I was looking through my files and found the document that listed all of the "plugins" (read: mods and DLC) I had for Fallout: New Vegas at the time of uninstallation.

This is a good example of just how much crap you can shove into the game. Keep in mind that a lot of people have even more than I do.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ScrappyB on July 16, 2013, 09:24:04 pm
So I was looking through my files and found the document that listed all of the "plugins" (read: mods and DLC) I had for Fallout: New Vegas at the time of uninstallation.

This is a good example of just how much crap you can shove into the game. Keep in mind that a lot of people have even more than I do.

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That's quite a list. How stable was your game with all those mods installed?

Updated purchases:

System Shock 2 (still have the disc from launch day almost 15 years ago, but bought it anyway just in case)
Amnesia: Dark Decent
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2013, 09:34:49 pm
Probably more stable then a retail release.

Ironbite-it is a Bethesda game after all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 16, 2013, 09:37:00 pm
So I was looking through my files and found the document that listed all of the "plugins" (read: mods and DLC) I had for Fallout: New Vegas at the time of uninstallation.

This is a good example of just how much crap you can shove into the game. Keep in mind that a lot of people have even more than I do.

(click to show/hide)

That's quite a list. How stable was your game with all those mods installed?

No less stable than New Vegas is already (read: not very). Generally you'll never get the chance to see a mod conflict in action because if you don't sort out the load order (they have tools for that and virtually everyone uses them, thankfully), the game won't even make it five seconds past startup without crashing. Many of the popular mods, like Project: Nevada and Weapon Mods Expanded, include patches (or other mods make patches specifically for them) so they can work together.

Thanks to the Nexus (like New Vegas Nexus and Fallout 3 Nexus), all of the Bethesda RPGs have a site loaded down with mods. I use Oblivion Nexus to get stuff for The Elder Scrolls IV, for instance. It's got nearly as much content.

By the way, for anyone wanting to pick up New Vegas: grab it with all the DLC. You can pick up the Ultimate Edition (which has literally all DLC, including the pre-order starting equipment and Gun Runner's Arsenal) for $20 now. It adds way, way more content than you'd imagine that to be worth and you'll be much happier if you splurge slightly for the complete package. You will literally not run out of things to do, especially if you get modded quests. It's also important for modding, since there are many good and interesting mods that require some or all DLC to work.

Edit: Forgot to mention, there's some very good HD mods to pick up if your computer can handle them. New Vegas isn't ugly by any means, but the HD textures turn it into something else entirely. Millenia is a modder that mainly does HD custom guns (his most recent being an L96A1 and a Beretta 92FS), but he's most well known for his Weapon Retexture Project (http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/38285/?), which gives perfect HD textures (often taken from photographs of actual firearms) to the guns. Then there's NMC's Texture Pack (http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/43135/?), for stuff like roads, buildings, and large objects.  Wasteland Flora Overhaul (http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/39856/?) adds a ton of plants to the wasteland (along with being pretty, this is actually accurate; there can't be dead grass and trees if there weren't recently alive trees, not 200 years after the nuclear apocalypse), and Nevada Skies (http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/35998/?) is THE weather mod period.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2013, 09:48:04 pm
See I'm having problems getting Project Nevada to work.  Some of the stuff works but not everything.  I use the Mod Manager the Nexus has and it says for me to download a script extender but I can't get it to work.  Any advice?

Ironbite-I run the game through Steam and I'm on Windows 8.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 16, 2013, 09:50:50 pm
See I'm having problems getting Project Nevada to work.  Some of the stuff works but not everything.  I use the Mod Manager the Nexus has and it says for me to download a script extender but I can't get it to work.  Any advice?

Ironbite-I run the game through Steam and I'm on Windows 8.

I believe they mean the New Vegas Script Extender (http://nvse.silverlock.org/), which a ton of mods use to (as it says) extend the scripting possibilities of the gmae. I run it without Steam, but all I had to do was drop all the files in the RAR into my main New Vegas folder and we're all good. The Fallout Mod Manager, when you click Launch, actually launches the NVSE to start the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2013, 09:52:50 pm
Hmmm...gonna have to try getting the game out of Steam to play it as well as find the folder it created.

Ironbite-...also pick up DLC for New Vegas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 16, 2013, 09:56:06 pm
Hmmm...gonna have to try getting the game out of Steam to play it as well as find the folder it created.

Ironbite-...also pick up DLC for New Vegas.

On Steam, the folder should be found by going to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps and then going to either the common folder or the one with your account name on it; I think games installed from a CD go to common, while games bought digitally on your account go to the other one. It should be right in there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 16, 2013, 10:01:24 pm
So the things I've bought during the Steam Summer Sale are...

Psychonauts
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Skyrim Hearthfire

This, in addition to the 360 wired controller I bought, is pretty much all I plan to get at this time, and has more or less dealt with the budget I allocated for the summer sale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2013, 10:03:37 pm
Did that and can only find TF2 in there.

Ironbite-hmmm....now where could New Vegas be found...AH-HAH!

ETA: Found the folder.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 16, 2013, 10:05:38 pm
I got super meat boy And shogun 2.

...not that impressed with shogun 2. Still a fan of medieval 2, napoleon and rome. Would love empire total war if the optimization wasnt horrible
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 16, 2013, 10:16:33 pm
I got super meat boy And shogun 2.

...not that impressed with shogun 2. Still a fan of medieval 2, napoleon and rome. Would love empire total war if the optimization wasnt horrible

My computer's pretty crappy, but it runs Empire well unless something ridiculous is happening on screen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2013, 10:23:15 pm
And I still can't get all of Project Nevada to work right.

Ironbite-shame...I really want those HUD changes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 16, 2013, 10:24:05 pm
Napoleon actually runs better than empire, even on higher settings, its bloody frustrating
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 16, 2013, 10:39:14 pm
Napoleon actually runs better than empire, even on higher settings, its bloody frustrating

I downloaded a graphics overhaul for Morrowind that made it look better.  It was still sub-Oblivion graphics, though.  It chugs down this new computer hard.

I play Skyrim which has more polygons and such and runs... fairly well.  Except I was experiencing framerate drops of mega proportions near Dawnstar.  I think computers hate snow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 16, 2013, 11:15:12 pm
It really bugs me when a game look and runs better than its predecessor, makes me want to go pimp slap a developer. Although its probably more complicated, someone needs a slapping
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 16, 2013, 11:47:56 pm
I think it has to do with the fact that Morrowind and Oblivion can only access so much core power (single core, IIRC) whereas Skyrim can access more than one core (though it experiences fatal crashes if it has to use over 3.1 GB of RAM for some reason)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 17, 2013, 12:36:26 am
I've had New Vegas uninstalled for maybe 2 months (for quite good reasons), and I'm already itching to put it back on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwlYo8EYTWI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 17, 2013, 03:15:07 am
Well i was running around the internet, as i do, and i found this

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?281226-Empire-Optimized-Released

Its a mod that optimized Empire total war and makes it run better. And holy fuckballs of jesus it works a goddamn treat
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 17, 2013, 04:08:48 am
Well i was running around the internet, as i do, and i found this

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?281226-Empire-Optimized-Released

Its a mod that optimized Empire total war and makes it run better. And holy fuckballs of jesus it works a goddamn treat

Ooo, I'm gonna have to try this out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 17, 2013, 04:27:51 am
I hope I can figure out how to make this work with the Darthmod or Imperial Splendour, both of those mods just made the game so much better. Preferably Imperial Splendour, DM is the hollywood/michael bay production of mods
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 17, 2013, 05:18:37 am
Can't wait for Payday 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v_Y_3-7-pQ&feature=youtu.be&ytsession=yL7-DYUooBrxCJBtRS8KFWWXGW-UEdQ8XmQE5wSGHuJfQNnM3lv86Lj-OLMEqnr2tcVxc-RhX4-Nko8QNeljYaCZoWv9EmTEB0Brlq-xoIrLl53TOy1UgC7aOtg0TfUdXpLgdjXqmgZZoawn1Gr5zquyRbCuI_fBmsAOfeKa-eppJUKR-05xBbqDpbhQg04aSD4pUPBt2uYpZAIvEwQzzL8XAYjusVNZxVOyBf_weL-keCdBMpw99kJ8lJdtOFdCqDw-d-EkcBVog0oZ1ourHOGpHd7Fp1jyvlMzs_aNDr3yzlk4ioMj24edela2wgGw9ZZylk12owpWUrtmhW5aIvfsq8QxGbOI0sbGUxSGUXZrId4pw7msx5UoYG1aqp9mgv8cppwmAJSJlQYWEdGXntNBebeyz62667_Ni9QEdPZVEtzugaolHuYFOofKLEPLCbiNKRLXkAPiva-ji_gYt2zMOh0MAUyx4b_YTlwOz0evjy6ooOEH2EsPxrQ9nUw-e8pd3nSpFvc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v_Y_3-7-pQ&feature=youtu.be&ytsession=yL7-DYUooBrxCJBtRS8KFWWXGW-UEdQ8XmQE5wSGHuJfQNnM3lv86Lj-OLMEqnr2tcVxc-RhX4-Nko8QNeljYaCZoWv9EmTEB0Brlq-xoIrLl53TOy1UgC7aOtg0TfUdXpLgdjXqmgZZoawn1Gr5zquyRbCuI_fBmsAOfeKa-eppJUKR-05xBbqDpbhQg04aSD4pUPBt2uYpZAIvEwQzzL8XAYjusVNZxVOyBf_weL-keCdBMpw99kJ8lJdtOFdCqDw-d-EkcBVog0oZ1ourHOGpHd7Fp1jyvlMzs_aNDr3yzlk4ioMj24edela2wgGw9ZZylk12owpWUrtmhW5aIvfsq8QxGbOI0sbGUxSGUXZrId4pw7msx5UoYG1aqp9mgv8cppwmAJSJlQYWEdGXntNBebeyz62667_Ni9QEdPZVEtzugaolHuYFOofKLEPLCbiNKRLXkAPiva-ji_gYt2zMOh0MAUyx4b_YTlwOz0evjy6ooOEH2EsPxrQ9nUw-e8pd3nSpFvc)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 17, 2013, 05:20:46 am
...What... the hell....

How did you even get Youtube to cough up a link like THAT?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 17, 2013, 05:52:49 am
Pure talent?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 17, 2013, 09:14:16 am
...What... the hell....

How did you even get Youtube to cough up a link like THAT?
Likely googled, right-clicked the Youtube link and select "Copy Link Address"

Like this: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC0QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DoHg5SJYRHA0&ei=t5jmUbTNL5W24APH9YCYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEcy3X8QxEz3ZqmxAznmt4YfNijBQ&sig2=Lwe9T7Cmh0O5M0uEBCJC3w&bvm=bv.49405654,d.dmg (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC0QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DoHg5SJYRHA0&ei=t5jmUbTNL5W24APH9YCYAQ&usg=AFQjCNEcy3X8QxEz3ZqmxAznmt4YfNijBQ&sig2=Lwe9T7Cmh0O5M0uEBCJC3w&bvm=bv.49405654,d.dmg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 17, 2013, 10:14:05 am
I have to say, playing modded Minecraft with other people is much more fun than playing it alone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 17, 2013, 04:34:02 pm
I think this is relevant:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 17, 2013, 04:51:16 pm
Ok, since I was a tease last time I have another free thing. Shadowrun Returns (http://store.steampowered.com/app/234650/). I've got one extra steam key after accounting for various promises, who wants?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 17, 2013, 04:58:36 pm
ME I'LL TAKE IT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 17, 2013, 05:06:24 pm
Alright ibs, pm it to you shortly.

Here's to hoping it's as awesome as I want it to be. Shelled out 150 for kickstarter, better be more worth it than what double fine's been up to.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 17, 2013, 07:01:46 pm
...What... the hell....

How did you even get Youtube to cough up a link like THAT?

Damn, that link was a lot shorter when I copied it.  I have no idea how it got to that from only a few characters on the actual yourtube page.  sorry about that.

Let's see if this is better:

http://youtu.be/3v_Y_3-7-pQ (http://youtu.be/3v_Y_3-7-pQ)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 17, 2013, 07:32:03 pm
better be more worth it than what double fine's been up to.

I'm still waiting for Psychonauts 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 18, 2013, 06:28:38 am
Bought quite a number of games during the sale, at the moment I'm playing The Ship.

The Ship is game of assassination, you are given another player to kill, have minutes to do so, and at the same time have another player who's goal is to kill you.  Each kill gains you a set of cash, rounds end when a player reaches the cash cap (Seen 50,000 so far).  It's quite a decent game, panic quickly sets in that everyone around you could potentially be trying to kill you while at the same time trying to figure out who your target is (You don't know names right off the bat of people walking around). Example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t4682T_TNc)

Also, apparently Deadly Premonition (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=160687506) is on greenlight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 18, 2013, 06:44:37 am
Bought quite a number of games during the sale, at the moment I'm playing The Ship.

The Ship is game of assassination, you are given another player to kill, have minutes to do so, and at the same time have another player who's goal is to kill you.  Each kill gains you a set of cash, rounds end when a player reaches the cash cap (Seen 50,000 so far).  It's quite a decent game, panic quickly sets in that everyone around you could potentially be trying to kill you while at the same time trying to figure out who your target is (You don't know names right off the bat of people walking around). Example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t4682T_TNc)

Also, apparently Deadly Premonition (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=160687506) is on greenlight.

Yeah, I used to be pretty good at that. Unfortunately, wi-fi issues mean I tend to suffer bad lag spikes now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 18, 2013, 06:49:31 am
Oh Chitoryu, not sure if you have Shogun 2. But I found this mod for optimizing.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?486474-Shogun-2-Overhaul-Project-(Performance-HD-Texture-High-End-Models-Game-Engine-Enhanced-Rendering-Quality)-Project-Version-10-0

Not as drastic as the empire mod, but its pretty good either way
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 18, 2013, 03:35:38 pm
Oh Chitoryu, not sure if you have Shogun 2. But I found this mod for optimizing.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?486474-Shogun-2-Overhaul-Project-(Performance-HD-Texture-High-End-Models-Game-Engine-Enhanced-Rendering-Quality)-Project-Version-10-0

Not as drastic as the empire mod, but its pretty good either way

Nah, Empire is the only one I've got so far. Picked up a retail copy at Walmart back in like, 2010.

And now I've reinstalled New Vegas!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 19, 2013, 09:46:09 am
Normally, Gothic II is a difficult game (at least with the Night of the Raven expansion). Up until the halfway point, your character is extremely soft and squishy and deals very paltry amounts of damage. This is of course playing a physical attacker, such as a melee fighter or archer/crossbowman. Granted, around midway through you reach a point where all but the strongest mobs are a threat, but it takes a good amount of effort to reach said point.

As it turns out, it's so much harder playing a fire mage. For a long time, your magic is too weak to do more than slightly soften up your target, meaning your good old fashioned fighting prowess is what has to carry the day. Naturally, you'd think leveling your fighting abilities just a bit to hold you over until your magic isn't as weak would be a good idea, but that's a beginner's trap. Learning points are extremely valuable and not only is high level runecrafting extremely expensive, but also additional mana gets more and more expensive as you further level it up. This means that unless you're very careful to spend only on your magic abilities, you simply won't be strong enough to deal with the end game. So you have to just have to be very strategic about how you use your very limited magical prowess, and then hope you've weakened them enough to be able to clumsily put them down via melee. But that's not all. Runecrafting requires blank runes, of which there are only half as many in the game as there are possible spells. That means, you need to be very careful to only craft runes that you'll actually need, and to be especially conservative about crafting low level runes, as you want as many 5th and 6th circle runes as you possibly can.

I have to say, I love it. For a second play through, the additional challenge and more complex character building is pretty much perfect. For all it's weird controls and laughably bad voice acting, Gothic 2 has to be my favourite RPG by quite a wide margin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 19, 2013, 11:14:09 pm
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125180296

Another game to be greenlit.  It's a point and click adventure game with RPG elements, made by the same people who remade (with permission) the first three King's Quest games, and also made a remake for the second Quest for Glory game, which was the only game to not have one (and they had the outright blessings of the original devs for this).

This is one of their original games coming out soon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on July 19, 2013, 11:42:18 pm
Last night, I had made the mistake of reading You Tube comments on some guy's (Mike Matei, who works with James Rolfe, a name you should know) review of Fez, yet that also lead to a startling discovery I've made earlier today:

Fez is based off a game named Sky Island (http://www.neutronized.com/games/SkyIsland/), to where resemblances are all too uncanny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LmJg2rXhDk

This is Sky Island.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S1wg8fNPd0

And this is Fez.

People are already claiming Fez is a "ripoff" of Sky Island (it's easy to say for reasons I've already offered), but from what I've observed from those two games, it's almost like comparing an orange to a persimmon (like for instance, there are no enemies in Fez, or a time limit, and it's based on exploration rather than traditional level completion). But then again, this is nothing new, as there have been a great many games before that took ideas from others and expanded even greatly upon their original formula, but all this is just so bare-faced.

Once again, I've also heard that Phil Fish, the developer of Fez, is a douche. I've never heard or cared about him until just yesterday and some of the things he said, shared by these people, are so shockingly stupid to where I'm so embarrassed I've got that game during this Steam Summer Sale (at least I got a really good deal from it) and sent money to a clueless, pretentious doorknob.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 21, 2013, 01:22:28 am
Well steam sale is winding down so let me see my haul
Rayman Origins
DMC 3 and 4
Arkham Asylum
final fantasy VII
Civ V gold upgrade
Ys
Final hours
And tomb raider anniversary
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 21, 2013, 01:57:55 am
Uh, why did you quote yourself?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on July 21, 2013, 04:00:05 am
Tried to edit and got the wrong button?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 21, 2013, 04:21:42 am
Im just gonna delete the second since its obviously a mistake.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 21, 2013, 10:14:39 pm
That awkward moment when, on the Minecraft server you're playing on, you're more powerful (outside commands) than the server admin.

Seriously, I have fucking quantum armour, and my admin is still in piecemeal iron armour.  I'm about as close as you can get to being a fucking god; I'm almost completely invincible, my only limitation is the amount of power my armour's got.  My next step shall be to create a nano sabre, the only thing capable of piercing my armour.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on July 21, 2013, 10:21:31 pm
My brother sent me the Valve Complete Pack yesterday, and since I already own Portal and Portal 2, I have copies of the games sitting in my inventory. Anyone want them?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 21, 2013, 10:22:24 pm
PORTAL AND PORTAL 2 PLEASE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on July 21, 2013, 10:23:03 pm
PORTAL AND PORTAL 2 PLEASE!

What's your Steam ID?

E: nm, saw your post in the Steam thread. Accept my invite and I'll send them to you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 21, 2013, 11:31:35 pm
God damn it!  Minecraft.net went down, and right as I was in the middle of wiring up our wind turbines and solar panels.  So much power not being put into the system because somebody just had to crash...Mojang.

I swear, the mod authors (especially the Forge team) know more about working with Minecraft than the people who actually made the fucking game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on July 22, 2013, 12:38:04 am
Since tomorrow's the last day of the Summer Sale, allow me to sum up my purchases:

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I'd say I got all the games I've wanted for the time being. See you next season, when my wallet's fatter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 22, 2013, 12:44:57 am
Well, all I spent on the sale was $2.50 on Kairo. I have to say, Steam sales just aren't as great as they used to be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 22, 2013, 12:54:19 am
I got Super Meat Boy, Total War Shogun 2 and SimCity 4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 22, 2013, 04:09:26 am
Quote
Unreal II: The Awakening

Tell me how it is on the PC. I have it on the original Xbox, and it's fun for a bit but it's pretty primitive compared to modern shooters. I still beat the whole thing, and I'm disappointed that a lot of stuff (like the ability to wander around the ship and at least one weapon) was completely cut out and relegated to mandatory cutscenes with all of the crewmembers before each mission.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 22, 2013, 04:55:59 am
God damn it!  Minecraft.net went down, and right as I was in the middle of wiring up our wind turbines and solar panels.  So much power not being put into the system because somebody just had to crash...Mojang.

That awkward moment when, on the Minecraft server you're playing on, you're more powerful (outside commands) than the server admin.

Coincidence?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on July 22, 2013, 12:04:23 pm
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Unreal II: The Awakening

Tell me how it is on the PC. I have it on the original Xbox, and it's fun for a bit but it's pretty primitive compared to modern shooters. I still beat the whole thing, and I'm disappointed that a lot of stuff (like the ability to wander around the ship and at least one weapon) was completely cut out and relegated to mandatory cutscenes with all of the crewmembers before each mission.

I'll get to playing Unreal II once I'm done with both the original Unreal and the Return to Na Pali expansion pack. And once that's done, I'll share my experience with the PC UII and if the Xbox UII is any different.

(Yes, I'm one of those people who prefer to play through the earlier games than to skip to the sequels.)
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Post by: RavynousHunter on July 22, 2013, 12:13:41 pm
God damn it!  Minecraft.net went down, and right as I was in the middle of wiring up our wind turbines and solar panels.  So much power not being put into the system because somebody just had to crash...Mojang.

That awkward moment when, on the Minecraft server you're playing on, you're more powerful (outside commands) than the server admin.

Coincidence?

Haha, the admin wouldn't fuck with the guy responsible for, like...half his infrastructure.  Seriously, I expanded the Applied Energistics system to where it can actually handle the load its given, I've created a total of 24 wind turbines, around half the solar power, the BuildCraft fuel refinery system, the rubber farm, cocoa farm (for MineFactory Reloaded biofuel), wheat + sugar cane farm, the current incarnation of our freaking water supply, at least 3 GregTech machines (which are whores to make, much less set up or automate), and a TON of other shit.  Hell, I'm almost single-handedly solving our iron deficit through sheer brute-force mining.

Rule No. 1: Don't screw with your hardest worker.

That, and Minecraft.net is back up and all's well, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 22, 2013, 02:08:09 pm
Started digging through my old PSX disks, and found my scratched-as-fuck-but-still-working copy of Doom. the Playstation port of Doom is the greatest console port in the history of man, the new lighting effects and ambient soundtrack make it almost a completely different kind of game, it feels like a survival horror, especially on higher difficulties. sadly the game didn't have DualShock support, so you're stuck with the D-PAD. still, a fantastic game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 22, 2013, 07:56:53 pm
So I'm playing through Mass Effect 3 on my trilogy run of the series, and I got to the rachni mission with Grunt.  I had James and Garrus in the shuttle with me, and even though I killed the rachni queen in the first game of this playthrough, Garrus and Shep talked about how he spared the queen.  I was like "WTF?", and went online, and apparently this is actually a fairly common glitch. :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 22, 2013, 07:58:27 pm
Yeah, ME 3 is filled with weird glitches.  Apparently, the game gets mad at me whenever I go to the shooting range by forcing me to stare at the corner of the room.
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Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on July 22, 2013, 08:59:34 pm
PORTAL AND PORTAL 2 PLEASE!

What's your Steam ID?

E: nm, saw your post in the Steam thread. Accept my invite and I'll send them to you.

Sent, enjoy :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 22, 2013, 09:07:57 pm
Yeah, ME 3 is filled with weird glitches.  Apparently, the game gets mad at me whenever I go to the shooting range by forcing me to stare at the corner of the room.

Hahaha, never encountered that one before.

My favorite one is talking to Liara about escaping the Illusive Man with her Shadow Broker equipment.  At one point Glyph (the info-drone) says something, Shepard looks over, and Shep keeps looking to the side for the rest of the conversation, even though Liara is in front of him.  I've gotten that like EVERY playthrough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Potenatae Argyros on July 23, 2013, 01:24:02 am
Well Steam's Summer Sale has ended and i managed to snag some stuff:

Borderlands 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Fallout: New Vegas
Far Cry 3
SR2
Civilization V
HL2: Ep 1 & 2

and got Super Meat Boy and Terraria as a gift.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 23, 2013, 06:40:03 am
Yeah, ME 3 is filled with weird glitches.  Apparently, the game gets mad at me whenever I go to the shooting range by forcing me to stare at the corner of the room.

Hahaha, never encountered that one before.

My favorite one is talking to Liara about escaping the Illusive Man with her Shadow Broker equipment.  At one point Glyph (the info-drone) says something, Shepard looks over, and Shep keeps looking to the side for the rest of the conversation, even though Liara is in front of him.  I've gotten that like EVERY playthrough.

My biggest glitches are sually game freezes.  I very rarely have one where the characters just do something strange.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 23, 2013, 08:57:38 am
The PC version of FFVII has a few nice bonuses and a bizarre issue of not having the original music
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 23, 2013, 09:25:04 am
The PC version of FFVII has a few nice bonuses and a bizarre issue of not having the original music
No music at all? Check your settings, I had that problem with FFVII but managed to get the music working.

...But only after my first playthrough. I actually played through the whole game with almost all the music (apart from fight scenes) turned off and didn't know the truth untill much later when talking to someone about the game. This was before youtube so I hadn't seen any videos of the game to compare with my experience either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 23, 2013, 09:38:49 am
i meant the original score.  they have this awful remaster
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 23, 2013, 03:52:18 pm
Is anyone else having problems with XBox Live?  It's taking several minutes just to get past the title screen of several of my games, and it keeps saying several of my DLC aren't downloaded (and it fails to redownload them every time).  WTF is going on?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 23, 2013, 05:47:20 pm
Pretty much all of my game-breaking glitches are restricted to New Vegas. I love this game to death and I still haven't discovered everything in the vanilla game (to say nothing of the mod-added quests, some of which have literally as much content as one of the DLC; Project Brazil has only released the first chapter and it already takes several hours to complete before dropping you in the bare bones of a sandbox the size of the Capital Wasteland that they plan on turning into a complete package over two more chapters). But damn if it doesn't crash like hell.

The worst part is that it has a nasty tendency to corrupt saves or suffer a sudden game-breaking error that you can't identify, which results in the game lasting for mere seconds before crashing to the desktop and no way to identify or fix the problem beyond hoping that you have an earlier save to reload. Just getting a long-term character who tries to complete several major quest lines can be a chore.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 23, 2013, 06:49:08 pm
Is anyone else having problems with XBox Live?  It's taking several minutes just to get past the title screen of several of my games, and it keeps saying several of my DLC aren't downloaded (and it fails to redownload them every time).  WTF is going on?
Thought that was just my copy of fable shitting the bed, but yeah, shit's dying at the title screen for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 23, 2013, 06:53:49 pm
The "THANKS OBAMA" meme is going to get replaced with "XBOX SUCKS" pretty soon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 23, 2013, 07:01:10 pm
Is anyone else having problems with XBox Live?  It's taking several minutes just to get past the title screen of several of my games, and it keeps saying several of my DLC aren't downloaded (and it fails to redownload them every time).  WTF is going on?
Thought that was just my copy of fable shitting the bed, but yeah, shit's dying at the title screen for me.

According to their seb site, XBox Live itself is screwed up at the moment.  That explains a lot, though I don't understand how content I already downloaded is messed up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 23, 2013, 08:19:59 pm
Is anyone else having problems with XBox Live?  It's taking several minutes just to get past the title screen of several of my games, and it keeps saying several of my DLC aren't downloaded (and it fails to redownload them every time).  WTF is going on?
Thought that was just my copy of fable shitting the bed, but yeah, shit's dying at the title screen for me.

According to their seb site, XBox Live itself is screwed up at the moment.  That explains a lot, though I don't understand how content I already downloaded is messed up.

It could possibly be the game not recognizing them because of whatever's going on with XBox Live.  I've had that happen before with games and then the dlc content is fine once everything is working again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 24, 2013, 12:01:40 pm
Well, I decided to sell the cards I got in the Steam sale. At a price of $59.99 per card. I figure there's at least some chance that there's someone on Steam stupid enough to pay that much for a trading card.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 24, 2013, 01:25:57 pm
Not any time soon, though I probably shouldn't have just given away the foil card I randomly got. Ah well, it's worth all of 30 cents right now and far more than that to the person who got it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 25, 2013, 03:14:16 pm
The Summer Games Done Quick marathon just started up now, it's always interesting to watch and it's for a good cause. Link (http://marathon.speeddemosarchive.com)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Errata on July 25, 2013, 04:11:38 pm
I'm going through Okami. Issun's annoying at times but this is still a great game. Love the world. I really hated Viewtiful Joe but this has definitely adjusted my opinion on Clover/Platinum.
Title: Batman: Gotham by Gaslight canceled
Post by: The Illusive Man on July 25, 2013, 05:26:55 pm
Lol steampunk Batman (http://www.unseen64.net/2012/09/02/gotham-by-gaslight-game-cancelled-pitch-xbox-360-ps3/), now with MOAR fog and cape physics!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65IsSRMi4i0

Also purple Batman!
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A shame too, the combat, cut scenes, levels, gadgets, ect were completed.
For those who do not know, this game was based off of the Elsewrolds story Gotham by Gaslight. (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Batman:_Gotham_by_Gaslight)

Intestinally enough the guy who made the cape physics left and made his own company.
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“When we stopped working on [Gotham by Gaslight], we had working combat, cut scenes, levels, gadgets, all kind of stuff,” he goes on to reveal. Since Day 1 Studios own all the work done on the game, Heuvel allegedly rewrote his cape tech from the ground up for his new company.

This cloth-simulation technology, dubbed “Shroud,” is being used in IO Interactive’s Hitman Absolution. You can find sample videos demonstrating Shroud’s uses on CloakWorks’ website. We’ve embedded one of them above. (http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/28/the-origins-of-batmans-cool-cape-in-gotham-by-gaslight/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 26, 2013, 01:29:14 am
Shadowrun Returns is out and it's good so far but I've not beaten it and well there is the whole user content
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ScrappyB on July 26, 2013, 04:26:49 am
Spammy post incoming! Spoilered for length. A bit late, but here's what I ended up with on the Steam sale:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 26, 2013, 04:44:07 am
I started playing Fallout 3 a few days ago after I got in the sale (interesting that none of the infamous crashes or glitches are happening to me even though I running it in windows 7).  I ended up killing the Overseer and pissing off the girl who was going to come with me ( I think).  First town I come to looks like a ragged metal death trap, said sheriff of that town bites it cause I told him about the charming maniac in the bar wanting to blow the place, I then proceed to kill said maniac.

Get told to take some letter to a broken ass "town" on top of a bridge, get accosted by radioactive giant lobsters getting there, wasting all my ammo in the process.  I then get told to go save someone and have only the slightest of clues of a location to go on.  I then get shot to death by people hiding out in a ruined house trying to walk back to the metal death trap to buy ammo.


Something else I found out today is that someone used one of my videos for their article on a gaming dutch site (http://www.9lives.be/games/rift-storm-legion/nieuws/vier-de-zomer-in-rift).  Guess I should be flattered?  Have no idea what they're saying either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 26, 2013, 06:30:06 am
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(interesting that none of the infamous crashes or glitches are happening to me even though I running it in windows 7)

Trust me, they'll come. Modding can make it worse if you don't pick them carefully (it's easy to shove incompatible mods together and have them freak out simultaneously and blow everything up), and trying to add or remove mods from an existing save just tends to cause it to become irretrievably corrupted after a short while of playing. Usually from the mod author making it so that data from the mod is saved in the memory rather than clearing itself, so trying to play without the mod (or play with a new mod) on that file will lead it to try and access data that no longer exists.

Though this can ALSO happen without you even touching a thing.

I will say that the worst glitch I've ever encountered was in the New Vegas DLC, Dead Money. I love that expansion to death and I love playing it, but when I got the DLC for the 360 I would get all three companions and complete the first mission....and Elijah wouldn't realize it. I'd be left in an endless red hell because I couldn't continue past the first part of the main quest, and there's nothing to do at that point but adventure through a handful of unlocked areas, killing Ghost People and scavenging respawning loot until I died. The only way to fix it according to the wiki is to start a new game of Dead Money, but that never worked. Even worse, none of the other DLC I bought would activate! The game detected it on the main menu, but it would never load in the game. I started playing on the PC primarily because I felt cheated.

That said, the DLC for New Vegas is a good example of how to do proper expansions. Each one is different: Dead Money is survival horror with limited resources and stealthy enemies that are hard to kill, Honest Hearts is a sandbox involving tribal politics and questions of morality, Old World Blues is a balls-out hilarious sandbox that has an amazing amount of content, and Lonesome Road is a linear adventure that mixes tough combat with minor horror and primarily involves the player character's past. All of them are at least decent and have a ton of content, with Old World Blues probably being my favorite.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 26, 2013, 06:36:25 am
I have New Vegas but I decided to start with 3 first because I figured it'd be the rougher one, although I hear people say they're both on par with each other.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 26, 2013, 09:26:23 am
Has anyone played Cube World? I've debated getting it as it looks rather unique based on the LPs that I've seen, but I can't really decide. FYI, it's not another Minecraft in any way. Completely different worlds and objectives. More RPG-ish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 26, 2013, 09:29:18 am
Has anyone played Cube World? I've debated getting it as it looks rather unique based on the LPs that I've seen, but I can't really decide. FYI, it's not another Minecraft in any way. Completely different worlds and objectives. More RPG-ish.
It does look rather snazzy, but from I've seen, it's still a really early alpha. So it's probably better to wait until it's more fleshed out before getting into it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 26, 2013, 09:36:34 am
Has anyone played Cube World? I've debated getting it as it looks rather unique based on the LPs that I've seen, but I can't really decide. FYI, it's not another Minecraft in any way. Completely different worlds and objectives. More RPG-ish.
It does look rather snazzy, but from I've seen, it's still a really early alpha. So it's probably better to wait until it's more fleshed out before getting into it.

I thought the same, but I figure the price will probably go up with it as updates are released, so it may be worth it to get it now if it's decent enough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 26, 2013, 09:48:13 am
Has anyone played Cube World? I've debated getting it as it looks rather unique based on the LPs that I've seen, but I can't really decide. FYI, it's not another Minecraft in any way. Completely different worlds and objectives. More RPG-ish.
It does look rather snazzy, but from I've seen, it's still a really early alpha. So it's probably better to wait until it's more fleshed out before getting into it.

I thought the same, but I figure the price will probably go up with it as updates are released, so it may be worth it to get it now if it's decent enough.

It could also get some shitty updates (like the testificate villages in Minecraft), so it's a bit of a gamble as to whether it will indeed live up to its potential once it's done. Personally, I'd wait until at least some sort of questing system is in the game before I fork over any money, but that's just me I suppose.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 26, 2013, 11:25:15 am
Beat my first game of Civ.  I have to say, it was an enjoyable ride.  I think next time I'll not go for the "KILL EVERYONE!" approach and actually get a diplomatic victory.

Ironbite-at the end there were three powers left and I pretty much controlled the map.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on July 26, 2013, 12:58:06 pm
I have New Vegas but I decided to start with 3 first because I figured it'd be the rougher one, although I hear people say they're both on par with each other.
This is actually a very tough comparison! Fallout 3 has a more open world and barely any invisible walls while New Vegas has invisible walls galore (especially in Scorpion Gulch) and a more closed off world.

Combat is much more balanced in New Vegas as it has the concept of Damage Threshold form earlier Fallout games. If DT > DAM output of a weapon you take much less damage.

The writing of New Vegas is much, much better.


I started playing Fallout 3 a few days ago after I got in the sale (interesting that none of the infamous crashes or glitches are happening to me even though I running it in windows 7).  I ended up killing the Overseer and pissing off the girl who was going to come with me ( I think).
No spoilers in case you are doing a no spoiler run. Karmic irony is going to kick your butt in multiple ways.

I recommend the Vault 101 Revisited mod (http://fallout3.nexusmods.com/mods/13308/?tab=1&navtag=%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D13308%26preview%3D&pUp=1) otherwise Vault 101 just lacks potential and there is a stupid glitch that will trap and kill your companions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 26, 2013, 02:14:56 pm
I have New Vegas but I decided to start with 3 first because I figured it'd be the rougher one, although I hear people say they're both on par with each other.
This is actually a very tough comparison! Fallout 3 has a more open world and barely any invisible walls while New Vegas has invisible walls galore (especially in Scorpion Gulch) and a more closed off world.

Combat is much more balanced in New Vegas as it has the concept of Damage Threshold form earlier Fallout games. If DT > DAM output of a weapon you take much less damage.

The writing of New Vegas is much, much better.

I'm not so sure about the combat. Personally, I found Fallout New Vegas much more difficult to get going in than Fallout 3. In the beginning in New vegas, pretty much everything except bloatflies and bark scorpions can kick your ass, and even raiders can be unnecessarily difficult unless you're pretty careful. I didn't find this to be the case in Fallout 3. But then once you progress far enough into the games, their difficulty becomes pretty equal in terms of combat I think.

Though, regarding weapons, I might have to go with Fallout New Vegas just because there's significantly more variety than in Fallout 3, and there's also weapon mods to customize your guns even more. That was something I really liked. Also: the anti-matériel rifle. My absolute favourite gun in the entire game. Once you max out Guns and Sneak skills, you one-shot nearly everything, except really tough bosses.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 26, 2013, 03:56:10 pm
I had to cheat to complete some quests due to character spawning issues along with a glitch in the laser weapons shop.  Also IMO only honest hearts and Old world blues are good DLC with that said though loved the writing and the lack of good evil type choices.  I blame bethesda for the glitches.  Did you know that they gave Obsidon no bug test time and said taht their bonuses would be tied to metacritic scores.  So they got and 84 on metacritc not an 85 so they didnt get bonuses
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 26, 2013, 04:23:47 pm
Has anyone played Cube World? I've debated getting it as it looks rather unique based on the LPs that I've seen, but I can't really decide. FYI, it's not another Minecraft in any way. Completely different worlds and objectives. More RPG-ish.
It does look rather snazzy, but from I've seen, it's still a really early alpha. So it's probably better to wait until it's more fleshed out before getting into it.

I thought the same, but I figure the price will probably go up with it as updates are released, so it may be worth it to get it now if it's decent enough.

It could also get some shitty updates (like the testificate villages in Minecraft), so it's a bit of a gamble as to whether it will indeed live up to its potential once it's done. Personally, I'd wait until at least some sort of questing system is in the game before I fork over any money, but that's just me I suppose.

Honestly, the only thing that makes the villages in Minecraft remotely useful are mods like Thaumcraft, Tinker's Construct, and Mystcraft.  Otherwise, villages are more along the lines of places for me to raid and nick all their goodies.  With mods, I've actually got some incentive to keep one or two of the bastards alive.

I was thinking about, in a SSP world, making a Direwolf20-style Railcraft villager sorting/breeding system, except I'll be a little less nice...by putting the undesirables thru a MFR grinder for their tasty, tasty essence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 26, 2013, 04:32:38 pm
I have New Vegas but I decided to start with 3 first because I figured it'd be the rougher one, although I hear people say they're both on par with each other.
This is actually a very tough comparison! Fallout 3 has a more open world and barely any invisible walls while New Vegas has invisible walls galore (especially in Scorpion Gulch) and a more closed off world.

Combat is much more balanced in New Vegas as it has the concept of Damage Threshold form earlier Fallout games. If DT > DAM output of a weapon you take much less damage.

The writing of New Vegas is much, much better.

I'm not so sure about the combat. Personally, I found Fallout New Vegas much more difficult to get going in than Fallout 3. In the beginning in New vegas, pretty much everything except bloatflies and bark scorpions can kick your ass, and even raiders can be unnecessarily difficult unless you're pretty careful. I didn't find this to be the case in Fallout 3. But then once you progress far enough into the games, their difficulty becomes pretty equal in terms of combat I think.

Though, regarding weapons, I might have to go with Fallout New Vegas just because there's significantly more variety than in Fallout 3, and there's also weapon mods to customize your guns even more. That was something I really liked. Also: the anti-matériel rifle. My absolute favourite gun in the entire game. Once you max out Guns and Sneak skills, you one-shot nearly everything, except really tough bosses.

Well with Fallout 3, the difficulty in areas is tied to your level.  Once you enter an area, the game takes a look at your level and then sets that area up for that level.  The fights are doable but challenging.  Not so in New Vegas where they wanted you to go a certain way and so set the difficulty in areas so that you have to be a certain level to even think about fighting things.  Such as if you go North from Goodsprings, you run into Cazadors.  Which will eat your face.

Ironbite-honestly both games have their good and bad points.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 26, 2013, 05:47:57 pm
I think the reason they made the change for New Vegas regarding difficulty and blocked terrain is because in Fallout 3 (and indeed Fallout 2 and I think Fallout 1 as well), it was trivial for players to sequence break and finish the game far earlier than they're supposed to, or get themselves plenty of equipment and cash. Fallout 3 made it even easier as, like Oblivion, they made the enemies you encountered almost 100% scaled to your level. So rather than going through the storyline at the appropriate time to see the changes in difficulty, you'd hit what were supposed to be relatively difficult areas that were now loaded with starter bad guys. Not to mention that it turned Super Mutants into a joke, as they went from being legitimate threats to generic mooks that go down in droves to a kid fresh out of the Vault.

It's still possible to sequence break and run all the way to New Vegas, just much more difficult due to needing to dodge the Cazadores and/or Deathclaws. But my sister did it by complete accident, as she didn't realize she was going the wrong way (and, you know, had the difficulty turned down to Very Easy).

If you guys REALLY want difficulty in New Vegas, there's a realistic combat/armor mod out there (can't recall the name at the moment) that changes how damage works. Basically, weapons do much more damage but DT is much more protective. So leather armor will at least let you survive a few handgun or weak rifle bullets, though your health will be very low, and the weakest enemies like giant mantises and radroaches can barely do anything to low level armor. Meanwhile, anyone without armor (no matter their supposed level) will likely get ripped to shreds by just about anything. It also makes power armor WAY more protective, to the point where you basically NEED armor piercing ammo or anti-vehicle weapons to penetrate it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 26, 2013, 08:20:59 pm
Boyfriend keeps poking at my to play more Tera with him, but i cant, its too painfully asian, even the armored pigs in the game have curls in their hair.

I just finished two of the expansions for borderlands, i loves Captain Scarlets missions, Torgues campaign got old quick. I get it, you like screaming, calm down on the schtick....i hate schticks. I went play Tiny Tinas dlc, but the skeletons right at the start were around 6 levels higher than me.

Also im planning on getting a new gpu. Probably this http://www.cplonline.com.au/gigabyte-2gb-gtx650-ti-oc.html, to replace my gts 250
Coupled with my core 2 due e8400 3.3 ghz cpu. It should make my system even more solid, though im a tad worried about bottleneckinh
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 27, 2013, 03:58:46 am
Honestly, the only thing that makes the villages in Minecraft remotely useful are mods like Thaumcraft, Tinker's Construct, and Mystcraft.  Otherwise, villages are more along the lines of places for me to raid and nick all their goodies.  With mods, I've actually got some incentive to keep one or two of the bastards alive.

I was thinking about, in a SSP world, making a Direwolf20-style Railcraft villager sorting/breeding system, except I'll be a little less nice...by putting the undesirables thru a MFR grinder for their tasty, tasty essence.
The villages gave me the impression that Notch was just running out of ideas for updates and figured he could rip off the Millonaire (or however its spelled) mod and that'd do, only his version was vastly inferior in every way. Doesn't help that the villagers did literally nothing (they wouldn't even react to taking damage) until very recently.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 27, 2013, 04:46:53 am
My wife said that now that she owns her first strategy guide, she's officially A Gamer.  I told her she earned that title when she nearly threw her 3DS, admitted that her game cheated, and jabbed a finger at a two-inch tall animated character while screaming, "**** YOU!  ****YOU!    AND **** YOU!  I hope you die screaming in a ****ing fire!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 27, 2013, 08:08:46 am
Honestly, the only thing that makes the villages in Minecraft remotely useful are mods like Thaumcraft, Tinker's Construct, and Mystcraft.  Otherwise, villages are more along the lines of places for me to raid and nick all their goodies.  With mods, I've actually got some incentive to keep one or two of the bastards alive.

I was thinking about, in a SSP world, making a Direwolf20-style Railcraft villager sorting/breeding system, except I'll be a little less nice...by putting the undesirables thru a MFR grinder for their tasty, tasty essence.
The villages gave me the impression that Notch was just running out of ideas for updates and figured he could rip off the Millonaire (or however its spelled) mod and that'd do, only his version was vastly inferior in every way. Doesn't help that the villagers did literally nothing (they wouldn't even react to taking damage) until very recently.

Case in point: the Horse Update.  Thought, Dr. Zhark, from what I can recall, actually works with Mojang, now.  Shit, the only good mod ripoff Mojang did was the hoppers they stole from BuildCraft, which actually brought a small element of actual, proper fucking automation to Minecraft that didn't require an ungodly amount of redstone and/or piston work.

Just so long as they stay the hell away from XyCraft and Mystcraft.  Those two, most especially, are far too awesome to merit Mojang fucking them up with a shitty ripoff.  Fuck, I'm half-tempted to just remove the cow sounds from my game entirely, because I can't describe how much I HATE how they sound, nowadays.  Its, like...actually, properly disgusting.  Though, I now have less than zero problems breeding them for automated slaughter.
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Post by: ThunderWulf on July 27, 2013, 11:27:45 am
My wife said that now that she owns her first strategy guide, she's officially A Gamer.  I told her she earned that title when she nearly threw her 3DS, admitted that her game cheated, and jabbed a finger at a two-inch tall animated character while screaming, "**** YOU!  ****YOU!    AND **** YOU!  I hope you die screaming in a ****ing fire!"

That post just made my day. Thank you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 27, 2013, 01:27:21 pm
My wife said that now that she owns her first strategy guide, she's officially A Gamer.  I told her she earned that title when she nearly threw her 3DS, admitted that her game cheated, and jabbed a finger at a two-inch tall animated character while screaming, "**** YOU!  ****YOU!    AND **** YOU!  I hope you die screaming in a ****ing fire!"

Your wife is hilariously awesome!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: wrightway on July 27, 2013, 01:34:13 pm
My wife said that now that she owns her first strategy guide, she's officially A Gamer.  I told her she earned that title when she nearly threw her 3DS, admitted that her game cheated, and jabbed a finger at a two-inch tall animated character while screaming, "**** YOU!  ****YOU!    AND **** YOU!  I hope you die screaming in a ****ing fire!"

That is awesome!
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Post by: Shane for Wax on July 27, 2013, 02:44:09 pm
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brb, dying.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 27, 2013, 03:00:18 pm
Oh lord, the bitching about how shadowrun could not possibly have cost 2 million to make has begun. Nevermind a fully featured editor, secondary campaign, and pile of random other crap associated with that money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 27, 2013, 03:59:45 pm
My wife said that now that she owns her first strategy guide, she's officially A Gamer.  I told her she earned that title when she nearly threw her 3DS, admitted that her game cheated, and jabbed a finger at a two-inch tall animated character while screaming, "**** YOU!  ****YOU!    AND **** YOU!  I hope you die screaming in a ****ing fire!"

Your wife is hilariously awesome!

Thanks.  I take full credit for getting her addicted to games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 27, 2013, 09:31:13 pm
I will point out I play with survival off.  New Vegas I will say  has a better mmorality system.  We really need to get out of black and white and I'm glad NV had the faction system and the 4 main ones in particular ncr legion house and yourself
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 27, 2013, 09:37:20 pm
I really wish Skyrim had taken a page from New Vegas and had the option of taking over Skyrim for yourself.  You're the fucking Dragonborn.  By all rights, Skyrim should be your's for the ruling.

Ironbite-cause seriously, Imperial and Stormcloak can both suck my Argonian tail.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on July 27, 2013, 10:51:37 pm
Or what I wanted was an opportunity to improve Ulfric's racist mind.  Like in NV you can get NCR (in fact this is what I did) to play nice with the Khans and Kings.  As a Dunnmer I wanted him to be nicer to non Nords. 
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Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 27, 2013, 11:10:59 pm
Or what I wanted was an opportunity to improve Ulfric's racist mind.  Like in NV you can get NCR (in fact this is what I did) to play nice with the Khans and Kings.  As a Dunnmer I wanted him to be nicer to non Nords.
I like to believe canon will have a non-Nord, non-Imperial Dragonborn and his views will soften due to this Dragonborn working with him (I play as a female Khajiit) on my main.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 27, 2013, 11:13:40 pm
What I want is the ability to unite the Empire and the Stormcloaks under the same banner and kill every single Thalmor.

I would also love it if what ultimately did the Thalmor in was an Altmer resistance infiltrating them and destroying them from the inside.

I wonder how many Black Sacraments have been performed towards the leader(s) of the Thalmor?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 28, 2013, 12:09:54 am
So Fez II got canceled and Phil Fish is apparently quitting game development. I want to say "and nothing of value was lost" because Fish is only doing this because he's a colossal douche and got called an asshole (which he is) by some random podcast host, but, by all accounts, Fez is a great game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 28, 2013, 12:30:57 am
I will point out I play with survival off.  New Vegas I will say  has a better mmorality system.  We really need to get out of black and white and I'm glad NV had the faction system and the 4 main ones in particular ncr legion house and yourself
Yeah, I liked that system.

I don't having a good/evil-karmameter for the player but generally speaking reputation should be the one that affects others more. I really liked the reputation starting from the Fallout 2 where it specifically said that reputation is only affected by things that there are witnesses to. So you could be a villain with a great reputation if no one ever saw you commit crimes/murders. (I didn't really test how well that system worked in the game but I liked the concept.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 28, 2013, 08:33:05 am
What I want is the ability to unite the Empire and the Stormcloaks under the same banner and kill every single Thalmor.

I would also love it if what ultimately did the Thalmor in was an Altmer resistance infiltrating them and destroying them from the inside.

I wonder how many Black Sacraments have been performed towards the leader(s) of the Thalmor?

THIS.  First off, you're the god damned Dragonborn, Tamriel's version of Jesus.  You have god-like powers, can summon god damned dragons and set whole platoons on fire just by talking, and by the end, you're likely the single richest sentient being in Skyrim, if not on the entire continent.  I doubt it'd take much for the Dragonborn to rally all the people, and lead a massive fuck-off crusade against the Aldmeri Dominion.

Though, if I had the option, I wouldn't stop until I had every single Altmer mounted on pikes a la Vlad the Impaler.

I hate "High" Elves.

All the other elves are cool; the Dunmer had a problem with slavery, but I think having their homeland obliterated by a volcanic eruption likely put a stop to lots of that pretty damned quickly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 28, 2013, 09:20:24 am
What I want is the ability to unite the Empire and the Stormcloaks under the same banner and kill every single Thalmor.

I would also love it if what ultimately did the Thalmor in was an Altmer resistance infiltrating them and destroying them from the inside.

I wonder how many Black Sacraments have been performed towards the leader(s) of the Thalmor?

THIS.  First off, you're the god damned Dragonborn, Tamriel's version of Jesus.  You have god-like powers, can summon god damned dragons and set whole platoons on fire just by talking, and by the end, you're likely the single richest sentient being in Skyrim, if not on the entire continent.  I doubt it'd take much for the Dragonborn to rally all the people, and lead a massive fuck-off crusade against the Aldmeri Dominion.

Though, if I had the option, I wouldn't stop until I had every single Altmer mounted on pikes a la Vlad the Impaler.

I hate "High" Elves.

All the other elves are cool; the Dunmer had a problem with slavery, but I think having their homeland obliterated by a volcanic eruption likely put a stop to lots of that pretty damned quickly.
I'd imagine the High Elves be a lot easier on people if they focused more on being "high" elves.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on July 28, 2013, 10:12:20 am
My friend and I have been playing the hell outta Civ 5, and I've got to say that it is the most fun I've had in a while. The hours have just flown by. It's also really relaxing for me, for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 28, 2013, 10:25:24 am
I bought Eador: Genesis, since it's on sale for $3, and I have to say, it's a really good turn based strategy. Right up there with Age of Wonders, Heroes of Might and Magic III and Dominions III. Especially impressive, considering it was made by just one guy in Russia. If you're a fan of turn based strategy, then it gets a rather hearty recommendation from me.

Just stay the hell away from the remake (Masters of the Broken World). It's got fancier graphics, but it's also a buggy, unfinished, barely playable and painfully slow mess that's more expensive than the original.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 28, 2013, 06:23:52 pm
Oh lord, the bitching about how shadowrun could not possibly have cost 2 million to make has begun. Nevermind a fully featured editor, secondary campaign, and pile of random other crap associated with that money.

Nobody who tries to work on a project actually understands the costs. It's only cheap if you do as many jobs yourself as you can.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 28, 2013, 07:20:24 pm
I bought Heroes of Ruin, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony, Kingdom Hearts 3D Drop Distance, The Last of Us, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded.

I also preordered Beyond: Two Souls.

I really hope The Last of Us is as good as they say.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Indikins on July 28, 2013, 07:30:17 pm
Started playing Dead Space 2 again, periodically pausing to wipe the cold sweat from my palms. I now have lightning reflexes and can keep a stoic expression in the face of any and all sudden terror.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 28, 2013, 08:08:09 pm
Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is fun.  A lot of fun.  You shall enjoy.

As for myself, I got a new MOBA to play.  Awesomenaughts.  It's a lot of fun I'll say.

Ironbite-but League is still my first love.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Distind on July 28, 2013, 09:01:09 pm
Beat Shadowruns returns. If you disengage the nostalgia filter it's probably the best shadowrun game made. More true to the feel of the game than any of the other adaptations, just unfortunate the cybernetics took a back seat and it was more linear than typical. Though frankly it's about on par with the SNES Game for that, just tells you were the hell you need to go next. Can't wait for them to finish the remake of the SNES version under this engine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 28, 2013, 09:26:11 pm
Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is fun.  A lot of fun.  You shall enjoy.

As for myself, I got a new MOBA to play.  Awesomenaughts.  It's a lot of fun I'll say.

Ironbite-but League is still my first love.

I've been told it's pretty good. As well as the DS ones.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 28, 2013, 10:28:49 pm
After finally reaching the town of Megaton, tetanus capital of the world once again, I meet a....off store owner by the name of Moira who gives me a reinforced vault 101 suit and sends me off to work on a "survival guide" she wants to do.  So off to a food mart a little ways into the wasteland which turns into a bandit trap.  Bandits everywhere, even the robot inside the store I started up didn't do much to help.  Eventually, I find food and bring my crippled ass back to Moira who tells me to get radiated.  Welp, there's a giant bomb in the middle of town let's try there.  (1) (http://i.imgur.com/WAi4bwB.jpg)

Sitting here in front of a atomic bomb like a dumbass and listening to the guy behind me babble on about the Church of Atom makes me wonder if killing the guy who wanted to blow the place was actually in the wrong.

After getting over 600 in rad, I end up getting Moira's concoction which allows me regenerate my limbs if I'm heavily radiated. Joy! I'm a X-Men now!  Afterwords,  she's tells me it's time to WALK THROUGH A MINEFIELD. (2) (http://i.imgur.com/ftPRT7J.jpg)  I have the sneaking suspicion this woman is trying to off me.

We finally make it to town(3) (http://i.imgur.com/ijiOVkF.jpg) after a long walk and watching ants fight a giant scorpion.  So let's look for some mines.  Apparently, crouching at a mine like in Metal Gear Solid doesn't work here as I have one blow up in my face. (4) (http://i.imgur.com/croNegL.jpg)  Also tripping balls now, as everything on screen is blurring the hell.  Is that gunfir- HOLY SHIT(5) (http://i.imgur.com/pNaUQyG.jpg).  Welp, I'm almost dead now that THE RANDOM CAR IN FRONT OF ME EXPLODED.

Is....is that a person shooting at that car up there?(6) (http://i.imgur.com/2KbKlCz.jpg)

(7) (http://i.imgur.com/QncKWhB.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 28, 2013, 10:33:31 pm
I always had the sneaking suspicion that Moira was completely fucking unhinged...seriously, nobody could be that god damned dense without having more than a few dozen screws loose.

Also, very, VERY annoyed with the Minecraft server I'm on, currently.  I'm trying to make a quantum tank from GregTech, a mod that's notorious for being obscenely difficult and time-consuming to make even basic shit, let alone a device that can store the equivalent of 488+ chunks worth of liquid.  So, for parts of it, I need these things called data orbs.  Not a big deal, we've got a fair UU-matter stockpile, and even if we didn't, we've got over 300 emeralds in our AE system just sitting there doing great fuck all and circuits are a joke to make.  Wanna know how long it takes for the GregTech assembly machine to make a single data orb?  640 SECONDS.  In other words, over ten god damned minutes.  The fucking kicker?  Apparently, there's some bug between GregTech and Applied Energistics, because the orbs I've tried to make NEVER SHOW THE FUCK UP.  I tried making a few this morning, at around 8am.  Its 10:30pm, and last time I checked, which was about 90 or so minutes ago, I STILL DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUCKING DATA ORBS.

This means, for the purposes of testing, I'm going to have to make an assembling machine that's not connected to our AE system, and spend >20 minutes just making a few components for a single fucking tank.  To my credit, however, when its done, my design will be motherfucking BEASTLY.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 28, 2013, 11:14:11 pm
I like Moira. She's adorable. You don't get rid of her if you nuke the town tho.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 28, 2013, 11:23:55 pm
Ah yes, I remember Moira and her insane quests. I remember thinking "WTF, LADY!" every time she sent me on something. Though I have to say, once I got the hang of playing, the Minefield was actually pretty fun. Once I learned how to disarm a mine without having it blow up in my face, running around and disarming the things while staying behind cover from the crazy old dude with the sniper rifle was a fun little challenge. Then I rewarded myself with the sniper rifle after, which I pried from his cold, dead hands. Satisfying!  ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 29, 2013, 12:55:23 am
I like Moira and even though some of her quests are insane it is totally worth it to do them. (And you meet people who read the book. Either they thank you for a useful book and reward you or if you did poorly or gave bad answers on purpose people on the radio will be warning about the book, telling not to trust it.) Also, it's the longest sidequest in the game. (Not going to spoil it any more though.)

And I love reading about Syaraonvees experiences with the game since it seems so cute that he is only now playing the game and finding the things I did few years ago. :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 29, 2013, 12:56:37 am
Ah yes, I remember Moira and her insane quests. I remember thinking "WTF, LADY!" every time she sent me on something. Though I have to say, once I got the hang of playing, the Minefield was actually pretty fun. Once I learned how to disarm a mine without having it blow up in my face, running around and disarming the things while staying behind cover from the crazy old dude with the sniper rifle was a fun little challenge. Then I rewarded myself with the sniper rifle after, which I pried from his cold, dead hands. Satisfying!  ;D

Not as satisfying as disarming those mines, and then pick pocketing someone.  and then placing an active mine in their pocket and running away. *evil smile*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 29, 2013, 01:00:44 am
Ah yes, I remember Moira and her insane quests. I remember thinking "WTF, LADY!" every time she sent me on something. Though I have to say, once I got the hang of playing, the Minefield was actually pretty fun. Once I learned how to disarm a mine without having it blow up in my face, running around and disarming the things while staying behind cover from the crazy old dude with the sniper rifle was a fun little challenge. Then I rewarded myself with the sniper rifle after, which I pried from his cold, dead hands. Satisfying!  ;D

Not as satisfying as disarming those mines, and then pick pocketing someone.  and then placing an active mine in their pocket and running away. *evil smile*

True, that is far more satisfying. I had the most fun doing this with the swampfolk of point Lookout. They run around slapping their asses and screaming "Pineapple! Pineapple!" before they blow up. It was hilariously nonsensical.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 29, 2013, 01:31:25 am
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I really hope The Last of Us is as good as they say.

Just be prepared for a challenge. I'm playing on Normal, and there's parts that make me want to kill myself in frustration. Seriously, half a dozen retries or more. It takes a ton of forethought and caution.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 29, 2013, 01:32:20 am
I'm always prepared anyhow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 29, 2013, 03:13:43 am
After finally reaching the town of Megaton, tetanus capital of the world once again, I meet a....off store owner by the name of Moira who gives me a reinforced vault 101 suit and sends me off to work on a "survival guide" she wants to do.  So off to a food mart a little ways into the wasteland which turns into a bandit trap.  Bandits everywhere, even the robot inside the store I started up didn't do much to help.  Eventually, I find food and bring my crippled ass back to Moira who tells me to get radiated.  Welp, there's a giant bomb in the middle of town let's try there.  (1) (http://i.imgur.com/WAi4bwB.jpg)

Sitting here in front of a atomic bomb like a dumbass and listening to the guy behind me babble on about the Church of Atom makes me wonder if killing the guy who wanted to blow the place was actually in the wrong.

After getting over 600 in rad, I end up getting Moira's concoction which allows me regenerate my limbs if I'm heavily radiated. Joy! I'm a X-Men now!  Afterwords,  she's tells me it's time to WALK THROUGH A MINEFIELD. (2) (http://i.imgur.com/ftPRT7J.jpg)  I have the sneaking suspicion this woman is trying to off me.

We finally make it to town(3) (http://i.imgur.com/ijiOVkF.jpg) after a long walk and watching ants fight a giant scorpion.  So let's look for some mines.  Apparently, crouching at a mine like in Metal Gear Solid doesn't work here as I have one blow up in my face. (4) (http://i.imgur.com/croNegL.jpg)  Also tripping balls now, as everything on screen is blurring the hell.  Is that gunfir- HOLY SHIT(5) (http://i.imgur.com/pNaUQyG.jpg).  Welp, I'm almost dead now that THE RANDOM CAR IN FRONT OF ME EXPLODED.

Is....is that a person shooting at that car up there?(6) (http://i.imgur.com/2KbKlCz.jpg)

(7) (http://i.imgur.com/QncKWhB.jpg)
Word of advice. There's a gun in the game called the Railway Rifle. All I will say on the matter is that it's the greatest thing ever, and you should make it your #1 priority to find and acquire this weapon, by any means necessary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 29, 2013, 04:58:18 am
By Railway Rifle he actually means Rock-It Launcher.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on July 29, 2013, 05:03:09 am
No, he means Dart Gun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 29, 2013, 05:12:12 am
No he means Shish-Ka-Bob.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 29, 2013, 05:22:52 am
Started playing Dead Space 2 again, periodically pausing to wipe the cold sweat from my palms. I now have lightning reflexes and can keep a stoic expression in the face of any and all sudden terror.

My favorite horror game!  When things go bump in the night, you bump back, after you jump out of your seat, that it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Indikins on July 29, 2013, 05:27:35 am
No he means Chinese Assault Rifle. Reasonably large magazine, good damage, PLENTIFUL ammo. I was an unstoppable god with that bastard and 60 in Small Guns.


Started playing Dead Space 2 again, periodically pausing to wipe the cold sweat from my palms. I now have lightning reflexes and can keep a stoic expression in the face of any and all sudden terror.

My favorite horror game!  When things go bump in the night, you bump back, after you jump out of your seat, that it.

I sleep with my extremities under my blankets and my little Maltese-Shitzu by my side now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 29, 2013, 07:03:25 am
I love my CAR but I prefer the nuke option. :3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 29, 2013, 10:35:13 am
MOIRA

I loved that cheery bitch
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 29, 2013, 01:10:09 pm
Ah Moira she was probably my favorite character from Fallout 3 besides Harold and Charon, but yeah when I did that quest I spent about three days trying to figure out where all the shots were coming from when I went to Minefield. BTW when you get a chance and you aren't playing an evil character go to Paradise Falls and kill all the guys there cause I hate slavers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 29, 2013, 01:18:50 pm
Ah Moira she was probably my favorite character from Fallout 3 besides Harold and Charon, but yeah when I did that quest I spent about three days trying to figure out where all the shots were coming from when I went to Minefield. BTW when you get a chance and you aren't playing an evil character go to Paradise Falls and kill all the guys there cause I hate slavers.

And don't forget the jerks holed up in the Lincoln memorial.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 29, 2013, 05:33:35 pm
Ah Moira she was probably my favorite character from Fallout 3 besides Harold and Charon, but yeah when I did that quest I spent about three days trying to figure out where all the shots were coming from when I went to Minefield. BTW when you get a chance and you aren't playing an evil character go to Paradise Falls and kill all the guys there cause I hate slavers.

Hey, even evil characters can hate slavers!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 29, 2013, 10:19:45 pm
You don't have to be evil to be a slaver.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 29, 2013, 11:08:02 pm
I'm pondering an inconsistency in my tastes.

I hate zombie apocalypse-style settings.  So, games like L4D and Dead Rising, while they would normally be fun, I'm put off because, well, zombie apocalypse.

However, when it comes to mages, my favorite kind of mage to play as is... a necromancer.

I'm sure there's a difference somewhere but I'm having trouble nailing one down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 30, 2013, 12:01:45 am
I'm pondering an inconsistency in my tastes.

I hate zombie apocalypse-style settings.  So, games like L4D and Dead Rising, while they would normally be fun, I'm put off because, well, zombie apocalypse.

However, when it comes to mages, my favorite kind of mage to play as is... a necromancer.

I'm sure there's a difference somewhere but I'm having trouble nailing one down.

Zombie apocalypses are only fun if you're the one that sets them off!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 30, 2013, 12:49:05 am
I'm pondering an inconsistency in my tastes.

I hate zombie apocalypse-style settings.  So, games like L4D and Dead Rising, while they would normally be fun, I'm put off because, well, zombie apocalypse.

However, when it comes to mages, my favorite kind of mage to play as is... a necromancer.

I'm sure there's a difference somewhere but I'm having trouble nailing one down.
Wild zombies vs. Zombie Slaves!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 30, 2013, 12:49:40 am
*whispers* I beat Mass Effect 3 for the 20th time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 30, 2013, 12:51:47 am
*whispers* I beat Mass Effect 3 for the 20th time.
That's scary.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on July 30, 2013, 01:01:05 am
It's probably more like 10 but y'know. It feels like 20. With 100+ hours each time. Wow. I need to get laid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on July 30, 2013, 01:03:03 am
It's probably more like 10 but y'know. It feels like 20. With 100+ hours each time. Wow. I need to get laid.
It's okay, I know that feeling.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on July 30, 2013, 12:58:17 pm
I've been thinking a lot about something, re Ultima IX, for quite a while...

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 30, 2013, 01:47:16 pm
It's probably more like 10 but y'know. It feels like 20. With 100+ hours each time. Wow. I need to get laid.
It's okay, I know that feeling.

I may or may not have started another playthru... This time I'm gonna do a roleplay. Shane is Pro-Cerberus this time. Let's see what happens since the game doesn't really let you be as such.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on July 30, 2013, 05:52:28 pm
Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is fun.  A lot of fun.  You shall enjoy.

As for myself, I got a new MOBA to play.  Awesomenaughts.  It's a lot of fun I'll say.

Ironbite-but League is still my first love.

I've been told it's pretty good. As well as the DS ones.

Just warning that KH3D will spoil the plots of the other games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 30, 2013, 05:59:48 pm
Yeah but really...who cares?

Ironbite-it's still a great game with some awesome mechanics.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 30, 2013, 06:06:45 pm
Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is fun.  A lot of fun.  You shall enjoy.

As for myself, I got a new MOBA to play.  Awesomenaughts.  It's a lot of fun I'll say.

Ironbite-but League is still my first love.

I've been told it's pretty good. As well as the DS ones.

Just warning that KH3D will spoil the plots of the other games.

I'm not planning on playing it first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 30, 2013, 09:41:39 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv3FhE6_TK0
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 30, 2013, 11:53:22 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv3FhE6_TK0

Why can't this be out already?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 31, 2013, 05:03:42 am
Yeah...it drops July 30trh 2013.

Ironbite-that's so far away!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 31, 2013, 10:11:07 am
Yeah...it drops July 30trh 2013.

Ironbite-that's so far away!

Um, actually I think the trailer came out on the 30th.  As far as I know the release date for the actual DLC hasn't even been announced yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 31, 2013, 04:56:48 pm
Yeah...it drops July 30trh 2013.

Ironbite-that's so far away!

Um, actually I think the trailer came out on the 30th.  As far as I know the release date for the actual DLC hasn't even been announced yet.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/30/bioshock-infinite-challenge-maps-out-today-story-dlc-soon

A whole internet and you can't google.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on July 31, 2013, 04:59:21 pm
Yeah...it drops July 30trh 2013.

Ironbite-that's so far away!

Um, actually I think the trailer came out on the 30th.  As far as I know the release date for the actual DLC hasn't even been announced yet.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/30/bioshock-infinite-challenge-maps-out-today-story-dlc-soon

A whole internet and you can't google.

Those are the challenge maps, tho. The DLC in that trailer doesn't drop until later on. Burial At Sea doesn't drop until next month. That DLC is Challenge in the Clouds.

Which, incidentally, I'm downloading right now and I'd be disappointed if it was the Burial at Sea DLC cause the file size is too small.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 31, 2013, 07:29:33 pm
Yesterday, while it was storming, I played Mario Kart on my DS and remembered how much I hated certain animated pixilated characters.  Next year, when I get my 3ds, my first 2 games will be Mario Kart 7 and Super Smash Bros.  That way, when a character in MK p***es me off, I can beat the crap out of them in SSB.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on July 31, 2013, 09:19:44 pm
Yesterday, while it was storming, I played Mario Kart on my DS and remembered how much I hated certain animated pixilated characters.  Next year, when I get my 3ds, my first 2 games will be Mario Kart 7 and Super Smash Bros.  That way, when a character in MK p***es me off, I can beat the crap out of them in SSB.
Sounds like a plan. Speaking of Mario Kart...
I was playing Mario Kart: Double Dash! with my little brother the other day, just for that sake of nostalgia. It was the final lap, I was in first (Yoshi FTW) and he was in third. At roughly the same time I got the Triple Mushroom and he got a Blue Spiny Shell. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with MK, let me explain the Blue Spiny Shell: it exists to ruin your life. There's no other  reason for its existence, because it hunts down the person in first and BLOWS THEM SKY-HIGH. It causes the biggest explosion in the game, and it's life-ruining powers extend beyond the game into real life, to the point where screaming in rage and punching your brother right in his smug little face seems like a valid course of action. Anyway, he grabs one of those fuckers and tosses it at me as fast as he can. I, however, am having none of his shit today. So what do I do? Well, I crash into a wall and let him sweep by, right into first place. His smirk of "you're so fucked" twists into a grimace of "I'm so fucked" as he takes his own Blue Spiny Shell in the ass (without lube). I use my Mushrooms to get back into first place not three pixels from the finish line, and holy shit was he mad. The feeling of pure victory was worth the inevitable screaming, temper tantrum, and damage to the controller. (The bloody nose he gave me seemed a bit much, but I was gloating.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 31, 2013, 09:24:38 pm
You boss! Remind me not to go up against you in Mario Kart.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 31, 2013, 10:30:17 pm
That's luck, not skill.

Ironbite-crappy crappy luck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on July 31, 2013, 10:34:42 pm
You boss! Remind me not to go up against you in Mario Kart.
Duly noted.
... IS THAT ZAEED GUDDAM MASSANI IN A PIRATE OUTFIT AS YOUR AVATAR?
And BTW ironbite, it was mostly skill. I crashed into the wall on purpose because I knew he'd pass me. Besides, it took skill to regain my rightful place at the head of the pack after I killed all my momentum.
 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on July 31, 2013, 10:36:49 pm
That's luck, not skill.

Ironbite-crappy crappy luck.

Maybe. Still hilariously awesome though.

You boss! Remind me not to go up against you in Mario Kart.
Duly noted.
... IS THAT ZAEED GUDDAM MASSANI IN A PIRATE OUTFIT AS YOUR AVATAR?

Yes it is.   :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on July 31, 2013, 10:42:54 pm
Yesterday, while it was storming, I played Mario Kart on my DS and remembered how much I hated certain animated pixilated characters.  Next year, when I get my 3ds, my first 2 games will be Mario Kart 7 and Super Smash Bros.  That way, when a character in MK p***es me off, I can beat the crap out of them in SSB.
Sounds like a plan. Speaking of Mario Kart...
I was playing Mario Kart: Double Dash! with my little brother the other day, just for that sake of nostalgia. It was the final lap, I was in first (Yoshi FTW) and he was in third. At roughly the same time I got the Triple Mushroom and he got a Blue Spiny Shell. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with MK, let me explain the Blue Spiny Shell: it exists to ruin your life. There's no other  reason for its existence, because it hunts down the person in first and BLOWS THEM SKY-HIGH. It causes the biggest explosion in the game, and it's life-ruining powers extend beyond the game into real life, to the point where screaming in rage and punching your brother right in his smug little face seems like a valid course of action. Anyway, he grabs one of those fuckers and tosses it at me as fast as he can. I, however, am having none of his shit today. So what do I do? Well, I crash into a wall and let him sweep by, right into first place. His smirk of "you're so fucked" twists into a grimace of "I'm so fucked" as he takes his own Blue Spiny Shell in the ass (without lube). I use my Mushrooms to get back into first place not three pixels from the finish line, and holy shit was he mad. The feeling of pure victory was worth the inevitable screaming, temper tantrum, and damage to the controller. (The bloody nose he gave me seemed a bit much, but I was gloating.)

That is fucking awesome.

You boss! Remind me not to go up against you in Mario Kart.
Duly noted.
... IS THAT ZAEED GUDDAM MASSANI IN A PIRATE OUTFIT AS YOUR AVATAR?

Yes it is.   :D

And Shepard in the background with dressed like a dude from the 1920's.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on July 31, 2013, 11:46:44 pm
Ah. Mario Kart. There is truly nothing like the rage felt while playing against the AI and getting consecutively hit by a blue shell and three red shells inches away from the finish line on the last lap.

My friend and I have been playing the Hexxit mod for Minecraft. It's a mod that adds a lot of stuff to make the game more adventure-y. It's really fun, but his computer can't run it that well so we have to play it in between bursts of lag.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 01, 2013, 04:57:48 am
Yesterday, while it was storming, I played Mario Kart on my DS and remembered how much I hated certain animated pixilated characters.  Next year, when I get my 3ds, my first 2 games will be Mario Kart 7 and Super Smash Bros.  That way, when a character in MK p***es me off, I can beat the crap out of them in SSB.
Sounds like a plan. Speaking of Mario Kart...
I was playing Mario Kart: Double Dash! with my little brother the other day, just for that sake of nostalgia. It was the final lap, I was in first (Yoshi FTW) and he was in third. At roughly the same time I got the Triple Mushroom and he got a Blue Spiny Shell. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with MK, let me explain the Blue Spiny Shell: it exists to ruin your life. There's no other  reason for its existence, because it hunts down the person in first and BLOWS THEM SKY-HIGH. It causes the biggest explosion in the game, and it's life-ruining powers extend beyond the game into real life, to the point where screaming in rage and punching your brother right in his smug little face seems like a valid course of action. Anyway, he grabs one of those fuckers and tosses it at me as fast as he can. I, however, am having none of his shit today. So what do I do? Well, I crash into a wall and let him sweep by, right into first place. His smirk of "you're so fucked" twists into a grimace of "I'm so fucked" as he takes his own Blue Spiny Shell in the ass (without lube). I use my Mushrooms to get back into first place not three pixels from the finish line, and holy shit was he mad. The feeling of pure victory was worth the inevitable screaming, temper tantrum, and damage to the controller. (The bloody nose he gave me seemed a bit much, but I was gloating.)

Been there.  My wife learned from our games that when you hear the, "whoosh," sound, Hit The Brakes! 

The other night's rage came out following 4 blue shells in under 2 minutes. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 01, 2013, 07:19:39 am
The "get out of first place" method always fails for me in Mario Kart Wii. Once someone throws a blue shell, it seems to lock on to whoever's in first, regardless of whether they drop out of first in an attempt to avoid it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 01, 2013, 07:30:03 am
The "get out of first place" method always fails for me in Mario Kart Wii. Once someone throws a blue shell, it seems to lock on to whoever's in first, regardless of whether they drop out of first in an attempt to avoid it.
I think it's more to hopefully catch whoever is in second and maybe third in the shell's blast radius. It's why I'd do that in Mario Kart DS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 01, 2013, 08:42:38 am
(http://i.imgur.com/zz44YRM.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 01, 2013, 10:05:36 am
....HOW!?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 01, 2013, 10:16:21 am
Papers, Please is due out in six days, apparently. I don't like that the full version is censored, but I'll probably still end up picking it up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 01, 2013, 10:24:03 am
Downloaded the original rome total war for some nostalgia, i forgot how unco it was to move the soldiers around, much less watching them fight up close
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Itachirumon on August 01, 2013, 10:33:10 am
It's probably more like 10 but y'know. It feels like 20. With 100+ hours each time. Wow. I need to get laid.
It's okay, I know that feeling.

I may or may not have started another playthru... This time I'm gonna do a roleplay. Shane is Pro-Cerberus this time. Let's see what happens since the game doesn't really let you be as such.

I just spent the last month playing through all 3 games, logging about 40 for the first one, 30 for the second, and 28 for the third. But I think I've ruined myself for games now because I'm trying to play Dead Space and Alan Wake and I just can't get into it. After spending 3 hours on each to make them work right (key-remapping for DS and fixing b/w glitch for AW) I honestly....can't get immersed. Alan Wake I keep feeling like I'm missing huge swaths of the game (and I'm annoyed by the driver ((downgrade?)) I had to do to make it work)..and honestly, for Dead Space, after 3 games of awesome characters, I....I just don't care whether the main cast lives or dies. So they're on some Japanese space station with alien-zombie-demons. MMkay, but the protagonist is silent, the black guy is passable, and the chick is loud and bitchy and obnoxious. Maybe it gets better after chapter 3...but right now I'd rather see he bitchy chick get sword-arm-violated by the space-pirate-alien-zombie-demon-reptilian-humanoid-eldritch-abominations.

I got a bit more immersion in Saints Row 3 but I'm still having trouble beyond stealing a jet and flying into the skybox so I can sky-dive. So..now I'm trying Psychonauts which I know I'll enjoy...trouble is it's pacing is feeling slow.

So yeah...tl;dr, "How Mass Effect ruined video games for me.....at least until Watch Dogs comes out"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on August 01, 2013, 04:11:07 pm
The "get out of first place" method always fails for me in Mario Kart Wii. Once someone throws a blue shell, it seems to lock on to whoever's in first, regardless of whether they drop out of first in an attempt to avoid it.
That's exactly why I never play Mario Kart Wii. Well, that and bikes. Fuckin' bikes, man.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 01, 2013, 05:07:44 pm
The "get out of first place" method always fails for me in Mario Kart Wii. Once someone throws a blue shell, it seems to lock on to whoever's in first, regardless of whether they drop out of first in an attempt to avoid it.
That's exactly why I never play Mario Kart Wii. Well, that and bikes. Fuckin' bikes, man.
And its hacked to hell online :( Thankfully they can patch 3DS games...


Recently finished Borderlands 2: Captain Scarlett and Her Pirate's Booty. Which was a fun piece of DLC.

Also on the recent finished pile Ratchet and Clank 1 and 2. 1 was... i dont know. It wasnt poor, but you could see how it was the first of the series. Very different, and Ratchet was, to be blunt, an asshole. 2 was a lot better, though the flying sections sucked. Still havent got the Platinum bolts on those.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 01, 2013, 06:12:49 pm
Have you tried any pony mods Ian?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 01, 2013, 06:28:21 pm
Have you tried any pony mods Ian?

Who needs pony mods when you have the real thing thanks to Minecraft 1.6.  Though, they inevitably grow up into big, ugly HORSES that are actually useful, even if only marginally so and are suicidally stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 01, 2013, 06:48:29 pm
It's probably more like 10 but y'know. It feels like 20. With 100+ hours each time. Wow. I need to get laid.
It's okay, I know that feeling.

I may or may not have started another playthru... This time I'm gonna do a roleplay. Shane is Pro-Cerberus this time. Let's see what happens since the game doesn't really let you be as such.

I just spent the last month playing through all 3 games, logging about 40 for the first one, 30 for the second, and 28 for the third. But I think I've ruined myself for games now because I'm trying to play Dead Space and Alan Wake and I just can't get into it. After spending 3 hours on each to make them work right (key-remapping for DS and fixing b/w glitch for AW) I honestly....can't get immersed. Alan Wake I keep feeling like I'm missing huge swaths of the game (and I'm annoyed by the driver ((downgrade?)) I had to do to make it work)..and honestly, for Dead Space, after 3 games of awesome characters, I....I just don't care whether the main cast lives or dies. So they're on some Japanese space station with alien-zombie-demons. MMkay, but the protagonist is silent, the black guy is passable, and the chick is loud and bitchy and obnoxious. Maybe it gets better after chapter 3...but right now I'd rather see he bitchy chick get sword-arm-violated by the space-pirate-alien-zombie-demon-reptilian-humanoid-eldritch-abominations.

I got a bit more immersion in Saints Row 3 but I'm still having trouble beyond stealing a jet and flying into the skybox so I can sky-dive. So..now I'm trying Psychonauts which I know I'll enjoy...trouble is it's pacing is feeling slow.

So yeah...tl;dr, "How Mass Effect ruined video games for me.....at least until Watch Dogs comes out"

I'd love to know how you only put in 28 hours in mass effect 3. Seems like someone isn't exploring and doing all the side quests. Dunno how you can get a full experience if you just rush thru the campaign.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on August 01, 2013, 08:25:29 pm
So I saw the trailer for this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VIJHM3a7JE and all I have to say is I want this now!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 01, 2013, 09:13:45 pm
I'd love to know how you only put in 28 hours in mass effect 3. Seems like someone isn't exploring and doing all the side quests. Dunno how you can get a full experience if you just rush thru the campaign.

This kind of thing is exactly why I'm not even close to finishing the main quest for Skyrim: there's just so much optional shit that I get distracted for days. At least I completed the main quest on Fallout 3 and New Vegas, so I can focus my time on the innumerable sidequests and the rest of the Fallout 3 DLC (I still need to finish Operation Anchorage and Broken Steel). Oh, and all the mod quests I downloaded.

Also, I joined Playstation Plus so I've got some new games! So far I've been playing Saints Row The Third. I still stand by my previous assessment: fun, but sometimes just too over the top and exaggerated. The "gimp rickshaw chase" was silly and not even very fun for the minute or so that it occurred. The fact that such a bizarre scene really only lasted a minute or two is kind of indicative of the feel of this game: throwing every idea they have against the wall without caring what sticks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 01, 2013, 10:26:13 pm
Yatzhee said it best in his review of Saints Row 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 02, 2013, 12:06:16 am
4 I'm cautiously optimistic ofr
Keep in mind I never played 2 so I thought 3 was amazing because you know shit pc port of 2
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 02, 2013, 12:17:11 am
I beat the first two Saints Row games a while back, around when they first came out.

Saints Row was basically just a GTA clone. It got popular not for being different, but because it was competently made and fun. Saints Row 2 intentionally tried to provide an alternative to GTA IV's switch to darkness and realism by making the first game bigger, sticking with the crude humor and sex puns, and making everything colorful and over-the-top. It was still competently made and attracted people who were turned off by Grand Theft Auto going in a more realistic direction.

Saints Row 3 has the thinking of "Making it over-the-top and random got us money, so let's go even farther!" Hence the random gimp rickshaw chase that literally lasts not even 2 minutes, a homie that's a black pimp dude and BDSM enthusiast that constantly speaks through Autotune, immediate access to rocket launchers and attack helicopters with unlimited rockets and cannon ammo from the beginning of the game, etc. It has no real focus beyond "MAKE IT CRAZY"

Saints Row 4 is just going straight to aliens and superpowers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on August 02, 2013, 12:33:02 am
You've got to admit it's fun as heck, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 02, 2013, 12:47:35 am
You've got to admit it's fun as heck, though.

Not as much as it could be. It plays well and it's polished, but it feels....empty. It doesn't feel like there's any kind of decent reward system for what you do, since you start out with stuff that most games would spend half the campaign giving to you. It's like if you started New Vegas with combat armor, the All-American, more drugs and food than you knew what to do with, tons of ammo, all map markers revealed, and level 10.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Itachirumon on August 02, 2013, 02:48:15 am
It's probably more like 10 but y'know. It feels like 20. With 100+ hours each time. Wow. I need to get laid.
It's okay, I know that feeling.

I may or may not have started another playthru... This time I'm gonna do a roleplay. Shane is Pro-Cerberus this time. Let's see what happens since the game doesn't really let you be as such.

I just spent the last month playing through all 3 games, logging about 40 for the first one, 30 for the second, and 28 for the third. But I think I've ruined myself for games now because I'm trying to play Dead Space and Alan Wake and I just can't get into it. After spending 3 hours on each to make them work right (key-remapping for DS and fixing b/w glitch for AW) I honestly....can't get immersed. Alan Wake I keep feeling like I'm missing huge swaths of the game (and I'm annoyed by the driver ((downgrade?)) I had to do to make it work)..and honestly, for Dead Space, after 3 games of awesome characters, I....I just don't care whether the main cast lives or dies. So they're on some Japanese space station with alien-zombie-demons. MMkay, but the protagonist is silent, the black guy is passable, and the chick is loud and bitchy and obnoxious. Maybe it gets better after chapter 3...but right now I'd rather see he bitchy chick get sword-arm-violated by the space-pirate-alien-zombie-demon-reptilian-humanoid-eldritch-abominations.

I got a bit more immersion in Saints Row 3 but I'm still having trouble beyond stealing a jet and flying into the skybox so I can sky-dive. So..now I'm trying Psychonauts which I know I'll enjoy...trouble is it's pacing is feeling slow.

So yeah...tl;dr, "How Mass Effect ruined video games for me.....at least until Watch Dogs comes out"

I'd love to know how you only put in 28 hours in mass effect 3. Seems like someone isn't exploring and doing all the side quests. Dunno how you can get a full experience if you just rush thru the campaign.

I had all the War Assets I could find, although I still sob because I missed one of the Eden Prime datapads and
(click to show/hide)
. I'd imported from ME2 and went into the final battle at around lvl 56. I wanted to make sure I did EVERYTHING I could before I went into it.... the game 'did' feel absurdly short in comparison to 1 and 2. I couldn't figure out what I'd missed. I didn't rush haha, I took as much time as I could, I was actually pissed cause you're so rushed on
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Much Later Edit: Excuse me, 44 hours on game one, 59 on ME2 and I'm not 100% sure on ME3 cause it's on Origin and I can't figure out how to carry over my playtime alert, but I don't think it was much past 28-35. If it helps I had the Plasma/Particle Rifle for most of the game and it's kinda a gamebreaker. I think in spite of being an Adept I barely ever used any of my biotics unless I was fighting Banshees and then it was to help whittle the fucking things down.

Second Obligatory Joke Required Edit: I actually have 4 screenshots of the Presidium just because the graphics made me squee so hard. Especially from the window of Huerta Memorial. I took one look at them and I was like: THERE IS A GAWWWD!!! All hail Prothy the Prothean! PRAISE HIM! Wait, what? Oh...um.... All hail Reapy the Reaper?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 02, 2013, 02:57:35 am
Only now have I realized that my Boss on Saints Row is voiced by Troy Baker.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on August 02, 2013, 04:01:01 am
Only now have I realized that my Boss on Saints Row is voiced by Troy Baker.
Only now have I realized that that same person (Kimberly Brooks) voices both Ashley Williams (from ME) and Oracle (from Batman: Arkham Asylum/City).
Which is dumb, because they obviously have the EXACT SAME VOICE.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 02, 2013, 05:11:41 am
Troy Baker and Nolan North are rapidly becoming like J. LaRose is to me personally: someone I can't avoid, no matter what I do.

J. LaRose is a Hollywood actor from Orlando who does a lot of local work as well. Not only do I see him in a bunch of movies, but I've worked with him twice and he's even shown up on the set of a TV show I was doing that he wasn't even involved in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 02, 2013, 12:13:03 pm
Only now have I realized that my Boss on Saints Row is voiced by Troy Baker.
Only now have I realized that that same person (Kimberly Brooks) voices both Ashley Williams (from ME) and Oracle (from Batman: Arkham Asylum/City).
Which is dumb, because they obviously have the EXACT SAME VOICE.
Holy crap. Also, Ashley "Ash" Williams is quite obviously named by the most badass character ever, Bruce Campbell's Ashley "Ash" Williams from Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2/Army of Darkness.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 02, 2013, 02:15:14 pm
What astounding discoveries you all have made... /original 2007 Mass Effect player snob

I also have no idea how many hours I've put into the trilogy but I've spent what feels like half my life on it. Certainly has been the three games I've dumped so many hours into, easily beating out the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games. I think Borderlands 2 comes up second.

My pro Cerberus run is doing well. Except for the headache my Shepard keeps giving me for putting her in the Cerberus armor to begin with. Alas... I'm already about 26 hours into it. The save file says 40 but I also had it on pause and it still counts paused time as playtime. I keep forgetting to back out into the main menu. I haven't yet cured the genophage so make of that what you will.

I also started Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 02, 2013, 02:42:13 pm
You've got to admit it's fun as heck, though.

I actually enjoyed 3 more than 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on August 02, 2013, 05:35:24 pm
Only now have I realized that my Boss on Saints Row is voiced by Troy Baker.
Only now have I realized that that same person (Kimberly Brooks) voices both Ashley Williams (from ME) and Oracle (from Batman: Arkham Asylum/City).
Which is dumb, because they obviously have the EXACT SAME VOICE.
Holy crap. Also, Ashley "Ash" Williams is quite obviously named by the most badass character ever, Bruce Campbell's Ashley "Ash" Williams from Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2/Army of Darkness.
THAT I knew, even before her "boomstick" line. I'm not that dumb. I like Ashley, but I've yet to do a playthrough in which she doesn't die. The one time she won the coin toss, I had to take her out in ME3 (because people die when you don't talk to them - yay video game logic).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 02, 2013, 07:02:49 pm
More actual logic. You have to convince someone you're the good guy, right? way before you have a showdown or else there isn't any trust there that you aren't trying to trick them. Especially true if you killed the council and the councilor was killed by Leng. Cause you can fabricate evidence with an omni-tool.

Ash spent over 2 years and 6 months mourning someone she thought first was dead and then a traitor. I think she's allowed to distrust you when you arrive at the same time Cerberus did.

With that said, this is why you don't rush. It's an RPG, talk to people. Check your private terminal. Check on the people between missions. Otherwise, take the consequences.

I have also learned Kingdom Hearts still manages to make me feel dumb when trying to acclimate to a new fighting system.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on August 02, 2013, 09:56:48 pm
You've got to admit it's fun as heck, though.

I actually enjoyed 3 more than 2.

That's mainly the one I've played.  Only just got SR2 as a gift, and with my DSL it's going to take a week or two to download.  The Russian woman's voice is amusing as hell, what with her being massively horny for Pierce.

Also busting up gang ops is so much easier with a tank.  Just wish the shark-o-matic held more ammo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 02, 2013, 10:06:18 pm
I mean, it's fun. But it's a shallow, empty kind of fun. It's like turning on Skyrim for no reason other than to use the console to cheat in a bunch of god-tier items, crank your stats up to max, and Fus Ro Dah everything you see. It's cathartic and sometimes funny, but there's nothing beyond quick and cheap satisfaction. You get bored with it after a short time and move on to something more engaging.

That said, I'm sorta excited for Saints Row IV. Mainly because it looks like the alien invasion plotline has given it some well-needed coherence and focus.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 02, 2013, 11:39:10 pm
I'm loving this "Games with Gold" program, where XBL Gold users get free games. It's even better, because my Gold is glitched. I'm on the second year of it being free for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Itachirumon on August 03, 2013, 12:13:21 am
More actual logic. You have to convince someone you're the good guy, right? way before you have a showdown or else there isn't any trust there that you aren't trying to trick them. Especially true if you killed the council and the councilor was killed by Leng. Cause you can fabricate evidence with an omni-tool.

Ash spent over 2 years and 6 months mourning someone she thought first was dead and then a traitor. I think she's allowed to distrust you when you arrive at the same time Cerberus did.

With that said, this is why you don't rush. It's an RPG, talk to people. Check your private terminal. Check on the people between missions. Otherwise, take the consequences.

I have also learned Kingdom Hearts still manages to make me feel dumb when trying to acclimate to a new fighting system.

For what it's worth, the only reason I couldn't save Kelly was because I didn't invite her up for dinner/talkies in 2. I was trying to remain single so I could romance Kaiden.

.....It was hard, his shift in 2 made him a bit less likeable than Garrus. Then even tho I wanted Gay!Shep I lost my shit squeeing at "emergency induction port"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 03, 2013, 12:19:11 am
Mass Effect 3 is a bit better with the “MOTHER OF ALL MODS (http://www.moddb.com/mods/mother-of-all-mods)”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymh2pOgo0Qs
Bad parody songs are bad.

Features:
(click to show/hide)


This mod also dug up and addressed some cut content from way back. You see way back in Mass Effect 1 you were supposed to be able to rescue both Ashley and Kaidan running like frack. Both squad mates are available in 3 with this mod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMSJDxM8YT4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 03, 2013, 01:06:10 am
Doing a second run through of Red Dead Redemption, but this time as an evil character. I have to wonder, why exactly does robbing a bank give you significantly less money than collecting a bounty on a criminal or even just ten minutes or so of hunting? That's just not right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 03, 2013, 02:55:15 am
I'm loving this "Games with Gold" program, where XBL Gold users get free games. It's even better, because my Gold is glitched. I'm on the second year of it being free for some reason.

You mean Playstation Plus, right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 03, 2013, 03:58:54 am
I'm loving this "Games with Gold" program, where XBL Gold users get free games. It's even better, because my Gold is glitched. I'm on the second year of it being free for some reason.

You mean Playstation Plus, right?

The difference is that if you stop paying for XBL, you keep the games they gave you while subscribed. Playstation Plus locks you out of the "free" games when you stop paying.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on August 03, 2013, 04:11:16 am
Mass Effect 3 is a bit better with the “MOTHER OF ALL MODS (http://www.moddb.com/mods/mother-of-all-mods)”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymh2pOgo0Qs
Bad parody songs are bad.

Features:
(click to show/hide)


This mod also dug up and addressed some cut content from way back. You see way back in Mass Effect 1 you were supposed to be able to rescue both Ashley and Kaidan running like frack. Both squad mates are available in 3 with this mod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMSJDxM8YT4
... fuck. I've got the series on Xbox.
Oh well. To Youtube!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 03, 2013, 10:00:32 am
More actual logic. You have to convince someone you're the good guy, right? way before you have a showdown or else there isn't any trust there that you aren't trying to trick them. Especially true if you killed the council and the councilor was killed by Leng. Cause you can fabricate evidence with an omni-tool.

Ash spent over 2 years and 6 months mourning someone she thought first was dead and then a traitor. I think she's allowed to distrust you when you arrive at the same time Cerberus did.

With that said, this is why you don't rush. It's an RPG, talk to people. Check your private terminal. Check on the people between missions. Otherwise, take the consequences.

I have also learned Kingdom Hearts still manages to make me feel dumb when trying to acclimate to a new fighting system.

For what it's worth, the only reason I couldn't save Kelly was because I didn't invite her up for dinner/talkies in 2. I was trying to remain single so I could romance Kaiden.

.....It was hard, his shift in 2 made him a bit less likeable than Garrus. Then even tho I wanted Gay!Shep I lost my shit squeeing at "emergency induction port"

Actually that isn't dependent on you talking with her. Only getting to the Collector Base on time to get her out of the pod. Only thing you need to talk to her over is getting your damn fish back.

Since I romanced Liara, it wasn't that hard to get Kelly to keep my fish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Itachirumon on August 03, 2013, 10:24:39 am
More actual logic. You have to convince someone you're the good guy, right? way before you have a showdown or else there isn't any trust there that you aren't trying to trick them. Especially true if you killed the council and the councilor was killed by Leng. Cause you can fabricate evidence with an omni-tool.

Ash spent over 2 years and 6 months mourning someone she thought first was dead and then a traitor. I think she's allowed to distrust you when you arrive at the same time Cerberus did.

With that said, this is why you don't rush. It's an RPG, talk to people. Check your private terminal. Check on the people between missions. Otherwise, take the consequences.

I have also learned Kingdom Hearts still manages to make me feel dumb when trying to acclimate to a new fighting system.

For what it's worth, the only reason I couldn't save Kelly was because I didn't invite her up for dinner/talkies in 2. I was trying to remain single so I could romance Kaiden.

.....It was hard, his shift in 2 made him a bit less likeable than Garrus. Then even tho I wanted Gay!Shep I lost my shit squeeing at "emergency induction port"

Actually that isn't dependent on you talking with her. Only getting to the Collector Base on time to get her out of the pod. Only thing you need to talk to her over is getting your damn fish back.

Since I romanced Liara, it wasn't that hard to get Kelly to keep my fish.

._. she wasn't in the place I was supposed to be before Cit 3 - I looked all over for her for about 2 hours before I did Genophage mission. Most of it was spent trying to figure out why she wasn't where she was supposed to be and looking through internet forums to figure out how to make her magically appear. Yeah I know 'the truth' but damnit Kelly Chambers was awesome - and I most assuredly saved her from the base in ME2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 03, 2013, 11:27:30 am
Ehhh... she showed up for me. But eh. The dinner itself isn't really locking in anything. To be honest, I wanted my fish back so I just made sure she lived and was happy with me. It didn't affect my relationship with Liara in the slightest. The stripper thing however locks it in. And I never once did that. It was too weird for me when I saw it on youtube.

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Shepard can flirt with Kelly anytime prior to the suicide mission, which eventually results in a private dinner at the Captain's Cabin, after which she offers to feed Shepard's fish. It is still possible to pursue a relationship with a squadmate after this point if Shepard is solely interested in having her feed Shepard's fish.

In ME3 you can lock in romances differently than in ME2. I couldn't go with both Liara and Traynor in ME3, for instance, cause you lock one or the other in depending on things (the shower for Traynor, the cafe and saying yes for the second time with Liara). But I could go with Liara and Kelly in ME2 because Liara decided to be the Shadow Broker. She just will probably say something if you do the Shadow Broker mission after the lock-in of the original romance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Itachirumon on August 03, 2013, 12:56:22 pm
Well that'd be a relief...of course that'd require me to go back and play part/all of ME2 again then re-transfer to ME3 and replay that. In the words of Tobuscus' Dramatic Song - I got shit to do hahaha. Like study for the GRE....even tho I'd rather just game. I want more options in Hotel Giant 2.....and why can't Watch Dogs be out yet, I want to play it nowwww!

I'd settle for a version of DosBox that would run Woodruff and the Schnibble though....and a working download/copy. I have the CD but I could never configure it to run off of CDs and Woodruff is just...classic obscure brilliance
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 03, 2013, 02:32:38 pm
I'm loving this "Games with Gold" program, where XBL Gold users get free games. It's even better, because my Gold is glitched. I'm on the second year of it being free for some reason.

You mean Playstation Plus, right?
No, I mean I've had Xbox Live Gold for free for two years now.

I'm loving this "Games with Gold" program, where XBL Gold users get free games. It's even better, because my Gold is glitched. I'm on the second year of it being free for some reason.

You mean Playstation Plus, right?

The difference is that if you stop paying for XBL, you keep the games they gave you while subscribed. Playstation Plus locks you out of the "free" games when you stop paying.
And, unlike Sony, Microsoft doesn't give out your credit card or have Xbox Live go down for over a month!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 06, 2013, 02:01:13 am
So I'm thinking of buying X-COM: UFO Defense. I know it's only $5, but money is rather tight right now, and as such I'm still on the fence about it. Would any of you who've played it consider it to be a wise purchase?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 06, 2013, 02:31:13 am
So I'm thinking of buying X-COM: UFO Defense. I know it's only $5, but money is rather tight right now, and as such I'm still on the fence about it. Would any of you who've played it consider it to be a wise purchase?
Oh, let me think about- YES!

Great game. I like the story, I like the atmosphere and I like how desperate the struggle is.

And the Chryssalids are the best/worst part of the game. A truly frightening opponent that can rip your soldiers open and then the corpses get up and start fighting against you. But nothing is more satisfactory than blowing them apart... :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 06, 2013, 02:50:58 am
So I'm thinking of buying X-COM: UFO Defense. I know it's only $5, but money is rather tight right now, and as such I'm still on the fence about it. Would any of you who've played it consider it to be a wise purchase?
Oh, let me think about- YES!

Great game. I like the story, I like the atmosphere and I like how desperate the struggle is.

And the Chryssalids are the best/worst part of the game. A truly frightening opponent that can rip your soldiers open and then the corpses get up and start fighting against you. But nothing is more satisfactory than blowing them apart... :)

Sounds good. I think I might just give it a go.

As an aside, would you say that Terror From the Deep and Apocalypse to be worth a shot as well (not particularly interested in Interceptor and Enforcer)?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on August 07, 2013, 12:35:42 am
Mass Effect 3 is a bit better with the “MOTHER OF ALL MODS (http://www.moddb.com/mods/mother-of-all-mods)”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymh2pOgo0Qs
Bad parody songs are bad.

Features:
(click to show/hide)


This mod also dug up and addressed some cut content from way back. You see way back in Mass Effect 1 you were supposed to be able to rescue both Ashley and Kaidan running like frack. Both squad mates are available in 3 with this mod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMSJDxM8YT4

Okay, that kinda makes me wish I had the ME trilogy on PC too.


Speaking of Mass Effect, apparently there's a bug caused by the Recon Hood in Mass Effect 3.  I got it early in the game but didn't figure out what it was until I changed helmets.  If you use the recon hood and choose to have it off during most cut scenes, Shepard's eyeballs are popping out of his/her head during cut scenes.
http://i.imgur.com/FXDzL3g.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/FXDzL3g.jpg)
(Link'd for size)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 07, 2013, 09:51:40 am
Well, I went and bought X-COM: UFO Defense. I have to say, even in the early game, it doesn't fuck around. I learned that the hard way very quickly. I had a couple of lucky battles. Took down a few UFOs with only a couple of casualties each and even had a very successful terror mission. Managed a very respectable score due to saving a tonne of civilians and only losing a few people, so naturally I was overconfident. That's when I learned that keeping your soldiers bunched together is a bad idea. I lose three guys instantly to a grenade, including my most experienced guy, and would've lost two more and very likely the whole mission if it weren't for the fact that I was very liberal with issuing medi-kits.

Even with laser rifles for everyone and a laser tank trundling about, a squishy little Sectoid all on his own is still not to be trifled with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 07, 2013, 03:51:09 pm
Speaking of Mass Effect, apparently there's a bug caused by the Recon Hood in Mass Effect 3.  I got it early in the game but didn't figure out what it was until I changed helmets.  If you use the recon hood and choose to have it off during most cut scenes, Shepard's eyeballs are popping out of his/her head during cut scenes.
http://i.imgur.com/FXDzL3g.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/FXDzL3g.jpg)
(Link'd for size)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-fRuoMIfpw

I just had to.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 08, 2013, 12:52:55 pm
http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

Pokemon went Mega.

Ironbite-MEGA MAWILE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yaezakura on August 08, 2013, 05:01:36 pm
http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

Pokemon went Mega.

Ironbite-MEGA MAWILE!

All I have to say is "ugh". They have an entire planet full of animals they could turn into new Pokemon, tons of Pokemon who need real evolutions, and they instead devout time and resources to making existing Pokemon uglier. And naming them all the same thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on August 08, 2013, 06:10:50 pm
That is oddly Digimon-esque.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ScrappyB on August 08, 2013, 07:07:06 pm
Went ahead and reserved my copy of GTA V today. I don't normally preorder games, but skydiving off a blimp sounds fun.

Looking forward to exploring the world and more Republican Space Rangers. That show makes me laugh my ass off because some of the quotes the main page gets are even more right-wing and deranged than the satire. It's like DoctorDoombot and his cronies IN SPACE!

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God speaks english

My bible is in English

I am English

This am engladish

SPEAK FUCKING ENGLISH!!!!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 08, 2013, 08:09:27 pm
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Went ahead and reserved my copy of GTA V today. I don't normally preorder games, but skydiving off a blimp sounds fun.

I'm probably pre-ordering in a week or two.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 09, 2013, 09:33:34 am
I'll wait til I can have a machine that can run it.  /sadface

Though, that will give it time to not only go down a tad in price and to have any major bugs largely worked out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 09, 2013, 02:31:28 pm
I'll wait til I can have a machine that can run it.  /sadface

Though, that will give it time to not only go down a tad in price and to have any major bugs largely worked out.

You'll have a while to wait. GTA V currently has no date set for a PC release; most people figure that it'll eventually get one (all of its predecessors did), but there's no news on it whatsoever and Rockstar plain isn't discussing it. The console release isn't even for another month.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 10, 2013, 12:23:09 am
Suddenly, X-COM fucks me over. It starts me off in a terror mission surrounded by cyber disks and so many Sectoids hiding in just the right places so that I can never spot and shoot them within a turn, but they can all just pop out and gun down at least one of my soldiers each with no issue. Also, they have a penchant for mind controlling my only captain and taking out multiple soldiers at once with a single grenade.

It seems no matter what I do, I can't last more than three turns without 2/3 of my squad dead and the remaining 1/3 demoralised and panicking.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 10, 2013, 12:54:56 am
I guess I should have warned that X-com is pretty hard.

That is actually one of the main reasons for the fans to like it. The game punishes you for making mistakes and you need to stay on your toes and protect your troops.

And then we get the hardcore gamers who think that the hardest difficulty isn't enough so they put on personal challenges like the "laser squad" where you refuse to use weapons better than the lasers...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 10, 2013, 01:49:25 am
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The game punishes you for making mistakes

And occasionally it decides that it just plain hates you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 10, 2013, 01:52:42 am
And then we get the hardcore gamers who think that the hardest difficulty isn't enough so they put on personal challenges like the "laser squad" where you refuse to use weapons better than the lasers...
They should just play Terror from the Deep. From what I found out, the easiest difficult in that game is harder than superhuman in the original, largely because neither the dev or the players noticed the difficulty reset bug until after the game was made.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 10, 2013, 02:30:40 am
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The game punishes you for making mistakes

And occasionally it decides that it just plain hates you.

Yes, that too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 10, 2013, 11:47:59 am
Does anyone actually find Super Meat Boy fun? Gah. I guess the "DONE IT!" feeling you get after beating a level is good though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 10, 2013, 12:34:29 pm
I saw a guy who leaked the first mission of SRIV and it's looking pretty damn good.  It looks a lot more structured actually then 3.  Basically picture it as Metal Wolf Chaos
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 10, 2013, 04:27:30 pm
Mega Kangaskhan.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 10, 2013, 11:10:23 pm
Playstation Plus added Hitman: Absolution (with the Deus Ex: Human Revolution content) for free, so I downloaded it and I just finished the gun shop level.

I know the game faced a lot of criticism for its departure from the past formula (and the short-lived Facebook app that was likely the product of a REALLY dumb person), but I love it. It adds a lot of things that I the series needed (decent shooting mechanics, more places to climb, decent cover mechanics, and no more funny ragdolls), and it still works with the more story-based gameplay instead of the sandbox "Kill your targets however you see it" missions of the past. The voice acting is also really damn good, and the animations are spectacular.

Also, Easy difficulty makes 47 so tough that you can basically play the game as a really good third-person cover shooter if you so desire. The gunplay has been revamped and shooting your way around is actually a viable solution if you're tough or good enough, so you can basically just set the mission to the easiest difficulty and go to town. I can imagine this game seeing a lot of mileage in my future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 11, 2013, 01:14:18 am
Also, Easy difficulty makes 47 so tough that you can basically play the game as a really good third-person cover shooter if you so desire.

You'd be surprised at how many people will scream that being allowed to play the game multiple ways ruins the game and is a terrible thing that should be avoided.

Mostly because it appeals to the "filthy casuals."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 11, 2013, 03:23:55 am
Suddenly, X-COM fucks me over. It starts me off in a terror mission surrounded by cyber disks and so many Sectoids hiding in just the right places so that I can never spot and shoot them within a turn, but they can all just pop out and gun down at least one of my soldiers each with no issue. Also, they have a penchant for mind controlling my only captain and taking out multiple soldiers at once with a single grenade.

It seems no matter what I do, I can't last more than three turns without 2/3 of my squad dead and the remaining 1/3 demoralised and panicking.
Success! Well, I didn't save a single civilian, and lost six soldiers and a tank, but I didn't lose the Skyranger and an entire squad's worth of equipment, so I count that as a roaring success. I also learned that personal armour is fifty shades of fucking worthless (though flying armour, on the other hand, is fucking amazing), so there's also that.

That said the whole desperation feel of the game is really kicking in. A month ago, things were pretty calm, just a small UFO here and there to clear out and a half-arsed terror attack from the aliens. Now, on the other hand, there are more UFOs, they're getting bigger and pretty much impossible to bring down with a basic interceptor and the aliens are now dabbling in mind control. Suddenly, I need more of everything and I need it yesterday.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 11, 2013, 04:38:18 am
Playstation Plus added Hitman: Absolution (with the Deus Ex: Human Revolution content) for free, so I downloaded it and I just finished the gun shop level.

I know the game faced a lot of criticism for its departure from the past formula (and the short-lived Facebook app that was likely the product of a REALLY dumb person), but I love it. It adds a lot of things that I the series needed (decent shooting mechanics, more places to climb, decent cover mechanics, and no more funny ragdolls), and it still works with the more story-based gameplay instead of the sandbox "Kill your targets however you see it" missions of the past. The voice acting is also really damn good, and the animations are spectacular.

Also, Easy difficulty makes 47 so tough that you can basically play the game as a really good third-person cover shooter if you so desire. The gunplay has been revamped and shooting your way around is actually a viable solution if you're tough or good enough, so you can basically just set the mission to the easiest difficulty and go to town. I can imagine this game seeing a lot of mileage in my future.

I wasn't a huge fan of the story, but the gunshop level is fun.  Also, I love Contracts Mode.  I just wish we could get levels from previous Hitman games.  I've already done at least 3-4 contracts for each map.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 11, 2013, 07:52:27 am
I don't think Absolution's story was top notch, but it was a nice change of pace to have a long-running story (rather than a bunch of sandbox missions with a story in the background that only really comes to the fore in the final hour or less). It let them do different things with the formula, like "Run For Your Life" where 47 needs to escape from the police. The linear mission segments often have just as many routes and options as you would in a previous sandbox to reach the goal, and you can spend as long or as little time as you want on them. In the aforementioned mission, the library segment can be completed in 5 minutes or less by a skilled player on a relatively low difficulty. Or you can get stuck for 15 or 20 minutes.

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You'd be surprised at how many people will scream that being allowed to play the game multiple ways ruins the game and is a terrible thing that should be avoided.

Mostly because it appeals to the "filthy casuals."

No lie, I'm probably going to do my second playthrough as an ultra-violent shooter and just blast my way through all the levels. Because it's fun and I can actually do that.

Think the "How Not to Play Hitman" series on YouTube.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 11, 2013, 08:36:23 am
I feel guilty when i just blast my way through levels in stealth games, hitman, deux ex, splinter cell. I know they are genuine options but i feel like such a bastard XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 11, 2013, 08:43:27 am
I only do it when I'm cornered; I absolutely LOATHE having to start over, reload, or go back a checkpoint.  That said, in Splinter Cell (Double Agent, to be specific), I'm not above just putting a pistol round in someone's dome if they're alone and an easy target.  Or knifing them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 11, 2013, 12:58:51 pm
Finished the main story in Borderlands 2 last night, really enjoyed it. Still got the rest of the DLC to go through.
Also finished Uncharted: Golden Abyss this morning, which was really good, certainly lives up to its PS3 big brothers. Only problem is that it was a Vita launch game, and as such it uses every function of the Vita. Even that bloody useless rear touch pad. And some of them are forced use. Grrr. Oh well.

Picked up Metal Gear Rising: Revengance and Uncharted 2 last week, so will probably get started on one of those soon. Though I want to finish New Super Luigi U (aka "How hard can we make a 2D Mario game?") first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on August 11, 2013, 02:23:34 pm
I feel guilty when i just blast my way through levels in stealth games, hitman, deux ex, splinter cell. I know they are genuine options but i feel like such a bastard XD

Same here. I've beaten Dishonoured quite a few times, and not once have I just blasted my way through the enemies. It just feels like a lazy and crude way to go about the game, especially when there are so many different stealthy approaches to take.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on August 11, 2013, 02:32:30 pm
I feel guilty when i just blast my way through levels in stealth games, hitman, deux ex, splinter cell. I know they are genuine options but i feel like such a bastard XD

Same here. I've beaten Dishonoured quite a few times, and not once have I just blasted my way through the enemies. It just feels like a lazy and crude way to go about the game, especially when there are so many different stealthy approaches to take.

I will take the knock down the front door route sometimes if I'm bored, but yeah, a good stealth game, I find the stealth gameplay style is so much more rewarding.  I think that's why I liked Dishonored so much is it was an actually balanced stealth game and one of the best ones we've had since Thief.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on August 11, 2013, 03:36:05 pm
I feel guilty when i just blast my way through levels in stealth games, hitman, deux ex, splinter cell. I know they are genuine options but i feel like such a bastard XD

Same here. I've beaten Dishonoured quite a few times, and not once have I just blasted my way through the enemies. It just feels like a lazy and crude way to go about the game, especially when there are so many different stealthy approaches to take.

I will take the knock down the front door route sometimes if I'm bored, but yeah, a good stealth game, I find the stealth gameplay style is so much more rewarding.  I think that's why I liked Dishonored so much is it was an actually balanced stealth game and one of the best ones we've had since Thief.

Well, I suppose I lied just a tiny bit. Occasionally, when I'm on the mission to kill High Overseer Campbell, I'll sometimes just walk through the place and slaughter everyone I see, because fuck you, religious zealots! But normally, I prefer stealth. You're right, playing stealthily is just so much more satisfying in that game, especially since the developers put so much effort into making great stealth gameplay, like you said.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 11, 2013, 06:36:32 pm
I downloaded the Citadel DLC for Mass Effect 3, but after playing through it for a few minutes, I decided to start a new game with my Vanguard.  I want to get farther ahead before I play the mission, but i'm loving my Vanguard!  Can't wait to get the Graal again!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 11, 2013, 07:20:38 pm
I stupidly went through some dlc for borderlands 2 before finishing the game, now im overlevelled for the main campain, and underlevelled for Tiny tinas dlc. So now im judt tediosly one shot killing everything trying to maintain my level so I can get an iota of difficulty
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 11, 2013, 09:37:24 pm
I feel guilty when i just blast my way through levels in stealth games, hitman, deux ex, splinter cell. I know they are genuine options but i feel like such a bastard XD

Same here. I've beaten Dishonoured quite a few times, and not once have I just blasted my way through the enemies. It just feels like a lazy and crude way to go about the game, especially when there are so many different stealthy approaches to take.

I've been caught a few times in a situation where I need to fight my way out, as even upgraded mid-game Corvo isn't that tough or fast. I once got killed because not only was I cornered, but they physically boxed me in so I couldn't blink out. The fact that you have to essentially fight like real life (no specific "counter" button, no warning someone's attacking other than actually seeing them swinging, surrounded by enemies who attack you all simultaneously, etc.) means that unless you're very good and clever, you're doomed.

Usually my preferred escape is to just sprint away, slamming doors behind me and dropping springrazors or throwing grenades at my pursuers.

Speaking of stealth, one thing I adore in Hitman: Absolution is how the stealth meshes with the gunplay. Enemies remember your last position (like in Splinter Cell: Conviction, but without the marker showing your last know position), so they suppress and flank the spot where you used to be if you manage to sneak away from their fire. It's surprisingly easy to mix stealth and shooting together by sneaking around, firing a few shots, and slipping away while they keep shooting into an empty room. At least until they charge in and find that you're missing, at which point they spread out and start casing the area.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 12, 2013, 02:03:51 am
Oh God, that was hilarious. I laughed out loud at Hitman.

I'm on the Waikiki Inn mission, where you're fighting The Saints. When you reach the second pair of targets (the Serbian sisters), the first one is talking to an agent about how they can't raise Saints Team One (as you've already killed them). I snuck up to the opposite side of the bar from the two, and for dramatic irony I waited until she said to let her know "the instant you make contact" before grabbing her, dragging her over the bar, and snapping her neck.

The guy next to her casually turns around and says "Hey....where'd you go?" looking around in confusion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 12, 2013, 05:53:45 am
I've been on Second Life with this group from /mlp/ for a little over 2 months now, we now own 4 parcels of land of a 9 parcel estate and I figure I'd show off the parcel I personally own:

Estate Shot (http://i.imgur.com/gZe8r0F.png)
Here you can see both my land and the group house. My parcel land is the one in the corner.  At this point we own all of the parcel land on this side of the lake besides the forest field one next to mine.


Parcel Shot 1 (http://i.imgur.com/gbuiFDQ.jpg)
Parcel Shot 2 (http://i.imgur.com/nhfQlM7.jpg)

Here's the overshot of my parcel, at the moment I allow four other people to live here from the group (two live in a single house together).  Most people would charge Linden to do that but I let them stay for free.  The parcel has a cost of 1250 Linden/4.94 Dollars a week. The back house is mine and there's a forest as well.

Forest Shot 1 (http://i.imgur.com/B4fSrN1.jpg)
Forest Shot 2 (http://i.imgur.com/FU177X9.jpg)
 Forest Shot 3 (http://i.imgur.com/BhTZcKl.jpg)

At the moment I have set to where it's raining, we have a small lagoon in the back connected the ocean called The Campsite.  Nearby is a small pond filled with various creatures.

Center Shot 1 (http://i.imgur.com/6ZGV77b.jpg)
Center Shot 2 (http://i.imgur.com/wKKPAw2.jpg)

Center of the parcel is filled with a field of bright purple flowers and has the pavilion teleporter which was put in by request.  It allows anything connected to other types of teleporters to travel to it, someone wanted it for their TARDIS to be able to pinpoint back home.

Inside Shot 1 (http://i.imgur.com/01oGrKB.png)
Inside Shot 2 (http://i.imgur.com/WsvdShw.png)
Inside Shot 3 (http://i.imgur.com/msR2HtM.png)
Inside Shot 4 (http://i.imgur.com/mehA6H2.png)

Here's the inside of my house, I'll leave the horror of the upstairs alone.  The portraits on the wall automatically change pictures every 20 seconds.  It was around the time in which most of us go to sleep and the rest watch things on the internet tv.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on August 12, 2013, 02:50:29 pm
Well I finished KH3D....and God do I have a headache, the plot's managed to get even more entangled, but in some twisted way, some things make more sense. Next game's got a lot of plot threads to wrap up and a massive final battle.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 12, 2013, 02:59:00 pm
I hated 3d for the story
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 12, 2013, 03:12:54 pm
Oh God, that was hilarious. I laughed out loud at Hitman.

I'm on the Waikiki Inn mission, where you're fighting The Saints. When you reach the second pair of targets (the Serbian sisters), the first one is talking to an agent about how they can't raise Saints Team One (as you've already killed them). I snuck up to the opposite side of the bar from the two, and for dramatic irony I waited until she said to let her know "the instant you make contact" before grabbing her, dragging her over the bar, and snapping her neck.

The guy next to her casually turns around and says "Hey....where'd you go?" looking around in confusion.

Sounds like a nice kill.  I always screw that level up, mostly because I'll be trying to pick the lock when the guard will see me at the VERY LAST MOMENT!  One time, my score even appeared on the screen and just as I was getting ready to exit, a guard spotted me.  I wish they'd let you escape, even if you're spotted.  I'd take a small drop in points over a 10-minute shoot-out that ended in frustration and my death, followed by lots of cursing and nearly another controller 'falling.'
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 12, 2013, 05:25:03 pm
Well I finished KH3D....and God do I have a headache, the plot's managed to get even more entangled, but in some twisted way, some things make more sense. Next game's got a lot of plot threads to wrap up and a massive final battle.

KH3D was where the plot threads being tangled together started to resemble threads being knitted into a sweater.

(Since knitting is intentionally tangling thread together in specific patterns :D)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 12, 2013, 05:28:04 pm
Well I finished KH3D....and God do I have a headache, the plot's managed to get even more entangled, but in some twisted way, some things make more sense. Next game's got a lot of plot threads to wrap up and a massive final battle.

Yeah Dream Drop Distance really sets up where everything's going but....jesus.

Ironbite-still a mess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 12, 2013, 05:38:09 pm
KH3 will hopefully fix the rest of the mess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 12, 2013, 08:34:34 pm
Just saw some of the videos floating about for Hotline Miami 2, and all I have is one word: WANT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 13, 2013, 05:51:47 am
You know what's barrels of fun? Elerium shortages. Now I can't replace my hover tank, or get more flying armour, or get a decent level of interceptor coverage.

Also, crysalids can eat a thousand dicks. Seriously, fuck those guys.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on August 13, 2013, 07:54:51 am
Well I finished KH3D....and God do I have a headache, the plot's managed to get even more entangled, but in some twisted way, some things make more sense. Next game's got a lot of plot threads to wrap up and a massive final battle.

Yeah Dream Drop Distance really sets up where everything's going but....jesus.

Ironbite-still a mess.

I just want to know how they get trippier than dreams and memories...though the main games are usually a tad less trippy than the side games.

Though we all know they'll try a KH4 at some point...kinda dreading how that will work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 13, 2013, 08:13:55 am
I dunno, I almost get the feeling that KH3 is basically going to wrap up the series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on August 13, 2013, 06:05:47 pm
I dunno, I almost get the feeling that KH3 is basically going to wrap up the series.

Oh I know. But this is SE and Disney, current masters of milking the cow, then making burgers out of it and selling the hide as leather. Unless they can find more sidestories to squeeze in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 13, 2013, 09:35:12 pm
I dunno, I almost get the feeling that KH3 is basically going to wrap up the series.

Oh I know. But this is SE and Disney, current masters of milking the cow, then making burgers out of it and selling the hide as leather. Unless they can find more sidestories to squeeze in.

And let's not forget alternate timelines or universes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 13, 2013, 09:38:10 pm
Prequels among prequels among prequels.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 14, 2013, 08:21:29 am
i love the blood pack for shogun 2

(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/615026335661586943/D9752F2419E7814BC5D9CC8E25DF061E7AE76A2D/1024x640.resizedimage)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 14, 2013, 09:55:55 am
I did Grissom Academy's mission in full Cerberus armor. The punch from Jack was totally warranted.

Also I'm still waiting for the new DLC for Bioshock Infinite. I think I'm gonna work on Saints Row the Third tho before I get the fourth game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on August 14, 2013, 02:56:50 pm
I did Grissom Academy's mission in full Cerberus armor. The punch from Jack was totally warranted.

I never thought to try that. Does she actually punch you?  (And is that different from playing the mission without Cerberus armour? It's been a while since I played and I can't remember.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 14, 2013, 03:59:05 pm
She punches you regardless but I feel like it was more powerful cause of the Cerberus armor. lol And she got super nasty with me because I was choosing renegade options when I normally go paragon with Jack.

Interestingly, no matter the options you choose with David, Shepard's tone (at least femshep's) doesn't get as nasty as when you choose renegade options with Jack. With David, Jhale was very soft-spoken and kind no matter the option (and I chose the renegade. The paragon was even more sugary sweet). I can kinda understand it, though. Hard to be nasty to an autistic guy you rescued from his abusive brother.

But yeah this is my Pro-Cerberus run. My canon run of Shepard has her being a survivor of Akuze--which Cerberus was behind-- so she wouldn't logically support Cerberus unless really twisted in the head. In this playthrough my Shepard is ruthless so has a bit of an anti-alien streak as it is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 14, 2013, 06:57:37 pm
ME 3 Arena:  I slaughtered everything in my path, even against super-elites.  Then I tried Mirror Match and got slaughtered.  Every.  Single.  time.  The last time, on Pain Train, we backed ourselves into the back of the train and picked off SimSheps as they entered.  It worked great, and we got to the third group.  Then the very last SS spawned right behind me and a blade-thought-the-back later, it was over.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 14, 2013, 11:09:44 pm
Just got on to the Minecraft server on which I play, with Tinker's Construct newly-enabled, and within 20 minutes, I've used it to hoodwink GregTech's stupid-ass requirements for making steel.  That is to say that GT requires a multiblock machine that takes tier 2 IC2 power to make the shit, plus the power to pulverize the coal and smelt the iron into refined iron.  The Tinker's Construct does cost twice as much in the way of coal, but it produces steel on the cheap, and is very easy to automate and work with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 15, 2013, 06:00:33 pm
I'm really excited for Saints Row 4.

Anyone else getting it on 360?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 15, 2013, 06:13:52 pm
I'm making a general switch to the PS3. I used to love the 360 so much that I very rarely bought any PS3 games unless they were exclusives or I could get them for free, but when I switched to wi-fi I discovered that my old 360 has no wireless adapter. And I can't find one of the $60 adapters in any stores around here. So I decided to switch to the PS3, and discovered that I like everything except the controller feel way better. It helps that they're currently the only games where I have access to the online multiplayer or DLC.

I wouldn't really say that I'm "excited" for Saints Row 4, but I have high hopes for it. The alien invasion plot is a pretty ridiculous switch from its roots, but it feels like it'll give the game some better grounding and coherence that the third was desperately in need of.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 15, 2013, 06:20:54 pm
LOL I don't use the wireless adapter I use my laptop to connect. And it does just peachy keen too. I'm able to play multiplayer with no lag.

The wireless in the PS3 is weak as shit though. It doesn't want to connect to my network no matter how many times I try or do general troubleshooting with. And I'm not even that far from my router. So, instead I do a good portion of my gaming on the 360. I connect my PS3 to my laptop too when I want to download DLC for the handful of games I've purchased since last Christmas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 15, 2013, 06:33:51 pm
Don't have a laptop, but my PS3 actually seems to connect better than my own computer at times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 15, 2013, 07:55:33 pm
You know what's barrels of fun? Elerium shortages. Now I can't replace my hover tank, or get more flying armour, or get a decent level of interceptor coverage.

Also, crysalids can eat a thousand dicks. Seriously, fuck those guys.
Fun very unknown fact, in X-com Enemy Unknown you were originally able to capture Chrysalides alive. They also have an obscure weakness that ties into this, they can be psi-panicked. This is much easier said than done. Their panic animation almost makes it worth it. They will literally cover their head with their mandibles and cower and shake.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 15, 2013, 09:54:05 pm
I'd be excited for SR4, but I'm too broke to afford it. Plus, I fucked my phone and need a new one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 15, 2013, 10:27:39 pm
You know what's barrels of fun? Elerium shortages. Now I can't replace my hover tank, or get more flying armour, or get a decent level of interceptor coverage.

Also, crysalids can eat a thousand dicks. Seriously, fuck those guys.
Fun very unknown fact, in X-com Enemy Unknown you were originally able to capture Chrysalides alive. They also have an obscure weakness that ties into this, they can be psi-panicked. This is much easier said than done. Their panic animation almost makes it worth it. They will literally cover their head with their mandibles and cower and shake.
You can do that in the original game. Just hit them enough with stun bombs or a stun rod or, or failing that, just shoot them and get lucky with knocking them out rather than outright killing them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 16, 2013, 03:17:59 am
I'm gonn aget Xillia instead of SR4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 16, 2013, 03:08:27 pm
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/7742531584/hDA0C5E6B/)

THIS.  THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHY I FUCKING HATE GAMERS SO FUCKING MUCH.

MY FUCKING GOD, CAN'T HANDLE EVEN THE SLIGHEST AMOUNT OF DISAPPOINTMENT, CAN YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!?  YOU GOTTA GET ALL RILED UP AND PISSY TO THE POINT OF THREATENING TO KILL PEOPLE.

FUCK YOU.  YOU PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT PROBLEMS IN THE GAME INDUSTRY.  YOU ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE GAME INDUSTRY.  PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS YOU FUCKING SPOILED BRATS!

</rage>

Sorry about that.  Just had to vent about this kind of bullshit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 16, 2013, 03:17:11 pm
Let's be clear here.  These were not death threats towards her.  Oh no.  These were towards her children.

Ironbite-I fucking hate entitled douchnuggets in this generation of gamers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 16, 2013, 03:41:17 pm
One kid makes an obvious joke on League of Legends, gets dragged to jail for it. people make clear threats against her, and what happened? An article on Polygon said she left for family reasons and to work on a book, but surely BioWare can take legal measures against this, or was the amount of threats so vast that it wouldn't be viable? either way, there is a lot of psychotic adult-babies in fandom today.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 16, 2013, 08:41:09 pm
One kid makes an obvious joke on League of Legends, gets dragged to jail for it. people make clear threats against her, and what happened? An article on Polygon said she left for family reasons and to work on a book, but surely BioWare can take legal measures against this, or was the amount of threats so vast that it wouldn't be viable? either way, there is a lot of psychotic adult-babies in fandom today.
I'd imagine it's a combination of too many and the PR nightmare it would cause. You don't have fans arrested, no matter what.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 16, 2013, 11:52:13 pm
One kid makes an obvious joke on League of Legends, gets dragged to jail for it. people make clear threats against her, and what happened? An article on Polygon said she left for family reasons and to work on a book, but surely BioWare can take legal measures against this, or was the amount of threats so vast that it wouldn't be viable? either way, there is a lot of psychotic adult-babies in fandom today.
I'd imagine it's a combination of too many and the PR nightmare it would cause. You don't have fans arrested, no matter what.
If said fans are threatening to kill children I think they should be arrested. And I don't think anything of value is lost if the people who support sending death threats to children no longer like your company.

I don't even know what they got angry over but I don't think anything could justify THREATENING THE CHILDREN OF THE WRITER!

EDIT: People have also gotten death threats when they changed the amount of damage some guns in Black ops 2 did...

What. The. Hell.

And "fans" have been tricking SWAT teams to invade the homes of game designers they don't like. I am actually starting to think that if all video games are outlawed and forcefully removed then the net gain for humanity would be positive. And I love videogames, but if there are people like this I am starting to think that maybe humanity as a whole is not ready them. Or firearms, or anything more advanced than a stick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 16, 2013, 11:57:49 pm
One kid makes an obvious joke on League of Legends, gets dragged to jail for it. people make clear threats against her, and what happened? An article on Polygon said she left for family reasons and to work on a book, but surely BioWare can take legal measures against this, or was the amount of threats so vast that it wouldn't be viable? either way, there is a lot of psychotic adult-babies in fandom today.
I'd imagine it's a combination of too many and the PR nightmare it would cause. You don't have fans arrested, no matter what.
If said fans are threatening to kill children I think they should be arrested. And I don't think anything of value is lost if the people who support sending death threats to children no longer like your company.

I don't even know what they got angry over but I don't think anything could justify THREATENING THE CHILDREN OF THE WRITER!
Never said it was okay, or that they're of value. However, people would immediately like "Oh, you can't take anything negative? So if we criticise you we'll be thrown in jail? Fine, no money for you". People are stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 17, 2013, 12:48:48 am
This E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy games is one of the strangest things I have ever played. I have no idea what to think of it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 17, 2013, 12:50:42 am
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Never said it was okay, or that they're of value. However, people would immediately like "Oh, you can't take anything negative? So if we criticise you we'll be thrown in jail? Fine, no money for you". People are stupid.

They're not THAT stupid. I don't care how much of a cynic you are, but it's going to be a minority who respond like that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 17, 2013, 01:24:05 am
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Never said it was okay, or that they're of value. However, people would immediately like "Oh, you can't take anything negative? So if we criticise you we'll be thrown in jail? Fine, no money for you". People are stupid.

They're not THAT stupid. I don't care how much of a cynic you are, but it's going to be a minority who respond like that.
There is a difference betweent criticism and death threats. If people don't understand this yet then it should be hammered into their heads.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 17, 2013, 01:46:34 am
The Bioware fandom is one of the worst ones out there. I don't know what about the games they make causes bad people to come around.

I honestly wouldn't give a rat's ass if the Bioware forums went down and the employees stopped interacting with the fans.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 17, 2013, 04:19:25 am
I finally got a character in ME 3 to Lvl 60 on a replay, and now I'm finally getting my weapons and upgrades to Lvl X.  I also beat the Arena Mirror Match after (I lost count of how many) tries. 

I did find a glitch on Pain Train where, if you use Pull too many times on opponents, at least one will get stuck somewhere, rendering the map unbeatable.  It happened twice and both times, I couldn't find the last opponent.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 17, 2013, 07:45:23 am
(click to show/hide)

*dies of laughter*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 17, 2013, 08:16:18 am
Game all about screwing elf girls
Call it a hunch I don't think men are the on;y one's playing it.
Seriously
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 17, 2013, 08:54:01 am
It's Kotaku. If anyone would run ads like that alongside such an article, it would be that bunch of inbreds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 17, 2013, 03:45:05 pm
Ahh Project Wonderful.  You truly are Wonderful.

And actually the game isn't about screwing wood elfs.  It's about.....some sort of management sim.  I don't know.

Ironbite-I don't play the damn thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 17, 2013, 03:49:40 pm
Is that sarcasm about ads iron
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 17, 2013, 04:52:21 pm
Just downloaded Dead Rising 2 and in the process of downloading Dead Rising 2: Case Zero. Both are free from now until the end of the month w/ the free with gold program going on.

Also I'm downloading Spartacus Legends (http://spartacus.wikia.com/wiki/Spartacus_Legends). It was free, too. Though it's actually a F2P with the ever popular microtransactions. They had a similar game on Facebook (I think that one's defunct now) so if you played the game on Facebook I'm sure you're familiar with how Spartacus Legends is played on the 360/PS3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 17, 2013, 06:08:31 pm
This E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy games is one of the strangest things I have ever played. I have no idea what to think of it
The ending is a massive lol wut riddle, trapped in an enigma locked in a Chinese Box. When you figure it out you get a cliffhanger!


The Bioware fandom is one of the worst ones out there. I don't know what about the games they make causes bad people to come around.
Immature, sexually frustrated teen boys. Lots and lots of them. With a few disturbed individuals sprinkled in for taste. You should have seen the Tali's Sweat thread/ (http://biowarefans.blogspot.com/2011/08/talis-sweat.html) See also Talimancer. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=talimancer)


I honestly wouldn't give a rat's ass if the Bioware forums went down and the employees stopped interacting with the fans.
Happened multiple times already along with multiple thread deletions and Stanley Woo banning everyone until he flipped his shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 17, 2013, 06:16:37 pm
Is that sarcasm about ads iron

Hey Kef...I don't make fun of the way you type, how bout you use my god damn full name?

Ironbite-k?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on August 17, 2013, 06:33:21 pm
So I just downloaded and started playing Mirror's Edge thanks to the Humble Bundle...

... god DAMN is it fun, but unforgiving.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 17, 2013, 06:33:34 pm
Is that sarcasm about ads iron

Hey Kef...I don't make fun of the way you type, how bout you use my god damn full name?

Ironbite-k?

Full names are serious business.

Edit:

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Just downloaded Dead Rising 2 and in the process of downloading Dead Rising 2: Case Zero. Both are free from now until the end of the month w/ the free with gold program going on.

So I was pretty bummed that I've been missing out on Games With Gold, since my 360 can't access the internet and all.

Then I remembered that my sister has her own 360, which is newer and thus able to connect to the internet of its own accord. And we were keeping Gold running because she uses it on her own console.

*clicks the download button*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 17, 2013, 07:07:18 pm
So I just downloaded and started playing Mirror's Edge thanks to the Humble Bundle...

... god DAMN is it fun, but unforgiving.

Just beat that game recently and goddamn was it enjoyable. too bad it was short. The animation was done so well, when you got a good stride going it just felt so great, really engrossing. Missing my mark and falling off a building was never fun, because it actually felt like I was speeding towards the concrete.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on August 17, 2013, 07:29:19 pm
So I just downloaded and started playing Mirror's Edge thanks to the Humble Bundle...

... god DAMN is it fun, but unforgiving.

Just beat that game recently and goddamn was it enjoyable. too bad it was short. The animation was done so well, when you got a good stride going it just felt so great, really engrossing. Missing my mark and falling off a building was never fun, because it actually felt like I was speeding towards the concrete.

Terminal velocity *is* a thing, and all.  I'm mostly annoyed, at this juncture (partway through chapter two) where it's not very obvious sometimes where you should go.  Sure, you can use B to point the way, but it's not too helpful when your objective is out of sight, around a corner, up stairs and on the opposite wall.  A quick little blue laser line zipping off would be nice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 17, 2013, 09:28:56 pm
This E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy games is one of the strangest things I have ever played. I have no idea what to think of it
The ending is a massive lol wut riddle, trapped in an enigma locked in a Chinese Box. When you figure it out you get a cliffhanger!


The Bioware fandom is one of the worst ones out there. I don't know what about the games they make causes bad people to come around.
Immature, sexually frustrated teen boys. Lots and lots of them. With a few disturbed individuals sprinkled in for taste. You should have seen the Tali's Sweat thread/ (http://biowarefans.blogspot.com/2011/08/talis-sweat.html) See also Talimancer. (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=talimancer)


I honestly wouldn't give a rat's ass if the Bioware forums went down and the employees stopped interacting with the fans.
Happened multiple times already along with multiple thread deletions and Stanley Woo banning everyone until he flipped his shit.

I don't recall immature teenage boys being in the games. I said what about the games attracts bad people. Plus, I already saw both of those things. You don't realize how deep into this fandom I am, do you?

And when I say the forums going down I kinda mean permanently.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 17, 2013, 10:05:58 pm
I don't recall immature teenage boys being in the games. I said what about the games attracts bad people. Plus, I already saw both of those things.
Video games do not inherently attract persons who are “bad”, video games are an electronic medium first and foremost. Those who create content on such a medium are to be given fault or praise where applicable. This also applies to other electronic medium such television, radio and the internet.

In this case it is some of the content that was created and approved is a problem. The Miranda Lawson ass shots, the mother-whore complex that was Jack, this content was approved and created to target an audience with a limited understanding of sexual relationships. Guess which audience is targeted. This was the first warning signs that undue influence was being exerted upon Bioware to cater to the lowest common denominator.


And when I say the forums going down I kinda mean permanently.
Not going to happen, they are EA’s bread and butter, their cash flow, their source of moola.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 17, 2013, 10:17:29 pm
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Video games inherently do not inherently

*head explodes*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 17, 2013, 10:40:48 pm
The only reaction I have to TIM's post is rolling my eyes.

Unfortunately, the eye-rolling smiley on this forum is not sufficient enough, so I have to state that I am doing it instead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 17, 2013, 10:42:11 pm
Been playing Dead Rising 2 myself, actually. I feel like I'm leading my dogs when leading survivors.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 18, 2013, 03:14:54 am
TheRadBrad uploaded the first 25-ish minutes of Saints Row 4 a few days early, so I decided to watch it.

It really does look like a big improvement from the third. It's even further removed from its roots, but it's not quite as ridiculous in how over-the-top it gets and it doesn't seem to be trying to cram as many crazy shit into every frame. It actually feels more grounded and serious even though it's still an exaggerated parody of a game because it's much more coherent in what it's trying to do, rather than the "Throw everything and hope it sticks" of the previous game. The actual jokes are a tad bit more subtle, such as the intro being a Zero Dark Thirty parody without ever actually referencing it until you see the "Mission Complete" at the end; most of the parody is in how your character is locked into the "Crouch walk forward" animation and uses his knife a lot.

The combat also seems a bit improved. The animation-to-ragdoll transitions are much better, so you've got generally smoother death animations and greater variation than either canned animation or plain ragdolls. Melee combat appears to be a bit more varied than just wrestling moves and nut punches.

That said, the combat is still very much the same thing that it has been since the first game. It feels a bit sad when you see the Boss in one of the first cutscenes doing a perfectly choreographed action movie fight sequence with guns, fists, and cars that would be really fun to play, and then the actual fighting is "Run forward and hold down the trigger on a submachine gun until the guys die."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 18, 2013, 11:42:24 am
The only reaction I have to TIM's post is rolling my eyes.

Unfortunately, the eye-rolling smiley on this forum is not sufficient enough, so I have to state that I am doing it instead.

I think he's trying to communicate but he's missing all the right words for it.

But yes, absolutely. Mass Effect is the only game Bioware has made. Of course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 18, 2013, 01:09:09 pm
Well going by how some people act is the only game they made and the best series, like, ever.

Personally? I found the first game overrated, and couldn't get through it.

Now Dragon Age: Origins? Loved it. Never got Dragon Age 2 though, since they decided to change the combat system so much. Grr. And since EA are in my bad books, i probably wont be getting Dragon Age: Inquisition.

Oh well.

Grabbed Duck Tales Remastered from the eShop the moment it popped up for download. Love it, its really fun and pure nostalgia. Last level is hard as concrete though!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 18, 2013, 01:39:58 pm
Man, I wish my laptop would run GTA IV. The LAPD mod looks so fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 18, 2013, 02:08:59 pm
I think he's trying to communicate but he's missing all the right words for it.

But yes, absolutely. Mass Effect is the only game Bioware has made. Of course.
Why are you ignoring what I had underlined? Too verbose? A case by case basis needs to be established because there is a chain of command in place. A quick version:

(http://www.blitzgamesstudios.com/media/gfx/pages/blitz-academy/game-dev/company_structure.png)

Look at the structure and ask, “Who gives the marching orders to create content and who gives the approval?” To answer this question you have to move up the chain of command. This becomes more explicit when development teams are not consistent per game published, especially among different Intellectual Properties.

The Miranda Lawson ass shots, the mother-whore complex that was Jack in Mass Effect 2 was created by different persons than EDI's camel-toe in Mass Effect 3. Which group with the ability to approve content remains static across multiple games and who can give them marching orders?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 18, 2013, 02:20:45 pm
You were bitching about Miranda and Jack and apparently believe that those two characters only exist to attract the lowest common denominator. Is that what your point was? And that the higher ups in the corporation should have prevented that in particular in the game to get your approval?

Funny thing is that both of those characters are still strong female characters in the game. They have their flaws, Miranda has some complexes due to how she had been "built" and treated by her father and Jack had been broken by Cerberus and her life as a fugitive, but both characters grow as the games progress and I actually think they were well written.

You might have a point with the ass shots but those seem to be the par with much of media and they weren't that bad in the games. But I do hate the fact that apart from fem-shep and Williams none of the female team members wear an armour after ME1... Besides, despite not wearing a shirt in ME2 Jack still manages to be an actual character instead of some 2D sex object, which is more than you can say for many completely dressed female characters in games and movies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 18, 2013, 02:39:01 pm
I think he's trying to communicate but he's missing all the right words for it.

But yes, absolutely. Mass Effect is the only game Bioware has made. Of course.
Why are you ignoring what I had underlined? Too verbose? A case by case basis needs to be established because there is a chain of command in place. A quick version:

(http://www.blitzgamesstudios.com/media/gfx/pages/blitz-academy/game-dev/company_structure.png)

Look at the structure and ask, “Who gives the marching orders to create content and who gives the approval?” To answer this question you have to move up the chain of command. This becomes more explicit when development teams are not consistent per game published, especially among different Intellectual Properties.

The Miranda Lawson ass shots, the mother-whore complex that was Jack in Mass Effect 2 was created by different persons than EDI's camel-toe in Mass Effect 3. Which group with the ability to approve content remains static across multiple games and who can give them marching orders?

*sighs* You can't reply to what about the games by mentioning the demographic. Not to mention the fact that the people I refer to are either 1) not teenagers or 2) not male.  Then you decided to expand to gaming as a whole with wrong information. And then there's the shit below. If you have no desire to understand the fact that you are operating on stereotypes then I have no desire to continue this.

You were bitching about Miranda and Jack and apparently believe that those two characters only exist to attract the lowest common denominator. Is that what your point was? And that the higher ups in the corporation should have prevented that in particular in the game to get your approval?

Funny thing is that both of those characters are still strong female characters in the game. They have their flaws, Miranda has some complexes due to how she had been "built" and treated by her father and Jack had been broken by Cerberus and her life as a fugitive, but both characters grow as the games progress and I actually think they were well written.

You might have a point with the ass shots but those seem to be the par with much of media and they weren't that bad in the games. But I do hate the fact that apart from fem-shep and Williams none of the female team members wear an armour after ME1... Besides, despite not wearing a shirt in ME2 Jack still manages to be an actual character instead of some 2D sex object, which is more than you can say for many completely dressed female characters in games and movies.

One could also operate under the idea that the ass shots weren't meant to 100% titillate but were making a point about how Miranda Lawson uses her sexuality to disarm someone. You wouldn't expect a woman like Miranda to be a spy of sorts and fully capable of defending herself because all you see is the catsuit and the ass.

As for Jack, this is a woman who has grown up in a position where her body was not hers to do with what she liked. I think you may remember the fact she was kidnapped and tortured from the time she was a young child up until a few years before meeting Commander Shepard. Her dressing the way she does is a way of taking control of her body. Ditto with the tattoos. But the tattoos also do the job of covering up the scars. Scars she got by way of, oh yeah, the torture at the hands of Cerberus.

Also if these two characters were meant to appeal to the least common denominator then Bioware is a lot more stupid than I thought them to be. These are two characters who do not let you get close until you patiently work at getting to know them and getting past their walls. You don't get to have sex with Jack if you do the Paragon route. Instead you cuddle together. Renegade just confirms her beliefs about everyone in only wanting to use her and her body. So she shuts you out. Wow, what a wonderful sex icon. Wow, what a fucking whore. Oh, wait.

Miranda Lawson will insult you until you go past that defense. She will keep you out up until the point where you get to the love scene. And then she's still in control. She decides when and where, not you/Shepard. She decides if things continue. In Mass Effect 3, it's obvious she's not willing to just be a sex object. She will accept your response to not wanting to continue the relationship. She will cry and your heart will break but she will accept it. Why? Because she has respect for herself.

And then let us arrive to the other female companions since we're going this way. 1) Ash will not lie down and let you walk over her. 2) Tali is with you as far as she can be. She will believe in you when others will not. 3) Liara is the only one I really have a problem with. She lets you walk all over her. Her development is stunted if you don't romance her. She is pushed in your face at every turn.

TL;DR- don't try to assume about a character by what you see. That only confirms the idea that you didn't bother getting to know them.

Incidentally, the same arguments I've heard about Jack have been used about Zevran, from Dragon Age. The difference is, Zevran actually is a whore but also has a deeper personality and history than you might expect if you don't bother getting to know him.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 18, 2013, 02:53:39 pm
I'm gonna wait on SR4 the biggest issue seems to be that yes you have cars and guns and planes but why use them you have superpowers
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 18, 2013, 02:54:57 pm
...because it's fun to destroy things in vehicles and super powers doesn't always mean you can get from point A to point B quickly?

And to prevent double-posting, I found this:
http://concretization.tumblr.com/post/58598206358/things-i-learned-at-bioware-austin

A choice excerpt:
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People blame “executive meddling” on a lot more than they should. So often we make decisions that the audience isn’t going to like, and then the audience says “Oh it must have been evil EA that forced poor innocent bioware to do that thing we didn’t want them to do.” EA didn’t force us to do shit we didn’t want to do. I have no special love for EA, but so much of the shit EA developers do comes from the teams and then gets shifted onto the oblivious and apathetic corporate overlords. It’s really quite unfair.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 19, 2013, 01:41:54 pm
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8. People blame “executive meddling” on a lot more than they should. So often we make decisions that the audience isn’t going to like, and then the audience says “Oh it must have been evil EA that forced poor innocent bioware to do that thing we didn’t want them to do.” EA didn’t force us to do shit we didn’t want to do. I have no special love for EA, but so much of the shit EA developers do comes from the teams and then gets shifted onto the oblivious and apathetic corporate overlords. It’s really quite unfair.
Is this serious? The publisher (EA) has three major powers over any owned game company: funding control, project control and approval. Don’t dance to their tune then no money for you! The multiple rounds of layoffs at Bioware Austin did not occur in vacuum. (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-17-ea-confirms-bioware-austin-layoffs-date-back-to-may) They also control when the project is done. This is not limited to EA either, look at what happened to both Knights of the Old Republic games! Heck an example of approval was provided by on the same blog!

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3. You can’t really say games are top-down driven or bottom up driven They’re really a random mix of the two. The two aspects of any game most meddled with by executives are the female characters and the user interface. If you don’t want random millionaires emailing you all kinds of contradictory notes, don’t be the UI artist or modeler of the female character’s bodies.
Those marching orders are not coming from the Owner / Senior Management team, they are coming from the Publisher.




*sighs* You can't reply to what about the games by mentioning the demographic. Not to mention the fact that the people I refer to are either 1) not teenagers or 2) not male.
Who are these bad people you are referring to and what did they do? The threats against Hamburger Helper? I assume you are referring to that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 19, 2013, 01:53:34 pm
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Is this serious? The publisher (EA) has three major powers over any owned game company: funding control, project control and approval. Don’t dance to their tune then no money for you! The multiple rounds of layoffs at Bioware Austin did not occur in vacuum. They also control when the project is done. This is not limited to EA either, look at what happened to both Knights of the Old Republic games! Heck an example of approval was provided by on the same blog!

I'm sorry, did you just respond to an actual statement from a person who works in the very position you're talking about by saying "Nuh-uh!"?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 19, 2013, 01:54:59 pm
Developers are perfectly capable of fucking up all on their own.  We're not perfect, and expecting us to be is, quite frankly, moronic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 19, 2013, 01:59:41 pm
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Is this serious? The publisher (EA) has three major powers over any owned game company: funding control, project control and approval. Don’t dance to their tune then no money for you! The multiple rounds of layoffs at Bioware Austin did not occur in vacuum. They also control when the project is done. This is not limited to EA either, look at what happened to both Knights of the Old Republic games! Heck an example of approval was provided by on the same blog!

I'm sorry, did you just respond to an actual statement from a person who works in the very position you're talking about by saying "Nuh-uh!"?
Nope, I responded by pointing out that how and why EA caused the layoffs that resulted in the loss of his job at Bioware Austin.


Developers are perfectly capable of fucking up all on their own.  We're not perfect, and expecting us to be is, quite frankly, moronic.
When a third party is exerting undue influence upon developers a judgment cannot and should not  be made.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 19, 2013, 02:02:53 pm
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8. People blame “executive meddling” on a lot more than they should. So often we make decisions that the audience isn’t going to like, and then the audience says “Oh it must have been evil EA that forced poor innocent bioware to do that thing we didn’t want them to do.” EA didn’t force us to do shit we didn’t want to do. I have no special love for EA, but so much of the shit EA developers do comes from the teams and then gets shifted onto the oblivious and apathetic corporate overlords. It’s really quite unfair.
Is this serious? The publisher (EA) has three major powers over any owned game company: funding control, project control and approval. Don’t dance to their tune then no money for you! The multiple rounds of layoffs at Bioware Austin did not occur in vacuum. (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-07-17-ea-confirms-bioware-austin-layoffs-date-back-to-may) They also control when the project is done. This is not limited to EA either, look at what happened to both Knights of the Old Republic games! Heck an example of approval was provided by on the same blog!

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3. You can’t really say games are top-down driven or bottom up driven They’re really a random mix of the two. The two aspects of any game most meddled with by executives are the female characters and the user interface. If you don’t want random millionaires emailing you all kinds of contradictory notes, don’t be the UI artist or modeler of the female character’s bodies.
Those marching orders are not coming from the Owner / Senior Management team, they are coming from the Publisher.




*sighs* You can't reply to what about the games by mentioning the demographic. Not to mention the fact that the people I refer to are either 1) not teenagers or 2) not male.
Who are these bad people you are referring to and what did they do? The threats against Hamburger Helper? I assume you are referring to that.

Oh for the love of-- yeah, I'm done. You're not listening. Everything goes in one ear and out the other and doesn't even make a single short pitstop at your brain.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 19, 2013, 02:22:44 pm
...Seriously, TIM, maybe you could try listening to other people sometime.  We know you like to see yourself speak, but seriously, you're making a name for yourself and it's not a very good name.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 19, 2013, 02:55:03 pm
The more I see about Artemis bridge simulator the more I want it.

Unfortunately my current laptop is dying and would not run the game and I would still need four more computers and some extra screens and a projector to play the game.

Not to mention that I'd also need five more people to play it with.

That game is just the type of spaceship game I've always wanted. There are plenty of fighter simulators and fleet command games but having a game where you command a large ship from the captains perspective is rare. (Submarine simulators have a similar feeling but this particular game just seems to have so much more potential since you play with an entire bridge crew of your buddies.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 20, 2013, 03:21:27 pm
I am still the undisputed god of the Minecraft server on which I play.  I was the first to not only nano armour, but the advanced nano armour, which acts as a 1,000,000 EU reserve pack for my electric tools AND has a built-in jetpack.  I killed the ender dragon by myself.  And, today, I killed not one, but FOUR withers in the span of less than 10 minutes.  As celebration, I made a portal gun, which requires a nether star to make.

Oh, I also made the server's first dip into nuclear power, using Big Reactors because THEY don't explode.  Yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 20, 2013, 08:45:37 pm
I got Saints Row 4. It definitely seems to be a bit more serious than the predecessor.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 21, 2013, 12:27:37 am
I was going to hold off on buying SR4 until it went on sale, but I caved and bought it today. I played the first couple missions and dicked around for a bit. So far it's pretty awesome.  I can't wait to really get into the game -- it looks promising.

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I got Saints Row 4. It definitely seems to be a bit more serious than the predecessor.

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I'm finding that it's not overly serious, just a bit more restrained with the "wild and wacky" stuff.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 21, 2013, 12:47:54 am
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I'm finding that it's not overly serious, just a bit more restrained with the "wild and wacky" stuff.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about earlier. It seems like they wanted a lot more coherence, which is what made the second game good: it knew what it was doing.

To put it in perspective, the first game is like the guy who's kinda funny, but usually doesn't talk much and doesn't stand out from the crowd except for being a decent guy. The second game is the class clown who says and does crazy shit, but is appealing when placed next to the more stiff and serious people and can be serious and intelligent when he wants to be. The third game is the class clown who doesn't really get what's funny (except to him personally), so he just says and does whatever random stuff comes to mind; some people think he's hilarious, while others wonder if he's actually doing anything intentionally or is just trying to be "RANDOMZ".

The fourth game is someone who's still funny and nutty, but tends to specifically do the most audacious stuff possible that will get the biggest reaction.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 21, 2013, 12:59:45 am
Saints Row is pretty much the only game series where
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Also,
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 21, 2013, 01:21:51 am
Ahaha I'm a bit further on. I have to collect 1200 of these fucking data thingies. Jesus fucking Christ.

I read some reviews and people have been complaining and giving low scores because the game is different from the third game and because of the same map.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 21, 2013, 01:27:17 am
Yeah, I'm only past the intro/tutorial parts of the game. I'd play more, but I know I'll end up staying up until, like, 3am if I do, and I'm already sleep-deprived enough as it is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 21, 2013, 09:24:14 am
Coincidentally, as I'm always behind the times, I'm playing a copy of Saint's Row 3 that was gifted to me.

I was taken by surprise by the Star Wars parody at the beginning.

And then I had to fiddle with the graphics because the game runs like ass on my comp.

So far I've been having fun.  It's like GTA except... actual substance.

My character is kind of a classy punk due to having blue hair, pierced ears, and an affinity for the color purple, apparently.  I like how he looks.  I'll get a photo up later.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on August 21, 2013, 01:39:57 pm
Finally picked up Bioshock Infinite. :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on August 21, 2013, 01:49:45 pm
Finally picked up Bioshock Infinite. :)

I've heard that game is fantastic. My friend also highly recommends it (along with all the other Bioshock games).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 21, 2013, 02:55:20 pm
I'm apparently 34% into the game (or at least 34% completion which could mean anything). I'm having fun but I'm worried that the number of data points you collect aren't enough to upgrade every power and I feel like I shafted myself early on cause I needed to be beefed up for certain enemies.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 21, 2013, 03:45:15 pm
Finally picked up Bioshock Infinite. :)

I've heard that game is fantastic. My friend also highly recommends it (along with all the other Bioshock games).

Bioshock 1(till the midpoint) and Bioshock Infinite are great games.  Bioshock 2 was "lets see if we take everything that was original in the first game and throw it all away in favor of more Big Daddy issues."  Infinite is just....balls to the wall insanely good.

Ironbite-can't wait for the second DLC that takes us to Rapture
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 21, 2013, 07:11:19 pm
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 21, 2013, 07:14:10 pm
....Hot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 21, 2013, 07:58:55 pm
I'm gay and I'd salute to that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 21, 2013, 08:06:12 pm
Okay, I have something that was even more difficult than playing Hotline Miami while nearly blind (thanks to the mole mask).  Wanna know what that is?  Playing the game exclusively with guns, my bare hands, and the pig mask...which makes even more guns.

You've got to be a HELL of a lot more careful with that shit, and the 3rd to last level with Jacket is damn near impossible.  But, fuckin did it!  Did it like a pro.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 21, 2013, 08:13:34 pm
Okay gus I downloaded Brave New World while waiting for Tales of Xillia and it's so far so good
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 21, 2013, 08:42:34 pm
Okay, I have something that was even more difficult than playing Hotline Miami while nearly blind (thanks to the mole mask).  Wanna know what that is?  Playing the game exclusively with guns, my bare hands, and the pig mask...which makes even more guns.

You've got to be a HELL of a lot more careful with that shit, and the 3rd to last level with Jacket is damn near impossible.  But, fuckin did it!  Did it like a pro.

I love the epic sense of boss when you complete a bitch of a level...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 21, 2013, 08:54:36 pm
Okay, I have something that was even more difficult than playing Hotline Miami while nearly blind (thanks to the mole mask).  Wanna know what that is?  Playing the game exclusively with guns, my bare hands, and the pig mask...which makes even more guns.

You've got to be a HELL of a lot more careful with that shit, and the 3rd to last level with Jacket is damn near impossible.  But, fuckin did it!  Did it like a pro.

I love the epic sense of boss when you complete a bitch of a level...

Yeah I've never experienced that.

I only ever experienced "FINALLY!  Thank GOD that's over, I hope I never have to do that again."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 21, 2013, 09:00:18 pm
Ahaha I'm a bit further on. I have to collect 1200 of these fucking data thingies. Jesus fucking Christ.

I read some reviews and people have been complaining and giving low scores because the game is different from the third game and because of the same map.

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I thought the superpowers were going to be lame, but I'm actually having a ton of fun sprinting around at high speeds and jumping up buildings.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 21, 2013, 09:08:34 pm
Ahaha I'm a bit further on. I have to collect 1200 of these fucking data thingies. Jesus fucking Christ.

I read some reviews and people have been complaining and giving low scores because the game is different from the third game and because of the same map.

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I thought the superpowers were going to be lame, but I'm actually having a ton of fun sprinting around at high speeds and jumping up buildings.

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Yeah...

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The super powers are great! Wait until you get your third one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 21, 2013, 09:21:07 pm
^^ Are you talking about the elements? As in the ice ball, etc.? Or is there some other awesome power I can look forward to?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 21, 2013, 09:58:30 pm
Sorry, fourth one. I combined the running and jumping. The fourth one is A+.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 21, 2013, 10:52:51 pm
^^ Pimp.

Meanwhile, aboard the Third Street Saints spacecraft:

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Edit: Shaney, we should totally play this together on co-op some time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on August 22, 2013, 01:09:21 am
Okay Xillia
It's good so far but the tutorials are a little bit lacking
I'm just getting back into the tales swing in a sense
Also
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we know you will betray us
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 22, 2013, 02:30:33 am
Finally picked up Bioshock Infinite. :)

Me too!  :D

It's great, isn't it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 22, 2013, 04:44:44 am
Have some Skyrim nonsense.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 22, 2013, 08:10:47 am
Cool. I'm not too good at roleplaying, I tend to get frustrated or return to my more pragmatic mindset without thinking.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 22, 2013, 08:21:52 am
Okay, I have something that was even more difficult than playing Hotline Miami while nearly blind (thanks to the mole mask).  Wanna know what that is?  Playing the game exclusively with guns, my bare hands, and the pig mask...which makes even more guns.

You've got to be a HELL of a lot more careful with that shit, and the 3rd to last level with Jacket is damn near impossible.  But, fuckin did it!  Did it like a pro.

I love the epic sense of boss when you complete a bitch of a level...

Yeah I've never experienced that.

I only ever experienced "FINALLY!  Thank GOD that's over, I hope I never have to do that again."

Thankfully, these challenges are all self-imposed.  Not that Hotline Miami isn't challenging all on its own, because it is.  It really, really is, but its also DAMN fun and I can't wait til the sequel comes out!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 22, 2013, 03:04:25 pm
Okay, I have something that was even more difficult than playing Hotline Miami while nearly blind (thanks to the mole mask).  Wanna know what that is?  Playing the game exclusively with guns, my bare hands, and the pig mask...which makes even more guns.

You've got to be a HELL of a lot more careful with that shit, and the 3rd to last level with Jacket is damn near impossible.  But, fuckin did it!  Did it like a pro.

I love the epic sense of boss when you complete a bitch of a level...

Yeah I've never experienced that.

I only ever experienced "FINALLY!  Thank GOD that's over, I hope I never have to do that again."

Thankfully, these challenges are all self-imposed.  Not that Hotline Miami isn't challenging all on its own, because it is.  It really, really is, but its also DAMN fun and I can't wait til the sequel comes out!

Right, I was referring more generally to the whole "Completing a bitch of a level gives you satisfaction."

I just don't get it, really.  It seems to be a common trend on the internet to value challenge and stuff, but I don't take frustration very well.  I get, well, FRUSTRATED.  So when I'm past the thing that frustrates me, I don't feel satisfaction, just a very angry relief.

And then a tendency to never play that part of the game again if I can help it.

Of course, some people would call me a "casual" over that :/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 22, 2013, 03:27:52 pm
Right, I was referring more generally to the whole "Completing a bitch of a level gives you satisfaction."

I just don't get it, really.  It seems to be a common trend on the internet to value challenge and stuff, but I don't take frustration very well.  I get, well, FRUSTRATED.  So when I'm past the thing that frustrates me, I don't feel satisfaction, just a very angry relief.

And then a tendency to never play that part of the game again if I can help it.

Of course, some people would call me a "casual" over that :/

get on my lvl pleb, go back to ur barbie games lol rekt, filthy casual
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 22, 2013, 05:31:57 pm
Right, I was referring more generally to the whole "Completing a bitch of a level gives you satisfaction."

I just don't get it, really.  It seems to be a common trend on the internet to value challenge and stuff, but I don't take frustration very well.  I get, well, FRUSTRATED.  So when I'm past the thing that frustrates me, I don't feel satisfaction, just a very angry relief.

And then a tendency to never play that part of the game again if I can help it.

Of course, some people would call me a "casual" over that :/

get on my lvl pleb, go back to ur barbie games lol rekt, filthy casual

The sad thing is, someone once accused me of being a casual because I actually enjoy Skyrim.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 22, 2013, 06:49:35 pm
What's wrong with being a casual gamer?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: solar. on August 22, 2013, 07:10:28 pm
What's wrong with being a casual gamer?
It's just pretentious asshats being pretentious asshats.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 22, 2013, 07:27:18 pm
What's wrong with being a casual gamer?

Filthy casuals are degrading the industry and ruining our nostalgia!  RAWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 22, 2013, 08:21:55 pm
^^ Pimp.

Meanwhile, aboard the Third Street Saints spacecraft:

(click to show/hide)

Edit: Shaney, we should totally play this together on co-op some time.

Lmfao I love the picture.

And yes'm, we definitely should! If you have it on 360, hopefully. Since I didn't get it on PS3. I might later.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 22, 2013, 08:27:44 pm
What's wrong with being a casual gamer?

Genuinely nothing.  Problem is, the term carries with it certain connotations of, well... it'd be difficult for me to explain, but "casual" is pretty much the Dinkelburg that people cry when a game doesn't match their tastes 100%.

They complain that the video game industry is being ruined because it's "catering to casual gamers" (as Ravynous just mocked) and absolutely hate the idea of a game including an optional mode that might make it more available to the common person (See: People who were raging at a rumor that difficulty levels might be added to Dark Souls 2)

As my signature puts it, "they want to be an exclusive club while simultaneously demanding public acceptance."  They want all of the benefits of being part of the mainstream without actually being part of the mainstream.

I generally hate these kinds of gamers more than I hate twihards, people obsessed with Justin Bieber, and so forth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 22, 2013, 08:47:58 pm
Nothing seems to beat the gaming community in terms of pure suck
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 22, 2013, 08:51:03 pm
*casually pre-orders GTA V*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on August 22, 2013, 08:53:18 pm
Yeah, what Magus said. They basically want to be revered, treated like some sort of superior being. That's the reason they don't want the gaming industry and community to be more inclusive, because then they don't feel special.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 22, 2013, 10:20:03 pm
And yes'm, we definitely should! If you have it on 360, hopefully. Since I didn't get it on PS3. I might later.

Ah. I have it on PC, not console. :\

[snip]

Yeah, I've had the odd person act like an ass just because I tend to be more of a casual gamer. Elitism is incredibly lame. So sorry that I prefer to enjoy myself over being incredibly frustrated and feeling like crap when I can't beat something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 22, 2013, 11:48:57 pm
Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based. (http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/21/the-elder-scrolls-online-will-be-subscription-based-will-not-j/)

In fact, most of the big title MMO games coming out soon will be sub based. FFXIV: A Realm Reborn, Camelot Unchained, Wildstar, Star Citizen...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on August 22, 2013, 11:50:51 pm
Elder Scrolls Online will be subscription based. (http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/21/the-elder-scrolls-online-will-be-subscription-based-will-not-j/)

That just killed whatever tiny amount of interest I might have had in that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 23, 2013, 02:17:07 am
My interest in it was middling. I played The Elder Scrolls games precisely because they didn't play like a lot of typical fantasy adventure games. I have very little interest in typical pseudo-medieval fantasy settings in the first place and I tend toward the Fallout side of RPGs, so there are many games that I just don't want to touch. The Elder Scrolls, on the other hand, is a real time first person (really, who actually plays in third person?) action game where reflexes and personal skill matter more than numbers and you can grab anything that's not tied down. I also really love the graphics and general aesthetics of Skyrim.

Also, I love how in the Quakecon gameplay video, the crowd cheered when it was confirmed that a form of fast travel would be in it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Valerius on August 23, 2013, 02:23:52 am
My interest in it was low. I played The Elder Scrolls games precisely because they didn't play like a lot of typical fantasy adventure games. I have very little interest in typical pseudo-medieval fantasy settings in the first place and I tend toward the Fallout side of RPGs, so there are many games that I just don't want to touch. The Elder Scrolls, on the other hand, is a real time first person (really, who actually plays in third person?) action game where reflexes and personal skill matter more than numbers and you can grab anything that's not tied down. I also really love the graphics and general aesthetics of Skyrim.

Exactly. But not only this, what I liked about the Elder Scrolls games was that it's not multiplayer. The entire world is yours to mess around with and do whatever. The very idea of a multiplayer Elder Scrolls turns me off the MMO.

This, and on principle, I just find the idea of paying a monthly fee to play a freaking game to be fucking stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 23, 2013, 03:10:06 am
This, and on principle, I just find the idea of paying a monthly fee to play a freaking game to be fucking stupid.

They need money for the servers, staff and other stuff that a MMO requires. So far the ways to gather up that money that I've seen are:
a) Monthly subscription.
b) Pay to win.
c) Hats (and other cosmetic stuff.)
d) Ingame ads.

D and b are the ones that annoy me a lot more than monthly subscrition.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 23, 2013, 03:14:22 am
Don't worry guys...Everquest is free to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on August 23, 2013, 03:17:44 am
Quote
This, and on principle, I just find the idea of paying a monthly fee to play a freaking game to be fucking stupid.

As a person who almost exclusively pays monthly even in the case of F2P games (ie Rift, SWTOR) I have this to say:

I find the idea of having basically a 'free trial' of a F2P model (which is, the vast majority of F2P games) where half the game is gated behind a paywall or a extremely tedious grind for a inferior way to pay to be even more stupid.  P2P was also a way to ensure quality at one point, if a large group of people suddenly decided not to pay their subs anymore over a change made to game, it impacted future changes to the game.  However, with the new "let's just go F2P if the playerbase drops" mentality has made this less effective. 

Overall. the F2P MMO market is oversaturated and several MMOs have recently fallen.  In likelihood, the future is likely going to end up going back to subs and the B2P method that seems to be catching on.

Edit: Also I completely forgot about the pay to win shit that a lot of F2P games have, P2P games don't have that and everyone is as equal as hard as they've worked or how smart they are in trading, unless the company has a really fucked up mentality with cashshops that is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 23, 2013, 03:34:12 am
I have played World of tanks a lot. The fact that you can get your tanks and equipment faster with money does not trouble me. It just means that you can bypass much of the grinding with money. The fact that you can get paintjobs for the tanks is also cool.

My problem is the "gold ammo." You can buy more powerful ammunition for your tanks than other players have and thereby gain a edge with money rather than skills. You still die as easily as other similarly equipped tanks (well you can repair and extinguish fires with bought equipment as well, but this is not a huge difference) but in other games you can get all your gear for money and get huge advantages with that.

I haven't played Mechwarrior online since while after the open beta began, so I don't know if that has turned into P2W yet. At the time most money given stuff was just anti-grinding assistance and cosmetic awards. And the few "hero mechs" that aren't big enough of a deal to annoy me. But the things that drove me from that game, which would have been good otherwise, are another rant. (*COUGH* PLAYERS *COUGH*)

Though I have to admit that the Star wars MMO really messed up when they changed to F2P. At least I think they tried fixing it, but the game seemed "almost" unplayable as F2P and you had to pay for even the tiniest things originally.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 23, 2013, 09:39:13 am
Thus we have the reason I love Guild Wars 2's approach to this whole bullshit.  You buy the game ONCE, and that's it.  You paid for the fucker, now you can play it as much as you want.  There are microtransactions, sure, but most of them are either account upgrades (extra character slots, etc), cosmetic items, or functional items that don't have any real effect on gameplay or the game's economy.  Plus, you can buy the points for the cash shop (gems, in this case) with in-game money, and the conversion goes both ways.  A rather ingenious way to kill gold farmers/sellers, if ya ask me.

The subscription bullshit is why I never got into World of Warcraft, in addition to it being immensely uninteresting to the point of tedium, and why I haven't played on an official Ultima Online server since the Age of Shadows expansion came out.  Just make me buy the game, and then, let me play it as much as I want.  If fucking ANet can do it, with -two- games, then anyone can.  That's how it works with pretty much every other game on the market, and ANet's proven that you can do it the very same way with MMOs, with the addition of a cash-based trinket shop.  This is NOT a difficult concept.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 23, 2013, 09:39:48 am
And yes'm, we definitely should! If you have it on 360, hopefully. Since I didn't get it on PS3. I might later.

Ah. I have it on PC, not console. :\


:(

You know what? If I get a computer capable of playing anything more advanced than fallout 3 SR4 will be the first thing I buy so we can play together.

I want to ask for a gaming laptop for Christmas but money is a little tight. Unless I can plead my case about how I'm in the hospital so much I need a computer that can run more games so I don't get bored and/or depressed cause I can't play console games in the hospital.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on August 23, 2013, 01:38:26 pm
This, and on principle, I just find the idea of paying a monthly fee to play a freaking game to be fucking stupid.

They need money for the servers, staff and other stuff that a MMO requires. So far the ways to gather up that money that I've seen are:
a) Monthly subscription.
b) Pay to win.
c) Hats (and other cosmetic stuff.)
d) Ingame ads.

D and b are the ones that annoy me a lot more than monthly subscrition.

I agree with this post so much. Examples B and D are the most annoying things in the world. Example B being my biggest pet peeve of the gaming industry today. The very fact that Plants vs. Zombies 2 has this is what turned me off from the game, aside the fact that when Electronic Arts swallowed Popcap whole and fired George Fan, its founder.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 23, 2013, 02:41:29 pm
Dead Space can piss off with it's asteroid level.

Ironbite-who the fuck thought that was good in this not-horror horror game?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 23, 2013, 05:52:18 pm
So, on SR4:

(click to show/hide)

And yes'm, we definitely should! If you have it on 360, hopefully. Since I didn't get it on PS3. I might later.

Ah. I have it on PC, not console. :\


:(

You know what? If I get a computer capable of playing anything more advanced than fallout 3 SR4 will be the first thing I buy so we can play together.

I want to ask for a gaming laptop for Christmas but money is a little tight. Unless I can plead my case about how I'm in the hospital so much I need a computer that can run more games so I don't get bored and/or depressed cause I can't play console games in the hospital.

Let me know when you get a new computer. There are a ton of games that would be fun to play together, on top of SR. If you ever get a copy of Mount and Blade (should run on your current computer; it worked just fine on my old netbook as long as the video settings were turned down), we should play a couple of battles together. Besieging castles is always fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 23, 2013, 06:47:22 pm
I will indeed. And I'm sad that I can't continue playing SR4 right now cause I'm on vacation, technically. Weh.

And I'll see about Mount and Blade. I kinda peeked at the description and some screens but didn't buy it cause I had just bought a bunch of other games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 24, 2013, 10:01:47 am
Mount & Blade is a bit dated, but it's awesome fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 24, 2013, 10:33:36 am
HAH. I found rule 34 of the gaping dragon from darksouls

Why post it here. Because fuck you thats why
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on August 24, 2013, 01:14:19 pm
This, and on principle, I just find the idea of paying a monthly fee to play a freaking game to be fucking stupid.

They need money for the servers, staff and other stuff that a MMO requires. So far the ways to gather up that money that I've seen are:
a) Monthly subscription.
b) Pay to win.
c) Hats (and other cosmetic stuff.)
d) Ingame ads.

D and b are the ones that annoy me a lot more than monthly subscrition.

I agree with this post so much. Examples B and D are the most annoying things in the world. Example B being my biggest pet peeve of the gaming industry today. The very fact that Plants vs. Zombies 2 has this is what turned me off from the game, aside the fact that when Electronic Arts swallowed Popcap whole and fired George Fan, its founder.
I've been playing Plants vs Zombies 2 and so far I haven't seen pay to win. Sure, you can buy in game coins to pay for things, but at least so far, with proper strategy you win without needing to purchase coins. Maye it'll be different as I get further in to the game.

But we might have differing ideas of what pay to win is. I consider it pay to win when the game becomes so incredibly difficult that you're forced to purchase things in order not to lose. Or in multiplayer games where you need to purchase things in order to compete. I really dislike those situations and won't play games that do that. But microtransactions don't bother me if they're clearly cosmetic, changing the color of your armor, for example. Or if you can get the items in game without being forced to pay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 24, 2013, 02:32:34 pm
But microtransactions don't bother me if they're clearly cosmetic, changing the color of your armor, for example. Or if you can get the items in game without being forced to pay.
I put those under hats (and other cosmetic stuff.) And I'm ok with those.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on August 24, 2013, 02:51:14 pm
I'm also okay with that because you don't need them. They're optional items and they don't affect the gameplay or only a little. Of course, Team Fortress 2 is the first game to come to mind, as it uses this model. I don't buy any of those items because I don't care for a majority of them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on August 24, 2013, 02:54:49 pm
Yeah, I figured. I was really replying to Alehk about PvZ 2 and was too lazy to mess with the quote tags. Although now that I've played it more, they do one thing that irks me, ads in the game. Even more fun, the ads are for things in the in game store.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 24, 2013, 05:50:41 pm
HAH. I found rule 34 of the gaping dragon from darksouls

Why post it here. Because fuck you thats why

I want to be surprised.  I really do.

I am disgusted.  But not surprised.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 24, 2013, 06:31:11 pm
Replaying ME 3 and got to the Citadel again.  I wish I saved it at the beginning so I could catch all the different one-liners (Yes, I know there's youtube, but I like hearing them in the game).  I love my Piranha X and have used it to drop Brutes in about 10 seconds.  I also felt a Really good about punching out a banshee.  Not so scary with a fist between the eyes, is she?

I've been using the arena to test out new weapons and crew combos.  One thing I love is getting all three of us with either Scorps or Falcons, all with cryo ammo.  Lots of bad guys shatter with a BOOM!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 24, 2013, 06:36:47 pm
HAH. I found rule 34 of the gaping dragon from darksouls

Why post it here. Because fuck you thats why

You mean there is rule 34 of the giant vagina dentata dragon? I'd be surprised if there wasn't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 24, 2013, 07:07:03 pm
Replaying ME 3 and got to the Citadel again.  I wish I saved it at the beginning so I could catch all the different one-liners (Yes, I know there's youtube, but I like hearing them in the game).  I love my Piranha X and have used it to drop Brutes in about 10 seconds.  I also felt a Really good about punching out a banshee.  Not so scary with a fist between the eyes, is she?

I've been using the arena to test out new weapons and crew combos.  One thing I love is getting all three of us with either Scorps or Falcons, all with cryo ammo.  Lots of bad guys shatter with a BOOM!
I saved before different parts of the DLC but forgot to reload it for each one after I finished. oops.

Also, I use the Cerberus Harrier now. Nothing can stand in my way with a Cerberus Harrier X. Plus using Flare (from the Omega DLC) wipes out my enemies in record time. Even banshees. ehe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 24, 2013, 09:58:46 pm
Got attacked while trying to change my clothes, ended up having to do a mission looking like this:

(click to show/hide)

Edit: Apparently I whined too soon. Literally the next mission I did...

(click to show/hide)

This fucking game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 24, 2013, 10:01:59 pm
My SR3 guy once ended up having to run around shirtless because part of an assassination quest involved buying things, and as I was buying wrist-accessories (which temporarily take your shirt off so you can see them) the encounter suddenly happened.  So there he is.  Shirtless.

And damn sexy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 24, 2013, 10:59:31 pm
There's a mission where you're buck naked in SR3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 24, 2013, 11:09:58 pm
Saints Row 2 had both a streaking and flashing sidequest. Ah, fun times, that, fun times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 24, 2013, 11:31:23 pm
^^ SR3 also has streaking/flashing.

There's a mission where you're buck naked in SR3.

Oi:

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 24, 2013, 11:35:16 pm
^^ SR3 also has streaking/flashing.

There's a mission where you're buck naked in SR3.

Oi:

(click to show/hide)

That's the one, m'lady. Heh. That one was great.

Here's my boss (in SR3 anyways):

(click to show/hide)

Technically supposed to be a wishful thinking genderbend of myself. Eh. I'm gonna get some screens of my SR4 boss when I get home.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 24, 2013, 11:41:56 pm
But is he Troy Baker?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on August 24, 2013, 11:44:49 pm
I think I know the next game to get for the next Steam Sale...

Seriously, stop making me want to play Saints Row 3 so badly, another one of those games I never considered wanting to play before...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 24, 2013, 11:45:10 pm
...Why does that matter, exactly? But yeah, I use voice 1. The others didn't fit.

I was gonna pick Nolan North in SR4 but eh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 24, 2013, 11:49:48 pm
Technically supposed to be a wishful thinking genderbend of myself. Eh. I'm gonna get some screens of my SR4 boss when I get home.

Heh, mine's a heavily idealized version of myself, plus green eyes, a shitload of tattoos and occasionally purple hair. Mostly I just borrowed my complexion and long, dark hair.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 24, 2013, 11:58:17 pm
...Why does that matter, exactly?

Because if you had to be anyone, why wouldn't you be Troy Baker doing a Nolan North impression?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 25, 2013, 12:29:51 am
Technically supposed to be a wishful thinking genderbend of myself. Eh. I'm gonna get some screens of my SR4 boss when I get home.

Heh, mine's a heavily idealized version of myself, plus green eyes, a shitload of tattoos and occasionally purple hair. Mostly I just borrowed my complexion and long, dark hair.

I wish the tattoos were more customizable... you get the same ones for back and chest and then arms and legs have the same ones. And since I don't wear shorts there's no point in me paying for tats on my legs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 25, 2013, 12:32:15 am
Fully clothed and stylish as hell:

(http://i42.tinypic.com/288csgw.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on August 25, 2013, 12:28:58 pm
I should get screenshots from SR2 and 3.

But I'm loving the fact that my Boss can be a total geek, and run around in an Aperture Science t-shirt and an N7 hat.  Thank you Gentlemen of the Row mod.

Saints Row 3?  I LOVE the Russian voice.  She is crazy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 25, 2013, 02:45:11 pm
I have the... rough kinda Australian/British accent (I can't tell which) for my Boss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on August 25, 2013, 03:41:09 pm
Anyone have any tips for Dishonored? I can't seem to get the stealth part down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 25, 2013, 03:53:06 pm
Anyone have any tips for Dishonored? I can't seem to get the stealth part down.

First off, get Dark Vision. It's imperative that you can see where anyone is before you bumble into their field of view. If you fully upgrade it, you can also follow power lines from alarms, Walls of Light, and Arc Pylons to figure out how to shut them off or turn them to your side.

Second, be very fast. Blink is very useful because while it looks to you like you're simply moving quickly across the map, you really are teleporting. A fully upgraded Blink can easily get you all the way across the street without anyone seeing you.

If a guard is ever alone, stealthily take them out. You want to minimize the number of guards that can potentially spot and attack you; you'll occasionally get guards muttering "I thought someone was patrolling here", but as far as I know they don't go to alert if a guard is missing. It's best to save your sleep darts for long range shots and use your chokehold whenever you can. Especially since if you're aiming for a pacifist run, there's no way to take out an alerted enemy non-fatally except by hitting him with a sleep dart and running.

And always look for alternate routes. Start by looking up toward the roofs, then down toward the sewers and crawlspaces. A lot of levels have paths that can sneak you around many guards.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 25, 2013, 08:52:42 pm
I am having such a blast in SR4.

I want to romance Keith David but he's Daddy Anderson to me. It'd be weird as fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 25, 2013, 10:05:55 pm
Tried a new mod for Skyrim called SXP.

If anyone's played Oblivion on the PC and modded things at all, there's a mod for that game called OblivionXP.  It's an overhaul of the leveling system.  Instead of gaining experience in a skill until it levels, then gaining enough skills to get a character level, you fight enemies/pick locks/complete quests/pick your nose/fart/whatever to gain actual experience points.  Once you get enough experience points, you gain a level, at which point, you get some attribute points and some skill points to distribute.  You're capped to 5 increases per level up, and you're also capped on how high you can raise your skills based on your level (You can't achieve Journeyman in any skill until you're level 5, for instance).  It's a great mod that tackles the balancing problems with leveling up perfectly, but it's also a taste issue.

SXP isn't like this.  SXP, you gain experience for doing things, and you can "buy" skill ups directly with that experience.  The level system is handled as normal with Skyrim.

It's fairly good at what it does, and it is inspired by OblivionXP, but I must admit I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't really all that much like OblivionXP.  Also, some of the experience you get is a little too blanketed (you get the same experience for picking a Novice Lock that you would get for picking a Master Lock.  You get the same amount of experience for pickpocketing a Gold Jeweled Necklace that you would for pickpocketing a lockpick.  However, you do get more experience for pickpocketing a stack of gold, or a stack of arrows, because it counts each thing individually.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 26, 2013, 07:59:55 am
Holy shit, I won a total war game, for the first time. Ever. I love these games, but im fucking awful at them when my nation gets big. Always lose

BUT HOLY FUCK I WON
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 26, 2013, 04:15:32 pm
I just spent jkhdafjlkakjlfa minutes collecting the data clusters. Welp.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 26, 2013, 04:29:03 pm
I'm trying to steadily capture the rest of Morningstar territory in SR3. It's making me dislike the big gunfights more and more.

One thing that really irks me about the game is that you never get invincibility frames. If the Boss decides to pose after doing one of his wrestling moves, you continue to take damage during the animation. As far as I can tell, there's not a single animation where you're unable to be damaged. Long melee attacks that you can't cancel, helping up a homie, killing a Brute, etc.

It wouldn't be quite as irritating if more of the animations could be canceled.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 26, 2013, 05:28:52 pm
I'm done all of the main missions and side quests in SR4. Just need to beat the co-op activities (if I can find anyone to play with) and the rest of the challenges to get 100% completion.

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I just spent jkhdafjlkakjlfa minutes collecting the data clusters. Welp.

I spent an embarrassing amount of time doing that, along with collecting all of the audio recordings, etc.

I really wish there were more collectables and that the side quests (other than the loyalty missions) weren't basically just redirects to the activities. I'm sure they're going to release all kinds of custom content and expansions, but it would have been nice to have that stuff included in the main game, particularly when they're charging $50 for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 26, 2013, 05:31:27 pm
I actually made a post remarking about that on my tumblr. I found myself getting bored with the quests so I ended up picking up the clusters and now I'm heading back to the main mission line.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 27, 2013, 05:50:55 am
Wow, I just tried the first Torchlight.

It's like... Diablo II with Diablo I's style of advancing forward in the game, except not absolutely terrible and overrated.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 27, 2013, 12:08:38 pm
Oh hey you finally tried it. About time. :P
Title: DOOM:ONE + Brutal Doom = Rip and tear!
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 27, 2013, 02:09:12 pm
DOOM:ONE is Doom only with with no level loads, redesigned levels and new level. Best of all it is compatible with Brutal Doom!

Quote
DOOM:ONE is a new look on the classic first episode of the original DooM. Imagine, a game full of surprises, new secrets, and one continuous, fluid DooM. No loading screens, No waiting betweens levels... No breaks in the action. That is the aim of DOOM:ONE. I am working on a beta release version of the complete episode now. The 4 level demo is available,which explains what I am trying to achieve here better than I ever could!!! I have found its best to play this with the Brutal Doom mod installed, however it is not required. This will be released as a PWAD that will work with ZDooM and Zandronum, due to the scripting involved in tying everything together. (http://www.moddb.com/mods/doomone)

DOOM:One beta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P81Syamswmo

How DOOM:ONE was created.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEnbAT_p65M
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 27, 2013, 02:28:02 pm
Was it effing necessary to change the subject line for your post? You realize it does change what it says the thread is called when it's the newest post, right?

Anyways, I'm installing SR4 onto my 360 to try to alleviate my freezing issues. I doubt it will help but it's getting so fucking annoying I'm willing to try anything. I've already restarted my 360 about 5 times today.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 27, 2013, 02:41:45 pm
Ironsights in Doom is probably one of the stupidest things I've seen yet. thankfully that Mod doesn't require Brutal Doom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 27, 2013, 03:54:22 pm
Was it effing necessary to change the subject line for your post? You realize it does change what it says the thread is called when it's the newest post, right?

I thought I was the only one annoyed by that.  Guess I'm wrong.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 27, 2013, 05:03:32 pm
Well TIM loves to just....advertise shit in such a way that it annoys us to the point where we just react negatively towards whatever project he's promoting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 27, 2013, 05:08:02 pm
Advertise.

Yes.

Let's go with that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on August 27, 2013, 05:33:50 pm
Remember what happened to his last mod project?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 27, 2013, 07:00:13 pm
I thought the last one, like this one, was one he was just promoting...lest I missed something.  Which, in all fairness, I probably did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 27, 2013, 07:39:19 pm
Remember what happened to his last mod project?
You just gave me credit for the work of others, don’t do that.

I thought the last one, like this one, was one he was just promoting...lest I missed something.  Which, in all fairness, I probably did.
Congratulations, you are right on target this time!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 27, 2013, 07:40:12 pm
I thought the last one, like this one, was one he was just promoting...lest I missed something.  Which, in all fairness, I probably did.
Congratulations, you are right on target this time!

I miss?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on August 27, 2013, 07:52:38 pm
Doom is now an FPS-RPG because innovation and new ideas Boarderlands Kyle873 has a shotgun and you ain’t got one. Get it here. (http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=33292)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTTp4Z-FSSc
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•   A Level-up and stat system, allowing you to customize the properties of your character for your own playstyle
•   A currency system, Credits, which are dropped by monsters when killed
•   A Rank system with regular payouts of Credits, higher rank yields a better payout, rank increases as you kill monsters
•   A combo system which will increase your experience and rank gain as you kill more monsters in fast succession
•   A skill system with various skills including healing, buffs, projectiles, summons and general utility skills, more are being added
•   A shop where you can use your credits to buy weapons, ammo and supplies
•   Many inventory items now exist, including tiered health restoration items and re-done and new armor types
•   2 new HUDs to show new information such as level, rank, EP, combo counters, powerup timers, and more (and the mugshot, of course)
•   Items are now randomized and varied
•   Runes which will give you temporary bonuses for a short time
•   Different types of explosive barrels which do varying amounts of specific kinds of damage
•   Various cosmetic improvements (optional)
 (http://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?t=33292)



I thought the last one, like this one, was one he was just promoting...lest I missed something.  Which, in all fairness, I probably did.
Congratulations, you are right on target this time!

I miss?
Not this time?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 27, 2013, 08:19:56 pm
Finished SR4.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 27, 2013, 08:21:56 pm
Finished SR4.

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Saints Row V will probably be a regular gang banging GTA clone in Stillwater.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 27, 2013, 08:59:14 pm
There's no point in going back there.

They could do like Bioshock did and pick a completely different time and place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 27, 2013, 09:39:40 pm
Was it effing necessary to change the subject line for your post? You realize it does change what it says the thread is called when it's the newest post, right?

Anyways, I'm installing SR4 onto my 360 to try to alleviate my freezing issues. I doubt it will help but it's getting so fucking annoying I'm willing to try anything. I've already restarted my 360 about 5 times today.
I had to do the same with #3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 27, 2013, 10:01:19 pm
I haven't had as many freezing problems with other games that I did with SR4. And after I installed I can't even be sure if it didn't freeze cause I installed it or because it was just naturally deciding to behave.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 28, 2013, 09:24:18 am
Playing Thief: Deadly Shadows again.  Aside from Garrett not having sleeves and some of the shopkeeps/fences being a tad...irritating, I fail to see why people bitched so much about this outside the occasional bug.  Ooooooh, its got loading zones!  Morrowind had 'em, too, yet people treat THAT like its the 2nd coming of fucking Christ.  Seriously, it works and it doesn't look half bad; and I like being able to finally see Garrett's bloody face!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 28, 2013, 10:12:02 am
Deadly Shadows was great, first Thief game I actually beat. The Cradle is certainly one of the best levels in any game, and definitely one of the scariest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 28, 2013, 12:28:54 pm
Playing Thief: Deadly Shadows again.  Aside from Garrett not having sleeves and some of the shopkeeps/fences being a tad...irritating, I fail to see why people bitched so much about this outside the occasional bug.  Ooooooh, its got loading zones!  Morrowind had 'em, too, yet people treat THAT like its the 2nd coming of fucking Christ.  Seriously, it works and it doesn't look half bad; and I like being able to finally see Garrett's bloody face!

1. BAW IT'S TOO EAAASSYYY
2. BAW THE HIGHEST DIFFICULTY SETTING DOESN'T FORCE ME TO NOT KILL GUARDS!
3. BAW IT WAS MADE FOR THE XBOX
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 28, 2013, 12:51:19 pm
Playing Thief: Deadly Shadows again.  Aside from Garrett not having sleeves and some of the shopkeeps/fences being a tad...irritating, I fail to see why people bitched so much about this outside the occasional bug.  Ooooooh, its got loading zones!  Morrowind had 'em, too, yet people treat THAT like its the 2nd coming of fucking Christ.  Seriously, it works and it doesn't look half bad; and I like being able to finally see Garrett's bloody face!

1. BAW IT'S TOO EAAASSYYY
2. BAW THE HIGHEST DIFFICULTY SETTING DOESN'T FORCE ME TO NOT KILL GUARDS!
3. BAW IT WAS MADE FOR THE XBOX

That's pretty much all I heard regarding it on the TTLG forums, aside from the occasional intelligent poster who admitted that, while flawed, it had its merits.  I kinda halfway hope that the new Thief pisses the lot of them off for NOT being either Thief I or II, which is pretty much inevitable, because I'd find their tears of impotent rage to be absolutely priceless.

Also, outside monsters and the undead, who kills in Thief?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 28, 2013, 12:54:31 pm
I find myself forever frustrated with the 'fandom' I have been in since I was fucking two years old. I know not everyone is like it, and that it's a case of vocal minority but God damn I wish they'd be less vocal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 28, 2013, 12:58:41 pm
Aye, same with me, my friend.  Don't get me wrong, the TTLG forums has its share of good people and witty folks, but so many people there like to come off as some kinda faux gaming intellectual or some shit.  Some of 'em treat playing anything other than I Wanna Be The Guy to be the hallmark of a casual gamer.  Oh yeah, I'm a casual gamer.  Ignoring the fact I've been gaming since I was 3 years-old, am authoring a Minecraft mod as we speak, and fully intend on becoming a game programmer/designer when I graduate from college.

Casual, my achin arse.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 28, 2013, 01:25:16 pm
I've been gaming and obsessed with gaming since I was 2.  Watching my mom play the original Legend of Zelda and memorizing and copying her actions.

I think it's reasonable for me to be arrogant enough to say that I know what gaming is like, and that these posers who have turned owning games into a measure of people's worth are simply nostalgia-obsessed buffoons (and coming from someone who is also a self-proclaimed nostalgia-obsessed buffoon, this should mean something) who are unable to adapt to new generations of gaming and instead pine for the old days where 75% of everything they complain about in modern day gaming was actually worse then.

The 25% being DLC which didn't really exist back then, namely because the method of distribution didn't exist back then.  If it could have, you can bet your sore ass that every company from Atari to Nintendo to Colecovision would have abused the hell out of it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 28, 2013, 02:17:34 pm
Nintendo announces the "2DS" (http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4667846/nintendo-inexplicably-makes-a-2d-version-of-the-3ds)

...Why?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 28, 2013, 02:22:25 pm
Nintendo announces the "2DS" (http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4667846/nintendo-inexplicably-makes-a-2d-version-of-the-3ds)

...Why?
Money, dear boy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 28, 2013, 03:08:35 pm
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/df23e61d6b37096217a519b3dc954e1f/tumblr_ms90gnl36J1qeablwo1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 28, 2013, 04:34:01 pm
I...I don't know why but I kinda want it.

Ironbite-not that much though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on August 28, 2013, 06:42:08 pm
I've been gaming and obsessed with gaming since I was 2.

I find myself forever frustrated with the 'fandom' I have been in since I was fucking two years old.

Is turning 2, like, the Bar Mitzvah of gaming or something?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 28, 2013, 06:43:03 pm
Lmfao I guess it is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 28, 2013, 07:20:09 pm
Huh.

Now I'm torn between the price of the 2DS and the gimmick of the 3DS.

I like the 3D, I'll admit that, but not as much as I like to play games.

EDIT: Oh god the sheer and utter amount of whining has already begun, as well as the points about "Durhur u can just turn the 3D off guffaw"

HEY FUCKTARDS, PROTIP FOR YA!

IF YA ALREADY OWN A 3DS, THIS ISN'T AIMED AT YOU!!!

IT'S AIMED AT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BOUGHT A 3DS YET BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DROPPING THE MONEY FOR THE 3D!!

My god people are self-centered morons.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on August 28, 2013, 10:30:40 pm
I don't plan on playing any 3D games anyway because 3D gives me headaches. The 2DS, from what I hear, is supposed to be cheaper and more durable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 28, 2013, 10:31:54 pm
The 2DS is being made for kids, is what I heard. The ones who shouldn't be exposed to 3D just yet and it's more durable than the 3DS where snapping it in two is concerned.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 28, 2013, 10:33:32 pm
It's a decent idea, but it's so clunky. I'd never want it if I were into handhelds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 28, 2013, 11:07:33 pm
It's a decent idea, but it's so clunky. I'd never want it if I were into handhelds.

Actually, if you want to believe people who have already tried it, it's quite comfortable to hold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 28, 2013, 11:14:18 pm
Depends on your hands, I suppose. I can't stand Wii U's game pad, for instance, but other people are fine with it. And I don't like the size of it in general, as a hand-held (since it doesn't fold).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 29, 2013, 12:55:15 pm
Just re-played Bioshock: Infinite, and something about the ending is starting to annoy me.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 29, 2013, 04:20:04 pm
Just re-played Bioshock: Infinite, and something about the ending is starting to annoy me.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on August 29, 2013, 10:54:08 pm
So the other day I got Brütal Legend for $4.99 on steam the other day and today I played about an hour of it and oh my gods I am in love with this game (also I got Animal Crossing New Leaf but that's not as METAL.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on August 30, 2013, 07:23:52 am
So the other day I got Brütal Legend for $4.99 on steam the other day and today I played about an hour of it and oh my gods I am in love with this game (also I got Animal Crossing New Leaf but that's not as METAL.)

Same here, though the random RTSness is kinda odd. But I'm commanding an army of headbangers who weaponise mosh pits, punk rockers with guns made from boars and healers with choppers with giant bass harps on them, so it evens out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 30, 2013, 03:13:29 pm
Actually you can blame the executives/marketing department for the RTS being random.

The makers originally wanted to market the RTS/Multiplayer factor right up front, but the executives/marketing department wanted to play up the Hack'n'Slash/Singleplayer more.

It's a pity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 30, 2013, 03:21:50 pm
Just tried out a Wii U that was on display, and holy fuck the gamepad is comfy as fuck, even for its size. With the incoming price drop and more games it'll start to look pretty good to me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 30, 2013, 04:22:09 pm
I find it really comfy too, even when im playing for a long while. Just wish the battery life was better.

The Wonderful 101 is just as the name says, wonderful. Controls took a little bit to "get" but once they did they work really well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 30, 2013, 06:46:05 pm
Project Zomboid is super awesome, and it's only in alpha. Definitely a good investment for less than $10.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 30, 2013, 07:06:30 pm
Borderlands 2 is surprisingly....fun.

Ironbite-despite what Yatzhee said about it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on August 30, 2013, 09:08:36 pm
I actually like the idea of the 2DS, not because I'd use it, but because my friend can, who is a little bit more strapped for cash than I am and can't actually see the 3D due to eye problems.

I also just bought the Humble Paradox Bundle for the both of us and will be looking forward to playing Magicka and Europa Universalis III.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 31, 2013, 09:35:12 am
Borderlands 2 is surprisingly....fun.

Ironbite-despite what Yatzhee said about it

I find that, over the years, Yahtzee is becoming less of an interesting personality and game critic, and more of an over-opinionated hack that can occasionally be amusing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 31, 2013, 09:39:29 am
Zero Punctuation is basically a comedy show first and actual game criticism second. It's best not to take what he says too seriously. If you want a more honest and useful critique, you're better off reading Extra Punctuation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 31, 2013, 09:49:07 am
Zero Punctuation is basically a comedy show first and actual game criticism second. It's best not to take what he says too seriously. If you want a more honest and useful critique, you're better off reading Extra Punctuation.

Aye, its just that, for me, the comedy's become a bit stale as of late.  Tis why I prefer LPs and such, nowadays.  I get to see the game for myself, and can thus form my own opinions.  'Sides, I can get both entertainment and information from Sips and Sjin, why do I need a British-born Aussie with an ego the size of Manhattan?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 31, 2013, 10:14:21 am
Some of his reviews still amuse me, though I haven't watched them in the past few weeks. But yeah, if you take them seriously, you'll probably never find a game to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on August 31, 2013, 10:24:28 am
I haven't watched ZP in over a year and a half. That said, there are exactly four reviews to take seriously: The L4D one, the Portal one, the Painkiller one and the Saint's Row 2 one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 31, 2013, 08:09:14 pm
Also Spec Ops: The Line, but he pretty much spoils the game for anyone who hasn't played it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on August 31, 2013, 09:09:57 pm
I despise people who spoil the game in reviewing it. I have been able to make dozens of reviews without spoiling something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 31, 2013, 09:31:10 pm
I despise people who spoil the game in reviewing it. I have been able to make dozens of reviews without spoiling something.

Well, it's really hard to give a review of Spec Ops that doesn't spoil it unless it's nothing but "Go play this game. I don't care what it looks like. Play it."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on August 31, 2013, 10:02:56 pm
I was going to comment on how Yahtzee always accentuates on the negative and that he's a terrible, egotistical reviewer and his followers considers his reviews "The Gospel" and are devoid of critical thinking skills, but then I realized that all this time I've been taking his stuff too seriously. Much like those sore teenagers who whined about his "negative" review on Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 01, 2013, 09:22:36 am
I was going to comment on how Yahtzee always accentuates on the negative and that he's a terrible, egotistical reviewer and his followers considers his reviews "The Gospel" and are devoid of critical thinking skills, but then I realized that all this time I've been taking his stuff too seriously. Much like those sore teenagers who whined about his "negative" review on Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

One good thing I got out of the TTLG forums was that, apparently, one of the ladies there was one of his exes, and it seems that his ego is quite genuine.  That is to say, its not just part of his act.  There's also begging his fans for money to visit them at PAX or somesuch when The Escapist could've easily footed the bill.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 01, 2013, 11:27:24 am
papers please sad
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 01, 2013, 11:33:01 am
papers please sad

Caveman Kefka has tears?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on September 01, 2013, 03:19:47 pm
I was going to comment on how Yahtzee always accentuates on the negative and that he's a terrible, egotistical reviewer and his followers considers his reviews "The Gospel" and are devoid of critical thinking skills, but then I realized that all this time I've been taking his stuff too seriously. Much like those sore teenagers who whined about his "negative" review on Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

One good thing I got out of the TTLG forums was that, apparently, one of the ladies there was one of his exes, and it seems that his ego is quite genuine.  That is to say, its not just part of his act.  There's also begging his fans for money to visit them at PAX or somesuch when The Escapist could've easily footed the bill.
The Escapist is a bunch of cheap assholes. The never would have done that. They'd rather cut their own dicks off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 01, 2013, 03:27:07 pm
papers please sad

Caveman Kefka has tears?
I WAS ON MY PHONE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 01, 2013, 03:49:05 pm
I was going to comment on how Yahtzee always accentuates on the negative and that he's a terrible, egotistical reviewer and his followers considers his reviews "The Gospel" and are devoid of critical thinking skills, but then I realized that all this time I've been taking his stuff too seriously. Much like those sore teenagers who whined about his "negative" review on Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

One good thing I got out of the TTLG forums was that, apparently, one of the ladies there was one of his exes, and it seems that his ego is quite genuine.  That is to say, its not just part of his act.  There's also begging his fans for money to visit them at PAX or somesuch when The Escapist could've easily footed the bill.
The Escapist is a bunch of cheap assholes. The never would have done that. They'd rather cut their own dicks off.
True that.  Tis a pathetic state; you've got the coin to send one of your front-runners to a well-known convention, and you won't foot the bill despite the fact it'd be a perfect opportunity to get new folks coming to your site.  People just don't think, do they?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on September 01, 2013, 03:55:17 pm
I was going to comment on how Yahtzee always accentuates on the negative and that he's a terrible, egotistical reviewer and his followers considers his reviews "The Gospel" and are devoid of critical thinking skills, but then I realized that all this time I've been taking his stuff too seriously. Much like those sore teenagers who whined about his "negative" review on Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

One good thing I got out of the TTLG forums was that, apparently, one of the ladies there was one of his exes, and it seems that his ego is quite genuine.  That is to say, its not just part of his act.  There's also begging his fans for money to visit them at PAX or somesuch when The Escapist could've easily footed the bill.
The Escapist is a bunch of cheap assholes. The never would have done that. They'd rather cut their own dicks off.
True that.  Tis a pathetic state; you've got the coin to send one of your front-runners to a well-known convention, and you won't foot the bill despite the fact it'd be a perfect opportunity to get new folks coming to your site.  People just don't think, do they?
Nope. They also ban members if they don't agree with mods. Or, in the head mod's case, just outright delete accounts. Happened to me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on September 01, 2013, 04:12:29 pm
papers please sad

Caveman Kefka has tears?

Yes. Papers, Please looks like a depressing game. It's about a serious subject, and that is a scenario involving a ficitonal Nationalist, Nativist nation controlling immigration from a portion of a nation it had conquered so civilians can return to their families. But at the same time, you have to deal with separatists and terrorists in line, invading your country and committing atrocities on your soil.

And because it deals with a very serious subject and moral dilemma, even being in the helm of a sinister political system, I'm going to skip that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 01, 2013, 05:58:34 pm
papers please sad

Caveman Kefka has tears?
I WAS ON MY PHONE

Yeah but when you're not on your phone, you tend to be a bit hard to understand.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 01, 2013, 06:54:26 pm
papers please sad

Caveman Kefka has tears?

Yes. Papers, Please looks like a depressing game. It's about a serious subject, and that is a scenario involving a ficitonal Nationalist, Nativist nation controlling immigration from a portion of a nation it had conquered so civilians can return to their families. But at the same time, you have to deal with separatists and terrorists in line, invading your country and committing atrocities on your soil.

And because it deals with a very serious subject and moral dilemma, even being in the helm of a sinister political system, I'm going to skip that game.
In theory the state is communist but as a whole seems very feudalistic.
Also I thought I told you guys awhile ago correcting my grammar all the time gives me anxiety attacks. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 01, 2013, 06:54:34 pm
I despise people who spoil the game in reviewing it. I have been able to make dozens of reviews without spoiling something.

Well, it's really hard to give a review of Spec Ops that doesn't spoil it unless it's nothing but "Go play this game. I don't care what it looks like. Play it."

Yeah, okay. You can say the plot is full of political intrigue without spoiling what that is. It's only impossible when you don't even want to try which frankly is what it boils down to when a lot of review authors spoil something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on September 01, 2013, 08:58:01 pm
It was his sled.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 01, 2013, 10:33:16 pm
Dumbledore is gay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on September 01, 2013, 10:36:23 pm
Dumbledore is gay.
Snape kills Dumbledore.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on September 01, 2013, 11:04:34 pm
Dumbledore is gay.
Snape kills Dumbledore.

He is sent back as Dumbledore the Albus and rallies the armies of Magical Britain in the struggle against Voldemort, who is finally defeated when Harry sends his last Horcrux into a volcano. He later crowns Alastor Moody as Minister for Magic.

Wait, that doesn't sound right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 02, 2013, 07:52:23 am
New mod for napoleon, its so pretty

(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/615027949743624644/FD1CFAEA93C251F00CD33859524E50A73ACDE2A5/1024x640.resizedimage)
(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/615027949743690317/03C8DB372D11396073659901B9DA9AF4BB1D8D1A/1024x640.resizedimage)
(http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/615027949737977637/7D3142B2347FD91D51F2254BBB5503913AE2506F/1024x640.resizedimage)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 02, 2013, 08:49:52 am
Dumbledore is gay.
Snape kills Dumbledore.

He is sent back as Dumbledore the Albus and rallies the armies of Magical Britain in the struggle against Voldemort, who is finally defeated when Harry sends his last Horcrux into a volcano. He later crowns Alastor Moody as Minister for Magic.

Wait, that doesn't sound right.

No, but that does sound like an awesome idea for an alternate timeline fanfic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 02, 2013, 10:21:32 am
Much to my delight, I have discovered that Rome: Total War does in fact run on my PC. Barely, but it's still playable. Tomorrow, my legions shall conquer the known world.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 02, 2013, 02:04:03 pm
I'm thinking that if it's playable, it's not "barely" runnable, it's actually fairly runnable :P

But that's just semantics on my part.

Since we're talking about mods again, SXP got an update recently and now it's a fantastic mod that makes Skyrim pretty dang fun.  I don't remember if I talked about it before, so I'll just sum it up: SXP is a mod that adds Experience to Skyrim, which you can then use to purchase skills.  The corrolary, of course, is that you have to disable your ability to level up skills by using them.  I made a Dark Priest kinda character, and he's pretty much... well....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 02, 2013, 03:04:54 pm
I gotta say, Project Zomboid has the best music of any zombie game I've ever played.  Also, managed to last almost two weeks (13 days, 1 hour) in-game and only died because I got lost, but not before taking 354 rots down with me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Osama bin Bambi on September 02, 2013, 09:37:50 pm
For the gamers here (spoilered for size):

(click to show/hide)

They're called Ukiyo-E Heroes, by Jed Henry and David Bull.

My personal favorite is a toss-up between the Metroid and Star Fox drawings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on September 02, 2013, 09:44:49 pm
So pretty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 03, 2013, 01:31:51 am
Ryu has such wrinkly feet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on September 04, 2013, 12:29:59 am
Only short time to talk, must conquer world! Rome II has finally arrived!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 05, 2013, 07:33:40 am
I must say, I'm loving Rome: Total War. Nothing like slowly and methodically carving an empire out of hordes of numerous yet inferiour enemies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: PosthumanHeresy on September 05, 2013, 04:27:25 pm
Cookie Clicker. (http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/) It's free, fun, doesn't use flash, and is addicting as hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on September 06, 2013, 11:26:28 am
Agreed!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on September 07, 2013, 06:41:36 pm
I encountered a shiny Wurmple today!

And then I tried to capture it, got a critical hit, and instantly killed it.

:P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 07, 2013, 06:58:22 pm
I encountered a shiny Wurmple today!

And then I tried to capture it, got a critical hit, and instantly killed it.

:P

You have my deepest sympathy
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 07, 2013, 11:28:58 pm
I encountered a shiny Wurmple today!

And then I tried to capture it, got a critical hit, and instantly killed it.

:P
fuck
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 10, 2013, 06:31:09 am
Playing outlast

You guys ever see the spanish zombie movie [REC]. Well thats how you see in the dark, with a night vision camera. Oh god im gonna piss myself playing this
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 10, 2013, 06:34:43 am
Playing outlast

You guys ever see the spanish zombie movie [REC]. Well thats how you see in the dark, with a night vision camera. Oh god im gonna piss myself playing this

Don't forget to zoom in on the penises.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 10, 2013, 06:37:50 am
Hokay holy fuck. Headless corpse swung down during nightvision. Fuckfuckfuckholygodno
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 10, 2013, 07:04:06 am
Hokay holy fuck. Headless corpse swung down during nightvision. Fuckfuckfuckholygodno

And this, folks, is one of many reasons why I refuse to touch a horror game with a ten foot pole.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 10, 2013, 07:19:56 am
Hi my name is Shane and I really hate Clickers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 10, 2013, 08:52:57 am
Hokay holy fuck. Headless corpse swung down during nightvision. Fuckfuckfuckholygodno

Wow. Not even that far in and you've already lost 5 years from your lifespan.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 10, 2013, 10:08:31 am
I know I've played skyrim too much when I see purple flowers by the road and think, "ooh, lavender, I need those for my potions!"

My wife bought me Payday 2 so I can take a break from Skyrim.  The problem is, whenever I walk through the mall, I want to start destroying things, especially anything made of glass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 10, 2013, 02:32:52 pm
I know I've played skyrim too much when I see purple flowers by the road and think, "ooh, lavender, I need those for my potions!"

You too!? XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 10, 2013, 04:23:50 pm
Finished Bioshock (the first one. Was on sale on the Mac App Store due to Infinite coming out). Wow. Final boss was... disappointing (just run and avoid him. Meh.), but the ending (i freed the little sisters) was powerful as hell. Wow

"Would you kindly...."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 13, 2013, 12:24:15 am
Finished Outlast. Jesus christ that was amazing. So much gore, very scary. Now I want to play the new Amnesia game, buuut, I hear its pretty lame.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 13, 2013, 04:21:07 pm
Someone trolled the Minecraft server I'm on and blew up most of our shit, including the most precious things of all, our ME storage drives.  Which held ALL our resources.  Praise the sun for automated backups, no?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 13, 2013, 05:16:35 pm
...This is probably going to sound bad, but...

Was it Team Avo?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 13, 2013, 07:23:05 pm
...This is probably going to sound bad, but...

Was it Team Avo?

As far as our admins can tell, it was only a single person responsible for it.  As for any affiliations they might have, that is currently unknown...doesn't really matter, anyway, since they've been banned.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on September 13, 2013, 08:25:51 pm
I got the "No One Left Behind" achievement in Mass Effect 2. Victory has never been so sweet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 13, 2013, 09:00:23 pm
...This is probably going to sound bad, but...

Was it Team Avo?

As far as our admins can tell, it was only a single person responsible for it.  As for any affiliations they might have, that is currently unknown...doesn't really matter, anyway, since they've been banned.

I'm kinda relieved that it wasn't Team AVO.

It means I don't have to worry about seeing a video pop up with them trolling your server and me feeling guilty about it.

... Yes, I am a bad person for enjoying their videos.  It's just incredibly cathartic for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 14, 2013, 08:35:44 am
...This is probably going to sound bad, but...

Was it Team Avo?

As far as our admins can tell, it was only a single person responsible for it.  As for any affiliations they might have, that is currently unknown...doesn't really matter, anyway, since they've been banned.

I'm kinda relieved that it wasn't Team AVO.

It means I don't have to worry about seeing a video pop up with them trolling your server and me feeling guilty about it.

... Yes, I am a bad person for enjoying their videos.  It's just incredibly cathartic for some reason.

Weren't they the ones that nuked that Christian server a while back?  The server that encouraged its members to steal from their girlfriends' or wives' purses to continue donating?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 14, 2013, 08:47:02 am
Their most recent video is absolutely hysterical. Gotta love those guys.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 14, 2013, 02:07:08 pm
...This is probably going to sound bad, but...

Was it Team Avo?

As far as our admins can tell, it was only a single person responsible for it.  As for any affiliations they might have, that is currently unknown...doesn't really matter, anyway, since they've been banned.

I'm kinda relieved that it wasn't Team AVO.

It means I don't have to worry about seeing a video pop up with them trolling your server and me feeling guilty about it.

... Yes, I am a bad person for enjoying their videos.  It's just incredibly cathartic for some reason.

Weren't they the ones that nuked that Christian server a while back?  The server that encouraged its members to steal from their girlfriends' or wives' purses to continue donating?

Yes.

And most recently they somehow managed to abduct a member in this one Hunger Games server (one known for hitting on underage girls or men disguised as underage girls) and tricked him into embarrassing himself because he thought he was performing for hot women.  A normal griefer wouldn't be that clever XD

That being said, I wish I could say that it's because they only target people who deserve griefing that I enjoy them so much.  But no, that's just an excuse.  I like them because wacky hijinks, working around anti-griefing measures, and the struggle between them and the admins.  It's like cheering for Woody Woodpecker, or Bugs Bunny, or Screwy Squirrel, really.

They also taught me that putting a sign in front of your house saying "DO NOT GRIEF MY HOUSE" is basically saying "GRIEF MY HOUSE, I WILL RAGE SPECTACULARLY."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on September 14, 2013, 11:04:26 pm
They also taught me that putting a sign in front of your house saying "DO NOT GRIEF MY HOUSE" is basically saying "GRIEF MY HOUSE, I WILL RAGE SPECTACULARLY."
That is what griefers and trolls call "asking of it."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 15, 2013, 12:21:12 am
I don't like griefing. I guess it's just that I've been bullied enough to know how it feels, so even in video games where no physical harm is done I have no respect for anyone who bullies others.

In fact I don't even understand how someone could enjoy tormenting others so throroughly. Seriously, so far I haven't been victimized by griefers much but they seemed to be using putting a lot of energy and time into just bullying others and I really can't comprehend how it could be so fun to them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 15, 2013, 12:28:20 am
Oh lordy look what i found

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/rockstar-games-dont-make-a-pc-version-of-gta-v#share
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 15, 2013, 12:44:57 am
Oh lordy look what i found

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/rockstar-games-dont-make-a-pc-version-of-gta-v#share

Wow.

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PC Gamer 서울특별시, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

    3 days ago
    Liked 45

You suck idiot Console Gamer ^^ I give a interest- Only pc the best of best Game Machine, Console suck graphic, suck sounds, and suck title price. If console idiot buy 10 title, PC gamer can 12 title and lot of sale. Yes, You Idiot! hahaha- Fuck You~ ㅗ^_^ㅗ

옛다 관심 병신 콘솔충새끼들아 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 좆도없는 찌질이새끼들이 PC로 게임 내지말라고 좆지랄 떨고 자빠졌네 엿이나 쳐먹어라 PC게이머한테 애미애비 뒤졌냐 좆찐따 새끼들아 ㅉㅉㅉ

Well, at least it says that it's from Korea so there is an excuse for not being fluent in english... Maybe (s)he learned english language through videogames and internet, it sure looks like that.

People have been fearing/suggesting the death of PC games because of piracy for over a decade. Hasn't happened yet but I certainly would understand if they would make more games exclusive to consoles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 15, 2013, 12:47:41 am
Oh lordy look what i found

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/rockstar-games-dont-make-a-pc-version-of-gta-v#share

They're already petitioning for a Day One patch to.....make the driving identical to GTA IV.

The GTA fandom is horrible. It's just plain stupid most of the time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 15, 2013, 12:55:38 am
(http://media.tumblr.com/bdabfdf01f54324ad36655c2c7dd3cbe/tumblr_inline_mt5gqcH2we1rpwaic.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 15, 2013, 09:08:40 am
I don't like griefing. I guess it's just that I've been bullied enough to know how it feels, so even in video games where no physical harm is done I have no respect for anyone who bullies others.

In fact I don't even understand how someone could enjoy tormenting others so throroughly. Seriously, so far I haven't been victimized by griefers much but they seemed to be using putting a lot of energy and time into just bullying others and I really can't comprehend how it could be so fun to them.

If its done to people who deserve it, I'll laugh along with the griefers.  However, I have been known to use griefer tactics AGAINST them...I was part of a guild in Ultima Online that hunted down player killers (aka: PKs or reds), killed them, stole their shit, and for good measure, chopped up their corpses and turned in their heads for whatever bounty it was worth.

There are few things as pants-shittingly terrifying in a game like that than the sight of a dozen people coming upon you out of nowhere with everything from poisoned daggers to halberds to fucking sledgehammers.  Since most reds are mages, sledgehammers work especially well when killing them...concussions are bitches, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 15, 2013, 01:37:33 pm
I don't like griefing. I guess it's just that I've been bullied enough to know how it feels, so even in video games where no physical harm is done I have no respect for anyone who bullies others.

In fact I don't even understand how someone could enjoy tormenting others so throroughly. Seriously, so far I haven't been victimized by griefers much but they seemed to be using putting a lot of energy and time into just bullying others and I really can't comprehend how it could be so fun to them.

If its done to people who deserve it, I'll laugh along with the griefers.  However, I have been known to use griefer tactics AGAINST them...I was part of a guild in Ultima Online that hunted down player killers (aka: PKs or reds), killed them, stole their shit, and for good measure, chopped up their corpses and turned in their heads for whatever bounty it was worth.

There are few things as pants-shittingly terrifying in a game like that than the sight of a dozen people coming upon you out of nowhere with everything from poisoned daggers to halberds to fucking sledgehammers.  Since most reds are mages, sledgehammers work especially well when killing them...concussions are bitches, lol.

Oh man, I love PKKers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on September 15, 2013, 02:14:57 pm
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PC Gamer 서울특별시, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

    3 days ago
    Liked 45

You suck idiot Console Gamer ^^ I give a interest- Only pc the best of best Game Machine, Console suck graphic, suck sounds, and suck title price. If console idiot buy 10 title, PC gamer can 12 title and lot of sale. Yes, You Idiot! hahaha- Fuck You~ ㅗ^_^ㅗ

옛다 관심 병신 콘솔충새끼들아 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 좆도없는 찌질이새끼들이 PC로 게임 내지말라고 좆지랄 떨고 자빠졌네 엿이나 쳐먹어라 PC게이머한테 애미애비 뒤졌냐 좆찐따 새끼들아 ㅉㅉㅉ

Ignoring the bad English (which is because it's obviously not his first language), are most Koreans really that stupid?

But seriously, one thing I do know is that the Koreans and their obsession with PCs have been so undying. I'm one of those people who sometimes scroll through Hardcore Gaming 101 and one of the most interesting sections of the site was its (exhaustive) coverage of the history of gaming in South Korea and a lot of games they made were for either DOS or PC, or primitive formats like the Apple II and MSX. And yes, I'll actually go far to mentioning their love affair with Starcraft, a game that actually has just one console port (Nintendo 64, which is not easy to find) but otherwise the original PC version is the way to go.

Otherwise, I was just criticizing the juvenile nature of that person's post, which yes, I think American PC gamers had an influence on his English skills and his rotten behavior. But 45 likes? Seriously?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 15, 2013, 05:46:16 pm
with the exception of Japan its an East Asian thing
In China consoles were haraam until now
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 15, 2013, 05:49:23 pm
So nobody's gonna be talkin' bout Pokemon?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on September 15, 2013, 06:38:55 pm
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PC Gamer 서울특별시, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

    3 days ago
    Liked 45

You suck idiot Console Gamer ^^ I give a interest- Only pc the best of best Game Machine, Console suck graphic, suck sounds, and suck title price. If console idiot buy 10 title, PC gamer can 12 title and lot of sale. Yes, You Idiot! hahaha- Fuck You~ ㅗ^_^ㅗ

옛다 관심 병신 콘솔충새끼들아 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 좆도없는 찌질이새끼들이 PC로 게임 내지말라고 좆지랄 떨고 자빠졌네 엿이나 쳐먹어라 PC게이머한테 애미애비 뒤졌냐 좆찐따 새끼들아 ㅉㅉㅉ

Google Translate gives the Korean text below as follows:
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There you are, dear stupid console charging interest fuckers fucking blah blah blah blah blah without a PC game or not to geek chicks shaking Fuck fuck fuck fuck and eat beat Abby Amy PC gamers behind me did you break fuckers fucking hack ㅉ ㅉ ㅉ
*facepalm*

So nobody's gonna be talkin' bout Pokemon?
I did not too long ago.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on September 15, 2013, 09:16:59 pm
So nobody's gonna be talkin' bout Pokemon?

WHY IS IT THAT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT POKEMON? THOSE GAMES ARE FOR KIDS AND THIS SITE CONSISTS OF GROWN ADULTS TALKING ABOUT STUFF FOR KIDS. THAT AND MY LITTLE PONY, WHICH IS FOR LITTLE GIRLS. I'M FUCKING DONE WITH THIS SITE.

But seriously, the X and Y versions are going to feature character customization. Something which has become one of my favorite aspects of video games of today, even though it's just cosmetic stuff and nothing special to the rest of the game.

But that also means no Calem/Serena whatsoever. ;_;
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 16, 2013, 01:09:21 am
no hijab though so far which is a shame :( (your in france so there are bound to be a large number of muslims
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 16, 2013, 01:15:36 am
I'm just glad I can finally play as a dark skinned character.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 16, 2013, 03:07:13 am
Let me tell you about playing a dark-skinned Shepard in Mass Effect.

The lighting turns you into the boogeyman.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on September 16, 2013, 10:58:53 pm
I accidentally made an albino Shepard in the first Mass Effect. I'm keeping him because I've enjoyed the story so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 17, 2013, 12:36:10 am
GTA V is now installing!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on September 17, 2013, 02:16:29 am
Same here.  Goodbye work, goodbye social life!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 17, 2013, 08:52:02 am
Man, I want it for PC so I can have no life.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 17, 2013, 09:43:14 am
I have had this in my bookmarks forever and had no idea what it was for the longest time...

I'm...

(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1nh3awWtn1qk7hbto1_500.jpg)

I don't know where I even saw it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 17, 2013, 09:48:06 am
...Well Shepard does have weaknesses.

Based on his/her class there are things Shepard cannot do and the other team members can help by covering those things. Like a soldier Shepard taking Tali to handle hacking duties etc.

Shepard also has a weakness against bullets/explosions/biotics to the face or other parts of his body. It helps to have some fire support when facing large numbers of enemies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 17, 2013, 10:12:35 am
Well if you're going to bring logic into this I'll just pack my bags. :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 17, 2013, 11:01:18 am
Well if you're going to bring logic into this I'll just pack my bags. :P
Sorry...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 17, 2013, 11:49:50 am
Let me tell you about playing a dark-skinned Shepard in Mass Effect.

The lighting turns you into the boogeyman.
Bioware in general (not just ME but also Dragon Age 2) has this issue where the default face looks 50X better
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 17, 2013, 12:29:55 pm
I dunno my edited face looks fab as fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 17, 2013, 02:17:41 pm
apparently you are not supposed to install the 360 version GTAV
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 17, 2013, 02:23:31 pm
apparently you are not supposed to install the 360 version GTAV

You have to install one disc. Its the "play" disc you shouldnt install.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 17, 2013, 02:36:49 pm
Well if you're going to bring logic into this I'll just pack my bags. :P

I'll help.

Ironbite-you won't have much stuff but you won't be overcharged by an airline after I'm done.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 17, 2013, 09:08:09 pm
So Gamespot called GTA V misogynist but still gave it a 9 out of 10 (note they use a 9-9.5 etc) cue the commentators proving their point (the reviewer is trans so they made comments)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 17, 2013, 10:45:46 pm
A Grand Theft Auto game that's OFFENSIVE?  Tell me it ain't so!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 17, 2013, 11:29:51 pm
So Gamespot called GTA V misogynist but still gave it a 9 out of 10 (note they use a 9-9.5 etc) cue the commentators proving their point (the reviewer is trans so they made comments)

Let me find this review....

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Perhaps most troubling is a mission in which you’re instructed to torture a man. Trevor states that torture doesn't work, and the person ordering the torture is an arrogant and corrupt government official, suggesting that the scene is meant to be a critical commentary on the United States’ use of waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation” methods. But the fact that Trevor (and you, if you want to progress through the story) tortures the man regardless, and that he does end up spilling more information as a result, sends a very different message. These moments of hypocrisy and inconsistency diminish the otherwise strong characters; it feels like they are leaping into situations not because it's what they would actually want to do, but because the mission design demands that they must.

This isn't a thing about misogyny, but I had to respond to it anyway. I think this is the first time in the review where Ms. Petit reveals that she doesn't understand the point behind the characters or their actions.

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Characters constantly spout lines that glorify male sexuality while demeaning women, and the billboards and radio stations of the world reinforce this misogyny, with ads that equate manhood with sleek sports cars while encouraging women to purchase a fragrance that will make them “smell like a bitch.” Yes, these are exaggerations of misogynistic undercurrents in our own society, but not satirical ones. With nothing in the narrative to underscore how insane and wrong this is, all the game does is reinforce and celebrate sexism. The beauty of cruising in the sun-kissed Los Santos hills while listening to “Higher Love” by Steve Winwood turns sour really quick when a voice comes on the radio that talks about using a woman as a urinal.

She clearly doesn't understand what parody is. She's seeing a bunch of stuff that mocks modern-day sexism and misogyny and assuming that, despite its massive ridiculousness that nobody could ever take seriously, that it's meant to intentionally be degrading to women. Apparently if you don't roll your eyes or say "You are a terrible person if you think this is true!" after every joke, you're not really being satirical.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 17, 2013, 11:42:55 pm
The game's only been out for a day and already everyone are shitting their pants over it. Not that we all didn't see this coming ever since Rockstar announced that GTAV is going to be a thing, but it's still no less fucking retarded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on September 18, 2013, 12:03:20 am
Oh lordy look what i found

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/rockstar-games-dont-make-a-pc-version-of-gta-v#share

So, instead of losing a small percentage of console sales due to pirating, these idiots want Rockstar to willingly give up all PC sales? Brilliant plan there.

The PC vs console war is so fucking stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on September 18, 2013, 01:23:27 am
DO NOT read the gamespot comment the transphobia is awful 
Also the GTA fandom doesn't get that its satire just go into the tag on tumblr
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 18, 2013, 02:59:33 am
Quite conveniently, that torture mission was the last one I played right now before turning the console off. Also conveniently, one of the "misogynistic" news pieces came on right after!

On the subject of misogyny, it's pretty difficult to be unable to identify it as satire. It's a piece on a 25-year-old girl marrying an 80-year-old wealthy man. During the interview, she outright says things like "I'm not very smart" and "All women are just looking for a rich man to exploit." Perhaps Petit didn't notice that the Weazel News tagline was played at the very end of the piece: "Confirming your prejudices!"

On the subject of torture,
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on September 18, 2013, 05:46:27 am
Chit, can you please spoiler GTA V plot stuff?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 18, 2013, 12:19:46 pm
I care so little for GTA it isnt funny.

But i did enjoy GTA IV. I also enjoyed Chinatown Wars (in fact it was better than GTA IV IMO). Shame it tanked, cept on the iPhone.

IMO The Lost and Damned's story was better than the main games, and The Ballad of Gay Tony was way more fun than the main game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 18, 2013, 12:29:37 pm
Chit, can you please spoiler GTA V plot stuff?

Sure, but it's barely even plot-related.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 18, 2013, 01:34:51 pm
Wow, I didn't know about this:
http://mwomercs.com/sarah

Mechwarrior online has a special mech dedicated to the memory of a young girl who had died of cancer. It's the type of mech that was her favourite. You can't get it anymore since the campaign is over but all the profits from those mechs went to charity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on September 18, 2013, 04:46:31 pm
Warhammer Online gets the pink slip. (http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09/18/warhammer-online-to-close-december-18th/)
On the same day as it's fifth anniversary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 18, 2013, 05:36:07 pm
Warhammer Online gets the pink slip. (http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09/18/warhammer-online-to-close-december-18th/)
On the same day as it's fifth anniversary.

Ouch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 18, 2013, 06:20:33 pm
Listening to this, I wish someone would bring back Tabula Rasa.  That was, without a doubt, the single most unique MMORPG I've ever played, created by the man that made the genre popular in the first place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1pgeH6p-I
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on September 19, 2013, 05:11:33 pm
Oh lordy look what i found

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/rockstar-games-dont-make-a-pc-version-of-gta-v#share

So, instead of losing a small percentage of console sales due to pirating, these idiots want Rockstar to willingly give up all PC sales? Brilliant plan there.

The PC vs console war is so fucking stupid.
In the remixed words of the Heavy, "some people not smart."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 19, 2013, 06:40:24 pm
More Skyrim fun:

Flaming Familiar is a fun and easy way to perform kills for the Dark Brotherhood.  Simply stand next to your target (that isn't hostile toward you), cast FF (or in my case, double FF), and stand back as they howl and explode.  It may take a few tries, but when they do kill your target, you don't get in trouble for it.  In fact, I performed one kill directly in front of a guard, and he simply walked over to the body and asked, "Who did this?"

The only problem is repeated use of FF at close range does hurt you, and even Wards don't seem to protect you (unless I'm using them wrong).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 19, 2013, 07:05:44 pm
Ive been playing the main campaign of age of empires 3.

Its honestly kinda gay, i wanna follow an empire or a historical figures army. Not some random dickhead in a story that makes the da vinci code look tame
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on September 19, 2013, 09:58:43 pm
Ive been playing the main campaign of age of empires 3.

Its honestly kinda gay, i wanna follow an empire or a historical figures army. Not some random dickhead in a story that makes the da vinci code look tame
I can say with 99.999999....% accuracy that you're not using that word correctly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 19, 2013, 11:05:17 pm
Well, Hof is a flaming homosexual (minus the flaming) so does that mean he's allowed to use that word that way?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 19, 2013, 11:12:01 pm
This should be amusing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on September 20, 2013, 12:14:55 am
Who are we to question the game's sexual identity?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 20, 2013, 01:09:51 am
I mean, the game has every right to date other games of the same genre.  Stop judging it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on September 20, 2013, 09:39:17 am
Ive been playing the main campaign of age of empires 3.

Age of Empires 3 was a massive disappointment.  Especially coming after the near-perfect Age of Kings :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 20, 2013, 04:28:53 pm
Well, I broke down and bought GTA V, despite wanting to wait for it on PC. That didn't take long.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 20, 2013, 04:34:49 pm
My main gripes with it.

The zoom, its all right up everyones ass. Naval battles look ridiculous because the ships are overly huge and fill the screen
The graphics, its a bit cartoony
Unit grouping, theres no formations.
The shit ai is still there where friendlys do nothing but spam villagers.
The defensive towers are USELESS. Jesus christ how piss weak do they need to be.
Story sucks. Royally.
Defence towers...again, why bother. In aoe2 they at least made you think twice. The great wall of china mission in the ghengis khan campaign, those towers will destroy you unless you have trebuchets. 3...just a couple of units needed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 20, 2013, 04:51:01 pm
That sounds more than a little idiotic.  Castles were whores to take down in the olden days for a reason.  That reason being those great fucking towers raining arrows down on any pitiful fools stupid enough to get into range without adequate protection.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on September 20, 2013, 06:49:07 pm
How many of y'all's played Bastion?  How many of y'all liked it?  Supergiant Games is coming out with another game, using the same engine.  And already it's looking good, with some awesome music.

See for yourself:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmlnUCK9oWI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 20, 2013, 07:59:24 pm
That sounds more than a little idiotic.  Castles were whores to take down in the olden days for a reason.  That reason being those great fucking towers raining arrows down on any pitiful fools stupid enough to get into range without adequate protection.

In the asian dynasties expansion, Castles have the ability to make units, but they have all the defensive capabilities of a tower, fuck all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 20, 2013, 08:31:04 pm
That sounds more than a little idiotic.  Castles were whores to take down in the olden days for a reason.  That reason being those great fucking towers raining arrows down on any pitiful fools stupid enough to get into range without adequate protection.
As I recall, you could garrison them with ranged units and thereby cause them to rain an avalanche of arrows on anything that so much as looked at you funny.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 20, 2013, 10:41:21 pm
That sounds more than a little idiotic.  Castles were whores to take down in the olden days for a reason.  That reason being those great fucking towers raining arrows down on any pitiful fools stupid enough to get into range without adequate protection.
As I recall, you could garrison them with ranged units and thereby cause them to rain an avalanche of arrows on anything that so much as looked at you funny.

We talking real life, or Age of Empires III?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 21, 2013, 03:06:30 am
That sounds more than a little idiotic.  Castles were whores to take down in the olden days for a reason.  That reason being those great fucking towers raining arrows down on any pitiful fools stupid enough to get into range without adequate protection.
As I recall, you could garrison them with ranged units and thereby cause them to rain an avalanche of arrows on anything that so much as looked at you funny.

We talking real life, or Age of Empires III?

I was talking about Age of Empires II, actually. I thought you were as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 21, 2013, 03:09:52 am
Is Diablo III worth buying on the PS3?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 21, 2013, 10:14:07 am
That sounds more than a little idiotic.  Castles were whores to take down in the olden days for a reason.  That reason being those great fucking towers raining arrows down on any pitiful fools stupid enough to get into range without adequate protection.
As I recall, you could garrison them with ranged units and thereby cause them to rain an avalanche of arrows on anything that so much as looked at you funny.

We talking real life, or Age of Empires III?

I was talking about Age of Empires II, actually. I thought you were as well.

I've never played Age of Empires, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 21, 2013, 11:45:17 am
Is Diablo III worth buying on the PS3?

Not sure why im even bothering, since im always ignored, but yes. Yes it is. It fixes the majority of problems of the PC version, and IMO is a far more polished product.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on September 21, 2013, 11:52:57 am
That doesn't really tell me much considering I can't actually play the PC version hence why I'm interested in the console version. The tiny bit I managed to play gave me the distinct impression people were lying to me about it being similar to Torchlight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on September 22, 2013, 06:34:37 am
It's similar in the way you're going into a dangerous area, fetching things for townspeople, and bringing them back.  Nevermind finding a fuckton of eccentrically named weapons and armor, bringing THOSE back, and selling them for cash.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 22, 2013, 04:02:45 pm
If you have GTA V, go watch the Scooter Brother video on Youtube.

Then keep playing GTA V.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: mellenORL on September 24, 2013, 02:47:56 pm
Just leaked! A preview of the Beta for the upcoming add on pack, GTA V : Adventures of Sophi. Sorry, review is only available in Spanish ATM....... :P.......yeh, just click CC and the drop downs to turn on the translated captions option...please...it adds immeasurable levels of enjoyment, and confusion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sFwiP6pLz0

*all kudos to this guy, and his little sister!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 25, 2013, 07:24:12 am
Started replaying Fable 2. For all its flaws and shitty voice acting, it's such a charming game. In what other game can you make a store owner fall madly in love with you by dancing and farting in front of them for a minute or so, then use said infatuation to buy the whole store off them at a 10% or so discount? Ah, so much fun...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 25, 2013, 07:35:23 am
Just wait until the fable 3 handshakes

OohahhRrrrrrurrrupAaaah!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 25, 2013, 10:22:22 am
Started replaying Fable 2. For all its flaws and shitty voice acting, it's such a charming game. In what other game can you make a store owner fall madly in love with you by dancing and farting in front of them for a minute or so, then use said infatuation to buy the whole store off them at a 10% or so discount? Ah, so much fun...

Then, once you've taken their livelihood from them, lead them down to the temple of evil, and sacrifice them to the forces of darkness!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 25, 2013, 10:55:28 am
Started replaying Fable 2. For all its flaws and shitty voice acting, it's such a charming game. In what other game can you make a store owner fall madly in love with you by dancing and farting in front of them for a minute or so, then use said infatuation to buy the whole store off them at a 10% or so discount? Ah, so much fun...

Then, once you've taken their livelihood from them, lead them down to the temple of evil, and sacrifice them to the forces of darkness!

Or if you're being a "good" character and want the dead owner discount, ask them to follow you and lead them into a crowd of bandits or hobbes of whatever else. Or can you only do that in Fable 1? Eh, I'm sure I'll find out in the very near future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 26, 2013, 11:58:07 pm
I'm glad my admin kept the machines for Forestry ethanol production around.  I dunno why, but ethanol just has something about it that I like.  If MineFactory Reloaded would stop being such a derp, I could make it truly endless, and a truly renewable resource...meaning, of course, truly endless power thru steam!  Not to mention easily scalable.

(If anyone's interested in joining me on the server on which I play, just hit me up with a PM.  I'll run it past the admin, and make sure you got everything you need to get up and running easy-peasy.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 27, 2013, 12:52:33 pm
I've got Jagged Alliance 2 being downloaded from GOG onto my computer. I did have a cd of it years ago but it stopped working and it was on discount now...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 28, 2013, 05:24:08 am
I'm already about half way through Fable 2, and I've only just remembered how to properly make insane amounts of money. All this time, I've been doing blacksmithing and bartending like a fucking moron when simply trading weapons can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollar profit per day. Ah well, live and learn, I suppose.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 29, 2013, 12:50:23 am
Turns out that I cannot load saved games in Jagged Alliance 2...

I'm trying to find out what's wrong with it and it's odd since other games I've gotten through GOG have worked perfectly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 29, 2013, 06:19:39 pm
I'm already about half way through Fable 2, and I've only just remembered how to properly make insane amounts of money. All this time, I've been doing blacksmithing and bartending like a fucking moron when simply trading weapons can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollar profit per day. Ah well, live and learn, I suppose.

Then, you buy your first few properties, rent 'em out, and rake in the jack without having to do shit.  In fact, I know a good way to abuse this, if you're interested.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 30, 2013, 12:27:15 am
I'm already about half way through Fable 2, and I've only just remembered how to properly make insane amounts of money. All this time, I've been doing blacksmithing and bartending like a fucking moron when simply trading weapons can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollar profit per day. Ah well, live and learn, I suppose.

Then, you buy your first few properties, rent 'em out, and rake in the jack without having to do shit.  In fact, I know a good way to abuse this, if you're interested.

(click to show/hide)
Hours? I can rack up hundreds of thousands worth of gold in minutes.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 30, 2013, 02:17:52 pm
Turns out that I cannot load saved games in Jagged Alliance 2...

I'm trying to find out what's wrong with it and it's odd since other games I've gotten through GOG have worked perfectly.
NVM. GOG had a FAQ over the most common problems and running the game in admin mode seems to help.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 01, 2013, 12:46:33 am
For those of you who already own GTA V: Please, PLEASE tell me that it doesn't have random friends calling you to go play darts and watch strippers. I've been playing IV recently (couldn't run it on my old computer), and I'm getting tired of having to interrupt whatever I was planning on doing to prevent some random character from disliking me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 01, 2013, 01:17:42 am
I've not played but no you choose when to play golf not your cousin
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 01, 2013, 02:08:09 am
For those of you who already own GTA V: Please, PLEASE tell me that it doesn't have random friends calling you to go play darts and watch strippers. I've been playing IV recently (couldn't run it on my old computer), and I'm getting tired of having to interrupt whatever I was planning on doing to prevent some random character from disliking me.

Nope. You can still hang out (including all three protagonists calling each other up), but they never ever bug you about it. Pretty much all of the calls you get are mission or story-related.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 01, 2013, 03:32:06 am
I just installed Minecraft on this particular computer and I'm getting used to it again.  Will have to read the wiki to see EVERYTHING that's been added since I last played (hint: it's been awhile since I last played)

I have no pictures yet, but I managed to build a two story house with enough space to make me feel at home.  It's barely furnished, but it's there.  I even spawned on top of a cliff and said to myself "Yeah, I'm building my house RIGHT HERE."

It's just made out of planks so far, and aside from using fences for windows until I can get glass panes, it's ridiculously plain looking.

My plan is to more or less upgrade its appearances as I go, expand it if I have to.  When I start enchanting and doing alchemy, I think I might build a tower on top that contains a library for enchanting, and an alchemy room on top of that.

I don't like building underground.

...Note to self:

Sometime in the future, start a Dwarf Fortress project where my dwarves make a suicidal attempt to live above ground in houses.

Dwarves eventually adapt to being on the surface and it doesn't make them AS unhappy, right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 01, 2013, 05:04:02 am
Terraria 1.2 is due in just a few hours. I think I'll re-install it once I'm finished with Fable 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 01, 2013, 07:20:46 am
I think I need a new Skyrim disk.  Last night it froze on me 3 times in a half hour period, and all I was doing was exploring and killing a few things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on October 01, 2013, 04:14:46 pm
I just installed Minecraft on this particular computer and I'm getting used to it again.  Will have to read the wiki to see EVERYTHING that's been added since I last played (hint: it's been awhile since I last played)

I have no pictures yet, but I managed to build a two story house with enough space to make me feel at home.  It's barely furnished, but it's there.  I even spawned on top of a cliff and said to myself "Yeah, I'm building my house RIGHT HERE."

It's just made out of planks so far, and aside from using fences for windows until I can get glass panes, it's ridiculously plain looking.

My plan is to more or less upgrade its appearances as I go, expand it if I have to.  When I start enchanting and doing alchemy, I think I might build a tower on top that contains a library for enchanting, and an alchemy room on top of that.

I don't like building underground.

...Note to self:

Sometime in the future, start a Dwarf Fortress project where my dwarves make a suicidal attempt to live above ground in houses.

Dwarves eventually adapt to being on the surface and it doesn't make them AS unhappy, right?

Dwarves start not minding being above ground as long as they have a roof of some sort. It's after they're underground for long periods that they get cave adapted and start hating the sun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 01, 2013, 04:16:23 pm
Also, dwarfs often have the "doesn't mind working outdoors" personality trait.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 01, 2013, 06:38:00 pm
For those of you who already own GTA V: Please, PLEASE tell me that it doesn't have random friends calling you to go play darts and watch strippers. I've been playing IV recently (couldn't run it on my old computer), and I'm getting tired of having to interrupt whatever I was planning on doing to prevent some random character from disliking me.

Nope. You can still hang out (including all three protagonists calling each other up), but they never ever bug you about it. Pretty much all of the calls you get are mission or story-related.

Thank god. IV's got a lot of great content, but they really went in the wrong direction with some of the features. Playing a video game shouldn't have to involve doing chores before you get to have fun.

Terraria 1.2 is due in just a few hours. I think I'll re-install it once I'm finished with Fable 2.

I started a new character and world earlier today. So far, I'm having a ton of fun discovering all of the new content. Not sure how long the novelty will last, given that it's still the same basic gameplay, but for the time being, I'm enjoying it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 01, 2013, 10:13:11 pm
Once again, I've been reminded why I abandoned the primary Thief fandom all those years ago.  I was watching the Thief demo on YouTube, the one they played at the Eurogamer Expo.  People are constantly complaining about how the jumping is contextual now.  Jumping, at least for reasons other than simply making noise and either being a total retard or just deciding to fuck with the guards, was contextual in the other four Thief games.  They just made it so you can't leap around like a fucking moron, and it makes perfect sense.  Think about it, Garrett's a smart man, he's a master fucking thief for a reason.  He'll want to avoid needless exertion, saving his stamina for more important tasks.  Jumping not only takes stamina to do, but also generally creates noise, something a skilled thief also avoids doing unless its actually necessary.  Ergo, it'd stand to reason that Garrett would only jump/mantle when its actually advantageous for him to do so.

But, no, its an unacceptable departure from our comfy little armchairs of nostalgia.  God damned pussies are just too scared to play anything new for fear of ruining their "hardcwoar gaemahr" cred by enjoying something that's not 15 years old, if not older.  I'll get this new Thief, even if its just to piss off every pretentious gamer hipster out there and make them fume with impotent rage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 01, 2013, 11:28:22 pm
I'll probably check it out. I only played a little of the first Thief, and it was decent (if hamstrung by being ancient and thus made before modern gaming conventions were properly decided upon). Dishonored reminded me a little bit of it in the stealth department, as well as some of the theming.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on October 01, 2013, 11:43:25 pm
If you want a primer on Thief, I'd suggest getting Thief II.  The first one (and Thief Gold, to a lesser extent) was kinda held back because the Dark Engine of the time was comparatively primitive to what's found in Thief II.  The latter might still have a bug or two, but at least they aren't game-breaking like being sent flying when trying to jump on to a rope.  Plus, a marked downturn in the amount of undead, and burricks pretty much don't exist, by that point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on October 02, 2013, 01:01:34 am
Had a blackout earlier while playing Cookie Clicker, and lost all my progress :'(
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Post by: Art Vandelay on October 02, 2013, 01:06:08 am
Plus, a marked downturn in the amount of undead, and burricks pretty much don't exist, by that point.
In that case, I think I might just jump straight to Thief 2 as well. I wanted to play them in order, but I kept abandoning the first Thief because the zombie/animal to human enemy ratio was way too high for my liking. As in, by the end of the second mission I as already sick of zombles.
Had a blackout earlier while playing Cookie Clicker, and lost all my progress :'(
How'd you manage that? I auto saves every two minutes or so for me.
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Post by: chad sexington on October 02, 2013, 01:10:46 am
Power must have gone out in the middle of an autosave.  At any rate, I'm back to zero.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 02, 2013, 02:06:32 am
Time to go play some GTA Online!

Or I would, if it wasn't 100% broken and literally unplayable.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 02, 2013, 04:34:50 pm
To be fair of course the servers would be full and there is single player unlike say Sim City
Also I wonder how many of them are bored federal employees
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on October 02, 2013, 09:25:01 pm
Has anyone played as a Psycho in Borderlands 2? I'm curious if that's a DLC worth getting.
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Post by: ironbite on October 02, 2013, 09:35:57 pm
No but from what I've seen...it's an amazing class.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on October 02, 2013, 11:06:46 pm
I cant really get into the classes in borderlands. Only thing to really distinguish them, in my opinion, is their special ability. Plus their stat trees really dont do much, as least not much thats noticeable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 03, 2013, 12:46:02 am
Finally reinstalled Dwarf Fortress.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 03, 2013, 01:47:50 am
Finally reinstalled Dwarf Fortress.

Build an above-ground fortress.

With wood.

Prove to the humans that dwarves are better humans than humans are.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 03, 2013, 01:56:09 am
Finally reinstalled Dwarf Fortress.

Build an above-ground fortress.

With wood.

Prove to the humans that dwarves are better humans than humans are.

Mining may be a tad inefficient, what with the dwarves having to run all the way back to the surface to eat and sleep.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 03, 2013, 02:55:46 am
Finally reinstalled Dwarf Fortress.

Build an above-ground fortress.

With wood.

Prove to the humans that dwarves are better humans than humans are.

Right now I'm making a sort of starter fortress, as I barely remember a thing about anything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 03, 2013, 05:55:17 am
Finally reinstalled Dwarf Fortress.

Build an above-ground fortress.

With wood.

Prove to the humans that dwarves are better humans than humans are.

Mining may be a tad inefficient, what with the dwarves having to run all the way back to the surface to eat and sleep.

That's what camps are for.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 04, 2013, 02:24:44 pm
Heads up, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubisoft.mightandmagic.clashofheroes&hl=en) is on sale at a dollar this week, on the android store and I think on the iOS store as well. a fantastic puzzle-strategy game, a real bargain.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on October 04, 2013, 11:19:52 pm
Thats it, I give up, the Battle of Sekigahara in the asian dynasties expansion of age of empires 3 is fucking impossible in hard mode. Jesus fucking christ
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 05, 2013, 06:06:12 pm
Does anyone know of a working emulator for Pokemon FireRed (it's a .gba ROM)? I've tried several and none have worked. Visual Boy Advance gives me this: "The 1m sub-circuit is not installed." I tried putting the vba-over.ini file with the GBA .exe and that didn't work, nor did changing the save type to Flash 128K. All the other emulators crashed. It's getting irritating now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on October 05, 2013, 09:06:39 pm
I tried it on VBA and VBA Link. Got the same message, but changing save type to 128k worked
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 05, 2013, 11:58:20 pm
Does anyone know of a working emulator for Pokemon FireRed (it's a .gba ROM)? I've tried several and none have worked. Visual Boy Advance gives me this: "The 1m sub-circuit is not installed." I tried putting the vba-over.ini file with the GBA .exe and that didn't work, nor did changing the save type to Flash 128K. All the other emulators crashed. It's getting irritating now.
Odd. Visual Boy works just fine for me. Maybe you've just got a shitty ROM?

In other news, I'm really loving Terraria 1.2. A bit grindy, but highly satisfying, once you have a shiny new set of gear and a badass mountain fort to call home.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 06, 2013, 02:48:59 pm
I didn't realize this until yesterday, but apparently, the Speed upgrade for the force armour from the DartCraft mod for Minecraft not only increases your walking/running speed, but your mining speed, too.  I can mine redstone with my bare fucking hands!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 07, 2013, 03:48:05 pm
How to describe playing Artemis ship bridge simulator...

The Helmsman wants to know the next bearing while the communications officer is shouting about two calls for immediate assistance by friendly forces, the science officer screams about the seven approaching enemies even as word comes from engineering that we are out of power and half the repair teams are dead through all this the weapons officer is demanding MORE NUKES!

I sit in the captain's chair (technically a couch but I have a wide ass) sipping my drink before calmly but sharply announcing my next orders.

Ok, that was a bit of an exaggeration, the engineers were all alive at the time, we did lose them a couple times though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 07, 2013, 04:49:41 pm
In other news, I'm really loving Terraria 1.2. A bit grindy, but highly satisfying, once you have a shiny new set of gear and a badass mountain fort to call home.

I kind of wish they'd added the new ores and the crimson as separate things rather than just random-chance replacements for the old ores and the corruption. I mean, I guess it's cool to have some variation depending on your world, but some of the items require certain materials that you just can't get without the corruption biome.

The new bosses and various items are pimp, though. Same with the silt/slush actually being useful. For a free update, they've really added a lot to the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 08, 2013, 10:56:06 am
The new bosses and various items are pimp, though. Same with the silt/slush actually being useful. For a free update, they've really added a lot to the game.
That they are. Personally, I can wait to face the Queen Bee. Loot drops of up to three different kinds of weaponised bees. What could be better?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 08, 2013, 03:39:58 pm
The new bosses and various items are pimp, though. Same with the silt/slush actually being useful. For a free update, they've really added a lot to the game.
That they are. Personally, I can wait to face the Queen Bee. Loot drops of up to three different kinds of weaponised bees. What could be better?

Weaponized bees that are on fire?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 08, 2013, 05:32:55 pm
POKEMON X/Y THIS SATURDAY!  GET YOU SOME!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SimSim on October 08, 2013, 05:55:33 pm
Fucking Threshers in Borderlands 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 08, 2013, 06:04:44 pm
I'm dreading facing them on True Vault Hunter mode.

Ironbite-they were a pain in the ass without a vehicle in normal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 08, 2013, 06:48:34 pm
The new bosses and various items are pimp, though. Same with the silt/slush actually being useful. For a free update, they've really added a lot to the game.
That they are. Personally, I can wait to face the Queen Bee. Loot drops of up to three different kinds of weaponised bees. What could be better?

I found the Queen Bee pretty easy to beat, mostly because I didn't fight her until I'd worked my way up through the weapons and armor. The water bolt makes pretty much any boss other than the Wall of Flesh way too easy.

Along with the bee loot, you also get a new NPC who sells a new crafting station once you defeat her.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 08, 2013, 07:10:57 pm
Playing thru Pokemon FireRed, and I gotta say, Lavender Town is...pretty god damned dark.  The whole fucking game is a hell of a lot darker and weirder than I'd expected.  I have a new found hatred for Team Rocket, and pull out my Charizard, Burne, whenever I find one of the fuckers and beat their asses like helpless children.  I just wish it had a Lost Silver-like option that'd let me feed certain bastards to my Pokemon.  Giovanni would be Charizard shit by now.

Also, I named my rival DOUCHE.  Yes, in all caps.  "This is my grandson, DOUCHE!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on October 08, 2013, 07:16:48 pm
POKEMON X/Y THIS SATURDAY!  GET YOU SOME!

Once I'm done (mostly) with the Black version. And no, I'm not getting Black 2 and finishing that too.

Also, expect me to be playing Animal Crossing New Leaf a whole bunch. Let alone how happy I am that it is one of the very few games out there with transgender representation (i.e. you can now wear any masculine and feminine clothing regardless of gender). No kidding.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 08, 2013, 09:13:55 pm
Penumbra: Overture?

Why not.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 08, 2013, 09:59:25 pm
CCome on Saturday
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 08, 2013, 10:57:47 pm
I'm tempted to try SWTOR out despite the overall hatred the internet has for F2P/P2W games.

Anything I should be concerned about?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 09, 2013, 12:47:55 am
One forumite said she was okay with it but I tried it out and turned it off with how much they keep behind the paywall
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on October 09, 2013, 07:30:27 am
I'm tempted to try SWTOR out despite the overall hatred the internet has for F2P/P2W games.

Anything I should be concerned about?

They keep a DAMN lot behind the paywall.  It's okay, you can get through it on f2p, but it takes longer is much more grindy, and everything costs more.  It's like EA is holding the best parts of the game for ransom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 09, 2013, 07:49:32 am
What classes and/or races are restricted behind the paywall?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 09, 2013, 08:12:36 am
I think all the classes are available for free. And races are purely cosmetic with no other differences.

"Raids" and PVP battlegrounds are limited once per week or something like that. And you can unlock stuff with payments that once made keep the stuff unlocked permanently. (It's been a while since I played things may have changed again.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 09, 2013, 09:16:18 am
I thought there were modifiers but basically you will not have fun being a  free user
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 09, 2013, 10:16:31 am
I thought there were modifiers but basically you will not have fun being a  free user
I'm going to disagree with that. You will still get to play the storyline parts for completely free and without the outrageous exp boost you get with money you can actually complete all the missions without being overleveled for half the stuff on each area.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 09, 2013, 11:34:54 am
If you want a good space MMO, Star Trek Online is one I recommend.

Ironbite-the ships you can get with money are good but are pretty much the same as the free ones.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 09, 2013, 05:09:59 pm
If you want a good space MMO, Star Trek Online is one I recommend.

Ironbite-the ships you can get with money are good but are pretty much the same as the free ones.

Star Trek doesn't have the Force.  Or Lightsabers.

And yeah, I'll give SWTOR a chance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 09, 2013, 05:15:06 pm
Star Wars also doesn't have me in it willing and able to guide you through things.

Ironbite-in my Borged out Andorian Curiser.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 09, 2013, 06:01:06 pm
Star Wars also doesn't have me in it willing and able to guide you through things.

Ironbite-in my Borged out Andorian Curiser.

If I'm ever in a Star Trek mood I'll contact you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 10, 2013, 02:03:26 am
http://kotaku.com/rule-34-is-now-in-effect-1442972903
Ken Levine is creeped out by the porn about Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite. Internet being internet most people either laugh or spam him with more porn about Elizabeth.

http://kotaku.com/illegal-ps4-preorder-scheme-sounds-nasty-1443204312?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
And in other news. Retailer in UK notified everyone who preordered PS4 through them that they must either order more products with the preorder or they will lose their spot and will not receive the console on release day.

When the story made it to media the company claimed this is nothing out of the ordinary and people some commenters stirring up shit. The authorities (and anyone who knows a thing about law) disagree:
Quote
"This appears to be profiteering", a representative from the Trading Standards Institute told CVG. "The seller is raising the price hoping people either drop out or pay more. If they drop out the seller can resell at a higher price to another customer".

And yes, I know these are from Otaku so those who dislike the site can go find the stories from somewhere else if they have too much of an aversion to the site.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 10, 2013, 02:32:14 am
LOL Kotaku. To be fair, people were making porn of her before they knew she was underage and [spoilers redacted I guess]

As for the PS4 thing:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/ps4-preorders-uk-retailer-increased-2350041
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/128523-Retailers-PS4-Preorder-Ransom-Illegal-Says-Trading-Standards
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/07/report-uk-retailer-simplygames-increases-ps4-pre-order-price/

for anyone lazy. ;P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on October 10, 2013, 03:28:16 am
That dude just spawned the porny tentacle dick wrath of the internet
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 10, 2013, 03:53:25 am
I read that as the pony tentacle dick.

...And now my mind has some brand new scars.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 10, 2013, 01:12:02 pm
Trust me porn is gonna happen period so yeah. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 10, 2013, 01:40:48 pm
I read that as the pony tentacle dick.

...And now my mind has some brand new scars.
No My Little Cthulhu for you, huh?
That dude just spawned the porny tentacle dick wrath of the internet
That's going in my signature.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 10, 2013, 05:29:42 pm
The Beyond: Two Souls demo made the game look even more unappealing to me.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 10, 2013, 10:44:02 pm
The whole QTE style never appealed to me
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 11, 2013, 04:12:30 pm
One of the achievements for Lego Marvel is, "Welcome to Level Seven."  I wonder how long they've known.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 11, 2013, 05:41:29 pm
I don't get the reference.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 11, 2013, 05:45:24 pm
Level 7 is Shield's highest clearance IE when you can know that Coulson lives
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 11, 2013, 06:33:10 pm
And you get that achievement when you unlock Coulson.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 12, 2013, 07:03:32 am
Maybe it's just because I didn't have to actually slog through the gameplay, but I get the impression from a Let's Play that Kayne and Lynch 2 is in fact so bad it's good. It has me regularly laughing my ass off at the constant yelling and general absurdity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on October 12, 2013, 07:05:11 am
I got rome 2. My god it looks like shit. And i found the combat quite...clunky. Too bad, because the main campaign interface is awesome
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 12, 2013, 03:18:59 pm
Got Pokemon Y.

Ironbite-you...you won't be seeing me for a bit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 12, 2013, 05:15:05 pm
Got Pokemon Y.

Ironbite-you...you won't be seeing me for a bit.

I'll enjoy Kamen Rider Gaim for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 12, 2013, 05:40:06 pm
Got Pokemon Y.

Ironbite-you...you won't be seeing me for a bit.

Make that double for me since I got bolth X and Y
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on October 12, 2013, 08:35:17 pm
I got rome 2. My god it looks like shit. And i found the combat quite...clunky. Too bad, because the main campaign interface is awesome

There'll be a couple dozen patches out soon to fix that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on October 13, 2013, 02:50:56 am
I got rome 2. My god it looks like shit. And i found the combat quite...clunky. Too bad, because the main campaign interface is awesome

There'll be a couple dozen patches out soon to fix that.

After pre-ordering the turd fest that was Empire, I haven't bought a single TW game, and it seems for good reason. Patches weren't able to fix the clusterfuck that Empire was.

Edit: Rising Storm is so much fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 13, 2013, 02:39:02 pm
Maybe it's just because I didn't have to actually slog through the gameplay, but I get the impression from a Let's Play that Kayne and Lynch 2 is in fact so bad it's good. It has me regularly laughing my ass off at the constant yelling and general absurdity.

It doesn't actually play too badly. It's just that it tries to be so gritty and dark and realistic that it doesn't really make you care.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on October 13, 2013, 05:15:37 pm
I got rome 2. My god it looks like shit. And i found the combat quite...clunky. Too bad, because the main campaign interface is awesome

There'll be a couple dozen patches out soon to fix that.

After pre-ordering the turd fest that was Empire, I haven't bought a single TW game, and it seems for good reason. Patches weren't able to fix the clusterfuck that Empire was.

Edit: Rising Storm is so much fun.

Go with napoleon total war. Its smaller in scope but optimised waaaaaay better than empire
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 13, 2013, 06:24:11 pm
Got Pokemon Y.

Ironbite-you...you won't be seeing me for a bit.

Make that double for me since I got bolth X and Y
Got Y
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on October 13, 2013, 09:39:45 pm
Just went "what the hell" and just ordered Pokémon X along with Mario & Luigi Dream Team (which means we - my brother and I - now have all four of the M&L series games).

I'm still determined to finish the Black version first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on October 14, 2013, 03:32:25 am
I got rome 2. My god it looks like shit. And i found the combat quite...clunky. Too bad, because the main campaign interface is awesome

There'll be a couple dozen patches out soon to fix that.

After pre-ordering the turd fest that was Empire, I haven't bought a single TW game, and it seems for good reason. Patches weren't able to fix the clusterfuck that Empire was.

Edit: Rising Storm is so much fun.

Go with napoleon total war. Its smaller in scope but optimised waaaaaay better than empire

I have played both Napoleon and Shogun 2 (and expansions). Shogun 2 was kinda crap.

Napoleon was good, the enemy could form a line and artillery wasn't wildly inaccurate. It was just too small. Essentially a large expansion to Empire. And the SAI was pathetic, though the BAI was OK.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 14, 2013, 02:14:12 pm
*still has no interest in Pokemon*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 14, 2013, 02:28:39 pm
Been playing Pokemon FireRed lately, and this about sums up the weird aspects, of which there are many:

(http://www.vgcats.com/super/images/120703.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 14, 2013, 03:02:20 pm
*still has no interest in Pokemon*

Well some people lead very productive lives without joy or happiness.

Ironbite-they're called Republicans.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on October 14, 2013, 10:33:34 pm
Comparing non-Pokéfans to Republicans. We needed a such post in this thread and everything's complete now.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 14, 2013, 10:55:49 pm
So beat the Elite 4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on October 14, 2013, 11:00:55 pm
Oh my god, guys, how does anyone beat a Pokémon game, whatever version, in one or two days?

I don't have the patience to play through any of those games in a few sittings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 14, 2013, 11:42:41 pm
Oh my god, guys, how does anyone beat a Pokémon game, whatever version, in one or two days?

I don't have the patience to play through any of those games in a few sittings.
I'm just impressed by the people who actually "catch 'em all". The most I can be arsed to do is catch the six I want for my team + HM slaves and maybe the legendaries if I'm in a completionist sort of mood. Outside of that, every other pokemon can fuck right off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 15, 2013, 12:08:32 am
I'm kind of in between "full completionist" and "go fuck yourself, 95% of Pokemon". If there's a Pokemon that I think will help in whatever gym I'm up against, I can usually be arsed to catch it. Otherwise I don't care unless it's cute, cool, or overpowered.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 15, 2013, 12:33:23 am
Answer playing it non stop :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on October 15, 2013, 08:09:35 am
I do try to catch at least one of each type of Pokemon I come across, and will spend time in Safari Parks, etc to catch some, but I don't go out of way to try and catch everything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 15, 2013, 08:50:27 am
I generally only care about catching the Pokemon I want for my team, but I always manage to accidentally catch several in the Safari Zone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on October 15, 2013, 10:23:52 am
Got Y on Saturday but only got 1 badge so far, keep getting distracted by pokemon capturing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 15, 2013, 12:07:46 pm
Considering getting a 3DS, just to pick up Y.  Seems like most of my friends (you guys notwithstanding) are picking up X instead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 15, 2013, 12:57:32 pm
Got Y. Just caught me a Snorlax.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 15, 2013, 02:31:41 pm
Watch out for all the Pony Pokemon.

Ironbite-we know how much you love you some ponies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 15, 2013, 02:55:27 pm
Watch out for all the Pony Pokemon.

Ironbite-we know how much you love you some ponies.
Oh give it a fucking rest wont you.

(besides, Ponyta and Rapidash are awesome)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 15, 2013, 03:10:42 pm
Watch out for all the Pony Pokemon.

Ironbite-we know how much you love you some ponies.

Now I know what Max feels like during Sam's "Banaaaaaaang" scene.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 15, 2013, 03:34:21 pm
Watch out for all the Pony Pokemon.

Ironbite-we know how much you love you some ponies.
Oh give it a fucking rest wont you.

(besides, Ponyta and Rapidash are awesome)

Not after you fucking declared war on 'em I won't.

Ironbite-a war you'll never win.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 15, 2013, 05:29:04 pm
My cousin finally lent me her copy of Ōkami so I'm going to play that for the first time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 15, 2013, 09:10:32 pm
My cousin finally lent me her copy of Ōkami so I'm going to play that for the first time.

Ooh, have fun! That game re-ignited my interest in ancient Japan!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 15, 2013, 10:33:41 pm
Watch out for all the Pony Pokemon.

Ironbite-we know how much you love you some ponies.
Oh give it a fucking rest wont you.

(besides, Ponyta and Rapidash are awesome)

Not after you fucking declared war on 'em I won't.

Ironbite-a war you'll never win.

Ibs, you realise that the guy hasn't even mentioned My Little Pony in likely over a year, right? You were beating a dead horse a long time ago, now you're just beating a slightly smelly patch of ground. Just let it go, that fandom doesn't need defending from the Great and Terrible IanC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 15, 2013, 10:44:48 pm
NEVAH!

Ironbite-I AM IRONBITE AND MY JAW IS RUSTY AND SHUT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 15, 2013, 11:15:23 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvbtcCpWf-w

Ironbite is Sam the dog, I'm Max the Rabbity-thing, Banang is ponies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 16, 2013, 03:25:15 am
On the note of my 25th birthday, I am now the semi-proud owner of a 3DS.

I just have one game for it, though, and $20 for the eShop.

Can anyone recommend any good eShop games?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 16, 2013, 10:16:06 am
That one game better be Pokemon and you better give me your friend code.

Ironbite-also get Fire Emblem as soon as you can.  Great game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 16, 2013, 12:01:19 pm
Also Luigi's Mansion
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 16, 2013, 12:23:16 pm
On the note of my 25th birthday, I am now the semi-proud owner of a 3DS.

I just have one game for it, though, and $20 for the eShop.

Can anyone recommend any good eShop games?

Pushmo and Crashmo (Pullblox and Fallblox for those in Europe) are great puzzle games
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 16, 2013, 08:58:22 pm
That one game better be Pokemon and you better give me your friend code.

Ironbite-also get Fire Emblem as soon as you can.  Great game.

I haven't even finished Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on the 'cube.  Find it hard to get into tactical RPGs for some reason.

Right now I have Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 16, 2013, 11:37:50 pm
That one game better be Pokemon and you better give me your friend code.

Ironbite-also get Fire Emblem as soon as you can.  Great game.

4811-6999-6448

There's my code. I've got Y. I've finished the sixth gym and am currently power leveling a Ralts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 16, 2013, 11:45:39 pm
My friend code is:
0361-7364-2458

I don't have X or Y, though.  Not that much into actually participating in the new gen of Pokemon.

I'll wait until Pokemon Z is out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 17, 2013, 12:02:21 am
My 3DS code is in here (http://fqa.digibase.ca/index.php?topic=449.msg13243#msg13243)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 17, 2013, 05:26:45 am
So do X and Y have something similar to the Battle Frontier or PWT?  Those were my favorite parts of previous games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 17, 2013, 05:40:58 am
I bought Artemis 2.0 bridge license, which allows for up to six players to use it. It's a DRM free installer but it relies on faith system for player not to spread it. (I've already played the game once but we were using another groups license and now bought one for our crew as well.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 18, 2013, 09:09:56 am
The Wolf Among Us looks super awesome. You're in a city where characters from loads of different fables live, from Snow White to Ichabod Crane to Beauty and the Beast. It's incredibly dark and gritty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 18, 2013, 04:08:13 pm
The Wolf Among Us looks super awesome. You're in a city where characters from loads of different fables live, from Snow White to Ichabod Crane to Beauty and the Beast. It's incredibly dark and gritty.

It's apparently a prequel to the Fables comics, so I'm EXTRA intrigued, since I have a friend that's huge into the series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on October 18, 2013, 08:06:41 pm
I have not bought Rome 2 TW and do not plan on until it is being sold in one of Steam's sales. CA, Sega and almost every profession game reviewer out there (http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/total-war-rome-ii) deserve to hang. The only honest review I have seen is on the Angry Joe Show*.

*Though IMO he is too lenient on Shogun 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 19, 2013, 12:33:56 am
The Wolf Among Us looks super awesome. You're in a city where characters from loads of different fables live, from Snow White to Ichabod Crane to Beauty and the Beast. It's incredibly dark and gritty.

It's apparently a prequel to the Fables comics, so I'm EXTRA intrigued, since I have a friend that's huge into the series.
So do I, and I like the comic as well though I have only read first two parts of it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 19, 2013, 02:18:30 am
I wouldn't go that far just tbh this is why we need reviewers who are given some long large games a week in advance.  Rome the reviewer didn't have much time for a game that big so probably didn't encounter the bugs
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 19, 2013, 01:15:09 pm
...The reviewers are given the games in advance. A week or more.

Many games I would review I got in advance and I was basically bound by an NDA until the game was no longer under embargo (which basically means we couldn't talk about it until the publisher said we could).

Hell, some companies made me make my gaming activity invisible while I was playing the game to review.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 19, 2013, 02:44:12 pm
Sorry just I dont think people have enough time to know all the bugs
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 19, 2013, 02:55:45 pm
Sorry just I dont think people have enough time to know all the bugs

That would be impossible if you wanted reviews on a timely basis. You'd either need to give the reviewer the game before it goes gold (which means more bugs) or let them delay their review until a week or more past the release. A week of playing the game would get you all of the major problems, but you need more than that to actually get everything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 19, 2013, 03:10:20 pm
Ibs, you realise that the guy hasn't even mentioned My Little Pony in likely over a year, right? You were beating a dead horse a long time ago, now you're just beating a slightly smelly patch of ground. Just let it go, that fandom doesn't need defending from the Great and Terrible IanC.
Thank you. Ive decided just to live and let live, tbh.

Anyway, i noticed yesterday that I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is out on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/245390/?snr=1_4_4__103) and GOG.com (http://www.gog.com/game/i_have_no_mouth_and_i_must_scream). I've heard lots of things about it (and the original story is based on, which I really must read one day..). So I bought it, though I haven't actually played it yet. Actually I have way too big a back log...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 19, 2013, 03:18:54 pm
Sorry just I dont think people have enough time to know all the bugs

That would be impossible if you wanted reviews on a timely basis. You'd either need to give the reviewer the game before it goes gold (which means more bugs) or let them delay their review until a week or more past the release. A week of playing the game would get you all of the major problems, but you need more than that to actually get everything.
With some games there needs a first impression score like Rome and a real score later
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 19, 2013, 03:27:00 pm
No one can catch all the bugs in a timely manner. Not every copy has the same bugs, either. Not to mention sometimes bugs are triggered by the rig you play the game on. The 360 version of a game might not have the same bugs as the PS3 version.

A lot of people reported New Vegas to be a buggy piece of crap. I didn't run into much of anything when I played it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 19, 2013, 03:29:15 pm
No one can catch all the bugs in a timely manner. Not every copy has the same bugs, either. Not to mention sometimes bugs are triggered by the rig you play the game on. The 360 version of a game might not have the same bugs as the PS3 version.

A lot of people reported New Vegas to be a buggy piece of crap. I didn't run into much of anything when I played it.

It's a buggy piece of crap, but it's also one of the most brilliant open-world games available and its PC version has one of the largest modern modding scenes. Pretty much everyone who gets aggravated by the bugs still loves it for its scope and quality. That's why it manages to get away with so many problems.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 19, 2013, 03:29:58 pm
I never said otherwise. I was exclusively talking about my experience where bugs are concerned.

I love New Vegas but I love FO3 more. So. lmfao
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 19, 2013, 03:38:52 pm
I never said otherwise. I was exclusively talking about my experience where bugs are concerned.

I love New Vegas but I love FO3 more. So. lmfao

Huh, I actually preferred New Vegas, much like how I preferred Fallout 2 to the original Fallout.  Fallout 3 was really good, don't get me wrong, but it just seemed to be spread a bit...thin.  New Vegas gave me a better helping of goodness per square game meter, and I much prefer fighting in New Vegas to 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 19, 2013, 03:43:24 pm
*shrugs* We all have our preferences.

It helps that FO3 never fails to give me goosebumps because I've lived around Bethesda/DC and I've seen those places that are now in ruins.

New Vegas was just something that reminded me too much of the many post-apocalyptic movies that you can see. Not to mention, it wasn't the first time in the series we were in the western deserts. But that's being a little nit-picky and stuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 19, 2013, 05:26:22 pm
Bethesda games in general are buggy pieces of crap but they get away with those problems because the games are AMAZING.  Seriously go load up Skyrim, find a mountain, climb it, then look out at the view.  It's breathtaking how beautiful they make their games.  When they're not trying to make everything crap brown that is.  And even then the sheer scope of all that destruction is just....amazing.

Ironbite-simply amazing how much you can add to it too...*launches nukes at Super Mutants from the Washington Monument*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 19, 2013, 05:32:28 pm
Thanks for reminding me how whiny and entitled the Skyrim GameFAQs forums are.

Seriously, a lot of the Skyrim haters (who for some reason still play the game) just come across as entitled brats.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 19, 2013, 11:39:50 pm
Ugh with New Vegas what I hate was how Bethesda treated Obsidion Basically TLDR they only would give a bonus if they got an 85 or higher on metacritic and being Bethesda rushed the game out without bug testing which were the main critiques.  It got an 84 (which honestly with Metacritic is an 85 with all the weird ways scores are weighted) so no bonuses even though it was Bethesda's fault for not giving them time to debug
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 22, 2013, 07:45:44 pm
So, I decided to make a half-assed attempt at fighting the Wall of Flesh in Terraria and actually managed to win. Upside is that there's tons of new stuff to discover in the hard mode world. Downside is that the enemies are all super strong and keep killing me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 23, 2013, 04:56:00 am
I got Lego Marvel yesterday.  Last night I spent 3 hours just exploring NY. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 23, 2013, 05:00:00 am
Won a contest on GOG and so got Space Empires IV for free. It's supposed to be the best space 4X game in existence, even better than Master of Orion 2. So far, I'm terribly confused and quite certain that I'm playing it completely wrong. Hopefully I get my head around it at some point in the future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 23, 2013, 12:35:00 pm
I got ticket to ride and preloaded Arkham Origins
Ticket to ride is a great board game and it translated well to pc
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 23, 2013, 02:44:21 pm
Won a contest on GOG and so got Space Empires IV for free. It's supposed to be the best space 4X game in existence, even better than Master of Orion 2. So far, I'm terribly confused and quite certain that I'm playing it completely wrong. Hopefully I get my head around it at some point in the future.
I imagine a lot of gamers from my generation would say "That's WHY it's good - it's confusing and the game forces you to figure it out through trial and error!"

Not saying it's not good, but a lot of people have screwed up priorities on what IS good (the kinda people who think walking uphill both ways in the snow to school and back is "fun")
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 23, 2013, 02:56:03 pm
I can see the appeal some people really like video game versions of stat simulators
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on October 23, 2013, 09:20:22 pm
Won a contest on GOG and so got Space Empires IV for free. It's supposed to be the best space 4X game in existence, even better than Master of Orion 2. So far, I'm terribly confused and quite certain that I'm playing it completely wrong. Hopefully I get my head around it at some point in the future.
I imagine a lot of gamers from my generation would say "That's WHY it's good - it's confusing and the game forces you to figure it out through trial and error!"

Not saying it's not good, but a lot of people have screwed up priorities on what IS good (the kinda people who think walking uphill both ways in the snow to school and back is "fun")

I wouldn't call it screwed up priorities so much as different tastes. If they have fun walking uphill in the snow, who cares? (if they don't have fun when they say they do, well, that's really their problem to deal with)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 23, 2013, 10:19:18 pm
That would be one thing, but a lot of them insist that their definition of video gaming fun is THE definition of video gaming fun.

And that having fun simply playing a game means you're like a grandma playing farmville on facebook :/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 23, 2013, 10:21:24 pm
That would be one thing, but a lot of them insist that their definition of video gaming fun is THE definition of video gaming fun.

And that having fun simply playing a game means you're like a grandma playing farmville on facebook :/
Let me guess. Skyrim forums related drama yet again?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 23, 2013, 10:41:59 pm
I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 23, 2013, 11:11:11 pm
I would say it would be a tie since bolth of them are badass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 23, 2013, 11:20:19 pm
I guess it would depend on Shepherd's build and level.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 24, 2013, 12:33:45 am
That would be one thing, but a lot of them insist that their definition of video gaming fun is THE definition of video gaming fun.

And that having fun simply playing a game means you're like a grandma playing farmville on facebook :/
Let me guess. Skyrim forums related drama yet again?

Actually, Legend of Zelda.

I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.

Biotic Shepard would just use Lift to send Master Chief into the stratosphere.  Then Master Chief gets to experience what it feels like to be hit in the face with a planet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 24, 2013, 01:07:15 am
They're both modified but Shepard's modifications are better. Chief might have height on Shepard (depending on your head canons for your Shepard) but that means Shepard has an advantage where center of gravity is concerned. Not to mention the fact that Shepard's arsenal is a lot better than Chief's. Chief doesn't have a handheld nuclear device, now does he? (Also Shepard has rank over Chief and Shepard could just order Chief to stand down. You decide if I'm kidding or not.)

With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Speaking of drama, people are still being idiots over ME3's ending. A couple people I follow got hate mail for using the MEHEM (Mass Effect Happy Ending Mod) and posting about it. So um. Yeah. It's been over a year people get over it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 24, 2013, 02:39:08 am
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Biotic Shepard would just use Lift to send Master Chief into the stratosphere.  Then Master Chief gets to experience what it feels like to be hit in the face with a planet.

He already did that and survived with essentially zero damage. Remember the opening of Halo 3?

I'd vote for the Master Chief. Out of his suit he's equal or superior to Shepard in strength, speed, and reaction time (remember, all the SPARTAN IIs were augmented to superhuman levels to allow them to survive using the MJOLNIR armor, and it's stated in The Fall of Reach that their reflexes are literally too fast to clock; the same novel had the Chief beating several of the USMC's equivalent to paratroopers with his bare hands until at least one was dead and all of the others were in traction.....as a teenager), but he exclusively fights in power armor that increases his strength until he can literally punch through light armored plating and increases his speed and reflexes just as much. Plus the actual protective capability of the armor, which includes energy shields equal to or superior to Shepard's shielding.

Shepard may be a badass, but the Master Chief has taken on a fighter jet unarmed in the first novel and won. He literally slapped an incoming anti-tank missile out of the air. Shepard simply can't compete. Not unless he/she gets MJOLNIR armor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on October 24, 2013, 02:41:39 am
Well, that depends on whether Shepard is alone or not. If he has some teammates (say, Tali to hack Chief's armor and Wrex to match Chief in strength) I'd vote for the commander.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 24, 2013, 02:43:25 am
Well, that depends on whether Shepard is alone or not. If he has some teammates (say, Tali to hack Chief's armor and Wrex to match Chief in strength) I'd vote for the commander.

Then it's not a fair fight. Shepard vs. Master Chief doesn't mean "Shepard and whatever teammates he wants to bring vs. Master Chief." Giving one fighter that much advantage is implying that they would lose otherwise.

If Shepard gets to bring in his team, the Master Chief gets to bring in more SPARTANs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 24, 2013, 03:09:27 am
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Biotic Shepard would just use Lift to send Master Chief into the stratosphere.  Then Master Chief gets to experience what it feels like to be hit in the face with a planet.

He already did that and survived with essentially zero damage. Remember the opening of Halo 3?

Nope.  Never played any of the Halo games, except a little bit of the first on someone's X-Box.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 24, 2013, 06:08:30 am
I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.

I misread that as Master Chef, and pictured Gordan Ramsay screaming at Commander Shepard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on October 24, 2013, 08:04:47 am
You donkey
So I got dream day wedding bella italia
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 24, 2013, 08:40:11 am
I'm in the middle of a pointless argument about who would win in a fight between Commander Shepard and Master Chief. I'm pretty sure Shepard would win (because come on, it's Commander freaking Shepard) but he says Master Chief would kick his/her ass.

I misread that as Master Chef, and pictured Gordan Ramsay screaming at Commander Shepard.

If it's my Shepard she'd just scream right back. And possibly shoot him. Oops.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 24, 2013, 10:03:43 am
Bought Guild Wars 2.

Ironbite-not sure what I'm getting myself into here.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 24, 2013, 10:23:09 am
You're getting yourself into good things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 24, 2013, 10:32:07 am
Oh you play too?

Ironbite-perhaps we can Guild Wars 2 together!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 24, 2013, 12:08:15 pm
Quote
Biotic Shepard would just use Lift to send Master Chief into the stratosphere.  Then Master Chief gets to experience what it feels like to be hit in the face with a planet.

He already did that and survived with essentially zero damage. Remember the opening of Halo 3?

Nope.  Never played any of the Halo games, except a little bit of the first on someone's X-Box.

Long story short, the Master Chief snuck onto the Covenant leader's and hitched a ride to Earth at the end of Halo 2. Since he obviously couldn't ask them to stop for a landing, he grabbed a hatch door as a heat shield and simply jumped 2 kilometers back down to the planet. He had nothing to stop him, but he survived virtually unscathed and jumped straight into combat.

Not the first time SPARTANs have done that, either. In the First Strike novel, it details how several others landed on Reach when their dropship was shot down: jumping out and making a supersonic landing. Four of them died, but 23 of them survived and (again) jumped straight into fighting.

Being hit by planets is actually pretty routine for these guys.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 24, 2013, 02:41:42 pm
That's okay, Biotic Shepard has other tricks up her sleeve.

...Let's not even get into Engineer Shepard.  Engi!Shepard is strong against shields.  99% of Master Chief's health is shield.  Without it, he's a one-hit wonder.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 24, 2013, 03:04:36 pm
Depends on if Shepard is a vanguard or an adept or a sentinel, tbh. If she's a sentinel then Chief is in trouble and if she's a vanguard Chief will never see her coming because she can basically teleport using Charge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 24, 2013, 05:42:20 pm
Now I just want to write a crossover fanfic where John 117  and several other of the Halo cast gets transported to the Mass Effect universe and take down the Covenant and The Reapers (also i would pay a shit ton of money to see Sgt. Johnson and Garrus have a conversation.) 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on October 24, 2013, 06:05:04 pm
I've done a Halo/Mass Effect crossover already on tumblr RP. It was pretty fab.

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/68487f06a4228d829d994c75cbaef285/tumblr_mv74wlubNE1qjl1wro1_500.jpg)

This is what I put up with in the Mass Effect fandom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 24, 2013, 08:38:09 pm
With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Screw Attack did a pretty good Death Battle with it, and I do happen to find myself in agreement with their assessment.  Though, with the recent addition of Super Saiyan God Goku, I do wonder if a rematch is in order...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 24, 2013, 09:14:26 pm
With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Screw Attack did a pretty good Death Battle with it, and I do happen to find myself in agreement with their assessment.  Though, with the recent addition of Super Saiyan God Goku, I do wonder if a rematch is in order...

Superman would likely still kick fifty shades of shit out of Goku before he was even close to finished floating in one spot and screaming.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 24, 2013, 10:01:39 pm
With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Screw Attack did a pretty good Death Battle with it, and I do happen to find myself in agreement with their assessment.  Though, with the recent addition of Super Saiyan God Goku, I do wonder if a rematch is in order...

Superman would likely still kick fifty shades of shit out of Goku before he was even close to finished floating in one spot and screaming.

So what do you actually know (and I mean know) about Super Saiyan God Goku? >_>
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 24, 2013, 10:34:30 pm
With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Screw Attack did a pretty good Death Battle with it, and I do happen to find myself in agreement with their assessment.  Though, with the recent addition of Super Saiyan God Goku, I do wonder if a rematch is in order...

Superman would likely still kick fifty shades of shit out of Goku before he was even close to finished floating in one spot and screaming.

So what do you actually know (and I mean know) about Super Saiyan God Goku? >_>

Well, granted, maybe he doesn't scream quite as much as all the other Gokus, but I can't imagine the writers would take the show in such a new and revolutionary direction. It just wouldn't be Dragon Ball Z if it weren't 90% floating in the air and screaming.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 24, 2013, 11:41:35 pm
With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Screw Attack did a pretty good Death Battle with it, and I do happen to find myself in agreement with their assessment.  Though, with the recent addition of Super Saiyan God Goku, I do wonder if a rematch is in order...

Superman would likely still kick fifty shades of shit out of Goku before he was even close to finished floating in one spot and screaming.

So what do you actually know (and I mean know) about Super Saiyan God Goku? >_>

Well, granted, maybe he doesn't scream quite as much as all the other Gokus, but I can't imagine the writers would take the show in such a new and revolutionary direction. It just wouldn't be Dragon Ball Z if it weren't 90% floating in the air and screaming.

So basically you don't know anything :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 25, 2013, 12:43:04 am
With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Screw Attack did a pretty good Death Battle with it, and I do happen to find myself in agreement with their assessment.  Though, with the recent addition of Super Saiyan God Goku, I do wonder if a rematch is in order...

Superman would likely still kick fifty shades of shit out of Goku before he was even close to finished floating in one spot and screaming.

So what do you actually know (and I mean know) about Super Saiyan God Goku? >_>

Well, granted, maybe he doesn't scream quite as much as all the other Gokus, but I can't imagine the writers would take the show in such a new and revolutionary direction. It just wouldn't be Dragon Ball Z if it weren't 90% floating in the air and screaming.

So basically you don't know anything :P

I've sat through enough to get the jist of it. Yes, I know you're thinking that I should watch the entire series and study Goku's abilities in great detail first. After all, comparing different fictional characters is the most serious of business. However, I feel that my time is better spent on other pursuits.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on October 25, 2013, 04:08:51 am
That's okay, Biotic Shepard has other tricks up her sleeve.

...Let's not even get into Engineer Shepard.  Engi!Shepard is strong against shields.  99% of Master Chief's health is shield.  Without it, he's a one-hit wonder.

Well, the kinetic barriers in ME and the energy shields in Halo don't necessarily operate on the same principals. Something that weakens or drops a barrier that uses tiny mass effect fields won't necessarily work on something that uses a magnetically-contained plasma field.

Also, the Chief is still completely covered in half a ton of power armor that even armors the black bodysuit underneath. At a minimum, he's going to be just as strong without his shields as Shepard would be. If Shepard forgets to wear his/her helmet in a combat zone (a distressingly common occurrence in some games), the Chief is even more protected.

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Depends on if Shepard is a vanguard or an adept or a sentinel, tbh. If she's a sentinel then Chief is in trouble and if she's a vanguard Chief will never see her coming because she can basically teleport using Charge.

And that'll do.....what? The Chief has enough armor and physical augmentation to survive a 2 kilometer fall under Earth's gravity. Getting hit by a Charge will send him flying due to the mass negation, but it'll probably do little more than bruise and disorient him from the flip. Assuming he even goes flying that hard, since we never really see Shepard punching 1000 pound enemies and there has to be an upper limit to how much mass the power can negate.

The only reliable way to take down a SPARTAN-II in full MJOLNIR armor is to use powerful weaponry. The only way for Shepard to win would be to bring an overwhelming amount of firepower that can destroy the shield and armor. Of course, Shepard doesn't get to bring his/her biggest guns unless the Chief can bring HIS biggest guns. Such as a Spartan Laser that would likely go straight through Shepard (kinetic barriers don't do squat against focused light).
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 25, 2013, 06:37:19 am
With that said, it's like arguing if Super Saiyan Goku can beat Superman. Any given Sunday plays into it more than you might think.

Screw Attack did a pretty good Death Battle with it, and I do happen to find myself in agreement with their assessment.  Though, with the recent addition of Super Saiyan God Goku, I do wonder if a rematch is in order...

Superman would likely still kick fifty shades of shit out of Goku before he was even close to finished floating in one spot and screaming.

So what do you actually know (and I mean know) about Super Saiyan God Goku? >_>

Well, granted, maybe he doesn't scream quite as much as all the other Gokus, but I can't imagine the writers would take the show in such a new and revolutionary direction. It just wouldn't be Dragon Ball Z if it weren't 90% floating in the air and screaming.

So basically you don't know anything :P

I've sat through enough to get the jist of it. Yes, I know you're thinking that I should watch the entire series and study Goku's abilities in great detail first. After all, comparing different fictional characters is the most serious of business. However, I feel that my time is better spent on other pursuits.

For one thing, Super Saiyan God Goku isn't from the series, he's actually from a movie that was just recently released in Japan.

Also, his transformation involves ... no screaming whatsoever.  It takes like, 30 seconds proper.

And it's the most understated appearance for being the most powerful, too.

In short, it's pretty much the opposite of whatever you thought it was going to be :P
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Post by: Art Vandelay on October 25, 2013, 06:55:44 am
For one thing, Super Saiyan God Goku isn't from the series, he's actually from a movie that was just recently released in Japan.

Also, his transformation involves ... no screaming whatsoever.  It takes like, 30 seconds proper.

And it's the most understated appearance for being the most powerful, too.

In short, it's pretty much the opposite of whatever you thought it was going to be :P

Impossible. Clearly it's simply a bad dub or some such. There is simply no way there isn't at least 40 minutes of floating and screaming involved. The whole show is based around floating and screaming. Without the screaming or even the floating, the only thing left are the hurling of big glowy yellow balls at each other, which I'm sure we can agree is not nearly enough to carry the franchise on its own. It'd be like Ash Ketchum fighting his Pokemans without turning his hat backwards. It simply cannot happen in any sane and just society.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 25, 2013, 07:04:57 am
For one thing, Super Saiyan God Goku isn't from the series, he's actually from a movie that was just recently released in Japan.

Also, his transformation involves ... no screaming whatsoever.  It takes like, 30 seconds proper.

And it's the most understated appearance for being the most powerful, too.

In short, it's pretty much the opposite of whatever you thought it was going to be :P

Impossible. Clearly it's simply a bad dub or some such. There is simply no way there isn't at least 40 minutes of floating and screaming involved. The whole show is based around floating and screaming. Without the screaming or even the floating, the only thing left are the hurling of big glowy yellow balls at each other, which I'm sure we can agree is not nearly enough to carry the franchise on its own. It'd be like Ash Ketchum fighting his Pokemans without turning his hat backwards. It simply cannot happen in any sane and just society.

Wow, you laid the sarcastic humor on so thick that I can actually SEE it.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on October 25, 2013, 07:14:58 am
For one thing, Super Saiyan God Goku isn't from the series, he's actually from a movie that was just recently released in Japan.

Also, his transformation involves ... no screaming whatsoever.  It takes like, 30 seconds proper.

And it's the most understated appearance for being the most powerful, too.

In short, it's pretty much the opposite of whatever you thought it was going to be :P

Impossible. Clearly it's simply a bad dub or some such. There is simply no way there isn't at least 40 minutes of floating and screaming involved. The whole show is based around floating and screaming. Without the screaming or even the floating, the only thing left are the hurling of big glowy yellow balls at each other, which I'm sure we can agree is not nearly enough to carry the franchise on its own. It'd be like Ash Ketchum fighting his Pokemans without turning his hat backwards. It simply cannot happen in any sane and just society.

Wow, you laid the sarcastic humor on so thick that I can actually SEE it.

I feel this has been a valuable expenditure of my time.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 25, 2013, 07:28:05 am
For one thing, Super Saiyan God Goku isn't from the series, he's actually from a movie that was just recently released in Japan.

Also, his transformation involves ... no screaming whatsoever.  It takes like, 30 seconds proper.

And it's the most understated appearance for being the most powerful, too.

In short, it's pretty much the opposite of whatever you thought it was going to be :P

Impossible. Clearly it's simply a bad dub or some such. There is simply no way there isn't at least 40 minutes of floating and screaming involved. The whole show is based around floating and screaming. Without the screaming or even the floating, the only thing left are the hurling of big glowy yellow balls at each other, which I'm sure we can agree is not nearly enough to carry the franchise on its own. It'd be like Ash Ketchum fighting his Pokemans without turning his hat backwards. It simply cannot happen in any sane and just society.

Wow, you laid the sarcastic humor on so thick that I can actually SEE it.

I feel this has been a valuable expenditure of my time.

Can't tell if sarcastic.
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Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on October 25, 2013, 08:21:53 am
Let's settle on sardonic.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on October 25, 2013, 11:35:56 am
That's okay, Biotic Shepard has other tricks up her sleeve.

...Let's not even get into Engineer Shepard.  Engi!Shepard is strong against shields.  99% of Master Chief's health is shield.  Without it, he's a one-hit wonder.

Well, the kinetic barriers in ME and the energy shields in Halo don't necessarily operate on the same principals. Something that weakens or drops a barrier that uses tiny mass effect fields won't necessarily work on something that uses a magnetically-contained plasma field.

Also, the Chief is still completely covered in half a ton of power armor that even armors the black bodysuit underneath. At a minimum, he's going to be just as strong without his shields as Shepard would be. If Shepard forgets to wear his/her helmet in a combat zone (a distressingly common occurrence in some games), the Chief is even more protected.

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Depends on if Shepard is a vanguard or an adept or a sentinel, tbh. If she's a sentinel then Chief is in trouble and if she's a vanguard Chief will never see her coming because she can basically teleport using Charge.

And that'll do.....what? The Chief has enough armor and physical augmentation to survive a 2 kilometer fall under Earth's gravity. Getting hit by a Charge will send him flying due to the mass negation, but it'll probably do little more than bruise and disorient him from the flip. Assuming he even goes flying that hard, since we never really see Shepard punching 1000 pound enemies and there has to be an upper limit to how much mass the power can negate.

The only reliable way to take down a SPARTAN-II in full MJOLNIR armor is to use powerful weaponry. The only way for Shepard to win would be to bring an overwhelming amount of firepower that can destroy the shield and armor. Of course, Shepard doesn't get to bring his/her biggest guns unless the Chief can bring HIS biggest guns. Such as a Spartan Laser that would likely go straight through Shepard (kinetic barriers don't do squat against focused light).

So what you're saying is you've never played a fully kitted out Vanguard Shepard right?

Regardless it is still an any given Sunday scenario. Unless it's someone who is entirely ordinary against someone with training, you're going to find yourself debating until you're blue in the face and you'd have to decide on surroundings as well as anything else.

Hell, you could even be an immense asshole and say Vanguard Control Ending Shepard against Master Chief and tbh I'm not sure I like those odds based on what Control actually is. Especially with the fact that apparently Control Ending Shepard is basically in Reaper form.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on October 25, 2013, 02:00:18 pm
For one thing, Super Saiyan God Goku isn't from the series, he's actually from a movie that was just recently released in Japan.

Also, his transformation involves ... no screaming whatsoever.  It takes like, 30 seconds proper.

And it's the most understated appearance for being the most powerful, too.

In short, it's pretty much the opposite of whatever you thought it was going to be :P

Impossible. Clearly it's simply a bad dub or some such. There is simply no way there isn't at least 40 minutes of floating and screaming involved. The whole show is based around floating and screaming. Without the screaming or even the floating, the only thing left are the hurling of big glowy yellow balls at each other, which I'm sure we can agree is not nearly enough to carry the franchise on its own. It'd be like Ash Ketchum fighting his Pokemans without turning his hat backwards. It simply cannot happen in any sane and just society.

If it helps any, this is Super Saiyan God Goku.

(click to show/hide)

Basically, it takes 6 good-hearted Saiyans pouring their power into another to make a Super Saiyan God.  Its also been implied that we'll also see a Super Saiyan God Vegeta, which leads me to believe that we'll be seeing a Super Saiyan God Gogeta before all this God of Destruction business is over and done with.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on October 25, 2013, 02:56:51 pm
What's funny is the fact that DBZ Kai takes out most of the screaming and everything else people associate with DBZ. And to begin with, later on in the series it only took a single thought to go SSJ.

Almost makes me want to go back to RPing DBZ again but eh.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 25, 2013, 04:00:51 pm
And yet people hate Kai because it's "aimed at kids".

...The original DBZ was, too, even the Japanese version.  I don't get people.

That being said, watching Kai is really entertaining - it's more or less better than the original in every way (even keeping Goku truer to his character - instead of giving Vegeta another chance because "lolmercy", he did it because he wanted to fight him again - Goku's supposed to be a fighter who loves fighting, not a pastor.)
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Post by: Shane for Wax on October 25, 2013, 04:02:04 pm
Most anime that makes it to our shores is aimed at kids and teenagers. lol
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 25, 2013, 04:06:25 pm
I think it's because the Japanese version of Kai censored some stuff out.  Such as Goku's gaping chest wound in the first few episodes.

That's mostly due to the Japanese entertainment standards cracking down on the amount of violence they'll show kids.
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Post by: ironbite on October 25, 2013, 04:19:41 pm
And yet in Wizard, you had Ghouls and Gremlin legit murdering people left and right trying to find gates to power up the Philo Stone in his chest.  Fancy that.

Also Batman Origins dropped today and apparently the boss fights are more of the Mr. Freeze variety then just punch the idiot in the fact a couple dozen times.

Ironbite-I kinda wanna get it now.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 25, 2013, 05:00:04 pm
Perhaps I should've said "gore" instead of "violence".
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 25, 2013, 09:42:03 pm
I've heard really mixed things about origins like the metacritc score is a 78 compared to 94 of city
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 25, 2013, 09:48:40 pm
I've played plenty of good games that have ranked as low as 64 on metacritic.
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Post by: largeham on October 26, 2013, 01:28:27 am
I just got EU4, I nearly jizzed all over my laptop. Though it is a little easier than EU3, IMO.

In regards to Metacritic, I don't really trust their professional reviews. To go back to TW, they gave Empire and Rome 2 amazing reviews, when most players were profoundly pissed off.
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Post by: Søren on October 26, 2013, 03:50:18 am
I cant get unto eu. Its way too complicated.

Plus theres no set goal, games like that are instantly eliminated from my interest
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 26, 2013, 04:56:15 am
I'm gonna be starting up my own GTA V game here when I get up.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 26, 2013, 09:31:30 am
Deathstroke has a really stupid bossfight.  You have to time your counters properly to block his sword swings fine but the promt shows up whether it is a counter moment or not.  Which is weird since Arkham was praised for transparency in enemies.  Great the one thing you changed WB Mont
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 26, 2013, 02:01:42 pm
Deathstroke has a really stupid bossfight.  You have to time your counters properly to block his sword swings fine but the promt shows up whether it is a counter moment or not.  Which is weird since Arkham was praised for transparency in enemies.  Great the one thing you changed WB Mont

Just a matter of timing with his moves, Kef.  I watched a livestream of that boss fight last night.  All about solid timing and... well, like Deathstroke himself advises, watching for openings.

... using the Batclaw combo helps, too.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 26, 2013, 04:42:06 pm
I wish I could use gadgets but the sword duel counter thing is a qte
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 26, 2013, 05:35:32 pm
I wish I could use gadgets but the sword duel counter thing is a qte

That's why you have quick use gadgets set up.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 26, 2013, 09:36:29 pm
nvm beat him with a handicap of saints row IV in the background
so the frame rate was awful
Side note heavy metal dubstep gun
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 27, 2013, 08:46:45 pm
bump but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSeARjpIj5o
Basically don't buy Origins on PC for now
Luckily I have SR4 to keep me busy but still.
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Post by: chad sexington on October 27, 2013, 10:24:54 pm
I just got EU4, I nearly jizzed all over my laptop. Though it is a little easier than EU3, IMO.

In regards to Metacritic, I don't really trust their professional reviews. To go back to TW, they gave Empire and Rome 2 amazing reviews, when most players were profoundly pissed off.

It's out already? :o
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 27, 2013, 10:31:28 pm
for awhile
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Post by: Art Vandelay on October 30, 2013, 08:00:39 am
Feeling quite proud of myself right now. Recently started playing Super Mario Sunshine again after rage quitting a year back due to two particularly assholish levels. Well, not only did I beat them, but I did so one after the other and in just two to three lives each.

All in all, today was a good day.
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Post by: Sleepy on October 30, 2013, 08:57:00 am
I could never get into Sunshine for some reason. Probably the characters being so unlikeable.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on October 30, 2013, 09:16:43 am
It's a Mario game, all the characters have the personality of cardboard (at least, the main Mario series does). It's the gameplay, and in Sunshine's case, the aesthetic, that's the main attraction.
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Post by: Askold on October 30, 2013, 01:57:07 pm
I'm pretty excited about X-COM enemy within. The hostile human faction seems like an interesting opponent and story component.
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Post by: Sleepy on October 30, 2013, 02:12:47 pm
It's a Mario game, all the characters have the personality of cardboard (at least, the main Mario series does). It's the gameplay, and in Sunshine's case, the aesthetic, that's the main attraction.

Meh, even the gameplay seemed lacking, despite the bright, cheerful world.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 30, 2013, 02:38:13 pm
I'm pretty excited about X-COM enemy within. The hostile human faction seems like an interesting opponent and story component.
The faction seems underpowered
I am hoping they make normal a LITTLE bit harder
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Post by: Askold on October 30, 2013, 03:42:08 pm
I'm pretty excited about X-COM enemy within. The hostile human faction seems like an interesting opponent and story component.
The faction seems underpowered
I am hoping they make normal a LITTLE bit harder
What I've so far seen implies that they come in great numbers, use tactics and that the elite versions of their agents are transhumans armed with laser weapons (possibly plasma as well later?)

Totalbiscuit complained that the biggest problem in the game is that the minimecha units are overpowered and should be / will be nerfed. But otherwise he was thrilled and said it was a good game/expansion. I'm probably going to buy it when/if I get a new computer.
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Post by: ironbite on October 30, 2013, 03:55:19 pm
Beat the Mr. Freeze boss fight in Arkham City once again.  God damn I wish all the boss fights were like that.  Really felt like Batman at that time.

Ironbite-though Batman should've known something was up when he walked into GCPD and saw the overhangs frozen up.
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Post by: Askold on October 30, 2013, 04:08:09 pm
Beat the Mr. Freeze boss fight in Arkham City once again.  God damn I wish all the boss fights were like that.  Really felt like Batman at that time.

Ironbite-though Batman should've known something was up when he walked into GCPD and saw the overhangs frozen up.

At first I was a bit annoyed at him being a puzzle boss but I have to agree that it really was a great boss fight. It's creative, it is in Batman's style of fighting and since there are so many ways to do it, it has replay value.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 31, 2013, 02:40:04 am
Beat the Mr. Freeze boss fight in Arkham City once again.  God damn I wish all the boss fights were like that.  Really felt like Batman at that time.

Ironbite-though Batman should've known something was up when he walked into GCPD and saw the overhangs frozen up.

At first I was a bit annoyed at him being a puzzle boss but I have to agree that it really was a great boss fight. It's creative, it is in Batman's style of fighting and since there are so many ways to do it, it has replay value.
To be fair story wise it was basically hey Batman want to have a cool fight
That pun is awful freeze
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Post by: Dakota Bob on October 31, 2013, 07:07:01 am
Yeah, I loved that boss battle. it was unexpected, and actually quite chilling.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 31, 2013, 03:18:25 pm
Yeah, I loved that boss battle. it was unexpected, and actually quite chilling.

*raises an eyebrow*
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Post by: kefkaownsall on October 31, 2013, 03:19:51 pm
He kicked some ice
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 31, 2013, 03:27:43 pm
This joke's getting cold.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on October 31, 2013, 03:39:21 pm
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne certainly aren't.
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Post by: Sleepy on November 06, 2013, 01:10:19 pm
Minecraft's most recent update is nice, but I wish it wouldn't crash on me so frequently. It's gotten irritating.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on November 09, 2013, 11:35:23 am
Well I beat Arkham Origins.  Got to say I was really disappointed.  The last section was horribly optimized
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Post by: Ghoti on November 09, 2013, 12:16:53 pm
I finally slogged through the disapointing last section of ME3, saw a new and equally disapointing ending, ranted about it online, and then watched the pilot of Orange is the New Black.
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Post by: syaoranvee on November 09, 2013, 08:31:40 pm
Having bought the new Phoenix Wright yesterday and having gotten through the first case I can happily say the move to 3D didn't botch the game. Although some of the facial expressions look like they could have used some work.
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Post by: Søren on November 10, 2013, 03:47:29 am
State of decay is awesome.

The lag is a bit ridiculous, for some reason i can run around in a forest fine, but as soon as i walk inside it stutters and goes full retard.

But its great, tad clunky in combat and...everything. But its brimming with so much ass kicking potential
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Post by: chitoryu12 on November 10, 2013, 04:19:48 pm
Going back to System Shock 2. Got some new graphical mods and some fan campaigns to try.
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Post by: Meshakhad on November 11, 2013, 03:18:06 am
Last night, I rejoined EVE Online. Since I last quit, they've added Dust 514, an MMOFPS in the same universe. I just got done providing some orbital fire support for some gropos. It was awesome - seeing my ship firing at a planet, and hearing their gleeful reactions as I obliterated the enemy positions.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on November 11, 2013, 05:11:01 am
Last night, I rejoined EVE Online. Since I last quit, they've added Dust 514, an MMOFPS in the same universe. I just got done providing some orbital fire support for some gropos. It was awesome - seeing my ship firing at a planet, and hearing their gleeful reactions as I obliterated the enemy positions.

Love playing DUST 514, seeing the orbital bombardment close up is pretty intense.
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Post by: Meshakhad on November 12, 2013, 03:09:01 pm
Last night, I rejoined EVE Online. Since I last quit, they've added Dust 514, an MMOFPS in the same universe. I just got done providing some orbital fire support for some gropos. It was awesome - seeing my ship firing at a planet, and hearing their gleeful reactions as I obliterated the enemy positions.

Love playing DUST 514, seeing the orbital bombardment close up is pretty intense.

I just think it's awesome that I can fire a shot from one game and hit a target in another game.
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Post by: Indikins on November 12, 2013, 06:27:35 pm
So I got Bioshock: Infinite recently for $39. All I can think of at this exact moment is that this game is freaking kickass.
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Post by: ironbite on November 12, 2013, 06:27:54 pm
Yeah so Microsoft went ahead and put the first official to be sold Xbox One in a shark tank.

http://nzgamer.com/news/6972/worlds-first-xbox-one-being-guarded-by-sharks.html

Ironbite-nope I got nothing here.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on November 12, 2013, 06:50:55 pm
Yeah so Microsoft went ahead and put the first official to be sold Xbox One in a shark tank.

http://nzgamer.com/news/6972/worlds-first-xbox-one-being-guarded-by-sharks.html

Ironbite-nope I got nothing here.

They must think that New Zealand is the same thing as Australia.

Over there, fighting sharks to get to an Xbox WOULD make sense.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 12, 2013, 09:03:58 pm
This is less about security and more about publicity.

Oh, sorry, I was in my Captain Obvious persona there.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 12, 2013, 11:39:34 pm
Played an hour or so of the first Assassin's Creed, suddenly I remember why I can't stand that game. Extremely long winded and pretentious dialogue, loose controls and my god, an hour in and the tutorials are still going, with a nice big helping of redundancy to make things extra infuriating. Not to mention, once the tutorials are finally done, the gameplay is the lovely mix of dull and repetitive.

Could someone please explain to me how this game was successful enough to spawn an entire franchise? What exactly is there to like about this game?
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Post by: Søren on November 12, 2013, 11:45:08 pm
Who cares, its a moneymaker
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Post by: Cloud3514 on November 13, 2013, 12:05:46 am
Played an hour or so of the first Assassin's Creed, suddenly I remember why I can't stand that game. Extremely long winded and pretentious dialogue, loose controls and my god, an hour in and the tutorials are still going, with a nice big helping of redundancy to make things extra infuriating. Not to mention, once the tutorials are finally done, the gameplay is the lovely mix of dull and repetitive.

Could someone please explain to me how this game was successful enough to spawn an entire franchise? What exactly is there to like about this game?

I personally don't get why the first one was so liked, but the following games in the series are far, far better. Ezio's a much more likeable character and even Altair is more interesting when he returns in Revelations. The rest of the series is far less repetitive and the controls are a lot better.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 13, 2013, 12:16:39 am
Played an hour or so of the first Assassin's Creed, suddenly I remember why I can't stand that game. Extremely long winded and pretentious dialogue, loose controls and my god, an hour in and the tutorials are still going, with a nice big helping of redundancy to make things extra infuriating. Not to mention, once the tutorials are finally done, the gameplay is the lovely mix of dull and repetitive.

Could someone please explain to me how this game was successful enough to spawn an entire franchise? What exactly is there to like about this game?

I personally don't get why the first one was so liked, but the following games in the series are far, far better. Ezio's a much more likeable character and even Altair is more interesting when he returns in Revelations. The rest of the series is far less repetitive and the controls are a lot better.

Sure, but for the sequels to exist in the first place, the original has to do at least reasonably well. What I'm wondering is how that happened in the first place.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 13, 2013, 02:11:07 am
Because people have different levels of standards
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Post by: Sleepy on November 13, 2013, 08:54:52 am
I personally enjoyed just fucking around with people after I beat the game.
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Post by: chad sexington on November 13, 2013, 09:11:09 am
I never finished it - the lockup bugs killed my savegames so many time I ragequit about halfway through and never went back :(
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 13, 2013, 10:20:12 am
I quite liked the original AC when it was the only one around.  The tutorials were irritating as fuck because I got the controls down-packed in minutes...because I actually bothered to look them up in the manual beforehand.  I just enjoyed killing crusaders because they're dickheads.

That said, I found AC2 to be much more fun, if only because I love a good roaring rampage of revenge.  Kinda like The Darkness, actually.  Only less terrifyingly gory and with less daemonic possession of the protagonist.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2013, 10:22:11 am
I'm currently downloading the Bioshock Infinite DLC Burial at Sea.

Can't wait to play it.
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Post by: Igor on November 13, 2013, 10:40:48 am
Guys. Guysguysguys. Stanley Parable. I think the broom closet ending is the best ending...

On a more serious note, I decided to pick up BioShock Infinite again since I realized I never actually finished it and promptly got stuck. I trust you'll know what I mean when I say "that goddamn airship bit". Is there like, a trick to it, or do I just suck that much?
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Post by: ironbite on November 13, 2013, 11:41:51 am
Which airship?

Ironbite-there's a lot of 'em.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2013, 01:32:17 pm
Guys. Guysguysguys. Stanley Parable. I think the broom closet ending is the best ending...

On a more serious note, I decided to pick up BioShock Infinite again since I realized I never actually finished it and promptly got stuck. I trust you'll know what I mean when I say "that goddamn airship bit". Is there like, a trick to it, or do I just suck that much?

Man it's been so long since I did that one but yeah it's kind of a trick to do it. I had to look it up eventually cause I was on the same part for hours.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on November 13, 2013, 02:48:16 pm
Will there ever be a better game based on a comic book property than Batman: Arkham Asylum? the answer is no.

I've been trying to activate my copy of the game on Steam ever since GFWL shut down but without success. tech support said wait 5 days and keep trying. that was 3 days ago and still no success. hopefully when I contact them again on Friday they'll at least send a new cd-key or something if it still doesn't work. on the bright side I just found out that Stream gave me Bioshock 2 DLC for free when GFWL shut down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 13, 2013, 02:54:58 pm
Will there ever be a better game based on a comic book property than Batman: Arkham Asylum? the answer is no.

I've been trying to activate my copy of the game on Steam ever since GFWL shut down but without success. tech support said wait 5 days and keep trying. that was 3 days ago and still no success. hopefully when I contact them again on Friday they'll at least send a new cd-key or something if it still doesn't work. on the bright side I just found out that Stream gave me Bioshock 2 DLC for free when GFWL shut down.

I'll just leave this (https://www.humblebundle.com/) here.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 13, 2013, 03:34:47 pm
Talking of Arkham I picked this up the other day... Not that ive had a chance to play it yet...
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8128/yv2u.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/yv2u.jpg/)

(literally put it in just to grab the Deathstroke DLC...)

Instead i was playing this today.
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4905/nvnb.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/nvnb.jpg/)

Which is amazingwonderful and sometimes frustrating. But, eh, its from Platinum Games, what else would you expect?

(its also completely over the top and crazy)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 13, 2013, 03:42:34 pm
I really do enjoy Dark Souls, but I don't enjoy how it chugs on this computer...

Bearing in mind this comp, while not a "gaming computer", is still really new.  Like, a few months old, at most.

The only real problem with the chugging is that I can't stay connected to the internet.

I kinda wish there was a "Low Resolution" mod or something so that I could actually make the graphics worse in exchange for performance.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on November 13, 2013, 04:09:10 pm
Pro-tip for all new Dark Souls players: when fighting bosses, rolling and dodging their attacks is most of the time more efficient than shield blocking them. especially if you have low stamina or a non-upgraded shield, blocking an attack may drain your stamina outright and you'll probably end up taking damage anyway.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 13, 2013, 04:54:46 pm
"Framerate not sufficient enough for online play"

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK YOU UNDEAD BURG.

That's all I have to say x_x I'm generally passable until I get to the Undead Burg.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 13, 2013, 05:36:21 pm
Finished the Burial at Sea DLC.

Not sure whether to be mad at the ending or the time it took to finish all total.
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on November 13, 2013, 09:01:12 pm
I'm just now poking my head into Deus Ex Human Revolution.

... Game is REALLY unforgiving on even normal difficulty.  I'm used to taking more than five or six straight shots before dying horribly.  Not getting offed multiple times in the damn INTRODUCTION.  seems like the game really favors stealth over a gunfight if you can help it.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on November 13, 2013, 09:10:04 pm
I'm just now poking my head into Deus Ex Human Revolution.

... Game is REALLY unforgiving on even normal difficulty.  I'm used to taking more than five or six straight shots before dying horribly.  Not getting offed multiple times in the damn INTRODUCTION.  seems like the game really favors stealth over a gunfight if you can help it.

It's possible to play it as an action-packed shooter if you play smart and have good aim. The best is a mixture of stealth and gunplay: shooting a few times and then sneaking to a new spot before you get rushed.
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on November 13, 2013, 09:54:00 pm
... I hadn't considered luring them like that.  huh.  I'll have to give that a go.  Thanks for the advice, Chi!
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Post by: kefkaownsall on November 13, 2013, 10:33:05 pm
I had problems on tell me a story although at least on there non lethal was as good as lethal since damn they never woke up
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 13, 2013, 10:40:35 pm
I had problems on tell me a story although at least on there non lethal was as good as lethal since damn they never woke up

They can be woken up by other NPCs. I discovered this the hard way when doing a non-lethal run and I found myself forced to sneak into the police station: the only way to keep any cops from being revived was to knock them out and promptly drag them into the ventilation system.

Not sure if I kept the picture I took of a dozen police officers stuffed inside a single air vent.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on November 14, 2013, 01:17:39 am
Again playing on easy.  Still at least there non lethal way the best way.  I might buy directors cut to not have boss fights that have a 50 50 shot of being easy or hard
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Post by: Søren on November 14, 2013, 01:38:57 am
I don't see the point of any gunplay, IIRC there little if no reward for it.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 14, 2013, 09:24:00 pm
You know, one of my biggest peeves is games and game mods that assume you have a scroll wheel.  There should be a way to auto-detect if someone has one or not and adjust accordingly.  I use a trackball because I can't stand mice, and the good trackballs (ie, the ones that don't look like they were designed by morons) never seem to have scroll wheels.  Is it so much to ask for a "Next Thing" and "Previous Thing" button like there have been in games for the past FOR-FUCKING-EVER?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 15, 2013, 01:19:26 pm
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/562/65lh.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/65lh.jpg/)
I think im going to get distracted playing Resident Evil: Revelations...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 16, 2013, 03:22:00 pm
Not sure if I kept the picture I took of a dozen police officers stuffed inside a single air vent.
Can I sig this?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 16, 2013, 09:03:55 pm
Wow, playing Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, and...uh, spoilers ahead, tagged for obvious reasons because awesome plot is awesome.

(click to show/hide)

Rarely do I hate characters in games so much.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 16, 2013, 09:23:38 pm
I consider Maven Black-briar to be the most evil being in all of Skyrim.

More evil than the Thalmor.

More evil than Ulfric Stormcloak.

And more evil than freaking Alduin the World Eater.

The only person who I hate more is someone I hate for more petty reasons.  Rolff Stonefist.  Who is racist enough to make Ulfric look like an elf-lover, and also happens to be essential for no good reason.  Oh, and his brother happens to be the one urging Ulfric to murder and/or humiliate the Jarl of Whiterun, also known as "The most level-headed person in Skyrim"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 16, 2013, 09:52:14 pm
Ah Maven I want that bitch dead so badly her and pretty much all of the thieves guild.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 16, 2013, 10:17:45 pm
I actually like the Thieves Guild - they aren't goody-two-shoes like the previous couple of Thieves Guilds, but they're decidedly more heroic than even the Companions.

I mean, sure, you scare three people into being more faithful with their protection money payments, which is bad.  But then you remember that a bunch of the Companions' radiant quests involve you going to a random NPC, even one of your friends, and beating them to a pulp to teach them a lesson.

All of the other Companions' quests are being contracted to kill someone (which doesn't make them much different than the Dark Brotherhood) or doing selfish things for the questline (like finding pieces of that axe, and killing werewolf hunters).  I swear, the only reason people consider them heroes is that they're a bunch of muscle-bound bashers who perfectly fit the Ideal Nord Stereotype that the racist Nords of Skyrim so idolize.

On the other hand, the Thieves Guild will retrieve precious heirlooms from rival thief guilds that took it from the dead body of someone's loved one, steal back blueprints from bandits, etc, and their method of dealing with people who offend them isn't to kill them, but to either humiliate them, or frame them for the theft of something else.  That's evil but that's clever.  Thieves think with their heads more than the mages do, it seems.

"HURDUR BIG SHINY BALL BETTER BRING IT BACK"
"OH NO APOCALYPSE HAPPENED NUUU"
"We want you to solve this problem, but we aren't going to do shit about it.  You should feel honored that we even contacted you, mage."

The fact that Mercery Frey is voiced by the same guy who does Garrett helps.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 16, 2013, 10:33:18 pm
Not sure if I kept the picture I took of a dozen police officers stuffed inside a single air vent.
Can I sig this?

Duh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 16, 2013, 10:55:36 pm
Anyone seen the survivor2299.com site? Along with the accompanying blog http://12072299.tumblr.com/ ?

Either it's a really dedicated hoaxer or it's a publicity campaign for the new Fallout game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 16, 2013, 11:06:31 pm
Anyone seen the survivor2299.com site? Along with the accompanying blog http://12072299.tumblr.com/ ?

Either it's a really dedicated hoaxer or it's a publicity campaign for the new Fallout game.

Would be an interesting coincidence that you posted that today, since I had a Fallout-themed airsoft game all day.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on November 16, 2013, 11:50:56 pm
I was gonna post about it last night but I was watching it because it appeared last night. At least it caught my attention last night. And I wanted to be sure it wasn't some sort of weird rp blog.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 17, 2013, 04:06:35 am
I'mma just post this here, because I can.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1SVkysIRw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 17, 2013, 11:12:31 am
This just in: literally every fictional character is dead, in purgatory, or a construct of one of the other characters who's really insane.
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Post by: ironbite on November 17, 2013, 04:58:34 pm
Seriously this trend to make things "dark" is just sad and pointless.

Ironbite-first it was with Rugrats, not it's with Link?  Piss off ya bloody wankers.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 17, 2013, 05:08:28 pm
Seriously this trend to make things "dark" is just sad and pointless.

Ironbite-first it was with Rugrats, now it's with Link?  Piss off ya bloody wankers.

I am now imagining you with Sniper's voice.

Anyways, yeah, I find it annoying, too.
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Post by: ironbite on November 17, 2013, 07:40:17 pm
Also we have Fallout 4 trademark now.

Ironbite-....EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 17, 2013, 07:47:51 pm
I love being a Malkavian.  That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 17, 2013, 09:13:03 pm
I must be going insane. Or sick.

I want to play Jurassic Park: Trespasser again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 17, 2013, 09:40:03 pm
I must be going insane. Or sick.

I want to play Jurassic Park: Trespasser again.

You can subsist on a diet of filet mignon, organic vegetables, home-baked bread, and salisbury steak...

...But sometimes, you just crave McDonald's.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on November 17, 2013, 09:46:29 pm
I must be going insane. Or sick.

I want to play Jurassic Park: Trespasser again.

You can subsist on a diet of filet mignon, organic vegetables, home-baked bread, and salisbury steak...

...But sometimes, you just crave McDonald's.

Nah. See, McDonalds is mass produced crap that never tried to be anything except mass produced crap, and makes money by just being cheap and generic enough to attract everyone and gouge as much cash from them as possible. Kinda like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Trespasser is more like a little hole-in-the-wall bistro that shoots for the moon with a high concept and does things that nobody else around really does, but it has too many flaws to truly be good except as an interesting visit and disappoints all of the people who wanted to be excited about it.
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Post by: Random Gal on November 17, 2013, 09:57:53 pm
I'mma just post this here, because I can.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1SVkysIRw

Actually, his point about the timeline and Twilight Princess backfires on itself. OOT/MM Link is actually the ancestor of Twilight Princess Link. If OOT/MM had died as a child, he wouldn't have left any descendants and Twilight Princess Link wouldn't exist.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 17, 2013, 10:10:46 pm
Anyone finished the Burial at Sea DLC for Bioshock Infinite?

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 18, 2013, 11:13:52 am
Okay, I have to say that Resonant Rise is a pretty cool Minecraft modpack, even if it is a little much for my laptop, lol.
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Post by: IanC on November 18, 2013, 01:05:27 pm
I'mma just post this here, because I can.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S1SVkysIRw

Actually, his point about the timeline and Twilight Princess backfires on itself. OOT/MM Link is actually the ancestor of Twilight Princess Link. If OOT/MM had died as a child, he wouldn't have left any descendants and Twilight Princess Link wouldn't exist.
OOT Link died as an adult in one timeline, which lead to the Imprisoning War, which lead to Link to the PAst (which of course, features a Link. So its not really descendent, i guess?)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on November 18, 2013, 05:21:48 pm
I'mma just post this here, because I can.
(video)

Actually, his point about the timeline and Twilight Princess backfires on itself. OOT/MM Link is actually the ancestor of Twilight Princess Link. If OOT/MM had died as a child, he wouldn't have left any descendants and Twilight Princess Link wouldn't exist.
OOT Link died as an adult in one timeline, which lead to the Imprisoning War, which lead to Link to the PAst (which of course, features a Link. So its not really descendent, i guess?)

OOT Link was defeated and lost his part of the Triforce to Ganon, but he couldn't have actually died. If he had, there would be no hero's bloodline and the world would have been flooded like in Wind Waker. Unless there's something in Hyrule Historia that outright states Link died, of course.

Back to the original topic though, the Hero's Shade referred to hidden skills that do not leave "our bloodline" and his last statement was "Go and do not falter, my child!" suggesting that he is in fact TP Link's ancestor.

On the other hand, it is possible that the Links from Twilight Princess, The Wind Waker, and A Link To The Past are descended from Skyward Sword Link but not necessarily OOT Link.

Stupid timeline. :P

(My personal Head Canon regarding OOT Link is that he married Malon and they founded Ordon Ranch together, with Twilight Princess Link being their great-something-grandson.)
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 18, 2013, 06:21:20 pm
I think the whole thing about the hero's bloodline is that, if interrupted, reincarnation ensues (which is what happened to Windwaker Link) and a new hero's bloodline is created.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 18, 2013, 06:41:10 pm
Also, umm...aren't bloodlines continued typically by reproducing?  Link can die if he managed to fuck and impregnate someone beforehand.  The bloodline, as such, is unbroken and the kid will be the next Link.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 18, 2013, 06:44:32 pm
Also, umm...aren't bloodlines continued typically by reproducing?  Link can die if he managed to fuck and impregnate someone beforehand.  The bloodline, as such, is unbroken and the kid will be the next Link.

That's possible, too.

Of course, in the Adult Link Timeline (which Windwaker takes place after) Link never had the opportunity.

It would be a hundred years or so (I forget) before a new candidate for the... eh, let's call it the "Hero's Spirit" to be born.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 18, 2013, 06:54:28 pm
Then again, I also know next to nothing about the Link universe in any appreciable depth, and also have no insight as to the gestational period of your typical Hyrulian elf.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 18, 2013, 07:10:30 pm
Then again, I also know next to nothing about the Link universe in any appreciable depth, and also have no insight as to the gestational period of your typical Hyrulian elf.

The Link universe is largely subject to personal interpretation, even by Nintendo.  Their "official unofficial timeline" pretty much comes with the big disclaimer that "This timeline is just our interpretation, and is likely to change as we make more games."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on November 18, 2013, 09:57:47 pm
Also, umm...aren't bloodlines continued typically by reproducing?  Link can die if he managed to fuck and impregnate someone beforehand.  The bloodline, as such, is unbroken and the kid will be the next Link.

That's possible, too.

Of course, in the Adult Link Timeline (which Windwaker takes place after) Link never had the opportunity.

It would be a hundred years or so (I forget) before a new candidate for the... eh, let's call it the "Hero's Spirit" to be born.
Also, this would invalidate the "Link died in Majora's Mask" hypothesis as he was a child at the time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 18, 2013, 10:05:34 pm
I think the official unofficial timeline stated (I have the book but I'm too lazy to look it up) that MM Link grew up, had a kid, went back to the Lost Woods looking for Navi and became Stalfos.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 19, 2013, 09:18:45 am
Not even The Doctor could untangle that twisted web.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on November 19, 2013, 12:26:00 pm
I will say the game is related to death but not in the way they say it.  I view it more of link aiding them through the stages of death.  Like if you show the couples mask to the mayor the residents stop being in denial
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 19, 2013, 01:15:23 pm
I'd actually say that Majora's Mask is about life.

Or rather, not letting petty squabbles, past grudges, or even regret keep you from enjoying life until the end.  (Or in two cases, prevent you from moving on to the afterlife. /spacewhaleaesop)

Grief, pain, sorrow, happiness, longing... these are all a part of life, but we shouldn't let any one of these stop us from living, even in the face of imminent death.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on November 19, 2013, 01:35:11 pm
It appears the Survivor2299 thing was an ARG. Fun, but disappointing. :(
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Post by: Meshakhad on November 19, 2013, 01:44:52 pm
I got back into EVE Online a couple of weeks ago. I have a new character, and I'm totally enjoying myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 19, 2013, 01:53:58 pm
It appears the Survivor2299 thing was an ARG. Fun, but disappointing. :(

ARG?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 19, 2013, 01:55:20 pm
Alternate reality game. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 19, 2013, 01:56:25 pm
Alternate reality game. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game)

Oh, I see now.

Huh.  Yeah, that is kinda disappointing :/
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Post by: Askold on November 20, 2013, 02:34:19 pm
EVERYONE GO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandate

A friend of mine linked it on facebook yesterday and after taking a look at the game I just had to throw some money at it. It's rpg-strategy-adventure-management game where you play as the captain of a ship. And I really do mean that you play as the captain, not a fleet commander, not a fighter pilot (and you are certainly not commanding a capital ship like  a fighter as some Star Trek game did.)

You command the ship, manage the crew and one of the things I love about it is that they force you to delegate. For example: Want to command ship-to-ship fighting? One of your officers must lead the boarding party/defence or vice versa.

The crew members gain experience and skills and have different personalities, though they are not immortal and it appears that the redshirts are going to die a lot. (though you can toggle wether or not the officers are immortal if your are afraid of losing your dearest and most long timed npcs...)

Also, I love the shield effect as the weapons force a hole into them. I don't care if they physics behind it are stupid, it is so incredibly cool looking and will be a fun feature.

It seems I'm not the only one excited about this as Angry Joe, Totalbiscuit and some others are also promoting the game.

Oh, and one of the first voice actors hired is the guy who played Filch the in Harry Potter movies and apparently also was in the Game of thrones series though I haven't watched it. His voiceover in the trailer was pretty good.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 20, 2013, 02:58:40 pm
It kinda reminds me of FTL if it was a modern game instead of retro game.

This is a good thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 20, 2013, 03:04:36 pm
It kinda reminds me of FTL if it was a modern game instead of retro game.

This is a good thing.

I love FTL, but though the games have similarities this one takes the captain a bit further (In FTL you are basically a faceless entity that controls the crew rather than having a captain) and I'm hoping that Mandate will have more freedom of action and ability to affect the world. In FTL you are running from the rebels which takes over most of your time and energy. I'm hoping that Mandate gives you time to exploration as well. Possibly some base building as well, judging from the fact that the developers said you can design your own space stations.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 20, 2013, 03:06:50 pm
Well I did say "modern game", which (to me) carries the implication of more complexity and depth (despite what some gamers of my generation seem to believe)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on November 20, 2013, 05:06:32 pm
i liked not having a face in FTL made me make up my story about us being a doomed Star fleet
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 23, 2013, 06:45:57 am
I gave Far Cry 2 another chance, and I'm really glad that I did. I, in my infinite genius, finally managed to figure that that treating it like a typical First Person Shooter is going to get you shredded twice over in the space of 30 seconds (assuming you have a buddy to rescue you). Instead, approach slowly and carefully and pick off the bulk of the enemy soldiers with a sniper rifle. It'll make life a million times easier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 23, 2013, 07:03:55 am
Ahh so the Skyrim method of dealing with a large number of enemies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 23, 2013, 07:14:41 am
I thought the Skyrim method was to yell at them.

You know, that needs to be a thing in more games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 23, 2013, 09:50:09 am
I thought the Skyrim method was to yell at them.

You know, that needs to be a thing in more games.

Hey, sometimes the enemy forces need a good scolding.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 23, 2013, 12:18:28 pm
I gave Far Cry 2 another chance, and I'm really glad that I did. I, in my infinite genius, finally managed to figure that that treating it like a typical First Person Shooter is going to get you shredded twice over in the space of 30 seconds (assuming you have a buddy to rescue you). Instead, approach slowly and carefully and pick off the bulk of the enemy soldiers with a sniper rifle. It'll make life a million times easier.

I've got a file on the hardest difficulty that's about 5% complete right now. You basically die almost instantly, which makes the checkpoints along the roads feel like utter scumbags personified.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 23, 2013, 03:56:40 pm
Hey, when I first posted about Mandate kickstarter it was at 300'000 dollars out of 500'000 and with 11 days to go and uncertain if it is going to make it...

Now it's at 443'000 and there's still 8 days left! Wow. Then again Kotaku and Angry Joe did both make positive reviews about the project so it has been gaining more exposure and fans at a fast pace.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 23, 2013, 09:09:34 pm
I gave Far Cry 2 another chance, and I'm really glad that I did. I, in my infinite genius, finally managed to figure that that treating it like a typical First Person Shooter is going to get you shredded twice over in the space of 30 seconds (assuming you have a buddy to rescue you). Instead, approach slowly and carefully and pick off the bulk of the enemy soldiers with a sniper rifle. It'll make life a million times easier.

I've got a file on the hardest difficulty that's about 5% complete right now. You basically die almost instantly, which makes the checkpoints along the roads feel like utter scumbags personified.

It's why I went with the 2nd hardest difficulty. Even then, simply chancing upon an armed Jeep while driving down the road is still pretty likely to ruin your day.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 23, 2013, 09:15:43 pm
Apparently, Mojang is sucking worse than usual.  For the past two days, no one playing on Minecraft 1.6.4, be it modded or vanilla, has been able to connect reliably to any 1.6.4 servers, myself included.  Checking the #minecrafthelp on Twitter, they're telling us to "wait while the issue is resolved."  I try to be patient, but I kinda LIKE playing on the only MC server I've been able to tolerate outside my own personal one I ran for my girlfriend and I.  Its ONLY 1.6.4, too.  Doesn't affect 1.7 servers, or anything below 1.6.4.  Its that version, fucking SPECIFICALLY.

Mojang.  Get.  Your.  Shit.  The fuck.  Together.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on November 23, 2013, 10:34:19 pm
Seriously, fuck you in the ass, Minecraft. I just love having it crash on me 2-3 times in one sitting, and crashing so badly that I have to restart since absolutely NOTHING I do will terminate the fucker.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 24, 2013, 05:24:55 am
Well, I managed to snipe a tanker full of natural gas with a grenade launcher. Now that was a thing of beauty if ever I've seen one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 24, 2013, 10:59:37 am
Few men are awesome enough to be capable of sniping with a grenade launcher.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 24, 2013, 01:16:01 pm
Few men are awesome enough to be capable of sniping with a grenade launcher.

With the Milkor MGL in Far Cry 2, it's hilariously easy. They actually gave the gun a realistic range and a low-magnification scope, so the grenades fly in what seems like an unusually straight line (at least to people who don't know the real velocity of these things and just think that it's like in video games where they drop 30 feet ahead of you).

And since you've got 4 grenades that you can rapid fire, you can basically just stand off from whatever checkpoint or stronghold or whatever that you're attacking on this mission and turn the whole thing into a fireball.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 24, 2013, 08:59:59 pm
Few men are awesome enough to be capable of sniping with a grenade launcher.

With the Milkor MGL in Far Cry 2, it's hilariously easy. They actually gave the gun a realistic range and a low-magnification scope, so the grenades fly in what seems like an unusually straight line (at least to people who don't know the real velocity of these things and just think that it's like in video games where they drop 30 feet ahead of you).

And since you've got 4 grenades that you can rapid fire, you can basically just stand off from whatever checkpoint or stronghold or whatever that you're attacking on this mission and turn the whole thing into a fireball.

I was using the most basic grenade launcher. No scope and no stupidly massive firing arc to work with. Just point it upwards, fire and hope you hit what you're trying to hit. It was also at enough of a distance that I could snipe enemy soldiers with a regular sniper rifle and they wouldn't be able to figure out where I was.

Under the circumstances, I like to think I did good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 25, 2013, 12:54:08 am
The one thing that REALLY gets me is how hideously weak the guns in that game are. It's bad enough that a .45 takes three or four shots to the chest to kill someone. But the weakest rifle in the game is a 7.62x51mm battle rifle; if it's taking multiple hits from a full auto G3 to an unarmored mercenary's torso to kill him, something is very wrong with how the developers set up their guns. A 5.56mm assault rifle has better killing power and range!

In fact, the G3 and FAL have such little recoil that it seems like the developers mistook them for "big clumsy assault rifles".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 25, 2013, 07:18:00 am
The one thing that REALLY gets me is how hideously weak the guns in that game are. It's bad enough that a .45 takes three or four shots to the chest to kill someone. But the weakest rifle in the game is a 7.62x51mm battle rifle; if it's taking multiple hits from a full auto G3 to an unarmored mercenary's torso to kill him, something is very wrong with how the developers set up their guns. A 5.56mm assault rifle has better killing power and range!

In fact, the G3 and FAL have such little recoil that it seems like the developers mistook them for "big clumsy assault rifles".

Oh nonsense, the game is the very model of realism. Just look at the vehicles, for example. Only around seven or so of them in the entire game, and no matter what exactly it is and what you do to it (aside from outright blowing it up), fixing it is as easy as spending six seconds tightening a single nut on the engine. Crash a jeep into a tree? Tighten a nut. Shoot an air boat full of holes? No problem, just tighten that one nut. Set a dune buggy on fire? That's right, a few turns of that magic nut and it's as if nothing ever happened.

Then of course there's first aid and other medical issues. One tiny syringe to the wrist will fix any problem, from bullets to falling off a high place to nearly drowning. Failing that, burning yourself with a flare or ripping a single bullet out of either your hand, arm or ankle with either pliers or your own teeth are one of a few effective stop-gap measure. Then of course there's malaria, completely symptomless except for the occasional onset of a pulsating yellow sheen to your field of vision, along with a matching yellow boarder and a lot of panting. Luckily, it can be instantly alleviated with a single pill.

Even the likes of ArmA can't hold a candle to the realism of Far Cry 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 25, 2013, 10:44:27 am
I think I'd care less about it if the game didn't make so many attempts at LOOKING realistic. Minimal HUD, physical maps and GPS used to navigate, spreading fire, and an emphasis on the dirty combat and gray, sometimes outright black morality of mercenary warfare in Africa. Plus difficulty levels that emphasize taking cover and carefully planning attacks in an open world, rather than linear levels and scripted events.

And then almost all of the realism just gets ejected in actual gameplay.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 25, 2013, 12:40:49 pm
I'm thinking about having a...quest line, I guess, in my game that follows the final stages of the development of steam power in the world, and perhaps ethanol, too.  Just one of those cool, optional side things that showcase how the world is developing even as you play around in it.  Considering the human nation in the world is the one most obsessed with technology, so long as its got a practical (or at least semi-practical) use, it would follow that they'd be the first to discover such a thing and any dope can accidentally light up a bit of particularly powerful, distilled spirits and lead to the eventual discovery of ethanol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 25, 2013, 08:56:21 pm
I think I'd care less about it if the game didn't make so many attempts at LOOKING realistic. Minimal HUD, physical maps and GPS used to navigate, spreading fire, and an emphasis on the dirty combat and gray, sometimes outright black morality of mercenary warfare in Africa. Plus difficulty levels that emphasize taking cover and carefully planning attacks in an open world, rather than linear levels and scripted events.

And then almost all of the realism just gets ejected in actual gameplay.
I'd argue that the maps and GPS aren't exactly realistic either, since a paper map apparently tracks where you are and what direction you're facing in real time, and the GPS comes with a built-in diamond detector.

In all honesty, I don't mind the lack of realism. Far Cry 2 is not a simulation and never claimed to be one, after all. The combat is enjoyably tactical and I can't imagine making things more realistic would really add to the game. Realistic vehicle mechanics would just be tedious and annoying, as would having to master realistic weapon physics for every single new gun we got. If you really want realism out the ass for everything, that's what ArmA or Operation: Flashpoint is for.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 25, 2013, 09:11:26 pm
Strange thing is that Skyrim gets the same "this isn't realistic enough" treatment when nobody cared about realism in the TES series until Skyrim came out ???
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 25, 2013, 09:57:10 pm
I think I'd care less about it if the game didn't make so many attempts at LOOKING realistic. Minimal HUD, physical maps and GPS used to navigate, spreading fire, and an emphasis on the dirty combat and gray, sometimes outright black morality of mercenary warfare in Africa. Plus difficulty levels that emphasize taking cover and carefully planning attacks in an open world, rather than linear levels and scripted events.

And then almost all of the realism just gets ejected in actual gameplay.
I'd argue that the maps and GPS aren't exactly realistic either, since a paper map apparently tracks where you are and what direction you're facing in real time, and the GPS comes with a built-in diamond detector.

In all honesty, I don't mind the lack of realism. Far Cry 2 is not a simulation and never claimed to be one, after all. The combat is enjoyably tactical and I can't imagine making things more realistic would really add to the game. Realistic vehicle mechanics would just be tedious and annoying, as would having to master realistic weapon physics for every single new gun we got. If you really want realism out the ass for everything, that's what ArmA or Operation: Flashpoint is for.

Not a simulation, no. But a major part of the initial marketing advertised that it would be a gritty, realistic, difficult game with minimal HUD to better immerse you in the world. And then you actually play the game and the difficulty mainly comes from making enemies superhumanly durable and making almost 100% of everyone in the world instantly hostile for no good reason.

The worst part is that it would be easy to fix the problems without compromising the gameplay Tweak the difficulty levels so that higher difficulty means that both the player and the NPCs take much more damage. Make the assault rifles have low recoil and damage and the battle rifles have high recoil and damage, balancing it better and requiring players to make a bigger decision about their rifle choice, and make the more powerful weapons actually kill quickly to represent their raw power instead of a random militiaman surviving a 3-round burst from an FAL to the heart. Lower the amount of random encounters and don't just turn all the checkpoints to "Enemy" to bog down the player.

With these changes, you'd have a game that's almost identical to the existing one while having better "good realism", less fake difficulty, and more tactical choices available.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 25, 2013, 10:38:21 pm
Anyone interested in joining a modded Minecraft server?  I'm part of a fairly small one, mostly just a few homies screwing around; really laid-back, cool kinda stuff.  We've already got an established main camp of sorts, plenty of resources ("abundance" would be an understatement, lemme tell ya), and lots of open land.

If ya are, just PM me w/ your MC username, and I'll pass it along to my admin to get you whitelisted.  Not a hard process, really, so long as you haven't had any previous convictions for trolling.  Also, I must warn you, if you try to troll the server, I'll lock you in a tomb of bedrock in hell for, if nothing else, makin me look bad.

Mod pack and other info available upon request.  Also looking for anyone who might be a good staffer, since its pretty much just me and the admin on the server staff at the mo'.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on November 25, 2013, 11:07:30 pm
Strange thing is that Skyrim gets the same "this isn't realistic enough" treatment when nobody cared about realism in the TES series until Skyrim came out ???
New Vegas was trying to also be survival so yeah
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 26, 2013, 03:16:11 am
Strange thing is that Skyrim gets the same "this isn't realistic enough" treatment when nobody cared about realism in the TES series until Skyrim came out ???

Yes because dragons are so realistic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 26, 2013, 10:30:27 am
Strange thing is that Skyrim gets the same "this isn't realistic enough" treatment when nobody cared about realism in the TES series until Skyrim came out ???

Yes because dragons are so realistic.

That game is a disgrace! There are so many factual errors in it that the real dragon warriors of history are turning in their graves!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 26, 2013, 03:28:48 pm
I'll actually give them that the dragons of Skyrim behave less life-like and more like ... well, robots.

Sure, we don't have any real dragons to compare them with, but there's still a standard that we can use to say that they're life-like.

I think the closest living animal that we can relate their locomotive behavior to are bats.

Of course the fact that dragons fly with magic instead of obeying the physics of the land makes things harder (and more convenient at the same time)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 27, 2013, 12:43:55 am
Woo! Mandate got the 500'000$ they needed for the Kickstarter!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandate

...Now I'll just have to wait a year.

Well a bit more than a year.

Year and a half maybe for the complete game.

If there are no delays.

At least I'm hopeful that it will be a good game. And I'll get to try the beta due to backing the Kickstarter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 29, 2013, 09:38:02 am
Say, you all remember Roller Coaster Tycoon? Well, as it turns out, some guy is making a free and open source version (http://freerct.blogspot.com.au/) of it, in the same vein as the ever fantastic OpenTTD. Personally, I'm somewhat excited.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on November 29, 2013, 11:52:04 am
so I picked up Dark Souls on the Steam sale yesterday for $6... any advice? other than "prepare to die a lot"?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on November 29, 2013, 12:16:43 pm
Have to always enjoy snipers who will never turn around. No matter what's going on behind them. (http://gifti.me/i/wq95.gif)  Had to clean out my custom mods because of some sounds issues so I decided to hop onto the Valve servers and that was the result most of the time.

I also found a rather brilliant custom gamemode made to reenact super smash bros.  All damage you do only makes knockback longer, the only way to kill people is by knocking them off of the stage or having them hit the skybox. A video example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjhaxYM-Tps)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on November 29, 2013, 01:41:01 pm
so I picked up Dark Souls on the Steam sale yesterday for $6... any advice? other than "prepare to die a lot"?
mod it to unlock the frame rate
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 29, 2013, 02:01:20 pm
so I picked up Dark Souls on the Steam sale yesterday for $6... any advice? other than "prepare to die a lot"?

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 29, 2013, 02:41:58 pm
I finally replaced my ancient first generation Xbox 360 (it was so old, it needed a $60 wireless adapter to get wi-fi) with a new Slim; the Black Friday deal meant that not only did I get the console for $180 from Best Buy, it came with:

* Batman: Arkham City
* Tomb Raider (2013)
* Darksiders II
* Halo 4

And Kelly bought Lego Marvel Superheroes for the PS3. AND I still had Dead Rising 2 waiting to be downloaded from Games With Gold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 29, 2013, 02:58:29 pm
so I picked up Dark Souls on the Steam sale yesterday for $6... any advice? other than "prepare to die a lot"?

Spend some time getting the timing for parrying down.  Don't parry boss attacks unless they're humanoids and around your size (give or take several meters)

Pay attention to the ground and the walls.  That will tip you off on possible surprises.

If you are human and online, you are able to be invaded, but you are also able to invite help.  However, if you are invaded, there is a significant time limit before you are able to be invaded again, so don't worry about that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on November 29, 2013, 10:45:49 pm
I picked up dark souls as well. Its gonna be interesting using a keyboard instead of a controller.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 29, 2013, 11:33:15 pm
I picked up dark souls as well. Its gonna be interesting using a keyboard instead of a controller.

Weren't you the one insisting that I never get Dark Souls until I have a controller? XP

Regardless, there's a fix on the Dark Souls Nexus that makes using a keyboard and mouse less of a pain and a half.

http://darksouls.nexusmods.com/mods/28/

Wow it was the 28th mod uploaded...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on November 29, 2013, 11:34:18 pm
I picked up dark souls as well. Its gonna be interesting using a keyboard instead of a controller.

Weren't you the one insisting that I never get Dark Souls until I have a controller? XP

Regardless, there's a fix on the Dark Souls Nexus that makes using a keyboard and mouse less of a pain and a half.

dont think that was me. And link?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 29, 2013, 11:34:53 pm
...Dammit you posted in the less-than-a-minute it took me to edit the link into my post XP
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 30, 2013, 01:04:35 am
Dark Souls? Isn't that the game wh-DIRECT INTERVENTION IS NECESSARY.

I'm playing through Mass Effect 2 again with some DLC I couldn't afford the first time around, and I've noticed that I'm taking a lot more renegade interrupts/dialogue choices. Not to my crew, of course, unless they deserve it, but I was a lot ruder to (for example) Warden What's-His-Nuts on Purgatory. I can't really bring myself to heckle Mordin for his work on the genophage, though, in part because I watched his sacrifice on Tuchanka in 3. The first time around, his "it was necessary/for the greater good" rhetoric seemed like blame shifting or even victim blaming (depending on whether you see the krogan as instigators or, y'know, victims).

The other thing I noticed was that the DLC for this game is awesome. Kasumi's adorable and her mission is fun as hell, while Zaeed gives RenShep a run for his/her money in sheer bastard-ness. I also got Overlord (which I haven't played yet) and Wreckage of the Normandy (which made me tear up a little, after firing into the sky twenty-one times).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 30, 2013, 01:15:30 am
I sometimes take Renegade options mostly ones that make the game fun (Like snapping that asshole Eclipse Merc's neck, or shooting that Krogan with the long winded speech or headbutting Uvenk especially headbutting Uvenk.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 30, 2013, 01:56:08 am
I can't really bring myself to heckle Mordin for his work on the genophage, though, in part because I watched his sacrifice on Tuchanka in 3. The first time around, his "it was necessary/for the greater good" rhetoric seemed like blame shifting or even victim blaming (depending on whether you see the krogan as instigators or, y'know, victims).

As the biggest fanboy of the krogan... can't it be both?  Yeah, they were the instigators, but they were also the victims (genocide is not an appropriate response, after all).

Considering Mordin's actions and behavior in Mass Effect 3, I think it's safe to say that his "It was necessary" and "It was for the greater good" speeches were a mantra to try to get past his guilt... and it didn't work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 30, 2013, 04:35:17 am
As it turns out, the original Myst is really goddamn hard. Not nearly as hard as Riven, mind you, but it's still really goddamn cryptic. Several hours in and I've still yet to figure out how to access even one linking book out of the starting area.

I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 30, 2013, 04:39:17 am
The fact that he said it was his mistake is a key part of it. He will always insist it was the right course of action at the time. But now it has come time for things to change. Hence why he works on the cure and helps save Bakara/Eve.

Also...

It might
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/4485afad859513fdb9f1404a52ce017e/tumblr_mwxkx9apWh1qdl4w6o6_250.png)

be possible
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/a4c0b35cf774d0b9cd7ed905d9019ef0/tumblr_mwxkx9apWh1qdl4w6o7_250.png)

I can't be anything
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/40c1b6f6eb7156ea82d0d88d4417242d/tumblr_mwxkx9apWh1qdl4w6o8_250.png)

But Renegon
(http://31.media.tumblr.com/201146e17a56155ee9b2026720f75f88/tumblr_mwxkx9apWh1qdl4w6o9_250.png)


I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that Renegon feels so natural to me. And being mostly paragon is weird.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 30, 2013, 05:15:07 am
Yeah, speaking of Renegon...

My own "Renegade with a Heart of Gold" Engineer Shep is having a hard time on Feros.  Not because of dying (...okay, there's dying) but because the game does not let you take a middle ground with the colonists.  This is also where metagame clashes with roleplay hardcore.

See... I want renegade points.  But at the same time, this is a moral event horizon.  So my original plan was for this to be Shepard's greatest mistake, where he let his pursuit of Saren blind him so badly that he lost sight of what was important... and that it would burden him forever.

To prevent it from being total, though, I saved three colonists.  I go through the arduous fight with the Thorian, finish it up, and...

No points.  Not even a few Paragon points.  Not even any Renegade points.  None.  The game just punished me for not dedicating myself fully to one path or another.

This defeats the purpose of everything, so... uh... yeah.  I'm gonna have to go back and fight the Thorian all over again.

In so far as Paragon points go, this would really unbalance me if I just suddenly got a ton of those.  So... urgh.

This sucks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on November 30, 2013, 05:32:18 am
It should be 2 renegade points for each colonist killed, 2 paragon for each saved. With a possible max of 32 each. Feros itself is something where Shane was definitely more paragon and saved what she could. Especially after finding out about Akuze.

Renegade does not mean being a straight up cold blooded murderer. Depending on how you look at it, considering what we know of the colony in 2 and 3, perhaps killing the colonists would have been a good thing to save them from further horrors. But that's neither here nor there.

A Renegade is a hardass who will shoot first if given the chance. The fandom's desire to label renegade as murderous evil psychopath is a point of frustration for me. Because logically the opposite of that would be a sugary sweet never hurt anyone paragon, yeah? Yes, some renegades can be psychopathic murderers. But that isn't the hard and fast rule.

My Shepard struggles daily with the blood lust that has tainted her face and body. But that doesn't make her a straight up murderer of everyone in her path. She cured the genophage, she saved the Council. She did what she could. She's just rough around the edges and is an impatient little bitch.

But Feros itself doesn't affect a lot. It's more of a personal decision to do so and so thing because it doesn't affect a lot like saving the council does. In fact, Feros itself at the end of it actually gives fewer Renegade points than it does Paragon. It's very much possible to break even in both. If it isn't giving you the correct number it is glitching on you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on November 30, 2013, 06:44:18 am
Using the keyboard isnt that for dark souls.

Not sure what the screaming is about
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on November 30, 2013, 09:45:47 pm
As it turns out, the original Myst is really goddamn hard. Not nearly as hard as Riven, mind you, but it's still really goddamn cryptic. Several hours in and I've still yet to figure out how to access even one linking book out of the starting area.

I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually.
I had an old strategy guide that was written like a novel
anyways I beat infinite
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 30, 2013, 11:59:16 pm
Does anyone else think Miranda Lawson's face is just a little... Off? I mean, she's pretty, but there's something a little weird about her facial expressions (moreso than everyone's facial expressions are weird in an uncanny-valley sort of way.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 01, 2013, 12:34:06 am
probably the weird way they made her perfect
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 01, 2013, 01:05:01 am
Does anyone else think Miranda Lawson's face is just a little... Off? I mean, she's pretty, but there's something a little weird about her facial expressions (moreso than everyone's facial expressions are weird in an uncanny-valley sort of way.)

I think it's the face capturing technology, it makes her look... unreal when compared to everyone else.

Which may have been an intended effect considering that she's basically the human equivalent of Grunt.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 01, 2013, 01:18:10 am
...it makes her look... unreal when compared to everyone else.

Which may have been an intended effect considering that she's basically the human equivalent of Grunt.
o.o
0.0
O.O

HEADCANON ACCEPTED
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 01, 2013, 02:08:25 am
I can't really bring myself to heckle Mordin for his work on the genophage, though, in part because I watched his sacrifice on Tuchanka in 3. The first time around, his "it was necessary/for the greater good" rhetoric seemed like blame shifting or even victim blaming (depending on whether you see the krogan as instigators or, y'know, victims).

As the biggest fanboy of the krogan... can't it be both?  Yeah, they were the instigators, but they were also the victims (genocide is not an appropriate response, after all).

Considering Mordin's actions and behavior in Mass Effect 3, I think it's safe to say that his "It was necessary" and "It was for the greater good" speeches were a mantra to try to get past his guilt... and it didn't work.

Actually I've read some pretty good theories about that and judging from the alternate endings, unless two particular Krogan are alive at the end they go right back to being the invading barbarian horde. Can two people change an entire species?

...And does that mean that the change is permanent? Would the Krogans go back to their destructive (for themselves and everyone around them) ways as soon as those two people are dead (wether from natural causes or killed by the bloodthirsty Krogans who wish to end the peace so that they take over and go back to being "real Krogans.")

Or does it mean that there could be other more peaceful Krogans like them if only they would have a chance to get in positions of power? I think that choice is pretty vague on purpose. It's not like the Salarians are much better allies, what with their constant treachery and scheming they do with everyone which does backfire quite often.
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EDIT TO ADD:
And yeah, Miranda was built as the "perfect human" or at least "perfect according to the specifications" of her "father." Grunt was built to be the "perfect Krogan." Clearly they had different definition of "perfect" but they are of different species as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 01, 2013, 02:19:10 am
I take back what I said about Myst. The puzzles aren't that hard once you find that crucial button that you've previously been overlooking. Figured out how to unlock linking books and since then have been finding things rather easy.

I must say, I quite like the way the story is told. You first read about how the various ages used to be, then you actually go there and figure out what exactly happened to them since then just from the scenery. No dialogue, additional journals, cutscenes or any of the more usual ways video game stories are told, just try to piece it all together based on what you see. You rarely ever see that sort of thing in games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 01, 2013, 02:55:47 am
Okay, this might sound a bit "Duh?" but...

Are there any MMORPGs that are good for socializing?

It just seems lately that people in MMOs are concerned more about power-gaming and min-maxing their gear and characters, to the point where people are forced to adopt this mindset just to catch up with other people.

I just want an MMORPG where I can actually socialize naturally instead of having to hop in a party, rush through the quest, wham bam thank you ma'am.

Though I do want it to be an actual game, not just a life simulator.

I guess I'm asking for an oxymoron, huh?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 01, 2013, 03:03:29 am
You can socialize in practically any MMO, you just have to know where. In most games, its all about finding a guild that doesn't take things too seriously and is willing to socialize.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 01, 2013, 03:18:29 am
Yeah, back when I played WoW I had some good guilds where it was fun just being part of the group and chatting while we played.

My other experiences with that game were NOT so good and since I played on different servers from time to time I do have to admit that if you don't find a good guild or friends to play with the gaming experience is not nearly as enjoyable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 01, 2013, 09:12:02 am
Okay, this might sound a bit "Duh?" but...

Are there any MMORPGs that are good for socializing?

It just seems lately that people in MMOs are concerned more about power-gaming and min-maxing their gear and characters, to the point where people are forced to adopt this mindset just to catch up with other people.

I just want an MMORPG where I can actually socialize naturally instead of having to hop in a party, rush through the quest, wham bam thank you ma'am.

Though I do want it to be an actual game, not just a life simulator.

I guess I'm asking for an oxymoron, huh?

Guild Wars 2 is the closest to your ideal, methinks.  The gameplay style itself leads to large-scale cooperation, even when players aren't in parties...those are mostly for story quests and dungeons, as well as unit coordination for particularly large events, as you're aware of your party members' locations, even if they're on the opposite side of the world from you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 01, 2013, 10:26:14 am
I can't really bring myself to heckle Mordin for his work on the genophage, though, in part because I watched his sacrifice on Tuchanka in 3. The first time around, his "it was necessary/for the greater good" rhetoric seemed like blame shifting or even victim blaming (depending on whether you see the krogan as instigators or, y'know, victims).

As the biggest fanboy of the krogan... can't it be both?  Yeah, they were the instigators, but they were also the victims (genocide is not an appropriate response, after all).

Considering Mordin's actions and behavior in Mass Effect 3, I think it's safe to say that his "It was necessary" and "It was for the greater good" speeches were a mantra to try to get past his guilt... and it didn't work.

Actually I've read some pretty good theories about that and judging from the alternate endings, unless two particular Krogan are alive at the end they go right back to being the invading barbarian horde. Can two people change an entire species?

...And does that mean that the change is permanent? Would the Krogans go back to their destructive (for themselves and everyone around them) ways as soon as those two people are dead (wether from natural causes or killed by the bloodthirsty Krogans who wish to end the peace so that they take over and go back to being "real Krogans.")

Or does it mean that there could be other more peaceful Krogans like them if only they would have a chance to get in positions of power? I think that choice is pretty vague on purpose. It's not like the Salarians are much better allies, what with their constant treachery and scheming they do with everyone which does backfire quite often.
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EDIT TO ADD:
And yeah, Miranda was built as the "perfect human" or at least "perfect according to the specifications" of her "father." Grunt was built to be the "perfect Krogan." Clearly they had different definition of "perfect" but they are of different species as well.
To be fair Wrex really is unkillable I mean the only other Krogan who took down a Thresher Maw on foot was Grunt.  Honestly Wrex managed to keep the Krogan in line and protect the few fertile females so yeah
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 01, 2013, 02:02:49 pm
Okay, this might sound a bit "Duh?" but...

Are there any MMORPGs that are good for socializing?

It just seems lately that people in MMOs are concerned more about power-gaming and min-maxing their gear and characters, to the point where people are forced to adopt this mindset just to catch up with other people.

I just want an MMORPG where I can actually socialize naturally instead of having to hop in a party, rush through the quest, wham bam thank you ma'am.

Though I do want it to be an actual game, not just a life simulator.

I guess I'm asking for an oxymoron, huh?

Guild Wars 2 is the closest to your ideal, methinks.  The gameplay style itself leads to large-scale cooperation, even when players aren't in parties...those are mostly for story quests and dungeons, as well as unit coordination for particularly large events, as you're aware of your party members' locations, even if they're on the opposite side of the world from you.

Alrighty, sounds great.  Now I just need to find the fifty bucks to buy the game.

At least there's no monthly fees...

Does Guild Wars 2 have much to offer for people who are not fans of PVP, though?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 01, 2013, 02:27:14 pm
If you use face capturing technology at a time where it isn't exactly perfected there are bound to be issues. As well as glitches with the technology itself during certain parts of the game.

There's also the fact that apparently she wasn't good enough as people decided to only think of her as the chick with the ass and the buckteeth. She was modeled on Yvonne Strahovski. And there was more to the character than just tits and ass but alas... Regardless we know damn well that even though she was designed to be perfect she was far from it. We can see this from how she wasn't that great of a sentinel. And if you were perfect with your biotics you wouldn't need a runt like Jack would you? But we all know how I feel about the people that everyone seems to insult and mistake.

Personally I had no problems but that's me. I got an uncanny valley feeling for most of the game but beyond that...

As for the genophage, there is also the fact that the krogan have taken some pretty hefty losses. If not from killing each other then from helping with Palaven and being experimented on and having the Reapers turn them into amalgamations. Wrex is the key. If you have no Wrex through whatever reasons (you killed him after sabotaging the cure or he was killed on Virmire) then it's pretty clear that with Wreav at the helm the galaxy goes back to how it had been before the rachni. Depending on your choice of ending, anyways.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 01, 2013, 02:56:56 pm
I liked Miranda and her character is complex so I don't get how people only judge her by her appearance.

She has her history, which is a bit more complicated than "daddy issue", she is struggling to protect her sister and she is the pragmatic balance to Jacobs idealism. In fact, I think much of her pragmatism comes from her upringing and the struggles she faced while on the run from her father.

Actually Miranda and Jack have some similarities. Both had their childhood taken from them and used by a powerful person/organisation as a tool. (Let's face it Miranda's dad saw her a his "property.") Both went on the run at a young age and did what they had to in order to survive. Two big differences are that a) Miranda got taken in by the Cerberus while Jack was on the run FROM them. Had Jack been on the run from a different group Cerberus might have recruited her and she could have been quite willing to join them. And b) Miranda got proper education while Jack didn't which is propably a major reason for her becoming a criminal as a means of survival.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 01, 2013, 03:19:20 pm
I actually saw someone describe Jack as "If you take away her biotics, she's just another whiny emo teen."

I facepalmed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 01, 2013, 03:21:44 pm
 I like Jack Sensei.  Seriously although in ME3 I do wish there were more proper side quests ME2 had some but it would have been nice to have missions to extract.  Also no the closest to a whiny teen is Tali which makes sense since she is a lot younger then the rest of the squad (Quarians have similar lifespans to humans so she looks mid 20s at most
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 01, 2013, 03:25:54 pm
...You do realize Tali and Jack are the same age, right?

They're both 25 by the time of ME3.

Miranda Lawson is 4 years older than Shepard, who is 32 at the time of ME3. Making Miranda 36 (same as Kaidan I think). Ash is 28. Kasumi is 26.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 01, 2013, 03:32:00 pm
Speaking of this, I'm wondering if I should made my Shepard a Sentinel instead of an Engineer.

I have absolutely no points invested in Pistol at all... but then again, it's nice to have all that an Engineer has to offer.

I could make him a Sentinel for ME2, I think... I dunno, I kinda like the drone though.

EDIT:

So I'm doing sidequests and I come upon an Omni Tool named...

"VI"

...That's literally it.  Just the Roman Numeral for 6... or the in-game term for "Virtual Intelligence".

So... what.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 01, 2013, 04:37:40 pm
Oh really?  well she was a child by the standards of her tribe till the end of ME
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 01, 2013, 04:56:53 pm
It was the time of her pilgrimage that doesn't necessarily translate to just being a child.
Speaking of this, I'm wondering if I should made my Shepard a Sentinel instead of an Engineer.

I have absolutely no points invested in Pistol at all... but then again, it's nice to have all that an Engineer has to offer.

I could make him a Sentinel for ME2, I think... I dunno, I kinda like the drone though.

EDIT:

So I'm doing sidequests and I come upon an Omni Tool named...

"VI"

...That's literally it.  Just the Roman Numeral for 6... or the in-game term for "Virtual Intelligence".

So... what.

http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Omni-tools#Omni-tool_Models
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 01, 2013, 05:39:50 pm
Also I have 2 issues with Bioshock 1 the Vox which is compllicated
2 the combat fuck 2 weapon rules
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 01, 2013, 06:44:35 pm
Thanks Booker.  I had a feeling it was something like that.

Also I keep wanting to call you Shepard again XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 01, 2013, 07:10:04 pm
I'm always Shepard in your heart if you want me to be. :P

But you're welcome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 01, 2013, 08:31:10 pm
Okay, this might sound a bit "Duh?" but...

Are there any MMORPGs that are good for socializing?

It just seems lately that people in MMOs are concerned more about power-gaming and min-maxing their gear and characters, to the point where people are forced to adopt this mindset just to catch up with other people.

I just want an MMORPG where I can actually socialize naturally instead of having to hop in a party, rush through the quest, wham bam thank you ma'am.

Though I do want it to be an actual game, not just a life simulator.

I guess I'm asking for an oxymoron, huh?

Guild Wars 2 is the closest to your ideal, methinks.  The gameplay style itself leads to large-scale cooperation, even when players aren't in parties...those are mostly for story quests and dungeons, as well as unit coordination for particularly large events, as you're aware of your party members' locations, even if they're on the opposite side of the world from you.

Alrighty, sounds great.  Now I just need to find the fifty bucks to buy the game.

At least there's no monthly fees...

Does Guild Wars 2 have much to offer for people who are not fans of PVP, though?

If you ask me, it offers more for PvE players than it does PvP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 01, 2013, 08:31:41 pm
...You do realize Tali and Jack are the same age, right?

They're both 25 by the time of ME3.

Miranda Lawson is 4 years older than Shepard, who is 32 at the time of ME3. Making Miranda 36 (same as Kaidan I think). Ash is 28. Kasumi is 26.

An unusual amount of your squad is made up of (by military standards) youths.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 01, 2013, 09:10:31 pm
Not really... The military right now in most countries is made up of 'youths' (if you define them as under 30). It's been like that throughout history. We just happen to see a lot of shows and movies with older guys doing the fighting rather than the old sending the young off to fight the battles and wars.

War never changes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 01, 2013, 09:17:08 pm
Not really... The military right now in most countries is made up of 'youths' (if you define them as under 30). It's been like that throughout history. We just happen to see a lot of shows and movies with older guys doing the fighting rather than the old sending the young off to fight the battles and wars.

War never changes.

The military, yes. Not commandos sent on practically suicide missions to save humanity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 01, 2013, 09:30:51 pm
If you say so. The average age of someone being tapped for special forces is 22. I don't find it hard to believe, considering the history of the special forces and the fact that the average ages are usually under 32 no matter what type of SF you're looking at. Even if you take into account the different maturation levels for each species.

And the thing is that they aren't commandos on the Normandy. The only one you might call a commando would be Shepard. Everyone else proved themselves capable such as Ash (who was just a regular ol' Marine).

Look at them like they're the Avengers. *shrugs*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 02, 2013, 01:15:02 am
I'd like to add that, while much of the crew is quite young, it's by no means a middle-school field trip. Mordin is nearing the end of his natural lifespan, Miranda is implied (or stated - I don't remember and I'm too lazy to look it up) to be significantly older than she looks (blah blah genetic perfection blah blah), and Samara is at least several centuries old. While we're on the subject, is it just me or does anyone else wonder why quarian, volus, hanar, and elcor lifespans aren't discussed? Every other species gets a line in the Codex about how long they live compared to other species, but not those three. I can understand ignoring the "background" races, because they don't affect much, but the quarians are a much bigger deal. I'd guess they have slightly shorter lifespans than humans and turians, but a canon number would be nice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 02, 2013, 03:15:10 am
From what I know it's similar to human's lifespans, if not a little shorter. Their life expectancy on the other hand...

Miranda is officially older than Shepard, so. There's that.

Yes, some of them are young but they've been in the business of surviving and killing for a long while in the cases of Jack and Ash.

And we can also see how Liara, while having the longest lifespan next to Grunt and Samara and Wrex, is still in the same young mindset as a young adult. But still very much capable besides that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 02, 2013, 04:01:39 am
Liara is all kinds of adorbs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 02, 2013, 07:48:13 am
A Link Between Worlds is awesome.

(sorry, just wanted to break up the Mass Effect love in)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 02, 2013, 03:01:01 pm
She is, isn't she? My favorite moment has to be either the conversation in the first game where she's got a huuuuuuge crush on Shep and keeps putting her foot in her mouth, or the part early in 3 where she talks about how she crashed the SB ship into the Illusive Man's forces. I'm prabably going to get some hate for this, but I don't care: Liara is cuter than Kasumi and at least as cute as Tali, IMHO.
(I know, right? Sassy!Link is best Link.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 02, 2013, 06:10:22 pm
I just wish Liara had more character development outside of Shepard's influence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 02, 2013, 06:34:59 pm
I just wish Liara had more character development outside of Shepard's influence.
I don't mind that as much as the out-of-left-field buddy-buddy thing she had with Wrex in 3. My headcanon is that she meant to be sarcastic at least some of the time, but can't convey it die to lingering lack of social skills. (Yes, I know Liara knows how to be sarcastic, but I'm happy in my delusion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 02, 2013, 08:42:00 pm
It wouldn't have looked out of left field if she had had more character development outside of Shepard. lmfao
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 02, 2013, 08:45:50 pm
Two things I don't like about Mass Effect 1:

1. Beginning fatigue.  The opposite of ending fatigue.  There's so much that happens at the beginning of the game, you can't skip cutscenes, and you can't just run through it because you miss stuff that's helpful at the beginning, as well as character development for Shepard.

2. FUCKING THRESHER MAWS GAWDS.  I don't mind that they can kill your tank in one melee hit.  I don't mind that they hide out in various planets.  I HATE THAT THEY GIVE ME A FUCKING HEART ATTACK EVERY TIME I FIND ONE GAAAWRGH.

If I die of a heart attack, sue BioWare on my behalf, k?  Because there's a 95% chance that it'll be because of a fucking Thresher Maw.

I look forward to killing their sorry asses with Grunt in ME2 because FUCK THEM IN ME1!!!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 02, 2013, 09:56:02 pm
Just finished Myst. Actually pretty easy, all things considered, though the story is brilliant. Also, once you know how to do I think three crucial puzzles, you can finish the entire game in less than five minutes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 02, 2013, 10:57:35 pm
Giving Dishonored a go lately (boy, I've got a bad habit of starting games and leaving them unfinished...) and... it's HARD to get perfect mission scores.  DAMN!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 03, 2013, 12:13:38 am
Fighting unarmed enemies in Arkham City is trivially easy if you have the right upgrades. Get Critical Strikes and Free Flow Focus as soon as you can, and you're basically moving faster than everyone else and making one-hit KOs. I took down 28 thugs in about 30 seconds with that, and about 10 seconds of that was building up my combo so I could do it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 03, 2013, 12:48:16 am
1. Beginning fatigue.  The opposite of ending fatigue.  There's so much that happens at the beginning of the game, you can't skip cutscenes, and you can't just run through it because you miss stuff that's helpful at the beginning, as well as character development for Shepard.

Uhh... Story development is bad? Too much plot is bad? Should there be some filler missions or something that you can skip between the story stuff?

However I think about this, I can't consider story/character development to be a downside in a game.

Are you one of those guys who skips every single cutscene and dialogue and then bitches that the story makes no sense?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 03, 2013, 01:02:52 am
2. FUCKING THRESHER MAWS GAWDS.  I don't mind that they can kill your tank in one melee hit.  I don't mind that they hide out in various planets.  I HATE THAT THEY GIVE ME A FUCKING HEART ATTACK EVERY TIME I FIND ONE GAAAWRGH.

If I die of a heart attack, sue BioWare on my behalf, k?  Because there's a 95% chance that it'll be because of a fucking Thresher Maw.
They're actually pretty easy to spot if you know what to look for. See a flat area plopped inbetween a rocky/elevated area? That's where they spawn.

Edit to address the devolving askold/Magus argument: you're both right. No, there's nothing wrong with character development and setting up the story, but the beginning drags by your second or third playthrough. The beginning fatigue is understandable when you take a look at the humongous, intricately detailed world that's being built from the ground up. Yes, it's tedious when you already know what's going to happen, but remember your first playthrough? How vast and detailed and downright plausible the galaxy seemed? Wouldn't you feel cheated if the game sent you on an epic quest to save the galaxy without giving you a reason to care about the galaxy you're saving?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 03, 2013, 02:41:17 am
It's better to spread things out. From my multiple playthroughs of ME1, it does tend to feel like everything is in the beginning and end but with little to no development in the middle. And that's boring. ME2 does a lot better with this by having multiple BIG EVENTS throughout your playthrough, even if you go and fart around throughout the galaxy picking up side quests and stuff. And then ME3 is just BIG EVENT BIG EVENT WOW BIG EVENT HERE TOO but has a bit of broken immersion that can't really be helped. It'll always feel like you have all the time in the world while you're doing side quests to beef up stats and inventory and whatever else.

Also, because my main (and currently only) Shepard is a Sole Survivor I quickly began to memorize the planets that threshers spawn on. You can imagine her reaction when she had to help Grunt and then the QUEEN OF THRESHER MAWS in the third game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 03, 2013, 03:28:53 am
1. Beginning fatigue.  The opposite of ending fatigue.  There's so much that happens at the beginning of the game, you can't skip cutscenes, and you can't just run through it because you miss stuff that's helpful at the beginning, as well as character development for Shepard.

Uhh... Story development is bad? Too much plot is bad? Should there be some filler missions or something that you can skip between the story stuff?

However I think about this, I can't consider story/character development to be a downside in a game.

Are you one of those guys who skips every single cutscene and dialogue and then bitches that the story makes no sense?

You do realize this is not the first time I've played Mass Effect 1, right?

I've seen all of these cutscenes before.  I know what party members say.

My problem is, I like playing multiple characters in any game that gives you choices.  I also read really fast, so I can skip through dialogue much faster than the actors can say it and still take in everything they have to say (of course then I run into the problem of accidentally selection an option which pisses me off)

So running into lines of dialogue that can't be skipped (which are heavily concentrated at the beginning of the game), and running into cutscenes that I've seen already, it gets annoying.

So maybe you'll take things like this into consideration before you jump on my ass for assumptions, okay? I know you're going through a tough time right now, but I'm not gonna let you take it out on me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 03, 2013, 03:53:01 am
So im actually enjoying a game that has no end goal.

europa universalis 4.

Austria is gonna fucking slaughter me soon, though ive lasted just over 50 years and have taken an elector seat in the HRE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 03, 2013, 07:09:31 am
1. Beginning fatigue.  The opposite of ending fatigue.  There's so much that happens at the beginning of the game, you can't skip cutscenes, and you can't just run through it because you miss stuff that's helpful at the beginning, as well as character development for Shepard.

Uhh... Story development is bad? Too much plot is bad? Should there be some filler missions or something that you can skip between the story stuff?

However I think about this, I can't consider story/character development to be a downside in a game.

Are you one of those guys who skips every single cutscene and dialogue and then bitches that the story makes no sense?

You do realize this is not the first time I've played Mass Effect 1, right?

I've seen all of these cutscenes before.  I know what party members say.

My problem is, I like playing multiple characters in any game that gives you choices.  I also read really fast, so I can skip through dialogue much faster than the actors can say it and still take in everything they have to say (of course then I run into the problem of accidentally selection an option which pisses me off)

So running into lines of dialogue that can't be skipped (which are heavily concentrated at the beginning of the game), and running into cutscenes that I've seen already, it gets annoying.

So maybe you'll take things like this into consideration before you jump on my ass for assumptions, okay? I know you're going through a tough time right now, but I'm not gonna let you take it out on me.

Luckily they fixed that problem, somewhat, later on in the series. To be honest, every game should have skippable cutscenes for those of us who play a game multiple times and remember what the dialogue and story is.

I will say though that ever since being able to record my footage on all of my consoles that I've never really worried about missing something and sometimes when I'm going back through to find screens to post (like I showed earlier in this thread) that I find neat facial expressions or things I didn't notice before. Such as Ash photobombing my pictures.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 03, 2013, 04:08:58 pm
1. Beginning fatigue.  The opposite of ending fatigue.  There's so much that happens at the beginning of the game, you can't skip cutscenes, and you can't just run through it because you miss stuff that's helpful at the beginning, as well as character development for Shepard.

Uhh... Story development is bad? Too much plot is bad? Should there be some filler missions or something that you can skip between the story stuff?

However I think about this, I can't consider story/character development to be a downside in a game.

Are you one of those guys who skips every single cutscene and dialogue and then bitches that the story makes no sense?

You do realize this is not the first time I've played Mass Effect 1, right?

I've seen all of these cutscenes before.  I know what party members say.

My problem is, I like playing multiple characters in any game that gives you choices.  I also read really fast, so I can skip through dialogue much faster than the actors can say it and still take in everything they have to say (of course then I run into the problem of accidentally selection an option which pisses me off)

So running into lines of dialogue that can't be skipped (which are heavily concentrated at the beginning of the game), and running into cutscenes that I've seen already, it gets annoying.

So maybe you'll take things like this into consideration before you jump on my ass for assumptions, okay? I know you're going through a tough time right now, but I'm not gonna let you take it out on me.

This is what bothered me the most about ME 3 (besides freezing more often than the other 2 games combined).  If they do an ME 4, they need to make EVERY cutscene skippable.  I mean, I'm sure it's a great story, but after a couple play-throughs, many of us just want to skip to more fighting instead of sitting through the scenes over and over again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on December 03, 2013, 07:12:09 pm
So im actually enjoying a game that has no end goal.

europa universalis 4.

Austria is gonna fucking slaughter me soon, though ive lasted just over 50 years and have taken an elector seat in the HRE

Good man.  I'm looking out for a copy at the moment, but not having much luck :(

What country you playing?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 03, 2013, 08:12:16 pm
Wuttemburg

Everybody says to start  as a large nation, but im like

"no..fuck you...so not gonna manage all that shit. Ill be fine with two provinces"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 03, 2013, 10:15:07 pm
I got another copy of Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) for my birthday. Anybody want it? If not I can just take it to Gamestop or whatever, but I'd like it to go to a good home.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 03, 2013, 10:25:00 pm
I got another copy of Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) for my birthday. Anybody want it? If not I can just take it to Gamestop or whatever, but I'd like it to go to a good home.

I don't have a 360, but my boyfriend does.  Can I claim it on his behalf?  It'd make a nice Christmas present for him.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 04, 2013, 07:50:04 am
I never thought I'd ever say this, but I'm really interested in Assassin's Creed IV. The shitty combat and assassination bollocks is still there, but the open world sailing with a fucktonne of sidequests and whatnot looks absolutely fantastic. Gives a rather nice Wind Waker and Sea Dogs vibe to it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 04, 2013, 08:09:39 pm
I never thought I'd ever say this, but I'm really interested in Assassin's Creed IV. The shitty combat and assassination bollocks is still there, but the open world sailing with a fucktonne of sidequests and whatnot looks absolutely fantastic. Gives a rather nice Wind Waker and Sea Dogs vibe to it.

Nerd Cubed actually loved the game, and he was halfway to hating the previous games. For once, you're not just playing as a regular Assassin and it has a gigantic open world filled with combat and adventure.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 04, 2013, 09:22:29 pm
Well i liked AC4, the land combat is...exactly the same. But the nava, combat is pretty badass if you can forgive the disturbingly fast reload rate of the cannons
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 04, 2013, 11:24:41 pm
I'd be willing to forgive a breach of realism to improve pacing.  One thing that always annoyed me with pre-Modern naval units in game was just how.  Fucking.  SLOW they all were.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 04, 2013, 11:27:23 pm
Personally, I consider the stupidly fast sailing speed and the lack of any sort of wind direction to worry about to be a massive plus. Because what could be more awesome that sailing around in a pirate ship at the speed of a maglev train?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 05, 2013, 12:53:06 am
Imagine if they created an ultra-realistic 17th-18th century naval battle simulator, like ARMA or Digital Combat Software games with the modern military equipment replaced with men o' war and sloops.

You know that shit would be popular.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 05, 2013, 04:00:41 am
I'd play the shit out of that as well. Hell, the closest we have to that sort of thing is Sea Dogs, and that series is brilliant.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 05, 2013, 04:20:09 am
Well either way, the naval battles are fucking awesome. Especially boarding, i never got tired of that
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 05, 2013, 04:21:01 am
Gaming confession: I royally suck at the Assassin's Creed games as well as God of War. I don't know why but I do. I have managed to get myself stuck in all the GoW games and gave up on AC3.

Also I 'won' a code to the Maw. I got it from McDonald's they're doing a gaming giveaway thing. I think every ticket is a winner of a game code.

If anyone wants the Maw for xbox 360 let me know. I actually have two codes. I got another from being an Xbox Ambassador.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 07, 2013, 04:57:36 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cXuWBMZfi8

This makes me laugh like a maniac for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 08, 2013, 06:44:15 am
I may have gone a bit psycho with the Hedjaz in EU4

I colonised papua new guinea. They are now a sunni arabic nation.
I destroyed yemen. Made them a vassal and then absorbed them.
Im in the process of taking over all of Swahili, i own half the east african coast.
After that im taking out whats left of the mamluks, since they got decimated by the ottomans. But they are allied with the Oman and they could fuck me up. Plus a nation near new guinea is itching to take me out.
Right now im quite stretched. Im colonising chunks of africa, but my forces are still concentrated in swahili to deal with the constant uprises. So right now my goals are
1. Stabilisation of infrastructure in Africa
2. Annexation of the last remaining swahili states.
3. Develop a garrison in papua new guinea.
4. Maintain relations with the ottomans.
5. Fortify my yemeni provinces to deal with reinforcements from Baluchistan and possibly Omani
6. Annexation of the last mamluk states.

Then if im feeling ballsy enough. I sweep north in a massive campaign against the ottomans
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on December 10, 2013, 12:34:18 am
Imagine if they created an ultra-realistic 17th-18th century naval battle simulator, like ARMA or Digital Combat Software games with the modern military equipment replaced with men o' war and sloops.

You know that shit would be popular.

Arrrrrrrrr!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 10, 2013, 11:06:24 am
Am I the only one who thinks that the Killzone storyline is pretty racist when you get down to it? Helghan are "all evil" and the few good ones are halfbreeds. Half HUMAN that is. Even though the Helghast are if anything an ethnic group of humans, with perhaps minor genetic differences. Otherwise there wouldn't be any "halfbreeds."

In fact one scientist in particular mentions to character X that propably has less than 50% of her genome is Helghast. (Wait, so they really have completely different DNA? I mean even monkeys share more than 50% of their DNA with humans.)

They try to make the nazi comparison with the Helghast as the enemies but even when they imply that they aren't all evil, it is specifically due to being "part human" that the few Helghast aren't completely evil. The parts that aren't lazy writing really come off as being racist.

(But the games sure look pretty and there are some decent scenes. I particularly loved Malcom McDowell in Killzone 3. Then again I am a big fan of his.)

(And, Ok Orlock and some others aren't full out genocidal maniacs and have at least some line they won't cross.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 10, 2013, 12:37:06 pm
Am I the only one who thinks that the Killzone storyline is pretty racist when you get down to it? Helghan are "all evil" and the few good ones are halfbreeds. Half HUMAN that is. Even though the Helghast are if anything an ethnic group of humans, with perhaps minor genetic differences. Otherwise there wouldn't be any "halfbreeds."

In fact one scientist in particular mentions to character X that propably has less than 50% of her genome is Helghast. (Wait, so they really have completely different DNA? I mean even monkeys share more than 50% of their DNA with humans.)

They try to make the nazi comparison with the Helghast as the enemies but even when they imply that they aren't all evil, it is specifically due to being "part human" that the few Helghast aren't completely evil. The parts that aren't lazy writing really come off as being racist.

(But the games sure look pretty and there are some decent scenes. I particularly loved Malcom McDowell in Killzone 3. Then again I am a big fan of his.)

(And, Ok Orlock and some others aren't full out genocidal maniacs and have at least some line they won't cross.)

I think it's unintentional. When you get down to it, the story is actually pretty shallow (Good guys vs. Nazi guys with incidents of gray morality to make things look deep) and the games are mostly about blowing things up in really pretty and realistic-looking environments. It's probably not intentional racism simply because none of the developers and writers thought that far ahead, and the ones who did realize it probably just shrugged and said "Eh, it's not a big deal. More explosions."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 10, 2013, 12:54:53 pm
Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the whole plot was written in a drunken stupor, on the back of a napkin. it could basically be summarized as "America Vs. Cockney Nazis"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 10, 2013, 04:49:07 pm
Guess I broke open my wallet early while getting ready for the steam sale.  Managed to get starbound (Which over half my friend's list seems to be on). And both Two Worlds games and Gothic 2 (which I think I remember someone talking it up on this thread before), both those series being on a sale for a few dollars a game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 10, 2013, 07:16:01 pm
Sadly its like most games really haven't learned from Spec Ops and mMetro
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 10, 2013, 08:55:15 pm
Saw this glitch today

I nearly died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46lYE4EeRF8
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 10, 2013, 10:08:50 pm
Saw this glitch today

I nearly died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46lYE4EeRF8
I see your spazzing screaming ascension and raise you this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqBnYBmcPaE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 11, 2013, 03:44:41 am
Been playing around in Skyrim as a necromancer with some mods, got some pretty neat screenshots.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 11, 2013, 04:51:36 am
I think I've lost my luster for video games. I have dozens and I don't want to play any of them on any of my consoles.

I used to play for unhealthy amounts of time. But the last thing I played was Burial at Sea for Bioshock Infinite and I only played a couple of hours, enough time to finish. It's rather distressing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 11, 2013, 05:23:12 am
Sometimes I'll go awhile without gaming, and I've been gaming since I was 2 or 3 (not joking here).  It just happens.  It's not necessarily anything to worry about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 11, 2013, 05:38:11 am
Sometimes I'll go awhile without gaming, and I've been gaming since I was 2 or 3 (not joking here).  It just happens.  It's not necessarily anything to worry about.

Echoing this.  120-some odd games in my Steam library and I'll look at every single one of them and go 'meh' now and again.  It's no biggie :3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 11, 2013, 05:51:00 am
Sometimes I'll go awhile without gaming, and I've been gaming since I was 2 or 3 (not joking here).  It just happens.  It's not necessarily anything to worry about.

Echoing this.  120-some odd games in my Steam library and I'll look at every single one of them and go 'meh' now and again.  It's no biggie :3

Me three. 60 games on GOG, 90 on Steam, a few SNES and Game Boy Advance ROMS and a fairly decent collection of physical PC and Xbox 360 games and I'll sometimes go weeks at a time without touching a single one of them. These things pass in due course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 11, 2013, 06:41:44 am
Yeah but playing video games (or not playing them in this case) is my barometer for how I'm feeling. When I get especially depressed nothing appeals to me. I end up having to force myself to do things such as write or read or even watch a tv show. I know it passes cause it's happened multiple times. But it never stops me from feeling bad because I don't find gaming appealing. And I have so many games to finish and everything just sits there. Blah. Not a fun feeling at all.

I want to finish games like the Last of Us and Bioshock 2 and the like but 0 motivation. lol
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 11, 2013, 07:58:56 am
Saw this glitch today

I nearly died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46lYE4EeRF8
I see your spazzing screaming ascension and raise you this: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bqBnYBmcPaE

Here's another good Assasins Creed one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKBZU4olvM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKBZU4olvM)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 11, 2013, 03:47:18 pm
Talking of glitches, anyone else had this one in the new(ish) XCOM game (either Enemy Unknown or Enemy Within) - when im in the base if i scroll round to where the laboratory is theres 3 or 4 scientists just floating around there, just below the actual laboratory. Its like, WHAT? WHY? HOW?

Im assuming they are the ones used in the background of the cutscenes set in the lab, but its just really bizarre and funny.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 11, 2013, 05:50:42 pm
So in sad news VGX
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 11, 2013, 06:40:37 pm
What about it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 11, 2013, 06:53:55 pm
I tried to watch the compilation of fails.  When it began with "I'm a real gamer and I know the difference between Ms. Pacman and Mz. Pacman" I clicked off.

Just.... ugh.  Gaming communities are full of misogynistic dudebros.  Anita could release (and probably has released) a video full of bullshit facts, and her point that the media is misogynistic would still be proven simply by the abusive reactions she gets.

Seriously, if you needed any proof that gamers are misogynistic, entitled assholes, just look at how they react to gamer girls and Anita Sarkeesian.  It's despicable and I hate being associated with this group.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 11, 2013, 06:57:46 pm
I played a little bit of a game I "bought" (I say "bought" cause it was free) today. But I soon grew tired of it like with all the other games I have. ;-;
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 11, 2013, 07:35:35 pm
When I'm feeling like this, I tend to watch other people play games instead of playing them myself.  I speak, of course, about watching Let's Plays.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on December 11, 2013, 07:58:05 pm
I'm so grateful I've never liked the VGAs/VGX/whatever. In fact, it's shit like this which is why I have such an extremely large loathing for gaming culture, no matter how large my love for the medium of video games is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 11, 2013, 08:00:16 pm
Gaming: Come for the games, stay for the stories, stay away from the fantards.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 11, 2013, 08:04:06 pm
VGX was frankly an embarassment.  Like they didn't even try (seriosly McHale who was the guest of honor didn't rehearse)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 12, 2013, 02:24:37 am
When I'm feeling like this, I tend to watch other people play games instead of playing them myself.  I speak, of course, about watching Let's Plays.

To each his own.

The only LPer I watch is Tobuscus and I don't tend to like watching other people because I get so frustrated with how they do things. Not just with video games but also with computers in general (because mum was notorious for not doing things 'the right way') I prefer to do shit for myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 12, 2013, 05:41:22 am
I'm so grateful I've never liked the VGAs/VGX/whatever. In fact, it's shit like this which is why I have such an extremely large loathing for gaming culture, no matter how large my love for the medium of video games is.

The VGA gave GTA5 game of the year. Thats enough for me to not give a rats ass about them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 12, 2013, 09:25:55 am
Just so you all know, the original Fallout games are free over on GOG for the next couple of days. I'd strongly recommend you all grab yourselves a copy or ten.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 12, 2013, 10:20:28 am
I would love to, but it looks like I'm going to have to wait until their servers start working properly :S
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 12, 2013, 10:59:57 am
Yeah, I can't even register on there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 12, 2013, 11:01:06 am
Just so you all know, the original Fallout games are free over on GOG for the next couple of days. I'd strongly recommend you all grab yourselves a copy or ten.
OOOOHHH!

Oh wait, I've already got them.

Well I guess I should just spread the word then.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 12, 2013, 11:12:35 am
Everything seemed to work for me on GOG now, might wanna try now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 12, 2013, 11:20:57 am
It won't let me properly log in lol I guess everyone is rushing for the deals.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 12, 2013, 11:30:07 am
Yeah, now it won't even let me pull up the login window. The button is just totally unresponsive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 12, 2013, 11:37:06 am
When I'm feeling like this, I tend to watch other people play games instead of playing them myself.  I speak, of course, about watching Let's Plays.

To each his own.

The only LPer I watch is Tobuscus and I don't tend to like watching other people because I get so frustrated with how they do things. Not just with video games but also with computers in general (because mum was notorious for not doing things 'the right way') I prefer to do shit for myself.

Watch Alcheastbreach if you're into Fallout, Skyrim games.  He's funny and gets the review out of the way at the beginning so he can go on adventures.

Ironbite-the commentary usually stops when he has to interact with NPCs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 12, 2013, 11:52:16 am
Yeah, now it won't even let me pull up the login window. The button is just totally unresponsive.

It took about 5 minutes of fiddling with the site and repeatedly reloading, but I finally got all the Fallout games "purchased". Now I just need to wait for the site to stop trying to kill itself long enough to get them downloaded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Meshakhad on December 12, 2013, 03:43:51 pm
Thanks to a generous corpmate, I was able to build myself a shiny new Astero-class frigate in EVE Online.

(http://i.imgur.com/FhsBf8s.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 12, 2013, 08:36:04 pm
When I'm feeling like this, I tend to watch other people play games instead of playing them myself.  I speak, of course, about watching Let's Plays.

To each his own.

The only LPer I watch is Tobuscus and I don't tend to like watching other people because I get so frustrated with how they do things. Not just with video games but also with computers in general (because mum was notorious for not doing things 'the right way') I prefer to do shit for myself.

Watch Alcheastbreach if you're into Fallout, Skyrim games.  He's funny and gets the review out of the way at the beginning so he can go on adventures.

Ironbite-the commentary usually stops when he has to interact with NPCs.

Not really interested. One LPer is enough for me. Thanks tho.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 12, 2013, 08:42:47 pm
Bah!

On Fallout related news, beat Honest Hearts.  Might have gone overboard killing off the White Legs though.

Ironbite-welp...Back to Zion Canyon so I can finish getting all the Yao Guai I can.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 12, 2013, 08:47:25 pm
I tried to update my mods for Fallout 3 and ended up somehow erasing my most recent save file. I rage quit after that because it put me back to level 5, when I had been level 9 and had finished the GNR quest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 12, 2013, 09:09:55 pm
I....love that quest.  Especially as I know now how to do it so I can get the best reward.

Ironbite-just head to Rivit City and then on to GNR.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 13, 2013, 05:25:23 am
GOG finally let me 'buy' the 3 fallout games. Ahah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 13, 2013, 05:51:33 am
I like europa universalis

Dont like crusader kings 2. Theres 50 billion things going on, plus all the names and heirs and titles and god fucking knows what else. This is not a game for people that suck with names
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 13, 2013, 06:10:34 am
If all goes to plan, I shall have Assassin's Creed IV sometime tomorrow. If sailing around at breakneck speed is half as fun as it looks, then I'll be a very happy panda.

In sadder news, it seems GOG disabled gifting of (temporarily) free games. Understandable, since all the new traffic was absolutely ass raping their servers, but sad nevertheless. Still, I managed to snag seven gift copies of each Interplay Fallout game before the servers got obliterated, so between the games being removed from GOG and the vast majority of people only getting a single copy of each for themselves, there should be some rather nice trading opportunities for me sometime next year.

Scratch that, something wonderful has happened. Gifting free games is now a thing again. If anyone needs me, I'll be building up my ludicrously large collection of Fallout + Fallout 2 + Fallout Tactics pack gift codes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on December 13, 2013, 08:41:14 am
I like europa universalis

Dont like crusader kings 2. Theres 50 billion things going on, plus all the names and heirs and titles and god fucking knows what else. This is not a game for people that suck with names

Don't forget lots of people named after relatives.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 13, 2013, 10:53:30 am
I actually suffer from name facial issues.  Like I got in trouble with these two girls freshman year and I thought one was taking the same classes I was turns out I got their faces mixed up and she's a cool person
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 13, 2013, 04:14:36 pm
After a fair break, I got back into Pokemon FireRed, and I have achieved my ultimate goal: I now have Mewtwo.

My only regret is that I can't use him against Team Rocket, since I kinda beat them into a bloody patch on the ground and emasculated their leader like a fucking BOSS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 14, 2013, 09:38:39 am
Playing Fallout 1 for the first time. I'm terrible at these mid 90's RPG's, Just got out the vault and I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to be doing. Radscorpions keep on fucking me up and I doubt I can just go straight to Vault 15 and get the chip.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 14, 2013, 09:40:24 am
The best place to head is Shady Sands, since that's where most of the first quests are.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 14, 2013, 10:47:21 am
The best place to head is Shady Sands, since that's where most of the first quests are.

It is directly between Vault 13 and 15 for that exact purpose. It is a place where the player gets their first touch with the postapocalyptic world.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 14, 2013, 11:14:25 am
Yeah I'm at Shady Sands, radscorpion quest is fucking me up. should I save it for later and find something else to do there?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 14, 2013, 01:37:31 pm
Well you could do what I did the first time I played and go around the map (note this is a bad Idea since you run a 40% chance of meeting Super Mutants who will royally fuck your shit up early on in the game.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ThunderWulf on December 14, 2013, 09:41:22 pm
I've been playing on my PC a lot more lately.  Got Skyrim (again since I already have it for XBOX) during a steam sale and downloaded a SHIT TON of mods for it.  Pretty much tried to stay away from game breaking and ones that weren't lore friendly, but I'm still using quite a few.

Other than that been playing a lot of Battlefield 4 as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 14, 2013, 10:28:23 pm
Yeah I'm at Shady Sands, radscorpion quest is fucking me up. should I save it for later and find something else to do there?

How easy the radscorpion caves are depends on how well you built your guy for combat. I'd recommend some of the other stuff around Shady Sands to get yourself used to the game first and earn some XP and cash.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 15, 2013, 01:43:03 am
Nope. Cant play crusader kings, been trying to like it all day. But its just too complicated. Im out
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 18, 2013, 05:47:57 pm
Someone uploaded the whole 'Refusal Speech' from the end of ME3 cleaned up and everything.

I get chills (http://verygallifreyxmas.tumblr.com/post/68044164637/fleet-and-godzilla-can-we-just-appreciate). If my main Shepard weren't intent on destroy, she definitely would have done refusal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 19, 2013, 01:29:46 pm
So I saw a GLADoS and Wheatley cosplayer team at Holiday Matsuri last weekend.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 19, 2013, 04:18:45 pm
That's some interesting cosplay, but I'm afraid I have to ask the obvious.

...What's with the picture of Bush?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 19, 2013, 04:55:02 pm
That's some interesting cosplay, but I'm afraid I have to ask the obvious.

...What's with the picture of Bush?

It must be an in-joke of some kind, since they carried it for an Adventure Time cosplay as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 19, 2013, 05:17:42 pm
Its Steam sale time again. Eek.

Ive bought 3 already, which is more than the last sale. Bioshock Infinite, Another World and The Stanley Parable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 19, 2013, 06:31:04 pm
Im into crusader kings. Finally understand it. NOW IM THE FUCKIN KING OF GERMANY.

also probably gonna buy rust. It looks pretty awesome

Also the day z mod for arma got released as a stand alone. Apparently its buggier than the mod itself
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on December 20, 2013, 04:58:02 pm
I bought dishonored for myself and FTL for a friend and she's getting me FC3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 20, 2013, 06:59:29 pm
I'm looking to play something light and fluffy lately.  Anybody have any game suggestions while the Steam sale is going on?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 20, 2013, 07:25:06 pm
...I wanted to suggest Overlord for some reason.

Probably because despite the concept, it's a hilariously tongue-in-cheek game that utilizes so much dark humor that it barely registers as "dark" anymore.  Also the minions are ugly cute, and are prone to hilariously sociopathic things.

But it's probably not what you're looking for.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 20, 2013, 08:00:08 pm
no... especially since I played the original Overlord and found myself... bored.  It got grindy REALLY fast.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 20, 2013, 08:03:41 pm
:(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on December 21, 2013, 05:35:57 pm
Picked up a ton of games on Steam today, including Skyrim (only $14.99 for the game, yay) and Starbound. Now to avoid the site until the sale is over, or at least until I finish up my Christmas shopping, lest I lose all willpower.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 22, 2013, 06:17:58 am
Been playing Overlord again, just wanted to note an amusing thing that I may have noted before.

The game is almost equal opportunity about letting you kill peasants (I say "almost" because you get an extra "Red Karma" bonus for killing 10 women... though this game is set in an age where sexism was rampant so... whatever) but there's a couple hilarious things done with women in this game.

First is that it lampshades the chauvinism of the men (as well as the fact that it comes more from being afraid of women than it does from gender superiority complex) by having a special hell level (added in by the expansion pack) that is entirely run by the women of a town whose husbands cheated on them, and are now suffering the penalty.  And if you want to get anywhere close to them, you have to perform a series of tasks that effectively constitute as...

1. Mowing the lawn with the tortured spirit of a Fallen Paladin
2. Scrubbing the floor with the tortured spirit of a Fallen Paladin (apparently, fallen paladins have soap-like qualities)

I forget if there was a third task, but basically, this hell level makes you do chores.  And you have very strict time limits.  And they are hard.

Gnarl, your evil advisor, then gets terrified at what the women are planning, and then more or less demands that you escort them back to the mortal world.  The sentiment isn't exactly expressed, but you're effectively putting women back in the kitchen.  Is that sexist and chauvinist?  Absolutely.

I might remind you that you are an evil Overlord set in the fantasy Middle Ages.  And a guy at that.  Evil is chauvinist.  'Nuff said.

The second thing is that if you're following the Red Karma route, you will eventually be able to kidnap 10 servant girls.  They don't actually do much, just stand around the throne room, complain about your minions, and look vaguely pretty in their skimpy clothing.

For the record, you can attack any NPC in your tower.  Your minions will get knocked over, including the annoying jester that follows you around taunting you with names (which double as your achievements for this game).  If you attack one of the servant girls? (or, the dark gods forbid, your mistress?)

The servant girl doesn't even flinch.  She just turns towards you, rears back her hand, and slaps you so hard that you fall on your heavy metal ass.  The game will tolerate you killing girls, but if you attempt domestic abuse?  Bam.  Flat on your ass.

Bearing in mind, the Overlord is wearing evil unobtainium, likely covered in spikes, and wields a weapon that can slay gods, and your servants or your mistress can knock you flat on your back with one slap.

I think the Overlord and Gnarl are right to be afraid of strong women, Hmm?

...Of course, this is all helped that this was written by Terry Pratchett's daughter, who has inherited some of her father's wit (though her humor is brilliant even without the association with her father) so it's pretty damn excellent.

For the record, as for how the genders are portrayed in-game, personality wise...

The men are pretty much all depicted as either dumb-as-bricks, can't-keep-it-in-their-pants (there was a zombie apocalypse started in one city.  Said virus was a demonic STD.  There were a lot of zombies.  Make of that what you will) or both.  Women are depicted as flirtatious, intelligent, and "Cassandra Truth Speakers".

The women running the hell level?  The humor didn't come from their statements (they were basically feminists who still enjoyed things that are traditionally attributed to females), the humor came from the over-the-top reactions that Gnarl, your evil adviser, had towards some of the things they said.

And that's not even getting into the named characters.  There's two strong female characters that you can choose between for your Mistress.  The Blue Karma choice is Rose, an excellent strategist who is True Neutral to a fault (she seeks a balance between good and evil) who offers her services freely to the Overlord, has a fascination with her namesake flower (including the thorns) and is a skilled enchanter.  Her sister is Velvet, a seductress with a penchant for torture and mayhem who, in the course of the game, shows herself to be just as intelligent (if a LOT more spoiled and greedy) than her older sister.

Either of them will take a huge risk to save you from the REAL Mastermind and ensure that you remain the Evil Overlord of the land.  Either of them is just as capable of helping the REAL Mastermind screw you over in the first place.

In general, the female characters are a lot better developed than the male characters, ironically.

ADDENDUM:

As far as the minions themselves go, they actually lack gender dimorphism - any one of them could be either a boy or a girl and you'd probably never know.  It's not until Overlord 2 that they even get *names*, and even then, you have just as much chance of getting a female name for your minion (such as "Rosie" for a red minion) as you do for a male's name.
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Post by: Søren on December 23, 2013, 05:01:04 am
Bought mount and blade warband and napoleon wars.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 23, 2013, 05:08:59 am
I managed to acquire Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships. From what I know, I can turn it into the closest thing we have to a realistic naval combat sim by slapping the Gentlemen of Fortune mod onto it (as well as improve the abysmal stability). After playing Assassin's Creed IV for a bit, I'm really hankering for that sort of experience.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 23, 2013, 06:16:02 pm
Bought mount and blade warband and napoleon wars.

In Mount & Blade, getting the top score in multiplayer is basically about learning how to shoot arrows better than the other guys and doing nothing but that.
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Post by: Søren on December 23, 2013, 10:15:23 pm
Napoleon wars is animation...something
- Theres no ramrod during the reloading animation. The animation is there, just no ramrod. So it looks like you're jacking off the bayonet
- If you fall in the water, you soldier walk along the bottom. So when you get out, it looks like terminator
- I phased through a dock when i was getting out of the water. Except half my body vanished, so during the rest of the match, i was just a pair of legs and a bit of torso running around
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Post by: IanC on December 24, 2013, 08:17:15 am
Lets see what BioShock Infinite is like...
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8404/37zl.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/37zl.png/)

Oh, DAMN IT. Guess i better update to 10.9 soon then, since its free...

Steam sale isnt hitting me too much again, only other purchases so far are Lily Looking Through, Ace of Spades: Battle Builder & Max Payne 3 (even if it isnt a real Max Payne game to me, it was like £3 so i decided to bite... hope the Mac port is actually up to scratch now after reading some horrid reviews when it hit earlier in the year...)
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Post by: Sleepy on December 24, 2013, 09:51:44 am
The Walking Dead game looks amazing, and I normally don't like that type of game.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 24, 2013, 09:51:56 am
Napoleon wars is animation...something
- Theres no ramrod during the reloading animation. The animation is there, just no ramrod. So it looks like you're jacking off the bayonet
- If you fall in the water, you soldier walk along the bottom. So when you get out, it looks like terminator
- I phased through a dock when i was getting out of the water. Except half my body vanished, so during the rest of the match, i was just a pair of legs and a bit of torso running around

Okay, I know those are bugs, prolly serious ones, but...god damn, I love it when shit like that happens, its just plain hilarious to see.

[ETA]

I have a huge god damned smile on my face.  Why?  Someone has put one of my ideas into a Minecraft mod.  The mod in question, is qCraft (http://wiki.qcraft.org/).  The idea in question, is inter-server teleportation; going from a point on one server to another point on a completely different server, with or without inventory preservation (at your discretion).  So long as the servers have the same versions of qCraft and any other mods match up, then teleportation will be successful.

FUCK.  YES.  I love qCraft.  Quantum rules...in Minecraft.  What an idea.
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Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on December 25, 2013, 01:21:10 am
The Mount and Blade games are a ton of fun, but the graphics and gameplay are definitely pretty buggy. Floating arrows, men floating in midair, scenery going wonky and getting stuck between walls are all the norm.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 25, 2013, 01:27:59 pm
Picked up a new iBuyPower Revolt computer. It's probably the best cheap, pre-made gaming computer on the market right now.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on December 25, 2013, 01:43:41 pm
Got a new computer that apparently will allow me to play ME3. You know what this means. I get to round out my obsession by buying me3 on my PC so I have the trilogy on all of my systems (PS3/360/PC). Problem what problem?
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 25, 2013, 01:51:31 pm
Got a new computer that apparently will allow me to play ME3. You know what this means. I get to round out my obsession by buying me3 on my PC so I have the trilogy on all of my systems (PS3/360/PC). Problem what problem?

I just bought New Vegas with all the DLC off of Steam, even though I have the game and most of the DLC on the 360.

PC is just that superior.
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Post by: ironbite on December 25, 2013, 02:11:10 pm
Enjoy the modding community man.

Ironbite-what's gonna be your first mod?
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 25, 2013, 02:14:07 pm
I got Spec Ops: The Line and Red Faction: Guerrilla today!  WOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 25, 2013, 02:36:11 pm
Enjoy the modding community man.

Ironbite-what's gonna be your first mod?

Oh, I've had it on PC before. But now I have it on Steam, which eases use.

I usually run an eclectic list of mods. Project Nevada is probably the biggest one, as well as plenty of weapon packs (especially Classic Fallout Weapons), Craft Pack, CaliberX, More Perks/Traits, and now with the new computer I can run Nevada Skies and some graphical enhancements.

Edit: I think Steam is suffering more than anyone else from traffic overload right now.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on December 25, 2013, 02:51:51 pm
Got a new computer that apparently will allow me to play ME3. You know what this means. I get to round out my obsession by buying me3 on my PC so I have the trilogy on all of my systems (PS3/360/PC). Problem what problem?

I just bought New Vegas with all the DLC off of Steam, even though I have the game and most of the DLC on the 360.

PC is just that superior.

For me it's only superior in the fact I can mod it and get space lesbians that bioware didn't let me have. Otherwise, I really do enjoy having my bigger screen.

I'm probably gonna mod my romances first and then do some textures and shit. I've been looking around to find what I want so we'll see.
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Post by: ironbite on December 25, 2013, 03:30:19 pm
Yeah it pretty much is.

Ironbite-I should really go get the Classic Fallout weapons mod
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 25, 2013, 03:59:47 pm
Yeah it pretty much is.

Ironbite-I should really go get the Classic Fallout weapons mod

You really should. I love mods that add items to the standard leveled lists, because you get so much more variation. I even have a mod that does nothing but add 31 new food items; it's a mixture of real world foods and fictional ones, from canned goods to cereal to snack cakes, all with authentic 1950s packaging so it looks accurate to Fallout.
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Post by: IanC on December 25, 2013, 04:51:36 pm
I got Super Mario 3D World and Rayman Legends.

Platforming times commencing!
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 25, 2013, 06:45:44 pm
Just played through and beat Ducktales Remastered in about four hours.  Good times, good memories.  Now to buy everything!
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Post by: kefkaownsall on December 25, 2013, 09:59:23 pm
So Far Cry 3 has the issue where I'm doing a task and then I'm like ooh deer need pelts then I get eaten by a tiger
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 25, 2013, 10:19:05 pm
So Far Cry 3 has the issue where I'm doing a task and then I'm like ooh deer need pelts then I get eaten by a tiger

Sounds like your game is running as intended.
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Post by: Søren on December 25, 2013, 11:18:07 pm
So Far Cry 3 has the issue where I'm doing a task and then I'm like ooh deer need pelts then I get eaten by a tiger

*death at a funeral* everything is so fuckin green!.

I'm having a hard time in mount and blade, I have no idea where to start. Everyone is insanely powerful and its a bitch to find looters around my strength
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Post by: kefkaownsall on December 26, 2013, 02:19:50 am
Nothing is more annoying then getting killed by a random tiger
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 26, 2013, 05:05:36 am
I'm almost finished Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. I have to say, given that this is the first Assassin's Creed game I've played since the first, it's nothing short of amazing how much of a complete and utter mess the overall plot has become.
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Or something like that.

Still, at least the sailing is fun, as is the naval combat, if a little bit contrived. Though I can't wait to finish up so I can move on to Age of Pirates 2. A sandbox pirate sim with realistic ship physics and combat, and no (or at least a lot less) romanticisation of pirates.
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Post by: largeham on December 26, 2013, 05:39:47 am
Just bought Dead Island, Star Wars KOTOR and Far Cry 2.
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Post by: Ghoti on December 26, 2013, 04:59:36 pm
I got Pokemon X and Little Inferno. Already done with the latter, and here's my take on it:
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Post by: Alehksunos on December 27, 2013, 02:06:57 am
Brace yourselves for an unusual season: Almost every game I got is a "classic" game.

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While I was at it, I basically cleaned up my entire wishlist because there are currently too little other games I'm interested in now.
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 27, 2013, 04:13:41 am
I got Gone Home on sale... and to be honest, I was pretty disappointed.  It was underwhelming.  I realize it was trying to be mysterious and let you unravel what happened, but a lot of it wasn't actually... necessary.  I finished it in less than 2 hours... and an hour and a half of that, I was tabbed out watching a live stream.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 27, 2013, 06:03:32 am
Using my $20 of Steam credit, I bought Hotline Miami and Fate of the World + DLC. Should be quite enjoyable once I find the time to give them both a go.

Also finished Assassin's Creed IV. Well, not only is the story an incoherent mess, but the game only makes half the hackable computers and collectable post-it notes available after you finish it. As if I'm going to continue with the by far most tedious and boring part of the game after everything's been wrapped up. All in all, it was alright for what it was, but there are much better pirate games to be had out there.
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Post by: Sleepy on December 27, 2013, 10:03:36 am
Brace yourselves for an unusual season: Almost every game I got is a "classic" game.

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While I was at it, I basically cleaned up my entire wishlist because there are currently too little other games I'm interested in now.

My version of Alice came with the original as well. Though the original was painful to play, I must say.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on December 27, 2013, 10:53:36 am
So Elders Scrolls online IMO is not really worth all the money you need to spend on it
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Post by: ironbite on December 27, 2013, 01:28:10 pm
Really?  Why do you say that?
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Post by: Vypernight on December 27, 2013, 03:30:45 pm
Well, my wife and I had a major geek Christmas.  She bought me a 3DS (and asked my mom to buy me Mario Kart 7), and I bought her an XBox 360.  She got all excited when she set up her gamer tag and customized her figure.  She also plans to get Assassin's Creed Black Flag (she loves pirates) and Left 4 Dead 2 (so we can both play on our own systems as she has Live for a month at the moment).
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 27, 2013, 07:26:17 pm
Currently enjoying the hell out of my two game gifts, Red Faction: Guerrilla and SpecOps: The Line.  The latter, just...FUCK.  I don't think I've ever had a game mindfuck me like THAT before.
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 27, 2013, 07:52:22 pm
Yeah... Spec Ops will do that, Ravy.  You get all four endings?
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 27, 2013, 08:01:49 pm
HA, I've only had it for three days, I ain't that efficient.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on December 27, 2013, 08:14:26 pm
Beta testers from what they said about ESO has been negative
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Post by: agentCDE on December 28, 2013, 12:23:52 am
So I picked up Risk of Rain when it was up on sale.

Co-op is a blast, if a pain in the ass to set up. Anyone else playing?
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 28, 2013, 03:57:24 am
So I picked up Risk of Rain when it was up on sale.

Co-op is a blast, if a pain in the ass to set up. Anyone else playing?

Yo.  Should be able to find me as Siraj or Tlaren on Steam.  Gryphon avatar (the same one I use here) is kinda hard to miss.
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Post by: Zygarde on December 29, 2013, 12:07:07 am
So a few days ago I got a Wii U with Wind Waker and Skylanders. Skylanders I dislike...a lot I stopped playing it after the first level as for Wind Waker I never played it so I'm finally doing that so far I've beaten the first boss.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 29, 2013, 12:25:24 am
Now that I have a new computer, I got myself Receiver by Wolfire Games. It's extremely fun for anyone with even a passing interest in guns.

I'm also noticing how I'm really, really good at it compared to pretty much every famous LPer who's covered it for their channel.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on December 29, 2013, 12:27:56 am
Brothers is on sale so I'll get that ooh boy that will be fun 
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Post by: Shane for Wax on December 29, 2013, 01:09:58 am
If anyone has snowglobe #4 I would be really grateful if I could take it off your hands. I'm willing to trade a #1 globe or something.
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Post by: IanC on December 29, 2013, 07:46:09 am
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/5114f43f4c03968c873969d9054e958d/tumblr_myitr9ZMIm1r371qzo1_500.jpg)
Kinda ended up buying a PS4 yesterday. Oops.

Was the last one in a branch of Argos we randomly went in while out shopping. Its like its destined to be.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on December 29, 2013, 12:41:47 pm
i need 5   does anyone have that for 2
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 29, 2013, 02:14:50 pm
I have spares, Kef.  Hit me up on Steam, should be able to find me through either Tlaren or Siraj.  The gryphon avatar is hard to miss.
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Post by: Alehksunos on December 29, 2013, 03:53:59 pm
My newest baby, adopted yesterday:

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Sadly I couldn't get the sound set up so for the rest of yesterday I mopped up BioShock 2.

I can't tell if that was a worthy sequel or another simple expansion of the first game like most game sequels...
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 29, 2013, 04:05:07 pm
Shenmue is really the one that matters the most there.
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Post by: Alehksunos on December 29, 2013, 04:16:30 pm
Yeah. I was fascinated about that game since 2000, the same time I was fascinated about the Dreamcast itself. And I knew nothing about that game and what I would get into in the future. It's kind of like back in 2007 I wanted to play BioShock and when I finally got to play it last year (or as this year is coming to a close, 2012) I absolutely loved it, even with a few moments of reluctance.

I can certainly tell it's going to be one damn fine game, like four discs (and the Dreamcast was a pretty powerful system then) and lots of content.

Already, and I'm considering filling in a wishlist of games (like Bangai-O, which the next time I find that game I'll grab it regardless of price. Good thing it shouldn't be that expensive since I one time found a factory sealed (keyword: factory sealed) for just $100). And also, Japan-exclusives like Ikaruga (which was released here in North America, but on the Gamecube, and it's still not cheap).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 29, 2013, 04:27:04 pm
My little brother bought me XCom and Civ V to be downloaded from Steam for xMas.  Got them downloaded (though I have no clue what XCom is).  Now I just need to find the time to play them.
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 29, 2013, 06:18:11 pm
My little brother bought me XCom and Civ V to be downloaded from Steam for xMas.  Got them downloaded (though I have no clue what XCom is).  Now I just need to find the time to play them.

XCOM is a tactical strategy game.  It can be... ... very unforgiving.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on December 29, 2013, 06:27:21 pm
Thanks to Cerim I finished my badge. :D

I have an extra #1 if anyone wants it. If you can, I'd like to get a couple of the others so maybe I can craft the badge again.
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Post by: ironbite on December 29, 2013, 07:30:09 pm
My newest baby, adopted yesterday:

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Sadly I couldn't get the sound set up so for the rest of yesterday I mopped up BioShock 2.

I can't tell if that was a worthy sequel or another simple expansion of the first game like most game sequels...

It's more of the same from Bioshock 1 really.  Only difference is instead of a wrench, you get the drill.

Ironbite-which is only fun the first...50 times you use it.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 29, 2013, 08:13:12 pm
Battlefield 1942 is free on Origin, so it's gotten a bit of a revival. The old Forgotten Hope mod even has one very well-populated server with a max of 128 players that seems to be perpetually active; you just need to use 7-Zip or something to extract the individual .exe files for the mod into one folder and add it to the Battlefield 1942/Mods folder, then download a no CD compatibility patch from ModDB to get it to run.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 29, 2013, 09:44:53 pm
My little brother bought me XCom and Civ V to be downloaded from Steam for xMas.  Got them downloaded (though I have no clue what XCom is).  Now I just need to find the time to play them.
XCOM is the bastard lovechild of Dark Souls and Command and Conquer, with a bit of Alien added for flavor. It's also got perma-death like Fire Emblem. Carelessness is punished without mercy, but with careful consideration of your actions and a bit of luck it's a fun ride.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on December 29, 2013, 11:36:37 pm
I turned off Ironman oddly enough I found Normal especially ironmanless kind of easy classic is douchey  BTW buy Enemy Within it has mech suits.  Also thx 4 the card.
I got a gamestop gift card for xmas so I bought KH 1.5 and I actually skipped all the destiny islands tutorial fights since they are super hard on proud.  I hope the game gets more easy since the difficulty seems to be from not having dodging or blocking (any KH vets will tell you need blocking to do anything.)  Also the camera really really really sucks.  Even on manual rotating the stick a little jerks it way too much
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Post by: Alehksunos on December 29, 2013, 11:53:36 pm
Just started playing BioShock Infinite today. I was starting to get discouraged since some people expressed disappointment in the game. As for me, I am so far loving it. This is like, a huge improvement over BioShock 2, even though I've also been annoyed by the plasmid vigor system (i.e. you can only carry two at once and you must replace one of them). To me, that's not a big deal because how often did I used the other plasmids in the previous games? And then, there is also the same for the weapons, though I'm currently yet to obtain the third and beyond, but now that's going to be a bitch.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 30, 2013, 12:13:23 am
Just started playing BioShock Infinite today. I was starting to get discouraged since some people expressed disappointment in the game. As for me, I am so far loving it. This is like, a huge improvement over BioShock 2, even though I've also been annoyed by the plasmid vigor system (i.e. you can only carry two at once and you must replace one of them). To me, that's not a big deal because how often did I used the other plasmids in the previous games? And then, there is also the same for the weapons, though I'm currently yet to obtain the third and beyond, but now that's going to be a bitch.

Well, it's so fast to replace your Vigors on the wheel (and Gear in the menu) that you're technically carrying all of them and just need to swap them out. Way easier than the first two with Plasmids and Gene Tonics, where you needed to visit a Gatherer's Garden and Gene Bank to make any changes.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on December 30, 2013, 07:55:43 am
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Post by: chitoryu12 on December 30, 2013, 08:37:31 pm
Picked up the entire Red Orchestra Franchise Pack on Steam for just $15.
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Post by: Shane for Wax on December 31, 2013, 12:21:12 am
I now have an extra #1 globe and an extra #8 (I'm keeping the foil one but the non-foil is up for grabs).

I need 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9. Willing to trade both the 8 and 1 in a single lot for any combination of the aforementioned needed globes. Also willing to negotiate trading a game. Whichever game you want within reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 31, 2013, 12:58:14 am
I realized that my DVD of Baldur's gate 2 has stopped working when I decided to replay it yet again.

Luckily I could get it from GOG so I'm going to go for it now. Usually I've been making sorcerers or swashbucklers (They can dual wield longswords and although they don't have all the thief skills, losing backstab and stealth I think, they still have search/disarm traps and lockpick. Which are the only thief skills I use...) but this time I made human female warrior because a) greatswords! b) Going to see the romance options.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 31, 2013, 09:35:30 am
Kinda reminds me of when Turbine introduced artificers into DDO.  Now, we've got two trap monkies: the rogues, who can dodge almost any trap, but aren't spectacular at damage without surprise, and artificers, which have crappier saves, but have freaking magic and a steel dog to back them up.  Dunno why, but I've always preferred the stealthy trap monkey...though, that may just be my Thief instincts taking over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on December 31, 2013, 03:29:10 pm
I now have an extra #1 globe and an extra #8 (I'm keeping the foil one but the non-foil is up for grabs).

I need 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9. Willing to trade both the 8 and 1 in a single lot for any combination of the aforementioned needed globes. Also willing to negotiate trading a game. Whichever game you want within reason.

Now I just need 4, 5, and 9 thanks to Cerim again. I really want to get the badge one more time before the thing ends.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on December 31, 2013, 05:05:12 pm
I played Mini Ninjas for a bit and it was better than I expected. I like the silliness of it, but it almost tries too hard in certain areas and would be more enjoyable with a different theme, I think.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on December 31, 2013, 05:56:16 pm
After I thought I had mastered Dark Souls, I went back to Demons Souls and got the shit kicked out of me for hours straight. this game is BRUTAL. no frequent checkpoints, things are explained even less and only having 50-75% of your health in soul form. but I still have fun, and I don't know why.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 02, 2014, 04:00:20 am
Well, I just beat Heroine's Quest like... 4 times now.

Once as the Sorceress, once as the Rogue, once as a Warrior, and once as a Warrior who was honorable enough to receive the sword Balmung (which itself is an homage to the Paladin prestige and his flaming sword from the Quest for Glory series)

Unlike becoming a Paladin in Quest for Glory 2 and 3, gaining Balmung is MUCH harder, lol.  And it's a high-risk high-reward weapon, too, being a zweihander.  It's decently fast for its size and damage, but it takes away your block command (same with the two-handed axe) and you have to rely on your dodging skills more.

Compared to the Paladin's sword which was basically an overpowered upgrade to the Fighter's standard sword anyways, and in the fifth game was easily the best weapon in the game.

I've yet to get a perfect score with any of my characters, though.  In fact, I don't think anyone has yet achieved a perfect score.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on January 02, 2014, 06:02:42 am
Picked up the entire Red Orchestra Franchise Pack on Steam for just $15.

Noice, hope to see you on the RO2/RS servers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 02, 2014, 06:33:03 am
Well this sucks.  Although I've had Pokemon Black 2, I could never access the Dream World to catch those pokes with hidden abilities because, for some reason, my DS wouldn't go online.  Now I have a 3DS that allows me to go online, even with DS games, but they shut down the B/W2 online features.  Damn, I wanted my Truant Durant and Gyarados with Moxie! :-[
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 02, 2014, 07:13:58 am
Played a round of Ace of Spades (as in the original, non-shitty version). Boy, am I rusty. Even on a map with zero scope for digging tunnels, I still got face fucked particularly hard.

Still, great game. Damn shame that the Jagex version is so utterly terrible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on January 02, 2014, 11:26:40 am
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 the game really did not age well not giving block scan and dodge roll immediately basically makes fighting bullshit.  Also making me do the gummi sections over and over again until I get the ability to warp to worlds i've visited was so uncool
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 02, 2014, 11:31:17 am
Picked up the entire Red Orchestra Franchise Pack on Steam for just $15.

Noice, hope to see you on the RO2/RS servers.

I've been on as much as I can. Unfortunately, the game seems to respond the worst to my occasionally spotty wifi connection; while other games are fine unless the connection comes close to dropping entirely, Red Orchestra 2 keeps my ping almost permanently above 200 and will lag at the slightest provocation.

When the connection is good and perfect, I end up doing better at it than any other multiplayer game I own (I'm just not a twitch shooter guy). When there's even the slightest problem, I'm warping across the map and the game is claiming that it detects speed hacks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 02, 2014, 03:28:46 pm
Kingdom Hearts 1.5 the game really did not age well not giving block scan and dodge roll immediately basically makes fighting bullshit.  Also making me do the gummi sections over and over again until I get the ability to warp to worlds i've visited was so uncool

If they changed the game too much, then fans would've been pissed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 02, 2014, 04:07:02 pm
I have Red Orchestra Ostfront but I don't have the other games and I'm sure nobody plays 41-45 anymore. Ah well.

Also if anyone has 3, 4, 7, 9, or 10 for the globes let me know. I'm tempted to just buy them on the market so I can get the third badge but meh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 02, 2014, 07:22:51 pm
I have Red Orchestra Ostfront but I don't have the other games and I'm sure nobody plays 41-45 anymore. Ah well.

Also if anyone has 3, 4, 7, 9, or 10 for the globes let me know. I'm tempted to just buy them on the market so I can get the third badge but meh.

Actually, Ostfront has a really big playerbase and you'll still find at least several servers full to capacity, plus more that are nearly full. I played some of it a few days ago and it took no effort to find plenty of options.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 02, 2014, 07:42:22 pm
Sounds good. I know that the servers for other similar games have gone down or are empty so. lol
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on January 03, 2014, 01:53:57 am
I got that but I dunno added a classic and modern mode
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on January 03, 2014, 06:40:41 pm
I have Red Orchestra Ostfront but I don't have the other games and I'm sure nobody plays 41-45 anymore. Ah well.

Also if anyone has 3, 4, 7, 9, or 10 for the globes let me know. I'm tempted to just buy them on the market so I can get the third badge but meh.

Actually, Ostfront has a really big playerbase and you'll still find at least several servers full to capacity, plus more that are nearly full. I played some of it a few days ago and it took no effort to find plenty of options.

Really? I thought it was dead. I should get back into it.

AS much as I love RO2/RS, the 'realism' mode is a bit too COD-ish, and unfortunately I can't find any classic mode servers.

I've been on as much as I can. Unfortunately, the game seems to respond the worst to my occasionally spotty wifi connection; while other games are fine unless the connection comes close to dropping entirely, Red Orchestra 2 keeps my ping almost permanently above 200 and will lag at the slightest provocation.

When the connection is good and perfect, I end up doing better at it than any other multiplayer game I own (I'm just not a twitch shooter guy). When there's even the slightest problem, I'm warping across the map and the game is claiming that it detects speed hacks.

Yeah, I get massive ping problems as well. Usually it works, but sometimes it is impossible to play on any servers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 03, 2014, 06:48:24 pm
I have Red Orchestra Ostfront but I don't have the other games and I'm sure nobody plays 41-45 anymore. Ah well.

Also if anyone has 3, 4, 7, 9, or 10 for the globes let me know. I'm tempted to just buy them on the market so I can get the third badge but meh.

Actually, Ostfront has a really big playerbase and you'll still find at least several servers full to capacity, plus more that are nearly full. I played some of it a few days ago and it took no effort to find plenty of options.

Really? I thought it was dead. I should get back into it.

AS much as I love RO2/RS, the 'realism' mode is a bit too COD-ish, and unfortunately I can't find any classic mode servers.

I've been on as much as I can. Unfortunately, the game seems to respond the worst to my occasionally spotty wifi connection; while other games are fine unless the connection comes close to dropping entirely, Red Orchestra 2 keeps my ping almost permanently above 200 and will lag at the slightest provocation.

When the connection is good and perfect, I end up doing better at it than any other multiplayer game I own (I'm just not a twitch shooter guy). When there's even the slightest problem, I'm warping across the map and the game is claiming that it detects speed hacks.

Yeah, I get massive ping problems as well. Usually it works, but sometimes it is impossible to play on any servers.

I love ro2. Problem is all the servers suck because they run that punkbuster shit which freezes my comp, i only go on one server, based in new york, called 2.FJg Tactical Realism. Good server
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 03, 2014, 07:16:41 pm
So Orcs Must Die 2 is a fuck ton of fun.  Seriously.  There are a lot of ways you can kill the Orcs.  And all of them are fun.

Ironbite-so...so much fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 03, 2014, 07:26:01 pm
I have Red Orchestra Ostfront but I don't have the other games and I'm sure nobody plays 41-45 anymore. Ah well.

Also if anyone has 3, 4, 7, 9, or 10 for the globes let me know. I'm tempted to just buy them on the market so I can get the third badge but meh.

Actually, Ostfront has a really big playerbase and you'll still find at least several servers full to capacity, plus more that are nearly full. I played some of it a few days ago and it took no effort to find plenty of options.

Really? I thought it was dead. I should get back into it.

AS much as I love RO2/RS, the 'realism' mode is a bit too COD-ish, and unfortunately I can't find any classic mode servers.

I've been on as much as I can. Unfortunately, the game seems to respond the worst to my occasionally spotty wifi connection; while other games are fine unless the connection comes close to dropping entirely, Red Orchestra 2 keeps my ping almost permanently above 200 and will lag at the slightest provocation.

When the connection is good and perfect, I end up doing better at it than any other multiplayer game I own (I'm just not a twitch shooter guy). When there's even the slightest problem, I'm warping across the map and the game is claiming that it detects speed hacks.

Yeah, I get massive ping problems as well. Usually it works, but sometimes it is impossible to play on any servers.

I love ro2. Problem is all the servers suck because they run that punkbuster shit which freezes my comp, i only go on one server, based in new york, called 2.FJg Tactical Realism. Good server

I'll look it up. See if it runs well enough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 03, 2014, 09:03:57 pm
So Orcs Must Die 2 is a fuck ton of fun.  Seriously.  There are a lot of ways you can kill the Orcs.  And all of them are fun.

Ironbite-so...so much fun.

If you want somebody to play with, I run a WICKED Sorceress, Ibby.  More slaying for all!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 04, 2014, 07:29:16 am
We should totally play sometime today.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: gyeonghwa on January 04, 2014, 07:01:13 pm
I got Dragon Age for Christmas. I know, 5 years after it's release but what ever. It's quite dark for a fantasy style RPG and I was expecting more of a Skyrim style open world, but it's a lot more versatile than Baldur's Gate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on January 05, 2014, 03:16:08 am
So, up until today I though I sucked at video games. The I discovered that I'd unknowingly been playing Skyrim at one of the higher difficulty settings and actually doing okay. I'm pleasantly surprised.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 05, 2014, 04:33:08 am
Playing Pokemon Black 2, I encountered my first shiny ever (and I've been playing the games since Red came out).  It was a Sandslash, but I figured, hey shiny, so I tried to catch it.  When False Swipe didn't even flinch its HP, I figured Aqua Jet should weaken but not do major damage.  Instant KO!  I couldn't believe it.  I should've just cherry tapped it with FS until it hit the red zone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 05, 2014, 04:57:58 am
Yeah, problem is, it'll be borderline red then...

"CRITICAL HIT!"
(ALL THAT HEALTH GOES DOWN)

That's always how it is with trying to catch pokemon x_x

I wish there was a way to tell your pokemon to hold back so that they don't critical hit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 05, 2014, 05:12:51 am
Rome 2 total war is too easy, even on hard.

Im playing at athens, barely anybody is declaring war on me, ive steam rolled all the north into germany, taken over the coast of the middle east, 27 settlements in total. And im just about to kill off rome in 3 turns with 2 armies.

Thats fucked up
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on January 05, 2014, 09:54:33 am
Rome 2 total war is too easy, even on hard.

Im playing at athens, barely anybody is declaring war on me, ive steam rolled all the north into germany, taken over the coast of the middle east, 27 settlements in total. And im just about to kill off rome in 3 turns with 2 armies.

Thats fucked up

I've heard terrible things about Rome 2. Makes me happy that I haven't bought a TW game since Empire, let alone per-ordering Rome 2 (which is what I did with Empire). The Angry Joe review seemed to cover all the problems very well.

Playing EU4 as Denmark/Scandinavia, and suddenly, by 1660, Spain not only controls all of Iberia, minus Portugal, South and Middle America and large parts of Africa, but has also annexed Austria-Hungary and Lithuania. I.e., I'm fucked.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 05, 2014, 11:50:08 am
I'm hoping for a Shogun III, with multpiplayer that isn't still broken after a million patches.

From what I've been hearing about it, Rome II unfortunately does not fill me with confidence that this is not a futile hope.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 05, 2014, 12:22:17 pm
It's kind of interesting how Red Orchestra 2 and Rising Storm are the multiplayer games that I do the best at. When I play Call of Duty or Battlefield 3 or all the other "easy" games with a fanbase heavily populated by kids, I tend to stay at the bottom of the ranks; the other guys almost seem to be operating reflexively. Even on hardcore, I barely do any better.

And then in a realistic shooter where one good shot will kill you and nearby bullet and explosion impacts makes it almost impossible to fight back, I consistently get on at least the upper half of the scoreboard. I once made a dozen kills in less than 5 minutes with a submachine gun at the very beginning of a match on Peleliu. On Black Ops, I'd probably have made one kill per minute.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 05, 2014, 04:09:05 pm
Valdis Story is beautifully hard... it's just woefully cheap in places. Shogath, I'm looking at you, you fucker.  I know you're a demon, but come on!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 05, 2014, 08:11:44 pm
Yeah, problem is, it'll be borderline red then...

"CRITICAL HIT!"
(ALL THAT HEALTH GOES DOWN)

That's always how it is with trying to catch pokemon x_x

I wish there was a way to tell your pokemon to hold back so that they don't critical hit.

That's why I like False Swipe.  Even if the move would've knocked the poke out, it'll leave it with 1 HP.  Problem is that it was only doing a little damage with each hit to Sandslash so I figured Aqua Jet (same power only it's a water move) wouldn't do much more.  i was SO SO wrong!

On the plus side, I've gotten my Tyranitar to Lvl 60.  In trainer battles, Stealth Rock + Dragon Tail + Sandstorm = lots of beaten down opponents while I chuckle away.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on January 05, 2014, 08:47:08 pm
Yeah, problem is, it'll be borderline red then...

"CRITICAL HIT!"
(ALL THAT HEALTH GOES DOWN)

That's always how it is with trying to catch pokemon x_x

I wish there was a way to tell your pokemon to hold back so that they don't critical hit.
It's even more annoying in X/Y. If you've bonded with your Pokemon using Pokemon-Amie, they'll land crits all the time and say things like "[Pokemon] is so in synch with Trainer [Name]'s wishes that it landed a critical hit!" I find it hard to be truly angry with my Pokemon, though, because of the cute little heart that appears above their head whenever it happens. Personally, Poke-Amie did much more to generate emotion towards my Pokemon than anything else, from any gen (including the "Pokemon aren't battling tools" message in B/W). Also I'm a boss at Berry Picker Unlimited.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on January 05, 2014, 10:13:34 pm
I played Wind Waker for a bit today, and although I can appreciate its not-so-serious attitude, it seems somewhat out-of-place to me. And the art style is meh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 06, 2014, 07:48:44 am
Yeah, problem is, it'll be borderline red then...

"CRITICAL HIT!"
(ALL THAT HEALTH GOES DOWN)

That's always how it is with trying to catch pokemon x_x

I wish there was a way to tell your pokemon to hold back so that they don't critical hit.

That's why I like False Swipe.  Even if the move would've knocked the poke out, it'll leave it with 1 HP.  Problem is that it was only doing a little damage with each hit to Sandslash so I figured Aqua Jet (same power only it's a water move) wouldn't do much more.  i was SO SO wrong!

On the plus side, I've gotten my Tyranitar to Lvl 60.  In trainer battles, Stealth Rock + Dragon Tail + Sandstorm = lots of beaten down opponents while I chuckle away.

....you used Aqua Jet on a Sandslash.  Do I have to bring out the type advantage chart to get you to clue in why that was such a bad idea?

Ironbite-Water wrecks Ground.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 06, 2014, 07:52:55 am
Water wreck is ground?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on January 06, 2014, 08:28:32 am
Piece of bullshit 'lucky countries' dynamic means that Russia, aside from colonising Taiwan and controlling half of Tibet, is now putting out large numbers of generals better than the spawn of Napoleon and Erwin Rommel.

I.e. My game as Scandinavia had a cactus shoved up its ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 06, 2014, 04:17:13 pm


....you used Aqua Jet on a Sandslash.  Do I have to bring out the type advantage chart to get you to clue in why that was such a bad idea?

Ironbite-Water wrecks Ground.

I know.  I know.  I figured a 40 pow move wouldn't do as much damage.  It didn't dawn on me that it might be slightly deadly when used by a Lvl 77 poke on a lvl 50 something ground.

i know . . . doh!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 06, 2014, 10:38:50 pm
Piece of bullshit 'lucky countries' dynamic means that Russia, aside from colonising Taiwan and controlling half of Tibet, is now putting out large numbers of generals better than the spawn of Napoleon and Erwin Rommel.

I.e. My game as Scandinavia had a cactus shoved up its ass.

I think i have changed my mind in eu4. It seems a little easy and simple compared to other paradox interactive games. All i seemed to do was fabricate claims and paint the map my color
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 06, 2014, 11:13:11 pm
Out of curiosity, is Fable III really as bad as the gaming community says it is?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 06, 2014, 11:50:39 pm
Just finished episode one of The Wolf Among Us.

Fuck... just... dat ending.  Fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 07, 2014, 12:50:23 am
Quote from: Magus Silveresti link=topic213695#msg213695 date=1389067991
Out of curiosity, is Fable III really as bad as the gaming community says it is?

Its pretty bad. The game revolves around shaking every bodies hands while making strange noise s
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 07, 2014, 02:01:04 am
Quote from: Magus Silveresti link=topic213695#msg213695 date=1389067991
Out of curiosity, is Fable III really as bad as the gaming community says it is?

Its pretty bad. The game revolves around shaking every bodies hands while making strange noise s

Are you pulling my leg?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 07, 2014, 03:15:53 am
Nope. I stopped playing because i got sick of the fucking handshaking.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 07, 2014, 05:29:06 am
Out of curiosity, is Fable III really as bad as the gaming community says it is?

If you've played Fable I and II, then god yes.

If you haven't played the first 2 then yeah, it's still pretty bad.  Too many stupid design/interface desicions to list but you'll grow tired of them all very quickly.  It's almost like they took the worst aspects of Fable II, made them the focus of the game and then slapped on the most poorly executed and ill-though out map and inventory system in history.

How bad is the map/inventory system? Well, there isn't one really, at least not the way you'd imagine.  Instead of a conventional map and inventory screen, you warp to this sort of hall with rooms leading off it.  To look at the map you have to then physically walk up to a table with the map on it.  To change your clothing, you have to find the room where the clothes are kept and physically walk up to a set of maniquin things to select them.  Same things goes for weapons.  It might sound kind of cool but trust me it's not, it's just really goddamn fustrating.  It should not take me several seconds to look at my sodding map (and the maps in the Fable games sucked enough already), nor should it take over a minute for me to change what fucking hat I'm wearing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 07, 2014, 05:39:53 am
Wow, and here I was thinking that II was a pretty big downgrade. At least it was still enjoyable to play, just not nearly as much as the first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 07, 2014, 05:43:06 am
Fable II had it's problems but it was still enjoyable and it had a certain charm, thanks largely to it's art style.  III took whatever good will was left and flushed it down the toilet.  It's actually the only game I've re-sold (excluding franchises where the "sequel" means there's no real point in keeping the old one unless you're a collector, such as the Forza games for example).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 07, 2014, 02:14:12 pm
I've heard some people rave about Fable II and some people insist that the first Fable is the best.

I've been playing Fable (I don't have II) and I'm thinking "Yeah, this is a pretty good game, but it suffers from first game in a series syndrome, where it's got elements that feel unfinished that were expanded upon in a later game.  But yet a few people say THIS game is the best..."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: JohnE on January 07, 2014, 02:33:44 pm
I asked this in another thread but this one has more eyeballs. I don't mean to spam.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge with Wine (the program, not the beverage) for playing PC games on a Mac? It sounds awesome but too good to be true. Does it work okay, and more importantly, is it safe?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on January 07, 2014, 04:31:53 pm
I asked this in another thread but this one has more eyeballs. I don't mean to spam.

Does anyone have any experience or knowledge with Wine (the program, not the beverage) for playing PC games on a Mac? It sounds awesome but too good to be true. Does it work okay, and more importantly, is it safe?
There is a reason why WINE is known as W(h)INE. Save yourself a lot of time and agony and use boot camp. WINE is constantly behind, constantly buggy because its team cannot port faster than other operating systems are developed. They do not have the manpower or resources.

Today I learned that State of Decay and its DLC Breakdown were rushed and are incomplete. For example, it was supposed to have quick load and save functions. Look in text_ui_menus.xml. A save manager fixes that. (https://forums.undeadlabs.com/threads/save-manager.34550/) Looking at the game's scripts is brutal, so much copypasta. Have fun digging around and see for yourself. (http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/State_of_Decay)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: JohnE on January 07, 2014, 04:51:33 pm
Oy, then I need to install a copy of Windows. That's what I want to avoid. Oh well. Perhaps it's just not in the stars.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 07, 2014, 04:58:44 pm
I really enjoyed state of decay. It was a bit short and repetitive though. Its mindless fun if you turn off your brain
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on January 07, 2014, 05:04:05 pm
I don't like how Darkout (http://www.darkoutgame.com/) is being developed. Stupid shit like storing numerical values as strings of text is not a good sign. I have no idea why, it does not prevent cheating.


I really enjoyed state of decay. It was a bit short and repetitive though. Its mindless fun if you turn off your brain.
Holy jeebus those optimization issues get in the way of fun. They should have had more time and money to polish it up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 07, 2014, 06:35:04 pm
Yeaaaaaah. The lag issues were really fucking weird...the game felt like slowing down at the most non-sensical random ass opportunities...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 07, 2014, 07:20:20 pm
Goddamn I needed that save manager. It keeps failing to save my game.

State of Decay came out so buggy mainly because it's an extremely ambitious effort by an indie developer, far above what most indie teams usually get to do. I remember the very early days of creation, when they had nothing but concepts and it was unclear if anything but the barest pre-alpha development would even be done.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: largeham on January 07, 2014, 09:26:18 pm
I think i have changed my mind in eu4. It seems a little easy and simple compared to other paradox interactive games. All i seemed to do was fabricate claims and paint the map my color

EU is damned easier than CK (and probably CK2, haven't played it) and HOI3. My gripe was mostly about the uber-super-awesome generals lucky countries get, though part of my problem is simply l2p. Denmark/Sweden/Scandinavia should never allow Muscovy/Russia to get too powerful.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 07, 2014, 10:55:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lkh0-jPfxs
Do you think we'll finally get an awesome Aliens game?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 07, 2014, 11:54:55 pm
I've heard some people rave about Fable II and some people insist that the first Fable is the best.

I've been playing Fable (I don't have II) and I'm thinking "Yeah, this is a pretty good game, but it suffers from first game in a series syndrome, where it's got elements that feel unfinished that were expanded upon in a later game.  But yet a few people say THIS game is the best..."

You'd think the sequels would improve on the original, but Fable seems to go in the opposite direction. There's far less legendary weapons to find, less demon doors to open, armour is removed from the game completely the number of spells available is heavily reduced and magic system itself is barely usable. Basically, every spell has five possible levels of potency, and each higher level requires at least a second of time to charge it up, during which time you're completely immobile. When you reach the mid to late game where low level spells are effectively worthless against the various mobs, you've no choice but to take a fuckton of hits if you want to do any sort of respectable amount of damage.

Granted, NPC interaction is somewhat improved, and buying property is so much better in the second game (you don't have to kill the original owners to buy a property and rent is dumped straight into your inventory rather than having to physically go and pick it up every three days) and there's a little bit more to getting married and breeding. Not to mention, the maps are now a respectable size. That's nice and all, but it's rather frustrating how they seemed to only improve the side fluff while the core gameplay got rather gimped.

So yeah, if you do want to play the second, don't expect much of an improvement. It's still a fun game, don't get me wrong, just not quite as good as the original.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 08, 2014, 12:45:36 am
Technically this happened in a tabletop rpg but since the last thread I made for those died out almost immediately:

Were playing Only war where the characters are Imperial Guard from Warhammer 40k. Our squad has just charged into an ork held Mechanicus refinery (Original plan was just scout with a lone trooper and then decide what to do but he was spotted so, being the sergeant I decided to take the initiative and drive trough the gate with guns blazing.) and proceeded to use the heavy flamer and autocannon on the APC to take out most of the orks and Gretchin in the courtyard.

Unfortunately the Nob and a lone slugga boy survive all the fire we throw against them and are about to hit the vehicle, so naturally I step out and charge him.

...Because the only thing dumber than charging a huge ork is letting it charge you.

Before the fight I was at full 15 hp. After the Nob's first hit I'm down to three. Ow. At first we try to manouver the chimaera into a better position so that the team can just hose the orks with autocannon and las fire, but the driver fails his roll and I order everyone to get out and help. The first one out is the heavy weapon trooper but he has a dilemma. His lasgun propably won't hurt the Nob since he is just so damn tough. His knife is even worse and bringing out his autocannon takes too much time. Other than those he only has hand grenades.

Grenades... While my sergeant is fighting in melee (now grappling with the other ork after knocking down the nob for a turn.)

Krak grenades are basically anti-tank grenades and should do some nice damage. They also don't have a blast radius and only direct hit does damage...

What happens next causes us to pause the game as we are all laughing too much to concentrate. My sarge is wrestling with an ork while the rest of the team throw anti-tank grenades at the nob (misses scattering dangerously close to me) and the nob is being repeatedly knocked down by the explosives...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 08, 2014, 10:38:30 am
I've heard some people rave about Fable II and some people insist that the first Fable is the best.

I've been playing Fable (I don't have II) and I'm thinking "Yeah, this is a pretty good game, but it suffers from first game in a series syndrome, where it's got elements that feel unfinished that were expanded upon in a later game.  But yet a few people say THIS game is the best..."

You'd think the sequels would improve on the original, but Fable seems to go in the opposite direction. There's far less legendary weapons to find, less demon doors to open, armour is removed from the game completely the number of spells available is heavily reduced and magic system itself is barely usable. Basically, every spell has five possible levels of potency, and each higher level requires at least a second of time to charge it up, during which time you're completely immobile. When you reach the mid to late game where low level spells are effectively worthless against the various mobs, you've no choice but to take a fuckton of hits if you want to do any sort of respectable amount of damage.

Granted, NPC interaction is somewhat improved, and buying property is so much better in the second game (you don't have to kill the original owners to buy a property and rent is dumped straight into your inventory rather than having to physically go and pick it up every three days) and there's a little bit more to getting married and breeding. Not to mention, the maps are now a respectable size. That's nice and all, but it's rather frustrating how they seemed to only improve the side fluff while the core gameplay got rather gimped.

So yeah, if you do want to play the second, don't expect much of an improvement. It's still a fun game, don't get me wrong, just not quite as good as the original.

This is why the gaming community needs to put a gag order on Peter Molyneux in regards to Fable.  He keeps overhyping Fable installments, and every time, they never even come close to the claims he makes.

(sighs) I hope Richard Garriott, at least, learns from Molyneux's mistakes and Shroud of the Avatar is as good as it looks.  It might not be the complete remake of Ascension we wanted, but hopefully, it'll still be good in its own right.  (Note that, as far as I know, Shroud of the Avatar has nothing to do with Ascension and isn't meant to be part of the main series...I'm just pissed that the main series never got the capstone it deserves.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 08, 2014, 11:07:54 am
I've heard some people rave about Fable II and some people insist that the first Fable is the best.

I've been playing Fable (I don't have II) and I'm thinking "Yeah, this is a pretty good game, but it suffers from first game in a series syndrome, where it's got elements that feel unfinished that were expanded upon in a later game.  But yet a few people say THIS game is the best..."

You'd think the sequels would improve on the original, but Fable seems to go in the opposite direction. There's far less legendary weapons to find, less demon doors to open, armour is removed from the game completely the number of spells available is heavily reduced and magic system itself is barely usable. Basically, every spell has five possible levels of potency, and each higher level requires at least a second of time to charge it up, during which time you're completely immobile. When you reach the mid to late game where low level spells are effectively worthless against the various mobs, you've no choice but to take a fuckton of hits if you want to do any sort of respectable amount of damage.

Granted, NPC interaction is somewhat improved, and buying property is so much better in the second game (you don't have to kill the original owners to buy a property and rent is dumped straight into your inventory rather than having to physically go and pick it up every three days) and there's a little bit more to getting married and breeding. Not to mention, the maps are now a respectable size. That's nice and all, but it's rather frustrating how they seemed to only improve the side fluff while the core gameplay got rather gimped.

So yeah, if you do want to play the second, don't expect much of an improvement. It's still a fun game, don't get me wrong, just not quite as good as the original.

This is why the gaming community needs to put a gag order on Peter Molyneux in regards to Fable.  He keeps overhyping Fable installments, and every time, they never even come close to the claims he makes.

(sighs) I hope Richard Garriott, at least, learns from Molyneux's mistakes and Shroud of the Avatar is as good as it looks.  It might not be the complete remake of Ascension we wanted, but hopefully, it'll still be good in its own right.  (Note that, as far as I know, Shroud of the Avatar has nothing to do with Ascension and isn't meant to be part of the main series...I'm just pissed that the main series never got the capstone it deserves.)

Okay, they just need to put a gag order on Peter Molyneux in general. I get the feeling that the guy's genuine, but he just gets so hyped over everything he does and the company can never make what he claims that they're going to make. He's like an excited 10-year-old.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 08, 2014, 01:21:12 pm
If it helps, I just try to avoid all hype period.  Both "official" hype and fan hype (actually ESPECIALLY the fan hype)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 08, 2014, 01:45:27 pm
If it helps, I just try to avoid all hype period.  Both "official" hype and fan hype (actually ESPECIALLY the fan hype)

I find it's best to expect crap by default, then you're never disappointed and only ever pleasantly suprised lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 08, 2014, 01:57:32 pm
Guess whose new computer can play a good portion of his games at ultra high settings? Guess who can now experience the fun of mods? Guess who has been playing games for the first time in months?

Spoilers it's me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 08, 2014, 02:17:59 pm
Guess whose new computer can play a good portion of his games at ultra high settings? Guess who can now experience the fun of mods? Guess who has been playing games for the first time in months?

...My brothers?

Spoilers it's me.

Oh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 08, 2014, 02:19:48 pm
Guess whose new computer can play a good portion of his games at ultra high settings? Guess who can now experience the fun of mods? Guess who has been playing games for the first time in months?

Spoilers it's me.

You didn't hide that under the spoiler tag thingy! Ragghhh!

*Flips his desk over
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 08, 2014, 02:20:58 pm
Guess whose new computer can play a good portion of his games at ultra high settings? Guess who can now experience the fun of mods? Guess who has been playing games for the first time in months?

Spoilers it's me.

You didn't hide that under the spoiler tag thingy! Ragghhh!

*Flips his desk over

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/ff8ae9a2e951db293d092ace4b1334f6/tumblr_mz3gzbC2Ef1tpoizao1_500.gif)

I'm just a bad, bad man.
Guess whose new computer can play a good portion of his games at ultra high settings? Guess who can now experience the fun of mods? Guess who has been playing games for the first time in months?

...My brothers?

Spoilers it's me.

Oh.

Maybe I'm your brother.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 08, 2014, 03:19:53 pm
Maybe I'm your brother.

(http://i.imgur.com/PP5MN7Z.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 08, 2014, 03:26:47 pm
If it helps, I just try to avoid all hype period.  Both "official" hype and fan hype (actually ESPECIALLY the fan hype)

Okay, serious time.  I also tend to avoid most hype, just like I tend to avoid most game "critics" as anything other than mere entertainment.  I bought into the hype of the original Fable because a lot of the RPGs I'd seen since the Ultima series couldn't come close said series.  In my defense, I was young, and quite possibly stupid.  Then, I played Fable, then played it some more, and was sorely disappointed.  Like, this is going to "change the face of gaming?"  I beat it in a single fucking sitting.  Granted, it was a 9-hour sitting, and I took the odd break to consume or excrete, but still, that's abysmally fast for something that had been pegged as a "glorious, epic journey."  When your main questline goes by that quickly, you're either dealing with a cheater, a power gamer, or your game is just plain, disappointingly short.

Okay, random picture (not mine, I jacked it from DMFA) to get back to less-than-serious mode!

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/i-r-serious-wiku_zpsd4c472aa.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 08, 2014, 04:47:49 pm
BTW, anyone seen the Alien: Isolation gameplay videos?  Looks interesting, and it reminds me of Amnesia.  But the disaster that was Rome II, the developer's last game, has me concerned.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 08, 2014, 05:41:32 pm
If it helps, I just try to avoid all hype period.  Both "official" hype and fan hype (actually ESPECIALLY the fan hype)

I find it's best to expect crap by default, then you're never disappointed and only ever pleasantly suprised lol.

I dunno.  I find that when you expect crap, you get crap.  You look for the bad in anything, you'll find it, which is why I think that the "negative generation" of gamers annoys me so much - they spend so much time looking for bad stuff and crow loudly when they find it.  Then they spend so little time looking for the good in the game, and crow loudly when they don't find it.

I just approach each game like I expect it to be fun for what it does.  I'm usually not disappointed (except with, ironically, Morrowind) so yeah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 08, 2014, 06:00:42 pm
If it helps, I just try to avoid all hype period.  Both "official" hype and fan hype (actually ESPECIALLY the fan hype)

I find it's best to expect crap by default, then you're never disappointed and only ever pleasantly suprised lol.

I dunno.  I find that when you expect crap, you get crap.  You look for the bad in anything, you'll find it...

I know what you mean but I honestly don't find that with myself, though I would say that wouldn't I lol.  But for a random example, I got dragged along to The Avengers by a friend expecting it to be total shit (I expected it to be shit, not my friend lol) but it ended up being my favourite movie of the year.  And I was soooo ready to hate Sherlock, but my brother put it on one day and it turned out to be pretty damn good.

Plus finding the bad in something doesn't always stop me enjoying it.  For another random example, I kind of enjoy Star Trek Voyager even though I could, and often do, moan about how bad it is for hours.  And it's not that I enjoy picking it apart (although that has a certain appeal too) I genuinely enjoy watching it.  No idea why lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 08, 2014, 06:09:06 pm
I think that's because you're open-minded, whereas most "haters" I've met tend to be VERY close-minded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 08, 2014, 06:28:29 pm
I think that's because you're open-minded, whereas most "haters" I've met tend to be VERY close-minded.

I'm genuinely quite pleased by that compliment :D

But yeah, the interwebs is full of very closed minded people.  The worst kind for me are the people who can't differentiate between their personal tastes and actual quality.  If they don't like something then it's just totally shit, they seem incapable of entertaining the idea that it just doesn't appeal to them personally but there's nothing particularly wrong with it..  And covnersly if they like soemthing it must be comepletley awesome and 100% perfect, again they seem incapable of entertaining the mere possibility that it's not that great really, there's just something about it that appeals to something about them.

If I spend too much time on the web, especially in video game forums or any page with a comments section, it starts to feel like I'm the only person left who can tell the difference and who can acknowledge that some of the things I like are actually kind of crap and that some of the things I don't like are actually quite good. It drives me crazy sometimes.  Luckily I know enough sensible people in real life to keep me sane.

I need to stop reading comments sections and video game forums lol.  You'd think over the last 10+ years I'd have learned, but nope.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 08, 2014, 07:15:10 pm
BTW, anyone seen the Alien: Isolation gameplay videos?  Looks interesting, and it reminds me of Amnesia.  But the disaster that was Rome II, the developer's last game, has me concerned.

Yeah, I posted it a page or so back. I loved it, but I'm trying to control my hype level, as the last time everyone got their hopes up for a Alien game, everyone ended up incredibly dissapointed. (I haven't actually played Aliens: Colonial Marines, but I've seen let's plays and it didn't exactly look up to snuff)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 08, 2014, 09:21:41 pm
Has anybody had any experience with day z standalone yet. I might get it sometime, but 30 bucks for what seems to be the alpha of alphas is a bit much
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on January 08, 2014, 09:30:03 pm
BEHOLD! I.M. Meen! Its Doom meets edutainment with a side of WTF.

(http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/6874/pqm8.jpg)

(http://images.wikia.com/unanything/images/9/94/I.M._Meen.jpg)

Once upon a time there was a flaming bisexual evil wizard named Ignatius Mortimer Meen who had a fetish for fanfiction (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Fanfiction), dungeons (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Bondage), children (http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Pedophile) and midgets (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Midgets). He built a magical labyrinth and filled it with trolls (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Troll), Nazis (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Nazis), crimes against nature (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Beastality), all of his fanficion (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Mary_sue) and kidnapped children (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Cp). Are you a bad enough 13 year old to save the children and escape with your anus intact?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf6SaoHN1zI

This game spawned too many Youtube poops due to deranged animation and one good remix (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAtGlyZ3IbE). There was a sequel which was a Rule 63 version of the original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvBMbPIdL8c

Also I.M.Meen dry humps a chair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqOO0cMldY
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 08, 2014, 09:41:09 pm
Holy crap, that's the same animation and art style that the Zelda CD-i games used.

Except... admittedly better.  Seems like the artists were actually able to take their time with that one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on January 08, 2014, 09:49:31 pm
BUTTWORM
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on January 08, 2014, 09:58:05 pm
Once upon a time there was a flaming bisexual evil wizard named Ignatius Mortimer Meen who had a fetish for fanfiction (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Fanfiction), dungeons (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Bondage), children (http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/Pedophile) and midgets (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Midgets). He built a magical labyrinth and filled it with trolls (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Troll), Nazis (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Nazis), crimes against nature (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Beastality), all of his fanficion (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Mary_sue) and kidnapped children (https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Cp). Are you a bad enough 13 year old to save the children and escape with your anus intact?

>Ripping shit out of the Encyclopaedia Dramatic

(http://media.tumblr.com/c6281f9a7ab6bff552d2522cec4012e0/tumblr_inline_mipmfcZoeG1qz4rgp.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on January 08, 2014, 10:32:39 pm
>Ripping shit out of the Encyclopaedia Dramatic

(http://media.tumblr.com/c6281f9a7ab6bff552d2522cec4012e0/tumblr_inline_mipmfcZoeG1qz4rgp.gif)
There is no article for I.M.Meem yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on January 08, 2014, 10:37:50 pm
Good. Now a bunch of kids who are new to the internet won't spew shit chunks of something that's become discredited to a forum I left about nearly two years ago (whose denizens discovered that game) to continue its legacy. In other words, it's a dead horse now.

Even worse, making a post that sounded like it was ripped from that site, with potholes that lead to pages there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on January 08, 2014, 10:43:54 pm
Good. Now a bunch of kids who are new to the internet won't spew shit chunks of something that's become discredited to a forum I left about nearly two years ago (whose denizens discovered that game) to continue its legacy. In other words, it's a dead horse now.

Even worse, making a post that sounded like it was ripped from that site, with potholes that lead to pages there.
Are you getting mad over this? It’s for giggles.

(https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ2LyyyWuDwW2H_xwW9rNdF8bZJWwfFj1cIkkfOS9zbrkfFqUxF)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 08, 2014, 10:47:50 pm
Yeah, Encyclopedia Dramatica kinda stopped being funny a long time ago when it became populated by a bunch of wannabe trolls who sit around, laugh at their own jokes, and enjoy making shit up about people as a pastime.  After all, who would ever bother checking?  Gossip is totally harmless yo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 09, 2014, 04:47:28 am
Has anybody had any experience with day z standalone yet. I might get it sometime, but 30 bucks for what seems to be the alpha of alphas is a bit much

I think it's worth it.  It's got a few bugs and it's a bit "wonkey" in certain parts but despite that it's still enjoyable (and some of those bugs I've heard were in the original mod).  But by paying for the alpha you are contributing to paying for the development, you just have to be aware of what you're getting into and be sure you're okay with that.  I think of it as kind of like contributing to the funding of a kickstarter campaign, only I've got something to play as soon as I donate my money.

Also with early access you'll be more familiar with the game than the newbies when the finished game drops, which will give you an advantage over a lot of the other players (for a while anyway).

But if you're not prepared to put up with the expected issues of playing an alpha then obviously its not worth it.  Unless you just want to "donate" to help make sure the game actually gets finished.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 09, 2014, 04:55:37 am
Yeah im thinking about getting it. But right now i just wanna wait for some glitch updates and optimization before purchasing.

Plus the dev team is like...10 guys, and its going to take over a year for it to hit beta
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 09, 2014, 05:11:24 am
Yeah im thinking about getting it. But right now i just wanna wait for some glitch updates and optimization before purchasing.

Plus the dev team is like...10 guys, and its going to take over a year for it to hit beta

Yeah they've said the beta won't be until at least a year away.  But the release of the alpha was late, so I wouldn't be suprised if the beta and final game miss their deadlines too.

Most of the bugs I've encountered are more amusing than aggrevating.  Things like rabbits sound like zombies, melee weapons sound like guns, zombies with half their body in the floor of a house etc.  The only annoying one that's happened to me is I lost my camo baseball cap when I tried on a different hat to see if I liked it better or not (I didn't like it better).  Normally the item you were wearing drops to the floor and you can pick it up again, but my camo cap just vanished into thin air never to be seen again.  I was genuinely quite pissed off. I was quite pleased at finding a camo item of clothing so early on, in a residential area too.  I miss my cap :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 10, 2014, 05:22:30 am
I started and finished the Wolf Among Us in about five hours. I'm still screaming cause I should've seen the ending coming from a mile away.

Regardless, y'all should play if you like point and click and QTEs up the wazoo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on January 10, 2014, 10:03:36 am
I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 10, 2014, 03:07:00 pm
I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.

Oh man... chapter two can't come fast enough...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on January 10, 2014, 05:22:16 pm
Telltale is a silent beast
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 10, 2014, 10:47:22 pm
I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.
Yeah, it is. Even tho the premise led me to believe it would be a game version of Once Upon a Time the only real similarities are the fairy tale creatures in the human world. So I was nicely surprised.

I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.

Oh man... chapter two can't come fast enough...

You're telling me! Also apparently only 33% of gamers chose to give Faith money. I thought it would be higher. Maybe I just felt really bad because it felt like an abuse case.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on January 11, 2014, 02:22:31 pm
After downloading a bunch of updates for Project Zomboid, the game runs really poorly now. They even had a disclaimer before the title screen stating "We are aware of the frame rate problem." I hope they fix it soon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 11, 2014, 03:41:02 pm
I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.
Yeah, it is. Even tho the premise led me to believe it would be a game version of Once Upon a Time the only real similarities are the fairy tale creatures in the human world. So I was nicely surprised.

I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.

Oh man... chapter two can't come fast enough...

You're telling me! Also apparently only 33% of gamers chose to give Faith money. I thought it would be higher. Maybe I just felt really bad because it felt like an abuse case.

I gave Faith the cash because she seemed like she was running from something, not exactly because she was turning tricks or because Woody smacked her around.  Every little bit helps, and all that.

Who'd you grab, Master? I went for Woody.  And spared Gren.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 11, 2014, 04:39:38 pm
Since my computer can run Crysis, I've downloaded some mods to see just what different concepts will look like in CryEngine 2.

The StarCry mod is pretty much perfect for any Stargate fan. The developer claims that it's not really a Stargate mod and it's a mixture of sci-fi, but to be perfectly honest it's just a Stargate mod with bits and pieces from other sci-fi (like the Centaur tank and a secret Lancer weapon from Gears of War) for flavor. Right now I'm battling Jaffa in the desert.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 12, 2014, 11:13:19 am
I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.
Yeah, it is. Even tho the premise led me to believe it would be a game version of Once Upon a Time the only real similarities are the fairy tale creatures in the human world. So I was nicely surprised.

I really like the story in The Wolf Among Us, and the dark grittiness of the whole thing. It's so refreshing.

Oh man... chapter two can't come fast enough...

You're telling me! Also apparently only 33% of gamers chose to give Faith money. I thought it would be higher. Maybe I just felt really bad because it felt like an abuse case.

I gave Faith the cash because she seemed like she was running from something, not exactly because she was turning tricks or because Woody smacked her around.  Every little bit helps, and all that.

Who'd you grab, Master? I went for Woody.  And spared Gren.

There was that, too. But on that note, if it were a case of abuse she'd probably be running from that, too. So it all ties in.

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I plan on doing some edits of Bigby and Snow and stuff like that. If anyone wants a TWAU avatar or signature pic let me know. This link shows all the screenshots I got from the game if you're interested. (Spoilers in the link, obviously) (http://steamcommunity.com/id/Shaneforwax/screenshots/?appid=250320)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 12, 2014, 06:24:51 pm
I've been playing bunch of paradox interactive games.

CK2 - This is the perfect way to make a dynasty simulter. However the menus have a tendency to be overly complicated. For instance, if you want to find a woman to marry for her claims, you have to click on her portrait in the marriage menu, which drops the menu to go to the person page. And you have to keep going back and forth

HOI3 - Not my thing, I don't really like war based grand strategy. If i want a war based game I would like to be a bit more...in there.

EUIV - ....Kinda simple to be honest, theres not much to the game asides from fabricating claims and painting the map your color.

Victoria - The most indepth of the bunch, this is basically the nightmare of EUIV, I am really interested in this game, but fiddling with the pops and getting my budget to a normal level is a bit of a hassle
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 13, 2014, 12:32:04 pm
The tone of Resident Evil 6 didn't truly set in until Leon and Helena opened a set of double-doors with a simultaneous spin kick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 13, 2014, 07:18:47 pm
Goddamnit I'm not sure how the developers of Silent Hill ever thought people would figure out that piano puzzle without a guide.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 14, 2014, 12:35:27 am
Dead Space 3 is so ridiculous. It increases the trend from the previous two games where everything plot-important is either broken or requires you to perform some task that's always on the opposite end of the level from where you are. The majority of the game feels like it's doing nothing but padding out the length, sending Isaac out to fix shit or push buttons or whatnot and delaying the plot-important elements for another 30 minutes.

It keeps me from actually beating the game, because I end up spending an hour completing a single objective and getting told "The problem is....it's on the other end of the complex." And I just say "fuck it" and quit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on January 14, 2014, 03:29:09 am
I'm considering doing yet another playthrough of ME2, except as a different class (I've don't soldier and vanguard so far). Bouncing around the battlefield smashing shit up with area charge is great fun, but I also kinda miss being able to dish out insane amounts of hurt from a block away. Maybe try infiltrator? What with the Widowmaker and all I think it'd be cool. Thoughts?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 14, 2014, 02:54:44 pm
Dead Space 3 is so ridiculous. It increases the trend from the previous two games where everything plot-important is either broken or requires you to perform some task that's always on the opposite end of the level from where you are. The majority of the game feels like it's doing nothing but padding out the length, sending Isaac out to fix shit or push buttons or whatnot and delaying the plot-important elements for another 30 minutes.

It keeps me from actually beating the game, because I end up spending an hour completing a single objective and getting told "The problem is....it's on the other end of the complex." And I just say "fuck it" and quit.

Yeah...welcome to what happens when you take what is a horror game franchise and make it ACTION PACKED and take everything scary about it and.....hammer that down.

Ironbite-seriously, Dead Space got unscary bout the middle of the first game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 14, 2014, 03:46:24 pm
I don't know.  I loved the second game.  I jumped a number of times, and still do when I play it, especially at the
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 14, 2014, 03:50:34 pm
i've only played the demos, so I don't know what the full games are like, but what I thought of the demos was:

1st demo - awesome.
2nd demo - awesome.
3rd demo - this kinda sucks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 14, 2014, 04:03:40 pm
Ah yes, that infamous thing.

That's just a cheap shot :P Startling isn't the same thing as scaring, to be honest....

Though being scared makes you easier to be startled.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 14, 2014, 06:29:40 pm
I don't know.  I loved the second game.  I jumped a number of times, and still do when I play it, especially at the
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That's just a bit of a scary part in an otherwise scary game.  And then in 3 when they gave you a partner all attempts at horror just fly right out the damn window.

Ironbite-seriously it's not scary when you've got another guy who can stomp on the things just as well as you can.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 14, 2014, 06:40:36 pm
I loved all the dead space games. The horror sort of went to shit but i still thought they were fucking fun.

Except the boss in that big snowy cargo area in 3. That was the biggest bitch
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 14, 2014, 06:51:06 pm
Oh yeah they're still fun games.  But horror scary?

Ironbite-not a bit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 14, 2014, 07:04:44 pm
One of my favourite bits in dead space was when you entered the nursery. It tried to be unnerving but it just got funny when you decapitated babies and threw their exploding bodies at enemies
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 14, 2014, 07:24:31 pm
OH MY GOD YES!

Ironbite-only in Silent Hill are babies scary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 14, 2014, 07:38:49 pm
It's very difficult to make me actually scared in a horror game. Amnesia accomplished it. Dead Space? Not really.

And no, I don't consider jump scares "scary". You could have any image with any loud sound and it'll make you jump. It's a cheap shot, like when you fake punching someone in middle school and go "Made ya flinch!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 14, 2014, 07:40:41 pm
The only time i will tolerate watching those gay little LP's is Amnesia. It entertains me to watch people scream
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on January 14, 2014, 08:17:14 pm
To me, good horror is being in a setting where you're scared to do much of anything, simply because of the environment that's been established. Each step you take, you frantically glance around to see if anything is about to attack you, or even just watching you. You catch a glimpse of something in the distance that further startles you. Just a rat? Or was that another creature...?

Anyway, that's what I like in a horror game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 14, 2014, 08:25:50 pm
That's why I liked Amnesia. It has far fewer cheap pop scares than a lot of bad horror games, and mainly relies on its atmosphere to keep things going.

I legitimately did not find Amnesia scary when watching LPs of it. But there's something distinctly different when you play it for yourself, without a quirky Canadian guy babbling in your ear the whole time. Even just seeing the first enemy in the game standing 20 yards away looking away from me was enough to send me into a panic, because the atmosphere built up to that one moment gradually for what must have been close to an hour.....but it's not a traditional release. Instead of building up to a sudden reveal, it builds up and maintains a high tension for ages and ensures that nothing actually threatening happens. When the first enemy shows up, there's no dramatic chord as you open the door and he doesn't leap from a closet directly in your face. You just open a door and start to head out and he's standing there off in the distance like he was always there. It's legitimately surprising, because there's no way to predict it happening and it's not a cheap jump scare.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 14, 2014, 08:36:59 pm
To me, good horror is being in a setting where you're scared to do much of anything, simply because of the environment that's been established. Each step you take, you frantically glance around to see if anything is about to attack you, or even just watching you. You catch a glimpse of something in the distance that further startles you. Just a rat? Or was that another creature...?

Anyway, that's what I like in a horror game.

Amnesia did it perfectly. I could only play it in 15 minute bursts because i was simply too scared to move in it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 14, 2014, 09:09:18 pm
It's the Silent Hill 2 factor really.  Japan really does horror good because it's not about the jumping monsters or gore it's about the feeling you get.  That feeling that there's something out there that wants you dead but could care less where you are.  Just that it's going to get you and it'll be brutal but its off doing it's own thing.  Just thinking about it gets me going.

Ironbite-and I hate horror games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 15, 2014, 06:33:23 am
I now have radio station mods for both Fallout 3 and New Vegas. And I plan on implementing one of those big-ass add a bunch of shit to the game mods after I finish this playthru of New Vegas. (It's the World of Pain mod)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 15, 2014, 10:47:52 am
I now have radio station mods for both Fallout 3 and New Vegas. And I plan on implementing one of those big-ass add a bunch of shit to the game mods after I finish this playthru of New Vegas. (It's the World of Pain mod)

I've used that one for a spell. It really does add a ton of content, more than you'll probably ever finish (hell, I'm not sure how many people have even found everything in the base game; I'm still discovering new quests and locations). Only real flaw is that as far as I can see, none of the added NPCs have voice acting. Also, keep in mind that it's not necessarily meant for new characters even though there's a new location along the road out of Goodsprings that seems tailor-made for your quests; you may want to earn one or two more levels than usual before starting on it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 15, 2014, 11:52:22 am
Dead Money is a wonderfully atmospheric game that's actually pretty scare.  Especially seeing as how you have NO AMMO AT ALL FOR ANY FUCKING GUN YOU HAVE BECAUSE THEY TAKE IT ALL AWAY INCLUDING YOUR GOD DAMN OTHER WEAPONS AND ARMOR!

Ironbite-AND YOUR STIMPACKS!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 15, 2014, 12:05:35 pm
Day-Z is suprisingly tense and scary, but that has nothign to do with the zombies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 15, 2014, 07:08:06 pm
Dead Money is a wonderfully atmospheric game that's actually pretty scare.  Especially seeing as how you have NO AMMO AT ALL FOR ANY FUCKING GUN YOU HAVE BECAUSE THEY TAKE IT ALL AWAY INCLUDING YOUR GOD DAMN OTHER WEAPONS AND ARMOR!

Ironbite-AND YOUR STIMPACKS!

I've currently got a save going on Dead Money with a number of realism mods. The only concession I made was giving myself my backpack (which is a mod that actually functions like a real backpack, rather than just increasing carrying weight) because I was trying to do a "sensible inventory" challenge where you don't have a ton of gear stuffed in an invisible pocket dimension behind your back and it's downright impossible to carry more than a few items without a backpack, even the clothing and armor that has the most pockets.

Otherwise I'd be restricted to a handful of drugs and just enough ammo to get through the next fight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 17, 2014, 07:28:31 am
I now have radio station mods for both Fallout 3 and New Vegas. And I plan on implementing one of those big-ass add a bunch of shit to the game mods after I finish this playthru of New Vegas. (It's the World of Pain mod)

I've used that one for a spell. It really does add a ton of content, more than you'll probably ever finish (hell, I'm not sure how many people have even found everything in the base game; I'm still discovering new quests and locations). Only real flaw is that as far as I can see, none of the added NPCs have voice acting. Also, keep in mind that it's not necessarily meant for new characters even though there's a new location along the road out of Goodsprings that seems tailor-made for your quests; you may want to earn one or two more levels than usual before starting on it.

1) The mod description says that it isn't voice-acted. I don't mind because I tend to read faster than the voice actors can talk anyways. And since most dialogue is skippable, I tend not to hear most of an NPC's voice anyways.
2) I'm only saving it for a new file because this one is my 'get acclimated to playing this game on PC and being able to add small mods' playthru. Not to mention the mod maker says that it's best to use a new save file so as not to throw anything out of place. I tend to take those suggestions seriously. If they felt they had to say it, then obviously there's a reason. You have to remember, while I'm an overall veteran of gaming, being able to play such games on PC and being able to use mods is a new experience for me so I want to not fuck anything up (more so than I would to begin with, anyhow). And I want to experience said mods as their makers intended.

With all of that said, I finished Old World Blues and I'm doing Lonesome Road. Yes, I'm doing shit out of order cause I haven't done Dead Money or Honest Hearts yet. But part of that is because I already played them on my 360 so I already knew what to expect and wanted to see the DLC I hadn't been able to play because I couldn't buy them at the time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 17, 2014, 03:05:42 pm
I made a poem!

Honest Hearts lead to Old World Blues but after you cash in Dead Money you can walk the Lonesome Road to get where you're going.

Ironbite-neat huh?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 17, 2014, 03:09:03 pm
That's not a poem, it's wordplay, you loser!

But you're right, it is neat :D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 17, 2014, 03:18:49 pm
Also the order I"m doing the DLC in.

Ironbite-should be Level 50 at the end of Lonesome Road and then I...have the rest of the damn game to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 17, 2014, 06:34:55 pm
Ah, sandbox games.

"Let's see, I've become the god of spellcasting, my werewolf form can tear a dragon in half with one arm tied behind his back, I've done favors for every daedra in the land, good or evil, and I assassinated the Emperor.  I think it's time to finally meet Hadvar in Riverwood."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 17, 2014, 06:58:21 pm
The Roleplayer's Alternate Start mod is brilliant for stuff like the DLC. I can legitimately start as a low-karma NCR deserter and roleplay Lonesome Road as my redemption when forced to confront someone who wants to simply destroy both sides.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 17, 2014, 07:12:43 pm
I might, might mind you, do that as another playthrough but I've got a backlog of games that I must slog through.

Ironbite-including the Saint Row games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 17, 2014, 07:18:29 pm
The Alternative Start mod is great for anyone interested in roleplaying. Along with letting you completely change your starting history to almost any that you could think of (the only starting occupation I have yet to find is, strangely, professional gambler), it all takes place in an empty shack with a computer and Vigor Tester, letting you skip the tedium of Doc Mitchell's character creation and get out into the wasteland much faster. And while you can choose to start in Goodsprings, you can let it choose one of dozens of locations around the Mojave to start in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 17, 2014, 07:28:26 pm
All of which will....kill you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 17, 2014, 07:31:50 pm
All of which will....kill you.

Actually, I have yet to suffer this. The majority of the enemies are still scaled to your level (I once spawned just west of New Vegas and they were throwing the weakest mantises at me), so you'll be fine as long as you don't blindly wander toward deathclaw territory.

I also tend to play with more realistic damage values; while this does put me greatly in danger of dying from a few hits or even taking a one-hit kill, it also means that I can take out a Fiend many levels above me with one good shot.

Something I forgot to mention is that Alternative Start also spawns your character with appropriate gear for someone who's been traveling and surviving in the wasteland, so you're not just starting off with a pistol and a few caps and bobby pins. You can even spawn with power armor and training or an assault rifle depending on your character history.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 17, 2014, 08:22:59 pm
Which is why it's a good mod to go through.  Honestly, the only experience I have with it is watching Alchestbreach start his modded playthrough of New Vegas with it and he kept getting killed by Jackles near Wolfhorn Ranch.

Ironbite-still an interesting thing to do if you don't want to do a "normal" game of Fallout.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 17, 2014, 08:39:20 pm
Besides, you can still start in Goodsprings if you want. In which case it just lets you start faster and with more starting equipment.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 17, 2014, 08:55:38 pm
I use a mod called the Courier's Stash.  Starts me off with a supremely powerful shotgun.  Thing hasn't steered me wrong yet and puts down everything from mole rats to Deathclaws.

Ironbite-love my Courier's Blunderbuss
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 17, 2014, 09:03:34 pm
I use a mod called the Courier's Stash.  Starts me off with a supremely powerful shotgun.  Thing hasn't steered me wrong yet and puts down everything from mole rats to Deathclaws.

Ironbite-love my Courier's Blunderbuss

I've seen that one. I try not to get overly powerful items, but I do love adding a ton of guns and melee weapons to the leveled lists.

In fact, I rarely download a mod that adds a typical gun and requires you to go to a specific place to hunt for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 18, 2014, 03:16:40 am
Well it's all part of a pack of weapons you have to hunt for on the Mojave.  And it's Courier's Cache btw.  I am an idiot.  Gives you a decent cache of weapons to go find as well as a baby quest to do that's fun as hell to particpate in and you get yourself a player home to base your adventures out of.

Ironbite-pretty damn good mod I think.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 18, 2014, 05:21:18 am
Is it only for New Vegas? Because if it works with the regular Fallout 3, I may just reinstall it to try out the mod... that sounds GREAT.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 18, 2014, 06:54:37 am
Of course there's a Alternite Starting Mod for Fallout 3.

Ironbite-look for it on the Fallout 3 Nexus
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 18, 2014, 08:06:10 am
Is it only for New Vegas? Because if it works with the regular Fallout 3, I may just reinstall it to try out the mod... that sounds GREAT.

As ironbite said, there's an almost identical version for Fallout 3 as well that I believe is part of the Wanderer's Edition mod, which  is the predecessor to Project Nevada and similarly provides a large number of tweaks and added content in a modular fashion.

It's generally not a good idea to mix and match mods between the two games. While they're extremely identical, there are always at least minor differences. A simple retexture may work well with little or no tweaking, but anything involving gameplay files will likely break entirely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 18, 2014, 10:03:42 am
I made a poem!

Honest Hearts lead to Old World Blues but after you cash in Dead Money you can walk the Lonesome Road to get where you're going.

Ironbite-neat huh?

Old World Blues lead me to walk the Lonesome Road, but Honest Hearts in a bad poker game can lead you to Dead Money.

...Heheh.

But with all that said, I am waiting to do Honest Hearts and Dead Money until I get a few more sidequests done. I have a big dislike of Dead Money so I'll probably put it off for a while. Doing Old World Blues and Lonesome Road makes it to where it's actually more enjoyable to wander the wastes (I don't have to worry about being poisoned by cazadores).

Also, my courier has really meaty arms in the Courier's Duster.

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/e1e07e55bb61a6109ad34a30adeb963d/tumblr_mzlr5l6znv1qdl4w6o1_1280.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 18, 2014, 03:23:31 pm
I like Dead Money, but with my realism mods I simply can't play it on Hardcore. Even though I can fight the Ghost People just fine (they now usually go down in one or two Holorifle shots), the companions are unusually weak. God/Dog, in particular, often dies in the very first battle you take him into because he simply charges in and gets swarmed. This is literally the only time I have to do this; Honest Hearts doesn't care much if your companions die and Follows-Chalk is a murder machine, Lonesome Road has a respawning companion, and Old World Blues doesn't even HAVE companions to get killed. Dead Money? They all survive, or you die.

If you ever want to be pissed, do a permadeath run of Dead Money on Hardcore with realistic damage mods. I think if you posted the LP online, it would last about an hour.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 18, 2014, 03:34:04 pm
Also, my courier has really meaty arms in the Courier's Duster.

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/e1e07e55bb61a6109ad34a30adeb963d/tumblr_mzlr5l6znv1qdl4w6o1_1280.jpg)
Well, what do you expect?  The Courier's probably carrying huge weights.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on January 18, 2014, 06:26:24 pm
Confession the only mod I used was a carrying cap increase mod
Also I hated Dead Money and Lonesome was annoying in parts
Old World was hilarious
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 18, 2014, 07:12:41 pm
I have a backpack mod, a perk every level mod, and unlimited companions mod because I like having my army.

Ironbite-makes getting through the game a bit...easier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 18, 2014, 07:33:42 pm
Do you use The Backpack (http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/44104)? It's the best out there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 18, 2014, 08:33:06 pm
I wish I knew about that mod.

Ironbite-forget which one I'm using.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 18, 2014, 08:38:05 pm
It really is the best and most realistic. It actually acts as a dropable container, so you can put it down and load stuff into it. It also reduces the effective weight of any items inside it, which can help you carry a larger load. And since it has both armor and weapon forms simultaneously, it appears on your back when worn and can't be used to cheat weapons into stuff like casinos and the Sierra Madre.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 20, 2014, 05:00:03 am
It took me about 30 minutes to figure it out but I found out how to play ME2 on this computer. I had to download an older version of PhysX, because apparently they don't like it when you update that little piece of software.

What this means as well is if I want to play ME3 I will have to uninstall the current version of PhysX on this computer and install a newer version. AND THEN if I want to go back to ME2 I will then have to uninstall THAT version of PhysX and put on the version I am using now.

Wow that's a lot of work. Why this, EA?

I guess on the positive side I was able to find this out it just took a while to find the appropriate file to download. The instructions I was reading was saying I needed to download from the second disc of ME2 which I don't have the discs of. I would've been finished a lot faster if I wasn't using a digital copy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 20, 2014, 06:05:08 am
Got Civ 5. Its quite silly, the game is forcing me to choose productions instead of letting me end the turn. If thats how the game works then I cant play this. lack of control
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 20, 2014, 10:41:19 am
It took me about 30 minutes to figure it out but I found out how to play ME2 on this computer. I had to download an older version of PhysX, because apparently they don't like it when you update that little piece of software.

What this means as well is if I want to play ME3 I will have to uninstall the current version of PhysX on this computer and install a newer version. AND THEN if I want to go back to ME2 I will then have to uninstall THAT version of PhysX and put on the version I am using now.

Wow that's a lot of work. Why this, EA?

I guess on the positive side I was able to find this out it just took a while to find the appropriate file to download. The instructions I was reading was saying I needed to download from the second disc of ME2 which I don't have the discs of. I would've been finished a lot faster if I wasn't using a digital copy.

Because as much work as they put into stuff like the story and choices available and such, they got kinda lazy on the actual QA part. Remember the debacle with the first Mass Effect? According to rumor, they tested it on exactly one PC with one graphics card, declared it fine, and shipped it. Then needed to patch it because it had abysmal performance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 20, 2014, 11:24:43 am
Got Civ 5. Its quite silly, the game is forcing me to choose productions instead of letting me end the turn. If thats how the game works then I cant play this. lack of control

After a bit you can just set the city to produce gold or science and then leave it like that indefinatley.  Would be a shame if it put you off entirely coz Civ 5 is quite good, especially with the 2 expansions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 20, 2014, 04:48:13 pm
It took me about 30 minutes to figure it out but I found out how to play ME2 on this computer. I had to download an older version of PhysX, because apparently they don't like it when you update that little piece of software.

What this means as well is if I want to play ME3 I will have to uninstall the current version of PhysX on this computer and install a newer version. AND THEN if I want to go back to ME2 I will then have to uninstall THAT version of PhysX and put on the version I am using now.

Wow that's a lot of work. Why this, EA?

I guess on the positive side I was able to find this out it just took a while to find the appropriate file to download. The instructions I was reading was saying I needed to download from the second disc of ME2 which I don't have the discs of. I would've been finished a lot faster if I wasn't using a digital copy.

Because as much work as they put into stuff like the story and choices available and such, they got kinda lazy on the actual QA part. Remember the debacle with the first Mass Effect? According to rumor, they tested it on exactly one PC with one graphics card, declared it fine, and shipped it. Then needed to patch it because it had abysmal performance.

Mass Effect 1 actually ran into a game-ruining glitch because of this kinda bullshit.

Mainly, because my video card is too new and of a certain brand, there are two points in the game where all the physics-enabled objects (including my player characters and the enemies) become masses of black pixels.

The second part in the game happens during the near-climax of the story, and lasts the entire fucking planet.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 20, 2014, 04:49:38 pm
Speaking of ME, are they ever going to do that rewrite of Mass Effect: Deception?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Shane for Wax on January 20, 2014, 05:28:55 pm
No, they're too busy making debacles of their Foundation comics. (No seriously go look up some scans of those comics.)

It took me about 30 minutes to figure it out but I found out how to play ME2 on this computer. I had to download an older version of PhysX, because apparently they don't like it when you update that little piece of software.

What this means as well is if I want to play ME3 I will have to uninstall the current version of PhysX on this computer and install a newer version. AND THEN if I want to go back to ME2 I will then have to uninstall THAT version of PhysX and put on the version I am using now.

Wow that's a lot of work. Why this, EA?

I guess on the positive side I was able to find this out it just took a while to find the appropriate file to download. The instructions I was reading was saying I needed to download from the second disc of ME2 which I don't have the discs of. I would've been finished a lot faster if I wasn't using a digital copy.

Because as much work as they put into stuff like the story and choices available and such, they got kinda lazy on the actual QA part. Remember the debacle with the first Mass Effect? According to rumor, they tested it on exactly one PC with one graphics card, declared it fine, and shipped it. Then needed to patch it because it had abysmal performance.

EA and Bioware are two different things. I know it's an EA required thing because the piece of software is used for non-Bioware titles. Not to mention, this isn't exactly a performance issue. It's a required software issue. Also back in 2007 I was exclusively console and so didn't bother looking at any problems with the PC edition.

With that said, I have managed to gibbed my way to a near-perfect ME1 to ME2 save file but the one thing that has eluded me is getting the ability to romance Jack on my femshep save file. When I follow the instructions my head gets glitched. I'm hoping it's just an OS thing rather than me being utterly incompetent even with instructions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 20, 2014, 05:40:02 pm
Got Civ 5. Its quite silly, the game is forcing me to choose productions instead of letting me end the turn. If thats how the game works then I cant play this. lack of control

After a bit you can just set the city to produce gold or science and then leave it like that indefinatley.  Would be a shame if it put you off entirely coz Civ 5 is quite good, especially with the 2 expansions.

I really hope so because the tutorial is starting to piss me off by forcing me to waste resources
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 20, 2014, 08:08:48 pm
Also, pardon me, I'm actually going to rave about something for the first time in awhile.

Namely, the 3DS.

Okay, a lot of people dismissed the 3D as a gimmick.  And at first, I could kinda see why.

But now that I've experienced it, I think people are fooling themselves.  3D back in the days of the red/blue glasses was a gimmick.  3D nowadays?  Is a straight up improvement to the experience.

The 3D on the 3DS has improved my gameplay experience far more than any graphical increase could possibly have done.  That's right, I think the graphical experience on the 3DS is superior to the graphical experience on, say, the PS4 or the XBone.

Further proof that it's not the quality of the graphics, but what you do with them that matters.

Ocarina of Time 3D, I love youuuuuuu~
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 21, 2014, 04:02:34 am
Got Civ 5. Its quite silly, the game is forcing me to choose productions instead of letting me end the turn. If thats how the game works then I cant play this. lack of control

After a bit you can just set the city to produce gold or science and then leave it like that indefinatley.  Would be a shame if it put you off entirely coz Civ 5 is quite good, especially with the 2 expansions.

I really hope so because the tutorial is starting to piss me off by forcing me to waste resources

There might also be a way of turning off the whole "no you have to do THIS before I let you end your turn" thing, but I'm not sure as I've not really played around with any settigns other than graphics, and I've not played it on the higher difficulties either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 21, 2014, 08:25:49 pm
Until the 24th, you can get all the Hitman games for $9 on Steam.
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Post by: Sleepy on January 22, 2014, 02:58:52 pm
I can't stop laughing at this post. http://unboxedtv.net/post/74160573847/should-nintendo-go-third-party (http://unboxedtv.net/post/74160573847/should-nintendo-go-third-party)

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Ok first off, too all the people who want Zelda on Xbox/Playstation, the reason you want this is because Zelda on Nintendo consoles are just that good in fact its a general consensus that ALL Nintendo first party games are generally really really good, you know why that is right?

Um, what? Sure, they have a few good games. They've also gotten really, really stale. And to say that ALL of their first-party games are that good is just hilarious. Fanboy much? Pretty much any Mario game is painful to play now because of how repetitive it's gotten. You can only rehash something so many times before people start rightfully complaining about it being the same old nonsense. God forbid they do much of anything unique.

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Why not just BUY a Nintendo console?

Nintendo consoles have generally ALWAYS been cheaper then their competitors and yet you go and buy more expensive boxes and then complain that another company isn’t on your machine. Yet you could buy a Wii U, play Mario, Zelda, Smash, Metroid etc and third party developers would actually want to develop for the system because people are buying it.

I think the reason people complain is because they may enjoy a couple Nintendo games like Smash and Zelda, but don't want to waste all that money buying a new console just for those titles. You're talking $200 at the very least (if you manage to get stuff for cheap on eBay/Craigslist/whatever) just to play a couple games. It's a bad investment, especially considering no one wants to develop for the damn thing, ensuring that you'll get very little use out of it. I certainly don't blame third parties for not wanting to develop for it.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 22, 2014, 08:35:54 pm
Might want to speak for yourself.

I still enjoy Mario games, even if they are repetitive.  Because they are repeatedly fun.

If they don't want to buy the new nintendo console for the few games they want, then they can simply do without those few games.  If they really want the games that badly, they can invest in the console.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 22, 2014, 08:40:06 pm
Alas, it doesn't help that the "quirky, 'innovative,' new control scheme" schtick got old after the N64.  Or at least, they did here in the States, as far as I'm aware.  Most people don't want a controller that's confusing and ass-backwards, they want one that gets the job done in as simple and ergonomic a way as possible.  Yes, the controller alone is enough of a reason to keep me from ever getting a Wii U.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 22, 2014, 08:44:02 pm
Touch screens are confusing now?  In a country where everyone, their mother, and their infants has used one?
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Post by: chitoryu12 on January 22, 2014, 09:08:14 pm
Confusing, no. Overly large and with a functionality that encourages game developers to force usage onto it just to justify its existence, yes.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 22, 2014, 09:09:18 pm
Fair enough.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 22, 2014, 09:18:00 pm
Um, what? Sure, they have a few good games. They've also gotten really, really stale. And to say that ALL of their first-party games are that good is just hilarious. Fanboy much? Pretty much any Mario game is painful to play now because of how repetitive it's gotten. You can only rehash something so many times before people start rightfully complaining about it being the same old nonsense. God forbid they do much of anything unique.
Nintendo used to be fantastic, but boy have times changed. Their first party titles seem dedicated to simply coasting on nostalgia, and, well, the less said about their main consoles, the better. Come to think of it, when did they last create a brand new first party IP? Must've been Wii-fit back in 2008 or whenever it was. That just says it all, really.
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Post by: Sleepy on January 22, 2014, 09:34:00 pm
Might want to speak for yourself.

I still enjoy Mario games, even if they are repetitive.  Because they are repeatedly fun.

If they don't want to buy the new nintendo console for the few games they want, then they can simply do without those few games.  If they really want the games that badly, they can invest in the console.

Regardless of whether you enjoy the games, Nintendo is expecting these franchises to help carry their newest console to great success, and it's not working. If they would do something to improve their situation, whether it's changing their hardware to encourage third party development or using some creativity to spark better characters and more games, then more people would see the console as a worthy investment. Fewer people would have the dilemma of purchasing it just for Zelda or Mario.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 22, 2014, 09:58:24 pm
I will agree that the Wii U is doing poorly and needs help in that department.  (But I'm not giving up on it yet.)

On the other hand, the 3DS seems to be doing fantastically so... at least something is working right.

Meanwhile, at least to me, PS4 has become "So generic it's meh" and the less said about the Xbone the better.

Actually, aside from the 3DS, this current gen of consoles just seems to be pretty meh all around.

I mean, really, the only game I want on the PS4 will be Kingdom Hearts 3 and... well... I'll probably be getting a PS4 around the time the PS6 comes out.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on January 22, 2014, 10:08:05 pm
Their continued success in the handheld market makes me think that Nintendo is more likely to switch to making only handhelds long before they go third party. And though I do want to get a Wii U when finances allow it, I wouldn't mind that too much since they've made phenomenal handhelds since they started.
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Post by: Sleepy on January 22, 2014, 10:08:25 pm
I don't buy a console until there are plenty of games I want to play on it. Prices are usually too steep upon release, and there are plenty of bugs to be worked out, anyway. I only paid $160 for my 360, and I'm quite happy with that.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 22, 2014, 10:09:54 pm
I want a Wii U, too.  Just when it's cheaper.

Never buy a console full-price, after all.
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Post by: Søren on January 22, 2014, 10:12:08 pm
Well i dont think i can play civ 5. Its pretty good, but it raises my gpu to 90c which is absolutely terrifying
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 22, 2014, 10:36:44 pm
Well i dont think i can play civ 5. Its pretty good, but it raises my gpu to 90c which is absolutely terrifying

GEEZ.  And here I thought the old laptop's tendency to overheat at a dragon so much as sneezing was terrible.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on January 22, 2014, 10:59:21 pm
My laptop overheats and crashes randomly
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Post by: Søren on January 22, 2014, 11:00:14 pm
Well i dont think i can play civ 5. Its pretty good, but it raises my gpu to 90c which is absolutely terrifying

GEEZ.  And here I thought the old laptop's tendency to overheat at a dragon so much as sneezing was terrible.

Its actually a big problem, google "civ 5 overheat"
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 22, 2014, 11:32:15 pm
Well i dont think i can play civ 5. Its pretty good, but it raises my gpu to 90c which is absolutely terrifying

GEEZ.  And here I thought the old laptop's tendency to overheat at a dragon so much as sneezing was terrible.

Its actually a big problem, google "civ 5 overheat"

I trust you on this, actually.

I imagine trying to run that game on my old laptop would end with me having a molten pile of silicone.

EDIT:

So, I beat the normal quest of Ocarina of Time 3D today.  That was fun.

However, when I beat the Shadow Temple, I realized something.

BONGO BONGO IS A FREAKING TORSO WITH OUTRIGHT SEVERED ARMS AND DISEMBODIED HANDS.

I could never tell what the "main part" of him was before seeing him in the 3DS game, and holy shit, that makes him ACTUALLY CREEPY.  I mean, that's a creepier character design than Anima from Final Fantasy X.
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Post by: Søren on January 25, 2014, 06:37:00 am
The multiplayer on arma 3 is awesome. If only it didnt run like shit. I even like the community on there, ive only met two frequent teamkillers and no actual cockbags. Im pleasantly surprised.

Also i cant play civ 5. The skyrocketing temperature is just scary, didnt make a single celcius difference when i lowered all of the settings from high to medium
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Post by: IanC on January 25, 2014, 01:23:32 pm
I love my Wii U. And I think if Nintendo did ever leave the gang market (unlikely since the 3DS is doing fine) then I think gaming will be a lot poorer for it.

In other news, call me slow, but i just completed episode 1 of The Walking Dead season 1. Wow.

Also LEGO Marvel Superheroes. Which is fun.

Oh and I got a trophy called Really? for unlocking Howard the Duck. HOWARD THE DUCK. Hah!
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Post by: Dakota Bob on January 25, 2014, 03:03:49 pm
At this point, the only thing that could get me to buy a Wii U is a new Metroid game, preferably not made by Team Ninja.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 25, 2014, 03:37:48 pm
I want a new Star Fox game.  I don't care which Nintendo console it's for (I lied, I sorta want one for the 3DS that isn't a remake of a previous game) I just want one.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 25, 2014, 09:19:15 pm
I'd like to see them create a Mario game that's actually new and exciting. Not the usual retro-style series of disconnected generic platformer levels, but something like Super Mario Galaxy or Super Mario Sunshine. A game that feels like a grand adventure of sorts, with some actual creativity put into the overall aesthetic and, hell, the entire game for that matter.

Better yet, I'd like to see them create a brand new franchise. See if they can still do that.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on January 25, 2014, 09:33:51 pm
I'd like a new Halo game that....isn't Halo.

Meaning, the Halo series has basically rehashed identical gameplay and almost identical content every time a new major title has been released. ODST was supposed to make you a regular human in the war instead of a super soldier, but it was still a game about a super soldier. You were in different armor and supposedly had no power armor or augmentations, but the game played almost identically and you could still make gravity-defying floaty jumps and tear miniguns off their mounts to hip fire them. I got bored with the series after the second, because it became painfully obvious that it wasn't changing. I got Halo 4 for free with my new 360, and it's STILL exactly the same. They just change some guns, vehicles, maps, and multiplayer widgets and call it a new game.

I'd like a Halo game where you really ARE just a human pawn in the whole thing. A game where the Grunts and Jackals are exactly as tough and deadly as you are, where Elites and Brutes are terrifying monsters, and you don't pilot a tank by yourself. Also, scale the damage so it matches the (way more realistic) novels: a single burst of MA5B fire can take out an Elite's shields, rather than dumping your entire magazine into one enemy, but he can turn and kill you with one shot from literally any gun he's holding.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 25, 2014, 11:03:10 pm
I'd like to see them create a Mario game that's actually new and exciting. Not the usual retro-style series of disconnected generic platformer levels, but something like Super Mario Galaxy or Super Mario Sunshine. A game that feels like a grand adventure of sorts, with some actual creativity put into the overall aesthetic and, hell, the entire game for that matter.

Wasn't Sunshine bashed for trying new things with FLUDD?
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 25, 2014, 11:20:34 pm
I'd like to see them create a Mario game that's actually new and exciting. Not the usual retro-style series of disconnected generic platformer levels, but something like Super Mario Galaxy or Super Mario Sunshine. A game that feels like a grand adventure of sorts, with some actual creativity put into the overall aesthetic and, hell, the entire game for that matter.

Wasn't Sunshine bashed for trying new things with FLUDD?

From what I know, people either loved it or hated it. Personally, I enjoyed it. Not the best Mario ever, but still a very decent entry in the series.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 25, 2014, 11:22:45 pm
True.

I'm just one of those weirdos who likes both experimentation and tradition style games, I guess XD
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Post by: Cloud3514 on January 26, 2014, 12:30:59 am
Well, since the TGWTG thread is long dead, I'll mention it here: Justin "JewWario" Carmical died Thursday night. I did not see this coming and the circumstances of his death are even more surprising. Having met him at MAGFest this year, I would have never seen it coming.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on January 26, 2014, 12:35:41 am
The only person who knows why he killed himself is his wife :'(
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Post by: Alehksunos on January 26, 2014, 12:51:29 am
I have never been an TGWTG fan, but I've heard it earlier today. That's so fucked up and tragic at the same time.

Like, he shot himself on the other side of the door when his girlfriend was talking him out of it in vain.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on January 26, 2014, 01:27:49 am
Wife actually.  He was only 42
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 26, 2014, 01:28:49 am
My heart goes out to his friends and relatives.   :'(
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Post by: syaoranvee on January 26, 2014, 08:27:14 am
In cases like this I always am reminded of a story I read in high school although I cannot remember the actual title of it.  It told of man who many of the people around him were envious of his having everything he could ever want thinking about how easy his life must be and then at the end of the story we find out this man commits suicide for unknown reasons, his having everything and great life not being able to stop his inner personal turmoil.
I guess the moral being that people can look outwardly fine while having real issues unknown to everyone.
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Post by: The Illusive Man on January 27, 2014, 08:41:20 pm
In cases like this I always am reminded of a story I read in high school although I cannot remember the actual title of it.  It told of man who many of the people around him were envious of his having everything he could ever want thinking about how easy his life must be and then at the end of the story we find out this man commits suicide for unknown reasons, his having everything and great life not being able to stop his inner personal turmoil.
I guess the moral being that people can look outwardly fine while having real issues unknown to everyone.
Boom headshot found it!

Richard Cory by Edward Arlington Robinson (http://www.barbaramcmichael.com/richardcory.htm)

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean-favoured and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good Morning!" and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich, yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine -- we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked and waited for the light,
And went without the meat and cursed the bread,
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet in his head.



Ladies and gets behold a mod that almost ruined Doom for me, Hideous Destructor. (http://members.shaw.ca/vaecrius/hd/)

This ruined Doom in two ways: no balance, the BFG is ruined.

The mod author ruined the BFG. This is a statement of fact.

The BFG revives monsters, even when gilbed, seemingly at random. You are given no warning about this in the readme for the mod but are given the option to start with a BFG and full ammo. Usage creates “sprites”, you will sometimes see them as random flashes of green light. Use the ‘iddt’ cheat at your AutoMap, these sprites are rapidly moving invisible entities that circle around you. The more you use the BFG the more sprites are created and the faster they revive anything. Those dead marine corpuses placed through level editing will get up and shoot you dead. The corpses of your dead buddies in corporative or death match will get up and shoot you dead. No corpses? No problem! A flying skull block is created at a random distance away from you, it attacks with the strength of a Baron.

This makes for some hilarious griefing though. Ammo in in Hideous Destructor works differently, you have a bar and inventory. TL:DR 6 cells max inventory, 1 bar is 2 cells. No backpacks exist to extend your limit. Firing the BFG takes 1 bar thus 2 cells. Left click makes you drop a cell depleting most of the bar, right click recharges the bar. Infinite ammo, cells to share with your buddies too! But there is a fun catch, each cell dropped spawns up to two sprites. Use the iddt cheat to see this.

For maximum lulz:
Set up a co-op server, survival with limited lives.
Levels cannot be exited until all monsters are killed.
Large map. Clusters of imps and an arch-vile or two for the lulz.
A BFG for yourself or everyone!
Nothing stays dead! Doom lives up to its title!



Balance? Wut dat?
You maximum health is less than 100, cannot go above 100. Regenerating health though.

A healer imp can resurrect almost anything. Warrior imps through homing fireballs that rapidly burn you to death. You cannot roll to put yourself out, you have to shake your mouse back and forth like a spastic. Three imps are a siege, more is doom.

Arch-viles cannot be killed and fucking no clip.
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Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on January 28, 2014, 03:24:29 am
I really wish Skyrim had an option to murder Ulfric Stormcloak and take his place as the leader of the rebellion. What a power-hungry douche.

'course, my character is a thief, murderer and all around amoral opportunist, so I shouldn't be judging.

Boom headshot found it!

Really, dude?
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 28, 2014, 03:59:43 am
I really wish Skyrim had an option to murder Ulfric Stormcloak and take his place as the leader of the rebellion. What a power-hungry douche.

And yet he's practically worshiped by some real life Stormcloak loyalists.

Though everyone I've met who sides with the Stormcloaks dogmatically tend to be conservative christian republican fundies.  Doesn't mean all of them are, but the ones I've met have consistently taken hard right-wing attitudes.

Which just makes me loathe Ulfric more.
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 28, 2014, 04:09:05 am
I really wish Skyrim had an option to murder Ulfric Stormcloak and take his place as the leader of the rebellion. What a power-hungry douche.

And yet he's practically worshiped by some real life Stormcloak loyalists.

Though everyone I've met who sides with the Stormcloaks dogmatically tend to be conservative christian republican fundies.  Doesn't mean all of them are, but the ones I've met have consistently taken hard right-wing attitudes.

Which just makes me loathe Ulfric more.

Well, there ARE the mods out there to make anybody slayable... the kids included.
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Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on January 28, 2014, 05:29:53 am
I really wish Skyrim had an option to murder Ulfric Stormcloak and take his place as the leader of the rebellion. What a power-hungry douche.

And yet he's practically worshiped by some real life Stormcloak loyalists.

Though everyone I've met who sides with the Stormcloaks dogmatically tend to be conservative christian republican fundies.  Doesn't mean all of them are, but the ones I've met have consistently taken hard right-wing attitudes.

Which just makes me loathe Ulfric more.

I tend to lean more to the Stormcloak's side, insofar as I think the Nords have a right to maintain their cultural traditions and gain independence. Persecuting Talos worshipers is pretty evil, even if I can understand why the empire felt pressured into banning it (if anyone is the real bad guy there, it's the Thalmor). However, the Stormcloaks are massively xenophobic and rather hypocritical (oppressing Dark Elf refugees, denying the Bretons rights over their own ancestral lands in The Reach -- although that opens a whole other can of worms regarding the Forsworn murdering pretty much anyone who crosses their path), not to mention Ulfric is pretty clearly a power hungry bigot, whereas what's-her-name in Solitude is a lot more likable. Ulfric's glib speech and his private comments afterward (after taking Solitude) made me want to restart the game and fight for the empire out of spite.

Ultimately, I'd say both sides are screwed up -- the empire for being too focused on practicalities, bowing to Thalmor bullshit and losing sight of what's right, and the Stormcloaks too idealistic, headstrong and ethnocentric, without thought to how their fight affects the citizens of Skyrim.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 28, 2014, 08:43:55 am
Which is why Skyrim needed a Third Option like you had with Yes Man in New Vegas.  Seriously, you fucking kill Satan.  Even before then, its all but spelled right the hell out that you'll kill the bastard dragon.  Everyone knows it, but they seriously expect us to think that only the Stormcloaks or the Thalmor could start an army?  The Dragonborn, by the time Alduin croaks, has enough money to fund a private guerrilla army.  Fuck, the Dragonborn is an army all unto himself.  Neither side would stand a chance against him, considering he likely has the ability to go invisible at a whim, and can incinerate an entire platoon by saying a couple of words.

Yet, the Dragonborn is doomed to be a mere follower, a pawn.  No, fuck that, I'm the leader, and people either get the fuck with the program, get the hell out of my way, or kiss their arses goodbye.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on January 28, 2014, 09:32:54 am
my problem was the empire tried to kill me ergo my dunnmer sided with teh guys who didnt try to kill me
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 28, 2014, 09:57:47 am
my problem was the empire tried to kill me ergo my dunnmer sided with teh guys who didnt try to kill me

I had the same issue.  I'm sorry, but I tend to NOT side with the people who try to kill me just because I was caught at the same time as a high-value political target...because that'd be pants-on-head retarded.  As far as I'm concerned, my characters were (or are, if I get a chance to get it for my 360 here) all innocent bystanders that got arrested and sent to the block by over-zealous, Altmer-whipped Imperials during a sting operation.  Even if my character was an Imperial...ESPECIALLY if my character was an Imperial.
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Post by: IanC on January 28, 2014, 12:27:34 pm
I really wish i didn't kill that guy while Clementine was watching.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on January 28, 2014, 12:52:09 pm
Honestly if they were gonna go with the civil war then I would have prefered a new vegas approach but its tough keeping the dragon conflict the focus since new vegas the war was the story
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Post by: ironbite on January 28, 2014, 01:00:52 pm
In New Vegas, the War is just the driving plot.  It really doesn't have to even be completed when you can just run around everywhere.  In Skyrim, beating Alduin isn't something that even drives the plot.  It's just there.  You can get to it at any time.  But the Civil War story...oh how annoying that is.  Having a Third Option where you can become the king of all or force everyone to sit down and talk to one another or burn everything to the ground would've been a lot more fun and organic.

Ironbite-instead of what we got.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on January 28, 2014, 01:03:32 pm
you could with paathurax but truthfully i would have prefered like in new vegas where you can influence your faction's relations with other factions.  Like try to get the stormcloaks to not be racist like how ncr could be nicer to the Kings and Khans
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Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on January 28, 2014, 08:57:52 pm
In New Vegas, the War is just the driving plot.  It really doesn't have to even be completed when you can just run around everywhere.  In Skyrim, beating Alduin isn't something that even drives the plot.  It's just there.  You can get to it at any time.  But the Civil War story...oh how annoying that is.  Having a Third Option where you can become the king of all or force everyone to sit down and talk to one another or burn everything to the ground would've been a lot more fun and organic.

Ironbite-instead of what we got.

It would have been nice to have some of the events changed based on which side you picked. Maintaining the major events, like the attack on Whiterun, makes sense for continuity's sake, but you'd expect each side to have different tactics and the outcome of the battles to influence events beyond who wins the war. Instead you get the exact same thing from the opposite perspective: Attack some forts, break out prisoners, intercept a courier, attack the major city. Even the dialogue follows more or less the same pattern.
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Post by: ironbite on January 28, 2014, 09:40:45 pm
Pretty sure I'm gonna skip the Civil War quest line which is a shame really.  It's a good quest line.

Ironbite-just doesn't do anything for the story.
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Post by: syaoranvee on January 28, 2014, 09:54:59 pm
The preorder stuff for ESO (http://i.imgur.com/ffAt6X0.jpg)
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 29, 2014, 02:07:24 am
Or you could go the other way and make Samus a stone-faced sociopath, but realistically consider the faults of that kind of person as part of the storyline.

The best way to do it would have been to do exactly what they intended to do: humanize Samus and give her character flaws, but don't let them impact her existing characterization of a badass bounty hunter willing to do whatever it takes. It's perfectly okay for her to have maternal instinct regarding the Metroid, or a paternalistic relationship with Adam. And maybe she stumbles sometimes because of it. But the writers just made her an unstable bag of tears and unsolved issues.

Didn't they already make a game about that?  God of War?

Kratos's sociopathy is basically what gets him into mess after mess in the first place.  That and
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ADDENDUM:

Okay, so it appears that they're making a Sly Cooper movie based off of the plot of the first game... though obviously it's gonna have enough differences.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/28/sly-cooper-movie-announced?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_source=facebook

Sucker Punch and Sony are intimately involved in what goes into this movie and what doesn't (kinda like J.K. Rowling for Harry Potter), and the makers seem to be actual fans of the game series so... we'll see how this works out.

Certainly better than most of what Uwe Boll has put out, that's for sure.
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Post by: The Illusive Man on January 29, 2014, 03:02:47 am
Didn't they already make a game about that?  God of War?

Kratos's sociopathy is basically what gets him into mess after mess in the first place.  That and
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Especially lulzy if you know a little bit of Greek myth.

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Post by: Askold on January 29, 2014, 03:17:06 am
a)
In New Vegas, the War is just the driving plot.  It really doesn't have to even be completed when you can just run around everywhere.  In Skyrim, beating Alduin isn't something that even drives the plot.  It's just there.  You can get to it at any time.  But the Civil War story...oh how annoying that is.  Having a Third Option where you can become the king of all or force everyone to sit down and talk to one another or burn everything to the ground would've been a lot more fun and organic.

Ironbite-instead of what we got.

It would have been nice to have some of the events changed based on which side you picked. Maintaining the major events, like the attack on Whiterun, makes sense for continuity's sake, but you'd expect each side to have different tactics and the outcome of the battles to influence events beyond who wins the war. Instead you get the exact same thing from the opposite perspective: Attack some forts, break out prisoners, intercept a courier, attack the major city. Even the dialogue follows more or less the same pattern.

I love how the player's choices and actions affect the world in New Vegas. (Which is the point the creators wanted to make, one person can make a difference.) If you take the quest to help faction X take over outpost A then after the quest they will have troops on that outpost, the news radio will talk about the battle and other characters will know that the tides of war have changed a bit.

b) I liked the Sly Cooper games and their plot so the movie has potential. Not that I would be utterly shocked if a game-movie turns out to be rubbish even when based on good material.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on January 29, 2014, 03:19:19 am
So far, the humor and feel are both spot-on, in my opinion.

Murray's design is... quite frankly a little scary, but I think I can warm up to it.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on January 29, 2014, 11:24:07 am
Well there is no Uve Bole BUT will this come out
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Post by: Captain Jack Harkness on January 30, 2014, 02:56:04 am
So I've been playing some NES games lately.  One such game is called "Operation Wolf."  The game is a first person side-scrolling shooter, and in it you go through six stages plus a randomly occurring "bonus" stage where you have to defend yourself.  The plot involves finding prisoners of war, rescuing them, and escaping.

So anyway, I was close to winning (or so I thought).  I had made it to the airport and killed all the choppers and soldiers and tanks.  Suddenly the game's all "Nope!  You gotta defeat this Apache chopper!"  I totally lost, but I'm okay with that.  This is a game I played when I was younger, and I was never able to make it that far as a kid.  Maybe I'll beat it some day here in the near future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 30, 2014, 02:59:04 am
So I've been playing some NES games lately.  One such game is called "Operation Wolf."  The game is a first person side-scrolling shooter, and in it you go through six stages plus a randomly occurring "bonus" stage where you have to defend yourself.  The plot involves finding prisoners of war, rescuing them, and escaping.

So anyway, I was close to winning (or so I thought).  I had made it to the airport and killed all the choppers and soldiers and tanks.  Suddenly the game's all "Nope!  You gotta defeat this Apache chopper!"  I totally lost, but I'm okay with that.  This is a game I played when I was younger, and I was never able to make it that far as a kid.  Maybe I'll beat it some day here in the near future.

Oh man, Operation Wolf... to this day, that game kicks my ass.  And I love it every time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 30, 2014, 03:14:15 am
I had Operation Wolf on PC and all the kids in my school were playing it. I think it was one of the first PC games I played. (After Rick Dangerous 2 and Xenon 2.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Captain Jack Harkness on January 30, 2014, 03:44:01 pm
I FUCKING DID IT!  I finally beat Operation Wolf!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: gyeonghwa on January 30, 2014, 03:48:23 pm
So you are saying the dragon should be the emperor? I agree with this. The empire is a shame but the stormcloaks I cannot stand them. Fuck why wasn't there an option to make me high king.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 30, 2014, 04:06:28 pm
Yeah, I wish there was an option for the Dragonborn to become either High King or Emperor, or even both.  Considering that choosing a side is just choosing between the "lesser of two evils", taking over means you can improve at least one of two belligerents.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on January 30, 2014, 08:30:48 pm
Best thing in New Vegas.  Man the NCR cant tell head from their ass.  Man Legion is evil (who sides with them) oh my god house is a dick nearly about to throw away the game oh hi yesman
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 30, 2014, 08:33:37 pm
I have to admit, i laugh at the people struggling to pick a side in skyrim.

Im just like "lol, eeny meeny miny mo its not like you cant replay it and pick the other"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 30, 2014, 08:38:27 pm
The thing though neither side gives you what you want.  Which is something to do and feel good about.  And honestly, the Civil War does nothing for the end game.  Its just background noise.

Ironbite-really dull really dim really soft background noise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on January 30, 2014, 09:23:37 pm
I have to admit, i laugh at the people struggling to pick a side in skyrim.

Im just like "lol, eeny meeny miny mo its not like you cant replay it and pick the other"

I can't say I lost any sleep over which side to choose. It took me all of three seconds to decide to side with the Stormcloaks the first time I played. I mostly just think it would be kinda neat if the Dragonborn could start their own faction, perhaps as something you could unlock through other quest lines.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on January 30, 2014, 09:43:24 pm
Well, Nintendo's currently giving away the Legend of Zelda: Four Swords on the 3DS e-shop until the 4th, which is pretty neat. I probably won't even play it that much, but hey, it's freeeeeeee!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on January 30, 2014, 09:55:48 pm
single player is awful for 4 swords
as for replay by the time i beat the civil war i put so many hours i was too stressed to replay
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on January 30, 2014, 10:15:03 pm
single player is awful for 4 swords
as for replay by the time i beat the civil war i put so many hours i was too stressed to replay

Even more reason to force my friends to download it!  ;D

On another note, I noticed this video on my dash about a mobile version of the old game Dungeon Master. Saying it's a horrible abomination of a game that should never have been made other than as a testament to the greed of EA is probably putting it lightly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpdoBwezFVA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 30, 2014, 10:28:45 pm
Best thing in New Vegas.  Man the NCR cant tell head from their ass.  Man Legion is evil (who sides with them) oh my god house is a dick nearly about to throw away the game oh hi yesman
Yeah, I remember that.  I chose to side with Mr. House... up until he advocated destroying the Mojave Chapter of the Brotherhood of Steel.  After that, I turned on him and replaced him with Yes-Man.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 30, 2014, 10:45:11 pm
Yeah most people will do that.  I mean, the only other place you can get power armor is via the Remnants but that's so late game most people don't bother.

Ironbite-though there are mods for all that malarky.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on January 31, 2014, 01:05:26 am
I did an NCR run but i went for peace each time like no matter what the big wigs said I tried negociating with Brotherhood and it worked. 
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 31, 2014, 03:14:46 am
Has anybody played sins of a solar empire. I have it, but my boyfriend and I cant understand why. I just feel that its way too simple. Not enough depth to the game. I would love to organize formations and manage my planet a bit more but its just rock paper scissors combat
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 31, 2014, 08:50:43 am
Yeah most people will do that.  I mean, the only other place you can get power armor is via the Remnants but that's so late game most people don't bother.

Ironbite-though there are mods for all that malarky.

Having played since the very first Fallout, I have been and always will be extremely sympathetic to the Brotherhood of Steel.  Shit, I was disappointed that there wasn't an option to side with them during the war.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 31, 2014, 08:59:40 am
Yeah most people will do that.  I mean, the only other place you can get power armor is via the Remnants but that's so late game most people don't bother.

Ironbite-though there are mods for all that malarky.
I also did that partly because I didn't want to make Veronica mad at me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 31, 2014, 02:53:40 pm
I'm drawing up a design for a game that I'm calling Public Menace.  Basically, its exactly what the Moral Guardians think games like Grand Theft Auto and Saint's Row are all about: vandalism, theft, selling drugs, wanton murder, and other forms of general depravity and debauchery.  You play The Menace; a cross between MacGuyver, Jacket and Biker from Hotline Miami, and the fevered dreams of Jack Thompson and Hilary Clinton.  Tonnes of weapons, both conventional, radiological, biological, chemical, and improvised with plenty to scrounge up, steal, or buy from connections both legitimate (and therefore either stupid or misguided) and illicit.

The city in which you find yourself would probably be around the size of Los Santos circa GTA V and comes with everything from a SWAT team to a military base, in terms of resistance...if you don't count certain more courageous (and/or stupid) civilians.  However, and this leads into the game's primary objective, the city has a limited number of people in it.  Your "job," so to speak, is to depopulate the city, or come as close to it as you can before getting killed by law enforcement, the military, vigilantes, or any mixture in between.  In that way, its kinda like Uwe Boll's only good movie, Rampage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampage_%282009_film%29).

Why do I want something so horrible to be made?  Mostly because I think it'd be funny to watch the moral guardians shit themselves.  That, and to help prove a point that the "violent games" scare is nothing more than bullshit guided by pathetic attempts at "research."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 31, 2014, 04:18:45 pm
I'd buy that.  And I'd laugh my tailfeathers off while playing the entire time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 31, 2014, 05:58:12 pm
I'd buy that.  And I'd laugh my tailfeathers off while playing the entire time.

We're not horrible people, we're making a point!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 31, 2014, 06:07:16 pm
Reminds me of Postal 2. It's loaded with as much intentionally offensive crap as possible (like a ton of terrorists who all resemble Osama Bin Laden or women in sexy versions of burqas) living in the Indian grocery store, and the ability to urinate on command and make people vomit by peeing in their face) and includes anti-game protesters who are attempting to kill the game developers as a major enemy faction.

The main difference from your concept is that instead of intentionally trying to kill and maim everyone around, your character is just trying to accomplish mundane goals like getting milk and going to the doctor to get venereal disease treated, and gets swept up in gratuitous violence, terrorist attacks, and kidnappings as the city falls deeper and deeper into chaos. Some players have actually managed to beat the game without killing a single person.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on January 31, 2014, 06:11:32 pm
That reminds me of the Sandy Hook shooting simulator that was on Newgrounds for a while before being taken down due to controversy. Yes, there's a legitimate point to be made (one aspect of the Newtown game was trying to replicate the number of fatalities with a different weapon), but it's likely to get lost in the moral panic that ensues.

I'd still play the shit out of it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 31, 2014, 06:19:28 pm
Hell, I'd probably make it freeware, if not 100% open source, just to even further piss people off by the fact that I'm not doing it just to make money.

When I say "a tonne of weapons," I really do mean a fucking tonne of weapons.  Everything from plastic grocery sacks to (if you can get a hold of one) a howitzer and beyond.  You don't even have to be loud and attract attention to your various crimes; stealthy, low-profile play will be perfectly viable, as well.  Hence the plastic sacks.  And belts.  And other "Garrotte-type weapons" I have in my head.  I've even got a list of the main weapon types: bludgeoning, slashing, piercing, ballistic, serrated, pneumatic, garrotte, toxic, projectile, and incendiary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on January 31, 2014, 06:35:08 pm
Has anybody played sins of a solar empire. I have it, but my boyfriend and I cant understand why. I just feel that its way too simple. Not enough depth to the game. I would love to organize formations and manage my planet a bit more but its just rock paper scissors combat

Yeah I've played it. I like the fact it's simplish and goes at a calm rate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 01, 2014, 01:10:14 am
Yeah most people will do that.  I mean, the only other place you can get power armor is via the Remnants but that's so late game most people don't bother.

Ironbite-though there are mods for all that malarky.

Having played since the very first Fallout, I have been and always will be extremely sympathetic to the Brotherhood of Steel.  Shit, I was disappointed that there wasn't an option to side with them during the war.

They really haven't had luck after Fallout 2.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 01, 2014, 09:19:01 am
I would like to see a mod and/or addon for New Vegas that'd allow you to rebuild the Brotherhood of Steel.  Yeah, plenty of 'em might be jackasses, but at least they're not the Legion (ie, they can be freaking redeemed), and as I've said before, I'll always have a huge soft spot for my brothers in power armour.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 01, 2014, 12:11:58 pm
The good news is that the Capital Wasteland chapter is doing very well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 01, 2014, 05:34:18 pm
The Minecraft server on which I play moved packs a while back, to one that's hosted on the...ugh, Technic platform.  Sorry, but after their rather, shall we say...shady practices in the past, I'm none to fond of the Technic team.  Its why I moved to Feed the Beast in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on February 01, 2014, 06:34:22 pm
The Minecraft server on which I play moved packs a while back, to one that's hosted on the...ugh, Technic platform.  Sorry, but after their rather, shall we say...shady practices in the past, I'm none to fond of the Technic team.  Its why I moved to Feed the Beast in the first place.

What sort of shady practices?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 01, 2014, 08:28:18 pm
The Minecraft server on which I play moved packs a while back, to one that's hosted on the...ugh, Technic platform.  Sorry, but after their rather, shall we say...shady practices in the past, I'm none to fond of the Technic team.  Its why I moved to Feed the Beast in the first place.

What sort of shady practices?

Like using mods without even bothering to ask the authors' permissions.  There was also a huge beef between them and SirSengir, author of the Forestry mod, where the Technic team refused to remove Forestry after Sengir had asked them to do so...politely, too, if memory serves.  Granted, this was back when vanilla was at release 1.2, but its still kinda fucked up.  If I remember correctly, the Technic pack itself (for which the launcher, er sorry, "platform," got its name) was originally created by a team of g00ns.  Just...too many bad things, ya know?  Besides, their launcher is poorly-designed, anyway; too focused on being pretty and not focused enough on being intuitive and user friendly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 01, 2014, 08:30:33 pm
The good news is that the Capital Wasteland chapter is doing very well.

The Capital Wasteland chapter realized pretty quickly that if they just run around grabbing up technology and not sharing with the locals, locals that can be trade partners and bring in things like food and water, things can get pretty crappy pretty quickly.  It's something Veronica realizes as she travels with you.  The Brotherhood must evolve if it's going to survive and the fact that the West Coast won't/can't and instead is splintering is just crazy.  Part of why I like the NCR ending for Brotherhood.  They get a chance to make peace with their long time enemies and get all the technology they want from the NCR.

Ironbite-Just wish they'd realize that Veronica is right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 01, 2014, 11:28:54 pm
I also like how the NCR was able to help the Kings
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 03, 2014, 10:29:38 pm
Got Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z today!  Its...pretty god damned difficult, at times.  The big fight against Perfect Cell turned into "that one mission," where I had to have played thru at least a dozen times before actually managing to freaking beat it.  I do love how much of a massive clusterfuck some of the fights are, but I do have oneeeeeee little nitpick: BROLY IS A GOD DAMNED MONSTER ALL ON HIS OWN, HE DOESN'T NEED BACKUP, LEAST OF ALL FROM A NEVER-ENDING SUPPLY OF MOTHERFUCKING SIABAMEN!  No, I still haven't gotten Broly, and that's fucked.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 04, 2014, 12:00:35 am
So once I finish up Fallout I'm going to be moving on to the Saints Row series starting with 2.  Then it'll be time for a massively long, massively immerseive, massively modded play through of Skyrim.

Ironbite-with a few mods that'll make the game a tad bit...well the land will be trying to kill me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 04, 2014, 12:39:25 am
Got Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z today!

Fun fact: I keep reading the box as "Dragon Ball zZ: Battle of"

That is a weird place to put the second Z.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 04, 2014, 05:16:12 pm
Got Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z today!

Fun fact: I keep reading the box as "Dragon Ball zZ: Battle of"

That is a weird place to put the second Z.

Yeah, the title could've used a bit of work, but the game itself is solid.  Intense as all fucking hell, but solid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 04, 2014, 05:30:09 pm
Got Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z today!

Fun fact: I keep reading the box as "Dragon Ball zZ: Battle of"

That is a weird place to put the second Z.

Yeah, the title could've used a bit of work, but the game itself is solid.  Intense as all fucking hell, but solid.

VERY glad to hear.

I love it every time a licensed game is actually good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on February 05, 2014, 01:45:11 am
The good news is that the Capital Wasteland chapter is doing very well.

The Capital Wasteland chapter realized pretty quickly that if they just run around grabbing up technology and not sharing with the locals, locals that can be trade partners and bring in things like food and water, things can get pretty crappy pretty quickly.  It's something Veronica realizes as she travels with you.  The Brotherhood must evolve if it's going to survive and the fact that the West Coast won't/can't and instead is splintering is just crazy.  Part of why I like the NCR ending for Brotherhood.  They get a chance to make peace with their long time enemies and get all the technology they want from the NCR.

Ironbite-Just wish they'd realize that Veronica is right.

Another factor was supposed to be making the situtation worse. Stealth Boys inducing paranoid schizophrenia in hardline members of the BoS. The Circle of Steel in Van Buren (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Circle_of_Steel_%28Van_Buren%29) was to be an example. Both concepts were recycled in New Vegas: the Circle of Steel was internal affairs (http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Circle_of_Steel), stealth boys give supernatants schizophrenia and eventually turn them blue (see also nightkin).

Hilariously enough the Capital Wasteland Chapter may be the only remaining major BoS power. All other fragmented and/or isolated themselves to death. I am not sure if the Midwest Brotherhood and Texas Brotherhood are cannon because no one wants to mention or remember Fallout Tactics or Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.


The Minecraft server on which I play moved packs a while back, to one that's hosted on the...ugh, Technic platform.  Sorry, but after their rather, shall we say...shady practices in the past, I'm none to fond of the Technic team.  Its why I moved to Feed the Beast in the first place.

What sort of shady practices?

Like using mods without even bothering to ask the authors' permissions.  There was also a huge beef between them and SirSengir, author of the Forestry mod, where the Technic team refused to remove Forestry after Sengir had asked them to do so...politely, too, if memory serves.  Granted, this was back when vanilla was at release 1.2, but its still kinda fucked up.  If I remember correctly, the Technic pack itself (for which the launcher, er sorry, "platform," got its name) was originally created by a team of g00ns.  Just...too many bad things, ya know?  Besides, their launcher is poorly-designed, anyway; too focused on being pretty and not focused enough on being intuitive and user friendly.

LOL even the DNS Techpack team (http://www.dnstechpack.com/) managed to bury the hatchet when it came to mod inclusion. I remember the beef between Technic and DNS. Of course that was way back when Equilivant Exchange 2 was considered to be good. A pity DNS sold out to ATLauncher (http://www.atlauncher.com).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 05, 2014, 09:28:12 am
@TIM: Of all the non-vanilla launchers for Minecraft I've used, the only two I'd consider truly "professional" would be MultiMC and Feed The Beast.  No unimportant visual fluff where it didn't belong.  Simple, easy-to-understand UI, and logs that were (at least for FTB, dunno if it was so for MultiMC) on by default.  I like logs for things like that, it lets me know just what's going on, and many times, just what's going wrong.

@Zack: Aye, a fair example of a bad Dragon Ball game would be Battle of Z's predecessor, Ultimate Tenkaichi.  The latter played more like Dance Dance Revolution than an actual fighting game, much less feeling like Dragon Ball Z.  Make no mistakes, Battle of Z is hard.  It is fucking insanely hard, at certain points.  However, its not hard because of shitty controls or the computer being completely unfair, its legitimately challenging and for that, I love it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 06, 2014, 03:29:23 pm
Just got a beta key of Elder Scrolls Online. I have to admit watching some footage of the game on YouTube it looks quite good, but I can't play the beta yet until I upgrade my computer soon-ish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on February 06, 2014, 10:26:16 pm
I'm doing yet another playthrough of Mass Effect 2... At least I will be, once I choose my effin' class. I'm a decent Soldier and a damn good Vanguard, but I want something different this time round. Wat do?

Edit: Never mind, I'm an Infiltrator.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 07, 2014, 04:53:00 am
Infiltrators are fun.  Stand right in front of enemies and cloak, then watch them stop firing and completely ignore you.  Though it doesn't work on more-powerful opponents. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 09, 2014, 06:08:10 pm
Got the breaking point mod for arma 3. Which is basically the Arma 3 version of Day z. The map is so friggin huge. I kinda dont really see the point in it because theres not going to be many interactions between players
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 10, 2014, 03:10:00 am
My computer is now unable to run any modern (less than 10 years old) game.

I tried to play Fallout New Vegas but after 5 minutes of gameplay the computer is running too hot and I have to stop. Same thing happens with Half-Life 2 (which may I remind you is already 10 years old.) And it used to be able to run those games without a problem.

I can surf the web and watch videos but for some reason I can't play games on it anymore. Untill I can afford a new computer I'll have to play on my wife's computer (when she can borrow it.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 10, 2014, 03:45:42 am
My computer is now unable to run any modern (less than 10 years old) game.

I tried to play Fallout New Vegas but after 5 minutes of gameplay the computer is running too hot and I have to stop. Same thing happens with Half-Life 2 (which may I remind you is already 10 years old.) And it used to be able to run those games without a problem.

I can surf the web and watch videos but for some reason I can't play games on it anymore. Untill I can afford a new computer I'll have to play on my wife's computer (when she can borrow it.)

Sounds like a real serious problem. What happens on Youtube if you try to watch videos in HD?

First thing I'd do is open it up and clean it out. A sudden case of overheating could be caused by a lot of dust.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 10, 2014, 07:25:59 am
Sounds like a real serious problem. What happens on Youtube if you try to watch videos in HD?

First thing I'd do is open it up and clean it out. A sudden case of overheating could be caused by a lot of dust.

That's another funny thing. I can watch youtube just fine. DVD's on the other hand won't work anymore... I think the old laptop is just about ready to die.

I did try cleaning it and blowing it with compressed air and even have an external cooldown unit but that does not seem to help. I guess opening it up is the next thing to try since the warranty is out aready anyway.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 10, 2014, 09:35:24 am
Anyone having a hard time getting on civ V
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on February 14, 2014, 03:15:15 am
Playing the first games of The Sims series for the first time since... 2005. I can't believe it was still possible to run this game on a 64-bit Windows 7.

I remember why I preferred designing houses in those games, because I couldn't get into running the lives of the Sims themselves. And then there is having your Sim (and just one Sim) socialize with others, where 1. he is at work and neighbors wanting to meet a ringing an empty home and 2. one other method is calling neighbors and some are so pissed off at other things and wish not to talk to anyone. But since this is a straight-forward, approachable game (one of the reasons the majority of its audience are young females, usually alienated by excessively masculine computer games), nothing else is a problem for me.

What else can I say? I love these games, even if those damn Sims make you want to pull your hair out by the obliviousness of their own well-being. Aren't we all?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 14, 2014, 03:40:52 am
So I've managed to play some games on my wife's computer and I have to admit that I really LOVE the way combat works in Arkham city. It is also fun that the computer doesn't overheat in 5 minutes.

AND I didn't know that I have Harley's revenge DLC on my game, that was a suprise and I'm playing it as soon as I've replayed the main campaign once again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 14, 2014, 05:08:21 am
Dead Island is a free download on XBox Live this month.  While it's not perfect, it's enjoyable enough, especially when it comes to truck at high speeds vs. zombie(s).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on February 14, 2014, 05:34:55 am
Playing the first games of The Sims series for the first time since... 2005. I can't believe it was still possible to run this game on a 64-bit Windows 7.

I remember why I preferred designing houses in those games, because I couldn't get into running the lives of the Sims themselves.

I'm the same way, I spend far more time building houses than doing anything with the sims themselves.  I'd be perfectly happy with a version of the Sims that was just house building.

Interestingly, the first Sim game was originally conceived as a kind of architectural game where you just designed and created houses which sims would then rate.  The game being about controling the Sims every day life wasn't part of the original idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 14, 2014, 06:31:09 am
Yo homeboys, You can get the classic Dungeon Keeper on GOG.com free for the next 40+ hours, it's a sweet deal, the original is fuckin' sweet, it's a great strategy game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 14, 2014, 07:15:11 am
Yo homeboys, You can get the classic Dungeon Keeper on GOG.com free for the next 40+ hours, it's a sweet deal, the original is fuckin' sweet, it's a great strategy game.
Oh fuck yeah, this is why GOG is by far my favourite games store. Well, that and their games, especially their older titles, are just flat out better than anything Steam has to offer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 14, 2014, 09:53:47 am
Yo homeboys, You can get the classic Dungeon Keeper on GOG.com free for the next 40+ hours, it's a sweet deal, the original is fuckin' sweet, it's a great strategy game.
Oh fuck yeah, this is why GOG is by far my favourite games store. Well, that and their games, especially their older titles, are just flat out better than anything Steam has to offer.

a) This deal is probably because of the trainwreck that the phone version of Dungeon keeper became. Read about it. It is the example of everything that is wrong with F2P games and none of the good.

b) I tried to get it from GOG but due to the huge amount of people who want the game I'm now on some waiting list for it. I did buy DK2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on February 14, 2014, 11:13:15 am
Yo homeboys, You can get the classic Dungeon Keeper on GOG.com free for the next 40+ hours, it's a sweet deal, the original is fuckin' sweet, it's a great strategy game.
Oh fuck yeah, this is why GOG is by far my favourite games store. Well, that and their games, especially their older titles, are just flat out better than anything Steam has to offer.

a) This deal is probably because of the trainwreck that the phone version of Dungeon keeper became. Read about it. It is the example of everything that is wrong with F2P games and none of the good.

b) I tried to get it from GOG but due to the huge amount of people who want the game I'm now on some waiting list for it. I did buy DK2.

So was I but I have my copy now, you should get yours sooner or later.

Can't believe I never played Dungeon Keeper before, I was a huge fan of Bullfrog back in the day but somehow this game never ended up on my radar.  Looking foward to finding out what I missed out on.

Edit: Just read this on Wikipedia about the moible game: "In order to give the game less than five stars through this prompt, the player must agree to give the game a full five-star rating and then give it a lower one once they reach the review page.[15] Critics have noted that the prompt's claim that "5-Star ratings from you help us provide free updates!" suggests that the games creators will stop providing new content if players don't give the game sufficiently high ratings."

What the fuck, EA?  Are you on crack or something?
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 14, 2014, 12:13:33 pm
What the fuck, EA?  Are you on crack or something?

I still haven't beaten Dead Space 3 because of the difficulty in bringing myself to care after the umpteenth "The objective is on the other side of the complex! After that, you need to backtrack to flip a switch with your kinesis module, then run back and turn it back on." I wonder if any EA executives suggested making the player pay a microtransaction to skip the backtracking.

Also, I've barely been able to make any weapons because of the high resource requirements for manufacturing parts. Considering that one of the "features" is the ability to pay microtransactions to buy resources, I can't help but think that it's intentional. And I know that I'm not missing out on boatloads of bountiful caches, because I search out every nook and cranny and complete every side mission given to me. And yet I still only get to make a few weapons on any one playthrough or modify a few.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on February 14, 2014, 03:02:50 pm
Wow, Nerdcubed never even touched the fact that the game makes you promise to give it a 5 star rating.

I guess he hated it so much he didn't even want to rate it O_o

Seriously though, Dungeon Keeper on mobile... whoever decided that it would be like that has a huge ego.  Either that, or it's meant to be some estoric satire of "free" to play games (I refuse to call that abomination F2P when it's unplayable without spending money) but even then, that's still ridiculous.
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Post by: Askold on February 14, 2014, 03:18:18 pm
Peter Molyneux complained about the mobile port in an interview:
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Peter Molyneux, who designed the original 1997 Dungeon Keeper game, said he too was shocked when he saw the time it would take to dig out some sections of the map.

"I felt myself turning round saying, 'What? This is ridiculous. I just want to make a dungeon. I don't want to schedule it on my alarm clock for six days to come back for a block to be chipped,'" he told the BBC.

Mr Molyneux said some of the criticism came from fans of the original who simply wanted an updated version of the game they fondly remembered.

He added: "I don't think they got it quite right, the balance between keeping it familiar to the fans that were out there but fresh enough and understandable enough for this much bigger mobile audience."

That game had potential but they ruined it with this dickery with the payments AND the whole "if you want to give us something other than 5 stars you'll have to jump through extra hoops" deal is just low.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 14, 2014, 07:47:39 pm
In all honesty, Dungeon Keeper mobile is nothing new, just yet another blatant skinner box designed only to milk money out of you. If it weren't for the Dungeon Keeper name, it'd be met my the same indifference among core gamers as the likes of The Simpsons: Tapped Out and Clash of Clans.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 14, 2014, 10:33:19 pm
In weird news Mario Golf 3ds looks awesome
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on February 14, 2014, 11:09:36 pm
And this is why I want to develop my first games on the Mobile format, because a majority of the library for the iOS and Android stores are lackluster; ranging from mediocre games, shitty clones of mediocre games, outright shitty games, and Free to Play games that are either games that would be decent without it or of respected properties (Dungeon Keeper and Plants vs. Zombies) that have been shit on. The system is criminally unregulated and games appealing to 'core' games are a treasured rarity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 15, 2014, 12:01:12 am
And this is why I want to develop my first games on the Mobile format, because a majority of the library for the iOS and Android stores are lackluster; ranging from mediocre games, shitty clones of mediocre games, outright shitty games, and Free to Play games that are either games that would be decent without it or of respected properties (Dungeon Keeper and Plants vs. Zombies) that have been shit on. The system is criminally unregulated and games appealing to 'core' games are a treasured rarity.
You may want to be careful about that. There's a reason why terrible cow clickers and mediocre dreck like Angry Birds and Flappy Bird strike it big while actual good games are not only few and far between, but also nowhere near as successful as all the shit. It's not only the wild west of gaming, it's also a completely different market to the PC and consoles, where the core gamers that rule PC and consoles are now a rather slim minority. If you intend to develop core games, mobile is probably not the platform that will give you the best chance of success.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on February 15, 2014, 04:27:05 am
... I just unlocked Garuda in FF14 tonight for the main story quest.

... This is gonna be WORLDS of hurt, I just know it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 15, 2014, 08:50:41 am
And this is why I want to develop my first games on the Mobile format, because a majority of the library for the iOS and Android stores are lackluster; ranging from mediocre games, shitty clones of mediocre games, outright shitty games, and Free to Play games that are either games that would be decent without it or of respected properties (Dungeon Keeper and Plants vs. Zombies) that have been shit on. The system is criminally unregulated and games appealing to 'core' games are a treasured rarity.
You may want to be careful about that. There's a reason why terrible cow clickers and mediocre dreck like Angry Birds and Flappy Bird strike it big while actual good games are not only few and far between, but also nowhere near as successful as all the shit. It's not only the wild west of gaming, it's also a completely different market to the PC and consoles, where the core gamers that rule PC and consoles are now a rather slim minority. If you intend to develop core games, mobile is probably not the platform that will give you the best chance of success.

Yuuuuuuuuup.  Plus, PC and consoles have been around a lot longer and have a lot more firmly-established development tools and environments like Unity and XNA.  Also, you're not all but locked into one language, such as Java for Android or Objective-C for iOS. Granted, most engines and dev environments are built around specific languages or frameworks (XNA is built for .Net and its constituent languages like C# and C++/CLI), but you're on a much more flexible platform with a decent control mechanism (game pad or keyboard+mouse).

All in all, developing for PC and console, especially PC, is a much more solid choice than for mobile devices, no matter how powerful said devices might be.  There's only so much a touch screen can do, after all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 15, 2014, 09:25:57 am
That too. I can't really comment on the programming related issues, but I can agree that a touchscreen and its lack of any kind of tactile feedback makes it an absolutely terrible control scheme for almost any core genre. Anything turn based could probably be functional, if a tad clunkier than a mouse and keyboard or gamepad, but anything else will be horribly broken.

In other news, I kind of want to give Planescape: Torment another shot. The writing in that game is absolutely fantastic, but somehow I've never managed to get through it. I think last time I tried, I got frustrated at the arbitrary six (I think it was) party member limit, because once I had the last couple of characters join my party, there's a chance I could miss out on parts of their story should I not have the right character in my party when I enter an area or talk to an NPC that would otherwise trigger it. I was hoping there'd be a mod to fix that, but no, the party limit is hard coded into the game. As a completionist, I find this very distressing. Triggering, even.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 15, 2014, 03:24:23 pm
Been replaying through the HeXen games, they are metal as fuck. just spent the entire first level of the first title punching monsters to death with my fists.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on February 15, 2014, 03:52:42 pm
The switch from Vangaurd to Infiltrator is a tough one, but I adore the sniper rifle. Although if the Praetorians on Horizon and the Collector Base can see through my cloak, I'm magnificently buttfucked.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 15, 2014, 04:01:40 pm
The switch from Vangaurd to Infiltrator is a tough one, but I adore the sniper rifle. Although if the Praetorians on Horizon and the Collector Base can see through my cloak, I'm magnificently buttfucked.

I'm pretty sure they can't.  Which sniper are you using?  If it's a semi-auto, then arm it with Incindiary ammo, cloak, and let loose with several shots, then back away and recloak.  Keep circling no matter where you are. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on February 15, 2014, 04:57:58 pm
http://dragondicks.tumblr.com/post/76589265916/warning-me-ranting-about-metroid-more-samus (http://dragondicks.tumblr.com/post/76589265916/warning-me-ranting-about-metroid-more-samus)

(Don't let her URL scare you, she's a cool person)

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Samus frustrates me so much because she’s a really cool character but they do the most dumb bullshit with her. Oh, a female character who wears armour and does a lot of sprinting, climbing, fighting, etc? What a surprise, underneath the armour she’s a slim anime woman with big tits. I guess giving her any sort of defined muscles would be too threatening.

Zero Suit Samus’ design is just so lame and Male Gamer Wankfuel and it’s really disappointing. Like they literally couldn’t have put less thought into it. Wears a helmet all the time? Give her lots and lots of flowing hair right down to her ankles. Does lots of physical activity? No, muscles are for men, draw her slim and give her big tits. Yeah, good. This is a very marketable design.

This is just me ranting now but w/e people try to tell me “Samus was just a blank slate before Other M!!” and im like uh, no she wasn’t?? Yeah she was mostly silent (except for some speaking in Fusion) but the fact that she was silent doesn’t negate that she took on challenges and got shit done. Just because she didn’t end every boss battle with a witty one-liner doesn’t mean it’s completely fine to rewrite her as this weird, mopey woman who thinks about a man 24/7 and has all the major challenges in the story performed for her by men.

Did you know she doesn’t even kill the metroids in Other M? Adam does it for her. While she weakly wobbles over to him shrieking ADAM NOO. What a fuckin’ hero. She doesn’t defeat Ridley either. Can you imagine if male characters got this shit? If we got a Metal Gear game about how Snake needs to be considered more “human” so they dedicate a game’s worth of story making him shriek emotionally while all the other characters kill the enemies for him. Why is it that only female heroes need to be written into stories where they get all emotional for dumb reasons? Why can’t they just be cool heroes? Preferably ones that don’t look like they were designed by a teenage boy with a half chub

For the record, this is what Samus Aran was meant to look like, courtesy of the Super Metroid manual:

(https://31.media.tumblr.com/ac82fa3c7566b5491e99d5f76aab5ea3/tumblr_inline_n0ysvvoZx81rl3yd8.jpg)

This Samus is way cooler and I for now on refuse to accept "that other Zero-suit Samus" as canon.
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 16, 2014, 01:30:57 am
I dunno why she lost so much weight inbetween brawl and Other M
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on February 16, 2014, 04:36:04 pm
My only guess is that a bunch of horny artists got employed by Nintendo and starting with Metroid Fusion or Zero Mission (an expanded remake of the original Metroid) they decided to take the original alternative ending too far - which revealed Samus is a woman.

Before that, Namco published a game Baraduke, which also had a person in a suit who was a woman and the ending revealed it, but the name "Kissy" gave it away. Of course, Namco loved her so much they gave her a real name "Masuyo Tobi" (literally "I can fly") and made her the ex-wife of Taizo "Dig-dug" Hori and mother of Susumu Hori in the Mr. Driller series. So yeah, Masuyo "Kissy" Tobi predated Samus Aran in the whole "person in masculine suit is actually a woman" set-up in video games.

Thankfully, there is none of the same shit seen with Masuyo Tobi as Samus Aran since the Mr. Driller series has a light tone instead of the serious tone in Metroid, and not very many people have even heard of her since most of the Mr. Driller series are Japan-exclusive and Baraduke is far less known.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 16, 2014, 05:23:13 pm
I remember in the first Prime game when Samus takes off the helmet, her face actually looked like a real woman. I wonder who's executive decision it was in particular to go "Yeah this isn't good enough, stick some high heels on the Zero Suit. oh, and make her a hella lot more submissive"

Of couse the side effect of Other M's epic bombing is that Nintendo may not put out a new Metroid for a while. Which is a shame, because a new Metroid is literally the only thing that would get me to buy a new Nintendo console at this point.

Daily reminder, everyone needs to play the Prime trilogy right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 16, 2014, 08:03:07 pm
I've played prime two and three, but not the first. It just kept locking up for some reason.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on February 16, 2014, 08:25:24 pm
I've played prime two and three, but not the first. It just kept locking up for some reason.

That's a shame. You played it on GameCube or Wii? I'm not sure if there are any cheap copies of the game floating around anymore, especially since Nintendo stopped publishing the Wii version. I guess if you have a computer powerful enough you could emulate it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 17, 2014, 05:17:51 am
I played 2 on the gc and 3 on the wii. I have neither console now.

Also hawken got releasaed as free to play, well, its not free right now, in a month it will. I quite like it, kills the time
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on February 17, 2014, 04:59:52 pm
I notice that a lot of people are claiming that Nintendo sucks compared to everyone else, and then turns around and complains about Sony/Microsoft's insane internet connection and DRM policies.

The fact that Nintendo hasn't done anything like that is apparently lost on these people.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 17, 2014, 05:56:06 pm
I notice that a lot of people are claiming that Nintendo sucks compared to everyone else, and then turns around and complains about Sony/Microsoft's insane internet connection and DRM policies.

The fact that Nintendo hasn't done anything like that is apparently lost on these people.
Only Microsoft had the stupid always online DRM when they first announced the Xbone, and they reversed it long ago. Sony never had anything like that to begin with. Nintendo's issues of gimmicky and terribly underpowered non-handheld consoles with games that are staler than month old doughnuts that get a free pass solely because of nostalgia are still very much a thing.

Nintendo's problems aside, I have to say, Planescape: Torment looks so much better with the widescreen mod and the accompanying UI fixes. I'll never be lazy about modding old games again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 18, 2014, 08:48:45 am
I notice that a lot of people are claiming that Nintendo sucks compared to everyone else, and then turns around and complains about Sony/Microsoft's insane internet connection and DRM policies.

The fact that Nintendo hasn't done anything like that is apparently lost on these people.
Only Microsoft had the stupid always online DRM when they first announced the Xbone, and they reversed it long ago. Sony never had anything like that to begin with. Nintendo's issues of gimmicky and terribly underpowered non-handheld consoles with games that are staler than month old doughnuts that get a free pass solely because of nostalgia are still very much a thing.

Binnnnnnngo.  Microsoft and Sony can change, and have freaking proven it.  Nintendo has sucked arse since the N64...or do I need to remind you of the controller that was clearly designed for for fucking alien lifeforms with three hands and seven thumbs?  Seriously, who the hell designs these things?  Do they have a captive extraterrestrial from fucking Zeist or some shit design these things to be as painfully awkward as humanly possible?

I'm not sure of Nintendo still has their "censor anything not fit for an E rating" policy, but that's certainly fucked them to this day, because that's what they've become associated with: fucking kiddy crap and collections of pointless mini-games, with the occasional good thing thrown in.  The Wii was great for kids, and not much else.  The Wii-U is great for no one because no one outside a fucking Marfan's baby can use the absolutely inane control mechanism.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 18, 2014, 09:22:08 am
Binnnnnnngo.  Microsoft and Sony can change, and have freaking proven it.  Nintendo has sucked arse since the N64...or do I need to remind you of the controller that was clearly designed for for fucking alien lifeforms with three hands and seven thumbs?  Seriously, who the hell designs these things?  Do they have a captive extraterrestrial from fucking Zeist or some shit design these things to be as painfully awkward as humanly possible?
That generation in general had some very shitty controllers. I can forgive things like the single thumbstick, since controller design for 3D games was still largely unexplored. However, the problem of the center of gravity being not between your hands, bit quite a bit forward and to the left is a little less forgivable. That's just as basic as you can get. The Playstation controller sucked as well, the left thumbstick was in the worst spot imaginable. My left thumb would cramp up after just half an hour of using that thing. To Nintendo's credit, they fixed that with the Gamecube, while Sony took yet another console generation to get their shit together. Microsoft, on the other hand, not only got it right on their first try, but also gave us something that wasn't designed for Japanese children. It's a big part of why I went with the Xbox for that generation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on February 18, 2014, 09:35:11 am
Nintendo's issues of gimmicky and terribly underpowered non-handheld consoles with games that are staler than month old doughnuts that get a free pass solely because of nostalgia are still very much a thing.
You obviously haven't actually played on a DS or 3DS. Neither were/are "underpowered" for the gen.

Binnnnnnngo.  Microsoft and Sony can change, and have freaking proven it.  Nintendo has sucked arse since the N64...or do I need to remind you of the controller that was clearly designed for for fucking alien lifeforms with three hands and seven thumbs?  Seriously, who the hell designs these things?  Do they have a captive extraterrestrial from fucking Zeist or some shit design these things to be as painfully awkward as humanly possible?

I'm not sure of Nintendo still has their "censor anything not fit for an E rating" policy, but that's certainly fucked them to this day, because that's what they've become associated with: fucking kiddy crap and collections of pointless mini-games, with the occasional good thing thrown in.  The Wii was great for kids, and not much else.  The Wii-U is great for no one because no one outside a fucking Marfan's baby can use the absolutely inane control mechanism.
Wow. You are an arsehole. The moment you mention "kiddy rap" your entire argument just gets thrown out. Nintendo stopped censoring ages ago, tail end of the SNES era. In fact they allowed a game uncut on the Gamecube which wasn't on so on Xbox/PS2 (game was the terrible, BMX XXX, but yeah. Point still stands)

And you obviously haven't used a Wii U, or actually, you know, read up on it, or else you'd notice that the control is actually nice. Big, yeah. But to such a degree that it isn't useable, and its comfy and doesn't weigh a ton.

It seems like both of you are just, dare a I say it. Nintendo bashing fanboys.

And don't say "well you are a fanboy of Nintendo" because, well, look at my sig. Thats a PSN card. Last gen i had all 3 consoles (360, PS3 and Wii), this gen I have Nintendos and Sonys (because MS lost my love with that whole DRM thing and the always on Kinect thing. Yes, both were backtracked on, but i can't trust MS now. Plus gaming getting too expensive, can't support all of them any more).

Nintendo are my first love when it comes to gaming, I have had all their home and portable consoles (multiple of some *cough DS/DSLite/DSi*) but it doesn't mean i am blinkered. They are going through tough times right now. But so are Sony and MS, both are bleeding money and having to off laid things (Sony aren't making any more PCs, and MS need to realise that Windows 8 needs to be fully decided in two, one for tablets, one for PCs, the current best of both is more like worst of both) yet Sony/MS never got told they need to exit markets, or be sold off. Hmp.

Nintendo have changed. Sony has changed. MS has changed. They all make changes. Just because you dont like Nintendos changes (how dare they try and open up gaming to more people. HOW DARE THEY) doesn't make it wrong.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 18, 2014, 09:38:22 am
Nintendo's issues of gimmicky and terribly underpowered non-handheld consoles with games that are staler than month old doughnuts that get a free pass solely because of nostalgia are still very much a thing.
You obviously haven't actually played on a DS or 3DS. Neither were/are "underpowered" for the gen.
You ever heard of this new-fangled thing we have these days? It's called "reading", you ought to give it a go sometime.
It seems like both of you are just, dare a I say it. Nintendo bashing fanboys.
This kind of says it all. Instead of trying to refute any points that were raised (mine being underpowered main consoles, terrible controls (waggle controls are still very much a thing for the Wii-U) and most of all, the games are mediocre at best, yet get a free pass based solely on nostalgia. When was the last Mario game that had some actual creativity and originality put into it? Because there's been none of that in the recent parade of New Super Mario Bros we've had. In fact, when was the last time they made a new IP? How about a new IP that was an actual game (as in, not Wii Fit)? If you can't see the validity in such criticism, then you're in no position to accuse others of fanboyism.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 18, 2014, 09:46:54 am
Gamespot gave the new Donkey Kong a 6 for being too hard.  Im convinced they are just review trolling at this point
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 18, 2014, 09:51:07 am
Gamespot gave the new Donkey Kong a 6 for being too hard.  Im convinced they are just review trolling at this point
Speaking of which, I think Gameinformer is just hating Sonic games on principle these days.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 18, 2014, 10:11:46 am
Nintendo's issues of gimmicky and terribly underpowered non-handheld consoles with games that are staler than month old doughnuts that get a free pass solely because of nostalgia are still very much a thing.
You obviously haven't actually played on a DS or 3DS. Neither were/are "underpowered" for the gen.
You ever heard of this new-fangled thing we have these days? It's called "reading", you ought to give it a go sometime.
It seems like both of you are just, dare a I say it. Nintendo bashing fanboys.
This kind of says it all. Instead of trying to refute any points that were raised (mine being underpowered main consoles, terrible controls (waggle controls are still very much a thing for the Wii-U) and most of all, the games are mediocre at best, yet get a free pass based solely on nostalgia. When was the last Mario game that had some actual creativity and originality put into it? Because there's been none of that in the recent parade of New Super Mario Bros we've had. In fact, when was the last time they made a new IP? How about a new IP that was an actual game (as in, not Wii Fit)? If you can't see the validity in such criticism, then you're in no position to accuse others of fanboyism.

An ad hominem from Ian regarding Nintendo-bashing?  Well, fuck me sideways, something new!

Also, yeah, I'm bashing Nintendo, and I'm not even gonna beat around the bush about it.  As was pointed out in another thread earlier today, this is fucking FQA, not Daily Affirmations.  If I find someone or something doing something I find to be completely bloody moronic, I'm gonna bash the hell out of 'em.  Why?  Because I damn well want to, that's why.  You can like Nintendo, that's fine, I couldn't give two shits.  You can like Nintendo or Microsoft or Sony or the fucking GameDuck for all I care.  I will, however, find it hilarious that you feel compelled to defend poor widdle Nintendo from a couple of guys on the net...you do realize that, at best, you're nothing more than a wallet they're trying to please so they can get at the tasty money-candies inside, right?
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Post by: kefkaownsall on February 18, 2014, 11:07:08 am
I hate Zero punctuation with nintendo tbh he needs to not bother reviewing them. 
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Post by: chitoryu12 on February 18, 2014, 11:59:09 am
I'm just sad that ZombiU currently has no plans to be ported to other consoles. That game had a good concept and atmosphere and could have been profitable, but it was made into a Wii U exclusive and they have no plans for a sequel because of the lack of money it made.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on February 19, 2014, 11:11:53 am
Banished was released yesterday.  Has anyone played it yet?  Is it any good?  There doesn't seem to be many reviews for it yet.  It hasn't got a critic's score on Metacritic yet either but it's player score is 9.2.

While I'm at it, how good was Sim City 4?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on February 19, 2014, 11:34:28 am
I'm actually looking at Banished on Steam right now, and I'm tempted to snag it...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on February 19, 2014, 11:40:14 am
Yeah me too, although I shouldn't as I've already spent too much this month already.  But, despite not owning many, I do like games where you build/create things.  so many hours lost playing Theme Park and Theme Hospital back in the day.  And of course, Sim City 2000.  Good times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2014, 12:45:46 pm
humble indie bundle has Dust so go buy it now
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on February 19, 2014, 12:47:54 pm
Isn't Dust more akin to DayZ though, just with the crafting already implemented?

Edit:  Just realised I'm thinking of Rust lmao.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on February 19, 2014, 03:53:25 pm
Dust is amazing, even at standard full price.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2014, 06:25:54 pm
I meant dust an elysian tail
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2014, 06:30:05 pm
While I'm at it, how good was Sim City 4?
Personally, I'd highly recommend it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on February 19, 2014, 09:54:36 pm
While I'm at it, how good was Sim City 4?

Of all the games I've played in that series, Sim City 4 has to be the best. For once, you can build cities that weren't an oversimplified mess (but then again I got too used to the realistic layouts of cities, unlike the previous installments, so I'm biased here), and best of all, it's single player.

I was so sad when I heard Electronic Arts pulled so much of Maxis' work out of their hands and fucked the recent game all up to where it is nearly unplayable. I know, it's Electronic Arts and they're amongst some of the greediest game developers on the face of the planet, but on their part that has been the biggest dick-move on their part since making Dungeon Keeper into a Clash of Clan clone, even making it substantially worse.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: kefkaownsall on February 19, 2014, 10:56:35 pm
Honestly I think they should have renamed Sim City into Sim City State kept the sizes from 4 but add in the micromanagement
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 20, 2014, 05:40:02 am
I get bored in sim city 4. Just a bit too easy and not enough stuff was consequentisl
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 24, 2014, 04:41:17 am
Man, the writing in Planescape: Torment is absolutely fantastic. It's like Knights of the Old Republic 2, but actually a completed game and with some very Hindu/Buddhist themes thrown in for good measure.
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Post by: The Illusive Man on March 02, 2014, 09:10:40 pm
A wave of nostalgia just hit me like a truck. Suddenly Fury3 (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Fury3) and TerminalVelocity (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/TerminalVelocity)!

Terminal Velocity was developed by Terminal Reality (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Terminal-Reality/112352399784) and Fury3 was developed by Terminal Reality and Microsoft. Fury3 was the spiritual successor to Terminal Velocity not a sequel. Terminal-Reality is more known for BloodRayne and Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Due to declining game quality the studio closed down in 2013, the reasons why are all too common in the video games industry. Shit management. (http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Terminal-Reality-Reviews-E268200.htm) At least EA did not buy them and shit on them.

Obligatory music remixes, remakes! (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFB5E1718E492F449)
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Post by: Commissar Kaz on March 03, 2014, 12:55:30 am
I bought the Humble Indie Bundle 11, and so far have completed Antichamber. It's really mind screwy and fun.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 03, 2014, 08:41:52 am
Been playing Skyrim on the 360, and I keep wanting a DLC that takes me to the Summerset Isles soooooooo badly.  I see it there, and its like its one, big target screaming "PLEASE BURN ME!"  I wish to oblige it, and every filthy fucking gold-skin I encounter.
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Post by: ironbite on March 03, 2014, 11:24:08 am
.....yeah gonna have to disappoint you but I think they're done with DLC for Skyrim.

Ironbite-too bad too...I wanted to burn the Dominion to the ground as well.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 03, 2014, 07:18:20 pm
Well, when I get a better PC, I'll see if there isn't a mod for that.  The Dominion should burn, damn it!
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Post by: lord gibbon on March 03, 2014, 08:22:49 pm
The one thing all Skyrim players agree on, regardless of their side in the civil war, is that the Thalmor need to be exterminated. Even though it doesn't really have an effect on the game, I make a point of wearing my amulet of Talos whenever I'm around Thalmor.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 03, 2014, 08:30:53 pm
I take it one step further: I see Thalmor robes, I kill the person wearin 'em, in broad daylight, preferably with numerous witnesses.  Elven supremacy stops where the business end of my Khajiit's great axe begins.
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Post by: The Illusive Man on March 04, 2014, 12:42:38 am
Been playing Skyrim on the 360, and I keep wanting a DLC that takes me to the Summerset Isles soooooooo badly.  I see it there, and its like its one, big target screaming "PLEASE BURN ME!"  I wish to oblige it, and every filthy fucking gold-skin I encounter.
In before it is revealed that there are multiple factions of Thalmor and you need to help the “my Species doth protest too much (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch)” faction.
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Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on March 04, 2014, 12:54:25 am
Been playing Skyrim on the 360, and I keep wanting a DLC that takes me to the Summerset Isles soooooooo badly.  I see it there, and its like its one, big target screaming "PLEASE BURN ME!"  I wish to oblige it, and every filthy fucking gold-skin I encounter.

Racist :P
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 04, 2014, 09:11:56 am
Been playing Skyrim on the 360, and I keep wanting a DLC that takes me to the Summerset Isles soooooooo badly.  I see it there, and its like its one, big target screaming "PLEASE BURN ME!"  I wish to oblige it, and every filthy fucking gold-skin I encounter.

Racist :P

Pssh, the Altmer aren't a race, they're kindling.

(I've hated the "High" Elves since I first booted up Morrowind and saw their faces when selecting my race.  Each one as pompous as the last, and the little instinct part of my brain told me that I'd hate every single one of them.  It has not yet been proven wrong.)
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Post by: Cloud3514 on March 04, 2014, 03:47:21 pm
I still find it hilarious that a player High Elf can join the Stromcloaks.
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Post by: syaoranvee on March 07, 2014, 06:58:11 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfEqhmkatog

This exists.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on March 07, 2014, 07:33:33 pm
No way that's not going to be fun to play
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on March 07, 2014, 07:45:01 pm
So I just fired up Dark Souls for the first time.

... I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on March 07, 2014, 08:36:44 pm
Pro-tips:

Rolling is helpful in boss fights, especially since your shield may not be able to absorb all of their attacks

If an area is too hard, go in a different direction, find someplace you can manage

Find a weapon with a move-set you are comfortable with, and upgrade it to your satisfaction

PRAISE THE SUN

Try to avoid using walkthroughs in your first playthrough, makes the experience more satisfying
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on March 07, 2014, 10:33:36 pm
Thanks, Dakota! I'm watching a friend do a speedrun at the moment with the Gravelord's Sword... yeesh.
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Post by: Commissar Kaz on March 08, 2014, 07:15:09 pm
Anyone played Edge of Space? I noticed it's currently got a promotion on Steam where it's buy-1-get-1-free, and wanted to know if it's worth it. How is it compared to Terraria or Starbound?
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Post by: Art Vandelay on March 10, 2014, 02:36:09 am
As I'm sure we remember, when Xbox Live switched over from Microsoft Points to proper money, they gave everyone a bit of free credit (either that or I had a lot more Microsoft Points than I thought I did). I've been wondering for a while what to spend it on, then I found out that Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge is available. Needless to say, I'll soon find out if it's anywhere near as good as I remember it being.

Oh, I'd just like to mention that in that game, your planes are kept on a giant tie rack inside your personal zeppelin. That should say all that needs to be said, really.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on March 10, 2014, 12:22:27 pm
As I'm sure we remember, when Xbox Live switched over from Microsoft Points to proper money, they gave everyone a bit of free credit (either that or I had a lot more Microsoft Points than I thought I did). I've been wondering for a while what to spend it on, then I found out that Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge is available. Needless to say, I'll soon find out if it's anywhere near as good as I remember it being.

Oh, I'd just like to mention that in that game, your planes are kept on a giant tie rack inside your personal zeppelin. That should say all that needs to be said, really.

I still love that game, even though I've beat it enough times that I should be bored with it. I'd love to see the series revived with a new game that's a combination of both: the plane building and purchasing of the first game with the free roaming and single storyline of the second.
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Post by: Ghoti on March 10, 2014, 05:06:25 pm
Update on my Infiltrator playthrough: I got this close to abandoning it during Archangel's recruitment mission but then I took out six dudes in a row with a series of headshots and everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. I'm definitely having trouble adjusting to the much more cerebral combat style, but even the McRifle from the beginning of the game is pretty awesome.
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Post by: Søren on March 13, 2014, 01:14:08 am
Had a go at Day Z. Unless they give more things to stop people from going bandit on everybody, I have no interest in playing it.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 13, 2014, 08:01:51 am
They'll probably do like Ultima Online did and split it between two "worlds," one with the "old," shitty, free-for-all rules, and rules that actually encourage cooperative gameplay.  Oh, and people will bitch fucking incessantly about it for years.  I knew people who fucking bitched about it on free shards (not those run by EA)...over 12 years later.
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Post by: Askold on March 13, 2014, 08:07:14 am
So kinda like having different servers for PVP and PVE?

Sounds smart.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 13, 2014, 08:33:43 am
More or less.  The way it was before the Trammel-Felucca split in UO was that, unless you were inside a city's guard boundaries, you were free game for anyone with a weapon or spellbook (with requisite mana and reagents) and the intent to rob you...or just kill you for shits and giggles, carve up your corpse, and decorate their house with your head.

Of course, they were free game for bigger fish, too, and if you killed too many people and they reported you, your bounty would be high enough, and all bounties are posted publicly on an in-game bulletin board outside every bank, that you'd have standing armies of people coming after you to cut you down and take your head to the guards for a fat wad of gold.

This was also before the concept of "item insurance," where you could pay 100 gold (per item) to keep your shit safe should you die, meaning it can't be pillaged off your corpse, and should it decay, you'll not lose 'em.  The pre-Renniasance era of UO fucking sucked, and anyone who bitches against it is just butthurt they can't commit their banditry anywhere, and if they've killed so much their names go red, they can't even enter Trammel, and the Trammel ruleset is the default for all other worlds that aren't Felucca.

[ETA]

Yes, I've played pretty much since the beginning.  Once I get enough steady money, I'll see about getting a UO subscription again, too.  The free shards are great, but there's no community, and in a game like that, that is fucking boring.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on March 13, 2014, 08:35:56 am
As I'm sure we remember, when Xbox Live switched over from Microsoft Points to proper money, they gave everyone a bit of free credit (either that or I had a lot more Microsoft Points than I thought I did). I've been wondering for a while what to spend it on, then I found out that Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge is available. Needless to say, I'll soon find out if it's anywhere near as good as I remember it being.

Oh, I'd just like to mention that in that game, your planes are kept on a giant tie rack inside your personal zeppelin. That should say all that needs to be said, really.

I still love that game, even though I've beat it enough times that I should be bored with it. I'd love to see the series revived with a new game that's a combination of both: the plane building and purchasing of the first game with the free roaming and single storyline of the second.

I know, right? I'm onto my second playthrough now, and I have to say it's a lot of fun utterly curbstomping the early game missions using upgraded late game planes. Especially the Doppelganger, if only for how utterly ridiculous that thing looks.
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Post by: Askold on March 13, 2014, 09:49:48 am
As I'm sure we remember, when Xbox Live switched over from Microsoft Points to proper money, they gave everyone a bit of free credit (either that or I had a lot more Microsoft Points than I thought I did). I've been wondering for a while what to spend it on, then I found out that Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge is available. Needless to say, I'll soon find out if it's anywhere near as good as I remember it being.

Oh, I'd just like to mention that in that game, your planes are kept on a giant tie rack inside your personal zeppelin. That should say all that needs to be said, really.

I still love that game, even though I've beat it enough times that I should be bored with it. I'd love to see the series revived with a new game that's a combination of both: the plane building and purchasing of the first game with the free roaming and single storyline of the second.

I know, right? I'm onto my second playthrough now, and I have to say it's a lot of fun utterly curbstomping the early game missions using upgraded late game planes. Especially the Doppelganger, if only for how utterly ridiculous that thing looks.
I haven't played that one, just the first Crimson Skies but that game was awesome. I love the setting of the game, might even try to play the boardgame version if I get the chance.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on March 13, 2014, 10:39:37 am
As I'm sure we remember, when Xbox Live switched over from Microsoft Points to proper money, they gave everyone a bit of free credit (either that or I had a lot more Microsoft Points than I thought I did). I've been wondering for a while what to spend it on, then I found out that Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge is available. Needless to say, I'll soon find out if it's anywhere near as good as I remember it being.

Oh, I'd just like to mention that in that game, your planes are kept on a giant tie rack inside your personal zeppelin. That should say all that needs to be said, really.

I still love that game, even though I've beat it enough times that I should be bored with it. I'd love to see the series revived with a new game that's a combination of both: the plane building and purchasing of the first game with the free roaming and single storyline of the second.

I know, right? I'm onto my second playthrough now, and I have to say it's a lot of fun utterly curbstomping the early game missions using upgraded late game planes. Especially the Doppelganger, if only for how utterly ridiculous that thing looks.
I haven't played that one, just the first Crimson Skies but that game was awesome. I love the setting of the game, might even try to play the boardgame version if I get the chance.

If you like the setting, I'd pick up High Road to Revenge. It's an Xbox exclusive (though you can download it from Xbox Live Arcade right now for the 360), and it's more arcadey than the first game but has a bit tighter of a storyline. A cliche pulp storyline, but still not just vaguely connected missions around North America. And Chicago is probably one of the most fun places to have a dogfight.
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Post by: syaoranvee on March 14, 2014, 01:44:06 pm
Deciding on whether to pick up Titanfall or SP: Stick of Truth next week. Heard good things about both however I know next to nothing about Titanfall.

Also, I never realized how close Tibia Online looks to Ultima 7 after seeing the latter on GOG.
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Post by: Askold on March 14, 2014, 02:17:10 pm
I don't have an Xbox so I won't be getting the game anytime soon, but I might watch a walkthrough or something. If I can find a decent one.

Hey wait, Syaoranvee has a new avatar. Still the same dragonlady unless I'm mistaken.
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Post by: syaoranvee on March 14, 2014, 07:10:09 pm
Hey wait, Syaoranvee has a new avatar. Still the same dragonlady unless I'm mistaken.

Always needs more Granberia
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on March 15, 2014, 08:05:04 pm
Deciding on whether to pick up Titanfall or SP: Stick of Truth next week. Heard good things about both however I know next to nothing about Titanfall.

Also, I never realized how close Tibia Online looks to Ultima 7 after seeing the latter on GOG.

One of my best friends actually works for EA and worked on Titanfall specifically.  If you like FPSes and giant mecha, Titanfall is your bag for sure.

I finished Stick of Truth in... about 12 hours.  There's some replayability, and achievements, and some different ways to play, but it's probably better to wait for a sale.  $60's just a smidge too high, truth be told.
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Post by: Zygarde on March 15, 2014, 09:39:40 pm
So I saw the trailer for a game that really interests me behold This War Of Mine! A war game about the civilians caught in the crossfire of war. (Also, I got Titanfall but I'm waiting for it to finish installing the damn thing takes up a good chunk of my first storage device on my new rig.)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fv-iwk9DWc (youtube links not working today)
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Post by: Ghoti on March 15, 2014, 09:57:59 pm
Anybody familiar with Papers Please? The only thing I really know about it is that Yahtzee likes it, but it seem pretty interesting.
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Post by: syaoranvee on March 15, 2014, 11:04:28 pm
Anybody familiar with Papers Please? The only thing I really know about it is that Yahtzee likes it, but it seem pretty interesting.

Papers, Please is a game that takes place in basically what is a dystopia world in a communist state. You work as a person who's job it is to stamp whether a person gets into the country or not and every day various rules are in place of what documents a person needs. The game will also give you choices to make like helping cultists who have a unknown agenda, staying loyal to your country, or making choices on people who give you sob stories at the gate.  Basically each level is a day and the game lasts a month.  There's something like 20 endings.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 17, 2014, 05:17:13 pm
I hate the fucking retarded new direction UOGamers: Demise took in granting players access to the Spellweaving skill.  Used to be, all you had to do was pay a flat 50,000 gold fee (not an inconsiderable amount of money, mind) and have everything you needed.  Now?  You either do a quest for a group of elves that involves killing extremely powerful enemies, or get thru extremely powerful enemies to get to a group of dickhead elves and run fucking errands for them, like killing 50 rats in an hour.

The problem?  The first quest has a pair of enemies I have to kill, but are no-fucking-where to be found outside getting into a dungeon guarded by fucking daemons and other horrors.  Not something one can solo, or at least not if they're me.  This, again, wouldn't be a problem if the community in-game didn't completely ignore people not spamming shit for sale.  In short, I can't get to know anyone in-game, because nobody fucking talks in-game for something other than selling rare shit.

The second one?  I have to kill rats in that shithole of a camp...and, once a-fucking-gain, they're nowhere to be fucking found.  Its got to be inside that fucking shithole, too, so I can't just go to the Britain sewers and be done inside 5 minutes.  It doesn't help that the 2nd group is completely xenophobic and their dialogue takes every chance to piss on humans.  I want to straight up slaughter their smug arses and steal their power.  Alas, the game won't let me have that honour.

AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY I HATE ELVES!
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Post by: chitoryu12 on March 20, 2014, 06:15:11 pm
Just installed Ground Zeroes!
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Post by: chitoryu12 on March 20, 2014, 11:38:52 pm
A list of things that occurred in one playthrough of the main Ground Zeroes mission:

* Accidentally made a 39.43 meter headshot with a tranquilizer pistol.

* Accidentally released my prisoner twice, forcing me to body slam him in a panic to make up for it.

* Discovered that if you get spotted, it doesn't count as long as you immediately dump 23 rounds out of your completely unsilenced assault rifle into the three guys in front of you before they call for backup.

* Knocked out a guy and got spotted, so I jumped behind cover and waited. Not only did the enemies searching for me never look behind the concrete barricade right in front of them for me, an LAV roared onto the scene (so hard that it smashed a cargo truck into frame on its way in), fired explosive rounds into the nearby gate that killed the unconscious guard, and then continued randomly shooting through the gate at nothing until they decided that I must have disappeared and left.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on March 22, 2014, 03:52:14 am
How long is it? I've heard it's pretty short for the price
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on March 22, 2014, 04:01:32 am
Anybody looking to expand their Steam library, Chains is on sale until the 24th.  Puzzle game, for those that like them.

The going price? 50 cents.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on March 22, 2014, 05:03:28 am
It was 40 cents here. and funny enough, I just happened to have 42 cents left in my steam wallet :P
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Post by: chitoryu12 on March 22, 2014, 07:53:34 am
How long is it? I've heard it's pretty short for the price

It's priced accurately for its content (currently $20). The main story mission takes about 2 hours on your first playthrough if you don't try to find all the collectibles and extra content in one go. Then along with the unlockables and such, there's 5 side missions and one unlockable bonus mission. All the missions take place on the same base, but it's a surprisingly large play area with a lot of detail. People are complaining about the length, but hundred percenting it will probably take as long as it takes to beat the campaign of one of the new Call of Duty games.

I'll add some other thoughts on the game here.

* Kiefer Sutherland sounds like he's doing a bored David Hayter impression. He's not bad at all, but he just isn't the same as David Hayter and I miss the old voice.

* The gameplay and story have both been heavily streamlined from the past games. The opening and ending cutscene are fairly long, but nothing compared to Metal Gear Solid 4. There's no giant monologues, 30 minute exposition cutscenes, or conversations that take up a whole hour in the middle of a boss fight. There's smoother transitions in motion as well, which makes moving and hiding much easier.
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Post by: gomer21xx on March 22, 2014, 12:29:32 pm
A while ago, my girlfriend introduced me to an infamous hack of Pokémon Ruby, called Pokémon Quartz.

It's... special. o.o

Don't believe me?  Seeing is believing!

I even have a whole playlist! (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyUEahcoE2qUshzBi7k_NCNLSVaOM0vIN)
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Post by: Dakota Bob on March 22, 2014, 01:41:17 pm
Well, that's....interesting.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on March 29, 2014, 05:25:57 pm
Yes, finally fucking upgraded my computer in time for Dark Souls 2! I heard they had to tune down the graphics for the console release compared to what we saw in the E3 demos, hopefully that didn't affect the PC release (From Software doesn't exactly have a track record of flawless PC releases)
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Post by: MadCatTLX on March 29, 2014, 11:14:06 pm
FOr any who are interested I recently got Space Engineers* and Payday 2. My steam name is the same as my username here.

*Need to hook my desktop back up to run it properly though. The unoptimized pre-alpha build of the game that's out makes my laptop chug hard and it crashes.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on March 31, 2014, 11:40:09 pm
I've tried a few games lately.

Singularity is a sci-fi horror FPS (those are pretty popular). Long story short, most of it revolves around a time manipulating device on your wrist that lets you do things like rapidly age enemies to kill them or rebuild supply chests and bridges to take advantage of them. It's a pretty fun game that runs on the same engine as BioShock, but is much smoother and feels nicer to play even if the plot and atmosphere don't quite match it. Too bad it didn't sell too well.

Also been trying out SWAT 4. It SHOULD be a good game: a realistic SWAT simulator FPS that emphasizes not just killing everything in sight and making sure to keep track of suspects, bag evidence, and restrain literally everyone in the building while shooting civilians with Tasers or beanbag shells if they don't immediately drop to their knees. Unfortunately, it's literally the clunkiest FPS anyone has ever made: you can't even move as fast as a jog at maximum speed, and there's no iron sights at all for guns. Instead you're a slave to an expanding crosshair; moving at your half-jog maximum speed causes the crosshair to shoot so wide that you literally will not hit anybody who isn't standing against the muzzle. If you want to shoot while moving, you need to move at a slow walk to hit anything. Combine that with suspects with rather fast reflexes and good aim, disallowing you from shooting suspects with guns unless they aim at you or a civilian first, and very low HP for everyone, and you've got a recipe for irritating disaster. Doesn't help that your own team is equally enslaved to the rules of engagement and tends to merrily charge in and get half the team killed by one guy with a submachine gun while screaming at him to drop his weapon.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on March 31, 2014, 11:42:39 pm
And let's not forget the cherry on top: "You're in my way, sir."
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Post by: ironbite on April 01, 2014, 12:12:46 am
.................you will die for that.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on April 01, 2014, 12:39:37 am
And let's not forget the cherry on top: "You're in my way, sir."

Not to mention that along with whining when you get in their way, they struggle to move out of the way if you need them to. On the A-Bomb Nightclub level (which I'm stuck on because all it takes is one thug who doesn't give up his gun to kill literally the whole team in one go), I had to go up onto the DJ's platform to restrain a civilian. My team dutifully filed up after me, and I had to order them to go stack up on a door just to get them out of my way because they only moved a few inches at a time if I tried to push past them.
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Post by: TheUnknown on April 01, 2014, 12:57:58 am
And let's not forget the cherry on top: "You're in my way, sir."

Not to mention that along with whining when you get in their way, they struggle to move out of the way if you need them to. On the A-Bomb Nightclub level (which I'm stuck on because all it takes is one thug who doesn't give up his gun to kill literally the whole team in one go), I had to go up onto the DJ's platform to restrain a civilian. My team dutifully filed up after me, and I had to order them to go stack up on a door just to get them out of my way because they only moved a few inches at a time if I tried to push past them.

I remember years ago watching Spoony's playthrough; on the final level, the characters actually spawned with you in a teammate's spot, with him saying you were in his way.  Like, he said "you're in my spot, sir" before the level even finished fading in.

Also, do they really have a problem of dropping flashbangs where they're not supposed to?
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Post by: Askold on April 01, 2014, 02:08:03 am
That reminds me, one of the improvements in Fallout 2 was that player got an command that forced their comrades to move out of the way. Because they couldn't fix the AI to stop them from blocking doors.

And years later... Fallout New Vegas got few computers that can be accessed ingame that automatically teleport the companions to their recruiting locations. Because the companions were getting stuck and they couldn't find a way to fix the code or AI so they had to break the fourth wall in order to at least have a way out of such a bug.
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Post by: ironbite on April 01, 2014, 08:37:31 am
Then someone developed the Groovatron and everything was ok.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on April 01, 2014, 09:19:50 pm
And let's not forget the cherry on top: "You're in my way, sir."

Not to mention that along with whining when you get in their way, they struggle to move out of the way if you need them to. On the A-Bomb Nightclub level (which I'm stuck on because all it takes is one thug who doesn't give up his gun to kill literally the whole team in one go), I had to go up onto the DJ's platform to restrain a civilian. My team dutifully filed up after me, and I had to order them to go stack up on a door just to get them out of my way because they only moved a few inches at a time if I tried to push past them.

I remember years ago watching Spoony's playthrough; on the final level, the characters actually spawned with you in a teammate's spot, with him saying you were in his way.  Like, he said "you're in my spot, sir" before the level even finished fading in.

Also, do they really have a problem of dropping flashbangs where they're not supposed to?

I haven't seen that happen, but the problem is that in large rooms with dividing walls or corners or such, there's literally no way for a grenade to disable everyone in the room but the AI will continue to charge forward past the effective zone. And because the bad guys have faster reflexes when it comes to shooting (and the SWAT officers prioritize demanding compliance over use of weapons), they usually get themselves killed very fast if they don't surprise the guys first.

Game Anyone has one great playthrough where like, every SWAT officer is being played by a human through online multiplayer. They have such high efficiency that except for the final mission, they beat everything with exclusively non-lethal weapons.
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Post by: ironbite on April 01, 2014, 09:26:31 pm
Which is what the game is actually designed for.  Multiplayer.  Trying to solo it is suicide.

Ironbite-but makes great rage filled screams from Spoony.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on April 01, 2014, 09:47:55 pm
Which is what the game is actually designed for.  Multiplayer.  Trying to solo it is suicide.
If that's the case, the game shouldn't have had a single player mode in the first place.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on April 02, 2014, 08:01:03 am
Makes me think of Counter Strike.  Its an adequate single-player time-killer, but it was meant for multiplayer.  The single player was likely just meant to add a few more sales and to have something with which to kill time when you're not near a Wi-Fi port or generally lacking internet access.  Also, they probably want you to keep playing as long as you can; adding seemingly-pointless single player facilities into an obviously multiplayer game achieves just that, even if its by a margin of a few extra hours.

At least, that's one of the reasons I would do it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 02, 2014, 12:21:18 pm
I built a house in Minecraft then surrounded it with a lava moat.

Ironbite-guess what happened next?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 02, 2014, 02:16:03 pm
I built a house in Minecraft then surrounded it with a lava moat.

Ironbite-guess what happened next?

The lava set the surroundings on fire that spread into your house?

The toxic fumes from the lava killed your character?

The lava cooled down and then the elephants just walked over the moat and trampled your dwarves to death?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 02, 2014, 02:29:40 pm
The first one.

Ironbite-second time I've had a house burn down too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 02, 2014, 02:32:26 pm
*snip*

The lava cooled down and then the elephants just walked over the moat and trampled your dwarves to death?
You play Dwarf Fortress too?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 02, 2014, 02:41:17 pm
*snip*

The lava cooled down and then the elephants just walked over the moat and trampled your dwarves to death?
You play Dwarf Fortress too?
I tried it once (which is more than I've even done with Minecraft) but couldn't even find all the keyboard commands because the instructions I found were for american keyboards.

I have read the saga of Boatmurdered and some other player stories.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 02, 2014, 02:44:54 pm
*snip*

The lava cooled down and then the elephants just walked over the moat and trampled your dwarves to death?
You play Dwarf Fortress too?
I tried it once (which is more than I've even done with Minecraft) but couldn't even find all the keyboard commands because the instructions I found were for american keyboards.

I have read the saga of Boatmurdered and some other player stories.
Okay.  But if you play it again, just remember the mantra: losing is fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 02, 2014, 09:44:50 pm
I got a computer upgrade 8 gig ram, 3.2 quad. Gtx 750 ti.

arma 3 runs so well now
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on April 04, 2014, 05:04:43 pm
So, they're releasing the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure game in the US this month. Yay! But it's only for PS3, which I don't own.  :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 05, 2014, 01:04:50 pm
Okay, so you'll never guess what was added to the Games for Gold (for those that don't know, its free games for those with a Gold [paid] subscription to Xbox LIVE) selection recently.  Hitman: Absolution.  I downloaded that shit a few days ago, and I have to say that I'm an official fan of Hitman and 47.  That man puts Sam Fisher to shame, and is the closest thing in the awesome department another stealth-based game has gotten to Garrett.  Yes, I'm actually saying that 47 is almost as awesome as Garrett.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 05, 2014, 02:31:07 pm
Okay, so you'll never guess what was added to the Games for Gold (for those that don't know, its free games for those with a Gold [paid] subscription to Xbox LIVE) selection recently.  Hitman: Absolution.  I downloaded that shit a few days ago, and I have to say that I'm an official fan of Hitman and 47.  That man puts Sam Fisher to shame, and is the closest thing in the awesome department another stealth-based game has gotten to Garrett.  Yes, I'm actually saying that 47 is almost as awesome as Garrett.

If you enjoyed Absolution I would suggest Hitman: Blood Money as it tends to be considered the best game in the series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on April 05, 2014, 02:38:37 pm
I spent around eight hours building a tree-castle in Minecraft survival with my brother and some of his online friends. Guess how long it took to burn to the ground after somebody decided he wanted a fireplace? That's right, a matter of minutes. I could murder somebody right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 05, 2014, 03:31:54 pm
Okay, so you'll never guess what was added to the Games for Gold (for those that don't know, its free games for those with a Gold [paid] subscription to Xbox LIVE) selection recently.  Hitman: Absolution.  I downloaded that shit a few days ago, and I have to say that I'm an official fan of Hitman and 47.  That man puts Sam Fisher to shame, and is the closest thing in the awesome department another stealth-based game has gotten to Garrett.  Yes, I'm actually saying that 47 is almost as awesome as Garrett.

If you enjoyed Absolution I would suggest Hitman: Blood Money as it tends to be considered the best game in the series.

I didn't like Absolution's story, but I loved Contracts Mode.  I just wish there were more maps.  Blood Money is also fun. 

Unfortunately, for me, this is the second time they released a game on Gold for free that I already own (the other was Civ Revolution).  I'm afraid to buy any older games because they might be released in the future (I'm hoping for Borderlands or Bulletstorm).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 05, 2014, 08:23:27 pm
So, that Syndicate FPS that came out a little while ago is actually really good. I get why people are pissed EA decided to go with the shooter angle instead of the strategy route like the original, but for what it is, it's a real good shooter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 05, 2014, 09:45:47 pm
So, that Syndicate FPS that came out a little while ago is actually really good. I get why people are pissed EA decided to go with the shooter angle instead of the strategy route like the original, but for what it is, it's a real good shooter.

I'm playing that right now. It's not quite as smooth as I'd want it, but it plays really well and has some interesting concepts (most prominently the breaching).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on April 06, 2014, 02:42:26 am
So, that Syndicate FPS that came out a little while ago is actually really good. I get why people are pissed EA decided to go with the shooter angle instead of the strategy route like the original, but for what it is, it's a real good shooter.
The reasons are quite simple:
They did not want a shooter, they wanted an RPG
They believe the serotype that all shooters are Call of Duty thus RPG elements are impossible
The EA brand is fucking poison


This reminds me of something that came out in 2013.

The Legacy of Kain franchise went free to play multiplayer in 2013. Quite a radical departure from every previous game since. Welp, this is possibly testing the waters for the franchise, if it does good there will hopefully be enough funding for a proper sequel to the actual seriBABAHAHAAHAHAAAHAHAHAAAAHAHAAA *snert* AHAHAHAAAAA. This is Square we are dealing here folks! It is a shame, look upon the history then despair at the lost potential and bad ideas. (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=594576)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anc-nMH1o-E

TL:DR before the events of Soul Reaver 1 (in that timeline) humans and vamps killing the crap out of each other because Kain buggered off somewhere/when in time. Features the surviving Raziel clan members who can fly as they inherited his wings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 06, 2014, 07:11:58 am
Started playing Railroad Tycoon 3 again, and I think I'm really close to beating the Alternate USA scenario. Really difficult but really fun map. Still, it can be done if you know what you're doing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 06, 2014, 10:15:10 am
So, that Syndicate FPS that came out a little while ago is actually really good. I get why people are pissed EA decided to go with the shooter angle instead of the strategy route like the original, but for what it is, it's a real good shooter.

I'm playing that right now. It's not quite as smooth as I'd want it, but it plays really well and has some interesting concepts (most prominently the breaching).

Word. shame the PC port isn't exactly great, I've got these black bars at the top and bottom of the screen that I just can't get rid of.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 06, 2014, 12:40:59 pm
So, that Syndicate FPS that came out a little while ago is actually really good. I get why people are pissed EA decided to go with the shooter angle instead of the strategy route like the original, but for what it is, it's a real good shooter.

I'm playing that right now. It's not quite as smooth as I'd want it, but it plays really well and has some interesting concepts (most prominently the breaching).

Word. shame the PC port isn't exactly great, I've got these black bars at the top and bottom of the screen that I just can't get rid of.

It all looks fine for me. I just wish I didn't have to play around so much with the mouse sensitivity settings to get it to the smoothness that I like. Default is especially high, but I thankfully have a sensitivity button on my mouse that can set to low, medium, and high instantly and works in conjunction with the game's sensitivity rather than one overriding the other. Gives me a lot more room to tweak it.

Also, I looooove the attention to detail in the game. I love games that include a built-in database that covers everything from an in-universe perspective. It all feels a lot more immersive to me if I can, say, get the full history and technology behind a particular cool gun, or pick up journal entries and emails that provide background without exposition.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 06, 2014, 08:19:26 pm
Quick question; would any of you lot recommend Dragon's Dogma? I hear it's like Skyrim crossed with Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, so I'm very much intrigued. Is it at all worth the price of admission?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 07, 2014, 12:17:24 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTy4kiNXeY
I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS!

NEW WEAPONS! NEW SHIPS! NEW RACE! NEW SECTOR! NEW QUESTS! QUEST WRITER CHRIS AVELLONE!!

AND... It's a free update rather than DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 08, 2014, 03:58:54 am
Well, I've just discovered to my utter delight that Mount and Blade and its expansions actually run on my laptop. Now I suppose there's nothing to do except wait for a sale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on April 17, 2014, 07:17:09 am
NEStalgia (http://store.steampowered.com/app/249550/) which is probably the second most well known game developed on BYOND had a steam greenlight release. If you enjoy old school style RPGs it might be up your alley. Although it's grindy as a bitch though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 23, 2014, 06:14:26 pm
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is free on Steam right now, it's only gonna be free for around a day so you might wanna grab it now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 23, 2014, 07:12:07 pm
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is free on Steam right now, it's only gonna be free for around a day so you might wanna grab it now.

Damn, and I paid for it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 23, 2014, 07:51:28 pm
Vampire the Mascaraed up for 5 bucks
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 23, 2014, 09:02:49 pm
Vampire the Mascaraed up for 5 bucks

I see what you did there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 23, 2014, 09:04:13 pm
I don't. Mind enlightening me?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 23, 2014, 09:13:54 pm
The name of the game is Vampire: The Masquerade.

However, he said Vampire: The Mascara-ed.

Just some wordplay, I think.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 23, 2014, 09:24:21 pm
.......I TYPOED!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on April 23, 2014, 09:46:50 pm
^ This is how Tumblr discovers symbolism in TV.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 23, 2014, 09:47:37 pm
.......I TYPOED!

That's not a typo, that's a misspelling :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 24, 2014, 07:10:45 am
Vampire the Mascaraed up for 5 bucks

Also a fantastic game, go buy and get the fan patch. shame that Troika collapses shortly after completing the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 24, 2014, 08:01:15 am
You know, with a metric fucktonne of WWII games out there, I'm a little surprised there aren't more decent, well-known WWI games out.  Like, the only strictly WWI game I've played or even heard of is Red Baron 3D.  Admittedly, Red Baron 3D was pretty damned awesome.

With all the "real is brown" going on, wouldn't some bright bulb out there say, "What's the most brown a war has ever gotten?  Oh!  The mud-covered trench warfare of WWI!"  Grime, dust, mud, primitive tanks, shitty French machine guns that look like they were designed by a child with Down's, fucking mustard gas attacks...the list goes on.  If nothing else, you could make a game like SpecOps: The Line, only set in WWI, and likely add more horror to it because that shit was fucking grueling and painful and brutal as hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 24, 2014, 08:17:59 am
You know, with a metric fucktonne of WWII games out there, I'm a little surprised there aren't more decent, well-known WWI games out.  Like, the only strictly WWI game I've played or even heard of is Red Baron 3D.  Admittedly, Red Baron 3D was pretty damned awesome.
I'd recommend the free version of Ace of Spades. It's not set in WWI, but it's basically a shooter crossed with Minecraft. Combined with the really long matches, it has easily the best trench warfare ever seen in a game.
With all the "real is brown" going on, wouldn't some bright bulb out there say, "What's the most brown a war has ever gotten?  Oh!  The mud-covered trench warfare of WWI!"  Grime, dust, mud, primitive tanks, shitty French machine guns that look like they were designed by a child with Down's, fucking mustard gas attacks...the list goes on.  If nothing else, you could make a game like SpecOps: The Line, only set in WWI, and likely add more horror to it because that shit was fucking grueling and painful and brutal as hell.
You'd have a really hard time designing a halfway believable campaign in such a setting, given how suicidal bayonet charges across no-man's land were a staple tactic for the first couple of years of the war. I suppose there's a little more scope for it in the final year or so, once tanks become a thing and the upper brass finally figure out how to use infantry in ways other than running into machine gun fire, but anything before that will be quite a challenge to say the least.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 24, 2014, 08:37:28 am
True, it'd be a challenge, but it'd also be a fucking change.  Its like, there's this whole, gigantic thing in history that's practically ignored because the sequel had Nazis.

Also, this is probably gonna be a tad offensive to some, but...did the natives in Dead Island piss anyone else off besides me?  At least, before...

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 24, 2014, 02:26:20 pm
Here:
http://pastebin.com/EuxZMbWT

Someone with too much free time tried to make a list of every computer game ever. Some are still missing... But can you name a game that isn't on the list?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 24, 2014, 07:54:43 pm
Here:
http://pastebin.com/EuxZMbWT

Someone with too much free time tried to make a list of every computer game ever. Some are still missing... But can you name a game that isn't on the list?
Last Scenario, Empire Fleet, Infiniminer, Inquisitor and Exit Fate are missing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 24, 2014, 08:45:07 pm
Here:
http://pastebin.com/EuxZMbWT

Someone with too much free time tried to make a list of every computer game ever. Some are still missing... But can you name a game that isn't on the list?

Yeah, hes gonna get laid
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: solar. on April 24, 2014, 09:09:45 pm
Here:
http://pastebin.com/EuxZMbWT

Someone with too much free time tried to make a list of every computer game ever. Some are still missing... But can you name a game that isn't on the list?
I don't see Jazzpunk, but there's a link at the top where you can submit a game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Illusive Man on April 24, 2014, 11:26:50 pm
Here:
http://pastebin.com/EuxZMbWT

Someone with too much free time tried to make a list of every computer game ever. Some are still missing... But can you name a game that isn't on the list?

Yeah, hes gonna get laid
Another Leisuresuit Larry game?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 25, 2014, 08:48:47 am
Here:
http://pastebin.com/EuxZMbWT

Someone with too much free time tried to make a list of every computer game ever. Some are still missing... But can you name a game that isn't on the list?

Yeah, hes gonna get laid
Another Leisuresuit Larry game?

*hands TIM a beer*  Buddy, have a drink!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 25, 2014, 10:06:00 am
Dark Souls II for PC is here, installing now! time to get hype
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on April 25, 2014, 02:38:05 pm
Back in mah day, we didn't have this digital distribution nonsense.  When a PC game came out, we camped outside stores just like any other gamer.  We camped out in the rain, the freezing wind, the volcanic eruptions, the death star attacks, the kaiju rampages, the burnt hot dogs, and the burning sun.  AND WE LIKED IT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on April 26, 2014, 03:50:23 am
Just played through Gone Home. Not sure if it was worth the money, but I did enjoy the 90s nostalgia and learning about the family. The storyline was all right -- feels a bit cliche in 2014, but definitely appropriate for 1995.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 26, 2014, 04:59:33 am
Back in mah day, we didn't have this digital distribution nonsense.  When a PC game came out, we camped outside stores just like any other gamer.  We camped out in the rain, the freezing wind, the volcanic eruptions, the death star attacks, the kaiju rampages, the burnt hot dogs, and the burning sun.  AND WE LIKED IT!

I actually left my house to buy a copy, since it would save me money compared to buying it off steam. although I wish I stayed inside, the kaiju rampages were especially bad yesterday.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 26, 2014, 08:04:27 am
Back in mah day, we didn't have this digital distribution nonsense.  When a PC game came out, we camped outside stores just like any other gamer.  We camped out in the rain, the freezing wind, the volcanic eruptions, the death star attacks, the kaiju rampages, the burnt hot dogs, and the burning sun.  AND WE LIKED IT!

Yet another thing that makes us the Gaming Master Race.  (walks past Games for Gold and Xbox LIVE in general.)  Excuuuuuuuuse me!

[ETA]

I've just had an awesome idea for a game...

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 30, 2014, 08:02:19 pm
Got promoted to lance corporal and am now a medic in the arma 3 realism unit
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist on April 30, 2014, 09:41:14 pm
(http://i60.tinypic.com/k2b59u.jpg)

 ::)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 30, 2014, 10:00:13 pm
(http://i60.tinypic.com/k2b59u.jpg)

 ::)
All they need now is for a mediocre or better Youtube celebrity to tell their audience to vote for it and it'll easily make it through.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 03, 2014, 06:45:22 pm
Finally finished my first playthrough of Dark Souls II. overall, I'd say it is certainly a worthy sequel. They kinda linearized the area progression, and the changes to the stat system was kinda unnecessary, but over than those problems I loved the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 04, 2014, 04:59:50 am
Getting into some older games like Jedi Academy.

OH GOD INSTANT DEATH SANDWORMS WHY

I FORGOT I EVEN HAD THIS PHOBIA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 04, 2014, 09:58:10 am
Getting into some older games like Jedi Academy.

OH GOD INSTANT DEATH SANDWORMS WHY

I FORGOT I EVEN HAD THIS PHOBIA
Then I guess you don't like uncircumcised penises.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 04, 2014, 10:00:47 am
Getting into some older games like Jedi Academy.

OH GOD INSTANT DEATH SANDWORMS WHY

I FORGOT I EVEN HAD THIS PHOBIA
Then I guess you don't like uncircumcised penises.

...Well, that's one way of looking at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 04, 2014, 10:42:30 am
Getting into some older games like Jedi Academy.

OH GOD INSTANT DEATH SANDWORMS WHY

I FORGOT I EVEN HAD THIS PHOBIA
Then I guess you don't like uncircumcised penises.

Well played, sir, well played.  XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 04, 2014, 01:36:47 pm
Getting into some older games like Jedi Academy.

OH GOD INSTANT DEATH SANDWORMS WHY

I FORGOT I EVEN HAD THIS PHOBIA
Then I guess you don't like uncircumcised penises.

I know this is a joke, I'm just having trouble seeing the connection other than the fact that both are phallic shaped, and I don't know what "uncircumcised" has to do with it.  Sorry, I can be a little dense about these things sometimes.

Anyways I made it past the instant death sandworms.  Somehow.  Had to take a moment after that level to calm myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 07, 2014, 03:59:05 pm
WE'RE GETTING GEN 3 REMAKES!  WOOT!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 07, 2014, 05:59:02 pm
God fucking damnit, this Executioner's Chariot is fucking stomping the shit out of me, I feel like I'm about to go Hollow in real life...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 07, 2014, 06:00:02 pm
Anybody else looking forward to Transistor?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on May 07, 2014, 10:16:17 pm
Anybody else looking forward to Transistor?

Right fucking here! Oh Supergiant Games, how I love thee.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 07, 2014, 10:40:03 pm
Finally started playing the Phoenix Wright series. Well, one thing's for certain. The guy they had doing the sprites really really likes cleavage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on May 07, 2014, 11:25:33 pm
HOENN ACTUALLY CONFIRMED

GET HYPE
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 07, 2014, 11:51:26 pm
Finally started playing the Phoenix Wright series. Well, one thing's for certain. The guy they had doing the sprites really really likes cleavage.
Fanservice and all that but the thing he is really good at is when he makes the witnesses and suspects lose their cool.

Those shocked expressions are just amazing and there is this one bad guy who actually seems to go super Sayan when he is finally revealed as the killer. (Not saying anything more because spoilers.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 08, 2014, 01:02:27 am
Something's wrong with Jedi Academy.

My Lightsider Jedi is hypnotizing enemies into believing that she's their ally and that their friends are their enemies, then cutting them in half when they're done shooting their comrades to death.

My Darksider Jedi just fried them with lightning.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 08, 2014, 01:26:11 am
The real problem with the Jedi powers is that the Sith got all the destructive and offensive powers, while the good guys had...

"I shall wave my hand and control your mind subtly so that you won't trouble me" and the generic "stronger, faster, better" things that the Sith have as well.

It wasn't untill the prequel movies that the Jedi got the "force push" as an offensive damaging power. Dark forces 2 for example had stuff like healing, absorb (enemy attacks power you rather than damage), protection and blinding. The sith powers in that game were strangle, lightning, force throw and "KILL EVERY GODDAMN THING THAT I LOOK AT."

The Jedi way seems to be to avoid combat (even if they are willing to mind control others and even change their personalities against their will, which might seem more likely to be an "evil" power.) so their powers aren't really suited to combat.

...Actually it might be that the mind control bit got more use in the games simply because it is the one of the few things with any offensive use. (Or you could just be a force-shielded regenerating warrior that cuts everything with his/her saber. Which still doesn't seem like a "Jedi" thing to do when you fill the room with the dismembered body parts of your enemies.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 08, 2014, 02:20:28 am
Fanservice and all that but the thing he is really good at is when he makes the witnesses and suspects lose their cool.

Those shocked expressions are just amazing and there is this one bad guy who actually seems to go super Sayan when he is finally revealed as the killer. (Not saying anything more because spoilers.)
It's especially hilarious when the two are combined. When a certain female witness shits the bed, the only animation on her sprite is the rage-fuelling jiggling of her tits. I must say, it's been a while since I've laughed that hard at a game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 08, 2014, 03:10:05 am
Fanservice and all that but the thing he is really good at is when he makes the witnesses and suspects lose their cool.

Those shocked expressions are just amazing and there is this one bad guy who actually seems to go super Sayan when he is finally revealed as the killer. (Not saying anything more because spoilers.)
It's especially hilarious when the two are combined. When a certain female witness shits the bed, the only animation on her sprite is the rage-fuelling jiggling of her tits. I must say, it's been a while since I've laughed that hard at a game.

I even know which witness you're talking about.

The real problem with the Jedi powers is that the Sith got all the destructive and offensive powers, while the good guys had...

-snip-

Yeah, pretty much.  I just find it funny that my Lightsider is, when you analyze her actions, a lot crueler than the Darksider.

The funny thing is, I could very easily get a Darkside ending with her due to the fact that, like KOTOR, the ending you get is determined by a single choice in the penultimate dungeon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on May 08, 2014, 06:34:09 am
The real problem with the Jedi powers is that the Sith got all the destructive and offensive powers, while the good guys had...

"I shall wave my hand and control your mind subtly so that you won't trouble me" and the generic "stronger, faster, better" things that the Sith have as well.

It wasn't untill the prequel movies that the Jedi got the "force push" as an offensive damaging power. Dark forces 2 for example had stuff like healing, absorb (enemy attacks power you rather than damage), protection and blinding. The sith powers in that game were strangle, lightning, force throw and "KILL EVERY GODDAMN THING THAT I LOOK AT."

The Jedi way seems to be to avoid combat (even if they are willing to mind control others and even change their personalities against their will, which might seem more likely to be an "evil" power.) so their powers aren't really suited to combat.

...Actually it might be that the mind control bit got more use in the games simply because it is the one of the few things with any offensive use. (Or you could just be a force-shielded regenerating warrior that cuts everything with his/her saber. Which still doesn't seem like a "Jedi" thing to do when you fill the room with the dismembered body parts of your enemies.)

Well, you rarely even saw light side Jedi in the films before the prequels; Obi-Wan was pretty much it (Luke was self-taught after Episode V and was grayer than the past Jedi Council when he reformed the order), and he only lasted for half of one movie before going ghost. Even then, both were willing to maim and kill sentient beings at least in self-defense.

Luke certainly had few hesitations about knocking people into the Sarlaac in Episode VI, knowing full well that it would keep them alive to digest them excruciatingly slowly.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on May 08, 2014, 06:58:05 am
Well, you rarely even saw light side Jedi in the films before the prequels; Obi-Wan was pretty much it (Luke was self-taught after Episode V and was grayer than the past Jedi Council when he reformed the order), and he only lasted for half of one movie before going ghost. Even then, both were willing to maim and kill sentient beings at least in self-defense.

Luke certainly had few hesitations about knocking people into the Sarlaac in Episode VI, knowing full well that it would keep them alive to digest them excruciatingly slowly.

Jedi are trained from toddlers onwards to fight and kill without hesitation if necessary, and not just in self-defense. If the Jedi Council sees fit, they'll happily go on the offensive. They may be light side, but they're no pacifists by any stretch of the imagination. They're the most elite special forces the Republic has to offer, and not only that, but also independent of the military. Kind of like the SS, funnily enough.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 08, 2014, 08:11:30 am
I've always found it amusing how the "light" side of the force (read: good side) has what amounts to mind rape as an ability, whereas the dark side will either simply kill or disable you.  Light seems to be, if nothing else, inefficient in battle terms, outside the useful defensive powers.  Personally, I hope Luke ends up founding a grey Jedi academy, and throws out that bullshit "light vs dark" distinction when it comes to force powers.

(Makes me think of how Mr. Welch gets a dark side point for using force lightning, even if he only uses it for spot welding.)
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 08, 2014, 01:40:08 pm
In my book, it's perfectly understandable why the Galaxy turned against the Jedi.  At first, the Jedi are painted as a peaceful, almost monk-like organization, centered around achieving balance with themselves and the universe.  However, consider for a moment the following facts.  The Jedi is a warrior cult who operate entirely on their own, and have nobody regulating them, other than the fact that they usually go along with what the Senate wants... except when the Jedi decide they don't like it.  Now imagine that the Jedi, in the course of their "duties," have the right to search people's homes and property with no authorization, can read people's minds, can actually control some people's minds, and have the right to kill people they don't approve of.  Remember in episode two, when Anakin and Obi Wan dismember a person in front of a crowd of bargoers?  "Jedi business, go back to your drinks."  Sounds a lot more sinister when you consider what you've read here, doesn't it?  Now consider that this cult takes people away from their homes and families as small children, so as to better brainwash them into believing their teachings.  They force celibacy onto these converts before they even understand the idea of sex.  They also preach the total divorce of self from personal emotions, because using one's powers in an emotional state is eeeeeeevil.  Anyone who comes to the realization that these people are full of crap are promptly kicked out of the order, unless they leave of their own will.  After they are kicked out, they are labelled as "Dark Jedi," because any views other than your own are eeeeeeevil.  These people also believe that "balance" in the force consists of people who believe in the application of the force in any way other than theirs being killed.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 08, 2014, 02:56:34 pm
I've always found it amusing how the "light" side of the force (read: good side) has what amounts to mind rape as an ability, whereas the dark side will either simply kill or disable you.  Light seems to be, if nothing else, inefficient in battle terms, outside the useful defensive powers.  Personally, I hope Luke ends up founding a grey Jedi academy, and throws out that bullshit "light vs dark" distinction when it comes to force powers.

(Makes me think of how Mr. Welch gets a dark side point for using force lightning, even if he only uses it for spot welding.)

When you say "you hope", I'm assuming you're referring to the upcoming Episode 7.

Because Luke does, in fact, found a grayer Jedi Order as depicted in the Expanded Universe, and according to Jedi Academy, you can actually learn Force Lightning/Choke/Drain and Dark Rage there (though he does warn you against specializing in Dark Side powers because they can consume you)

I think it's worth noting that Knights of the Old Republic handles the alignment/force system a lot better than Jedi Academy.  Any Force user can learn any skill, but Light Side powers take less effort when you're steeped in the light side, and Dark Side powers take less effort when you're succumbing to the dark side.  Also, there are more neutral powers, and Mind Trick is one of the Neutral Powers - and you're called on wanton use of it.

So, basically, if we take KOTOR as canon, Mind Trick is a tool used by both Jedi AND Sith, just like Force Push and Pull and stuff.

(Then again Jedi Academy was, I believe, the first game that let you create your own Jedi.  Ergo, its lack of complexity is forgivable.)

In my book, it's perfectly understandable why the Galaxy turned against the Jedi. -snip-

The funny thing is, according to the Star Wars canon, the Jedi are actually entirely in the right - the Dark Side is supposed to be an absolutely corrupting influence, and force sensitives who rely on emotion to fight will succumb to it.

I personally think it's bullshit.  So many Jedi fall to the Sith because they feel like they're beyond redemption, and may as well go all the way at that point.  Hell, what was the final emotion Anakin felt moments before he dedicated himself to the Dark Side?  Regret.  If he hadn't had to hide his love for Padme, he might have been redeemed.  The Jedi created Darth Vader.

Of course, it's worth noting that according to the EU, Luke's grayer Jedi Academy also ended up producing quite a few more Sith than the Jedi of the Republic, so perhaps there's some problems with Gray philosophy.
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Post by: Askold on May 08, 2014, 03:31:36 pm
I've always found it amusing how the "light" side of the force (read: good side) has what amounts to mind rape as an ability, whereas the dark side will either simply kill or disable you.  Light seems to be, if nothing else, inefficient in battle terms, outside the useful defensive powers.  Personally, I hope Luke ends up founding a grey Jedi academy, and throws out that bullshit "light vs dark" distinction when it comes to force powers.

(Makes me think of how Mr. Welch gets a dark side point for using force lightning, even if he only uses it for spot welding.)

Which do you value more, life or freedom of thought? That is the choice that the Jedi make, because they see killing as worse than messing with someone's head.

...And the fact that some "magic" is irredeemably evil and that using those powers corrupts the mage/Jedi/whatever no matter what they do with those powers is a trope in fiction. It might be concidered a cop out (WHAT IF MY NECROMANCER IS A GOOD NECROMANCER? etc.) but Star wars is not the first time it has been used.

Actually, Warhammer Fantasy mentions that some of the necromancers are originally good people who try to use their powers to bring back a lost love or for other benevolent reasons (maybe they were investigating healing spells or tried to create life Frankenstein style) but that they are all corrupted by the magic they use and eventually turn evil.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on May 11, 2014, 07:15:45 am
I decided to give Rune Factory a go. It has the most stereotypically anime intro movie I've ever seen. Quite enjoyable game, otherwise. Like Harvest Moon, only fleshed out a lot more.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 11, 2014, 02:32:30 pm
Its funny, I've always thought of Necromancers as being more along the lines of magical morticians.  They specialize in the opposite end of the healing spectrum.  Honestly, I feel that those who most understand death would be least likely to cause it and/or be callous about it.
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Post by: Sour Grapes on May 11, 2014, 03:55:33 pm
I decided to give Rune Factory a go. It has the most stereotypically anime intro movie I've ever seen. Quite enjoyable game, otherwise. Like Harvest Moon, only fleshed out a lot more.
The opening song's nice.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 11, 2014, 07:32:19 pm
Its funny, I've always thought of Necromancers as being more along the lines of magical morticians.  They specialize in the opposite end of the healing spectrum.  Honestly, I feel that those who most understand death would be least likely to cause it and/or be callous about it.

I know of at least one MMORPG where the Necromancer class (called a "Summoner" but their art is referred to as "Death Magic") is also one of the two healing classes in the game.  (The other, naturally, is called Healer.  Both classes are equally capable of kicking ass, too.)
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Post by: Sigmaleph on May 11, 2014, 08:58:45 pm
Its funny, I've always thought of Necromancers as being more along the lines of magical morticians.  They specialize in the opposite end of the healing spectrum.  Honestly, I feel that those who most understand death would be least likely to cause it and/or be callous about it.

I know of at least one MMORPG where the Necromancer class (called a "Summoner" but their art is referred to as "Death Magic") is also one of the two healing classes in the game.  (The other, naturally, is called Healer.  Both classes are equally capable of kicking ass, too.)

In Arcanum the healing school of magic is called White Necromancy (actual necromancy is called Black Necromancy).
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 11, 2014, 10:37:09 pm
Can't wait for Tropico 5!
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 11, 2014, 11:07:00 pm
Its funny, I've always thought of Necromancers as being more along the lines of magical morticians.  They specialize in the opposite end of the healing spectrum.  Honestly, I feel that those who most understand death would be least likely to cause it and/or be callous about it.

I know of at least one MMORPG where the Necromancer class (called a "Summoner" but their art is referred to as "Death Magic") is also one of the two healing classes in the game.  (The other, naturally, is called Healer.  Both classes are equally capable of kicking ass, too.)

In Arcanum the healing school of magic is called White Necromancy (actual necromancy is called Black Necromancy).

I remember reading that in older versions of D&D, the healing spells were part of the Necromancy school.

As for the necromancer I'm talking about, it was definitely Black Necromancy used to heal.  The necromancer had to take blood from his or her enemies to power the healing magic.  Also, one healing spell was literally a disease that would infect his allies and, instead of making them sick, would heal them.  This had an interesting game mechanic where they would become immune to this plague for a short while, due to their bodies treating it like any other plague and doing stuff with antibodies.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 12, 2014, 10:04:16 am
A game plot point I've always wanted to use involves gathering a group of necromancers to combat a group of spontaneously-spawned undead...maybe have the undead spawning because Atropus (http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Atropus) is nearing the game world.  Who better to combat the undead than those who know best how to create them?  If you can make it, it'd serve to reason that you'd be best qualified to destroy it.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on May 12, 2014, 02:38:31 pm
Dark Souls II has some great physics...
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 13, 2014, 01:05:36 pm
I just finished Tower of Heaven.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 13, 2014, 08:12:32 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_NLK-jEDGc
It would seem that Microsoft is finally selling the Xbone without the Kinect. At this rate, it'll be a decent alternative to the PS4 sometime next year.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 14, 2014, 07:26:19 am
Still waiting for the first price drop and hardware update.  You know its coming.

(I'd be saying the same about Sony, if I were at all interested in getting a PS4.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 15, 2014, 08:05:52 am
It would seem that a Professor Layton/Phoenix Wright crossover game was released and I was not informed. I would me most displeased about this, were I actually able to afford it.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 17, 2014, 12:17:15 am
Part of me wants to try getting into EVE Online once funds aren't a problem for me, but the other part of me is discouraged by the massive dickery that the game is infamous for having.  Also the fact that the developers made the game out of protest to Ultima Online separating their servers into PvE and PvP servers (where previously, all servers were PvP)

Any time anyone uses "carebear" as an insult in an MMO, they instantly lose all credibility to me.

Still, the fact that the game is mostly player run is intriguing to me.  The fact that it's a hotspot for Something Awful, which includes one sociopathic goon that tried to encourage EVE players to harass another player until he committed suicide (and only got banned for a month for it), is also discouraging.
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Post by: Askold on May 17, 2014, 12:35:10 am
A friend of mine likes EVE for the simple reason that losing a ship in that game is permanent. So victories and losses have more meaning when compared to the other MMOs where death is a slap on the wrist.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 17, 2014, 12:41:31 am
Eh, all in all, I probably wouldn't have the patience required to play the game.  I tend to lose interest in games if I play them for too long, and EVE looks like a game that demands all of your attention in order for you to succeed.

I wonder if there's an MMORPG out there that's like EVE, except it has standards for behavior.

EDIT:

You know what?  I just want to know of good space combat games, MMORPG or otherwise.

I think Battlefront 2 counts, but I have that on the PS2 - debating whether or not getting the PC version would be worthwhile.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on May 17, 2014, 01:28:41 am
You know what?  I just want to know of good space combat games, MMORPG or otherwise.
Have you tried any of the X games? I'd recommend X3: Reunion or the Terran Conflict expansion. It's basically the EVE Online thing of an open world space combat game with a lot of business management thrown in, only it's not an MMO.
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Post by: Vypernight on May 17, 2014, 04:42:02 am
Saints Row The Third is available as a freedownload for XBox Live until the end of the month.  I downloaded it but haven't gotten a chance to play it.  I'm glad they finally released a game I don't already have.  I'm afraid to buy older games for the 360 in case they're relseased as downloads in the near future.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on May 17, 2014, 05:25:56 am
Finished Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time. It was fairly enjoyable for what it was. Not nearly as good as Superstar Saga, but I still had fun with it. I did miss the beans actually being useful and being able to have Luigi in front. Ah well, maybe Bowser's Inside Story live up to the original a little better.
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Post by: Søren on May 17, 2014, 06:36:28 am
I would do eve online if it wasnt a subscription. Ew. No. Fuck right with that tripe.

Also the forest comes out next week and it looks AWESOME
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Post by: ironbite on May 17, 2014, 08:54:20 am
Eh, all in all, I probably wouldn't have the patience required to play the game.  I tend to lose interest in games if I play them for too long, and EVE looks like a game that demands all of your attention in order for you to succeed.

I wonder if there's an MMORPG out there that's like EVE, except it has standards for behavior.

EDIT:

You know what?  I just want to know of good space combat games, MMORPG or otherwise.

I think Battlefront 2 counts, but I have that on the PS2 - debating whether or not getting the PC version would be worthwhile.

Star Trek Online.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 17, 2014, 12:18:49 pm
You know what?  I just want to know of good space combat games, MMORPG or otherwise.
Have you tried any of the X games? I'd recommend X3: Reunion or the Terran Conflict expansion. It's basically the EVE Online thing of an open world space combat game with a lot of business management thrown in, only it's not an MMO.

I gave X3 a look and it definitely looks pretty neat.  I'll buy it next time it's on sale, just to save a few bucks.

As for Bowser's Inside Story, it blows Partners in Time out of the water.  I'm not just saying this because I'm a Bowser fanboy.  The humor is better, the gameplay is better (no babies!) and really, the only thing you'll miss, I think, is not being able to put Luigi in front.

Oh yeah, and Fawful returns to the main stage as the main villain.
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Post by: Stormwarden on May 18, 2014, 05:56:15 am
For the PSP: I found a bug in Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days that lets me set Magichange skills permanently to some of my characters. Not sure if anyone plays it, but you basically take certain unique characters, magichange them to low-level characters, and have them die in the final battle. Wait until after the first battle of the next playthrough to use them and there you go.
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Post by: Søren on May 19, 2014, 12:00:07 am
Operation Flashpoint/Arma Cold War assault is free for a little while longer and you all should get it. Bit old BUT IT WAS SO GOOD
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 19, 2014, 05:20:05 pm
I ended up getting into Star Wars The Old Republic.  It's actually pretty fun, though some of the chat restrictions are complete bullshit.

I can't even use PARTY CHAT until I'm level 10?  Really EA?  REALLY?  I can somewhat understand no whispering (though even that's draconian) but when you limit F2P players on their chatting to the point where even SUBSCRIBERS are complaining about it, you've fucked up.

Incidentally, despite playing the game for the Sith and Jedi, I'm finding the Bounty Hunter to be one of my favorite characters.  The fact that my Bounty Hunter ended up being a ridiculously hot, tall, buff guy (same race as Darth Maul) with one of the sexier voices out there is something of a contribution.  Also some of the better light side dialogue, in my opinion.  Though I'm not going PURE light side... there are some people who just deserve to die.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 19, 2014, 05:21:52 pm
I ended up getting into Star Wars The Old Republic.  It's actually pretty fun, though some of the chat restrictions are complete bullshit.

I can't even use PARTY CHAT until I'm level 10?  Really EA?  REALLY?  I can somewhat understand no whispering (though even that's draconian) but when you limit F2P players on their chatting to the point where even SUBSCRIBERS are complaining about it, you've fucked up.
It's EA.  Are you really surprised?
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 19, 2014, 05:24:44 pm
I ended up getting into Star Wars The Old Republic.  It's actually pretty fun, though some of the chat restrictions are complete bullshit.

I can't even use PARTY CHAT until I'm level 10?  Really EA?  REALLY?  I can somewhat understand no whispering (though even that's draconian) but when you limit F2P players on their chatting to the point where even SUBSCRIBERS are complaining about it, you've fucked up.
It's EA.  Are you really surprised?

No, but I am frustrated.

Also I edited my post a bit because I forgot to include some stuff, sorry.

EDIT:

Also, Nem'Ro the Hutt puts Jabba the Hutt to complete shame as an imposing figure.

(http://guides.gamepressure.com/starwarstheoldrepublic/gfx/word/1056652531.jpg)

So were Hutts just naturally this tall during the Old Republic era, or was Jabba just a kid?
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Post by: ironbite on May 19, 2014, 08:41:29 pm
Oh dude the Jedi.....

I've been watching Lanipator and Takahata101 play STTOR as a pair of Jedi and on the starting planet, which they're sick of btw, they have these enemies called Flesh Raiders which they call Street Sharks because they...look like sharks.  Well anyways they have to go rescue this Twil'Ik kid from one of them but as they're Jedi, they're presented a moral choice.  The Flesh Raider wants to learn how to use the Force.  Lani decides no and Force Push's the guy off the cliff and...he explodes in mid-air for no reason.

Ironbite-funniest shit I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 19, 2014, 10:11:05 pm
If they're sick of the Jedi's starting planet, they should play the Smuggler's/Trooper's starting planet.

The Smuggler's first spoken line can be used to insult the planet.  You should take it.  Because OH GOD I HATE THAT PLANET.

It doesn't help that the Republic Troopers and some of the other NPCs make me want to spend time with any single Sith from the Sith Academy.  The moral atmosphere might actually improve.

Incidentally, the Sith have the best starting planet, in my opinion.  Second best is the Bounty Hunter/Imperial Agent's starting planet, which is Hutta itself.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on May 19, 2014, 11:12:15 pm
A quick PSA to the scrubs who invade my world in Dark Souls II with dual crossbows and heavy armor: Don't think I don't know how to dodge arrows. and my Curved Dragon Greatsword with a fire buff will fuck you up 100% of the time.

git gud nubs
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 20, 2014, 04:07:47 am
Speaking of Stars.

There are two supposedly leaked documents that supposedly show what Nintendo is planning to reveal at this E3.

They both mention Star Fox, one mentions it for the Wii U (and gives it the tentative title of Star Fox U) and the other one doesn't give platforms for any of the leaked games (and gives it the tentative title of Star Fox)

At least one of them is forged.  Both of them are likely forged.

But this rabid Star Fox fanboy can hope that, even if both are forged, they're at least right about that.  Letting the franchise stagnate after Star Fox Command would be a crying shame.

EDIT:
You know, it would probably a good idea to actually link the supposedly leaked documents.

http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/nintendo_e3_2014_leak_1.jpg
http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/nintendo_e3_2014_leak_2.jpg
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on May 20, 2014, 05:00:29 am
Huh... how long has it been since Star Fox and Star Fox 64? I could see a nice rail-shooter for the Wii U... it'd give me a reason to buy one!
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Post by: Dakota Bob on May 20, 2014, 09:46:49 am
M...Metroid 3DS?

This better be fucking true.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 20, 2014, 11:50:41 am
Huh... how long has it been since Star Fox and Star Fox 64? I could see a nice rail-shooter for the Wii U... it'd give me a reason to buy one!

I'd actually like it if it was stylized like Assault, though I wouldn't object to a traditional rail shooter, either.  Assault is actually my favorite because it expanded the lore of the franchise by a megaton - rather than snippets here and there, we got to see characters interact outside of flight, the actual Cornerian fleet, even some of the tech of the setting.

Then again I also loved Adventures, even though that game was ridiculously corny and not originally a Star Fox game.

(Which is why I'm not upset that a game that would've been Star Fox was turned into Kid Icarus Uprising.  That and Kid Icarus needed a new game worse than Star Fox did.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 20, 2014, 02:33:57 pm
We could use a new Metroid, as well. Preferably a nice return to roots for 3DS.

Also, why did people hate Star Fox Assault so much? Sure the on foot sections weren't the best, but I've played far worse third person shooters.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 20, 2014, 02:36:20 pm
We could use a new Metroid, as well. Preferably a nice return to roots for 3DS.

Also, why did people hate Star Fox Assault so much? Sure the on foot sections weren't the best, but I've played far worse third person shooters.

Because of the stupid notion of "genre purity".

ADD:

I still think there should be a Metroid and Star Fox crossover game.  Samus and Star Fox working together to fight off.... something.

Or maybe even acting as rivals.  Star Fox are mercenaries, and Samus is a bounty hunter, and the two aren't so different.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on May 20, 2014, 03:12:52 pm
Nah, Metroid and F-Zero. Sounds crazy? But think about it - theres a bounty hunter in F-Zero, Captain Falcon!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 20, 2014, 03:16:01 pm
Nah, Metroid and F-Zero. Sounds crazy? But think about it - theres a bounty hunter in F-Zero, Captain Falcon!

Why not all three?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on May 20, 2014, 05:49:23 pm
I STILL play the hell out of Command, Assault and Adventures to this day.  Good times.

Also, I'd LOVE to see Samus' reaction to Fox.  Better yet, to Falco.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 20, 2014, 06:49:49 pm
Even though I really hate the massive hatedom towards Other M (inasmuch as I hate hatedoms period), I will say that it would probably be better off if Samus just never spoke again, for everyone involved.

Though her characterization in Fusion was decent.

EDIT:

I read on the Star Wars wiki that while sometimes the Light Side of the Force is associated with complete control over one's emotion, sometimes it can be activated through the emotions of love, joy, happiness, and all that stuff, while the dark side is exclusively limited to "dark" emotions like passion, hatred, fury, and anger.

...And sometimes, all emotion is equated with the dark side, because the writers can't seem to keep this shit straight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 21, 2014, 03:23:29 pm
Even though I really hate the massive hatedom towards Other M (inasmuch as I hate hatedoms period), I will say that it would probably be better off if Samus just never spoke again, for everyone involved.

Though her characterization in Fusion was decent.

EDIT:

I read on the Star Wars wiki that while sometimes the Light Side of the Force is associated with complete control over one's emotion, sometimes it can be activated through the emotions of love, joy, happiness, and all that stuff, while the dark side is exclusively limited to "dark" emotions like passion, hatred, fury, and anger.

...And sometimes, all emotion is equated with the dark side, because the writers can't seem to keep this shit straight.

...Quick question: how the hell is passion a "dark" emotion?  Its pretty much the main driving force of everything worthwhile.

Personally, the whole "light and dark" Force things are just plain old lazy writing; it gives writers the excuse to use that most simplistic trope of black-and-white morality.  I'm sure some authors delve into the grey areas because creative freedom, its more that it rubs me the wrong way as a story telling device because it removes the intrigue that grey areas always introduce.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sour Grapes on May 21, 2014, 04:36:11 pm
I ended up getting into Star Wars The Old Republic.  It's actually pretty fun, though some of the chat restrictions are complete bullshit.

I can't even use PARTY CHAT until I'm level 10?  Really EA?  REALLY?  I can somewhat understand no whispering (though even that's draconian) but when you limit F2P players on their chatting to the point where even SUBSCRIBERS are complaining about it, you've fucked up.

Incidentally, despite playing the game for the Sith and Jedi, I'm finding the Bounty Hunter to be one of my favorite characters.  The fact that my Bounty Hunter ended up being a ridiculously hot, tall, buff guy (same race as Darth Maul) with one of the sexier voices out there is something of a contribution.  Also some of the better light side dialogue, in my opinion.  Though I'm not going PURE light side... there are some people who just deserve to die.

ToR screws over F2Pers royally.  I could tell you AAAAALLLLL about it if you like.  There are so many paywalls it's a wonder that F2Pers don't get a concussion.

Only can use one crew skill, when you need all three.  (Though if you can only have one, I would suggest slicing.  Easy monies.)

Can only buy extra inventory slots and cargo bays with Cartel Coins.

Can't trade with anybody, unless you're a subscriber.

Only get 5 medical drones, which are an instant respawn in the area you died, unless you're a subscriber.

Can't trade at the Galactic Trade Network... I could be wrong, but I don't think you can, unless you're a sub.

Mind you you can buy unlocks to make your life easier.  But they all cost Cartel Coins or millions of credits on the GTN.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 21, 2014, 04:56:57 pm
Even though I really hate the massive hatedom towards Other M (inasmuch as I hate hatedoms period), I will say that it would probably be better off if Samus just never spoke again, for everyone involved.

Though her characterization in Fusion was decent.

EDIT:

I read on the Star Wars wiki that while sometimes the Light Side of the Force is associated with complete control over one's emotion, sometimes it can be activated through the emotions of love, joy, happiness, and all that stuff, while the dark side is exclusively limited to "dark" emotions like passion, hatred, fury, and anger.

...And sometimes, all emotion is equated with the dark side, because the writers can't seem to keep this shit straight.

...Quick question: how the hell is passion a "dark" emotion?  Its pretty much the main driving force of everything worthwhile.

Personally, the whole "light and dark" Force things are just plain old lazy writing; it gives writers the excuse to use that most simplistic trope of black-and-white morality.  I'm sure some authors delve into the grey areas because creative freedom, its more that it rubs me the wrong way as a story telling device because it removes the intrigue that grey areas always introduce.

In all honesty, ther's a lot of inconsistency in the EU and main canon about what the Light/Dark sides of the Force actually are.

Some authors write it that the Force encompasses both the Light and Dark sides.  Some say that even an excess of the Light Side could doom the universe.  (the recent Clone Wars series went with this line regarding the Son and Daughter, gods who became aspects of the dark and light sides of the force, with the Father, who maintains balance betwen them and can't let EITHER go free from the planet they're on)

Some authors write it that the Force IS the light side (or rather, that there isn't a light side because the Force is naturally light) and that the Dark Side is a corruption of the Force.  (This is the default assumption made in the six movies.)

Even in-universe, there's different lines of thought.  One character wrote a thesis which indicated that there were no light or dark sides to the Force, just the Force itself, and what made someone evil was their motivation for using it.  A theory that Yoda soundly rejected and even found threatening.  Unfortunately, Yoda is never allowed to be wrong when he says something.

And then there's the whole "Electric Judgment/Emerald Fire" thing, which was basically Force Lightning as used by a Jedi. Or... is it still Force Lightning?  EU can't decide which one.

Can Jedi use dark side powers without being corrupted into evil?  Not even the main movies can really decide on this, as there was a moment where Luke tapped into the Dark Side to defeat his father, then effortlessly came back before doing the Good Is Stupid thing of throwing away his lightsaber in front of Darth Sidious.  And then there was a moment where Obi Wan, fueled by feelings of revenge, cut Darth Maul in half, and this NEVER gets addressed in the main films as a bad thing.

As far as "passion being an evil trait", the Sith themselves seem to believe this.

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Passion gives me strength.
Strength gives me power.
Power gives me victory.
And through victory, I shall break my chains.
The Force shall free me!"


Or something like that.

EDIT:

Now that I think about it, they could be using the old definition of "passion", which is "suffering".

@Sour Grapes

Yeah that's... pretty damn obscene.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 22, 2014, 12:54:39 am
...You know, even though the force is represented as "Good vs Evil" choice, the Sith at least are not motivated by "for the evulz." Every occasion that I remember had them either fighting for power or revenge, which as far as villain motivation goes are much better than "I am going to kick some puppies simply because I am evil."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 22, 2014, 01:06:45 am
...You know, even though the force is represented as "Good vs Evil" choice, the Sith at least are not motivated by "for the evulz." Every occasion that I remember had them either fighting for power or revenge, which as far as villain motivation goes are much better than "I am going to kick some puppies simply because I am evil."

Depends on the writer, I think.  Wasn't there a novel where the Empire people kept greeting each other with things like "Dark Greetings" because people kept rooting for the Epire in the movies?

Though the EU does seem to agree that the Sith are pretty much amoral in the sense of "We don't believe in good OR evil, just power and those who don't have it."  Still, I guess the best way to put it is "If a Sith really wants to do it, it's probably something evil."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 22, 2014, 01:17:46 am
...You know, even though the force is represented as "Good vs Evil" choice, the Sith at least are not motivated by "for the evulz." Every occasion that I remember had them either fighting for power or revenge, which as far as villain motivation goes are much better than "I am going to kick some puppies simply because I am evil."

Depends on the writer, I think.  Wasn't there a novel where the Empire people kept greeting each other with things like "Dark Greetings" because people kept rooting for the Epire in the movies?

Though the EU does seem to agree that the Sith are pretty much amoral in the sense of "We don't believe in good OR evil, just power and those who don't have it."  Still, I guess the best way to put it is "If a Sith really wants to do it, it's probably something evil."
...Right. I forgot about those. I think they also had "evil marriage" or something, but can't seem to find a comic page about it now.

As I was saying, MOST of the time the Sith and the Empire are represented as more than just card-carrying villains who are evil for the sake of evil. Even the Imperial troops are represented as:

a) Being opressive because they are racist and believe in the "humanity fuck yeah!" ideology that Palpatine created.
b) The New order ideology of Palpatine (even if it was just an exscuse for him to rule everyone forever) had believers and they actually thought that the horrible dictatorship brougth stability to the galaxy.
c) Some were just power hungry.

But yeah, sometimes the writing was just bad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 22, 2014, 01:51:36 am
And yet I somehow still love it.

Incidentally, while I find the Jedi fascinating sometimes (mostly when the author is going with "good feelings make good Jedi") the Sith are the stars of the EU.  Why?

They have an entire culture.  They seek out wisdom, too, they have their own sense of honor, as twisted as it is (generally speaking, Sith feel that if they fall in battle, they should die.  Exceptions exist, of course.), they aren't above working with their enemies if it suits them, etc. etc.

The fact that at one point in the now defunct part of the EU, some of the Sith actually started seeing each other as rivals rather than enemies (the difference is that rivals help each other), was kind of a neat moment when I read about it.

Also the Dark Side is responsible for some of the coolest shit out there.

The Jedi are just so vanilla.  And I like vanilla.  But there's such a thing as too much vanilla.

Incidentally, there was a group of Sith that rejected the dark side of the Force, due to the ruin it could bring upon them, and started using the Light Side instead.  They were still Sith, however, and still advocated for Sith ideals.

Of course, they ended up being destroyed (maybe) by the Sith Inquisitor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 22, 2014, 05:23:49 am
I like Jolee Bindo's view on the Jedi's ban on emotions:

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled... but passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love... that's what they should teach you to beware. But love itself will save you... not condemn you."

I kinda get the feeling that this line was meant as a giant "fuck you" to George Lucas and the prequel trilogy's central conflict being the romance between Padme and Anakin. Of course, Jolee is pretty much proof that Grey Jedi are much more interesting than Jedi of either extreme.

EDIT: Also, how about those Revanites? I wish they had a bigger part. It could have very interesting to see some conflict between the ones that (incorrectly) believed Revan to be the ultimate Sith and the ones that (correctly) believed Revan to be the closest thing to an ultimate master of the Force and a Grey Jedi.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 22, 2014, 07:54:21 am
You people are making me want to get a copy of Force Unleashed.  Because Starkiller is awesome, and so was that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 22, 2014, 11:30:31 am
http://pixelherogames.com/xenos-announced/

...Warhammer 40k adventure game.

...And you play as an Inquisitor.

...And it is based on Dan Abnett books which are well liked.

...I FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME! IT IS A GOOD PAIN.

(Seriously though, not many good adventure games have been made in the last few years. Or adventure games at all. The world is fascinating and this has potential. I just hope they don't mess it up completely.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 22, 2014, 11:57:02 am
I like Jolee Bindo's view on the Jedi's ban on emotions:

"Love doesn't lead to the dark side. Passion can lead to rage and fear, and can be controlled... but passion is not the same thing as love. Controlling your passions while being in love... that's what they should teach you to beware. But love itself will save you... not condemn you."

I kinda get the feeling that this line was meant as a giant "fuck you" to George Lucas and the prequel trilogy's central conflict being the romance between Padme and Anakin. Of course, Jolee is pretty much proof that Grey Jedi are much more interesting than Jedi of either extreme.

EDIT: Also, how about those Revanites? I wish they had a bigger part. It could have very interesting to see some conflict between the ones that (incorrectly) believed Revan to be the ultimate Sith and the ones that (correctly) believed Revan to be the closest thing to an ultimate master of the Force and a Grey Jedi.

There was a line in... KOTOR 2, I believe, where an NPC (who apparently admits that he wasn't even supposed to be in the game - what) uses the line "Are you an angel?" then treats it like a terrible joke and hopes that some poor kid doesn't start using it.

Also, have you seen the comic where Qui Gonn Jinn (QUI GONN FUCKING JINN OF ALL JEDI) explains to a young Obi Wan why love leads to the dark side?

Basically, force sensitive twins get favored by a master who is their adoptive father.  They both fall in love with a girl.  She only falls in love with one of them.  The other tries to deceive her.  The first gets pissed when he finds out.  They fight and the resulting clash causes a force explosion that dissolves THE ENTIRE WORLD.

QUI GONN FUCKING JINN.  THE CLOSEST THING THE MOVIES HAVE TO A GREY JEDI.

UGGGGHHHHHH.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 22, 2014, 08:13:56 pm
As I recall, in the first Knights of the Old Republic, the Sith were an actual culture with their own empire that could hold its own against the entire Republic, largely thanks to them having their own force sensitive super soldiers that are an actual match for the Jedi. Personally, I like to think that there is no light/dark force dichotomy at all. It's all simply Republic propaganda meant to demonise the only thing that's stopping them from dominating the entire galaxy. It certainly explains why certain force powers like force lightning and force choke are reviled as "dark" whereas things like mind control and force persuade are considered "light", even though that makes no sense whatsoever if you think about it for more than ten seconds. The former are applications that were discovered and used most extensively by Sith force sensitives rather than the Jedi, and so were decried as "evil".

Granted, the fact that the Sith go out of their way to act cartoonishly evil pretty much all the time (including the original Sith Empire) does shoot a great big fuckoff hole in that theory, but Star Wars is nothing if not rife with shitty writing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 22, 2014, 11:51:51 pm
The sad thing is, there's a character in-universe that says there's no light/dark sides of the force, just motivation, and it's considered in-universe to be a very dangerous philosophy that leads to the darkside.

Unfortunately, Yoda is never allowed to be incorrect, and he's the one who opposes it, sooooo... yeah.  There was a book that more or less said "The Jedi have the Force correct, everyone else is wrong."

Incidentally, I'm wondering if I should start over my Jedi Consular and remake him as a Darksider, whereas my Sith Inquisitor is totally Light Sith (then again, he was a slave that was forced into being a Sith Acolyte and then a Sith Apprentice - not that he doesn't take to it on some level, but still.)

Regarding Yoda, though... there was a hint in The Clone Wars cartoon that Yoda once fell into the Dark Side, but managed to come back from it.

Oh, also, he's not the only one of his species shown in the movies - there's also a female of his kind in the Jedi Council in Episode 1.  She's VERY hard to see.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 23, 2014, 09:45:17 am
Regarding Yoda, though... there was a hint in The Clone Wars cartoon that Yoda once fell into the Dark Side, but managed to come back from it.

That is...a terrifying prospect.  Not Yoda having "dark" powers, but the fact that he was once that way, and is now rather violently the other.  Basically, Yoda is leading a crusade against people he deems evil, and teaches little children that these people are evil and makes fucking soldiers out of them to fight for his cause.

...To put it another way, that basically makes Yoda a monster on par with Palpatine, if not even worse.  If I remember correctly, all Palpatine really wanted was control.  Yoda apparently wants nothing more than the complete eradication of the Sith and their entire culture.  Yoda is a genocidal maniac, and things suddenly make a lot more fucking sense in that universe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 23, 2014, 09:51:22 am
and teaches little children that these people are evil and makes fucking soldiers out of them to fight for his cause.
In fairness, the Jedi as a whole do that. These kids are trained from the age of 6 (I think) to be super soldiers. Super soldiers that fight for a specific ideology, no less. Really, Yoda's no worse than any other Jedi teacher.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 23, 2014, 12:03:45 pm
and teaches little children that these people are evil and makes fucking soldiers out of them to fight for his cause.
In fairness, the Jedi as a whole do that. These kids are trained from the age of 6 (I think) to be super soldiers. Super soldiers that fight for a specific ideology, no less. Really, Yoda's no worse than any other Jedi teacher.

True, but if I'm remembering right, he's the de facto leader of the entire order.  At the end of the day, he's the one handing out the orders, he's the one responsible.  A general is as culpable for his army's actions as the lowliest footslogger, if not moreso.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 23, 2014, 12:50:43 pm
Nothing has ever indicated to me that the Jedi have had a singular leader until Luke Skywalker, and even then, only out of necessity.

The Jedi always seem to stick to councils, to prevent any one man from having too much power.  I will say that at least there are media that explores the possibility of a Jedi trying to gain control of the governments, even in the name of greater good - they invariably end up becoming Dark Jedi because, because even if it's benign reasons, a lust for power is still a lust for power.

Also, there are plenty of media that explore the morality of the Mind Trick - the Jedi are generally not supposed to use it unless absolutely necessary, and even then, they're absolutely required to consider every moral ramification of their actions - after all, Imperial soldiers, guards, and so forth have families, have lives, and have responsibilities - and a Jedi could accidentally ruin any of those without putting much thought into his Mind Trick.

Though one has to wonder - if a Jedi Mind Trick ends up objectively improving someone's lot in life ("You don't want to sell me death sticks.  You want to go home and think about your life.") then is it less morally questionable?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 23, 2014, 02:32:00 pm
I'm not implying that Yoda is the supreme leader of all Jedi, more that he's the one to whom all the other Jedi defer, what's why I said de facto leader, and not just leader.  Going just by the movies, yes even the prequels, every decision goes in line with what Yoda says or what Yoda wants, with very few exceptions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on May 23, 2014, 02:56:43 pm
I'm not implying that Yoda is the supreme leader of all Jedi, more that he's the one to whom all the other Jedi defer, what's why I said de facto leader, and not just leader.  Going just by the movies, yes even the prequels, every decision goes in line with what Yoda says or what Yoda wants, with very few exceptions.

Yes.

One of the good things about Episode 7, though...

...is that Yoda is dead, and hopefully, Luke is going to be a Greyer Jedi than the previous council.

Though I will say that Yoda was wrong about Luke going to confront Darth Vader to rescue his friends, so hmm...

Regardless, as far as being the de facto leader, I've always thought of him as sort of the Light Side's response to Palpatine.  Palpatine demands authority, Yoda is given it.  Palpatine flaunts his power anytime he doesn't need to hide it, Yoda hides his power anytime he doesn't need it.  Palpatine cackles and yells and boasts every time he fights, Yoda stays silent in battle.

Palpatine is overly coherent, Yoda is overly incoherent.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 23, 2014, 03:08:08 pm
Aye, Episode VII does sound like its got plenty of potential.  Any movie that doesn't have Yoda being either a semi-sane old coot or an overly pious arse is welcome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 31, 2014, 05:59:34 am
I got the forest, its still very broken, but ill give it three things.

The ambiance is perfect
The AI is disturbing, they will watch and stalk you and its absolutely terrifying
It has fuckloads of potential
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on May 31, 2014, 08:21:12 am
Mario Kart is out for the Wii U and I've played all the tracks. Some comments:

-Overall, the game is better than the Wii version because it has many more enjoyable tracks, better physics, better item distribution, and better AI.

-The sound is a real problem. The music overpowers all the item and character sounds, so you never notice if an item is approaching you. My friend and I thought we could maybe adjust this in the settings menu, but there was no such thing. This is probably because they expect you to use the Wii remote for racing, so they use its crappy speakers for the item sounds. That's just stupid.

-The screen is split differently now, and there's no way to change it (that I've seen). I really don't like the vertical split.

-Rainbow Road was really disappointing. It didn't seem like Rainbow Road at all, more like a nonspecific outer space track.

-The parasails are used too frequently. I think it's more fun to free fall, rather than gently glide through the air.

-The better physics really improve the game because they were so terrible in the Wii version. If you were a small character, larger characters could gently bump you and send you flying off the track. Also, scraping the corner of a wall would send you flying the other direction. Now, bumps exist but are toned down so the beginning of a race isn't a giant pinball fest.

-The graphics are much improved and the levels are more detailed, finally making them nice to look at.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on May 31, 2014, 09:03:19 am
Vertical split is the only sensible split for HDTVs. I haven't had any problem with the sound.

New Rainbow Road is merely okay, but N64 Rainbow Road is a blast. They made the worst version into one of the best, mostly by taking away the side rails so its more dangerous, and making it a single lap instead of three. Plus the remixed music is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWYQd94X_Wk

I love the MKtv feature.

edit - hope it didn't seem like i was just dismissing your point RE: 2 player split. Its just how companies handle it now, if they bother to include split screen. Which most don't, because online.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 01, 2014, 04:03:43 pm
The newest Wolfenstein does seem like a fun shooter but nothing special apart from being visually pretty.

But I do like the tiny details in the story. Like the Beatles changing their name and songs into german after the nazies have conquered Britain.

And delicious irony of Nazi superweapons and science being
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 01, 2014, 05:12:41 pm
I heard the developers of Chronicles of Riddick made that game, and I fuckin' loved the Riddick game so I'm looking forward to finally playing the new Wolfenstein.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on June 01, 2014, 11:29:36 pm
Mario Kart is out for the Wii U and I've played all the tracks. Some comments:

-Overall, the game is better than the Wii version because it has many more enjoyable tracks, better physics, better item distribution, and better AI.

-The sound is a real problem. The music overpowers all the item and character sounds, so you never notice if an item is approaching you. My friend and I thought we could maybe adjust this in the settings menu, but there was no such thing. This is probably because they expect you to use the Wii remote for racing, so they use its crappy speakers for the item sounds. That's just stupid.

-The screen is split differently now, and there's no way to change it (that I've seen). I really don't like the vertical split.

-Rainbow Road was really disappointing. It didn't seem like Rainbow Road at all, more like a nonspecific outer space track.

-The parasails are used too frequently. I think it's more fun to free fall, rather than gently glide through the air.

-The better physics really improve the game because they were so terrible in the Wii version. If you were a small character, larger characters could gently bump you and send you flying off the track. Also, scraping the corner of a wall would send you flying the other direction. Now, bumps exist but are toned down so the beginning of a race isn't a giant pinball fest.

-The graphics are much improved and the levels are more detailed, finally making them nice to look at.

Have they toned down the rubberbanding AI this time around? I remember playing Mario Kart for the Wii and getting frustrated a lot after the nth time of getting hit by 3 consecutive blue and red shells while inches from the finish line.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 02, 2014, 10:51:58 am
Mario Kart is out for the Wii U and I've played all the tracks. Some comments:

-Overall, the game is better than the Wii version because it has many more enjoyable tracks, better physics, better item distribution, and better AI.

-The sound is a real problem. The music overpowers all the item and character sounds, so you never notice if an item is approaching you. My friend and I thought we could maybe adjust this in the settings menu, but there was no such thing. This is probably because they expect you to use the Wii remote for racing, so they use its crappy speakers for the item sounds. That's just stupid.

-The screen is split differently now, and there's no way to change it (that I've seen). I really don't like the vertical split.

-Rainbow Road was really disappointing. It didn't seem like Rainbow Road at all, more like a nonspecific outer space track.

-The parasails are used too frequently. I think it's more fun to free fall, rather than gently glide through the air.

-The better physics really improve the game because they were so terrible in the Wii version. If you were a small character, larger characters could gently bump you and send you flying off the track. Also, scraping the corner of a wall would send you flying the other direction. Now, bumps exist but are toned down so the beginning of a race isn't a giant pinball fest.

-The graphics are much improved and the levels are more detailed, finally making them nice to look at.

Have they toned down the rubberbanding AI this time around? I remember playing Mario Kart for the Wii and getting frustrated a lot after the nth time of getting hit by 3 consecutive blue and red shells while inches from the finish line.

Honestly, the games probably would fall apart without cheating AI. They're not usually difficult games to beat, and experienced players would take almost no time at all to start getting first place over and over again; they're made so that even kids can have a relatively easy time playing them. Without rubberband AI or sudden shell attacks right before the finish line, races without human opponents would become pointless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 02, 2014, 02:19:59 pm
Then, the designers should invest their money in improving the AI so it isn't completely braindead.  The "fake difficulty" thing should've died with cartridge-based games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 02, 2014, 03:34:11 pm
Personally, I'm tired of rubberband AI.  If I'm on a decent difficulty setting, and I'm FAR out front (like, half a lap ahead), then I've raced well enough that I shouldn't get slaughtered within sight of the finish line by the best items in the game from four AI players concurrently, finally recover, and wind up getting fifth.  I've earned first place, dammit, let me fucking have it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 02, 2014, 03:47:50 pm
There is one thing about Wolfenstein New Order that I wish to complain about.

I can suspend my disbelief on some things like the Nazi superweapons and such but how does a man who has spent 14 years paralyzed still have all his muscles? No one comes out still shaped like (young) Hulk Hogan after spending over a dozen years lying on a bed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 02, 2014, 03:56:43 pm
I'm looking forward to Mario Kart for the 3ds. It's supposed to be out in August, according to the clerk at Gamestop, but we'll have to wait and see.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 02, 2014, 04:31:51 pm
The Witcher is a really engrossing, well-written RPG and I'm having tons of fun...

...And then the game just gives me some kind of semi-pornographic trading card for fucking some character, and I think to myself, some real goofy fucks must have made this game. Seriously, who's fucking idea was this? I get annoyed just thinking about it. Still, great game, recommend buying it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 02, 2014, 05:13:59 pm
The Witcher is a really engrossing, well-written RPG and I'm having tons of fun...

...And then the game just gives me some kind of semi-pornographic trading card for fucking some character, and I think to myself, some real goofy fucks must have made this game. Seriously, who's fucking idea was this? I get annoyed just thinking about it. Still, great game, recommend buying it.

I liked that part, for some reason. I guess it was just interesting to see how the women were portrayed in the cards. Plus I like (some) games that give you the ability to fuck, anyway.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 04, 2014, 05:36:30 pm
So From Software went ahead and announced 3 pieces of DLC for Dark Souls 2, and are selling a "season pass", because I haven't sunken enough of my time in Das2, they have to reel me back in...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 04, 2014, 09:25:36 pm
I don't even have DS2 yet... more goodies for me when I can afford it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 04, 2014, 09:45:36 pm
They've been ironing out a lot of the kinks with PvP, though I doubt some gamers will ever be satisfied.  At least not until hexes are weaker than sorceries, miracles, pyromancies, two handed weapons, one handed weapons, shields, and daggers.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 05, 2014, 02:38:10 am
Of course, now some people are pissed that DLC is coming out so close to the games release (well, it's not really THAT close, it's been about 4 months?) and are speculating this is cut content they are monetizing. I admit I was kinda annoyed when I heard From was doing this "season pass" shit but the DLC for Das1 was fantastic so I'll attempt to withhold judgement until they release the first part.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 05, 2014, 02:45:00 am
Of course, now some people are pissed that DLC is coming out so close to the games release (well, it's not really THAT close, it's been about 4 months?) and are speculating this is cut content they are monetizing. I admit I was kinda annoyed when I heard From was doing this "season pass" shit but the DLC for Das1 was fantastic so I'll attempt to withhold judgement until they release the first part.

Regarding such uprorars - do people realise that games are often finished months before their release date, meaning that devs have had months to work on DLC and therefore early or 1st day DLC does not necessarily mean anything was cut just to be sold later?  Or do people actually think games are released the day they're released or something?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 05, 2014, 06:32:00 pm
Holy shit, the new Witcher III trailer is fantastic...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 09, 2014, 08:48:05 am
Ever so slowly making my way through the 2nd Phoenix Wright game. I have to say, the 2nd case (1st if you don't count the tutorial) is rather disappointing. It's actually easier to spot the plot holes than the contradictions in the witness testimonies.

Also, trying to convince us that the game takes place in America is just borderline insulting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 09, 2014, 08:51:49 am
Ever so slowly making my way through the 2nd Phoenix Wright game. I have to say, the 2nd case (1st if you don't count the tutorial) is rather disappointing. It's actually easier to spot the plot holes than the contradictions in the witness testimonies.

Also, trying to convince us that the game takes place in America is just borderline insulting.
Reminds me of this:

(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f278/katietiedrich/comic331_zps0e179cf7.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on June 09, 2014, 09:01:41 am
....BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 09, 2014, 01:27:15 pm
Reminds me of one of the early episodes of Pokemon where they called fucking rice balls "doughnuts."  I...I just don't even, dude.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 09, 2014, 08:00:33 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjUtoQaRfE0
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on June 09, 2014, 11:37:06 pm
Why, it's another case of:

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n290/CSL1/Total%20Trash/Theythinktheaudienceisstupid_zps0161a9a5.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 10, 2014, 10:16:12 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjUtoQaRfE0

Mewtwo, kill them all.  Please.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 10, 2014, 03:07:50 pm
Finally started South Park: The Stick of Truth today. Its actually really, really good. Rude, crude, so damn funny, and it plays really well. Like the turn based fighting. And it looks and feels and sounds just like an episode of the TV show.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 10, 2014, 05:46:27 pm
Trying Dead Island with a new rebalancing mod on the PC. Among other things, it makes both the player and the zombies more vulnerable, removes the money cost for crafting, and makes it impossible to repair items except through modifications (so you go through melee weapons faster) and makes them deteriorate faster. On the plus side, it also removes level requirements for weapons and removes the bullshit level scaling that the game does, so you legitimately become more powerful as you advance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on June 11, 2014, 05:02:55 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ohFulrJKhI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on June 11, 2014, 11:20:24 am
Of the new additions to the SSB4 roster, I find the newest (Pac-Man) the strangest, but since Namco-Bandai is partially responsible for this new project, it makes sense in context.

This is weird to me, because there are a ton of people wanting the strangest third-party character suggestions ever. Why don't you guys just get Mugen- oh wait, that's because Mugen plays like Street Fighter/Fatal Fury/King of Fighters/whatever major 2D fighting game ever and not Super Smash Bros. platforming/fighting/beating the crap out of characters with things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 11, 2014, 01:19:11 pm
Starting out MWO under the moniker "The Knight of Dawn", mostly because of my long love affair with Mecha.

So what faction and weight class should I choose? I was thinking about Inner Sphere and a Light Mech, but I want to get input from you guys.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 11, 2014, 01:26:50 pm
Seems like the Steam Summer Sale starts 19th June (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-11-steam-summer-sale-2014-starts-19th-june)

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 11, 2014, 01:32:15 pm
Starting out MWO under the moniker "The Knight of Dawn", mostly because of my long love affair with Mecha.

So what faction and weight class should I choose? I was thinking about Inner Sphere and a Light Mech, but I want to get input from you guys.

I don't know shit about factions, but I did watch some videos from a good, accomplished player who was basically trying to teach things to new players, and one thing I learned is that light mechs aren't for newbies to the game.  Their lack of armor is definitely offset by their speed, and you can do some interesting things with them, but they require great control to succeed.  Because if you get hit, you FEEL that lack of armor.

But hey, if you like a challenge and are already great at Mechwarrior games, I guess you can go ahead and go be a light mech.  Being a heavier mech does make it easier to start off with, though, and then you can buy a light mech later.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 11, 2014, 10:07:28 pm
Seems like the Steam Summer Sale starts 19th June (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-11-steam-summer-sale-2014-starts-19th-june)

*laughs maniacally in glee!*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 12, 2014, 09:59:46 am
Starting out MWO under the moniker "The Knight of Dawn", mostly because of my long love affair with Mecha.

So what faction and weight class should I choose? I was thinking about Inner Sphere and a Light Mech, but I want to get input from you guys.

I don't know shit about factions, but I did watch some videos from a good, accomplished player who was basically trying to teach things to new players, and one thing I learned is that light mechs aren't for newbies to the game.  Their lack of armor is definitely offset by their speed, and you can do some interesting things with them, but they require great control to succeed.  Because if you get hit, you FEEL that lack of armor.

But hey, if you like a challenge and are already great at Mechwarrior games, I guess you can go ahead and go be a light mech.  Being a heavier mech does make it easier to start off with, though, and then you can buy a light mech later.
Well, the Patcher refuses to work and it won't play. Son of a bitch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on June 13, 2014, 03:25:38 pm
Lately I have been playing a lot of Torneko no Daibouken (aka "Taloon's Quest"), a spin-off game of Dragon Warrior IV. For those who love the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series and find the combat in those games more engaging than the main games, you will love Taloon's Quest. And the same developers (Chunsoft, whom have developed the main Dragon Quest/Warrior series as well) are involved in both.

But first-timers, beware: This game is unforgiving in difficulty. Because the Pokémon series' target audience are children, the difficulty of the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series is dumbed down for younger players. Taloon's Quest will kick your ass in many more corners than later dungeons in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. Oh, and you also only play as Taloon, no allies.

Another thing to look out for; The English tranlation (unofficial, of course) is pretty messy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo5q4wjyfOk
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 13, 2014, 04:02:24 pm
Pre-ordered The Wicher 3 on GOG! They gave me a code for one free copy of Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition. I already own the game, so I've got one free code if anybody wants it, first come first served.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 13, 2014, 04:17:32 pm
Speaking of Gog, even with all three Sam & Max seasons on sale. it's still cheaper to buy the complete pack on Steam WITHOUT it being on sale.

Actually, for that matter, the gog versions are normally $10 more than the Steam versions.

(click to show/hide)

Unfortunately I cannot afford the complete pack right now, either.

Unfortunately for me, there was a sale on Gog a month ago where Sam & Max was less than $5 each season, but I missed it because, well, I didn't know about it x_x

Oh well, here's hoping Steam's summer sale includes Sam & Max.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2014, 04:52:52 pm
Pre-ordered The Wicher 3 on GOG! They gave me a code for one free copy of Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition. I already own the game, so I've got one free code if anybody wants it, first come first served.

I'll take ya up on it, if you still got it to give.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 13, 2014, 05:09:04 pm
Probably should go pick up Vampire the Masquerade: Requiem (I enjoyed Bloodlines) and Ultima 7 (Reminds me of Tibia) from GOG then since both are 3 bucks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on June 15, 2014, 12:02:53 am
Starting out MWO under the moniker "The Knight of Dawn", mostly because of my long love affair with Mecha.

So what faction and weight class should I choose? I was thinking about Inner Sphere and a Light Mech, but I want to get input from you guys.

I don't know shit about factions, but I did watch some videos from a good, accomplished player who was basically trying to teach things to new players, and one thing I learned is that light mechs aren't for newbies to the game.  Their lack of armor is definitely offset by their speed, and you can do some interesting things with them, but they require great control to succeed.  Because if you get hit, you FEEL that lack of armor.

But hey, if you like a challenge and are already great at Mechwarrior games, I guess you can go ahead and go be a light mech.  Being a heavier mech does make it easier to start off with, though, and then you can buy a light mech later.
Well, the Patcher refuses to work and it won't play. Son of a bitch.

I forgot MWO existed. After reading your first post I went to got download it and try it, but now that the patcher is up it says the patch download will take 20 hours or more. Fuck that. I'm not waiting that long. Besides it might fuck up like you said, or it will stop when my laptop goes in to standby and have to completely restart.

As I was waiting for the installer to download I was hype as shit to get to finally play a mechwarrior game again. My fucking piece of shit internet connection has killed the hype. Have I mentioned my damn internet connection bullshit? It can usually sort of play online games, but anytime I try to download something it shits itself. Like when me and my friend are on Xbox Live and are switching to a game and find it needs a sizable patch downloaded, like Battlefield. Ok, fine. My friends download took ten minutes. Mine took all damn night, and we ended up not getting o play the game we wanted to fucking play, because once it finished, he had all of ten minutes before he had to get offline and go to bed.

What I hate the most is that this is the best we can get and have no hope of getting anything better in the near future at all. It took a petition and a hell of a lot of phone calls to get them to install this much. Before it was either dial up, or satellite, which wasn't any better than dial up. The internet company knows we have no other choice, so the can be dicks all they want. About a year ago the internet would go down all the time, for no apparent reason. When the guy the company sent to look at it came here looked at the junction box or whatever it is, he said their previous "upgrade" to what it is now was done be basically hotwiring an old used semi-broken board or something to the existing shit system, somehow making it less shit. He pretty much told us it was a dubious set-up. It got "fixed" in that the internet doesn't go down daily, but it is still down every once in a while. The internet company are a buch of cheap ass motherfucker who refuse to even properly upgrade the system to what I think is the lowest speed available from most other companies in other areas.

A while back the Australian government was getting shit for planning to only upgrade the countries internet system to a certain amount. Everyone was screaming at them about how abysmally low it would be and how it would hinder the countries economy. Out of curiosity I looked at the internet speed I was getting at the time, it being a good day. I found it barely pushed a fifth of whatever the Australian governments proposal was. What other people called abysmally slow, was still over five times what I was getting on a good day. On a bad day I wish I had fucking dial up.

By the way, the patch is in total a size of 4107.13 MB. Currently, an hour after it started, it is at about 230 MB. Somehow the ETA shown is now about 10 hours. I don't know how that works. Besides, my internet speed fluctuates so much normally that the ETA on downloads is normally jumping all over the place.

This post ended up being a lot longer than planned.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 16, 2014, 07:33:29 am
I had a rather interesting moment while playing Star Wars Battlefront the other day.  I was playing on the Kashyyk Camp map as the Rebels.  I saw a wookie nearby (not a scout, just and ordinary wookie) fire his bowcaster into the sky.  A moment later, I looked up and saw a TIE fighter explode.  I figured it must've been a coincidence where an X-Wing shot it at about the same time.  But at the end of the battle, I saw, "Tank Buster:  Wookie (3)."  Not only did he indeed shoot down that TIE, he had blasted two more as well . . . with a bowcaster!  I wished we could've recruited that guy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 16, 2014, 02:30:55 pm
Notice how the final version of Watch_Dogs on the PC didn't look as good as the E3 version? apparently the E3 effects were still in the game code but were switched off for the release version. somebody just went into the game files and switched them back on.

Basically, Ubisoft are a bunch of lazy fucks who couldn't be bothered to make a proper PC version. I'm assuming they gimped the PC version to make it look around the same level as the "next gen" consoles.

Link (http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=390114)

And the kicker is, some people say the game RUNS BETTER with the tweak applied. Jesus fuck Ubisoft, step it up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 16, 2014, 03:12:46 pm
B-b-but...PIWACY!  PCs have all dem bad piwates and dey make us pee our pants!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 16, 2014, 03:33:28 pm
B-b-but...PIWACY!  PCs have all dem bad piwates and dey make us pee our pants!

As someone who isn't innocent of piracy, I have never pirated a DRM free game and, if I remember correctly, DRM has been proven to NOT have any significant effect on game sales for big name games.

Not to mention the ridiculousness that is the fact that pirates tend to get better versions of these games purely because they don't have to deal with the DRM.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 16, 2014, 03:34:58 pm
B-b-but...PIWACY!  PCs have all dem bad piwates and dey make us pee our pants!

As someone who isn't innocent of piracy, I have ever pirated a DRM free game and, if I remember correctly, DRM has been proven to NOT have any significant effect on game sales for big name games.

Not to mention the ridiculousness that is the fact that pirates tend to get better versions of these games purely because they don't have to deal with the DRM.
Besides, there are better ways to deal with pirates.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 16, 2014, 03:37:34 pm
As much as I don't like it, the "day one patch" is basically a form of DRM.  Release a buggy game, make it so that you have to actually own the game to get the patches for it.

Whether it was INTENDED to be a form of DRM is another question altogether.

But the best way to combat piracy is to reward those who legit buy your game.  Not punish people for pirates existing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 16, 2014, 05:09:30 pm
Exactly, Zack.  Something like "if you put in this CD key (and its legit), you get early access (and maybe a discount) to any expansions and other DLC."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 16, 2014, 05:23:10 pm
Meanwhile, the developers of The Witcher 3 are allowing you to pre-order their game off GOG.com DRM-FREE, you get a 27% discount for owning the previous games, you get Neverwinter Nights free, you get two beta access codes for their upcoming Witcher adventure game, you get to choose two games to get free off the site to make up for the regional pricing, the first issue of The Witcher comic book FREE, a soundtrack preview of several tracks with the entire soundtrack on release...

And Ubisoft is off pulling this shit. I swear, if they didn't own the Might & Magic and Rayman franchises I would be done with them for good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 16, 2014, 05:44:59 pm
Has whoever is in charge at Ubisoft actually gone completely insane or something? WTF are they playing at lately?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on June 16, 2014, 06:23:08 pm
Meanwhile, the developers of The Witcher 3 are allowing you to pre-order their game off GOG.com DRM-FREE, you get a 27% discount for owning the previous games, you get Neverwinter Nights free, you get two beta access codes for their upcoming Witcher adventure game, you get to choose two games to get free off the site to make up for the regional pricing, the first issue of The Witcher comic book FREE, a soundtrack preview of several tracks with the entire soundtrack on release...

Wow, that's awesome. I follow Witcher stuff on facebook, and I remember one post where they stated they "learned their lesson about DRM." Hats off to them for actually caring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 16, 2014, 08:45:06 pm
Meanwhile, the developers of The Witcher 3 are allowing you to pre-order their game off GOG.com DRM-FREE, you get a 27% discount for owning the previous games, you get Neverwinter Nights free, you get two beta access codes for their upcoming Witcher adventure game, you get to choose two games to get free off the site to make up for the regional pricing, the first issue of The Witcher comic book FREE, a soundtrack preview of several tracks with the entire soundtrack on release...

Wow, that's awesome. I follow Witcher stuff on facebook, and I remember one post where they stated they "learned their lesson about DRM." Hats off to them for actually caring.

I kno rite? I've told myself I really shouldn't be pre-ordering games anymore but the GOG.com deal was too great to pass up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 16, 2014, 09:22:50 pm
As much as I don't like it, the "day one patch" is basically a form of DRM.  Release a buggy game, make it so that you have to actually own the game to get the patches for it.

That only works for consoles, which suffer the least from piracy due to the difficulty in pirating games for them (as opposed to PCs, which are plug-and-play with no effort). With PC games, it's often fully possible to patch pirated games as long as you have an appropriate crack for the patch version; Day One patches are likely to be even more vulnerable, as the people who make illegal copies for pirating are likely to have that version of the game to work on in the first place unless they're using a pre-release copy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 16, 2014, 09:42:47 pm
So Anita Sarkeesian made another video. I have to say, her first few had the odd valid point here and there, but this one is just utter nonsense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 16, 2014, 09:59:51 pm
So Anita Sarkeesian made another video. I have to say, her first few had the odd valid point here and there, but this one is just utter nonsense.

Mind summarizing it for us who aren't subscribed to her?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 16, 2014, 10:12:36 pm
So Anita Sarkeesian made another video. I have to say, her first few had the odd valid point here and there, but this one is just utter nonsense.

Mind summarizing it for us who aren't subscribed to her?

Basically, most games are misogynistic because you can usually attack and kill the female NPCs. Also, prostitutes exist in some games, and therefore more misogyny.

Context? What the fuck is that?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 16, 2014, 10:17:10 pm
Yeah I see where she's a radfem (and a stupid one at that)

The real point to her existence on the internet, as far as I'm concerned, is exposing the misogyny of her rabid haters.

I mean seriously, she's probably one of the few radfems who manages to accidentally prove why feminism is necessary just by how her haters act.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on June 16, 2014, 10:43:51 pm
Yeah I see where she's a radfem (and a stupid one at that)

She doesn't strike me as particularly radical, except in the general "believes the patriarchy is a thing" sense.

Either way, I agree with Art that the latest video was the weakest so far. I think she raised some valid points re: women as decoration, but the whole "violence against female NPCs" part did not really establish a difference in how male vs. female NPCs are treated.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 17, 2014, 02:22:37 am
Context? What the fuck is that?

And here we have one reason I don't like her. Her criticisms always ignore context. Granted it's not as much of a reason as her being misleading and using half-truths, but it doesn't help her case much.

I kno rite? I've told myself I really shouldn't be pre-ordering games anymore but the GOG.com deal was too great to pass up.

See, here's the thing about pre-orders, if that was how more pre-orders were, there wouldn't be an issue. The issue right now is that pre-orders are purely to bypass the reviews, not to actually give more value to the customers. The GOG pre-order is worth the money, just for the benefits you get, plus the game from a developer that actually gives a shit about their customers.

I say that this is one of two reasons to pre-order, the other being to make sure you can get a copy of a game with a limited release (IE, he reason I'm planning to pre-order Xenoblade Chronicles X when they open).

Speaking of Xenoblade, I've been playing the first one and, my god, I have missed this feeling of being absolutely sucked into a game. The last time I was this absorbed in a game was Assassin's Creed II when I first played it a few years ago and Red Dead Redemption when it first came out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 18, 2014, 08:31:17 am
Played a bit of watchdogs, not impressed.

Playing excessive amounts of wolfenstein. Hooboy thats awesome
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 19, 2014, 04:20:44 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTUW-owa2w

So this video makes a very good point and I agree with it to a large extent. However, it fails to explain that he IS an arrogant hipster who has no fucking clue how to present him in public. As the video explains, he always acted like he got the fame he deserved and exploded on anyone who didn't kiss his ass. Yes, a lot of the abuse is undeserved, but he sure as hell didn't do anything to help things.

Honestly, that video has me reconsidering my opinion of the man and, while I still don't like him because, you know, telling someone to kill himself because they aren't as undeservedly famous as he is, it seems like he is simply a victim of his own desires. He wanted to be famous and when he got it, he let it go to his head.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 19, 2014, 07:05:28 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTUW-owa2w

So this video makes a very good point and I agree with it to a large extent. However, it fails to explain that he IS an arrogant hipster who has no fucking clue how to present him in public. As the video explains, he always acted like he got the fame he deserved and exploded on anyone who didn't kiss his ass. Yes, a lot of the abuse is undeserved, but he sure as hell didn't do anything to help things.

Honestly, that video has me reconsidering my opinion of the man and, while I still don't like him because, you know, telling someone to kill himself because they aren't as undeservedly famous as he is, it seems like he is simply a victim of his own desires. He wanted to be famous and when he got it, he let it go to his head.
Fixed the link.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 19, 2014, 08:00:08 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTUW-owa2w

So this video makes a very good point and I agree with it to a large extent. However, it fails to explain that he IS an arrogant hipster who has no fucking clue how to present him in public. As the video explains, he always acted like he got the fame he deserved and exploded on anyone who didn't kiss his ass. Yes, a lot of the abuse is undeserved, but he sure as hell didn't do anything to help things.

Honestly, that video has me reconsidering my opinion of the man and, while I still don't like him because, you know, telling someone to kill himself because they aren't as undeservedly famous as he is, it seems like he is simply a victim of his own desires. He wanted to be famous and when he got it, he let it go to his head.

The fuck was Fez about, anyway?  No, I never played it...if I want a platformer, I'll go old-school with Super Mario Bros 3 or somethin.  That said, Phil Fish gives indie developers a bad name.  I swear, people!  We're not all hipsters!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 19, 2014, 08:10:31 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmTUW-owa2w

So this video makes a very good point and I agree with it to a large extent. However, it fails to explain that he IS an arrogant hipster who has no fucking clue how to present him in public. As the video explains, he always acted like he got the fame he deserved and exploded on anyone who didn't kiss his ass. Yes, a lot of the abuse is undeserved, but he sure as hell didn't do anything to help things.

Honestly, that video has me reconsidering my opinion of the man and, while I still don't like him because, you know, telling someone to kill himself because they aren't as undeservedly famous as he is, it seems like he is simply a victim of his own desires. He wanted to be famous and when he got it, he let it go to his head.

The fuck was Fez about, anyway?  No, I never played it...if I want a platformer, I'll go old-school with Super Mario Bros 3 or somethin.  That said, Phil Fish gives indie developers a bad name.  I swear, people!  We're not all hipsters!
#NotAllIndieDevelopers
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 19, 2014, 11:15:53 am
Phil Fish strikes me as a having a terminal case of being a twat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 19, 2014, 11:20:07 am
Phil Fish strikes me as a having a terminal case of being a twat.

Not even Notch is as bad as Fish.  Notch is just incompetent, Fish is an outright prick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 19, 2014, 01:29:46 pm
STEAM SALES ARE NOW

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
(http://i.imgur.com/unMFQ9H.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 19, 2014, 02:03:16 pm
I have my eye on the first two Witcher games, since they're currently ridiculously cheap.  Are they any good?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 19, 2014, 02:40:14 pm
I have my eye on the first two Witcher games, since they're currently ridiculously cheap.  Are they any good?

Last I checked, they were on sale on GOG. Considering that GOG is DRM-free, I'd go there instead of Steam. Also, I haven't played them, but I fully intend to play them purely because CD Projekt is anti-DRM.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 19, 2014, 02:52:35 pm
I have my eye on the first two Witcher games, since they're currently ridiculously cheap.  Are they any good?

Last I checked, they were on sale on GOG. Considering that GOG is DRM-free, I'd go there instead of Steam. Also, I haven't played them, but I fully intend to play them purely because CD Projekt is anti-DRM.

Together they're about $15 on GOG.  On Steam, together, they're about $6

I should mention, I only have $10 left in my games budget for the summer sale.  I only allocated $20 to start off with, and the first $10 went to Sam & Max games on GOG after they went on an 80% sale.

I think I'll just pass on the Witcher games this time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 19, 2014, 03:55:56 pm
I loved the first two Witcher games, people say the combat in 1 was weird but I dug it.

Also I'm pretty sure you can still redeem the CD keys you get from steam on GOG.com to get DRM-free copies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 19, 2014, 04:14:24 pm
I think i have The Witcher already. Might be on disc tho. Didn't it get a mac port the other year?

Might pick up LEGO Marvel since its in the sale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 19, 2014, 07:43:44 pm
Phil Fish strikes me as a having a terminal case of being a twat.

Not even Notch is as bad as Fish.  Notch is just incompetent, Fish is an outright prick.

Fish also outright HATES Cactus, the guy that made Hotline Miami.  Why? because he's more popular than Fish is for the game he made.  There's also a Take That in Hotline Miami that there's a fish mask... named Phil.  What's it do? turns all the dialogue French.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on June 20, 2014, 08:10:51 am
Phil Fish strikes me as a having a terminal case of being a twat.

Not even Notch is as bad as Fish.  Notch is just incompetent, Fish is an outright prick.

Fish also outright HATES Cactus, the guy that made Hotline Miami.  Why? because he's more popular than Fish is for the game he made.  There's also a Take That in Hotline Miami that there's a fish mask... named Phil.  What's it do? turns all the dialogue French.

Aye, I knew of the Phil Fish mask, but I didn't know he was a prick to Cactus.  Seriously, Hotline Miami is loved by many for a good reason: its a callback to all our childhoods spent playing aggressively difficult retro games mixed with gory action and good, old-fashioned mind-fuckery.  Fez, from what I've seen of it, seems to have gotten famous because it had a neat little gimmick.  Gimmicks get old, great games do not.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on June 20, 2014, 09:27:12 am
Got Hotline Miami on the steam sale, for a few euro it's an absolute bargain, a fantastic brawler with a touch of strategy needed, definitely gonna pick up the upcoming sequel.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on June 20, 2014, 05:41:22 pm
Also I'm pretty sure you can still redeem the CD keys you get from steam on GOG.com to get DRM-free copies.

Really? I may have to grab them if that's true.
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 20, 2014, 06:51:38 pm
Got Hotline Miami on the steam sale, for a few euro it's an absolute bargain, a fantastic brawler with a touch of strategy needed, definitely gonna pick up the upcoming sequel.

Hotline Miami, like The Wolf Among Us, is good even at base cost.  Throw it in a steam sale and you'll make BANK even more than usual!
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Post by: Art Vandelay on June 20, 2014, 07:57:27 pm
I've actually found a use for those Summer Adventure trading cards. Each one sells for around 30 cents (after Valve's cut). There's easily enough time to get around $2 together if you're diligent about voting for the community choice. That's enough to get a new game if you stick to the daily deals or flash sales.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 21, 2014, 03:57:17 am
I decided to spend the 3 bucks that Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magic Obscura cost on GOG.

Instead of doing what I usually do, which is create a mage, this time I'm going to start with a tech character.  I've heard that tech characters are generally harder, but I don't really care.

I'm not sure what type of tech character to make, though.  Melee, or ranged?  I've got a lot to learn about this game before I start playing...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on June 21, 2014, 07:28:47 am
I've actually found a use for those Summer Adventure trading cards. Each one sells for around 30 cents (after Valve's cut). There's easily enough time to get around $2 together if you're diligent about voting for the community choice. That's enough to get a new game if you stick to the daily deals or flash sales.

Some of the stuff you can earn in the sales from badges can be valuable as well over time. A skin I had gotten for realm of the mad god during the winter sale went for around 12 dollars when it had a worth of about a 1.50 back then.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 21, 2014, 07:49:55 am
Ive bought Shogun 2 fall of the samurai so far. Im debating getting Payday 2 since my boyfriend also wants to get it
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Post by: ironbite on June 21, 2014, 08:58:40 am
Payday 2 is a great game.

Ironbite-though the AI at times can be unforgiving.
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Post by: MadCatTLX on June 21, 2014, 11:39:51 am
Definitely get Payday and all the DLC since all but the newest DLC are on sale with it. I fucking love the game and am actually buying the newest DLC as we speak. If you do get it, my Steam name is the same as my name here.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on June 21, 2014, 12:01:57 pm
Oh shit, Metal Slug is on Steam? instant buy.
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Post by: Vypernight on June 21, 2014, 03:54:48 pm
Payday 2 is a great game.

Ironbite-though the AI at times can be unforgiving.

Yeah and it's hard to play in groups unless you know the people as they just love kicking for no reason.  On Single Player, I think I spent most of my time either hitting the mall or the Four Stores.  Also, the random items idea is annoying.  20 masks and no silencers?  At least I got me a Cthulhu mask.
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Post by: MadCatTLX on June 21, 2014, 04:31:48 pm
I'd be happy to give you my 7+ Aesepsis silencers if I could. I always have a shit time getting masks. And when I do get a mask, it's usually one I have and don't like enough to assemble the first one, let alone the third one.
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Post by: ironbite on June 21, 2014, 08:33:45 pm
I dunno.  I got a few silencers from the random drops.

Ironbite-Big Bank is big.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 21, 2014, 08:53:31 pm
Got Payday! Debating getting some DLC, but holy fuck look at all of those, blatant money grab
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 21, 2014, 08:54:10 pm
Got Payday! Debating getting some DLC, but holy fuck look at all of those, blatant money grab

I got gifted the original Payday.  Any tips, gents?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 21, 2014, 09:10:36 pm
Oh my god frag grenades are paid DLC.

WHAT THE FUCK?!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 21, 2014, 10:33:44 pm
I have Payday 2.....for the PS3.
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Post by: MadCatTLX on June 22, 2014, 12:49:15 am
The DLC is worth it when it's on a sale like it is now. It goes on sale every couple months. The sale price of all the DLC except the new Big Bank one is something like 12 USD. For what is an average price of larger dlc in other games, you get about the same content, but spread out over smaller DLCs released about once a month. If you bought it all full price it'd feel like bullshit, definitely, but the sales are frequent enough you don't have to wait long if you wanna get a DLC 2/3 off. Also, a lot of the heists were free DLC. The most recent one being Shadow Raid. I thought the Sniper DLC was way too much money for only three guns, but after getting it on sale, I found them fun enough that it was totally worth $1.60. So satisfying to shoot right through the riot shield guys.
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Post by: Vypernight on June 22, 2014, 05:04:27 am
I have Payday 2.....for the PS3.

Bummer, 360 here.  I'd be thrilled if people here played the game online as i'm tired of getting kicked 2 seconds after entering a game.
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Post by: MadCatTLX on June 22, 2014, 06:00:31 pm
Do you mean getting kicked by the person hosting the game or getting kicked by your connection fucking up?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 22, 2014, 07:20:23 pm
by people in the game. 
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 22, 2014, 07:28:20 pm
For those that are interested, the Summer Games Done Quick 2014 stream is going on.  The charity this year? Doctors Without Borders.

Have fun, enjoy, maybe toss a little cash their way:

Stream here:  http://www.twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda

Donate here:  https://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/10

Game schedule here:  https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on June 22, 2014, 07:38:44 pm
Wow, I've got in to games with some dickish hosts before but not too many. Most of the people I've played with are pretty chill and don't really care even if someone fucks up the stealthing on a pro mission. We might all be disappointed that we were so close to getting the last bit on a run of Framing Frame day 3, but oh well, we can just run it again.

Like I said, my Steam name is the same as my name on here, and I play Payday 2 pretty often.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 22, 2014, 09:53:47 pm
Sent a friend request madcat,

This game is kinda strange, it has so many FTP game mechanics, the grinding, the repeated scenarios, the excessive stuff you have to pay for...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 23, 2014, 05:56:36 am
Wow, I've got in to games with some dickish hosts before but not too many. Most of the people I've played with are pretty chill and don't really care even if someone fucks up the stealthing on a pro mission. We might all be disappointed that we were so close to getting the last bit on a run of Framing Frame day 3, but oh well, we can just run it again.

Like I said, my Steam name is the same as my name on here, and I play Payday 2 pretty often.

Try Left 4 Dead 2.  If you suck, you get kicked.  If you play well, you get kicked.  If you just entered the room, you get kicked.  Once they voted to kick me while I was in the middle of healing a teammate.  Seeing 3 checkmarks (meaning a unanimous vote), I stopped healing him and backed into the fire (so I'd die and the AI wouldn't control my character).  I got 3 messages slamming me for "my bad attitude."
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Post by: Katsuro on June 23, 2014, 08:03:04 am
Does anyone know if there are any mods for Anno 1404 that let you build any and all buildings from the begining in the "continous play" mode, rather than having to meet certain requirments before they're unlocked?  I've searched the web and I can't find shit, can't find any mods for it at all actually.  I just want to plan and build my town as I like without all the fucking around.  I'll do the fucking around in the campagin and scenarios, I don't want to do it in what I thought would be the free build mode.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on June 23, 2014, 08:46:55 am
Wow, I've got in to games with some dickish hosts before but not too many. Most of the people I've played with are pretty chill and don't really care even if someone fucks up the stealthing on a pro mission. We might all be disappointed that we were so close to getting the last bit on a run of Framing Frame day 3, but oh well, we can just run it again.

Like I said, my Steam name is the same as my name on here, and I play Payday 2 pretty often.

Try Left 4 Dead 2.  If you suck, you get kicked.  If you play well, you get kicked.  If you just entered the room, you get kicked.  Once they voted to kick me while I was in the middle of healing a teammate.  Seeing 3 checkmarks (meaning a unanimous vote), I stopped healing him and backed into the fire (so I'd die and the AI wouldn't control my character).  I got 3 messages slamming me for "my bad attitude."

You are a person of glory.  I've always thought that people on L4D were gigantic wankers, by and large.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 23, 2014, 09:21:52 am
...Why on earth would they even kick you?  You weren't doing anything wrong!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 23, 2014, 10:08:58 am
He probably looked the to other direction for five seconds and everybody noticed how terrible he was for that
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Post by: Askold on June 23, 2014, 10:22:51 am
Finally got the enhanced edition of FTL working.

The thing is that my current computer can't even run FTL without overheating so I hadn't even tried. Now that I got Skyrim from the Steam sale for my wife, we decided to use my Steam account rather than make a new account for her, so I decided to install a few other games as well and play them on her computer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 23, 2014, 10:53:26 am
Picked up Tomb Raider Anniversary, Legend and Underworld on Steam for about 6e. Also got EYE: Divine Cybermancy. heard some good things about that game, that and apparently the writing is skullfuck insane.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 23, 2014, 03:04:53 pm
Wow, I've got in to games with some dickish hosts before but not too many. Most of the people I've played with are pretty chill and don't really care even if someone fucks up the stealthing on a pro mission. We might all be disappointed that we were so close to getting the last bit on a run of Framing Frame day 3, but oh well, we can just run it again.

Like I said, my Steam name is the same as my name on here, and I play Payday 2 pretty often.

Try Left 4 Dead 2.  If you suck, you get kicked.  If you play well, you get kicked.  If you just entered the room, you get kicked.  Once they voted to kick me while I was in the middle of healing a teammate.  Seeing 3 checkmarks (meaning a unanimous vote), I stopped healing him and backed into the fire (so I'd die and the AI wouldn't control my character).  I got 3 messages slamming me for "my bad attitude."

You are a person of glory.  I've always thought that people on L4D were gigantic wankers, by and large.

Goddamn, that's worse than Warcraft's dungeon finder (where people will get pissy if you aren't a rockstar healer at level 15). I didn't know that was possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 23, 2014, 03:17:14 pm
Wow, I've got in to games with some dickish hosts before but not too many. Most of the people I've played with are pretty chill and don't really care even if someone fucks up the stealthing on a pro mission. We might all be disappointed that we were so close to getting the last bit on a run of Framing Frame day 3, but oh well, we can just run it again.

Like I said, my Steam name is the same as my name on here, and I play Payday 2 pretty often.

Try Left 4 Dead 2.  If you suck, you get kicked.  If you play well, you get kicked.  If you just entered the room, you get kicked.  Once they voted to kick me while I was in the middle of healing a teammate.  Seeing 3 checkmarks (meaning a unanimous vote), I stopped healing him and backed into the fire (so I'd die and the AI wouldn't control my character).  I got 3 messages slamming me for "my bad attitude."

You are a person of glory.  I've always thought that people on L4D were gigantic wankers, by and large.

Goddamn, that's worse than Warcraft's dungeon finder (where people will get pissy if you aren't a rockstar healer at level 15). I didn't know that was possible.

I played WoW before the dungeon finder came about. FINDING A GROUP USED TO BE A HORRIBLE ENDEVOUR THAT COULD TAKE HOURS! And THEN you all had to trek to the dungeon, or at least one person had to so that he could then summon everyone. AND THEN when someone was ready to summon half the group had to go to some city to respecc and if the healer had healer gear with him you were lucky. And WHEN someone in the party had to leave finding the replacement wasn't as easy as pressing a button that puts you back into the dungeon finder. NO at worst it meant that the 3 hours you just spent were useless as there was no one to be found to replace the tank/healer and you would not get to the end boss, who would drop the ONE item that you were looking for. (With a horribly low drop rate I bet.)

Bah, people should be grateful that WoW managed to finally get a fix (presumably copied from other MMORPGs) for the party finding. There are still morons and griefers but at least you don't HAVE to tolerate the worst of them just because there is no other choice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 23, 2014, 03:24:21 pm
...Why on earth would they even kick you?  You weren't doing anything wrong!

When I was a youngling I used to play Quake 2 online a lot. I used to get banned from servers randomly for "cheating"

Moral of the story is, some people are knobs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 23, 2014, 07:37:53 pm
Wow, I've got in to games with some dickish hosts before but not too many. Most of the people I've played with are pretty chill and don't really care even if someone fucks up the stealthing on a pro mission. We might all be disappointed that we were so close to getting the last bit on a run of Framing Frame day 3, but oh well, we can just run it again.

Like I said, my Steam name is the same as my name on here, and I play Payday 2 pretty often.

Try Left 4 Dead 2.  If you suck, you get kicked.  If you play well, you get kicked.  If you just entered the room, you get kicked.  Once they voted to kick me while I was in the middle of healing a teammate.  Seeing 3 checkmarks (meaning a unanimous vote), I stopped healing him and backed into the fire (so I'd die and the AI wouldn't control my character).  I got 3 messages slamming me for "my bad attitude."

You are a person of glory.  I've always thought that people on L4D were gigantic wankers, by and large.

Goddamn, that's worse than Warcraft's dungeon finder (where people will get pissy if you aren't a rockstar healer at level 15). I didn't know that was possible.

I played WoW before the dungeon finder came about. FINDING A GROUP USED TO BE A HORRIBLE ENDEVOUR THAT COULD TAKE HOURS! And THEN you all had to trek to the dungeon, or at least one person had to so that he could then summon everyone. AND THEN when someone was ready to summon half the group had to go to some city to respecc and if the healer had healer gear with him you were lucky. And WHEN someone in the party had to leave finding the replacement wasn't as easy as pressing a button that puts you back into the dungeon finder. NO at worst it meant that the 3 hours you just spent were useless as there was no one to be found to replace the tank/healer and you would not get to the end boss, who would drop the ONE item that you were looking for. (With a horribly low drop rate I bet.)

And then people wonder why only 2% of the player base even saw raid content, let alone beat it.

Quote
Bah, people should be grateful that WoW managed to finally get a fix (presumably copied from other MMORPGs) for the party finding. There are still morons and griefers but at least you don't HAVE to tolerate the worst of them just because there is no other choice.

I know I am, but this is the WoW community we're talking about, so we have people get pissy at the littlest things, then go on about how it's proof that everything was better when only 2% of players actually got to experience the meat of the game.
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Post by: syaoranvee on June 23, 2014, 09:01:17 pm
Wow, I've got in to games with some dickish hosts before but not too many. Most of the people I've played with are pretty chill and don't really care even if someone fucks up the stealthing on a pro mission. We might all be disappointed that we were so close to getting the last bit on a run of Framing Frame day 3, but oh well, we can just run it again.

Like I said, my Steam name is the same as my name on here, and I play Payday 2 pretty often.

Try Left 4 Dead 2.  If you suck, you get kicked.  If you play well, you get kicked.  If you just entered the room, you get kicked.  Once they voted to kick me while I was in the middle of healing a teammate.  Seeing 3 checkmarks (meaning a unanimous vote), I stopped healing him and backed into the fire (so I'd die and the AI wouldn't control my character).  I got 3 messages slamming me for "my bad attitude."

You are a person of glory.  I've always thought that people on L4D were gigantic wankers, by and large.

Goddamn, that's worse than Warcraft's dungeon finder (where people will get pissy if you aren't a rockstar healer at level 15). I didn't know that was possible.

I played WoW before the dungeon finder came about. FINDING A GROUP USED TO BE A HORRIBLE ENDEVOUR THAT COULD TAKE HOURS! And THEN you all had to trek to the dungeon, or at least one person had to so that he could then summon everyone. AND THEN when someone was ready to summon half the group had to go to some city to respecc and if the healer had healer gear with him you were lucky. And WHEN someone in the party had to leave finding the replacement wasn't as easy as pressing a button that puts you back into the dungeon finder. NO at worst it meant that the 3 hours you just spent were useless as there was no one to be found to replace the tank/healer and you would not get to the end boss, who would drop the ONE item that you were looking for. (With a horribly low drop rate I bet.)

I love it when MMOs do this stuff, you actually end up feeling a bond with people because you end spending so much time together making a grand adventure out of finding the right people for a group instead of this instant grouping shit that throws a bunch of random people together who will never talk to each other again.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 23, 2014, 09:20:06 pm
Sure, except it's 3 hours of a headache to do a 15 minute dungeon to HOPEFULLY get a useful piece of gear. At best, you get a group of dedicated people to make an adventure out of it, at worst, you get an incompetent group that can't even get through the trash fights. I'd take the impersonal Dungeon Finder over spending half my playtime finding a group any day.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on June 23, 2014, 09:30:46 pm
I just had a legitimately scary moment in STALKER: Lost Alpha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7UnyP_yA8g

Start watching at 8:20. Yeah, the weird vision the guy has is a bit cheesy in there.

Except that when it happened to me, time passed by a few hours and I was already fighting at sunset. So when it ended I was dropped right into the infamously dark STALKER night, with a flashlight that can barely illuminate 15 feet in front of me, right in the middle of the Garbage that I can barely navigate without falling down a pit or getting irradiated or dropping into an anomaly. Just a sudden drop right in the middle of it.

I booked it to a house as fast as my guy could sprint.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 24, 2014, 08:19:23 am
I love it when MMOs do this stuff, you actually end up feeling a bond with people because you end spending so much time together making a grand adventure out of finding the right people for a group instead of this instant grouping shit that throws a bunch of random people together who will never talk to each other again.

That's odd, I find myself bonding over actually doing the thrice damned dungeon, instead of listening to map chat waiting to hear someone putting up a LFG advert in a sea of guild recruiting spam and other such nonsense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 24, 2014, 01:29:51 pm
I love it when MMOs do this stuff, you actually end up feeling a bond with people because you end spending so much time together making a grand adventure out of finding the right people for a group instead of this instant grouping shit that throws a bunch of random people together who will never talk to each other again.

That's odd, I find myself bonding over actually doing the thrice damned dungeon, instead of listening to map chat waiting to hear someone putting up a LFG advert in a sea of guild recruiting spam and other such nonsense.

ur such a casual scrub gt tha fk out f my face
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 24, 2014, 03:49:25 pm
I love it when MMOs do this stuff, you actually end up feeling a bond with people because you end spending so much time together making a grand adventure out of finding the right people for a group instead of this instant grouping shit that throws a bunch of random people together who will never talk to each other again.

That's odd, I find myself bonding over actually doing the thrice damned dungeon, instead of listening to map chat waiting to hear someone putting up a LFG advert in a sea of guild recruiting spam and other such nonsense.

ur such a casual scrub gt tha fk out f my face

(http://i.imgur.com/kAwUybb.jpg)
fukin rekt m8
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on June 24, 2014, 06:54:29 pm
PFFT HAAAAA

What the fuck is that!? Hahahahaha!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on June 25, 2014, 01:53:16 am
I have been gone from GOG.org for so long and - They uploaded Theme Park to the site, and I have overlooked such news so long ago? Praise them, because for the life of me I could never get that game set up (properly) on DOSbox when Abandonia still had that game to download. Now I can finally enjoy my Neanderthal Roller Coaster Tycoon, because I miss that game so much.

Yes, I lost patience when I tried long ago.

Oh, with the Summer Sale on that site, I brought the remaining three games in the Bullfrog library (including Magic Carpet 2 and Syndicate Wars) for just $0.89 each.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 25, 2014, 06:17:17 am
I have been gone from GOG.org for so long and - They uploaded Theme Park to the site, and I have overlooked such news so long ago? Praise them, because for the life of me I could never get that game set up (properly) on DOSbox when Abandonia still had that game to download. Now I can finally enjoy my Neanderthal Roller Coaster Tycoon, because I miss that game so much.

Yes, I lost patience when I tried long ago.

Oh, with the Summer Sale on that site, I brought the remaining three games in the Bullfrog library (including Magic Carpet 2 and Syndicate Wars) for just $0.89 each.

I remember Theme Park.  Charging $50 for fat-filled burgers and $20 for salt-filled fries, only to be told I should consider raising my prices. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 25, 2014, 07:03:35 am
I have been gone from GOG.org for so long and - They uploaded Theme Park to the site, and I have overlooked such news so long ago? Praise them, because for the life of me I could never get that game set up (properly) on DOSbox when Abandonia still had that game to download. Now I can finally enjoy my Neanderthal Roller Coaster Tycoon, because I miss that game so much.

Yes, I lost patience when I tried long ago.

Oh, with the Summer Sale on that site, I brought the remaining three games in the Bullfrog library (including Magic Carpet 2 and Syndicate Wars) for just $0.89 each.

I remember Theme Park.  Charging $50 for fat-filled burgers and $20 for salt-filled fries, only to be told I should consider raising my prices.

One of the funniest things I've ever witnessed in a game was when my sister was playing Theme Park on the Sega Saturn and the staff demanded a pay rise.  Somehow during the little negotiation mini-game thing she actually managed to get them to agree to a pay cut.

Probably doesn't sound that funny (especially the way I've told it) but it was one of those things in games where the idea of it  happening in real life are rather amusing.  I just loved the thought of a real life situation where angry staff threatening to strike over demands for a pay increase would then agree to a pay cut.

Also even just the fact that the game's devs intentionally programmed the game so that was possible kind of amuses me.
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Post by: Vypernight on June 25, 2014, 07:08:42 am
That stuff Is funny, at least to me.  Reminds me of Civilization IV when Montazuma contacted me, begging me for help after a neighboring civ expanded, cutting off his borders and also cutting off his food.  I looked at my resources and, following my recent expansion *cough*, I was gaining about 10 fish per turn.  I looked at Monty's and he was gaining 10 gold per turn.  Deciding to try the smart *** approach first, I offered him 1 fish for 10 gold every turn.  He happliy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 25, 2014, 08:44:12 am
In payday, once you buy a mod, it goes in your inventory. But if you remove it, you hsve to pay the same price to reattach.

What the fuck
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 25, 2014, 03:31:41 pm
So, I got Delver on steam for 2e. for an early access game, it's pretty cool. to put it simply, it's a rougelike in the style of Ultima Underworld, with Minecraft-style graphics. well worth the buy.

Also, I've got a free code for Might and Magic VI if anyone wants it. catch is, it's for uplay :S I really shouldn't be buying ubisoft games, but I saw the deluxe edition of Might and Magic X at the shop for 20e and I couldn't resist (big fan of the franchise, and was looking forward to getting this new installment eventually)
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Post by: MadCatTLX on June 25, 2014, 08:48:30 pm
In payday, once you buy a mod, it goes in your inventory. But if you remove it, you hsve to pay the same price to reattach.

What the fuck

All the Gage mod pack mods are free to install, so I use the all the time. All my guns have scopes and lasers, and I still have a large pile of various holo sights and scopes laying around that I have from completing the mod collection things so many times.

It also helps that back when I was a noob and hacking prevention was less that it was now, a hacker joined in on our game of Rats and on the last section made it literally rain the most valuable single piece of loot (Turret parts from the train heist in the transport DLC) and we were able to load about 100 of them in to the waiting chopper sine there isn''t a a limit programmed in to stop it registering the loaded loot, even if the in game chopper appears full of bags. After a while we got tired and went to the exit point. We ended up with over 15 mil in spending cash and whatever the corresponding portion of offshore money is.

I don't cheat myself, but I might be willing to turn a blind eye occasionally. It is a game about stealing shit anyway...

Edit: You could make a fair bit of money early on if you manage to find some higher levels that let you tag along on an Overkill or Deathwish mission. You also level up like crazy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 25, 2014, 09:20:40 pm
Also one of the DLC gives you the ability to switch between single fire and full auto

Im sorry but why is NO ONE PISSED ABOUT THAT
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 25, 2014, 09:41:36 pm
... I guess I'm weird with my firearms in games.  It's single shot or burst fire.  No need for full auto.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on June 25, 2014, 10:23:49 pm
... I guess I'm weird with my firearms in games.  It's single shot or burst fire.  No need for full auto.

I keep it on full auto because I have enough trigger control to decide how many rounds I fire. Slower guns, I can shoot one or two shots. Even on faster ones I can fire 3 or 4-round bursts with my own discipline. It's much the same in real life for me, both airsoft and real steel weapons. I like having the option for full auto mag dumps for suppression.

Specific burst fire settings are often not that good in real life, in fact; the M16 uses a mechanical limiter that only resets after 3 rounds are fired, so you can fire 2 shots and the next time you pull the trigger you only get 1 shot. Either stick to semi-auto or teach your soldiers how to not panic and spray fire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 26, 2014, 01:09:23 pm
That's a rum deal for you, dude, but we're not talking about real or even fake guns.  Most people don't even know what "trigger discipline" means, and most gamers have zero experience with firearms.  Having to purchase (or at least download) a pack just to allow you to switch between firing modes is idiotic at best, and a blatant cash grab at worst.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on June 26, 2014, 03:06:38 pm
... I guess I'm weird with my firearms in games.  It's single shot or burst fire.  No need for full auto.
I like any weapon capable of firing a lot of rounds very rapidly, generally because unless I'm sniping my accuracy is gonna be shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 26, 2014, 03:32:03 pm
... I guess I'm weird with my firearms in games.  It's single shot or burst fire.  No need for full auto.
I like any weapon capable of firing a lot of rounds very rapidly, generally because unless I'm sniping my accuracy is gonna be shit.
Funnily enough, in real world there are studies that have shown that when you increase rate of fire accuracy goes up. And then when the ROF goes too high accuracy drops BUT if you keep increasing ROF even further this will make accuracy rise again...

Basically the rate of fire and accuracy have a connection that kinda goes up and down and there are a few sweet spots.

EDIT: OF course the design of the weapon also has an effect. AK design for example has a nasty way of shaking and bouncing when firing fully automatic due to the way weight is distributed in the moving parts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on June 27, 2014, 12:59:07 pm
... I guess I'm weird with my firearms in games.  It's single shot or burst fire.  No need for full auto.
I like any weapon capable of firing a lot of rounds very rapidly, generally because unless I'm sniping my accuracy is gonna be shit.
Funnily enough, in real world there are studies that have shown that when you increase rate of fire accuracy goes up. And then when the ROF goes too high accuracy drops BUT if you keep increasing ROF even further this will make accuracy rise again...

Basically the rate of fire and accuracy have a connection that kinda goes up and down and there are a few sweet spots.

EDIT: OF course the design of the weapon also has an effect. AK design for example has a nasty way of shaking and bouncing when firing fully automatic due to the way weight is distributed in the moving parts.
I've read about those studies myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 28, 2014, 02:19:48 am
I decided to grab Gnomoria, since it only set me back $2 after selling my Summer Adventure trading cards. Pretty much what I was hoping for. I.E. Towns without the shitty developer drama.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 28, 2014, 02:29:57 am
My sis gifted me 7 days to die
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 28, 2014, 03:53:06 pm
Against my better judgement, I got a copy of Minecraft. Spent the past few hours excavating my lava dungeon...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 30, 2014, 06:23:11 pm
Currently playing an Xbox LIVE Arcade game I downloaded forever ago as part of Games With Gold called Deadlight.  Its...eh.  Its your traditional platformer, only with zombies.  Oh, I'm sorry, not "zombies."  We don't say that word in this game.  No, instead they're called shadows.  The narrative is trying too hard to be gritty and "mysterious," and I don't find myself getting lost in the game or its story, nor do I find myself giving two flying fucks about this dude or his family.  You're dropped in with pretty much zero exposition, and the main guy has less character development than a typical Liam Neeson role.  Its pretentious and kinda boring, my only consolation is that I didn't spend any money on it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Meshakhad on June 30, 2014, 07:12:08 pm
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on June 30, 2014, 07:26:32 pm
Currently playing an Xbox LIVE Arcade game I downloaded forever ago as part of Games With Gold called Deadlight.  Its...eh.  Its your traditional platformer, only with zombies.  Oh, I'm sorry, not "zombies."  We don't say that word in this game.  No, instead they're called shadows.  The narrative is trying too hard to be gritty and "mysterious," and I don't find myself getting lost in the game or its story, nor do I find myself giving two flying fucks about this dude or his family.  You're dropped in with pretty much zero exposition, and the main guy has less character development than a typical Liam Neeson role.  Its pretentious and kinda boring, my only consolation is that I didn't spend any money on it.

The problem is that you only get exposition through finding his journal pages.  Yep.  I played through it and beat it with near 100% completion in... something like 6 hours.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 30, 2014, 07:33:14 pm
Currently playing an Xbox LIVE Arcade game I downloaded forever ago as part of Games With Gold called Deadlight.  Its...eh.  Its your traditional platformer, only with zombies.  Oh, I'm sorry, not "zombies."  We don't say that word in this game.  No, instead they're called shadows.  The narrative is trying too hard to be gritty and "mysterious," and I don't find myself getting lost in the game or its story, nor do I find myself giving two flying fucks about this dude or his family.  You're dropped in with pretty much zero exposition, and the main guy has less character development than a typical Liam Neeson role.  Its pretentious and kinda boring, my only consolation is that I didn't spend any money on it.

The problem is that you only get exposition through finding his journal pages.  Yep.  I played through it and beat it with near 100% completion in... something like 6 hours.

I think I need to post in the Annoying Things thread...scuse me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 30, 2014, 09:02:10 pm
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

Oh right you're "therapy".

Ironbite-how's that going for ya?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 30, 2014, 09:14:24 pm
You are therapy?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 30, 2014, 10:21:51 pm
*gas chambers Art*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Meshakhad on June 30, 2014, 10:30:54 pm
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

Oh right you're "therapy".

Ironbite-how's that going for ya?

Good so far. But the real test will be to see how I'm doing in a year and a half or so.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on July 01, 2014, 12:24:32 am
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

What'd you do, install a Linux distro?

nogaems is the burden all Linux users must bear :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 01, 2014, 12:29:05 am
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

What'd you do, install a Linux distro?

nogaems is the burden all Linux users must bear :(

Wine, wine, wine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 01, 2014, 07:40:46 am
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

What'd you do, install a Linux distro?

nogaems is the burden all Linux users must bear :(

Wine, wine, wine.

Beer, beer, beer.  Also...that therapy just sounds off to me, for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 01, 2014, 01:58:27 pm
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

What'd you do, install a Linux distro?

nogaems is the burden all Linux users must bear :(

Wine, wine, wine.

Beer, beer, beer.  Also...that therapy just sounds off to me, for some reason.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Meshakhad on July 01, 2014, 02:11:00 pm
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

What'd you do, install a Linux distro?

nogaems is the burden all Linux users must bear :(

No. Just went to "Add/Remove Programs" and removed every single game.

I'm taking a couple years off of gaming.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 01, 2014, 02:18:26 pm
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

What'd you do, install a Linux distro?

nogaems is the burden all Linux users must bear :(

No. Just went to "Add/Remove Programs" and removed every single game.

I'm taking a couple years off of gaming.

Man, if I did that I think I'd be so friggin' bored I'd probably find myself taking up crack or something.  Or end up wanking myself to death.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 01, 2014, 07:45:02 pm
I just uninstalled every single game from my computer.

What'd you do, install a Linux distro?

nogaems is the burden all Linux users must bear :(

No. Just went to "Add/Remove Programs" and removed every single game.

I'm taking a couple years off of gaming.

Man, if I did that I think I'd be so friggin' bored I'd probably find myself taking up crack or something.  Or end up wanking myself to death.

You took the words right out of my mouth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 02, 2014, 09:23:25 am
Completed the LOLtastic South Park: The Stick of Truth today.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 02, 2014, 12:15:05 pm
Some of the developers of Ultima Underworld are working on a spiritual successor! (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/07/01/ultim-ancestor-underworld-ascension/)

EDIT: Fuck you too, Bethesda. (http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/1/5862580/doom-quakecon-2014-exclusive)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 02, 2014, 12:30:31 pm
When did Bethesda get hold of Doom?  And how did I not already know they now own Doom?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 02, 2014, 12:47:35 pm
When did Bethesda get hold of Doom?  And how did I not already know they now own Doom?

They bought the developers of Doom, id Software.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on July 02, 2014, 03:19:10 pm
That reminds me, what the hell ever happened to Prey 2? I know a game I bought a while back actually had an advertisement for it next to the manual saying "coming soon", but I haven't heard anything since that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 02, 2014, 04:21:49 pm
Last I heard, technically it's still in development, but don't hold your breath for any upcoming info.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 02, 2014, 05:44:39 pm
Sounds a lot like it's in development limbo, that rarely ends well.  Duke Nukem is a case that immediately comes to mind.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 02, 2014, 11:11:51 pm
Sounds a lot like it's in development limbo, that rarely ends well.  Duke Nukem is a case that immediately comes to mind.

The original Prey was in development hell for almost as long as Duke Nukem Forever. Unlike DNF, it came out all right (if a little lacking) because it wasn't helmed by a maniac who kept holding up development to implement the latest and greatest tech and repeatedly switch engines every time a new one released.

Likewise, Dead Island spent several years looking to be vaporware.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 03, 2014, 02:02:58 am
True but it's still rare.  Those are exceptions to a general trend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on July 03, 2014, 02:34:52 am
My roomie informed me before bed that he's bought me a new 750 W power supply.  I can GAME PROPERLY AGAIN come Saturday! Think I need to celebrate...

Also, for those that are bored today, I'll be streaming Magicite later.  Keep an ear out at www.twitch.tv/treascair if you're interested.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 03, 2014, 04:37:11 pm
I just learned that, in Skyrim, I can use Mage Light to push a dragon skeleton from one side of the map to the other.  If I ever get a house, I'm positioning a couple of those right outside for decoration, well until they disappear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 03, 2014, 05:05:42 pm
I just learned that, in Skyrim, I can use Mage Light to push a dragon skeleton from one side of the map to the other.  If I ever get a house, I'm positioning a couple of those right outside for decoration, well until they disappear.

It's funnier when you use any reanimation spell to do that same thing.

Not because it does anything specific, but it's just appropriate XD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 03, 2014, 07:23:46 pm
Played Doom 64 a little today. forgot how creepy the soundtrack was (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZP80NKbBA)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 03, 2014, 08:43:36 pm
Liberated all the outposts in Farcry 3.  My god how dumb are these guys?  I mean dogs running around are ok I guess.  But caging wild animals up in bamboo cages that are shot open with one bullet?  A lot of my clears were just letting a tiger or a bear or a cassowary have it's damn way with the place.

Ironbite-so much fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 03, 2014, 10:29:10 pm
Played Doom 64 a little today. forgot how creepy the soundtrack was (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZP80NKbBA)

Ah Doom 64.  An underrated gem because everyone thought it was just another port of Doom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 04, 2014, 02:02:49 am
This is pretty funny. Apparently some SJWs had been attacking the makers of The Mandate (Kickstarter game which is still under development) and here is a response from the developers:

Quote
...

Before we continue, we need to take a little detour. Right at the start of our Kickstarter campaign, we were being both accused of under-representing women in The Mandate, and also being asked whether or not the game would feature playable female characters at all. This took us by surprise as our story elements focused on Empress Anastasia Romanova who even had her own Twitter account. In The Mandate she happens to essentially rule most of known space.

Just as some of the strongest leaders historically have been women, and there is a certain romanticism ascribed to service under them, we wanted to build these elements into the story as well as the relation between Anastasia and the player’s (space captain) character.

For example one of our backers wrote “Seriously, that many players want to be Han Solo? (Well, all the male ones, anyways...though I guess of course there could be a greater diversity of characterization too...)”. Another wrote “Hi ! I just signed up to kickstarter specifically to support you guys[…] My only gripe with the project is it's exclusively western focus, with no "asian" or "african" related factions, makes the whole setting harder to believe, at least for me”.

We all noticed the comments, and looking at each-other confused we said “Why wouldn't there be female characters at all levels, including playable ones? Some guys prefer to roll female characters -just like Kenny (McCormick) and vice versa. Why shouldn’t you be able to pick your own ethnicity?”.

In The Mandate you are the captain and we want your avatar to reflect your backstory and the choices you made during character creation. It follows that you should be able to play as any ethnicity, gender and body build. At the same time every video game has a set budget, and every element you add has an associated cost. For example we don’t have the resources to maintain a large set of different rigs, animation sets etc. How then can we give players the freedom of self expression without escalating costs?

Our Technical Director, Vegard Myklebust, wrote an article about our character system which was published over at Polygon....

The article:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/3/5863785/ubisoft-female-characters-assassins-creed-the-mandate

(click to show/hide)

So basically, after seeing some of the preview images of an unfinished game they made the assumption that there is only one body build, one skin colour (and presumably only one face as well) since the preview images did not have much variation yet. Also, they completely missed the fact that most powerful in universe character that has been revealed so far is a woman...

I love how the developers went all "why on Earth wouldn't you be able to make a female characters or choose other ethnicities?!"

The article from Polygon is also really interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 04, 2014, 06:33:01 am
EA appears to have started charging nearly 4 quid for demos now.  Words fail me.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/07/04/looks-like-ea-charging-demos-now
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 04, 2014, 07:36:16 am
I'm surprised it took them this long.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 04, 2014, 09:58:55 am
They're really trying that?  Wow.

Ironbite-that wasn't a technical error though...they just didn't expect that type of outrage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 04, 2014, 10:51:57 am
Yeah, they say it's a technical error but I doubt people are gonna believe that even if it IS true. people have such a low opinion of EA that everybody is gonna think they're just trying to save face after this blew up on them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 04, 2014, 11:02:11 am
I'm not sure I believe them to be honest.  If the price had been like £40 or something I would (it wouldn't be the first time there's been a pricing related cock-up on XBL, I remember one time something accidentally got priced at several million dollars).  But £4 seems too much like the sort of price that would be charged if a demo wasn't free.  I can't help but feel like it might have been some kind of test just to see what would happen.

I could of course be wrong but I just find some aspects of it a bit suspicious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 04, 2014, 01:53:26 pm
Paying for a demo?  That's like charging for shareware! :/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 04, 2014, 03:07:56 pm
I COMPLETED A ROGUE LIKE!!!!

Well a "Mystery Dungeon" game, but they are released to rogue likes. Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God on PS Vita. Funny game too, main story is a blast. Ive unlocked a 256 floor bonus dungeon now... eep.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on July 04, 2014, 04:42:40 pm
This is pretty funny. Apparently some SJWs had been attacking the makers of The Mandate (Kickstarter game which is still under development) and here is a response from the developers:

Quote
...

Before we continue, we need to take a little detour. Right at the start of our Kickstarter campaign, we were being both accused of under-representing women in The Mandate, and also being asked whether or not the game would feature playable female characters at all. This took us by surprise as our story elements focused on Empress Anastasia Romanova who even had her own Twitter account. In The Mandate she happens to essentially rule most of known space.

Just as some of the strongest leaders historically have been women, and there is a certain romanticism ascribed to service under them, we wanted to build these elements into the story as well as the relation between Anastasia and the player’s (space captain) character.

For example one of our backers wrote “Seriously, that many players want to be Han Solo? (Well, all the male ones, anyways...though I guess of course there could be a greater diversity of characterization too...)”. Another wrote “Hi ! I just signed up to kickstarter specifically to support you guys[…] My only gripe with the project is it's exclusively western focus, with no "asian" or "african" related factions, makes the whole setting harder to believe, at least for me”.

We all noticed the comments, and looking at each-other confused we said “Why wouldn't there be female characters at all levels, including playable ones? Some guys prefer to roll female characters -just like Kenny (McCormick) and vice versa. Why shouldn’t you be able to pick your own ethnicity?”.

In The Mandate you are the captain and we want your avatar to reflect your backstory and the choices you made during character creation. It follows that you should be able to play as any ethnicity, gender and body build. At the same time every video game has a set budget, and every element you add has an associated cost. For example we don’t have the resources to maintain a large set of different rigs, animation sets etc. How then can we give players the freedom of self expression without escalating costs?

Our Technical Director, Vegard Myklebust, wrote an article about our character system which was published over at Polygon....

The article:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/3/5863785/ubisoft-female-characters-assassins-creed-the-mandate

(click to show/hide)

So basically, after seeing some of the preview images of an unfinished game they made the assumption that there is only one body build, one skin colour (and presumably only one face as well) since the preview images did not have much variation yet. Also, they completely missed the fact that most powerful in universe character that has been revealed so far is a woman...

I love how the developers went all "why on Earth wouldn't you be able to make a female characters or choose other ethnicities?!"

The article from Polygon is also really interesting.

Some of the characters there look kinda weird. I think it's the eyes. Fourth and sixth ones particularly. Probably a good thing they put the disclaimer at the bottom.

Also, games that have character customization will still usually use a certain character model in all the promotional material. Saint's Row did this, and the character model they used varied with each game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 04, 2014, 11:23:01 pm
Space Engineers is a amazing voxel game, with interesting mechanics. I bought it and am happily working on a little capital ship. Of course, I am considering making myself a little drop pod that allows me to easily dock with larger ships.


Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 04, 2014, 11:48:28 pm
My one experience with that game was watching a video where everyone tried to do all of the realistic options, including how much you could carry.

...That was not pleasant.  But otherwise the concept seems great.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on July 05, 2014, 12:05:10 am
I have Space Engineers but haven't played it recently. Last time I played was right after the update that added the abandoned ships that pass through. I'm hoping they eventually make he game able to have multiple sectors like StarMade or have an near infinite world like minecraft. As it is, with the limit of only a handful of asteroids but a massive open area it feels weird. The problem of course would be the load on the graphics processing, and the game is still badly optimized because of it's early state. My laptop can't handle it even at the lowest settings and my desktop can usually make the mid range settings work ok.

If you haven't heard about it, there's a custom made "lunar surface" map that someone made by manually using a map making software to basically make a large, flat asteroid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDrV6pY6wGE

That guys channel has tons of SE videos, with him doing one for every weekly update as well as making video of his cool builds such as working tanks and devastating gravity torpedoes.

His newest tank.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY35b-2FnKI

Gravity torpedo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ9ZNRvOesQ


My one experience with that game was watching a video where everyone tried to do all of the realistic options, including how much you could carry.

...That was not pleasant.  But otherwise the concept seems great.

Yeah, as long as you turn the options on carrying capacity and such up it becomes fun. There's a reason minecraft doesn't have realism, you couldn't even carry one block (one cubic meter of stone is heavy).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 05, 2014, 12:36:58 am
EA appears to have started charging nearly 4 quid for demos now.  Words fail me.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/07/04/looks-like-ea-charging-demos-now

How is this a surprising thing even if it was true?  We use to pay five dollars for a demo disc with a few levels from games back in the PS1 era.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 05, 2014, 12:57:31 am
EA appears to have started charging nearly 4 quid for demos now.  Words fail me.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/07/04/looks-like-ea-charging-demos-now

How is this a surprising thing even if it was true?  We use to pay five dollars for a demo disc with a few levels from games back in the PS1 era.
Demo and Shareware diskettes also cost money. But the assumption was that we were paying for the physical item, the diskette and the covers etc. paying for a demo that you download just seems wrong. Stop calling it demo at least.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 05, 2014, 01:23:03 am
Yeah, as long as you turn the options on carrying capacity and such up it becomes fun. There's a reason minecraft doesn't have realism, you couldn't even carry one block (one cubic meter of stone is heavy).

I think it was here that a comic was posted detailing how much weight you can carry in Minecraft, done by extrapolating the maximum amount of gold that can be carried. I think it was determined that you can carry something like three Eiffel Towers in your inventory and as armor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 05, 2014, 01:24:18 am
EA appears to have started charging nearly 4 quid for demos now.  Words fail me.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/07/04/looks-like-ea-charging-demos-now

How is this a surprising thing even if it was true?  We use to pay five dollars for a demo disc with a few levels from games back in the PS1 era.
Demo and Shareware diskettes also cost money. But the assumption was that we were paying for the physical item, the diskette and the covers etc. paying for a demo that you download just seems wrong. Stop calling it demo at least.

The only demos disks and shareware disks that I remember paying for were "free" with magazines...but you got a damned magazine with them.  I honestly don't remember if you could but just disks alone.

But even so, downloaded demos have been free for at least the last 6 or 7 years.  That's how things are now, it's what people expect and it's what every other developer has been doing.  To suddenly try and start charging people for something that's been free for the better part of a decade or longer would still be a really shitty and dumb move.  It doesn't matter if demo disks used to cost money in the 1990's and early 2000's, that fact would be almost totally irrelevant.

It's far from an exact or perfect analogy, but what if the NHS started charging for every single proceedure and GP visit?  I don't think people would be okay with it, nor should they be expected to be, just because you used to have to pay for such things before the 1950's.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 05, 2014, 01:38:01 am
Well, I was talking about early nineties back when we didn't have an internet connection. (Or CD-rom.)



I remember this one gaming magazine that was utterly rubbish but it always came with a game and I bought a few of them to get MDK and Fallout 1. There was also another rubbish magazine with a demo disk that sometimes had something cool in it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 05, 2014, 01:38:08 am
EA appears to have started charging nearly 4 quid for demos now.  Words fail me.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2014/07/04/looks-like-ea-charging-demos-now

How is this a surprising thing even if it was true?  We use to pay five dollars for a demo disc with a few levels from games back in the PS1 era.
Demo and Shareware diskettes also cost money. But the assumption was that we were paying for the physical item, the diskette and the covers etc. paying for a demo that you download just seems wrong. Stop calling it demo at least.

The only demos disks and shareware disks that I remember paying for were "free" with magazines...but you got a damned magazine with them.  I honestly don't remember if you could but just disks alone.

They did put out standalone disks every season, this is the one of the ones I had:

(http://i.imgur.com/8MICWAQ.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 05, 2014, 01:43:46 am
Well, I was talking about early nineties back when we didn't have an internet connection. (Or CD-rom.)



I remember this one gaming magazine that was utterly rubbish but it always came with a game and I bought a few of them to get MDK and Fallout 1. There was also another rubbish magazine with a demo disk that sometimes had something cool in it.

Hah, glad I wasn't the only one who'd buy magazines just for the disks.  Though my disk buying days didn't start until cd-roms had almost completely replaced floppies etc as the medium of choice for games and software.  Damned clever strategy by the magazine publishers, I wonder how many magazines were sold that otherwise wouldn't have been if it weren't for the disk.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 05, 2014, 04:21:42 am
Update on the Mandate thing. People on the community forums are complaining that fat people are ruining their immersion. They complain that fat people have no place in front line combat so there should not be such character models in the game.

Apparently they are forgetting that the game also has civilians. And pirates and rebels. Two groups that might not be able to have strict physical requirements for their crews.

Also, the game does have ship crew other than marines and being overweight is probably not a disaster for some technisian.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 05, 2014, 04:39:17 am
Update on the Mandate thing. People on the community forums are complaining that fat people are ruining their immersion. They complain that fat people have no place in front line combat so there should not be such character models in the game.

Actually, I have seen fat frontline soldiers in real life.  Admittedly not many for obvious reasons but they do exist.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on July 05, 2014, 09:02:44 am
Update on the Mandate thing. People on the community forums are complaining that fat people are ruining their immersion. They complain that fat people have no place in front line combat so there should not be such character models in the game.

Actually, I have seen fat frontline soldiers in real life.  Admittedly not many for obvious reasons but they do exist.

Hasn't there been a recent thing about British soldiers being overweight even when on duty?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 05, 2014, 11:36:13 am
Update on the Mandate thing. People on the community forums are complaining that fat people are ruining their immersion. They complain that fat people have no place in front line combat so there should not be such character models in the game.

Actually, I have seen fat frontline soldiers in real life.  Admittedly not many for obvious reasons but they do exist.

Hasn't there been a recent thing about British soldiers being overweight even when on duty?

There are variations on "overweight" and "fat." "Plump" as well I suppose.

The editor can make people "Baron Harkonnen" level of fatness which is a serious health issue if they were real people without antigravity or scifi medical technology. Meanwhile, a bit of a beergut does not mean that someone is really unhelthy and they may still be able to pass the physical fitness tests even in real life.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 05, 2014, 12:05:42 pm
Update on the Mandate thing. People on the community forums are complaining that fat people are ruining their immersion. They complain that fat people have no place in front line combat so there should not be such character models in the game.

Actually, I have seen fat frontline soldiers in real life.  Admittedly not many for obvious reasons but they do exist.

Hasn't there been a recent thing about British soldiers being overweight even when on duty?

There are variations on "overweight" and "fat." "Plump" as well I suppose.

The editor can make people "Baron Harkonnen" level of fatness which is a serious health issue if they were real people without antigravity or scifi medical technology. Meanwhile, a bit of a beergut does not mean that someone is really unhelthy and they may still be able to pass the physical fitness tests even in real life.

Yeah but I've seen some soldiers (oddly enough they were British) who would almost certainly qualify as fat.  Again, not very many.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 05, 2014, 12:47:04 pm
The Something Awful forum has a "Goons in Platoons" board for discussions on the military, police, and emergency services life. The "Let's Talk About Idiots!" thread is very popular, and is one of the best ways to get a true view of how stupid soldiers can be. Firsthand accounts from soldiers all over the world (mostly the US) indicates that yes, overweight and at least chubby soldiers abound. Some guys manage to get fat enough to be visibly obese, even people who are shipped to war zones (though the really overweight ones usually stay behind at the base instead of actually leaving the wire).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 07, 2014, 06:58:54 pm
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is fun as fuck, yo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 08, 2014, 12:30:20 pm
Well the Chars Counterattack storyline in Dynasty Warriors Gundam: Reborn is short. 3 chapters, 1 playable character, 2 mobile suits. Jee. I guess its because its based on a movie rather than TV series/series of movies (on that subject, they used the Zeta movies as basis for the Zeta storyline. Boo.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 08, 2014, 05:24:28 pm
Well, EA is being EA and fucking up The Sims 4. They've admitted to removing toddlers and POOLS because they wanted to add new features, like unique walk styles for your sims. Um, you can't just remove basic content that's been available in the previous games for ages now and expect people to accept your shitty excuses.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on July 08, 2014, 06:33:19 pm
Well, EA is being EA and fucking up The Sims 4. They've admitted to removing toddlers and POOLS because they wanted to add new features, like unique walk styles for your sims. Um, you can't just remove basic content that's been available in the previous games for ages now and expect people to accept your shitty excuses.

I'm sure they'll be back for the Pool Party and Totally Toddlin' expansion packs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 08, 2014, 07:38:49 pm
This is why you don't buy The Sims until all the expansions are out. That way, you don't pay through the nose to get the game drip fed to you over the course of several years.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 08, 2014, 08:14:38 pm
Am I just an idiot, or is XCOM: Enemy Unknown hard as fuck, even on normal? One little UFO slips by, and Australia wants to pull out of the Council.

Step your shit up, Australia.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 08, 2014, 08:18:48 pm
Am I just an idiot, or is XCOM: Enemy Unknown hard as fuck, even on normal? One little UFO slips by, and Australia wants to pull out of the Council.

Step your shit up, Australia.
You'd think people who willingly live in Earth's death zone would have some more courage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on July 08, 2014, 09:19:00 pm
This is why you don't buy The Sims until all the expansions are out. That way, you don't pay through the nose to get the game drip fed to you over the course of several years.

I'd love to, but I honestly can't. I've been playing Sims for so many years, it'd be painful to wait 1-2 years after the new game's release to finally play it. Especially since I've gotten sick of Sims 3 and have had trouble finding a decent variety of games to play lately.

Well, EA is being EA and fucking up The Sims 4. They've admitted to removing toddlers and POOLS because they wanted to add new features, like unique walk styles for your sims. Um, you can't just remove basic content that's been available in the previous games for ages now and expect people to accept your shitty excuses.

I'm sure they'll be back for the Pool Party and Totally Toddlin' expansion packs.

That seriously sounds like names and expansions they would release. I'll be waitin'.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 08, 2014, 09:44:46 pm
This is why you don't buy The Sims until all the expansions are out. That way, you don't pay through the nose to get the game drip fed to you over the course of several years.

Or just do like everyone else does and pirate the shit out of it.

EA's business practices, ironically, seem to be tailored toward breeding illegal downloads.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 08, 2014, 09:49:01 pm
This is why you don't buy The Sims until all the expansions are out. That way, you don't pay through the nose to get the game drip fed to you over the course of several years.

Or just do like everyone else does and pirate the shit out of it.

EA's business practices, ironically, seem to be tailored toward breeding illegal downloads.

If piracy's your thing, sure. Not that I'm entirely unsympathetic. I for one would never buy anything that requires Origin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 09, 2014, 08:28:43 am
I'm still livid over the fact that EA stole the name of a company they destroyed for their shitty Steam knockoff.  It wouldn't be as bad if it weren't for the fact that Origin was one of the best developers of their time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 09, 2014, 08:35:39 am
I remember when people actually liked EA.

Related:

(http://leonaleah.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/2011-11-11-origin-vs-steam.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 09, 2014, 10:38:01 am
I'm still livid over the fact that EA stole the name of a company they destroyed for their shitty Steam knockoff.  It wouldn't be as bad if it weren't for the fact that Origin was one of the best developers of their time.

[Spoony]BETRAYAAAAAAAL[/Spoony]
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 09, 2014, 01:28:52 pm
A message to EA on behalf of gamers everywhere:

(http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/a8WBY1p_700b.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 09, 2014, 06:45:44 pm
I think money grubbing indie devs are more guilty of that nowadays with the constant Early Access abuse. At least when Minecraft did it, you paid less money the earlier you bought it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 09, 2014, 07:05:30 pm
I'm more than a little curious about Pokemon Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby, especially about where you can turn your secret base into a kind of gym.  Hopefully you can do that with NPC's and not just online with other people.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on July 10, 2014, 04:41:45 am
Am I just an idiot, or is XCOM: Enemy Unknown hard as fuck, even on normal? One little UFO slips by, and Australia wants to pull out of the Council.

Step your shit up, Australia.
It's not just you. XCOM eats the inexperienced and the unlucky, shits 'em out, then pisses on the dump.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 10, 2014, 02:35:27 pm
Ubisoft works on DLC for a game before it's even out. uuuuuuggggghhhhh (https://i.imgur.com/XUPMxoa.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 10, 2014, 04:35:08 pm
Depending on the base game's release date, this is perfectly normal and acceptable.  If memory serves, a game's release date is around 2 months ahead of when it actually gets finished and ready for duplication, so as to give developers time in case they need it for major bug hunting.  During that off time, it'd actually make sense to work on extra content for the game considering you've got all the game's developers right there, with the tools and assets right in front of them, thus saving time and, therefore, money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 10, 2014, 06:00:11 pm
Yeah, I don't really have a problem with it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on July 10, 2014, 06:16:21 pm
Depending on the base game's release date, this is perfectly normal and acceptable.  If memory serves, a game's release date is around 2 months after when it actually gets finished and ready for duplication, so as to give developers time in case they need it for major bug hunting.  During that off time, it'd actually make sense to work on extra content for the game considering you've got all the game's developers right there, with the tools and assets right in front of them, thus saving time and, therefore, money.

Oh, good someone else said it so I didn't have to.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 10, 2014, 06:55:50 pm
Granted, it might be a tad premature, but if they've got the manpower available, I don't see why not.  Hell, unless it'd risk overworking my employees, I'd do the same thing.  People hate waiting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 10, 2014, 07:22:24 pm
I'd argue that the time would be better spent optimising the PC port of the game. Especially in Ubisoft's case.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 11, 2014, 12:57:55 am
The Division is set for 2015, that's not a couple months off. The game isn't done. While I have no problem with them making plans for expansions this early, especially if it's a slow period of development for some reason, to actually announce it this early is ridiculous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 11, 2014, 04:15:20 am
I've been watching a Let's Play of the first Dangan Ronpa murder mystery visual novel...

...Holy shit.  Just... holy shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 11, 2014, 07:34:38 am
Managed to nick a copy of the Ultimate Edition (read: has all DLCs) of New Vegas as well as an old original Xbox favourite, Nightcaster, from Amazon for about $30.  Hell, if it weren't for shipping fees, it'd have been only a little over $20.  Needless to say, I am a happy beaver.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 11, 2014, 01:32:13 pm
Head of EA's mobile division claims the mobile Dungeon Keeper remake failed because they "innovated too much and made changes people weren't ready for" (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/10/gibeau-ea-innovated-too-much-with-dungeon-keeper/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 11, 2014, 01:58:20 pm
Head of EA's mobile division claims the mobile Dungeon Keeper remake failed because they "innovated too much and made changes people weren't ready for" (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/10/gibeau-ea-innovated-too-much-with-dungeon-keeper/)

...
Holy shit, I think that might actually be more delusional than Scientology.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on July 11, 2014, 02:46:22 pm
Head of EA's mobile division claims the mobile Dungeon Keeper remake failed because they "innovated too much and made changes people weren't ready for" (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/10/gibeau-ea-innovated-too-much-with-dungeon-keeper/)

I was gonna post this but couldn't find the article. I'm glad someone did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 11, 2014, 03:00:00 pm
Head of EA's mobile division claims the mobile Dungeon Keeper remake failed because they "innovated too much and made changes people weren't ready for" (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/10/gibeau-ea-innovated-too-much-with-dungeon-keeper/)

...
Holy shit, I think that might actually be more delusional than Scientology.

If he believes that, he's insane. Like, literally insane.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: starseeker on July 11, 2014, 03:32:04 pm
Head of EA's mobile division claims the mobile Dungeon Keeper remake failed because they "innovated too much and made changes people weren't ready for" (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/10/gibeau-ea-innovated-too-much-with-dungeon-keeper/)

...
Holy shit, I think that might actually be more delusional than Scientology.

If he believes that, he's insane. Like, literally insane.

They attempted to innovate payments and profit making devices a bit too much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 11, 2014, 05:35:36 pm
NEWFOUNDLAND CAN GO FUCK ITSELF

Goddamn Cryssalids ruining my X-COM run...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on July 11, 2014, 07:39:33 pm
Oh FUCK you, EA rep, you jackass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 11, 2014, 11:14:48 pm
Apparently he didn't get the memo. Innovation means doing something new, not blatantly cloning Clash of Clans, slapping a Dungeon Keeper tile set on it and upping the micro-payments to give new meaning to the term "price gouging".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on July 12, 2014, 03:55:15 am
I have been playing the FUCK out of Tomb Raider 2013 ever since I got it in the Steam sale... must... get... 100%... I've got all the GPS Caches already, dammit, I'm down to... I think one relic, and a couple documents, then it's just a matter of a couple challenges I never finished...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 12, 2014, 11:27:48 pm
(http://d3dsacqprgcsqh.cloudfront.net/photo/aLKyqwz_700b.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 13, 2014, 01:37:11 am
Head of EA's mobile division claims the mobile Dungeon Keeper remake failed because they "innovated too much and made changes people weren't ready for" (http://www.joystiq.com/2014/07/10/gibeau-ea-innovated-too-much-with-dungeon-keeper/)

...
Holy shit, I think that might actually be more delusional than Scientology.

If he believes that, he's insane. Like, literally insane.

They attempted to innovate payments and profit making devices a bit too much.
Yeah, that app was a disgrace to a funny game series.

Also, about the latest Sims. Apparently the reason why it is missing pools and all kinds of things (apparently the amount of houses per area also went down as well as height differences in terrain.) is rumoured to be because the game was supposed to be multiplayer only.

So they had to take out all kinds of things from the game in order to make it work as an MMORPG, but when they scrapped that idea they simply removed the multiplayer part of the game and pushed it out. Not sure if it is true but the theory would make sense. (as much as anything in this fiasco makes sense.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 13, 2014, 04:20:26 pm
Is it bad that I would love a Ninja Gaiden-like remake of Ghosts and Goblins?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on July 13, 2014, 05:36:32 pm
That sounds like an awesome prospect, actually.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 13, 2014, 10:26:20 pm
GET HYPED, MY FRIENDS!

#Invalid YouTube Link#

This is pretty awesome, considering that I get to now drive around race-cars in spess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 13, 2014, 10:27:25 pm
GET HYPED, MY FRIENDS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Sm_Y0UWo0

This is pretty awesome, considering that I get to now drive around race-cars in spess.
Fixed it for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on July 13, 2014, 11:48:33 pm
Oh damn, I'm gonna go play space engineers again... after it downloads the many patches I've missed. Maybe I'll play tomorrow then.

Another vid on the same stuff, shown off by LastStandGamers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWBvaIFMXVU
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 14, 2014, 09:00:51 pm
(http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/imagefeed/featured/nintendo2014/super-smash-bros/patrioticmario/marioUSA610.jpg)

Marioca.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on July 15, 2014, 05:28:03 am
(http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/imagefeed/featured/nintendo2014/super-smash-bros/patrioticmario/marioUSA610.jpg)

Marioca.

Yay! America is represented by an overweight guy!

Been playing the hell out of Shovel Knight and FotNS2. Fun timez.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 15, 2014, 08:01:03 am
(http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/imagefeed/featured/nintendo2014/super-smash-bros/patrioticmario/marioUSA610.jpg)

Marioca.

Yay! America is represented by an overweight guy!

Been playing the hell out of Shovel Knight and FotNS2. Fun timez.

Not just that, an overweight guy who isn't American lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2014, 08:24:32 am
(http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/imagefeed/featured/nintendo2014/super-smash-bros/patrioticmario/marioUSA610.jpg)

Marioca.

Yay! America is represented by an overweight guy!

Considering how high he can jump, I choose to believe that his excess bodily volume is due to helium rather than fat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on July 15, 2014, 11:59:10 am
(http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/imagefeed/featured/nintendo2014/super-smash-bros/patrioticmario/marioUSA610.jpg)

Marioca.

Yay! America is represented by an overweight guy!

Been playing the hell out of Shovel Knight and FotNS2. Fun timez.

Not just that, an overweight guy who isn't American lol.

I thought Mario and Luigi were from Brooklyn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 15, 2014, 05:08:19 pm
The Bureau: Xcom Declassified was kinda alright, got it in the humble bundle with the short-but-great Darkness II
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 15, 2014, 07:33:42 pm
(http://media1.gameinformer.com/filestorage/CommunityServer.Components.SiteFiles/imagefeed/featured/nintendo2014/super-smash-bros/patrioticmario/marioUSA610.jpg)

Marioca.

Yay! America is represented by an overweight guy!

Been playing the hell out of Shovel Knight and FotNS2. Fun timez.

Not just that, an overweight guy who isn't American lol.

I thought Mario and Luigi were from Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, the neighborhood in the Mushroom Kingdom?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2014, 09:49:01 pm
I thought Mario and Luigi were from Brooklyn.
I thought that was just that god awful movie. If it is actually canon, then it clashes quite nicely with Yoshi's Island and Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on July 15, 2014, 09:55:03 pm

I thought Mario and Luigi were from Brooklyn.

Brooklyn, the neighborhood in the Mushroom Kingdom?

Mario Bros. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Bros.) is set in the sewers of New York, and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show!) shows Mario and Luigi living in Brooklyn.

The "canon" explanation, I think, is something like Mario and Luigi being plumbers who get transported to the Mushroom Kingdom via a magical drain. Though the existence of Mario canon is dubious at best.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 15, 2014, 10:02:08 pm
I think they were originally from Brooklyn, but it got retconned to Italy for one reason or another.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2014, 10:09:31 pm
Nintendo must've noticed that they have Italian rather than New York accents.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on July 15, 2014, 11:40:41 pm
I think they were always supposed to be Italian-American.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 16, 2014, 01:39:09 am
Unless they're first generation, Italian Americans don't sound anything like Italians in terms of accent.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 16, 2014, 07:44:15 am
Unless they're first generation, Italian Americans don't sound anything like Italians in terms of accent.

They're part of the Sicilian Sewer Cartel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 16, 2014, 09:11:57 am
I think they were always supposed to be Italian-American.

If that's the case then they really fucked up with their accents in the games (not that their accents are authentic representations of real Italian accents either,  they're more like possibly-racist caricatured stereotypes).  Unless they're 1st gen immigrants as suggested earlier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on July 16, 2014, 10:29:15 am
Unless they're first generation, Italian Americans don't sound anything like Italians in terms of accent.

And Italians don't sound anything like Mario, so the circle is complete.

I actually have no idea how an Italian-American accent sounds like, so I have no idea if the whole "itsa me, Mario!" thing is a supposed to be stereotypical Italian accent or stereotypical Italian-American.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 16, 2014, 10:37:19 am
Silly, everyone knows Mario is a immortal dinosaur man from the dawn of time empowered by psychoactive drugs from the previous universe and a powered exoskeleton!

Luigi is merely Yoshi wearing a meat suit, filled with a thousand condoms full of THC. You ever see what happens when they burst? Not a pretty sight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 16, 2014, 10:53:54 am
Silly, everyone knows Mario is a immortal dinosaur man from the dawn of time empowered by psychoactive drugs from the previous universe and a powered exoskeleton!

Luigi is merely Yoshi wearing a meat suit, filled with a thousand condoms full of THC. You ever see what happens when they burst? Not a pretty sight.

(http://i.huffpost.com/gen/309265/thumbs/r-GO-THE-FUCK-TO-SLEEP-large570.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on July 16, 2014, 11:23:21 am
 I've been playing Unturned recently. It's kinda like a blocky DayZ, that apparently started life as a Roblox gamemode. I like that you and your friends can set up a group, which lets you see each other's location within a certain distance and disables friendly fire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 16, 2014, 03:32:11 pm
Unless they're first generation, Italian Americans don't sound anything like Italians in terms of accent.

And Italians don't sound anything like Mario, so the circle is complete.

I actually have no idea how an Italian-American accent sounds like, so I have no idea if the whole "itsa me, Mario!" thing is a supposed to be stereotypical Italian accent or stereotypical Italian-American.

In the Uk at least the whole "Its-a me, Mario!" thing is a stereotype of Italian accents.  I assume it's the same in other english sepaking countries.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 16, 2014, 03:53:08 pm
All I care about is that Smash Bros is finally coming to the 3ds.  I only wish Jigglypuff was in it so I could resume kicking his round *** all over the board.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2014, 03:55:34 pm
Who said the Puff isn't in it?

Ironbite-WHO TOLD YOU THESE LIES!?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 16, 2014, 04:13:56 pm
Who said the Puff isn't in it?

Ironbite-WHO TOLD YOU THESE LIES!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Nintendo_3DS_and_Wii_U (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Nintendo_3DS_and_Wii_U)

He's not listed in the roster, unless that roster isn't complete yet.  I do hope that he does appear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 16, 2014, 04:33:07 pm
Roster is not complete yet and they wouldn't leave off one of the original 12.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 16, 2014, 07:48:32 pm
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 16, 2014, 07:48:51 pm
I always thought Jigglypuff was female...

Also, finally got my copy of the Ultimate Edition of New Vegas.  Aah, I missed Boone and killing off Legion scum.  Plus, its even more satisfying now that my .50-cal sniper has motherfucking explosive rounds!  I LOVE MAKING LEGIONARIES EXPLODE INTO PILES OF FEATURELESS GORE!  Even moreso when I can do it with near-pinpoint accuracy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 16, 2014, 08:19:05 pm
I always thought Jigglypuff was female...

Also, finally got my copy of the Ultimate Edition of New Vegas.  Aah, I missed Boone and killing off Legion scum.  Plus, its even more satisfying now that my .50-cal sniper has motherfucking explosive rounds!  I LOVE MAKING LEGIONARIES EXPLODE INTO PILES OF FEATURELESS GORE!  Even moreso when I can do it with near-pinpoint accuracy.

Reminds me of how, in Borderlands 2, I head shotted a poor marauder with my sniper rifle as Zer0, after having been in Decepti0n for a few seconds.

It wasn't an explosive round, but the poor fool did explode into ludicrous gibs from how overkilled he was.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on July 17, 2014, 03:46:46 am
I've been playing Unturned recently. It's kinda like a blocky DayZ, that apparently started life as a Roblox gamemode. I like that you and your friends can set up a group, which lets you see each other's location within a certain distance and disables friendly fire.

I honestly can't see the appeal of this game, everything about it made me think "This is a cheap ripoff of minecraft".

Mind telling me what exact appeal you find in it? I keep getting people just saying "It's fun! Buy it!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 17, 2014, 04:32:53 am
Roster is not complete yet and they wouldn't leave off one of the original 12.

I hope you're right.  I so look forward to blasting him/her.  I'm also especially excited that Lucario (one of my favorite pokemon) is in as well. 
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Post by: syaoranvee on July 17, 2014, 04:46:07 pm
Elder Scrolls Online is on steam now for half off until July 21st.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on July 18, 2014, 12:38:11 am
I've been playing Unturned recently. It's kinda like a blocky DayZ, that apparently started life as a Roblox gamemode. I like that you and your friends can set up a group, which lets you see each other's location within a certain distance and disables friendly fire.

I honestly can't see the appeal of this game, everything about it made me think "This is a cheap ripoff of minecraft".

Mind telling me what exact appeal you find in it? I keep getting people just saying "It's fun! Buy it!"

Well, it's completely free, which is nice. I think what I like about it best is that it's a DayZ clone I can play with my friend, since his computer can't run the real thing. It's also not very much like Minecraft at all, other than the general aesthetics.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 18, 2014, 06:48:44 am
Mount Chilliad Conspiracy, anyone? There's these strange symbols of unknown origin in GTA V that everyone's going crazy over, though I think it's just something the developers did to troll the easter egg hunters.

You can find them in the cable car station and underneath the viewing platform if you want to go on a UFO hunt after 100%.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 18, 2014, 08:24:12 am
One thing I wish they'd thought of for New Vegas is the ability to crucify the corpses of any legionaries you come across, the ones that aren't turned into chunky salsa by half-inch diameter, exploding sniper rifle rounds.

Yes, I rather violently hate the Legion, can ya tell?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 18, 2014, 08:32:39 am
Personally, I'm just amazed that 300 or so years after a nuclear apocalypse, someone in what's left of America somehow learned any ancient history at all, much less enough to try and re-create the Roman Empire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 18, 2014, 08:36:57 am
Why use a sniper round when repeated Ballistic Fist to the face does wonders for the legion's complexions?

And by wonders, I mean it's a shotgun fist plus a armored fuckwit who likes slavery around me. Do the math.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 18, 2014, 10:00:19 am
Personally, I'm just amazed that 300 or so years after a nuclear apocalypse, someone in what's left of America somehow learned any ancient history at all, much less enough to try and re-create the Roman Empire.

Why not?  I mean the dude did begin life as a Mormon missionary.  Then he found some books on Rome.  Was a short step after all.

Ironbite-then Ulysses showed up and really screwed everything up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 18, 2014, 10:11:45 am
Personally, I'm just amazed that 300 or so years after a nuclear apocalypse, someone in what's left of America somehow learned any ancient history at all, much less enough to try and re-create the Roman Empire.

Why not?  I mean the dude did begin life as a Mormon missionary.  Then he found some books on Rome.  Was a short step after all.

Ironbite-then Ulysses showed up and really screwed everything up.

Yeah, it's not like all past knowledge and history books just evaporated. The Vaults, for instance, would have maintained said knowledge and some of them opened up completely normally (or at least didn't die out or release psychopaths into the wastes).

Also, 300 years later is a pretty perfect time to be learning history. It's been long enough since the apocalypse that some actual creation of civilization on various scales has occurred, so people have the chance to sit down an read books instead of constantly scrounging for their next meal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 18, 2014, 10:59:28 am
Personally, I'm just amazed that 300 or so years after a nuclear apocalypse, someone in what's left of America somehow learned any ancient history at all, much less enough to try and re-create the Roman Empire.

Why not?  I mean the dude did begin life as a Mormon missionary.  Then he found some books on Rome.  Was a short step after all.

Ironbite-then Ulysses showed up and really screwed everything up.

Yeah, it's not like all past knowledge and history books just evaporated. The Vaults, for instance, would have maintained said knowledge and some of them opened up completely normally (or at least didn't die out or release psychopaths into the wastes).

Also, 300 years later is a pretty perfect time to be learning history. It's been long enough since the apocalypse that some actual creation of civilization on various scales has occurred, so people have the chance to sit down an read books instead of constantly scrounging for their next meal.

To be fair, based on what I saw in NeW Vegas most people HAD forgotten about Rome. Even the PC has a line in which he asks one of the companions why he speaks the Legion language when he says a Roman phrase. The people who have learned about the ancient Rome and know that Caesar is imitating an older culture are few and all are either scientists or other learned persons. (There were a few ghouls who had lived before the war as well in New Vegas but I don't remember what they said about the Legion.)

AND the Legion had orders to erase all history and were destroying books so that people (and the members of the Legion) wouldn't realise that their leader is just a historical re-enactor who went insane.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 18, 2014, 11:07:22 am
Uh...he's not insane in that way.  Nor is he a historical re-enactor.  In all seriousness, Caesar was trying to recreate society in the ashes of the Wasteland.  And doing it in a way that, in all honesty, was working.  Yeah it was a brutal way of life but it worked.  It worked well.  It worked amazingly well to the point where he was one of two great superpowers in that part of the Wastes.  And he would've probably kept on going except for 2 things.  One, he ran into a foe just as powerful and with as many soldiers as he has.  2, he ran in Ulysses.  Seriously that dude really fucked Caesar's plans up by setting up Courier 6.

Ironbite-and changed that portion of the Wasteland forever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 18, 2014, 11:28:21 am
Personally, I'm just amazed that 300 or so years after a nuclear apocalypse, someone in what's left of America somehow learned any ancient history at all, much less enough to try and re-create the Roman Empire.

Why not?  I mean the dude did begin life as a Mormon missionary.  Then he found some books on Rome.  Was a short step after all.

Ironbite-then Ulysses showed up and really screwed everything up.

Yeah, it's not like all past knowledge and history books just evaporated. The Vaults, for instance, would have maintained said knowledge and some of them opened up completely normally (or at least didn't die out or release psychopaths into the wastes).

Also, 300 years later is a pretty perfect time to be learning history. It's been long enough since the apocalypse that some actual creation of civilization on various scales has occurred, so people have the chance to sit down an read books instead of constantly scrounging for their next meal.

To be fair, based on what I saw in NeW Vegas most people HAD forgotten about Rome. Even the PC has a line in which he asks one of the companions why he speaks the Legion language when he says a Roman phrase. The people who have learned about the ancient Rome and know that Caesar is imitating an older culture are few and all are either scientists or other learned persons. (There were a few ghouls who had lived before the war as well in New Vegas but I don't remember what they said about the Legion.)

AND the Legion had orders to erase all history and were destroying books so that people (and the members of the Legion) wouldn't realise that their leader is just a historical re-enactor who went insane.

Well, I never said that historical knowledge is basically the same as it was in pre-war society (the Kings are living proof of that). I just didn't like Art's suggestion that after 300 years of scraping civilization back together with the aid of the descendants of pre-war peoples (most prominently Vault City), nobody would have any resources on ancient history. It's just extremely improbable that nothing would have survived for educated persons to take advantage of. It's likewise improbable that there would be no educated persons.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 18, 2014, 11:52:33 am
To be fair, based on what I saw in NeW Vegas most people HAD forgotten about Rome. Even the PC has a line in which he asks one of the companions why he speaks the Legion language when he says a Roman phrase. The people who have learned about the ancient Rome and know that Caesar is imitating an older culture are few and all are either scientists or other learned persons. (There were a few ghouls who had lived before the war as well in New Vegas but I don't remember what they said about the Legion.)

AND the Legion had orders to erase all history and were destroying books so that people (and the members of the Legion) wouldn't realise that their leader is just a historical re-enactor who went insane.

Well, I never said that historical knowledge is basically the same as it was in pre-war society (the Kings are living proof of that). I just didn't like Art's suggestion that after 300 years of scraping civilization back together with the aid of the descendants of pre-war peoples (most prominently Vault City), nobody would have any resources on ancient history. It's just extremely improbable that nothing would have survived for educated persons to take advantage of. It's likewise improbable that there would be no educated persons.

Well, like I said, somewhere in the game it is specifically mentioned that the Legion WAS trying to get rid of everyone who knew about the Roman history.

And Ironbite:

a) I was partially joking about the insane part, but trying to make yourself into a God-Emperor does not seem like the thing a stable person would do and Caesar does seem to have delusions of grandeur.

b) The "re-enactor" bit was a pure joke.

c) I always felt that the Legion was really impractical. Caesar had some tactical know-how from books and managed to conquer primitive tribes but the Legion wastes a lot of their potential. Their hate for technology (apart from guns apparently) made them rely on berserkers with machetes while the wastes have several groups that have retained firearms and even energy weapons. Their ban on medical technology is just idiotic
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and relying on slavery does cause problems as well. All in all, it seemed to me that he had created a nation that would only survive on feeding on new victims, they would constantly need to conquer new tribes and settlements to gain more slaves and resources just to feed themselves AND then he believed that he could change the Legion into a peaceful and enlightened society simply by conquering NV and gaining his "New Rome." Even without outside interference the Legion would have turned on itself after Caesar's death.

d) I don't see how Ulysses was responsible for the Legion's fall. He helped them gain new tribes and set things in motion for the destruction of New Canaan (if it hadn't been for that meddling Courier 6.) In fact, Courier 6 is the one who chooses wether the Legion wins or looses. Well, Ulysses did set him up to transport the Chip, but if you are going to give him credit for the fall of Legion just for that, you might as well say that Benny is responsible for the fall of Legion. If he had shot better or simply bothered to check for pulse rather than burying his victim alive (after that grand talk about not being a Fink) the Courier would have died there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 18, 2014, 11:59:44 am
Uh...he's not insane in that way.  Nor is he a historical re-enactor.  In all seriousness, Caesar was trying to recreate society in the ashes of the Wasteland.  And doing it in a way that, in all honesty, was working.  Yeah it was a brutal way of life but it worked.  It worked well.  It worked amazingly well to the point where he was one of two great superpowers in that part of the Wastes.  And he would've probably kept on going except for 2 things.  One, he ran into a foe just as powerful and with as many soldiers as he has.  2, he ran in Ulysses.  Seriously that dude really fucked Caesar's plans up by setting up Courier 6.

Ironbite-and changed that portion of the Wasteland forever.
I wish the developers had been able to add Legion territory.  It would've made for some good moral ambiguity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 18, 2014, 07:05:48 pm
c) I always felt that the Legion was really impractical. Caesar had some tactical know-how from books and managed to conquer primitive tribes but the Legion wastes a lot of their potential. Their hate for technology (apart from guns apparently) made them rely on berserkers with machetes while the wastes have several groups that have retained firearms and even energy weapons. Their ban on medical technology is just idiotic
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and relying on slavery does cause problems as well. All in all, it seemed to me that he had created a nation that would only survive on feeding on new victims, they would constantly need to conquer new tribes and settlements to gain more slaves and resources just to feed themselves AND then he believed that he could change the Legion into a peaceful and enlightened society simply by conquering NV and gaining his "New Rome." Even without outside interference the Legion would have turned on itself after Caesar's death.

That actually ends up being an important part of the game, specifically the ending.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 19, 2014, 07:38:57 am
Besides, they actively engage in slavery.  I don't give two flying fucks how well an in-game society is doing, if its leaders engage in slavery, then they and anyone stupid enough to retaliate against me are going to die quickly and violently.  I've played thru New Vegas several times, and never once sided with the Legion.  Its the same damned reason I always butcher Metzger and his men in Fallout 2.  If you're a slaver, don't come near me, because I will kill you purely on instinct.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 20, 2014, 01:31:21 am
Well the Legion is also horribly Misogynistic so they got that going against them as well.

I can tolerate slavery and such in fictional societies without feeling the urge to burn the medium it is on but it is certainly not a favourite of mine. (Well, sometimes I play evil characters just for change and in King of Dragon Pass in particular I may play a clan that takes thralls.)

Funnily enough, Fallout has a history of villains who believe they have a good cause.

Fallout 1: The slate must be wiped clean so that mutants can inherit the Earth from the humans who destroyed it.
Fallout 2: The slate must be wiped clean so that humans can take back the Earth from the mutants who have taken over it.
Fallout 3: The slate must be wiped clean so that humans can take back the Earth from the mutants who have taken over it.
Fallout tactics: The slate must be wiped clean so that *ERROR* *ERROR* FILE NOT FOUND. ABORT RETRY FAIL?
Fallout Brotherhood of steel: FUCK EVERYONE! THE MASTER WAS RIGHT!

Then we get to New Vegas and you can finally JOIN the bad guys. Except that none of the factions is squeky clean (not a new thing for Fallout) and the conflict is more about different ideologies than a simple good/evil fight. But they still felt like they needed one "bad guy" faction. "Hey look, these guys have slaves and crucify their enemies and steal babies and women don't have any rights in their society." I almost feel like it would have been better if none of the factions would have been straight up bad guys and all would have had more redeemable features slash ambiquity. (Well, House does some pretty nasty stuff and does not bother to compromise from what he believes is right, but isn't all out bad guy either.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 20, 2014, 02:38:48 pm
Trying to help people take down bosses in Dark Souls 2 is the worst, too many plebs not paying attention to their movesets and just dying within the first 15 seconds of the fight. Dealing with casuals is painful. :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 21, 2014, 03:41:52 am
Replaying Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. Most underrated Zelda by a huge margin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 21, 2014, 08:53:27 pm
I beat the Lonesome Road DLC for New Vegas for the first time.  I'm really fucking disappointed in Ulysses.  Here I was thinking he was going to be a cool, intelligent villain or at least foil to the Courier.  Nope.  He's your bog-standard, boring arse wannabe quasi-philospher villain who happened upon a thesaurus and suddenly thinks he's some kind of moral authority or some shit.

Seriously, I was sick of his droning bullshit after the first time he talked to me.  By the end, I just killed him with an explosive round from my anti-tank rifle before his final dialogue just so I didn't have to hear his droning god damned voice one more god damned time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 21, 2014, 08:54:57 pm
I beat the Lonesome Road DLC for New Vegas for the first time.  I'm really fucking disappointed in Ulysses.  Here I was thinking he was going to be a cool, intelligent villain or at least foil to the Courier.  Nope.  He's your bog-standard, boring arse wannabe quasi-philospher villain who happened upon a thesaurus and suddenly thinks he's some kind of moral authority or some shit.

Seriously, I was sick of his droning bullshit after the first time he talked to me.  By the end, I just killed him with an explosive round from my anti-tank rifle before his final dialogue just so I didn't have to hear his droning god damned voice one more god damned time.

I kept him alive because I needed the help against the Marked Men who bust in.

Ironbite-also I love to giggle at how much he really hates the Courier for NO FUCKING REASON!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 21, 2014, 09:03:58 pm
I kept him alive because I needed the help against the Marked Men who bust in.

Ironbite-also I love to giggle at how much he really hates the Courier for NO FUCKING REASON!

Personally, I love how he thinks something you did by complete fuckin accident is comparable to a deliberate act of fucking mass murder.

Also, he was Legion, and feels no remorse over it.  All unrepentant legionaries must die.  If only I could lure them all into a horde of angry cazadores and have my two most hated enemies kill eachother in a gigantic battle as I cackle on the sidelines and drink ice cold Nuka Colas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 21, 2014, 09:11:27 pm
I kept him alive because I needed the help against the Marked Men who bust in.

Ironbite-also I love to giggle at how much he really hates the Courier for NO FUCKING REASON!

Personally, I love how he thinks something you did by complete fuckin accident is comparable to a deliberate act of fucking mass murder.

Also, he was Legion, and feels no remorse over it.  All unrepentant legionaries must die.  If only I could lure them all into a horde of angry cazadores and have my two most hated enemies kill eachother in a gigantic battle as I cackle on the sidelines and drink ice cold Nuka Colas.

Reminds me of my hatred for the Stormcloaks.

And the Thalmor, but everyone hates the Thalmor.  ... I wish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 21, 2014, 09:21:54 pm
Everyone hates the Thalmor, bro.  Also, I'm none to keen on Ulfric's murderous band of treasonous thugs, either.

Though, the bulk of my hate in Elder Scrolls is saved for Altmer, specifically.  I haven't met a single good one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 21, 2014, 09:41:32 pm
Everyone hates the Thalmor, bro.  Also, I'm none to keen on Ulfric's murderous band of treasonous thugs, either.

Though, the bulk of my hate in Elder Scrolls is saved for Altmer, specifically.  I haven't met a single good one.

Eh, there's good Altmer out there... and you can make one yourself.

You're wrong about everyone hating the Thalmor.  There are more than a few people who like them.

And I don't mean in a "Bad guys so edgy" way, I mean "Omigawd such a woobie!11!1" way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on July 21, 2014, 11:36:40 pm
I started playing Castlevania Judgement again. It is still among my favorite games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 22, 2014, 12:35:38 am
Everyone hates the Thalmor, bro.  Also, I'm none to keen on Ulfric's murderous band of treasonous thugs, either.

Though, the bulk of my hate in Elder Scrolls is saved for Altmer, specifically.  I haven't met a single good one.

Eh, there's good Altmer out there... and you can make one yourself.

You're wrong about everyone hating the Thalmor.  There are more than a few people who like them.

And I don't mean in a "Bad guys so edgy" way, I mean "Omigawd such a woobie!11!1" way.

Yes there are "good" Altmer out there.  But by and large, if they're Thalmor, they're dicks.

Ironbite-dicks who should be shouted off of mountaintops as soon as possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on July 22, 2014, 02:50:56 am
Everyone hates the Thalmor, bro.  Also, I'm none to keen on Ulfric's murderous band of treasonous thugs, either.

Though, the bulk of my hate in Elder Scrolls is saved for Altmer, specifically.  I haven't met a single good one.

The first time I went Stormcloak, because, well, I was still pissed at the empire for trying to, y'know, execute me at the beginning of the game. Also, fuck the thalmor. Sideways. With a chainsaw.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 22, 2014, 06:07:29 am
Aww shit, the first part of the Dark Souls 2 DLC is out today! time to kill some scrubs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 22, 2014, 08:25:40 am
Everyone hates the Thalmor, bro.  Also, I'm none to keen on Ulfric's murderous band of treasonous thugs, either.

Though, the bulk of my hate in Elder Scrolls is saved for Altmer, specifically.  I haven't met a single good one.

The first time I went Stormcloak, because, well, I was still pissed at the empire for trying to, y'know, execute me at the beginning of the game. Also, fuck the thalmor. Sideways. With a chainsaw.

Eeh, I wouldn't have a problem with the Stormcloaks if they weren't giant god damned racists and think their dinky, barely-working militia could actually pose a threat to the Thalmor and/or the Aldmeri Dominion.  Those two are the real threat, and only the Empire has the equipment to actually bloody deal with the Aldmeri Menace.

I will always be disappointed that vanilla Skyrim doesn't come with a "take over yourself" option like you've got in New Vegas.  First off, if your Dragonborn isn't an elf of some sort, then you're likely a shoe-in for Emperor, and that's before you kill off Alduin and save the entire god damned world.  Think about it, all the Emperors up until Martin Septim were of dragon blood, which is why the Amulet of Kings worked the way it did.  Being a creature of near godlike power, you could easily strike up the same deal with the same god and make a new Amulet of Kings.  You're human, you've got dragon blood, and then you'd have a new Amulet of Kings.  If you do all this after killing Alduin, then everyone would fuckin rally around you as, more or less, the bloody messiah, even moreso than Nerevar.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 22, 2014, 09:07:30 am
I never tried the Civil War quests; I just never cared for politics.  Granted, I liked the Stormcloaks a little more after that near-head-rolling incident, but I like a number of Imperials as well, including the blacksmith couple in Whiterun.

Eh, I just prefer to kill things as I choose.  Let 'em sort their little war themselves.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 22, 2014, 10:06:47 am
Everyone hates the Thalmor, bro.  Also, I'm none to keen on Ulfric's murderous band of treasonous thugs, either.

Though, the bulk of my hate in Elder Scrolls is saved for Altmer, specifically.  I haven't met a single good one.

The first time I went Stormcloak, because, well, I was still pissed at the empire for trying to, y'know, execute me at the beginning of the game. Also, fuck the thalmor. Sideways. With a chainsaw.

Eeh, I wouldn't have a problem with the Stormcloaks if they weren't giant god damned racists...

Almost everyone in Skyrim seems to be a racist, makes it kind of hard to pick a side.  Which is probaby the intent but imo it'd be much better if the choice was hard because both sides have valid points and not because both sides are assholes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 22, 2014, 03:43:11 pm
That's true.  Skyrim seems to be the Land of Pricks, second only to the Summerset Isles.  Tamriel needs another Akaviri invasion.

Also, Bethsoft...when exactly are you gonna get the lead out and let us visit Akavir?  Seriously, you've been talking about it in your games' books since Morrowind at the very least and honestly, Tamriel is starting to get a trifle dull.  We've got a whole world all fleshed out for us, but we only get to see one tiny piece of it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 22, 2014, 04:06:10 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 22, 2014, 05:25:16 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 22, 2014, 05:27:56 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 22, 2014, 05:37:50 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".
And spinoff games with different genres have been well-received before.  Just look at Mario Kart.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 22, 2014, 05:50:49 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".

You've seen how people react to just about any announcment in the entertainment industry (especially video games), do you think it being a spin-off would really make much difference to the reaction? 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 22, 2014, 05:53:53 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".

You've seen how people react to just about any announcment in the entertainment industry (especially video games), do you think it being a spin-off would really make much difference to the reaction? 

Well no, but then I think people are stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 22, 2014, 05:56:52 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".

You've seen how people react to just about any announcment in the entertainment industry (especially video games), do you think it being a spin-off would really make much difference to the reaction? 

Well no, but then I think people are stupid.

Well that's only because they are.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 22, 2014, 06:03:26 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".

You've seen how people react to just about any announcment in the entertainment industry (especially video games), do you think it being a spin-off would really make much difference to the reaction? 

Well no, but then I think people are stupid.

Well that's only because they are.
To be more precise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-K_Cyxjf8A
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 22, 2014, 06:05:18 pm
I do like that scene but sadly I've met, and know, a depressingly high number of individually dumb people too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 22, 2014, 09:15:51 pm
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".
And spinoff games with different genres have been well-received before.  Just look at Mario Kart.

Yes because 8 games later, the series is still going strong de.....yeah what I thought.

Ironbite-go to a corner and think about what you've done.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 23, 2014, 08:05:25 am
Honestly, I think Bethsoft should stick to what they know and do best.  Gimmie a sandbox in Akavir.  I mean, what are options for new provinces in the next Elder Scrolls?  The only one that sounds even remotely interesting is Hammerfell, and that's if you don't count Redguard's centering around Stros M'kai.  The only other ones we've got left are Black Marsh, Elsweyr, and Valenwood...dunno if the Orsimer have their own little state or whatever.  Black Marsh would be dull as fuck because wandering around every day in a mosquito-infested shithole of a swamp isn't exactly my idea of excitement.  Elsweyr might be a little interesting, but if memory serves, its largely a desert area and we've already got massive deserts in Fallout.  Valenwood is full of elves, and the less said about that, the better.

Besides, we've spent five games, not counting spinoffs and expansions, in Tamriel.  If you didn't bother reading the books in the game, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it was the only landmass on the entire planet.  Hell, if you wanted to, you could throw a bone to the hardcore Morrowind fans and make it so your character is actually the Nerevarine, since the Nerevarine is confirmed to have made a journey of unknown success to Akavir prior to the events of Oblivion.  It'd be a perfect chance for a direct callback to a previous installment and give us a chance to see an entirely new land.  They wouldn't even have to stat any new races for player characters, so that'd make it that much easier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 23, 2014, 11:50:57 am
Maybe they could do a spin-off for it, like a proper RPG instead of a sandbox RPG.  But with a custom character.

I say this because this way, they don't have to render every square inch of Akavir, and we could explore the best spots of it.

Unfortunately, this would make it a bit more linear, and people hate linearity for some reason.

Well, actually, I understand the reason, I just think that linearity can be refreshing.  Too many choices in a video game can be tiresome.

I think the the decision to make a linear entry in a franchise that's known for it's open-world sandbox nature and for exploration would probably be as well received as a vomit flavoured lollipop.

Hence "spin-off".
And spinoff games with different genres have been well-received before.  Just look at Mario Kart.

Yes because 8 games later, the series is still going strong de.....yeah what I thought.

Ironbite-go to a corner and think about what you've done.

Errrr, Mario Kart is still going strong. Hell MK8 is SELLING Wii Us. And the online is always busy.

So yea, id say its still going strong.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 23, 2014, 11:55:11 am
I misread that terribly somehow
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 23, 2014, 01:22:48 pm
I misread that terribly somehow

That's why knee-jerk reactions suck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 23, 2014, 02:00:09 pm
Wasn't even a knee-jerk.  My brain somehow was able to insert words in there that weren't there.  I have no clue what that was all about.

Ironbite-just....wow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on July 23, 2014, 03:46:05 pm
Until the end of the month you can pick up The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection from Origin for free with a code (http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-get-the-sims-2-ultimate-collection/)

Just tried it a few moments ago and it does indeed work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 23, 2014, 09:50:37 pm
Until the end of the month you can pick up The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection from Origin for free with a code (http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-get-the-sims-2-ultimate-collection/)

Just tried it a few moments ago and it does indeed work.
Since it's free, I'd say there's nothing morally wrong with getting from, say, Pirate Bay instead. For those of us who'd rather rip our dicks off than install Origin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 23, 2014, 10:10:43 pm
Until the end of the month you can pick up The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection from Origin for free with a code (http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-get-the-sims-2-ultimate-collection/)

Just tried it a few moments ago and it does indeed work.
Since it's free, I'd say there's nothing morally wrong with getting from, say, Pirate Bay instead. For those of us who'd rather rip our dicks off than install Origin.

You rebel
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 24, 2014, 04:25:20 am
You know what's a lot of fun? Losing several hours worth of progress because you forgot the game you're playing doesn't have autosave. Real fucking joy, that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 24, 2014, 05:10:01 am
You know what's a lot of fun? Losing several hours worth of progress because you forgot the game you're playing doesn't have autosave. Real fucking joy, that.

I hate doing that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 24, 2014, 09:25:03 am
I've been playing a lot of an old favourite of mine, NightCaster.  I think it was the very first game I ever played on the original Xbox, and its every bit as fun as I remember.  Good, old-fashioned Gauntlet-style killing things with ever more awesome magic.  Remember when wizards had their squishiness offset by just how world-killingly awesome they could become?  Pepperidge Farm remembers.

And Pepperidge Farm has plans...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on July 25, 2014, 02:37:01 am
You know what's a lot of fun? Losing several hours worth of progress because you forgot the game you're playing doesn't have autosave. Real fucking joy, that.

I hate doing that.

This, so much...

By the same token, getting yourself stuck in an unwinnable situation because you accidentally saved over your failsafe save.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 25, 2014, 08:45:49 am
Done that before.  Of course, I never, EVER start over or go earlier back.  I keep on going until I either succeed or give up in frustration.  Mostly the former.  Why?  Well, let's just say that people who claim the Leeroy Jenkins Approach isn't the end-all be-all of gaming strategy just aren't doing it properly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 25, 2014, 11:41:28 am
I remember once in Call of Duty 2 the game autosaved (or I saved it I forget which) litterally a fraction of a second before a tank shell insta-killed me as I was exiting the game, so every time I loaded up my save to continue on I died immediately and then when the game put me back to the last checkpoint/savepoint because I'd died I'd just die immediately again.

It was my only save file.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 25, 2014, 11:55:39 am
Done that before.  Of course, I never, EVER start over or go earlier back.  I keep on going until I either succeed or give up in frustration.  Mostly the former.  Why?  Well, let's just say that people who claim the Leeroy Jenkins Approach isn't the end-all be-all of gaming strategy just aren't doing it properly.

On STALKER Lost Alpha, I managed to save scum my way through a pitch black night gunfight against the military to get the documents at Agroprom. I would kill a few guys, move up, save, die, load, repeat. Took probably an hour to get in and out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 25, 2014, 11:57:18 am
Done that before.  Of course, I never, EVER start over or go earlier back.  I keep on going until I either succeed or give up in frustration.  Mostly the former.  Why?  Well, let's just say that people who claim the Leeroy Jenkins Approach isn't the end-all be-all of gaming strategy just aren't doing it properly.

On STALKER Lost Alpha, I managed to save scum my way through a pitch black night gunfight against the military to get the documents at Agroprom. I would kill a few guys, move up, save, die, load, repeat. Took probably an hour to get in and out.

I've done that in so many games I can't even count them all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 25, 2014, 01:02:39 pm
I save scum pickpocket attempts in Skyrim.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 25, 2014, 02:45:52 pm
I save scum pickpocket attempts in Skyrim.

Me too, I've even done it with picking locks and when I grind by going on giant hunting sprees (as in hunting giants, not very large hunts) .  I also do it a lot in Civ 5 just before and during wars.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 25, 2014, 07:30:16 pm
XCOM: EW just gave me a recruit called Klaus Kraus. fucking perfect name, and of course he's german.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 26, 2014, 12:17:24 am
XCOM: EW just gave me a recruit called Klaus Kraus. fucking perfect name, and of course he's german.

What was he going to be, French?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 26, 2014, 12:19:31 am
XCOM: EW just gave me a recruit called Klaus Kraus. fucking perfect name, and of course he's german.

What was he going to be, French?

He could be. There's a lot of ethnic German people in Alsace-Lorraine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 26, 2014, 05:10:56 am
Could've been Austrian.  Or Czech.  Possibly even Swiss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 26, 2014, 03:52:45 pm
Just been playing the Destiny beta on the Xbox 360 (I'm not rich enough for one of the new consoles yet :().  My review of it so far:

First vist to the player hub "The Tower" - I accidentally made my male robot character sit down which caused another, male, player character to run over and give my character a lap dance, after which I then took part in a several minute long synconrised group dance party followed by an impromptu game of football (soccer).

10/10
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on July 26, 2014, 04:40:07 pm
Just been playing the Destiny beta on the Xbox 360 (I'm not rich enough for one of the new consoles yet :().  My review of it so far:

First vist to the player hub "The Tower" - I accidentally made my male robot character sit down which caused another, male, player character to run over and give my character a lap dance, after which I then took part in a several minute long synconrised group dance party followed by an impromptu game of football (soccer).

10/10

I'd love to play Destiny, but as far as I can tell they're not making it for PC apparently they are making it for the PC, with the release date rumored to be around March.

I haven't really looked into it that much though, so could someone kinda sum it up for me? As far as I can tell it's some kind of FPS MMO.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 26, 2014, 06:03:24 pm
Not even Klaus 'Kraut' Krause could save half my squad from the cryssalid horde. NEVER FORGET
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 27, 2014, 02:11:55 am
Just been playing the Destiny beta on the Xbox 360 (I'm not rich enough for one of the new consoles yet :().  My review of it so far:

First vist to the player hub "The Tower" - I accidentally made my male robot character sit down which caused another, male, player character to run over and give my character a lap dance, after which I then took part in a several minute long synconrised group dance party followed by an impromptu game of football (soccer).

10/10

I'd love to play Destiny, but as far as I can tell they're not making it for PC apparently they are making it for the PC, with the release date rumored to be around March.

I haven't really looked into it that much though, so could someone kinda sum it up for me? As far as I can tell it's some kind of FPS MMO.

It's quite a lot like Borderlands, basically.  Only you'll run into other players normally during missions(whereas in Borderlands you had to chose multiplayer to play with others) and it has a distinct personality of it's own that stops it feeling like a carbon copy.  It also has a dedicated PVP arena that plays like the multiplayer mode on an FPS.

It's not nearly as generous with its loot as Borderlands sadly, and leveling up seems slower too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on July 27, 2014, 03:06:58 am
Destiny definitely has my interest now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 28, 2014, 04:37:32 pm
I save scum pickpocket attempts in Skyrim.

I spent an hour playing tag with the kids just so I could jump onto rocks and watch as they looked up at me with their sad faces.  Then I'd grin as, "Quest Complete." appears on my screen.

I need to now find out where I can play Hide and Seek with the little brats so I can start the game, then leave town for a week and see what happens.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on July 28, 2014, 06:22:46 pm
I killed Alduin in one shot one time. Daedric Bow enchanted to do 25 points of both fire and elecric damage, smithed up to legendary, using a Daedric Arrow, and using my 100 Alchemy (and heavily enchanted gear to add even more to my alchemy) to mix (the one and only)Jarrin Root with some Nightshade. The poison alone did ~6000 damage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 29, 2014, 01:38:27 am
I killed Alduin in one shot one time. Daedric Bow enchanted to do 25 points of both fire and elecric damage, smithed up to legendary, using a Daedric Arrow, and using my 100 Alchemy (and heavily enchanted gear to add even more to my alchemy) to mix (the one and only)Jarrin Root with some Nightshade. The poison alone did ~6000 damage.

Damn, and I thought my 100-and-something damage axe (forget the actual number, might be over 200) was insanley over powered.  The only enemies I can't kill in one or two hits are dragons, they take maybe 4 or 5 hits.  But my character is leveled up enough that I don't have to worry at all about my health when literally anything attacks me.  My expereicne of the game now swings between being bored coz everythings too easy to feeling like a mega god, depending on my mood.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 29, 2014, 05:21:50 am
Done that before.  Of course, I never, EVER start over or go earlier back.  I keep on going until I either succeed or give up in frustration.  Mostly the former.  Why?  Well, let's just say that people who claim the Leeroy Jenkins Approach isn't the end-all be-all of gaming strategy just aren't doing it properly.

On STALKER Lost Alpha, I managed to save scum my way through a pitch black night gunfight against the military to get the documents at Agroprom. I would kill a few guys, move up, save, die, load, repeat. Took probably an hour to get in and out.

I took a look at this thing, and its a free game. When my download limit resets I might get that
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 29, 2014, 08:31:25 pm
Done that before.  Of course, I never, EVER start over or go earlier back.  I keep on going until I either succeed or give up in frustration.  Mostly the former.  Why?  Well, let's just say that people who claim the Leeroy Jenkins Approach isn't the end-all be-all of gaming strategy just aren't doing it properly.

On STALKER Lost Alpha, I managed to save scum my way through a pitch black night gunfight against the military to get the documents at Agroprom. I would kill a few guys, move up, save, die, load, repeat. Took probably an hour to get in and out.

I took a look at this thing, and its a free game. When my download limit resets I might get that

It's best for someone who's already familiar with STALKER and can see the differences. I compare it to if you took the original Shadow of Chernobyl and handed all of the resources, scripts, plot, quest info, etc. to a group of gamers and asked them to make a game based off of what they were given.

It's sort of an "enhanced" version of the game. Many of the locations are in the same place, but they have different appearances and layouts and there are more locations available. The difficulty curve is greatly slowed down through the inclusion of a few simple fetch and negotiation quests before and after the bandit gunfight (which is normally the very first quest in the game and can be punishingly difficult for someone not used to it).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 31, 2014, 09:27:39 pm
Done that before.  Of course, I never, EVER start over or go earlier back.  I keep on going until I either succeed or give up in frustration.  Mostly the former.  Why?  Well, let's just say that people who claim the Leeroy Jenkins Approach isn't the end-all be-all of gaming strategy just aren't doing it properly.

On STALKER Lost Alpha, I managed to save scum my way through a pitch black night gunfight against the military to get the documents at Agroprom. I would kill a few guys, move up, save, die, load, repeat. Took probably an hour to get in and out.

I took a look at this thing, and its a free game. When my download limit resets I might get that

It's best for someone who's already familiar with STALKER and can see the differences. I compare it to if you took the original Shadow of Chernobyl and handed all of the resources, scripts, plot, quest info, etc. to a group of gamers and asked them to make a game based off of what they were given.

It's sort of an "enhanced" version of the game. Many of the locations are in the same place, but they have different appearances and layouts and there are more locations available. The difficulty curve is greatly slowed down through the inclusion of a few simple fetch and negotiation quests before and after the bandit gunfight (which is normally the very first quest in the game and can be punishingly difficult for someone not used to it).

Is it worth getting though. The whole game seems to be split between people who hate it and people who furiously masturbate to it
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on July 31, 2014, 11:33:25 pm
Done that before.  Of course, I never, EVER start over or go earlier back.  I keep on going until I either succeed or give up in frustration.  Mostly the former.  Why?  Well, let's just say that people who claim the Leeroy Jenkins Approach isn't the end-all be-all of gaming strategy just aren't doing it properly.

On STALKER Lost Alpha, I managed to save scum my way through a pitch black night gunfight against the military to get the documents at Agroprom. I would kill a few guys, move up, save, die, load, repeat. Took probably an hour to get in and out.

I took a look at this thing, and its a free game. When my download limit resets I might get that

It's best for someone who's already familiar with STALKER and can see the differences. I compare it to if you took the original Shadow of Chernobyl and handed all of the resources, scripts, plot, quest info, etc. to a group of gamers and asked them to make a game based off of what they were given.

It's sort of an "enhanced" version of the game. Many of the locations are in the same place, but they have different appearances and layouts and there are more locations available. The difficulty curve is greatly slowed down through the inclusion of a few simple fetch and negotiation quests before and after the bandit gunfight (which is normally the very first quest in the game and can be punishingly difficult for someone not used to it).

Is it worth getting though. The whole game seems to be split between people who hate it and people who furiously masturbate to it

Do you like STALKER?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 31, 2014, 11:38:16 pm
I havnt played it, but it looks fucking awesome from what ive seen and read.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on August 01, 2014, 10:31:47 am
I havnt played it, but it looks fucking awesome from what ive seen and read.

It's something you like because you enjoy very difficult first-person shooters in an open world environment. Lost Alpha is very similar to the base game, but with a more American-appropriate difficulty curve and the re-implementation of a lot of cut content and such.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 01, 2014, 07:26:58 pm
Red Faction collection is 90% off for 17 more hours, go buy now! buy buy buy
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on August 01, 2014, 11:13:51 pm
I have now paid off my Pre-order of Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, and am now saving up for the recently announced Persona 5.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on August 02, 2014, 12:37:18 pm
Relevant to all of us, since... well, it's nice to be proud of ourselves as gamers once in a while:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKmNzujz-Aw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 02, 2014, 01:13:10 pm
Finally, some god damn perspective XD

(also, for those who are into lulz, there's a libertard in the comments section whining that Extra Credits isn't as libertarian as he is)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on August 02, 2014, 01:55:01 pm
Saw that.  Also was proud of the fact that everybody else took him to task for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 02, 2014, 02:00:09 pm
I feel like I have too many shotguns in GMOD.

Also, my steam handle is Chelonian Knight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 02, 2014, 04:03:10 pm
Thinking of starting a new Skyrim game as a Breton, getting my magic resistance as high as I can early on, getting his armor as high as I can early on, and continuing the game as a tank.  I'm just debating on whether to have him use a tw-handed warhammer (he'd be able to block, and he could pay a Companion to train him) or 2 maces (faster and pretty cool to smash opponent's skulls in, especially with Elemental Fury).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on August 02, 2014, 10:44:08 pm
I found my copy of Fire Emblem: Awakening that I had lost! So happy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 03, 2014, 06:39:37 am
Picked up Gnomoria again and started a new fort. As it turns out, not ignoring military and healthcare related things is pretty vital to surviving past the first couple of seasons. Who knew?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: R. U. Sirius on August 06, 2014, 11:00:49 pm
Just got done playing inFamous 2 through the "evil" ending for the first time. It's interesting...unlike the first game, where it ends the same whether you have good or evil karma, this one has two entirely separate endgames depending on which path you choose.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on August 06, 2014, 11:05:14 pm
Just got done playing inFamous 2 through the "evil" ending for the first time. It's interesting...unlike the first game, where it ends the same whether you have good or evil karma, this one has two entirely separate endgames depending on which path you choose.

I confess, I actually like games that have a blue karma / red karma system.
Games that force you to leave things up to your imagination or have abstract consequences feel kinda lazy or esoteric.  I want my evil to actually mean something even if it's as simple as a red background and a visual change.  Of course, I like consequences, too. 
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Post by: Art Vandelay on August 06, 2014, 11:12:33 pm
I just 100% completed Spirit Tracks. Damn good game, and possibly the most underrated Zelda ever. Though I suppose that's to be expected, seeing as it's associated with Phantom Hourglass.
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Post by: IanC on August 07, 2014, 01:09:18 pm
Got Last of Us Remastered when it came out. Really enjoying it.

The Internet backdraft over Bill is oh so funny. Oh no, a gay character that isn't a walking talking stereotype, WAHHHHHH!
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Post by: chitoryu12 on August 07, 2014, 05:48:24 pm
Got Last of Us Remastered when it came out. Really enjoying it.

The Internet backdraft over Bill is oh so funny. Oh no, a gay character that isn't a walking talking stereotype, WAHHHHHH!

Wait, why is there a backdraft now? The game is a few years old. This is just a super HD remake.
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Post by: syaoranvee on August 07, 2014, 06:45:13 pm
Got Last of Us Remastered when it came out. Really enjoying it.

The Internet backdraft over Bill is oh so funny. Oh no, a gay character that isn't a walking talking stereotype, WAHHHHHH!

Wait, why is there a backdraft now? The game is a few years old. This is just a super HD remake.

Actually it's barely a year old.
Which is one of the reasons people bitched about a remastering.
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Post by: Vypernight on August 08, 2014, 05:00:13 am
Started a new game in Skyrim as a warrior with heavy armor, 2 maces, and pretty good magic resistance.  Thus far, he's lethal 1 on 1 or 1 on 2, but when he still has trouble when getting swarmed.
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Post by: IanC on August 08, 2014, 08:42:03 am
Got Last of Us Remastered when it came out. Really enjoying it.

The Internet backdraft over Bill is oh so funny. Oh no, a gay character that isn't a walking talking stereotype, WAHHHHHH!

Wait, why is there a backdraft now? The game is a few years old. This is just a super HD remake.

Actually it's barely a year old.
Which is one of the reasons people bitched about a remastering.
To be fair to Sony/Naughty Dog, it came out right as the generation transition happened. And there are idiots out there they automatically throw away (well trade in, but same difference) every game from the previous gen and the console. Despite that you know, they still work, and games are still coming out. And that it always takes a while for the next gen to actually get going.

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Post by: RavynousHunter on August 08, 2014, 09:55:12 am
Started a new game in Skyrim as a warrior with heavy armor, 2 maces, and pretty good magic resistance.  Thus far, he's lethal 1 on 1 or 1 on 2, but when he still has trouble when getting swarmed.

I've found that heavy armour and traditional sword-and-board actually works fairly well when being swarmed.  You get plenty of protection, the ability to interrupt power attacks, and decent DPS.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on August 08, 2014, 11:07:11 am
Steam came out with a pretty significant update recently, the UI has a blue-ish tint to it, and now you can hide games from your library.
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Post by: Søren on August 09, 2014, 09:53:55 am
Arma 3: my realism unit just got a new med system in and its absolutely crazy. Im going to head a head of medics because its just that crazy.

The forest: i cant seem to stay long in this, the dev team seem great though.

Stalker: quite enjoying this. Only problem is it takes forever to get anywhere.

Payday: INFAMOUS YOOOO
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Post by: Askold on August 09, 2014, 01:39:43 pm
(http://1d4chan.org/images/thumb/0/0d/OldCalgar.png/416px-OldCalgar.png)

Once upon a time there was a Warhammer 40k game called Chapter master. It was an old forgotten but good strategy game where the player would either choose one of the great chapters to command or could make his own army of genetically engineered supermen to command for the glory of the Imperium.

The game gained more fans as some of the players on 4Chan /tg/ talked about their experiences with the game.

Well, actually they were just trolling.

You see the game never existed and they just made up stories and even made fake "screenshots" just so that they could enjoy the tears of those who had been fooled into tinking the game was real.

Then a certain "Duke" decided that the game IS a good idea and he might as well make it into reality.

Now those same threads continued coming up, being filled with three kinds of things:

a) More trolling/joking with fake game stories.

b) Hype about the REAL game that was being made

c) Tears of doubt that the game would never be finished.

Except that now there is a playable alpha version of the game! And it is pretty fun even if a lot of things are still missing/broken.

The best part though is that the threads now and the threads before are extremely similar. Though there are a lot more bug reports now.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Chapter_Master_%28game%29

/tg/ gets shit done.
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Post by: Sleepy on August 10, 2014, 08:08:12 am
Whoever designed Rusty Bucket Bay in Banjo Kazooie is a sadistic fuck. The jiggy behind the boat propellers that requires you to go through hell and back, and oh, sucks to be you if you die, is even more infuriating.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on August 10, 2014, 08:56:44 am
It seems that everyone always learns the hard way to go for that jiggy first rather than last. Because nothing ruins your day like going into the engine room with 96 notes only to fall into that ocean of motor oil.
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Post by: Sleepy on August 10, 2014, 09:21:22 am
I'm playing on the 360 port, which thankfully doesn't have the issue with having to re-collect all the notes. I can't even imagine having to do that. Still, the number of lives you have resets every time you turn off your console, so I had to collect a bunch of extra lives before going into that level.
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Post by: IanC on August 12, 2014, 01:31:04 pm
Upgraded my PS4s hard drive last night. Easy as pie.

Now why didn't sony include a 1TB HD in the PS4 as standard i don't know... Luckily i only have two "big" games (over 30GB), Killzone and Last of Us Remastered (both around 44GB). Everything else is 25GB or under.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 13, 2014, 07:03:30 am
OMG NEW SILENT HILL FROM HIDEO KOJIMA AND GUILLEROMO DEL TORO

who's dick I gotta suck for a pc version?
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Post by: ironbite on August 13, 2014, 12:33:42 pm
Normon Reedus'
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Post by: Cerim Treascair on August 15, 2014, 03:05:04 am
I'm getting back into playing TF2 lately... it feels weird as hell.  I haven't played since Mann vs. Machine was NEW.
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Post by: Svata on August 15, 2014, 03:37:15 am
Anyone else here looking forward to Insomniac Games' new IP, Sunset Overdrive? They're my favorite development studio, and this looks to be another great game. (For those of you who don't know they made the first three Spyro games, all 10(I think) of the non-psp Ratchet and Clank games, the Resistance games, and Fuse(which I only mention because it was their first non-sony-exclusive game)) This is (unfortunately) an XBone exclusive, but it looks like a lot of fun.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on August 15, 2014, 07:52:47 am
I thought I'd give the first three Monkey Island games another shot. Last time, I lost interest halfway through act 2 of LeChuck's Revenge. I'm about at that point again and I've got a decent idea of what to do next, so I'm optimistic that I'll make it through this time.
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Post by: IanC on August 15, 2014, 11:49:23 am
This is (unfortunately) an XBone exclusive, but it looks like a lot of fun.

And that is why i care little about it. Video gaming is too expensive to go down the all 3 route, and at the time of release i trusted MS little (still do) so i went for the PS4 (and the Wii U but i can't say no to nintendo)
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Post by: Commissar Kaz on August 15, 2014, 08:27:44 pm
Metal Gear Solid 5 has been announced for the PC. I is happy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 16, 2014, 08:58:54 am
Metal Gear Solid 5 has been announced for the PC. I is happy.

Gives me hope we may eventually see the new Silent Hill game on PC eventually.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on August 23, 2014, 07:23:22 am
Finished Curse of Monkey Island. I have to say, the Windows 95 era was when LucasArts really hit their stride. Granted, I felt like Monkey Island 2 wrapped everything up quite nicely, and Curse just feels like a typical shoehorned sequel. It would've been a lot better as a whole new IP, but it was still a very well made point and click. Well, aside from the final act, admittedly. That carnival was kind of a chore, and the final showdown with LeChuck was just painful. But overall I'd say the good outweighs the bad. A lot of the jokes actually got a laugh out of me, and art style is quite nice. So yeah, fun game.

In other news, I discovered that ResidualVM is a thing, so I'll be playing Grim Fandango next. I've been itching to try that game for years now, so I'm quite excited for it.
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Post by: Sleepy on August 23, 2014, 07:51:14 am
Finished Curse of Monkey Island. I have to say, the Windows 95 era was when LucasArts really hit their stride. Granted, I felt like Monkey Island 2 wrapped everything up quite nicely, and Curse just feels like a typical shoehorned sequel. It would've been a lot better as a whole new IP, but it was still a very well made point and click. Well, aside from the final act, admittedly. That carnival was kind of a chore, and the final showdown with LeChuck was just painful. But overall I'd say the good outweighs the bad. A lot of the jokes actually got a laugh out of me, and art style is quite nice. So yeah, fun game.

In other news, I discovered that ResidualVM is a thing, so I'll be playing Grim Fandango next. I've been itching to try that game for years now, so I'm quite excited for it.

I had no idea what Grim Fandango was until I was playing Monkey Island 3 and found the "Ask me about Grim Fandango" badge in Blondebeard's shop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 23, 2014, 08:02:10 am
I had no idea what Grim Fandango was until I was playing Monkey Island 3 and found the "Ask me about Grim Fandango" badge in Blondebeard's shop.
It's what inspired me to see if there were any halfway sensible means of getting it running on Windows 7.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 23, 2014, 10:45:25 am
I had no idea what Grim Fandango was until I was playing Monkey Island 3 and found the "Ask me about Grim Fandango" badge in Blondebeard's shop.
It's what inspired me to see if there were any halfway sensible means of getting it running on Windows 7.

There is!  I don't quite recall it, but I've played it on my laptop (and beaten it), and she runs Windows 7.  There's a specific program for it that acts as a DOSBox-esque compatibility layer for it.  Alas, I don't recall its name.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 23, 2014, 01:59:10 pm
Is it ScummVM? It allows the Monkey Islands to run perfectly on Windows 7.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 23, 2014, 06:17:56 pm
Is it ScummVM? It allows the Monkey Islands to run perfectly on Windows 7.

I think so, aye.  If nothing else, the name sounds familiar.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 23, 2014, 08:27:19 pm
ResidualVM, actually. It'll run all two of those LucasArts adventure games that ScummVM can't handle.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 24, 2014, 12:23:48 am
Finished Curse of Monkey Island. I have to say, the Windows 95 era was when LucasArts really hit their stride. Granted, I felt like Monkey Island 2 wrapped everything up quite nicely, and Curse just feels like a typical shoehorned sequel. It would've been a lot better as a whole new IP, but it was still a very well made point and click. Well, aside from the final act, admittedly. That carnival was kind of a chore, and the final showdown with LeChuck was just painful. But overall I'd say the good outweighs the bad. A lot of the jokes actually got a laugh out of me, and art style is quite nice. So yeah, fun game.

In other news, I discovered that ResidualVM is a thing, so I'll be playing Grim Fandango next. I've been itching to try that game for years now, so I'm quite excited for it.

Curse is a pretty good game. Escape from monkey island on the other hand isn't very good. It has a few decent jokes but has many horrible puzzles and the fighting system is just bad.

But the Telltale games made good Monkey island games and those you should try.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 24, 2014, 08:09:36 am
Tales of Monkey Island was a pleasant surprise, since Escape turned out to be somewhat of a letdown. It had the old Guybrush we loved and all the appropriate jokes.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on August 28, 2014, 07:03:22 am
Finished Grim Fandango. You know all those people saying it's one of the greatest adventure games ever created? They're absolutely right. Such a brilliant game. My only complaint is that it seriously left me wanting more, but I guess that's only to be expected when an adventure game has a fantastic setting. Specifically,
(click to show/hide)
Also, in general, I just wanted to explore that world a hell of a lot more than would be feasible for a game from 1998. It's a shame it didn't get any sequels.

Moving on, I've decided to take another crack at Conker's Bad Fur Day. It would seem that I'm on a bit of a late 90's kick when it comes to gaming.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on August 28, 2014, 07:43:08 am
Is it odd that I kinda want a remake of The Darkness (the first one) in the engine used by Wolfenstein: The New Order?  I feel like it'd make Jackie at least ten times more awesome if he were powersliding through hallways blasting enemies while the Darkness ripped others to pieces.  Mostly, I just miss how gritty and awesome the first one was.  Don't get me wrong, I love the second, but the first was just fucking gut-wrenchingly good, I loved the art style, and Kirk Acevedo will always be Jackie Estacado, for me.  Oh, and keep the music from the original.  Because to this day, it remains one of my favourite game scores of all fucking time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JWZAqza27E

Metal.  As.  Fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 28, 2014, 08:20:59 am
It would be kinda hard to make a sequel for Grim Fandango. The story definitely ends there with
(click to show/hide)

The world was kinda fun though, but it would need new characters to make a "sequel" or something set in the same world.

Similarly Full throttle has an amazing atmosphere even if the "Mad Max style postapocalyptic USA" is not a fresh idea, but revisiting the world seems silly because that story was done and finished.

I guess Ben and his crew could get into another adventure so it is easier...
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Post by: Dakota Bob on August 28, 2014, 08:21:22 am
As long as it gets a release for PC, I'm game. I loved Darkness 2 but I don't wanna have to go back to playing shooters on the PS3 just for Darkness 1, I can't handle 30fps games anymore :(
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Post by: RavynousHunter on August 28, 2014, 10:17:23 am
I honestly can't tell the difference between the two.  I'm better at telling crappy texture work than anything above 30fps.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on August 29, 2014, 07:07:01 am
I'm suddenly remembering why I never finished Conker's Bad Fur Day the first time around. The first half or so of them game is quite competent in terms of gameplay and the writing is quite enjoyable if you like toilet humour. The second half, however, is almost exclusively shooter and turret sections which control like absolute garbage, and the writing devolves into a heap of pop culture references, all of which are now very dated.

I hate it when games start of strong, only to go out of a very disappointing note.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 29, 2014, 10:04:50 am
Holy shit Elite: Dangerous is so fucking cool, this is a game I never knew I really wanted but now I NEED IT
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Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 31, 2014, 08:57:33 am
The Antlion Guardian continues to scare the shit out of me. It will wreck your shit like it's taking a walk, then nonchalantly do so. No barricade can stop it. Bullets are like candy to that thing.

"Retrieving the extract may not be unchallenging", my ass. More like fucking terrifying.
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Post by: Zygarde on August 31, 2014, 10:39:13 am
Oh gods the Antlion Guardian, it was so cathartic when you got to kill that thing at the beginning of chapter 3.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on August 31, 2014, 11:46:12 am
The worst part about my recent Half-Life 2 playthrough is reaching the end of Episode 2. Gaben plz I need Episode 3  :'(
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Post by: Cloud3514 on August 31, 2014, 01:44:16 pm
I've actually seen someone compare the new 3DS to the video game crash of 1983. You know, people would have probably had an identical response to the Game Boy Color had that been made today.
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Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 31, 2014, 01:56:03 pm
The worst part about my recent Half-Life 2 playthrough is reaching the end of Episode 2. Gaben plz I need Episode 3  :'(

Judging from the concept art, it looks goddamn amazing. Take a look at this.

(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120703100222/half-life/en/images/thumb/0/0c/Episode_Three_Concept_Art_Leaked_Mid_2008_EP3_Xen_5.jpg/640px-Episode_Three_Concept_Art_Leaked_Mid_2008_EP3_Xen_5.jpg)

It's like some organic ship, floating in some sort of void. Some form of Synth? Something related to the "Third Power" that the Vorts serve?

(http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120703095530/half-life/en/images/thumb/4/4a/Episode_Three_Concept_Art_Leaked_Mid_2008_EP3_Xen_1.jpg/640px-Episode_Three_Concept_Art_Leaked_Mid_2008_EP3_Xen_1.jpg)

Xen, I guess. There's all sorts of places this could be. Perhaps the Vort's homeworld?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 31, 2014, 02:09:00 pm
I wonder if Xen was the Vortigaunt homeworld? The end boss of HL has a third arm like the Vorts (and those brutes or whatever) and judging from what he says he/she/it is a slave as well, so it would seem like it is a puppet leader like Dr. Breen.

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Post by: Zygarde on August 31, 2014, 02:11:14 pm
I think I read somewhere that The Nihilanth was the last of his race fleeing from the Combine or something of that nature and that Xen isn't his home-world he just fled there
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 03, 2014, 05:48:03 pm
A long list of things that just bug me in HL2.

You know, the Hunter-Chopper's role doesn't make much sense now that I reflect on it. It's the combine version of a attack helicopter, right?  Then why the hell doesn't it have weapons like air-to-surface missiles instead of highly ineffective timed explosives? Do the Combine not understand how guided missiles work or something? 

Also, why the hell are all these American characters in the former Soviet Union? One would think that the Combine would try to clamp down on freedom of movement.

The stunning lack of UGVs in the Combine arsenal is quite interesting, seeing as how they have a shit ton of UAVs. Hell, why not have a drone that jumps through a window carrying a automatic weapon and shoots the shit out of rebels? Or you could build a drone that explodes when it comes near a target.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 03, 2014, 07:31:25 pm
A lot of what the Combine does in Half-Life 2 makes no sense, but I see it as they more or less don't make there own tech and re-purpose the stuff that the race they conquered has. Why they don't have UGV's I think is just a oversight. Also the I think it's explained (or inferred what ever works, I don't care) that the Combine tend to move people around a lot so that they can never get used to a place so that's why  there are American characters in Easter Europe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 03, 2014, 10:20:21 pm
Speaking of the Combine, anybody ever read One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest? In the book, the Chief sees society as "The Combine" who implant people to turn them into "robots".

Hmm....
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 03, 2014, 10:50:46 pm
My wife's started playing Katawa Shoujo.
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Post by: chitoryu12 on September 03, 2014, 11:09:05 pm
A long list of things that just bug me in HL2.

You know, the Hunter-Chopper's role doesn't make much sense now that I reflect on it. It's the combine version of a attack helicopter, right?  Then why the hell doesn't it have weapons like air-to-surface missiles instead of highly ineffective timed explosives? Do the Combine not understand how guided missiles work or something? 

Also, why the hell are all these American characters in the former Soviet Union? One would think that the Combine would try to clamp down on freedom of movement.

The stunning lack of UGVs in the Combine arsenal is quite interesting, seeing as how they have a shit ton of UAVs. Hell, why not have a drone that jumps through a window carrying a automatic weapon and shoots the shit out of rebels? Or you could build a drone that explodes when it comes near a target.

The seemingly random shuffling of people around the world has been mentioned in the games, and is apparently meant to destroy familial bonds and friendships and keep people disoriented and demoralized, as well as making it harder to form a resistance when you keep getting moved across nations and continents and have to either go with it or become one of the guys who gets hunted down.

Also, they have as many or more major combat UGVs as they do UAVs. What do you think the Striders and Hunters are?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 03, 2014, 11:25:23 pm
A long list of things that just bug me in HL2.

You know, the Hunter-Chopper's role doesn't make much sense now that I reflect on it. It's the combine version of a attack helicopter, right?  Then why the hell doesn't it have weapons like air-to-surface missiles instead of highly ineffective timed explosives? Do the Combine not understand how guided missiles work or something? 

Because the civil protection does not get the good gear.

The CP guys have no cybernetics, they are still humans and therefore they don't get the good gear. The CP has pistols, MP7s, regular armoured cars and the attack helicopter. All of these are human technology that the Combine forces use, occasionally with small improvements. The real Combine troops get the Striders, hunters gunships and carriers that are all a mesh of living creatures and machines. Just like the combine trooper you see at the Nova Prospekt makes clear.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 04, 2014, 07:42:11 am
My wife's started playing Katawa Shoujo.

The best visual novel of all time, hands down.  She made a most excellent choice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 04, 2014, 02:21:16 pm
Holy shit Elite: Dangerous is so fucking cool, this is a game I never knew I really wanted but now I NEED IT

And of course, just as I was really getting into the game, the 1.04 hotfix completely fucks the game for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 04, 2014, 05:22:22 pm
A long list of things that just bug me in HL2.

You know, the Hunter-Chopper's role doesn't make much sense now that I reflect on it. It's the combine version of a attack helicopter, right?  Then why the hell doesn't it have weapons like air-to-surface missiles instead of highly ineffective timed explosives? Do the Combine not understand how guided missiles work or something? 

Because the civil protection does not get the good gear.

The CP guys have no cybernetics, they are still humans and therefore they don't get the good gear. The CP has pistols, MP7s, regular armoured cars and the attack helicopter. All of these are human technology that the Combine forces use, occasionally with small improvements. The real Combine troops get the Striders, hunters gunships and carriers that are all a mesh of living creatures and machines. Just like the combine trooper you see at the Nova Prospekt makes clear.

Grenades, MP7 and the Emplacements are used by the soldiers as well, if I recall correctly. So it's not exactly something of "Implanted" and "No implants" if they both use a lot of the same weapons. In essence, my thoughts on the situation is that the hierarchy is based on supply. The Combine has to wait for Synth base species to grow up and even their massive industrial complex is reliant on supply.

Therefore, Earth gets far less priority than previous holdings. Therefore, the Civil Protection on Earth have to make do with sub par equipment until they prove themselves to the Combine.

 
The seemingly random shuffling of people around the world has been mentioned in the games, and is apparently meant to destroy familial bonds and friendships and keep people disoriented and demoralized, as well as making it harder to form a resistance when you keep getting moved across nations and continents and have to either go with it or become one of the guys who gets hunted down.

Also, they have as many or more major combat UGVs as they do UAVs. What do you think the Striders and Hunters are?

When I say things like UAV or UGV, I mean a completely mechanical combat drone akin to the MQ Series. The Strider "species", being a cybernetic organism, doesn't exactly count. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 04, 2014, 08:16:49 pm
When I say things like UAV or UGV, I mean a completely mechanical combat drone akin to the MQ Series. The Strider "species", being a cybernetic organism, doesn't exactly count.

Well, in that case the Combine literally has no UAVs except for the basic Scanners. Even the Shield Scanners (the bigger ones that drop Hopper mines) are visibly partially organic.

The cybernetic creatures like the Gunships, Striders, and Hunters are effectively autonomous drones anyway. They don't feed or exhibit much in the way of animal behavior outside of what's programmed into them, and they act entirely as robotic war machines with their own brain and programming.
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Post by: Zygarde on September 04, 2014, 08:36:32 pm
Makes you wonder what the creatures that make the Striders and Hunters and whatnot looked like before the Combine conquered them and turned them into war machines.
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Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 04, 2014, 10:20:07 pm
And then I'm the one guy who has never played Half Life 2 nor beaten Half Life 1, so I only have a vague grasp of what everyone's talking about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 05, 2014, 12:16:52 am

When I say things like UAV or UGV, I mean a completely mechanical combat drone akin to the MQ Series. The Strider "species", being a cybernetic organism, doesn't exactly count. 


Why would they bother with something like that when they have synths? They obviously do not care about individual lives so using living weapons/warmachines has no downsides to them and those are presumably better than mere drones since they do not use drones (apart from the flying blades that CP use.)

And I know that the Combine troopers also use some of the stuff humans have but it is clear that the BEST stuff is unavailable to the CP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on September 05, 2014, 12:28:55 am
I made All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 my bitch over the last couple days. Really easy and over a little too soon at times, but a great break time game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 05, 2014, 10:34:30 pm


Why would they bother with something like that when they have synths? They obviously do not care about individual lives so using living weapons/warmachines has no downsides to them and those are presumably better than mere drones since they do not use drones (apart from the flying blades that CP use.)

And I know that the Combine troopers also use some of the stuff humans have but it is clear that the BEST stuff is unavailable to the CP.

If I recall correctly, the Hunter Chopper made up for it's lack of agility with a far more powerful arsenal that includes it's timed mine. Despite these being somewhat shitty against Gordon, they're quite effective against the Rebel's fortifications. In addition, the Chopper is crewed by Overwatch Soldiers which implies it's a cross service vehicle.

Now, let's compare it to it's supposed "Overwatch counterpart". The gunship is far more accurate with it's pulse cannon and has no other weapons that are used in game. It's less of a attack helicopter than a vehicle meant for accurate surgical strikes.

The APC isn't the Strider, by a long shot. That's because it's meant to serve a entirely different role in combat. It's not meant for directly engaging a large group in advance, it's used to deliver the Civil Protection to trouble spots so they can subdue a foe with ease.

The thing is, humans are valuable resources for them. The Combine needs us and other species to fuel the war machine, in order to continue their conquest. Thus, why they put so much effort into brutalizing us into complacence.  You think that they would give a shit about the blue mound of feces that is Earth otherwise?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 06, 2014, 01:12:35 am
The thing is, humans are valuable resources for them. The Combine needs us and other species to fuel the war machine, in order to continue their conquest. Thus, why they put so much effort into brutalizing us into complacence.  You think that they would give a shit about the blue mound of feces that is Earth otherwise?

a) Humans are a resource to them but concidering that they stopped humans from breeding (which would have created MORE humans for them to be used as a resource) they did not value it particularly high. The fact that they were using headcrabs and other terror weapons against the resistance means that most humans were expendable. All those population control methods could have been a temporary thing to keep humans from resisting while they were wiped out.

b) THEY WERE STEALING THE OCEANS! They were taking everything they concidered valuable and teleporting it offworld.

c) The reason why UAVs are used in our world is that they can 1) do things that live pilots can't. 2) are expendable compared to human pilots/soldiers. The Combine has UAV cababilities but they still rather use synths, so 1) Synths must be better or they would use UAVs instead. 2) They do not care about the life of a pilot/synth, while the death of a soldier in Earth countries might demoralize the civilians at home the Combine does not care about individuals (more than they care about what "value" to the Combine they have.)

They way I understood it they were trying to keep humans under control by using other human collaborators like CP and augmenting others to be mindless/loyal slaves while robbing the resources on Earth. This would imply that they either weren't planning to "colonize" Earth and would instead take what they need and then leave, or they were taking SOME of the resources needed for life and would leave a much reduced population. But the latter would be only if humans had some kind of use to them and other than turned into Synths (I assume that the original Synths were made from other species so unless those were wiped out they have other sources for that) or Overwatch troopers. And that would be only if they considered humans to be good enough to serve as soldiers for the Combine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on September 06, 2014, 01:22:07 am
A long list of things that just bug me in HL2.

You know, the Hunter-Chopper's role doesn't make much sense now that I reflect on it. It's the combine version of a attack helicopter, right?  Then why the hell doesn't it have weapons like air-to-surface missiles instead of highly ineffective timed explosives? Do the Combine not understand how guided missiles work or something? 
They could have been trying to mass produce them, earths militarized could have destroyed all the missiles they owned, and there could've been some issues with getting proper equipment shipped to earth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 06, 2014, 01:41:41 am
A long list of things that just bug me in HL2.

You know, the Hunter-Chopper's role doesn't make much sense now that I reflect on it. It's the combine version of a attack helicopter, right?  Then why the hell doesn't it have weapons like air-to-surface missiles instead of highly ineffective timed explosives? Do the Combine not understand how guided missiles work or something? 
They could have been trying to mass produce them, earths militarized could have destroyed all the missiles they owned, and there could've been some issues with getting proper equipment shipped to earth.
Maybe they didn't think they needed the missiles? They had destroyed Earth's armies and it didn't look like there were any functioning tanks or aircraft left for the rebels...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on September 06, 2014, 02:08:39 am
A long list of things that just bug me in HL2.

You know, the Hunter-Chopper's role doesn't make much sense now that I reflect on it. It's the combine version of a attack helicopter, right?  Then why the hell doesn't it have weapons like air-to-surface missiles instead of highly ineffective timed explosives? Do the Combine not understand how guided missiles work or something? 
They could have been trying to mass produce them, earths militarized could have destroyed all the missiles they owned, and there could've been some issues with getting proper equipment shipped to earth.
Maybe they didn't think they needed the missiles? They had destroyed Earth's armies and it didn't look like there were any functioning tanks or aircraft left for the rebels...
(http://fcdn.roadbikereview.com/attachments/politics-only/296593d1402432978-were-american-deaths-iraq-worth-anything-bush-mission-accomplished-iraq-thumbsup.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 06, 2014, 02:18:30 am
And then a bearded mute showed up and ruined the whole thing.

Ironbite-or he would if they finished the damn game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on September 06, 2014, 02:40:14 am
And then a bearded mute showed up and ruined the whole thing.

Ironbite-or he would if they finished the damn game.
Tf2 took eleven years, valve likes taking there sweet time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 06, 2014, 05:24:17 am
You know, we could have a entire episode focusing on Dr. Kleiner's wacky science adventures or something like that. Hell, release us another version of HL2 Deathmatch to tide us over. Like, have the Resistance take the fight back to the Combine's other positions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 06, 2014, 09:30:24 am
Sims 4 reviews are pretty much what I expected. The new stuff they added is great (build mode features, create-a-sim detail, emotions, etc), but the stuff they removed really kills your immersion in the game. I'll probably wait til Christmas or later to get it, honestly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on September 06, 2014, 05:34:21 pm
Sims 4 reviews are pretty much what I expected. The new stuff they added is great (build mode features, create-a-sim detail, emotions, etc), but the stuff they removed really kills your immersion in the game. I'll probably wait til Christmas or later to get it, honestly.

I spend like 90% of my time in the Sims games in build mode or create-a-sim, so most of the stuff taken out I've barely even noticed....except fucking swimming pools.  No more giant houses with swimming pool courtyards for me :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 06, 2014, 05:39:10 pm
And yet again, EA acts like shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 06, 2014, 05:54:19 pm
Sims 4 reviews are pretty much what I expected. The new stuff they added is great (build mode features, create-a-sim detail, emotions, etc), but the stuff they removed really kills your immersion in the game. I'll probably wait til Christmas or later to get it, honestly.

I spend like 90% of my time in the Sims games in build mode or create-a-sim, so most of the stuff taken out I've barely even noticed....except fucking swimming pools.  No more giant houses with swimming pool courtyards for me :(

Yeah, removing swimming pools is like a freaking felony, I swear. I'm sure they'll gladly provide them in a $40 expansion pack.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 06, 2014, 09:42:12 pm
I just realized yet another thing while on the influence of lost blood. The only reason the Combine's invasion succeeded was that they struck out of nowhere, akin to a blitzkrieg. If the combine were using the same or similar tech they used in Eastern Europe against the United States Military, the HECU would have put a cap in their asses faster than you can say "Murphy's Laws". And that's if I'm assuming that the PCV wasn't a cross-branch project.

If we had handheld quantum tunneling by the 1950s, I'm really surprised that we weren't more obviously advanced. Hell, if the Combine forces on Earth are stranded...It becomes even more hilarious that we got our asses handed to us.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on September 07, 2014, 12:13:05 am
I think basically the only reason we got are asses handed to us was due to the suddenness of the invasion.
The Combine went in without planning anything ahead.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 07, 2014, 12:13:27 am
They aren't stranded until the gate is broken at the end of HL2 and by that time all the militaries have been destroyed and though the resistance is probably getting all the recruits they can handle they also have to take care of all the civilians that Combine had been feeding before... And the resistance also has to worry about antlions and headgrabs and whatever else came out with the Combine...

Actually, if they are going to make a DLC one thing that would be cool would be playing as a member of Civil Protection. Kinda like Opposing force started with playing the marines that came in to attack the Black mesa crew you would start with going against the resistance. Later as FREEEMAAAN!!! is causing havoc and the Combine starts getting even more violent and cruel you could switch sides, or perhaps your character would be taken to a place like Nova prospekt for "promotion" to Combine elite and he would back out and try to escape when he realizes that they were going to turn him into a mindless cyborg slave.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 07, 2014, 01:03:45 am
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/8308690944/hEC8532A2/)

This is what Sims 4 will look like if you pirate it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on September 07, 2014, 02:23:35 am
Well fuck this game then... unless I purchase it with Steam instead (because Origin is a god-awful service).

That is when it's cheap and it already had an expansion pack or two released, but since it's new and there isn't anything I loved about the previous games (like FUCKING POOLS), that won't be anytime soon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 07, 2014, 07:32:08 am
Or we could have Adrian Shepard finally be taken out of detainment and be sent to what remains of America. Oh, and everyone has russian accents. And since people need innovation, perhaps we can try these game mechanics.

*A inventory system, with specialized ammunition and stuff. Perhaps you can even switch out a USP Match for a Colt Python or something similar. 

*The return of Race X, as allies to the Resistance in the United States. Perhaps a couple new species to vary things up. You can gather Sprites to power specialized energy weapons or just to act as PCV batteries.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 07, 2014, 08:19:36 am
I've never used Origin outside of Sims 3 so I may just be clueless, but I'm not sure what makes it a horrible service. The only thing I had to do with it was download Sims updates, and that's it. Granted, I'd prefer to NOT have to use it for updates, but I only ever saw it every few months.

Anyway, now that Sims 4 is out, Sims 3 expansions are gonna be dirt cheap. I'll finally get to have pets and seasons and other wonderful things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 07, 2014, 08:21:22 am
Didn't somebody already remove that effect? It's amazing what a Russian + Vodka + Keyboard can achieve in a short timespan.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 07, 2014, 08:44:19 am
Didn't somebody already remove that effect? It's amazing what a Russian + Vodka + Keyboard can achieve in a short timespan.

I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't do only that, but add all the content they removed just for good measure.  A few good people with time, inclination, and ability, can work wonders.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 08, 2014, 02:26:22 am
Even games with the best copy protection last a few months at the most before they get cracked completely. Pirates have literally never once failed, which is why DRM is viewed with such scorn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on September 08, 2014, 08:32:52 pm
Humble Store is doing an end-of-summer sale until the 22nd with daily deals, and GoG is doing a 6th birthday sale until September 15th.  Get while the getting's good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 08, 2014, 08:53:49 pm
Got UT2004 from GoG sale 'cos I lost the disks a while ago, fuckin' fantastic multiplayer FPS and still fun even when using bots. Picked up Unreal Gold because it's one of the few retro FPS games I haven't played yet. Also got Crysis 2 off Steam to test my upgraded rig, runs silky smooth at Ultra settings, as opposed to the original Crysis, which was an unoptimized mess that had frequent framerate dips even at medium.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 08, 2014, 09:09:16 pm
Holy shit, Eternal Crusade looks amazing. Can you say "Hold A to bleed faster" ?

Is it bad that I want Centurions and Terminators in Eternal Crusade just for the sheer crazy awesomeness of having them fight each other? Or having dual chainswords as a loadout option? Or am going to hold this over all my buddies in a burst of PC superiority complex?

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on September 08, 2014, 11:36:17 pm
Got UT2004 from GoG sale 'cos I lost the disks a while ago, fuckin' fantastic multiplayer FPS and still fun even when using bots. Picked up Unreal Gold because it's one of the few retro FPS games I haven't played yet. Also got Crysis 2 off Steam to test my upgraded rig, runs silky smooth at Ultra settings, as opposed to the original Crysis, which was an unoptimized mess that had frequent framerate dips even at medium.

Which is really impressive, because Crysis actually ran at a playable FPS on high detail on this computer whereas Metro 2033 and Alan Wake were 100% unplayable even on low detail.

To say nothing of The Forest, though that's admittedly in alpha.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 09, 2014, 10:28:14 am
Crysis was just a graphics engine with the budget of a Triple-A game, I fail to see why its performance is so surprising.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 09, 2014, 11:42:38 am
It's just a shame that none of that Triple-A budget went into optimization :P something they thankfully fixed in later versions. For a glorified tech demo, I actually really like Crysis as a game, fun little shooter. bit short, tho. but then again, what game isn't these days?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on September 09, 2014, 05:17:18 pm
Humble Indie Bundle 12 is on now. Really tempted to get the $65 version of it, since it comes with some cool stuff and would be about the same price as if I bought the games I want seperately.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 10, 2014, 10:40:12 am
So, apparently, Mojang's been up to some downright shady shenanigans for about two years, now, all of it centering around Bukkit, a piece of server software for Minecraft that's become quite popular because it makes creating modded Minecraft servers easier than it normally would be.

Ya see, for the first half of its life, Bukkit worked for Bukkit and nobody else.  However, that changed about two years ago, when Mojang secretly acquired Bukkit, without the knowledge or consent of at least 20 members of the Bukkit development team.  Work that went towards Bukkit also went towards Mojang; the people who were working on Bukkit were essentially working for Mojang without even knowing it...or being paid for their time.  This recently exploded in Mojang's face, and they're now pulling the plug on Bukkit, diverting the people that are still left to work on their vapourware mod API.

So, because Mojang's a bunch of shady motherfuckers, we've likely lost Bukkit, and the shit has flowed over into the nearest Bukkit equivalent, Cauldron (formerly MCPC+), throwing that project into disarray, as well.  Mojang's idiocy has basically threatened the entire modded Minecraft community.  Sometimes, incompetence can be dangerous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on September 10, 2014, 10:46:34 am
That seems needlessly evil on behalf of mojang.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 10, 2014, 11:14:42 am
I have no idea who or what "Bukkit" and "Bojang" are, but how was "Bojang" able to get "Bukkit?" And how was it possible to get "Bukkit" without the crew (paid crew or volunteer/hobbyists?) knowing about it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 10, 2014, 02:21:59 pm
And now the rumors of Microsoft offering $2 billion for Minecraft seems to have some traction
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 10, 2014, 02:30:11 pm
If they take the deal they have no excuse not to finally get around to optimizing the PC version. It runs worse than Crysis FFS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 10, 2014, 05:24:58 pm
Why the fuck would Microsoft pay $2 billion for a five year old game that everyone already owns? That's just pants-on-head retarded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 10, 2014, 06:13:23 pm
Because it's a 5 year old game that does bananas in sales?

Ironbite-I mean seriously...it's still selling really really well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 10, 2014, 06:42:18 pm
Why the fuck would Microsoft pay $2 billion for a five year old game that everyone already owns? That's just pants-on-head retarded.

Or, you know, they could know something you don't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 10, 2014, 06:49:43 pm
I have no idea who or what "Bukkit" and "Bojang" are, but how was "Bojang" able to get "Bukkit?" And how was it possible to get "Bukkit" without the crew (paid crew or volunteer/hobbyists?) knowing about it?

According to my friend, who happens to spend quite a bit of time in Bukkit's IRC, it was because only a few of the people higher up the metaphorical food chain (I say "metaphorical" because this was all being done for free by a ragtag group of Java programmers) did it without informing anyone.  Mojang didn't bother telling anyone, or announcing anything until recently, once the whole thing had collapsed in on itself.

And now the rumors of Microsoft offering $2 billion for Minecraft seems to have some traction

From what I've heard, that's largely unsubstantiated rumour-mongering.  Though, it could potentially spell the death of modded Minecraft, if Microsoft actually does buy out Mojang/Minecraft and decides to be a dick about it.  If that happens...well, its been real, Minecraft, but I'll find something else to fuck around with.  Minecraft without mods is a very boring experience.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on September 10, 2014, 08:36:07 pm
Why the fuck would Microsoft pay $2 billion for a five year old game that everyone already owns? That's just pants-on-head retarded.

Or, you know, they could know something you don't.

Given the recent things Microsoft has done lately (XBox One being the biggest), I wouldn't qualify them as "knowing things".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 10, 2014, 10:21:36 pm
Why the fuck would Microsoft pay $2 billion for a five year old game that everyone already owns? That's just pants-on-head retarded.

Or, you know, they could know something you don't.

Given the recent things Microsoft has done lately (XBox One being the biggest), I wouldn't qualify them as "knowing things".

Isn't the XBox One team a different team from the one that handles the "buying and selling of other people's resources"?

Which is a moot point because it's apparently just a rumor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 10, 2014, 10:35:11 pm
It also means that it prevents Nintendo from making a Wii U version of the game (which Mojang was never opposed to, they just weren't going to do it without someone else ponying up the cash) and means that Apple will likely not get an iPhone 6 version. Still, it seems like the ship has sailed on Minecraft and this is something that would have made sense before the Playstation versions of the game were out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Danarth on September 11, 2014, 09:28:24 am
I have been thinking....there needs to be more games with female characters along the lines of Urdnot Bakara, the female krogan from ME3 and Aria from the same.

Those are both good characters who unfortunately never get enough time in Mass Effect.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 14, 2014, 06:48:46 am
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-09/microsoft-said-near-2-billion-deal-for-minecraft-maker.html

Apparently it's not quite a rumor after all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on September 14, 2014, 08:16:29 am
I honestly can't blame Mojang for selling. They had a good time furthering the development of the game and can now relieve themselves of the game's stress while gaining a crapload of money in the process. I just hope Microsoft will continue patching bugs and generally maintaining the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 14, 2014, 08:50:51 am
I have been thinking....there needs to be more games with female characters along the lines of Urdnot Bakara, the female krogan from ME3 and Aria from the same.

Those are both good characters who unfortunately never get enough time in Mass Effect.

I wouldn't mind more characters like them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 14, 2014, 10:00:08 am
So, its not a rumour anymore, eh?  It seems as though Microsoft is, at least, being intelligent with it.  Like I effing predicted.  But, the whiny FOSStards will inevitably go all Fox News on this shit, because Microsoft is the devil or some shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on September 14, 2014, 11:46:25 am
If this gets Minecraft some serious souping up, I guess I'm all for it. Just hope it doesn't shit all over the modding community.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 14, 2014, 02:13:21 pm
If this gets Minecraft some serious souping up, I guess I'm all for it. Just hope it doesn't shit all over the modding community.

They won't.  Unlike what some morons believe, Microsoft doesn't waste their time hiring retards.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on September 14, 2014, 03:58:19 pm
If this gets Minecraft some serious souping up, I guess I'm all for it. Just hope it doesn't shit all over the modding community.

They won't.  Unlike what some morons believe, Microsoft doesn't waste their time hiring retards.

Hmmm considering some of the things that happened recently I'm not sure that's quite true.  However, those retards seem to be gone now so I guess when/if MS do hire retards they at least realise it and have the wit to replace them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 14, 2014, 07:11:49 pm
If this gets Minecraft some serious souping up, I guess I'm all for it. Just hope it doesn't shit all over the modding community.

They won't.  Unlike what some morons believe, Microsoft doesn't waste their time hiring retards.

Hmmm considering some of the things that happened recently I'm not sure that's quite true.  However, those retards seem to be gone now so I guess when/if MS do hire retards they at least realise it and have the wit to replace them.

Bingo.  Also, it amuses me when people point to Vista/Win8 as Microsoft's "mistakes."  Poor fools haven't even caught on, yet.  If nothing else, Gates and Ballmer hired some god damned marketing geniuses.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on September 14, 2014, 08:22:24 pm
speaking as someone that has Win 8... I rather like it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on September 14, 2014, 09:53:59 pm
Off topic: is it just the TF2 fan base, or is it a thing for gamers to complain about everything being overpowered?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 14, 2014, 10:07:28 pm
Off topic: is it just the TF2 fan base, or is it a thing for gamers to complain about everything being overpowered?

It's the entire gamer community.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 14, 2014, 10:09:40 pm
Off topic: is it just the TF2 fan base, or is it a thing for gamers to complain about everything being overpowered?
Yeah, it kinda is both.

If the fanboys wouldn't complain, I'd advocate for the addition of the upgrade system to other game modes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on September 14, 2014, 10:34:21 pm
Off topic: is it just the TF2 fan base, or is it a thing for gamers to complain about everything being overpowered?

Oh, my sweet summer child.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 15, 2014, 09:51:14 am
Off topic: is it just the TF2 fan base, or is it a thing for gamers to complain about everything being overpowered?

You haven't witnessed the modded Minecraft community, have you?  Consider yourself lucky.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on September 15, 2014, 10:07:08 am
Off topic: is it just the TF2 fan base, or is it a thing for gamers to complain about everything being overpowered?

It's the entire gamer community.
This comment is overpowered...

...and it rips off CoD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 15, 2014, 10:54:15 am
Posting OP, plz nerf.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 15, 2014, 03:29:43 pm
Fuckin' carebears learn to play.

...

And I managed to piss myself off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on September 15, 2014, 06:29:52 pm
Fuckin' carebears learn to play.

...

And I managed to piss myself off.

Step One: Get.
Step Two: Good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on September 15, 2014, 06:39:39 pm
Fuckin' carebears learn to play.

...

And I managed to piss myself off.

Step One: Get.
Step Two: Good.

Oh! So it's LoL learning curve.  Again.

/I joke, I played TF2 way back in the day
//then I take a year and a half off and get bitched at for not having the new maps memorized
///slashies, my fellow Farkers
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 15, 2014, 10:16:14 pm
CRY MORE, NEWFAGS. OMG, YOU FUCKING FAGOT! YOU BITCH JUST HAD TO DIE ON ME! FUK YOU, I'M NOT HEALING YOU ANYMORE! UNINSTALL LIFE.

The average Medic when your Ubered Pyro comes out of charge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 16, 2014, 12:47:56 am
Was playing TF2 a few days ago and was just wrecking this dude.  Completely wrecking him.  And he was mad.  Like I think he only saw the inside of the spawn room he was dying so much.

Ironbite-trolled him so hard because he was so bad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 16, 2014, 01:05:32 am
The last few times I played TF2 I was really disappointed in the other gamers.

But the biggest disappointment so far was in how the Mechwarrior online gaming culture changed when the closed beta ended. Before people had been civil and friendly, once it opened up... Well, the civility lowered considerably.

One time, I greeted the other players and wished them good luck as it had been customary for everyone to do and the replies were insults at me and demands that I should quit the game.

Also griefers appeared around that time... I just can't stand griefers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 16, 2014, 09:21:33 am
Reminds me of Alliance Battles in the first Guild Wars.  The two sides would actually have entire multi-guild alliances specifically to spy on the enemy team and hinder their efforts.  That's some amazingly meta shit, right there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 16, 2014, 07:39:41 pm
I actually haven't experienced any real incivility, though I stick to playing MvM. Seriously, Upgrades should be added to other gamemodes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 16, 2014, 09:24:27 pm
No Upgrades shouldn't.  Make the game totally unbalanced moreso then it already is.

Ironbite-and when you're stomping all over a team in say Payload, you'll cause a lot of grief.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 23, 2014, 02:20:46 am
Humble Bundle is giving away Tropico 3 for free right now, as part of weekly giveaway they do every Monday. If there's one thing is this world that is universally good, it's free games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 23, 2014, 04:36:17 am
The demo to Smash Bros 3ds is out and it's pretty fun.  This is the first SB game I've played since the N64 version and I'm enjoying it, even though it only has 1 stage and 5 characters.  Also, Link is a monster and people have found ways for Megaman to destroy opponents in seconds.

Unfortunately, unless he's a hidden character, no Jigglypuff this time around.  Bummer, I miss beating that poke to a pulp.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 23, 2014, 01:02:02 pm
You haven't been paying attention have you?

Ironbite-the Puff...is Tuff.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 23, 2014, 01:23:19 pm
Megamans final smash* proves that Nintendo care more about Megaman than Capcom. Which is kinda sad, really.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 23, 2014, 01:46:19 pm
The demo to Smash Bros 3ds is out and it's pretty fun.  This is the first SB game I've played since the N64 version and I'm enjoying it, even though it only has 1 stage and 5 characters.  Also, Link is a monster and people have found ways for Megaman to destroy opponents in seconds.

Unfortunately, unless he's a hidden character, no Jigglypuff this time around.  Bummer, I miss beating that poke to a pulp.

Even if I didn't know the final roster, I'd still tell you that it's unlikely that Jigglypuff was gone. I doubt they're ever going to drop any of the original 12.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 23, 2014, 03:49:38 pm
Well, hopefully he's a hidden character then. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 23, 2014, 05:55:49 pm
Jah
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 26, 2014, 01:20:56 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p235x350/10635940_10152398059542759_8764850998798328260_n.jpg?oh=da72e5dbb1fc0b1faeac1cff9a5a0b61&oe=54C78A08&__gda__=1421385463_bbbcca4383db6c670db1503d9c050860)

Man your battlestations!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 26, 2014, 05:41:25 am
So hype for Elite: Dangerous beta 2 on the 30th! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzizYUEF9c)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 26, 2014, 06:45:36 am
Had a go at lichdom battlemage. Didnt like it. It feels too strange to go all call of duty with magic.

Stronghold crusader 2. I would have loved it if it didnt look so goddamn cartoony
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on September 26, 2014, 04:46:54 pm
Jah

http://www.ign.com/wikis/super-smash-bros-wii-u-3ds/Jigglypuff (http://www.ign.com/wikis/super-smash-bros-wii-u-3ds/Jigglypuff)

I stand corrected.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 26, 2014, 07:46:32 pm
Hexen's actually pretty cool for it's time. Sure, it doesn't have the sick Necromancer's Gauntlets...but it's still awesome. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 26, 2014, 08:28:26 pm
Hexen's actually pretty cool for it's time. Sure, it doesn't have the sick Necromancer's Gauntlets...but it's still awesome. 

There's a mod that adds a couple of classes to the game.  One of them being the Necromancer, an improved version of the one from Hexen 2.

Guess what item he gets?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 27, 2014, 03:04:44 am
I love the HeXen games, they're metal as fuck. I especially love the second one. It's a shame that it's the kind of FPS that wouldn't get a new game in this current gaming industry, short of a kickstarter campaign.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 27, 2014, 03:49:18 am
I love the HeXen games, they're metal as fuck. I especially love the second one. It's a shame that it's the kind of FPS that wouldn't get a new game in this current gaming industry, short of a kickstarter campaign.

Indeed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 27, 2014, 08:41:42 am
Today, a wonderful thing occurred. I managed to dig up my childhood PC game collection. Quite a few gems from the early 2000's in there. So far, I've installed Impossible Creatures and Zoo Tycoon (plus expansions, naturally) and I've been having a blast with them. Well, the former was a rather jarring reminder of just how awkward the camera controls in old RTS games could be, but good times are being had nonetheless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on September 27, 2014, 09:51:04 pm
Got Tales of Symphonia Chronicles the other day. The first game rocks, but I've heard Dawn of the New World is the weakest Tales series game. Oh well, it was $20.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on September 27, 2014, 11:05:14 pm
I'm not normally one to jump on bash-the-game bandwagons, but my own personal impression of Dawn of the New World is that it was made by a bunch of bored, depressed people who couldn't be enthused about anything they made.  Except for the voice actors.  Some of them.

Seriously, just look at some of the mystic artes.  So unenthusiastic.  So much blank space.  So little oomph.  Also, Genis' Mystic Arte was changed from Indignation Judgment to simply Indignation.  Except... he still has Indignation as a regular spell.

The plot is definitely interesting as a concept, though.  The execution of said concept is... well, I'll leave that up to you to discover.

It just felt like a game that the makers were practically forced to make for the sake of a sequel, rather than feeling inspired to make it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 27, 2014, 11:49:19 pm
Got Tales of Symphonia Chronicles the other day. The first game rocks, but I've heard Dawn of the New World is the weakest Tales series game. Oh well, it was $20.

As someone who also picked up Symphonia Chronicles, if Dawn of the New World is worse than Symphonia, fuck. Symphonia is already anime cliche theater with one of the dumbest JRPG casts I've ever seen (and I've played a LOT of JRPGs).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 30, 2014, 07:27:01 pm
Fire up Project Zomboid, happen upon lots of ammo and guns, go out for glorious last stand...only to die because you ate a bad watermelon.  MOTHER.  FUCKER.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 30, 2014, 08:24:05 pm
You know what would be the shit? A Starcraft MMOTPS in the vein of Firefall and the Planetside series.

Let's use the Reaper as a example class of the Terrans. The class features of the Reaper include:


Now, the Zerg play differently than any of the other factions. You start off as a larva and go on a evolution path from there after getting near Creep. From there, you can evolve into more forms. We'll use the Zergling as a example for the Zerg.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on September 30, 2014, 10:48:23 pm
 I thought I'd try Dota 2. So far I've installed it but haven't actually launched it because I've been too busy over the last few days.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 01, 2014, 01:02:41 am
Always wondered why there isn't a World of Starcraft.

Ironbite-I think it'd be neat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 01, 2014, 01:23:26 am
The regular Zerg do not have enough individuality for a player character and the only ones that evolve significantly are the primal Zerg. Others have minor modifications or are simply dissolved and replaced with new, better Zerg without inheriting the original ones mind(s) if they had one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 01, 2014, 01:33:29 am
The regular Zerg do not have enough individuality for a player character and the only ones that evolve significantly are the primal Zerg. Others have minor modifications or are simply dissolved and replaced with new, better Zerg without inheriting the original ones mind(s) if they had one.


You're acting like established lore has ever got in the way of making an MMORPG.

Just look at how World of Warcraft fucked with the lore.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 01, 2014, 01:54:11 am
The regular Zerg do not have enough individuality for a player character and the only ones that evolve significantly are the primal Zerg. Others have minor modifications or are simply dissolved and replaced with new, better Zerg without inheriting the original ones mind(s) if they had one.


.....you are talking about a massively successful game that was spawned by being able to take control of various units that had as much individuality as a bag of M&Ms right?

Ironbite-RIGHT!?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 01, 2014, 02:20:20 am
Could I get specific recommendations on this thread?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 01, 2014, 02:22:11 am
The regular Zerg do not have enough individuality for a player character and the only ones that evolve significantly are the primal Zerg. Others have minor modifications or are simply dissolved and replaced with new, better Zerg without inheriting the original ones mind(s) if they had one.


.....you are talking about a massively successful game that was spawned by being able to take control of various units that had as much individuality as a bag of M&Ms right?

Ironbite-RIGHT!?
Warcraft series had the units made up from orcs, humans, dwarves etc. Even if every single human warrior in WC1 sounded the same this does not mean that they weren't supposed to represent individual humans. The fact that I can play an elf or a dwarf in WoW and them having their own mind and individuality does not break canon.

Zerg have a hive mind and even though a few of them are allowed a personality most are mindless killing machines. (As far as I've understood originally only the Cerebrates and the Overmind were individuals. Kerrigan's arrival and her reshaping of the brood did change things though.)

Even the Forsaken are representing the FEW undead who had enough of their mind remain to be able to break free from the Lich king. Majority of the undead are mindless zombies (or skeletons or ghosts or whatever. You get the point.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 01, 2014, 02:25:35 am
Could I get specific recommendations on this thread?
Sure. Let us know what you're after and I'm sure someone will have an answer for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 01, 2014, 02:33:33 am
Does anyone have recs for horror games with a reasonably interesting plot? Not necessarily "Silent Hill" complex and notched, but still more complicated than "Survive the monsters, lol."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 01, 2014, 02:53:48 am
Can't go wrong with 5 Nights.

The regular Zerg do not have enough individuality for a player character and the only ones that evolve significantly are the primal Zerg. Others have minor modifications or are simply dissolved and replaced with new, better Zerg without inheriting the original ones mind(s) if they had one.


.....you are talking about a massively successful game that was spawned by being able to take control of various units that had as much individuality as a bag of M&Ms right?

Ironbite-RIGHT!?
Warcraft series had the units made up from orcs, humans, dwarves etc. Even if every single human warrior in WC1 sounded the same this does not mean that they weren't supposed to represent individual humans. The fact that I can play an elf or a dwarf in WoW and them having their own mind and individuality does not break canon.

Zerg have a hive mind and even though a few of them are allowed a personality most are mindless killing machines. (As far as I've understood originally only the Cerebrates and the Overmind were individuals. Kerrigan's arrival and her reshaping of the brood did change things though.)

Even the Forsaken are representing the FEW undead who had enough of their mind remain to be able to break free from the Lich king. Majority of the undead are mindless zombies (or skeletons or ghosts or whatever. You get the point.)

Dude, all the individual heros you play in WoW?  They're all identical units in Warcraft.  Each and every one of them.  That's it.  You could set the WoS say after the Queen of Blades arrives and the Zerg hive mind starts to splinter or....you just play a fucking Zergling.

Ironbite-it's not that hard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 01, 2014, 03:12:26 am
Dude, all the individual heros you play in WoW?  They're all identical units in Warcraft.  Each and every one of them.  That's it.  You could set the WoS say after the Queen of Blades arrives and the Zerg hive mind starts to splinter or....you just play a fucking Zergling.

Ironbite-it's not that hard.


...Dude.


Where in Warcraft does it say that the units have no mind of their own and that they are all identical in appearance? I know that is how they look like in the game but that is simply because each unit only has one model and one voice. (OR in the case of WC1 each army only has one voice.) But I have the impression that this is just gameplay/story segregation for a strategy game. Because making a separate voice and model for each and every unit would take too much resources.

Zerg on the other hand are said to have a hivemind. The manuals, comics and novels are quite clear on that. Once a brood is beyond the control of the hivemind they become a horde of rampaging beasts as was seen in the Zerg and Protoss campaigns.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 01, 2014, 03:38:53 am
They fixed it for zombies, they can fix it for zerg.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 01, 2014, 04:57:03 am
Dude, all the individual heros you play in WoW?  They're all identical units in Warcraft.  Each and every one of them.  That's it.  You could set the WoS say after the Queen of Blades arrives and the Zerg hive mind starts to splinter or....you just play a fucking Zergling.

Ironbite-it's not that hard.


...Dude.


Where in Warcraft does it say that the units have no mind of their own and that they are all identical in appearance? I know that is how they look like in the game but that is simply because each unit only has one model and one voice. (OR in the case of WC1 each army only has one voice.) But I have the impression that this is just gameplay/story segregation for a strategy game. Because making a separate voice and model for each and every unit would take too much resources.

Zerg on the other hand are said to have a hivemind. The manuals, comics and novels are quite clear on that. Once a brood is beyond the control of the hivemind they become a horde of rampaging beasts as was seen in the Zerg and Protoss campaigns.

Cerebrates.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 01, 2014, 05:18:02 am
They fixed it for zombies, they can fix it for zerg.
Zombies and liches other undead used to have minds. They got their minds back after being released from Lich king's or the necromancer's control.

Zergling mind (as it is) is just an animal. Like I said, we know that from the campaign from the times when cerebrates or the Overmind got killed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on October 01, 2014, 08:10:52 am
They could always do what the Warhammer 40k MMO is gonna do with the Tyranids and make the Zerg an NPC faction.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 01, 2014, 05:37:40 pm
I suggested that the player could be a Cerebrate created by Kerrigan to ease her workload, with the caveat of a mental control that prevents it from rebelling against her. It's really as simple as that.

Or they could be a NPC race, as Kaz suggested.

Oh, and I think reviving the Toss Purifier/ Soul Hunter concept would be a cool idea. You could have the bolt of the Lightning Gun be capable of restoring the health of allies nearby or drain the health of enemies to heal the user.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 01, 2014, 05:54:26 pm
So anyone else watched any Shadows of Mordor gameplay? I spent last night watching a friend of mine stream it. Lovely great game, I can't wait to play it myself. Now if only they didn't have a few camera and button issues...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 01, 2014, 07:59:46 pm
So anyone else watched any Shadows of Mordor gameplay? I spent last night watching a friend of mine stream it. Lovely great game, I can't wait to play it myself. Now if only they didn't have a few camera and button issues...
It looks pretty snazzy to me. Like Assassin's Creed, only with good combat. Not to mention, the whole branding system and using it to take control of Sauron's upper brass looks pretty cool. Definitely something to consider picking up in a sale, once all the DLC is out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on October 03, 2014, 08:10:44 pm
I was going to torrent it, but holy god 30 gig
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 03, 2014, 11:11:18 pm
I just wonder if there's any bit of Tolkien's lore that hasn't been shattered to pieces by Shadow of Mordor.

Trying very hard not to get all condescending lore purist here.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 04, 2014, 01:31:11 am
So anyone else watched any Shadows of Mordor gameplay? I spent last night watching a friend of mine stream it. Lovely great game, I can't wait to play it myself. Now if only they didn't have a few camera and button issues...
It looks pretty snazzy to me. Like Assassin's Creed, only with good combat. Not to mention, the whole branding system and using it to take control of Sauron's upper brass looks pretty cool. Definitely something to consider picking up in a sale, once all the DLC is out.
I've watched a bit into it and it seems cool. I've also seen a comment from a buddy who hates Lord of the rings saying that the game is the first Tolkien related thing he likes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 04, 2014, 02:36:56 am
I was going to torrent it, but holy god 30 gig

Not as big as Wolfenstein (48gb).

Also, Smash Bros is good fun. Slightly disappointed I can't find a newcomer that's as fun as Ike, Pikachu and Snake, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 04, 2014, 07:39:37 am
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3927/15435715832_b7cdd8bb88_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pw15xA)BzGBCWjIYAAHs0-.jpg-large (https://flic.kr/p/pw15xA) by IanC14 (https://www.flickr.com/people/20251290@N00/), on Flickr

I do like it when games let you mess with the camera and take screenshots. (inFamous First Light btw)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 04, 2014, 08:48:00 am
So anyone else watched any Shadows of Mordor gameplay? I spent last night watching a friend of mine stream it. Lovely great game, I can't wait to play it myself. Now if only they didn't have a few camera and button issues...
It looks pretty snazzy to me. Like Assassin's Creed, only with good combat. Not to mention, the whole branding system and using it to take control of Sauron's upper brass looks pretty cool. Definitely something to consider picking up in a sale, once all the DLC is out.
I've watched a bit into it and it seems cool. I've also seen a comment from a buddy who hates Lord of the rings saying that the game is the first Tolkien related thing he likes.

Does it stop with the whole super hippy "all technology since the Dark Ages is bad" bullshit, at least?  Or, if nothing else, does it make the elves not insufferable pricks?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 04, 2014, 09:03:51 am
My friend was ranting about how amazing Shadows of Mordor is. He killed an orc by stabbing it through the eye, and when the orc came back later (you can only kill them for good via decapitation) he was angry as fuck and his face was being held together with some sort of plate. He burned another orc, and later on that orc tried to kill him while screaming "YOU BURNED ME, NOW I BURN YOU." Unique stuff like that makes a game enjoyable and significantly increases replayability.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 04, 2014, 11:10:06 am
So anyone else watched any Shadows of Mordor gameplay? I spent last night watching a friend of mine stream it. Lovely great game, I can't wait to play it myself. Now if only they didn't have a few camera and button issues...
It looks pretty snazzy to me. Like Assassin's Creed, only with good combat. Not to mention, the whole branding system and using it to take control of Sauron's upper brass looks pretty cool. Definitely something to consider picking up in a sale, once all the DLC is out.
I've watched a bit into it and it seems cool. I've also seen a comment from a buddy who hates Lord of the rings saying that the game is the first Tolkien related thing he likes.

Does it stop with the whole super hippy "all technology since the Dark Ages is bad" bullshit, at least?  Or, if nothing else, does it make the elves not insufferable pricks?
Where do you get the hate for all technology? The only bit I remember opposing any kind of technology was an offhand mention of how some of the most loudest/dangerous weapons had been invented by goblins. It wasn't a complaint about all tech, just that goblins did some really nasty weapons.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on October 04, 2014, 11:21:50 am
IIRC, Isengard was supposed to symbolise the evils of industrialization.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 04, 2014, 11:41:52 am
IIRC, Isengard was supposed to symbolise the evils of industrialization.
And orcs were supposed to symbolice the inferiour blacks who along with the other "multicultural" rabble from Mordor assail the "White-European" Gondor or wait was Mordor just an obvious symbol for Nazi- and/or Kaiser-Germany? Most of the times I've heard people talk about symbolism in Lord of the rings they are talking out of their ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 04, 2014, 12:08:36 pm
I just wonder if there's any bit of Tolkien's lore that hasn't been shattered to pieces by Shadow of Mordor.

Trying very hard not to get all condescending lore purist here.

I had a argument with my brother over this, funnily enough. Yeah, it does take liberties with the Elven afterlife.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 04, 2014, 01:26:37 pm
It takes place in an alternate continuity, I found out.  That basically means all bets are off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 04, 2014, 01:58:33 pm
If it's not in the same continuity, what was the point of making it a Lord of the Rings game, then?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on October 04, 2014, 02:15:24 pm
Familiar places, names, and the chance to cash in on the high fantasy IP's name.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 04, 2014, 02:26:47 pm
Familiar places, names, and the chance to cash in on the high fantasy IP's name.

I get the business reasons (IE, probably the real reason it's a Lord of the Rings game), but it just seems lazy for any other reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 04, 2014, 03:17:41 pm
Why make any game that's in an alternate timeline to another established story?  The regular Lord of the Rings has been done to death, an AU gives writers a chance to try something new in an established universe.  That's like asking why you'd want to play in Eberron when you have Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk; people want something familiar, yet different.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 04, 2014, 03:31:36 pm
Why make any game that's in an alternate timeline to another established story?  The regular Lord of the Rings has been done to death, an AU gives writers a chance to try something new in an established universe.  That's like asking why you'd want to play in Eberron when you have Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk; people want something familiar, yet different.

This.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 04, 2014, 03:38:40 pm
Why make any game that's in an alternate timeline to another established story?  The regular Lord of the Rings has been done to death, an AU gives writers a chance to try something new in an established universe.  That's like asking why you'd want to play in Eberron when you have Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk; people want something familiar, yet different.

This.

You can start the game in a familiar setting and THEN actually change things rather than keep the story tied to canon. Particularly when you wish to explore time before the book/movie/series.

For example, what if you made a Avatar strategy game set during the attack of the Fire nation? Canon would mean that the Fire nation must win or at least conquer most of the planet but "Alternate Continuity" would allow the possibility of one of the other nations winning or an allied victory or anything.

It would still be the same world (although with only a few of the characters) but the game designers and writers could do something different with it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 04, 2014, 03:47:59 pm
In other news, it looks like a record's just been broken:

https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/-star-citizen--earns-guiness-world-record-for-insane-crowdfunding-haul-203604603.html (https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/-star-citizen--earns-guiness-world-record-for-insane-crowdfunding-haul-203604603.html)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on October 04, 2014, 03:53:31 pm
IIRC, Isengard was supposed to symbolise the evils of industrialization.
And orcs were supposed to symbolice the inferiour blacks who along with the other "multicultural" rabble from Mordor assail the "White-European" Gondor or wait was Mordor just an obvious symbol for Nazi- and/or Kaiser-Germany? Most of the times I've heard people talk about symbolism in Lord of the rings they are talking out of their ass.

I thought I had an actual Tolkien quote for it, but I can't find it now and might have hallucinated the whole thing, so I won't deny there's a chance I was talking out of my ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 04, 2014, 04:32:36 pm
In other news, it looks like a record's just been broken:

https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/-star-citizen--earns-guiness-world-record-for-insane-crowdfunding-haul-203604603.html (https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/-star-citizen--earns-guiness-world-record-for-insane-crowdfunding-haul-203604603.html)

I'm sure this game will be fun when it releases in 2050  :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 04, 2014, 08:00:32 pm
I have been playing sooooo much League of Legends today.  5 matches, only one of them a loss (because the opposite team pushed mid HARD with a brutal Azir), and totaling 34/35/26.  Ain't bad for only playing solely Nasus and Kennen, the latter of whom I haven't touched in almost two years.

As Nasus says, the cycle of life and death continues.  We will live.  They will die.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 05, 2014, 12:04:57 am
Why make any game that's in an alternate timeline to another established story?  The regular Lord of the Rings has been done to death, an AU gives writers a chance to try something new in an established universe.  That's like asking why you'd want to play in Eberron when you have Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk; people want something familiar, yet different.

This.

You can start the game in a familiar setting and THEN actually change things rather than keep the story tied to canon. Particularly when you wish to explore time before the book/movie/series.

For example, what if you made a Avatar strategy game set during the attack of the Fire nation? Canon would mean that the Fire nation must win or at least conquer most of the planet but "Alternate Continuity" would allow the possibility of one of the other nations winning or an allied victory or anything.

It would still be the same world (although with only a few of the characters) but the game designers and writers could do something different with it.

If it weren't Lord of the Rings, I'd probably agree with you. The thing is, generic fantasy land #24 would have worked just as well since Tolkien is the inspiration for most fantasy. Then again, I could just be blowing hot air and it's at least nice to see a GOOD Lord of the Rings game for once.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 05, 2014, 05:19:54 pm
Picked up Shadow of The Colossus today should be good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 05, 2014, 05:51:23 pm
Seriously, was Roland drunk during this? If you want to listen to a otherwise decent reviewer make a fool out of himself, try this on for size. I've always enjoyed Roland's work on the Agony Booth, but this...this is just hilariously bad. As in The Distressed Watcher's "Top 10 Gayest Music Videos" bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpCv12q6fFI

Yeah, let's point out a few things wrong with this.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on October 06, 2014, 05:20:17 pm
Anyone know any good multiplayer/coop games that are fun? I'm trying to think of one to get my friend that we could enjoy.

Also, does anyone know if Planetary Annihilation is any good? We had a lot of fun with SupCom, but so far I haven't heard very much good about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 06, 2014, 05:40:39 pm
Anyone know any good multiplayer/coop games that are fun? I'm trying to think of one to get my friend that we could enjoy.
If you're interested in couch co-op, the Mario Kart/Mario Party series are some of your best options. The LEGO Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Batman series is also excellent. And if it's just you and one (reasonably intelligent) friend, Portal 2 is always fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on October 06, 2014, 09:10:26 pm
Okay, so I bought a Project Zomboid 4-pack for my friends and I. Not as the previously mentioned gift, but because it was on sale and looked pretty interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 08, 2014, 03:38:50 am
Anyone know any good multiplayer/coop games that are fun? I'm trying to think of one to get my friend that we could enjoy.
If you're interested in couch co-op, the Mario Kart/Mario Party series are some of your best options. The LEGO Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Batman series is also excellent. And if it's just you and one (reasonably intelligent) friend, Portal 2 is always fun.

Hyrule Warriors is great if you can get past the framerate issues on the Gamepad (or play Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper if you want a Warriors game without the framerate issues).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 08, 2014, 08:03:56 am
Anyone know any good multiplayer/coop games that are fun? I'm trying to think of one to get my friend that we could enjoy.
If you're interested in couch co-op, the Mario Kart/Mario Party series are some of your best options. The LEGO Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Batman series is also excellent. And if it's just you and one (reasonably intelligent) friend, Portal 2 is always fun.

Hyrule Warriors is great if you can get past the framerate issues on the Gamepad (or play Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper if you want a Warriors game without the framerate issues).

Wait...they have versions of that outside Japan?!  WHY HAVE I NOT HEARD OF THIS?!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 08, 2014, 08:40:56 am
Errr, Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper has framerate issues. It was the first Wii U game Omega Force made. Hyrule Warriors (which is super awesome btw) has far less issues with the framerate, aside from the 2 player mode.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 08, 2014, 10:26:46 am
Tomorrow I will probably buy a new laptop.

Then I will buy Wasteland 2.

The only reason I say "probably" is that I'm still not quite sure what kind of laptop I will get and wether or not I can get it with an installment plan. If not then my wife will have to get it (since she is the one with the job.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 08, 2014, 03:16:52 pm
Errr, Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper has framerate issues. It was the first Wii U game Omega Force made. Hyrule Warriors (which is super awesome btw) has far less issues with the framerate, aside from the 2 player mode.

Overall, yes, Orochi 3 is worse in terms of framerate, but it doesn't dip NEARLY as much on the gamepad in 2 player mode as Hyrule Warriors. My wording was a bit misleading. Plus Orochi 3 can be played split screen, while Hyrule forces two screen for multiplayer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on October 08, 2014, 06:05:15 pm
 Ah, I know what I can get my friend! Super Smash Bros. 3DS! I honestly wasn't even aware it had come out yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 09, 2014, 05:35:28 am
I got Smash Bros.  It's fun so far, but I really hate that you can't change the controls from the control circle to the pad.  I really hate the circle.   
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 09, 2014, 01:11:41 pm
Errr, Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper has framerate issues. It was the first Wii U game Omega Force made. Hyrule Warriors (which is super awesome btw) has far less issues with the framerate, aside from the 2 player mode.

Overall, yes, Orochi 3 is worse in terms of framerate, but it doesn't dip NEARLY as much on the gamepad in 2 player mode as Hyrule Warriors. My wording was a bit misleading. Plus Orochi 3 can be played split screen, while Hyrule forces two screen for multiplayer.
Ah, fair enough. I haven't played either in 2 player so i wouldn't know :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 09, 2014, 03:06:30 pm
I checked out a thread on r/tf2 about the gunslinger.

Needless to say it became people either saying how mini-sentries are more powerful than ubers or how the gunslinger is more balanced than stock and requires more skill than the spy to use*.



*someone actually claimed this part
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 09, 2014, 05:30:03 pm
Oh yes Gunslinger engies.  When you want to be a mainline unit but can't actually rocket jump for crap just crap out a bunch of mini sentries.

Ironbite-combine it with the frontier justice for millions of hours of people raging at you in chat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 09, 2014, 05:41:23 pm
Just got a pre-release copy of Touhoumon Faith and Prayer from the developer (a good friend of mine). So excited, can't wait to play it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 09, 2014, 05:44:35 pm
Oh yes Gunslinger engies.  When you want to be a mainline unit but can't actually rocket jump for crap just crap out a bunch of mini sentries.

Ironbite-combine it with the frontier justice for millions of hours of people raging at you in chat.

Good times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 09, 2014, 07:38:00 pm
and that, along with burnout and being bitched at for not having maps memorized after a two-year hiatus, is why I don't play TF2 anymore.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on October 09, 2014, 08:46:59 pm
Dragon Age: Origins is free for the week on Origin. Make of that what you will.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on October 10, 2014, 12:59:32 am
Not worth the hassle.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 10, 2014, 01:29:45 am
I already own Dragon Age: Origins, it's Dragon Age 2 I want.

...Oh no, I stated a positive opinion about Dragon Age 2 out loud.

That basically means that the Stop Having Fun Guys are gonna chase me down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 10, 2014, 08:57:57 am
I already own Dragon Age: Origins, it's Dragon Age 2 I want.

...Oh no, I stated a positive opinion about Dragon Age 2 out loud.

That basically means that the Stop Having Fun Guys are gonna chase me down.

To be fair, there might actually be something wrong with you  ;D
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on October 10, 2014, 12:51:02 pm
Yep lol.  I never even played the 1st Dragon Age to compare it too and I still thought the 2nd one was shit.

You're like one of those rare people who likes being kicked in the nuts lol (yes, that's a real thing btw).

Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not actually having a go at your for liking DA2, it's all in jest.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 10, 2014, 01:04:12 pm
So speaking of Dragon Age, I'm calling it now. We're going to enter the Black City at one point during Inquisition, considering the renewed focus on the Fade and the matter of religion.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 10, 2014, 01:29:18 pm
I know you two are having a jest at me, but it's kinda hard for me to find it funny.

Mostly because of the people who say those same things completely unironically.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on October 10, 2014, 02:14:24 pm
I know you two are having a jest at me, but it's kinda hard for me to find it funny.

Mostly because of the people who say those same things completely unironically.

It's why I tend to stay out of gaming forums and related places these days; I got fed up with all the fuckwits.  I know every community has them but oh dear god the gaming community just has so many.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 10, 2014, 02:46:17 pm
I know you two are having a jest at me, but it's kinda hard for me to find it funny.

Mostly because of the people who say those same things completely unironically.

It's why I tend to stay out of gaming forums and related places these days; I got fed up with all the fuckwits.  I know every community has them but oh dear god the gaming community just has so many.

if only it was on gaming forums!

They're everywhere.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 10, 2014, 04:51:26 pm
If it helps, Witchyjoshy, I found DA2 an enjoyable game too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 10, 2014, 05:46:44 pm
Finally played Super Smash Bros 3DS, loved it. Though the controls just feel weird, i prefer the GC pad for mash i guess (so GLAD they are releasing an adaptor for the Wii U so i can use my good old Wavebird!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 11, 2014, 01:07:13 am
I've wasted about three hours trying to get one specific minikit in LEGO Batman. I can feel my brains leaking out my ears and dripping onto my sweatshirt.

EDIT: Finally got it. Going to sleep now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 11, 2014, 08:42:49 am
Since I got whitelisted on a new server a few days ago, I'm finally enjoying Minecraft again.  Hell, I'm even experimenting with a proper magic mod: Blood Magic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 11, 2014, 07:03:26 pm
Decided to get a free hat download Alien Swarm, and it looks somewhat interesting for a top down shooter. I'll get my free hat play and come back to edit this post to evangelize the glory of hats game.

Edit: It kicked my ass repeatedly, as fitting for a game inspired by Alien. It was fun when I was wasn't getting ripped to shreds and most likely getting my face filled with embryos by means of a long phallic pharyngeal mouth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 11, 2014, 07:28:41 pm
HOLD THE FUCK UP, TRON 2.0 IS ON STEAM GO BUY IT NOW
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 11, 2014, 11:06:04 pm
HOLD THE FUCK UP, TRON 2.0 IS ON STEAM GO BUY IT NOW

And here I thought Disney had completely forgotten about that game. Fine game, folks, you should all buy it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on October 12, 2014, 12:35:02 am
I already own Dragon Age: Origins, it's Dragon Age 2 I want.

...Oh no, I stated a positive opinion about Dragon Age 2 out loud.

That basically means that the Stop Having Fun Guys are gonna chase me down.

Picked up the disks on a 2 for $20 deal last Thursday. Still haven't played it through yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on October 13, 2014, 11:07:43 am
Speaking of Dragon Age (which we weren't anymore but whatever), the 1st one is currently free on Origin for a while.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 13, 2014, 03:39:01 pm
Yeah that was said a couple of posts ago.

Ironbite-which is what started this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on October 14, 2014, 02:56:31 am
Guess it pays to read back over messages you missed rather just starting at some random point in the conversation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on October 16, 2014, 11:20:53 pm
Payday: The Heist is free at the moment and Payday 2 and all it's DLC besides one is marked heavily down on steam.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 17, 2014, 07:15:50 pm
I bet Fox News is gonna be all over this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrX7G-1xPLs
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 17, 2014, 08:49:18 pm
Wow that game looks absolutely dreadful. Like where the people who are making this just trying to be them most offensive people ever? (And for some reason people are comparing this to GTA which is weird since GTA has you know a story to it and isn't about just random killing of people.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 17, 2014, 09:23:47 pm
I picked up Cthulhu Saves the World on Xbox arcade for a buck, and I'm enjoying it so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 17, 2014, 11:21:49 pm
Breath of Death VII was also made by the same guys and has the same sort of humor about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on October 18, 2014, 01:04:52 am
Wow that game looks absolutely dreadful. Like where the people who are making this just trying to be them most offensive people ever? (And for some reason people are comparing this to GTA which is weird since GTA has you know a story to it and isn't about just random killing of people.)

The game creators say the whole thing is a statement against political correctness (http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/17/6994921/hatred-the-polygon-interview), never a good sign!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 01:11:53 am
I bet Fox News is gonna be all over this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrX7G-1xPLs
I doubt Fox news would get involved.

I do bet The Amazing Atheist and various other fighters of those fucking PC faggots will defend it though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 18, 2014, 01:18:27 am
I unlocked all the characters in smash Bros 3ds and am now working on clothing, moves, etc.  I just spent 2 days trying to unlock a move for Ganondorf before realizing I had already done so (Wizard's Foot, though it was called Wizard's Dropkick online). 

I also bought another copy for my wife for an anniversary present.  It's so romantic to be kicking ***, side-by-side, with the one you love!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 18, 2014, 03:59:56 am
Game Dev Tycoon is still a good game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 18, 2014, 07:46:59 am
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 12:12:42 pm
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.
Are you one of those people who enjoys "A Serbian Film"?
 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 18, 2014, 12:25:08 pm
I bet Fox News is gonna be all over this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrX7G-1xPLs

...So, basically this is yet another Postal game? Because that is what it seems like.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 18, 2014, 12:33:02 pm
Does anybody notice that the logo sorta looks like Doom's logo?

....

Doom 4 confirmed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 18, 2014, 12:35:25 pm
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.
Are you one of those people who enjoys "A Serbian Film"?
 

Never seen it, only heard about it because Deimos mentioned it quite a bit a while back.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 12:52:16 pm
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.
Are you one of those people who enjoys "A Serbian Film"?
 

Never seen it, only heard about it because Deimos mentioned it quite a bit a while back.
Judging by your love of "Hatred" you'd enjoy it.

You might also like "Food Fight". 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 12:59:29 pm
I bet Fox News is gonna be all over this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrX7G-1xPLs

...So, basically this is yet another Postal game? Because that is what it seems like.
Nah, it's some game created by some neo-nazis that's meant to be some big "Anti-PC" statement. Everyone's mocking it for the fact it's basically "Emo deviantart member from 2007: The Game"
 A bunch or neckbeards are defending it because >Muh freedoms of speach or some bullshit.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 18, 2014, 01:15:07 pm
It just looks like a really crappy game, to me.  I have better things to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 18, 2014, 01:41:05 pm
Wait, this is actually created by Neo Nazis?

EDIT: The devs apparently live in Poland, which would make that awfully sobering if they were. Apparently, they're some devs from the Farm 51 which makes this very interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 18, 2014, 01:58:57 pm
I bet Fox News is gonna be all over this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrX7G-1xPLs

...So, basically this is yet another Postal game? Because that is what it seems like.

Nah, Postal was much more tongue-in-cheek.

ETA: I did some more research on this game, and apparently Madman was right.  It looks like this is being made by Neo-Nazis!  I can't be the only one reminded of Ethnic Cleansing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 18, 2014, 02:21:03 pm
All discussion of nazis and freedom of speech aside, it looks like a shitty game. The tone is "wangsty twelve-year-old" with zero self awareness, the premise (kill everyone for the sake of killing everyone) is stupid, and a lot of the camera angles shown in the trailer make the game look awkward and hard to navigate. And that's just the trailer, which we can safely assume is the best part of the whole experience. Overall, a poor concept poorly designed, executed poorly. Ignore it, and it will fade into obscurity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Murdin on October 18, 2014, 03:03:57 pm
The game creators say the whole thing is a statement against political correctness (http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/17/6994921/hatred-the-polygon-interview), never a good sign!

This is the best statement for "political correctness" these wannabe fascists could make. Show just how much empathy and self-awareness they have.

I do bet The Amazing Atheist and various other fighters of those fucking PC faggots will defend it though.

By which you mean, defend it from any journalist or fellow Internet nobody that would dare direct criticism toward it and its concept. And MAYBE, to a considerably lesser extend, from the actual campaigns of censorship that will inevitably come and, for the most part, fail.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 03:05:27 pm
Wait, this is actually created by Neo Nazis?

EDIT: The devs apparently live in Poland, which would make that awfully sobering if they were. Apparently, they're some devs from the Farm 51 which makes this very interesting.
Admittedly it's supposedly just one or two neo-nazis, but It could have been designed by the Dali Lama and Barac Obama and still suck just as much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 03:06:21 pm
The game creators say the whole thing is a statement against political correctness (http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/17/6994921/hatred-the-polygon-interview), never a good sign!

This is the best statement for "political correctness" these wannabe fascists could make. Show just how much empathy and self-awareness they have.

I do bet The Amazing Atheist and various other fighters of those fucking PC faggots will defend it though.

By which you mean, defend it from any journalist or fellow Internet nobody that would dare direct criticism toward it and its concept. And MAYBE, to a considerably lesser extend, from the actual campaigns of censorship that will inevitably come and, for the most part, fail.
That is basically what I meant, the "Fucking PC faggots" part was tongue in cheek.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 18, 2014, 05:47:38 pm
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.
Are you one of those people who enjoys "A Serbian Film"?
 

Never seen it, only heard about it because Deimos mentioned it quite a bit a while back.
Judging by your love of "Hatred" you'd enjoy it.

You might also like "Food Fight". 

Its not so much that I love it, just that I'm not going into hysterics over the fact something so blatantly offensive is being made.  Art is art, taste has nothing to do with it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on October 18, 2014, 09:42:52 pm
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.

OK, but can I still call it a shit painting?

Way I see it is that Hatred is exactly like pissing in a jar and dropping a crucifix in it, the shock value gets your attention but all you are left with is a smelly jar!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 18, 2014, 09:48:28 pm
You know what I think would be a neat twist?  If it turned out you play as that monster for the intro and then it abruptly switches to the cop who guns him down and the rest of the game is hunting down copycats and musing on violence and how society reacts to it.  I really don't expect it but I think that would be cool.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 18, 2014, 10:12:54 pm
All the discussion of Postal has made me think of a neat idea: Why the hell not take all the ridiculous old tropes of FPS up to eleven and homage what it used to be while combining it with a smooth coat of mechanics polish.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on October 18, 2014, 10:29:09 pm
Kind of reminds me of this from Steve Jackson Games.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 10:52:45 pm
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.
Are you one of those people who enjoys "A Serbian Film"?
 

Never seen it, only heard about it because Deimos mentioned it quite a bit a while back.
Judging by your love of "Hatred" you'd enjoy it.

You might also like "Food Fight". 

Its not so much that I love it, just that I'm not going into hysterics over the fact something so blatantly offensive is being made.  Art is art, taste has nothing to do with it.
Ok, you're the one who went out of your way to post how you hated FNAF and defended it as "your opinion" but now you're being condescending  to us about finding a game shit?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 18, 2014, 10:55:44 pm
Kind of reminds me of this from Steve Jackson Games.

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That art looks cute  ;D

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 18, 2014, 11:35:46 pm
Not that good of a game, though. A shame, too. Steve Jackson has put out some pretty good stuff, but also 20,000 versions of Munchkin because it sells.

Also, there's Pathfinder Munchkin. Considering that standard Munchkin is a parody of Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder is more or less literally D&D 3.75, I'm not entirely sure how that works.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on October 18, 2014, 11:55:04 pm
I was more evoking the old cliche of the Munchkin or "Combat Wombat" as a player character who wants the guns, all the guns at the same time plausibility, physics, decency and logic be damned!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 19, 2014, 12:17:24 am
Well, a Munchkin-esque first person shooter would be fun. Abuse all of the imbalances! 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 19, 2014, 01:14:47 am
Considering that standard Munchkin is a parody of Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder is more or less literally D&D 3.75, I'm not entirely sure how that works.

Recursive parody, perhaps?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on October 19, 2014, 02:17:30 am
Speaking of tasteless games.

Meet Boganella (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/10/borderlands-has-an-actual-talking-shotgun-that-talks-like-a-bogan/) the talking lady shotgun that talks like a bogan. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan) She makes her debut 43 seconds into the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRgmwsk5mEI

Best line? "I've got a fucken' lady boner!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 19, 2014, 11:03:32 am
I dunno, the only thing that bothers me about Hatred is that they stole my damned idea.  I think its a work of art, and I'm actually kinda glad someone's giving the finger, in the biggest way possible, to all the moralistic whinging that goes on re the gaming industry.  Let me put it this way, if someone can stick a plastic crucifix in a jar and fill said jar with their own piss and have it deemed art and defended as such, then this game, which is no different, should be allowed the same privilege.  If you don't like a painting, you just don't look at said painting; if you don't like a game, then how about just not playing the damned game?  Vote with your wallet and all that.  Stop bitching that people are making art you don't like and enjoy whatever art you do like, instead.  You'll be a hell of a lot healthier and live a lot longer.

OK, but can I still call it a shit painting?

Way I see it is that Hatred is exactly like pissing in a jar and dropping a crucifix in it, the shock value gets your attention but all you are left with is a smelly jar!

Of course.  It may be art, but not all art is good.

All the discussion of Postal has made me think of a neat idea: Why the hell not take all the ridiculous old tropes of FPS up to eleven and homage what it used to be while combining it with a smooth coat of mechanics polish.

  • Rocket Jumping with almost every weapon, with your recoil or sheer explosive power propelling you through the air. How does this happen? Quit questioning and fly through the air like a bird on fire.
  • You run like a doping Olympic sprinter and can consequently run around the wall or even the ceiling if you so desire. Jumping off either is a key mechanic in multiplayer games.
  • Magazines? What magazines?
  • Your standard array of FPS weapons. The weak but accurate piece of shit pistol you have at the start, your random melee weapon, that reliable assault rifle, the shotgun, the shotgun's better cousin, a couple of gimmick weapons and that thing that looks cool but you never get any ammunition for.
  • Health regeneration is for the weak. Rip out the other guy's heart if you want to heal.
  • Carry as many weapons as you want. Hyperspace is your friend!
  • Mutators if you want to make the game even more arcade-like.
  • Upgrades for all of your weapons.

So, basically, you want a somewhat beefed-up version of Rise of the Triad?  Because that's almost exactly what you're describing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 19, 2014, 12:37:07 pm
Maybe this one will have Triads in it!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 20, 2014, 11:26:57 am
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 20, 2014, 10:50:03 pm
Maybe this one will have Triads in it!
No, the Triad in the title doesn't refer to the criminal organization. I think it refers to a group of three in the storyline itself or something, but I'm not sure.

But ROTT 2013's real problem is it's performance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on October 20, 2014, 11:45:59 pm
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.
A lot of it goes back to world war one propaganda where British newspapers made a lot of copy out of demonizing the "Beastly Hun" who was picking on poor innocent Belgium.

Kind of set the tone for wartime propaganda, and racism, after that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 21, 2014, 12:05:12 am
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.
A lot of it goes back to world war one propaganda where British newspapers made a lot of copy out of demonizing the "Beastly Hun" who was picking on poor innocent Belgium.

Kind of set the tone for wartime propaganda, and racism, after that.
I think even before that there was lots of jokes about the Germans, I believe I once read something about how Mary Antonine was accused of sleeping with her children as that was a popular stereotype of german and Eastern European places.
 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 21, 2014, 01:12:00 am
There's also the fact that the Medic does...a lot of unnecessary experiments and surgeries on the mercs.  I mean have you watched Meet the Medic?  Dude replaces  everyone's hearts with Mega Baboon Hearts so they can Uber.  How fucked up is that?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 21, 2014, 01:16:32 am
There's also the fact that the Medic does...a lot of unnecessary experiments and surgeries on the mercs.  I mean have you watched Meet the Medic?  Dude replaces  everyone's hearts with Mega Baboon Hearts so they can Uber.  How fucked up is that?

On the other hand, the fact that they allow him to do so speaks volumes about how much they trust him.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 21, 2014, 02:03:07 am
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.
Also, despite mentioning that the medic became a doctor "in a time when Hippocratic oath was just an suggestion" Valve officially said that he isn't and never was a Nazi.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 21, 2014, 02:20:21 am
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.
Also, despite mentioning that the medic became a doctor "in a time when Hippocratic oath was just an suggestion" Valve officially said that he isn't and never was a Nazi.
I believe they actually denied it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 21, 2014, 02:22:05 am
There's also the fact that the Medic does...a lot of unnecessary experiments and surgeries on the mercs.  I mean have you watched Meet the Medic?  Dude replaces  everyone's hearts with Mega Baboon Hearts so they can Uber.  How fucked up is that?
So? I do that an I'm not a Nazi.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 21, 2014, 08:06:36 am
There's also the fact that the Medic does...a lot of unnecessary experiments and surgeries on the mercs.  I mean have you watched Meet the Medic?  Dude replaces  everyone's hearts with Mega Baboon Hearts so they can Uber.  How fucked up is that?
So? I do that an I'm not a Nazi.

You sure?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 21, 2014, 08:26:36 am
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.
Also, despite mentioning that the medic became a doctor "in a time when Hippocratic oath was just an suggestion" Valve officially said that he isn't and never was a Nazi.
I believe they actually denied it.
...That I what I said. That is definitely what I said in that post that you just quoted. They said that the Medic is not, and never was a Nazi.


...

And now for something completely different:

I did think of a game idea which is something like the "Hatred" or the Postal games but also similar to the Punisher and all these superhero/villain-games with a morality meter.

Start out with a character who is dying of cancer. In order to cash in on their life insurance they decide to walk at night through a dangerous neighbourhood in hopes of getting mugged to death (Or simply having a gun in their pocket and picking a fight with the first gang they see.) Instead, during the tutorial, they see a mugging in progress and interfere, managing to save the victim.

Now, they decide to go out with guns blazing and arm themselves and roam the city, hunting the criminals. So very much like Punisher, but rather than losing their family, they themselves are dying (wether they are a divorcee and doing this for their kids, or live with their family and try to keep this a secret is undecided at the moment.) I also thought of bringing the morality system in by having the player kill a drug dealer and finding their money and drugs. Do they keep the money to be given to their family? Do they keep the drugs so that they can earn more money with it? (The morality system will come into play with what kind of people the player kills and what they do with the loot.)

I think a character like this already has more potential than the "I'm SOOO edgy and dark and want to kill everything!" in the Hatred. A half-decent motive for their actions at the very least.

I did start thinking about this more and making the player character a divorced person whose kids are not in his/her custody makes it easier to explain how the family does not notice what they are doing. If they visit them at some point of the story this also offers a chance for them to claim that rather than trying to hide their gunshot wounds they are simply suffering from the side effects of chemotherapy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 21, 2014, 09:09:50 am
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.

I think it's because he's so similar to Mengele, minus the twin obsession.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 21, 2014, 11:26:26 am
Off topic:
It annoys me when people joke about the tf2 medic being a Nazi.

Offensiveness aside the joke about Germans being depraved loons has been around way longer than the Nazis.
Also, despite mentioning that the medic became a doctor "in a time when Hippocratic oath was just an suggestion" Valve officially said that he isn't and never was a Nazi.
I believe they actually denied it.
...That I what I said. That is definitely what I said in that post that you just quoted. They said that the Medic is, and never was a Nazi.


...

And now for something completely different:

I did think of a game idea which is something like the "Hatred" or the Postal games but also similar to the Punisher and all these superhero/villain-games with a morality meter.

Start out with a character who is dying of cancer. In order to cash in on their life insurance they decide to walk at night through a dangerous neighbourhood in hopes of getting mugged to death (Or simply having a gun in their pocket and picking a fight with the first gang they see.) Instead, during the tutorial, they see a mugging in progress and interfere, managing to save the victim.

Now, they decide to go out with guns blazing and arm themselves and roam the city, hunting the criminals. So very much like Punisher, but rather than losing their family, they themselves are dying (wether they are a divorcee and doing this for their kids, or live with their family and try to keep this a secret is undecided at the moment.) I also thought of bringing the morality system in by having the player kill a drug dealer and finding their money and drugs. Do they keep the money to be given to their family? Do they keep the drugs so that they can earn more money with it? (The morality system will come into play with what kind of people the player kills and what they do with the loot.)

I think a character like this already has more potential than the "I'm SOOO edgy and dark and want to kill everything!" in the Hatred. A half-decent motive for their actions at the very least.

I did start thinking about this more and making the player character a divorced person whose kids are not in his/her custody makes it easier to explain how the family does not notice what they are doing. If they visit them at some point of the story this also offers a chance for them to claim that rather than trying to hide their gunshot wounds they are simply suffering from the side effects of chemotherapy.
1. I read that as valve not saying if he is or isn't a Nazi, don't know why.

As for your game idea: the problem is that a system that it not only makes it so the player does the right thing just to score points, it's also a fairly cheap way say that what you're doing is wrong.

Alternatively players simply won't care, it just becomes a bar that shifts around on the side.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 21, 2014, 11:41:57 am
I hate it when a game gets a patch and it messed up the difficulty level. Im looking at you, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late (... its a fighting game by the guys behind Melty Blood). CPU throwing combos out of nowhere left right and centre now :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 21, 2014, 12:19:20 pm
As for your game idea: the problem is that a system that it not only makes it so the player does the right thing just to score points, it's also a fairly cheap way say that what you're doing is wrong.

Alternatively players simply won't care, it just becomes a bar that shifts around on the side.

Good point. The other way around would be to have an invisible meter and have the player's actions be reflected into the game. Different types of news stories and pedestrian talk based on what the player has done.

Actually, I would like to avoid a clear cut good/evil and try to make it something more subtle. Some of the police force is corrupt, some of the gangs are not doing anything illegal (or at least nothing major.) No clear announcements of "YOU HAVE GAINED KARMA!" Army of Two 40th day had a good idea where doing the apparently good thing would sometimes backfire or end up not having any effect. Some people hated it but I like the idea, things weren't as simple as they appeared to be.

Black and White and Infamous games had a good idea of making the morality affect the player and their surroundings. (with variable degrees of success...)

Another important point would be that I would want it to be more than just OH SO EDGYNESSS!!! For example, the game should be dark and have the player characters inevitable death looming on the horizon but the whole point of the game should be about making certain that the death will not be meaningless. Wether it would be because they ensure that their family will have money, that they take out some bad guys with them (Punisher styles crusade against evil that may, or may not inspire others), trying to use the money to get an expensive "miracle" cure or simply that they leave such a pile of bodies that they will be remembered in infamy. So basically, that last possibility would allow the player to do what the HATrED is all about, but it would only be one option. And for the love of L. Ron Hubbard at least there would be some motivation (even if it is I AM AFRAID TO DIE AND WILL LASH OUT AT THE WORLD) rather than "I AM SOOO EDGY AND DARK AND NIHILISTIC!"

...But it is not like I could ever make that game. Not even sure if it has potential.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 22, 2014, 08:15:47 am
The protagonist could be some disgruntled war vet who slowly spirals into self-loathing and misanthropy, ending at last in the madness that is the genocidal crusade. Just like Rambo, this ends very badly.

 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 22, 2014, 10:31:10 am
The protagonist could be some disgruntled war vet who slowly spirals into self-loathing and misanthropy, ending at last in the madness that is the genocidal crusade. Just like Rambo, this ends very badly.
Well, it's better than having some emo get whiny that he couldn't get a nose peircing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 23, 2014, 05:44:01 pm
Guess who downloaded Strife and GZDoom?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on October 23, 2014, 06:36:34 pm
Downloaded the Evil Within.

Seems ok, looks so much like Re4 though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 23, 2014, 08:19:13 pm
Guess who downloaded Strife and GZDoom?

...Who?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 23, 2014, 08:23:34 pm
Guess who downloaded Strife and GZDoom?

...Who?
*Sighs*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on October 23, 2014, 10:46:12 pm
Oh, I've wanted to get into Strife. Could not because of two things:


Oh yeah, yes, Ross's Game Dungeon brought me into playing this game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 23, 2014, 10:52:18 pm
You can reconfigure the settings, you know...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on October 23, 2014, 11:46:57 pm
I've got everything all figured out now. Finally found what I was looking for and I've been able to enjoy the first couple minutes.

This is such a cool game despite the few shortcomings and I'm glad I've discovered this a short while ago. The hub area somehow gives me the Donkey Kong 64 vibes because of its mediocre music sounding all jungley, the stoney textures that were common in Rare games and the now dated 3D graphics (just to let to guys know, unless the graphics were atrocious for its time I never complain about dated graphics in video games).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 24, 2014, 06:43:39 am
Haven't played Strife in years, I remember getting stuck at some point and just giving in. might have to give it a go again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 24, 2014, 06:54:20 am
I started playing The Movies. Damn fun, especially for a Molyneux game. The only problem is that my framerate goes through the floor before I'm even through the early game.

I sorely need a new laptop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 24, 2014, 08:08:53 am
I started playing The Movies. Damn fun, especially for a Molyneux game. The only problem is that my framerate goes through the floor before I'm even through the early game.

I sorely need a new laptop.

See if you can find the add-on, 'Stunts and Effects.'  It allows you to copy sets (for example a graveyard at night in the rain), move the camera all over the set, pan the camera across the set during a scene, and move scenes all around in a script, plus more sets and scenes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 24, 2014, 08:37:45 am
I started playing The Movies. Damn fun, especially for a Molyneux game. The only problem is that my framerate goes through the floor before I'm even through the early game.

I sorely need a new laptop.

See if you can find the add-on, 'Stunts and Effects.'  It allows you to copy sets (for example a graveyard at night in the rain), move the camera all over the set, pan the camera across the set during a scene, and move scenes all around in a script, plus more sets and scenes.

I did, and I was quite looking forward to all of that content, the stunts in particular. It's just I can't get past the late 30's/early 40's without my frame rate deciding it's had enough, so no dice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 24, 2014, 09:11:30 am
That sucks.  It's an awesome add-on.  I only wish there was a way to shoot a scene frozen with no movements.  I had a couple ideas for creepy movies, but they relied on shooting some scenes like picture slides.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 24, 2014, 02:47:19 pm
The protagonist could be some disgruntled war vet who slowly spirals into self-loathing and misanthropy, ending at last in the madness that is the genocidal crusade. Just like Rambo, this ends very badly.
So, basically Punisher MAX.

And now for something completely different: I have a new computer and have just downloaded Wasteland 2.

Tomorrow, if I have the time, I am going to try it out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 25, 2014, 03:01:05 pm
After replaying Doom 3, I decided to put my tinfoil hat on yet again for a grand epileptic tree of ID software jazz.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 25, 2014, 07:35:19 pm
Let's not forget that...

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 26, 2014, 01:33:43 am
First thoughts on Wasteland 2:

a) The live action intro was a suprise.

b) The game looks old. The interface looks to be from year 2000 (IN THE YEAR... TWO THOUSAAAAAAND!) and the graphics are only slightly younger. This is a bit odd but might be because many of the people who worked on it are older game designers. That or the attempt to imitate the older games might explain the interface, but the graphics being rather primitive is a disappointment.

c) Pretty enjoyable game with lots of references to the original one. So far I've been to a few familiar locations that have evolved over the years with familiar names and places this game is built for old fans just like it was advertised.

d) This was simply a coincidence, but I often make a character named Snake and gave that name to one of the main 4 characters, then it turned out that the current leader of the Desert rangers is called General Vargas and I was wondering why was that name familiar... Snake Vargas was one of the original 4 starting characters in Wasteland 1...

e) Oh God, the manual...

Quote
Honey Badgers were reportedly well known for "not caring" before the war, but with mutations increasing them in size and toughening their hides, they're some of the most dangerous animals you will encounter in the wastes.

Mutated Honey Badgers... The horror.

The manual contains other jokes as well, such as annotations and comments from characters from the original Wasteland. (Like one of the other 4 original characters complaining that their group is referred as "Vargas and his team" and debating over the animal whisperer skill having any value since animals are just there to be eaten. )
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 26, 2014, 12:42:56 pm
Got the limited editions of Bayonetta 2 and Samurai Warriors 4 for my birthday (well day before but i didn't pay for them so!).

Haven't touched Bayonetta 2 yet, but looking forward to it. Tempted to replay the first, since the LE came with a Wii U port of that (on an actual disc, not a DL code) with added Nintendo weirdness (Bayonetta looks pretty damn good as Link, fyi). Art book is nice, and the packaging is gorgeous.

Samurai Warriors 4 is pretty damn good. Aside from the occasional grating Japanese female voice (urgh!). The LE was nice too, an anime OVA, OST CD and some DLC stuff (costumes, mostly).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 26, 2014, 12:45:28 pm
I agree, SW4 is pretty damn great. Wish the Chronicle Mode had local co-op, though. I mean, since you have a secondary character and everything, it'd be nice.

That said, loving the game.

Beyond Earth, on the other hand, was kind of a disappointment. The tech web and new space theme, while appreciated, don't outweigh the fact that the game is nigh-on pointless over LAN - it /will/ crash within about 90 turns or so. Lame. I haven't tried online multiplayer yet, but I get the feeling that I'll have the same problem.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 26, 2014, 07:10:59 pm
Brutal Doom seems to take any and all comers, but Strife and Heretic hit below the belt. Thus, I am going to get Doom 2 and run it on that instead of the questionably running Freedoom.

Harmony makes it...interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on October 26, 2014, 07:47:34 pm
I started playing The Movies. Damn fun, especially for a Molyneux game. The only problem is that my framerate goes through the floor before I'm even through the early game.

I sorely need a new laptop.

I need a better laptop also, for similar reasons.

I've gotten to the point in the game Prison Architect that my computer can't run it at normal speed, much less with the time warp turned up. The most annoying pat is that it's like this even though it's a graphically minimalistic game. The problem comes from the path finding that has to be done for all the prisoners, guards, janitors, and so on. This means the game gets very CPU intensive very fast. It isn't helped by the fact that the game is still in alpha and hasn't really been optimized.

My laptop also chugs whenever I play Kerbal Space Program, especially when I try building anything massive. Think of how big of a rocket you have to have in real life to get a relatively small satellite in to orbit. Now up the payload size to that of a house, and think about what kind of size you need to lift that in to orbit. And the house size payload can't be made into smaller pieces and assembled in orbit, because the house is itself a smaller module of a larger ship. Of course all of this isn't important until the B9 aerospace mod is updated to catch up to the same level the game is. The new explosion effects and destroyable space center make the failures that much more entertaining.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 26, 2014, 09:41:09 pm
Oh, god. Brutal Doom is amazing, and not just for the nice heaping of Ultraviolence it adds to my new copy of Doom 2. It completes the modernization of the game started by the ZDoom engine and takes it to the next level.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 27, 2014, 02:10:21 am
I've been playing the fuck out of Bioshock Infinite... dayum, this is a good game.  I'm not quiiiiiiite as completionist as I normally am, but I'm still enjoying it immensely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 27, 2014, 11:44:18 pm
GOG is partnering with Disney to release a whole bunch of Lucasarts games.  Including Sam & Max: Hit the Road.

ETA: I should probably post a link, shouldn't I?

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/27/lucasarts-classics-reach-gog-com-on-october-28/

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 28, 2014, 12:04:14 am
6v6 tf2 players are some of the most insufferable people.

 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 28, 2014, 12:05:35 am
GOG is partnering with Disney to release a whole bunch of Lucasarts games.  Including Sam & Max: Hit the Road.

ETA: I should probably post a link, shouldn't I?

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/27/lucasarts-classics-reach-gog-com-on-october-28/
Cool.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 28, 2014, 07:30:33 am
6v6 tf2 players are some of the most insufferable people.

 

Hence why I only play on servers that max out at 24.

Ironbite-or do Mann Up Mann vs. Machine
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 28, 2014, 07:59:51 am
GOG is partnering with Disney to release a whole bunch of Lucasarts games.  Including Sam & Max: Hit the Road.

ETA: I should probably post a link, shouldn't I?

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/27/lucasarts-classics-reach-gog-com-on-october-28/

That's awesome. I'll have to get the Monkey Island re-release.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 28, 2014, 08:53:47 am
XBox LIVE is selling none other than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for less than $4, in celebration for the game's 10th anniversary.

Also, HOLY FUCK, San An is 10 years old.  Excuse me while I get a shotgun and tell kids to get the hell off my lawn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 28, 2014, 09:09:56 am
Bah! Back in my day, we used Punt Guns to go duck hunting!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 28, 2014, 12:32:35 pm
I knew I shouldn't have got Knights of the Old Republic on steam :S
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 28, 2014, 01:32:15 pm
6v6 tf2 players are some of the most insufferable people.

 

Hence why I only play on servers that max out at 24.

Ironbite-or do Mann Up Mann vs. Machine
I meant competitive players, god those people have a superiority complex.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 28, 2014, 02:05:31 pm
Reminds me of someone I knew in high school, talking about how I needed to "keep myself competitive" for a game I didn't even play, at a time when my family didn't have any internet, facts I made quite sure to mention to him.  Even kept going on about it when I made it very plain that I, in fact, didn't give a rat's unwashed ass about "staying competitive" for anything.  Only thing I was really, truly competitive with was NoX, and that'd been dead for years by the time of that conversation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 28, 2014, 03:42:19 pm
XBox LIVE is selling none other than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for less than $4, in celebration for the game's 10th anniversary.

Also, HOLY FUCK, San An is 10 years old.  Excuse me while I get a shotgun and tell kids to get the hell off my lawn.
Here's something that'll make you feel even older: I was seven years old when San Andreas came out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 28, 2014, 04:11:14 pm
XBox LIVE is selling none other than Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for less than $4, in celebration for the game's 10th anniversary.

Also, HOLY FUCK, San An is 10 years old.  Excuse me while I get a shotgun and tell kids to get the hell off my lawn.
Here's something that'll make you feel even older: I was seven years old when San Andreas came out.

Wait...that means I'm around 8 years older than you.  I'm closer in age to my brother than I am to you.  Damn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 28, 2014, 05:57:20 pm
I agree, SW4 is pretty damn great. Wish the Chronicle Mode had local co-op, though. I mean, since you have a secondary character and everything, it'd be nice.

That said, loving the game.

I haven't had a go of Chronicle mode yet, I've played through some of the story mode, er, stories and had  ago using the character creator (which is really in depth options wise).

And as seems to be the norm, the initial loading screen on the PS4 version makes good wallpaper.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on October 28, 2014, 06:26:07 pm
I was 20 when GTA:SA came out.  Don't tell me I'm one of the older members of this forum?  That can't be right, surely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 28, 2014, 07:57:57 pm
I was 20 when GTA:SA came out.  Don't tell me I'm one of the older members of this forum?  That can't be right, surely.

I've got you beat, but only barely.  I was 21 back then.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 28, 2014, 08:09:13 pm
I was 20 when GTA:SA came out.  Don't tell me I'm one of the older members of this forum?  That can't be right, surely.

I've got you beat, but only barely.  I was 21 back then.

I was 24.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 28, 2014, 08:47:14 pm
really? could have foold me, UP.  I mean, you act so very rational on here... oh wait.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 28, 2014, 09:51:11 pm
I'm 22 now. Still in my prime!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 28, 2014, 10:13:13 pm
Wow I din't think GTA SA was that long ago, fuck I was ten when this thing came out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 28, 2014, 10:45:52 pm
Wolfen seems quite...odd for a Hexen Wad. Let me finish it up and tell you what I think.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 28, 2014, 11:02:28 pm
I AM 18 YEARS OLD, MY MIC IS JUST BROKEN!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on October 29, 2014, 11:40:13 am
Hey, anyone want a free game on Steam? I'm giving a way a few copies of a mystery game. Anyone that wants one, my steam name is the same as my name here. I already gave you a copy Hof, no need to thank me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 29, 2014, 12:19:29 pm
sure, I'll have one. Im Wheelworld on Steam

EDIT: oh jesus christ why have you forsaken me
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 29, 2014, 06:07:37 pm
...what game is it?(I know you said mystery I'm not doing that again, not after getting DOTA II and one other crap game from a mystery gift.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 29, 2014, 06:36:25 pm
It's Bad Rats, isn't it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on October 29, 2014, 07:33:03 pm
I got Bad Rats in a bundle.  I can't wait for the day when I can sell back Steam games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on October 29, 2014, 09:58:13 pm
It's Bad Rats, isn't it?

Yep, it's on sale for 24 cents and I have some change in my steam wallet. I had to give it to a few people after having seen this video of it a while back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwB4ZqKjDhg

I also bought myself a copy to see how bad it was. I loaded up the first tutorial level and spent a few minutes trying to move a damn barrel, but apparently the first level had broken itself, and I couldn't move anything. The best part is that you can see just how broken the physics are from sitting at the title screen for a couple minutes.

This game has definitely been added to my list of horrible games to LP with a friend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 29, 2014, 11:11:32 pm
The graphics look like food fight the movie.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 30, 2014, 02:43:54 am
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on October 30, 2014, 02:50:59 am
Replaying the Darksiders series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 30, 2014, 04:24:16 am
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 30, 2014, 05:48:05 am
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 30, 2014, 06:10:39 am
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 30, 2014, 06:35:34 am
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.

Maybe Magus tried to repress/destroy the memories due to the shock and horror of the scene?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 30, 2014, 11:25:11 am
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.
Try /d/.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on October 30, 2014, 01:26:43 pm
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.

I've seen a picture of a guy shoving three half inch wooden dowels up his urethra...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on October 30, 2014, 01:33:26 pm
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.

I've seen a picture of a guy shoving three half inch wooden dowels up his urethra...
Natural selection.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 30, 2014, 01:50:46 pm
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.

I've seen a picture of a guy shoving three half inch wooden dowels up his urethra...

Was it worth it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on October 30, 2014, 02:52:57 pm
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.

Drawn porn.

I don't watch video porn :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 30, 2014, 02:56:27 pm
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.

I've seen a picture of a guy shoving three half inch wooden dowels up his urethra...

I once saw a video of somebody doing autoerotic asphyxiation.  It was morbidly fascinating.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 30, 2014, 03:11:45 pm
I have a strange urge to watch/play some crappy Christian games.

You'd probably have more fun trying to shove your fist into your cock.

I've probably seen porn of that, unfortunately.

Probably? how could you forget something like that? If I saw somebody do that I'd be so impressed I'd save a copy of the video to show my friends.

Drawn porn.

I don't watch video porn :P

Lol, you'd be no fun to masturbate with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 30, 2014, 09:17:33 pm
I just found out that Race into Space has gone open source. T'is good stuff, if you ask me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 31, 2014, 01:52:13 am
Drawn porn.

I don't watch video porn :P

Lol, you'd be no fun to masturbate with.
Oy! I also enjoy drawn porn.

And written porn as well.

I like sex and erotica to be part of a plot with decently written/acted characters and until we get more good acting and storylines in porn movies comics and written erotica are my go to solution for hot stories.

...In retrospect I guess this is a bit off topic and will give myself a mod warning.

Back to videogames.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 31, 2014, 02:03:33 pm
Scream Fortress 2014 is the best update ever!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on October 31, 2014, 09:49:51 pm
Just so ya'll know, Magicka is 2.49 until November the 3rd.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 01, 2014, 03:16:20 am
The first disappointments to Wasteland 2 are that there seems to be less freedom than in Fallout games and that the guns seem to jam half the time they are used...

Even in Fallout 1 the player had several ways to solve the main quests. Saving Tandi: Diplomacy, sneaking in and picking the lock on her door, killing everyone, bartering the price of ransom down or wearing the right clothes to make the raider leader think that you are his father. (That last one was a bit silly.)

Wasteland 2 does not have such choices or so it has at least seemed so far.

Also, I am getting stuck due to enemies that are way too tough for me. Red Scorpion Militia has dudes that throw dynamite at my Rangers and their machine gunners turn Rangers to blood sausage when they decide to empty the entire belt in one burst...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 02, 2014, 06:06:15 pm
Well, it's been a good haul this Steam sale.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 02, 2014, 06:13:35 pm
I want to get Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager, but it's a bit pricey at the moment. I suppose I'll wait for the Christmas sale and hope it gets a deeper discount.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 03, 2014, 05:54:10 am
I'm replaying the Mass Effect series and sweet baby space-jesus it felt nice to scan all the keepers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 03, 2014, 06:01:23 am
I'm giving Hitman 2 another playthrough. A few of the levels are a bit shit, but the good ones more than make up for it. Also, there are few things more satisfying than killing both of your targets with a single bullet from the other side of the map, and nobody even noticing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 03, 2014, 01:55:47 pm
I'm giving Hitman 2 another playthrough. A few of the levels are a bit shit, but the good ones more than make up for it. Also, there are few things more satisfying than killing both of your targets with a single bullet from the other side of the map, and nobody even noticing.

Blood Money is still my favorite Hitman game.  I only wish we could play the BM levels as contracts in Absolution. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 03, 2014, 02:11:28 pm
I really ought to get around to playing the other Hitman games...though, I am quite fond of Absolution.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 04, 2014, 06:49:20 am
So over the past few days, I've learned that Race into Space ranks #1 on my list of games that make me want to hurl my laptop through a window.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 04, 2014, 04:33:04 pm
I really ought to get around to playing the other Hitman games...though, I am quite fond of Absolution.

Just an FYI, Blood Money is the easiest of the games.  The missions in SI and Contracts vary from challenging to incredibly frustraing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 04, 2014, 07:12:23 pm
Don't bother me none, easy can be fun, so long as its designed well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 04, 2014, 08:01:18 pm
Blood Money is challenging enough if you go for Silent Assassin rank on every mission and the levels are for the most part decently open and non-linear. I personally prefer Hitman 2's difficulty (if not the level design), but Blood Money is hardly a bad game by any stretch of the imagination.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 05, 2014, 04:45:32 am
Yeah, just strolling around a neighborhood slaughtering every single person while dressed as a clown is worth the price of the game!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 05, 2014, 02:14:26 pm
Yeah, just strolling around a neighborhood slaughtering every single person while dressed as a clown is worth the price of the game!

That actually kinda makes me think.

Makes me wonder about playing the Thief games as a bloodthirsty murderer instead of a pacifistic professional thief.  Playing on Easy, obviously, because playing on Hard would just result in an instant game over.

I know that the Thief fan community would collectively shit their pants in rage over someone playing the game wrong, but that's practically part of the fun right there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 05, 2014, 03:46:26 pm
Yeah, just strolling around a neighborhood slaughtering every single person while dressed as a clown is worth the price of the game!

That actually kinda makes me think.

Makes me wonder about playing the Thief games as a bloodthirsty murderer instead of a pacifistic professional thief.  Playing on Easy, obviously, because playing on Hard would just result in an instant game over.

I know that the Thief fan community would collectively shit their pants in rage over someone playing the game wrong, but that's practically part of the fun right there.

I was tempted to get the new Thief for the 360 in the future, but I never knew you could be that bloodthirsty and sadistic.  I might have to add that to my future games list.  One question though about Thief; is it like Hitman where once you complete a mission, you can go back and replay it with stuff you've gained from previous missions?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 05, 2014, 04:37:15 pm
Yeah, just strolling around a neighborhood slaughtering every single person while dressed as a clown is worth the price of the game!

That actually kinda makes me think.

Makes me wonder about playing the Thief games as a bloodthirsty murderer instead of a pacifistic professional thief.  Playing on Easy, obviously, because playing on Hard would just result in an instant game over.

I know that the Thief fan community would collectively shit their pants in rage over someone playing the game wrong, but that's practically part of the fun right there.

I was tempted to get the new Thief for the 360 in the future, but I never knew you could be that bloodthirsty and sadistic.  I might have to add that to my future games list.  One question though about Thief; is it like Hitman where once you complete a mission, you can go back and replay it with stuff you've gained from previous missions?

I don't know about the most recent one, but the previous generation, including Deadly Shadows?  Nope, not without either cheating or level editing.  DS drops the "bag of spilling" thing, but also drops the rope arrows and much of the freedom.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 05, 2014, 05:10:16 pm
Thief encouraged you to use your resources by taking them away at the end of each level.

In fact, there's only a single level in Thief 2 where your stuff carries over from one level to the next - and it will make sense in context.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 05, 2014, 05:46:52 pm
Decided to play Hell Revealed with Brutal Doom. Oh, boy. Was that ever a mistake.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 06, 2014, 01:39:21 am
I restarted Wasteland 2 after running into dead end and having no way to defeat my enemies and turns out that I had chosen a much higher difficulty level than previously thought... Now the enemies are actually dropping the local currency. I might be able to afford gear for my squad! Also the enemies seem to die much easier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 07, 2014, 05:27:08 am
Finished Hitman 2 with a Silent Assassin rank on every mission except for St Petersburg Revisited (which I'm pretty sure is impossible, at least not without a second run so you can take some anesthetic along) as well as every single weapon collected. All in all, I'd say I've done a good job.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 07, 2014, 04:29:35 pm
Finished Hitman 2 with a Silent Assassin rank on every mission except for St Petersburg Revisited (which I'm pretty sure is impossible, at least not without a second run so you can take some anesthetic along) as well as every single weapon collected. All in all, I'd say I've done a good job.

Nice job!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 08, 2014, 03:26:06 am
I'm on a recent Metroid kick, and I just remembered that Samus in Metroid Prime is voiced by Jennifer Hale.  Who also, more famously, voiced Shepard from Mass Effect.

Now I'm wondering how to make "Samus Shepard" in Mass Effect, and what class she'd even be.  Soldier?  Engineer?  Infiltrator? ... Adept/Vanguard?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on November 08, 2014, 03:58:21 am
I'm on a recent Metroid kick, and I just remembered that Samus in Metroid Prime is voiced by Jennifer Hale.  Who also, more famously, voiced Shepard from Mass Effect.

Now I'm wondering how to make "Samus Shepard" in Mass Effect, and what class she'd even be.  Soldier?  Engineer?  Infiltrator? ... Adept/Vanguard?
I play tf2 and that last part confused the hell out of me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 08, 2014, 04:03:30 am
I found the Id Gallery in Quake 2, then the pool room. Oh merciful god why.

 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 08, 2014, 05:17:30 am
I'm on a recent Metroid kick, and I just remembered that Samus in Metroid Prime is voiced by Jennifer Hale.  Who also, more famously, voiced Shepard from Mass Effect.

Now I'm wondering how to make "Samus Shepard" in Mass Effect, and what class she'd even be.  Soldier?  Engineer?  Infiltrator? ... Adept/Vanguard?
My vote's for Engineer.

Edit: how the fuck did I miss N7 day. I am ashamed of myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 08, 2014, 05:37:46 am
I found the Id Gallery in Quake 2, then the pool room. Oh merciful god why.

Quake 2 was a great game, and I'll fight anybody who thinks different.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 08, 2014, 06:37:05 am
I'm on a recent Metroid kick, and I just remembered that Samus in Metroid Prime is voiced by Jennifer Hale.  Who also, more famously, voiced Shepard from Mass Effect.

Now I'm wondering how to make "Samus Shepard" in Mass Effect, and what class she'd even be.  Soldier?  Engineer?  Infiltrator? ... Adept/Vanguard?
I play tf2 and that last part confused the hell out of me.

Classes you can play in Mass Effect
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 08, 2014, 07:59:44 am
I found the Id Gallery in Quake 2, then the pool room. Oh merciful god why.

Quake 2 was a great game, and I'll fight anybody who thinks different.

Oh, I love it. It's just the Tank Pimp caught me off guard.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 08, 2014, 10:20:28 am
I found the Id Gallery in Quake 2, then the pool room. Oh merciful god why.

Quake 2 was a great game, and I'll fight anybody who thinks different.

Oh, I love it. It's just the Tank Pimp caught me off guard.

Yeah, that was a fun easter egg. I remember from reading "Masters of Doom" that there was some logic behind what they put there to represent each team member. Been ages since I read it so I don't really remember it but it's a great book i recommend everybody read it.

The expansions to Quake 2 are quite good as well, worth a try. especially the one that gives you a chainsaw.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on November 08, 2014, 11:15:38 am
I'm on a recent Metroid kick, and I just remembered that Samus in Metroid Prime is voiced by Jennifer Hale.  Who also, more famously, voiced Shepard from Mass Effect.

Now I'm wondering how to make "Samus Shepard" in Mass Effect, and what class she'd even be.  Soldier?  Engineer?  Infiltrator? ... Adept/Vanguard?
I play tf2 and that last part confused the hell out of me.

Classes you can play in Mass Effect
I know.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 08, 2014, 02:29:13 pm
I'm on a recent Metroid kick, and I just remembered that Samus in Metroid Prime is voiced by Jennifer Hale.  Who also, more famously, voiced Shepard from Mass Effect.

Now I'm wondering how to make "Samus Shepard" in Mass Effect, and what class she'd even be.  Soldier?  Engineer?  Infiltrator? ... Adept/Vanguard?
My vote's for Engineer.

Edit: how the fuck did I miss N7 day. I am ashamed of myself.

I didn't even know there was N7 day until someone mentioned it... and it was 10:30 PM of the day.  So don't blame yourself :D

Also, yeah, Engineer does make the most sense.  Samus did design and build her own gunship, after all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Nemo on November 08, 2014, 03:14:54 pm
I've recently been thinking about installing Steam on my computer. Would you guys recommend this? It's a laptop that's a little over five years old, but I'd mostly be getting older games that don't take up too much space.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 08, 2014, 03:19:06 pm
Sure, go for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 08, 2014, 07:13:22 pm
I've recently been thinking about installing Steam on my computer. Would you guys recommend this? It's a laptop that's a little over five years old, but I'd mostly be getting older games that don't take up too much space.

Steam itself is just a client, and takes up very little space and uses little memory (your internet browsing taxes your computer more). What matters is the intensity of the games you install.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 08, 2014, 07:28:40 pm
I officially now LOVE the ICBM mod for Minecraft.  In what other mod do you get to unleash thermobaric missiles and kill swathes of hostile mobs with effing chemical weapons?  I'M A WALKING WAR CRIME!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 08, 2014, 07:43:18 pm
I officially now LOVE the ICBM mod for Minecraft.  In what other mod do you get to unleash thermobaric missiles and kill swathes of hostile mobs with effing chemical weapons?  I'M A WALKING WAR CRIME!
The best part is that you can actually ride the missiles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on November 08, 2014, 09:22:07 pm
I officially now LOVE the ICBM mod for Minecraft.  In what other mod do you get to unleash thermobaric missiles and kill swathes of hostile mobs with effing chemical weapons?  I'M A WALKING WAR CRIME!
The best part is that you can actually ride the missiles.
(http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dr-strangelove-still-580.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 08, 2014, 09:34:51 pm
Wait a second...
I just realized that the Metroid Prime series and the NES game Faxanadu have very similar plots.

A meteor crashes, it spreads a poison that changes the surrounding flora and fauna into evil, twisted things, and it turns out that the meteor is actually a malevolent, eldritch being.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on November 08, 2014, 09:58:41 pm
Wait a second...
I just realized that the Metroid Prime series and the NES game Faxanadu have very similar plots.

A meteor crashes, it spreads a poison that changes the surrounding flora and fauna into evil, twisted things, and it turns out that the meteor is actually a malevolent, eldritch being.

That's because they are both stealing from The Colour Out of Space.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on November 09, 2014, 12:33:08 am
I'm on a recent Metroid kick, and I just remembered that Samus in Metroid Prime is voiced by Jennifer Hale.  Who also, more famously, voiced Shepard from Mass Effect.

Now I'm wondering how to make "Samus Shepard" in Mass Effect, and what class she'd even be.  Soldier?  Engineer?  Infiltrator? ... Adept/Vanguard?
My vote's for Engineer.

Edit: how the fuck did I miss N7 day. I am ashamed of myself.

I didn't even know there was N7 day until someone mentioned it... and it was 10:30 PM of the day.  So don't blame yourself :D

Also, yeah, Engineer does make the most sense.  Samus did design and build her own gunship, after all.
Wait, November 7th at 10:30 PM? that's almost exactly when my siblings were born. Weird.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 10, 2014, 06:02:37 am
Just figured out you can chainsaw Cacodemons to exploit their relatively pain chance ( 50% ) and just saw through the little fuckers. Far better than my old method of repeatedly unloading the assault rifle and hoping to god they didn't shoot plasma at me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 10, 2014, 07:06:03 am
Just figured out you can chainsaw Cacodemons to exploit their relatively pain chance ( 50% ) and just saw through the little fuckers. Far better than my old method of repeatedly unloading the assault rifle and hoping to god they didn't shoot plasma at me.

Some more pro strats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJcf0aOwmiA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 10, 2014, 03:31:03 pm
EEE!  ICBM has laser turrets!  I got a quartet set up in the End to show the endermen who's boss, and its just so cool!  Doesn't hurt that I find them oddly adorable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 11, 2014, 04:25:36 am
I was replaying Mass Effect 1 and managed to trigger the Kaiden's Silly Walk Glitch. I had him prancing around like a kid playing ballerina for the longest time. (Inb4 "quality Bioware product")
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 11, 2014, 07:37:19 am
All glory to Dog Pope, my friends. All glory to Dog Pope.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 11, 2014, 05:24:19 pm
All glory to Dog Pope, my friends. All glory to Dog Pope.

Eh?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 11, 2014, 05:42:47 pm
So rocket jumping in Steamworld Dig isn't rocket jumping, its just blowing yourself up with dynamite and going flying.

Not jumping just as it explodes. Huh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 11, 2014, 07:21:43 pm
So Assassin's Creed Unity is unplayable on my computer. This isn't a surprise, but I am disappointed, especially since it probably would have been perfectly playable with some half way decent optimization.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 11, 2014, 08:54:31 pm
Aarrgh, E.Y.E keeps crashing. I'm looking for fixes, and I really hope I can get it working. I really like the game, besides it's cruddy translation.

Fixed, thank god.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 12, 2014, 05:55:09 am
It took seeing the horrible excuse that is the Mannimarco boss fight in Elder Scrolls Online for me to finally put the game on my shit list.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 12, 2014, 06:26:11 am
I just finished Hitman: Contracts. Quite enjoyable, though the Hong Lee missions kind of overstay their welcome. Traditions of the Trade is really the high point of that game. Also, I only just realised now that not only does the enitre game takes place in the aftermath of Curtains Down, the opera house mission in Hitman: Blood Money.

Speaking of Blood Money, I did want to move on to it after playing Silent Assassin and Contracts, but just found out that not only are the textures all blurry (according to the internet, the game just doesn't like integrated graphics processing), but I'm lucky to get more than 10 frames per second with the graphics settings at their absolute minimum. I suppose that's not happening anytime soon. I'm sad now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 12, 2014, 09:34:42 am
It took seeing the horrible excuse that is the Mannimarco boss fight in Elder Scrolls Online for me to finally put the game on my shit list.

Took you long enough.  My final straw was that sorry ass excuse for an elemental boss fight that got me to quit.  When it doesn't seem like I'm doing any damage to the thing and it heals up what it already took?  Yeah done.

Ironbite-wonder if they fixed that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 12, 2014, 10:01:58 am
It took seeing the horrible excuse that is the Mannimarco boss fight in Elder Scrolls Online for me to finally put the game on my shit list.

Took you long enough.  My final straw was that sorry ass excuse for an elemental boss fight that got me to quit.  When it doesn't seem like I'm doing any damage to the thing and it heals up what it already took?  Yeah done.

Ironbite-wonder if they fixed that.
Bug or just a difficult boss?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 12, 2014, 10:03:11 am
Not sure what else I was supposed to do besides hit it hard but it never got below 3/4ths health before healing itself.

Ironbite-just frustrating.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Iczerfour on November 12, 2014, 05:31:53 pm
been playing Borderlands 2.  I love this game!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 12, 2014, 09:58:37 pm
I've finally gotten my first E.Ψ.E character up to level 14, and I love the game despite having to grapple with dying while I'm performing my healing action every so often. Hallucinations are also annoying, but can thankfully be removed with the same action.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 13, 2014, 01:24:44 am
God fucking damnit my xbox ate my dlc again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 13, 2014, 03:22:13 am
I've finally gotten my first E.Ψ.E character up to level 14, and I love the game despite having to grapple with dying while I'm performing my healing action every so often. Hallucinations are also annoying, but can thankfully be removed with the same action.

You gained brozouf
You gained brozouf
You gained brozouf
My legs are ok
You gain brozouf
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 13, 2014, 05:53:55 am
I've finally gotten my first E.Ψ.E character up to level 14, and I love the game despite having to grapple with dying while I'm performing my healing action every so often. Hallucinations are also annoying, but can thankfully be removed with the same action.

You gained brozouf
You gained brozouf
You gained brozouf
My legs are ok
You gain brozouf
Visual Hallucination
I'm stressed, can't shoot!
Your legs are broken.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on November 13, 2014, 07:36:15 am
I tried eye.

Not going to bother with a game where i have to look up literally everything from an outside source
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 13, 2014, 08:27:18 am
Intuition is your friend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 13, 2014, 08:28:00 am
I'm actually getting into Thaumcraft, now that I understand how the research mechanic works.  Took fuckin long enough.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 13, 2014, 10:12:38 am
I'm back in WoW for the next 2 months.  Let's see if this thing can keep my attention for that long.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on November 13, 2014, 12:06:04 pm
God fucking damnit my xbox ate my dlc again.

I initially misread that as "my xbox ate my dic again."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 13, 2014, 03:58:00 pm
Got Onechanbara Z2: Chaos for the PS4 in the post.

Not played it though, that Mario Kart 8 DLC came out today. Hyrule Circuit? Amazing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 13, 2014, 04:49:43 pm
Smash Bros 3DS, I won my first match against a Lvl 9 opponent!  Then I lost the next 10 matches against opponents of the same level.  Oh well, at least I got the one win.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 13, 2014, 06:32:38 pm
From what I've heard, Sonic Boom is the new Sonic 06.

I disagree.

Assassin's Creed Unity is the new Sonic 06.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 13, 2014, 07:09:30 pm
Speaking of Sanic, is Generations any good? been interested ever since I heard there was a pc version and the reviews weren't absolute trash.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 13, 2014, 07:11:52 pm
I recommend it, I own it hell once I'm done with my current LP I plan on LPing it it takes a while to get used to the controls but you can change them and it's a good PC port.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 13, 2014, 07:12:22 pm
Speaking of Sanic, is Generations any good? been interested ever since I heard there was a pc version and the reviews weren't absolute trash.

Everything I've seen about it is that it's absolutely fantastic.

I haven't played it myself though, so yeah.  Everyone I know who has played it seems to love the game, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 13, 2014, 07:44:08 pm
Thank fuck for that, I've been desperate for a good 3D sanic game. Already beaten Sonic Adventure to death.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on November 13, 2014, 07:49:21 pm
yeah, Generations is amazing.  It's an obvious port though, so I suggest getting a controller for it.  That said? Soundtrack is fantastic, storyline (loose as it is) is decent, graphics are top notch... I highly recommend it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 14, 2014, 12:13:55 pm
PC version is really modable too.

I do wonder what idiot at Ubi Soft thought releasing Assassins Creed Unity is in current state was a good idea? Its like a series of bugs held together with gameplay.

Even the last gen one, Rogue, has minor problems too.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 14, 2014, 03:42:41 pm
This seems to be the season for rushed games that barely function.

Sonic Boom: Whatever the Wii U one is, Assassin's Creed Unity...
Be on the lookout for other glitchy games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 16, 2014, 12:02:17 am
Even World of Warcraft is getting in on the action. Granted, it's because they got DDoSed the other night and had way more returning players than they anticipated, plus the lack of new class/race to keep people away from the new areas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Witchyjoshy on November 16, 2014, 12:12:03 am
Even World of Warcraft is getting in on the action. Granted, it's because they got DDoSed the other night and had way more returning players than they anticipated, plus the lack of new class/race to keep people away from the new areas.

Still waiting for WoW to actually create a Bard class.  Maybe even make it half as awesome as the April Fools Joke.

And Blizzard?  Don't give me that bullshit about how it doesn't fit in with the lore, you haven't cared about the lore for years.

...Ahem.

Anyways, it kinda sucks when you do so well that it actually harms your goals, doesn't it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 16, 2014, 01:14:04 am
Bards don't fit into the lore at all, why would you want something like that when WoW still doesn't have Daemon hunter class?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 16, 2014, 01:48:21 am
I just want a magic knight class. No shields, no two-handed weapons (except staves and pole-arms), ranged DPS, tank and melee DPS for specs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 16, 2014, 05:40:24 am
Fucking hell, I think Doom 3's audio logs have ruined the experience for me. In a really sobering realization, that is.

Listening to each one and slowly piling up a record of corporate abuses, knowing that each and every one of the narrators is dead or worse, just really sobers you. The zombies may share 3 models, but they have faces and names. Every Z- Sec you killed was most likely just some family man who had the wrong assignment on the wrong day and become another soldier in the legions of hell.

In essence, fuck Lost Souls ever more than before now.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 16, 2014, 07:01:48 am
And speaking of Blizzard april fools jokes, will ogres ever be a playable race?  The Pandaren started as a joke as well now that I think about it. They were an april fools joke for Warcraft 3 back when there were supposed to be 5 playable races, with the demons as one of them. (The undead scourge were separate from the Burning legion.)

The alliance might need another race to bring up the balance if Ogres are given to the Horde unless their mercenary side qualifies them for both of the sides like they did with the Pandaren.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on November 17, 2014, 01:28:08 am
Far cry 4 is just 3 in a different setting
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 17, 2014, 05:09:18 pm
But it has a sick remix of Born to Be Wild.

Shame they didn't do straight parody of sci-fi again like Blood Dragon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 17, 2014, 05:30:56 pm
Far cry 4 is just 3 in a different setting

No shit sherlock.

Ironbite-like they'd mess with that winning formula.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 17, 2014, 05:56:18 pm
Just blasted my way through the first level of the Ultimate Torment and Torture, and I've noticed a few things.

Classes just seem to be little more than a cosmetic thing, with them only determining your starting weapon and health. Outside of that, the classes are all but the same Doomguy with different models.

The boss(es) of the level is laughable when one compares it to the Cyberdemon and hordes of Barons you have to fight earlier in the level. All they are is two black Mancubi with a new attack that went down in the space of a minute. It's quite hilarious, really.

In addition, I've decided to begin modding. A couple of weapons, nothing major.

For those Doomers among us, the UAC M4 Pulse Rifle lies below. It's nothing more than a Super Shotgun replacement that uses the sprite of the shotgun and uses the same ammo. While far more accurate, it's not nearly as powerful as either Shotgun ( To put it in perspective, the shotgun does 4 damage per pellet, whereas the Pulse Rifle does 2) and chews through your supply of shells.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 18, 2014, 07:18:44 am
I decided to try out 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 doors. So far, it's basically Saw 2 as a visual novel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on November 18, 2014, 07:24:51 am
I decided to try out 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 doors. So far, it's basically Saw 2 as a visual novel.

That was actually one of the selling points for me.  What killed it though was the linear approach to solving puzzles.  At one point, I needed certain numbers to unlock the door.  I figured it out pretty fast (A first for me in this game), but I still had to spend the next 10 minutes searching for all the #^$#%^ pages with the numbers before I could officially solve it.  I stopped at that point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 18, 2014, 08:34:08 am
Ive got 2 months of WoW time so I decided to try warlords.

Ironbite- I might be hooked
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 18, 2014, 02:08:05 pm
Ive got 2 months of WoW time so I decided to try warlords.

Ironbite- I might be hooked

The Garrisons are surprising fun to work on and what I've played so far is great (finished Shadowmoon Valley on my Alliance server, working on Frostfire Ridge on my Horde server).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on November 18, 2014, 05:00:23 pm
Ive got 2 months of WoW time so I decided to try warlords.

Ironbite- I might be hooked

I'm tempted, I won't lie.  That said, if my guild leader and our badass kitty DPS ain't playin', there's no point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 18, 2014, 05:09:54 pm
Ive got 2 months of WoW time so I decided to try warlords.

Ironbite- I might be hooked

The Garrisons are surprising fun to work on and what I've played so far is great (finished Shadowmoon Valley on my Alliance server, working on Frostfire Ridge on my Horde server).

I've played a bit on my wife's account. The garrison IS fun although there still is a lot in the game that I do not like and the price of the expansion does not seem worth going back to WoW. (Particularly since I'll probably get bored after I've seen the storyline and the garrison is just pure grinding with nothing new left to see.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 18, 2014, 05:54:35 pm
Alrighty, another weapon replacement. This one is for the BFG, and I consider one of my best ones yet. This went through several iterations, one of which was the subject of a recent post in "Things that Annoys You".   

The USSMC Rail Scattergun shoots two bolts of superheated depleted uranium at high speed (It has been confirmed through lab tests on Mormons that the gun itself is capable of inducing cardiac arrest on sight) and with high accuracy. In essence, it's really scary.

Careful where you point this thing, kid. You'll shoot your buddy's eye out!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on November 18, 2014, 07:50:16 pm
I wish they hadn't delayed GTA V for the computer. It would've come out today. Oh well, let's just hope this means it gets something like 64 player servers or something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 21, 2014, 08:59:06 am
And now, a affirmation of my undying love for MarkIV's fetid deathspawn Brutal Doom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBBs18HUZik
In what other mods can you punch a demon in the face until his HUGE GUTS spill on the floor?

Where else can you contemplate the ripped-off face of your shotgun-wielding foes?

Where else can you can rip off a Mancubi's fucking arm cannon off and use it on your unwitting foes?

It is a mod where melee is the best option for combat, a mod where one literally paints the walls red with the blood of thy enemies, the mod where you are death-on-swift-wings coming for those in your way and ripping the fuck out of all in your way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on November 21, 2014, 12:49:15 pm
I wish they hadn't delayed GTA V for the computer. It would've come out today. Oh well, let's just hope this means it gets something like 64 player servers or something.

GTA IV's release was so buggy that Steam offered refunds (which they almost never do). I don't think they want a repeat of that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 21, 2014, 08:43:14 pm
I think I've won the Doom arms race. One of the new weapons in my personal weapons replacement mod is a missile launcher that shoots a missile that is both a ripper and seeking missile which allow me to kill multiple enemies with one rocket.

And then use the splash damage to kill anything surviving.

Quite fond of it myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 21, 2014, 10:29:00 pm
Due to Madman I installed Brutal Doom. (And after struggling a while I even got it working.)


...It is suprisingly disturbing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 21, 2014, 10:31:58 pm
Well, Doomguy is everyone's favorite lovable demon and zombie mass murderer.

Also, it seems that the Plasma Rifle doesn't play with +RIPPER projectiles spawned from A_CustomMissile. Instead, they all fly through the floor. Contrast this with the rocket launcher I was raving about a while ago.

Ugh, modding is harder than it's cracked up to be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on November 23, 2014, 03:07:20 pm
Just finished The Wolf Among Us, and holy crap, that ending.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 23, 2014, 04:28:21 pm
Well, Doomguy is everyone's favorite lovable demon and zombie mass murderer.

Also, it seems that the Plasma Rifle doesn't play with +RIPPER projectiles spawned from A_CustomMissile. Instead, they all fly through the floor. Contrast this with the rocket launcher I was raving about a while ago.

Ugh, modding is harder than it's cracked up to be.

what programs you using to make your mods?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on November 23, 2014, 04:49:14 pm
SLADE, mostly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 23, 2014, 05:57:44 pm
So appearently Dragon Age: Inquisition has a trans male character and people are flipping their shit about 1) his existence and 2) his voice actor being Jennifer Hale. Thoughts?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on November 24, 2014, 12:28:01 pm
Jennifer Hale is awesome, she should voice everyone in everything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on November 24, 2014, 03:28:38 pm
So appearently Dragon Age: Inquisition has a trans male character and people are flipping their shit about 1) his existence and 2) his voice actor being Jennifer Hale. Thoughts?

Well, trans* is the new gay, I guess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 24, 2014, 04:54:55 pm
Jennifer Hale is awesome, she should voice everyone in everything.

Was amused to find out she was the voice of samus in the Metroid Prime series. her work simply consisting of various grunts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 01, 2014, 06:10:36 am
I am kinda disappointed that Brutal Doom makes Doomguy right handed. He was probably the first left handed fictional "hero" I was aware of.

Also, came across a youtube walkthrough of Murdered soul suspect. The very first thing you see in the game is a dude with a fedora being thrown outta window and my first thought of that was that it serves him right for wearing such an atrocious outfit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 01, 2014, 08:43:40 pm
Just in case you didn't know, Askold, Link (of Legend of Zelda fame) has always canonically been a lefty, ever since the original game for the NES.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 02, 2014, 01:18:18 am
Link has been left handed except for that one time when there was a controller that directly controlled his sword and they made him right handed. (Wii I think.)

I've read a bit of a Zelda manga and in that one Link was known as "The left handed swordsman" in the kingdom.

Being left handed is a bit special in Japan since they still teach everyone to use their right hand rather than the left. And apparently Budo code forbids using the left hand (as the dominant hand) with katana or bow etc.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on December 02, 2014, 12:00:02 pm
Link was only right-handed in Skyward Sword and the Wii version of Twilight Princess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 02, 2014, 12:21:47 pm
Replaying Walking Dead Season One, since I'm getting Season Two for Christmas and i want to play it again on the same platform.

I forgot how it seems ever so slightly optimistic for a brief while. Then quickly goes to hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 02, 2014, 03:57:03 pm
Replaying Walking Dead Season One, since I'm getting Season Two for Christmas and i want to play it again on the same platform.

I forgot how it seems ever so slightly optimistic for a brief while. Then quickly goes to hell.

I played the first episode of Season 1, since it's free on XBox Live.  It was okay, though I did get annoyed spending nearly a half hour looking for a key.  Is this your first time replaying Season 1?  If not, does it play any differently if you make different choices, or is it basically the same exact thing each time?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 02, 2014, 04:23:32 pm
anyone here got Total War: Rome II? heres the Caesar in Gaul DLC for ya, first come first served
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 02, 2014, 06:00:50 pm
Replaying Walking Dead Season One, since I'm getting Season Two for Christmas and i want to play it again on the same platform.

I forgot how it seems ever so slightly optimistic for a brief while. Then quickly goes to hell.

I played the first episode of Season 1, since it's free on XBox Live.  It was okay, though I did get annoyed spending nearly a half hour looking for a key.  Is this your first time replaying Season 1?  If not, does it play any differently if you make different choices, or is it basically the same exact thing each time?
The choices change what characters stay around, and also change how other think of you, which gets very important by the end. And said choices can then be imported into season 2, but I'm not sure how they affect things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 02, 2014, 07:14:50 pm
I have the game but I already have the DLC... I know a couple of friends who might want it, though. If you don't mind.

EDIT: Yup, claimed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 02, 2014, 08:57:13 pm
oh my fucking god sonic generations is so good

so fast
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 02, 2014, 09:12:18 pm
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on December 03, 2014, 01:26:19 am
I am kinda disappointed that Brutal Doom makes Doomguy right handed. He was probably the first left handed fictional "hero" I was aware of.

#leftygate
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 03, 2014, 01:49:57 am
I am kinda disappointed that Brutal Doom makes Doomguy right handed. He was probably the first left handed fictional "hero" I was aware of.

#leftygate

#notallrighties
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 03, 2014, 08:47:42 am
I forgot how terrible the ai in napoleon total war is. Jesus christ it shouldnt be that difficult to form a line
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 03, 2014, 03:20:56 pm
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!

I'm having a hell of a time, I just wish Sega would put more Sanic on steam.

Meanwhile, in Australia...Target bans GTAV because of a petition from a former sex worker, claims game promotes violence against women (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/12/australian-target-stores-stop-selling-gta-v-in-wake-of-sex-worker-petition/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 04, 2014, 07:40:48 pm
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!

I'm having a hell of a time, I just wish Sega would put more Sanic on steam.

Meanwhile, in Australia...Target bans GTAV because of a petition from a former sex worker, claims game promotes violence against women (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/12/australian-target-stores-stop-selling-gta-v-in-wake-of-sex-worker-petition/)

And now there's a petition to ban the Bible for the same reason. (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-the-holy-bible-this-sickening-book-encourages-readers-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 04, 2014, 07:50:58 pm
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!

I'm having a hell of a time, I just wish Sega would put more Sanic on steam.

Meanwhile, in Australia...Target bans GTAV because of a petition from a former sex worker, claims game promotes violence against women (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/12/australian-target-stores-stop-selling-gta-v-in-wake-of-sex-worker-petition/)

And now there's a petition to ban the Bible for the same reason. (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-the-holy-bible-this-sickening-book-encourages-readers-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women)

The perfect response.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on December 04, 2014, 08:11:27 pm
I was thinking the same thing when this was all over the news last night.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on December 04, 2014, 10:40:26 pm
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!

I'm having a hell of a time, I just wish Sega would put more Sanic on steam.

Meanwhile, in Australia...Target bans GTAV because of a petition from a former sex worker, claims game promotes violence against women (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/12/australian-target-stores-stop-selling-gta-v-in-wake-of-sex-worker-petition/)

And now there's a petition to ban the Bible for the same reason. (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-the-holy-bible-this-sickening-book-encourages-readers-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women)

Even better, "this sickening book" also encourages violence against LGBT+ people.

Oh, sorry for dragging away the topic. You may go back to talking about vidcons now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on December 04, 2014, 11:10:10 pm
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!

I'm having a hell of a time, I just wish Sega would put more Sanic on steam.

Meanwhile, in Australia...Target bans GTAV because of a petition from a former sex worker, claims game promotes violence against women (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/12/australian-target-stores-stop-selling-gta-v-in-wake-of-sex-worker-petition/)

And now there's a petition to ban the Bible for the same reason. (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-the-holy-bible-this-sickening-book-encourages-readers-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women)

Even better, "this sickening book" also encourages violence against LGBT+ people.

Oh, sorry for dragging away the topic. You may go back to talking about vidcons now.

Actually, that's a common misconception.  Those passages in Leviticus seem to actually refer to temple prostitution.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 04, 2014, 11:17:54 pm
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!

I'm having a hell of a time, I just wish Sega would put more Sanic on steam.

Meanwhile, in Australia...Target bans GTAV because of a petition from a former sex worker, claims game promotes violence against women (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/12/australian-target-stores-stop-selling-gta-v-in-wake-of-sex-worker-petition/)

And now there's a petition to ban the Bible for the same reason. (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-the-holy-bible-this-sickening-book-encourages-readers-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women)

Even better, "this sickening book" also encourages violence against LGBT+ people.

Oh, sorry for dragging away the topic. You may go back to talking about vidcons now.

Actually, that's a common misconception.  Those passages in Leviticus seem to actually refer to temple prostitution.

Either way, you're having people executed, often in the most agonising way they could think of at the time, for something comparatively minor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on December 05, 2014, 12:09:15 pm
And now Penny Arcade weighs in:

(http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-VjQDMdJ/0/1050x10000/i-VjQDMdJ-1050x10000.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 06, 2014, 11:50:39 am
Hey, you know who else made hyperbolic comparisons?

That's a bloody stupid comic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 06, 2014, 01:11:48 pm
Well, back into the bunker!

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 06, 2014, 01:50:10 pm
Well, back into the bunker!
Wow, thanks for your input!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 06, 2014, 01:55:39 pm
He's technically correct: just because the Nazis did something doesn't necessarily make it bad. That said, taking a product off the shelves like this has the same effect as burning it, so in a very real sense, Grand Theft Auto V is getting 'rubbed out' by the Australian government. That's bad, and not just because the Nazis did it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 06, 2014, 02:04:00 pm
He's technically correct: just because the Nazis did something doesn't necessarily make it bad. That said, taking a product off the shelves like this has the same effect as burning it, so in a very real sense, Grand Theft Auto V is getting 'rubbed out' by the Australian government. That's bad, and not just because the Nazis did it.
Yes, exactly.
Now to kiss my ferrets open mouth
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 06, 2014, 10:23:48 pm
He's technically correct: just because the Nazis did something doesn't necessarily make it bad. That said, taking a product off the shelves like this has the same effect as burning it, so in a very real sense, Grand Theft Auto V is getting 'rubbed out' by the Australian government. That's bad, and not just because the Nazis did it.
The government didn't do anything. A corporation decided entirely on their own to stop selling the game. You're still perfectly able to get it in stores that aren't K-Mart or Target.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 06, 2014, 10:29:15 pm
He's technically correct: just because the Nazis did something doesn't necessarily make it bad. That said, taking a product off the shelves like this has the same effect as burning it, so in a very real sense, Grand Theft Auto V is getting 'rubbed out' by the Australian government. That's bad, and not just because the Nazis did it.
The government didn't do anything. A corporation decided entirely on their own to stop selling the game. You're still perfectly able to get it in stores that aren't K-Mart or Target.

Ah, my mistake. I didn't read the story sufficiently well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on December 06, 2014, 11:41:53 pm
Now to kiss my ferrets open mouth

What? Excuse me?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 07, 2014, 12:39:38 am
Now to kiss my ferrets open mouth

What? Excuse me?
https://mobile.twitter.com/dril/status/256431328592011266 (https://mobile.twitter.com/dril/status/256431328592011266)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 07, 2014, 06:05:10 am
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/12/06/quot-yes-we-are-making-another-god-of-war-quot-says-sony-santa-monica.aspx (http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/12/06/quot-yes-we-are-making-another-god-of-war-quot-says-sony-santa-monica.aspx)

HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE.

Also, I'm going to be somewhat uninterested unless they do a different mythology. How FUCKING MANLY would Kratos wielding say, Sharur or Amenonuhoko, be?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 07, 2014, 08:43:18 am
Kratos just takes on EVERY mythology, at that point.  Goes and offs the Roman gods, shows Yahweh who's boss, kicks Ahura Mazda in the testicles, and it all culminates in an epic battle against Surtur during Ragnarok.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 07, 2014, 08:46:22 am
So he's basically the original militant antitheist.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 07, 2014, 09:09:19 am
Quickly, somebody 'shop a fedora on Kratos!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 07, 2014, 11:58:03 am
On another note, that was some impressive trolling by Square Enix yesterday. Announcing FFVII for the PS4... but a simple port of the PC re-release. Oh hoho. Funny guys.

(FFVII is overrated anyway. So damn overrated. And Aerith was annoying as anything)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on December 07, 2014, 11:59:37 am
Maybe we could see some more obscure mythologies in there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 07, 2014, 01:21:11 pm
On another note, that was some impressive trolling by Square Enix yesterday. Announcing FFVII for the PS4... but a simple port of the PC re-release. Oh hoho. Funny guys.

(FFVII is overrated anyway. So damn overrated. And Aerith was annoying as anything)

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 07, 2014, 04:36:05 pm
I never got past disc one because the game was boring and the characters were completely unlikeable.

I immediately went back to Ultima VII and remembered what a real RPG is supposed to be like.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 07, 2014, 08:00:54 pm
I'm amazingly hooked on a Let's Play of 'This War Is Mine'.  I so need to pick it up on payday.  If you guys are into a combination of strategy and resource management in a 2D setting and enjoy bleakness, you'll get a kick out of this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on December 07, 2014, 10:36:30 pm
Ralph H. Baer is dead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on December 08, 2014, 01:13:47 am
Final Fantasy III/VI has a much more special place in my heart. I'm probably sure it has some of the same problems as VII though. *shrug*

Ralph H. Baer is dead.

At the risk of sounding incredibly callous and oblivious, who?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on December 08, 2014, 01:27:49 am
Final Fantasy III/VI has a much more special place in my heart. I'm probably sure it has some of the same problems as VII though. *shrug*

Ralph H. Baer is dead.

At the risk of sounding incredibly callous and oblivious, who?

He made the first video game console. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 08, 2014, 01:32:07 am
I'm amazingly hooked on a Let's Play of 'This War Is Mine'.  I so need to pick it up on payday.  If you guys are into a combination of strategy and resource management in a 2D setting and enjoy bleakness, you'll get a kick out of this.

I've been looking at that game as well but I need to finish a few of the games I already have before I buy another one. (And I'm gonna get into a beta of a kickstarter soonish anyway so that will also be eating up the time I do not have.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Alehksunos on December 08, 2014, 01:41:38 am
Ralph H. Baer is dead.

At the risk of sounding incredibly callous and oblivious, who?

He made the first video game console. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey)

Okay, that's actually pretty sad. Sad because not very many people know about the existence of the Magnavox Odyssey (which at least I do) and an even more forgotten chapter of when Nolan Brushnell got sued by Magnavox because Pong was basically a ripoff of that Tennis game on the Odyssey. For some reason this man's name had eluded me until now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 08, 2014, 09:12:15 am
https://twitter.com/NightDiveStudio/status/540671183952154624 (https://twitter.com/NightDiveStudio/status/540671183952154624)

HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 08, 2014, 10:13:48 am
Commander tags in Guild Wars 2 have to be the single worst thing about the game, and NOT because they're game breaking or anything (well, they're hideously expensive, but that's fine), it has to do with what people become when they see one anywhere on the map.  They flock to the tag, no matter what.  If they can't find a way, they'll spam map chat with crap like "how I get to commander tag?" even when the entire map is one 24/7 battle, critically needs people to actually get it to go anywhere, AND the commanders have, for whatever reason, fucked off to an area completely unrelated to the main focus of the map.  Screaming at people to stuff the commanders and actually participate in the map's main (and pretty much ONLY) purpose goes nowhere.  People become mindless fucking automatons when a commander's around, and will at times even point-blank REFUSE to think for themselves.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on December 08, 2014, 10:15:29 am
You know, I've been wondering.  Why is Australia so uptight when it comes to video games?  You'd think a country literally founded by criminals would be a little more relaxed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 08, 2014, 10:22:33 am
Glad you enjoy it, Dakota!

I'm having a hell of a time, I just wish Sega would put more Sanic on steam.

Meanwhile, in Australia...Target bans GTAV because of a petition from a former sex worker, claims game promotes violence against women (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/12/australian-target-stores-stop-selling-gta-v-in-wake-of-sex-worker-petition/)

And now there's a petition to ban the Bible for the same reason. (https://www.change.org/p/target-withdraw-the-holy-bible-this-sickening-book-encourages-readers-to-commit-sexual-violence-and-kill-women)
Heh, I think I signed that simply cuz it was a funny concept.

Plus I don't really care.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 08, 2014, 06:13:12 pm
You know, I've been wondering.  Why is Australia so uptight when it comes to video games?  You'd think a country literally founded by criminals would be a little more relaxed.
It wasn't founded by criminals, criminals were just the preferred source of cheap labour. Which probably made the idea of a more controlling government all the more appealing to the governors and free settlers, which come to think of it probably explains a lot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 08, 2014, 06:47:43 pm
You were a prison colony.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 09, 2014, 04:05:39 am
I'm having a blast in Inquisition, but the big decisions are nerve-racking because I barely have any context for them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 09, 2014, 10:31:58 am
I'm having a blast in Inquisition, but the big decisions are nerve-racking because I barely have any context for them.

Fortunately, it all works out. Usually. What decision in question, if you don't mind me asking?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 09, 2014, 05:46:01 pm
I'm having a blast in Inquisition, but the big decisions are nerve-racking because I barely have any context for them.

Fortunately, it all works out. Usually. What decision in question, if you don't mind me asking?
Ye olde Mages vs Templars debate. I think the mages have more of a leg to stand on morality-wise, but the Templars seem more powerful and less likely to cry about not having nice things (from what I can tell a Circle is something of a gilded cage). I just don't want to lock myself out of a romance with Cassandra.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 09, 2014, 06:44:03 pm
I could never bring myself to side with the Templars.  They're too ham-fisted and hard-nosed to be anywhere near likeable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 09, 2014, 07:04:45 pm
New Update for TF2 just dropped.

Ironbite-we've got Ducks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 09, 2014, 10:36:14 pm
I've been fucking hooked on a Let's Play of This War Of Mine... and now I've picked up the game for myself.  I know what I'm doing this weekend!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 09, 2014, 10:46:26 pm
I could never bring myself to side with the Templars.  They're too ham-fisted and hard-nosed to be anywhere near likeable.
"Hmm, magic is a thing and some people might misuse it. What should we do?"
"I know! Let's make mages second-class citizens and create an order of authoritarian drug-addicted warriors to keep the peace!"
"Brilliant!"

Yeah, no thanks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 09, 2014, 10:47:44 pm
To be fair to the Templars, they're a reaction to the mage rulers of Tevinter, where those who were mages did (and still do, in Tevinter) everything they could to enforce their absolute rulership over the rest of the populace. To the point where blood magic is still common among the highest circles of the Tevinter Magisterium.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 10, 2014, 01:55:16 am
Speaking of Templars, Assassin's Creed Rogue was pretty good, even if it isn't nearly as good as Black Flag.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 10, 2014, 08:02:00 am
I could never bring myself to side with the Templars.  They're too ham-fisted and hard-nosed to be anywhere near likeable.
"Hmm, magic is a thing and some people might misuse it. What should we do?"
"I know! Let's make mages second-class citizens and create an order of authoritarian drug-addicted warriors to keep the peace!"
"Brilliant!"

Yeah, no thanks.

"This can't POSSIBLY backfire in ANY way at all!"

Christ, its like dealing with the Legion all over again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 10, 2014, 11:38:06 am
To be fair to the Templars, they're a reaction to the mage rulers of Tevinter, where those who were mages did (and still do, in Tevinter) everything they could to enforce their absolute rulership over the rest of the populace. To the point where blood magic is still common among the highest circles of the Tevinter Magisterium.
Ah, so that changes it from "magic is a thing and some people might misuse it" to "magic is a thing and people are misusing it". Slightly more sympathetic, though still an invade-Russia-in-December-level bad idea. (At the same time, fuck Tevinter, fuck the entire Imperium, and fuck you, Halward Pavus.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on December 10, 2014, 12:04:13 pm
Sim City 2000 is free on Origin right now.

Nostalgia here I come!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 10, 2014, 06:16:45 pm
So, the Cacowards are up and I've decided to load up DemonSteele.

Also, the Hype Train is 1 day and 20 hours from arrival.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/317040/ (http://store.steampowered.com/app/317040/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 10, 2014, 08:52:03 pm
(click to show/hide)

Does this not look like the face of a trustworthy man? Say, a man you'd put in charge of...

(click to show/hide)

A Thalaron device?

Star Trek Online continues to be fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 11, 2014, 06:31:38 am
The man in the picture is clearly Romulan.  If Star Trek has taught me anything, its that Romulans are NOT to be trusted for any reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 11, 2014, 06:45:57 am
Or, if they actually turn out to be good, they die at the end of the episode.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 11, 2014, 08:55:41 am
The man in the picture is clearly Romulan.  If Star Trek has taught me anything, its that Romulans are NOT to be trusted for any reason.

I think he's actually a Reman, which makes him more trustworthy in my eyes. Remans and Romulans hate each other.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 11, 2014, 09:16:34 am
Remans lead to the death of Data.  They're just the more chaotic side of the "long lost Vulcan descendants" coin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 11, 2014, 03:51:57 pm
NerdCubed annihilates shitty Polygon click bait (http://nerdcubedactually.tumblr.com/post/104938993384)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 12, 2014, 12:35:42 am
The man in the picture is clearly Romulan.  If Star Trek has taught me anything, its that Romulans are NOT to be trusted for any reason.

I think he's actually a Reman, which makes him more trustworthy in my eyes. Remans and Romulans hate each other.

Nope, Romulan actually. And in case you didn't recognize it, that's the logo of the Tal Shiar.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 12, 2014, 01:15:36 am
NerdCubed annihilates shitty Polygon click bait (http://nerdcubedactually.tumblr.com/post/104938993384)
NerCubed has some good points.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 12, 2014, 01:44:35 am
NerdCubed annihilates shitty Polygon click bait (http://nerdcubedactually.tumblr.com/post/104938993384)

Agreed with askold. In particular, I'm tired of hearing that the game "encourages" murdering prostitutes. No it doesn't. No one playing smart is ever going to sleep with a prostitute and then murder her, because you always have enough money to buy a drink for a much faster and more ubiquitous full HP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 12, 2014, 02:03:27 am
A shame the guy comes off as kind of a douchebag.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 12, 2014, 12:16:52 pm
Oh i do love it when fighting games go from "challenging" to "How did you block that? WHERE DID YOU POULL THAT MOVE FROM? Im blocking stop hurting me!" *throws control* in the space of two fights.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 12, 2014, 12:52:58 pm
Playing Dead or Alive, I take it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 12, 2014, 02:28:23 pm
Playing Dead or Alive, I take it?

Nope, but i can see where you are coming from. Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax, was playing as Mikoto Misaka (from A Certain Magical Index) and got up to Shana (from, well, Shakugan no Shana) and just got owned by her, multiple times. Id expect the final boss to be that hard, but i know he isn't.
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 12, 2014, 09:43:10 pm
Enjoying Dino D-Day. NAZI DINOSAURS MUST DIE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 13, 2014, 08:36:25 am
I need someone to play Raging Blast 2 with.  The computer isn't a challenge, and hasn't been for a long time.

I almost always end up becoming "that guy" with fighters, too, because I'm the usually the only one putting in the time to unlock characters and other such things.  I need to find another "that guy."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 15, 2014, 09:51:46 pm
God, I've been having a field day with the resources John Romero's been handing out on Twitter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 16, 2014, 10:19:35 am
*turns on console*
"Inquisitor, make your decision!"
*turns off console*

Seriously, I get that Big Choices that Matter is Bioware's calling card, but I just don't feel like I know Thedas well enough to make decent choices about its future. It doesn't help that, thanks to unmarked spoilers, I know that a bunch of unnecessary shit happens to characters I like because I'm stuck using the default world state. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on December 17, 2014, 12:33:09 pm
Apparently Capcom recently made a bunch of copyright claims against SF5 videos on Youtube for using the trailer, and a few other official assets, that Capcom themselves gave to said Youtubers explicitly to use to "spread the word".

Is Capcom being run by Captain Archer?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 17, 2014, 02:14:27 pm
Aye, I saw Angry Joe's video on that, since his SF5 review got DMCA'd.  Funny, because one of the annotations said that the DMCA had been mysteriously removed after he'd posted the video calling Capcom Japan out.  Quite queer, that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 17, 2014, 02:30:14 pm
Someone at Capcom Japan wasn't made aware of the fact that famous Youtubers and Angry Joe were given the trailer as part of a press release.

Ironbite-so he hit the DMCA button and the Youtube bots took 'em down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 17, 2014, 04:57:55 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/wVayQvj.png?1)

Little experiment of mine in porting weapons and their composing sprites from TwelveEyes's Marathon gameplay mod. Works like a charm.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 17, 2014, 06:25:58 pm
The Marathon games were awesome, shame Bungie is making mediocre shooters like Destiny.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 18, 2014, 09:36:27 pm
Hatred got released recently.
If anyone here is mad that Animal Crossing didn't let you rape and disembowel minorities this is a game for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 18, 2014, 09:54:21 pm
Hatred got released recently.
If anyone here is mad that Animal Crossing didn't let you rape and disembowel minorities this is a game for you.
...

Hatred in one quote.

Quote
I want the player to ask: why?

I haven't been keeping up with Hatred, for the obvious reasons of disgust and the fact that it really didn't look like any fun. But holy shit, they just had to leap straight over that line and dance on it's flaming corpse.

Who knew that People can Fly used to be full of Neo-Nazi assholes?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 18, 2014, 11:25:32 pm
I really don't see what all the fuss is about. It's just violence for the sake of violence and tries way too hard to be edgy to ever take seriously. I really don't understand why people are getting all in a tissy over it. We've been having this fucking moronic "ban this violent video game" song and dance since the early 80's, only to find the game in question does not in fact raise a generation of mass murderers. It's been thirty fucking years of this nonsense happening over and over again, we really should know better by now.

Have I ever mentioned that people are stupid? Because people are fucking stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 18, 2014, 11:44:10 pm
I really don't see what all the fuss is about. It's just violence for the sake of violence and tries way too hard to be edgy to ever take seriously. I really don't understand why people are getting all in a tissy over it. We've been having this fucking moronic "ban this violent video game" song and dance since the early 80's, only to find the game in question does not in fact raise a generation of mass murderers. It's been thirty fucking years of this nonsense happening over and over again, we really should know better by now.

Have I ever mentioned that people are stupid? Because people are fucking stupid.
Poeple aren't really calling for it to be banned, even on Tumblr.  Most people either A) Think it's should come with a bunch of stamps saying things like "I probably don't like you" or B) Consider it the Shredded Moose of video games
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 18, 2014, 11:48:40 pm
I really don't see what all the fuss is about. It's just violence for the sake of violence and tries way too hard to be edgy to ever take seriously. I really don't understand why people are getting all in a tissy over it. We've been having this fucking moronic "ban this violent video game" song and dance since the early 80's, only to find the game in question does not in fact raise a generation of mass murderers. It's been thirty fucking years of this nonsense happening over and over again, we really should know better by now.

Have I ever mentioned that people are stupid? Because people are fucking stupid.
Poeple aren't really calling for it to be banned, even on Tumblr.  Most people either A) Think it's should come with a bunch of stamps saying things like "I probably don't like you" or B) Consider it the Shredded Moose of video games
Oh, but they are. It's the reason it was pulled from Steam Greenlight by Valve.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 18, 2014, 11:58:12 pm
I really don't see what all the fuss is about. It's just violence for the sake of violence and tries way too hard to be edgy to ever take seriously. I really don't understand why people are getting all in a tissy over it. We've been having this fucking moronic "ban this violent video game" song and dance since the early 80's, only to find the game in question does not in fact raise a generation of mass murderers. It's been thirty fucking years of this nonsense happening over and over again, we really should know better by now.

Have I ever mentioned that people are stupid? Because people are fucking stupid.
Poeple aren't really calling for it to be banned, even on Tumblr.  Most people either A) Think it's should come with a bunch of stamps saying things like "I probably don't like you" or B) Consider it the Shredded Moose of video games
Oh, but they are. It's the reason it was pulled from Steam Greenlight by Valve.
I thought you meant banned legally.
If poeple are calling it to be banned legally then that's just silly.

Out of curiousity, is your own aggrogance and cynicism intentional or just a result of you being the greatest person to ever grace this shitty fourum?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on December 19, 2014, 12:06:26 am
Oh, but they are. It's the reason it was pulled from Steam Greenlight by Valve.

Actually, that got retracted. Gabe Newell did it personally.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 19, 2014, 12:15:51 am
Oh, but they are. It's the reason it was pulled from Steam Greenlight by Valve.
Actually, that got retracted. Gabe Newell did it personally.
Well then, glad they got their shit together (somewhat).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 19, 2014, 12:29:36 am
Oh, but they are. It's the reason it was pulled from Steam Greenlight by Valve.
Actually, that got retracted. Gabe Newell did it personally.
Well then, glad they got their shit together (somewhat).
To be honest I still find the game and it's fandom waaay stupider than the misguided and pointless attempts to get the game banned.

Doesn't matter though, in a week no one will care save for the massive community of stormfront members modding the NPCs to all look like Jews.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on December 19, 2014, 12:32:46 am
Subject change time: Favourite Video game weapon or tool.

Mine has got to be the Medigun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on December 19, 2014, 03:01:48 am
R.Y.N.O. V. It machine-guns 20 rockets/second while blaring the 1812 overture. What's not to love?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 19, 2014, 03:09:21 am
Your own penis from Postal 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 19, 2014, 04:32:40 am
Hm... There is not a single weapon that comes in mind so I am going to have to go with the Multitool from Mass effect.

It is a bit too much of a magic wand (or Sonic screwdriver as they are known today) being able to do almost anything. (The sonic screwdriver in particular can be, and frequently is, used to explain any plotholes and solve any and all problems without any thought required from the characters or the writers.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 19, 2014, 08:08:47 am
My bare hands.  They create the items I use, and beat my enemies into bloody heaps in equal measure.

I got one: Favourite playable race in a game?

Mine's gotta be the Charr from Guild Wars 2.  The Asura might have their rainbow magic bullshit, but the Charr invented guns, tanks, and even semi-modern artillery.  The Charr are brutally determined to do only one thing: kick as much ass as possible, up to and including any and all gods.

(BLOOD LEGION 4 LIFE!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 19, 2014, 11:22:58 am
Fuck all your gimmicky shit and puerile dick replacements, kids. All I need is a good old shell-spewing, fire-belching, double-barreled Super Shotgun. I could wax lyrical about that beautiful, death-dealing construct of wood and metal for hours on end.

Now, that is a dick extension.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on December 23, 2014, 09:47:20 am
The Hookshot or any of its variants.

What CAN'T you use it for?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Yla on December 24, 2014, 06:06:14 pm
I just watched some YT videos from the DA:O DLCs, and oh my god the localized voice acting is absolute shit. I played a good part of the main game in German before switching to English, and while I did notice a difference in quality, it wasn't that bad. I guess they skimped on the DLCs then, never played them.
Well, even if DA:I is back to the old standard, I'm still going to play it in English. Can't beat the original, I guess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 25, 2014, 10:26:01 am
Stronghold feels like it was balanced for two or more players, which makes my vain struggles a bit more interesting. Let's just say I've been stocking up on the marine reinforcements.

Like, holy shit. The first mission took me a bit of save scumming to properly beat, and the others were child's play. But Earth? HAHAHAHAHA, you poor dumb fucks. Good luck against your first Arachnotrons and Mancubi, coupled with everything else but aerial demons thrown at you.

Man, Bapohmet must really want something if he's this determined to murder my face.

Be aware of the following:

Be aware of the following:

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on December 25, 2014, 04:19:15 pm
Quote
•Why not piss Wu off and buy everyone's favorite scatological (and only) horror game, Binding of Issac at 2.49 USD?

Steam works best if you wait for daily/flash/vote deals because not only are they cheaper, it usually works on the game's previous back catalog as well.

When Binding of Issac: Rebirth was for sale on the daily deal for example, the original Binding of Issac was less then a dollar as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 25, 2014, 08:11:56 pm
Holy shit Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is fucking hype as fuck, haven't got an excitement boner like this in a long time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on December 25, 2014, 11:29:02 pm
Just had my first This War Of Mine win, using Katia, Marin and Arica to start, with Roman joining me around day 8.  Despite some depression worries causing fights between Roman and Marin to break out, I handled it well, and I not only survived with a LARGE stockpile of medicine and food, and all upgrades needed, everyone survived too!

25 days, and the war is over.  We survived.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 26, 2014, 12:51:03 am
Just finished playing until Boom-Bewm in Borderlands 2 as Salvador. Oh god, I love this game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 26, 2014, 01:10:14 am
Just finished playing until Boom-Bewm in Borderlands 2 as Salvador. Oh god, I love this game.

And that's just the first real boss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Iczerfour on December 26, 2014, 02:57:17 am
Playing south park: stick of truth..  so far i like it..

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 26, 2014, 03:07:50 am
So many friends are playing the new Elite and though it is tempting I want to at least finish Wasteland 2 first.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 26, 2014, 03:28:03 am
I have to say, this is probably the most excited I've ever been for a Steam sale. So far, I've bought Bully: Scholarship Edition, Far Cry 1 through Blood Dragon and Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, and I'm not even halfway through my budget. Though in all fairness, I am keeping the last $25 in reserve just in case Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas don't get a second run.

I should be all set to begin to catch up on what the last decade of PC gaming has to offer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 26, 2014, 02:18:39 pm
Playing south park: stick of truth..  so far i like it..

Its a great game, very funny too.

I got a few games for Christmas, only played LittleBigPlanet 3 so far. Which is good, even with the developer change (though tbf Sumo Digital have handled the LBP2 DLC for a while now, so they have worked on the franchise). Its also A Bit of Fry & Laurie reunion, since Hugh Laurie joins the cast as a major character (while Stephen Fry is the Narrator again. It wouldn't be a LBP game without him!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 26, 2014, 06:22:05 pm
I bought.

Doorkickers
Hegemony Rome: Rise Of Cesare.
Wreckfest.
Verdun.
Counterstrike Global Offensive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 27, 2014, 09:56:25 pm
(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj261/savooipeerd/20070921.jpg)

Repair Surveyors are annoying as hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 27, 2014, 10:37:09 pm
And when they're both glowing...DON'T SHOOT THEM!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 28, 2014, 04:05:30 am
And when they're both glowing...DON'T SHOOT THEM!
...Unless you have a gun with recoil or the flamethrower because then you might be able to puss them down a cliff or something and slow them down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 28, 2014, 08:32:22 am
Even then....
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 28, 2014, 05:41:51 pm
I just realized how much Eridian architecture looks like somebody ripped something out of R'lyeh. It's really unsettling really, especially considering the fact that the Sirens enter into another dimension that makes Lab Rats see more of whatever's driven them mad.

Factor in the Alien from the Pre-Sequel, and I sure as hell do not want to meet any Eridians.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 29, 2014, 02:25:23 pm
Diablo III is addictive as hell.  Even more addictive when I mute the game's (admittedly reasonably good) soundtrack and play the music from the original Diablo instead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on December 30, 2014, 08:22:14 pm
I seem to have hit a brick wall with Angel Control Core on my Salvador run. Holy shit, those turrets are durable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 31, 2014, 02:25:15 am
I have to say, Boarderlands has really surprised me. I didn't really have any interest in it before, but after playing some co-op with my cousin, I have to say it's quite a lot of fun. I can't imagine single player would really hold my interest, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 31, 2014, 08:26:16 am
I have to say, Boarderlands has really surprised me. I didn't really have any interest in it before, but after playing some co-op with my cousin, I have to say it's quite a lot of fun. I can't imagine single player would really hold my interest, though.

If you're playing the first one, trust me it won't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 31, 2014, 04:16:10 pm
I got Alien Isolation for Christmas.  Despite its average score, I'm actually enjoying it.  It's quite a thrill to watch the alien move around, appearing at random, searching room to room.  And it's even more so, when you're walking down a hallway with nothing to hide behind, under, etc., and your motion detector starts blaring!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 31, 2014, 06:35:13 pm
I got Alien Isolation for Christmas.  Despite its average score, I'm actually enjoying it.  It's quite a thrill to watch the alien move around, appearing at random, searching room to room.  And it's even more so, when you're walking down a hallway with nothing to hide behind, under, etc., and your motion detector starts blaring!

Only average, from my perspective it got near perfect reviews. That game was fucking terrifying, havnt been that scared since Amnesia.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 02, 2015, 09:14:16 pm
So, I'm playing as a Hispanic midget who can dual wield and is currently using a gun that shoots exploding swords that split into even more swords.

Let me repeat that. I'm using a gun that shoots exploding swords that split into even more exploding swords.

I love this game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 04, 2015, 07:12:06 pm
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40702 (http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=40702)

GET HYPED.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 05, 2015, 06:55:16 pm
Awesome Games Done Quick is going on right now, with a related Humble Bundle sale! consider donating some cash, you'll feel good afterwards :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 06, 2015, 06:19:25 am
I got Alien Isolation for Christmas.  Despite its average score, I'm actually enjoying it.  It's quite a thrill to watch the alien move around, appearing at random, searching room to room.  And it's even more so, when you're walking down a hallway with nothing to hide behind, under, etc., and your motion detector starts blaring!

Only average, from my perspective it got near perfect reviews. That game was fucking terrifying, havnt been that scared since Amnesia.

They did an awesome job building the tension at the beginning.  Walking from room to room, and seeing, "Hold A to hide," over and over, even though nothing has shown up yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 07, 2015, 09:11:31 am
I must compliment Borderlands 2 for it's ability to make me want to kill the ever-loving shit out of Jack. Son of bitch didn't die screaming, but close enough with a SWORDSPOLSION blast to the face.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 07, 2015, 10:40:42 am
I must compliment Borderlands 2 for it's ability to make me want to kill the ever-loving shit out of Jack. Son of bitch didn't die screaming, but close enough with a SWORDSPOLSION blast to the face.
Handsome Jack is amazing. He is a refreshingly different villain and a great character and helped make the story interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 07, 2015, 12:32:36 pm
Butt Stallion!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 07, 2015, 04:47:08 pm
Butt Stallion just makes that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 07, 2015, 09:35:47 pm
We really must all play with each other sometime.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 08, 2015, 04:10:41 am
Playing Hitman: Blood Money with all of the graphics maxed out and still enough frames left over for silky smooth gameplay. Yeah, I know, it's an old game, but it still feels fucking fantastic to play something post 2003 on PC at more than 20 frames per second. I'm so happy I could ride a pig.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Beezlebub on January 08, 2015, 04:18:49 am
Bought Etrian Odyssey Untold and shovel knight. Then my 3ds broke.

Lovely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 08, 2015, 04:43:19 am
Playing Hitman: Blood Money with all of the graphics maxed out and still enough frames left over for silky smooth gameplay. Yeah, I know, it's an old game, but it still feels fucking fantastic to play something post 2003 on PC at more than 20 frames per second. I'm so happy I could ride a pig.

One of my favorite Hitman games.  Such stress relief to stroll through a neighborhood calmly slicing terrified people to pieces while dressed as a clown.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on January 08, 2015, 06:29:34 am
Playing through Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, and I have to say, while fun, the third labyrinth, the evil spirit club, is brutal. The enemies wil hit you with Wind Corrosion (makes you weak to wind attacks) and follow up with Magarula (fairly strong wind attack). And when someone hits with an attack that's someone's weak to, they get to go first next turn. Yeah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 08, 2015, 06:39:36 am
Playing Hitman: Blood Money with all of the graphics maxed out and still enough frames left over for silky smooth gameplay. Yeah, I know, it's an old game, but it still feels fucking fantastic to play something post 2003 on PC at more than 20 frames per second. I'm so happy I could ride a pig.

One of my favorite Hitman games.  Such stress relief to stroll through a neighborhood calmly slicing terrified people to pieces while dressed as a clown.

Oh yeah, it's great. Easier than the other Hitmans, though still decently challenging if you go for silent assassin plus no additional costs on every mission. Not to mention, there's something absolutely poetic about having your target killed in an opera rehearsal by switching his prop pistol with a real one. It's a thing of beauty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 08, 2015, 08:47:29 am
My favorites were all=sniper runs and all-accident runs.  The accidents require some tricks and a bit of luck but are satisfying.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 08, 2015, 11:58:18 am
Someone mentioned Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri so I was forced to reinstall it.

EDIT: The latest images from the next Final Fantasy game had a scantily clad male character and male fans all over the world are now furious. That "armour" has been built to be revealing rather than protective and is only fetish material which obviously has outraged people.

(http://otavafiles.fi/plaza/s/f/editor/images/mevius-sankari.jpg)

...No, this is not an april fools joke.

(http://otavafiles.fi/plaza/s/f/editor/images/reaktiot.png)

"This male sexualisation is wrong."

Also note the person saying [a costume like this] "...looked "fine" on a girl. Some costume just isn't meant to be worn by a male, no matter how pretty his face is."

[Insert sounds of exploding irony and/or hypocrisy detectors all over the world.]
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 08, 2015, 01:29:52 pm
Yeah Eschergirls is having a field day with this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on January 08, 2015, 02:48:16 pm
Steam is having an anime themed sale (well sorta...). Hatoful Boyfriend is on sale. You know the pigeon dating sim/visual novel that i actually really good under the initial WTF layer? Yeah that one.

Couple of other visual novels are on sale too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 08, 2015, 03:24:34 pm
It's like I've been saying for years: let people choose how their characters are dressed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 08, 2015, 05:32:11 pm
Still works horribly for either gender in real life, gaiz.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on January 08, 2015, 06:17:47 pm
Someone mentioned Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri so I was forced to reinstall it.

EDIT: The latest images from the next Final Fantasy game had a scantily clad male character and male fans all over the world are now furious. That "armour" has been built to be revealing rather than protective and is only fetish material which obviously has outraged people.

(http://otavafiles.fi/plaza/s/f/editor/images/mevius-sankari.jpg)

...No, this is not an april fools joke.

(http://otavafiles.fi/plaza/s/f/editor/images/reaktiot.png)

"This male sexualisation is wrong."

Also note the person saying [a costume like this] "...looked "fine" on a girl. Some costume just isn't meant to be worn by a male, no matter how pretty his face is."

[Insert sounds of exploding irony and/or hypocrisy detectors all over the world.]

Really, guys. Really. I... but... Owwww, my brain.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on January 08, 2015, 06:30:42 pm
Someone mentioned Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri so I was forced to reinstall it.

EDIT: The latest images from the next Final Fantasy game had a scantily clad male character and male fans all over the world are now furious. That "armour" has been built to be revealing rather than protective and is only fetish material which obviously has outraged people.

-snip-

...No, this is not an april fools joke.

-snip-

"This male sexualisation is wrong."

Also note the person saying [a costume like this] "...looked "fine" on a girl. Some costume just isn't meant to be worn by a male, no matter how pretty his face is."

[Insert sounds of exploding irony and/or hypocrisy detectors all over the world.]

Well, I'm not sure what else FF fans were expecting. Square-* has been a one-trick pony with character design so bishonen protagonists are mandatory.

It sounds more like exasperation than outrage. JRPGs are completely overloaded with bishonens and it would have been a nice change of pace to introduce more gritty characters. Or, failing that, actually make a fun game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 08, 2015, 07:40:26 pm
Speaking as someone that's stuck with the series since the original on the NES, it's nice that there's finally a bish with a skimpy outfit for a change, rather than just the girls.  About damn time.

That said, yeah, we're in dire need of some grittiness.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 08, 2015, 07:45:19 pm
Well, I'm not sure what else FF fans were expecting. Square-* has been a one-trick pony with character design so bishonen protagonists are mandatory.

It sounds more like exasperation than outrage. JRPGs are completely overloaded with bishonens and it would have been a nice change of pace to introduce more gritty characters. Or, failing that, actually make a fun game.

It seems like even the very best JRPGs can't avoid stupid character design. I've been watching a Let's Play of Xenoblade: Chronicles and it's an absolutely perfect example of this stupidity. Story is well above average for a JRPG, environment design is fantastic (seriously, it looks amazing and it's a goddamn Wii game of all thing), the gameplay is also pretty good, since there's decent platforming involved as well as combat that's not menu-fu and the overall scale is absolutely massive (again, it's a Wii game. Let that sink in for a moment). The character design, though? Complete ass. All but one of the female party members dress like strippers (including one who's supposed to be a robot from the neck down), the main character is a typical bishonen and there's even a Jar Jar Binks clone of all things in the party. I can't imagine what the writers were smoking to make them think that was a good idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 08, 2015, 08:39:18 pm
I wouldn't mind if all the female characters in a JRPG looked like the following:

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on January 08, 2015, 09:02:06 pm
JRPGs are in serious need of protagonists with facial hair:

(http://readretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/LandonRicketts.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10898329_1112708572081975_4349712756720221102_n.jpg?oh=e62d12834942cc441c1da6b78691914d&oe=55418FFC&__gda__=1430240918_4bdb5bd300bc09a4335c1f0d65c1c066)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 08, 2015, 09:29:59 pm
JRPGs need more men like Guan Yu.  In fact, every game could use more Guan Yu.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on January 08, 2015, 11:42:04 pm
Yes. I'm also rather partial to Xiahou Dun, myself. Possibly because of actually managing to take out Lu Bu with him on Chaos difficulty once. Good times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 09, 2015, 01:41:18 am
I have said this before and will say it again: As long as all the costumes/armour seem to be from the same world I am totally fine with them.

Everyone wearing realistic armour? Cool, that is my favourite. Men wearing "Conan the barbarian" loincloths and women in chainkinis? Silly, but I'm ok with it. Everyone dressed up in revealing weird anime fashion clothing? I can see why a lot of people don't like it but it is not a big deal. Mixing up these? Not cool. The standard MMORPG divide with men wrapped up in armour (that has weird, huge pauldrons) and women in revealing "armour" is inconsistent and that breaks my immersion.

I am disagreeing with Ironchew (again) about the FF games though. The earlier ones had armour that was more "covering" type than the modern ones (even if you only saw it properly in the artwork) when the theme was "medieval fantasy with a bit of steampunk." The later ones have had worlds with more technology and more modern or futuristic clothing (with less and less use of armour.)

There have even been grittier heroes with facial hair in the series. FFV is the first to come in my mind, having an old guy with much facial hair as one of the party members. Oh, and FFIV had this guy:

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on January 09, 2015, 02:22:59 am
That is possibly the worst-looking FFIV Cid I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 09, 2015, 03:37:07 am
That is possibly the worst-looking FFIV Cid I've ever seen.
I think it is from the manual.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 09, 2015, 04:43:16 am
Just finished Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Damn good experience, I have to say. Story was great and the game was short enough that you don't get fed up with the controls. Would highly recommend to all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on January 09, 2015, 12:25:40 pm
Thank to Metro Redux (another Christmas present) I have started to play Metro 2033.
Really, really creepy. Also very Russian (obviously). Sneaking around the ruins of Moscow trying to avoid that big ass flying demon thing, eek.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 09, 2015, 02:02:47 pm
Thank to Metro Redux (another Christmas present) I have started to play Metro 2033.
Really, really creepy. Also very Russian (obviously). Sneaking around the ruins of Moscow trying to avoid that big ass flying demon thing, eek.
Friend of mine had to stop playing it just because it was so scary at some points (getting immersed deeply in the game does not help.)

The first book was also good, I'll have to wait until I find an english version of the second book since my Russian is abysmal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 09, 2015, 06:38:59 pm

(click to show/hide)

I'm not quite sure what this is. Some form of giant wrestling racial stereotype riding a shrimp entree?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 14, 2015, 01:30:59 pm
Miriam keeps throwing wave after wave of her troops at my guns and still has the balls to demand technology in exhange for making temporary truce (which she will break a while later.) At least I got the hunter-killer algorithm running and her Probe teams aren't making trouble anymore.

And Santiago keeps demanding to repeal the UN charter, but that will have to wait until my planet busters are finished... Miriam is going to get the first one right in her stupid face.

(Fluffwise I like Miriam and she has a sensible side but her programming keeps turning her into a warmonger and I will nuke that bitch when I get the chance.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 14, 2015, 02:24:18 pm
So how about that new Nintendo Direct? Fire Emblem, Xenoblade 3D, Xenoblade X and Codename STEAM, anyone?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 14, 2015, 02:42:57 pm
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: solar. on January 14, 2015, 03:00:00 pm
Xenoblade Chronicles X. FUCK YEAH!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on January 14, 2015, 03:56:52 pm
Just got through the Library in Metro 2033 Redux. Oh man. That was some creepy shit. And the Librarians? Bloody hell.

(click to show/hide)

Completed the good ending to One Piece Pirate Warriors 2, which is my personal second best "Warriors game after Hyrule Warriors (with Samurai Warriors 4 in third). And because i apparently really like One Piece games i started playing One Piece Unlimited World Red today. Which is fun, though shows sign of its 3DS origins when played on PS3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 15, 2015, 06:16:48 am
Miriam keeps throwing wave after wave of her troops at my guns and still has the balls to demand technology in exhange for making temporary truce (which she will break a while later.) At least I got the hunter-killer algorithm running and her Probe teams aren't making trouble anymore.

And Santiago keeps demanding to repeal the UN charter, but that will have to wait until my planet busters are finished... Miriam is going to get the first one right in her stupid face.

(Fluffwise I like Miriam and she has a sensible side but her programming keeps turning her into a warmonger and I will nuke that bitch when I get the chance.)

Makes me think of god damned Gandhi in Civilization.  Every fucking time, he keeps trying to kill me (usually by the time I've got medieval-level troops) with ooga-booga tribseman, demanding that I give him advanced technology when his backward, sheep-fucking, single-city "civilization" hasn't even learned to make the freaking wheel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 15, 2015, 09:17:20 am
And now Australia's banned Hotline Miami 2.

https://archive.today/ie5wM (https://archive.today/ie5wM)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on January 15, 2015, 11:32:16 am
And now Australia's banned Hotline Miami 2.

https://archive.today/ie5wM (https://archive.today/ie5wM)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 15, 2015, 06:56:57 pm
So the government is stupid enough to ban a digital only game. If that was anything more than a mild inconvenience, I'd actually give a shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on January 15, 2015, 07:13:29 pm
>bans game for having an implied rape scene
>gruesome bloody murder is a-okay
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 15, 2015, 07:22:04 pm
So the government is stupid enough to ban a digital only game. If that was anything more than a mild inconvenience, I'd actually give a shit.

It's the principle of the matter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on January 15, 2015, 07:37:44 pm
Australia is fucking weird.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 15, 2015, 07:59:00 pm
So the government is stupid enough to ban a digital only game. If that was anything more than a mild inconvenience, I'd actually give a shit.

It's the principle of the matter.

Princples are for tools that dont know how things work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on January 15, 2015, 09:32:00 pm
So the government is stupid enough to ban a digital only game. If that was anything more than a mild inconvenience, I'd actually give a shit.

It's the principle of the matter.

Princples are for tools that dont know how things work.

Or for people who give a shit about things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 16, 2015, 02:14:56 am
I have to say, the PC version of Fallout 3 is so much buggier than the console version. Still playable, but very annoying all the same.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 16, 2015, 08:55:38 pm
Trailblazer is like a John Woo movie in a Zdoom mod. I love it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on January 18, 2015, 04:20:37 pm
Completed Metro 2033 Redux with the Ranger ending (didn't even know there was a moral system till i checked after completing. Huh. They kept that secret in game). Might try and get the Enlightened ending while finding all the diary entries (new to redux.), though I'm going to need a guide to do that i think!

Also finished (two in two days!) Oneechanbara Z2 Chaos. Which as you'd expect from the series is low budget, fan service filled, zombie killing fun. Good stuff. Final boss was a riot. Wish i understood Japanese to make sense of the story, but its still doable without knowledge. First completed imported PS4 game too :) (which isn't many, I have Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! and Guilty Gear Xrd too.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 19, 2015, 04:45:37 am
Just five more bobbleheads and I'll have the complete set. The completionist part of me is positively giddy with excitement.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 19, 2015, 06:12:38 am
Completed Metro 2033 Redux with the Ranger ending (didn't even know there was a moral system till i checked after completing. Huh. They kept that secret in game). Might try and get the Enlightened ending while finding all the diary entries (new to redux.), though I'm going to need a guide to do that i think!

Also finished (two in two days!) Oneechanbara Z2 Chaos. Which as you'd expect from the series is low budget, fan service filled, zombie killing fun. Good stuff. Final boss was a riot. Wish i understood Japanese to make sense of the story, but its still doable without knowledge. First completed imported PS4 game too :) (which isn't many, I have Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! and Guilty Gear Xrd too.)

Take is slow. Explore everwhere, and listen to every conversation. All of them
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 19, 2015, 03:21:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

Hatred has been hit with the ERSB's "Son, I am disappoint" stick of the AO rating.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hatred-rated-adults-only-in-north-america/1100-6424713/ (http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hatred-rated-adults-only-in-north-america/1100-6424713/)

I really must compliment Gabe's chess mastery in this situation, as he can reject the POS out of hand now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on January 19, 2015, 03:39:44 pm
So, uh... just out of curiosity, what does Hatred do that GTA doesn't, that gets it the AO rating?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 19, 2015, 03:52:30 pm
Mostly, its just more gory and less with the driving and plot.  In essence, its what moralistic whiners think goes on in GTA.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 19, 2015, 03:53:40 pm
So, uh... just out of curiosity, what does Hatred do that GTA doesn't, that gets it the AO rating?

Well, for one, GTA doesn't encourage you to commit mass murder.

Let it be said that while I find Hatred loathsome and wish it didn't exist, I do believe that it has the right to exist.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on January 19, 2015, 03:55:21 pm

Well, for one, GTA doesn't encourage you to commit mass murder.


Well sure, but by that logic, working in retail should be rated AO too. I know every day I worked in retail, I wanted to murder a few people at the end of it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 19, 2015, 03:55:26 pm
That's basically my line on it, as well.  It is, from what I've seen, a sub-par game at best that wouldn't have gotten even half the attention it did were it not for some people being both oversensitive and quite loud when prodded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on January 19, 2015, 03:56:03 pm
So, what you're saying is, this game is going to explode all over the internet thanks to the Streisand effect.

I mean, I have to play it now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 19, 2015, 04:15:41 pm
Hatred, in two "sentences".

GAIZ LOOK I'M SO EDGY. LOOK AT ME!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on January 19, 2015, 06:03:46 pm
So, what you're saying is, this game is going to explode all over the internet thanks to the Streisand effect.

I mean, I have to play it now.

Not really? The problem with Hatred is that it's a pile of crap by itself and isn't something that can even be enjoyed ironically. People would look at it and decide that it's not even worthwhile. Any hype it receives will be short-lived.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 19, 2015, 06:46:09 pm
Hatred, in two "sentences".

GAIZ LOOK I'M SO EDGY. LOOK AT ME!
Considering all the butthurt it's generated from you alone, I'd say it's definitely doing something right.
Well, for one, GTA doesn't encourage you to commit mass murder.
I'd say it very much does. GTA has always been just as much (or likely more so) about killing random NPCs, creating stupidly ridiculous police chases and generally fucking about in the big old sandbox it gives you as it is about the story missions. If the designers didn't intend for you to do that sort of thing, they wouldn't have left weapons like flamethrowers, katanas, chainsaws, rocket launchers and the like that are rarely, if ever, actually used in any story missions just lying around the map, or implemented the 6 star wanted level that's never actually used in any story mission (unless GTA V has bucked that trend).

Just the game doesn't specifically ask for or reward certain activities doesn't mean it's not encouraged.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 20, 2015, 08:42:13 pm
Doom: The Golden Souls 2 is in development.

Get hyped, kiddos.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 20, 2015, 09:16:10 pm
Personally, my favorite part was how they cried about the devs being neonazis.

The claim for this was one of the devs liking a facebook page run by european neo nazis.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 21, 2015, 03:12:10 am
Personally, my favorite part was how they cried about the devs being neonazis.

The claim for this was one of the devs liking a facebook page run by european neo nazis.

To be fair, liking a neo nazi page does look quite bad.  Not sure what else people are supposed to make of someone who does that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 21, 2015, 03:17:52 am
Personally, my favorite part was how they cried about the devs being neonazis.

The claim for this was one of the devs liking a facebook page run by european neo nazis.

To be fair, liking a neo nazi page does look quite bad.  Not sure what else people are supposed to make of someone who does that.

Not really. Hell, I've liked a bunch of stupid pages on Facebook, neo-Nazis likely included, just for the sake of taking the piss. Unless you know for certain that they take Facebook as seriously as everyone else seems to, it's probably a little soon to be calling them neo-Nazis.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 21, 2015, 03:54:39 am
If we got judged by the random shit we liked on FB, all of us would be ostracized.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on January 21, 2015, 06:10:51 pm
So, what you're saying is, this game is going to explode all over the internet thanks to the Streisand effect.

I mean, I have to play it now.

Not really? The problem with Hatred is that it's a pile of crap by itself and isn't something that can even be enjoyed ironically. People would look at it and decide that it's not even worthwhile. Any hype it receives will be short-lived.
Despite my earlier overeactions it's really just boring.
Image Jack( that one furry webcomic) but without the Batshit insanity and furry/demon dicks that made it so timeless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 21, 2015, 07:56:33 pm
So, what you're saying is, this game is going to explode all over the internet thanks to the Streisand effect.

I mean, I have to play it now.

Not really? The problem with Hatred is that it's a pile of crap by itself and isn't something that can even be enjoyed ironically. People would look at it and decide that it's not even worthwhile. Any hype it receives will be short-lived.
Despite my earlier overeactions it's really just boring.
Image Jack( that one furry webcomic) but without the Batshit insanity and furry/demon dicks that made it so timeless.
As I predicted: Postal-lite, with nothing that makes it funny.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 22, 2015, 08:16:58 am
So, it seems like my idea for Public Menace is still viable...good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 23, 2015, 01:03:12 am
Look what I just did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 23, 2015, 02:15:52 am
Congratulations Art.

Meanwhile I am trying to make Sulik stop shooting the Chosen one in the back. A gave him the .223 Pistol since I thought that, at least he wouldn't burst fire allies to shreds like he did with the 10mmSMG but instead Sulik just killed Chosen one with a single bullet from .223 pistol to her back...

Well, fuck you too. I guess you'll have to make due with the sledge until I find the super sledge for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 23, 2015, 05:17:12 am
Yeah, NPC companions with guns are a recipe for disaster in that game. If you ask me, the only thing they're good for are pack mules and meat shields.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 23, 2015, 05:55:52 am
Yeah, NPC companions with guns are a recipe for disaster in that game. If you ask me, the only thing they're good for are pack mules and meat shields.
They're not nearly as bad as they were in Fallout. And if you give Vic and Cassidy rifles (hunting rifle, sniper rifle or heaven forbid... The Gauss rifle) they will be really good backup and can even take out most of the enemies.

The burst fire weapons are a problem (First thing to do with Marcus... Tell him to put down the minigun and slowly back away. He will happily punch enemies for a while and I seem to remember he used the plasma gun pretty well too. Too bad he has no armour in the unmodded game.)


Besides, I am playing Killapp's Restoration project and am discovering both the good and bad sides of it. Like the fact that very first quest for Marcus impossible to go on caravans from Broken Hills... And that is no bug, the quest means removing the caravan master and apparently no one takes his place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 23, 2015, 05:48:30 pm
I can't be the only who think Geth are adorable in a odd, ugly way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on January 23, 2015, 06:16:49 pm
No, your not I think they are cute (but I don't think I'm a good judge since I think spiders are cute.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 23, 2015, 10:17:04 pm
No, your not I think they are cute (but I don't think I'm a good judge since I think spiders are cute.)


The Geth Armature just looks so much like a giant, tank-killing puppy dog to me.

We're both odd.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 24, 2015, 02:27:36 pm
Guild Wars 2 is $10.  I repeat, GUILD WARS 2 IS TEN FUCKING DOLLARS, BITCHES.  Buy that shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on January 24, 2015, 06:26:02 pm
Ok, I know a few people here have experience making Let's Plays. Can anyone give advice as to what software to use for various things? I need to know what  to use for recording video of a game on a computer, recording commentary audio, and what to use to do the editing of the video. I'd prefer free software if it exists, or at least cheap software. I'm going to need to record video from emulators, regular games from steam and such, and they those abominations of games you occasionally see like "Crisis City" and "The Zoo Race"

Also does anyone have experience with doing audio recording of multiple people. I'm wanting to do the LPs with me and my friend both doing commentary while one of us plays, and I'm not sure what the best way to set that up would be. Should I just us one microphone mounted on a stand between us? I'm assuming that it would be best for both of us to wear headphones for the game audio so the mic won't pick it up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on January 24, 2015, 09:49:36 pm
For audio recording I recommend Audacity and you can record things with Fraps. That's what I use to make LP's.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 25, 2015, 09:20:24 am
If you have an nVidia video card that's at least in the GTX 600 series (anything after will be fine, as well), I highly recommend Shadowplay.  Just note that you'll want to do your recording in ~10 minute segments, because if the resulting video file ends up being larger than 3.8GB, it'll split the remainder off in another file which can cause artifacting in file #2.  Shadowplay has absolutely zero (from what I've seen) impact on performance, which is a huge plus.  Shadowplay is also completely free, since it comes with nVidia's driver and game optimization software.

As for editing, I'm becoming partial to Corel VideoStudio X6, which I got with my laptop.  Its like Adobe's thingy, but for me at least, a LOT easier to understand and use.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on January 25, 2015, 11:48:18 am
Anyway played The Swapper? Just completed it today. What a weird game story wise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 25, 2015, 05:34:18 pm
You haven't seen "overpowered" until you've taken all sorts of flamethrower shots to the face, walked through acid blood, held down the trigger of a smart gun until a enemy came into view, played Xenomorph Assassin's Creed with Combat Synths and laughed your ass off at tanking all sorts of punishment.

Doom mods can get pretty odd.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on January 26, 2015, 12:49:48 am
You haven't seen "overpowered" until you've taken all sorts of flamethrower shots to the face, walked through acid blood, held down the trigger of a smart gun until a enemy came into view, played Xenomorph Assassin's Creed with Combat Synths and laughed your ass off at tanking all sorts of punishment.

Doom mods can get pretty odd.
Perhaps the only other game with mods that can compete in terms of overpowered mods is minecraft.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 26, 2015, 08:53:47 am
You haven't seen "overpowered" until you've taken all sorts of flamethrower shots to the face, walked through acid blood, held down the trigger of a smart gun until a enemy came into view, played Xenomorph Assassin's Creed with Combat Synths and laughed your ass off at tanking all sorts of punishment.

Doom mods can get pretty odd.
Perhaps the only other game with mods that can compete in terms of overpowered mods is minecraft.

The only difference is that people think EVERYTHING is overpowered in Minecraft, from legit OP things like dirt-to-diamonds crap to deep, intricately-balanced mods made by a literal god damned rocket scientist.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on January 26, 2015, 10:24:57 pm
You haven't seen "overpowered" until you've taken all sorts of flamethrower shots to the face, walked through acid blood, held down the trigger of a smart gun until a enemy came into view, played Xenomorph Assassin's Creed with Combat Synths and laughed your ass off at tanking all sorts of punishment.

Doom mods can get pretty odd.
Perhaps the only other game with mods that can compete in terms of overpowered mods is minecraft.

The only difference is that people think EVERYTHING is overpowered in Minecraft, from legit OP things like dirt-to-diamonds crap to deep, intricately-balanced mods made by a literal god damned rocket scientist.

Putting that much effort into a balancing act really impresses me, though this statement is cheapened considering I've coded a horrible abuse of A_Burst that pretty fills the impact area of a grenade with tiny little MIRV death.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 26, 2015, 10:52:23 pm
Ok, I know a few people here have experience making Let's Plays. Can anyone give advice as to what software to use for various things? I need to know what  to use for recording video of a game on a computer, recording commentary audio, and what to use to do the editing of the video. I'd prefer free software if it exists, or at least cheap software. I'm going to need to record video from emulators, regular games from steam and such, and they those abominations of games you occasionally see like "Crisis City" and "The Zoo Race"

Also does anyone have experience with doing audio recording of multiple people. I'm wanting to do the LPs with me and my friend both doing commentary while one of us plays, and I'm not sure what the best way to set that up would be. Should I just us one microphone mounted on a stand between us? I'm assuming that it would be best for both of us to wear headphones for the game audio so the mic won't pick it up.

OSB.  Otherwise known as Open Source Broadcaster.  It'll capture the video just fine, it's free... as for editing, you'll have to do some looking around.  Adding folks to the Open Source Broadcaster voice chat will actually port all their voice work into the stream with the recording.  Headphones work, shared mics work... you're good to go.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 27, 2015, 02:23:03 am
Finished Fallout 3. Very enjoyable game, though the DLC is rather hit and miss. Broken Steel was good (though Super Mutant Overlords and Feral Ghoul Reavers can both fuck right off), as was Operation: Anchorage. The Pitt and Point Lookout were alright and Mothership Zeta was kind of a waste of time. Methinks they should've just added more content to the Capital Wasteland, rather than adding whole new areas that feel small and unfinished.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on January 27, 2015, 02:26:28 am
I've actually never beaten Broken Steel, ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF ONE FUCKING FERAL GHOUL REAVER. I got stuck having to fight that fucker and got completely brickwalled because I couldn't kill it... and it killed me too quickly for me to run past it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 27, 2015, 02:38:20 am
I found the dart gun really helps with them. It instantly cripples both legs, so it's very useful for either kiting and/or running away like a little girl.

In related news, I decided to give Psychonauts a replay. I have to say, while it positively oozes creativity and charm, when you consider the gameplay, it's not quite the masterpiece that people say it is. Still a great game, don't get me wrong, but it has its share of flaws.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 30, 2015, 07:54:30 am
I found the dart gun really helps with them. It instantly cripples both legs, so it's very useful for either kiting and/or running away like a little girl.

In related news, I decided to give Psychonauts a replay. I have to say, while it positively oozes creativity and charm, when you consider the gameplay, it's not quite the masterpiece that people say it is. Still a great game, don't get me wrong, but it has its share of flaws.

As does every game.  Like, say...Portal: it locks an absolutely amazing concept inside a small, if very entertaining, puzzle-based 3D platformer.  Could you imagine the awesome you'd have on your hands if you joined Portal and Red Faction?  Using tactically-placed portals to get near enough to a building to covertly plant charges around it, then portal out to quiet safety...then blow said building straight to hell.  It would be amazinnnnnnnnnnnng.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 30, 2015, 08:05:43 am
And break the game massivly
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 30, 2015, 11:14:00 am
And break the game massivly

Isn't that the point?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 30, 2015, 02:02:01 pm
Oy
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 30, 2015, 05:31:22 pm
And break the game massivly
Isn't that the point?
In that case, might as well just stick with Red Faction and just knock the entire building down in 30 seconds with nothing but a hammer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on January 31, 2015, 12:36:00 am
Looking for a game with Gothic flair? Need a good rogue-like? Hankering for some turn-based RPG combat? Need some Cthulhu in your life? I've been assisting one of the Main Menu streamers, who helped kick off a 100 hour playthrough of the early access game Darkest Dungeon earlier tonight.  It releases on February 3rd, for about $20.  The devs are taking all the comments and critique into account as the guys play through, in order to improve the gameplay and fix issues that they find.  I know I'll be picking up three copies!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 31, 2015, 01:44:51 am
I recently started a new game of Morrowind. I decided to play a mage/thief hybrid, who uses illusion and alteration magic to assist in his pilfering ways. Also, none of my major or minor class skills are combat oriented, and destruction magic, which I intend to be my main damage dealer, started off at a grand total of five points.

Yeah, needless to say, It's been a wee bit of a rough and very grindy start.

In other, non-Morrowind related news, the Meat Circus is really not that difficult with a controller. Woe betide (what the fuck does that even mean?) anyone who tries it with a mouse and keyboard, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 01, 2015, 05:27:59 am
Installed Fallout 1 but turns out that something is wrong and the colours and graphics don't work. The screen goes all black whenever I do something and the graphics only come back underneath the mouse cursor... I am going to try updating or mods or something to see if I can fix it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 01, 2015, 08:22:05 am
I've gotten that a time or two, as well.  It fixes itself whenever an area of the screen refreshes, methinks.  I've no idea what causes it, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 01, 2015, 08:44:44 am
I just realized that the sorcerer guy from the opening of Return to Castle Wolfenstein is totally Corax from Heretic. He even has the staff you start with in the beginning of the game (I don't recall the exact name, but none of the weapons from Heretic were really memorable) and makes the same pain noises.

Why he's fighting zombie (!?!) Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich the 1st (!?!!?!) is beyond me, though. And that's before the zombie Holy Roman Emperor is revived by a SS High Priestess (Oh, fuck the exclamation marks at this point) clad only in a bikini with chainmail and psuedo Nazi-occultist shit. That's pretty over-the-top even for Wolfenstein.

Holy shit, the rabbit hole never fucking ends with ID.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 01, 2015, 03:05:07 pm
I think the story goes that Heinrich I was a bloodthirsty, nearly-immortal psychopath that, left unchallenged, would've either violently ruled or outright destroyed most life on the planet.  The mage couldn't kill him, but decided to entomb him instead.  Nazis read accounts about Heinrich's power, and decide to resurrect him and, I believe, unleash him against the Allies then seal him back up once he won the war for them by virtue of being an unstoppable killing machine.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 01, 2015, 04:48:25 pm
Speaking of Nazi's (never thought I'd say that sentence in my lif- scratch that I'm a history major I will probably say that more times than I will be willing to count.) I have a new game that was on sale on steam called Dino D-Day holy mother of the goddess this game is fucking fun, it's just the right kind of over-the-top weirdness that only genetically engineered Nazi dinosaurs could bring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 01, 2015, 07:06:21 pm
I think the story goes that Heinrich I was a bloodthirsty, nearly-immortal psychopath that, left unchallenged, would've either violently ruled or outright destroyed most life on the planet.  The mage couldn't kill him, but decided to entomb him instead.  Nazis read accounts about Heinrich's power, and decide to resurrect him and, I believe, unleash him against the Allies then seal him back up once he won the war for them by virtue of being an unstoppable killing machine.

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I dunno, playing it was like a screening of Lisztomania. You don't know what the hell's going on, except that there's Nazis.

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Speaking of Nazi's (never thought I'd say that sentence in my lif- scratch that I'm a history major I will probably say that more times than I will be willing to count.) I have a new game that was on sale on steam called Dino D-Day holy mother of the goddess this game is fucking fun, it's just the right kind of over-the-top weirdness that only genetically engineered Nazi dinosaurs could bring.

It's never ascertained it's genetic engineering, if I recall correctly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 04, 2015, 06:46:00 am
http://esports.garena.ph/newsArticle.php?contentid=00000600&cat=NEWS&subcat=LEAGUE+OF+LEGENDS

First the eSports league of League of legends announced that they will allow one (but only one) GLBT person per team in the league for women. But if there is more than one GLBT person in a team every single one of them will be banned for a year. Or if they switch that GLBT member everyone will be banned for a year.

This was apparently their great show of being "progressive" and meant to make the game "fun and safe" for everyone.


...After a backlash (including from the developers of the game) they realized that the rule was fucking stupid and from now on "anyone who identifies as female" can play in the womens' league.
http://esports.garena.ph/newsArticle.php?contentid=00000604
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 04, 2015, 06:54:10 am
It's kind of fucking stupid to have a separate league for women in the first place. It's e-sports, not actual sports. Just because they do a thing doesn't mean you have to blindly follow along with nary a thought of whether or not it's actually relevant to you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 04, 2015, 07:01:04 am
It's kind of fucking stupid to have a separate league for women in the first place. It's e-sports, not actual sports. Just because they do a thing doesn't mean you have to blindly follow along with nary a thought of whether or not it's actually relevant to you.

The only logical reason I can think of is if the amount of female players is so low that they want to have a separate league in order to have more diverse sport. But I don't know enough about eSports to know if that is the case.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 04, 2015, 09:38:47 am
>Separate league
>More diverse

(http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/787/356/d6f.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 04, 2015, 12:31:07 pm
The reason for the separate league for women can be found in the geographical location of the place this tourny was being run in.  OH LOOK IT'S IN SOUTHEAST ASIA!

Ironbite-god damn it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 04, 2015, 01:11:43 pm
>Separate league
>More diverse

(http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/787/356/d6f.jpg)

a) All of this is just assumptions as I do not know the sport.
b) Your pic isn't showing.
c) Concider this hypothesis... Despite the contrary evidence the current belief is that gaming is much more popular pastime for guys. Therefore the League management may have feared that male teams will dominate the sport (if not by skill, then at least by numbers) and in order to have more female teams they set up the separate league for women.

Or maybe they just thought that there should be separate leagues because "real" sports have separate leagues...

I have no idea what their reasoning on the original rule was though...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on February 04, 2015, 02:37:53 pm
Probably the idea that men would call themselves transwomen so they can play in the women's league.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on February 04, 2015, 03:40:49 pm
Started Metro Last Light Redux the other day. Very good sequel, though I'm missing most of what made it better since they rolled that into 2033 in the Redux version. And that little Dark One... awwwww.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 04, 2015, 05:24:31 pm
In regards to the E-sports bullshit, really?! Really, guys? Jesus christ, I can understand the gender-based leagues but the ban on more than one LGBT member?

That's fucking unacceptable.

On a lighter note, how would you like a weapon that shoots bursts of blood at foes? Tracer missile spewer or hitscan assured accuracy?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 04, 2015, 09:27:38 pm
In regards to the E-sports bullshit, really?! Really, guys? Jesus christ, I can understand the gender-based leagues but the ban on more than one LGBT member?

That's fucking unacceptable.

On a lighter note, how would you like a weapon that shoots bursts of blood at foes? Tracer missile spewer or hitscan assured accuracy?

"Alright league of legends players, we know one of you activity sucks dick, but for the rest of you...have your set of testicles rubbed up against another?"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 05, 2015, 06:11:03 am
I have to say, killing Benny in Fallout: New Vegas is just so goddamn satisfying, especially after his grovelling once you catch up to him. I haven't realised how much I've missed Black Isle/Obsidian developed RPGs. Those guys easily have the best writers in the industry, hands down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 05, 2015, 06:21:23 am
I have to say, killing Benny in Fallout: New Vegas is just so goddamn satisfying, especially after his grovelling once you catch up to him. I haven't realised how much I've missed Black Isle/Obsidian developed RPGs. Those guys easily have the best writers in the industry, hands down.

Its even better when you give the dude who runs the gambling house your weapons and just beat him to death with your bare hands.  They can take that crappy 9mm, I WRESTLE DEATHCLAWS FOR FUN!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 05, 2015, 06:28:32 am
I have to say, killing Benny in Fallout: New Vegas is just so goddamn satisfying, especially after his grovelling once you catch up to him. I haven't realised how much I've missed Black Isle/Obsidian developed RPGs. Those guys easily have the best writers in the industry, hands down.

Its even better when you give the dude who runs the gambling house your weapons and just beat him to death with your bare hands.  They can take that crappy 9mm, I WRESTLE DEATHCLAWS FOR FUN!

Heh, a bit like Motheship: Zeta. You aliens want to abduct me? Well how about I abduct your face with my fists, you smug little green shits. A shame the rest of that DLC was rather mediocre.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 05, 2015, 07:37:49 am
http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2
 (http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2)

Phil Fish? A egotist and a dishonest asshole? What a fucking shock!!

Knew it.


CORRECTION: THIS IS BULLSHIT. ALL OF IT IS BULLSHIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, CITIZENS. GLORY TO ARTOTSKA.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 05, 2015, 09:19:51 am
Dude seriously?

Also I want a mod called "Kill Benny."  You get locked in a room and the only way to get out is to just kill Benny over and over and over and over again.

Ironbite-I'd really like that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 05, 2015, 02:55:34 pm
Benny is a great villain in the same way that Handsome Jack is a great villain (Though Jack was even better.) He may not be the most physically dangerous boss (His pistol is quite weak and if you fight him with knives in the duel he ain't that special either) but he is a well written character and manages to make things personal with the player character.

Mr. House is just awesome and Caesar at least has a good background that makes him look like a well intentioned extremist (though mainly the legion is a bit too black-and-white villain compared to usual Fallout villains.)

Fallout series more often than not has good villains. The Master was pure awesome. He was a text book example of a BBEG who really thought he was a good guy
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 05, 2015, 03:58:54 pm
http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2
 (http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2)

Phil Fish? A egotist and a dishonest asshole? What a fucking shock!!

Knew it.

Pinsof is a known liar (claims to have been blacklisted from the industry after being fired from Destructoid for insubordination, but has had freelance work accepted by at least Kotaku since then) and all of these allegations have been denied by others. And considering TechRaptor's pro-GamerGate bias, I don't exactly trust someone they report on.

According to this article (http://kotaku.com/gamergates-latest-conspiracy-theory-doesnt-hold-up-1684012308) (which, unlike the TechRaptor interview, goes out of its way to fact check), Pinsof lied about what he was told by Tiff Chow and completely misrepresented what the Fantastic Arcades event even IS in the first place (the idea is that the games showcased by Fantastic Arcades is that ALL of them are worthy of being commended, so they do things like give Octodad the "Implied Cephalopod Intercourse Award.")

Shawn McGrath denies the allegations put forth by Pinsof about him and Fish. In fact, while McGrath is annoyed that Fish was using his idea, he didn't care enough to make an issue out of it. In his own words: "So I was just like, 'Fuck it, who cares?' This isn't actually that important. I don't have anything to do with the game, I've moved on with my life, I've made a game since then, I don't even care about this anymore. I kinda wish this would just never have happened."

These facts have also made Pinsof revise some of his initial statements, so that's a giant red flag right there.

So, yeah, this interview is character assassination on the part of GamerGate. I don't like Phil Fish, either, but let's stick to the facts, shall we?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 05, 2015, 05:40:12 pm
http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2
 (http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2)

Phil Fish? A egotist and a dishonest asshole? What a fucking shock!!

Knew it.

Pinsof is a known liar (claims to have been blacklisted from the industry after being fired from Destructoid for insubordination, but has had freelance work accepted by at least Kotaku since then) and all of these allegations have been denied by others. And considering TechRaptor's pro-GamerGate bias, I don't exactly trust someone they report on.

According to this article (http://kotaku.com/gamergates-latest-conspiracy-theory-doesnt-hold-up-1684012308) (which, unlike the TechRaptor interview, goes out of its way to fact check), Pinsof lied about what he was told by Tiff Chow and completely misrepresented what the Fantastic Arcades event even IS in the first place (the idea is that the games showcased by Fantastic Arcades is that ALL of them are worthy of being commended, so they do things like give Octodad the "Implied Cephalopod Intercourse Award.")

Shawn McGrath denies the allegations put forth by Pinsof about him and Fish. In fact, while McGrath is annoyed that Fish was using his idea, he didn't care enough to make an issue out of it. In his own words: "So I was just like, 'Fuck it, who cares?' This isn't actually that important. I don't have anything to do with the game, I've moved on with my life, I've made a game since then, I don't even care about this anymore. I kinda wish this would just never have happened."

These facts have also made Pinsof revise some of his initial statements, so that's a giant red flag right there.

So, yeah, this interview is character assassination on the part of GamerGate. I don't like Phil Fish, either, but let's stick to the facts, shall we?
Ah, thanks for the corrections. I'll make sure to edit the original post to that effect.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 05, 2015, 07:00:31 pm
http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2
 (http://techraptor.net/content/relationships-indie-gaming-interview-allistair-pinsof-part-2)

Phil Fish? A egotist and a dishonest asshole? What a fucking shock!!

Knew it.

Pinsof is a known liar (claims to have been blacklisted from the industry after being fired from Destructoid for insubordination, but has had freelance work accepted by at least Kotaku since then) and all of these allegations have been denied by others.

Interesting.  Do you have sources?

And considering TechRaptor's pro-GamerGate bias, I don't exactly trust someone they report on.

That's important to consider, but it shouldn't be rejected out of hand.

According to this article (http://kotaku.com/gamergates-latest-conspiracy-theory-doesnt-hold-up-1684012308) (which, unlike the TechRaptor interview, goes out of its way to fact check), Pinsof lied about what he was told by Tiff Chow and completely misrepresented what the Fantastic Arcades event even IS in the first place (the idea is that the games showcased by Fantastic Arcades is that ALL of them are worthy of being commended, so they do things like give Octodad the "Implied Cephalopod Intercourse Award.")

Well, I don't trust Kotaku anymore, but I'm willing to entertain the possibility that they're right.

Shawn McGrath denies the allegations put forth by Pinsof about him and Fish. In fact, while McGrath is annoyed that Fish was using his idea, he didn't care enough to make an issue out of it. In his own words: "So I was just like, 'Fuck it, who cares?' This isn't actually that important. I don't have anything to do with the game, I've moved on with my life, I've made a game since then, I don't even care about this anymore. I kinda wish this would just never have happened."

Actions mean different things to different people.

These facts have also made Pinsof revise some of his initial statements, so that's a giant red flag right there.

Do you have sources?

So, yeah, this interview is character assassination on the part of GamerGate. I don't like Phil Fish, either, but let's stick to the facts, shall we?

"Assassination?"  "Assisted suicide" is more accurate.  And honestly, I think your anti-GG bias is kind of clouding your judgment.  The fact that you accuse the movement of having the worst possible motives isn't exactly something I can ignore.

But I agree with you, GamerGate should trust but verify.  This wouldn't be the first time something like this has happened.  Gators have been fooled either by honest misunderstandings (Zoe Quinn's alleged charity fraud) or outright lies (a notorious fake screenshot of Nick Denton's Facebook page).  However, once these "facts" turn out to be untrue, the movement acknowledges them as such.  It's not as bad as it could be, but it could still be somewhat better.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 05, 2015, 07:03:03 pm
OH LOOK IT'S THIS SHIT AGAIN!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 05, 2015, 07:10:20 pm
UP will soon get a knock on the door from the Tone Police, at this rate.
 
Now, I'm off to hijack a random Prius and try to rescue Tupac from the terrorists while singing "Danger Zone" at the top of my voice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 05, 2015, 07:31:08 pm
OH LOOK IT'S THIS SHIT AGAIN!

Am I really that interesting to you, Ibbles?  When are you gonna give up and confess?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 05, 2015, 08:24:56 pm
OH LOOK IT'S THIS SHIT AGAIN!

Yeah, I'm not going to dignify UP with an argument. I just don't care anymore.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 05, 2015, 09:44:04 pm
OH LOOK IT'S THIS SHIT AGAIN!

Yeah, I'm not going to dignify UP with an argument. I just don't care anymore.

It's kind of amazing how chewed up and beaten this topic is and people still bring it up.

Ironbite-just let it go for gods sake.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 06, 2015, 12:22:18 am
I will delete any responses regarding gamergate.

Thats the only warning you're gonna get.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 06, 2015, 02:52:52 am
OH LOOK IT'S THIS SHIT AGAIN!

Yeah, I'm not going to dignify UP with an argument. I just don't care anymore.

It's kind of amazing how chewed up and beaten this topic is and people still bring it up.

Ironbite-just let it go for gods sake.

Mostly it's because I've said my peace... several times and anyone who either doesn't care or disagrees with me at this point isn't going to be convinced. Is the industry really so boring right now that there aren't any other controversies to latch on to?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on February 06, 2015, 11:50:44 am
Gawker media destroyed a Coca-cola promotion on twitter and most likely got some one fired. Just saying I never trust Gawker media related sites. Or at least take what they say with a pinch of salt.

I actually have Fez in my PS4 Library. Aside from Phill Fish and his assholeness, is the game any good?

(it was free on PS+ so I added it to my account but never got round to downloading it.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 06, 2015, 12:16:40 pm
I will delete any responses regarding gamergate.

Thats the only warning you're gonna get.

Fine then, I won't bring it up here again.

Gawker media destroyed a Coca-cola promotion on twitter and most likely got some one fired. Just saying I never trust Gawker media related sites. Or at least take what they say with a pinch of salt.

I actually have Fez in my PS4 Library. Aside from Phill Fish and his assholeness, is the game any good?

(it was free on PS+ so I added it to my account but never got round to downloading it.)

I think so.  But then again, I also liked Shadow the Hedgehog, so what do I know?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 06, 2015, 09:37:29 pm
Due to my ongoing interest in the antics of the Wu-Tang Clan, I watched a stream of the /r/trollshieldinginaction member Hatman playing Revolution 60 and talking to the queen bee of the hive herself. So, I got the following out of this experience and decided to share them:

Well, what I observed besides that I'm never trusting any review by Kotaku again. There's some actual ethics in journalism for you, UP (ZING!).


So, what is the audience for Revolution 60? I can't really see the appeal here, from these factors.

-Casual, yet story driven.
-Story driven, yet requires a 5$ purchase of a book to understand anything.
-Aimed for new gamers, yet suffers from incredibly obscure Sci Fi references in the middle of "important" dialogue.
-Built for women in mind, yet has the most sexist portrayals of women in Sci-Fi I've seen in a long time. Mini-skirts, Catsuits, leotards, cleavage windows, the whole damn shebang. Not to mention the egregarious thigh gaps. And that's before she allegedly edited the models for the PC version (Which is bullshit, as it uses UE resources) of the body elements of the sexist portrayal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 06, 2015, 11:37:08 pm
And let's not forget the fact that Wu misused Patreon money:

(http://oi61.tinypic.com/f3uqgz.jpg)

Also, I think she might be spending it on other things, as well:

(http://oi61.tinypic.com/34fazgn.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 06, 2015, 11:48:33 pm
And let's not forget the fact that Wu misused Patreon money:

*SNIP*

Wu's a privileged 1% trust fund kid. For all we know, she could have bought that motorcycle with her own money and all.

I don't like the woman and quite honestly think she's a shithead, but let's not jump to conclusions here.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 06, 2015, 11:52:17 pm
And let's not forget the fact that Wu misused Patreon money:

*SNIP*

Wu's a privileged 1% trust fund kid. For all we know, she could have bought that motorcycle with her own money and all.

I don't like the woman and quite honestly think she's a shithead, but let's not jump to conclusions here.

Look at the first picture again.  She admitted to misleading people about her Patreon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on February 06, 2015, 11:59:52 pm
And let's not forget the fact that Wu misused Patreon money:

(http://oi61.tinypic.com/f3uqgz.jpg)

Also, I think she might be spending it on other things, as well

Patreon is not Kickstarter. The money is not for specific projects; you do whatever it is you do, patrons pay you as a reward, and then you spend it as you like.

ETA:
Look at the first picture again.  She admitted to misleading people about her Patreon.

Right there, in her Patreon page, she says:

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If you appreciate what I do, please chip in so I can hire some help with the Women in Tech advocacy I do. I need someone to help me with the medial parts of dealing with my attackers so I can focus on my work, making and shipping games. I imagine we'll also have them work on women in tech advocacy.

How deceitful.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 07, 2015, 12:07:57 am
And let's not forget the fact that Wu misused Patreon money:

*SNIP*

Wu's a privileged 1% trust fund kid. For all we know, she could have bought that motorcycle with her own money and all.

I don't like the woman and quite honestly think she's a shithead, but let's not jump to conclusions here.

Look at the first picture again.  She admitted to misleading people about her Patreon.

Enough speculation about Wu's finances, I'm here to examine the quality of R60 as a game and present concrete evidence of the behavior of Wu herself. I am not here to speculate on stuff that can be done with less justification on GoFundMe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 10, 2015, 12:36:15 pm
Man, Revolution 60 is being torn apart everywhere.  Steam itself, Twitter, Facebook, even Tumblr is destroying it from every angle.  It’s a challenge to find someone saying anything positive about it.  By all accounts, the game bombed.

I’m amazed Wu’s sticking with it.  After getting trashed by so many people, I thought she would have thrown it under the bus to save her own skin and keep the heat off of herself.  She’s acknowledged that having all the characters be white with “idealized” figures was a mistake (not to mention hypocritical), but she really believes aside from that the game would have succeeded.  So much so that she still plans on making a sequel called Revolution 62 if she can get the money for it.  That’s some serious faith in your abilities right there.  Or delusion, whichever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on February 10, 2015, 01:13:42 pm
Man, Revolution 60 is being torn apart everywhere.  Steam itself, Twitter, Facebook, even Tumblr is destroying it from every angle.  It’s a challenge to find someone saying anything positive about it.  By all accounts, the game bombed.

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/6528b61f8932a13a9dab81358e4b6fdc/tumblr_mhy99gFYve1rg8ypco1_400.gif)

...aaaand it's right there in the first place I looked (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_60#Reception). Oh well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 10, 2015, 01:26:28 pm
I'm just sitting here trying to figure out why Paragon even fucking CARES about Brianna Wu. He and the group that shall not be named are literally the only reasons I know who she is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 10, 2015, 01:46:47 pm
So, years after having to protect her in a single mission in Dynasty Warriors 4, Lu Lingqi, the daughter of Lu Bu, is finally playable in Dynasty Warriors 8 XL.  The world's most awesome father/daughter team can finally happen!  Doesn't hurt that she's a looker, too:

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 10, 2015, 03:11:30 pm
Finished Fallout 2 again. It was fun but the minigun-turrets took half the hp from the boss in a round or two, they must have been made more powerful since I remembered them being mere distractions to the boss (though they could hurt the PC and allies, particularly Marcus.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 10, 2015, 03:22:42 pm
Finally finished Legend of Grimrock 2. ten outta ten!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on February 10, 2015, 03:33:31 pm
So, years after having to protect her in a single mission in Dynasty Warriors 4, Lu Lingqi, the daughter of Lu Bu, is finally playable in Dynasty Warriors 8 XL.  The world's most awesome father/daughter team can finally happen!  Doesn't hurt that she's a looker, too:

(click to show/hide)

There are some really, really funny comments by soldiers in the camp.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 10, 2015, 05:00:25 pm
*Tries to think of something witty that doesn't involve the word "pursue".*

*Fails, and immediately jumps to first alternative*

Dat weapon, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on February 10, 2015, 05:44:57 pm
First Dynasty Warriors game i (properly) played I didn't know there whole "don't pursue Lu Bu" thing. So i went after him. And took forever, but i took him down. Got an achievement for it, which i thought was odd. Then i checked up why and suddenly it clicked. :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 10, 2015, 07:32:25 pm
I'm just sitting here trying to figure out why Paragon even fucking CARES about Brianna Wu. He and the group that shall not be named are literally the only reasons I know who she is.

Why does anything happen with Group That Shall Not Be Named As I'm Sick Of The Debate?  It's just gotten to the point of parody.

Ironbite-which Law and Order SVU is going to gleefully exploit!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 10, 2015, 08:06:15 pm
I'm just sitting here trying to figure out why Paragon even fucking CARES about Brianna Wu. He and the group that shall not be named are literally the only reasons I know who she is.

Why does anything happen with Group That Shall Not Be Named As I'm Sick Of The Debate?  It's just gotten to the point of parody.

Ironbite-which Law and Order SVU is going to gleefully exploit!

The only good thing about GamerGate (to me) is that I find it a lot easier to trawl hilarity than normal, especially when I trawl 8chan's various odder forums (/leftypol/ is a thing now).  The idiots on both sides just cluster, man. They just cluster!

It's like open fucking season for carrion eating nerds people like me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 12, 2015, 06:36:15 am
Okay, I love the non-historical ending to Lu Bu's campaign.

(click to show/hide)

Lu Bu: A true Bad-Ass Motherfucker from stem to stern.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 12, 2015, 03:39:45 pm
I'm just sitting here trying to figure out why Paragon even fucking CARES about Brianna Wu. He and the group that shall not be named are literally the only reasons I know who she is.

It's about a certain "movement" that must not be named.

Nothing to do with a certain obscure tablet game!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 12, 2015, 06:10:43 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHbpdKiInn8

Strafe is a indie upcoming FPS currently in alpha. It has a rather ironically hilarious (some might say offensive) commercial, as you can see here. I like it, it reminds me of Quake 2.

"Click to quick restart", indeed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on February 14, 2015, 12:01:16 am
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate came out today, so I'll be playing that with friends for a long time.

In other news, a new trailer for the upcoming Warhammer 40k game came out, and the only thing anyone can focus on in the comments is the interesting choice of music used:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YROOgLD-wtU

Personally, I like it, and will be cautiously awaiting release. It's being made by the studio that made EYE: Divine Cybermancy, so at the very least it should be interesting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 14, 2015, 06:01:05 am
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate came out today, so I'll be playing that with friends for a long time.

In other news, a new trailer for the upcoming Warhammer 40k game came out, and the only thing anyone can focus on in the comments is the interesting choice of music used:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YROOgLD-wtU

Personally, I like it, and will be cautiously awaiting release. It's being made by the studio that made EYE: Divine Cybermancy, so at the very least it should be interesting.

FUCK.YES.

Oh, Games Workshop. You and your war crack just had to mate with the cyberpunk meth (with horrid loading times) that is EYE, so that my addiction will become a full blown thing.

Terminators that aren't tissue paper against Genestealers. Check.

Bolters. Bolters everywhere. Check.

Plasma weapons. TO FUCK SHIT UP. Check. Hell, I even think I saw a Grav Gun.

Weird esoteric references. Ubercheck.

Life is very, very good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 15, 2015, 06:53:41 pm
Is that actually a new game or is it just an expansion for Spacehulk? If it's an expansion, the more interesting news is the Xbox One and PS4 logos at the end of the trailer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on February 15, 2015, 09:37:48 pm
Is that actually a new game or is it just an expansion for Spacehulk? If it's an expansion, the more interesting news is the Xbox One and PS4 logos at the end of the trailer.

It' a new FPS being developed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 15, 2015, 11:18:42 pm
Is that actually a new game or is it just an expansion for Spacehulk? If it's an expansion, the more interesting news is the Xbox One and PS4 logos at the end of the trailer.

It' a new FPS being developed.

Looked it up. Sources would be nice next time. Still: OOOOHHHH. Also, I'm surprised it's not about the Blood Angels like the board game/all other Space Hulk adaptations that aren't expansions.

Though I still want to see a 40k shooter about the Space Wolves. Or the Deathwatch. Hell, make Space Marine 2 with Captain Titus being reassigned to the Deathwatch after what happened at the end of Space Marine and give him a Space Wolf to fight with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 16, 2015, 12:22:21 am
Those chapters don't follow their smurfitual liege, so don't expect much from them in terms of merch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 16, 2015, 01:03:10 am
I just wish there were more WH40K games featuring the Necrons.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2015, 01:13:11 am
Those chapters don't follow their smurfitual liege, so don't expect much from them in terms of merch.

Blood Angels and Blood Ravens have been featured pretty extensively in games before and the new Space Hulk features Dark Angels. Since Ultramarines contribute to the Deathwatch, a game that features them would most likely have at least one Ultramarine.

I just wish there were more WH40K games featuring the Necrons.

I say make Space Marine 2, make it about a Deathwatch kill team with Marines from a diverse set of chapters (I say Titus, plus a Space Wolf, Dark Angel, Storm Warden and Black Templar) and have them fight Necrons. And maybe Tau, but have them have to fight along side the Tau to deal with the Necrons.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 16, 2015, 01:35:42 am

I just wish there were more WH40K games featuring the Necrons.

I say make Space Marine 2, make it about a Deathwatch kill team with Marines from a diverse set of chapters (I say Titus, plus a Space Wolf, Dark Angel, Storm Warden and Black Templar) and have them fight Necrons. And maybe Tau, but have them have to fight along side the Tau to deal with the Necrons.

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And maybe Tau, but have them have to fight along side the Tau to deal with the Necrons.
...

This thread is unclean. All joking aside, I'd actually like to more of Xenos fighting alongside the Mehreens. It always seems to make a semi-decent game or better as a concept, so hey.

Or perhaps even...

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on February 16, 2015, 05:41:48 am
I've been playing Majora's Mask 3d for two days, and it's everything I ever wanted. The Anju and Kafei quest is going to fuck me up all over again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 16, 2015, 02:27:55 pm
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate came out today, so I'll be playing that with friends for a long time.

In other news, a new trailer for the upcoming Warhammer 40k game came out, and the only thing anyone can focus on in the comments is the interesting choice of music used:

*SNIP*
Personally, I like it, and will be cautiously awaiting release. It's being made by the studio that made EYE: Divine Cybermancy, so at the very least it should be interesting.

FUCK.YES.

Oh, Games Workshop. You and your war crack just had to mate with the cyberpunk meth (with horrid loading times) that is EYE, so that my addiction will become a full blown thing.

Terminators that aren't tissue paper against Genestealers. Check.

Bolters. Bolters everywhere. Check.

Plasma weapons. TO FUCK SHIT UP. Check. Hell, I even think I saw a Grav Gun.

Weird esoteric references. Ubercheck.

Life is very, very good.

a) The music is a weird choice. I'm not saying that the song is bad but it does not fit the the trailer well.

b) I think we see one terminator get jumped by the 'stealers but the scene cuts before we see if he gets shredded immediately. Most of them get shot or cut down before they get close but we don't see the terminator armour stopping any claws either.

c) Deathwing was the star of one the OLD Space hulk computer games (or possibly a mission pack for Space hulk1. Space Hulk 2 was about the Blood angels I think.) as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2015, 02:57:46 pm

I just wish there were more WH40K games featuring the Necrons.

I say make Space Marine 2, make it about a Deathwatch kill team with Marines from a diverse set of chapters (I say Titus, plus a Space Wolf, Dark Angel, Storm Warden and Black Templar) and have them fight Necrons. And maybe Tau, but have them have to fight along side the Tau to deal with the Necrons.

Quote
And maybe Tau, but have them have to fight along side the Tau to deal with the Necrons.
...

This thread is unclean. All joking aside, I'd actually like to more of Xenos fighting alongside the Mehreens. It always seems to make a semi-decent game or better as a concept, so hey.

Or perhaps even...

(click to show/hide)


Space Marines fighting along side Tau has been done before in Fire Warrior, which was... OK. The thing about the relationship between the Tau and the Imperium is that the Imperium would love it if the Tau would just get wiped out, but they know that doing it themselves (despite being more than powerful enough to do so) would be a MASSIVE waste of resources, so they just settle for letting the Tau be for the most part because they'd rather they be shooting at Necrons, Tyranids, Chaos or Dark Eldar than them.

So having the Tau and Imperium be forced to fight together isn't particularly unusual as both sides know that having the other shoot at the same target is preferable over shooting at each other.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 16, 2015, 03:42:10 pm
GUESS WHAT FUCKSTICKS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fpQ7-1KGU
Instagram filters and a selfie stick, modded into DooM
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 16, 2015, 04:51:23 pm
I've been playing Majora's Mask 3d for two days, and it's everything I ever wanted. The Anju and Kafei quest is going to fuck me up all over again.

Just beat the swamp temple.  Gonna reset, slow down, and go to the mountain side.

Ironbite-then hit the ranch to get Epona and UNLIMITED MAGIC FOREVER!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 16, 2015, 04:52:27 pm
GUESS WHAT FUCKSTICKS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9fpQ7-1KGU
Instagram filters and a selfie stick, modded into DooM
This swamped Doomworld for a while, but I did get it eventually. Should be good for a laugh or two.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 17, 2015, 10:14:04 am
Now that I got back into Fallout New Vegas (I'm going to finish the Honest hearts DLC later today) I also went and looked at some forums about Fallout games... The support for the Legion is surprising.

a) Some people claim that NCR is corrupt, evil & incompetent (they do have their share of each of those, but I consider it realistic and better than idealistic "goody-two-shoes" faction) and then ignore all the evil that the Legion does. Despite the fact that both factions justify the evil they do by it being a necessary evil for good cause.

b) Some people claim that the Legion only treats their slaves and enemies badly at warzones and that the Legion home regions are much nicer place where the slaves are treated better and there is virtually no crime or corruption.  (even if the latter claim was correct it seems odd to ignore the evil they do just because it is a warzone. CIA only tortures people who they think might be terrorists but that doesn't make it ok. The Japanese only raped, tortured, murdered and ate people during the WW2 but that didn't make it ok either.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 17, 2015, 07:23:12 pm
They are aware that where ever the Legion goes it's a war zone right?  There is literally no Legion homeland.  They want to make New Vegas their Rome but to do that they need to kick the NCR and House out first.

Ironbite-hence this conflict.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 17, 2015, 08:08:50 pm
In the time Fallout: New Vegas in set, Colorado, Arizona and I think parts of Utah are the Legion homeland. They want to make New Vegas their capital, not their entire homeland to the exclusion of all other regions. Particularly those where Legion rule and culture are well established. And they are indeed very safe and peaceful. Traders especially love operating in Legion territory because raiders are non-existent.

That's largely what makes the Legion such an interesting faction. Under normal, more civilised circumstances, they'd be seen as horribly barbaric, and rightly so. In New Vegas, on the other hand, they certainly have some very legitimate merits. The NCR at a glance operates in a far less repugnant manner, but that doesn't necessarily translate to a better life for the average person. Even in NCR home regions, raiders and other assorted bellends are still a major problem. Having a government that condemns slavery and torture is small consolation when it for one reason or another can't or simply won't stop the local outlaws from stealing your stuff, burning your home and raping/murdering your family. The Legion has no such problems in its own homelands. Even if you're a slave, you're still a hell of a lot safer than you'd be almost anywhere else, not to mention you're guaranteed food and shelter, which is more than can be said for the vast majority of wastelanders. It's really a hell of a lot less cut and dry than it seems at a glance.

Of course, all of this assumed that Legion home territory is indeed as safe and peaceful as we've been told. I really wish there was some DLC, if not parts of the main game, set in Colorado proper, just so we could see for ourselves what Legion rule would be like once the war is over.

In any case, I really like the factions in New Vegas. Not only are the NCR and Legion both shades of grey rather than 100% good and evil, But also the Brotherhood of Steel is not one of them. In every single fallout game, they've been be the major "good" faction of the game, and it would've been so easy and safe for Obsidian to go the same route with New Vegas. Instead though, they did what actually makes sense. The Brotherhood is simply too set in its ways of just scavenging and reverse engineering the fanciest guns and armour, and in the early days of the apocalypse, that was all you needed to be the best. Now that folks like the NCR, Legion and New Vegas itself have moved on from scavenging and began to rebuild modern states, the Brotherhood is simply no longer relevant.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 17, 2015, 10:37:04 pm
Well I don't like either side so I usually take over New Vegas myself.  Fuck everyone else.  I'm the one who's been murdering things from Goodsprings to New Vegas and beyond.  I leave a trail of carnage and blood everywhere I go and I still find time to help people. 

Ironbite-I love the anarchy ending for New Vegas because it's really what should happen in these types of game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 17, 2015, 11:03:09 pm
I go NCR, but that's just me I will never support those slave happy Legion fuckers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 17, 2015, 11:08:47 pm
When Ulysses seems the sanest choice to go with, you know you're fucked in more ways than one.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on February 18, 2015, 12:58:02 am
You remember JE Sawyer, the lead developer of New Vegas and a major part of the creation of the first two Fallout games? He happens to be a member of the Something Awful forums under the username "ropekid", and he's chimed in many times about the background to the games.

The Legion is nowhere near as rosy as some may make it seem. The problem is that they simply don't have the infrastructure and civilization of the real Rome. They're closer to the Golden Horde, an expanding army with no real civilian culture behind it. All civilians in Legion territory exist purely for the purpose of supporting the military and its conquering. As Arcade says in the game, Caesar views invading New Vegas as his own crossing of the Rubicon. He wants to make New Vegas his New Rome, and believes that he can expand into civilization and a new Pax Romana from there.

In the meantime, the Legion is shitty. It does kill off raiders and keeps trade going and established societies are mostly left alone as long as they pledge allegiance, but that's about where the good parts stop. Tribal communities that lack what he views as civilization are brutally subjugated and pressed into service as Legionnaires. Women are less than second-class citizens and are essentially property or baby factories, with Caesar encouraging raping and pillaging as a means of suppressing dissent. Rape is encouraged in particular (especially for slaves), as women are expected to produce strong boys for the Legion. So yes, you could say that life under the Legion isn't as bad as life under the rule of raiders....if you're not someone that the Legion wants to exploit. If they think they can get something out of you, you're liable to be literally whipped into shape to become cannon fodder for their invasions. That's assuming that you're not too weak and end up dying, or that they don't kill you out of hand just to set an example. The idea that Legion rule is better than independent rule also requires the guaranteed existence of raiders, bandits, warlords, etc. to act as a threat. Without this threat for the Legion to destroy, they're liable to just make life worse.

What a lot of people don't realize about New Vegas is that it wasn't written for a morally gray "everyone is right and wrong in some ways" mentality. A lot of games, especially bleaker ones, try to make every faction somewhere in the middle of the ideal vs. awful scale. But the Legion was indeed written to be a villainous faction that acts as an antagonist, and was never meant to be a sensible choice even for a relatively pragmatic Courier. The option to side with the Legion was less about the Legion being a good alternative to the NCR and more out of an attempt to ensure freedom for the player.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 18, 2015, 01:37:52 am
Total war attilla was designed for future gpus. Lol
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 18, 2015, 02:29:31 am
a) I still would have preferred to have the game be about different political fighting rather than Good vs Evil ...But if the Legion had been less evil, then they would have been a bit too close to what House already is. A benevolent but strict dictatorship. (House also does some evil stuff in the name of greater good just like all the factions.) But that is just my preference.

b) Now that the Brotherhood of Steel was mentioned what I want to remind is that through the series you see them fall from power. Not (only) because they are losing power, but mainly because the other towns and nations are catching up. The Enclave certainly has them beat in tech, weapons and armour (and resources as well presumably) but even the rest of the wastes was getting better. In F2 most of the towns are already producing stuff and not just scavenging on the bones of the old world. NCR, Vault city, San Francisco and even places like Broken hills and New Reno have working power plants and are producing even high tech gear. In F2 their main advantages were Power armour and energy weapons but they were already outnumbered. In the canon they had chosen to stand on the sidelines and help the wastes rebuild and although in F1 they could have taken over the region (like they do in the ending where you have killed Rhombus) but by the time they tried it in the NCR-BoS war they were outnumbered and outmatched. Even games like Fallout 3 and Tactics show the BoS splintering further as they argue what their place in the world should be.

c) My main amusement in the Legion defenders is that they dig up all the evil that the other groups have done ...The NCR allied with Bishops and hired raiders to murder random travelers, the NCR has taxes (this really was raised as an example of how evil they are), etc. But then they excuse the Legion of all the evil that they do, saying it doesn't count.

d) Personally I see that the Independent ending has the potential to be the "nicest" if the players is a good person and has negotiated peace with all the main communities, but House also has charm. Not that he wouldn't do stuff like wipe out the Brotherhood or kill the Kings just because they made peace with NCR, but he at least offers real stability and wealth to the region unlike the Legion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 18, 2015, 08:32:33 am
If House would let me keep the Brotherhood alive, then he'd have gotten to live.  I always support my Brothers and Sisters of Steel.  They helped me save my homies in Vault 13 from the muties, and they helped me kill the Enclave on BOTH coasts.  Then again, I play as if my guy's been alive since Fallout 1, and is basically a Time Lord who loses his memory (for a time) every time he regenerates.  He (or she) always has an undying loyalty to the Brotherhood.

BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL 4 LYFE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 18, 2015, 11:35:52 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug_gqH1tzPk
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 19, 2015, 05:01:38 pm
Oh... Dear... GOD!

Deathclaws!


Deathclaws...

I knew those things were scary in New Vegas but had mostly avoided them on my previous playthroughs.

...Actually, the last time I played New Vegas my computer started overheating and I couldn't play with my old computer anymore. So I had completed the game once or twice, but my characters were something like level 20 or so when I finished the game (diplomacy!) and hadn't actually even killed Lanius in battle or fought the nastier stuff. I usually avoided battle with those characters.

Now that I went through Honest Hearts and got like 10 levels just there I am already on level 20 even though I haven't even entered the strip and am just running through Veronica's quest. But those damn Deathclaws were standing between me and the BoS bunker and DAMN there were many of them. (Is this due to some update or just because of my level?) I feel like I should have kept the Desert Ranger duster and shouldn't have given it to Veronica... And I need to get a better weapon than my .308 hunting rifle...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 19, 2015, 05:17:48 pm
Deathclaws aren't all over the place in New Vegas but damn do they seem to concentrate.  Start out near Quarry Junction and they have the whole place to themselves.  Also they've got a nice spread between that and Gypsum Train Yard.

Ironbite-but they're concentrated so best to grab a .50 cal if you're gonna take 'em on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 19, 2015, 05:19:30 pm
Oh no, that's not a bug or anything, there's a literal deathclaw nest on the main road between Goodsprings and New Vegas and it is VERY hard to navigate if you, like me, don't want to waste time tracking around the damn things, going by way of Novac, just to get to the Gun Runners to get a decent weapon or at least some extra bullets.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 19, 2015, 10:35:23 pm
I think I managed to get through there once with a low level character, but that was more of me running like hell and not bothering to look back at what chased me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 20, 2015, 12:17:43 am
I believe you can sneak through if you follow the road up Black Mountain. At the first or possibly third switchback, there's a small trail you can use to sneak around to the northern side of the mountain. It allows you to quite handily avoid both the deathclaws and the dumb dumbs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 20, 2015, 01:38:43 am
But I remember getting to the BoS bunker (and Utobitha) without meeting 12 Deathclaws before. This time I started running into them as soon as the mountain began and they were in huge packs...

I am thinking that when I get better gear I will take on the Deathclaws and save the mining operation. Just because...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 20, 2015, 04:51:00 am
I got a bunch of friend requests on XBox live, which is weird since I haven't played any online games in a while.  I then found out one of the missions I created in Hitman Absolution got chosen as a featured contract.  Not only that, but apparently, people really like the mission (kill 3 guards by pushing them to their deaths) because they keep choosing it for competition.  It's currently up to about 20,000 plays, not the most overall, but the most of all my other missions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 20, 2015, 10:47:42 am
LISTEN UP, APES! YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZACE5-4qoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us3svc52VX0

Tormenter667 of MOAR DETAILS Realm667 fame is working on a mapset for WildWeasel's Nazis Wolfendoom project called Blade of Agony. As you can see, it's very interesting.

So, feel free to sign to Realm667's Github group if you want to be a part of the development.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 20, 2015, 06:01:32 pm
But I remember getting to the BoS bunker (and Utobitha) without meeting 12 Deathclaws before. This time I started running into them as soon as the mountain began and they were in huge packs...

I am thinking that when I get better gear I will take on the Deathclaws and save the mining operation. Just because...

Oh silly me I thought you were trying to get to the abandoned BoS bunker that leads to Dead Money.  No wonder you were having trouble.

Ironbite-yeah just try to sneak through and pray.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 20, 2015, 07:51:12 pm
Or in failing that get an Anti-Material riffle and go to town.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 22, 2015, 05:27:46 am
Found all of the snow globes (at least in the vanilla game). Damn, that was so much easier than those goddamn bobbleheads. Didn't have to look at a guide even once.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on February 22, 2015, 03:52:18 pm
I finally got around to fixing the terrible problems with the PC port of Dark Souls to play it finally.

Sen's fortress is fucking terrible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 23, 2015, 01:51:04 pm
I finally got around to fixing the terrible problems with the PC port of Dark Souls to play it finally.

Sen's fortress is fucking terrible.

Eh, it ain't that bad if you just take it slow and don't try to turbo through the traps.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 23, 2015, 03:54:58 pm
After watching a Star Trek TNG episode where they're in the old west, I'm thinking about getting Red Dead Redemption.  The only thing stopping me is that knowing my luck, as soon as I buy it, I'll be on XBox Live for free in the near future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 23, 2015, 06:06:19 pm
Get it on Steam.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 23, 2015, 07:33:41 pm
Except Red Dead Redemption is a console exclusive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 25, 2015, 10:25:05 am
And I prefer to play games on my 360 and 3ds, saving the computer for writing and internet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 25, 2015, 03:32:42 pm
So far, my only problem with Dragon Ball: Xenoverse is that the music, even at max volume, is way too quiet.  Other than that, it seems to be a pretty good game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 25, 2015, 04:15:34 pm
Seriously though. Blade of Agony is the shit.

(http://i.imgur.com/p82trke.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 25, 2015, 04:23:36 pm
Damn, the Courier's Mile doesn't fuck around. Great fun, though. I was toting a gauss rifle, the All American and wearing elite riot gear and I still felt highly vulnerable.

On the other hand, clearing out the deathclaw nest in Sloan suddenly seems quite trivial.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 25, 2015, 04:33:13 pm
Damn, the Courier's Mile doesn't fuck around. Great fun, though. I was toting a gauss rifle, the All American and wearing elite riot gear and I still felt highly vulnerable.

On the other hand, clearing out the deathclaw nest in Sloan suddenly seems quite trivial.

Deathclaws in there are just.....galaxies above anything you'll find in the Vanilla game.  It's amazing how much Lonesome Road ups the difficultiy of facing those bastards.

Ironbite-I am actually scared to face them in closed quarters.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 25, 2015, 04:47:58 pm
Damn, the Courier's Mile doesn't fuck around. Great fun, though. I was toting a gauss rifle, the All American and wearing elite riot gear and I still felt highly vulnerable.

On the other hand, clearing out the deathclaw nest in Sloan suddenly seems quite trivial.

Deathclaws in there are just.....galaxies above anything you'll find in the Vanilla game.  It's amazing how much Lonesome Road ups the difficultiy of facing those bastards.

Ironbite-I am actually scared to face them in closed quarters.

Yeah, I certainly learned that the hard way. I figured I can at least tank one or two of them long enough to put them down. Nope. Just three hits was enough to kill me. With my elite riot armour + helmet and 10 endurance. Atom help the poor bastard who goes with a melee build.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 25, 2015, 05:33:51 pm
I just use my Riot Shotty loaded with slugs, so I'm not sure why exactly you're so terrified of Deathclaws.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on February 25, 2015, 05:40:51 pm
Completed Resident Evil Revelations the other day. Final boss was a good fight, and easier than i thought it would be (i cheated, i stuck a rocket launcher in a weapon box). Shame I WONT be touching Revleations 2. Though going by reviews of episode one, I'm not missing out on much.

Got a New Nintendo 3DS, love it. Snagged one of the Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate LE XLs. Its amazing how the extra screen real estate makes the 3d shine compared to my old 3DS. It also fits nicer my hands, which is a plus. Oh and the 3d is a lot more stable too, which is a big plus.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is really good, i think it might be the first MH game i "get" (Tri came very close, thinking of it i got a free download copy of 3 Ultimate when i bought Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U so i might give it another try...), it just seems to work much better now. And there is nothing like taking down a big beasty with your bare hands (well kinda).

I did get Majora's Mask, but i haven't touched it yet (oops). Smash Bros 3DS is like a brand new game on the New 3DS, the C stick for Smash attacks really helps and it doesn't take forever to load now. Which is a big plus.

Oh and (i like saying that) if you like Monster Hunter Sony's "clone" (though its more like a third person shooter mixed with MH) Freedom Wars is worth a look if you have a Vita or PSTV. The whole working off a million year sentence for just being born is pretty unique too. I got hit with a few extra years for resting on my bed at the start, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 25, 2015, 05:41:08 pm
Go down the Lonesome Road and then speak to us.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 27, 2015, 07:58:13 pm
$387,000 for a special edition. (http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/24/8105155/dying-light-special-edition-costs-387000)

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Comes with...adult diapers.

The fuck?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 27, 2015, 08:52:00 pm
Oh my god and I know idiots who would pay this much for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on February 27, 2015, 08:59:49 pm
The bigger question is, why are high-quality low-light optics paired with adult diapers?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 27, 2015, 09:06:36 pm
The bigger question is, why are high-quality low-light optics paired with adult diapers?

I think the idea is that the game is so scary you'll shit yourself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on February 27, 2015, 09:16:34 pm
I've seen a few games recently that had ridiculous special editions like this. I think Saint's Row 4 was the first, but it was a supposed to be a parody of the increasingly stupid, but still buyable, special editions games were getting. I don't understand why anyone took that and are now doing so in seriousness.

I really don't understand why you would do this for a totally new game. The Halo or COD games could probably get away with actually having $1,000 special edition, because they have established fan bases. In fact, I might
 consider buying a $1,000 Halo special edition if it was released and I had the money, but only if I was damn sure the game was gonna be good.

Has anyone actually bought one of these things? From this game or any other?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on February 27, 2015, 09:43:12 pm
The bigger question is, why are high-quality low-light optics paired with adult diapers?

I think the idea is that the game is so scary you'll shit yourself.
And you don't have to take bathroom breaks from playing the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on February 27, 2015, 10:05:02 pm
Y'know, people call me lazy, but I've never felt that going to the bathroom was such a chore that I'd rather spend some time with a diaper full of piss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on February 27, 2015, 10:16:36 pm
The bigger question is, why are high-quality low-light optics paired with adult diapers?

I think the idea is that the game is so scary you'll shit yourself.
And you don't have to take bathroom breaks from playing the game.

For the sort of people who care that much, installing a computer rig around the toilet in the bathroom is the superior option.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 28, 2015, 10:40:50 am
The bigger question is, why are high-quality low-light optics paired with adult diapers?

I think the idea is that the game is so scary you'll shit yourself.
And you don't have to take bathroom breaks from playing the game.

For the sort of people who care that much, installing a computer rig around the toilet in the bathroom is the superior option.

Too much work, just get some WD-40 and a long enough length of rubber hose.  Shove the big hose up your ass and the smaller one up your urethra, put the other end into the toilet, and you're set.  All you'd need after that is a system to remotely flush, which you could prolly do with some superglue, pulleys, and a length of nylon rope.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on February 28, 2015, 11:49:22 am
The bigger question is, why are high-quality low-light optics paired with adult diapers?

I think the idea is that the game is so scary you'll shit yourself.
And you don't have to take bathroom breaks from playing the game.

For the sort of people who care that much, installing a computer rig around the toilet in the bathroom is the superior option.

Too much work, just get some WD-40 and a long enough length of rubber hose.  Shove the big hose up your ass and the smaller one up your urethra, put the other end into the toilet, and you're set.  All you'd need after that is a system to remotely flush, which you could prolly do with some superglue, pulleys, and a length of nylon rope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQCVwwdrnkA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on March 03, 2015, 03:33:25 pm
Bah, didn't know you could buy Large Barrel's from the Item Shop. So now my Palico looks like Luigi and is carrying a hammer. I love how silly Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate can be!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 04, 2015, 08:26:28 pm
Just picked up Vanquish on the cheap. This game is fucking bonkers, I love it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on March 05, 2015, 05:30:30 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL9duDPbaP4

'bout damn time the New Order got itself more games in that style.

So, what do we have in this trailer alone?

-Hints of a more Return-esque enemy lineup, including more Ubersoldat 1946 models in action. I'm holding out hope for something supernatural, considering the Wewelsburg-esque trappings of the Castle itself.
-Hints of a sawed off shotty, bolt action rifle,  revolver or break action pistol (?) of some form.
-Wilheim scream, baby!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 06, 2015, 02:06:57 am
...Ok the end of the video was brilliant.

And at least it is not yet another remake and instead seems to be set in the same continuity as the previous Wolfenstein.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 06, 2015, 10:54:41 am
Actually, I wouldn't mind a remake of Return to Castle Wolfenstein in TNO's engine.  That said, this does look absolutely freaking sweet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 06, 2015, 11:34:56 pm
...Ok the end of the video was brilliant.

And at least it is not yet another remake and instead seems to be set in the same continuity as the previous Wolfenstein.

I believe it's a prequel to the main game, and is a stand-alone DLC like Blood Dragon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 07, 2015, 01:29:49 am
...Well yeah, it specifically says that it happens just before the latest Wolfenstein.

He is after the location of Death's head's base and the New Order began with an allied attack on that base.

(Still, I have to say that I didn't like the melee pipes on the trailer.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on March 07, 2015, 01:11:33 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra1FA5iJGAs

And we have gameplay!

EDIT:

One of the devs mentions there's a bit more of the occult in The Old Blood, which gets me really excited. With this being mentioned in connection to the scene at the end of the first trailer, with the guy on fire and all, I think I can make one conclusion here with the available evidence.

The return of the Despoiled seems the most likely, considering their appearance. For those not in the know, these enemies from Wolf2009 were in essence horrid burning revenants taking the form of SS officers. Furthermore, Castle Wolfenstein is based off the infamous Castle Wewelsburg, which was well known as a center of SS Ariosophy-derived occultism, which gives my theory extra weight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 07, 2015, 07:48:56 pm
I really wish Dragon Ball Xenoverse let my create-a-character go beyond Super Saiyan 2.  Fuck, they have me fighting literal gods, is being able to at least 3 so much to ask?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 07, 2015, 08:27:53 pm
I just wish Dragonball Xenoverse would have servers that lasted more then one parallel quest.

Ironbite-I mean that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on March 07, 2015, 10:03:46 pm
I think everyone that plays Xenoverse agrees with you, Ibby.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 07, 2015, 11:18:01 pm
I just wish Dragonball Xenoverse would have servers that lasted more then one parallel quest.

Ironbite-I mean that.

Intrepid reverse engineers are prolly on that as we speak.  At least, for the PC version.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on March 08, 2015, 04:25:29 pm
That moment when your 3DS gives you the flashing red light of doom just as you are fighting a monster >_>

*Sigh*

Some other random games - completed The Order 1886 and honestly i don't know why its getting so much hate? Yeah its short, but so are many games now...

Also playing the original Killzone... it hasn't aged well at all, even with the minor spit and polish for the HD remaster. Still, going to get through it before i play 2 and 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chitoryu12 on March 08, 2015, 05:06:43 pm
That moment when your 3DS gives you the flashing red light of doom just as you are fighting a monster >_>

*Sigh*

Some other random games - completed The Order 1886 and honestly i don't know why its getting so much hate? Yeah its short, but so are many games now...

Also playing the original Killzone... it hasn't aged well at all, even with the minor spit and polish for the HD remaster. Still, going to get through it before i play 2 and 3.

The Order feels like it was very heavily chopped up. It was marketed showing all four knights fighting together, suggesting it would be a 4-player co-op game. In the end, all you get is a short single player campaign with the other knights coming and going from the plot as they please. Plot points and background tidbits come and go, as if subplots and levels were cut away incompletely. There's a moment at the beginning where you're told to try and use non-lethal force against bedlamites (as if you're going to be in a partially stealth section with the option for non-lethal knockouts), only to find yourself massacring them by the dozens as soon as one appears. All in the same third-person cover-based shooter gameplay as a billion games before it.

It looks gorgeous and is full of detail and has a really interesting background and setting, but it fails to make a splash in terms of actual interest. Yeah, it's kinda fun. But it's the hollow kind of fun, where the game gets made to show off the PS4's technical capabilities and then gets tossed in a bargain bin before the year is out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 08, 2015, 06:18:49 pm
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/10051-The-Order-1886-Review

This about sums it up.

Ironbite-like word for word that's what Yahtzee said.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on March 08, 2015, 09:05:58 pm
Hey, if I were to post my DS friend code, would anyone be interested in playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf with me? Playing by myself has gotten kinda dull.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 11, 2015, 12:14:37 am
So I've been playing through the Kingdom Hearts series and I'm working on Birth By Sleep as of now. And in all three scenarios, I get completely brickwalled by the final bosses. They're unfairly difficult and the difficulty comes out of fucking nowhere. I hate these bosses.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on March 11, 2015, 09:22:49 pm
I am not ashamed to say my jaw dropped at playing Dawn of War 2 to the point of where you fight your first Eldar.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 13, 2015, 02:12:47 pm
I am loving the HELL out of Hotline Miami 2.  Its even more brutal and unforgiving than the original, but its also a LOT of fun and the soundtrack is also better...something I didn't think was possible because the original's was fucking PHENOMENAL.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on March 13, 2015, 05:28:46 pm
Killzone's idea of making the later levels harder is by including more elites, and making them bullet sponges. Bah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 13, 2015, 05:55:31 pm
Holy SHIT...

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 13, 2015, 10:20:12 pm
Holy SHIT...

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Which one is richter? Disjointed stories make no sense to me
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 13, 2015, 10:46:36 pm
Holy SHIT...

(click to show/hide)

Which one is richter? Disjointed stories make no sense to me

He's the dude in the rat mask.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on March 14, 2015, 10:59:22 am
So, I think Cyrus is pretty much my favorite character in Dawn of War 2 now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 16, 2015, 09:13:17 am
I got The Force Unleashed yesterday, and my GOD, I forgot how fun that game is.  Killing hordes of living carpets as Darth Vader and throwing god damned TIE-Fighters at people as Starkiller; that's what a Force-user should be, not some braindead ascetic sitting around in a monastery like a useless bag of flesh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 16, 2015, 09:17:38 am
Bioshock Infinite is now a free download on XBox Live.  I never played the game before, so I thought I'd give it a try.  Unfortunately, it's taking over an hour to download.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on March 16, 2015, 09:50:34 pm
Orks shouldn't be as fun to play as they are in Dawn of War 2. Silence, ya fucking grot. Orkz is the biggest and da strongest! WAAAGH!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 18, 2015, 10:19:15 pm
I am a counterstrike faggot. Finally broke out of silver
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 19, 2015, 01:09:44 am
Orks shouldn't be as fun to play as they are in Dawn of War 2. Silence, ya fucking grot. Orkz is the biggest and da strongest! WAAAGH!

Get Retribution. Captin Bludflagg and his team are the highlight of the game...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 19, 2015, 03:47:07 pm
I see where Bioshock Infinite gets its name.  It took me over 2 hours to download the game.  Then, I learned it autosaves, but only at certain points (usually after main missions).  Also, its version of letting you know is a small icon in the corner of the screen that's easy to miss.  So if you plan to play the game for a half hour, you better make sure you reach the save point first.  I lost a lot of gameplay because I mistook a loading icon for a saving one.

Which sucks because otherwise I love the game.  Riding the rails, so to speak, is a blast.  Also melee combat, after a few upgrades, is an awesome bloodbath!  I just wish it allowed manual saves.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 21, 2015, 12:06:08 pm
I'm finding Hotline Miami 2's hard mode to be paradoxically easier than normal mode.  Might just be because I now have access to the good shit, but I'm not restarting half as often as I did the first time around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 21, 2015, 12:25:28 pm
This seems interesting: http://subnauticagame.com/

It is still unfinished but I'll have to remember to check it later. At least it seems to look really pretty and I like underwater games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on March 21, 2015, 11:58:46 pm
This seems interesting: http://subnauticagame.com/

It is still unfinished but I'll have to remember to check it later. At least it seems to look really pretty and I like underwater games.

I've actually been watching the LPer Generikb play it for the past week or so. It looks great. I'm just waiting for more stuff to be added until I buy it myself.

One thing they hope to add eventually is the ability to go inside the crashed colony ship, presumably to salvage things from it. Currently the ship is just a model the player phases through is they get to, which they can't because of radiation. I'm really hoping they add a lot more submarine models, and maybe the ability to custom build one out of parts. They're currently working on a terraformer tool which allows you to suck up and reshape the terrain, including building islands. The map as it is now has an island that floats atop giant air sac creatures. I'm not totally sure, but from the way people are talking, the map isn't procedurally generated. I think they might be working on doing that as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 22, 2015, 02:26:37 am
I like this guy's video about Subnautica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGn0ozm2BzY

He is a geologist complains about inaccuracies in the game and talks trivia about geology and diving.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on March 22, 2015, 02:54:12 am
Somehow, I managed to kill the Avatar of Khaine and acquire for Avitus a suit of bitching Terminator armor.

As for Gorgutz Totes didn't make that mistake, I meant- , I'm not sure how exactly I'm going to tackle him. As I don't currently have any Plasma Weapons even worthy of consideration and all of my established squad are at least Level 17 or above, I'm just going to use the same tactic I used on the Avatar. That being flinging a shit-ton of force at him and seeing what happens- no matter which way the battle turns.

EDIT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

None can stop the crusade of the righteous, bitches! 'nids, Orks, Eldar, Avitus's grumpiness, Force Commander Silence, Goddamn Fire Prisms, not-Swarmlord, and even the somewhat interesting philosophical discussions of a band of killing machines!

And is it just me, or do the Blood Ravens tend to lose a shit-ton of Terminator armor for a chapter that is renowned for "trading" sacred chapter relics?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 22, 2015, 06:15:08 pm
Everyone's running around talking about Orks and Blood Ravens and I'm just sitting here hanging out with the Tau.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on March 22, 2015, 06:29:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqWZkCqI6NM

Looks promising.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on March 22, 2015, 10:19:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqWZkCqI6NM

Looks promising.

Oh.

A entire city of antidepressant-addicted psychopathic clown people, led (I guess, though I can see the Equilibrium twist from a mile away here) by a Male Sophia Lamb. Lovely, just what I needed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 23, 2015, 03:09:38 am
Finally finished Fallout: New Vegas. I have to say, it's one of the best RPGs I've ever played, neck and neck with Planescape: Torment. Fantastic game, all around. Such a shame that once again, Obsidian got shafted in the budget and time department. As solid as the game is, the time constraints certainly show, particularly the mid to late game. Once you kill Benny, you could probably finish the main story in just a couple of hours, if that.

Just imagine what Obsidian could do with a publisher that doesn't fuck them over. No doubt it would truly be a sight to behold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 23, 2015, 09:38:49 am
Though, you gotta admit, the last bits at Hoover Dam were fucking EPIC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 23, 2015, 09:54:40 am
Most definitely. Especially with the CZ57 Avenger. It takes mere seconds to turn a would-be legion ambush into a thin red mist. Not to mention, it's kind of cool to see Brotherhood of Steel and Enclave soldiers fighting side by side.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 24, 2015, 09:49:22 am
(More modded Minecraft complaints.  Yay!)

Ya know, for their "kitchen sink" pack and "successor to Monster," FTB Infinity is...kinda lacklustre.  Monster had a LOT of shit, in terms of both tech and magic: it had Thaumcraft, Ars Magica, Blood Magic, Magical Crops and other magic stuff and as far as tech, it had almost everything RF (Thermal Expansion, Big Reactors, MineFactory Reloaded, et al), IndustrialCraft, BuildCraft, Forestry, RotaryCraft, ElectriCraft, ReactorCraft, and so on.  It had multiple systems you could work with; if you didn't fancy one, you could go and work with another.  If you didn't like IC2, you could do TE; if you didn't like either, you had RotaryCraft.

Basically, Monster had options, and lots of them.  That's what "kitchen sink pack" friggin means: everything, including the kitchen sink.  Infinity has no Reika's mods (RotaryCraft et al), and you're pretty much restricted to either RF or IC2 since BuildCraft migrated over to RF.  Thaumcraft still has most of its addons intact, I don't think AM2 has updated to 1.7, its still got Blood Magic, but no Magical Crops.  What's in Infinity is fairly good, but unless you purposefully restrain yourself, I can't honestly see worlds lasting very long before you get sick of 'em.  Reika's mods, especially, add a good deal of longevity to worlds and require actual thought into how you set things up: you can't just plop a stack of engines down, combine their power, and have them run anything.  Without going thru pretty much all of its tech tree first, you can't combine the power of more than 4 engines together, so you've got to use gearing and lubricant and a little basic math (multiplication and division, HOW SCAWWY) to meet the requirements of various tiers of machines.

I mean, on the server on which I'm currently playing (third time's the charm, eh?), I could (and actually am, because Rule of Funny) literally power my base using nothing but sugar and raw fucking sewage; I just need to get enough animals and sewers together and spam a tonne of engines, there's little actual thought that needs to go into getting my machines working at maximum efficiency.  Not knocking KingLemming, Team CoFH, or their work, but I'd like something that requires more than time and space to get working at its peak.

FTB Infinity is alright, but its just...lacking.  Its sad, because Monster is one of my favourite packs and seeing its chosen successor paling in comparison.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 28, 2015, 06:20:04 am
22 hours into X3: Reunion and I've only just begun to make progress. Very slow game, but by the time you finally have your intergalactic megacorp up and running, it's the most satisfying thing in the world. Well, not quite. The most satisfying thing is when your intergalactic megacorp finally makes you enough money and builds you enough reputation with at least one of the factions to be able to afford your very own capital ship.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 30, 2015, 07:14:41 am
Shadowrun returns and Dragonfall are surprisingly good games. I think the game would have been better with some videos and at least few talking characters rather than just the text, but this way it does seem more nostalgic retro-game.

Lots of references to the setting of Shadowrun and the previous games. The main character from the SNES Shadowrun, Jake Armitage, is an NPC in Shadowrun returns. Funnily enough, the earlier game began with him waking up at a morgue, having been thought dead, and Returns has the player wake him up when he is sleeping at a morgue...

Dragonfall takes place in Berlin, which is a welcome change. Nice to see more than just Seattle in a Shadowrun game. Dragonfall also has a rather interesting mistake (or a weird joke) there is a NPC who served in the Finnish military during the Eurowars and mentions that Russia invaded Finland from the north and the west.

...That must have been a wild flanking manouver.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 02, 2015, 10:31:29 am
Reading a short interview with Koji Igarashi (former director behind some of the more well-known modern entries in the Castlevania series like Symphony of the Night and Lament of Innocence), and the guy's a sexist douche.  Not surprising considering Japan's got a worse sexism problem than America, but christ.  The dude not only removed the only female Belmont (Sonia, the original original Belmont before Leon came along) from the official timeline, but basically said that he doesn't really do female protagonists because its hard for players to relate to something other than a man, and because weak women are easy to write.  Kinda glad he's not in charge of the series, anymore.  Maybe we'll end up getting another Sonia Belmont sometime now that he's fucked off to do his own thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 02, 2015, 03:32:15 pm
The irony is that he worked on Portrait of Ruin, which had Charlotte, who was awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on April 02, 2015, 07:41:59 pm
Ravynous, could I be provided with a link to the IGA interview in question? It seems quite odd for the creator of a series that only dived into modern storytelling techniques to be pedantic about canon, from my perspective.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 02, 2015, 10:04:52 pm
Ravynous, could I be provided with a link to the IGA interview in question? It seems quite odd for the creator of a series that only dived into modern storytelling techniques to be pedantic about canon, from my perspective.

Here ya go. (http://web.archive.org/web/20120502053348/http://supergirl.741.com/Legends/index.html#continuity)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 03, 2015, 09:48:41 pm
I just finished Redshirt. Not bad for a few hours, thought a bit on the easy side.

In other news, I'm now getting into Crusader Kings 2. Fantastic game all around, probably the best medieval grand strategy/eugenics simulator I've ever played.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 07, 2015, 08:29:46 am
Valkryia Chronicles is pretty great, but I just can't get over some of the kawaii-desu~~ JRPG trappings in the game (the awkward dialogue, the weird poses and one liners after I just blew a dudes brains out)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 07, 2015, 09:25:13 am
...there is a certain comic about Valkyrie Chronicles that I shall link here when I get back to my computer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 07, 2015, 11:59:24 am
Valkryia Chronicles is pretty great, but I just can't get over some of the kawaii-desu~~ JRPG trappings in the game (the awkward dialogue, the weird poses and one liners after I just blew a dudes brains out)

What? No mention of how it appears to have replaced Jews with Japanese people in World War II? To the point where the third game went out of it's way to introduce actual Japanese people to retcon the implication that Darksens are supposed to be Japanese?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 07, 2015, 02:21:28 pm
Valkryia Chronicles is pretty great, but I just can't get over some of the kawaii-desu~~ JRPG trappings in the game (the awkward dialogue, the weird poses and one liners after I just blew a dudes brains out)

What? No mention of how it appears to have replaced Jews with Japanese people in World War II? To the point where the third game went out of it's way to introduce actual Japanese people to retcon the implication that Darksens are supposed to be Japanese?

...I never picked up on that implication, every character looks like just another anime person.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on April 07, 2015, 05:01:20 pm
The two Predators should have joined the Strike Force earlier in Chaos Rising, IMO.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 07, 2015, 05:13:49 pm
Valkryia Chronicles is pretty great, but I just can't get over some of the kawaii-desu~~ JRPG trappings in the game (the awkward dialogue, the weird poses and one liners after I just blew a dudes brains out)

What? No mention of how it appears to have replaced Jews with Japanese people in World War II? To the point where the third game went out of it's way to introduce actual Japanese people to retcon the implication that Darksens are supposed to be Japanese?

What makes you think the Darcsens are specifically meant to represent the Japanese? The dark hair? They picked a random feature to be the basis of racism. Might have used skin colour for that matter as it was not important what that feature was merely that the other ethnic groups did not share the same feature.

And the comic I promised:

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 07, 2015, 07:18:11 pm
Oh jesus fuck now there's this piglet with wings and they're trying to have this emotional scene with a piglet that just lost it's mother but it HAS WINGS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 07, 2015, 08:37:12 pm
Valkryia Chronicles is pretty great, but I just can't get over some of the kawaii-desu~~ JRPG trappings in the game (the awkward dialogue, the weird poses and one liners after I just blew a dudes brains out)

What? No mention of how it appears to have replaced Jews with Japanese people in World War II? To the point where the third game went out of it's way to introduce actual Japanese people to retcon the implication that Darksens are supposed to be Japanese?

Wait...this is a series of terrible games?

Ironbite-*pours a triple*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on April 07, 2015, 09:42:46 pm
*thunks down a second bottle for Ibby, and takes a third for himself with a snicker*

Valkyria Chronicles is fucking awesome.  Agarest is next on my list.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 08, 2015, 01:11:06 am
Oh jesus fuck now there's this piglet with wings and they're trying to have this emotional scene with a piglet that just lost it's mother but it HAS WINGS.
What? Can't you accept a cheesy emotional scene simply because one of the characters on screen is a winged pig? They just wanted to make sure that everyone understands that the game is not set on Earth and none of the countries represents any real country. This is why they subtly changed the animals as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 08, 2015, 10:00:54 am
According to a study done by the University of Oxford, video games do not cause sexism:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844719/?ncbi_mmode=std (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844719/?ncbi_mmode=std)

http://ge.tt/1BUeT0E2/v/0?c (http://ge.tt/1BUeT0E2/v/0?c)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on April 08, 2015, 03:12:11 pm
I'm planning of getting subnautica, I've seen a few lets plays and it seems good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on April 08, 2015, 04:04:29 pm
Capturing monsters in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is hard. Used up all my traps and all my Tranq Bombs catching a Kecha Wacha.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 08, 2015, 05:08:36 pm
Oh the annoyances of being broke, I so want to get Elite: Dangerous cause there aren't a that many space combat games and I need that fix.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on April 08, 2015, 05:27:43 pm
According to a study done by the University of Oxford, video games do not cause sexism:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844719/?ncbi_mmode=std (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844719/?ncbi_mmode=std)

http://ge.tt/1BUeT0E2/v/0?c (http://ge.tt/1BUeT0E2/v/0?c)
While I like the fact that the study seems to refute claims about gamers being more sexist in general there are two immediate notions I made about the study that one should be aware of before making too far reaching conclusions.

First, it really does deal with sexism in a very general sense. The accusations of sexism in the gaming community are usually about behaviour in the specific context of gaming. The few, very simple questions in the study don't pay attention to this at all, they are simply generic questions about gender stereotypes. To see if the accusations are valid one should make additional questions about the attitudes towards female gamers, game developers etc.

Second, it doesn't say anything about how much sexist stereotypes in games support the sexism otherwise present in the society. In this sense games aren't any different from any other cultural phenomena and if one would like to study this aspect it would take a much larger viewpoint that takes into account the influences from as many sources as possible to see the overall picture.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 08, 2015, 05:38:40 pm
According to a study done by the University of Oxford, video games do not cause sexism:

A shame that no one, NOT EVEN ANITA SARKEESIAN, has ever said that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 08, 2015, 06:42:51 pm
Oh jesus fuck now there's this piglet with wings and they're trying to have this emotional scene with a piglet that just lost it's mother but it HAS WINGS.
What? Can't you accept a cheesy emotional scene simply because one of the characters on screen is a winged pig? They just wanted to make sure that everyone understands that the game is not set on Earth and none of the countries represents any real country. This is why they subtly changed the animals as well.

Okay, I admit the pig is growing on me, but damnit, couldn't have they just come up with a new kind of animal? why give a pig WINGS?

Also, I only just found out how engineers can repair tanks with their tools.  makes things a little easier. although it still seems the only way to A rank missions is just to race through as a scout to capture the camps while having a sniper or two picking off any enemies. it sucks that mission ranking is directly tied to speed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on April 08, 2015, 06:47:57 pm
Oh jesus fuck now there's this piglet with wings and they're trying to have this emotional scene with a piglet that just lost it's mother but it HAS WINGS.
What? Can't you accept a cheesy emotional scene simply because one of the characters on screen is a winged pig? They just wanted to make sure that everyone understands that the game is not set on Earth and none of the countries represents any real country. This is why they subtly changed the animals as well.

Okay, I admit the pig is growing on me, but damnit, couldn't have they just come up with a new kind of animal? why give a pig WINGS?

Also, I only just found out how engineers can repair tanks with their tools.  makes things a little easier. although it still seems the only way to A rank missions is just to race through as a scout to capture the camps while having a sniper or two picking off any enemies. it sucks that mission ranking is directly tied to speed.

His name is Hans.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 08, 2015, 07:02:35 pm
According to a study done by the University of Oxford, video games do not cause sexism:

A shame that no one, NOT EVEN ANITA SARKEESIAN, has ever said that.

Shhhhhh...we know where this heads off to.  Can we just not?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 08, 2015, 07:23:16 pm
According to a study done by the University of Oxford, video games do not cause sexism:

A shame that no one, NOT EVEN ANITA SARKEESIAN, has ever said that.

Shhhhhh...we know where this heads off to.  Can we just not?

Yeah, you're right. I'll abstain.

By the way, how did you set him to ignore, anyway?

Valkryia Chronicles is pretty great, but I just can't get over some of the kawaii-desu~~ JRPG trappings in the game (the awkward dialogue, the weird poses and one liners after I just blew a dudes brains out)

What? No mention of how it appears to have replaced Jews with Japanese people in World War II? To the point where the third game went out of it's way to introduce actual Japanese people to retcon the implication that Darksens are supposed to be Japanese?

Wait...this is a series of terrible games?

Ironbite-*pours a triple*

Actually, quite the contrary. Damn good strategy games and decent stories if you ignore the (admittedly very minor and only there if your particular interpretation goes that direction) Darcsen=Japanese implications. It's just that said implications are kinda hilarious and stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 09, 2015, 12:55:09 am
Actually, quite the contrary. Damn good strategy games and decent stories if you ignore the (admittedly very minor and only there if your particular interpretation goes that direction) Darcsen=Japanese implications. It's just that said implications are kinda hilarious and stupid.
WHAT ARE THOSE IMPLICATIONS!?

And what about the Darcsen makes them look like Japanese?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 09, 2015, 01:32:52 am
Actually, quite the contrary. Damn good strategy games and decent stories if you ignore the (admittedly very minor and only there if your particular interpretation goes that direction) Darcsen=Japanese implications. It's just that said implications are kinda hilarious and stupid.
WHAT ARE THOSE IMPLICATIONS!?

And what about the Darcsen makes them look like Japanese?

I dunno, I just thought they looked Japanese and, frankly, it is something I could see the game's writers doing considering I've seen stupider shit along those lines in anime. Considering that they, like I said, shoehorned in actual Japanese people in Valkyria Chronicles III, I think there is at least a grain of truth to it.

Or, considering that I can't find anything on a Google search outside of a few people who also thought they looked Japanese, I'm probably just insane and reading things into it that aren't actually there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 09, 2015, 06:01:03 am
Man, trade republics in Crusader Kings 2 are really overpowered.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 10, 2015, 06:16:23 pm
According to a study done by the University of Oxford, video games do not cause sexism:

A shame that no one, NOT EVEN ANITA SARKEESIAN, has ever said that.

Oh really now?

(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/945/510/a26.png_large)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 10, 2015, 07:37:56 pm
You know, if they make another Metroid game, I hope Anthony Higgs appears again.  He was one of the few good things about Other M.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on April 10, 2015, 10:41:53 pm
Logging in just long enough to say I am loving Bloodborne and Dark Souls 2 SotFS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on April 11, 2015, 12:48:58 am
According to a study done by the University of Oxford, video games do not cause sexism:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844719/?ncbi_mmode=std (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25844719/?ncbi_mmode=std)

http://ge.tt/1BUeT0E2/v/0?c (http://ge.tt/1BUeT0E2/v/0?c)
Just because they don't cause sexism doesn't mean their sexism should be ignored.

If I make a video game called "Niggerkiller" where all you do is kill black people and Jews the game would still be incredibly offensive.

Not to mention, the fact games are actually representative of social biases is worth analysis in itself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on April 12, 2015, 02:09:53 pm
So, uh... I dunno if there's any Diablo players around, but I'm loving the new season. Trying out a Wizard this time, and I gotta say, the bottomless health potion change is well appreciated, to be sure! Also, I got lucky and got a Crown of the Primus as my helmet, so I've been rocking an electric setup with Slow Time, since it gets every rune after all. Only sad part is I got that Crown of the Primus at level 61, so I'll need to get another one for level 70...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on April 12, 2015, 02:34:14 pm
I went ahead and preordered GTA V on Steam so I can start preloading it, and JESUS CHRIST IS IT A HUGE GAME. 65 gigs. I'm gonna have to be downloading it pretty much nonstop all day and night, and even then it's iffy if I'll be able to get it downloaded before it's released.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 12, 2015, 03:03:29 pm
You know, if they make another Metroid game, I hope Anthony Higgs appears again.  He was one of the few good things about Other M.

What, the "REMEMBUH ME" guy?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on April 12, 2015, 09:37:05 pm
I went ahead and preordered GTA V on Steam so I can start preloading it, and JESUS CHRIST IS IT A HUGE GAME. 65 gigs. I'm gonna have to be downloading it pretty much nonstop all day and night, and even then it's iffy if I'll be able to get it downloaded before it's released.

That'd take me at least a week to download, maybe two.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 12, 2015, 10:16:59 pm
Yeah, if and when I ever get that game on PC, I'm going with a physical copy. I don't care how much cheaper it gets in a Steam sale a few years down the line, 65 gigs is just too ridiculous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on April 12, 2015, 11:15:52 pm
The fact they chose to make the Vox Populi be just as bad as Comstock was a stupid. I mean, Comstock is manifestation of colonialism, racism, and militarism in American society, but what are the Vox Populi a manifestation of?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 13, 2015, 02:05:27 am
The Bioshock series has been about different types of societies that strive for utopia but become dystopian instead.

Ryan tried to create an Objectivist utopia but it failed horribly. Without regulation the few successful members preyed on all others and in an attempt to stop it (or at least, attempt to regain control of his city) he turned to strict regulations and opressive regime.

Lamb tried to create an Collectivist utopia but it failed horribly. She controlled people and tried to change them in order to make her ideal society work and when that failed she tried to create a single "Utopian" in a mad belief that this "Messiah" would be able to change the world.

Comstock tried to create and Utopia made from Nationalism and faith. His failure was different from the previous ones, you see MOST of his people were quite happy with their life and the problem were the downtrodden workers and those who questioned the society's laws. If you were white and middle class or better you would do fine AS LONG AS you agreed with the strict laws (religious and Earthly.) On the other hand if you were black or one of the wage-slaves who were holding up the city and making that utopia possible then you were in for a hard life of being opressed and preyed upon.

Finally we get to Vox Populi. Their main agenda was to end the opression in Columbia. Other than that their original agneda and politics don't get much mention but in either case it could even be that politically they were diverse but all we see are their fight against Comstock and the change that comes when they have won... The opressed immediately become the oppressors. The justice and equality were immediately forgotten when THEY became the ones in power.

The thing is that, even though you could claim that Bioshock series shows ideologies that are horrible the thing is that it might simply be that they are showing HOW ideologies might go horribly wrong (or horribly right) and the point may not be that these particular ideologies could never work.

The Vox started with a good idea, but due to being caught up with their hatred and revenge they became as bad (or worse) than the regime they replaced. Which, when you think about it, is something that has happened in real life as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 13, 2015, 03:08:22 am
Which is how I interpreted it, but the game doesn't make things as clear as, say, why Comstock's society sucks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 13, 2015, 04:08:44 am
Yes it does. It shows the racism and opression in Comstocks society quite clearly. It does not show the society in ruins like the previous ones because this one is worse in a certain way. Ryan and Lamb failed because their utopia did not work with the way people are. Comstock SUCCEEDED because people were ok with the racism and oppression. His town was utopia for the rulers and hell for the slaves and those who did not fit in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on April 13, 2015, 08:23:22 am
The fact they chose to make the Vox Populi be just as bad as Comstock was a stupid. I mean, Comstock is manifestation of colonialism, racism, and militarism in American society, but what are the Vox Populi a manifestation of?

The radical anarchists/communists of the 1900s-1910s.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 13, 2015, 09:31:16 am
The wiki says that the Red Army Faction were an inspiration for the Vox populi.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on April 13, 2015, 11:41:26 am
The fact they chose to make the Vox Populi be just as bad as Comstock was a stupid. I mean, Comstock is manifestation of colonialism, racism, and militarism in American society, but what are the Vox Populi a manifestation of?

The radical anarchists/communists of the 1900s-1910s.
I never actually thought of them like that, the fact there leader was black made me figure they were a floating black panthers metaphor.

That being said, I kinda think they should have gone less for a "both sides are equally evil" and made the Vox to be more a "language of the unheard" kinda deal. I feel that by showing the the options being only two extremes they forget that historically, apathy and unnecessary moderation (I speak of "maybe we wait a bit for your peoples voting rights" moderation), have been just as dangerouse,  if not more so, than outright malice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 13, 2015, 12:31:01 pm
The fact they chose to make the Vox Populi be just as bad as Comstock was a stupid. I mean, Comstock is manifestation of colonialism, racism, and militarism in American society, but what are the Vox Populi a manifestation of?

The radical anarchists/communists of the 1900s-1910s.
I never actually thought of them like that, the fact there leader was black made me figure they were a floating black panthers metaphor.

That being said, I kinda think they should have gone less for a "both sides are equally evil" and made the Vox to be more a "language of the unheard" kinda deal. I feel that by showing the the options being only two extremes they forget that historically, apathy and unnecessary moderation (I speak of "maybe we wait a bit for your peoples voting rights" moderation), have been just as dangerouse,  if not more so, than outright malice.


The point wasn't that the Vox populi were in the other extreme. They already had that with Ryan vs Lamb comparison between the first two Bioshock games.

The problem with the Vox was that they were hypocrites who abandoned their ideals the moment they were in power.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on April 13, 2015, 02:53:10 pm
I know that, what I'm getting at is that the message feels to much like it's trying to paint people who use violence to fight oppresion as being just as bad and dangerous as the people doing the oppression. (This isn't helped by Booker saying he distrusts the group before he even learns of its atrocities).

And could have just been warning about extremist civil rights advocates, that messages seems pointless considering while colonialism, racism, and militarism are still relevant aspects of American society, weathermam type groups haven't ever been a truly comparable issue in 20-30 years*.

Plus it dampens the "Heart of Darkness" feel Columbia had going for it.
Mainly the last thing really.




*PETA doesn't count because the Vox have respect for racial minorities and women
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 13, 2015, 03:45:39 pm
Yes it does. It shows the racism and opression in Comstocks society quite clearly. It does not show the society in ruins like the previous ones because this one is worse in a certain way. Ryan and Lamb failed because their utopia did not work with the way people are. Comstock SUCCEEDED because people were ok with the racism and oppression. His town was utopia for the rulers and hell for the slaves and those who did not fit in.

No, I mean in comparison to the Vox Populi. The game is very obvious on why Columbia sucks while under Comstock's rule.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 13, 2015, 04:07:28 pm
I thought one of the creators of the Bioshock games said that the main message is the danger of extremism and how any ideal can be twisted in dangerous ways.

Personally, I ignored the story in BI after the first play-thru, especially after spending half the game checking out Elizabeth, only to find out the ending.  After that, I just played the game until right after the final battle.  Then, right after it saved, I went back to the main menu and started over, since I loved the gameplay and combat itself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 13, 2015, 04:23:04 pm
I know that, what I'm getting at is that the message feels to much like it's trying to paint people who use violence to fight oppresion as being just as bad and dangerous as the people doing the oppression. (This isn't helped by Booker saying he distrusts the group before he even learns of its atrocities).

And could have just been warning about extremist civil rights advocates, that messages seems pointless considering while colonialism, racism, and militarism are still relevant aspects of American society, weathermam type groups haven't ever been a truly comparable issue in 20-30 years*.

Plus it dampens the "Heart of Darkness" feel Columbia had going for it.
Mainly the last thing really.




*PETA doesn't count because the Vox have respect for racial minorities and women

Except Columbia isn't based on 21st Century America, it's based on Gilded Age America.  And left-wing extremism was responsible for a lot of violence and terrorism.  The assassination of William McKinley is probably the most famous example.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 13, 2015, 05:10:16 pm
Notice that the second the VP get any form of power, they immediately go around the city scalping people?  They go mad with power, wanting revenge on all who have wronged them and all who have kept them in chains and shackles.  The Vox are not nice in some realities and that's the message that was trying to be given.

Ironbite-of course you could'v had the original plan where the Vox and the Founders where the last of the major power groups fighting it out in the streets.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on April 13, 2015, 06:14:19 pm
I know that, what I'm getting at is that the message feels to much like it's trying to paint people who use violence to fight oppresion as being just as bad and dangerous as the people doing the oppression. (This isn't helped by Booker saying he distrusts the group before he even learns of its atrocities).

And could have just been warning about extremist civil rights advocates, that messages seems pointless considering while colonialism, racism, and militarism are still relevant aspects of American society, weathermam type groups haven't ever been a truly comparable issue in 20-30 years*.

Plus it dampens the "Heart of Darkness" feel Columbia had going for it.
Mainly the last thing really.




*PETA doesn't count because the Vox have respect for racial minorities and women

Except Columbia isn't based on 21st Century America, it's based on Gilded Age America.  And left-wing extremism was responsible for a lot of violence and terrorism.  The assassination of William McKinley is probably the most famous example.
I didn't actually hear about that, to me it seemed like it was meant to be a metaphor for modern day America.
That being said, I feel that they should have been based more on the Various IRAs and the Spanish Nationilists. I would have liked for the story to depict the group as not only needlesly violent, but also doomed to eventually be utterly destroyed by a much more powerful group.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on April 14, 2015, 08:56:22 am
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/09/esa-says-preserving-old-games-is-illegal-because-its-hacking (http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/09/esa-says-preserving-old-games-is-illegal-because-its-hacking)

Quote
The ESA also proposes to reject research bodies from exemption, essentially barring them from modifying consoles as tools for research. The ESA suggest that researchers should use cloud computing to conduct their research, rather than hacked PlayStation consoles.  IGN Logo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4CofbOiKj0
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 14, 2015, 09:58:01 am
This is the first time I heard about this ESA (rather than the European Space Agency) and I already dislike them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on April 14, 2015, 02:55:20 pm
Ok, so I woke up this morning to an Email telling me my WoW account has been banned for buying or selling gold or something. There's a few problems with that, biggest of which being that I do not now, nor have I ever played WoW. How an account I don't Have can be banned I don't know. I'm assuming it's a phishing email, but I thought it would be a good idea to ask you all what you think is going on. The mailers name was just the date and time "2015-04-14 17:27:13" with the actual email address being "a0952060155@gmail.com". Hmmm, that seems totally like a legit email address and name Blizzard would use. /s The weird thing is that the links seem to be for the official site, but I'm not clicking to find out. Here's the email in question.

(click to show/hide)

The other possibility is someone stole my email account and used it to sign up for a WoW account to use for gold farming or something. Which really begs the question of why do that and not just make a throwaway gmail account. Last night happened to be the first time in a while that I've logged in to my email from my computer, which happened to be the email I got this message on, and I had to enter my password which could have been stolen then I guess. How a virus got on to my computer is also a mystery as even before I installed anti virus the computer rarely had virus problems. I now have Kaspersky, which I happen to be using right now to do a full scan on my laptop, desktop, and tablet because of this.

I haven't enough time all day to really do much looking (I would have spent the time typing this message anyway) ti see if there are any reports of this happening to other people. I did however quickly look this morning and found reports of a poorly done WoW phishing email from a few years back, but it had the obvious "go here to prove it's your account" phishing links. I also found a report of an email that from what I remember briefly skimming it, looked almost exactly like this one, but the other people posting on the thread said it was legit.

So, anyone got any advice? Do you think it's a random email spammed to all addresses the spammers can find? Should I go and change passwords on all my accounts everywhere?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on April 14, 2015, 03:11:42 pm
There's a few problems with that, biggest of which being that I do not now, nor have I ever played WoW.

So...ignore it? People don't have to have access to your e-mail to sign up to services using your address.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 14, 2015, 04:54:23 pm
From what I recall, WoW doesn't require a confirmation email to make an account, so any valid email address will do.  Though, it couldn't hurt to change your password, just in case.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on April 15, 2015, 01:15:26 am
Did you mouse-over the links to check they are going to where they say? You can just write http://www.google.com (http://phishingscammers.ru/thisisagiantscam.html) and have it link elsewhere.

If that's the case, it's almost certainly a random phishing attempt and changing all your passwords is probably unnecessary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on April 15, 2015, 02:25:46 pm
Super Smash Bros Wii U/3DS has an update out now, adding DLC support. If you registered both versions your MewTwo codes should be waiting for you. Downloading update now on my 3DS, taking awhile.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 17, 2015, 04:24:14 am
Replaying GTAIII. It's like revisiting an old friend. Gotta love the odd bit of nostalgia every now and again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 17, 2015, 04:36:01 am
Wheeeeee people are freaking out about a supposed graphical "downgrade" for Xenoblade X when we've seen actual gameplay footage of it for over a year and it doesn't look as good as the CG announcement trailer.

Seriously. People are saying it's as bad or worse than Watch Dogs and Colonial Marines. Didn't know outright dishonest showings months before release were the same as knowing full well what the game would look like over a year before launch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 17, 2015, 08:17:08 am
Replaying GTAIII. It's like revisiting an old friend. Gotta love the odd bit of nostalgia every now and again.

"Motherfucking snake without a tongue!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Random Gal on April 17, 2015, 05:39:15 pm
I caught a shiny Swinub earlier this week!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on April 17, 2015, 05:41:55 pm
That always feels good, don't it? When I caught a shiny tentacool, I trained it up and beat a gym leader with it. Form AND function.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 17, 2015, 05:51:17 pm
That always feels good, don't it? When I caught a shiny tentacool, I trained it up and beat a gym leader with it. Form AND function.

I remember my first shiny.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 17, 2015, 06:18:06 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWLns7-xN8

Ironbite-don't feel like fighting the interface.  Star Wars Battlefront.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 17, 2015, 08:45:00 pm
I think I should first point out that "game engine footage" doesn't necessarily mean the game will look exactly like that. That said, if they can make it look close to that, it'll still be a damn good looking game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on April 17, 2015, 09:06:00 pm
The pairing of a Jetpack with a rocket launcher by a Sullustan in that trailer was pretty cool, I must say.

 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 17, 2015, 09:29:48 pm
Unless they have Starkiller, it ain't worth the money.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 18, 2015, 05:48:32 am
I prefer GTA IV. It's more gritty. 5 just feels like saints row two.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 18, 2015, 07:26:57 am
Really?! I found IV to be far too bland and up itself for my tastes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 18, 2015, 09:58:07 am
Aye, IV took us away from San Andreas, which was HUGE and enjoyable and funny, and put us in the body of a moody Eastern European living in a tiny shithole of a city living out a rather crap attempt at a serious crime drama.  IV was a graphical and engine improvement, and that was pretty much it; every other piece of it was decidedly inferior to San Andreas and laughable compared to V.  V actually tries to be fun and amusing, which is what GTA has been since before Saint's Row was a lecherous gleam in its father's eye.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 18, 2015, 07:50:15 pm
Oh, and let's not forget, "'Ey, Niko, Eets your cousin! Want to go bowling?"

Yes, that's want I want in a Grand Theft Auto game. To be constantly interrupted by dickhead NPCs so I can play some utterly tedious minigames for no reward whatsoever. The girlfriends in San Andreas were by far its worst feature, but they at least had the courtesy to be killable, or at the very least keep their goddamn mouths shut if you decide to ignore them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 18, 2015, 09:14:48 pm
Hell, that's what I did with Denise in San An.  She was fucking up the Caligula's thing by being a possessive bitch trying to claim I was her boyfriend even though we'd never gone on a single date since we first met.  I.  Absolutely.  LOATHED.  Roman Bellic.  He was the single worst thing in that entire cramped sewer of a game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 19, 2015, 04:46:53 am
Took me 3 days to download Assassins Creed Black Flag because Xbox Live kept disconnecting.  Either they were having problems, or a lot of people were trying to download the game as well.  My wife, who was trying to download it to her system as well, got so frustrated, she bought us both a copy online.  I completely forgot it was still downloading until last night, when it completed.  Oh well, I'll just keep the copy she bought me as a back-up, in case I ever need to delete the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 19, 2015, 04:59:33 am
You'll still be waiting for an install with a physical copy, though it is a hell of a lot faster than downloading.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on April 19, 2015, 11:52:47 am
You'll still be waiting for an install with a physical copy, though it is a hell of a lot faster than downloading.

Xbox One installs take a lot longer than PS4 installs for some reason. I think MS cheaped out and used a slower Blu-ray drive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 19, 2015, 03:27:15 pm
So apparently Final Fantasy XIV is the one MMORPG I'm actually really enjoying for some reason. which is interesting because the last Final Fantasy game I played (VII) was quite irritating to play. maybe the later games in the series ain't so bad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 19, 2015, 03:35:33 pm
You'll still be waiting for an install with a physical copy, though it is a hell of a lot faster than downloading.

Usually I've had no problem downloading the free games, no matter how large they are.  The last two (Bioshock Infinite last month) took me the longest.

Ugh, I hate AC BF's autosave.  Sometime I just want to play the game for a half hour.  Let me play the game and save when I want to, instead of having to wait for the little icon.  It really sucks if I miss the icon and have to keep playing so I don't miss something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 19, 2015, 05:52:44 pm
You'll still be waiting for an install with a physical copy, though it is a hell of a lot faster than downloading.

Xbox One installs take a lot longer than PS4 installs for some reason. I think MS cheaped out and used a slower Blu-ray drive.

Yeah, I'd believe that. Still faster than downloading, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on April 19, 2015, 07:22:29 pm
Xbox Live on the 360 has been fucked for a while now, with all kinds of connection problems.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 22, 2015, 05:44:19 am
You know, I've been playing GTA III ever since release, yet I'm only discovering now how much I hate Shoreside Vale. It's not so bad if you're just doing the story missions, but for a completionist run, its layout is the worst fucking thing ever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on April 22, 2015, 05:12:10 pm

(http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xZXfKMCF--/1076978756659843757.gif)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_-jFo69YtU
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 23, 2015, 09:05:11 pm
People are boycotting Killing Floor 2 because the EULA says you cant harass others on their servers
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on April 24, 2015, 11:13:09 pm
People are boycotting Killing Floor 2 because the EULA says you cant harass others on their servers

From my experience with the first game, sounds about right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 25, 2015, 12:30:19 pm
Valve has recently introduced "paid mods" for the Steam Workshop. 

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/aboutpaidcontent/ (http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/aboutpaidcontent/)

Honestly, I think this is a very bad idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 25, 2015, 12:54:07 pm
Its a more direct version of having ads on your project site or putting your links behind AdFly.  Whether or not its a good thing is up to your interpretation, but I wouldn't mind paying a little for additional content if its actually worth the money.  I mean, its basically DLC that isn't made by the developer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on April 25, 2015, 01:09:52 pm
Its a more direct version of having ads on your project site or putting your links behind AdFly.  Whether or not its a good thing is up to your interpretation, but I wouldn't mind paying a little for additional content if its actually worth the money.  I mean, its basically DLC that isn't made by the developer.

>implying anyone will actually buy mods
>implying the percent given is actually enough to support modders
>implying modders don't have Patreons or something you could donate to
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 25, 2015, 03:05:40 pm
The idea of people selling mods is perfectly fine to me. As long as it's endorsed by the developer/publisher, I have no problem with people asking for money for the mods they put a lot of work into. The problem is, within a day, the mod store already had Greenlight abuse due to the holes in the system.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on April 25, 2015, 03:28:53 pm
Its a more direct version of having ads on your project site or putting your links behind AdFly.  Whether or not its a good thing is up to your interpretation, but I wouldn't mind paying a little for additional content if its actually worth the money.  I mean, its basically DLC that isn't made by the developer.

>implying anyone will actually buy mods
>implying the percent given is actually enough to support modders
>implying modders don't have Patreons or something you could donate too

Yeah, that and the possibility for the same kind of sketchy bullshit you see on Early Access games from time to time.

For one, I don't like the idea if this is used on games still in development, were updates can render past versions of a mod non functional. If the mod creator doesn't update the mod to keep it usable, the you just got screwed out of however much money. Think of all the mods for minecraft that the creators either abandoned or don't have time to work on. And these is even hugely popular mods like redpower and Xycraft. Last I checked, people are still working on building a replacement for Redpower.

It would be one thing if the prices are pretty cheap, but if the price get like the shit some companies pull on Xbox Live, that will be a huge problem.

Now for a sort of related rant: I payed $20 for the first Destiny DLC, and it had one short mission that was interesting and involved going somewhere I hadn't ran through a hundred times before while grinding. I never even got to play the biggest draw of the DLC, the raid, because you all but require a team of six max level players who have mics and can work together well. On top of that, I heard it wasn't nearly as fun as the first raid, which incorporated puzzles, mazes of tunnels, and platforming that isn't seen anywhere else. I managed to get enough people together once to go through it to the final boss but couldn't finish because people had to quit.

It was pretty fun and challenging, so it's a shame most people never get a chance to see it and that it makes up a small portion of the game. The rest of Destiny was just playing through a hard to follow story, grinding through those story missions over and over, or playing PVP match that got boring real fast. The two PVP maps that were large and featured vehicles(which I loved) being so disliked by most players that they rarely showed up.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on April 27, 2015, 06:03:32 pm
I played Bioshock Infinate for about four hours this morning (inb4 slowpoke) and I understand exactly nothing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 27, 2015, 06:08:23 pm
How the fuck does Regigigas make me go through seventeen Ultra Balls.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on April 27, 2015, 06:38:46 pm
Sometimes I start again with games I left a while back. I've done that for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and gods damn, I forgot how annoying and dumb the anti-aug people are.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 27, 2015, 06:47:40 pm
I played Bioshock Infinate for about four hours this morning (inb4 slowpoke) and I understand exactly nothing.

Keep playing.  You'll understand less then that then suddenly realize how much you actually knew.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 27, 2015, 09:07:37 pm
Witcher 3 in three weeks, get HYPE. playing through the first two again so I'll have saves to port over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 27, 2015, 11:33:48 pm
So it would seem Valve's oh so brilliant scheme to sell Skyrim mods has been scrapped after only a week, if that. I must say, I'm quite surprised. Both that they were so quick to concede defeat, and that they thought this was a remotely good idea in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: I am lizard on April 27, 2015, 11:36:46 pm
So it would seem Valve's oh so brilliant scheme to sell Skyrim mods has been scrapped after only a week, if that. I must say, I'm quite surprised. Both that they were so quick to concede defeat, and that they thought this was a remotely good idea in the first place.
Apparently Gaben was down voted in R/gaming.

That's the equivalent of Jesus going to a highly Christian church and getting booed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 28, 2015, 06:12:41 am
Skyrim's user reviews were also taking a beating, dropped like 10% in a day or two.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on April 28, 2015, 03:39:14 pm
I played Bioshock Infinate for about four hours this morning (inb4 slowpoke) and I understand exactly nothing.

Keep playing.  You'll understand less then that then suddenly realize how much you actually knew.

Agreed.  After beating the game for the second time, I still didn't know completely what was going on.  After that. I just played the game until I finished the final battle, and then I'd start over.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 28, 2015, 10:28:14 pm
You know what is sorely needed around here? A PC version of GTA: Liberty City Stories and GTA: Vice City Stories.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on April 29, 2015, 05:10:42 am
Gta 5 isnt worth the money for me. I ONLY purchase games legit for the multiplayer content. And gta 5 online is just so freaking boring and repetitive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 01, 2015, 07:32:05 am
It seems that Saints Row 2 is $2.50 this weekend. I very much approve of this state of affairs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 01, 2015, 01:11:02 pm
Might & Magic humble bundle? YAY! Most of the games are on Uplay? BOO

Srsly tho, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic is one of the top 15 games I've played ever and it's a steam key so the bundle is worth it just for that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on May 01, 2015, 04:33:58 pm
Been playing Godzilla: Kaiju Collection. Probably the first phone game that I actually like.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 04, 2015, 07:52:30 am
I must say, Yooka-Laylee (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival?ref=hero_thanks) is something I may actually get hyped for, and by "may actually get hyped for", I mean "may actually have jizzed in my pants upon hearing about it". Basically, the original team from Rare who made Banjo-Kazooie have, with the help of a stupidly successful Kickstarter, begun work on a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie. I must say, after the disappointment that was Nuts 'n' Bolts, this is exactly what we need right now.

And yes, they have Grant Kirkhope doing the music. Needless to say, this is going to be glorious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on May 04, 2015, 09:14:05 am
I must say, Yooka-Laylee (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival?ref=hero_thanks) is something I may actually get hyped for, and by "may actually get hyped for", I mean "may actually have jizzed in my pants upon hearing about it". Basically, the original team from Rare who made Banjo-Kazooie have, with the help of a stupidly successful Kickstarter, begun work on a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie. I must say, after the disappointment that was Nuts 'n' Bolts, this is exactly what we need right now.

And yes, they have Grand Kirkhope doing the music. Needless to say, this is going to be glorious.

I saw this earlier and got super excited. It's making me want to replay the first two Banjos, despite the rage of some of the platforming. And Canary Mary.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on May 04, 2015, 11:36:14 am
Its also pretty much funded already. Quick too. Just hope it doesn't go the way of Mighty No 9...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 05, 2015, 06:47:44 am
I must say, Yooka-Laylee (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival?ref=hero_thanks) is something I may actually get hyped for, and by "may actually get hyped for", I mean "may actually have jizzed in my pants upon hearing about it". Basically, the original team from Rare who made Banjo-Kazooie have, with the help of a stupidly successful Kickstarter, begun work on a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie. I must say, after the disappointment that was Nuts 'n' Bolts, this is exactly what we need right now.

And yes, they have Grand Kirkhope doing the music. Needless to say, this is going to be glorious.

I saw this earlier and got super excited. It's making me want to replay the first two Banjos, despite the rage of some of the platforming. And Canary Mary.

Seriously, fuck Canary Mary. My thumb still hasn't fully recovered from the last time I played Banjo-Tooie.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 05, 2015, 01:14:18 pm
Its also pretty much funded already. Quick too. Just hope it doesn't go the way of Mighty No 9...

You mean on track for release with plenty of transparency from the dev team?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on May 05, 2015, 10:14:07 pm
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/04/failed-christian-shoe-promoter-makes-anti-gay-first-person-shooter/
 (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/04/failed-christian-shoe-promoter-makes-anti-gay-first-person-shooter/)

I can't tell what's worse here- the fact that he made this shit or the fact that one can put "Christian footwear" on Kickstarter- and get 72.00 dollars for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 05, 2015, 10:43:41 pm
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/04/failed-christian-shoe-promoter-makes-anti-gay-first-person-shooter/
 (http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/04/failed-christian-shoe-promoter-makes-anti-gay-first-person-shooter/)

I can't tell what's worse here- the fact that he made this shit or the fact that one can put "Christian footwear" on Kickstarter- and get 72.00 dollars for it.

Reminds me of those shitty racist games Resistance Records made.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on May 06, 2015, 02:00:11 pm
For some reason the "christian footwear" bit reminds me of how during the time I spent in a hospital they made us wear these flesh colored cheap-ass sandals. We called them "Jesus Sandals" because of the pattern molded into the top of them. The funny thing is, I was watching a documentary on National Geographic or something about a prison and the prisoners wore the same sandals, with one making a comment about them and also calling them "Jesus sandals".

(http://www.bedlinensforless.com/catalog/images/products/thumbnails_270/SoftPVCsandal.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 08, 2015, 09:16:41 am
I'm getting into Morrowind once again. I must say, I'm suddenly reminded of why I can sink hours into this game, yet Oblivion and Skyrim just don't do it for me after the initial novelty wears off. As stupid as the combat is, the world is just full of creativity and feels like an actual world rather than something that's not even trying to not seem artificial (looking at you, Skyrim, with your completely linear dungeons that always have a convenient exit at the end). Not to mention, I'd say it has the least retarded leveling system.

Yeah, that's right, I'm one of those people who thinks Morrowind is the best Elder Scrolls game. What of it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on May 08, 2015, 07:06:29 pm
I'm getting into Morrowind once again. I must say, I'm suddenly reminded of why I can sink hours into this game, yet Oblivion and Skyrim just don't do it for me after the initial novelty wears off. As stupid as the combat is, the world is just full of creativity and feels like an actual world rather than something that's not even trying to not seem artificial (looking at you, Skyrim, with your completely linear dungeons that always have a convenient exit at the end). Not to mention, I'd say it has the least retarded leveling system.

Yeah, that's right, I'm one of those people who thinks Morrowind is the best Elder Scrolls game. What of it?

Hilariously, I have this feeling towards Oblivion.  Skyrim, while pretty and fleshed out, feels like there's almost TOO much to do, and too far to go between points.  Morrowind, on the other hand? I fired that up and it crashed inside of five minutes.  Tried Oblivion and promptly sank 180 hours into it in a month and a half.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on May 08, 2015, 09:19:57 pm
Whereas I'm a full blown Skyrim fan. Morrowind annoyed me, especially those Talos-damned Dunmer. It's like they go out of their way to be irritating. I was quite happy when I first started up Skyrim and learned that they'd been conquered.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 08, 2015, 09:34:42 pm
Well...I guess that's true.

Ironbite-even if it was a volcano that did them in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 08, 2015, 09:37:50 pm
Well a volcano and an invasion by a hoard of pissed off lizard people who talk to trees (Argonia for TES VI!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on May 08, 2015, 09:39:15 pm
I'm right with ya, Zy!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 08, 2015, 09:45:11 pm
Yeah can 6 be in Black Marsh?

Ironbite-as an Argonian player I need this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 08, 2015, 10:21:44 pm
I'd like to see Black Marsh as well. Though I wouldn't turn up my nose at Sommerset Isle. The Telvanni controlled parts of Morrowind were always the most creative and interesting areas, so I wouldn't mind seeing them do a very magic-centric province.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 08, 2015, 11:52:45 pm
I wanna see goddamned Akavir, Tamriel can eat a dick.  Unless I get to go to Summerset Isle and kill every single filthy, gold-skinned Altmer man, woman, and child I can lay my hands on.  Otherwise, it just ain't worth it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cerim Treascair on May 09, 2015, 01:38:26 pm
Echoing the Black Marsh want, because I play Argonian exclusively.  I want my swamplands, dammit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 10, 2015, 08:24:12 am
I got the witcher 2

Oh my godnthe protagonist is such a little bitch in combat. Constant rolling and you have to keep buffing yourself.

I feel like the cocks in dark souls that always attack you from afar and dont give a fair fight
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 10, 2015, 10:45:31 am
If its a fair fight, you made a mistake somewhere.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on May 10, 2015, 11:00:07 am
Isn't being a cheating bastard perfectly in-character for Geralt?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Mechtaur on May 10, 2015, 11:48:49 am
Traded in some games and got Toukiden Kiwami as well as a pre-order for the new Godzilla game coming in July.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 10, 2015, 08:09:35 pm
I got the witcher 2

Oh my godnthe protagonist is such a little bitch in combat. Constant rolling and you have to keep buffing yourself.

I feel like the cocks in dark souls that always attack you from afar and dont give a fair fight

Combat does get way easier a little later in the game, I assume you are at Flotsam?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on May 10, 2015, 08:48:54 pm
I'm pretty far into Bioshock Infinate and I must say that Elizabeth is the first (and so far only) "partner" ncp that hasn't screwed me over or made me want to rage quit. I don't really feel protective of her, but I like having her around.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 10, 2015, 09:33:34 pm
...Really? I find that getting screwed over to the point of ragequitting is kind of a running theme with any and all NPC companions.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on May 10, 2015, 09:45:35 pm
...Really? I find that getting screwed over to the point of ragequitting is kind of a running theme with any and all NPC companions.
She's the exception, but her AI is pretty well done. She's helpful but not annoying in combat, doesn't interrupt you too often (and the interruptions are "hey, catch this useful thing I found"), can't die, and doesn't get stuck behind things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 10, 2015, 09:46:01 pm
...Really? I find that getting screwed over to the point of ragequitting is kind of a running theme with any and all NPC companions.

There are exceptions, like Pandora from God of War III.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 10, 2015, 10:14:51 pm
...Really? I find that getting screwed over to the point of ragequitting is kind of a running theme with any and all NPC companions.
She's the exception, but her AI is pretty well done. She's helpful but not annoying in combat, doesn't interrupt you too often (and the interruptions are "hey, catch this useful thing I found"), can't die, and doesn't get stuck behind things.
Oh, you meant hasn't screwed you over. Well that makes a hell of a lot more sense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 10, 2015, 10:19:56 pm
Isn't being a cheating bastard perfectly in-character for Geralt?

Also, since when did it become uncouth to fucking dodge in a fight?  I'm sure even knights during the fucking Dark Ages believed in the fine art of getting the fuck out of the way of the human-skewering spear being thrust at you with murderous intent.

Honour is a concept created by losers to explain their failures.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 11, 2015, 07:37:13 am
...Really? I find that getting screwed over to the point of ragequitting is kind of a running theme with any and all NPC companions.
She's the exception, but her AI is pretty well done. She's helpful but not annoying in combat, doesn't interrupt you too often (and the interruptions are "hey, catch this useful thing I found"), can't die, and doesn't get stuck behind things.

Yeah, when I first realized you had her with you, I thought, 'great, another stupid escort mission.'  Then the game right out mentioned that you didn't need to protect her.  Most of her, 'here, catch,' moments helped me so no complaints there.  My only complaint about her was in the ending, but I won't spoil it for those who haven't gotten that far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on May 11, 2015, 09:17:09 am
...Really? I find that getting screwed over to the point of ragequitting is kind of a running theme with any and all NPC companions.
She's the exception, but her AI is pretty well done. She's helpful but not annoying in combat, doesn't interrupt you too often (and the interruptions are "hey, catch this useful thing I found"), can't die, and doesn't get stuck behind things.
Oh, you meant hasn't screwed you over. Well that makes a hell of a lot more sense.
Yeah, in the orginal post I accidently a word there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on May 11, 2015, 12:41:37 pm
I literally just started playing Bioshock Infinite today. How weird...
How far into the game do you meet Elizabeth? Im just at the bit where you have to use a bunch of Skylines to get to the closed off island, so I'm guessing I'm close.

Oh and in other games, i beat Gore Magala in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, which was a pretty good fight. Now onto the High Rank Caravan Quests.

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/zZHhCS.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/eyzZHhCSj)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on May 11, 2015, 03:44:19 pm
I literally just started playing Bioshock Infinite today. How weird...
How far into the game do you meet Elizabeth? Im just at the bit where you have to use a bunch of Skylines to get to the closed off island, so I'm guessing I'm close.



You're almost there.  I think the skylines eventually take you to the statue where she's located.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 11, 2015, 05:37:37 pm
Looks like Konami has something to hide:

http://nichegamer.com/2015/05/konami-issues-dmca-takedown-of-video-discussing-situation-with-hideo-kojima/#6hEC5IOgEXFUL8BV.16 (http://nichegamer.com/2015/05/konami-issues-dmca-takedown-of-video-discussing-situation-with-hideo-kojima/#6hEC5IOgEXFUL8BV.16)

Have these fools never heard of the Streisand effect?

Here's a mirror of the video, by the way:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNSVhbsJyDQ
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 11, 2015, 08:52:09 pm
As far as NPC's go, Elizabeth is one of the better ones.  She's constantly in cover, constantly giving you aid and keeps her smart alec remarks to the minimum.  She's a good 'un.

Ironbite-well...until later on that is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on May 12, 2015, 03:01:03 am
The witcher 2's plot is completely fucking spastic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on May 18, 2015, 05:16:38 pm
Bioshock Infinite has a frickin' weird ending. Still digesting it really. Last game that made me (over)think things through like this was Beyond: Two Souls.

Fucking great game though! Shall i skip Clash in the Clouds and go right on to Burial at Sea?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on May 18, 2015, 05:55:40 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca1cHfu1cso
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on May 18, 2015, 07:06:39 pm
Bioshock Infinite has a frickin' weird ending. Still digesting it really. Last game that made me (over)think things through like this was Beyond: Two Souls.

Fucking great game though! Shall i skip Clash in the Clouds and go right on to Burial at Sea?

I watched the Two Best Friends LP of Beyond: Two Souls, and it definitely made me think. Mostly I was thinking about David Cage's bad writing. At least it's better than Indigo Prophecy were the protagonist suddenly goes Super Saiyen for no reason.

If anyone hasn't seen or played Indigo Prophecy and thinks I'm exaggerating, go watch the Two Best Friends LP of it. You will laugh your ass of at the multiple times the games just shits itself and goes stupid. That game is entertaining as fuck to watch, but totally not for the reason the maker intended.
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Post by: niam2023 on May 21, 2015, 03:07:06 am
There is a fourth Five Nights game coming out.

At least this time there's something new - the games will apparently take place in a nightmare.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 23, 2015, 09:10:40 am
Just replayed Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Goddamn do I love Tommy Vercetti. He's by far my favourite GTA protagonist.
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Post by: Iczerfour on May 25, 2015, 05:49:14 pm
been playing tera.

I like that game.
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Post by: IanC on May 26, 2015, 11:43:07 am
Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 1 was fun, but short. Hard too, even on medium. And that ending... what a kicker.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 26, 2015, 08:37:11 pm
been playing tera.

I like that game.

I like Tera in theory. It's just that, like with most MMOs, I get bored too quickly to play for more than a week at a time since I have no one to play with. That and the female "armor" designs are distracting in how hilariously awful they are.
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Post by: Ghoti on May 27, 2015, 11:21:20 am
I finished Saints Row 4 earlier this morning and now I don't know what I'm going to do with myself.
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Post by: ironbite on May 27, 2015, 01:21:43 pm
Play Saints Row Gat out of Hell of course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 27, 2015, 06:10:40 pm
So one guy decided to port an old Sega Saturn FPS to PC and it is awesome as fuck (https://powerslaveex.wordpress.com/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 29, 2015, 09:52:00 pm
Hey, lookie here, some actual gameplay footage of Hatred.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKSopTFf2U
It's basically the HD edition of the original Postal. I don't think I've seen this much hysteria over nothing since the San Andreas Hot Coffee mod.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 29, 2015, 10:26:33 pm
Hatred could have been interesting if it was meant as an over the top parody or deconstruction of what some people who don't understand video games think games are (would also help if it was released 10 years ago when they were relevant, but I digress), but the fact that it's supposed to be taken seriously makes it look just plain childish.

And the dev's claim that the game isn't political is such a load of horseshit. It was created by the same mentality that lead to black metal. It's a poor taste statement of their belief that games shouldn't be art or try to have any level of depth.
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Post by: Second Coming of Madman on May 29, 2015, 10:34:09 pm
This is supposed to be gore worthy of a AO rating? I call bullshit.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 29, 2015, 10:44:55 pm
Hatred in a nutshell:

(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/652/918/68a.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 29, 2015, 10:50:29 pm
Hatred could have been interesting if it was meant as an over the top parody or deconstruction of what some people who don't understand video games think games are (would also help if it was released 10 years ago when they were relevant, but I digress), but the fact that it's supposed to be taken seriously makes it look just plain childish.
I don't think it was ever meant to be anything intelligent in the first place. Unfortunately, all of the moral panic it whipped up made it seem at a glance to be so much more important than it really is. People expect it to be either the death of gaming or a biting and brilliant satire of violence in video games and society or something. When it turns out to just be the mediocre twin stick shooter for people who listen to a little too much Linkin Park that is was always meant to be, suddenly both sides are underwhelmed.
This is supposed to be gore worthy of a AO rating? I call bullshit.
Exactly like that. A few pages back, Madman was demanding this "piece of shit" be pulled from Steam. Now he's saying it's positively tame. You see people, this is why moral panic over violent video games is just fucking stupid.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 30, 2015, 12:03:56 am
Some people need a reason to feel smugly superior to others, I suppose...  The whinging was still annoying, though.
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Post by: Second Coming of Madman on May 30, 2015, 10:56:19 am
And now, the ending of Hatred. Were you expecting anything else?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si6gONPHYJQ
Robotron 64: the Edge Edition

And from what I've read, Hatred is hardly "a piece of shit" under the hood at least- so I'll rescind that. Now, if only I could pay these guys to remake Robotron 64...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on May 31, 2015, 02:16:03 pm
Anybody check this out? (http://www.adventfuture.org/) I honestly think it's viral marketing for a X-Com sequel, what with all of the "we are still watching" stuff.

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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 31, 2015, 02:19:25 pm
Anybody check this out? (http://www.adventfuture.org/) I honestly think it's viral marketing for a X-Com sequel.

I'd like to see that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 01, 2015, 03:39:14 am
Yeah, it's definitely a X-Com sequel promotion.

Quote
The ADVENT is lying to you. They want to subdue and destroy us all. We are still here. We are still vigilant.

Then there's this (https://downloads.2kgames.com/adventfuture/images/en/ADVENT_LIES.html) huge ASCII Advent symbol with black letters, which when put together, spell Vigilo. In addition, note the red letters that make up the molecular structure within the Gene Therapy pamphlet. (https://downloads.2kgames.com/adventfuture/images/en/ADVENT%20Gene%20Therapy%20Clinic.pdf)  V CON, or Vigilo Confido, properly translating to "We are watching".

Wait until later today.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 01, 2015, 11:29:55 am
Confirmed: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/01/xcom-2-announced-ign-first

a) THE TRAILER HAS A SNAKEMAN! YAY!

b) The game takes place on Earth AFTER the aliens have taken over it and X-COM makes up the resistance against the ADVENT that controls Earth. ...I wonder if this time we get to do the Terror Missions?

c) YAY!

d) The tall Sectoid is probably a human-sectoid hybrid. Since those were in X-com 3 already.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 01, 2015, 03:16:36 pm
The trailer for those you who struggle with IGN's website:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_-2wIJIzQ

Well, shit, kiddos. It looks like the un-ascended Ethereals (Notice the poster behind the statue) went all City 17 up in this bitch of a planet. Hybrids, human collaborators, new aliens, the whole wazoo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 01, 2015, 04:33:58 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/1VMyLui.jpg)
Well now I know what I'm going to be doing all November.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on June 02, 2015, 11:46:47 am
I'm just gonna leave this here: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/
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Post by: RavynousHunter on June 02, 2015, 11:59:06 am
Oooooooooooh!  Let's hope it keeps up with the trend of improvement that we saw with New Vegas.  Hell, you know what I'd like?  A remake of Fallout 2 in a modern engine.  Yes, that includes the car.  I mean, could you imagine how cool it'd be to tool around in the desert with this playing in the background?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jxn1sqAQ-c
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 02, 2015, 01:02:16 pm
I was just coming here to post the Fallout thing...

Yet another game that I will be looking forwards to seeing. I hope Putin is distracted for a while longer because I want to play Fallout 4 (or whatever they are making) before experiencing the post-nuclear wasteland in real life.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on June 02, 2015, 01:30:10 pm
I dunno...V-Poots (gotta thank Spuki for that one, lol) is dumb, but he's not suicidal.  Little point in being a dictator if you have no one to rule.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 02, 2015, 02:13:38 pm
Well, the biggest problem is that IF Putin and his cronies decide that they are going to lose anyway by running out of money and seeing the economy destroyed again they might as well take the chance and start a war... There being a tiny chance that they would be the ones in control of whatever is left of the planet after WW3.

Because a person would have to be insane or really desperate to start WW3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 03, 2015, 09:51:53 am
Hopefully they improve pretty much EVERYTHING from Fallout 3. awkward combat, awkward animations...the Oblivion engine really was a fucking mess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on June 03, 2015, 10:03:55 am
Countdown ended, so far fuck all has happened aside from a different, counterless "please stand by" message...

Edit: Okay, apparently there;s a trailer up and their website's just broken. Looking for it now...

Edit 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnn2rJpjar4
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 03, 2015, 10:44:08 am
>Fecking Vertibirds.


Fucking Enclave degenerates can't be bothered to die in their holes like they should, can they? The time has come anew for a cleansing on the Wasteland, for a purging fire to be lit...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 03, 2015, 10:55:54 am
You know the Enclave aren't the only people with Vertibirds it could be the NCR. Actually that would be interesting if the NCR are the villains this time around.
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Post by: Igor on June 03, 2015, 10:56:56 am
Discussing it with someone, signs point to this possibly being a prequel, taking place around and in the years following the war. Check this article (where I found the trailer) http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/game/fallout-4-release-date-rumours-countdown-timer-3498996/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on June 03, 2015, 11:06:46 am
Judging by the trailer, I'm gonna guess the Vault involved is going to have some form of suspended animation for its inhabitants. The main character's gonna be someone from before the war and recently revived. At least, that's what I think based on the cuts between "present day" and the past. My only other suggestion is time travel, but I think that's too out-there even for Fallout.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 03, 2015, 11:12:00 am
Where do you think it's gonna be set?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on June 03, 2015, 11:13:58 am
Boston, my friend said, based on landmarks. Also I figure this takes place in the late 2080s or -90s. Could be wrong though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 03, 2015, 12:31:29 pm
The thing about XCOM 2 is that rather than continuing from where XCOM: EU (or even EW) ended the sequel will start from the premise that X COM lost the fight almost as soon as it began. They didn't even manage to develop laser weapons or better armour.

Some are complaining since now it means that "their success" in finishing the game is "lost and meaningless." Personally I think this is a fresh idea and besides, the average XCOM game does end with alien victory followed by reload/restart...

...My assumption is that the aliens spammed Chrysalids until UN agreed that being slaves is better than getting your face full of alien wingwong (and not the fun kind) and being turned into zombies.
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Post by: ironbite on June 03, 2015, 12:53:35 pm
We're in Boston and I'm really hoping this is set after 3 and NV.

Ironbite-be fun to see the consequences of the Legion getting pushed out of the Mojave
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Post by: Commissar Kaz on June 03, 2015, 03:28:41 pm
My only other suggestion is time travel, but I think that's too out-there even for Fallout.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Guardian_of_Forever

It should be noted that almost all of the cameos and random happenings in Fallout 2 are non-canon. However, I wanted to be silly and point out - the main character of Fallout 2 once went back in time and caused Fallout 1 to happen. Time travel has happened before. :P

Bleh, I forgot about that.  ;D I guess we also can't forget that they did something as goofy as Mothership Zeta, so there's that. Still, I think something like Tranquility Lane-style cryopods sans virtual reality are more likely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 03, 2015, 10:05:12 pm
We're in Boston and I'm really hoping this is set after 3 and NV.

Ironbite-be fun to see the consequences of the Legion getting pushed out of the Mojave
If it's set on the east coast, you're not going to be hearing about the legion all that much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 04, 2015, 01:55:14 am
I am eagerly waiting for three upcoming games: Fallout 4, XCOM 2 and The Mandate.

Speaking of XCOM 2 according to the dev commentary on the trailer some of the things like "alien scamper" have been fixed. Now if you sneak up on aliens you will get the first shot before they scamper into cover and even then some of them might be "surprised" and not scamper at all. Since this was an issue that annoyed a lot of players.

Unfortunately the only word on EXALT is that they have nothing to do with ADVENT. It is a pity if they are completely gone from XCOM 2 but I suppose there is still hope that they come up as a third group fighting for power and a possible ally (one can only hope.)

And the "Vipers" are what Thin men look like when they haven't been modified to be infiltrators. This time they are even more dangerous.


And speaking of Vipers... Here is 4Chan's theory on how the Aliens won:
(http://i.imgur.com/HL6bZTA.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 04, 2015, 12:19:09 pm
I am eagerly waiting for three upcoming games: Fallout 4, XCOM 2 and The Mandate.

Speaking of XCOM 2 according to the dev commentary on the trailer some of the things like "alien scamper" have been fixed. Now if you sneak up on aliens you will get the first shot before they scamper into cover and even then some of them might be "surprised" and not scamper at all. Since this was an issue that annoyed a lot of players.

Unfortunately the only word on EXALT is that they have nothing to do with ADVENT. It is a pity if they are completely gone from XCOM 2 but I suppose there is still hope that they come up as a third group fighting for power and a possible ally (one can only hope.)

And the "Vipers" are what Thin men look like when they haven't been modified to be infiltrators. This time they are even more dangerous.


And speaking of Vipers... Here is 4Chan's theory on how the Aliens won:
(http://i.imgur.com/HL6bZTA.png)


(http://i.imgur.com/UaOSI8im.png)

Don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'd gladly collaborate with the aliens if they had Lamias.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on June 04, 2015, 02:12:17 pm
In other news, Don't Starve Together was released to everyone who owned the base game yesterday. I got the game a little bit after it first popped up, but never really tried it. This will give me an excuse to try it with my friend.

EDIT: I also remembered (and nobody else has posted about it I think) something else of note; Steam's changed their refund policy. Now you can return any game as long as you bought it withing the last 14 days and haven't played more than 2 hours of it. It's an interesting developement, if nothing else.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 05, 2015, 07:14:00 am
Snek waifu best waifu
(http://i.imgur.com/zgBN3Mq.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 05, 2015, 07:25:06 am
Really enjoying Crusader Kings 2. Nothing like taking a tiny pagan jarldom and turning it into a massive Viking empire that spans most of northern and central Europe. It's now 1060 and the entire Catholic world combined can't even touch me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 05, 2015, 09:46:08 am
Really enjoying Crusader Kings 2. Nothing like taking a tiny pagan jarldom and turning it into a massive Viking empire that spans most of northern and central Europe. It's now 1060 and the entire catholic world combined can't even touch me.

Ooh, get to reverse history and have the Vikings crush the Catholics, eh?  That sounds pretty damned cool.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 05, 2015, 10:40:12 am
Really enjoying Crusader Kings 2. Nothing like taking a tiny pagan jarldom and turning it into a massive Viking empire that spans most of northern and central Europe. It's now 1060 and the entire catholic world combined can't even touch me.

Ooh, get to reverse history and have the Vikings crush the Catholics, eh?  That sounds pretty damned cool.

It's a great game. If you're into grand strategy and don't mind putting in the time to figure it out, you can't go wrong. Especially with the expansions. They add a tonne of variety to the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on June 05, 2015, 04:56:50 pm
yeah, I friggin love Crusader Kings. The Irish now rule the entirety of Britain, as well as the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe islands and Iceland, we're currently conquering Brittany and Normandy, and my closest ally is the Polish controlled Wendish empire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 05, 2015, 05:32:15 pm
Anybody else play using mods?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 05, 2015, 08:23:42 pm
I do for Minecraft, lol.  Mostly because vanilla has gotten pointedly dull, for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 05, 2015, 08:29:41 pm
I do for Minecraft, lol.  Mostly because vanilla has gotten pointedly dull, for me.

I meant for CKII.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 05, 2015, 10:27:45 pm
yeah, I friggin love Crusader Kings. The Irish now rule the entirety of Britain, as well as the Orkney, Shetland, and Faroe islands and Iceland, we're currently conquering Brittany and Normandy, and my closest ally is the Polish controlled Wendish empire.
So I'm guessing Charlemagne didn't unite France in your game? Damn, it took me almost three centuries before I could take them. Of course, now I can kick them around with impunity, and it's the most satisfying thing ever. In fact, I just took a large bite out of them with a successful great holy war for East Francia (now called Germany under my watch). Give it a couple more wars with Francia, and there'll be no worthwhile Catholic powers left in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on June 07, 2015, 01:02:06 am
I currently have logged an even 600 hours in Farm Sim 15 according to steam. Granted I'm almost certain the majority of that is from me leaving it paused and minimized while I'm doing something else.

It's still over double the 258 hours I've cloocked in Kerbal Space Program, which I am proud to say is indeed mostly actual play time... Well, prototype testing time more that successful mission time. Though I have gotten to the point where I can reliably land on the moon and perform orbital rescue rendezvous missions in career mode.

A couple days back on the return from my first manned moon mission in career mode, I was worried I wouldn't have enough fuel to get back in to the right orbit and perform a re-entry burn. Just as I was trying to figure out what the hell I was gonna do looking at the map I saw that I had re-entered the moon's gravitational influence... and was on a collision course for the surface. I was thinking "fuckfuckfuckfuck wat do!?" I knew there was no way in hell I could both get out of the moons orbit, make it back to Kerbin orbit, and then get on a re-entry course with the minimal fuel I had. My best plan was to at least stabilize the new moon orbit and send a rescue ship. So as I was burning fuel to increase the lunar orbit so as not to crash, I overshot just a bit... and ended up on a perfect slingshot trajectory to both send me back to Kerbin, but also give me a re-entry attempt that was near perfect. Somehow I accidentally performed a maneuver I forgot was possible, and certainly didn't know how to execute in KSP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 07, 2015, 05:58:40 am
Holy shit. Steins;Gate came out in Europe on Friday. I've just completed the second chapter. Wow. This is getting really deep and kinda spooky in a way.

(referring to the visual novel obviously. I have the anime adaption but not seen it. Glad I haven't really, will probably watch it after finishing this)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 07, 2015, 06:58:46 am
Well now, my giant fuckoff viking empire just took over Italy. Yep, I had a direct land boarder with the Papal States themselves. "Had" being the key word here. They're now just another jarldom within Scandinavian Italy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 07, 2015, 09:05:13 am
Just Cause 2 was free on Live, so I got it.

HOLYFUCKITSSOMUCHFUNWHYDIDIWAITTOGETTHISHOLYFUCK!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 07, 2015, 01:55:00 pm
Just Cause 2 was free on Live, so I got it.

HOLYFUCKITSSOMUCHFUNWHYDIDIWAITTOGETTHISHOLYFUCK!

I'm looking forward to this, but my xBox's wi fi is giving me so many problems, I'm waiting on a ethernet cable and hoping my connection has less problems then.

I've been playing Assassins Creed Black Flag from Live, and I feel like I either love it one minute or hate it another.  Whoever thought tailing mission after tailing mission was a good idea needs to be thrown into the middle of the ocean with sharks around.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on June 07, 2015, 08:08:21 pm
The action in Just Cause 2 makes me wonder if there isn't an Attack on Titan mod for it on PC.  It practically has ODM gear, already, it just needs the ODM gas tanks for thrust.  And man-eating giants.
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Post by: ironbite on June 07, 2015, 08:37:56 pm
Yeah but Rico Rodriguez, the son of Zeus and a Mexican window cleaner, would probably just hook shot them all to death.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 07, 2015, 08:57:33 pm
Odd, I thought Rico was from Spain, not Mexico...his accent doesn't sound Mexican, but that might just be me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 07, 2015, 09:14:44 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ2cnlDKVPI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 10, 2015, 05:00:52 am
Finally got my ethernet cable, and oh my god!  Why did I never get this before?  With my wi fi, it'd take forever to connect, update, and download.  But with the ethernet, it downloaded Just Cause 2 in only a few minutes.

As for the game, it's amazing how much fun you can have with a grappling hook.  Sure I could use it to pull that car out of the ditch.  Or, I could tie 2 motorcycles together as they pass each other, or connect one end to a pedestrian and the other to a speeding automobile. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 10, 2015, 05:59:40 am
Finally got my ethernet cable, and oh my god!  Why did I never get this before?  With my wi fi, it'd take forever to connect, update, and download.  But with the ethernet, it downloaded Just Cause 2 in only a few minutes.

As for the game, it's amazing how much fun you can have with a grappling hook.  Sure I could use it to pull that car out of the ditch.  Or, I could tie 2 motorcycles together as they pass each other, or connect one end to a pedestrian and the other to a speeding automobile. 
Best of all, try getting a tuk tuk, going to the airport, find a plane that's taking off, quickly get out, tether your tuk tuk to the plane and get back in before the cable snaps. The results are one of the greatest things ever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 10, 2015, 06:44:34 pm
Chapter 4 of Steins;Gate is a roller coaster. Chapter 5 is starting strong too. Loving it. Really hope it's success in the UK (got to 18 on the all formats chart, 3rd on the PS3 chart and 1st on the Vita chart) will lead to Pqube picking some more visual novels.

Meanwhile I had to leave my PS4 downloading a 15gb "patch" overnight before I could play it, but The Elder Scrolls Online is pretty good so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 10, 2015, 06:47:36 pm
Finally got my ethernet cable, and oh my god!  Why did I never get this before?  With my wi fi, it'd take forever to connect, update, and download.  But with the ethernet, it downloaded Just Cause 2 in only a few minutes.

As for the game, it's amazing how much fun you can have with a grappling hook.  Sure I could use it to pull that car out of the ditch.  Or, I could tie 2 motorcycles together as they pass each other, or connect one end to a pedestrian and the other to a speeding automobile. 
Best of all, try getting a tuk tuk, going to the airport, find a plane that's taking off, quickly get out, tether your tuk tuk to the plane and get back in before the cable snaps. The results are one of the greatest things ever.

got a tuk tuk and found the airport.  i'll try that next chance I get.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 12, 2015, 01:27:29 pm
Chapter 5 is starting strong too.

Hahahaha. Oh my. Chapter 5... lemme my just say i said out loud to myself "fuuuuuuck" at the end of the chapter. And chapter 6 is carrying on down that road. Fuck man, the feels...

(.... i can't believe i just said "the feels". Urgh!)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2015, 09:41:17 pm
I am thoroughly enjoying ReactorCraft; it has to be one of the best nuclear power-themed Minecraft mods out there.  Its realistic, its cool, and it is a BITCH getting to the level to where you can even make a first-tier pebble-bed reactor (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble-bed_reactor), let alone full-on fission or, god forbid, a freaking tokamak fusion reactor.  However, once you get to that point, the power you get well eclipses anything else available, even when using it to run other mods' power systems.  Big Reactors?  Tier-one beats some of the best you can make in that mod, by default.  It is thoroughly satisfying to have your first reactor turn your first turbine and see a dynamometer on the business end read out "300MW."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 13, 2015, 10:08:51 pm
Been trying out a Ranged Demoknight build (Splendid Screen+Loch'n Load+Bottle). Needless to say, I get most of my kills on the offensive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 13, 2015, 10:44:30 pm
No shit on that loadout.  Holy fuck that's not right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 14, 2015, 12:09:19 pm
No shit on that loadout.  Holy fuck that's not right.

Fun and games with Grenade Spam. Default grenade launcher's even fucking better, because I don't need to bother with such things as "aiming" and "precision" like with the Loch 'n Load- though the Loch does carry a certain anti-"light" class ability with it.
 
On MvM, it pretty much allows you to buff yourself into a tank that puts the Heavy to shame in both durability and firepower. You're nearly fireproof, and can resist the rockets of the hated soldier. The mobility lost with the Sticky Bomb Launcher is replaced with a guy who just refuses to die.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 14, 2015, 04:20:17 pm
As well as the loss of being able to clear Medics from Giants.  Although, you could go double Demo and have the other guy on Sticky patrol.

Ironbite-meanwhile you're going in and out of the swarms.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 15, 2015, 12:23:19 pm
Bethesda's E3 press thing was pretty dope, we got to see Doom, Fallout 4 and some shitty card-game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 15, 2015, 07:07:31 pm
FALLOUT 4!  FALLOUT 4!  FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT 4!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 15, 2015, 07:50:37 pm
So far E3 2015 has basically been nothing but shit I like Star Wars Battlefront, Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Halo 5: Guardians, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands etc I'm so excited for the next few months of games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 15, 2015, 08:46:28 pm
Dark Souls 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 15, 2015, 10:44:03 pm
JUST CAUSE 3!  Can't wait to see how epic they make the swarthy motherfucker, Rico Rodriguez, this time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 16, 2015, 07:53:13 am
Shenmue 3!

http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/15/shenmue-3/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=sfgplus&%3Fncid=sfgplus (http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/15/shenmue-3/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=sfgplus&%3Fncid=sfgplus)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 16, 2015, 08:45:09 am
XCOM 2 the aliens have Mec-troopers! And Muton berserkers are meaner than before! Also Advent troops bleed yellow blood and the supposed human leader is a disguised thin man! ...And the game play demo ends with 3/4 dead squad members, just like the average Xcom mission.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 16, 2015, 09:36:58 am
XCOM 2 the aliens have Mec-troopers! And Muton berserkers are meaner than before! Also Advent troops bleed yellow blood and the supposed human leader is a disguised thin man! ...And the game play demo ends with 3/4 dead squad members, just like the average Xcom mission.

Well, unless you're this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpbTkbv4L2Y

He didn't lose a single fighter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 16, 2015, 11:13:10 am
Some really nice games at E3.  Too bad I can't afford a next-gen system until late next year.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 16, 2015, 01:13:49 pm
EEEEEEEEEEEE!  There's a deathclaw companion mod for New Vegas.  I am now the proud friend of Little Ripper!  He's the best little deathclaw buddy ever!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 16, 2015, 03:05:21 pm
EEEEEEEEEEEE!  There's a deathclaw companion mod for New Vegas.  I am now the proud friend of Little Ripper!  He's the best little deathclaw buddy ever!

I went Alchestbreach and named mine Mr. Cuddlesworth
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 16, 2015, 03:30:38 pm
So they announced a new Metroid game.

It's a co-op shooter with Galactic Federation soldiers.

It might be cool, but I'm still legit pissed they didn't announce a new title in the main series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 16, 2015, 11:23:38 pm
Yeah, you're not the only one. There's a petition. To have Federation Force canceled because it's not a "real" Metroid game.

It's fucking Windwaker all over again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 17, 2015, 12:26:32 am
So, basically Metroid Alien Swarm.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: MadCatTLX on June 17, 2015, 03:37:10 am
I just saw on Steam the the game Dino D-day is 95% off, from $10 to $0.49. I bought just for shits and giggles. A game about fighting Nazi dinosaurs has to be at last kinda interesting. Even if there's no one playing it online, it still has bots to play against. Whether they're good bots, I don't know. Regardless I'm currently downloading a game that lets you play as a T-rex with machine guns mounted on it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on June 17, 2015, 03:42:59 am
As you just made a clever One Piece reference there, I am now required to hug you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 18, 2015, 01:21:08 pm
Not much interested me in the Steam sale. Picked up Metro Redux (both games) and Higurashi When They Cry - Ch.1 Onikakushi.

Got 2 endings so far in Steins;Gate. Chapter 6 is so full of moments, it barely lets up. First ending can happen during it too, and its sad but optimistic. Reading Rintaro's break down during said ending is heartbreaking.. Chapter 7 has an ending too, but its more fun and sweet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 19, 2015, 05:25:56 am
I'm playing Just Cause 2, and I love the Stronghold missions, but I hate the Faction Mission.  Or more precisely, I hate the Faction missions where you have to keep someone alive, especially when it involves transporting them in a crappy vehicle a long distance while people are shooting at me. 

At one point, I deliberately drove a beach buggy away from my target and tried to get him into my helicopter instead.  However, he ran right past the copter all the way to the buggy, and proceeded to shoot and miss everyone while they blasted the **** out of him.  Ugh, one of the few frustrating things about the game. 

There was enough mission with a guy in a limo.  Unfortunately, the limo doesn't drive in a straight line (especially after being shot a few times), and the road had too many turns for me to jump out, blast the bad guys, and jump back in.  It ended up exploding right before the end of the mission.

Just give me missions where I shoot people and blow stuff up, and I'll be happy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 19, 2015, 11:20:07 pm
Is it just me, or is Tropico 4 currently more expensive than Tropico 4 + all of the DLC? Ah well, figured I may as well snag it. I really enjoyed Tropico 3, and the sequels are supposed to be more of the same, so I can't see how that can go wrong.

Between that and Spec Ops: The Line, I'd say this Steam sale has been rather good to me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 20, 2015, 08:44:42 am
I should replay Spec Ops, at some point.  I could use a good punch to the gut.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 20, 2015, 09:13:25 am
Indeed. Nothing quite as refreshing as a bloody, bullet-riddled descent into hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Commissar Kaz on June 20, 2015, 11:55:37 am
My friend and I were playing through Half-Life 2 using the Synergy coop mod when we ran into an interesting bug late in the game. During the assault on the Nexus, you're joined by Barney and tasked with disrupting three generators to get to the roof. Well, almost every time we died, another Barney would spawn. By the time we finished the level (through cheating, since the Barneys kept getting killed and causing the mission to fail) we had a group of five Barneys following us. It's definitely one of the weirdest glitches I've ran into.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 20, 2015, 07:03:57 pm
And got Luka ending in Steins;Gate. It's..... sad. I nearly cried, no kidding. But I did cry at the end of the end credits
(click to show/hide)

If the other 3 endings are as emotionally draining I'm not sure how I'll cope. Such a well written story and well written characters.

I hope it's success in Europe leads to Pqube bringing more visual novels over. I know they are bringing over the Blazblue prequel, Xblaze (finally says I)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 20, 2015, 07:15:56 pm
So I'm getting a PS4 Tuesday anybody got any game suggestions besides Arkham Knight which is coming bundled with my PS4?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 20, 2015, 07:59:47 pm
Battlefront looks pretty good. Shame about the inability to use Y-Wings as anything more than a AI Airstrike, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 23, 2015, 04:05:01 am
Finished Spec Ops. Now I'm going to feel like a total dick for the rest of the evening.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 24, 2015, 07:24:18 pm
Here's a CNN talking head blaming the Charleston shooting on Mortal Kombat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VY-tVWeG-g

Remember that one edition of Mortal Kombat where the Lin Kuei were suddenly waving the Confederate flag and would only use their fatalities on black characters?  Those were some awkward times.  Great character balancing though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 24, 2015, 09:06:53 pm
Mortal Kombat being blamed for a shooting? Is it the 90's again?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 24, 2015, 09:17:14 pm
Mortal Kombat being blamed for a shooting? Is it the 90's again?

I know, right?  You'd think they'd at least update to blaming GTA or CoD.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on June 24, 2015, 10:46:05 pm
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GycGhbCZPmWAOvDJ_SGOi6fsjQ-Av_lXaENzPr3dcjaqrr9HopzHKDybJNZjRqj77BGSE07c2MhuR1qaPuy_r4Yc=s349)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 24, 2015, 10:54:33 pm
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GycGhbCZPmWAOvDJ_SGOi6fsjQ-Av_lXaENzPr3dcjaqrr9HopzHKDybJNZjRqj77BGSE07c2MhuR1qaPuy_r4Yc=s349)

Let me guess, it happened in Florida.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on June 24, 2015, 11:59:36 pm
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GycGhbCZPmWAOvDJ_SGOi6fsjQ-Av_lXaENzPr3dcjaqrr9HopzHKDybJNZjRqj77BGSE07c2MhuR1qaPuy_r4Yc=s349)

Let me guess, it happened in Florida.

Australia, actually. (http://www.qt.com.au/news/chainsaw-wielding-robber-arrested/2164962/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on June 25, 2015, 02:11:46 am
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GycGhbCZPmWAOvDJ_SGOi6fsjQ-Av_lXaENzPr3dcjaqrr9HopzHKDybJNZjRqj77BGSE07c2MhuR1qaPuy_r4Yc=s349)

Let me guess, it happened in Florida.

Australia, actually. (http://www.qt.com.au/news/chainsaw-wielding-robber-arrested/2164962/)
You mean Florida with huge spiders?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 25, 2015, 02:19:13 am
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GycGhbCZPmWAOvDJ_SGOi6fsjQ-Av_lXaENzPr3dcjaqrr9HopzHKDybJNZjRqj77BGSE07c2MhuR1qaPuy_r4Yc=s349)

Let me guess, it happened in Florida.

Australia, actually. (http://www.qt.com.au/news/chainsaw-wielding-robber-arrested/2164962/)
You mean Florida with huge spiders?
You mean Florida with 90% less guns but 254% more things trying to kill you? (Now that I think about it... You would think that Australians are the ones who carry guns everywhere they go rather than the Yankees...)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 25, 2015, 02:34:49 am
So I dived into the Crucible on Destiny tonight. That was a mistake. Fucking infuriating that it's the best way to get gear from what I've experienced. One night in the Crucible: 3 legendary guns and enough Crucible marks to buy a piece of armor. Weeks on Strikes and Missions: 1 legendary Engram and enough Vanguard marks to buy a piece of armor.

You know, Bungie, this might be less of a problem if it weren't for the fact that your matchmaking doesn't even try to put players of similar skill together and shotguns weren't completely broken in PvP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on June 25, 2015, 06:17:06 pm
Here's a CNN talking head blaming the Charleston shooting on Mortal Kombat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VY-tVWeG-g

Remember that one edition of Mortal Kombat where the Lin Kuei were suddenly waving the Confederate flag and would only use their fatalities on black characters?  Those were some awkward times.  Great character balancing though.

She never actually blamed Mortal Kombat for the shooting, though. All she did was compare the shooting to Mortal Kombat, due to all the deaths involved. In fact, she made it pretty clear she thinks the Charleston shooter is a racist who represents Southern racism.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on June 26, 2015, 07:35:04 am
Fallout 4's given the new and improved super-customizable Power Armor a fecking jetpack. This thing doesn't just enhance you anymore, it turns you into a fucking monster.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on June 26, 2015, 09:29:53 am
Only downside to it is it looks like you can't use it whenever you want, which I'm fine with cause give it about a week and someone will mod it out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 26, 2015, 12:59:07 pm
Wait.....A FUCKING JETPACK!?

Ironbite-*pre-orders*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 26, 2015, 01:19:11 pm
Ohhhhhhh, that makes it even more appealing...I don't mind a semi-realistic jetpack, because FUCKMOTHERING JETPACK!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 01, 2015, 10:50:26 pm
I'm kind of annoyed how most of New Vegas' DLC was all basically made to pimp Lonesome Road, with the apparent (and minor) exception of Honest Hearts.  It'd be fine if Ulysses were an actually engaging character, and not another wannabe philosopher with a gun, but he is just.  So.  God damned.  DULL.  From his gravelly, monotone voice to his numerous, bullshit speeches, I damn near found myself falling asleep whenever he'd start talking.  Is it so hard to make a villain fucking emote?  But, I digress.  All the DLC, even the admittedly somewhat weak Honest Hearts (hooray, killing yet more Legion savages), wanted to make you encounter this guy, get to this "Divide," and look forward to Lonesome Road.  Only to screw you when you get there.  I'm just glad I didn't actually shell money out for it (got the Ultimate edition for around $20), else I'd feel gypped.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 01, 2015, 11:36:36 pm
Aw, I liked Lonesome Road. Flinging Nukes at the Legion is highly satisfying, not to mention the Courier's Mile was a good challenge. I can certanly understand how Ulysses and his monologues would begin to wear thin after a while, though.

If anything Dead Money was the biggest disappointment to me. The villa was the most dull and tedious thing ever, followed by the Sierra Madre itself being the most underwhelming thing ever. Worst of all, I went into it expecting a New Vegas style pocket of civilisation, rather than yet another almost-abandoned ruin to fight through. All in all, not exactly the highlight of the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 02, 2015, 09:08:46 am
Dead Money more annoyed me because of the exploding collar and "stealing all your crap at the start" gimmick.  I get that it makes sense for story reasons, but still.  It'd have been nice if the vault actually contained something of use besides a nearly-literal tonne of gold bricks.

I did like shooting a nuke into Legion territory, but for some reason, the game doesn't like this and gives me negative karma for it.  Like, oh no, someone bombed a bunch of savages too stupid to use more than one firearm per platoon.  I honestly don't understand how the Legion is a threat to the NCR.  The latter has shown that it has vertibirds.  They have fucking flight, even if its not much of it.  All you need is, like, three of them with a couple of hellfires and some ammo for the nose-mounted cannons they likely have, and no amount of spear-chucking Legion savages would be able to stand against them.  Seriously, the Legion is basically a group of psychotic LARP enthusiasts with knives.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 02, 2015, 09:23:21 am
Ah yes, the Legion...

Few changes, like having them use more guns, would have made them much more of a credible threat. Particularly since the real Roman legion was famous for studying the weapons and tactics of their enemies and putting them into their own use. Then again, even though I can understand slavery being used by cruel and ruthless nation I don't get why Caesar felt that the Luddite ideology was necessary. ...Particularly when his final plan included civilizing the Legion.

In other news, I got Evil genius, Nox and King of the dragon pass from GOG as those were on sale. I kinda wanted some other games as well but I only have a limited amount of free time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 02, 2015, 10:03:57 am
I guess the idea is that, while under normal circumstances the Legion would be no more a threat to the NCR than any of the other primitive tribals they've rolled over in the past, the Legion has sheer quantity of troops while the NCR are stretched really thin. Throw in the Legion's fairly advanced understanding of tactics, training and organisation to somewhat make up for their shortfall in tech, and while they could probably never touch their core territories in California. they can certainly threaten a newly annexed, under-garrisoned and unruly frontier province like New Vegas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 02, 2015, 12:29:39 pm
In other news, I got Evil genius, Nox and King of the dragon pass from GOG as those were on sale. I kinda wanted some other games as well but I only have a limited amount of free time.

Nox?  As in "made by Westwood before EA shitcanned them" Nox?  As in "Diablo's cooler brother" Nox?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 07, 2015, 12:57:47 pm
Quick. I plan to spend some disposable income soon on a Fallout game.

3 or New Vegas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 07, 2015, 01:59:41 pm
New Vegas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 07, 2015, 02:13:09 pm
I say 3 since if you plan to play 4 it will let you know about the Commonwealth which is a place in 4.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on July 07, 2015, 04:18:25 pm
Been playin the shit out of me some progress quest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 07, 2015, 04:45:28 pm
There’s a rumor going on that WB Games Montreal, the same people who made Arkham Origins, are possibly going to be developing a Superman game.  I thought Arkham Origins was a pretty good effort, but considering Superman’s track record with games…
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 07, 2015, 05:31:26 pm
I dunno, they also made Arkham Knight, and the PC port of that was so abysmal that it got pulled until it was actually finished.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 08, 2015, 05:32:44 pm
Anybody else interested in Allison Road?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=453962371 (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=453962371)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__i_LoRKhJ0
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 09, 2015, 12:42:54 am
I dunno, they also made Arkham Knight, and the PC port of that was so abysmal that it got pulled until it was actually finished.
Was that their fault or did their boss just order them to launch an unfinished game? Because Fallout games have a history of being great games but needing lots of updates before they work. (Fallout 2 in particular was about as bad as Arkham Knight's PC port AND a lot of material was left out completely. Actually, Killap's Fallout patch adds hours of gameplay to it by adding the unfinished areas and uses voice files that were on the game disk but were unused because the programmers didn't have time to add the relevant areas and quests.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 09, 2015, 06:11:53 am
The WOW movie actually looks pretty nice from this trailer, though my perception may have been colored by me moving around the camera (Open a new tab, or it looks grotesque) in Chrome like a baby who just got keys dangled at them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqmFQY-7yQI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 09, 2015, 08:19:12 am
I dunno, they also made Arkham Knight, and the PC port of that was so abysmal that it got pulled until it was actually finished.
Was that their fault or did their boss just order them to launch an unfinished game? Because Fallout games have a history of being great games but needing lots of updates before they work. (Fallout 2 in particular was about as bad as Arkham Knight's PC port AND a lot of material was left out completely. Actually, Killap's Fallout patch adds hours of gameplay to it by adding the unfinished areas and uses voice files that were on the game disk but were unused because the programmers didn't have time to add the relevant areas and quests.)

They were responsible, since they decided to outsource their PC port to another company who half-assed the job and they, quite obviously, did no QA testing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 09, 2015, 08:59:04 am
I dunno, they also made Arkham Knight, and the PC port of that was so abysmal that it got pulled until it was actually finished.
Was that their fault or did their boss just order them to launch an unfinished game? Because Fallout games have a history of being great games but needing lots of updates before they work. (Fallout 2 in particular was about as bad as Arkham Knight's PC port AND a lot of material was left out completely. Actually, Killap's Fallout patch adds hours of gameplay to it by adding the unfinished areas and uses voice files that were on the game disk but were unused because the programmers didn't have time to add the relevant areas and quests.)

They were responsible, since they decided to outsource their PC port to another company who half-assed the job and they, quite obviously, did no QA testing.

In other words, the designers may know their stuff and as long as the management doesn't fuck up by trying to save money/time they can make a good game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 09, 2015, 09:34:02 am
I dunno, they also made Arkham Knight, and the PC port of that was so abysmal that it got pulled until it was actually finished.
Was that their fault or did their boss just order them to launch an unfinished game? Because Fallout games have a history of being great games but needing lots of updates before they work. (Fallout 2 in particular was about as bad as Arkham Knight's PC port AND a lot of material was left out completely. Actually, Killap's Fallout patch adds hours of gameplay to it by adding the unfinished areas and uses voice files that were on the game disk but were unused because the programmers didn't have time to add the relevant areas and quests.)

They were responsible, since they decided to outsource their PC port to another company who half-assed the job and they, quite obviously, did no QA testing.

In other words, the designers may know their stuff and as long as the management doesn't fuck up by trying to save money/time they can make a good game.

Bingolio, brotha.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 10, 2015, 06:10:25 am
Really getting into Sleeping Dogs right now, even in spite of my shitty frame rate. I tell you, there are few things more frustrating than trying to complete a high speed motorbike race through a narrow alleyway full of debris and plenty of doorways to get stuck in at 10 frames per second. Other than that, it's playable enough to be fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 10, 2015, 08:09:12 am
Soooo, LIVE has an epic sale going on, and I managed to pick up Dragon Age 1 & 2, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and Game of Thrones all for around $20.  Without Gold.  Awwwww yeah.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on July 11, 2015, 11:35:28 am
The media is latching on to a "study" claiming that young boys and girls are fed up with the portrayal of women in video games.  But it has serious issues:

http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/07/10/news/survey-young-gamers-feelings-portrayal-female-characters-flawed/#1 (http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/07/10/news/survey-young-gamers-feelings-portrayal-female-characters-flawed/#1)

Makes me wonder what other bullshit the media is preaching as the gospel truth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on July 11, 2015, 04:40:19 pm
Makes me wonder what other bullshit the media is preaching as the gospel truth.

You should probably assume every study in the media is either bullshit or doesn't say what they think it says.

I think this is a case of the latter. This was not a study, it was an online survey. You can extract tentative conclusions worth exploring from that but not much else.

Also, can't seem to get the author's point about kids having opinions on games aimed at older people? It's a fact of life that kids will play M-rated games and have opinions on them, there's not much point in having the survey pretend that doesn't happen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 11, 2015, 05:14:00 pm
For some reason I have trouble reading the survey as the pages refuse to load... But so far it and the articles about it have been interesting. And I am not surprised that even the horny young teenagers feel that making every female character a sex object is not appealing.

The articles mainly just pretend surprise over the fact that teenage boys aren't only interested at ogling Lara Croft in skimpy clothes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheUnknown on July 12, 2015, 10:42:31 pm
Not sure if he's well known enough to have his own thread, so I'll put it here:

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata dies at 55 (https://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/nintendo-president-satoru-iwata-dies-at-55-004424280.html)

I am sad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 13, 2015, 05:24:25 pm
Very sad news indeed. Not what i expected to wake up to this morning.

I 100% Steins;Gate yesterday. Epic? Epic! The true ending is hard to get too (unless you are really lucky when it comes to certain emails, you will need a guide....) but it was worth it. Hands down, so far anyway, its my number 1 game of the year (I know, some people don't consider visual novels games. And yes it came out in Japan 6 years ago, but eh, it came out this year in the EU on PS3, so it counts!). Its still playing on my mind, the effects of it.
(click to show/hide)

I really hope the true sequel (Steins;Gate Zero) which is out later this year in Japan gets a western release quicker than this did.

El Psy Kongroo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 13, 2015, 07:02:44 pm
I really, really love the current load-out I'm using in New Vegas. Single Shotgun and NCR Not-M16. The Shotty's great for killing at close to mid ranges, and the Service Rifle does great at mid to long.

Perfect.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on July 14, 2015, 12:04:32 am
Yeah, it gets outclassed in the later game, but the service rifle is a reliable machine for quite some time. I kept using mine until I got to Vegas.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 14, 2015, 12:53:25 am
My favourite loadout would have to be the CZ57 Avenger and a fully upgraded anti-material rifle, particularly if I'm well stocked on .50 MG explosive rounds. I can turn pretty much anything that so much as looks at me funny into a cloud of red mist, be it right up close or as far away as the draw distance will allow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 14, 2015, 04:30:06 pm
Hunting rifle.  It's all I need.

Ironbite-maybe a shotgun for close quarters.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 14, 2015, 05:07:11 pm
Explosives and my fists of fury.  If I can't blow it up, I may as well beat it to death.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 14, 2015, 06:47:11 pm
Pistols is all I used throughout New Vegas that was fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 14, 2015, 09:19:09 pm
Fucking Legionfags sent a assassin team after Ben "The Vandals ain't got shit on me" Garrison. So, how do I counter a team of incredibly motivated and well-armed individuals all hellbent on killing me at level 6 or so?

I killed Vulpes whatever the fuck his name is and friends for shits and giggles, so that might be why they're pissed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 16, 2015, 03:39:25 pm
Bulletstorm.  If you like shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield, you probably won't like Bulletstorm.  It's more of an arcade-like shooter, where you go from point A to B killing people.  What makes it appealing though is you score points the more brutally and creatively you kill someone.  So you could shoot someone with the sniper rifle.  OR, you could shoot him in the skull with an explosive bullet that also sends his buddies hurtling into the water, electrical wiring, and even sharp metal grating . . . while drunk! 

Personally, I'm enjoying it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 18, 2015, 07:21:17 am
Grabbed Gothic 3 when it was on sale a while back on Steam for two bucks. I figured, why not replay the first two before I get into the third? I'm doing exactly that right now, and I've made a decent start on the original.

I have a feeling I'm in for a wonderful month or so.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 20, 2015, 03:08:47 pm
>Decides to take it to Caesar and the rest of the legionfags with based Operator Boone.
>Using Power Armor, the good ol' Q-35 Matter Modulator and a Super Sledge, pretty roll everybody but those massed ballistic fist Praetorians who team up to punch you in the dick and smoke 'em.
>Enter the Securitron Vault and wonder why House couldn't be bothered to pay for lead shielding.


Today has been a good day.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 20, 2015, 04:34:58 pm
>Decides to take it to Caesar and the rest of the legionfags with based Operator Boone.
>Using Power Armor, the good ol' Q-35 Matter Modulator and a Super Sledge, pretty roll everybody but those massed ballistic fist Praetorians who team up to punch you in the dick and smoke 'em.
>Enter the Securitron Vault and wonder why House couldn't be bothered to pay for lead shielding.


Today has been a good day.

He did have proper shielding. The problem was that since the war started too soon he didn't have enough time to finish certain things. (he actually explains it if you do missions for him.)


If I remember correctly, the main problem was that he didn't get the platinum chip before the war began and that was the cause of all the failures in his plan. The chip contained the state-of-the-art AI programs for his robots and Anti-air in his casino, if he had gotten the chip and used it to upgrade his systems:

-The robots near the damn would have been active AND with the armed upgraded weapons and AI.
-His anti-air defense would have been working better (with the upgrades from the chip) and Vegas would not have been hit by any nukes.
-If Vegas hadn't been hit Mr. House would not have been in coma for a century or so and he would have started rebuilding the area much sooner. In fact, he would have had a thriving society before any other post-apocalyptic group got back on their feet.

You can complain that the Chip is just a regular Macguffin but that bit in the story has actually been explained quite well and it explains a) Why House doesn't rule the world. b) How he is able to be a potential threat to NCR and the Legion despite not being one currently. Honestly, that latter is important. All the main powers have some weakness that prevents them from defeating the others unless someone (the player) tips the balance in the region and the Chip offers House a plausible method of getting stronger AND a plausible reason for him lacking that strength before player intervention.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 20, 2015, 05:58:18 pm
FYI, Hatoful Boyfriend is out on PS4/PS Vita tomorrow. Coo coo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 21, 2015, 10:20:44 am
I've finally found a MOBA that isn't full of dick fucks, and I'm actually enjoying my time in the game rather than being yelled at for being inexperienced by a bunch of assholes who can't stand new players.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 21, 2015, 04:29:09 pm
My Courier was in no way a man who did what I think I'd consider right, but he was fair in his dealings and repaid his debts, I'll give him that.

-I focused on Energy Weaponry, and Melee weaponry after losing some of my progress. There's nothing like sniping some Legionfags with your Gauss Rifle, then blocking them in their preferred form of combat.


-I mostly worked for House with a bit of dabbling with the NCR on the side. Moderate Law, baby. My despite for the Legion's Hard Law led me to a rather high kill count against them, including the slavemaster himself. House was my patron. You gotta repay your patrons. I used Boone to kill the entirety of the Brotherhood and a couple NCR guys in my way. Somehow, this didn't make Boone fucking hate me.

-I killed Cassidy for the Van Graffs. Hey, a Energy Weapon's an Energy Weapon.

-Primm used to have the NCR taking care of them, but I doubt they'll be very happy with House. Goodsprings is mostly well off. Camp MC, eh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 21, 2015, 06:47:45 pm
I've finally found a MOBA that isn't full of dick fucks, and I'm actually enjoying my time in the game rather than being yelled at for being inexperienced by a bunch of assholes who can't stand new players.

Let me guess, Heroes of the Storm.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 21, 2015, 07:55:13 pm
Nope Smite. I tried Heroes of the Storm but I didn't really get into it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 21, 2015, 08:00:35 pm
....Smite?

Ironbite-oh my sweet summer child you have no idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 21, 2015, 08:17:09 pm
-I killed Cassidy for the Van Graffs. Hey, a Energy Weapon's an Energy Weapon.
If you want free energy weapons, all you need is a stealth boy. Use it in the Van Graff's store and suddenly all those weapons and ammo on display are yours for the taking.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 21, 2015, 09:06:52 pm
....Smite?

Ironbite-oh my sweet summer child you have no idea.

How toxic is the community? Cause the like twelve games I've played and so far no one has yelled at me for being a new player.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 21, 2015, 09:13:47 pm
If you're only doing AI, you're fine.  Move to PvP and well....

Ironbite-I have tissues and Heroes of the Storm waiting for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 22, 2015, 06:08:44 am
Finished Gothic. I'd completely forgotten about a rather huge flaw that is has. By chapter 2, the game runs out of side quests and by chapter 4 at the very latest, any halfway competent player has maxed out his preferred combat skill and all secondary skills. The entire latter half of the game has absolutely nothing to do outside of the main story. Not what you want in an RPG, I'm sure.

Of course, I do remember that Gothic II doesn't completely blow its load by the midpoint, and as I've just installed and modded it to run at a more civilised resolution and frame rate, I hope to have those memories confirmed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 23, 2015, 11:32:28 pm
I got Shadow of the Horned rat and Sea dogs from GOG but neither of them appears to work...

Hopefully they'll get them working after an update or few.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 23, 2015, 11:58:33 pm
And I've beaten the Lord of Terror and made Death my bitch.

Ironbite-this is Diablo 3?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 24, 2015, 08:26:26 am
I honestly don't get why the humans, post-Worldstone, of Sanctuary put up with all the shit they get from both heaven AND hell.  At the point we get to in D3, humans ought to just plain exterminate both of them, end the stupid Eternal Conflict, and keep the murderous pack of savages on high from annihilating them.

Also, playing Dragon Age II, and I am really, really beginning to become a murderous psychopath when it comes to templars.  Alistair aside, I absolutely hate the bastards, and enjoy every single opportunity I get to kill them.  All I want is one chance, even the slightest excuse, to invoke the Right of Annulment on the templar order.  Not a single one would make it out alive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 25, 2015, 07:29:43 pm
Dead Money is great until the end. You get a moderately fair set of a couple missions, and boom! Sharp difficulty spike. I'm still stuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 25, 2015, 09:39:49 pm
It...wasn't that hard.

Ironbite-unless you're trying to keep things alive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 26, 2015, 04:46:02 am
I downloaded Gears of War 3 off XBox Live.  After a couple of days playing it, I'll just say I'm not a fan of it at all.  Not sure why, but I ended up deleting it and going back to Bulletstorm and Plants vs. Zombies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Iczerfour on July 27, 2015, 02:15:14 am
I have been playing grand theft auto online and I have found it to be quite fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 27, 2015, 03:01:54 pm
The Minecraft server I play on is finally back up!  I'm so happy, I could pee!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 27, 2015, 03:31:43 pm
Nearly finished TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT, I'm still not sure what to make of it When its good, I'm reminded of the best moments of the Sonic games. When its bad, its like the worst.

Guess its appropriate, since Game Freak did seem to be influenced by the 2d Sonic games (and it is still a novelty seeing Game Freaks name on a non-Nintendo platform!)

Also Hatoful Boyfriend is weird. I still not 100% sure on how you end up with a certain birdie. It seems it should be obvious, spend time with a certain one when the choices come up, go the classes that would involve said birdie... Hmmm.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on July 28, 2015, 07:40:08 pm
So a friend of mine gifted me Rise of The Triad today I played it, it's awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on July 30, 2015, 02:58:24 pm
There is nothing quite like clearing a bunker of the Brotherhood while jacked up on every chem known to man.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 30, 2015, 03:10:34 pm
So a friend of mine gifted me Rise of The Triad today I played it, it's awesome.

I remember that game.  Flame Walls were awesome!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 31, 2015, 05:01:31 am
Just installed The Simpsons: Hit and Run. I haven't played that game since 2004, and it's been almost as long since I've watched good Simpsons episodes. Should be fun, methinks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on August 02, 2015, 11:13:47 am
This is a little bit dated, but there were idiots claiming that Super Mario Maker is racist.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/07/22/no-super-mario-maker-is-not-racist/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/07/22/no-super-mario-maker-is-not-racist/)

Jesus Christ, and I thought the Resident Evil 5 controversy was ridiculous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 02, 2015, 11:26:26 am
Yeah, looking at that, it's just dishonest to claim that he was calling the game racist. He was saying that the marketing was excluding, which is still very stupid and headscratching, but the rhetoric of "HE CALLED THE GAME RACIST!!!" is just dishonest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 02, 2015, 06:40:18 pm
Finally completed TEMBO. Fuck me that final boss was hard as hell. Fun though certainly not perfect.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 04, 2015, 09:28:58 pm
How would you feel about a Fallout game within the Gulf Commonwealth?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on August 05, 2015, 09:20:24 am
I'm pissed off right now.  Journey of the Light supposedly has seven or eight chapters, but in reality, it only has one unending, unwinnable level.

https://imgur.com/a/yceJt (https://imgur.com/a/yceJt)

This isn't even a Early Access game.  It's a full release, and the developer is also involved in complaints about Steam Refunds, repeating the mantra others have said, that it "hurts indie devs".  But I have to admit he's half-right.  It hurts dishonest indie devs like him.  However, it actually helps ethical devs because people are more willing to take chances on their games.

If you're a developer, be ethical or get the fuck out.  Don't sell or try to sell your game on lies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on August 05, 2015, 02:07:56 pm
Even if the "it hurts indie devs" argument was actually true, that doesn't matter. It's whats best for the consumer, and they'll just have to fucking deal with it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 05, 2015, 03:19:42 pm
Even if the "it hurts indie devs" argument was actually true, that doesn't matter. It's whats best for the consumer, and they'll just have to fucking deal with it.
Good point. ANY possibility of refunds and such "hurts" manufacturers. The fact that I can't start selling small rocks as medicine hurts my ability to make money but it protects the consumers and even if this example was exaggeration the point still stands. The laws and regulations often take the side of the consumer (how often and much depends on the country) and those laws and regulations really are there for the safety of the consumers. Any company that can't survive because they can't sell shit deserves to fail.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 15, 2015, 09:29:10 pm
I just realized the Mark Twain reference within the Mysterious Stranger's name. That's...dark.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 15, 2015, 10:17:57 pm
Fallout Shelter has dropped.

Ironbite-pretty cool little micromanagement game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 15, 2015, 10:20:26 pm
What, the mobile game? That thing's been out for months.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 15, 2015, 10:43:07 pm
Not for Android it hasn't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on August 15, 2015, 10:50:38 pm
My roommates and I have a communal Xbone now, and so I've been alternating between GTAV, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, and Witcher lll. A few observations;

The Witcher is great, a wonderfully well made world, great story nice gameplay, but FUCK does it go out of it's way to kick you in the balls for daring to try and be a nice guy.

I've lost track of how many (ingame) days I've spent in black flag ignoring the story to just sail around the Caribbean, plundering ships and looting treasure.

If Trevor is the best pilot of the GTAV crew, why do his planes all try to do a spiraling nose dive when I just want to turn slightly?

And finally... the shanties... I can't get them out of my head... I can't... "Oh, my name was captain Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on August 16, 2015, 12:35:04 am
Help me boys, there's a bully in the alley,
Hey, ho, a bully in the alley...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 16, 2015, 03:18:16 am
And away boys, away
A-weigh, you Rio!
It's fare-you-well my bonny young girls
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
Help me boys, there's a bully in the alley,
Hey, ho, a bully in the alley...
By the way, it's "I'm bully in the alley". It's old timey slang for drunk, I believe.

Unless of course, your pirate crew really is singing about a guy in an alley who steals their lunch money and gives them wedgies, in which case, you may want to review your hiring practices a little.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 18, 2015, 09:49:49 pm
What, if anything, does Hanlon mean by the Veteran Rangers "chasing ghosts down in Baja" and all?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 19, 2015, 02:54:26 am
What, if anything, does Hanlon mean by the Veteran Rangers "chasing ghosts down in Baja" and all?

I think it was partially a hint that there is more going on in the world than just the war at the damn. Also a reminder that NCR was fighting a war on two fronts. Their forces were spread between Baja and Nevada and both flanks were being hurt by the lack of troops.

Actually, I'm not sure if they explained what the operation in Baja was but maybe that was left vague on purpose in case a later game or expansion would be set there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on August 19, 2015, 06:45:04 am
My roommates and I have a communal Xbone now, and so I've been alternating between GTAV, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, and Witcher lll. A few observations;

I've lost track of how many (ingame) days I've spent in black flag ignoring the story to just sail around the Caribbean, plundering ships and looting treasure.

And finally... the shanties... I can't get them out of my head... I can't... "Oh, my name was captain Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed".

Yeah I tend to make my sailors sing, "Spanish Ladies," over and over again, along with the one Long John Silver sang in Muppet Treasure Island (can't remember the name).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 19, 2015, 05:47:06 pm
What, if anything, does Hanlon mean by the Veteran Rangers "chasing ghosts down in Baja" and all?

I think it was partially a hint that there is more going on in the world than just the war at the damn. Also a reminder that NCR was fighting a war on two fronts. Their forces were spread between Baja and Nevada and both flanks were being hurt by the lack of troops.

Actually, I'm not sure if they explained what the operation in Baja was but maybe that was left vague on purpose in case a later game or expansion would be set there.

Ghosts down in Baja?  Perhaps they're talking about the Ghost People.

Ironbite-maybe Big MT had another Sierra Mardre out there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 19, 2015, 07:38:42 pm
Its a sad day in Eberron when a set of +5 Thief's Tools costs 30 grand...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 20, 2015, 02:22:21 am
What, if anything, does Hanlon mean by the Veteran Rangers "chasing ghosts down in Baja" and all?

I think it was partially a hint that there is more going on in the world than just the war at the damn. Also a reminder that NCR was fighting a war on two fronts. Their forces were spread between Baja and Nevada and both flanks were being hurt by the lack of troops.

Actually, I'm not sure if they explained what the operation in Baja was but maybe that was left vague on purpose in case a later game or expansion would be set there.

Ghosts down in Baja?  Perhaps they're talking about the Ghost People.

Ironbite-maybe Big MT had another Sierra Mardre out there.

OR maybe "ghosts" was a more metaphorical phrase than literal. "Chasing ghosts" is just another way of saying "wild goose chase" and Hanlon though that the Baja expedition was a waste of time and resources.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 20, 2015, 09:09:24 am
What, if anything, does Hanlon mean by the Veteran Rangers "chasing ghosts down in Baja" and all?

I think it was partially a hint that there is more going on in the world than just the war at the damn. Also a reminder that NCR was fighting a war on two fronts. Their forces were spread between Baja and Nevada and both flanks were being hurt by the lack of troops.

Actually, I'm not sure if they explained what the operation in Baja was but maybe that was left vague on purpose in case a later game or expansion would be set there.

Ghosts down in Baja?  Perhaps they're talking about the Ghost People.

Ironbite-maybe Big MT had another Sierra Mardre out there.

OR maybe "ghosts" was a more metaphorical phrase than literal. "Chasing ghosts" is just another way of saying "wild goose chase" and Hanlon though that the Baja expedition was a waste of time and resources.

Hunting the Enclave remnants?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on August 20, 2015, 11:52:15 am
And away boys, away
A-weigh, you Rio!
It's fare-you-well my bonny young girls
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
Help me boys, there's a bully in the alley,
Hey, ho, a bully in the alley...
By the way, it's "I'm bully in the alley". It's old timey slang for drunk, I believe.

Unless of course, your pirate crew really is singing about a guy in an alley who steals their lunch money and gives them wedgies, in which case, you may want to review your hiring practices a little.

It's only "I'm" in the last chorus. ;)  When you go to Faire every weekend it's held, you learn the words to a lot of songs you'd never heard of before.  This is also why I grinned so huge when Bro was showing me that game, and the crew started singing "Bully in the Alley."

I was of the impression that it was about folks getting press-ganged (by the "bully") into serving in the British Navy, as this was their actual hiring practice for a couple centuries or so.

ETA the 1st verse as I heard it:

"I spent 10 years in the Royal Navy (Hey, ho, a bully in the alley)
I didn't want to go, but the bully made me (Bully down in Shinbone Al')."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 21, 2015, 01:28:48 am
And away boys, away
A-weigh, you Rio!
It's fare-you-well my bonny young girls
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
Help me boys, there's a bully in the alley,
Hey, ho, a bully in the alley...
By the way, it's "I'm bully in the alley". It's old timey slang for drunk, I believe.

Unless of course, your pirate crew really is singing about a guy in an alley who steals their lunch money and gives them wedgies, in which case, you may want to review your hiring practices a little.

It's only "I'm" in the last chorus. ;)  When you go to Faire every weekend it's held, you learn the words to a lot of songs you'd never heard of before.  This is also why I grinned so huge when Bro was showing me that game, and the crew started singing "Bully in the Alley."

I was of the impression that it was about folks getting press-ganged (by the "bully") into serving in the British Navy, as this was their actual hiring practice for a couple centuries or so.

ETA the 1st verse as I heard it:

"I spent 10 years in the Royal Navy (Hey, ho, a bully in the alley)
I didn't want to go, but the bully made me (Bully down in Shinbone Al')."

According to the Google gods, it's "I'm" throughout the whole song. Every lyrics site I've checked claims this. Not to mention, the song sounds far more like "I'm" than "there's a".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbvFroSYA0
Perhaps Black Flag uses a different version of the song, though I thought that back then, "bully" didn't mean a total fuckwit like it does nowadays.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on August 21, 2015, 06:05:30 am
It's been driving me crazy.  Google only turns up a totally different version about a girl named Sally.  The verse I quoted doesn't seem to be getting any hits.

It appears the local Faire has created a new variant.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 21, 2015, 06:22:24 am
Those damn incorrect faire sea shanties. They get you every time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on August 24, 2015, 07:41:05 pm
I would have really appreciated Arch Dornan as a member of the Remnants, to be honest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on August 24, 2015, 07:43:33 pm
I thought it was cannon that he was killed in Fallout 2?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 25, 2015, 01:33:46 am
As far as I'm aware there is no canon whether or not the Chosen one destroyed the Navarro base by him/herself. Apparently NCR and BoS teamed up to fight the Enclave so he might have been killed in that war but since there is no canon word on it (as far as I know) he could have been used as one of the Remnants.

I managed to get World of Warhips to work on my computer and it was fun for a while until my computer slowed down so much that playing became impossible. It takes so long to load the level that my ship has been hit by the enemies by the time I can start playing...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 25, 2015, 07:23:23 am
Currently getting back into Saints Row 2. It's hilarious just how quickly and easily you can break that game. Get four wanted stars, find a SWAT roadblock, steal one of their APCs, first head to the Forgive and Forget, then to the mechanic, mod it with all of the extra bells and whistles and stash it in your garage. Now, simply enjoy being an unstoppable angel of death on the road any time you want.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 26, 2015, 09:55:42 pm
I need a source for that last one because if that's true HOLY FUCK!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 30, 2015, 09:57:08 am
So apparently, I have a free gift code of Age of Wonders on GOG. I don't remember ever getting it, I had no idea I even had it until now but apparently it's been a thing since late last year. I could try and trade it, but I cannot for the life of me be arsed right now, so I'll just leave it here for one of you to enjoy. First come, first served.
(click to show/hide)
Have fun!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on August 30, 2015, 11:18:25 am
Grabbed it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on August 30, 2015, 03:51:49 pm
Radflakes are trying to get a game (admittedly a distasteful one) banned from an online store:

https://archive.is/iRRuU (https://archive.is/iRRuU)

So much for "we're not Jack Thompson".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 30, 2015, 09:36:14 pm
Grabbed it.
Cool, you enjoy that. Age of Wonders is probably the best turn based strategy of all time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 31, 2015, 01:15:57 am
Radflakes are trying to get a game (admittedly a distasteful one) banned from an online store:

https://archive.is/iRRuU (https://archive.is/iRRuU)

So much for "we're not Jack Thompson".
Link isn't working.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on August 31, 2015, 07:32:41 am
Radflakes are trying to get a game (admittedly a distasteful one) banned from an online store:

https://archive.is/iRRuU (https://archive.is/iRRuU)

So much for "we're not Jack Thompson".
Link isn't working.

It's working for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 31, 2015, 08:35:47 am
Radflakes are trying to get a game (admittedly a distasteful one) banned from an online store:

https://archive.is/iRRuU (https://archive.is/iRRuU)

So much for "we're not Jack Thompson".
Link isn't working.

It's working for me.
Ah, it's just not available in Finland.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on August 31, 2015, 02:03:40 pm
Radflakes are trying to get a game (admittedly a distasteful one) banned from an online store:

https://archive.is/iRRuU (https://archive.is/iRRuU)

So much for "we're not Jack Thompson".
Link isn't working.

It's working for me.
Ah, it's just not available in Finland.

Summary: A game called "Tournament of Rapists" is made available on DriveThruRPG (and is incorrectly cited as a Pathfinder game).  A lot of people, including big-name Paizo's Erik Mona (because, again, IT IS NOT A PATHFINDER GAME), are really pissed about that, because such games are likely to push people away from RPG's in general.

DTRPG initially removed the "Pathfinder/Paizo" tag and restricted the game as "Adults Only."  This wasn't good enough.

Quote from the link above:

Quote
There’s a pretty clear distinction between, say, a story that contains rape, and a story that’s about nothing but rape. And in the latter case, there’s a pretty clear distinction between something that explores the issue, and something that simply trivializes and glorifies it. Any non-disingenuous adult can tell the difference between something like “Tournament of Rapists” and something like Laurie Halse Anderson’s “Speak,” or even something like “Game of Thrones.” Heck, any non-disingenous adult can tell the difference between this and something that might have elements that trivialize sexual assault, like a book that contains a background generator with options for assault. “Tournament of Rapists” doesn’t turn rape into a game as a side effect; from its description, at least, that’s the entirety of its content. That’s its point.

There’s a pretty bright line, there.

And let’s not kid ourselves. As much as gamers like to make proclamations about free speech and censorship to reassure them that their petty little tantrums are important and connected to fundamental rights (!), when we talk about a private site’s decision to carry or not carry a single product, we’re not talking about Supreme Court caselaw, here. We’re not talking about binding arbitration that the government will step forward to support, which one can be thrown in jail for disobeying, which will be used as precedent in all decisions by all game sites forevermore. Don’t flatter yourselves, gamers and game sites. The free speech stakes here aren’t just low, they’re nonexistent.

Since gamers love citing the First Amendment but generally haven’t the first fucking clue how it actually works, let’s review: the First Amendment protects you from the government shutting you up. That’s it. It doesn’t protect you from social or financial consequences imposed by people other than the government as a result of your speech–in fact, those consequences are free speech WORKING AS INTENDED. Private individuals and companies deciding they don’t want anything to do with you because you’re saying repulsive things? That’s HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. The Bill of Rights protects your right to enter the marketplace of ideas. It doesn’t guarantee you buyers. Private companies can kick you off their forums or your product out of their store because they’re pissed that you misspelled “ridiculous,” and they’re still not violating your rights. That’s their prerogative.

There are real stakes here, however–make no mistake about that. They’re just not about free speech. Games (and geekdom in general) have sent out the message time and time again: women aren’t really members of the community. If we look pretty and keep our mouths shut except to stroke male gamers’ egos, we can hang around the margins, but if it’s ever a choice between us and the dudes who aren’t comfortable unless we’re being objectified, harassed, or abused, the geek community will choose its own–those dudes–every time. And this situation is no different. (And yes, I’m aware that rape isn’t just a women’s issue, but given that the description for the PDF positions misogyny as the rapists’ motivating factor, this is absolutely about gender.)

[...]

The thing is, this isn’t really a “complex” issue. As I said, we’re not talking binding legislation here. DriveThruRPG isn’t the Supreme Court, or, for that matter, an entity with authority over anything beyond what they host on their own site. And “Tournament of Rapists” doesn’t fall in any sort of ethical gray area–unless you think that maybe women kinda deserve it and maybe guys who make shitty game supplements should be allowed to say that without any consequences.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 01, 2015, 12:31:37 pm
How about some nice news? A yuri visual novel is coming to steam with no cuts of any kind.
http://blog.mangagamer.org/2015/09/01/kindred-spirits-on-the-roof-is-coming-to-steam/

Admittedly the sex scenes are fairly soft core, but considering that Steam hasn't really allowed actual on screen sex in visual novels (you can have the lead up, cut away to a black screen, and have the aftermath) its progress. And its yuri too, which is pretty damn awesome :)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 01, 2015, 01:45:05 pm
GOG had a sale so now I have I-WAR deluxe edition, the old Leisure Suit Larry games and Space Pirates And Zombies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on September 01, 2015, 04:30:05 pm
How about some nice news? A yuri visual novel is coming to steam with no cuts of any kind.
http://blog.mangagamer.org/2015/09/01/kindred-spirits-on-the-roof-is-coming-to-steam/

Admittedly the sex scenes are fairly soft core, but considering that Steam hasn't really allowed actual on screen sex in visual novels (you can have the lead up, cut away to a black screen, and have the aftermath) its progress. And its yuri too, which is pretty damn awesome :)

Wait.  You mean I get to romance pretty ladies in a visual novel--and still play as my own gender while I do it?

I love living in the future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 01, 2015, 07:30:43 pm
I wonder what this means for any of Christina Love's games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 02, 2015, 07:40:29 am
There's a game on Steam Greenlight called Dynostopia that infects its users with crippling malware.

https://archive.is/8JE19 (https://archive.is/8JE19)

Simply appalling.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 02, 2015, 08:25:08 am
UP, your links are region-locked or something because they keep saying the content's not available in my country.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 02, 2015, 08:40:33 am
UP, your links are region-locked or something because they keep saying the content's not available in my country.

Sorry, I keep forgetting archive.is is blocked in Finland.

Here's another link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3j89ci/do_not_downloadbeta_test_dynostopia_from_steam/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3j89ci/do_not_downloadbeta_test_dynostopia_from_steam/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 02, 2015, 08:44:25 am
Thanks.

I wonder what this means for any of Christina Love's games.

It means that don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story still sucks.

Come at me.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 02, 2015, 09:00:24 am
UP, your links are region-locked or something because they keep saying the content's not available in my country.

Sorry, I keep forgetting archive.is is blocked in Finland.

Here's another link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3j89ci/do_not_downloadbeta_test_dynostopia_from_steam/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/3j89ci/do_not_downloadbeta_test_dynostopia_from_steam/)

I've heard of viral marketing campaigns, but I never thought people would take the "viral" part so literally.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 02, 2015, 12:14:25 pm
How about some nice news? A yuri visual novel is coming to steam with no cuts of any kind.
http://blog.mangagamer.org/2015/09/01/kindred-spirits-on-the-roof-is-coming-to-steam/

Admittedly the sex scenes are fairly soft core, but considering that Steam hasn't really allowed actual on screen sex in visual novels (you can have the lead up, cut away to a black screen, and have the aftermath) its progress. And its yuri too, which is pretty damn awesome :)

Wait.  You mean I get to romance pretty ladies in a visual novel--and still play as my own gender while I do it?

I love living in the future.

Theres a few yuri visual novels out on steam already, I wish people would tag them to make them easy to find. Try The Reject Demon for a western developed one, chapter 0 is out now - http://store.steampowered.com/app/358770/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 03, 2015, 12:29:10 pm
And now the FTC's gone after Machinima:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2015/09/02/feds-slam-youtubers-deceptive-xbox-one-campaign/ (http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2015/09/02/feds-slam-youtubers-deceptive-xbox-one-campaign/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 03, 2015, 09:26:29 pm
Seems like something actually good for the customer, mang.

That aside, who do you think Talon Company's "employer" is? I can't really think of anybody of the major powers who'd want to wantonly kill anybody bringing law and order to the Capital Wasteland among the major powers, but perhaps the Enclave wants to prevent any organized resistance by sowing anarchy before they bring down the hammer with the modified FEV?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 03, 2015, 09:41:40 pm
Seems like something actually good for the customer, mang.

That aside, who do you think Talon Company's "employer" is? I can't really think of anybody of the major powers who'd want to wantonly kill anybody bringing law and order to the Capital Wasteland among the major powers, but perhaps the Enclave wants to prevent any organized resistance by sowing anarchy before they bring down the hammer with the modified FEV?
I'm pretty sure it's Tenpenny. We know for a fact he's the one sending Mercs after you if your karma is too high, so he's likely responsible for the rest of their shenanigans. Why he'd do it to begin with? Probably the same reason you gave for the Enclave hiring them. He does say that Tenpenny Tower is "just the beginning", so he likely intends to conquer and "civilise" the rest of the wasteland, or at the very least a sizeable chunk of it. Or perhaps he wants to keep the rest of it in anarchy so that his tower is the one and only bastion of pre-war luxury. Rich people in the wastes are extremely few and far between, so competition is something he likely can't afford.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on September 03, 2015, 10:07:22 pm
The cassette tape music in Phantom Pain is a great addition.  There's no better feeling of plowing a car you stole through a enemy base and start firing away as Rebel Yell or Rise of the Valkyries plays in the background.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 04, 2015, 12:51:50 am
Seems like something actually good for the customer, mang.

That aside, who do you think Talon Company's "employer" is? I can't really think of anybody of the major powers who'd want to wantonly kill anybody bringing law and order to the Capital Wasteland among the major powers, but perhaps the Enclave wants to prevent any organized resistance by sowing anarchy before they bring down the hammer with the modified FEV?
I'm pretty sure it's Tenpenny. We know for a fact he's the one sending Mercs after you if your karma is too high, so he's likely responsible for the rest of their shenanigans. Why he'd do it to begin with? Probably the same reason you gave for the Enclave hiring them. He does say that Tenpenny Tower is "just the beginning", so he likely intends to conquer and "civilise" the rest of the wasteland, or at the very least a sizeable chunk of it. Or perhaps he wants to keep the rest of it in anarchy so that his tower is the one and only bastion of pre-war luxury. Rich people in the wastes are extremely few and far between, so competition is something he likely can't afford.

I don't think it is Tenpenny. This guy: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Littlehorn and his company pay you to kill good people for reasons that are left unclear so he is a prime suspect in my opinion.

Tenpenny (or more likely Burke) will hire a team of Talon mercenaries to track down and kill the player as revenge for foiling the plan at Megaton but I doubt he is doing a genocide in the wastes. After all, Tenpenny thinks that the Megaton is empty when it is blown up since Burke lies to him for some reason (maybe he was supposed to pay the people to move out and decided to save some money and trouble by not bothering to warn them?)

Which reminds me that the ghoul who takes over the tower lets you and Burke blow up Megaton while knowing that there are a lot of people there... But killing him is an "evil" act...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 04, 2015, 04:22:16 am
The cassette tape music in Phantom Pain is a great addition.  There's no better feeling of plowing a car you stole through a enemy base and start firing away as Rebel Yell or Rise of the Valkyries plays in the background.

I heard Kids in America playing on a tape player and was "I'm grabbing that". But it alerted the guards, they come over to check why the tape player had turned off!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 05, 2015, 07:44:57 pm
In other news, this happened:

http://venturebeat.com/2015/09/04/ex-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-wins-epic-legal-fight-with-former-bosses/ (http://venturebeat.com/2015/09/04/ex-bungie-composer-marty-odonnell-wins-epic-legal-fight-with-former-bosses/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 05, 2015, 09:29:09 pm
So good to see that Activision's still owned and operated by complete, utter bastards.  Helps me keep score.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on September 05, 2015, 09:32:47 pm
So. Anyone else here play Kingdom of Loathing (http://www.kingdomofloathing.com)?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on September 06, 2015, 11:08:18 am
I fucked up big-time, y'all.

After years of people telling me I should play The Binding of Isaac, I noticed online that there were copies of Rebirth available for quite a few platforms.  I figured I'd get the PS3 version.  (I may have misread "PS4.")

I buy a $20 PSN card (there's no way I'm ever giving them any account information), do a search, and download the first thing that comes up.

Somehow it didn't occur to me that you could download Vita-only software using the PS3 version of the PSStore.

Yeah, I now have a copy of a $15 game that I can't even play.  Sony's not going to issue me a refund for this, are they?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 06, 2015, 05:39:15 pm
Nope.  They're pretty much laughing at you.

Ironbite-if they even noticed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on September 06, 2015, 10:16:43 pm
Oh well.  At least I had enough left in my "wallet" to get Katamari Damacy.  Hard to stay mad when you're rolling things up into a ball...until the FUCKING CAT RUNS INTO YOU AGAIN! 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 08, 2015, 03:39:48 pm
DRAGONS DOGMA COMING TO PC ON JANUARY

ARE YOU BITCHES READY
(http://i.imgur.com/LfhMIAf.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 08, 2015, 05:26:11 pm
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!

Ironbite-another Gundam Build Fighters fan?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 08, 2015, 09:03:47 pm
Had no idea what show that was from, I'm gonna assume that was the answer :P
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on September 09, 2015, 03:10:26 pm
My favorite kind of people are those who play and enjoy Touken Ranbu while insisting Kantai Collection is utter shit. I find them most often on Tumblr for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 09, 2015, 03:11:57 pm
So Touken Ranbu's Kantai, but with swords?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on September 09, 2015, 03:13:40 pm
Exactly right. Male swords as opposed to female ships, but that's the only significant difference.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 09, 2015, 03:34:06 pm
So if two guys from Touken Ranbu started to have a dick battle, it would literally be swordfighting?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on September 09, 2015, 05:03:10 pm
...I literally cannot think of a witty response to that. Yes, I suppose it would.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 09, 2015, 05:12:03 pm
I win ^^
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Second Coming of Madman on September 11, 2015, 09:38:53 pm
....Did Capcom have to reveal Rashid on 9/11?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H35g7es55v0
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 12, 2015, 02:20:13 pm
Why not reveal him on 9/11? It's as good a day to do so as any.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 12, 2015, 03:21:48 pm
Ay-rabs shouldn't be seen on our generation's Pearl Harbour anniversary.  At least, not for another...20 years?  Maybe 15 if we're lucky.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 12, 2015, 09:30:22 pm
Metal Gear Solid V is hype as fuck, and the plot makes about as much sense as the other games. Fucking Kiefer Sutherland has fuck all lines in this though and the amount of cutscenes is way lower, a bit jarring considering you couldn't get anybody to shut the fuck up in the previous games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on September 13, 2015, 02:26:26 pm
Why not reveal him on 9/11? It's as good a day to do so as any.

But to reveal a character who's basically an Arab stereotype, on the anniversary of the day when terrorists who happened to be from the MIDDLE EAST attacked the US, just seems really, really gauche.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 13, 2015, 02:31:40 pm
Why not reveal him on 9/11? It's as good a day to do so as any.

But to reveal a character who's basically an Arab stereotype, on the anniversary of the day when terrorists who happened to be from the MIDDLE EAST attacked the US, just seems really, really gauche.

On the other hand, it's a Japanese game.  It might have just slipped their minds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 13, 2015, 02:52:08 pm
Fair enough.

You know, aside from the whole reveal kerfluffle, he just looks like a cool character to me. Maybe a bit stereotypical, but then again there's Zangief, Blanka, Dhalsim and that turkish oil wrestling guy too, so it's not like this is a first or anything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 13, 2015, 02:53:56 pm
Fair enough.

You know, aside from the whole reveal kerfluffle, he just looks like a cool character to me. Maybe a bit stereotypical, but then again there's Zangief, Blanka, Dhalsim and that turkish oil wrestling guy too, so it's not like this is a first or anything.

I didn't know Brazilians were stereotyped as green-skinned mutants.    ;)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 13, 2015, 03:02:04 pm
Why not reveal him on 9/11? It's as good a day to do so as any.

But to reveal a character who's basically an Arab stereotype, on the anniversary of the day when terrorists who happened to be from the MIDDLE EAST attacked the US, just seems really, really gauche.

On the other hand, it's a Japanese game.  It might have just slipped their minds.

Whats this? The Japanese not understanding that their stereotypes of other nations might be seen as offensive? More likely than you think.

Honestly, they rarely mean any harm but oftentimes they simply don't realize what they are doing. Like Shaman King manga (which is a good one btw) that has an American kid called "Chocolove McDonnel" who's spirit friend is a Jaguar called "Mic the Jaguar."

...and he looks like this:
(http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/shamanking/images/7/7e/Chocolove1.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20131208054303&path-prefix=en)

I think the US translation of the Manga (or possibly anime) actually edited his face to make it look less like a caricature from 1940s.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 13, 2015, 03:51:46 pm
See, I think this is what it's about. Japan does stuff like Chocolove and having a Brazilian character be a literal monster from the wild (although from what I recall, Blanka's one of the nicer characters in the SF franchise so make of that what you will), but they don't seem to understand what they're doing. Probably because Japan was an isolated culture up until relatively recently and so doesn't have the same cultural memories. To them, Chocolove is just a wacky sidekick and not a representation of decades of systemic racism that killed and dehumanized millions. There's no malice, no intent.

Whether that's actually a valid excuse in modern times where acquiring this information is super easy is a conversation I'm not going to jump into, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 13, 2015, 07:21:18 pm
Besides, if you want to get into really racist depictions, you can get no more racist than Mr. Popo.

(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qxr10LlOp48/hqdefault.jpg)

Sleep well tonight, kids.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 14, 2015, 01:08:02 pm
I think part of the problem is that Japan has very few black people.  Therefore, much of the criticism doesn't get back to them.

But anyway, actual Arab gamers don't seem to mind.  This reminds me of how people got offended on behalf of Mexicans over Speedy Gonzales, or how they got offended on behalf of the Sami over Kristoff from Frozen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 14, 2015, 03:23:15 pm
Sami people did get (justifiably) pissed about Kristoff,  though, so that's not a very good example. There are Sami on both sides.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 14, 2015, 04:28:34 pm
Sami people did get (justifiably) pissed about Kristoff,  though, so that's not a very good example. There are Sami on both sides.

Care to point me to examples?  Because it seems like the vast majority of Sami people shared this guy's thoughts on the controversy:

(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/679/865/536.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 14, 2015, 04:51:44 pm
I'm exiled to mobile atm, so can you wait? I promise I'll link it once my computer stops being an asshole.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 15, 2015, 07:59:56 am
And FYI, actual Arabs were involved in Rashid's creation process:

http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/11/capcom-worked-closely-with-middle-eastern-distributor-to-develop-street-fighter-vs-rashid/ (http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/11/capcom-worked-closely-with-middle-eastern-distributor-to-develop-street-fighter-vs-rashid/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 15, 2015, 10:11:42 am
I ascend from the ashes of computer hard drive errors to bring you the promised links.

http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/68547136109/okay-i-totally-respect-your-opinion-so-im-not
http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/68803637950/hi-i-have-a-school-assignment-about-disneys
http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/73866006709/same-anon-here-i-know-you-did-a-comparison-way
http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/63955085602/you-realize-a-sami-person-has-been-repeatedly
http://daynapapaya.tumblr.com/post/91572300075/gogogadgetgoatkins-the-unpopular-opinions-i
http://thiscouldhavebeenfrozen.tumblr.com/post/70844791278/i-love-your-blog-mostly-because-as-a-saami

So yeah, one dude on a blog for unpopular opinions =/= "a vast majority of Sami". (Neither do my links, but then again I wasn't the one claiming "vast majorities".)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 15, 2015, 10:54:14 am
And FYI, actual Arabs were involved in Rashid's creation process:

http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/11/capcom-worked-closely-with-middle-eastern-distributor-to-develop-street-fighter-vs-rashid/ (http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/11/capcom-worked-closely-with-middle-eastern-distributor-to-develop-street-fighter-vs-rashid/)

Oh well then I guess that makes it totally ok!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 15, 2015, 11:27:56 am
Roleplay and cosplay are two different things, you know. Anyway, I've seen a lot of people say "go ahead and cosplay nonwhite characters, just don't do blackface/yellowface/etc and be respectful to the culture" which is reasonable enough to me.

Also, what you need to understand is that a piece of clothing is not always just a piece of clothing. Take the Plains Native American war bonnet, for example. Just feathers affixed to a leather headband, right? Nope. It has a fuckton of cultural significance, and just wearing it as a cool fashion accessory spits on that. That's the point. There's a difference between someone respectfully wearing a war bonnet while communicating with Plains Native American people and understanding the significance and dressing up as a Sexy Injun on Halloween, you know?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 15, 2015, 11:51:06 am
I ascend from the ashes of computer hard drive errors to bring you the promised links.

http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/68547136109/okay-i-totally-respect-your-opinion-so-im-not
http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/68803637950/hi-i-have-a-school-assignment-about-disneys
http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/73866006709/same-anon-here-i-know-you-did-a-comparison-way
http://selchieproductions.tumblr.com/post/63955085602/you-realize-a-sami-person-has-been-repeatedly
http://daynapapaya.tumblr.com/post/91572300075/gogogadgetgoatkins-the-unpopular-opinions-i
http://thiscouldhavebeenfrozen.tumblr.com/post/70844791278/i-love-your-blog-mostly-because-as-a-saami

So yeah, one dude on a blog for unpopular opinions =/= "a vast majority of Sami". (Neither do my links, but then again I wasn't the one claiming "vast majorities".)

It's not just "one dude".  I give you other examples, if you want.

And as for those people, well, I've found that people are usually more vociferous when it comes to complaints than when it comes to praise.  The "silent majority" is real.  I'm not dismissing their opinions, mind you, I'm just saying that they don't speak for the majority of the Sami.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on September 15, 2015, 11:53:47 am
Roleplay and cosplay are two different things, you know. Anyway, I've seen a lot of people say "go ahead and cosplay nonwhite characters, just don't do blackface/yellowface/etc and be respectful to the culture" which is reasonable enough to me.

Also, what you need to understand is that a piece of clothing is not always just a piece of clothing. Take the Plains Native American war bonnet, for example. Just feathers affixed to a leather headband, right? Nope. It has a fuckton of cultural significance, and just wearing it as a cool fashion accessory spits on that. That's the point. There's a difference between someone respectfully wearing a war bonnet while communicating with Plains Native American people and understanding the significance and dressing up as a Sexy Injun on Halloween, you know?

by that logic, nobody but married women should wear a bindi, only the japanese get kimonos (despite actual japanese having no problem with it), only real maori can have facial tattoos, etc... i'm on the same page as you, but all rules fly out the window for halloween. that's the point, to dress up and have fun. were it an everyday occurence, sure it would be very insensitive, but it's not. just look at kilts. culturally important to scots, they don't mind it when other cultures wear them, because they know it's harmless fun, though they do find it a bit quaint.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 15, 2015, 12:02:29 pm
And there's the thing; I'm not saying people can't wear things from other cultures ever, I'm saying they need to ask and communicate and understand what it means instead of just going "oh look that thing is purdy, I'mma wear it".

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Do note, at least, that I'm not trying to argue that people shouldn't care about the history behind the clothing

Never said you specifically were, it's that general attitude I'm pissed at.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 15, 2015, 12:07:44 pm
I may not agree with you on everything, but at least we can discuss things reasonably.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 15, 2015, 12:09:28 pm
Ditto. I'm glad that people can be honest in agreement and disagreement on this site and still respect each other. I really feel like I can completely express myself here on a pure and earnest level.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 15, 2015, 12:34:44 pm
Yeah, the thing about English is that the "general you" causes so much confusion. Passive voice is different in Finnish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on September 15, 2015, 04:48:59 pm
I'd also like to point out that dressing up as a person (e.g., Rosa Parks, Gandhi) is not racism or appropriation.  Dressing up as an ethnicity or culture (e.g., "Thug," "Mexican") is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 15, 2015, 07:04:15 pm
Anyone got up to the mission in The Phantom Pain where you have to have a fist fight with a freakin' kid?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 15, 2015, 07:41:36 pm
Anyone get to the point where Code Talker and Kazuhira talk about hamburgers?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 15, 2015, 10:13:56 pm
Has anybody played up to the part where Quiet makes a lick of sense?

Ironbite-I hear it's in New Game+++DoubleGood.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 16, 2015, 08:35:03 am
"Boss, you're going to extract him?"

"He's coming too roger that?"

Yes goddamnit Kaz shut the fuck up, I'm taking every motherfucker with me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 16, 2015, 08:55:56 am
Finished replaying Professor Layton and the Curious Village. Fun game, even if it did give me an undying hatred for sliding block puzzles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 16, 2015, 06:30:36 pm
Had another fist fight with that kid. He's good.

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 16, 2015, 10:01:15 pm
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 16, 2015, 11:08:33 pm
A game that lets you potentially harm a child?  Jesus Christ, if we keep this up, we might be back to 1997 levels of freedom by the time I hit 30.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 18, 2015, 07:32:07 pm
A game that lets you potentially harm a child?  Jesus Christ, if we keep this up, we might be back to 1997 levels of freedom by the time I hit 30.

Well, not quite. You can tranq the Child Soldiers, and knock them out in CQC, but if you shoot them with a lethal weapon you get an instant mission failure. I pack a tranq sniper rifle if the mission description makes it know, if not I call one down from motherbase
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 18, 2015, 11:52:37 pm
Still, the fact you can do a child harm in a video game is a sight for sore eyes.  I still remember the time I (accidentally) blew a child to pieces with a grenade in Fallout.  For some reason, the people in the town took offense to that...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 19, 2015, 12:34:06 am
Having child soldiers in the game that has mercenaries fighting in Africa is among the more realistic parts of the game.

And the "horrors of war" seem to be a major theme so it fits that as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 19, 2015, 12:47:49 am
I don't get gamers obsession with killing kids in games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on September 19, 2015, 01:08:28 am
With Zygarde on this one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on September 19, 2015, 01:22:06 am
I don't get gamers obsession with killing kids in games.

Taboo things are always lusted after.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 19, 2015, 01:29:55 am
It's one area in which devs like to play moral guardian, so naturally any games that defy that stupid trend should be applauded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on September 19, 2015, 01:30:56 am
I would also like a Pokemon game where I can straight up steal the Pokemon from trainers. Colosseum and XD were huge steps in this direction, but I'd like to steal any Pokemon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 19, 2015, 07:23:34 am
As part of my current Professor Layton kick, I just finished Padora's Box (at least the story, still have to do the bonus and weekly puzzles, as well and hunt down one of the fuckers that I apparently missed). You know, one thing strikes me as rather odd.
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 19, 2015, 09:38:28 am
Ah, child killing video games.

Enter Richard Garriott. You know, this guy:

(http://phenixrising.typepad.com/photos/galia/richardgarriott.jpg)

He made the Ultima series!

And in several games in said series, you are actually *forced* to kill one or several children. This can include dropping them into a pit of lava, killing a giant group of child soldiers, having a random-ass child mage in a world where magic doesn't work start throwing fireballs at you, opening a cage allowing a large group of monsters to eat a group of children...

And, of course, Garriott did all this simply because he received letters from his family telling him not to do it during the creation of the series.

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Actually, you're not forced to.  During his interview with Spoony, he points out that there's multiple solutions to the problem that don't involve killing: running away, casting Charm, Sleep, Paralyze, or Fear on them.  You had options.  Just goes to show how many RPG players automatically see an enemy and decide to just kill them, instead of finding an alternate solution to the problem.

Also, killing children is one of those things that's been taboo ever since a bunch of moral guardians pissed and moaned about the "horrible violence in games turning our kiddles into trained murderers."  Wasn't too long after that when children all but disappeared from games and, if they were present, they were conspicuously immortal.  Think of it like this: with children that could come to real, actual harm, gamers could be forced to think about their choice of attacks and approach far more effectively than just random adult NPCs.  Protecting kids is an instinct most of us have.  With mortal kids, you now have to look out and think "should I use this fireball of apocalyptic power or not?"  It gives their presence weight and gravitas that is missing when they're either simply not there or immortal.  I sure as hell know that I stopped using the minigun in Fallout whenever kids might be in the line of fire.  Besides, look me in the eye and tell me you haven't wanted to punch some of the little shits you come across (like in Skyrim) just once and have it actually do something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 19, 2015, 01:31:12 pm
There was supposed to be a peaceful solution to the kids in The Den. It was left out because Fallout 2 was released as an unfinished and buggy game by the order of the parent company and against the protest of Black Isle...

And Killapp's Fallout 2 restoration project returns much of that lost material (which was in fact stored on the game CD it just wasn't quite finished.) and with that mod you can find a new home to those kids. (You also get several other new quests and Myron at least has new voice files unlocked relating to those quests.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 19, 2015, 01:47:56 pm
Just curious...who would be interested in playing a modded Minecraft server, if I got/hosted one?  I ask because the server I play on is having long downtime due to stability issues, and I just want something I can play on with some homies.  It'd likely be a somewhat large pack, but not all that hardcore.  Think of it like the old FSTDT Minecraft server, only not creative and with more shit to do than what vanilla can offer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on September 19, 2015, 02:25:11 pm
Just curious...who would be interested in playing a modded Minecraft server, if I got/hosted one?  I ask because the server I play on is having long downtime due to stability issues, and I just want something I can play on with some homies.  It'd likely be a somewhat large pack, but not all that hardcore.  Think of it like the old FSTDT Minecraft server, only not creative and with more shit to do than what vanilla can offer.

i'd be in, although i don't have a mic and headset, and if i got a semi-stable connection.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 19, 2015, 03:16:39 pm
Don't matter if you have a headset or mic, don't really plan on hosting a TS server.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 19, 2015, 04:13:36 pm
Having child soldiers in the game that has mercenaries fighting in Africa is among the more realistic parts of the game.

And the "horrors of war" seem to be a major theme so it fits that as well.
Pretty much true. You feel sorry for them, and treating them right is one of the few things the main 3 (Big Boss, Ocelot and Miller) agree on.
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Saw a story on the BBC today about ai controlled bionic legs which made me think of the leg walker things(?) Huey has in this. (random)

I don't get gamers obsession with killing kids in games.
Im not? I was just making an observation about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 19, 2015, 08:11:25 pm
Just curious...who would be interested in playing a modded Minecraft server, if I got/hosted one?  I ask because the server I play on is having long downtime due to stability issues, and I just want something I can play on with some homies.  It'd likely be a somewhat large pack, but not all that hardcore.  Think of it like the old FSTDT Minecraft server, only not creative and with more shit to do than what vanilla can offer.
I'd at the very least poke my head in a few times. Though I haven't played Minecraft in years, so I'm probably just a little rusty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 19, 2015, 11:13:39 pm
Hasn't really changed much, at its core.  Think I might just end up doing this.  Don't fancy playing alone unless I just can't help it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 20, 2015, 11:50:33 am
Sure, I'd pop in from time to time. haven't played Minecraft in ages and this would be a good excuse to start again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 20, 2015, 01:09:57 pm
Sweet!  I think I've found one that's got decent horsepower for a decent price.  I've got the altered FTB Infinity instance I have in mind starting up, I'm just tinkering with the configs a bit and waiting on permissions for Reika's stuff...though, I technically don't need it since its a private add-on pack for Infinity.  I'll start a new thread for it in a little bit.  Comes with a few instructions, lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 20, 2015, 06:39:41 pm
Steins;Gate 0 visual novel opening movie - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-20/steins-gate-0-visual-novel-opening-movie-previews-kanako-itou-theme/.93171

I really want to read this. I really hope it gets a English release sooner than the original did
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 27, 2015, 07:47:46 am
Seems Steam is blocking certain tags? Trying to tag A Kiss for the Petals - Remembering How We Met, a yuri visual novel with suitable tags and well, look at the two that get greyed out and aren't searchable? Yeah. Wtf is up with that, huh?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 27, 2015, 08:16:55 am
Would I be entering sjw tumblrina territory if I said it's because of "ick,  lesbian cooties"?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 27, 2015, 12:26:25 pm
Would I be entering sjw tumblrina territory if I said it's because of "ick,  lesbian cooties"?

Not necessarily...though, that's likely an indirect cause, since said games might be rated 18+.  Can't expose the wee kiddies to sex, but we'll let 'em gun down all the brown people they want.

Speaking of gunning people down: HOLY FUCK.  Got Saint's Row 4 for my birthday and FUCK YEAH!  Its so awesome, having a game that staunchly refuses to take itself seriously in the slightest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on September 27, 2015, 02:02:09 pm
Would I be entering sjw tumblrina territory if I said it's because of "ick,  lesbian cooties"?

Nah, I don't think so. It's pretty obvious that's why those tags are blocked, after all. Though we'd have to see if "sex" or "hetero" or whatever the tag would be for your usual, guy-gets-a-bunch-of-ladies-somehow visual novel is also blocked.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: mellenORL on September 27, 2015, 02:53:06 pm
I doubt it's anti-lesbian bigotry by Steam, of course, but it's probably a case of them abiding by various country's outdated age & content restriction laws, and also likely exacerbated by the fact that (usually pseudo) lesbian themes are so prevalent in porn.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 27, 2015, 04:08:21 pm
Have any of you actually played the John Cena dating sim?

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on September 27, 2015, 04:57:20 pm
I didn't even know that was a thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 27, 2015, 08:13:54 pm
Have any of you actually played the John Cena dating sim?
I've seen someone Let's Play it. It certainly made me giggle.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on September 27, 2015, 10:02:08 pm
I find the fact that there is a John Cena dating sim hilarious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 28, 2015, 01:04:09 am
I wonder if it plays his them every time he's on screen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on September 28, 2015, 01:06:59 am
Is a a dating sim where you try to date Cena, or where you are Cena and try to date typical dating sim characters? Because one is funny, but the other is fucking hilarious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 28, 2015, 01:08:29 am
Is a a dating sim where you try to date Cena, or where you are Cena and try to date typical dating sim characters? Because one is funny, but the other is fucking hilarious.
Both.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 28, 2015, 12:57:51 pm
I'm trying to kick my own ass into continuing Undertale. That part where (spoilers for Undertale, the pacifist run in particular)

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is super disturbing, but I know I have to get back on the horse sooner or later.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on September 28, 2015, 03:44:08 pm
finally bought dawn of war (1 and 2) with all dlc's. so far, dawn of war's campaign is cheesy-awesome. much fun is had.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on September 28, 2015, 05:20:52 pm
Just beat Metal Gear Solid 4 for the first time. took me sixteen hours to beat the game. look up a compilation of cutscenes from the game on Youtube, it was around 7 hours long. so basically half the game was actual game :P still pretty fun though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on September 28, 2015, 06:15:25 pm
Is a a dating sim where you try to date Cena, or where you are Cena and try to date typical dating sim characters? Because one is funny, but the other is fucking hilarious.
Both.

That is just… I'm actually not sure what to say. Huh.

I think Steams tagging system is a bit broken. They still are keeping nudity as a tag despite it not featuring any and people flagging it.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on September 29, 2015, 10:31:22 am
Undertale. Fuck me, this game. It's like... it's like watching saturday morning cartoons with a cup of cocoa, only the TV randomly cuts to Lars von Trier films every now and then. And it all fits together. It's like frolicking in a beautiful garden with friends, and then tripping on a grave. And then putting flowers on the grave and continuing to frolic. It's like a hand wrapped around your heart, sometimes gently holding it, sometimes tickling it and sometimes kicking it in the nuts. And sometimes all of these things at once.

This game. This game. There's no fucking words, except a long wordless scream of every emotion known to man combined into a single sound. This game. This game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 29, 2015, 11:32:43 pm
I am obsessed with operational wargames
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on September 30, 2015, 07:54:14 pm
And now Valve's cracking down on undisclosed incentivized reviews:

https://archive.is/3tMPu (https://archive.is/3tMPu)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on September 30, 2015, 08:28:55 pm
And now Valve's cracking down on undisclosed incentivized reviews:

https://archive.is/3tMPu (https://archive.is/3tMPu)

good. i want honest reviews, and the few i've posted were honest, if a bit overenthusiastic. the way i see it, they're cracking down on corruption, as it should be. and i will willingly not review a game if the devs offer me compensation. it has to come from me, and no one else.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 30, 2015, 09:16:53 pm
And now Valve's cracking down on undisclosed incentivized reviews:

https://archive.is/3tMPu (https://archive.is/3tMPu)
Hopefully they'll start monitoring the rest of their service. Specifically, Greenlight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on October 07, 2015, 01:32:04 pm
Undertale. That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 07, 2015, 01:35:52 pm
I finally jumped on the Dragon Age bandwagon, and man, am I impressed. I love the society they've created. I love the dialogue and the characters. Easily one of my favorites now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 07, 2015, 02:45:45 pm
This seems interesting: http://store.steampowered.com/app/246900/

It might become boring after a while but at least the concept is funny and 10€ is not a bad price. (But I think I will still wait for the finished game.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 08, 2015, 01:38:33 am
I finally jumped on the Dragon Age bandwagon, and man, am I impressed. I love the society they've created. I love the dialogue and the characters. Easily one of my favorites now.
*Slams door open* Did somebody say Dragon Age?! Because boy oh boy do I have a lot to say about Dragon Age.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 08, 2015, 09:36:06 am
I finally jumped on the Dragon Age bandwagon, and man, am I impressed. I love the society they've created. I love the dialogue and the characters. Easily one of my favorites now.
*Slams door open* Did somebody say Dragon Age?! Because boy oh boy do I have a lot to say about Dragon Age.

Are these good things?

I just beat the first game and will move on to the second one shortly, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 08, 2015, 04:09:47 pm
Welp, just finished Higurashi Chapter 1 Onikakushi (well, aside from the cast "after party"). Jesus. Wow. I really have no words. It twisted and turned till the final moments. Fuck, just wow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 08, 2015, 06:39:51 pm
Guys if you aren't playing the Star Wars: Battlefront beta, you need to get on that shit right now. is hype as fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 11, 2015, 10:01:42 am
Gat's loyalty mission in SR4 has to be one of the happiest things in gaming.  And I've never even played Saint's Row 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on October 12, 2015, 03:43:03 pm
just soldiered through dawn of war winter assault playing as the guard. humanity fuck yeah!

also, fuck eldar. like, with a rusty spoon. friggin' glass cannons. give me meat! i'll drown the blood god using infantry and come out triumphant!

*bsods*

guizonde is rebooting due to laser-spam induced orgasm. please wait while loading...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 12, 2015, 03:50:40 pm
Lego Dimensions is a lot of fun. Had to save Springfield Nuclear Power Plant from Lord Business and the Joker while playing as Batman, Gandalf, Wyldstyle and Chell.

That... that is not a sentence anyone sane would have thought of writing before this came out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on October 12, 2015, 04:14:16 pm
Lego Dimensions is a lot of fun. Had to save Springfield Nuclear Power Plant from Lord Business and the Joker while playing as Batman, Gandalf, Wyldstyle and Chell.

That... that is not a sentence anyone sane would have though of writing before this came out.

mad libs: awesomesauce edition.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 12, 2015, 07:30:05 pm
Notorious game developer Digital Homicide is threatening to sue Jim Sterling for defamation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbqxPgK87dM

Holy frivolous lawsuit, Batman!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 12, 2015, 07:42:32 pm
Shouldn't you be cheering this on as Jim Sterling is one of those guys who dared to say mean words about your pet project of goobergate?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 12, 2015, 08:19:05 pm
Shouldn't you be cheering this on as Jim Sterling is one of those guys who dared to say mean words about your pet project of goobergate?

Jim's a Kool-Aid drinker to be sure, but that doesn't make this any less ridiculous. 

Besides, no matter what people here think of Jim himself, Digital Homicide is one of the most sorry excuses for a studio to ever enter the industry.  They're literally exploiting Steam to get money off of impulse buys from those who don't know what they are getting, and those who buy just for the trading cards.  I honestly hope that Jim countersues and leaves their studio in shambles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 12, 2015, 09:31:03 pm
Shouldn't you be cheering this on as Jim Sterling is one of those guys who dared to say mean words about your pet project of goobergate?

JUST FUCK ALREADY.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on October 12, 2015, 10:34:04 pm
Shouldn't you be cheering this on as Jim Sterling is one of those guys who dared to say mean words about your pet project of goobergate?

How about we don't try to bait people into talking about GG?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on October 13, 2015, 06:24:47 am
A video game swatter just got sentenced to a year and a day in prison:

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/10/12/video-game-swatter-sentenced-to-jail-for-one-year/ (http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/10/12/video-game-swatter-sentenced-to-jail-for-one-year/)

Honestly, considering it could get somebody killed, it seems too lenient.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 13, 2015, 06:42:53 am
I think that's the minimum for filing a false police report

Ironbite- don't quote me on that
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on October 13, 2015, 12:10:15 pm
Child of Light was deeply-discounted on Steam last week, so I got it.  It hits all of my buttons in the best ways, but the FUCKING SPIDER IN MAGNA'S HEART is pissing me off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 13, 2015, 05:05:42 pm
I got to the final section of that and never played it anymore... oops.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 14, 2015, 01:32:54 pm
So one of my favorite shows, RWBY is now getting it's own game. Can't wait to play it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSSmbZKXTsQ
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 14, 2015, 02:18:18 pm
I've managed to watch one episode of RWBY and at least 2 minutes of another one. Maybe I'll try to watch it again. ...If Crunchyroll works a bit better than usual.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 14, 2015, 02:35:06 pm
You know you can just watch it on Rooster Teeth's website or their YouTube page right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 14, 2015, 03:26:27 pm
...Well I do now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 14, 2015, 06:45:42 pm
Please to be facepalming yourself now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on October 15, 2015, 06:25:38 pm
RWBY is Ok, but the 3D anime program they have to use makes a lot of the clothes and hair look stiff and unreal. :/

Of course, there's a reason for Blake's stiff bow, but still.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on October 15, 2015, 08:38:41 pm
RWBY volume 1 had awful dialogue IMO, but it was pretty to look at anyway (particularly combat scenes). Vol. 2 was better.

And the music is generally great.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 16, 2015, 03:55:31 am
Guess who finally succumbed to the hype train and bought Undertale? That's right, me. It's very... Earthbound so far, if using "Earthbound" as an adjective makes any sense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on October 16, 2015, 06:46:09 am
Guess who finally succumbed to the hype train and bought Undertale? That's right, me. It's very... Earthbound so far, if using "Earthbound" as an adjective makes any sense.
Yes. Good. JOIN US.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on October 16, 2015, 06:52:59 am
Earthbound in a good way, or a bad way?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Igor on October 16, 2015, 06:54:03 am
That depends entirely on how you play. In other words: Spoilers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on October 16, 2015, 07:10:35 am
I've played the game, as my previous messages might have indicated. I'm asking Ghoti.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 17, 2015, 06:23:33 am
A good way, definitely. Everything's quirky and original without trying too hard and the unique logic and mechanics are something I've never really seen before. I'm trying to make my first run a pacifist run buuuut honestly I'm so bad at the bullet hell segments I might go neutral just so I can have more than 20 hit points. (I'm currently stuck on Undyne, who's one of my favorites so far. And yes, I've already spoilered myself rotten because I'm an impatient child.)
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Post by: IanC on October 17, 2015, 06:21:11 pm
I think the best way to sum up Lego Dimensions is its like if you are a 9 year old kid again and have all the Lego you want.

Who wouldn't have Batman fight Lord Sauron on top of a Dalek flying saucer?

Yes that's a thing that happens. Also Saruman on top of a giant snake.

Oh the storyline Doctor Who level, A Dalektable Adventure? Middle part is a Lego survival horror game with Weeping Angels. Yep.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on October 18, 2015, 10:40:29 am
OMFG, I think I need the PS3 version. <3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 19, 2015, 08:24:24 am
Undertale update: I outran a fish woman with a shit ton of magic spears, got my ass handed to me by a training dummy (three times!), and now I'm laying on the floor feeling like garbage with my ghost friend. 10/10 best game ever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on October 19, 2015, 09:28:45 am
Leave the first CD at the ghosts place playing,  leave the house and faff around in the save point area until you get a random encounter. It'll be great.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 19, 2015, 07:21:23 pm
Leave the first CD at the ghosts place playing,  leave the house and faff around in the save point area until you get a random encounter. It'll be great.
How did you discover that?? That's hilarious, I wish I could carry a boombox or something so I quit getting random encounters.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on October 20, 2015, 03:26:40 am
KH 2.5's Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix part is fiendishly difficult in some places (I am looking at you, Scar). Still incredibly enjoyable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 20, 2015, 03:57:18 am
The original version of Kingdom Hearts 2 was pretty damn easy, but yeah, the new bosses they added were pretty tough. Especially Roxas. That was an annoying fight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on October 20, 2015, 04:24:15 am
It took me watching Joshscorcher fight him to realize Roxas' attacks can be blocked.

Until...they can't be.

Yeesh.

Xaldin was also "fun"...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 20, 2015, 05:14:23 am
Both my and my my best friend broke down crying over a video game today, although we were crying about different video games. Also, I'm going to compulsively stomp on every single flower I see for the rest of my natural life.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on October 20, 2015, 05:15:12 am
...Does this involve Nier? That's the first game I think of that combines "crying" "flowers" and "frustrated sadness".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on October 20, 2015, 07:52:35 am
...Does this involve Nier? That's the first game I think of that combines "crying" "flowers" and "frustrated sadness".
Nope, Undertale.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on October 20, 2015, 04:52:37 pm
Sorry, guys, I just can't resist...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 20, 2015, 05:01:58 pm
Completed Tearaway Unfolded. Very satisfying.

Only 32% of trophies though! Guess i shall try and get more of them...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on October 22, 2015, 07:17:26 pm
Doing the Play+ of Child of Light. I fucking love this game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on October 23, 2015, 01:27:15 am
Getting 7 Orichalcum+ pieces in Kingdom Hearts 2 FM is an utter bitch.

An utter, utter bitch.

I get 6 of them through random quests and chests, and the last one needs me to have assembled all the materials. Materials which might include what I get from the hyper-difficult Data Battles, and what I get from the Lingering Will, who is a massive headache to fight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on October 23, 2015, 06:22:12 am
I beat Dead Space 2 for the 4th time since I bought it years ago.  I'm starting a 5th playthrough, and the jump scares still get me.  every.  single.  time.  DS2 is my all-time favorite horror game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 24, 2015, 07:58:20 pm
So I just found out about the online invasions in MGS:TPP. I can honestly say I'm surprised that such an utterly shitty mechanic was put into such a (formerly) great game. But of course Konami had to make it so that you could just lose all your soldiers, cash, and supplies at any time, even while you were offline, without any method of opting out of it. Good job Konami, you made the game literally unplayable, and I'm going to recommend to everyone I see not to play it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on October 24, 2015, 08:03:33 pm
Out of curiosity and laziness, what's that stand for?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 24, 2015, 08:05:02 pm
Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 24, 2015, 08:31:30 pm
Metal Gear Solid: The Phantom Pain

Also, #FucKonami. Where's my chapter 3? That was mine damnit! give it back!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 24, 2015, 10:00:12 pm
Lemme guess, its one of those games where you can't play offline at all, right?  That's one of the reasons I never got into Dark Souls.  Just...no.  Fuck no.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on October 24, 2015, 10:36:03 pm
Last I checked you could play it offline( but I haven't touched the game in about half a month since I've been too focused on LP's.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 25, 2015, 06:32:32 am
You can go offline from the pause menu, thankfully.

I enjoyed chapter 1, but tbh haven't touched it much since then
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 25, 2015, 02:51:03 pm
You can go offline from the pause menu, thankfully.

I enjoyed chapter 1, but tbh haven't touched it much since then

It's too bad that your base can still be attacked and your resources drained, even while you're offline... going offline just means that you won't be around to defend it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 25, 2015, 02:56:11 pm
Wait, what? REALLY???

I did not know that. WTF Konami?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on October 25, 2015, 02:57:09 pm
I've already heard a dozen horror stories, and there will likely be more.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 25, 2015, 03:05:16 pm
Here I was actually considering getting it after my Fallout 4 pre-order XBone comes.  LOL, NOPE.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 25, 2015, 03:21:28 pm
A shame really, 'cos MGSV prob has the best gameplay in the entire series. Konami just really likes fucking things up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 25, 2015, 03:44:30 pm
Peace Walker is still my favourite game in the series, MGS V came close but you can feel where Konami fucked it up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on October 28, 2015, 11:12:26 pm
My friend got me into the otome game Amnesia: Memories. The art is beautiful, as are the men. It's got some weird shit, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 29, 2015, 09:32:09 pm
I just snagged Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, seeing as it's on sale. It's supposed to be quite the hidden gem (with the community patch), so I'm looking forward to getting into it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 29, 2015, 09:58:17 pm
I just snagged Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, seeing as it's on sale. It's supposed to be quite the hidden gem (with the community patch), so I'm looking forward to getting into it.

It's the fucking dopest, dude. Although save playing as a Malkavian for a second run, you'll appreciate it more then.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 29, 2015, 10:11:26 pm
Cool beans. I'm now quite confident that my $5 wasn't wasted.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on October 29, 2015, 10:24:39 pm
i'm still binging on dawn of war. i'm nearly done playing through dark crusade as the tau. wondering if i should play 'cron afterwards, but the imperial guard and the orks have new units... arg, tough choice, and i'm not yet ready to dive into the supposed clusterfuck that is soulstorm (or "dawn of eldar: the elven ass-whooping", as it's known on 1d4chan wiki).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on October 29, 2015, 10:47:24 pm
So, got a $20 psn card. Grabbed myself Persona 2: Eternal Punishment and Legend of Dragoon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: syaoranvee on October 30, 2015, 12:41:23 am
I just snagged Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, seeing as it's on sale. It's supposed to be quite the hidden gem (with the community patch), so I'm looking forward to getting into it.

Speaking of that, the IP for World of Darkness and Masquerade for more specifics were recently moved from CCP to Paradox after long time of CCP just holding onto it. So hopefully more games in the future?  Link (http://massivelyop.com/2015/10/29/ccp-has-sold-white-wolf-to-swedish-publisher-paradox/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 03, 2015, 12:05:50 am
Well, it's official. Vampire: The Masquerade has ruined Geodude for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on November 03, 2015, 12:14:57 am
? I require an explanation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 03, 2015, 01:08:16 am
You know those little bastards that are just two legs and a head (looks a bit like Geodude) that run and jump around at breakneck speed? Yeah, those fuckheads are the worst.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Iczerfour on November 03, 2015, 02:19:32 am
you mean those things that where hanging out in that mansion?

Yea i hate those bastards
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 03, 2015, 07:56:08 pm
On the Minecraft server, I have officially split the atom.  FISSION IS MINE TO COMMAND.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 07, 2015, 12:15:35 pm
And now, I have the toroid magnets set up for my eventual break into fusion.  The only resource I'm really missing is tritium, and I need a second reactor for that...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 07, 2015, 04:41:38 pm
Fallout 4 is sitting on my computer.

Ironbite-just...waiting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 07, 2015, 05:05:55 pm
So I finally caved and got Undertale, This is my new favorite game and I will spare anyone who dares says Papyrus is not cool.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 07, 2015, 05:39:55 pm
I watched a walkthrough of Halo Guardians and it was better than I expected. I was even surprised that I didn't hate Halsey all the time in the game. (Honestly in the games, books and short films she has consistently moved back and forth between "I am a hypocritical bitch that does horrible things for the GREATER GOOD" and "I am so sorry about all those horrible things I did and from now on I will be a better person to make it up." It's like some American cartoon where in every episode a character learns the true meaning of friendship or something but has forgotten it by the time the next episode comes.)

I also liked the thing with Cortana as well and although only two of the Spartans from the teams that are played get screentime the others at least have some characterization as well (And Fillion is being as funny as usual.)

(click to show/hide)
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Post by: IanC on November 07, 2015, 07:29:41 pm
That spoiler. Wow. Glad I gave up on Halo after Bungie sold Halo to MS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 08, 2015, 02:19:43 am
It's not bad and they have a reasonably logical answer for why that happens in Halo 5.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 08, 2015, 05:08:25 am
So I finally caved and got Undertale, This is my new favorite game and I will spare anyone who dares says Papyrus is not cool.
*Chanting* One of us! One of us!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on November 08, 2015, 06:25:27 am
So I finally caved and got Undertale, This is my new favorite game and I will spare anyone who dares says Papyrus is not cool.
*Chanting* One of us! One of us!


I would get it if not for circumstances preventing it. Anyway, got Borferlands 2 and all of the DLC on my Vita. Oh, and Shovel Knight. Because Shovel Knight.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 08, 2015, 11:48:56 am
Fun game stuck on Undyne's fight cause I gotta go for a neutral run so I can do the pacifist one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 08, 2015, 05:37:23 pm
So some fucktards decided it'd be fun to break street and cracked the code and got Fallout 4 out in the wild.  Then they decided to livestream it.  Guess what happened over on Twitch.  If you guessed banhammers falling like rain, you'd be right.

Ironbite-Bethesda might be a little pissed at Sony right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 08, 2015, 07:14:06 pm
Hilarious how easily it got cracked, though.  Just goes to show that, if people can make it, people can break it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 08, 2015, 08:03:13 pm
Just snagged the Lego Harry Potter games over on GOG, seeing as there's a sale going on. The completionist in me has been hankering for a good collectathon as of late, and I hear the Lego games scratch that itch quite nicely, so hopefully this'll be good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 10, 2015, 07:53:56 am
After work, I'm shipping up to Boston
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 11, 2015, 08:05:41 pm
I spent the past 90 minutes working on my base's defenses in Fallout 4.  I need more steel, because I refuse to use wooden walls.  Something about having walls that could be taken out by the tactical application of a molotov (even though I'm fairly sure that wouldn't happen, anyway) just rubs me the wrong way.  I only plan on having one point of ingress...though, the town really isn't in the most defensible position, since we're at the foot of a hill and we'd be easy pickings for a half-decent sniper and wow, I'm majorly overthinking things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 11, 2015, 09:02:03 pm
You really are
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on November 11, 2015, 09:37:31 pm
I keep debating getting a PSTV. It seems like a very reasonable price, but are there enough good, compatible games to justify it? I know of 2-3 I want to play but am unsure otherwise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 12, 2015, 05:08:03 am
I like my PSTV. It's a lovely little console. And it seems to be selling for a stupid low price nowadays.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 12, 2015, 06:26:50 am
I'm getting back into Crusader Kings 2, and I have to say, trade republics have to be my absolute favourite to play. Between building up a lucrative trading empire, putting out hits on my rivals and the occasional turf war with rival families over trading posts, it feels just like playing Godfather: Medieval Edition. Seriously, even vikings aren't half as much fun to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 12, 2015, 01:03:55 pm
Fallout 4 is amazing.  Just amazing.  Even on low graphics the game flows good, the vistas are amazing, and the details are fine.

Ironbite-like you can see every scratch, dent, and ding in your gun good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 12, 2015, 02:12:26 pm
I took down a deathclaw without power armour!  I FEEL LIKE A GOD.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on November 12, 2015, 02:47:17 pm
I'm getting back into Crusader Kings 2, and I have to say, trade republics have to be my absolute favourite to play. Between building up a lucrative trading empire, putting out hits on my rivals and the occasional turf war with rival families over trading posts, it feels just like playing Godfather: Medieval Edition. Seriously, even vikings aren't half as much fun to play.

Even better than Vikings, you say? Hm, I might actually have to try this...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on November 12, 2015, 03:53:41 pm
I'm getting back into Crusader Kings 2, and I have to say, trade republics have to be my absolute favourite to play. Between building up a lucrative trading empire, putting out hits on my rivals and the occasional turf war with rival families over trading posts, it feels just like playing Godfather: Medieval Edition. Seriously, even vikings aren't half as much fun to play.

What about a Norse trade republic operating out of Rome?  No joke, that actually happened in one of my games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 12, 2015, 06:43:58 pm
Cloud in Smash Bros. That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 12, 2015, 06:49:53 pm
I'm getting back into Crusader Kings 2, and I have to say, trade republics have to be my absolute favourite to play. Between building up a lucrative trading empire, putting out hits on my rivals and the occasional turf war with rival families over trading posts, it feels just like playing Godfather: Medieval Edition. Seriously, even vikings aren't half as much fun to play.

What about a Norse trade republic operating out of Rome?  No joke, that actually happened in one of my games.
Good point. I've never tried playing as a Norse trade republic. I'll probably try that for my next game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 12, 2015, 08:07:37 pm
Cloud in Smash Bros. That is all.

I'm actually getting him.

Ironbite-because Cloud.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 12, 2015, 08:25:58 pm
Was he the character that one that poll? Cause if he is then fuck that noise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on November 12, 2015, 10:50:47 pm
Eh, Final Fantasy VII sucked anyway.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on November 12, 2015, 11:04:51 pm
Well, my roomate is playing Fallout 4 and this happened.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 13, 2015, 12:11:33 am
Uh....?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 13, 2015, 01:05:16 am
Oh, did I mention that I have a hitsquad of nuns? Because I have a fucking hitsquad of nuns.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 13, 2015, 02:37:13 am
Well, my roomate is playing Fallout 4 and this happened.
What is happening there? I don't see the joke.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on November 13, 2015, 08:22:43 am
Oh, did I mention that I have a hitsquad of nuns? Because I have a fucking hitsquad of nuns.

have you been playing soulstorm? i've got that too. if they behave well, they're my "nuns with guns". if they die in droves, they're my "bolter bitches".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 13, 2015, 08:28:27 am
Oh, did I mention that I have a hitsquad of nuns? Because I have a fucking hitsquad of nuns.

have you been playing soulstorm? i've got that too. if they behave well, they're my "nuns with guns". if they die in droves, they're my "bolter bitches".

Nah, Crusader Kings 2. Basically, educate any female offspring for high intrigue, then order them to take the vows when they come of age and you'll have plenty of highly effective murderesses on hand for killing off those pesky rival patricians. Thanks to them, my plot power regularly crosses the 400% mark. It's absolutely wonderful.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on November 13, 2015, 08:34:55 am
Oh, did I mention that I have a hitsquad of nuns? Because I have a fucking hitsquad of nuns.

have you been playing soulstorm? i've got that too. if they behave well, they're my "nuns with guns". if they die in droves, they're my "bolter bitches".

Nah, Crusader Kings 2. Basically, educate any female offspring for high intrigue, then order them to take the vows when they come of age and you'll have plenty of highly effective murderesses on hand for killing off those pesky rival patricians. Thanks to them, my plot power regularly crosses the 400% mark. It's absolutely wonderful.

just looked at what is crusader kings 2. seems a really cool game, but i'm not the grand strategy type. i will talk about it to a couple of friends for whom it's right up their alley, though. also, judging by review scores, that thing was a big hit. i saw 18/20 on average.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on November 13, 2015, 09:10:56 am
With all the hype and being a fan of the franchise I'm fucking frustrated that my video card is barely below the minimum for Fallout 4. Even after recently moving and having had a fuckload of related expenses I might be able to dish out the extra cash to buy another 4 gigs of memory next month. A new video card, though... Fuck.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 13, 2015, 10:08:14 am
Oh, did I mention that I have a hitsquad of nuns? Because I have a fucking hitsquad of nuns.

have you been playing soulstorm? i've got that too. if they behave well, they're my "nuns with guns". if they die in droves, they're my "bolter bitches".


If you need me, I'll be in the corner ranting about Games Workshop's bizarre and illogical business practices. Yes, this includes their inexplicable refusal to update the Sisters of Battle model line.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on November 13, 2015, 10:22:35 am
They are bringing back Epic, Blood Bowl, Necrormunda and Battlefleet Gothic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 13, 2015, 10:43:07 am
They are bringing back Epic, Blood Bowl, Necrormunda and Battlefleet Gothic.
Yay!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on November 13, 2015, 12:00:03 pm
Well, my roomate is playing Fallout 4 and this happened.
What is happening there? I don't see the joke.


There is an ox in his house. Sorry for the poor quality of that shot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on November 13, 2015, 01:30:23 pm
Oh, did I mention that I have a hitsquad of nuns? Because I have a fucking hitsquad of nuns.

have you been playing soulstorm? i've got that too. if they behave well, they're my "nuns with guns". if they die in droves, they're my "bolter bitches".


If you need me, I'll be in the corner ranting about Games Workshop's bizarre and illogical business practices. Yes, this includes their inexplicable refusal to update the Sisters of Battle model line.

this is just for you. you'll cry it's so accurate. also, the bolter bitches are... odd to play in soulstorm. i'd call them late-game powerhouses. if you can survive to late-game, you'll roffle-stomp everything with penitent engines, meltaguns, flamers, and the living saint.

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Games_Workshop (http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Games_Workshop)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 13, 2015, 01:39:36 pm
Eh, Final Fantasy VII sucked anyway.

Finally!  I really don't understand why everyone goes all ga-ga over FFVII.  Hilariously ironic that the people who bitch about Squall in 8 being a whiny, emo bitch are usually the same people that ride Cloud's dick like a bunch of groupies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on November 13, 2015, 01:53:50 pm
I think it's a very flawed and rough-around-the-edges game, but it's still got soul.

And FTR,  Cloud in FFVII mostly had that "aloof jerk with a heart of gold" thing going on, then a brief period of understandable emo, then he was a straight-up hero at the end. It's AC that made him emo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 13, 2015, 03:55:59 pm
So I finally beat Undertale or as I like to call it the "The game that made a grown woman cry like hell" It was fun despite some of the bosses giving me trouble, (Asgore, Undyne and Mettaton.) And I got the true ending with all of it's glory. Now onto killing Synths in Fallout 4!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on November 13, 2015, 04:08:07 pm
So I finally beat Undertale or as I like to call it the "The game that made a grown woman cry like hell" It was fun despite some of the bosses giving me trouble, (Asgore, Undyne and Mettaton.) And I got the true ending with all of it's glory. Now onto killing Synths in Fallout 4!

True ending? Psh.

The genocide ending is the only true ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 13, 2015, 04:26:37 pm
You just have to be an ass about everything don't you?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on November 13, 2015, 04:31:19 pm
Hey, I think Toby Fox did an excellent job with the characters. I just believe the genocide ending and all the fakeout-pacifist ending afterward are the true endings because every player eventually wants to try them out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on November 13, 2015, 04:32:13 pm
I don't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on November 13, 2015, 07:11:05 pm
Undertale underwhelmed me. God that was boring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 13, 2015, 07:11:12 pm
So I finally beat Undertale or as I like to call it the "The game that made a grown woman cry like hell" It was fun despite some of the bosses giving me trouble, (Asgore, Undyne and Mettaton.) And I got the true ending with all of it's glory. Now onto killing Synths in Fallout 4!

True ending? Psh.

The genocide ending is the only true ending.
You can pry my cheesy true pacifist happy ending from my cold dead hands.

Undertale underwhelmed me. God that was boring.
What route did you take? (Should I even ask...?)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on November 13, 2015, 07:22:00 pm
So I finally beat Undertale or as I like to call it the "The game that made a grown woman cry like hell" It was fun despite some of the bosses giving me trouble, (Asgore, Undyne and Mettaton.) And I got the true ending with all of it's glory. Now onto killing Synths in Fallout 4!

True ending? Psh.

The genocide ending is the only true ending.
You can pry my cheesy true pacifist happy ending from my cold dead hands.

Undertale underwhelmed me. God that was boring.
What route did you take? (Should I even ask...?)
a

Pacifist
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on November 13, 2015, 09:05:24 pm
a

Pacifist
I normally abhor 3edgy5me no mercy players, but if you really hated it you might want to give it another go just to kill everyone.
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Post by: Søren on November 14, 2015, 12:56:36 am
I didnt hate it. I am bored by it. Its the pinnacle of meh.
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Post by: Even Then on November 15, 2015, 06:44:39 pm
Watched a LP of a game called Read Only Memories. Cyberpunk film noir point-and-click. Good stuff.
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Post by: Askold on November 16, 2015, 02:21:12 am
http://imgur.com/gallery/bGLV0

Old lady does Let's Plays on Youtube and has 50'000 subscribers.

...I might have to start watching her play Fallout 4 even though I previously decided to wait until I get the game for myself.
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Post by: MadCatTLX on November 17, 2015, 04:10:18 am
My little brother bought Fallout 4 the other day but it turns out my computer is a bit too shit to run it as it is now. It can play, but at choppy 15 FPS or so at 720p with all setting as low as possible.

So today I ordered some parts to upgrade it ahead of when I was planning to because I really wanna play Fallout 4. I was lucky enough to find a brand new 400w power supply at a flea market about a month ago for $5, and it will work perfectly for the parts I'm adding. I bought a EVGA Geforce GTX960 and 16Gb of RAM from Corsair. I'm hoping the original case and fans for my computer will be able to handle any extra heat since I'm not adding anything too powerful.

The another great thing is that the graphics card will also mean I can now get the second monitor I want so I can watch youtube videos while on long missions in Kerbal Space Program. I think it can actually handle three monitors but I don't know what I'd do with the third one.
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Post by: guizonde on November 17, 2015, 08:50:30 am
The another great thing is that the graphics card will also mean I can now get the second monitor I want so I can watch youtube videos while on long missions in Kerbal Space Program. I think it can actually handle three monitors but I don't know what I'd do with the third one.

either porn, to fit in with the "gamers have no girlfriend" stereotype, or wikis to find the best game-breaking combo. honestly, i don't know if i could focus with three monitors, i'm much too used to a single one.
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Post by: Zygarde on November 17, 2015, 10:01:06 am
I'm currently using two monitors I mostly just allocate tasks to my main monitor and put things like YouTube or music on the second, it also helps when recording cause I can have one monitor open with Fraps, and Audacity so I can see how far along I am in recording and the other plays the game.
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Post by: I am lizard on November 18, 2015, 01:33:27 am
http://imgur.com/gallery/bGLV0

Old lady does Let's Plays on Youtube and has 50'000 subscribers.

...I might have to start watching her play Fallout 4 even though I previously decided to wait until I get the game for myself.
There's a semi-famouse tf2 player named Joe Biden, he's a 62 year old who plays Heavy on tf2
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 18, 2015, 02:47:53 am
Just finished Hitman: Blood Money. The ending may be a fucking pain in the arse, but the rest of the game is still a lot of fun.
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Post by: Vypernight on November 18, 2015, 05:33:07 am
Just finished Hitman: Blood Money. The ending may be a fucking pain in the arse, but the rest of the game is still a lot of fun.

I love Blood Money.  So many options, so many ways to perform kills.  Or you can just spend a half hour tossing people over hotel railings or chasing people around with gardening sheers while dressed as a clown.

Agreed about the ending.   I usually just shoot the first two guys, then run outside around the wall.  When the first few appear, shoot them and take their guns, then run around the other corner.  Or you can just sprint for the tomb and hide inside.  Pop the door open, shoot a target, and let it close.  Plus you have gardening equipment for back-up weapons.

And one of my favorite parts about Hitman, creative kills like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbptWt_Qs4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbptWt_Qs4)
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 18, 2015, 05:49:38 am
And one of my favorite parts about Hitman, creative kills like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbptWt_Qs4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbptWt_Qs4)
Hah, that is glorious.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 19, 2015, 05:03:13 am
Decided to replay Hitman: Blood Money and go for the fabled Silent Assassin rating on pro difficulty. So far, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. You'd Better Watch Out was a royal pain in the arse because if you kill the assassin lady counts as an innocent until you trigger her cutscene, and it took me a million and one tries to figure that little bit of bullshit out. Otherwise, it hasn't been half as tedious as I was expecting. Hopefully this trend continues.
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Post by: guizonde on November 19, 2015, 07:49:04 am
good luck, i was never good at infiltration games. hope you get the rating.
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Post by: Vypernight on November 19, 2015, 04:07:48 pm
Decided to replay Hitman: Blood Money and go for the fabled Silent Assassin rating on pro difficulty. So far, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. You'd Better Watch Out was a royal pain in the arse because if you kill the assassin lady counts as an innocent until you trigger her cutscene, and it took me a million and one tries to figure that little bit of bullshit out. Otherwise, it hasn't been half as tedious as I was expecting. Hopefully this trend continues.

Yeah that level is tough.  Well the kills are easy; I just always get busted trying to steal the tape.  With the woman, I just walk in, shooter her, and hide her body behind the couch.

The only other level that I have trouble getting SA on is the boat.  I manage to get the first few kills no problem, but I always get caught near the end.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 19, 2015, 06:36:35 pm
Decided to replay Hitman: Blood Money and go for the fabled Silent Assassin rating on pro difficulty. So far, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. You'd Better Watch Out was a royal pain in the arse because if you kill the assassin lady counts as an innocent until you trigger her cutscene, and it took me a million and one tries to figure that little bit of bullshit out. Otherwise, it hasn't been half as tedious as I was expecting. Hopefully this trend continues.

Yeah that level is tough.  Well the kills are easy; I just always get busted trying to steal the tape.  With the woman, I just walk in, shooter her, and hide her body behind the couch.

Worst part is if you let the camera see you. Stealing the CCTV tape is the fucking worst thing on the planet. I had a bunch of perfectly good runs get completely fucked because I forgot to hug the wall on my to the exit.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on November 19, 2015, 06:43:29 pm
Decided to replay Hitman: Blood Money and go for the fabled Silent Assassin rating on pro difficulty. So far, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. You'd Better Watch Out was a royal pain in the arse because if you kill the assassin lady counts as an innocent until you trigger her cutscene, and it took me a million and one tries to figure that little bit of bullshit out. Otherwise, it hasn't been half as tedious as I was expecting. Hopefully this trend continues.

Yeah that level is tough.  Well the kills are easy; I just always get busted trying to steal the tape.  With the woman, I just walk in, shooter her, and hide her body behind the couch.

Worst part is if you let the camera see you. Stealing the CCTV tape is the fucking worst thing on the planet. I had a bunch of perfectly good runs get completely fucked because I forgot to hug the wall on my to the exit.

I honestly never understood that.  You'd think people would be more suspicious of a missing tape than footage of some bald white guy.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 19, 2015, 06:52:21 pm
Decided to replay Hitman: Blood Money and go for the fabled Silent Assassin rating on pro difficulty. So far, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. You'd Better Watch Out was a royal pain in the arse because if you kill the assassin lady counts as an innocent until you trigger her cutscene, and it took me a million and one tries to figure that little bit of bullshit out. Otherwise, it hasn't been half as tedious as I was expecting. Hopefully this trend continues.

Yeah that level is tough.  Well the kills are easy; I just always get busted trying to steal the tape.  With the woman, I just walk in, shooter her, and hide her body behind the couch.

Worst part is if you let the camera see you. Stealing the CCTV tape is the fucking worst thing on the planet. I had a bunch of perfectly good runs get completely fucked because I forgot to hug the wall on my to the exit.

I honestly never understood that.  You'd think people would be more suspicious of a missing tape than footage of a bald white guy.

I think the idea is that after one or more folks die, people are going to be suspicious anyway. If the tape's gone, then all they have to go on is "someone, likely the assassin, stole it", which really isn't going to help them figure out who did it. On the other hand, with footage of 47, they can analyse it to their heart's content until they perhaps figure out that one of the people caught on camera isn't someone anybody can identify. For instance, in the case of Totally-Not-Hugh-Heffner's mansion they'd likely check both the guest and staff lists against everyone who appears on camera until they figure out that 47 isn't anyone they recognise and therefore the most likely suspect.

At least that's my take on it. I freely admit that I could be overthinking things just a tad.
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Post by: ironbite on November 20, 2015, 12:01:09 am
So I'm playing Fallout 4, I get out of this place where I had to kill a dude for information right?  I get out to the roof cause that's the way the game wants me to go and I see lights on the ground cause it's dark.  Only these lights aren't attached to a searchlight.  It's attached to a Vertibird.  And behind that, an airship.  Not just any airship, a Brotherhood of Steel airship.

Ironbite-I think the plot just got picked up a might.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 20, 2015, 12:03:58 am
So I'm playing Fallout 4, I get out of this place where I had to kill a dude for information right?  I get out to the roof cause that's the way the game wants me to go and I see lights on the ground cause it's dark.  Only these lights aren't attached to a searchlight.  It's attached to a Vertibird.  And behind that, an airship.  Not just any airship, a Brotherhood of Steel airship.

Ironbite-I think the plot just got picked up a might.

Fucking BEAUTIFUL, isn't it?

Western BoS: Hides in their bunker and operates largely in secret.
Eastern BoS: Comes into the area, announcing their presence by way OF FUCKING VERTIBIRD-SHITTING AIRSHIP.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 20, 2015, 12:04:50 am
And I'm done. Finished every mission in Hitman: Blood Money on Pro difficulty with a Silent Assassin rating. I must say, that really was a lot easier than I expected. In fact, I finished the last two perfectly on my first try.
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Post by: Askold on November 20, 2015, 03:23:18 am
Thanks for using the spoiler tags, I guess I'll stay away from this thread until I can afford a new computer and F4.

Btw, the western BoS also acted out in the open until they started a stupid war with NCR, got their shiny metal asses kicked and detonated a nuke or two as a final fuck you message.

And I like the way BoS evolved during the games. In F1 they were the big fish in the pond but were content to stay out on the sidelines. In F2 they faced a first real enemy that could outgun them and had better tech (2 was also the only game where most of them weren't dicks, people forget this often.) and then they kicked out everyone who wasn't an isolationist, tech hoarding, prick. We saw them in Tactics and F3.

...And then NV showed how well the remaining bunch had been doing...
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Post by: Vypernight on November 20, 2015, 04:55:27 am
And I'm done. Finished every mission in Hitman: Blood Money on Pro difficulty with a Silent Assassin rating. I must say, that really was a lot easier than I expected. In fact, I finished the last two perfectly on my first try.

Congrats!  The last few missions are some of my favorites. 
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 20, 2015, 09:19:47 am
Thanks for using the spoiler tags, I guess I'll stay away from this thread until I can afford a new computer and F4.

Btw, the western BoS also acted out in the open until they started a stupid war with NCR, got their shiny metal asses kicked and detonated a nuke or two as a final fuck you message.

And I like the way BoS evolved during the games. In F1 they were the big fish in the pond but were content to stay out on the sidelines. In F2 they faced a first real enemy that could outgun them and had better tech (2 was also the only game where most of them weren't dicks, people forget this often.) and then they kicked out everyone who wasn't an isolationist, tech hoarding, prick. We saw them in Tactics and F3.

...And then NV showed how well the remaining bunch had been doing...

I know!  Its so sad, because I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Brother of Steel.  They saved the god damned wasteland countless times, both on the East and West coasts, but in New Vegas, they're so sad, but I can never bring myself to hurt them.  They're my Brothers, I can't help but stick by them.  Hopefully, this one will give you more than just "help them or kill them" as options.  Bring back the Brotherhood I know, the saviours of the fucking wasteland.
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Post by: Vypernight on November 20, 2015, 03:31:04 pm
Resident Evil 4-5 are on XBox Live for under $10 each.  Now I played 4 and wasn't a fan of the controls, but has anyone played 5 or 6?  If so, did you enjoy either one?  Which do you prefer? 
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Post by: Cloud3514 on November 20, 2015, 09:34:03 pm
Resident Evil 5 is a perfectly competent game. It's not a great Resident Evil game and is an even worse horror game, but it's a solid action game.

Resident Evil 4, however, is a fantastic game, even if it abandons the survival horror elements that put the series on the map, opting for action horror instead. Though the controls do take some getting used to. I wouldn't mind seeing a version of RE4 that uses the RE5 controls.
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Post by: Vypernight on November 21, 2015, 04:59:03 am
Resident Evil 5 is a perfectly competent game. It's not a great Resident Evil game and is an even worse horror game, but it's a solid action game.

Resident Evil 4, however, is a fantastic game, even if it abandons the survival horror elements that put the series on the map, opting for action horror instead. Though the controls do take some getting used to. I wouldn't mind seeing a version of RE4 that uses the RE5 controls.

I really wanted to like RE 4, but I found the controls incredibly annoying.  Are the controls in 5 better?
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Post by: ironbite on November 21, 2015, 08:22:17 am
They took RE4 controls and now that's the standard.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on November 21, 2015, 11:17:34 am
They did refine them a bit. They put the fire button and put it on the trigger and let you move while aiming, but it still feels a lot like the RE4 controls.
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Post by: guizonde on November 21, 2015, 12:55:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83FP3nRKECc

looks like microsoft and 343 industries actually put a lot of thought into making the mjolnir armor. really cool vid.

still, i've got a soft spot for odsts, basically asked to tackle spartan jobs armed with smg's and titanium-cored balls of steels.
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Post by: Zygarde on November 21, 2015, 01:00:20 pm
ODST's are the shit, I mean don't get me wrong I love the Spartan I,II,III and IV's but when your job is to get inside a metal coffin and be shot out of from orbit onto a planet into the thick of Covenant forces there's something extremely  badass about that. Also the most famous ODST is played by Nathan Fillion you can't get more awesome than that.
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Post by: Vypernight on November 21, 2015, 04:00:58 pm
They did refine them a bit. They put the fire button and put it on the trigger and let you move while aiming, but it still feels a lot like the RE4 controls.

Both seem like improvements to me.  I went ahead and downloaded it.  It's only $6 so it's no huge loss if I dislike it.  Thanks for the info.
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Post by: Even Then on November 21, 2015, 06:35:45 pm
I'm going to say something controversial.

I like Final Fantasy X-2.
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Post by: guizonde on November 21, 2015, 06:52:42 pm
I'm going to say something controversial.

I like Final Fantasy X-2.

what i liked about x-2. a slight departure from the turn-based combat that annoys me to no end with all things final fantasy, and the clothes-swapping for different abilities (soft-spot for gambler yuna, loves me some rng). what i didn't like: over the top fanservice and a very poor story by ff standards (which is the main reason i play them with my friend in the first place)

my question: what makes you like ffx2? admittedly, i played it when it came out, so my memory's fuzzy.
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Post by: Even Then on November 21, 2015, 07:05:33 pm
The more lighthearted, campy tone, the battle system, being able to swap jobs mid-battle, the openendedness, Paine, the music (I like J-Pop, eat me)... it's just a fun game that's not meant to be taken so seriously.

I hate all the holes in the story, though. (What do you do when there's a giant deathmachine waiting to activate and skullfuck the entire world? Throw a concert!) That and the fact that 99% of the monsters were just directly CPed from the previous game.
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Post by: guizonde on November 21, 2015, 07:14:02 pm
The more lighthearted, campy tone, the battle system, being able to swap jobs mid-battle, the openendedness, Paine, the music (I like J-Pop, eat me)... it's just a fun game that's not meant to be taken so seriously.

I hate all the holes in the story, though. (What do you do when there's a giant deathmachine waiting to activate and skullfuck the entire world? Throw a concert!) That and the fact that 99% of the monsters were just directly CPed from the previous game.

i'm not one to knock j-pop in moderate doses, and all your points do jog my memory. it was fun, but because i've always forced myself to play final fantasy for the story (while hating the gameplay), having a subpar story and too much fanservice didn't cut it for me. oh well.

as an aside, i'm struggling in the binding of isaac rebirth, and moreso because i'm frustrated to not have the ten bucks it'd cost to get the dlc. don't get me wrong, struggling is the point of the game, but i'm at the point where i've got some good items, but it's becoming too luck-based to actually get game-breaking combos to beat the game to unlock final-tier items. arg. the frustration is immense.
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Post by: Vypernight on November 24, 2015, 05:07:20 am
All right, I got RE5 and am enjoying it.  Not a fan of not being able to move and shoot, but at least the trigger is where it should be. 

I did have a face-palm moment early on; "Ooh, a switch.  I like pressing switches!  Uh, oh, the lights are flashing and a siren is blaring.  I better duck into that doorway before it closes.  Wait, did I see the word, 'Furnace?'" 
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 24, 2015, 06:32:43 am
it was fun, but because i've always forced myself to play final fantasy for the story (while hating the gameplay),
Screenshot LPs are a wonderful thing.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on November 24, 2015, 11:01:05 am
So, I recently discovered this in-development game called Yandere Simulator.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured)

I wonder if it'll be as controversial as Hatred.  Though I think it has an advantage over that game, being quite obviously tongue-in-cheek rather than 2edgy4u.
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Post by: Askold on November 24, 2015, 11:20:41 am
Reinstalled MoO2...
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Post by: Svata on November 24, 2015, 11:54:19 am
So, I recently discovered this in-development game called Yandere Simulator.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured)

I wonder if it'll be as controversial as Hatred.  Though I think it has an advantage over that game, being quite obviously tongue-in-cheek rather than 2edgy4u.


You just found it? Also, its beautiful, ain't it?
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 24, 2015, 06:28:30 pm
Some of the battle music in Fallout 4 reminds me of Zinyak's theme from Saint's Row 4.  Makes me wanna make a Johnny Gat character.
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on November 24, 2015, 06:29:47 pm
So, I recently discovered this in-development game called Yandere Simulator.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured)

I wonder if it'll be as controversial as Hatred.  Though I think it has an advantage over that game, being quite obviously tongue-in-cheek rather than 2edgy4u.


You just found it? Also, its beautiful, ain't it?

The graphics are quite lovely, and all the more impressive considering that, AFAIK, all the programming is being done by one guy.
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Post by: Svata on November 24, 2015, 10:40:50 pm
So, I recently discovered this in-development game called Yandere Simulator.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1EBJfK7ltjYUFyzysKxr1g/featured)

I wonder if it'll be as controversial as Hatred.  Though I think it has an advantage over that game, being quite obviously tongue-in-cheek rather than 2edgy4u.


You just found it? Also, its beautiful, ain't it?

The graphics are quite lovely, and all the more impressive considering that, AFAIK, all the programming is being done by one guy.


The programming was the main thing, but also the humor. The art is ok, but not what I meant.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 25, 2015, 08:10:41 am
I really wish Goris of Fallout 2 would make an appearance in a new Fallout game.  Why?  Four words: Deathclaw with human intelligence.  Goris and Marcus were my two favourite companions in Fallout 2, because they were pretty much the most intelligent members of their species (deathclaws and super mutants, respectively).  I mean, Goris was a fucking deathclaw scientist.  Seeing him as the father of a fucking intelligent deathclaw community would be AMAZING.  That, and I really want a deathclaw companion.  Synths are cool, and Strong is annoying because he's basically a stereotypical mutant, but an intelligent, talking deathclaw homie...I can't think of anything cooler than that.
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Post by: Askold on November 25, 2015, 08:57:15 am
According to writer interviews one of the developers thought that the death claws might have survived since Goris and Xarn can survive F2. Another writer said no because he was fundamentally against happy endings. I think the latter version was canon but I'm not sure how the current writers feel about it.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 25, 2015, 10:18:15 am
That, or they just want deathclaws to be the typical uber-hard boss fights and little more.  Introducing someone like Goris and/or Xarn would make things much more grey and, therefore, interesting.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on November 25, 2015, 11:45:10 am
Star Wars Battlefront is pretty dope, but goddamnit EA should have put in more maps for Walker Assault mode, although thankfully they have announced some free DLC along with their hilariously overpriced season pass.
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Post by: Zygarde on November 25, 2015, 11:57:24 am
I hope they bring back Goris he was my favorite companion in Fallout 2 besides Marcus, but knowing how weird the Fallout cannon is he might be dead along with the other survivor of the Talking Deathclaws from Vault 13 (Curse your Frank Horrigan and you'r ability to punch deathclaws to...death.)
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Post by: IanC on November 25, 2015, 12:05:54 pm
Completed the last couple of levels in the Legend Log mode in One Piece Pirate Warriors 3. Epic doesn't cover how awesome the final level was (which is apparently a game original story version of the current story arc). Now just Dream Log to finish and maybe try to get some more trophies, if i can be bothered (theres some real real grindy ones).

Also popped back into the world of Tamriel in The Elder Scrolls Online. First time I've played it in a few months. Ended up grabbing the most recent expansion, and am now rocking this awesome mount! (and a cub pet)
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/907/uAwtoI.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/i/p7uAwtoIj)
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 25, 2015, 08:36:32 pm
Finally, Arkham City is on sale on Steam. I've been waiting for this for the past several weeks.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 29, 2015, 10:55:40 am
After a small setback involving accidentally destroying the poloidal centre magnet, I am now over halfway to achieving fusion on the server!  Magnetic containment on the toroid magnets has been achieved, the plasma containment pipes are charged, now all I need are a ring of neutron absorbers and boilers, then I can make the plasma and begin making power to the point of absolute insanity!

[ETA]

Months of work.  Months of gathering resources, generating and storing power, building up my supplies...and its nearly complete.  The main body of my tokamak is finally nearing completion.  All I need now is to give the boilers plenty of water and set up steam lines, and then...it will be time.  To make fusion plasma and ignite the very furnaces of the sun itself.  I'm...I'm so happy, I could cry.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/2015-11-29_22.32.36_zpsssuqicu2.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/user/RH-00/media/2015-11-29_22.32.36_zpsssuqicu2.png.html)
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Post by: TheL on November 30, 2015, 04:52:28 pm
Ooh, Ravy, what game is THAT in? :D  I want to know what game allows people to more-or-less make a SUN.

In personal gaming news, I recently got one of those Zelda-themed "Adventure" carriers for 3DS.  Absolutely love it!  The included "adhesive" screen-cleaner has a rubber backing of the type that clings quite firmly to smooth plastic (like the casing of a game console) but not to anything else--which makes it about as handy as a screen-cleaner can possibly be, since you just peel it off the back of your 3DS, wipe down the screens, and slap it back on.  There's an elastic "pocket" under the flap that holds 2 game cartridges and the 2 included styluses.  Since I have the original-model 3DS, I could even fold up the AC charger and pack it in there too, for travel.  There's definitely enough room for it. Plus, the styluses are full pencil-length, which makes them easier to hold (and it's hard to not feel awesome about playing your games with the Master Sword).

Basically, it looks and feels like it's worth the $20 I paid for it.  The only thing there is at all to complain about is that the way the stylus-storage works causes them to peek out from beneath the carrier flap, and that kinda ruins the aesthetic.

Still very nice, and certainly a plausible belt-pouch for a Link cosplay.  Just don't store anything too heavy in it; it's faux-leather, so it'll split and look nasty if you put it under too much strain.  (This isn't a concern if you're just using it for games, of course, because a 3DS is pretty damn light.)  Folks who work with leather could do worse than to make an exact copy of the case for cosplay purposes, is what I'm saying.  (Or maybe 2 or 3, depending on how many quest items you're carrying around.  Can't let that ocarina shatter, after all.)
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 30, 2015, 08:48:04 pm
Minecraft, actually.  Specifically, the ReactorCraft mod by Reika.  It basically adds very realistic fission (pebble bed HTGR, normal U-235, and liquid-metal fast breeder reactors) and fusion (tokamak) reactors.  Its an addon for his other mod, RotaryCraft, and is basically the end of the endgame, especially the tokamak.  It makes more power than even a large server could ever feasibly use barring insane edge cases.  Yes, its realistic in both technology required to setup and control the reactor as well as the obscene level of output you can get from one.  I got it built on my server, if you want an invite and link to the addon pack I'm using, lemme know.  Always looking for new players!

[ETA]

I'm almost done.  I can't believe it.  The poloidal magnet (round thing in the centre) is operational, all magnetic containment pipes (the gold-lined pipes encircling the reactor) are charged to the point of insanity, the toroid magnets (the round things forming a ring around the poloidal magnet) are in place and full to bursting on coolant, the boilers and neutron absorbers are in place and ready to go, steam transport is established and two high-pressure turbines are on standby to begin operation, and the heating unit (the white structure on the right) is complete and awaiting the touch of the heat ray to begin producing fusion plasma.

(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/2015-11-30_22.41.59_zpsgxgidt46.png) (http://s655.photobucket.com/user/RH-00/media/2015-11-30_22.41.59_zpsgxgidt46.png.html)

I don't know what to do after this...this is the ultimate technological achievement.  I could terraform entire dimensions with this power.  I could level continents, drain oceans...run a farm that spans the entire planet, anything.  I have, at my disposal, power beyond the dreams of avarice.  If this thing works after all this...I don't know what I'll do afterwards, but I will never have to worry about power ever again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on December 01, 2015, 03:23:37 pm
Holy fuck.  That is an incredible Minecraft mod!  (I was thinking Minecraft, but didn't think the program could handle that sort of thing.  I stand corrected.)

I'd play, but I've got enough massive time-sinks in my life as it is right now. :)  Finally got both Portal games during Steam's sale, along with the Stanley Parable (which is just wonderful, and the narrator sounds like Eric Idle without actually being Eric Idle).

I've also finally gone back to finish Skyborn, which is a really fun steampunk-themed JRPG.  It's very old-school (probably made with RPG Maker) and has simple pixel graphics reminiscent of Chrono Trigger, but the illustrations for cutscenes are gorgeous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 01, 2015, 03:47:07 pm
Tis cool.  If you ever find yourself wanting to hop on in the future, just lemme know.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 01, 2015, 09:02:44 pm
IT LIVESSSSSSS!  Its badly contained, but IT FUCKING WORKS.  GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD!  FUSION!

(click to show/hide)

Also, mind the plasma beam.  It'll fry your ass if it hits you, no save, no nothing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 02, 2015, 01:10:26 pm
Replaying BioShock. That opening is still one of the best in gaming.

Quote
I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.


Anyway, just past Medical Pavilion, having just faced my first Big Daddy (and took it down only dying once! Yay!)


Is Bioshock 2 worth it? I know its pretty much non-canon now, thanks to the revelations in Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 02, 2015, 04:16:56 pm
I'd say Bioshock 2 is quite worth it. Not as good as the first but has plenty of great moments.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 02, 2015, 04:35:33 pm
I don't think Bioshock 2 is non-canon... I mean Infinite was all about the different timelines and travel into other potential realities.
(click to show/hide)
So Burial at sea would be just another one of those possible timelines. (I confess that I've only seen a bit of the start of it so I'm not actually certain about this but I would assume that according to canon that game is simply another alternative timeline of what could have happened instead of the original timeline.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 02, 2015, 04:50:30 pm
Yeah this is a pretty big spoiler for episode 2 of Burial at Sea, so you know, don't look unless you really want to.

(click to show/hide)

I have 2 installed on my Mac anyway, so i could easily play it when i have the time
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 02, 2015, 06:04:12 pm
Okay, apparently my fusion reactor is working fine, the "plasma death beam spillage" is just a video desync thing.  I now have a different problem...what do I do with all this power?  I could prolly run 8 high-pressure turbines (for reference, my fission reactor can't run more than one) at a full 8.59GW...but what do I do with the power?  What does one do with the power of the sun at his fingertips?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 02, 2015, 06:19:38 pm
Well considering what page we're on...

Ironbite-smoke weed everyday
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 02, 2015, 06:38:10 pm
If you've really got nothing to do with all of that power, maybe find a similar mod whose endgame is something that requires utterly stupid amounts of power rather than produces it? That'd probably give you something to do.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on December 02, 2015, 07:06:29 pm
Okay, apparently my fusion reactor is working fine, the "plasma death beam spillage" is just a video desync thing.  I now have a different problem...what do I do with all this power?  I could prolly run 8 high-pressure turbines (for reference, my fission reactor can't run more than one) at a full 8.59GW...but what do I do with the power?  What does one do with the power of the sun at his fingertips?

at the risk of sounding american, can you weaponize it? if so, go on a genocide. i hate creepers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 02, 2015, 08:01:14 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r1B0ARRuoU

Made a tutorial
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 02, 2015, 08:02:04 pm
Okay, apparently my fusion reactor is working fine, the "plasma death beam spillage" is just a video desync thing.  I now have a different problem...what do I do with all this power?  I could prolly run 8 high-pressure turbines (for reference, my fission reactor can't run more than one) at a full 8.59GW...but what do I do with the power?  What does one do with the power of the sun at his fingertips?

at the risk of sounding american, can you weaponize it? if so, go on a genocide. i hate creepers.

I could...and believe me, I'm considering it.  RotaryCraft gives me laser turrets, the only downside is that they can obliterate terrain...and I dunno how to make them discriminate friend from foe.  Still, that's only a couple hundred megawatts a piece, and I've probably got several dozen gigawatts of power available, at the very least.

As for things that require ludicrous amounts of power...I'm not really sure if there's anything that needs anywhere near what even a single HP turbine can output in terms of power, even when pushed well beyond the point of absurdity.  The most difficult-to-power thing I can run on all forms of power I can create would prolly be the mining laser, and that only requires a paltry 5,000 RF per tick.  A single HP turbine outputs well over 16 million RF per tick.  I suppose I could use the output from a bank of those to make a gigantic thing.  I am working on dominating a dimension known for being extremely dangerous (the Twilight Forest)...hm.  Mass produce steel blocks for building, power automate chiseling machines to give me pretty building blocks, defend it with Draconic Evolution mob grinders discreetly tucked away somewhere...  Wouldn't begin to scratch the surface of my power, but it'd be a start.

Yeeeeeeeeees...instead of digging like some savage ape, I could make things to do it FOR me.  Level something the size of a small city and start building.  A castle, a village...wrought from fucking steel, with no other purpose than to simply have one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on December 03, 2015, 07:30:05 pm
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7mFkx1Um4KJZKkUHsSV1uA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7mFkx1Um4KJZKkUHsSV1uA)

the shoddycast. lots of lore on fallout, the elder scrolls, and dragon age. awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on December 05, 2015, 01:06:21 pm
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/04/konami-bans-metal-gear-solid-5-creator-kojima-from-game-awards (http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/12/04/konami-bans-metal-gear-solid-5-creator-kojima-from-game-awards)

Fuck you, Konami!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on December 05, 2015, 02:01:50 pm
Allright, I have tons of disposable income. I'm planning to get Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth. Can y'all recommend other games in about that price range or lower?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on December 05, 2015, 02:18:32 pm
Allright, I have tons of disposable income. I'm planning to get Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth. Can y'all recommend other games in about that price range or lower?

lucky bastard, i'm waiting for the x-mas sales to roll around to nab it.

... super meat boy? 7 days to die? don't starve? trine and trine 2? hotline miami?

those are the ones i've got in the 10-20€ price range.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on December 05, 2015, 05:14:02 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r1B0ARRuoU

Made a tutorial

I'd forgotten you had such a pleasant-sounding voice.  You make warfare sound so classy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on December 05, 2015, 05:56:14 pm
Allright, I have tons of disposable income. I'm planning to get Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth. Can y'all recommend other games in about that price range or lower?

Going alphabetically through my Steam library for you.  Prices in USD.  Heeeere we go:

Beat Hazard ($10) is an oldie but a goodie.  It's a simple space shooter like the old Asteroids arcade game, with as many levels as you have songs on your computer.  The speed of a level is based on the tempo of the song you choose, and the level is as long as the song.  If you want to torture yourself, play using Nightwish's "Fantasmic" or anything by Nightcore or Dragonforce.

Breath of DeathVII/Cthulhu Saves The World ($3 for both) are 2 hilarious retro RPGs.  Lots of Lovecraft and gaming parody, typical NES-era gameplay.

Castle Crashers ($15) has been infamous since it came out on the XBox 360 back in '08.  Pretty sure it's well-known in Finland, but just in case it isn't--This game is by the founders of Newgrounds.  It has the sort of humor you'd expect from the people of Newgrounds.  Single-player is pretty hard, but I wouldn't mind doing multiplayer if our schedules sync up.

The Cat Lady ($10) is psychological point-and-click horror.  You play as a suicidal 40-year-old woman who's lost her grip on reality.  Good if you like TONS of gore.

Child of Light ($15) is a sidescrolling RPG with gorgeous graphics and an unusual combat system that I happen to like.  I adore everything about this game; however, if rhyming dialog for EVERY SINGLE LINE bothers you, you may want to skip this one.

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten ($15) is a tower-defense game with old-school 16-bit levels and a really good story.  You play as a librarian who suddenly finds herself with magic powers, a mad barbarian, a rebellious archer, and other cool characters (including a fucking DRAGON that you meet at about the halfway point).  Multiple difficulty levels, lots of fun achievements, and really great dialog between characters.  If you like tower-defense, you pretty much NEED this game.

Ms. Splosion Man ($10) is just plain zany platforming fun.  If you like 2D platformers AT ALL, buy this game.  It's awesome and has a decent amount of challenge to it.

Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) ($15) is gorgeous and based on traditional Inuit folklore.  You play as a young girl and her fox friend, trapped in an endless blizzard.  Another 2D platformer, but this one is a fair bit easier with a game controller.  Worth it to play even with a keyboard, though.  (The default graphics can be a bit resource-heavy, though, especially on old computers.)

Portal and Portal 2 ($10 and $20 respectively; $25 for the bundle) are stupidly popular for a reason.  If you still don't have them, why don't you have them?  Remedy your lack of Portal games immediately.

Skyborn ($15) is a retro-style JRPG set in a steampunk universe in which humans are ruled by the winged Skyborn.  It sticks to the usual formula of JRPGs, but that's not really a bad thing.  Plus, the cutscene graphics are UTTERLY GORGEOUS.

The Stanley Parable ($15) basically subverts every single expectation you have of video games.  To quote the game description: "The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end."

Waveform ($2) follows a very simple concept, but is a really good challenge with a well-thought-out learning curve.  Travel through the solar system from Pluto to the Sun, as a wave of light.  Avoid the black obstacles and don't get swallowed by the Singularity.  You can change amplitude, period, and color of your wave.  Worth well more than its actual price tag.

The Yawhg ($10) is short, simple, and quite fun.  It's a good game for when you have friends over (1-4 players alternating), and each person's actions affect what you encounter in the weeks before and after the Yawhg's attack.  (No, you don't actually get to fight the Yawhg.)  Among other things, I've become an arena champ, a werewolf, and a respected healer.  Events that occur at each place are randomly generated from a large pool, so it's never the same game twice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 05, 2015, 06:02:41 pm
Are there people out there that don't have Portal/Portal 2? I didn't think they existed. ;)

(random, the Portal level pack level in Lego Dimensions is presented as a psudeo-Portal 3. Valve had to tell people its not canon because they knew what fans can be like.+(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on December 05, 2015, 08:06:23 pm
Are there people out there that don't have Portal/Portal 2? I didn't think they existed. ;)

(random, the Portal level pack level in Lego Dimensions is presented as a psudeo-Portal 3. Valve had to tell people its not canon because they knew what fans can be like.+(

i got them, i didn't check to see they cost so little...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on December 06, 2015, 10:52:37 am
I'm tempted to get the Dimensions Portal pack, even though I don't have Dimensions, just for the thrill of having Lego Chell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 08, 2015, 05:59:10 am
Holy shit, I just discovered something amazing. In Crusader Kings II, it's possible to ask the pope for a claim on an excommunicated character's title. Under normal circumstances, this isn't terribly overpowered. In order to have someone excommunicated and then request a claim on just one title, the pope basically has to love you while despising your target. However, if, like me in my current game as Venice, you have the pope as your vassal, why, the stupid bastard has to do everything you say.

Basically, I can guarantee myself a claim to any title in the Catholic world in just two incredibly quick and easy steps, and I'm only realising this now. Oh, and to make things even more amazing, the Byzantines just went Catholic (I may or may not have had something to do with that), so I could (and most definitely will) essentially reunite the Roman Empire in one fell swoop.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: mellenORL on December 08, 2015, 09:30:42 am
All Hail Emperor Vandelay! Cool, now just make sure to raid the pope's coffers dry and seize all the abbeys, convents and cathedrals. Turn them into free schools and universities. Or brothels.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on December 08, 2015, 10:01:31 am
All Hail Emperor Vandelay! Cool, now just make sure to raid the pope's coffers dry and seize all the abbeys, convents and cathedrals. Turn them into free schools and universities. Or brothels.

i second that: imperator vandelay, urbi et orbi has a hell of a ring to it. also, the church had official brothels... there's even an expression about it in french: tomber dessus comme la petite vérole sur le bas-clergé. litt.: falling on something like the pox on the low-clergy. basically, aggro'ing something in a zerg-rush style.

i reinstalled fallout 3 to stop my hankering for fallout 4. welp, guess i didn't stray too far from my habits, i built a crit-intensive build. nothing quite like exploding a raider into ludicrous gibs using a pistol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on December 08, 2015, 01:36:25 pm
Ahh, critfishing. My favorite sport.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on December 08, 2015, 02:07:35 pm
Warning: Dog Marriage.

Yes, I'm playing Undertale.  Up to the part where you fight Undyne.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 08, 2015, 06:50:14 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r1B0ARRuoU

Made a tutorial

I'd forgotten you had such a pleasant-sounding voice.  You make warfare sound so classy.

You should see the logistics tutorial on my channel.

Im sure me talking about depots and freight distribution for half an hour would get you all melty.

Also art, you should check out the publisher Matrix Games. They make hyper complicated wargames, been obsessed with their titles for months
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 08, 2015, 06:59:35 pm
All Hail Emperor Vandelay! Cool, now just make sure to raid the pope's coffers dry and seize all the abbeys, convents and cathedrals. Turn them into free schools and universities. Or brothels.
Funnily enough, I think certain heresies allow you to dismantle the Catholic church (at least within your own realm). I'll probably do that, should the opportunity arise, if nothing else than for the challenge.
Also art, you should check out the publisher Matrix Games. They make hyper complicated wargames, been obsessed with their titles for months
Cool, I'll give them a look.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on December 08, 2015, 07:13:17 pm
Replaying Skyrim. Going with an unarmed Khajiit build. Nothing quite like punching a dragon to death. And then suplexing anyone who messes with you to death.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 09, 2015, 06:16:33 am
I beat RE5 and unlocked infinite ammo for the shotgun, magnum, sniper rifle, and rocket launcher.  Currently trying a run on Veteran.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on December 15, 2015, 05:55:35 am
Beat RE5 on Veteran, found all treasures,  and unlocked all weapons.  This is the best I've done in a videogame in a long time, and I'm especially surprised because this is the first RE game I actually enjoyed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 15, 2015, 05:21:33 pm
Bayonetta in Smash Bros. Wat.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on December 15, 2015, 05:28:27 pm
That's the one that bugs you, but not Cloud? At least Bayonetta was published by Sega so it kind of makes sense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 15, 2015, 05:35:46 pm
Bayonetta 2 was published by Nintendo so it makes even more sense.

Im so happy about this. I try to rarely swear on twitter but i dropped an f-bomb or two over this. Just awesome.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 15, 2015, 06:10:42 pm
That's the one that bugs you, but not Cloud? At least Bayonetta was published by Sega so it kind of makes sense.

Not so much bugs as much as surprises. I've at least had time to process Cloud as a Smash Bros character.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 15, 2015, 06:17:35 pm
Bit disappointed the person I voted for (Wonder Red) or Shantae didn't make it but I'm fine with the two choices, at least they are better than fucking Cloud which will forever anger me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on December 15, 2015, 06:19:37 pm
Segue: It pisses me off that in some games, cool characters have their arc resolved early and promptly become glorified window dressing afterwards as far as the game is concerned.

#freyacrescentdeservedbetter
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 15, 2015, 06:25:26 pm
#Hashtagsbelongontwitteryougit
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on December 15, 2015, 06:28:11 pm
#gobblemycock
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: davedan on December 15, 2015, 06:45:57 pm
#gobblemycock

*Porn music* I thought you'd never ask...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on December 15, 2015, 09:15:38 pm
Star Wars: Dark Forces II is the fucking dopest. amazing how massive the levels are for a game from 1997. Also, lightsaber combat! (kinda)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 15, 2015, 10:01:00 pm
So I bought a Humble Bundle thing on Total War stuff, part of the pack came with a two games I already own so any one want them? PM me and I'll give the link.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 16, 2015, 06:11:06 am
So I bought a Humble Bundle thing on Total War stuff, part of the pack came with a two games I already own so any one want them? PM me and I'll give the link.
Which games?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 16, 2015, 06:42:51 am
Empire:Total War and Medieval:Total War.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 16, 2015, 12:24:02 pm
http://www.smashbros.com/en-uk/characters/bayonetta.html

I find it kinda funny that Villager is on the "dark side" of the posters. As is Little Mac and Game & Watch? And theres some wicked frying pan combat going in the middle between G&W and Peach.

Also:
(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/907/0HFH8E.png) (https://imageshack.com/i/p70HFH8Ep)
Adorable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 16, 2015, 01:41:29 pm
I wonder why Lucina is on the dark side considering her role in Fire Emblem: Awakening was the main heroine besides your character if you chose a female Avatar.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 17, 2015, 06:21:26 am
Currently getting into Skyrim. I have to say, playing on legendary difficulty with a build that neglects most combat skills, it's rather tough. Hell, it's my first time in a modern RPG that I've found myself relying on rather than merely tolerating an NPC companion. If it weren't for Lydia and her tanking, my glass cannon of a character (although at this stage, he's more of a tissue paper nerf gun) wouldn't last 10 seconds against a couple of bandits, much less a vampire or dragon. It's been quite the pleasant surprise, I must say.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on December 19, 2015, 10:24:33 pm
This is ridiculously delayed, but (Portal 2 spoilers):

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on December 20, 2015, 04:37:06 am
Gotta say, I'm loving Isaac. It's just the right balance between random elements and skill, if that makes sense. You never know what kind of build you'll get, there's constantly new stuff coming at you as you play... it's a game that's a pleasure to replay. 15 dollars well spent.

However... Edmund, I love ya man, but fuck you with all this toilet humour. There's a trinket that does nothing but makes you fart when you pick up a coin, for fuck's sake. This game is shit. I don't even mean that as an insult, it is literally shit. And piss. And farts.

EDIT: Got Lisa: The Painful RPG (and the DLC and the OST) for just four euros, saved over 10e on it. Niccccccccccccccce.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on December 23, 2015, 12:35:31 pm
So I recently started playing Mount and Blade, and I'm enjoying running around with a Genghis Khan lookalike, shooting sods with arrows.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on December 25, 2015, 08:34:36 pm
I finished a pacifist run in Undertale, and now I want to play it again and also read erotic fanfiction about skeletons for some horrible reason.

WHY AM I ATTRACTED TO THE SKELETONS.  THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: guizonde on December 25, 2015, 11:27:21 pm
i have fallout 4. i may binge excessively on it. it's all i ever wanted from a fallout game. only clocked 3-4 hours for now, but massive enjoyment has been had.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 25, 2015, 11:33:54 pm
I have Just Cause 3 and Titanfall.  This is gonna be good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ghoti on December 26, 2015, 02:10:46 am
I finished a pacifist run in Undertale, and now I want to play it again and also read erotic fanfiction about skeletons for some horrible reason.

WHY AM I ATTRACTED TO THE SKELETONS.  THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON.
*flickers lights on and off* Welcome to hell! Welcome to hell!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on December 26, 2015, 02:35:49 am
So you could say you're... an erotic femur?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 26, 2015, 03:03:17 am
I finished a pacifist run in Undertale, and now I want to play it again and also read erotic fanfiction about skeletons for some horrible reason.

WHY AM I ATTRACTED TO THE SKELETONS.  THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON.

Because unlike most people you don't care about superficial things and concentrate on what's deep inside each of us. ...A skeleton.

In other news: I have once again bought the old Fallout games. GOG had a bundle and I could no longer get F1 and Tactics to work on my computer but the GOG versions seem to work fine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on December 26, 2015, 11:37:29 am
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below is, aside from the long name, a pretty cool action rpg/warriors hybrid game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on December 26, 2015, 09:24:42 pm
I finished a pacifist run in Undertale, and now I want to play it again and also read erotic fanfiction about skeletons for some horrible reason.

WHY AM I ATTRACTED TO THE SKELETONS.  THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON.

Because unlike most people you don't care about superficial things and concentrate on what's deep inside each of us. ...A skeleton.

...That makes sense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on December 28, 2015, 03:23:24 am
(http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/357273736822004462/45B53BA9B36A7A5D7E5E4F16CECA0E301F1491D2/?interpolation=lanczos-none&output-format=jpeg&output-quality=95&fit=inside|1024:819&composite-to=*,*|1024:819&background-color=black)

Who doesnt love unreadable fonts
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 28, 2015, 03:45:15 am
...I can read it just fine.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 28, 2015, 07:10:15 am
It is a bit cramped, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: mellenORL on December 29, 2015, 09:43:43 am
Yeah, that would make me get a squint headache really fast. I guess some of us have more vulnerability to eyestrain than others.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 04, 2016, 03:42:24 am
#Invalid YouTube Link#
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 04, 2016, 03:46:29 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e89BChx-c14
Mobile links are no good. Gotta use the regular URL. Also, delete the s in https.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 04, 2016, 04:49:06 am
I should just direct link a youtube video. I cant be bothered learning that
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 04, 2016, 05:05:00 am
For Christmas, I got Sniper Elite 3 and Sims 3.

Sniper is fun as you're a WWII soldier sneaking into enemy locations and dispatching them in multiple ways. 

Sims is fun and I'm currently trying to make my character a mad scientist.  Currently he's only a 'useless contraption manipulator.'
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 04, 2016, 11:43:25 am
In total, I got Just Cause 3, Titanfall, Shadow of Mordor (GOTY Edition), Saint's Row 4 + Gat Out of Hell, Wolfenstein TNO, and Asura's Wrath.  Dis gon be gud.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on January 04, 2016, 12:03:51 pm
I got Wolfenstein The Old Blood (PS4), Until Dawn (PS4), Dishonoured Definitive Edition (PS4), Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below (PS4), Far Cry 3 & Far Cry 4 Double Pack (PS3) and Xenoblade Chronicles X Limited Edition (Wii U).

Only played Dragon Quest Heroes: TWTWBB and started Far Cry 3 yesterday (which i find really fun, though the opening really makes the protagonist and his friends come off as a bunch of douche bags acting like a bunch of idiots on holiday)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 16, 2016, 02:34:49 am
Is it just me, or are the various guilds in Skyrim kind of shit? It seems the formula for every single one is "guild is fucked upon arrival, player fixes it by weeding out a traitor, everyone decides to make the new guy who solved one crisis through the power of following other people's instructions their king".
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on January 16, 2016, 03:44:33 am
Eh, a bit but it was varied within that. The Companions weren't really shitty. They were pretty thriving, it was partially you who came in and fucked thngs. And the College didn't have a hidden traitor as much as a neon flashing "Thalmor Spy, no literally, he even outright says it". In the Brotherhood, the traitor only betrays you (notably, only you, no one else (well, maybe Cicero, kinda sorta)) because she sees you as undermining her authority by your very existence. The only one that plays it straight is the Thieve's Guild.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 16, 2016, 03:45:11 am
Lazy writing maybe? Then again, Skyrim is from the stage of gamedesign where the player does not usually need to think of anything themselves because the maps are linear and you get guidance on how to do almost everything right from the interface. "first go to X then kill N amount of creatures A bring back plot coupon B etc."

...I'm not saying that it's all bad, I for one love quick travel, the lack of which made moving around in Morrowind annoying.

Still, I kinda miss how you had to think for yourself and figure out the answers to problems from clues and not just in the "token puzzle sections."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on January 18, 2016, 03:09:03 pm
Damn you, Nintendo, stop making FTP Pokemon spin-offs.  Especially don't make them of puzzle games that I already love.  (Pokemon Picross)

My resolution to not put any money into this sort of game is wavering.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on January 22, 2016, 04:11:25 pm
The next to the last level in Sniper Elite 3 is an airfield, and it's become my favorite level.  It's like a giant deathmatch map, where you can shoot people from the hills, run around the runways, slip in and out of hangers, and even run around the underground tunnels.  Oh yeah, and you can find rocket launchers Everywhere! 

I never get bored killing people on that map.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on January 23, 2016, 07:18:27 am
For those who know about such things, if a game's minimum specs state you need an Intel Core i3-4160 3.6 GHz but you have an AMD Phenom II x4 970 3.5GHz are you fine or are you shit out of luck?

I did some Goggle searching but couldn't find any results that were even close to what I was looking for.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 23, 2016, 11:43:14 am
You should be fine.  A tenth of a GHz isn't going to make a massive difference and both processors seem to be fairly equal in most respects.

Also, I've prolly said this before, but god damn does ChromatiCraft make you feel like a god.  Especially when v11 comes out and YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LITERALLY RAIN FIRE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNwEs0fti6E).  This is in addition to throwing lightning, shooting fireballs, and uprooting entire landmasses...and that's just the personal abilities.  Thaumcraft, Blood Magic, take a look.  This is how magic is fucking DONE.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on January 26, 2016, 10:27:53 pm
So I recently stumbled on this news:

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/africa/cameroon-video-game-fantasy-aurion/ (http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/20/africa/cameroon-video-game-fantasy-aurion/)

It's nice to see people from other cultures represent themselves.  And the game itself looks promising.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 26, 2016, 11:01:56 pm
More Minecraft shit nobody cares about!  I finally broke back into fission today, for the first time since the world reset, and I have done something completely, utterly insane.  I have setup a bank of 16 RotaryCraft extractors (which can give up to 16x, but averages 5x ore yield) all at one-tick operational speed, meaning they eat up 20 ores a second.  I'm having to push my other technology very hard to keep up with the titanic influx of ore flakes, as well as the absolutely ravenous hunger of my new ore processing plant.  I am pleased.  ALL HAIL THE POWER OF THE ATOM!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on January 31, 2016, 05:48:10 pm
Go to 3:25 of the second video for The Laugh

https://youtu.be/umsRSd-RJuI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAPUl5VDihc

Embedding doesnt work for me. So theres just the links

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 02, 2016, 12:46:00 am
Been playing a bit of Uplink lately. Quite unforgiving, that game. One teensy mistake and it's back to the beginning for you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 04, 2016, 07:05:55 pm
Brother bought me XCOM2 for my birthday now, unpacking now. incoming ayy lmao.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 05, 2016, 01:56:34 am
Brother bought me XCOM2 for my birthday now, unpacking now. incoming ayy lmao.
I hate you! *goes cry in a corner*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 06, 2016, 05:26:55 pm
Brother bought me XCOM2 for my birthday now, unpacking now. incoming ayy lmao.
I hate you! *goes cry in a corner*

It's also unoptimized as shit, if you're on a lower end rig you're gonna have a pretty bad time. Look on the bright side mate, by the time you eventually get it they might have patched it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 07, 2016, 01:19:24 am
https://youtu.be/e2ZRRqBRJqQ

Gameplay footage for Scourge Of War: Waterloo
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on February 08, 2016, 04:08:06 pm
I've been playing Zelda: TriForce Heroes a lot lately.

PM me if you want to set up a play session and I'll try to work something out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 08, 2016, 06:22:52 pm
Well damn.  Didn't think anyone played it.

Ironbite-so I haven't gotten it yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on February 09, 2016, 04:29:52 pm
Sims 3 for the XBox 360.  First game I played where the game itself completed challenges and unlocked achievements.  Without any traits, nudges, etc., my sims taught themselves to write, cook, and repair things.  One even maxed out her cooking skill completely on her own. 

I wanted this game originally to torture sims, but now i'm just having fun seeing what they do when left to their own devices.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 15, 2016, 02:58:11 pm
The people who gave us Hatred are making a game called IS Defense:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNVmXt-H8AA

And PC gamer took the bait:

http://www.pcgamer.com/hatred-studios-next-game-is-called-is-defense/ (http://www.pcgamer.com/hatred-studios-next-game-is-called-is-defense/)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 15, 2016, 04:58:30 pm
So...EDL the game.

Defend your bangers and mash from the furreners who want you to eat halal kebabs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2016, 04:10:36 am
First world problem: I want to get a PS4 with my tax return.... but I REALLY don't want the Call of Duty bundle and that's my only option. And unfortunately, GameStop is only taking it for $23.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 16, 2016, 04:31:17 am
First world problem: I want to get a PS4 with my tax return.... but I REALLY don't want the Call of Duty bundle and that's my only option. And unfortunately, GameStop is only taking it for $23.
They the only distributor in your area, or the only one that's letting it go cheap?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2016, 04:24:22 pm
Its the only one I found trade in values for. I didnt look very hard, but i cant imagine other sources are much different.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 16, 2016, 04:33:28 pm
Can you get rid of the COD stuff or is it one of those annoying features they make hard to get rid of?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2016, 04:36:35 pm
It just comes with a copy of Black Ops III. What I'll probably end up doing is buying the bundle, then turn around and sell the game to GameStop and use the credit to buy inFamous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 16, 2016, 04:45:17 pm
Fallout 4 DLC info dropped and......my god its full of stars.

Ironbite-oh and Robots.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on February 16, 2016, 04:45:43 pm
Yesterday mine was having a PS4 and 2 used games under $40 for 349.99...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 16, 2016, 04:51:49 pm
I heard somewhere that if you wait until the time when all the school kids get their report cards, you'll find a hell of a lot of cheap consoles on eBay. Not sure how true it is, but it could be worth a shot if you don't mind the wait.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2016, 05:19:08 pm
Yesterday mine was having a PS4 and 2 used games under $40 for 349.99...

I've heard of that, I'll have to double check if it's still available. I could easily get inFamous and Arkham Knight or Tales of Zesteria with that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 16, 2016, 05:31:06 pm
Having seen a playthrough of XCOM 2 I really like it and will probably buy it when possible even though I know the story now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 17, 2016, 12:33:27 am
The new one's got a sort of "V" storyline where the alien invaders have become the establishment hasn't it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 17, 2016, 02:26:11 pm
So...EDL the game.

Defend your bangers and mash from the furreners who want you to eat halal kebabs.

I'm gonna withhold judgment until we learn more about the game.  On one hand, calling a game about fighting ISIL "Islamophobic" is like saying a game where you fight Nazis is "Germanophobic."

On the other hand, it was made by people who think being edgy and offensive for its own sake is a poke in the eye to political correctness.  So really, it could go either way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 17, 2016, 06:30:54 pm
So...EDL the game.

Defend your bangers and mash from the furreners who want you to eat halal kebabs.

I'm gonna withhold judgment until we learn more about the game.  On one hand, calling a game about fighting ISIL "Islamophobic" is like saying a game where you fight Nazis is "Germanophobic."

On the other hand, it was made by people who think being edgy and offensive for its own sake is a poke in the eye to political correctness.  So really, it could go either way.
I think the storyline where the Islamic hordes invading Europe nods, or perhaps "dog whistles", towards another topical happening which isn't the Islamic State but rather the people running away from them.

If Destructive Creations are equating refugees fleeing ISIS with ISIS itself, and I don't know if they are yet, then that would indeed be as Islamophobic as fuck!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 17, 2016, 06:57:21 pm
So...EDL the game.

Defend your bangers and mash from the furreners who want you to eat halal kebabs.

I'm gonna withhold judgment until we learn more about the game.  On one hand, calling a game about fighting ISIL "Islamophobic" is like saying a game where you fight Nazis is "Germanophobic."

On the other hand, it was made by people who think being edgy and offensive for its own sake is a poke in the eye to political correctness.  So really, it could go either way.
I think the storyline where the Islamic hordes invading Europe nods, or perhaps "dog whistles", towards another topical happening which isn't the Islamic State but rather the people running away from them.

If Destructive Creations are equating refugees fleeing ISIS with ISIS itself, and I don't know if they are yet, then that would indeed be as Islamophobic as fuck!

You're absolutely right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on February 17, 2016, 07:22:27 pm
Muslims fighting against Daesh members might make for a pretty cool game premise.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 17, 2016, 07:24:51 pm
I would play the shit out of that game!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on February 17, 2016, 09:45:08 pm
Muslims fighting against Daesh members might make for a pretty cool game premise.

You know, I hadn't thought of that.  Maybe an FPS where you play as a Kurdish resistance fighter or something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 17, 2016, 09:56:16 pm
That'd be a cool idea for a Far Cry game, methinks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 17, 2016, 10:37:02 pm
I think the Ubisoft execs are too interested in selling the Far Cry 3 formula to actually explore such an idea. And even if they aren't, I can't exactly say I trust Ubisoft to handle it with care and actually put some depth into it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on February 17, 2016, 11:31:46 pm
I think the Ubisoft execs are too interested in selling the Far Cry 3 formula to actually explore such an idea. And even if they aren't, I can't exactly say I trust Ubisoft to handle it with care and actually put some depth into it.

On the other hand, it would be a cool idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 17, 2016, 11:48:05 pm
I think the Ubisoft execs are too interested in selling the Far Cry 3 formula to actually explore such an idea. And even if they aren't, I can't exactly say I trust Ubisoft to handle it with care and actually put some depth into it.
Well, Far Cry Primal is a thing so it seems they have some creativity left in them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 19, 2016, 06:02:43 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7xdb60she8
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on February 19, 2016, 04:19:45 pm
So I stumbled upon this in Fallout 4 today:

(http://picpaste.com/pics/4ef6d8885f2d475b6e13273902a158a7.1455917234.jpg)

Yep, that's the skeletons of a woman spanking a man with a cutting board whilst sat on a toilet next to a case full of drugs.  I have so many questions for Bathesda, but I'm not sure I want to know the answers.

Edit: In case anyone things I'm reading too much into some objects having fallen funny due to game physics being what they are, originally the board, and the skeletons, were placed such that it was more obvious she'd been spanking him with the board but I accidentally nudged them when taking the drugs from the metal box before I took the screencap.  They were too deliberately placed for it to have been accidental.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vinroke on February 20, 2016, 02:37:43 am
Dunno if it was posted already but Sega is giving out Free games for whatever reason: makewarnotlove.com
Yesterday's was Streets of Rage 2, Binary Domain and Condemened: Criminal Origins and 80% of Alpha Protocol... my HDD needs an upgrade :|
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 20, 2016, 08:10:32 am
Yeah these Sega bundles are pretty dope, wish they'd bring Condemned 2 to PC but I'm lead to believe I was the only one that liked that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vinroke on February 20, 2016, 08:46:36 am
I played both condemned 1 + 2 a few years ago and nothing 'clicked' for me but if we're talking about ports we want to see on PC, I'd love to see Resonance of Fate. The in-built gun customization along with mod potential would be hilarious
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 20, 2016, 12:50:43 pm
Just finished Serpent Isle for the n+1th time.  ...What was the Guardian's plan there, again?  DID he have a plan?  The imbalance would've destroyed the whole universe, including the world he ruled and Black Gate showed the Guardian to be a conqueror, not a destroyer.  Hell, if anything, my restoring balance played...precisely...into his hands.  ...  Hm.

By Jove, I think I got it!

(click to show/hide)

TL;DR: The Guardian was being a hell of a lot more intelligent than I originally thought in SI.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 20, 2016, 01:10:12 pm
Was that the game where the Avatar is acting out of character and destroys a culture or was that the next game?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on February 20, 2016, 03:14:04 pm
That was the next one. And then 9 ruined everything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 20, 2016, 03:31:32 pm
Hey! Christopher Ecclestone wasn't that bad!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on February 20, 2016, 03:42:37 pm
What's. A. Paladin. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 20, 2016, 04:02:09 pm
Here's a paladin:
Quote
The Doctor: You really want to think about this. Because if I activate the signal, every living creature dies.
Dalek Emperor: I am immortal.
The Doctor: D’you want to put that to the test?
Dalek Emperor: I want to see you become like me. Hail the Doctor! The great exterminator!
The Doctor: I’ll do it!
Dalek Emperor: Then prove yourself, Doctor. What are you? Coward or killer?
The Doctor: Coward. Any day.

He had a chance to take out his worst enemy but it would have been at the cost of killing innocent people. So he didn't. He knew the threat of Daleks better than anyone else but he was still unable to break his code to kill the Daleks. ...Then again, some of the other incarnations of the Doctor haven't been so opposed to genocide, but that is another story.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on February 20, 2016, 04:27:47 pm
Er, that statement was directed at any possible defense of Ultima 9.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 20, 2016, 06:53:21 pm
Was that the game where the Avatar is acting out of character and destroys a culture or was that the next game?

That was the one after Serpent Isle, Pagan.  Though, I think the jury's still out on whether or not he actually destroyed Pagan or just kinda...wrecked it, since soon after freeing the titans, I think the Avatar basically ate them.  Two were outright malevolent (Hydros and Pyros) and likely would've done some damage in the meantime between being freed and being eaten.  Though, the whole idea behind Pagan was a question of whether or not its good to countenance a lesser evil in service to a greater good.  The Guardian had long since taken over Pagan, any resistance to his ideologies were wiped out hundreds, possibly thousands, of years before the Avatar even arrived there.  Its magic was largely (minus Thaumaturgy, which existed outside the realm of normal Pagan magic) channeled thru the titans and they were considered the source of said power.  Pagan was ruled by either secretly malevolent (in the case of Stratos) or outright evil (in the case of, again, Pyros and Hydros) cults whose interests aligned with the titans they served.  The world was basically fucked long before you got there...if anything, you could see the Avatar's actions as hastening the inevitable.  It also served as an object lesson in just what the Guardian had planned for Britannia and all worlds after that, which not only made the Avatar want to leave that horrible place just for the sake of leaving a horrible place, but also to stop the Guardian from doing this to any other worlds.  Freeing and eating the titans gave him the power he needed to confront the Red Bastard on his home turf which, incidentally, was the original plan for Ultima IX: for the Avatar to go to the Guardian's home world and kick his enormous, crimson ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on February 20, 2016, 08:07:07 pm
Kantai releases an American shipgirl for the first time. She looks like this:

(click to show/hide)

While it's not an overall bad design, it's just so... American. I'm really not sure how to feel about it. The skirt is also disappointingly short. Seriously.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on February 20, 2016, 08:19:26 pm
Was it post David Tennant that the Doctor started getting all dark? I remember the eternal torment type punishments against the Family of Blood, then there was that type he had an enemy fleeing in a spaceship blasted by ICBMs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 20, 2016, 09:22:04 pm
Was it post David Tennant that the Doctor started getting all dark? I remember the eternal torment type punishments against the Family of Blood, then there was that type he had an enemy fleeing in a spaceship blasted by ICBMs.

Nope, he was pretty much dark right from the get-go when 9 debuted.

"YOU WOULD MAKE A GOOD DALEK."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on February 20, 2016, 09:45:58 pm
Kantai releases an American shipgirl for the first time. She looks like this:

(click to show/hide)

While it's not an overall bad design, it's just so... American. I'm really not sure how to feel about it. The skirt is also disappointingly short. Seriously.

It'll never be more American than Clownpiece.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on February 20, 2016, 09:47:45 pm
Kantai releases an American shipgirl for the first time. She looks like this:

(click to show/hide)

While it's not an overall bad design, it's just so... American. I'm really not sure how to feel about it. The skirt is also disappointingly short. Seriously.

It'll never be more American than Clownpiece.

This is very true. But she comes damn close.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 21, 2016, 12:31:00 am
Was it post David Tennant that the Doctor started getting all dark? I remember the eternal torment type punishments against the Family of Blood, then there was that type he had an enemy fleeing in a spaceship blasted by ICBMs.

Nope, he was pretty much dark right from the get-go when 9 debuted.

"YOU WOULD MAKE A GOOD DALEK."

EVERY Doctor has had his dark side. 6, 9 and 12 are the most obviously dark, but 7 was absolutely brutal at times and 10 went into "bitter old man" territory occasionally.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 21, 2016, 12:32:43 am
Was it post David Tennant that the Doctor started getting all dark? I remember the eternal torment type punishments against the Family of Blood, then there was that type he had an enemy fleeing in a spaceship blasted by ICBMs.

Nope, he was pretty much dark right from the get-go when 9 debuted.

"YOU WOULD MAKE A GOOD DALEK."

I can't find the post now but somewhere on the net someone explained that 11 was the Doctor who forgot. 9 was struggling with survivors guilt and the shame of the Doctor's actions during the Time war, but 11 had forgotten it. The special episode even highlights it because 10 still remembers exactly how many victims died when he destroyed Gallifrey but 11 doesn't remember and thinks it's pointless to think about it.

9 is angry and threatens the Dalek but when push comes to shove he really can't do it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 21, 2016, 10:21:50 am
Was it post David Tennant that the Doctor started getting all dark? I remember the eternal torment type punishments against the Family of Blood, then there was that type he had an enemy fleeing in a spaceship blasted by ICBMs.

Nope, he was pretty much dark right from the get-go when 9 debuted.

"YOU WOULD MAKE A GOOD DALEK."

I can't find the post now but somewhere on the net someone explained that 11 was the Doctor who forgot. 9 was struggling with survivors guilt and the shame of the Doctor's actions during the Time war, but 11 had forgotten it. The special episode even highlights it because 10 still remembers exactly how many victims died when he destroyed Gallifrey but 11 doesn't remember and thinks it's pointless to think about it.

9 is angry and threatens the Dalek but when push comes to shove he really can't do it.

Honestly, I think 11 was lying when he said he forgot.  11 was trying to repress the memories in an effort to move on, not realizing that he was running from his past like he'd done from the very beginning.  He never accepted his actions and, thus, never truly forgot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on February 21, 2016, 01:23:15 pm
Kantai releases an American shipgirl for the first time. She looks like this:

(click to show/hide)

While it's not an overall bad design, it's just so... American. I'm really not sure how to feel about it. The skirt is also disappointingly short. Seriously.

If ya ask me that skirt ain't short enough if you know what I mean. Heeeeeello nurse! I think that picture just gave me a new fetish.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on February 21, 2016, 02:46:18 pm
Kantai releases an American shipgirl for the first time. She looks like this:

(click to show/hide)

While it's not an overall bad design, it's just so... American. I'm really not sure how to feel about it. The skirt is also disappointingly short. Seriously.

If ya ask me that skirt ain't short enough if you know what I mean. Heeeeeello nurse! I think that picture just gave me a new fetish.

Hah!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on February 24, 2016, 02:57:42 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsqAkvIVRHQ

Gameplay of the Seven Years War
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 26, 2016, 11:27:56 am
So Pokemon Sun and Moon are a thing. While they haven't shown off any new game-play I'm still excited since this will be the 7th generation of Pokemon.


http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-sun-and-pokemon-moon/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 26, 2016, 03:06:14 pm
Surprised we're not getting a Z version, but I'm all for Gen VII. Gen VI was was a disappointment after Gen V.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on February 26, 2016, 03:35:54 pm
Really? I liked Gen VI , but then again I don't hate much of anything Pokemon related (sans Hey You, Pikachu! which was a waste of $20. )
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on February 26, 2016, 05:08:59 pm
Surprised we're not getting a Z version, but I'm all for Gen VII. Gen VI was was a disappointment after Gen V.

Surely you're joking. Gen VI was great. The only disappointing part of it was the further reaming Dark-types received in the great balance game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on February 26, 2016, 07:30:28 pm
Eh, they hit Steel for neutral now so they now have the upper hand against those Steel/Psychics which is sad, because I liked my Schrodinger's Bronzong. Is it neutral to fire, or immune to ground? You don't know till you try! But now, meh, smack it with a dark-type move.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 26, 2016, 09:41:50 pm
Surely you're joking. Gen VI was great. The only disappointing part of it was the further reaming Dark-types received in the great balance game.

In short:

Smallest roster of new Pokemon
Overstuffed Pokedexes
Constant Gen I nostalgia pandering
Half-assed story
Uninteresting and blatantly obvious villain
Only 3 new Legendaries to catch, two of which are version exclusives and are caught in the story
Just as many Mythic Pokemon as Legendary Pokemon
Only able to catch ONE Legendary Bird per save file and it's a roamer that you can't even Master Ball
MewTwo just stands in a one room cave
CONSTANT GEN I NOSTALGIA PANDERING

I am not saying that X and Y were bad, but let me put it this way: Gen V is my favorite generation. Gen VI is my least favorite after Gen I.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on February 28, 2016, 10:59:30 pm
Stardew Valley was released on Friday, and it's like a better version of Harvest Moon. It's a steal for only $15 on Steam.

In addition to the usual farming, animals, fishing, and mining aspects, it's got crafting, combat, quests, more in-depth characters (also allowing same-sex relationships), and a ton of other stuff. I'm gonna put a ton of hours into this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 29, 2016, 12:00:08 am
Stardew Valley was released on Friday, and it's like a better version of Harvest Moon. It's a steal for only $15 on Steam.

In addition to the usual farming, animals, fishing, and mining aspects, it's got crafting, combat, quests, more in-depth characters (also allowing same-sex relationships), and a ton of other stuff. I'm gonna put a ton of hours into this.
Oh good, so it's not just me. I could never get into Harvest Moon or Rune Factory, but so far I'm really enjoying this one. I think it's because tending your crops is so much less tedious with a mouse. I can just click on an individual square and as long as my character is close enough, that'll do it. No need to line myself up to each and every thing I want to water/hoe/sow using the D-pad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on February 29, 2016, 10:33:48 am
Plus you can eventually install sprinklers. Also, the energy meter is better balanced so you don't instantly hit rock-bottom after simply watering a couple rows of crops (unlike Harvest Moon).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 01, 2016, 08:52:13 am
Okay, so Devil Daggers is 5 bucks on steam and it's absolutely fucking insane. I'm not quite sure how to describe this game, it's an FPS bullet-hell Lovecraftian thing, seriously just look at it on Youtube.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on March 02, 2016, 03:23:05 pm
Nostalgia-tripping with Red Version.  If anybody wants to trade, PM me.  We'll swap friend codes and come up with a good time for the swap.

I JUST BEAT BROCK!  WITH CHARMANDER!  I R HARDCOER.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vinroke on March 03, 2016, 09:11:09 pm
If anyone has Spintires, there's a clusterfuck going on atm - publishers claim dev planted timebomb in code, dev says it's a drm thing and asks publisher where his money is:-
http://steamed.kotaku.com/spintires-steam-clusterfuck-explained-1762498563 (http://steamed.kotaku.com/spintires-steam-clusterfuck-explained-1762498563)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 03, 2016, 09:30:39 pm
Got FE:Fates today. Gonna play them in order, starting w/ birthright. I like how since I have Birthright I can get Conquest for half price from the e-shop. That's pretty cool. As for the game, I'm only an hour in, but so far, its Fire Emblem. They nerfed pairing up in this one, compared to Awakening. Pairing is mainly a defensive buff, while being adjacent to an ally (while neither of you is paired) nets you the offensive buff and double-hitting capability.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on March 04, 2016, 11:39:05 am
Picked up the Metro Redux bundle the other day on Xbox Live as it was on sale for 6 quid and there's something that's bothering me way more than it probably should: why does everyone in the game have copies of the Metro novels in their sleeping quarters and why are there posters for the Metro website everywhere?  This isn't Deadpool, what's with the 4th wall breaking?  It seems really out of place in a game with this tone and it  just sticks out to me like a sore thumb, so much so I find it destracting.  And it's not like a little Easter egg in one spot you might miss, these books and posters are fucking all over the place.  My brain is constantly shouting, "HOW DO YOU ALL HAVE BOOKS THAT CORRECTLY PREDICT THE FUTURE OF REAL PEOPLE?  WHAT'S GOING ON?  IS THIS ALL A DREAM?  ARE WE IN THE MATRIX?  AAAAHHHH!!!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2016, 02:58:49 am
Recently grabbed Lethis - Path of Progress. If you've ever played an Impressions city builder, it's basically that with a steampunk theme to it. It's a bit on the easy side, but other than that I'm absolutely loving it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vinroke on March 10, 2016, 07:06:37 am
Humble Bundle had Dreamfall Chapters. insta-buy for me. Been years since I played either Dreamfall or The Longest Journey though, so I'm kinda lost :s
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 11, 2016, 10:30:24 am
Someone mentioned Baldur's Gate 2 so I had to reinstall it. Trying to play a cleric now but I am wondering if there is a way to make fighter playable in the game since all the online guides tell me not to try and I remember having problems with enemies while using a fighter (but I would really want to have the De'Arnise keep stronghold.) Swashbuckler-Rogue is also an option, I remember having fun with it and the thieves guild is also fun to control.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 11, 2016, 11:18:16 am
Skald-Bard all the way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on March 11, 2016, 01:53:51 pm
Diablo 2 just had an update to run on new Operating Systems (Windows 7, 8 and 10, all Intel OS X versions). Thats support, 16 years after release and its still getting updated!

When it came out it was Windows 98 and Mac OS 8.5, both of which were completely different OSs at a base level.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ironchew on March 11, 2016, 02:19:39 pm
Diablo 2 just had an update to run on new Operating Systems (Windows 7, 8 and 10, all Intel OS X versions). Thats support, 16 years after release and its still getting updated!

When it came out it was Windows 98 and Mac OS 8.5, both of which were completely different OSs at a base level.

If only it were Free as in Freedom, the community would've ported it to newer platforms for them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on March 12, 2016, 02:37:45 pm
Mr. Stallman, is that you?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 16, 2016, 10:13:35 am
Re...acquired Temple of Elemental Evil yesterday, and tacked on the Circle of Eight stuff.  I forgot just how god damned brutal this game can be, sometimes.  Sending a lobster the size of a god damned truck after a level 2 party just is NOT fair in the slightest.  Especially when that party is just a cleric, fighter, and soon-to-be rogue/wizard.  Though, I'll admit, its fun playing neutral evil.  Thinking of leading the local priest into believing he's converted me as I amass enough power to kill him.  Training off random encounters, taking everything I see for myself, and leading the Khan siblings to becoming the greatest force of evil in the Flanness.  Then, I'll kick a god's ass just for kicks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 16, 2016, 11:00:05 am
I really need to finish that game
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on March 16, 2016, 12:54:07 pm
Picked up Driveclub for cheap the other day. After downloading nearly 18GBs worth of updates (over a year and a halfs worth) all i can say is wow, its fucking awesome! Its also really, really pretty. I mean super pretty. Good eye candy is what im saying.

And i like the challenges it throws at you during the race, like a section marked out for "best average speed" or "keep on the racing line" and it matches you up with someone near your skill level so you can try to beat them. Always gives you something to aim for, even if your are just having a quick blast of a course, not playing through the actual Tours. Of which there are tons, due to plenty of DLC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 16, 2016, 02:26:30 pm
I really need to finish that game

Just be careful, the game really has a hard-on for sending things after you that are way, WAY out of your league.  Also, evil clerics kick ass at level 4 and above, since they can command undead.  Guess what you get a lot of when you camp out at the training grounds Emridy Meadows?  Skeleton Gnolls, and in mass numbers.  Few things make for better cannon fodder.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 16, 2016, 04:03:12 pm
Game designer who worked on many Lucasarts classics and kept copies of all the design notes is now putting all of it online:

http://wilmunder.com/Arics_World/Games.html

Quote
Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Maniac Mansion, The Dig, Indy Iron Phoenix, the list goes on.   I worked on all of these and had a suspicion that someday there would be interest in how these games were made.  Years ago I visited the LucasArts facility in the San Francisco Presidio and brought along two grocery bags of design documents.  I asked if they had an archivist and I was told that since I had kept these safe for over two decades, it was best if I just kept them together.  I have met with the archivist at Stanford and these documents will either end up there or at a museum dedicated to preserving game design.  Until then, I plan to release a few documents every month, and I am currently looking at using GitHub for archiving the SCUMM source code.

I know it's just design notes but THIS IS INTERESTING GAMING HISTORY!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on March 16, 2016, 05:41:03 pm
That's pretty awesome, actually. There's a ton of classic LucasArts games that would be interesting to read about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 17, 2016, 01:20:32 am
The original plot for Monkey Island had the player raid ships on sea, engage other ships in strategic combat (they were undecided about sword fighting) and sell the loot to get supplies. Also there would have been an exp system. And the final battle against undead pirate ship would have been fought with silver cannonballs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 17, 2016, 10:55:40 am
Seriously, what the fuck is it with Temple of Elemental Evil and sending water snakes, koapacinths, and fucking sea hags after me every other time I get a random encounter while resting?  I get the whole difficulty thing, but these bastards have to be at a CR at least 5 levels above my god damned party!  I barely survive when they send just a single sea hag (with coterie, of course) after me, much less upwards of THREE AT ONCE.  This DM isn't so much sadistic as he is fucking stupid.  But, that's fine by me.  I'll get strong enough to wipe them all out!  After all, that's why I'm training in the first place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 17, 2016, 01:16:05 pm
's why I always go to town to rest. The inn is free once you do a 2-minute sidequest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 17, 2016, 01:45:25 pm
's why I always go to town to rest. The inn is free once you do a 2-minute sidequest.

Thing is, I'm using it for training.  Train up against randos, and get strong enough that the main questline isn't as much of a bother.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 17, 2016, 02:39:01 pm
Fair. For that I just run around between areas on the map. The more off-road the better.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 17, 2016, 02:57:22 pm
Fair. For that I just run around between areas on the map. The more off-road the better.

Aye, true that.  Though, you do still run a risk of running into a half dozen trolls you can't avoid, let alone actually stand a chance of killing before level 10 or so.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 17, 2016, 06:05:48 pm
Have not seen that happen. Sounds terrifying. But Scorching Ray puts in work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vinroke on March 17, 2016, 07:32:38 pm
Jim Sterling is being sued by Digital Homicide (http://kotaku.com/angered-game-developer-sues-game-critic-jim-sterling-fo-1765484317) ...anyone know of a wholesale popcorn provider?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 17, 2016, 08:44:20 pm
Have not seen that happen. Sounds terrifying. But Scorching Ray puts in work.

Mmm, one of my troll-killing favourites.  Puts the rubbery, green bastards in their place, it does!

Jim Sterling is being sued by Digital Homicide (http://kotaku.com/angered-game-developer-sues-game-critic-jim-sterling-fo-1765484317) ...anyone know of a wholesale popcorn provider?

Not off-hand, but I got an air popper and even just a cup of kernels makes a whole lotta 'corn.  I'd probably need to buy more butter, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 17, 2016, 10:05:58 pm
Have not seen that happen. Sounds terrifying. But Scorching Ray puts in work.

Mmm, one of my troll-killing favourites.  Puts the rubbery, green bastards in their place, it does!

And it even doesn't hit your allies like a fireball would! My usual opener is a glitterdust, though. How about all of you guys get blinded. K, thx.

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Jim Sterling is being sued by Digital Homicide (http://kotaku.com/angered-game-developer-sues-game-critic-jim-sterling-fo-1765484317) ...anyone know of a wholesale popcorn provider?

Not off-hand, but I got an air popper and even just a cup of kernels makes a whole lotta 'corn.  I'd probably need to buy more butter, though.

Mmmmm. I've got a bottle of kernels and some butter to chip in. You'd think Digihom would have learned to leave Jim Fucking Sterling, son alone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 17, 2016, 11:07:42 pm
Too bad the suit will fail. I want to punch Sterling in the face, overinflated tool with an irritating voice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 17, 2016, 11:39:00 pm
Have not seen that happen. Sounds terrifying. But Scorching Ray puts in work.

Mmm, one of my troll-killing favourites.  Puts the rubbery, green bastards in their place, it does!

And it even doesn't hit your allies like a fireball would! My usual opener is a glitterdust, though. How about all of you guys get blinded. K, thx.

Yesssssss, I am learning to love glitterdust.  That and soundburst.  Nothing stops up melee pricks like being stunned.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on March 17, 2016, 11:56:57 pm
The spell Grease and 5 ranks of balance are a rogue's (esp. a dual-weilder's) best friend. Did I just accidentally 7d6+1d4 damage at level 5?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 18, 2016, 12:12:22 am
The spell Grease and 5 ranks of balance are a rogue's (esp. a dual-weilder's) best friend. Did I just accidentally 7d6+1d4 damage at level 5?

Combine that with keen weapons and you've got the makings for some quick devastation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 20, 2016, 11:23:14 am
Hm, Ubisoft just made some pretty interesting promo material for The Division: the Collapse (http://collapse-thedivisiongame.ubi.com/en/#).  Its a little simulator that basically takes your starting location (say, your home) and puts you as Patient Zero of a new kind of smallpox, and sees how long it takes for the disease to destroy civilization.  I have to admit, for what amounts to an ad, its actually a pretty neat idea.  Love clever marketing like this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on March 22, 2016, 07:52:08 am
Too bad the suit will fail. I want to punch Sterling in the face, overinflated tool with an irritating voice.

It's not too bad, it's good it will fail because it's a bullshit suit.  Bullshit suits not winning is what is supposed to happen, doesn't matter who is on either side of it.  Disliking someone involved doesn't suddenly make injustice a good thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on March 22, 2016, 12:39:45 pm
Ive seen a few people on twitter that i follow that dislike Sterling but are fully on his side over this lawsuit. Digital Homicide are a terrible "developer" and from what I've heard he just says the truth about them
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 22, 2016, 03:44:35 pm
Too bad the suit will fail. I want to punch Sterling in the face, overinflated tool with an irritating voice.

Yes, let's hope that a frivolous lawsuit with no basis in logic, let alone law, succeeds just because you don't like someone involved.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 23, 2016, 01:08:55 am
I've been watching a Let's play of Skies of Arcadia and it looks like a fun game. Air pirates! Yay!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 24, 2016, 12:00:11 am
Killed Hedrack and managed to get a pretty solid blow (~30hp) on a god.  All in all, I'd say that was a very successful cleansing of the Greater Temple of Elemental Evil.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 27, 2016, 07:40:44 am
I've been playing Borderlands since it's free on Xbox Live this month.  It's fun overall, though it gets annoying when you're attacked while shopping or talking to someone. 

Next month should be fun if the news of Dead Space and Saints Row IV is legit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 27, 2016, 09:47:21 am
I've been playing Borderlands since it's free on Xbox Live this month.  It's fun overall, though it gets annoying when you're attacked while shopping or talking to someone. 

Next month should be fun if the news of Dead Space and Saints Row IV is legit.

News of Saint's Row IV?  What news is this?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 28, 2016, 04:36:28 am
http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/xbox-live-games-gold-april-2016-wolf-among-us-sunset-overdrive/ (http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/xbox-live-games-gold-april-2016-wolf-among-us-sunset-overdrive/)

Next Month on Xbox Live for the 360, Dead Space is available for free on the 1st and Saints Row IV on the 16th.  I'm pretty sure it's legit as this list has appeared on every site that I found when searching for this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on March 28, 2016, 09:49:28 pm
Nostalgia ho! I bought the discounted Sonic mega-bundle from the Humble Sega Sale tonight.

...Now I just have to figure out WTF is wrong with me that I have the same nostalgia for fucking Sonic Adventure 2 that I have for the Genesis/Megadrive games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vinroke on March 29, 2016, 12:36:06 pm
Nostalgia ho! I bought the discounted Sonic mega-bundle from the Humble Sega Sale tonight.

...Now I just have to figure out WTF is wrong with me that I have the same nostalgia for fucking Sonic Adventure 2 that I have for the Genesis/Megadrive games.

Chao + Chao garden ofc. those critters are adorable. The next 3 games after SA2 being rather cringe-worthy may also be a factor. BTW, if you don't want deafened by SA2's horrendous pc sound issues the steam forum of it has a 1/2 volume mod
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 30, 2016, 03:47:05 am
http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/xbox-live-games-gold-april-2016-wolf-among-us-sunset-overdrive/ (http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/xbox-live-games-gold-april-2016-wolf-among-us-sunset-overdrive/)

Next Month on Xbox Live for the 360, Dead Space is available for free on the 1st and Saints Row IV on the 16th.  I'm pretty sure it's legit as this list has appeared on every site that I found when searching for this.

I don't really care about Dead Space and I already have Saint's Row IV on X1, but I can totally get behind The Wolf Among Us and Sunset Overdrive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on March 30, 2016, 05:02:27 am
I wasn't a big fan of Wolf Among Us, but I love Dead Space 2, so I figure I'll check the first game.  I wasn't originally interested in SR IV, but it's free so I don't really have much to lose by trying it.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 30, 2016, 08:30:07 am
Odd, what I've seen of Sunset Overdrive makes it out to be basically a complete ripoff and reskin of Jet Set Radio Future, only lame and about energy drinks because "that's what the young people are into, nowadays."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on April 02, 2016, 01:36:40 pm
Nostalgia ho! I bought the discounted Sonic mega-bundle from the Humble Sega Sale tonight.

...Now I just have to figure out WTF is wrong with me that I have the same nostalgia for fucking Sonic Adventure 2 that I have for the Genesis/Megadrive games.

Chao + Chao garden ofc. those critters are adorable. The next 3 games after SA2 being rather cringe-worthy may also be a factor. BTW, if you don't want deafened by SA2's horrendous pc sound issues the steam forum of it has a 1/2 volume mod

I will admit, half of the reason story mode is still playable for me is because you can skip cutscenes altogether, even the first time around.

And this time, I will try to make one of every Chao type + alignment combo. :3
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 10, 2016, 09:59:35 pm
Just finished the first three Splinter Cell games. I have to say, I certainly had a blast with them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on April 11, 2016, 04:38:02 am
Just finished the first three Splinter Cell games. I have to say, I certainly had a blast with them.

Man, I loved the original Splinter Cell games.  Kind of wish there was a current gen SC game that was just like those ones, only shinier (guess and full Halo/Halo 2 style remaster is what I actually want), but perhaps they should just let the franchise die.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 11, 2016, 05:52:14 am
Just finished the first three Splinter Cell games. I have to say, I certainly had a blast with them.

Man, I loved the original Splinter Cell games.  Kind of wish there was a current gen SC game that was just like those ones, only shinier (guess and full Halo/Halo 2 style remaster is what I actually want), but perhaps they should just let the franchise die.

I have to say, either a remastering of the first three or a new game that's just like them would make me jizz hard enough to mine diamonds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 11, 2016, 09:48:03 am
Just wait until you get to Chaos Theory, that was the fucking best.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on April 11, 2016, 03:59:22 pm
I started Heavy Rain the other week. Im impressed. Dark story, i mean seriously dark, depressing stuff, but its gripping.

Favourite character has to be the private detective Scott Shelby, I mean despite been a middle aged, over weight, asthmatic guy he kicks a lot of butt. Madison is probably my least favourite, though she has grown on me. I think its the fact her first chapter was rather stupid. Plus it had the usual David Cage shower scene. Fanservice!

PS4 port is pretty solid. Apparently theres some problems? But im thinking that applies to the download version not the disc version which I've got. I would notice the problems reported with the FMV sequences.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 11, 2016, 04:09:45 pm
Just wait until you get to Chaos Theory, that was the fucking best.
Already did. I said I've just finished all three of them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 11, 2016, 07:00:13 pm
Just wait until you get to Chaos Theory, that was the fucking best.
Already did. I said I've just finish all three of them.

Dakota can't into English anymore, apparently.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on April 12, 2016, 02:30:55 pm
Heroine's Quest.  Just....HEROINE'S QUEST.

(click to show/hide)

Not only is there a SQUIRREL OF DOOM!!, you also can ask the Norns who will win the 2014 Olympics.  Because fuck stopping Ragnarok, I have to know who will win a sporting event 1000 years in my future!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on April 12, 2016, 03:39:03 pm
Completed Heavy Rain today....

Fuck. Man. Really, that person was the killer? :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 12, 2016, 04:19:07 pm
Heroine's Quest.  Just....HEROINE'S QUEST.

(click to show/hide)

Not only is there a SQUIRREL OF DOOM!!, you also can ask the Norns who will win the 2014 Olympics.  Because fuck stopping Ragnarok, I have to know who will win a sporting event 1000 years in my future!

Oh, that game's done? Well, I know what I'm doing in my spare time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 12, 2016, 08:39:57 pm
Bought Darksiders II for super fucking cheap (as in $2.99) So yeah that's going on my LP list.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 12, 2016, 08:47:31 pm
Enjoy the section that caused me to quit and never reinstall the game.

Ironbite-it's so fucking frustrating.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 12, 2016, 08:54:56 pm
I'll keep that in mind for the LP.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on April 12, 2016, 09:56:11 pm
Enjoy the section that caused me to quit and never reinstall the game.

Ironbite-it's so fucking frustrating.

Which was that?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 12, 2016, 10:11:21 pm
Climbing up an elevator shaft.

Ironbite-with a burning bed of spikes for an instadeath.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 12, 2016, 10:27:34 pm
Dark Souls III get fucking hype, you guys might not see my for a year.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on April 12, 2016, 11:37:26 pm
Been playing Grim Dawn a fair bit, lately.  For an expy of Diablo II, its surprisingly good, thus far.  Especially since shit is more fucked in that game than it is in Diablo, which is astonishing.  Also, it breaks the Fantasy Gun Control laws, which always pleases me.  Far too few firearms in fantasy games and, no, Fable II and above don't count because they suck.
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Post by: Søren on April 15, 2016, 08:13:29 am
https://youtu.be/CcmNDPl7YBI

Quick video of some beautiful boss fight in DS3
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Post by: ironbite on April 15, 2016, 09:18:53 am
Hey I'm in the final beta test for Overwatch this weekend.

Ironbite-I'm gonna play Tracer so much.
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Post by: Vypernight on April 16, 2016, 04:56:36 am
Saints Row IV will be available on XBox Live this morning.  The free games usually show up around 9-10. 
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Post by: RavynousHunter on April 16, 2016, 08:56:45 am
Reminds me, I need to put that on my 'Bone, got the bundle of it (Presidential Edition or whatever) and Gat Out of Hell.

Also, unrelated to above, Reika showcasing why his magic mod, ChromatiCraft, is still the best out of all of 'em:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0LZ2erDipo

Even without audio, shit's still amazing to behold.
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Post by: ironbite on April 26, 2016, 09:34:19 am
Hey guys...go get Painkiller.  It's on sale on Steam and oh my god it's fun.

Ironbite-just....go.
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Post by: Sleepy on April 26, 2016, 09:34:23 pm
Has anyone played Stonehearth? It's still in early access on Steam (and has been that way for awhile) so I wasn't sure if it was worth it.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on April 27, 2016, 07:45:26 am
BRUH. finally beat Dark Souls 3. Kinda sad that I've ran out of Souls games to play, except for Bloodbourne. but unless there's a price drop on the PS4, no way am I picking that up just for one game.
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Post by: chad sexington on April 28, 2016, 05:09:05 am
I got a PS4 and so far, I've only used it to play Fallout.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on April 29, 2016, 09:59:06 pm
So, I saw the Ratchet and Clank movie. Yeah, don't go see it. It's bad. I've never seen such an uninteresting movie in theaters before.
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Post by: Askold on May 01, 2016, 03:12:34 am
Shame, the new game seemed fun (I watched a let's play of it) and the trailer was promising.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on May 01, 2016, 11:43:39 pm
By all accounts, the game's great. I haven't played it myself yet, but I look forward to it. However, good god, the movie is boring.
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Post by: Askold on May 02, 2016, 12:39:15 am
Angry Joe reviewed the film and said that the game is amazing and you should buy it but the film should be avoided. He also said that the game cutscenes are the exact scenes that are in the film, there is very, very little extra content in either of them. If anything, the film lacks stuff that is explained in the game making the plot hard to follow.

And the lack of commercials also makes it look like they simply did not put much effort into the film and didn't think it would actually make money.

...Which has been a common problem in movies about video games. *cough* Uwe Boll *cough*

...Well, at least you can now say that Ratchet and clank is the best damn game that is based on a film. OF ALL TIME!
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Post by: Cloud3514 on May 02, 2016, 12:53:49 am
I'm a fan of the Ratchet and Clank games, having recently gotten obsessed with them (running through A Crack in Time right now). The movie wasn't even what I expected or feel a Ratchet and Clank movie should be.

When I think of Ratchet and Clank, I think of over-the-top weapons and action with planetary adventuring. The movie has none of that.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on May 02, 2016, 03:31:09 am
Just got done 100%ing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas yet again. Once again, I'm reminded that it's one of my favourite games of all time for a very good reason. So much variety and attention to detail, especially for the time. Also, it was my first time ever playing the PC version. It's buggy as fuck compared to the console versions (at least on modern hardware), but the fast loading times and prettier graphics are quite nice.

My only serious complaint about the game is that Kent Paul and Maccer didn't get nearly enough screen time.
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Post by: Svata on May 02, 2016, 07:27:29 am
I'm a fan of the Ratchet and Clank games, having recently gotten obsessed with them (running through A Crack in Time right now). The movie wasn't even what I expected or feel a Ratchet and Clank movie should be.

When I think of Ratchet and Clank, I think of over-the-top weapons and action with planetary adventuring. The movie has none of that.

That's a shame.
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Post by: Zygarde on May 03, 2016, 12:50:21 pm
Emperor Be Praised! Dawn of War III has been announced!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ZgyNoHtjw
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Post by: Askold on May 03, 2016, 01:14:59 pm
Yeah, I saw the trailer already. I have no idea how good the game will be but at least the trailer was epic. And I mean that it was like "a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation" (although in the form of a video) rather than using epic to mean "AWSUME" or something.

Welp, if I manage to get a new computer by the time the game comes out I will certainly give it a try.
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Post by: Vypernight on May 04, 2016, 08:15:56 am
Talked my friend into picking up Skyrim and decided to start a new game as well.  I'm currently an orc warrior, and I'm trying to be a nice guy.  However, no matter what I do, I always seem to get a bounty in Riften.  That place just does not like me.  Then again, it could be from my stealing a couple books, borrowing a couple of horses, and committing one little murder.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on May 04, 2016, 03:05:28 pm
Dawn of War III seems to only have Marines, Orks and Eldar. Let me know when they add the Tau.
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Post by: ironbite on May 04, 2016, 04:49:01 pm
I left click very good in Overwatch.

Ironbite-Bastion is so easy.
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Post by: IanC on May 04, 2016, 05:21:53 pm
Dawn of War III seems to only have Marines, Orks and Eldar. Let me know when they add the Tau.
Strange isn't it, putting three of the most popular armies in the game to start with.

Weirdo yanks and your weeaboo commie space cows.  ;)
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 04, 2016, 05:29:22 pm
Dawn of War III seems to only have Marines, Orks and Eldar. Let me know when they add the Tau.
Strange isn't it, putting three of the most popular armies in the game to start with.

Weirdo yanks and your weeaboo commie space cows.  ;)

I thought Warhammer 40k was British.
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Post by: IanC on May 04, 2016, 05:45:51 pm
Dawn of War III seems to only have Marines, Orks and Eldar. Let me know when they add the Tau.
Strange isn't it, putting three of the most popular armies in the game to start with.

Weirdo yanks and your weeaboo commie space cows.  ;)

I thought Warhammer 40k was British.
Oh UP you are so thick aren't you?

The Tau were created to aim at weeaboo yanks. It worked. Doesn't change that they are commie space cows. (and i say that as someone who has always wanted to sort a Tau army some day, hell I've even got plenty of minis)
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Post by: Ultimate Paragon on May 04, 2016, 05:49:32 pm
Dawn of War III seems to only have Marines, Orks and Eldar. Let me know when they add the Tau.
Strange isn't it, putting three of the most popular armies in the game to start with.

Weirdo yanks and your weeaboo commie space cows.  ;)

I thought Warhammer 40k was British.
Oh UP you are so thick aren't you?

The Tau were created to aim at weeaboo yanks. It worked. Doesn't change that they are commie space cows. (and i say that as someone who has always wanted to sort a Tau army some day, hell I've even got plenty of minis)

Huh, didn't know that.
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Post by: Zygarde on May 04, 2016, 10:53:52 pm
I just want my beloved Necrons and all there Robot Egyptian Terminator goodness. (Also cause the Monolith is the best fucking vehicle in the game besides the Baneblade)
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Post by: Svata on May 04, 2016, 11:08:51 pm
In the tabletop, is Waveserpent spam still viable?
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Post by: Cloud3514 on May 05, 2016, 04:43:29 am
Dawn of War III seems to only have Marines, Orks and Eldar. Let me know when they add the Tau.
Strange isn't it, putting three of the most popular armies in the game to start with.

Weirdo yanks and your weeaboo commie space cows.  ;)

I thought Warhammer 40k was British.
Oh UP you are so thick aren't you?

The Tau were created to aim at weeaboo yanks. It worked. Doesn't change that they are commie space cows. (and i say that as someone who has always wanted to sort a Tau army some day, hell I've even got plenty of minis)

First, I fully understand why its Marines, Orks and Eldar. I'm just a stubborn old space communist.

Anyway, you're really selling the Tau short here. The Tau are my favorite faction in 40k and it has actually practically nothing to do with their anime influence (I say "practically" because I love the Tau aesthetic). In a word, the Tau are best described as "contrast."

Their methods are the least brutal of all of the factions. They actually bother to make and keep allies and always try to convince a conquest to join the Empire peacefully before bringing the hammer down. It rarely amounts to more than asking, getting a "no," and following by pointing a big gun at you and asking again, but this is still the least aggressive faction in the setting.

Their tactics are based on real life military tactics. They focus little on close combat and heavily on synergy and ranged target priority. The idea is that, yes, running up to a Tau and punching them is the best way to deal with them, but good luck getting there.

They are heavily focused on practicality. Aside from Farsight, you're never going to see a Tau charge headlong into battle, swinging a sword around. Ethereals carry honor blades, but they do so more for ritual and ceremony than combat. They wear armor that reflects this focus on practicality, with only one shoulder pad over the side that faces the enemy while shooting. They mount dangerous field testing equipment on drones to prevent unnecessary casualties.

They understand that technology is the means to an end, not magic. They make extensive use of AI and they're constantly trying to advance their tech. It can be argued that not only is their technology on a higher level than the Imperium, they may possibly be on a higher level than the Eldar. There is no mysticism in how they use and create technology. Every technological wonder they create is a tool, created for the purpose of advancing the Tau Empire.

They are the only faction that's growing instead of stagnating or regressing. The Imperium isn't afraid of what the Tau are, they're afraid of what the Tau will become. If just about any faction were to make a concentrated effort, they could crush the Tau, but people often forget that the Tau were discovered by the Imperium around M.35. When they had only just discovered fire. In 6000 years, the Tau went from cave dwelling primitives to a galactic power with a rapidly growing empire. Where was humanity 6000 years after discovering fire?

The Tau were designed to contrast the rest of the setting and that makes them far more interesting. It's easy to dismiss them as an attempt to court anime fans into 40k or try to say that they're out of place in the setting. The only problem there is that being out of place is the entire point.

In the tabletop, is Waveserpent spam still viable?

Whether it is or isn't anymore, I couldn't tell you. What I can tell you, however, is that no one cares about Wave Serpents because Wraithhost broke the game and now we wish the worst things we had to deal with were Necron flyers, Grey Knight Paladins and Wave Serpents.
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Post by: Askold on May 05, 2016, 05:09:28 am
Remember that the Tau have been known to enslave species and use horrible methods to make them join the empire. Like giving the mind control helmets to the Vespids.

Also, I like that the Ethereal control over the other castes is a lot more sinister than it seems to be, Farsight enclave started immediately changing culturally once they were cut off from the influence of the Ethereals, Tau prisoners of the Inquisition similarly change as they are freed from the Ethereal control. The Tau started to sterilize the humans who willingly joined them in one of the endings of Dawn of War campaign so that they could be replaced with Tau settlers. ...And once the de-facto leader of the species was killed they started faking holographic transmissions from him to stop the people from losing faith in the Tau Empire.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on May 05, 2016, 04:39:42 pm
Well, this is 40k we're talking about. It's simply the nature of the setting.
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Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on May 05, 2016, 06:34:56 pm
Given it's 40k I wonder what a well thought out alien species is doing with fungus-Otks, space elves, Imperial Space Facists, ratmans, xenomorph knock-offs and the living death metal covers that make up Chaos.

I am disturbed by the distinct lack of cheese coming from the Tau, eveb if they are commie space cows.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on May 05, 2016, 06:56:46 pm
Like I said, that's almost the ebtire point of the Tau.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 05, 2016, 11:01:11 pm
Like I said, that's almost the ebtire point of the Tau.

Basically, the lone island of near-sanity in a rolling sea of utter, complete madness?  At least, that's the impression I get from 40k.  Never actually played it...  >.>
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Post by: Cloud3514 on May 06, 2016, 01:50:25 am
Actually not a bad way to put it.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on May 06, 2016, 08:01:23 pm
Getting back into Crusader Kings 2, this time starting as a two-province earl within an Anglo-Saxon petty kingdom 769.
(click to show/hide)
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Post by: Askold on May 08, 2016, 11:21:18 am
The first Shantae game came out in 2002. The next was 8 years later, the next 4 years after that and the latest game is coming out now, 2 years after the last one.

I am seeing a pattern here, next Shantae game will probably come out some time next year with another sequel 6 months later. Then it will be only 3 months before the next game is out and pretty soon we will start to see several of the games being published within a month.

*Insert reference to Pacific rim*
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 08, 2016, 03:11:19 pm
The developers are Time Lords with a malfunctioning TARDIS.  It is the only explanation.
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Post by: chad sexington on May 09, 2016, 08:14:24 am
Getting back into Crusader Kings 2, this time starting as a two-province earl within an Anglo-Saxon petty kingdom 769.
(click to show/hide)

I can't play CK2 any more - it won't save :'(
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Post by: Dakota Bob on May 09, 2016, 02:19:07 pm
So the new Doom game comes out this Friday and I've pre-ordered it. Which I hate, since I'm squarely in the "never pre-order" camp. I watch one single-player gameplay livestream and my brain goes "Bruuuuuuh". I hate that I can be easily manipulated like this, especially when a new Souls game comes out.

Oh well, at least my pre-order comes with a poster. That's nice.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on May 10, 2016, 06:01:58 am
Getting back into Terraria. My god, they've really piled on the free content since I last played it. It feels more like I'm playing a sequel than the same game I really sunk my teeth into back in 2012. I swear, I'm seeing more new stuff than stuff I remember from back in the day. It's crazy, considering it cost me a mere $10 (would've been more like $2.50 had I waited for a sale) and even just the base game was stupidly good value. Add several years worth of free content updates and I'm wondering just how the developer ever managed to break even, much less turn a profit.

Well, if anyone needs me, I'll be off conquering the world with the power of yo-yos.
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Post by: Askold on May 11, 2016, 11:48:32 pm
People are complaining about the newest Call of duty being set in space. ...It's not like we haven't had any good scifi shooters have we? I mean Halo's were liked, Doom and Quake had a few good games, Marathon series, Prey and so on. I mean, it's not guaranteed that the game is good, the last few in the series have not exactly been inspiring, but damning it based on a single trailer is a bit silly.

Similarly, everyone getting so excited over Battlefield 1 being set in WW1 even though all we have so far is a trailer is silly. Yes, this is probably the third shooter based on WW1 (Iron Storm was an alternate history where WW1 lasted for decades and the game was just bad, Verdun is trying to be simulationist and has mainly good reviews but the studio is small and the game is not well known.) so at least it's a reasonably fresh idea but there is still a chance that they ruin the game somehow.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 12, 2016, 12:54:48 am
I really hope they don't cock Battlefield 1 up.  I've been waiting for a good WWI game since Red Baron, yet almost nobody has done anything with it.  I mean, you get tonnes of shit for WWII because Nazis are sexy, but WWI was every bit as horrifying as its successor, though for different reasons.  It basically saw the first large-scale use of machine guns in war, as well as chemical weapons and the very first tanks.  It was an era of some insane battles, and some truly horrifying shit that would fucking freeze your blood.  That it isn't explored more is a damn shame.
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Post by: Askold on May 14, 2016, 02:18:14 am
I don't have a computer that would run the latest Doom but the game certainly looks fun. Not to mention that I love how ridiculously seriously they take the premise. "Yes, I know. We have been pumping energy straight from Hell to use it as a clean energy source. BUT JUST THINK HOW MUCH PROFIT WE ARE MAKING! And we have single handedly solved the world energy crisis! The only downside to this project are the occasional demonic invasions and mass possessions of workers but trust us when I say that we are taking all the necessary precautions."

Well, it's a lot better than the current system of waging wars over oil which causes occasional terrorist attack.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on May 14, 2016, 09:48:19 am
I'm about 4 hours into the new Doom campaign and lemme tell you this shit makes my cock hard as a rock, they fucking nailed it the absolute madmen. The combat feels great, the levels aren't just linear (they are more linear than original doom, but they aren't just straight lines to the exit and the design encourages exploration for secrets and collectables) and the graphics look great, the iDtech6 runs alot better than the last iteration of the engine (no more constant texture pop-in)  It's a shame the season pass is exclusively new multiplayer content when the MP is kinda generic (seriously, loadouts? why?) and I'm not sure it'll have a thriving community for very long, especially considering how they managed to kill off Quake Live. Haven't tried out snapmap yet so I don't have an opinion on that but apparently people are building cool stuff with it.
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Post by: Sigmaleph on May 14, 2016, 02:15:00 pm
I don't have a computer that would run the latest Doom but the game certainly looks fun. Not to mention that I love how ridiculously seriously they take the premise. "Yes, I know. We have been pumping energy straight from Hell to use it as a clean energy source. BUT JUST THINK HOW MUCH PROFIT WE ARE MAKING! And we have single handedly solved the world energy crisis! The only downside to this project are the occasional demonic invasions and mass possessions of workers but trust us when I say that we are taking all the necessary precautions."

Well, it's a lot better than the current system of waging wars over oil which causes occasional terrorist attack.

to be perfectly fair if we can extract energy from Hell (and possible bypass the first or second laws or thermodynamics) dealing with the occasional demonic invasion and mass possession is a very low price to pay. A+ realism.
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Post by: Askold on May 14, 2016, 02:48:28 pm
I talked about this with a buddy and in his opinion tens of thousands of deaths in the experimental phase of a new green energy source is totally worth if. In fact it would be the safest energy source in the world even with the occasional daemonic invasion being in the equation.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on May 17, 2016, 10:56:47 pm
I AM FULLY ERECT.  Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 was announced today and that fucker is coming this year!  I can't fucking waaaaaaaaaaaaaait!  One of the very few times I'm considering pre-ordering a game when I'm able, because god damned Xenoverse 2, motherfuckers.
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Post by: Dakota Bob on May 18, 2016, 10:27:07 am
So I've been trying out the Doom Snapmap mode and it's actually quite cool, it's got a suprisingly robust logic system for a level editor that is basically just snapping lego pieces together. (A small sampling includes a Racoon Simulator, a Music Maker and various raid bosses)
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Post by: ironbite on May 19, 2016, 06:12:59 pm
Hey Fallout.  I see you have another DLC for me.  Is this gonna be as fun as Old World Blues?  Lovecraftian inspired you say?  Well sign me the fuck up!

Ironbite-OH GOD ANGLERFISH HAVE GROWN ARMS AND LEGS AND WALK AMONG US!
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Post by: TheL on May 21, 2016, 10:17:16 pm
Getting mad at computer.  Better DS2 has apparently decided it doesn't like my PS3 controller anymore.
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Post by: Delirium on May 24, 2016, 07:15:47 pm
I just got into Paradox historical games. It's okay, I didn't need to go outside anyway.
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Post by: ironbite on May 24, 2016, 07:40:22 pm
NO no you really didn't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 24, 2016, 07:50:01 pm
I've been meaning to try those out what are they like?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 24, 2016, 08:00:03 pm
I've only played Crusader Kings 2 in any meaningful quantity, but it's brilliant. There's so much fun to be had in that game that it should be illegal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 25, 2016, 01:36:51 am
One of my buddies has (or possibly had if he completed it already) a marathon where he started a campaign in one of the Paradox games and then used the save to start a campaign in the next game. I think he was going through 3 or 4 games like that.
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Post by: chad sexington on May 25, 2016, 02:43:34 am
Yeah, it is possible to go from Ancient Rome through to the 21st Century, with a little savegame-tinkering.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 25, 2016, 02:53:27 am
Sounds fun, I'll try to pick it up unless I blow all my money on buying Splinter Cell games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 25, 2016, 05:46:26 am
Finally going through my Steam sale backlog, can't believe I haven't played Painkiller until now, this shit is hardcore.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vinroke on May 25, 2016, 06:58:27 am
Sounds fun, I'll try to pick it up unless I blow all my money on buying Splinter Cell games.

be forewarned however that PDS games don't so much have a "learning curve" but a "learning cliff".  CK2 has the best tutorial IMO. Also while there recent games have a ton of DLC, none of it is really required to complete the experience
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Post by: Vypernight on May 25, 2016, 08:14:19 am
After reading articles like this:

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-elder-strolls-part-1-fresh-off-the-boat/ (http://www.pcgamer.com/the-elder-strolls-part-1-fresh-off-the-boat/)

I decided to start a new Skyrim game, attempting to play as an NPC.  I followed the original rules with a few tweaks:

1.  No killing except for self-defense and hunting.
2.  Must eat 3 meals and sleep at least 4-8 hours a day.
3.  Avoid major quests.
4.  Avoid minor quests, including groups like companions.
5.  Side quests/favors are okay as long as the above are followed.
6.  No Fast Travel.
7.  Must start with Nothing.
8.  Eventually get a house.

Since I'm on the 360, I had the start a little differently.  I played the main story line up until Riverwood, doing my best to avoid anything that would raise my skills.  I then got a follower, Sven, to cover my back as we walked to Whiterun.  Once arriving, I gave him everything I owned except for 50 gold to cover the carriage.  Then, wishing him well, I took my trip.

I decided to start the life of Norm the Argonian in Winterhold (not the college, the rundown town) in nothing but his underwear.  He managed to scrounge enough snowberries to sell and afford a night at the inn.  The next day, he collected more berries and found a mine, where he collected some iron.  The third day he walked to Dawnstar and made himself some armor because, even though he's cold-blooded, he wasn't enjoying walking around in the snow with just a cloth over his midsection.  I stopped after getting a room at the inn and now I'll see how well he can survive just hunting, mining, farming, and doing odd jobs all while avoiding anything resembling adventure.

I give him 2 weeks tops until he becomes someone's or something's meal/boots.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 25, 2016, 10:01:13 am
Finally going through my Steam sale backlog, can't believe I haven't played Painkiller until now, this shit is hardcore.

So much fun to just be bunny hopping, shooting, and killing tons of dudes and of course it has the best gun in all of FPS land.

Ironbite-it shoots shurikens and lightning.,
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 25, 2016, 10:49:51 am
I got my money back from GOG because a new game I bought from them does not work on my computer. But since that money is now store credit I am trying to decide what classics I would buy for myself...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 25, 2016, 12:11:15 pm
Random recommendation: Thief, preferably Thief Gold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 25, 2016, 12:38:56 pm
I got my money back from GOG because a new game I bought from them does not work on my computer. But since that money is now store credit I am trying to decide what classics I would buy for myself...

Well that depends fam, what kinda games you into?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 25, 2016, 02:19:18 pm
Too late, I already got Recettear.

(http://410chan.org/int/src/128480462967.png)

(https://masterchan.org:8081/media/m/images/570110651.gif)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on May 25, 2016, 03:15:55 pm
Any of you younglings own any of the classic Doom/Quake games? 'cos I'm feeling the urge to start hosting a server to get some classic shooty multiplayer from my youth going.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 26, 2016, 08:49:37 pm
So I know a lot of you guys are big Warhammer 40,000 fans (and because I need more views to my channel.) I made a new LP of Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3rcl3joBU
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 04, 2016, 09:48:40 pm
Running an interesting challenge in Fallout 4: Avoid the Minutemen for as long as possible.  Never visit Concord, leaving Preston and Co. in their quantum-locked state, frozen in time and eternally fighting the same Raiders while the Commonwealth changes around them.  Because I got fed up with the constant radiant quests he gives one right after another with nary a fucking break in between.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 05, 2016, 04:30:24 am
Running an interesting challenge in Fallout 4: Avoid the Minutemen for as long as possible.  Never visit Concord, leaving Preston and Co. in their quantum-locked state, frozen in time and eternally fighting the same Raiders while the Commonwealth changes around them.  Because I got fed up with the constant radiant quests he gives one right after another with nary a fucking break in between.

A patch ages ago seems to have stopped him from doing that, he doesn't give me any gradient quests at all now since that patch.  Either that or my game broke and the timing was coincidental.  If so, I'm not complaining lol.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 05, 2016, 09:51:19 am
Lucky dick.  For me, he never.  SHUTS.  THE FUCK.  UP.  Preston, I love ya dude, I really do, but fucking Jesus, let a homie breathe for a minute!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 05, 2016, 02:33:56 pm
Bloodborne is Dark Souls meets Cthulhu and I like it. I prefer the combat a lot more than Dark Souls, it feels more aggressive, if that make sense. 
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 05, 2016, 03:32:08 pm
Lucky dick.  For me, he never.  SHUTS.  THE FUCK.  UP.  Preston, I love ya dude, I really do, but fucking Jesus, let a homie breathe for a minute!

Run the fuck away before he can finish his dialogue.

Ironbite-don't get quest.  Never visit Sanctuary again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 05, 2016, 03:37:26 pm
Bloodborne is Dark Souls meets Cthulhu and I like it. I prefer the combat a lot more than Dark Souls, it feels more aggressive, if that make sense. 

Goddamnit, I needs to start saving up for a PS4. already beat Dark Souls 3 and I needs my new Souls fix....
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 05, 2016, 03:53:50 pm
Lucky dick.  For me, he never.  SHUTS.  THE FUCK.  UP.  Preston, I love ya dude, I really do, but fucking Jesus, let a homie breathe for a minute!

Run the fuck away before he can finish his dialogue.

Ironbite-don't get quest.  Never visit Sanctuary again.

Not a bad idea.  I like the Castle and Spectacle Island better, anyway.  Especially Spectacle Island, the place is HUGE.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 05, 2016, 04:52:31 pm
The only Fallout 4 companion anyone needs is Nick Valentine. Snark at him and he just snarks back.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 05, 2016, 04:53:11 pm
Far Harbor is basically Nick Valentine's past life revealed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 05, 2016, 07:54:44 pm
Which is more reason why Nick is the best companion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 05, 2016, 08:22:44 pm
Wish you could romance him....ahh well.

Ironbite-least I can sleep with a Robobrain.  Hope Piper won't get jealous.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 09, 2016, 09:42:42 pm
The more I think about it, the more it seems like the Institute (and, to a lesser extent, the Minutemen) are the only sane faction in Fallout 4.  Aside from the kidnappings and discontinued FEV research, they're...not wrong with regards to synths.  They're a powerful new technology that needs to be looked after properly by people who understand how they were made in the first place, and the Institute are the only ones who fit the bill.  The Railroad is admirable in its goals, but misguided, and the Brotherhood has basically turned into Nazis.

My only regret, thus far, is that I couldn't pickpocket a live grenade into Maxon's coat while he was giving his little speech.  Now that would've been entertaining!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 09, 2016, 10:04:23 pm
Gonna agree with you on the Minutemen but disagree with you on the Institute.  Because they're not just kidnapping and replacing people, they're murdering them.  Yes they made the synths but they're basically slave labor.  Now the Railroad might be misguided a bit they're still doing a good job in offering freedom to these beings. 

Ironbite-and totally agree with you on the BoS.  Maxon is such a Nazi.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 09, 2016, 11:15:29 pm
Tis true, but synths are also far more intelligent and physically powerful than a normal human.  Left on their own, like any child, they could easily cause a great deal of destruction.  The Institute's methods are sub-optimal, at best, and their attitudes leave a lot to be desired, but when its a choice between a group who doesn't consider the long-term effects of their actions (Railroad), a group who can't stomach the idea of anyone with better technology than them (the Brotherhood), or a group that you can actually change for the better and whose advancements, in the hands of someone like the Sole Survivor, could easily save the entire Commonwealth, maybe even the Wasteland as a whole, I'm gonna choose the group that actually has a chance at making things better in the long run.  Other than the Minutemen, the only group you really have an opportunity to measurably change for the better is the Institute.  I just wish you actually could work to restore the Institute's reputation and make them less shitty.  Unfortunately, for all the good points Fallout 4 hits, actual player choice is one area they seemed to neglect almost entirely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 10, 2016, 07:09:02 am
Right now, I'm getting back into Far Cry 2. My god, this game is so much better on PC. Not only do you get a few more toys to play with, but aiming with a mouse is actually doable, which is far more than can be said for a controller. No longer are my attempts to snipe foiled by a slow walk.

PC master race masturbation aside, this game really shines once you unlock a good selection of silenced weapons. So far, silenced MP5 + dart rifle is my favourite combination. Once you get the hang of stealth, it's the most satisfying thing in the world to clear out a major outpost without anyone ever catching a glimpse of you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 10, 2016, 12:07:10 pm
Gonna agree with you on the Minutemen but disagree with you on the Institute.  Because they're not just kidnapping and replacing people, they're murdering them.  Yes they made the synths but they're basically slave labor.  Now the Railroad might be misguided a bit they're still doing a good job in offering freedom to these beings. 

Ironbite-and totally agree with you on the BoS.  Maxon is such a Nazi.

And let's not forget their end goal which is basically
(click to show/hide)
  That doesn't scream "sane" to me, but rather "shitty low rent Bond villain".

PS Think we can all agree on "fuck the BoS".  Also, there's no real point in siding with the Minutemen at the end as
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 11, 2016, 10:45:22 pm
Why the hell am I subject to fall damage while building in Fallout?  I just lost two hours of work because I accidentally fell down my own stairwell.  Need to remember to toggle god mode while I'm building from now on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 12, 2016, 03:36:44 pm
Because build mode itself is a mess of a mode.  Even the mode it's built off of did that.

Ironbite-annoying
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 13, 2016, 03:40:36 am
I would also like it if you couldn't be shot while in build mode, or if time stood still in general because it's a pain in the balls when you can't move or place an object because nameless settler #13 has just walked in your way as you were about to place/move it and won't shift his/her ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 13, 2016, 03:59:20 am
Ah, build mode, the big feature of Fallout 4 that actually contributes to why I lost interest in Fallout 4 pretty quickly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 13, 2016, 05:11:53 am
Ah, build mode, the big feature of Fallout 4 that actually contributes to why I lost interest in Fallout 4 pretty quickly.

Really?  It's actually what's kept me playing; for the last few weeks all I've been doing is building and decorating my settlements.  I'm a sucker for any kind of customisation in games even though I'm usually not very good at it (I look at what other people make in games like the Sims and even Fallout 4 and it makes me realise I have zero creativity in me).

Of course Fallout 4's build mode could use some massive improvements (being able to toggle snap on and off a la Halo's forge and the ability to specify a degree for rotation, again, a la Halo's forge, to name just two) but I prefer it being there as it is than not there at all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2016, 09:41:49 am
All I really wish is that the height limit were increased in Sanctuary.  Still waiting on a stable mod that increases the actual build area, as opposed to the build limits.  I'd love to turn that bridge into Sanctuary into a kill zone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 13, 2016, 07:19:31 pm
A new Quake game announced at E3. It's a multiplayer shooter. with character abilities.

Wake me up inside.

can't wake up
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 13, 2016, 08:38:52 pm
Ah, build mode, the big feature of Fallout 4 that actually contributes to why I lost interest in Fallout 4 pretty quickly.

Really?  It's actually what's kept me playing; for the last few weeks all I've been doing is building and decorating my settlements.  I'm a sucker for any kind of customisation in games even though I'm usually not very good at it (I look at what other people make in games like the Sims and even Fallout 4 and it makes me realise I have zero creativity in me).

Of course Fallout 4's build mode could use some massive improvements (being able to toggle snap on and off a la Halo's forge and the ability to specify a degree for rotation, again, a la Halo's forge, to name just two) but I prefer it being there as it is than not there at all.

It actually has little to do with build mode itself. I had a lot of fun making the Red Rocket into my personal base of operations. The problem I had with it is that I feel like they put way too much focus on it. I would have preferred to see one settlement that can be build in depth than the lots and lots of settlements that you were supposed to manage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 16, 2016, 11:50:27 am
Has anyone played the new Hitman?  How is it?  I mean the actual game itself, I know about the "episodic" release stuff.  How does it compare to Blood Money?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 16, 2016, 11:53:21 am
Has anyone played the new Hitman?  How is it?  I mean the actual game itself, I know about the "episodic" release stuff.  How does it compare to Blood Money?

It's very good, but I prefer to play with opportunities disabled.  I find it more rewarding to figure out methods on my own.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 16, 2016, 03:24:36 pm
Attempting to play FFXIV is the definition of suffering. it's novel but I hope Squeenix drops support for it soon so they can start doing super cool shit for the next expansion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on June 16, 2016, 05:09:50 pm
Attempting to play FFXIV is the definition of suffering. it's novel but I hope Squeenix drops support for it soon so they can start doing super cool shit for the next expansion.

No.

Just... you're wrong.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 17, 2016, 12:15:41 am
The thing about FFXIV is that it really feels like Square-Enix looked at the MMO stereotype of forcing players to wait until the level cap to have fun and said "You know what, let's make a game that ACTUALLY does that!"

Seriously, level 33 (with a non expanded level cap of 50) and I was still running errands for people and running mind blowingly boring quests and instances.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on June 17, 2016, 01:36:41 am
I dunno. Maybe I'm the only one who enjoyed the story?

Was it because I played with friends? Maybe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 17, 2016, 03:09:52 am
I always hear people praise the story and, I'm sure there's some substance there, but coupled with the grind, it makes it painfully tedious. (Side note, I've got characters on both Cactaur and Jenova, for the record)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 17, 2016, 06:03:36 am
Attempting to play FFXIV is the definition of suffering. it's novel but I hope Squeenix drops support for it soon so they can start doing super cool shit for the next expansion.

No.

Just... you're wrong.

lol.

I meant to say playing FFXIV on the PS3. (I bought a PS3 copy for the 30 free days)

I didn't mean to rustle anybody, I actually really love FFXIV.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on June 17, 2016, 03:22:28 pm
I always hear people praise the story and, I'm sure there's some substance there, but coupled with the grind, it makes it painfully tedious. (Side note, I've got characters on both Cactaur and Jenova, for the record)

Ive got one character on CactuAR - level 60 Monk. I need to get back into it actually... I ran out of main story content at some point. I never felt any need to grind, though. The main quest and side quests are more than enough to take you all the way to 60 in one class.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 17, 2016, 03:44:39 pm
They are enough, but quests being insufficient isn't the problem. The problem is that the questing isn't very much fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 19, 2016, 09:27:51 pm
Playing Serpent Isle, and I noticed a cat was following me around Monitor.  Just out of curiosity, I checked to see if it had an NPC number, which is used as a reference number for the cheat menu to alter an NPCs brains.  Most dynamically-generated (from spawn eggs) NPCs don't have IDs.  The cat, Smudge (aye, it had a name, too), has an ID: 261.  On a lark, I decided to try and add Smudge to the party and see what kind of stat package he's rocking.

Strength: 28
Dexterity: 28
Intelligence: 3
Combat: 26

...  This cat can lift over 360 kilograms and has almost perfect stats.  This cat is stronger than Dupre, a well-seasoned human paladin with massive combat experience.  I am now going to see if the game breaks if I keep Smudge as a member of the party, because he is the fabled Supercat of fucking legend.

[ETA]

Photographic evidence:
(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu273/RH-00/SMUDGE-THE-SUPERCAT_zpsypym2g7b.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 20, 2016, 12:38:54 am
Supercat or not, Smudge is pretty stupid.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 20, 2016, 09:01:00 am
Pssh, he doesn't need to be intelligent.  Plus, just a little training in his other stats, and the rest can be spent on intelligence.  I'll soon have Smudge quoting Macbeth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 21, 2016, 08:21:16 am
After watching E3, I might have to invest in an XONE within the next year.  Already on my buy list arE:

-Friday the 13th
-We Happy Few
-Sniper Elite 4
-Skyrim Remastered.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 21, 2016, 12:45:27 pm
Friday the 13th...so long as its better than the NES version, I'll be satisfied.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 21, 2016, 03:23:28 pm
Hey Mighty No. 9 came out.  And it sucks.

Ironbite-I'll begin laughing forever now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 21, 2016, 03:47:39 pm
Hey Mighty No. 9 came out.  And it sucks.

Ironbite-I'll begin laughing forever now.

...That's a pity. I haven't paid much attention to the production but I know that some of the original Megaman talents are involved. ...And that one of the developers is a woman and there was a massive flamewar against the game because some morons think that women should not be allowed into the special "boys club" that video games are.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 21, 2016, 04:05:34 pm
Hey Mighty No. 9 came out.  And it sucks.

Ironbite-I'll begin laughing forever now.

...That's a pity. I haven't paid much attention to the production but I know that some of the original Megaman talents are involved. ...And that one of the developers is a woman and there was a massive flamewar against the game because some morons think that women should not be allowed into the special "boys club" that video games are.

You talking about Dina?  Because if you are, I think people were more upset about the fact that she may have gotten her job through nepotism:

(http://i.imgur.com/Ns0QYQX.png)

Here's a more comprehensive breakdown of the debacle (https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/2ek6wf/can_someone_explain_who_dina_abou_karam_is_why/).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 21, 2016, 04:12:26 pm
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People began to question why a person who admitted they had never played a Mega Man game and only applied to be Community Manager out of boredom was doing running a community filled with hardcore devoted fans. Fans were also afraid that Dina's feminist views would influence the production of the game as she was now in a position to suggest such things as she stated she was actively designing characters. People began to speculate that nepotism had played a part in her securing the position based on a tweet Dina had posted where she claims her "friends/BF are working on the game".

I see no problem with her. Morons complaining because they don't want feminism in a game. Some folks crying specifically because she had suggested that the game should have a female protagonist.

That nepotism thing is a red herring. Having connections is a big factor in getting a job but unless there is evidence that she is incompetent and should not have been chosen then it does not really matter. Besides, she's just the community manager, does it really matter if she's a fan of Megaman or not as long as she does her own job?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 21, 2016, 04:13:10 pm
...That's a pity. I haven't paid much attention to the production but I know that some of the original Megaman talents are involved. ...And that one of the developers is a woman and there was a massive flamewar against the game because some morons think that women should not be allowed into the special "boys club" that video games are.

It was created by Keiji Inafune, who is considered the creator of Megaman. It really is unfortunate that MN9 came out in such a state. I was really hoping it would be good since Capcom seems to think no one wants Megaman anymore.

EDIT: Well, I was going to ignore Paragon, but since Askold took the bait:

Paragon, please refrain from going "well, actually" when the subject of women and feminists in games comes up for once, please.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on June 21, 2016, 04:16:03 pm
OMG do we really have to bog another fucking thread down with fucking boring bullshit about fucking feminism and women in video games (which is a non issue anyway since women have been involved in video games since the fucking start). She wasn't even a developer, just a community liaison or some bullshit title like that.

Fucks sake.

Anyway I cant even redeem my Mighty No. 9 code. I think its because someone at Sony forgot to make the game available on EU servers… or Comcept fucked up yet again and sent out invalid codes. Either ones just as likely really.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 21, 2016, 04:26:10 pm
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People began to question why a person who admitted they had never played a Mega Man game and only applied to be Community Manager out of boredom was doing running a community filled with hardcore devoted fans. Fans were also afraid that Dina's feminist views would influence the production of the game as she was now in a position to suggest such things as she stated she was actively designing characters. People began to speculate that nepotism had played a part in her securing the position based on a tweet Dina had posted where she claims her "friends/BF are working on the game".

I see no problem with her. Morons complaining because they don't want feminism in a game. Some folks crying specifically because she had suggested that the game should have a female protagonist.

That nepotism thing is a red herring. Having connections is a big factor in getting a job but unless there is evidence that she is incompetent and should not have been chosen then it does not really matter. Besides, she's just the community manager, does it really matter if she's a fan of Megaman or not as long as she does her own job?

Did you read the entire thing?  She wasn't just a community manager (although she was very unsuited for the job), she was also a designer:

(http://i.imgur.com/hytTAdO.png)

And seriously, is it impossible to criticize a woman without being accused of misogyny now?

OMG do we really have to bog another fucking thread down with fucking boring bullshit about fucking feminism and women in video games (which is a non issue anyway since women have been involved in video games since the fucking start). She wasn't even a developer, just a community liaison or some bullshit title like that.

Fucks sake.

Anyway I cant even redeem my Mighty No. 9 code. I think its because someone at Sony forgot to make the game available on EU servers… or Comcept fucked up yet again and sent out invalid codes. Either ones just as likely really.

Askold was the one who brought it up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on June 21, 2016, 04:30:28 pm
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 21, 2016, 04:34:03 pm
I'm just going to ignore Paragon at this point.

Anyway I cant even redeem my Mighty No. 9 code. I think its because someone at Sony forgot to make the game available on EU servers… or Comcept fucked up yet again and sent out invalid codes. Either ones just as likely really.

And from I've been hearing, the Wii U version of the game is just plain broken. And I've heard one report where getting the game to run in borderless window mode on PC doesn't work. The game's all around a mess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on June 21, 2016, 04:36:36 pm
...That's a pity. I haven't paid much attention to the production but I know that some of the original Megaman talents are involved. ...And that one of the developers is a woman and there was a massive flamewar against the game because some morons think that women should not be allowed into the special "boys club" that video games are.

It was created by Keiji Inafune, who is considered the creator of Megaman. It really is unfortunate that MN9 came out in such a state. I was really hoping it would be good since Capcom seems to think no one wants Megaman anymore.

EDIT: Well, I was going to ignore Paragon, but since Askold took the bait:

Paragon, please refrain from going "well, actually" when the subject of women and feminists in games comes up for once, please.

Maybe if you stop beating the "sexism" drum when there might be other factors involved.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 21, 2016, 09:49:27 pm
Okay, guys.  I have a need.  A PC game that has fast-paced combat with few pauses and plenty of challenge.  Everything I've got right now is too god damned slow without enough challenge to keep me interested.  To put it bluntly, I need something to kill.  A lot of somethings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 21, 2016, 10:03:00 pm
Something like Painkiller or Serious Sam or any of those old school shooters sounds ideal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 21, 2016, 10:18:19 pm
Hadn't considered Painkiller...might look into it.  Been in a bit of a gaming funk, lately and little else interests me beyond brutally kicking ass.  Kinda going into Lu Bu mode, I think.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 21, 2016, 11:39:17 pm
If you're looking for something relatively recent, Wolfenstein: The New Order should scratch that itch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 22, 2016, 03:40:14 am
Overwatch gets pretty fun if a bit repetitive
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on June 22, 2016, 05:29:19 am
Friday the 13th...so long as its better than the NES version, I'll be satisfied.

Oh I'd say it's a bit different from the previous game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz6e-64mj2Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz6e-64mj2Q)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 22, 2016, 07:20:17 am
Friday the 13th...so long as its better than the NES version, I'll be satisfied.

Oh I'd say it's a bit different from the previous game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz6e-64mj2Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz6e-64mj2Q)

Praise the Sun!  Now that actually looks rather enjoyable.  Never get to play as the monster as often as I'd like.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 22, 2016, 10:34:39 am
Okay, guys.  I have a need.  A PC game that has fast-paced combat with few pauses and plenty of challenge.  Everything I've got right now is too god damned slow without enough challenge to keep me interested.  To put it bluntly, I need something to kill.  A lot of somethings.

DOOM? As in the new one. It looks really, really fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 22, 2016, 11:58:08 am
Need to make sure my PC can handle it, but it does look hella fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on June 22, 2016, 04:15:57 pm
the new DOOM is hardcore as fuck, highly recommended. Painkiller Black Edition is also great.

Of course, I can easily recommend some classic shooters: (assuming you havent played any of these...)

Doom 1,2,Final + Master levels+64 EX, Quake+Mission packs, Blood, Duke3D, Outlaws, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Unreal Gold, Descent 1+2, Shadow Warrior (classic and modern versions)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 23, 2016, 02:19:22 pm
Hide your wallets my friends.  Steam Summer Sale has begun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on June 23, 2016, 02:24:09 pm
And the shop traffic is so high that it refuses to load for me.

Unfortunately (or fortunately?) my student load instalment was just due so I can't afford to really participate in the buying frenzy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 24, 2016, 08:57:36 am
Watching Zygarde's lets play of COD: World At War. The guns sound really anemic and no matter how silly the Modern Warfare offshoot of COD games get with their storylines at least those have characters that are interesting. WAW just seems boring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 24, 2016, 09:15:21 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVUQvo21Kv8
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 24, 2016, 09:26:08 am
Watching Zygarde's lets play of COD: World At War. The guns sound really anemic and no matter how silly the Modern Warfare offshoot of COD games get with their storylines at least those have characters that are interesting. WAW just seems boring.

The only really good thing that came out of World at War was Reznov.  Actually, the whole Russian campaign was infinitely more interesting than its American counterpart, even though the latter was in the Pacific theatre.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 24, 2016, 09:40:10 am
That reminds me. Way too many Garands in the Pacific. USMC was mainly armed with the bolt action Springfield rifles rather than the M1 Garand. (Even back then the marines were given second rate equipment compared to the other branches of US military.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 24, 2016, 09:45:32 am
Yeah, but this is Call of Duty we're talking about, here.  The Garand is an iconic weapon, so it goes everywhere, historical accuracy be damned.  Besides, we can't make Marines look bad in any way, shape, or form.  Seriously, the way most portrayals go, you'd expect the average US Marine to be some kind of super soldier capable of obliterating an entire city of innocent civilians enemy soldiers with nothing but a pistol and a single grenade.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 24, 2016, 06:37:26 pm
I'm currently getting into Dishonored. My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. It's great fun. Really scratches that stealth itch I've been having lately.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 25, 2016, 02:19:43 am
So far Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE is a music themed Persona game without the time management aspect. I approve of this. Though apparently I'm supposed to be upset that the localization reduced the fanservice and aged up some of the characters to make them not underage in an obvious aim at a T rating.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 29, 2016, 08:23:35 am
For any aussies that want to buy overwatch, change the region to Taiwan on the blizzard site, then use paypal

The Conversation rate puts the game down to 55 bucks.

Fuck blizzard for raising the price, might as well use their shitty site to your advantage
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on June 29, 2016, 10:54:53 pm
For any aussies that want to buy overwatch, change the region to Taiwan on the blizzard site, then use paypal

The Conversation rate puts the game down to 55 bucks.

Fuck blizzard for raising the price, might as well use their shitty site to your advantage
Heh, Blizzard following in Apple's footsteps.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 30, 2016, 02:21:58 am
Huh. They got rid of the $40 version. That sucks, I was thinking of buying it, but I don't want to pay full price for a multiplayer-only game. There's never enough content there to justify the price.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 30, 2016, 08:22:14 am
Huh. They got rid of the $40 version. That sucks, I was thinking of buying it, but I don't want to pay full price for a multiplayer-only game. There's never enough content there to justify the price.

It should still be there. Its just hard to find.

https://us.battle.net/shop/en/product/overwatch

Does this work. It shows 70 for me in AUD, so that should be 40 for USD
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 02, 2016, 03:17:44 am
Ah, there it is. When I pulled it up earlier, I must not have dug deep enough. All I saw was the $60 Origins Edition.

Also, fuck how expensive games are in Australia. I know the Australian dollar is lower than the American dollar, but last I checked, it's not $30 difference for the same product lower!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 02, 2016, 03:46:34 am
Officially finished Dishonored. It's basically a modernised Deus Ex. Good fun, I would highly recommend it, personally.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on July 03, 2016, 05:14:46 am
Officially finished Dishonored. It's basically a modernised Deus Ex. Good fun, I would highly recommend it, personally.

Not heard that comparison before, most people compare it to Thief.  Not played the original 2 Deus Ex games, or any Thief games, so can't really say if I agree or not.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 03, 2016, 05:21:44 am
Officially finished Dishonored. It's basically a modernised Deus Ex. Good fun, I would highly recommend it, personally.

Not heard that comparison before, most people compare it to Thief.  Not played the original 2 Deus Ex games, or any Thief games, so can't really say if I agree or not.

For what it's worth, Dishonored has you specialise in either stealth or combat through the power of collectable upgrades. Deus Ex is basically that, whereas Thief is pure stealth with no character upgrades whatsoever (at least to my knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 03, 2016, 08:30:02 am
With exception for Deadly Shadows, which did have some upgrades, Thief did not have player upgrades of any sort.  Of course, that was part of the point: Garrett survives by a mixture of stealth, personal skill, and adaptability with whatever gadgets he's got.  Kinda like James Bond, only with fewer STDs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 03, 2016, 09:34:18 am
I've only played the first Thief and in that one getting into a fight was heavily discouraged for most parts. Not just because it would give you negative points or something, Garret simply is no match for armed soldiers and guards in a fight. He can snipe them to death or knock them unconscious if he can surprise them but an actual fight is really hard.

So Deus ex really is a closer match as that one gave you the ability to make a stealthy character or a fighty one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 03, 2016, 03:24:58 pm
Aye, that's one of the reasons I love the first two Thief games: even on the lowest difficulties, Garrett can only take a scant few hits before he's down for good.  Its a drastic, though very enjoyable, change from the norm.

Also, replaying Katawa Shoujo and...I'd almost forgotten what an emotional gut-punch Hanako's route is, even with the good ending.  Doesn't help that her...ahem, scene is one of only two in the entire game where the standard, lighter music isn't played, effectively underscoring the whole "what is happening is not a good thing" vibe its got going.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: suri on July 03, 2016, 06:09:31 pm
Also, replaying Katawa Shoujo and...I'd almost forgotten what an emotional gut-punch Hanako's route is, even with the good ending.  Doesn't help that her...ahem, scene is one of only two in the entire game where the standard, lighter music isn't played, effectively underscoring the whole "what is happening is not a good thing" vibe its got going.

Sometimes it turns out that a character's Good Ends are actually in a different character's route. There's probably some overarching life lesson one could read into that, but, yeah, wow, Hanako's route is upsetting. You've got me tempted to play the game again, but I don't know that I could bring myself to go through her route again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 03, 2016, 08:25:12 pm
Also, replaying Katawa Shoujo and...I'd almost forgotten what an emotional gut-punch Hanako's route is, even with the good ending.  Doesn't help that her...ahem, scene is one of only two in the entire game where the standard, lighter music isn't played, effectively underscoring the whole "what is happening is not a good thing" vibe its got going.

Sometimes it turns out that a character's Good Ends are actually in a different character's route. There's probably some overarching life lesson one could read into that, but, yeah, wow, Hanako's route is upsetting. You've got me tempted to play the game again, but I don't know that I could bring myself to go through her route again.

I did because Hanako's my favourite and, despite everything that happens, things do turn out relatively well.  I do get what you're saying, though, about her being better off in another route.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on July 04, 2016, 04:59:42 am
Aye, that's one of the reasons I love the first two Thief games: even on the lowest difficulties, Garrett can only take a scant few hits before he's down for good.  Its a drastic, though very enjoyable, change from the norm.
I like the sound of that, it ups the stakes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 04, 2016, 05:14:41 pm
Yo, any of you younglings played the System Shock reboot demo that came out with their kickstarter campaign? For a pre-alpha slice of gameplay it's pretty promising.

Link to the Kickstarter. (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1598858095/system-shock?token=a72debe1)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 05, 2016, 10:02:01 am
Oh my, that actually looks pretty good.  Colour me intrigued.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 05, 2016, 02:27:07 pm
Yeah I'm pretty hype, especially since it seems like it'll meet it's goal with time to spare
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 09, 2016, 02:04:49 am
Just finished Broken Age. Well, it's safe to say that Tim Schafer's best days are well and truly behind him. If that's the best he could do with almost $4 mil of Kickstarter money, then that's just embarrassing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on July 09, 2016, 04:37:41 am
Which reminds me, I need to get myself to play Grim Fandango Remastered which I bought from GOG a while ago. I never played the original one all the way through and have successfully avoided spoiling myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 10, 2016, 09:51:05 am
Speaking of Tim Shafer, picked up Psychonauts on GOG sale a little while ago. I have a massive backlog of games that for some reason I haven't felt like playing through. think I'm gonna give Psychonauts a go first, heard good things about it. Also bought Necropolis, which comes out in two days. If it lives up to it's promise of being a Dark Souls rougelike, my dick will be as hard as fucking diamonds.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 23, 2016, 12:03:29 pm
I completed Bloodborne! I can barely believe it, i actually completed a Souls (well Souls style) game. Now to work on getting the other two endings (I made sure to copy my save over before I activated the ending so I can work on getting the other two, I have everything I need for the "secret" ending)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on July 25, 2016, 02:27:54 am
I wish people on Overwatch were so dumb. The amount of games I throw just to get these people to learn is ridiculous
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on July 30, 2016, 05:34:51 pm
"The night, and the dream, were long..."

2nd ending in Bloodborne down. Fight… was a tough one. And the ending? Ho boy
(click to show/hide)

Already set up for the fight for the final ending. Its also a toughy, lol
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on July 31, 2016, 02:26:53 pm
Fuck I'm jelly of everybody getting to play Bloodborne while I'm still trying to scrape money together for a PS4.

RIP me
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 31, 2016, 03:22:45 pm
Watching a walkthrough of Technomancer.

The game has a "stealth" skilltree but apparently there are no stealthy takedowns or assassination moves... You can sneak around but at least according to Zero Punctuation you can't actually sneak and knock out enemies one by one. Sneaking just means that you get one free attack on them and then you have to fight all the enemies the regular way.

The game seems like it has a few interesting ideas right at the start but was released unfinished or they simply fucked up a lot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 01, 2016, 09:24:30 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWpSLpYL2TA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 09, 2016, 11:40:58 am
"Are you cold…? Oh, good hunter"

Third and final ending in Bloodborne - done. What a fight. Ending was freakin' weird though (spoilers, duh)

(click to show/hide)

Got my New Game Plus save ready to go, though I've kept a save just before the boss too to do some cleaning up
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 09, 2016, 07:19:33 pm
Getting back into Crusader Kings 2. This time, I've chosen the king of Asturias in 769 and my goal is to completely wipe out Islam. It's been about 70 years and things have been surprisingly smooth. So far, taking back Iberia has been a lot easier than I thought it would.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 10, 2016, 12:21:41 am
Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate is free on LIVE (if you've got Gold, that is) for the next little bit.  Decided to nick it for the 'Bone, and I...kinda tore thru it after I unlocked Lu Bu.  Like always.  He, as well as Ayane and Kasumi (from DOA/Ninja Gaiden), are nearly a quarter of the way thru their second promotion, making their effective level...222.  Each.  Its great, because I may have to go to level 1 each time, but any stat buffs I get from upgrade stones (gives +2 to a stat, get 1 a level) are permanent, so I can start from level 1 with a gigantic boost to damage, on top of my ridiculously powerful weapons, and am now working on life.  Aah, I've missed the simple enjoyment of this series, even if unlocking some of the characters can be a bit of a pain in the ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 10, 2016, 01:30:31 am
Getting back into Crusader Kings 2. This time, I've chosen the king of Asturias in 769 and my goal is to completely wipe out Islam. It's been about 70 years and things have been surprisingly smooth. So far, taking back Iberia has been a lot easier than I thought it would.

Speaking of Crusader Kings 2, I'm finding I can't save any more.  Does this mean a new gaming pc? :/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on August 10, 2016, 01:59:43 am
Or your saves are corrupted,  if you're playing it on Steam try verifying the game cache since that usually fixes most things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 10, 2016, 03:08:07 am
Getting back into Crusader Kings 2. This time, I've chosen the king of Asturias in 769 and my goal is to completely wipe out Islam. It's been about 70 years and things have been surprisingly smooth. So far, taking back Iberia has been a lot easier than I thought it would.

Speaking of Crusader Kings 2, I'm finding I can't save any more.  Does this mean a new gaming pc? :/

Do you mean you're running out of space? Because if so, you may want to delete some of your old saves.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on August 10, 2016, 08:14:35 am
Saves aren't corrupted - I can start a new game and can't even save that half the time.  I've even gone and deleted all my old savegames, and that didn't help  :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 11, 2016, 01:04:05 am
No mans sky is just as boring as I expected it to be.

Its 80 bucks for aesthetics and exploration
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 11, 2016, 02:36:04 am
The more I see about No Man's Sky, the less interested I am in it. I hate Minecraft. Why would I want to play Minecraft IN SPACE?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 11, 2016, 03:05:13 am
You know, Minecraft is actually a pretty good comparison, but these "you have been stranded in a strange environment and must build a base for yourself" games are starting to look like a genre now. I tried to buy that one game from GOG where you are trapped on a floating island with anthropomorphic animals and build mechasuits out of rocks and wood and whatnot, then there's Subnautica in which you are a survivor from a spaceship that crashes into an ocean and build underwater bases and submarines.

I think I could like the genre if there was less micromanagement or the scale was kept low. It's like, Sims is ok if you only try to handle one character, if you had Sims level details in a Simcity then managing the city would be impossible. These basebuilding games start with just the player character and maybe a hut or something but as you keep building bigger and bigger base the scale of the game does not change, that's the problem. (They should try something like the Spore had when the game changes from controlling a single organism into controlling planets and scaling up all the while.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 11, 2016, 09:58:52 am
When you fail to compete with vanilla Minecraft, you have more or less failed as a developer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on August 11, 2016, 05:08:49 pm
*puts admiral hat on*

Summer 2016, here I come.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 11, 2016, 08:24:35 pm
Literally a month to the day after my upcoming birthday, Xenoverse 2 will come out.  MY BODY IS READY.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on August 11, 2016, 10:41:44 pm
When you fail to compete with vanilla Minecraft, you have more or less failed as a developer.

...I'm not sure what this means. Most games fail to compete with minecraft.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 12, 2016, 09:53:25 am
Er, rather, compete mechanically, not in terms of sales or anything.  Vanilla Minecraft is a very simple game with some neat content, but in the grand scheme of things, there's little to actually do after a certain point except just mine and build more.  When your game doesn't even have that level of appeal, you've done something wrong.  Though, who knows, maybe No Man's Sky will get a nice modding culture like Minecraft did that will add a massive amount of interesting content, especially if its got the tools for it already pre-packaged.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 12, 2016, 10:11:15 am
They lied about multiplayer. Because there is none. Two people playing the same game cannot interact with each other, even if they stand in same place they cannot see each other as the game has no multiplayer function despite the developers claiming that it does.
...kinda stupid thing to lie about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on August 12, 2016, 03:25:07 pm
*puts admiral hat on*

Summer 2016, here I come.

Fucking hell, the new Brit looks stereotypical as all hell

And the new Italian sucks so bad for no reason as far as I can tell. God damn it, Devs, the Regia Marina wasn't this incapable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 24, 2016, 03:53:51 am
Doing a second playthrough of Dishonored, this time a high chaos (or in simpler terms, kill anything that moves) run. I have to say, it's so much more fun when you can actually play with all of your toys. When you go non-lethal stealth, all of those grenades, spring traps, incendiary crossbow bolts and plain old bullets just sit there collecting dust. Don't get me wrong, there's something to be said for sneaking around, quietly knocking out guards with tranqs or a quick chokehold, but it's nice to be able to just kill them in a variety of rather creative ways.

Come to think of it, that seems to be a running theme with stealth games. They'll give you many different ways of killing your foes (many of which are an absolute barrel of fun to use), then tell you can't ever use them if you want the best ending or score.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 24, 2016, 04:16:32 am
That's a good point. I for one like playing the nice guy and going non-lethal if it is available (and viable) but usually there's something like 1/6 non-lethal options for every lethal option.

And in the case of games like Fallout: New Vegas the non-lethal methods simply aren't as good. Also, there are plenty of enemies that "deserve" death. It's one thing to sympathize with some activists in Deus Ex or to avoid killing civilians who might pull the alarm but when your enemies are goons who would kill their grandmother for a penny it seems unfair that their deaths are seen as bad as the dead of the receptionist who didn't harm a soul but got in your way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 28, 2016, 07:49:48 pm
The noxious fan base has died off enough that I can now give the Mass Effect games a go without feeling dirty. I have to say, it's been a bit of a weak start. It used the old "idyllic farming village gets fucked in every hole by raiders" cliche to kick things off (though now it's an idyllic farming space colony, so I guess that makes it different) and there's a minor spoiler on the level up screen.

Still, early days yet, so hopefully it'll get a little more interesting as time goes on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 29, 2016, 12:10:49 am
It does get more interesting. I always did like the story and the setting in Mass Effect games. The later ones will also reduce much of the micromanaging that the first game has: You will no longer have to arm and equip every single team member, the team members will only carry the weapons that they have the training for (no idea why they thought that a character who only knows how to use a pistol would need to lug an assault rifle and sniper rifle as well) and instead of buying every single weapon for the team you will get weapon upgrades (find or buy them) and the entire team will benefit from the upgrades. ...Because it's not like it's Shepard's job to attach new gadgets to their pistols and shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 29, 2016, 01:09:07 am
That does sound rather handy. I've only got three people so far, but I can tell that the weapon and ammo upgrades are going to get super tedious in the not too distant future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on August 29, 2016, 05:17:24 am
I would have preferred making the inventory system better organized and leaving a chance to be more creative with the crew's loadout. Instead of tedious the inventory management becomes linear as does character development. The RPG elements as a whole become less interesting and for me less entertaining shooter elements get refined. "Refined" also means a less open world making missions pretty much corridor shooters. The story keeps being interesting and the NPC followers are well designed. Unfortunately the interactions with the followers feel superficial and formulaic which makes the hyped up character interaction and romance elements of the game disappointing.

So, yeah. It's a decent series but it was wise to wait until the hype has died. I bought the first two used and the third one on a heavy discount and feel I got my money's worth. If I had bought them full price I would have been annoyed since it is way overrated. Despite its obvious flaws the first one was the most fun game as a whole in my opinion since the developers took a wrong direction in fixing its flaws and streamlined the character development needlessly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on August 29, 2016, 09:11:42 am
Do try to keep Wrex alive when you meet him, cause it goes a long, long way to helping you in Mass Effect 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 29, 2016, 09:44:34 am
Do try to keep Wrex alive when you meet him, cause it goes a long, long way to helping you in Mass Effect 3.

Also because he is among the funnier and interesting characters in the game.


...But this does bring up the point that the choices you make in the game affect things and making a mistake early on can prevent you from achieving things two games later. (Although the amount of variation isn't as high as hype made some people believe which lead to a backlash they do allow for several choices that have impact later on.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on August 29, 2016, 03:15:32 pm
Dragon Age > Mass Effect. Shame it went all crap come Dragon Age 2 (lets make it more like Elder Scrolls WHY???).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 29, 2016, 10:22:31 pm
I have completely missed Dragon age series, what's it like? I mean, I know that it exists but that's about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 29, 2016, 10:33:02 pm
Origins is quite good. Pretty standard Bioware RPG, but quite well done nonetheless. I don't know anything about the sequels, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on August 29, 2016, 11:08:04 pm
Dragon Age is quite worth a look, even if you only play the first one. The story and characters are well-designed, and it led me to be rather invested in the fictional world as a whole. With the second, people tend to love it or hate it. I personally think it did some things better, some things worse. I haven't played the third yet, but people seem to rave about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on August 29, 2016, 11:15:22 pm
I tried to get into Dragon Age, but the combat is just so...clunky to me. Then again that's the problem I've had with other old BioWare RPG's like Knights of the Old Republic the combat is too slow paced for me (that and I hate running through the first half of KOTOR since it takes too long to get a lightsaber in that game.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 31, 2016, 07:35:05 am
Apparently, a new piece of DLC has been released for Crusader Kings 2. At this point, it looks like they're going to have to just keep making add ons until the engine shits itself, because any sequel is going to feel woefully incomplete for at least a couple of years.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on August 31, 2016, 09:21:32 pm
They should learn the difference between adding content and adding mechanics.

Adding mechanics aint cool
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 05, 2016, 10:07:53 am
Getting back into Project Zomboid, and I'm lasting longer than usual.  Holed up in a farm, got a little bit of a wall going, got tonnes of shotgun ammo, almost totally raided the nearby warehouse, got some seeds I might start planting, soon...all is going furly well, if I do say so, myself.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 08, 2016, 06:27:06 am
Well, I have to admit, I can certainly understand why so many people thought Mass Effect was the bee's knees. Almost finished the first game (just started on act 3) and yeah, it's damn good. I was actually quite invested in a certain choice that had to be made on Virmire.
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While I know to lower expectations for the final ending, I'm confident that I'll enjoy most of what the series has to offer until then.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 08, 2016, 12:24:01 pm
Did you manage to keep Wrex alive?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 08, 2016, 04:14:14 pm
Sure did. I have to say, it was rather easy. I didn't even have to pass a charm check or anything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on September 08, 2016, 04:43:23 pm
Yeah but it's hard to do if your a first time player and didn't know you had to talk to him a bunch (like I did when I first played the game.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on September 09, 2016, 01:21:56 am
Unless you talked to him a lot anyway because it's an RPG and talking to the companions is usually useful.

EDIT: And now I am getting interested in two new games. Halcyon 6 which is a strategy game where human space empire/federation/whatever has been nearly destroyed and the player controls a small group of survivors on an ancient space station that they discovered (eerily similar to Citadel of Mass effect. Not in appearance but in function) trying to rebuild and reconquer the human regions.

And Aven colony which is city building game on an alien planet. The micromanagement level seems to be something that I like. Plenty of details available but the player does not have to focus on the truly minor stuff.

...Except that I am going to have to wait for Christmas before I'll have a computer that will run the latter and I'm skeptical about the former working either.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 14, 2016, 08:45:50 am
Beat (for now, til Act V comes out) Grim Dawn, yesterday.  Holy god damned hell, they're gonna need something unbelievable to cap the whole thing off, because that Ch'thonian thing was hardcore.  Maybe I'll be able to complete my genocide against the Aethereals when Act V rolls around...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on September 30, 2016, 07:14:22 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorXilTI7GM
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 30, 2016, 07:39:55 am
Doom is pure joy.  That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Even Then on October 03, 2016, 02:56:43 pm
Played this pretty good freeware RPG Maker horror game called End Roll. I fell in love with it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 03, 2016, 04:25:12 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorXilTI7GM
Nice. If there's one thing we need, it's more space games that understand that spacecraft are not planes.

On another note, I've finally gotten my hands on Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom. It's the last of the Impressions city builders and the only one I haven't played yet. So far, it seems pretty promising. The feng shui mechanic is a tad obnoxious, but overall, it seems to have all the quality of life improvements of Zeus with the complexity and challenge of Pharaoh.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: IanC on October 03, 2016, 05:10:20 pm
I got a Xbox One (S). Rare Replay makes me a bit sad. Rare haven't made a non-kinect game since 2008. Jesus.

Sunset Overdrive is awesome, really enjoying it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 03, 2016, 05:14:26 pm
I got a Xbox One (S). Rare Replay makes me a bit sad. Rare haven't made a non-kinect game since 2008. Jesus.
It's for the best. The folks who made Rare what it was have long since moved on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 05, 2016, 05:13:08 am
Also, getting into Crusader Kings 2 again. The latest DLC I had previously was Rajas of India, so there's quite a bit of new stuff to play with. Conclave and Reaper's Due are both quite good. The new music, eh, it's hit and miss. The viking rock is a lot of fun, the techno remixes of the original soundtrack, not so much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 20, 2016, 02:31:43 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on October 20, 2016, 08:58:51 pm
Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer is up (http://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption2/).
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Post by: SCarpelan on October 20, 2016, 09:07:31 pm
No PC version. Fuck. No surprise since the first one didn't have either but still a disappointment.
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Post by: ironbite on October 21, 2016, 11:29:42 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cni6rP6pnxw
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Post by: Søren on October 25, 2016, 05:37:05 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msrfc1Dxedk
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Post by: Askold on October 25, 2016, 06:55:19 am
...Ok, that is actually impressive.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on October 25, 2016, 08:46:46 am
My copy of Xenoverse 2 is almost here!  I'm so fucking erect, it hurts!
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 02, 2016, 08:19:53 pm
With the new expansion out, I thought I'd give Sunless Sea a try. Damn good game with fantastic lore. Permadeath, on the other hand, is really what fucks the whole experience. I don't know why they thought that would be a good idea.
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Post by: SCarpelan on November 03, 2016, 12:38:25 am
If I recall right you can turn permadeath off when you start a new game.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 03, 2016, 01:27:48 am
I know. I'm just wondering why exactly it's the default mode to play on. It's really not a game that's suited to permadeath.
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Post by: Askold on November 03, 2016, 02:31:24 am
People have been saying good things about the Sunless Sea and I'm just waiting until I can afford a new computer to try it out.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 03, 2016, 05:15:25 am
In the meantime, you could try Fallen London (http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/), the browser game that's the source of Sunless Sea's lore.
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Post by: SCarpelan on November 03, 2016, 10:04:56 am
Making a Fallen London account is also recommendable for the Sunless Sea itself. You can download additional stories for it if you log in to your account from the game menu.
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Post by: TheContrarian on November 09, 2016, 06:10:28 pm
Apparently I can get Skyrim Special Edition basically for free.

It offers stuff I can already get through mods released 3 years ago but IT'S LIKE 64 BIT AND STUFFS!

As if it's ever actually struggled under the horrible burden of 4GB of RAM before ^_^
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Post by: Askold on November 11, 2016, 05:16:29 am
The latest Call of Duty game makes clear yet again that the writers don't understand how a military unit is supposed to work.

The game has the player character (who is a pilot but also some sort of commando who goes on ground missions?) become a captain of a ship and then decide to leave the ship and go fighting in the front lines...

I mean, there is a historical case of a general who liked going to the front and help artillery crews set up a cannon while his army was fighting without a leader but much like the game this is in fact an act of desertion. He abandoned his post. People have been demoted for lesser transgressions.

And then in the game the one character, who even hints that the captain of the ship may in fact have something more important to do while his ship is in combat than go around shooting people in the face with an assault rifle, he's the one considered a bad guy...

It's just that this is a common mistake in fiction. I've seen it in fantasy and scifi works mostly but there is some strange belief that a real leader should ALWAYS lead from the front rather than delegate tasks to others, even when they are clearly needed elsewhere giving orders and maintaining awareness of the big picture.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 11, 2016, 11:37:09 am
Enjoying the hell out of Persona 4 with Sleepis.  Especially Kanji.  Apart from Yukiko, after whom I'm going, he's easily my favourite.  Don't get me wrong, everyone else is cool as hell, but Kanji is just so damned blunt and honest its both hilarious and enjoyable.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 17, 2016, 08:45:40 pm
Replaying Gun for the first time in about a decade. The biggest problem would have to be the name. It's so generic that Googling anything to do with the game is a royal pain in the bumhole.

Fun game, though. It's basically a poor man's Red Dead Redemption.

Wait, I just remembered that dynamite arrows are a thing in this game. I take that back, it's quite clearly the best cowboy game ever made.
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Post by: niam2023 on November 21, 2016, 11:27:42 pm
I just got Pokemon Sun and Moon and Dragon Ball Z Xenoverse 2.

Both are incredibly entertaining.

For the former, my team as of now is Kadabra level 22, Magikarp level 15 (I WILL have that Gyarados), Magnemite level 23, Dartrix level 25, Mudbray level 20, and Crabrawler level 22.

For the latter, I made a member of Frieza's Race first, and I'm thinking of making someone else pretty soon. Its oddly fun to play - almost feels like you're fighting battles from the anime.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 22, 2016, 12:15:53 am
Gotta say that human female is my favourite moveset, thus far.  Last is majin...they come off as "trick characters" with moves that are as hard to follow for enemies as they are for the one playin em.

Also, Potential Unleashed is still the best transformation.  Pain in the ass to get, need a Z ranking in all the advancement tests, but very well worth it.  Shit even beats SSJ3.
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Post by: ironbite on November 22, 2016, 03:43:44 pm
Oh so you haven't been following Team Four Star's Let's Play of Xenoverse 2?  Or "The Adventures of Puddin'" as it is known?

Ironbite-cause I feel the Majin's still come off pretty powerful.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 22, 2016, 05:12:12 pm
I played one.  When half a combo doesn't connect because your character doesn't follow them after blowing them back, unlike every single other character I have, your moveset is hosed.  I do like the Frost Daemon moveset, though.  Not terribly hard-hitting, but combos build quick.
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Post by: SCarpelan on November 23, 2016, 09:59:24 am
Bought Dragon Age: Inquisition GOTY edition in the Origin Black Friday sale. Since the regular version was only 5€ I was tempted to buy it before checking what extra the GOTY has. I had forgotten about an outrage that made me decide not to buy the game earlier: how the fuck do you keep the ending of the main storyline behind a DLC? I have bought DLCs for games when they have had well made optional extras since that's what I think the DLCs should be. An ending to the story is not a fucking optional extra, that's part of the original package. It's one thing to have a cliffhanger ending as an artistic choice but this is just being an asshole to your customers. I actually feel kind of guilty for falling for it even for <10€ extra since I feel I should boycott this DLC policy out of principle.
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Post by: Askold on November 23, 2016, 10:20:30 am
Is the series good or at least worth watching a walkthrough of?
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Post by: SCarpelan on November 23, 2016, 10:51:48 am
DA: Origins was very good. I haven't played DA2 and I've heard very divided opinions about it but I've heard DA: Inquisition takes the best from both games.

From my experience with the first game a couple of points: the lore and the world are excellent and the story is interesting. The NCP followers are as well done as in Mass Effect and the communication with them is much more satisfying and feels less superficial. The game and rule mechanics work well and are both similar enough to other CRPGs to get into easily and different enough to have their own character and not feel a clone of anything.
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Post by: Lana Reverse on November 23, 2016, 03:57:07 pm
Thinking about replaying Shadow of Mordor.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 23, 2016, 04:04:51 pm
Thinking about replaying Shadow of Mordor.
I should get back to that, at some point...
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Post by: SCarpelan on November 23, 2016, 04:24:21 pm
Shit. I played Dragon Age: Origins with my now broken XBox 360 before Dragon Age Keep went online and my character was not uploaded there. That means my actions in DA:O are not reflected in Dragon Age: Inquisition's story. DAK does allow you to build the storyline you want for the previous games but it just doesn't feel right. Sigh. I guess I'll just play through DA:O again since I have it also on my PC; it was either free or dirt cheap in Origin as a promotion for DA:I when it was published.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 25, 2016, 12:40:11 am
One question. Why am I only learning about Simutrans now? Looking over it, it's like OpenTTD but with actually good economics (cargo and passengers all have specific destinations, which until now I thought only Railroad Tycoon 3 has ever done before).

If anyone needs me, then fuck off. I'll be busy for the next month, minimum.
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Post by: Lana Reverse on November 25, 2016, 05:19:12 pm
I'm thinking about getting Watch_Dogs 2. Would anyone here recommend it?
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Post by: Art Vandelay on November 26, 2016, 06:11:23 am
Off topic, but I just realised what your username means. Well, it certainly got a giggle out of me. Though I'm rather surprised at myself that I didn't get it sooner.
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Post by: SCarpelan on November 26, 2016, 06:13:45 am
Off topic, but I just realised what your username means. Well, it certainly got a giggle out of me. Though I'm rather surprised at myself that I didn't get it sooner.
Huh?

*beat*

Ohhhhhhhh... Heh.
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Post by: niam2023 on November 26, 2016, 02:48:00 pm
I played one.  When half a combo doesn't connect because your character doesn't follow them after blowing them back, unlike every single other character I have, your moveset is hosed.  I do like the Frost Daemon moveset, though.  Not terribly hard-hitting, but combos build quick.

Yeah - I've leveled up Frigid to about 66 or 67, and damn does he hit hard, especially with Blast type Supers. Freeza's Death Beam does a good amount of work, but I've been looking for some other moves to use as well.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 26, 2016, 05:57:56 pm
Super Ki Explosion is OP as fuck.  Max out your ki reserves, stun your opponent for a second, then unleash it, holding down til either they die, magic away (some can pull this bullshit), or you run out of power.  You can not only do insane amounts of damage once you hit the 30s or so, but you can easily get a 50-60 hit combo with practically zero effort.
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Post by: IanC on November 27, 2016, 01:05:58 pm
Steins;Gate 0… based on early are i joked about it been a "PTSD sim" but bloody hell, poor Okabe really goes through the winger in the first chapter or two of this. I wasnt surprised when he mentions taking anti-anxity meds or his psychotherapist says he is showing classic signs of PTSD.

Very worthy follow up the original classic visual novel though, so far!
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Post by: niam2023 on November 28, 2016, 12:05:18 am
Super Ki Explosion is OP as fuck.  Max out your ki reserves, stun your opponent for a second, then unleash it, holding down til either they die, magic away (some can pull this bullshit), or you run out of power.  You can not only do insane amounts of damage once you hit the 30s or so, but you can easily get a 50-60 hit combo with practically zero effort.

Good to know.

Is there anything in Super Attacks to replace the Kaioken Kamehameha? I want truly stupendous damage without relying solely on Ultimates.

Edit - Beerus' Stamina Break Beam looks fun to play with. I want it.

And if the DLC includes Zamasu, I will have those Blades of Absolution.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on November 28, 2016, 09:39:49 am
The first melee super you get, I forget its name, but you can hold down the button to keep going, can end up doing not only a lot of damage, but can also net an insane combo.  The only downside is that, unlike Super Ki Explosion, opponents are capable of vanishing out of it without bullshit NPC armour.  I think there's also a regular Ki Explosion, as well.  I've not found anything that can replace the Kaioken Kamehameha, though, in terms of damage, hit rate, or utility.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on November 29, 2016, 12:27:24 am
Soooo, Titanfall 2. I didn't like what I played of the first one for being derivative of Call of Duty. This one, however, is the most fun I've had with a shooter campaign in YEARS. Ironic that a multiplayer only shooter that no one cared about after a few months has such a great campaign.
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Post by: Eiki-mun on November 30, 2016, 02:49:38 am
(http://puu.sh/sz5dp/8b132f5464.jpg)

This right here is a picture of me winning.

(https://67.media.tumblr.com/6ce2ba798729cb378b6d92f92ba20026/tumblr_inline_ohg02mJceN1tdjzy0_1280.jpg)

(https://67.media.tumblr.com/46148e75742a405bcfe80f92e99084d4/tumblr_inline_ohg02qD4CN1tdjzy0_1280.jpg)

And here's my rewards for doing so. The first image is aircraft carrier Saratoga, the reward for clearing the final map. The second image is proof that I did it on Hard mode.

I feel good about this. I don't care what y'all think, I feel damn good for managing to win through that. Took me 11 days.
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Post by: niam2023 on November 30, 2016, 04:52:24 am
Niam's current line up in Pokemon Sun;

Decidueye, Hakamo'o, Palossand, Magnezone, Kadabra, and Bewear.
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Post by: Lana Reverse on December 10, 2016, 10:22:51 am
I caught a shiny Rockruff!
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Post by: IanC on December 10, 2016, 04:50:11 pm
Got my first ending in Steins;Gate 0, and it was the worst one (lol)

(click to show/hide)

Already on the path to another ending (yay for auto saves at the various decision points), lets hope its less bleak than that, lol
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 13, 2016, 11:07:43 pm
While I know full well that pre-release hype is bad because the game most likely won't live up to whatever ideal I build up in my mind, nevertheless I cannot fucking wait until April.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IgdnjlrvAQ
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 23, 2016, 07:15:40 pm
In other news, hows the Steam sale treating everyone? So far, I've got a pretty decent haul.

Mad Max.
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Styx: Master of Shadows
Pony Island
Train Fever
Prison Architect
Cargo! The Quest for Gravity

This ought to keep me entertained for a while.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on December 26, 2016, 10:57:02 pm
Picked up Darksiders Warmastered. I've played about half an hour. I think I'm going to enjoy playing an already great game at 60fps.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 26, 2016, 11:27:48 pm
Beat Persona 4...my fucking heart, god damn.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 29, 2016, 07:02:31 am
I decided to give New Vegas another run. Damn, I'd almost forgotten how good it is, especially the writing. It really highlights how bland Fallout 3 is, and just how little thought went into it.

In an ideal world, Bethesda would stick to Elder Scrolls and leave Fallout to Obsidian.
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Post by: ironbite on December 29, 2016, 08:02:49 am
Yeah too bad New Vegas is just so fucking empty.

Ironbite-but that's always been the issue with Fallout.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 29, 2016, 08:21:17 am
Bethesda rushed its development to an absolutely ludicrous degree (as in, they gave Obsidian only a year to get it done), so naturally there's cut content out the ass. It's also why the main story jumps almost straight to the Battle of Hoover Dam right after you kill Benny. It's a huge shame, don't get me wrong, but also nothing short of amazing that it turned out as good as it did, all things considered.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 29, 2016, 10:46:49 am
Wanna know what the best part about having mods on the special edition of Skyrim is?  The mod that merges cities back into the world.  Instead of feeling like Whiterun is in some pocket dimension, it's actually part of Skyrim itself!  So simple, yet so fucking magical.
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Post by: Askold on December 31, 2016, 04:57:52 am
This ...Thing... is a game controller that you use with your vagina.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/perifit-improve-bladder-control-and-core-strength#/

I mean, it is advertised as tool for new mothers to retrain their pelvic muscles after giving birth, but in the end it is a game controller. A true "joystick" if you will.

Finnish geeks had several fun comments about this but my favourite was someone saying that "pros use this to play Call of Duty" followed by "judging by the amount of butthurt I believe you are correct."
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 31, 2016, 06:42:39 am
I can certainly see massive potential for this thing, but not as a Wii Fit knock off. Combine it with a San Andreas Hot Coffee style sex minigame, possibly themed around Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey, and this thing will practically print money. Combine it with VR, and the entire female population will never leave their houses again.
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Post by: Søren on December 31, 2016, 08:15:59 am
Shes flexing her vag to play a phone game with her kid in her lap.

STOP VAG FLEXING SO CLOSE TO YOUR KID
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 31, 2016, 03:56:05 pm
An easier solution would be to just not have children.  Never have to retrain anything, then.

Course, like Art said, this could open up gaming to the promised land of teledildonics.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 04, 2017, 06:37:16 pm
Say, if you ever get the urge to replay Zelda: Twilight Princess, and you have an immature a sense of humour as me, do yourself a favour. Be sure to name the horse "my anus". Trust me, it makes that long and boring intro sequence well worth it.
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Post by: Askold on January 08, 2017, 02:21:44 am
It has been exactly year when male gamers were outraged when they found out that a male character had been sexualized in an (then) up and coming video game Mevius:Final Fantasy (apparently renamed as Mobius: Final Fantasy later.)

I haven't played Final Fantasy games since FFX, but I seem to remember more than few barely clothed female characters in the game series...

(http://muropaketti.com/dome/wp-content/uploads/s/f/editor/images/mevius-sankari.jpg)

(http://muropaketti.com/dome/wp-content/uploads/s/f/editor/images/reaktiot.png)

Note how one of them would have been ok if a female character was dressed like this...
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Post by: Lana Reverse on January 08, 2017, 12:56:22 pm
It has been exactly year when male gamers were outraged when they found out that a male character had been sexualized in an (then) up and coming video game Mevius:Final Fantasy (apparently renamed as Mobius: Final Fantasy later.)

I haven't played Final Fantasy games since FFX, but I seem to remember more than few barely clothed female characters in the game series...

(http://muropaketti.com/dome/wp-content/uploads/s/f/editor/images/mevius-sankari.jpg)

(http://muropaketti.com/dome/wp-content/uploads/s/f/editor/images/reaktiot.png)

Note how one of them would have been ok if a female character was dressed like this...

Male gamers in general? Or just a vocal minority? Because most of the male gamers I know were fine with his outfit.
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Post by: IanC on January 08, 2017, 02:14:52 pm
Fuck generalising.

Also quite frankly who cares? A shitty mobage that i don't think I've heard anything about since it came out, why bring it up now kept to go "LOL gamers, fragile masculinity, males tears, LOL"?

So fuck generalising a group because of loud idiots, and fuck you too Askold.
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Post by: Lana Reverse on January 08, 2017, 02:33:44 pm
Fuck generalising.

Also quite frankly who cares? A shitty mobage that i don't think I've heard anything about since it came out, why bring it up now kept to go "LOL gamers, fragile masculinity, males tears, LOL"?

So fuck generalising a group because of loud idiots, and fuck you too Askold.

Rough day?
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Post by: Askold on January 08, 2017, 03:11:55 pm
Well... Ok?

I mean, I suppose I should have said "some male gamers" but I just assumed that everyone gets that I'm referring to the fact that the people outraged by a sexualized male character all seemed to be male (as far as I saw) rather than having sizeable amount of women in the group and that I am not claiming that all male gamers were complaining about this.

The reason I brought this up again is that Facebook brought the story back up again and I thought I'd bring it up here as well. I am still amused at how certain people are ok with impractical and sexualized female clothing on fictional characters and don't see the hypocrisy of complaining about a male character being like that.

Besides, as always my stance on bikini armour and such is "Either have everyone wear historical or at least practical looking gear or have everyone wear sexualized gear. If there is an in-setting explanation why bikini armour is as protective or as good as platemail then there is no reason for males not to wear as revealing armour (extremely light armour which is still protective? "Fuck yeah!" says anyone who has to wear that often.) and if on the other hand the setting is realistic then why break immersion with just female characters?" You know, have some inner consistency in the fictional world.

Still, I truly am sorry for upsetting people, didn't mean to do so I just am as thoughtless and bad at communicating as always.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 08, 2017, 04:29:54 pm
Askold, don't apologise.  Ian is just being an oversensitive bitch with poor reading comprehension.
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Post by: niam2023 on January 08, 2017, 04:44:28 pm
Yeah - gamers need to get over themselves. GooberGitches says, they're not a quintessential part of society, and they'd be perfectly fine with a woman getting sexualized in the same way. Guys if you're not comfortable with a man being okay in a skimpy outfit, you're just another part of the reactionary culture that says "sex bad. Sex very bad. Violence good."

We do not need to say "some male gamers" to assuage you, Ian. When we say male gamers, we mean the male gamers who unironically retweet #feminismisahatemovement and stuff like that.

As for my view on that outfit, well, if I had a body like that I'd wear even skimpier clothes. I'm a man who's actually comfortable with his body and likes showing it off.
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Post by: Eiki-mun on January 08, 2017, 06:12:40 pm
When we say male gamers, we mean the male gamers who unironically retweet #feminismisahatemovement and stuff like that.

"When we say feminists, we obviously don't mean all feminists, we just mean the really hateful ones. Why do you say we're anti-women?"
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Post by: Lana Reverse on January 08, 2017, 06:22:23 pm
Askold, don't apologise.  Ian is just being an oversensitive bitch with poor reading comprehension.

Yeah - gamers need to get over themselves. GooberGitches says, they're not a quintessential part of society, and they'd be perfectly fine with a woman getting sexualized in the same way. Guys if you're not comfortable with a man being okay in a skimpy outfit, you're just another part of the reactionary culture that says "sex bad. Sex very bad. Violence good."

We do not need to say "some male gamers" to assuage you, Ian. When we say male gamers, we mean the male gamers who unironically retweet #feminismisahatemovement and stuff like that.

As for my view on that outfit, well, if I had a body like that I'd wear even skimpier clothes. I'm a man who's actually comfortable with his body and likes showing it off.

Well, I think Ian could've been more tactful, but I can understand why he was upset. If Askold had been talking about "attention whoring gamer girls", I wouldn't be happy, even if he didn't mean to generalize female gamers.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 08, 2017, 06:45:20 pm
When we say male gamers, we mean the male gamers who unironically retweet #feminismisahatemovement and stuff like that.

"When we say feminists, we obviously don't mean all feminists, we just mean the really hateful ones. Why do you say we're anti-women?"

Wow, I actually read that in Ultimate Paragon's voice, and I have no idea what his voice actually sounds like.
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Post by: Eiki-mun on January 08, 2017, 08:31:23 pm
When we say male gamers, we mean the male gamers who unironically retweet #feminismisahatemovement and stuff like that.

"When we say feminists, we obviously don't mean all feminists, we just mean the really hateful ones. Why do you say we're anti-women?"

Wow, I actually read that in Ultimate Paragon's voice, and I have no idea what his voice actually sounds like.

Exactly. The point was, if you wouldn't tolerate it from him, why would you tolerate an equivalent statement from someone else?
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 08, 2017, 09:11:36 pm
I don't understand why Ian got so butthurt, unless he willfully ignored any and all context to find something about which he could get offended.  Askold isn't some "A Room of Our Own" ultrafeminist that took the SCUM Manifesto seriously.  He isn't prone to gross overgeneralization or inane, idiotic statements.  He's a relatively normal, level-headed Finn and a damn sight more mature than someone who cries misandry at something posted by a man like Askold instead of just asking for clarification.  But, who am I kidding?  Context doesn't matter!  Somebody might've insulted MEN!  Scuse me while I get my violin the size of a gnat's cock.
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Post by: Even Then on January 08, 2017, 09:46:23 pm
So the issue here is that Askold said "male gamers" and meant "this smaller subgroup that was complaining about the scantily-clad manmeat on display is mostly made up of male gamers, therefore male gamers were complaining about it", while it was received as "a large enough quantity of male gamers was complaining about the issue that male gamers were complaining about it as a supergroup"?

I don't know the specific numbers and honestly, I love myself too much right now to delve into them, but tbf, Askold, the original post was pretty ambiguous as to which one you meant. Reading it as the latter isn't completely unreasonable, and while I don't think you're thoughtless and bad at communicating, this particular one could've gone better.
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Post by: Askold on January 09, 2017, 04:00:36 am
I think the main problem is that me am bad at communicating and I was too lazy to word my message accurately enough.
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Post by: Vypernight on January 09, 2017, 04:59:16 am
The nearby mall is a major Pokemon Go hotspot.  5 pokestops within a few minutes of each other, plus a couple more on the other side.  It also has a gym, but unfortunately, everytime I go, the gym glitches.  Too bad because that's the closest gym to where I live. 

I really wish they'd put in an update where you could fight wild pokemons.  Otherwise, it's kind of pointless to train anything.
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Post by: ironbite on January 14, 2017, 04:14:58 pm
Switch reveal was Thursday night and......oh boy.

Ironbite-me likey
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Post by: lord gibbon on January 14, 2017, 09:35:57 pm
Same. Also, the Breath of the Wild trailer gave me chills.
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Post by: TheL on January 14, 2017, 10:10:19 pm
So, guess who found PoP 2008 for $5 and is now playing the best Zoroastrian reference ever?  THIS WOMAN!

Also playing Hyrule Warriors Legends.  I can't seem to recall where I put my Pokemon Moon cartridge, and taht is bothering me.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 18, 2017, 06:41:36 am
Now that I have a PC that can handle it, I'm finally getting into modded Minecraft. I have to say, being able to automate all of the grind is the most satisfying thing in the world.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 18, 2017, 09:29:23 am
Yissssss.  Once you get a hang of the various basics, I highly recommend Reika's mods.  Very satisfying to play with, if a little dangerous (don't get into ReactorCraft without a test world), and things like Cave Control can make finding resources a little less of a hassle, since that specific one lets you tweak how frequent, and how large, caves and ravines are.  Oh, and Mekanism or EnderIO for logistics; the former if you're something of a min-maxer, the latter if you like having multiple pipes in one block space.

This is assuming, of course, that you're using 1.7.10.  I can't vouch for anything beyond that because the combat changes are a no-go for me until Reika gets on there and LegacyCraft gets rid of it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 18, 2017, 09:55:38 am
I'm currently playing through Agrarian Skies 2 just to learn all the most common mods. Granted, it's a tad outdated by this point, but it certainly can't hurt. Not to mention, I'm having a lot of fun with it (despite falling off the edge far more times than I care to admit). It feels like a real accomplishment to go from a few saplings, a couple of stacks of bonemeal and a piece of dirt to even just basic sustainability.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 18, 2017, 10:28:16 am
Never played any of the quest packs, I prefer to just kinda do my own thang, but I've heard plenty of good things about AgSkies 2.  While 1.10+ do have some slightly interesting mods, they just aren't worth what you'd give up moving from 1.7.  Things like ProjectX (I just adore the aesthetic), Applied Energistics (I think there's an alpha/beta, but...yeah, did that with AE2, not doing it again) and, most damningly, none of Reika's stuff.  I've grown quite accustomed to having at least RotaryCraft and ChromatiCraft around; life without them is unacceptable.

Full disclosure, I am something of a homie of Reika's.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 22, 2017, 04:54:45 pm
I...found a copy of Metal Fatigue.  I had forgotten how addictive this game was, though there not only needs to be a sequel (because it fucking deserves it), but also a little balance work...the weapon platforms are laughably overpowered.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 24, 2017, 08:31:33 am
I swear, the bots had it out for me, this last time.  Had three of them, no alliances, and they all joined together...to completely fuck me right out of the gate.  I kinda want to figure out how to break into the game's files and fiddle with things; tier 1 mechs shouldn't be able to waltz past a dozen laser cannons and obliterate them whilst taking shit for damage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 24, 2017, 09:49:44 am
Isn't it a common problem in strategy games that the bots gang up on the human(s)?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 24, 2017, 04:34:54 pm
Typically, they at least distract one another for a little bit.  The AIs weren't even looking at one another the entire bloody time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 25, 2017, 12:52:11 am
Finished Mad Max a while back. I have to say, the pacing in that game is fucking terrible. Not only does the story feel incredibly rushed, but the 2nd half of the engine upgrades are locked until you complete the 2nd last mission in the entire game. In an open world collectathon like this, I feel like holding out on the mobility upgrades until you're basically done is a fucking terrible idea, especially for the completionists like myself.

Overall, it's a worse Assassin's Creed: Black Flag with cars instead of ships.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 25, 2017, 01:06:28 am
I liked how guns and ammo are rare in Mad Max, it fits in with the theme of scarcity in a post-apocalyptic setting. ...Granted that fuel for cars is too common but at least the game shows that they are drilling for oil and making more fuel in the dried out seabed (or whatever the desert is supposed to be.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 25, 2017, 01:12:25 am
Unless you do two (or is it three?) very easy sidequests that give you free ammo refills in every stronghold, and even without that, ammo boxes are pretty common in camps and scavenging sites. Personally, the only time I was ever hurting for ammo was a couple of really obnoxious death runs (the kind where a constant stream of enemies are trying to ram you off the road), and that was only shotty shells. Sniper rounds and thunderpoon caps may as well have been infinite for all the difference it made.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 25, 2017, 08:40:59 pm
In other news, I've just discovered that Dolphin, everyone's favourite Gamecube emulator, now has GBA link functionality. So now I can finally see what the Tingle Tuner in Wind Waker is all about.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 26, 2017, 09:03:49 pm
Got Battlezone II.  Holy crap, I've missed this fucking game.  Its so wonderfully unique, blending an RTS with vehicular and ground-based combat.  So many memories...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 27, 2017, 02:09:55 am
...Well, ok Mad Max has ammo but at least most of the enemies are using melee weapons and people aren't wasting their shots with guns unlike the film where they were firing on full auto just for fun.

In fact, that is one of my pet peeves in similar films and shows. "Yea, we are very low on supplies and use bullets as currency with a full magazine being a HUGE amount of money. Here, watch as I fire 200 rounds of ammo on full auto at those couple morons that tried to rob me." ...It's a scene that actually happened in a post-apoc setting series.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on January 27, 2017, 03:11:31 am
...Well, ok Mad Max has ammo but at least most of the enemies are using melee weapons and people aren't wasting their shots with guns unlike the film where they were firing on full auto just for fun.

In fact, that is one of my pet peeves in similar films and shows. "Yea, we are very low on supplies and use bullets as currency with a full magazine being a HUGE amount of money. Here, watch as I fire 200 rounds of ammo on full auto at those couple morons that tried to rob me." ...It's a scene that actually happened in a post-apoc setting series.

"Gil Toss"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 27, 2017, 04:07:50 am
...Well, ok Mad Max has ammo but at least most of the enemies are using melee weapons and people aren't wasting their shots with guns unlike the film where they were firing on full auto just for fun.

In fact, that is one of my pet peeves in similar films and shows. "Yea, we are very low on supplies and use bullets as currency with a full magazine being a HUGE amount of money. Here, watch as I fire 200 rounds of ammo on full auto at those couple morons that tried to rob me." ...It's a scene that actually happened in a post-apoc setting series.
Ah, fair enough. I've not seen the new movie, but I can certainly imagine that being obnoxious. Especially when guns were truly rare in the original movies. In fact, the only gun I remember from the movies was Max's own sawnoff, which was only for the direst of emergencies. Other than that, crossbows and harpoons were the ranged weapon of choice for pretty much everyone.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 27, 2017, 05:23:18 am
In the second film Max has exactly one (1) shotgun cartridge for the entirety of the film and even that one misfires when he finally tries to shoot someone. Most of the people were using crossbows and such. Lord Humongous has a few cartridges for his revolver and it is a big deal when he finally loads up the gun with the remaining ammo for the final battle.

The new film is good, but it really lacks the feel of scarcity. (Note that the bad guys are the mayors of three cities that are respectively the local source of potable water, ammo and fuel. But it still does not feel the same.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 27, 2017, 10:48:25 am
So I've been playing a lot of Titanfall 2's multiplayer.  Let me caveat this with I suck at Call of Duty style multiplayer.  But I've been doing actually a pretty good job of it as of late.  Kill totals of like 7-9 are making me top of the scoreboard.  And that's on players btw.

Ironbite-maybe I'm not as bad as I thought.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 27, 2017, 08:45:03 pm
Beat my first "instant action" in Battlezone II.  Holy mother of shit, the AI (even on fucking easy) is fucking unforgiving.  But, maaaaaaan, once I got shit going...lost a succession of, like, 3 bombers (you can only have one at a time, for balance reasons) just turning their base to ash.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 29, 2017, 05:57:46 am
Anyone looking forward to the next Mass Effect game?

I mean the previous ones were good and I totally understand why they had to take it to another galaxy. The epic scale of the plot in the trilogy made too many changes to the setting, particularly the branching plot lines, that they have no way to tie it all together without going with one canon storyline and that would piss off too many people.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 02, 2017, 01:31:52 am
So I've been playing Final Fantasy XIV on my new computer. For reference, my laptop ran the game at about minimum settings at 720p and 30fps. My new computer? Happily runs it at just below high settings at 1080p and 60fps. The difference between 30fps and 60fps is like night and day.

I should also point out that I'm not done working on the new computer. Once I get my tax return in, I'm planning to get an RX 480 (currently running a Radeon HD7790 my old boss gave me while after he dug it out of his parts bin while looking for something we could use to get my original motherboard up and running) and a second monitor. I would not be surprised if I could get the game running at max settings at 1080p and 60fps. And it will be glorious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on February 04, 2017, 07:14:35 pm
So, it turns out my old, totally-not-gaming laptop can run Dragonball Xenoverse without too much trouble, as long as I lower the fuck out of the screen res and turn off the graphical bells and whistles.

I'm a Saiyan woman.  Her name is Daika and she kicks all kinds of ass.

The only problem is that I'm not used to everybody moving so fast.  I've gotten the graphics to stop being choppy, but I still miss more hits and ki blasts than actually connect.  I just want to steal the Dragonballs from Frieza, guys, quit fucking dying so we can beat the level and I can stop being Ginyu in story mode.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 04, 2017, 08:15:56 pm
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C33QNjNUkAEIq0t.jpg)

RX 480 get! And now I've also got super bright lights inside my case. Which would be way more distracting if it wasn't in the computer hole in my desk. I can't wait to see what this little monster can do.

EDIT: So after a quick test with Final Fantasy XIV, I peaked out at 80fps. With all of the settings completely cranked to 11. I love this video card.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 04, 2017, 09:16:48 pm
Nice. I can confirm from recent experience that there are few things more satisfying than a hardware upgrade. So shiny! So many frames! It's glorious.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 06, 2017, 03:39:45 am
After some more testing, I can easily get Assassin's Creed Syndicate up to 60fps at 1080p. I can't crank it as high as it will go without sacrificing an ultra smooth framerate, but I am still amused by the fact that my computer takes one of the nicer looking games on the market like a champ, regardless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 06, 2017, 03:45:39 am
I got Shadowrun Dragonfall working on Linux. I had a bit of trouble because apparently I have to individiually change the settings in all the install files to allow them to work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on February 10, 2017, 02:54:57 pm
I finally got around to trying out Yandere Simulator.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 16, 2017, 01:12:22 am
Just read something pretty cool. Apparently, snow globes are the collectable of choice in New Vegas because the world they contain can never be touched directly, yet the owner can still flip them upside down and shake them around at will. Much like House's own relationship with Vegas and to a lesser extent the rest of the Mohave.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on February 16, 2017, 03:44:50 pm
RX 480 get! And now I've also got super bright lights inside my case. Which would be way more distracting if it wasn't in the computer hole in my desk. I can't wait to see what this little monster can do.

EDIT: So after a quick test with Final Fantasy XIV, I peaked out at 80fps. With all of the settings completely cranked to 11. I love this video card.

I see London, I see France...

Well, I've finally moved my Pokemon from Black, X, and OR over to Moon.  Now I just need to finish Red Version and get the 'mons imported from there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2017, 10:32:30 pm
I see London, I see France...

Pajama shorts, actually.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 21, 2017, 07:24:22 pm
Grabbed a PS2 emulator and GTA: Liberty City Stories. I have to say, that game is so much better with camera controls.
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Post by: Sigmaleph on February 21, 2017, 09:43:12 pm
Got Sunless Sea! I used to enjoy Fallen London but the 'wait for you actions to refill' mechanic was not good for me, really glad to get back into that universe

Incidentally, this is literally the first game I've ever paid money for on Steam.

Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 22, 2017, 08:53:10 am
Fallout 2 becomes infinitely more hilarious when you have one Intelligence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 23, 2017, 12:03:17 am
Aren't you actually too stupid to even hold a conversation at that level?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 23, 2017, 12:07:11 am
Fallout 2 becomes infinitely more hilarious when you have one Intelligence.
It's great isn't it? Also, kind of impressive when you consider that there's basically an entire 2nd script's worth of dialogue just for stupid player characters.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 23, 2017, 12:48:28 am
Aren't you actually too stupid to even hold a conversation at that level?

I know the owner of the brothel in Klamath refuses to deal with me...the bartender, too.  Though, how he can tell the difference between me and one of his customers is another question entirely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 23, 2017, 01:35:44 am
Having Intelligence below 3 (or 2 can't remember where the limit is) prevents you from handling many situations with diplomatic solutions but it does usually allow trading at least.

There are some funny reactions from people like Lynette, Torr and Marcus if I remember correctly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on February 26, 2017, 02:17:24 am
Stellaris? Stellaris. Stellaris!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 26, 2017, 03:43:21 am
Everyone is orgasm over how great Stellaris is an here I am without a computer that would run it.

...Or the time to play it if I'm honest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on February 26, 2017, 05:01:40 pm
Oh believe me, I know. I only got my new computer at Christmas, and it was only yesterday my new card came in so I could buy it. Hence my joy in last nights comment.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 26, 2017, 09:36:19 pm
I have no idea what Stellaris even is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 26, 2017, 09:52:00 pm
It looks like a pretty standard 4x space game. Personally, I always like the idea of playing them, but in practice I never have a clue what the fuck I'm doing.
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Post by: Askold on February 27, 2017, 12:26:00 am
It has a huge amount of stuff, just the ways you can build the society is amazing. Like a recent patch that brought in hiveminds that changes most of the society mechanics (things like morale no longer matter as everyone is working toghether for the plan they all have agreed on.)

Do you want to build a slave empire? It affects societies differently based on their beliefs as they might accept it (or accept it only on captured enemies) or be so against it that the morale loss makes it into a net loss in productivity.

Robot workers? Watch out for that AI rebellion that may occur.

Like Trump jokes? The game company made announcements about "building a wall around the galaxy" and put in some jokes in to the game as soon as Trump campaign went viral.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 27, 2017, 09:12:25 am
So... I can make the Borg?  Fuck it, I'm sold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on February 27, 2017, 10:31:57 am
Huh. It didn't ring any bells but it seems I have it on my wish list already. I guess it's a must buy at some point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on March 04, 2017, 07:48:18 am
I just fought through a 40-minute massive battle in Rome II: Total War. It was an absolute slog and it took forever, but honestly, seeing the results screen made it all worth it.

(http://puu.sh/utOR6/612a086b3f.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on March 04, 2017, 06:51:43 pm
I'm assuming the Scordisci had reinforcements, right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on March 04, 2017, 07:46:32 pm
Playing the original Rome: Total War expansion, I survived a six-hour siege from the entire Vandal horde.  Lost my ruler and several generals, and won pretty much by the skin of my teeth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on March 04, 2017, 08:47:25 pm
I'm assuming the Scordisci had reinforcements, right?

Yes indeed, as did I. The picture there doesn't show the full story: I had two full armies, and he had three armies (none of which were full) and a city garrison. I happened to save another screenshot from the midst of the battle, near the end:

(http://puu.sh/utOG5/cfae992bbb.jpg)

It shows the full battle better, I think, but even then, a lot of the enemy had run away by this point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2017, 12:24:58 am
Nothing like a 10:1 kill death ratio. Really show the enemy who's boss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on March 05, 2017, 05:57:41 pm
I'm playing BoW, and I'm starting to think it might surpass OoT. Anyone else?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 05, 2017, 06:29:05 pm
Pretty much every 3D Zelda surpasses Ocarina of time. Well, except maybe Skyward Sword, if the rumours are to be believed. Majora's Mask, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess though most certainly shit all over it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 05, 2017, 08:11:12 pm
Mostly because OoT is the blue print every 3D Zelda worked off of.  Breath of the Wild somehow goes back to its roots and is surprisingly Dark Souls like from what I can gather.

Ironbite-cause you will die...a lot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 05, 2017, 08:20:18 pm
Eh, I wouldn't say Breath of the Wild is Dark Souls level brutal, but it is definitely a lot less forgiving than previous 3D Zelda games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on March 08, 2017, 07:49:35 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPKS2AHahTI
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 11, 2017, 05:08:04 am
I'm now playing through Vice City Stories and I'm thinking it's on par with, if not better than San Andreas (if only for the soundtrack). Of course, the three extra mandatory levels of Paramedic can fuck right off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 15, 2017, 04:19:33 am
In other news, I just finished Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. It was pretty short for an open world game, but that's only because there's less padding involved, which I can certainly respect. That said, the whole Nemesis system, while great fun at first, didn't really go anywhere. You turn all of Sauron's upper brass into your puppets and... That's really it. They don't do anything beyond not attack you on sight, honestly. Also, the ending was awful.
(click to show/hide)
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Post by: SCarpelan on March 15, 2017, 06:38:13 am
^ I agree with everything except the lack of padding. As is typical with open world games it tried to compensate the short main story line with collectables and repetitive sidequests - the nemesis system became a combination of these two in the mid game. The game had so much more potential.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 15, 2017, 09:08:13 am
I thought it had a good deal less repetitive sidequests and collectables than most open world games nowadays. Don't get me wrong, there were still a lot of them, but not in anywhere near the quantity of something like Mad Max or Assassin's Creed (any of them).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on March 15, 2017, 12:40:56 pm
Yeah, based on my experience with AC: Black Sails I give you that - I couldn't even be bothered to play through the main storyline in that one. It was just one of the many flaws in that overrated pit of brainless boredom that wasted its notable potential even more.

Just because many other games have taken the same flawed approach even further doesn't mean it isn't a serious flaw in Shadows of Mordor, too. Well, at least that game is a moderately enjoyable experience as a whole despite its flaws.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 15, 2017, 02:06:54 pm
I wish to point out that the "padding" in an open world game may actually be the meat of the game. Like punching people in Mortal Kombat it is what the game is built on and the plot happens somewhere behind it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on March 15, 2017, 03:15:29 pm
When it's well done and the rewards are planned well it is tasty. When it's repetitive and unrewarding it's bland.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 15, 2017, 03:38:15 pm
Shadow of Mordor was ok for what it was.  I certainly enjoyed my time with the game.  But you're right.  At a certain point the game just doesn't click anymore and goes through the motions.  And yes a QTE boss fight in 2014 is just inexcusable.

Ironbite-as in any year since QTEs became a "thing"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 15, 2017, 06:18:17 pm
Thinking about it more, I will say though that it did do something very very right. That is, !SPOILER WARNING! when the main quest tells you to brand the five warchiefs. Usually, the main story in open world games may as well be completely linear. Go to a specific spot and then everything is entirely on rails for the next ten minutes or so. It's almost like it's another completely different game within a game, and for the most part, Shadow of Mordor is the same. But this part, suddenly the main quest is as open and non-linear as the rest of the game. The game gives you a goal, and you can approach it however you want and at whatever pace you want. Brand the existing chiefs directly, brand a bodyguard and have him organise a coup, brand a low level captain and have him fight his way to the top, or clear out the higher ranks yourself and allow him to be promoted just to fill the power vacuum. It's really the first time I've seen any effort put into making the main questline properly fit the rest of the game in terms of design.

I feel like this a pretty huge innovation and represents the solution to open world games that might as well be linear if not for the side fluff that may or may not be a complete waste of your time, and no one noticed (yes, myself very much included).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 15, 2017, 06:32:57 pm
Yes that part was awesome.  I loved branding the war chiefs.  Hell, some I just made rise through the ranks.  Really opened up the game and made if so much fun.

Ironbite-then the QTEs started
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 16, 2017, 01:18:34 am
QTEs have been complained about for years but developers keep putting them in games where they make no sense.

Like Space marine which had been all about combat up to the end boss and suddenly it becomes a "tap these buttons when we tell you to."

And that one shooter where you play some kind of cowboy-lady who heals by drinking booze and occasionally goes berserk (can't remember the name but it had a decent plot and fun gameplay which they completely ruin with the ridiculous QTE boss.)

Though in my opinion anything is better than Dino Crisis 2 where the end boss is just "run back and forth on a bridge to press buttons as the big bad dino stares at you and occasionally tries to bite but doesn't really move." Really, they have the player go up to computers that say "do you wish to activate/target/fire A HUGE KILLER SAT so that you can win the game?" and then the boss just dies.

The boss behaviour makes no sense and it's just so easy and out of place.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: TheL on March 17, 2017, 02:21:10 pm
Soooo jealous of everyone who's got Breath of the Wild.  The only Nintendo systems I've got are a 3DS and a Wii. :/

On a more positive note, a friend of mine (who is also the son of a friend of mine, because that's the weird social landscape I navigate nowadays) loaned me his PS3 copy of Xenoverse, so I can actually play it on something that will run it properly.  I'm up to the Cell Games.

I'd get farther, but Hubby's home, and even when he only has the TV on for "background noise," he still only seems to want it on specific shows. :/  I just want to play DDR and Xenoverse.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 20, 2017, 11:09:56 pm
I'm finding myself genuinely interested in Breath of the Wild, and that is quite surprising. Lately, between the incessant nostalgia bait and shitty consoles that due to a lack of 3rd party support function only as an unnecessary 2nd paywall between me and their games, I've been rather jaded with Nintendo. Breath of the Wild though looks like a rare flash of brilliance. An open world game that's actually open and completely non-linear, where everything you do is relevant in some way, rather than split between linear main story and optional copy-paste filler that may or may not yield even a minor reward? It looks like exactly what I've been looking for since playing Shadow of Mordor.

Damn shame that the weapon breakage is so utterly obnoxious, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 21, 2017, 03:43:53 pm
Apparently there's like a crap ton of weapons just lying around so it's not too obnoxious.  And it's not like weapon degregation hasn't been in games before.  Fallout 3 and New Vegas had it and I kinda miss that in 4.

Ironbite-was a neat mechanic that made weapons actually mean something other then vendor trash.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 21, 2017, 08:14:51 pm
In Fallout 3 and New Vegas, you could repair them yourself fairly trivially, and they didn't degrade so quickly that you went through at least three per fight (forcing you to pause the game to select a new weapon each time). From what I've heard so far, even end game weapons have the durability of paper mache, and fixing it requires you to trek back to the nearest smith and pay to get it reforged. Seems like a fantastic way to completely ruin the flow of the game, if you ask me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 21, 2017, 08:37:19 pm
Dunno bout that.  I haven't heard anything bad about the game and I run in some fairly Nintendo-heavy circles.

Now for a game that isn't Nintendo, Nier: Automata is amazing.  Just amazing.

Ironbite-everything about it is great.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 03, 2017, 05:23:13 am
While it kicked my arse last time, I have to say that the Courier's Mile really isn't that bad if you prepare for it. T-51b power armour plus modded gattling laser plus 100 energy weapons skill plus all the energy weapons related perks means all of those irradiated deathclaws and marked men can't touch you. Didn't even use any chems. The secret is to abandon the idea of anything fancy like sneaking around and sniping and go all in on raw DPS.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 07, 2017, 10:00:36 am
In unrelated news, I've got my hands on the Yooka-Laylee "toybox" demo. Not that I ever expected any different, but it really is Banjo-Kazooie in all but name. Tuesday is going to be a very good day, methinks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on April 07, 2017, 10:38:36 am
And Banjo-Kazooie was great. I see no issues here
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 07, 2017, 03:50:53 pm
I have an announcement!!!!!

Persona 5 is quite good.

That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 07, 2017, 08:05:53 pm
Good, but holy fuck does it hit hard and keep on hitting.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 07, 2017, 10:31:36 pm
Well, it's Shin Megami Tensei. Even Tokyo Mirage Sessions can get tough, despite being far more simplified and fluffier than the rest of the series. This series isn't very forgiving in terms of difficulty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 08, 2017, 09:47:11 am
Oh no, I don't mean difficulty, I mean subject matter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 08, 2017, 03:00:35 pm
I must not be far enough in for too much heavy subject matter. I'm stuck trying to find a goddamn password in a goddamn museum.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on April 10, 2017, 12:14:34 pm
Well this silly fuck bought a PS4 humble bundle that wasn't redeemable in my region, so I'll let one of you guys claim it

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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 10, 2017, 03:25:53 pm
For those wondering, the code has now been claimed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 10, 2017, 06:08:14 pm
I was tempted by the code, but the only things in the bundle I would want are the Darksiders games... and I already have those.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 10, 2017, 09:19:54 pm
I needed to fill out my PS4 library, and Red Faction (w/ extras) is a fine way to achieve just that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 12, 2017, 07:02:34 am
Guess what I'm playing? Here's a hint. It's starts with a Y and ends in ooka-Laylee.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on April 12, 2017, 09:32:18 am
How is it? I keep hearing that it's quite underwhelming, but I tend to not trust masses of people screaming on the internet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 12, 2017, 10:21:08 am
While it's not as good as Banjo-Kazooie or Tooie, I highly doubt that's even possible with the sheer, ungodly amount of nostalgia I have for those games. I will say that the worlds (I say "worlds" when I've only been in the first one so far) are a little too big for the amount of stuff there is to do. There's huge amounts of empty space between setpieces that contain most of the actual content, which is especially annoying as the Talon Trot equivalent is tied to stamina meter. It's by no means a deal-breaker, but it is just a tad annoying.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on April 14, 2017, 04:17:22 am
Persona 5 is gamer crack. The subject matter hits like a truck, and shit gets real in a HURRY..
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on April 14, 2017, 07:21:23 am
Hah. A simple beat'em up where you play a French presidential candidate and force rich folks to pay their taxes.

http://fiscalkombat.fr (http://fiscalkombat.fr)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 14, 2017, 12:51:37 pm
Anyone here play Bloodborne?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 15, 2017, 02:23:26 am
Persona 5 is gamer crack. The subject matter hits like a truck, and shit gets real in a HURRY..


I'm 51 hours in and at September. This point is a bit slow after August (which was just plain depressing), but I am enjoying the game, regardless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 16, 2017, 01:50:58 am
I just completed Yooka-Laylee 100%. I have to say, that was thoroughly enjoyable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 16, 2017, 10:29:25 am
Did the second boss of Persona 5; its amazing how Atlus managed to create people more despicable than Adachi.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 17, 2017, 02:22:51 am
Did the second boss of Persona 5; its amazing how Atlus managed to create people more despicable than Adachi.

Yeah, just wait until you get to Futaba. Atlus made one of the most depressing things I've seen in a game with her.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 17, 2017, 07:46:13 am
Well, even if the name ain't on the box, it's still Shin Megami Tensei.  If there weren't depression and horror in equal amounts, folks would cry foul.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 17, 2017, 08:33:32 pm
Well, even if the name ain't on the box, it's still Shin Megami Tensei.  If there weren't depression and horror in equal amounts, folks would cry foul.

Fair point. Also, I must point out a disclaimer that this is only the second time I've gotten deep into a Shin Megami Tensei game. The other time being Tokyo Mirage Sessions, which, as I said earlier, is a lot lighter and fluffier than the rest of the series (ironic considering that Fire Emblem is about war and often features romance subplots involving incest).

I really need to play more of Persona 4, as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on April 17, 2017, 09:29:05 pm
I'm gonna buy Fate/Extella tomorrow.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on April 17, 2017, 10:27:38 pm
Finally getting around to getting P5 tomorrow. I need it so bad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 18, 2017, 05:57:17 pm
Finally getting around to getting P5 tomorrow. I need it so bad.

Yes. Yes you do. It is so damn good. There's a reason I've put 76 hours into it so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on April 21, 2017, 05:01:19 pm
So I forgot I had bought a copy of Diablo back in 2015 at a Good-Will in Austin Texas, didn't figured it would work, turns out it does.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on April 22, 2017, 02:54:11 am
Did the second boss of Persona 5; its amazing how Atlus managed to create people more despicable than Adachi.

Yeah, just wait until you get to Futaba. Atlus made one of the most depressing things I've seen in a game with her.

Yeah, and the one after that hits even harder. Atlus has villain-making down to a damned ART.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 23, 2017, 04:49:35 am
Persona 5 final time: 97 hours and 49 minutes.

I honestly can't think of another RPG I've put that much time into in a single play through.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 23, 2017, 10:51:03 am
Over 30 hours in and just about to the end of the 3rd palace.  Prolly gonna hit over 100 like I did in 4.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 24, 2017, 02:45:32 am
You're getting pretty close to when the game introduces my favorite character. Who is also the most depressing character.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 24, 2017, 08:54:47 am
Ha, I figured as much.  Also, the party's overdue to receive it's Rise...if not in personality, then in function.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on April 24, 2017, 10:00:51 am
*Personally preferred Fuuka to Rise*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 24, 2017, 10:08:48 am
Fuuka was pretty cool, but I personally preferred diikhead.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 24, 2017, 12:57:08 pm
I've not played P3, so I can't really judge either way.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 24, 2017, 03:03:58 pm
I wasn't aware that support party members were normal for the series, having never played Persona 3 and playing so little of Persona 4 that I haven't even recruited Yukiko.

EDIT: Have started a new game of Persona 4 Golden. I can officially say... that I've recruited Yukiko.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on April 24, 2017, 03:57:05 pm
You'll adore Futaba. And I admit it, the homeroom teacher is interesting. And have you guys noticed how much inspiration they took from the Arsene Lupin novels and stories?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 24, 2017, 09:19:44 pm
Akira's Persona being Arsene is pretty on the nose there.

Also, yes, Futaba is great, but Jesus fuck everything around her is depressing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 25, 2017, 02:17:17 am
The more I hear about that game series the less I want to play it. Sure, I understand that a lot of people like it. I understand that sad stories can have beauty in them. ...It's just that I have seen/read enough tragedies by Japanese manga/anime writers that I have reached my limit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on April 25, 2017, 02:50:02 am
They're so gooooooood... And 4 is very bright and cheery most of the time. 3 is a bit dark, but its still mostly non tragic. Aside from
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But 4 is almost all happiness. Even if it is about thwarting a serial killer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 25, 2017, 03:02:44 am
Ultimately the story is optimistic. There is tragedy and depression involved, but it serves the purpose of showing how people can overcome these things (I've made a big deal about how everything surrounding Futaba is depressing, but all of that tragedy serves her character development). Persona 5 is about rejecting the path society expects you to take in favor of your own and, from what I've gathered (again, never played the first four games in the series and have only scratched the surface of P4), showing how companionship can save you is a recurring theme in the series.

But 4 is almost all happiness. Even if it is about thwarting a serial killer.

Thwarting a serial killer and fighting inner demons if the first 10 hours are anything to go on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on April 25, 2017, 03:11:12 am
More "accepting yourself for who you really are" to be honest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 26, 2017, 08:57:15 am
Well, I know who I'm going for in Persona 5.  ... The one that needs it the most, to be honest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 26, 2017, 07:57:28 pm
There's also the possibility that she WON THE FINAL BATTLE FOR ME. Seriously, I took a risk to see if I could neutralize his strongest attack (you can't. Jury's still out in whether or not you can weaken it, though) and her last Confidant ability triggered and poss8bly saved me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on April 28, 2017, 10:18:30 pm
Took down a major boss in P5 today. It was very satisfying to put a boot up a particular bastard's ass.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 29, 2017, 12:03:07 am
That's..... not very specific.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 29, 2017, 12:16:16 am
Yeah, kinda enjoyed all of em, thus far.  For different reasons, of course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on April 29, 2017, 01:48:16 am
That's..... not very specific.

Avoiding spoilers tends to do that. I took down the douche who framed the main. Is that better?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 29, 2017, 09:44:14 am
....... not really?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 30, 2017, 08:52:28 pm
Oh dear lord, Futaba is the saddest, most adorable thing I've seen, like, ever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 30, 2017, 10:44:18 pm
Told you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on May 01, 2017, 01:35:55 pm
Defeated P5 and got the true ending. Now that I gutted that out, it's time for New Game +
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 01, 2017, 02:39:48 pm
I am surprised at the...number of romance options in P5.  I'll leave it at that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on May 02, 2017, 02:57:10 am
I am surprised at the...number of romance options in P5.  I'll leave it at that.

So am I. It isn't just the number, but also who you can romance.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 02, 2017, 03:10:16 am
I... romanced Futaba... unintentionally. No really, I got her to Rank 10 and had the romance dialog dropped on me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 02, 2017, 07:52:58 am
I'm going for her; the game seems to be going towards OTP with her kinda like 4 did with Yukiko​.  Don't mind it a bit, though, because not only can I supersize with her to a somewhat depressing degree, she is easily the most adorable thing on the face of the planet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 02, 2017, 09:24:38 am
Was 4 doing that with Yukiko? I didn't notice... Besides, I always did 4 the same way you do 3. 'Cause you know what, screw it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 02, 2017, 10:18:26 am
Well, either her or Rise, but Rise was far too blatant.  Everyone else had someone that they could conceivably go with: Chie and Yosuke had a tsundere/UST thing going on and Kanji and Naoto, while a lot more obvious in the anime, were pretty obvious in the game, as well.  Teddie and Rise kinda match up a bit, but Teddie is far too mentally young for it to not be weird and as a certain fic author put it, Rise kinda became a slut for Narukami.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 02, 2017, 01:16:42 pm
Yeah, not a fan of Kanji/Naoto. It was toned down a lot in the american release, but Kanji was gay as hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 02, 2017, 01:38:58 pm
Didn't see that, to be honest.  I saw a kid who might be bi struggling to be accepted in a society where the masculine macho man is the standard whilst being more sensitive and having "non-masculine" hobbies like sewing.  Kinda like Naoto dealing with misogynistic fucknuggets in her chosen field.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 02, 2017, 01:47:29 pm
Yeah it was toned down a LOT in the american release.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 02, 2017, 02:41:28 pm
Yeah, I got "bi" from Kanji, as well. Of course, regardless of whether he's gay or bi, the writers could have gone without Yosuke's gay panic.

Come to think of it, considering how Yosuke reacts to Kanji and Hanako, why does he always seem to be the subject of the problematic jokes?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SheChire on May 04, 2017, 07:10:39 pm
Started playing Tera with hubby as of late(on account of having a one single mandatory mmo on a disk), anyone over here plays already or perhaps wanna join in?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 05, 2017, 01:49:53 pm
Playing thru Duke Nukem Forever and... I can't see why people hated it so much, honestly.  Were they expecting Shin Megami Tensei storytelling?  D&D levels of mechanical complexity?  Its DUKE.  It's dumb, it's simple, and most importantly, it's fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 05, 2017, 02:30:12 pm
The character hasn't aged well, and lots of the controls are a little clunky.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 05, 2017, 04:40:58 pm
Meh, people expecting that, if ya ask me, were expecting too much to begin with.  He's not just gonna stop being Duke because the character's old.  He plays to a similar crowd that likes the more tongue-in-cheek Schwarzenegger flicks or Demolition Man.  Course, that's just me, and I can forgive a little awkwardness in the controls if a game is still fun.  If I want a complicated, narrative-driven shooter, I'll play Spec Ops and try to keep myself from drinking myself to death.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 06, 2017, 03:08:55 am
Wait, we're allowed to talk about games that aren't Persona in here?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 06, 2017, 09:53:58 am
You might make the media-hungry Light Yagami Goro Akechi cry, but honestly, fuck him.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 08, 2017, 11:28:40 am
After a three month hiatus, I've gotten back into Minecraft. Holy shit, it's like heroin had a threesome with nicotine and meth. I pop back in just to see how my old world is going, and 8 hours later I have built an automated ore production and sorting system and am almost ready to get refining automated as well.

I have to say, I pity anyone playing with Ex Nihilo without Storage Drawers. Those things are a fucking godsend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 08, 2017, 12:57:06 pm
I pity anyone playing without Storage Drawers in general.  Even on their own, they make a fantastic way to store tonnes of crap.  Also great if you don't want to clog your AE system with said tonnes of crap.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SheChire on May 09, 2017, 02:07:10 pm
Meh, people expecting that, if ya ask me, were expecting too much to begin with.  He's not just gonna stop being Duke because the character's old.  He plays to a similar crowd that likes the more tongue-in-cheek Schwarzenegger flicks or Demolition Man.  Course, that's just me, and I can forgive a little awkwardness in the controls if a game is still fun.  If I want a complicated, narrative-driven shooter, I'll play Spec Ops and try to keep myself from drinking myself to death.

Personally I found the game to be at least a bit fun as well. Even with the inclusion of those idiotic references and puzzles but you had to play it after they gave back the arsenal. Duke is NOT a game about running with two pathetic guns. 

Right now started a dead space 3 co-op campaign with hubby, two big custom made pcs in the same livin room, junk food, beer and soda galore!  ;D Nothing beats getting stoned and yelling like two idiots during the space-junk-avoiding sequence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 12, 2017, 02:43:51 am
You know what's really nice to have in a void world when you only have around five or so lives left? Fucking jetpack, that's what. I'm 1000x safer and building is so much more convenient as well. Gravity can lick my hairy taint from now on because I have died via falling off my base for the last fucking time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 12, 2017, 06:26:23 am
That reminds me, I need to get back into Advanced Genetics.  Being an unarmoured superbeing is quite enjoyable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 12, 2017, 07:45:17 am
Wow, that looks like an awesome mod. I might have to get into that myself at some point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 12, 2017, 12:11:31 pm
It is quite nice and damned handy.  Though, I think they might've axed the regeneration ability in 1.7...considering you could use that and every other ability, people prolly cried "OP!!!111!1!1ELEVENTY" like a bunch of whiny bitches.  That's fine.  That's why I have ChromatiCraft, motherfuckers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 22, 2017, 03:28:44 am
Well, I'm a bit late to the party (especially since I've had the game for about a year), but I've finally gotten through Persona 4. 67 hours, 35 minutes. Side note: This is the happiest game about thwarting a serial killer I've ever seen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 22, 2017, 07:40:39 am
Also, Yukiko is best waifu.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 22, 2017, 10:37:22 pm
Eh. I don't really like any of the romantic options. Rise's affections for Yu are obvious comic relief, while Chie and Yosuke very obviously have a thing for each other. I actually found Yukiko boring as a love interest. Not boring as a character, mind you, just boring as a love interest.

EDIT: After thinking about it, honestly, I wish Yosuke as a romance option hadn't been removed. He and Yu have a surprising amount of chemistry.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 23, 2017, 03:21:31 am
The more I think about it, the more of a point you have.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 23, 2017, 03:24:51 pm
Overwatch is doing their 1 year anniversary event.

Ironbite-Genji wins
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on May 23, 2017, 05:46:47 pm
I only just now realized how completely bonkers both parts of Persona 2's plot was. Cults! NWO conspiracies! Kids locking each other in temples to avoid a move! Nyarlathotep making Nazis invade Japan! A telepathic undead decapitated head!

...hoo boy...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 25, 2017, 02:31:11 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_zzHfoQENE

Somewhere a single tear rolls down Kojima's face as he whispers "...You'le pletty good."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 26, 2017, 01:16:30 pm
New Far Cry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxav5An1sAs

a) It's set in USA.

b) How are they going to explain why the US law enforcement and national guard aren't there to stop the villains?

c) Some folks are upset that the villains are Christians. ...You know what? Christians have done some really fucked up shit in the past but I think we can safely agree that you can be a Christian without being part of a murderous cult that takes over your country.

d) I am reminded of the "WHY ARE THE KKK THE VILLAINS!" outrage from Mafia 3 but at least this time we can agree that not all Christians are evil.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on May 26, 2017, 01:44:15 pm
...That eight pointed cross symbol the cult was using gave me some really weird Chaos Undivided vibes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 26, 2017, 04:17:16 pm
I honestly can't wait.

Ironbite-killing rednecks?  AWESOME!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 26, 2017, 05:17:59 pm
I honestly can't wait.

Ironbite-killing rednecks?  AWESOME!

Playing a redneck, possibly a priest, while killing some sort of religious fanatics who have taken over the county.

Someone noted that "they can't be Christians" because one of them refers to himself as the "father" and no Christian priest would call himself that because only God is called the Father...

Which once again reminded me that some Christians still refuse to accept that Catholics are also Christians. (I keep forgetting because it is such a silly rivalry.)

EDIT:
(http://i.imgur.com/ywCJHc4.jpg)

...So the "Average Americans" are cultists who murder people and start a violent revolution? I repeat: If you identify with the villain please describe what part of their actions do you think is acceptable.

I mean, it could just be "they have guns, I have guns." But the heroes also have guns so why not identify with them? "They are religious and so am I." ...One of the heroes is a priest. "DO I HAVE TO SAY IT OUTLOUD?! THE VILLAINS ARE WHITE AND SO AM I!" ...2/3 of the heroes seem to be white. Isn't that enough representation for you?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 27, 2017, 12:09:11 am

b) How are they going to explain why the US law enforcement and national guard aren't there to stop the villains?


Cliven Bundy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 27, 2017, 12:37:07 am
They didn't kill anyone. I have the feeling that if they had as much as fired one shot at the authorities things would have gone differently.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Zygarde on May 27, 2017, 02:25:36 am
You guys don't know much about the geography of the U.S do you? There are some really cut off places in the U.S. small towns where the idea of a cell phone tower don't exist, trust me if a town is cut off enough it can easily end up like this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 27, 2017, 08:49:10 am
Yup.  That, and if you'll recall your Domestic Terrorism And You packets, you can't be both white and a terrorist.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 27, 2017, 01:10:12 pm
I have finally, FINALLY gotten it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 27, 2017, 03:25:57 pm
The thing I'm looking forward to is being a black lady shooting up rednecks.  Cause Ubisoft is letting you pick the gender and race of your protagonist.

Ironbite-instead of another white wonder bread.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 27, 2017, 07:23:00 pm
If I can go full-on Saint's Row, I'll either be a very, very Mexican man in a mariachi outfit or Duke Nukem.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 27, 2017, 07:44:53 pm
That bastard. That BASTARD! (I'm just over 3 hours into Persona 5.) (also, does anyone else think the school's principal looks almost exactly like the Kingpen from the 90's Spider-man cartoon?)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 27, 2017, 08:58:49 pm
I just call him Principal Melted Jelly Bean.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 27, 2017, 09:16:41 pm
Seriously.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 27, 2017, 10:52:43 pm
That bastard. That BASTARD! (I'm just over 3 hours into Persona 5.) (also, does anyone else think the school's principal looks almost exactly like the Kingpen from the 90's Spider-man cartoon?)

Oh, you sweet summer child. You have no idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on May 27, 2017, 10:56:27 pm
That bastard. That BASTARD! (I'm just over 3 hours into Persona 5.) (also, does anyone else think the school's principal looks almost exactly like the Kingpen from the 90's Spider-man cartoon?)

Oh, you sweet summer child. You have no idea.

Don't worry. They'll see eventually just how deep the whole thing goes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 27, 2017, 10:59:34 pm
It only gets more fun from there!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 27, 2017, 11:35:38 pm
Eh. He drove someone to attempting suicide. He deserves the title. Just sayin.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 28, 2017, 12:33:00 am
Eh. He drove someone to attempting suicide. He deserves the title. Just sayin.

Don't forget the (spoiler and trigger warning)
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on May 28, 2017, 01:10:42 am
Eh. He drove someone to attempting suicide. He deserves the title. Just sayin.

Ah I see you met Shit Coach.

I too have been playing Persona 5. About Level 29, have just beat Kaneshiro.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 28, 2017, 01:39:20 am
Protip: hang around doing nothing in Mementos when its flu season.  Eight levels in one fight and I did great fuck all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 28, 2017, 11:14:03 am
Eh. He drove someone to attempting suicide. He deserves the title. Just sayin.

Don't forget the (spoiler and trigger warning)
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Right. There's that, too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 29, 2017, 01:04:38 am
Sooo, I decided to skip Persona 3 and instead watch the Persona 3 movies. The result:

MMMMM, that's some good existentialism.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on May 29, 2017, 09:46:07 am
It sure is. Best existentialism I've ever tasted.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 30, 2017, 12:52:11 am
I just came up with a theory about Phoenix Wright. Basically, the game takes place in an alternate post-WWII Japan where the US never developed the Manhattan Project, and therefore never nuked Japan. Instead, Japan was steadily subdued with sustained conventional bombing of its major cities that went on for years, before troops were eventually sent in. By this point, every major Japanese city was reduced to almost nothing, the imperialist government has long since ceased to function on even the most basic level and only the tiniest fraction of their former inhabitants not dead or fled, though rural areas were relatively untouched. Without even the remnants of a functional state and industrialised economy, and the US wanting a strong and capable ally and platform in Northern Asia in the inevitable conflict with the USSR, Japan was annexed directly, and massive amounts of resources were directed not only to rebuilding their shattered economy, but also to encouraging American families to relocate to Japan in order to restore their urban population.

By the mid 2000's, we see the results of these efforts to rebuild the country in America's image. Large, highly Americanised cities with an overwhelming majority of Caucasian inhabitants with a strong American cultural identity, though a significant Japanese influence can still be seen if one knows where to look, with the surrounding countryside still inhabited with an ethnic Japanese majority who, though they retain a good deal more of their original culture than their urban counterparts, have nonetheless been every heavily Americanised over the past half century.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 30, 2017, 01:04:00 am
So what you're saying is that Phoenix Wright takes place in the Code Geass universe.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 30, 2017, 01:10:28 am
A bit like that, though with less overt oppression of the (big enough to warrant organised oppression) population and more (more or less) peaceful assimilation what little of it is left.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on May 30, 2017, 03:52:00 pm
Injustice 2 - Brainiac is voiced by Jeffrey Combs, which makes it the greatest game ever made.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 03, 2017, 12:37:51 am
Tekken 7: Or how NOT to write a fighting game story.

Seriously, this game's story mode is hilariously inept.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 03, 2017, 05:13:25 am
Tekken 7: Or how NOT to write a fighting game story.

Seriously, this game's story mode is hilariously inept.

Wasn't Tekken's story always stupid and inept though? Isn't that half the charm?  Or is this one gone too far?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 03, 2017, 05:58:08 am
I've only played Tekken 2 and 3 and those plots were stupid. There were like a few storylines that are serious and then there's stuff like "velociraptor with boxing gloves," "series of cyborg warriors that just want to have friends and protect a little girl and they all are killed for disobeying direct orders," "Johhny-American-Karateman challenges aliens to a street fight because he has already beaten magical monsters on Earth" or "We took a character from a semi-popular manga and have him guest star in our game. It's a farting, fighthing mini-dinosaur."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 03, 2017, 07:52:59 pm
Well, yeah, Tekken's story has always been crap. It's batshit insane and if I didn't know better, I might think it was intentional because that would almost make sense. I imagine that there isn't any regular Tekken player that has any illusion that this series has a good story.

However, with Tekken 7, the dev team decided to take a page from Netherrealms' book and made a story mode in the same vein as Mortal Kombat or Injustice. However, what they forgot was that Netherrealms had good writing on its side. Instead, we get non-sequitur cutscenes, ANOTHER reiteration of Heihachi throwing Kazuya off a cliff, some bizarre plot of two giant megacorporations starting World War III or something and Heihachi taking control of the Mishima Zaibatsu because Jin is nowhere to be seen (how Jin got control of the Mishima Zaibatsu in the first place, I have no idea) and he just showed up to the Zaibatsu's headquarters and told Nina he was in charge again. Not to mention Jin somehow ending up in the desert for no apparent reason and Lars showing up to help him.

Add to all of that some hilariously bad voice acting, characters speaking their native language at all times (so you'll have a conversation with Heihachi speaking Japanese, Nina speaking English and Claudio speaking Italian with no one blinking an eye at it) and a completely pointless framing device of some journalist telling the story and this is one of the most unintentionally funny things I've ever seen.

Of course, the fighting system is as fantastic as ever, so the important part is still there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 06, 2017, 02:50:23 pm
So Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon are a thing. And people are whining about it... based on less than a minute of footage.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 06, 2017, 04:57:12 pm
Because they wanted Stars man.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 06, 2017, 09:19:08 pm
That just makes no sense to me. "We don't want something different from what we already have, we want to same game with small differences!" Seriously, it's the Black and White 2 complaints all over again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 09, 2017, 12:44:14 am
The last boss of Persona 5 was actually a bit challenging... not nearly as much as Izanami-no-Okami, though.  That bitch was brutal.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 09, 2017, 02:41:17 am
I always found her easy. Then again, I was always at least in the mid 80s.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 09, 2017, 09:10:49 am
Yeah, it'd probably be easier in NG+, since that's the only time one can fight the Reaper.  Seems that, after doing that just once in 5, we just kinda roflstomped everything up to Yaldabaoth, himself.  Almost needed a soma, for him.  ...Except the cock chariot, Mara, for some reason.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on June 10, 2017, 04:25:52 pm
Guess what it's time for?

It's time for me to post news that's exciting me that no one else cares about!

(https://68.media.tumblr.com/5c74a5a290390b573567d80f33c396fb/tumblr_inline_orchjc05NW1uo0wtz_540.png)

Awwwww yeah. They finally gave a release date for an American release. Just two more weeks and I'll finally get to play too!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 10, 2017, 05:57:17 pm
I always found her easy. Then again, I was always at least in the mid 80s.
Yeah, it'd probably be easier in NG+, since that's the only time one can fight the Reaper.  Seems that, after doing that just once in 5, we just kinda roflstomped everything up to Yaldabaoth, himself.  Almost needed a soma, for him.  ...Except the cock chariot, Mara, for some reason.

I beat them both around lvl 75. I found Yaldabaoth more exhausting and more involved, but Izanami definitely hit harder. Izanami gets points for being harder to reach than Yaldabaoth since you pretty much have to try to get Persona 5's bad endings, while getting Persona 4's true ending is kinda obtuse. Of course, I don't think either fight had me using the most efficient parties in the world. I used Yu, Yukiko, Yosuke and Naoto against Izanami and Akira, Morgana, Makoto and a rotating slot for Yaldabaoth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 10, 2017, 06:58:14 pm
Ann with Concentrate and agidyne absolutely obliterated Yaldabaoth and all but one of his arms.  Boosting her attack was pretty much just a formality, at that point.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 11, 2017, 12:37:08 am
By the end of the fight, I had Haru taking advantage of her evolved Persona's immunity to Psy and I had Akira using a Persona that was immune to Nuclear to shrug off the arms reflecting attacks back at me. Morgana was pretty much entirely focused on healing, while Makoto punched things until I needed her to heal. It doesn't help that the only two party members I had reached Confidant rank 10 with were Haru and Futaba.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 12, 2017, 02:24:21 am
Xbox One X? Well good news Nintendo, Wii U is no longer the worst console name in history. And is it supposed to look like a stereotypical shitty Xbox Live gamertag? Coz it does - "X boxone X". Lucky they didn't call it "XxxxEliteSniperzXxxxx". That'll be the next console probably.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 12, 2017, 08:16:42 am
Best part? If the Xbox One was the XbOne, then this is the XbOX. They were attempting to be clever.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 12, 2017, 08:28:15 am
So the packaging this new console comes in, would that be called the Xbox One X Box?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 12, 2017, 07:49:11 pm
And if there's one of the boxes, does it make it the one Xbox One X box?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 12, 2017, 10:32:56 pm
So...... Sony's "press conference" was... kinda crap. Aside from the VR fad, they announced two games. And some DLC. At least Microsoft's showing had new stuff and some improvements for Xbox owners to look forward to (backward compatibility extension, specifically), even if none of their games were actual exclusives.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 12, 2017, 10:47:35 pm
Still hyped for Monster Hunter. And Shadow of the Colossus.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 12, 2017, 11:30:21 pm
Monster Hunter does look nice. As does Spiderman. There are some games there that I want to play.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 13, 2017, 01:56:25 am
Best part? If the Xbox One was the XbOne, then this is the XbOX. They were attempting to be clever.

Huh, don't know how I didn't see that.

But imo that's even worse, coz the Xbox One was already a confusing enough name now they've made it even worse, on purpose.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 13, 2017, 02:19:33 am
...And in the next episode of "boohoohoo why are you cucks so mean to honest hardworking Christian Americans?" People are complaining that the KKK are one of the villains in the next Wolfenstein game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 13, 2017, 02:43:37 am
Best part? If the Xbox One was the XbOne, then this is the XbOX. They were attempting to be clever.

Huh, don't know how I didn't see that.

But imo that's even worse, coz the Xbox One was already a confusing enough name now they've made it even worse, on purpose.

Nah, they're just taking a page from Apple's book. You know, with the amazingly helpfully named iPad. No, not the original. Not in general. I mean the newest model. That is just called iPad.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on June 13, 2017, 05:17:32 am
I'd really love for us to be able to kill the Alt-Right in a similar video game.

Like, one of them shouts "YOU'RE DEAD CUC---" And then the protagonist basically shoots Alt-Right guy's head with something that makes it explode.

One of the missions would let you interrogate a "version" of Milo including by repeatedly kicking his groin until he gives up the info you need from him. Then you get an optional mission to kill him anyway because he really is that insufferable.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2017, 07:50:39 am
...And in the next episode of "boohoohoo why are you cucks so mean to honest hardworking Christian Americans?" People are complaining that the KKK are one of the villains in the next Wolfenstein game.

I so called BJ being alive.  Nothing can stop that man.  Plus, we might get to see Billy Blaze's (aka Commander Keen) dad be born into the world, thus keeping the line alive all the way to Doomslayer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 13, 2017, 09:18:24 am
...But the Doomslayer is from a different dimension.

Also:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-alt-right-thinks-wolfenstein-the-new-colossus-is-racist-to-white-people

Sooo much whining and projection. Did you know that "white people are literally demonized in America?" I doesn't seem like that from the outside but I suppose the person who chose the username "wookie on crack" knows better than I do.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 13, 2017, 03:34:28 pm
The Doomslayer is a force of nature.

Also Nintendo won e3 again.

Ironbite-hands down I will drop a colony on your head if you disagree.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2017, 05:16:23 pm
Nintendo hasn't been good since the GameCube.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 13, 2017, 06:18:37 pm
We live in the same area.  I will find you and I will kill you.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2017, 06:29:04 pm
Bring it, raptor.  Nintendo has barely made any new IPs and all their consoles after the GameCube have been gimmicky bullshit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 13, 2017, 06:32:55 pm
But... New Metroid! and remake of Metroid 2!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2017, 09:40:31 pm
Eeh.  If they don't fuck it up like they did Other M, I'll give them a point.  They're still deep into the negatives for their constant use of contrived scarcity and complete inability to realize that internet reviews are a thing and that fucking with people that do them only ends up making you look like a complete imbecile who can't get the fuck on with the times.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 13, 2017, 09:58:23 pm
Don't forget the fucking joke that is the e-shop, where they've yet to figure out something as simple as user accounts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 14, 2017, 12:07:59 am
To be fair, I know little about those details, as I refuse to buy a Nintendo toy-box.  It'd almost be as immoral as buying an Apple product.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 14, 2017, 01:12:49 am
Nintendo makes good stuff still. The consoles are gimmicky, but the games are solid as hell.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 14, 2017, 01:52:14 am
Nintendo has barely made any new IPs

1-2-Switch
Arms
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat
Box Boy
Captain Rainbow
Codename: STEAM
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Ever Oasis
FlingSmash
Fluidity
Freakyforms
HarmoKnight
Hotel Dusk
The Last Story
Pandora's Tower
Reginleiv
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball
Sakura Samurai
Snipperclips
Soma Bringer
Splatoon
Steel Diver
Tank Troopers
Tomadachi Life/Miitopia
Wii
Wonderful 101
Xenoblade

So here's a list of the first and second party IPs Nintendo has published in the last ten years. Sure, not all of them were released outside of Japan or even good, but I think this list gives me leave to say the following:

With all due respect (and there is a lot of respect there), Ravy, shut up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 14, 2017, 07:48:17 am
I shall respectfully decline.  Compared to the Xbox, where there is tonnes of indie content, Nintendo just doesn't stack up.  Its done okay with first party IPs, I'll not say they've been totally stagnant, but to claim that they've got the same breadth of content as the competition is, in my eyes, ludicrous.  That is another issue I have with Nintendo: their gimmick boxes make development for third parties distinctly difficult.  As an engineer, I know how much of a pain in the ass it is to support multiple BROWSERS, let alone multiple hardware architectures, control schemes, and operating systems.  If Nintendo would cut the gimmicky crap and just make a damned games machine with standard inputs, I'd be willing to bet that their third party support would increase tenfold.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 14, 2017, 10:50:21 am
That's some grade a goal post moving, there. You said they don't make new IPs, but now it's about third parties? I mean, I'd go deeper in how third parties are a red herring, but I'm at work at the moment.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 14, 2017, 02:08:41 pm
I didn't say none; read, please.  I explicitly said "barely."  Unlike others, I try to choose my words precisely.  I have myriad reasons to dislike them.  Don't get me wrong, I wish Nintendo would stop trying to be the quirky neighbour with a gross misunderstanding of how things work in the internet age.  My first game was on the NES; I spent years of my life enjoying Nintendo stuff.  I remember how they used to be, WHY they still get incredible sales despite their overwhelming arrogance and ineptitude.  I want them to be good again and stop being assholes stuck in the 90s.  I have, however, said all I intend to on this matter.  I'll not derail things further.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Stormwarden on June 14, 2017, 09:28:08 pm
*munches popcorn and watched the fight*

If the console is fun for those who play it, why worry about haters?

I,mma hop back on Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 14, 2017, 11:46:20 pm
I didn't say none; read, please.  I explicitly said "barely."  Unlike others, I try to choose my words precisely.  I have myriad reasons to dislike them.  Don't get me wrong, I wish Nintendo would stop trying to be the quirky neighbour with a gross misunderstanding of how things work in the internet age.  My first game was on the NES; I spent years of my life enjoying Nintendo stuff.  I remember how they used to be, WHY they still get incredible sales despite their overwhelming arrogance and ineptitude.  I want them to be good again and stop being assholes stuck in the 90s.  I have, however, said all I intend to on this matter.  I'll not derail things further.

Honestly, I have no interest in arguing about Nintendo's hardware. I see good and bad in both the Wii and Wii U, while I see the Switch as Nintendo adopting an overdue handheld first strategy.  However, I gave you a list of 27 first and second party IPs Nintendo has published in ten years. That's an average of almost three every year. Again, not all of them were good, released outside of Japan or are major releases, but I think that's proof enough that the rhetoric that Nintendo doesn't release enough new IPs is kinda bullshit.

Now, you might wonder why they don't make more AA or AAA IPs and there's a very simple explanation: They tend to sell poorly. Simply put, Splatoon and Xenoblade are the exception, not the rule. Codename: STEAM sold like crap, Wonderful 101 sold like crap. At best, Nintendo's new IPs are hit or miss in success. For every one that succeeds, there's one that bombs.

For the record: This thread is about talking about video games. We're talking about video games, so I'm not sure why you think you're derailing the thread.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 15, 2017, 07:38:29 am
Fair enough.  Figured this was more for the content and less about the industry.

Also, I saw some gameplay and trailers and I gotta say, there's a few things outta E3 that piqued my interest that aren't Wolfenstein: Days Gone, Call of Cthulhu, Crackdown 3, and Vampyr, in no particular order.  I am hype as fuck for Crackdown 3.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 15, 2017, 01:44:54 pm
Crackdown 3 appears to basically be Terry Crews: the Video Game. I am surprisingly OK with this.

Also something I'm surprisingly OK with: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. Sure, I'll play Nintendo and Ubisoft's take on X-Com.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 15, 2017, 02:20:57 pm
I was expecting to LOATHE Mario x Rabbids. However, with it being basically X-COM, I'm in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 17, 2017, 11:47:33 am
Managed to get Fantasy General for free from GOG. Haven't gotten far but seems like the game has aged relatively well.

...The UI is horribly complicated but useable and in a turn based strategy that is at least less of an issue than real-time games.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 20, 2017, 08:45:03 am
I wonder, is there anyone here that actually likes bloom? At least the excessive amounts of it you tend to see in games nowadays? It just occurred to me that I don't think I've ever heard anyone speak positively of it, so I'm curious if it really is as universally disliked as it seems.

Come to think of it, I should probably ask the same about motion blur while I'm at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 20, 2017, 01:32:06 pm
Eeh, they're like any other tools: used well, the results can be quite good.  Unfortunately, they can be...used to excess, much to the detriment of the games that use them in such a manner.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on June 20, 2017, 04:03:53 pm
I wonder, is there anyone here that actually likes bloom? At least the excessive amounts of it you tend to see in games nowadays? It just occurred to me that I don't think I've ever heard anyone speak positively of it, so I'm curious if it really is as universally disliked as it seems.

My simple rule is "if I can notice it, you're doing it wrong". Proper levels of bloom should meld with the environment around it to create a natural effect that you don't notice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 20, 2017, 06:00:35 pm
Bloom is way better than it used to be. Fable is still one of the worst looking games I've ever played purely for the sheer amount of bloom in it. Everything was fucking radioactive.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 22, 2017, 12:03:00 am
So essentially, bloom can be good if used properly (i.e. sparingly). Makes sense. I just wish more games would use it properly instead of turning half the screen white whenever you look at any even slightly pale surface or object.

That said, I have to disagree about motion blur. It's only purpose is copying the look of film and its low frame rate action shots for the sake of copying film.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 22, 2017, 02:23:35 am
I see Digital Foundry and some others constantly claim that motion blur is to prevent you from getting a migraine by simulating how your eyes perceive motion. Seeing as motion blur is literally the first setting I turn off if I want to squeeze a few extra frames out, the thing I notice is that you don't need to simulate it. Your eyes blur motion already.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 22, 2017, 08:23:07 am
Besides, if your motion sickness is triggered by games, I doubt that making things blurry will help much.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 23, 2017, 03:30:58 am
Steam Sale: Sure, I can use Space Marine, Tron 2.0, Fallout 4 and Poker Night on the cheap.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Søren on June 23, 2017, 07:01:44 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DkfJfLO3dA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 23, 2017, 07:32:10 am
Steam Sale: Sure, I can use Space Marine, Tron 2.0, Fallout 4 and Poker Night on the cheap.

Plus, there's that Humongous pack with, like, everything they ever did crammed in for the price of a single new game.  Got nearly 40 games in, if you're into the kind of stuff Humongous did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 23, 2017, 10:46:13 am
Steam sale seems kinda "meh" to me this year.  Mostly because of the huge push on VR games.

Ironbite-I picked up Farcry 4 for now though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 23, 2017, 12:37:56 pm
Oooh, poker night 2 is only a dollar! I'll have to pick that up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vypernight on July 07, 2017, 03:21:33 pm
State of Decay.  Basically GTA with Zombies.  A lot of fun and only $5 on XBox Live until Monday.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 09, 2017, 12:24:07 pm
Once again, Minecraft has pulled me back in. Now, I've got the beginnings of a (very very poorly designed, no doubt) AE2 system up and running.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 09, 2017, 12:51:16 pm
Cosmoteer is available for free. The game isn't finished yet but it seems like a fun little 2D spaceship design/combat game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 09, 2017, 03:44:28 pm
Darksouls: Breath of the Wild has been pretty fun if a bit brutal for me.  Died a few times but hey, brick walls don't go down easily.

Ironbite-GOD IT'S SO MUCH FUN!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2017, 12:06:36 am
Getting back into Crusader Kings 2. I can sum up my current playthrough with just two words. Hail Satan.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 21, 2017, 12:41:02 am
Harmonix put In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in Rock Band.

My response: Wait a minute. This sounds like rock and/or roll.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 27, 2017, 04:26:25 pm
Ok, so I'm watching a Horizon Zero walkthrough and... I think I've figured out a plot twist in advance.

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 31, 2017, 01:46:56 pm
Guild Wars 2, I love ya, but why are so many of your armour sets asymmetrical?!  It drives me fucking insane!  I'll see a set on the wiki, and be like "oh, that looks nice," then I notice the asymmetry and want to claw my eyes out because that shit kills me.  The rest is either boring, bottom-tier crap or shows way too much skin for me to like it.  Like the Sneakthief set...just, I'm sorry, but a thief (be they male or female) does not bare their fucking midriff.  What's the point of covering almost everything else if, when you're sneaking about, you blind everyone with your glowing cracker ass?

I will give it one thing, its armour sets are at least somewhat more sensible than its predecessor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 31, 2017, 08:45:58 pm
No one tell Ravy about TERA.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 01, 2017, 09:20:00 am
Thankfully, I only have enough brain power for one MMO at a time.  Also, I think one of my predictions re GW2 might be coming true:

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[ETA]

I.  FUCKING.  CALLED IT!  I called that shit at fucking release, son!  Its time to remind Balthazar what we humans fucking did to that dickstain, Abaddon.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 05, 2017, 12:11:53 pm
I decided to try a melee only playthrough of New Vegas. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Courier's Mile will be a somewhat interesting affair.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 05, 2017, 12:19:15 pm
I started a Fallout 1 playthrough a while ago. Got through the Junktown quests the last ttime I played. It feels really easy compared to early parts of F2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 05, 2017, 03:13:23 pm
I decided to try a melee only playthrough of New Vegas. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Courier's Mile will be a somewhat interesting affair.

Oh gods you're gonna have fun being a beast.

Ironbite-I've seen LPs of that working.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 06, 2017, 06:07:37 am
I decided to try a melee only playthrough of New Vegas. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Courier's Mile will be a somewhat interesting affair.

Oh gods you're gonna have fun being a beast.

Ironbite-I've seen LPs of that working.

I have to say, even early game it's a lot easier than I thought it would be. At level 5, I wiped out around 90% of the Powder Gangers with nothing but a tire iron and a cleaver. The only reason I let the other 10% live is because I didn't want to fuck up the quest where the NCR storms the prison by killing their leaders. No sense letting perfectly good XP go to waste, eh (or not, as it turns out you can't help the NCR retake the prison without first working for the Powder Gangers. Wonderful bit of quest design, that)?

It's absolutely crazy the limb damage you can do in Melee. Fight a small group of enemies, and ten minutes after they're long dead, you're still getting messages about crippled arms and heads.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 14, 2017, 11:56:50 am
Guild Wars 2, the only MMO that lets you be an obsessive cat hoarder (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hungry_cat_scavenger_hunt).  MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 14, 2017, 12:49:30 pm
Trying out Saint's Row IV. I have to say, it has the one thing I've been craving in these crime sandbox games that we no longer call GTA clones because it's impolite. You can listen to music outside vehicles. No more will my jamming sessions be interrupted because I got out of a car. It only took, what, twelve years before anyone realised that that might be a good idea.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on August 14, 2017, 01:16:52 pm
Trying out Saint's Row IV. I have to say, it has the one thing I've been craving in these crime sandbox games that we no longer call GTA clones because it's impolite. You can listen to music outside vehicles. No more will my jamming sessions be interrupted because I got out of a car. It only took, what, twelve years before anyone realised that that might be a good idea.

Funny thing is the last 2 GTA games gave your character/s a mobile phone.  Does Rockstar know that mobiles can play music files or have none of their staff bought a phone in over a decade?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 15, 2017, 04:41:39 am
Unlikely, as they also don't seem to realise that portable radios have been a thing since the 80s.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on August 15, 2017, 06:28:18 pm
Unlikely, as they also don't seem to realise that portable radios have been a thing since the 80s.

But at least they never made a GTA game where your character walks around with a portable radio in his pocket that doesn't play music lol.  To give you a music playing device, like a phone, that doesn't play music in a game that's famous for it's in-universe soundtracks is just weird to me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 15, 2017, 10:42:36 pm
But at least they never made a GTA game where your character walks around with a portable radio in his pocket that doesn't play music lol.
Come to think of it, I'm not so sure. I'm pretty sure motorbikes don't tend to have radios.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on August 15, 2017, 10:45:58 pm
Actually, I've seen it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 15, 2017, 11:40:43 pm
Sonic Mania is fun.  That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 16, 2017, 10:59:41 pm
Except for the boss in the Oil Ocean Zone. Fuck that thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 28, 2017, 05:27:25 pm
Holy shit, Destiny 2 feels fantastic on PC.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: pyro on September 01, 2017, 01:29:06 pm
Sonic Mania is fun.  That is all.

Speaking of games that are famous for their soundtracks...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 21, 2017, 05:17:17 am
Crusader Kings 2 is getting a new DLC, and it looks really shit. Basically, it's China but without actually having China on the map. If ever there were a sign that it's time to start over with a better engine, it's this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 05, 2017, 09:39:22 am
Okay, the Reaper spec for Necromancer in Guild Wars 2 is awesome.  I literally scream people to death.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on October 05, 2017, 03:26:50 pm
I just beat Cuphead!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 08, 2017, 09:17:13 am
Yakuza 0 is fuckin amazing.  Kiryu-san is simultaneously badass and adorable, even though he's a giant of a man, and Majima-san is a smooth fucker...when he's not slamming people's heads into walls with a smile on his face.

[ETA]

Think I finally figured out how to beat Misters Shakedown.  Gotta go Ali on their asses.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on October 16, 2017, 10:14:15 am
Why can't I hire a Mr. Shakedown as security for my properties?  I know I could swing at least one of em with a decent sales pitch.  Keep those Billionaire cunts off my back.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 26, 2017, 04:30:43 am
So, anyone else playing Destiny 2 on PC? Game's pretty solid so far and is crazy well optimized. It's a rare find for me to be able to hit near locked 60fps at max settings and the lowest I've seen in Destiny is around 53fps. Literally the only reason I don't have ambient occlusion and texture filtering at max is because turning those down all but eliminates regular dips.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on October 26, 2017, 04:33:09 am
I haven't been but I might be soon. I watched it be streamed for almost 14 hours on Tuesday, and it looks REAL good. The only issue is I don't have any friends to play with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 26, 2017, 09:58:07 am
Been playing it since it dropped.  Cause I do that.

Ironbite-you can figure out who the dumb purple headed hunter is.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 26, 2017, 11:35:11 am
Wolfenstein 2 looks good.

The plot has been getting crazier and crazier with each game. Which is still true even though they left the supernatural stuff two games ago...

The only thing I dislike that the current timeline has retconned BJ killing Hitler. He's still alive in this one. (Which does explain/change few things. For example, the previous game did not end with a "Nazis lose" button. Instead they just lost their head science guy and the scrappy band of rebels has a submarine that they can now use to continue their fight.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 26, 2017, 11:10:47 pm
Been playing it since it dropped.  Cause I do that.

Ironbite-you can figure out who the dumb purple headed hunter is.

I haven't been but I might be soon. I watched it be streamed for almost 14 hours on Tuesday, and it looks REAL good. The only issue is I don't have any friends to play with.

Cloud3514#1716

Add me if you want. Let's shoot Gary back to... whatever the Cabal homeworld is called. I'm running a Stormcaller Warlock.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 27, 2017, 10:34:33 am
And I'm at level 20.

Ironbite-when'd the game come out again?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 30, 2017, 07:20:02 am
Meanwhile, I'm getting back into Mount and Blade: Warband. Personally, I don't know why everyone is so terrified of sea raiders. They go down easily enough and they're a wonderful font of XP and loot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on October 30, 2017, 07:22:59 pm
So, anyone else playing Destiny 2 on PC? Game's pretty solid so far and is crazy well optimized. It's a rare find for me to be able to hit near locked 60fps at max settings and the lowest I've seen in Destiny is around 53fps. Literally the only reason I don't have ambient occlusion and texture filtering at max is because turning those down all but eliminates regular dips.

I'm all in on Destiny 2, man. been playing since the first one on PS3 and it feels like such a better game on PC, it's unbelievable. the performance on my computer is a bit more inconsistant though, but that's probably just my aging pc. The fact the game has no global chat is completely insane, though. hit lvl20 tonight on my Warlock (ran a Titan on D1 and I'm really enjoying Warlock) and looking forward to eventually running the raid. PVP is so much more enjoyable on PC, the ability to make quick turns and no reliance on the auto-aim improves things dramatically.

My tag is DakotaBob#2751
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 30, 2017, 09:41:33 pm
Request sent. Now get the Rat King Crew so I have someone to help me get the Rat King. Same with you, Ibbles.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on October 31, 2017, 02:57:45 pm
Meanwhile, I'm getting back into Mount and Blade: Warband. Personally, I don't know why everyone is so terrified of sea raiders. They go down easily enough and they're a wonderful font of XP and loot.

Yeah, with the vanilla game. When you use something like the Floris Mod Pack (which I highly recommend) you are best avoiding them until you and your men get some experience and you get proper equipment. Then they become a wonderful font of XP and loot again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 02, 2017, 10:20:39 am
I've got this Rat King thing sitting in my inventory but don't know what it wants.

Ironbite-WHAT DO YOU WANT!  DON'T BE LIKE THE MIDI TOOL AND MAKE ME TAKE APART MY FAVORITE WEAPONS!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 02, 2017, 10:33:57 am
Meanwhile, I'm getting back into Mount and Blade: Warband. Personally, I don't know why everyone is so terrified of sea raiders. They go down easily enough and they're a wonderful font of XP and loot.

Yeah, with the vanilla game.

You mean with the default difficulty settings? Because if you ask me, playing with only 1/4 damage to the player is for pansies.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on November 02, 2017, 06:26:15 pm
Meanwhile, I'm getting back into Mount and Blade: Warband. Personally, I don't know why everyone is so terrified of sea raiders. They go down easily enough and they're a wonderful font of XP and loot.

Yeah, with the vanilla game.

You mean with the default difficulty settings? Because if you ask me, playing with only 1/4 damage to the player is for pansies.
It's also about the raiders being tougher and having better armor which is highlighted by the low level bows having been nerfed against armor. My beginning tactic is harassing and softening the enemies with arrows from horseback to either finish them off myself or give my men easier targets to level them up and the Floris mod pack sea riders pretty much laugh at this attempt.

The mod pack recommendation is not only about the difficulty but mostly about the gameplay additions and improvements to things like AI and group tactics.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 02, 2017, 09:09:07 pm
Meanwhile, I'm getting back into Mount and Blade: Warband. Personally, I don't know why everyone is so terrified of sea raiders. They go down easily enough and they're a wonderful font of XP and loot.

Yeah, with the vanilla game.

You mean with the default difficulty settings? Because if you ask me, playing with only 1/4 damage to the player is for pansies.
It's also about the raiders being tougher and having better armor which is highlighted by the low level bows having been nerfed against armor. My beginning tactic is harassing and softening the enemies with arrows from horseback to either finish them off myself or give my men easier targets to level them up and the Floris mod pack sea riders pretty much laugh at this attempt.

The mod pack recommendation is not only about the difficulty but mostly about the gameplay additions and improvements to things like AI and group tactics.

Ah, gotcha.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 02, 2017, 10:48:30 pm
I've got this Rat King thing sitting in my inventory but don't know what it wants.

Ironbite-WHAT DO YOU WANT!  DON'T BE LIKE THE MIDI TOOL AND MAKE ME TAKE APART MY FAVORITE WEAPONS!

You don't have to take apart weapons for the Rat King. You have to do certain activities with other players with the Rat King Crew. Incidentally, I also have the Rat King Crew and could use someone to do the quest with.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Dakota Bob on November 05, 2017, 02:57:26 pm
I just completed the Rat King quest but I'm willing to help people to finish it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 14, 2017, 06:33:22 am
I decided to give A Hat in Time a go. In the very first area of the game, you can swim around in a giant pile of pillows. I believe that says everything that needs to be said.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 18, 2017, 03:11:34 pm
Getting Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven in a few days.  I am happy for the prospect of playing a ninja game where you aren't Ryu Hayabusa an unstoppable murder machine.  Besides, Rikimaru is prettier than Hayabusa, anyways.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 18, 2017, 04:24:00 pm
....get out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 18, 2017, 07:20:44 pm
Hey, I ain't sayin Hayabusa isn't sexy, I'm just sayin Rikimaru is better.  Plus, there's that whole actually sneaking about like a proper fucking ninja thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 18, 2017, 07:54:59 pm
Get.....out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 18, 2017, 09:13:57 pm
You know you don't have what it takes to chase me off, raptor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on November 20, 2017, 03:38:01 am
Fightfightfight.

Can I haz pictures?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 20, 2017, 04:16:33 am
Sure. You hold their clothes and fetch the baby oil and body glitter and I'll hold the camera.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 20, 2017, 05:11:58 pm
Are you recording a fight or a porno?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: davedan on November 20, 2017, 07:38:25 pm
You ask like there's going to be a difference.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 20, 2017, 10:23:54 pm
Look, I just need to know if we can sell it at mass market or if we'll be stuck with just adult bookstores.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 23, 2017, 07:10:36 am
Strictly speaking it's a fight. Though let's just say no one will be surprised if you wish to rub one out to it.

In more on-topic news, I finished A Hat in Time. I have to say, I'm really loving the old school 3D platformer revival that seems to be happening right now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 28, 2017, 11:47:19 am
Playing thru Lonesome Road again; I forgot how much of a mouthy cunt Ulysses was.  Waxing poetic like he's more than just a mass-murdering fuckrod like every other piece of slaving Legion shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 28, 2017, 03:41:50 pm
Oh god Ulysses.  He's such a god damn bastard.  Guy who sets you up for that ill-fated run then blames you for what you did in the Divide by accident.

Ironbite-I shot his head off.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 28, 2017, 09:12:37 pm
I didn't give him a chance to go on another rambling bullshit monologue.  .50 Explosive BMG rounds answered any of his remaining quasi-philosophical ramblings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 29, 2017, 03:52:16 pm
Ulysses is such a waste of a character.  Like he's hinted at in every DLC and is basically the over arching tie in for all of them and then you get to Lonesome Road and the whole reason for Fallout New Vegas is because you accidentally nuked the Divide.  And this pissed off Ulysses so much he sets you up to take down every single mother fucker in the Wasteland.

Ironbite-good job there Ul.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 30, 2017, 12:03:23 am
He was a lot like Caesar: a character with great potential that ultimately ends up being wasted.  Though, at least with Caesar, he has the excuse of likely having incomplete information about exactly why and how the historical Caesar basically fucked ancient Rome over and was responsible for its ultimate downfall, along with that of Classical civilization.

Ulysses?  He's clearly well-read and intelligent, but he wastes so much time trying to be poetic that he just comes off as overly wordy and generally mouthy.  He commits the greatest possible sin of a video game antagonist: he's boring.  He speaks in this constant, dull, droning monotone that just puts you to sleep.  Plus, his motivation is just weak.  A butt-buddy of Caesar who tries to fuck off from the Legion, gets pissed that the Courier unknowingly craters his new home and, instead of doing something sensible, like hunting you down with a fucking shotgun, decides to go full Bond villain with an idiotic scheme that will only set the Wasteland even further back than it already is.

Of course, there's a theory floating around that Lonesome Road was, at least partially, the head writer giving a giant "fuck you" to the Fallout series' idea that people could actually, ya know, recover from the worst possible outcome for the human race imaginable barring total extinction.  Overall, its just a dull DLC with some interesting weapons and that's it.  The rest is just staid and boring.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 30, 2017, 01:41:51 am
I liked Ulysses.

I thought that his point was to show how much one person can accomplish, Ulysses and the Courier both change the world, for better or worse.

And one of the reasons why all the villains have a flaw is so that the player can reasonably use logic and speech to explain just how they have fucked up.

The Master was creating a new species that was infertile and doomed to die. The Enclave scientist who changes sides does so when he realizes that his people had been mistaken about the mutants not being humans and worthless and were about to commit genocide on a massive level. President Eden and whathisname the Enclave commander pretty much the same but with less resources and cooler voice actors. Caesar and Lanius had built a massive army of glorified raiders and slavers that was pretty good at destroying stuff but had no resources to keep hold of something like Vegas so far away and would have torn themselves apart if Caesar had tried to finally civilize them with his "synthezis" theory.

Just like that, Ulysses was after revenge in a pointless way and believed that by destroying the two new nations he would let humany start again (as it had after the last nuclear holocaust.)

All either have clear flaws in their plans or at least are trying to do something horribly unethical and can be reasoned with. (Ulysses and the F2 Enclave arguably had the best chances of succeeding.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 30, 2017, 08:36:32 am
That's exactly the problem, though.  Ulysses is obviously quite intelligent, but to miss something as obvious as the fact that humanity is still recovering from the LAST apocalypse just stinks of lazy writing.  Again, Avellone basically admitted that Ulysses was an author avatar (a grave writing sin and huge black mark against the character) and that he invented him and the tunnelers because he didn't like the idea of humanity ever being able to recover from the apocalypse.  In Avellone's mind, anything other than a Mad Max-style wasteland with absolutely no hope of recovery was unacceptable.  In short: Ulysses and the tunnelers exist because Avellone wanted Fallout to be boring.  With Lonesome Road, he certainly fucking succeeded.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 30, 2017, 08:50:45 am
Yet the Avellone-written Fallouts show far more progress than Bethesda's contributions to the series. Out west, humanity started with scavenging to survive, then actually started rebuilding, culminating in entire nations that seemed pretty capable of rediscovering and rebuilding the old world, given enough time. Meanwhile on the east coast, 300 years have gone by since the bombs fell, yet for some strange reason nobody seems to have moved beyond scavenging to survive. Scavenging shit like pre-war perishable food and ammo, no less, just to add an additional layer of impossibly stuck in the past.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 30, 2017, 09:10:43 am
Oh, I'm not saying that the Bethesda Fallouts are anything less than ludicrous in their complete lack of world-building and development.  Hell, if you really wanna go the extra mile, Fallout 3 was basically the 1st Fallout, except with bugs in place of a looming threat of losing fresh water, with a bit of 2 (in the form of the Enclave) thrown in.  I mean, one could argue that DC, being a complete shithole prewar, wasn't really capable of supporting large communities on its own due to a lot of the arable land being taken up by concrete bullshit stacked to the clouds.  But Boston?  Near a natural harbour, with access to easy (if not necessarily clean) water that could be used for irrigation?  That there's, like...one actual "city" in the entire Boston area is utterly retarded, especially after several hundred years.

Of course, there's also the little annoyance that no one, after several hundred years, decided to pick up a fucking broom and clean shit up.  I mean, Jesus dick-fucking Christ, why are even the fanciest places in the Mojave (the Strip's casinos) still so full of fucking dirt and grime?  Why has nobody collected all the trash in Diamond City?  Humans do not like living in filth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 30, 2017, 09:40:02 am
I'd argue that Boston had tried to regain some measure of society but the Institute wouldn't let them.  For some reason.  I mean, it's not like anyone knew they were even there unless their security work was so sloppy.  They could've just maintained their silence and watched.  But no, they had to murder the only government that showed up for reasons.

Ironbite-dicks.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 30, 2017, 09:46:57 am
Avellone Fallout show the humanity recovering and the fall of the Brotherhood of Steel.

In F1 some of the communities are quite primitive scavengers but even there some have started to make something new already ...and the BoS have a massive edge of having the best technology, weapons and armour out of all the survivors.

F2 shows how those communities united and formed a democratic nation of NCR as well as the other villages. You still get places like the Den, the tribes and Klamath that are on the edge of civilization both by location and advancement. ...And the BoS have been outgunned by the Enclave and had to admit defeat for the first time in their history.

New Vegas shows how NCR has not only grown bigger but also gained better and better technology and is rich enough to be able to take over other regions (peacefully or by force. They at least contend to fight only raiders and creatures that are hostile without provocation (or so they say but basically it's Manifest destiny all over again. ...And the BoS have been destroyed nearly completely.


...Note that the BoS falls because they close themselves from the outsiders and stagnate while other communities grow and recover. They could have integrated themselves to the NCR and not have minded that they aren't the sole owners of technology, but they didn't and their arrogance drives them to war and defeat. But that's just something I always feel like I need to rant about.


More to  the topic, even in F1 there aren't that many scavengers. Things that can be easily looted have been looted. Scavengers steal from other survivors. Bethesda Fallouts on the other hand have every single building filled with food and stuff from pre-war era as if no one bothered to get out from their hole to see if they could find more supplies. That and all the functioning lights and computers annoyed me enormously in F3. Why would people still scavenge after 100 years? The only places that still had loot in were places that were locked up and filled with radiation or robots that kept people out.

But my other, OTHER point is that the America had recovered. There were brand new nations here and there. Some violent and brutal like the Legion, some Democratic but flawed like NCR. Ulysses could have succeeded as he wasn't nuking everything, just a few locations that would have crippled the forces around Vegas and thus forced that area to fall again and see if something better grew from the ruins.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 30, 2017, 09:58:43 am
Of course, there's also the little annoyance that no one, after several hundred years, decided to pick up a fucking broom and clean shit up.  I mean, Jesus dick-fucking Christ, why are even the fanciest places in the Mojave (the Strip's casinos) still so full of fucking dirt and grime?  Why has nobody collected all the trash in Diamond City?  Humans do not like living in filth.
That always niggled at me as well. If nothing else, those blackjack and roulette tables are in dire need of some new felt. You can't expect me to believe that with the NCR, with all their industrial might next door, can't sell them whatever they need to renovate. Even just a few square metres of green felt would go a long way to prettying the place up a bit. Hell, they probably don't even need the NCR. They've got a guy making neon signs right next door. A local source of textiles is surely within the realm of possibility.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 30, 2017, 06:06:13 pm
Of course, there's also the little annoyance that no one, after several hundred years, decided to pick up a fucking broom and clean shit up.  I mean, Jesus dick-fucking Christ, why are even the fanciest places in the Mojave (the Strip's casinos) still so full of fucking dirt and grime?  Why has nobody collected all the trash in Diamond City?  Humans do not like living in filth.
That always niggled at me as well. If nothing else, those blackjack and roulette tables are in dire need of some new felt. You can't expect me to believe that with the NCR, with all their industrial might next door, can't sell them whatever they need to renovate. Even just a few square metres of green felt would go a long way to prettying the place up a bit. Hell, they probably don't even need the NCR. They've got a guy making neon signs right next door. A local source of textiles is surely within the realm of possibility.

Yeah, its not like they couldn't farm some kind of mutated cotton or something; those clothes can't all be cast-offs from prewar society and/or raided from vaults.

Also, I've almost forgotten how much I enjoyed the deathclaw companion mod for NV.  ♩Me and Little Ripper...♩
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 30, 2017, 08:20:13 pm
Mr. Cuddlesworth is in the hands of the Resistance right now.

Ironbite-ALL HAIL THE RADIO AND RADROACH ALLIANCE!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 30, 2017, 11:38:57 pm
That needs to be a mod.  Bug King.  Any and all mutated bugs follow and protect you with their lives.

You see a man, perched atop a shiny, black throne.  You have wronged him, in some grievous way, and he stands.  The throne disappears, dissolving into a writing mass of glistening, black radroaches that proceed to tear you apart.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 01, 2017, 08:04:37 am
One of the things I've loved about the Fallout New Vegas community is it's still making mods to this day.  Same with other Bethesda games.  If I were Bethesda, I'd be wondering what the fuck I did to inspire so much creativity.

Ironbite-and not try and monitize that shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 01, 2017, 08:48:25 am
Of course, there's also the little annoyance that no one, after several hundred years, decided to pick up a fucking broom and clean shit up.  I mean, Jesus dick-fucking Christ, why are even the fanciest places in the Mojave (the Strip's casinos) still so full of fucking dirt and grime?  Why has nobody collected all the trash in Diamond City?  Humans do not like living in filth.
That always niggled at me as well. If nothing else, those blackjack and roulette tables are in dire need of some new felt. You can't expect me to believe that with the NCR, with all their industrial might next door, can't sell them whatever they need to renovate. Even just a few square metres of green felt would go a long way to prettying the place up a bit. Hell, they probably don't even need the NCR. They've got a guy making neon signs right next door. A local source of textiles is surely within the realm of possibility.

That's another thing. Even Fallout 1 had new buildings and clean streets in some places. Suddenly F3 developers decided that EVERYTHING must look like junk and people are incapable of producing anything new.

New Vegas has no excuses because the casinos are supposed to look fancy. New tablecloth has to be easier to produce than energy weapons that are getting delivered to Vegas...
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Post by: Svata on December 05, 2017, 09:59:59 pm
Oh, I have Destiny 2 on PC now. Svata#11204
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Post by: Cloud3514 on December 05, 2017, 11:02:55 pm
Friend request sent. And approved immediately. K.

Also, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the best game featuring a Scottish catgirl I've ever played.
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Post by: Svata on December 05, 2017, 11:07:50 pm
Battle.net is up and running but destiny is being butts so I saw the notification and saw no reason not to.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on December 06, 2017, 02:41:29 am
Can't argue with that logic.
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Post by: ironbite on December 06, 2017, 04:32:01 pm
Friend request sent. And approved immediately. K.

Also, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the best game featuring a Scottish catgirl I've ever played.

God yes.  The fact that it seems most of the cast is from the that neck of the woods means I'm in accent heaven.

Ironbite-even if the flaps are wrong most of the time.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on December 06, 2017, 09:13:05 pm
A shame about a lot of the character designs, though. And it could have been much better about it. Masatsugu Saito is a capable artist. It's just the sheer amount of fan service designs does this game no favors. Newt and Dahlia make Pyra look subdued. And Pyra is the character that, for a while after the game was announced, made less and less sense to me the more I saw it.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 07, 2017, 12:20:48 pm
For those who are wondering about the original Just Cause (i.e. Nobody, I am well aware), well let's just say that the years have not been kind to it.
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Post by: niam2023 on December 08, 2017, 02:17:14 am
Gonna play some Bloodborne.

I'll feel bad after killing Vicar Amelia - she's a cute big antler-doggo.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 09, 2017, 07:33:01 pm
Anyone else played the original Witcher? Let's just say trying to make an action RPG with the same engine as Knights of the Old Republic and Dragon Age: Origins wasn't exactly the greatest of ideas.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 09, 2017, 07:35:48 pm
Still impressive that they managed to make as good a game as they did, given how poorly-optimized the engine was.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 09, 2017, 07:47:44 pm
Yeah, I'm certainly enjoying the game overall. Even the combat, if only the strategic side of it. Just a shame that anything involving timing and reflexes on my part tends to get lost in translation.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 09, 2017, 09:34:47 pm
XD  Tell me about it.
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Post by: Stormwarden on December 12, 2017, 09:14:10 pm
Latest Fallout: New Vegas playthrough:

Samuel Clemens "Suitcase" Wayfarer.

Independence route (the only one I felt was worth taking).

Spent a LOT of time working for NCR just to preserve infrastructure needed for afterwards.

Spared Ulysses, and stopped the nukes. Saved the Big MT scientists, and have them working for me to help provide new breakthroughs to the Mojave as needed.

In my headcanon, convinced the NCR I was doing them a favor by not requiring them to help hold the Dam. Kept trade routes and broke the back of the Legion by killing Caesar and Lanius. Killing the Legion is just in my nature.

I still tossed that damned General from the Dam though.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 15, 2017, 07:42:32 pm
My god, I'd forgotten how fucking mean it is playing Tremere in VtM: Bloodlines.  I can make people explode into a shower of blood and limbs...that then chains to any poor motherfucker within about 5 meters.  Blood Magic is fucking broken as HELL.  Oh, and using Dominate to start a mass seppuku party is always good for a laugh, too.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on December 23, 2017, 10:53:37 am
Yet another entry into the "New Vegas' Caesar Demonstrably Knows Nothing of Ancient History:"

Watched a video where someone fully explored Caesar's dialogue tree (I don't bother, I just level a combat shotgun at his face) and...the guy's either a complete fucking retard or the accounts left over of Caesar (esp. De Bello Gallico) post-War are woefully inadequate.  Why?

Well, he compares his crossing the Colorado to Caesar crossing the Rubicon.  Allow me to explain precisely why he's full of shit.  Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon in 49 BCE with the 13th Legion after having finished fighting the Gallic Wars.  He did so because his governorship of Further Gaul was at an end and feared that the corrupt political machine of Rome would put him on trial.

Vegas' Caesar?  He's crossing the Colorado in defiance of a more civilized nation, after having attacked and subjugated numerous neighbouring tribes.  He fights and enslaves all in his path, brutally executes his own men, and is by all rights utterly and completely barbaric; Julius Caesar would be insulted that this man was attempting to usurp his name.

Who is Vegas' Caesar acting like?  Well, we gotta look a little further back into history for that.  In 58 BCE, a tribe in modern-day Switzerland known as the Helvetii made plans to cross the river Rhone, wishing to both range in new lands and to slake their thirst for battle.  After the man who'd originally planned this action, Orgetorix, had committed suicide after his plan to use this as a stepping stone for power had been uncovered by his own people (the punishment for which was being burned to death), another rose to complete the plan which the Helvetii still wanted to enact: Dumnorix.  Dumnorix led the Helvetii to the border between Further Gaul and their own lands, where they met with Caesar, who denied their request to cross the Rhone because Caesar knew that they were a warlike people who would cause a great many headaches for those in his province.  Dumnorix then led his people (after several failed attempts to cross at night where they had initially camped) around a narrow pass and went by way of the lands of the Aedui.  What did the Helvetii do when they crossed?  Well, they raped, pillaged, and sold the children of the Aedui, Ambarri, and Allobroges as slaves.

Thus, Vegas' Caesar is acting nothing like his historical counterpart.  In all actuality, he's acting the part of Dumnorix (and, to a degree, Orgetorix) the Helvetii invader.  He's not crossing the Rubicon as he so grandiosely claims; he's crossing the Rhone.  As the barbarian horde.  All of this he'd know...if he'd bothered to properly read (or had access to) a copy of the very first book of de Bello Gallico.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 31, 2017, 11:01:30 am
Got Final Fantasy VIII on Steam a few days ago for a meager handful of dollars.  I had forgotten how much I liked the game, even if some parts of it are a little...less than intuitive.  If nothing else, the characters' world models aren't super-deformed garbage like in VII.
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Post by: Stormwarden on December 31, 2017, 11:08:54 pm
Trying to decide what to hit up: Digital Devil Saga, or Okage: Shadow King.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on December 31, 2017, 11:37:08 pm
I'm now playing Red Faction: Guerrilla. Knocking down buildings is fun, but behind that is a pretty boring and bog standard open world game that in all honesty have become really stale for me over the past couple of years. I'll be quite surprised if it holds my interest up until the very end.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on January 01, 2018, 02:48:08 am
I've been playing Kingdom Hearts 3D HD. A few thoughts:

1: I really wish they would have saved the Tron Legacy world for Kingdom Hearts III. Such a waste since we're probably never getting Tron 3.
2: I really wish Square would stop trying to reinvent the wheel with the combat system. I don't like the pseudo-Pokemon nonsense. It's not very fun and is just extra busywork. At the very least, they could have just reused all of Birth By Sleep's mechanics if they weren't going to use the system used by the numbered entries.
3: I really wish these games' titles weren't so fucking stupid.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 01, 2018, 10:52:05 am
Got Yakuza Kiwami for Christmas, last week.  Holy shitballs, I've not had this much fun since Yakuza 0.  Bonus: its got more Majima.  Macchan is always a good thing to have in any game because he's just so damned fun.
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Post by: Svata on January 01, 2018, 01:01:07 pm
Majima. EVERYWHERE
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Post by: Askold on January 01, 2018, 01:11:55 pm
Getting a new (read: "used but in better shape than mine") laptop tomorrow (unless the one that I'm interested in has been sold already) and do you know what that means? Stellaris time.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 01, 2018, 10:55:43 pm
Majima. EVERYWHERE

There are very few combinations of two words that get me more erect.
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Post by: Svata on January 02, 2018, 08:32:03 am
Warning, if you never played the original (which Kiwami is a remake of), the ending is a helluva feels train.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 02, 2018, 10:16:59 am
I'm not surprised.  Zero was insanely feels-y; if Kiwami wasn't, I'd be disappointed.  Hell, bits of the Majima Everywhere system are feels-y, and that's taking into account the fact that you're practically facing a Joker Lite with a baseball bat that breakdances.
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Post by: lord gibbon on January 11, 2018, 01:58:25 am
Your attention please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4D42vMUSIM

That is all.

(Also, is the youtube embed not working, or am I just being an idiot?)
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 11, 2018, 10:55:31 am
Five words: DO NOT PURSUE LU BU.  That is all.
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Post by: ironbite on January 11, 2018, 11:31:14 am
Oh hey the Nintendo Switch is getting Dark Souls.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 11, 2018, 05:46:43 pm
I am thoroughly enjoying how much FF VIII takes the whole "kids save the world" trope and applies the actual psychological effects it'd have on a child's psyche, effectively fucking the whole cliche nice and hard.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on January 11, 2018, 07:18:17 pm
Your attention please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4D42vMUSIM

That is all.

(Also, is the youtube embed not working, or am I just being an idiot?)

Gotta love the nod and wink design cues taken from Dynasty Warriors. Also, this makes so much sense that I'm surprised it hasn't happened sooner.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 14, 2018, 04:37:08 am
Ever been so stuck in a game, that you resorted to playing with a kinda-sorta dead guy's nipple?
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Post by: Cloud3514 on January 14, 2018, 04:08:46 pm
.....No. No I have not.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 14, 2018, 04:44:37 pm
Ever been so stuck in a game, that you resorted to playing with a kinda-sorta dead guy's nipple?

Sounds like LA Noire.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 14, 2018, 08:55:52 pm
For the record, it didn't work.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on January 19, 2018, 03:10:45 pm
I almost forgot how relaxing SimCity 2000 could be...aah, urban planning.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on January 24, 2018, 02:30:47 am
Subnautica has just launched for realsies. I've had my eye on it for quite a while now, and now that it's out of Early Access, I decided to grab it. I must say, I'm quite looking forwards to playing with submarines and underwater bases.
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Post by: Askold on January 24, 2018, 07:27:05 am
I've been watching Subnautica let's plays for a while. It looks pretty and the basebuilding in it seems nice but I'm not sure my computer would run it very well.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on February 10, 2018, 12:22:22 am
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is... long. And largely unremarkable. I mean, it's perfectly fine and there's plenty to like, but it is absolutely nothing I haven't seen before.
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Post by: ironbite on February 10, 2018, 03:18:59 pm
A person on another message board I go to found it the most amazing game she ever played.

Ironbite-so opinions will vary I guess.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on February 11, 2018, 12:59:09 am
The Trails series is like the Tales series was ten years ago. Despite being largely unremarkable (albeit, perfectly fine and I can think of much worse ways to spend 75 or so hours), it has a fanbase that treats it like it's the holy grail of JRPGs. I don't know why. Maybe it's because younger gamers didn't get to play the sheer number of great JRPGs from the 90s, but regardless of why, fans treat them like the best the genre has to offer, despite them being flooded with shonen anime and light novel tropes.

Also, I have had multiple people respond to me calling Trails of Cold Steel "just fine" with "it's just part one of four!" as if that means I can't judge a 50+ hour game on its own merits and that it can only be judged by entire series.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 11, 2018, 11:21:12 am
We've already got the holy grail of JRPGs, its called Persona.

[ETA]

Holy shit, I didn't realize Dynasty Warriors 9 was coming out in a couple of days!  Hope I get my fucking student aide refund soon, daddy needs to conquer China again!
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 11, 2018, 07:42:33 pm
Also, I have had multiple people respond to me calling Trails of Cold Steel "just fine" with "it's just part one of four!" as if that means I can't judge a 50+ hour game on its own merits and that it can only be judged by entire series.
If that's the case, I feel really bad for whoever has to review an Assassin's Creed game.
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Post by: Stormwarden on February 13, 2018, 09:17:20 pm
Latest RPG I'm challenging is called Wild ARMS 3. And let me tell you, it is a toughie. The graphics (PS2 game) hold up very well with the modern age, but those puzzles are BRUTAL.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on February 13, 2018, 11:55:27 pm
Also, I have had multiple people respond to me calling Trails of Cold Steel "just fine" with "it's just part one of four!" as if that means I can't judge a 50+ hour game on its own merits and that it can only be judged by entire series.
If that's the case, I feel really bad for whoever has a review an Assassin's Creed game.

Funny enough, I actually cited Assassin's Creed in one particular argument.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 14, 2018, 09:13:18 am
Dragon Ball FighterZ is actually pretty damned good; I was somewhat hesitant because I'm just not (usually) a fan of 2D fighters, but I find this to be one of the very few exceptions.  I'm quite pleasantly surprised!

The same, however, can NOT be said...about Dynasty Warriors 9.  I don't know what retard bug got into the collective mind of Koei Tecmo, but they chose a completely different dubbing company for the English voice overs.  I get that the English dub had always been more than a little cheesy, but that was part of its charm: it knew what it was and didn't try to hide it, it just had fun with it.

HOWEVER, that would be okay, if some of the voice actors would actually fucking try.  Liu Bei's new guy at least tried to put some fucking emotion and variation in his voice, and it shows because its easily the least grating I've heard.  The same cannot be said for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: they both sound like out-of-work Boondocks voice actors that have gone through a botched lobotomy.  Their voices are fucking monotone and dull.  There's no fucking life in them.  Its especially notable in Zhang Fei, who is supposed to be this hot-headed, passionate, loveable alcoholic.  But, he just sounds bored.

I'll keep going, maybe the other actors tried like Liu Bei and these two are just the exception, but I am sorely disappoint, thus far.
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Post by: Lana Reverse on February 14, 2018, 03:09:14 pm
OK, I just started playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and I'm liking it so far.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on February 15, 2018, 04:14:33 am
Trails of Cold Steel II: So we're done trying super hard to be Persona. Instead, we're going to try super hard to be Code Geass and Star Wars.

Latest RPG I'm challenging is called Wild ARMS 3. And let me tell you, it is a toughie. The graphics (PS2 game) hold up very well with the modern age, but those puzzles are BRUTAL.

Also, I meant to respond to this, but missed it somehow. I LOVE Wild ARMs 3. Virginia is one of my favorite JRPG protagonists ever.
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Post by: Stormwarden on February 16, 2018, 12:03:56 am
Trails of Cold Steel II: So we're done trying super hard to be Persona. Instead, we're going to try super hard to be Code Geass and Star Wars.

Latest RPG I'm challenging is called Wild ARMS 3. And let me tell you, it is a toughie. The graphics (PS2 game) hold up very well with the modern age, but those puzzles are BRUTAL.

Also, I meant to respond to this, but missed it somehow. I LOVE Wild ARMs 3. Virginia is one of my favorite JRPG protagonists ever.

Same. I have her on a Gatling build (10 ranks of weight, with plus 5 bullets) and she is a KILLER.

I see the game as a refreshing break from most any JRPG I played.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on February 16, 2018, 04:13:19 am
Wild ARMs 3 is like the developers only knew how to tell tabletop RPG stories and brought that to a video game. All of the party feels like something you'd see in a tabletop group, even the brooding loner the anime fan brought. It's great.
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Post by: Askold on February 16, 2018, 05:10:26 am
Stellaris is fun as a multiplayer game. And in a week the game gets a massive update that changes FTL movement, star system control, borders and fleets. Also a DLC that brings Death-stars and other apocalyptic weapons.

It's gonna be fun and me and a few buddies plan to play it together.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 16, 2018, 10:42:26 am
Getting back into Minecraft. I have to say, while Thaumcraft has a lot of really cool features (especially with the expansions), it's so fucking tedious to do even the simplest of tasks, at least at first. I really really do not like infusion crafting. Basic items and intermediary components should not take ten minutes of set up, only for it to go horribly wrong based on nothing more than random chance.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 16, 2018, 10:43:47 am
That's why I prefer ChromatiCraft.  It can be a bit more punishing in the early game (the pylons hurt a LOT, and there's only one way to stop the zaps), but at least you can rest assured that, if something goes wrong, its because you fucked up, and not the RNG.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 19, 2018, 05:28:00 am
In all fairness, it turns out I'm just an idiot who didn't know how to build a proper infusion altar. A quick redesign and now it works so much better. Still rather time consuming to set up each craft, but at least now RNJesus can't fuck things up on a whim.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 19, 2018, 09:00:59 am
Still recommend ChC; barring a couple endgame recipes, its not what I call a "smoke break" mod, where you can breeze thru it on your smoke break and barely leave the house.  Besides which, ChC is downright beautiful and brilliantly colourful.

On an unrelated note: I think they should rename Dragon Ball FighterZ to "Cell Throws Shade: Total Eclipse Edition."  Seriously, like 90% of Cell's lines are him roasting fucking EVERYONE on the planet, and it is beautiful.
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Post by: Svata on February 19, 2018, 11:03:04 am
Piccolo has some good ones too.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on February 21, 2018, 05:29:25 am
You know what's fucking amazing? Humble Bundle. You can buy a whole bundle for just three or four of the games in it and it's still much better value than a Steam sale.
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Post by: Lana Reverse on February 23, 2018, 01:00:21 am
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/second-character-slot-in-metal-gear-survive-will-cost-you-10-dollars (https://www.usgamer.net/articles/second-character-slot-in-metal-gear-survive-will-cost-you-10-dollars)

This is a new low for Konami.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 23, 2018, 09:12:35 am
Nah, this is the kind of bullshit I expected from the moment a co-op zombie survival game with Metal Gear slapped on it was announced.  Gotta remember, they effectively gave up making decent games (or, really, any games at all), kicked out their big names like Koji Igarashi and Hideo Kojima (or drove them away), and focused on fucking pachinko machines.  I'd not be surprised if the only reason MG:Survive doesn't have loot boxes is because Konami is about a decade behind everyone else.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 23, 2018, 09:38:51 am
Stellaris 2.0 came out yesterday and me and a few buddies tested the multiplayer. Massive changes to the game, plenty of new bugs and problems that need balancing, but it seems mostly good.

...I mean, my empire was ruined by space-Mongols who came and destroyed everything I had twice (because I couldn't afford to bribe them off since the first war destroyed my economy) but it was still fun.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on March 04, 2018, 03:00:51 am
Speaking of space empires, I've started up X3 once again. Nothing quite like being a space industrialist, I have to say.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 04, 2018, 11:26:27 am
Speaking of space industry, I really wanna get Elite: Dangerous, one of these days.  Heard its quite good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 04, 2018, 04:25:07 pm
Some of my buddies play the new Elite and it is on my wish list as well.


...After I have a brand new, top of the line computer instead of the cheapest thing that just happens to work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 09, 2018, 08:37:23 am
Just finished Fahrenheit. That has to be one of the most ridiculous games I've ever played. You know how people say Hideo Kojima is fucking insane? Well, he's got absolutely nothing on David Cage.
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Post by: ironbite on March 09, 2018, 08:56:32 am
Yeah Fahrenheit is basically the peak of David Cage's career.  It's all down hill from here.  Well until Heavy Rain where it peaks and then BAM!  Right back down.

Ironbite-he's not a good video game mans.
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Post by: SCarpelan on March 09, 2018, 09:16:43 am
The first 2/3 of Fahrenheit was quite decent if I recall correctly. Then came the BAM! The only reason I bothered to finish the game is because it is so easy.
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Post by: Art Vandelay on March 09, 2018, 09:34:02 am
Really, the highlight of the game was the somewhat interactive sex scene near the start of the game. It did the same thing as that San Andreas mod that caused massive moral hysteria and nobody noticed. The first time I played through it, I was laughing so hard that I almost failed the whole thing.

The actions scenes were really shit, though. They dragged on for way too long and I could barely pay attention to what was actually going on because I had to focus on the bullshit QTE. Not to mention, I think the ending was rushed in that classic "we ran out of time and money towards the end and had to throw the last hour or so of the game together at the last minute" kind of way.
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Post by: Lana Reverse on March 09, 2018, 10:05:32 am
There's a new Smash Bros. game coming out: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/03/masahiro_sakurai_confirms_hes_working_on_super_smash_bros_switch (http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/03/masahiro_sakurai_confirms_hes_working_on_super_smash_bros_switch)
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Post by: RavynousHunter on March 09, 2018, 10:25:38 am
I'm surprised it took 'em this long.  Where there's a new Nintendo console, there's a new Smash.  Its as predictable as bleedin' Mario Kart.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 09, 2018, 11:33:59 am
And all of them have been so much fun.

Ironbite-but stay fresh everybody.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 09, 2018, 12:48:05 pm
Just think of them as "[insert sport league] [insert year]" games and it's all good.

...Which reminds me, the last NHL game I played was NHL ninety something, I wonder how good those games are by now?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 15, 2018, 10:29:53 am
Holy shit.  One of the guest characters for the new SoulCalibur?  Motherfucking Geralt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-IgsDoIUuM).  To Bandai Namco:

(https://i.imgur.com/NWDXDgC.jpg)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 24, 2018, 10:04:20 am
The entire Ultima series is on sale on GOG, totaling around $6 US.  I got them all.  ALL.  I have purchased and installed Ascension.

DEAR GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 24, 2018, 10:36:19 am
Answered your own question, by the looks of things.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on March 24, 2018, 03:11:39 pm
Well you're a madman.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 24, 2018, 04:56:22 pm
I wanna turn it into a drinking game.  I don't think it'd be as fun when sober.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 27, 2018, 11:44:15 pm
I just noticed that INFRA is a thing and am very annoyed that I'm only learning about it now. It seems right up my alley.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 28, 2018, 03:39:01 am
I am kinda disappointed that Far Cry 5 also has the heroes torture the enemies but I have to admit that in the current USA that would happen during a civil war no matter what the sides are. So my only real complaint is that it shouldn't be as effective as it is in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on March 28, 2018, 04:17:25 am
Not that I've played or intend to play Far Cry 5, but I actually like that. It's always refreshing when fiction acknowledges that war makes even the good guys feel the need to do terrible things (sometimes it's even genuinely necessary) instead of whitewashing everything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 28, 2018, 06:53:07 am
a) I haven't seen the end yet so there's still a chance that the game admits that torturing your enemies is a fucked up thing to do and that there are some repercussions but I'm afraid that once again the message is "torture is OK when we are doing it."

b) Another annoyance is SPOILER
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Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 28, 2018, 09:06:03 am
Got Nox on sale over at GOG around the same time I got the game that shall not be named.  I'd almost forgotten how much damned fun the campaign is.  Unlike Diablo, which felt like you spent 75% of your time in town talking to people and hocking loot, you actually spend most of Nox going out and fucking killing things and actually achieving something.  You're pretty much always pushing forward.  Granted, that can make things a little on the short side, but you sure as shit don't get bored halfway thru and fuck off like I did with...well, every Diablo.  Oh, and it looks better than the first two Diablo, hands down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 01, 2018, 08:23:02 am
On a whim, I decided to give Daikatana a go. Honestly, it's pretty great. I have no idea what the fuck everyone else is complaining about. In fact, I actually enjoy it a great deal more than Deus Ex, which I'm sure admitting out loud is a lynchable offence or something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on April 01, 2018, 10:45:49 am
I guess we can let you go with just tar and feathers. This time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 03, 2018, 10:02:06 am
Well, less than successful April Fool's bait aside, I've discovered that Obduction is really great. Nice to see that it's at least possible to do the whole washed up developer tries to recapture their glory days thing that's so popular nowadays and not have it turn out to be a steaming pile of shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 07, 2018, 08:25:52 pm
Aah, I found a way around the, shall we say, non-overpowered loot in Nox's story mode.  The map editor can't seem to do story maps (I get an exception when I save), but I can alter multiplayer maps.  So, alter the kit there to my liking, and just temporarily replace the copy of the story map in my save with that wee beauty, grab my crap, and restore the actual story map.  I can finally tool around with such wondrous items as "of the Wind of the Wind Armoured Boots of the Wind and the Wind" once more!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 21, 2018, 06:07:41 am
I've gotten back into FTL: Faster Than Light recently. Holy fuck, is fire barrels of fun. Set the enemy ship ablaze and watch the resulting inferno slowly destroy its systems and overwhelm the crew until they eventually burn/suffocate. I can't believe I never tried that before back in the day.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 21, 2018, 08:41:59 am
Fire-beam really is a sadistic and fun weapon. Have some rapid firing weapons (preferably Ion) to take down the shields and then start setting stuff on fire. For a risky maneuver teleport Rock crew onto the ship.

The Bio-beam that one of the Slug ships starts with is similar but faster. Take down the med-bay and you can wipe out most crews (as long as the shield is down for a moment) quickly.

Then there's the Vulcan... It is the single most destructive weapon in the game. A gatling gun that slowly picks up firing speed. If you can survive half a minute in the fight without getting the weapon disabled it will chew through any shields the enemies might have and though the tougher opponents require a secondary weapon (like a beam-drone or something)

Lots of viable playstyles in the game though, that's a good thing as none of the ships are worthless though some (like the Stealth ships) require skills AND luck to get upgrades since the starting form is not that good. Basically, Magikarp thingy going on there.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 21, 2018, 10:26:47 am
Also mind control. I ended up using that alongside the aforementioned ion blaster plus fire beam combo and it was rather effective to say the least. by the end, I was headcanoning the rebel fleet tracking me by following the trail of burned out hulks.

Still got fucked up by the flagship, though. Holy shit, it's so much worse than it was in vanilla FTL.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 25, 2018, 09:35:29 pm
Has anyone else played Jalopy lately? I have to say, driving a shitbox around eastern Europe looking for random boxes of cigarettes and sausages by the side of the road is a lot more enjoyable than one would envision.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on April 27, 2018, 07:32:09 pm
Not personally, but I watched a stream of it, and it looks like a damned good time. except the half hour dude spent getting his car unstuck from a fence. Though, him actually accomplishing it was a worthy payoff
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 06, 2018, 10:28:06 pm
Okay, I think I just got extremely lucky. So, I'm playing through Pokemon Soul Silver right now. I just finished the burned out tower and set the legendary dogs loose. Well, not only did I stumble across Raikou completely by accident when I wasn't even trying to hunt them down, but I immediately caught it in a quick ball, which unless I'm misunderstanding how catch rates work (which I almost certainly am, let's be honest) is a 1.6% chance.

My brand new puppy is now named Lucky Cunt in honour of the occasion.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 07, 2018, 04:30:45 pm
In Gen IV, Quick Balls had a 4x catch rate modifier when used on the first turn of battle. They're surprisingly effective on Legendary Pokemon (and have caused me quite a few anti-climactic battles). So, while I don't know the exact chance, I'm fairly certain it's higher than 1.6%.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 07, 2018, 07:21:40 pm
The base catch rate is supposed to be 0.4%. 1.6% is after accounting for the x4 multiplier.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on May 07, 2018, 07:54:34 pm
Bulbapedia is down so I can't look up the formula but this calculator (https://www.dragonflycave.com/calculators/gen-iii-iv-catch-rate) says 1.6% is about right.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 08, 2018, 02:46:10 am
I feel very vindicated.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 09, 2018, 01:42:01 am
Curses!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 09, 2018, 07:39:32 am
Blizzard is selling a skin for a character in Overwatch and giving the profits to charity.

...Naturally GAMERS are furious and consider this to be the worst crime that a corporation can commit: supporting feminism.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on May 09, 2018, 09:45:54 am
Blizzard is selling a skin for a character in Overwatch and giving the profits to charity.

...Naturally GAMERS are furious and consider this to be the worst crime that a corporation can commit: supporting feminism.

What charity are they supporting? And do you have a link?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 09, 2018, 11:17:22 am
Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/21758132
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 09, 2018, 11:53:51 am
I guess that means prostate cancer research is an MRA cause, am I right?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on May 09, 2018, 05:56:06 pm
Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/21758132

I see a few people getting offended, but they're heavily outnumbered by people who aren't. And almost all the complaints have been downvoted to oblivion.

On a related note, I'm going to buy the skin. Might buy the T-shirt too.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on May 09, 2018, 11:01:59 pm
I did a few Ctrl-F searches in the comments for "feminism", "women", "gamer", and "equal" and only found one guy saying they should do testicular cancer next...

Maybe there are a bunch of people screaming about feminism (I mean, this is the internet), but they're apparently not in the Blizzard comments. Overblown?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on May 09, 2018, 11:25:11 pm
I did a few Ctrl-F searches in the comments for "feminism", "women", "gamer", and "equal" and only found one guy saying they should do testicular cancer next...

Maybe there are a bunch of people screaming about feminism (I mean, this is the internet), but they're apparently not in the Blizzard comments. Overblown?

It looks that way to me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 10, 2018, 01:00:44 am
Well, yeah:


https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hyztf/developer_update_pink_mercy_charity_event/?sort=controversial&limit=500

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hyziy/now_available_pink_mercy_support_bcrf_overwatch/?limit=500

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hzwm6/for_everyone_complaining_about_pink_mercys_price/?limit=500

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hyv9c/charity_skin_for_the_breast_cancer_reasearch/?limit=500
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on May 10, 2018, 09:40:23 am
Well, yeah:


https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hyztf/developer_update_pink_mercy_charity_event/?sort=controversial&limit=500

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hyziy/now_available_pink_mercy_support_bcrf_overwatch/?limit=500

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hzwm6/for_everyone_complaining_about_pink_mercys_price/?limit=500

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8hyv9c/charity_skin_for_the_breast_cancer_reasearch/?limit=500

I'm just skimming here, so I might be missing something, but it seems like only one of those four links has a lot of complainers in the comments. And most of those are calling breast cancer overfunded and suggesting donations towards other kinds of cancer, rather than getting angry about "funding wammen" like misogynistic troglodytes.

So yeah, still leaning towards "overblown" on this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on May 11, 2018, 02:42:26 am
What has giving money to breast cancer research got to do with feminism?  These idiots do realise that men get breast cancer too, right? And that breast cancer is a bigger killer of men than testicular cancer (or at least it used to be, I don't keep up with the latest cancer death statistics)?

Even if breast cancer was a uniquely female form of cancer, which it isn't, how would this be anything to do with feminism?  I honestly have no idea wtf they're complaining about.  Should we only fund research for unisex cancers or some bullshit?  Well, breast cancer is a unisex cancer.  One can only hope they're trolling.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 11, 2018, 09:13:48 am
You ignorant slut.  Didn't you hear?  Anything that helps women, at all, is feminism, even if its just helping them to not die a horrible cancer death.  You so much as fan your farts away from a woman, you are a feminazi neckbeard just trying to virtue signal for easy pussy.

I shall now light myself on fire for writing that.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 11, 2018, 10:15:24 am
You filthy beta, man hating cuck. Don't you know that fire can and even is used to keep women warm?

You people make me sick.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 17, 2018, 03:38:18 pm
I fuckin love Guild Wars 2, sometimes.

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On the left, some random guy that looks like he walked out of the cover of a death metal album.  On the right is me, a guy that is, by comparison, in jeans and a t-shirt.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Rime on May 17, 2018, 05:26:24 pm
I have a weird mix going on.  Elite: Dangerous in the midst of upgrades, but scanning every planet on my way because it pays credits to do so and the first Mount and Blade because I wanted to see how it plays.  If I find one grindy, I can just pick up the other for a while.

I picked up The Long Dark because I was on a bit of survival kick and it's pretty original at the moment to have a survival game that doesn't involve zombies.  I've only put two hours in it, but I intend to get into that once I'm satisfied with my progress.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on May 24, 2018, 01:29:05 am
So some people are already whinging about the Next Battlefield game having a woman in it when it's set in WWII. Apparently all the female Soviet front line troops who fought and died, as well as the countless female resistance fighters and spies who led many of the resistance efforts, and were tortured and executed for their trouble, don't deserve to be represented or acknowledge in any way coz they've got the "wrong" genitals. They made the ultimate sacrifice but fuck 'em; if they wanted recognition they should have thought about that before they decided to not have a penis.

The woman in the trailer does seem to have an English accent yes it is true Britain did not sent women to fight on the front lines they did use female spies who led resistance units - and by led I don't mean gave orders from their nice safe hiding place miles form the action, they actively took part in resistance activities.  One such woman was Violette Szabo, who was French but she was raised in England and would likely have had an English accent.  I suspect this character is either inspired by her or another woman like her.

Besides, with the almost never ending list of inaccuracies in these games why single out the presence of women (which as I've said isn't even an inaccuracy)? Me thinks some people need to check their insecurities.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 24, 2018, 01:43:56 am
People complain about realism in a game series which is most famous for the ability to jump out of a fighter plane, kill the pilot of another plane with a sniper rifle (while you are in free fall) and get into the cockpit of the now empty (because the dead pilot somehow falls OUT of the plane) enemy aircraft and continue flying with it.

...But all that is fine while women aren't.

Meanwhile, the trailer also had European soldiers with katanas(?!), personalized clothing that violates all kinds of uniform codes and all kinds of physics defying bullshit that makes it clear that this is obviously not a serious historical simulation but the only other complaint I've seen was about the prosthetic arm on one of the female soldiers...

Almost as if the complainers only care about keeping girls out of their secret club...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on May 24, 2018, 02:58:46 am
https://kotaku.com/1826276381

This is the best response I've seen to the "WHY DOES IT HAVE WOMZ" idiocy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 24, 2018, 03:03:57 am
"And here I am just wondering why is Kratos in Battlefield V?"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 24, 2018, 10:54:04 am
And here I was worrying about such tiny things as whether or not EA will do the lootbox shuffle with this fucker.  That'll show me for caring about something of actual consequence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on May 24, 2018, 09:11:40 pm
My question is why bother making it a World War II shooter if you're going to change so much? At that point, you might as well just make it about a fictional conflict.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 24, 2018, 09:50:58 pm
Willing suspension of disbelief.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Eiki-mun on May 24, 2018, 11:26:16 pm
My question is why bother making it a World War II shooter if you're going to change so much? At that point, you might as well just make it about a fictional conflict.

Because I wanna shoot Nazis.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 25, 2018, 12:05:34 am
I just scored a free copy of ELEX. I'm a huge fan of Gothic, so naturally I'm quite happy about this.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 25, 2018, 10:53:35 am
I'm just saying that if you watch a trailer that makes Captain America: The first Avenger look like a historical documentary and then come out saying that women in the military is the most unrealistic bit in it then I question your motives.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on May 25, 2018, 05:10:06 pm
My question is why bother making it a World War II shooter if you're going to change so much? At that point, you might as well just make it about a fictional conflict.

Because I wanna shoot Nazis.

And really, that's all the justification you need to produce or consume a piece of entertainment. But I don't understand the rationale.

I'm just saying that if you watch a trailer that makes Captain America: The first Avenger look like a historical documentary and then come out saying that women in the military is the most unrealistic bit in it then I question your motives.

I see where you're coming from. But I suspect people are making this out to be a bigger deal than it actually is. Are we sure it's not just the media making a mountain of a molehill, like what happened with the "controversy" surrounding the first female Doctor?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 25, 2018, 07:27:45 pm
Dude, geeks/nerds/whatever-the-fuck are the biggest pussies on the fucking planet; you should know this, by now.  A woman gets anywhere near whatever sacred cow they like to fuck and hoo-boy, you can hear the idiotic screeching from fucking Pluto.  Female Doctor?  OHMIGODWIMMINNOTDAWKTAR!  Female characters altered to be more energy and less sex appeal?  BUTINEEDSACUM!  A woman so much as breathes on an FPS' voice chat?  LOLTITSORGTFO.  Its the same group of fuckin' retards that shatter their keyboards in a fit of rage if a game's textures are one pixel off standard HD resolution.

They want gaming to become/remain a secluded, insular community of socially inept dipshits spamming /b/tard bullshit across whatever game's chat system they want without reproach or fear of qualification.  They are as worthless as they are predictable.  Let 'em screech in the hallowed confines of GameFAQs, 4chan, and other such shitholes.  Its more funny when games owned and operated by actual people kick them the fuck off for being idiots, anyways.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on May 25, 2018, 10:10:59 pm
Dude, geeks/nerds/whatever-the-fuck are the biggest pussies on the fucking planet; you should know this, by now.  A woman gets anywhere near whatever sacred cow they like to fuck and hoo-boy, you can hear the idiotic screeching from fucking Pluto.  Female Doctor?  OHMIGODWIMMINNOTDAWKTAR!  Female characters altered to be more energy and less sex appeal?  BUTINEEDSACUM!  A woman so much as breathes on an FPS' voice chat?  LOLTITSORGTFO.  Its the same group of fuckin' retards that shatter their keyboards in a fit of rage if a game's textures are one pixel off standard HD resolution.

They want gaming to become/remain a secluded, insular community of socially inept dipshits spamming /b/tard bullshit across whatever game's chat system they want without reproach or fear of qualification.  They are as worthless as they are predictable.  Let 'em screech in the hallowed confines of GameFAQs, 4chan, and other such shitholes.  Its more funny when games owned and operated by actual people kick them the fuck off for being idiots, anyways.
This man speaks the truth.

Seriously, fuck nerd/geek culture.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 26, 2018, 05:05:04 am
Of course this is blown out of proportion, but it's not being done by the media. The people who complain about this are a minority of gamers, but they are an extremely loud minority.

I mean, guys make up approx half of gamers and not all of them are dick-bags but KiA and GG are all rallying for this cause because nothing says "ethics in gaming journalism" like complaining about women.

Do they complain about other aspects of the trailer? Only as a smoke screen. The only times they mention the katana or the face-paint is when they are screaming "SEE! YOU CLAIMING THAT WE ONLY CARE ABOUT THE FEMOID IS A STRAWMAN REEEE!!!!!"
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Tolpuddle Martyr on May 26, 2018, 05:13:45 am
And here I was worrying about such tiny things as whether or not EA will do the lootbox shuffle with this fucker.  That'll show me for caring about something of actual consequence.
Not this time (https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/23/17386912/battlefield-5-loot-boxes-cosmetic-items), and not because they don't still want them there. (https://www.pcgamer.com/electronic-arts-will-push-forward-with-loot-boxes-in-future-games/) My guess is that they are keeping their heads down and hoping that people forget how they somehow fucked up the Star Wars and Mass Effect franchises with their signature combination of greed and ineptitude.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on May 26, 2018, 11:48:59 am
Yeah, let's just wait and see how long they can keep their greedy cocks out of the game's mouth.  Almost anything can be added to a game after release, nowadays.  I haven't trusted EA since they destroyed Origin; the fact they used its leftover skinsuit to clad their shitty Steam rip-off was just salt on the wound.

[ETA]

Finally found a way to make Mesmers fun in GW2.  Like most things, it involves a lot of fire.  Fuck your minion-reliant bullshit, I now light whole platoons on fire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 28, 2018, 01:22:15 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/Battlefield/comments/8mhkld/bfv_it_appears_eadice_are_the_ones_who_are/dzntoso/

...So much rage ober something so minor.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on May 31, 2018, 08:38:03 pm
So... this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ye84Zrqndo

#Invalid YouTube Link#
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on May 31, 2018, 08:51:24 pm
So... this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ye84Zrqndo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ye84Zrqndo

FTFY.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on May 31, 2018, 08:54:26 pm
COUNTRY ROADS!  TAKE ME HOME!  TO THE PLACE!  I BELONG!

Ironbite-speculated to be Fallout Online in the same vein as Elder Scrolls Online.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on May 31, 2018, 10:12:16 pm
So... this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ye84Zrqndo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ye84Zrqndo

FTFY.

Thanks.  Couldn't work out why it wouldn't work.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 01, 2018, 12:57:35 am
Remove the "s" from https. ...No idea why it must be done but for some reason this forum does not allow to embed a youtube link unless you do so.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 01, 2018, 03:49:13 am
Seriously, fuck Games for Windows Live. There is no good reason whatsoever I should be subjected to that bullshit just to play a ten year old game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 02, 2018, 01:10:07 am
So... The next Fallout game is a bit of a mystery but fandom is reacting the way it always does. Grognards cry that the game will be horrible (despite knowing nothing about it) and others are trying to speculate what kind of game will it be.

So far I've seen a lot of people saying that it'll be multiplayer game. Which could be nice sense Fallout: tactics multiplayer is dead and I see potential in a multiplayer set in the Fallout universe. ...Could be good, could be bad, I'm not going to have a computer that will run it unless I get a job so I won't be buying it in a while anyway so all I can do now is wait anyway.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on June 02, 2018, 08:08:36 am
Remove the "s" from https. ...No idea why it must be done but for some reason this forum does not allow to embed a youtube link unless you do so.

Ohhh, I keep forgetting about that :(  Thanks!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 02, 2018, 03:13:33 pm
I'm kinda hoping for something akin to The Elder Scrolls Online for Fallout 76.

Ironbite-but that's just me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 02, 2018, 05:54:34 pm
I hope they learned from what went wrong with ESO, though.  If they go that route, they need to take a look at Ultima Online and see why that's so good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on June 06, 2018, 10:20:34 pm
There's good news for Steam users. They're taking a more hands-off approach to content moderation, and will only remove stuff that's illegal and/or blatant trolling.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1666776116200553082 (https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1666776116200553082)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on June 06, 2018, 10:23:08 pm
"good" news. Wanna make nazi propaganda and sell it on steam? Not illegal, so it stays. A game where you gun down gay people for being gay? Not illegal! Maybe, just fucking maybe complete lack of moderation and oversight is a bad thing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 06, 2018, 11:19:09 pm
Personally, I hate the idea of banning games for the sake of moralism, so I'm perfectly okay with that aspect of it. That said, the potential flood of asset flips and general shovelware is a tad concerning, in my somewhat humble opinion. Then again, it's been quite a while since they've put any effort whatsoever into quality control, so perhaps this will just be less moralism on Steam's part.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 06, 2018, 11:59:20 pm
It's really not surprising to me that indie devs seem the Switch eShop as the promised land nowadays since Steam has become such a dumpster fire.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on June 07, 2018, 01:09:36 am
Dude, geeks/nerds/whatever-the-fuck are the biggest pussies on the fucking planet; you should know this, by now.  A woman gets anywhere near whatever sacred cow they like to fuck and hoo-boy, you can hear the idiotic screeching from fucking Pluto.  Female Doctor?  OHMIGODWIMMINNOTDAWKTAR!  Female characters altered to be more energy and less sex appeal?  BUTINEEDSACUM!  A woman so much as breathes on an FPS' voice chat?  LOLTITSORGTFO.  Its the same group of fuckin' retards that shatter their keyboards in a fit of rage if a game's textures are one pixel off standard HD resolution.

They want gaming to become/remain a secluded, insular community of socially inept dipshits spamming /b/tard bullshit across whatever game's chat system they want without reproach or fear of qualification.  They are as worthless as they are predictable.  Let 'em screech in the hallowed confines of GameFAQs, 4chan, and other such shitholes.  Its more funny when games owned and operated by actual people kick them the fuck off for being idiots, anyways.

They do this because they were the guys getting picked on, and now they wanna be the ones to bully or harass people in a place where they can't be reminded they have the physique of a wad of tofu and that they can't do so in person.

Also, not surprised that Lana is raising a stink again over the speech of a bunch of reactionary pukes.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on June 07, 2018, 01:18:26 am
Dude, geeks/nerds/whatever-the-fuck are the biggest pussies on the fucking planet; you should know this, by now.  A woman gets anywhere near whatever sacred cow they like to fuck and hoo-boy, you can hear the idiotic screeching from fucking Pluto.  Female Doctor?  OHMIGODWIMMINNOTDAWKTAR!  Female characters altered to be more energy and less sex appeal?  BUTINEEDSACUM!  A woman so much as breathes on an FPS' voice chat?  LOLTITSORGTFO.  Its the same group of fuckin' retards that shatter their keyboards in a fit of rage if a game's textures are one pixel off standard HD resolution.

They want gaming to become/remain a secluded, insular community of socially inept dipshits spamming /b/tard bullshit across whatever game's chat system they want without reproach or fear of qualification.  They are as worthless as they are predictable.  Let 'em screech in the hallowed confines of GameFAQs, 4chan, and other such shitholes.  Its more funny when games owned and operated by actual people kick them the fuck off for being idiots, anyways.

They do this because they were the guys getting picked on, and now they wanna be the ones to bully or harass people in a place where they can't be reminded they have the physique of a wad of tofu and that they can't do so in person.

Also, not surprised that Lana is raising a stink again over the speech of a bunch of reactionary pukes.

We've moved on from this topic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 07, 2018, 09:07:42 am
No we haven't.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 07, 2018, 10:12:16 am
Guild Wars 2 has a dearth of simple, good-looking rifle skins.  That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on June 07, 2018, 10:25:32 am
Guild Wars 2 has a dearth of simple, good-looking rifle skins.  That is all.

Haven't played it yet, but I'll take your word for it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 07, 2018, 10:28:53 am
Also, Piranha Bytes have been basically making and releasing the same game over and over again since 1997. Most of their fans (myself somewhat included) are perfectly okay with this.

Hey, if Nintendo can get away with it, then so can these guys.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 07, 2018, 11:43:03 am
Guild Wars 2 has a dearth of simple, good-looking rifle skins.  That is all.

Haven't played it yet, but I'll take your word for it.

I quite recommend it.  Dearth of good rifles aside, it is the second most engrossing MMO I've played.  After Ultima Online, of course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 09, 2018, 11:30:00 am
I've actually gained a newfound appreciation for GTA IV lately. Needy NPCs aside, the game really captures the late 2000's. That era when smartphones weren't quite there yet, people would pay actual money for ring tones (still a stupid thing to do even back then, don't get me wrong), "Web 2.0" was a relevant buzzword (technically two buzzwords) and everyone still did all of their internetting on computers.

Ah, how times have changed.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 09, 2018, 03:24:16 pm
E3 has started and EA is up first.

Ironbikte-and has pissed off the world again.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on June 12, 2018, 12:10:57 am
There's a petition (https://www.change.org/p/australian-classification-board-ban-fortnite-in-australia) calling for Fortnite to be banned in Australia. Why is a country that was founded as a penal colony such a damned nanny state?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on June 12, 2018, 01:01:19 am
Started by the developers of Realm Royale, no doubt.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 12, 2018, 09:14:22 am
My bet's on PUBG, in yet another striking case of "biting the hand that feeds."  Ey, Blue Hole Entertainment!  I suggest you ask the previous people that tried to sue Epic what happened to them when they did that while working on a game using the Unreal Engine.  Gonna have to hunt 'em down, though, because if memory serves, they dissolved after Epic revoked their license.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 12, 2018, 02:30:35 pm
Team Ninja said Dead or Alive 6 will tone down the over sexualisation of the female characters...and then later they said they're not ruling out having the same types of costumes from DoA5.  SO they basically were just lying...like they did with 5.  When 5 was first announced they made it look a lot like they were going to tone down the sexualisation and..well look how that turned out in the end.  Fuck sake Team Ninja, the first DoA came out in 1996; the fans have grown up, why haven't you?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on June 12, 2018, 03:33:36 pm
Team Ninja said Dead or Alive 6 will tone down the over sexualisation of the female characters...and then later they said they're not ruling out having the same types of costumes from DoA5.  SO they basically were just lying...like they did with 5.  When 5 was first announced they made it look a lot like they were going to tone down the sexualisation and..well look how that turned out in the end.  Fuck sake Team Ninja, the first DoA came out in 1996; the fans have grown up, why haven't you?

What are you upset about? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me like they're letting the player choose how sexualized they want the characters to be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 12, 2018, 04:25:08 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ironbite-god you're an idiot.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on June 12, 2018, 05:11:23 pm
Team Ninja said Dead or Alive 6 will tone down the over sexualisation of the female characters...and then later they said they're not ruling out having the same types of costumes from DoA5.  SO they basically were just lying...like they did with 5.  When 5 was first announced they made it look a lot like they were going to tone down the sexualisation and..well look how that turned out in the end.  Fuck sake Team Ninja, the first DoA came out in 1996; the fans have grown up, why haven't you?

What are you upset about? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me like they're letting the player choose how sexualized they want the characters to be.

Is...is that a joke?  You can't be serious surely?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on June 12, 2018, 05:29:33 pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Ironbite-god you're an idiot.

Insults, name-calling, violent disagreement and other such things are allowed in Flame and Burn, and only there. Don't post it elsewhere.

Team Ninja said Dead or Alive 6 will tone down the over sexualisation of the female characters...and then later they said they're not ruling out having the same types of costumes from DoA5.  SO they basically were just lying...like they did with 5.  When 5 was first announced they made it look a lot like they were going to tone down the sexualisation and..well look how that turned out in the end.  Fuck sake Team Ninja, the first DoA came out in 1996; the fans have grown up, why haven't you?

What are you upset about? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds to me like they're letting the player choose how sexualized they want the characters to be.

Is...is that a joke?  You can't be serious surely?

I am serious. And don't call me Shirley. You only said they're "not ruling out" having the kind of costumes from DOA5. To me, that implies they're giving the player more choice in the matter, not that they're going to go full fanservice. It seems like they're trying to satisfy the fanservice lovers and the people who want the games to be less sexualized, which is fine by me.

Or is there something I'm missing?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 12, 2018, 07:49:16 pm
You're even more adorable.

Ironbite-gosh I just want to melt you down for scrap.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on June 12, 2018, 09:32:04 pm
There's a petition (https://www.change.org/p/australian-classification-board-ban-fortnite-in-australia) calling for Fortnite to be banned in Australia. Why is a country that was founded as a penal colony such a damned nanny state?

They're still on a floating prison covered in huge spiders and a bunch of weird shit that doesn't exist elsewhere. I don't blame em.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on June 13, 2018, 10:54:26 pm
Some news regarding the next Smash Bros game. Apparently, Samus has a smaller cup size and Snake's butt is less defined.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 14, 2018, 12:45:59 am
Of COURSE that's what you focus on. Of fucking course.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on June 14, 2018, 01:21:35 am
I'm excited because of some of the things happening at e3. Cyberpunk 2077, and some new installments to stuff I liked before being the main sources.

Some people on twitter were also mad about the dude from the bethesda conference making a joke about masturbation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 14, 2018, 01:29:29 am
I for one support Bethesda's ongoing quest to bring the message of "fuck NAZIs" to every platform possible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 07, 2018, 09:11:38 am
Managed to backwards long jump up the infinite stairs in Super Mario 64. I've always wanted to pull that off, and today I've finally done it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 07, 2018, 12:40:15 pm
Managed to get Dungeon Keeper 2 working on my computer. Didn't know that there had been new updates and even a new type of monster in the game.

Still a fun game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 07, 2018, 01:37:58 pm
Minus one crash at the end of the tutorial, I've been having hella fun with the remaster of Red Faction Guerrilla.  ...Also minus the absolutely braindead friendly AI that will happily ask for a fucking autograph when you're actively firing a damned assault rifle at enemy troops.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on July 07, 2018, 06:40:58 pm
Been having a lot of fun with Stellaris
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 07, 2018, 07:59:55 pm
Warframe is coming to the Switch.

Ironbite-joins Paladins as a free multi-player game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on July 08, 2018, 05:11:00 am
Anybody have Inside and/or Limbo? Absolutely gorgeous from the bits I played after buying the two games after seeing the box in a store and all the 5 star 10/10 ratings.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Citizen Justin on July 13, 2018, 08:47:39 pm
First time I paid for a computer was 2007, and it came with Serious Sam 2 and Trackmania. Not technically being a gamer, I have still actually played all the Serious Sam games now a lot more than I should have, and no other similar games (like Doom, Duke Nukem and Quake which Sam references by name during the course of the games). I also have the modern Trackmanias, one of which features a car that looks like a souped-up Mini doing loop-the-loops in a country that looks like merrie olde England. That one's my favourite.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: KingOfRhye on July 13, 2018, 11:37:24 pm
 I might have talked about this before here, not really sure, but what I play a lot are several hentai RPGs.   I kinda got hooked on one a few years ago called Harem Collector.  The main character's quest is to collect 151 slave girls (it's a magical number, don't you know?)

So yeah, there's a lot of BSDM sex and that kinda thing, which is right up my alley, but believe it or not, it's actually a pretty good game.  The storyline is strong, the gameplay is good, there's a good smart-ass sense of humor and odd pop-culture references throughout.  The main character is described as "chaotic neutral" a few times, but I think he's really a little bit  on the good side of that, or at least  I like to imagine he is.   (the game's not completed yet,  so the storyline ain't done)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 14, 2018, 01:52:57 am
...That reminds me. Years and years ago my wife (then girlfriend) played a hentai game together. "Do you like horny bunnies 2" which was about a guy working in a bunny cafe and had him get in a relationship with his co-workers (no harem options though.)

We don't really watch porn together but she did enjoy the game and it was a fun.

Obviously now that I have kids I would have to wait until they are in bed if I wanted to play hentai games again. Which also reminds me that there was this game "Monster Girl Quest" I think, that came in 3 parts and I've only played the first two... The third one has been out for years but what with the kids I couldn't find the time/energy to play it and have thought occasionally if I should play the final part as well to see how the story ended.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: KingOfRhye on July 14, 2018, 05:10:36 am
Yeah, Monster Girl Quest rings a bell, I think there's a few references to that in the game I'm playing.  There's a thing where you can collect what they call awaiibus, which are basically dolls representing female characters in other hentai games, I think there's some from that game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 14, 2018, 09:00:46 am
(shoves titles into a file folder)

...Nothing to see here, folks.  Move along.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on July 14, 2018, 03:56:36 pm
Pervert.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on July 14, 2018, 11:03:46 pm
Nothing wrong with collecting notes for uh...

scientific research?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 15, 2018, 12:02:17 am
Nothing wrong with hentai. In fact, I've always said that Asian girls would be 10x hotter if they actually opened their eyes, and it would seem I am far from the only one.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Lana Reverse on July 18, 2018, 05:37:06 pm
Some news from Australia you might be interested in, Art:

https://powerup-gaming.com/2018/07/17/australian-video-game-bans-senator-leyonhjelm/ (https://powerup-gaming.com/2018/07/17/australian-video-game-bans-senator-leyonhjelm/)

Honestly, I'm astonished that a country like Australia would have laws about moral offense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on July 19, 2018, 12:05:40 am
Holy shitballs. Did a politician just say a thing about video games that isn't pants on head retarded?! I never thought I'd see the day. Probably won't pass, in all honesty, but it's a good start if nothing else.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 27, 2018, 02:01:58 pm
Some of my favourite Minecraft mods got updated and I decided it was time to get back into the game.  A few days into a new map, and something corrupted the block ID table for my map, completely shithousing it in an extremely fascinating way: it caused weird blocks to start spawning in place of normal ones.  So, some ores (I'm assuming) got replaced with end portal frames, water-based plants were replaced with fence posts, other ores were turned into trapdoors, it was fuckin' unreal to see in MCEdit.  I'm happy I wasn't too far into the whole thing, otherwise I might be a little more pissed off than I already am.

I swear to the gods, I get the weirdest fucking bugs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on July 28, 2018, 02:23:52 am
Was there at least enough of the end portal frames to get into the end?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on July 28, 2018, 12:27:22 pm
Nah, they were too scattered; they were replacing some of the rarer, smaller-veined ores.  That, and I couldn't stay in the map for longer than a few seconds before it crashed.

[ETA]

Doing a collection in Guild Wars 2 for one of the few decent rifle skins (Cursed Flintlock) and MY GOD.  Had to basically run a gauntlet with tight timing, kill about a dozen stupidly strong fucking magical zombies, and evade a fucktillion traps.  I got that motherfucker, but it took some doing.  Hopefully, the remaining parts of the collection are less infuriating.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 08, 2018, 08:40:49 pm
Richter Belmont is in Smash Ultimate. I predict much Symphony of the Night quoting in the relatively near future.

Die monster! You don't belong in this world!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 08, 2018, 10:20:32 pm
What is a man?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 08, 2018, 10:48:45 pm
The kind of human that has a dangus.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 09, 2018, 12:15:21 am
What is a man?

ironbite-A miserable pile of secrets!

Fix'd.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 09, 2018, 06:37:59 am
The kind of human that has a dangus.

Let's not forget transmen. Things aren't always so clear cut.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 09, 2018, 10:16:55 am
Now, if only Leon Belmont would come to Soul Calibur, or somesuch.  I'd say Sonia Belmont, but people would bitch about her being an Ivy clone.

What?  Simon, Trevor, and Richter are getting love, why not some of the other Belmonts and in a game that I'd actually want to play?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 09, 2018, 03:14:49 pm
Eh, the big thing I want from Castlevania is for Konami to release Symphony of the Night, Circle of the Moon, Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow, Dawn of Sorrow, Portrait of Ruin and Order of Ecclesia on Switch. I need my Metroidvania fix.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on August 09, 2018, 03:43:57 pm
Symphony of the Night's been on Xbox Live since the 360 days and it plays just fine, there.  Hell, if anything, it plays better there than it did on the original PlayStation.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on August 09, 2018, 04:36:27 pm
It's also on PSN. I have it on my Vita!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 10, 2018, 02:30:38 pm
I actually have Symphony of the Night on 360 (which can even be played on Xbox One), the GBA games (save Harmony of Dissonance. I never got around to buying that one) on Wii U and the DS games. It's not that I can't play them. I just want them to be playable on one device that I can take with me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 11, 2018, 11:41:31 am
Meanwhile, I'm getting back into Sunless Sea. I have to say, there's something quite cathartic about puttering about in a steam powered convertible submarine (sorry, zubmarine), stopping off an weird and wonderful places and slowly but surely solving the world's problems. Not to mention, you can turn various organs, including your penis and/or vagina into crystals. Honestly, what's not to love?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on August 11, 2018, 03:21:52 pm
Doom Eternal's first gameplay video dropped.

Ironbite-I didn't know I needed grappling hook double barrel shotgun until this game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 11, 2018, 04:20:32 pm
I could only watch the first few minutes of the Eternal footage. I'm at a point where such highly scripted gameplay demos do nothing for me.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on August 11, 2018, 04:28:45 pm
The game looks fun and I would like to see how they continue the plot (despite plot not being the main point of the game.) They managed to make the three significant characters interesting with a very well done "show don't tell" method.

I only wish that they'd keep up with numbering the games. We already have Hitman and Wolfenstein series with similarly named games that make it hard to remember which was which.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on August 28, 2018, 07:52:36 pm
The pull stars in Super Mario Galaxy make the exact same sound as the warp pads in Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on September 01, 2018, 06:19:27 pm
The Shadowrun video games (Returns, Dragonfall, and Hong Kong) are my favourite rpgs in a long time
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 03, 2018, 07:29:43 pm
Yakuza 0 is in the bag. Damn I should have played this game sooner. Now on to Yakuza Kiwami.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 03, 2018, 08:28:35 pm
Yakuza is beautiful.  That is all.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 04, 2018, 12:24:49 am
It is indeed beautiful.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on September 04, 2018, 03:16:12 am
The newest Bubsy (the one from 2017) is surprisingly good, considering that the reason the series got famous in the first place was because of how broken and incomplete Bubsy 3D on the playstation was.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 09, 2018, 06:32:39 pm
Yakuza Kiwami is finished. It was fine. Yakuza 0 is a way better game, though. Now on to Yakuza Kiwami 2.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 09, 2018, 11:00:42 pm
First impression of Yakuza Kiwami 2: Well 60fps was nice while we had it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 10, 2018, 12:16:25 am
How the fuck did I forget that Kiwami 2 was out?!

...I may or may not need to update a list pertinent to this particular month.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 11, 2018, 12:33:26 am
Also, Sega announced a Yakuza spin-off where you play as a lawyer turned private detective. It looks like a mix of Yakuza and Ace Attorney. (https://kotaku.com/the-yakuza-teams-next-project-is-like-ace-attorney-with-1828940940) Yup. I'm sold. It'll be interesting seeing where they take the story since you'll be playing as someone who is trying to bring criminals to justice, which is kind of the opposite of Yakuza. (Plus seeing that they're bringing back the Style system from Yakuza 0 and Kiwami is a welcome surprise).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 11, 2018, 09:32:42 am
(https://i.imgur.com/TCMMLs6.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 11, 2018, 01:31:10 pm
Well, prepare for dick explosion because Project Judge is set for western release next year, possibly as early as February. And if you're willing to deal with the language barrier, there's already a demo of it up on the Japanese PSN.

EDIT: also, side note, but I really hope we get the remasters of Yakuza 3, 4 and 5. Especially 3 since it's the hardest one to find and that it was not released uncut.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 15, 2018, 04:33:01 am
I've been meaning to give Yakuza 0 a go for a while now. Looks like a fun series, and now that I can play them without buying a whole new piece of hardware, it just seems like the time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on September 15, 2018, 11:57:22 pm
Well, you'll be able to play at least Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami. It's not clear if the west is getting the PS4 versions of Yakuza 3, 4 and 5, let alone PC versions of series after Kiwami.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 17, 2018, 09:27:48 am
Eh, it's better than nothing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on September 27, 2018, 09:45:55 am
I have to say, the new A Hat in Time DLC is fucking beautiful. Use to be that my biggest complaint with an otherwise excellent game is that it was a tad on the easy side. Well, they certainly took care of that little problem. The aptly named Deathwish Mode is harder than a priest's cock in an orphanage.

Finally, there exists a difficult 3D platformer that isn't difficult because of a bullshit camera.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Svata on September 27, 2018, 03:43:27 pm
Finally got DOOM. It's good, as you all know.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on September 27, 2018, 07:11:09 pm
I love being an evil fecker in Fallout 2, taking a mob boss' oxygen tank, watching him slowly suffocate, then offing his goons and using his bar as storage for my loot.  Oh, and also giving another boss' kid a loaded gun and telling the sprout to show it to daddy whilst waving it around and pulling the trigger.  I'm considering killing the 2nd boss' remaining family and looting the lot before I get made for one fambly, fuck the boss' daughter and wife bareback, then blow the boss up with a rigged safe bomb.

Oh, and selling the inventor of inhaler-meth into slavery for kicks and irony points.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on September 30, 2018, 04:35:05 am
This is the first time in a long time people've actually been excited for a WWE game, and I pre-ordered it. Already setting up my rosters for the Universe mode. Currently in the draft stage. If it works out how I want it too a few new teams will fill up division a little more due to me being a sucker for teams.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 03, 2018, 04:20:12 pm
Star Control Origin.

...Bit of a flawed jewel that one.

The story isn't bad, the aliens are great but the core gameplay is the weakest part of the game and gets repetetive. Found out that one of the former Cracked writers, Chris Bucholz was behind the story of the game, I did like his articles always. Still, the decent story is not much help if the only way to really enjoy it is to not play the game which also reduces the replay value. I am looking forward to seeing what Reiche and Ford (the makers of the first two Star Control games) are going to do now that they won the legal case against the makers of SCO and get to do their own sequel.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on October 14, 2018, 04:07:57 am
Guess what I've been sucked back into? Everyone's favourite cube based, Swedish developed modding platform that's all about building insane automated factories. Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 24, 2018, 02:21:14 am
Hollow Knight.

a) I still hate sad endings.

b) Like a certain Youtuber commented on it, a sequel where you get to see the post-apocalyptic dystopia rebuild would be nice.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on October 24, 2018, 03:39:09 pm
Yeah but it's an indie game.  It's mandated by law to have a sad ending.

https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2428

Ironbite-see?  Law.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on October 24, 2018, 11:54:42 pm
Then explain Red Dead Redemption's ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Wurdulac on October 25, 2018, 04:07:56 am
Yeah but it's an indie game.  It's mandated by law to have a sad ending.

https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2428

Ironbite-see?  Law.

Responding to that comic:  man, shit, that's just life.

"And then you and everyone you've ever cared about and everyone they've ever cared about ad infinitum dies, The End." -The Story of the Universe, final sentence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on October 25, 2018, 04:17:17 am
Hollow Knight.

a) I still hate sad endings.

Better than an ending where you realise you've been the bad guy/s all along but the game just sort of skips over the issue and doesn't expand upon it or properly explore it in any meaningful way...or the writers somehow didn't realise themselves that the "heroes"might actually be the bad guys. Yeah that's right, Gears of War 3, you know what you did.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on October 25, 2018, 08:26:13 am
Hollow Knight.

a) I still hate sad endings.

Better than an ending where you realise you've been the bad guy/s all along but the game just sort of skips over the issue and doesn't expand upon it or properly explore it in any meaningful way...or the writers somehow didn't realise themselves that the "heroes"might actually be the bad guys. Yeah that's right, Gears of War 3, you know what you did.

Have you played any of the Black Ops games in the CoD franchise? In one of them the EEVIL plan of the villain is to cause the KILLER ROBOT ARMY of USA self destruct as vengeance for them murdering his sister during an illegal black ops mission. Another one starts with the villains painted as evil because they randomly shoot their own troops and kill civilians and the game ends with the heroes making a false flag attack and causing a genocide, an act which is seen as heroic I guess...

Oh and the Killzone series goes from "oh wow, these villains have a reason for being so angry due to the racism and mistreatment they have suffered" and eventually goes straight to "Did we just see the heroes commit genocide and kill nearly all of the civilians in the "evil" faction?"

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Post by: a muslim Satanist on October 25, 2018, 08:02:36 pm
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Have you played any of the Black Ops games in the CoD franchise? In one of them the EEVIL plan of the villain is to cause the KILLER ROBOT ARMY of USA self destruct as vengeance for them murdering his sister during an illegal black ops mission. Another one starts with the villains painted as evil because they randomly shoot their own troops and kill civilians and the game ends with the heroes making a false flag attack and causing a genocide, an act which is seen as heroic
isn't the last one infinite war not black ops.

I may have to play it again because really I don't remember them making a false flag or causing a Genocide


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Post by: Katsuro on October 26, 2018, 01:17:10 am
Hollow Knight.

a) I still hate sad endings.

Better than an ending where you realise you've been the bad guy/s all along but the game just sort of skips over the issue and doesn't expand upon it or properly explore it in any meaningful way...or the writers somehow didn't realise themselves that the "heroes"might actually be the bad guys. Yeah that's right, Gears of War 3, you know what you did.

Have you played any of the Black Ops games in the CoD franchise? In one of them the EEVIL plan of the villain is to cause the KILLER ROBOT ARMY of USA self destruct as vengeance for them murdering his sister during an illegal black ops mission. Another one starts with the villains painted as evil because they randomly shoot their own troops and kill civilians and the game ends with the heroes making a false flag attack and causing a genocide, an act which is seen as heroic I guess...

Oh and the Killzone series goes from "oh wow, these villains have a reason for being so angry due to the racism and mistreatment they have suffered" and eventually goes straight to "Did we just see the heroes commit genocide and kill nearly all of the civilians in the "evil" faction?"

No I went off CoD after 4; imo the series lost what made it special after that. But that level of hypocrisy in the story telling actually doesn't surprise me based on what the series seems to have become, if the marketing is anything to go by.
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Post by: Askold on October 26, 2018, 01:41:18 am
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Have you played any of the Black Ops games in the CoD franchise? In one of them the EEVIL plan of the villain is to cause the KILLER ROBOT ARMY of USA self destruct as vengeance for them murdering his sister during an illegal black ops mission. Another one starts with the villains painted as evil because they randomly shoot their own troops and kill civilians and the game ends with the heroes making a false flag attack and causing a genocide, an act which is seen as heroic
isn't the last one infinite war not black ops.

I may have to play it again because really I don't remember them making a false flag or causing a Genocide



Might be.

They capture the massive enemy flagship and then go use that on a suicide mission to destroy the enemy shipyards.

EDIT:

a) Got back into playing X COM (2012) and I'm having fun.

b) I also tried to play Half-Life 2 but had much less fun because of two issues. One being that the subtitles in the game are translated in to Finnish and I can't find where to turn that off and it just seems so weird. The other was that the game wasn't registering my mouse clicks 50% of the time. I kept dying (often by getting stuck behind crates while chased by Manhacks) because the game wouldn't let me shoot or use my crowbar. Even using the buttons on the touchpad attached to my laptod didn't seem to help much.

c) Overwatch is a game that I have never played but I've always enjoyed the videos and if I get a better computer it is likely one of the things I'll buy for it. There's another two videos out now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYVvPNhRR0 I love every second of this video and the characters in it. For some reason futuristic cowboys are an extremely appealing aesthetic for me. And not just sexually. (But also sexually though, once again reminding me of my bisexuality.) They even introduced one more character into the game
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 03, 2018, 02:22:51 am
Then explain Red Dead Redemption's ending.
The last at large member of a once notorious and powerful criminal organisation was finally taken down, signifying progress beyond a poorly settled and generally lawless frontier state. If you ask me, it was a pretty sweet ending.
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Post by: Cloud3514 on November 03, 2018, 08:57:07 pm
Then explain Red Dead Redemption's ending.
The last at large member of a once notorious and powerful criminal organisation was finally taken down, signifying progress beyond a poorly settled and generally lawless frontier state. If you ask me, it was a pretty sweet ending.

....That's not the ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 03, 2018, 09:09:40 pm
Then explain Red Dead Redemption's ending.
The last at large member of a once notorious and powerful criminal organisation was finally taken down, signifying progress beyond a poorly settled and generally lawless frontier state. If you ask me, it was a pretty sweet ending.

....That's not the ending.

It's not? Oh wait, is the actual ending that his son aimlessly pisses about for eternity?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 04, 2018, 01:00:35 am
God damn it, I know you're doing that on purpose.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 04, 2018, 01:11:33 am
Well, partially. It's been so long that if the ending really is something other than John walking out of the barn and getting fucked by the army, I've completely forgotten about it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 04, 2018, 01:49:22 am
Well, the actual ending is when Jack tracks down Edgar Ross and murders him in cold blood for a pointless revenge, which is exact opposite of what John wanted for him, leaving Jack as a relic of a time the world has left behind with no place in the world and no real future.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 04, 2018, 02:45:43 am
I'm not sure if I just forgot about it, or I never saw it in the first place. I remember finishing the game and being deeply, deeply hurt to see that I had 99.8% completion and seemingly no more random encounters to find. I just assumed I missed one earlier on in the run, but I guess there's a chance I just never found the true ending.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on November 04, 2018, 04:34:00 am
Also, A belonging to group B does not mean that each individual example of group B is the same as A.

There are non-indie games with sad endings but Indie games in general seem to suffer from them more than others. BECAUSE BEING SAD AND NIHILISTIC IS ARTISTIC! Or something.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 05, 2018, 03:02:43 am
I'm not sure if I just forgot about it, or I never saw it in the first place. I remember finishing the game and being deeply, deeply hurt to see that I had 99.8% completion and seemingly no more random encounters to find. I just assumed I missed one earlier on in the run, but I guess there's a chance I just never found the true ending.

Yeah, it's shown as a side quest, but what it is is Jack going around trying to find Edgar Ross, talking to a federal agent who sings his praises as an uncompromising upholder of justice, then his wife who thinks Jack is there to call him back into service (and is not happy about it because she just wants them to let him retire in peace) and finally finding him out hunting, where he challenges him to a duel, killing him and leaving his body to rot in the wilderness as the credits roll with no attempt made to glorify what he did: kill a man in cold blood for pointless revenge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 15, 2018, 01:41:01 am
Anyone else playing Holy Fury, the new Crusader Kings 2 DLC? I have to say, after the rather disappointing Jade Dragon, Paradox really redeemed themselves. The best part has to be the warrior lodges that Pagans get to enjoy. Join one, rise through the ranks and then become a Legend by travelling to a Christian or Muslim kingdom, wandering about picking fights and generally waving your dick around until the king gets fed up with your thuggish bullshit and challenges you to combat against his champion. Kill said champion, which of course turns out to be a rather irate bear, and you'll officially become the progenitor of a legendary bloodline, equal to the likes of the Carolingians, or the Umayyads. All of your descendent will be proud to say that their great great great gandpappy killed a bear that the local king tried to sic on him for being an obnoxious dickhead, even by tourist standards. That's just one of many new features introduced to the game.

Like fine wine, this game only gets ever more beautiful with age.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on November 15, 2018, 09:58:59 pm
My gaming PC has been internetless for the last couple of years, so I haven't been able to update since the India expansion came out :'(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 15, 2018, 10:01:42 pm
Ouch. You're really missing out, my friend.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 17, 2018, 03:02:31 am
So... Pokemon Let's Go. Welp. I'm bored.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 17, 2018, 03:34:17 pm
Its Pokemon Yellow Remake.

Ironbite-and pretty much a stop gap before Gen 8 comes out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 18, 2018, 02:25:52 am
And after playing it, I REALLY hope Let's Go doesn't leak into Gen VIII. Let's Go is just repetitive, overly simple nostalgia bait.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 18, 2018, 10:23:22 pm
OK. Ten hours into Pokemon Let's Go. Yeah, I think I'm done. This game is fucking terrible.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sleepy on November 18, 2018, 11:32:36 pm
OK. Ten hours into Pokemon Let's Go. Yeah, I think I'm done. This game is fucking terrible.

Really? I've heard people on both sides of loving/hating it, so I'm curious what you hate about it. I personally haven't played it at all and didn't plan to, but it's interesting to see the back-and-forth on it so far.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 19, 2018, 12:44:30 am
The short answer: It's overly simple nostalgia bait with controls that barely work.

The long answer:

The controls are terrible. Well, at least the docked controls are. You're forced to use motion controls that barely work because aiming where you throw your Pokeball is so difficult as to be nearly impossible, so any Pokemon that doesn't stay in the middle of the screen becomes exponentially more difficult to catch. On top of that, the game is really finicky about how hard to swing the controller as anything under the EXACT amount of force means your Pokeball just falls to the ground uselessly and there's an occasional issue where I've had the ball just fly off to one side for no apparent reason. The controls are ill-defined, finicky and awkward.

Battling non-boss trainers is just a complete waste of time. You do get experience from battles, but the amount is a pittance compared to what you get from catching Pokemon. So this means that you're better off walking around trainers that you're not required to fight.

Oh, hey, my Growlithe is a few levels behind. Now I have to empty my party of all Pokemon except for her and start catching Pokemon... which will immediately get added to my party and dilute the experience gains, meaning that I have to go into the menu, pull up the Pokemon box and remove the newly caught Pokemon from the party after every. Single. Encounter.

I sent FIFTY Pokemon to Oak in one go to clear out my Pokemon box of clutter. The people who talk about how you don't have to grind are LYING. The only reliable way to level up your Pokemon is to catch Pokemon. And that means running around an area catching the same Pokemon over and over and over and over and over again until you either get fed up or you're satisfied. By the time I had to catch my 10th Raticate, I knew I was going to have a problem with this.

And since it's what you're doing for pretty much the entire game, I should talk about the catching mechanics. It's Pokemon Go. OK, that's not entirely true. It's Pokemon Go with shitty motion controls! I like Pokemon Go. For a mobile AR game that I can play while sitting down and eating dinner with friends, these mechanics work just fine. For a full single-player console game? Yeah, fuck that noise.

Those last two points together means that you have to rely on doing ONE thing repeatedly to progress and that one thing is pressing the A button/right on the d-pad, swinging your arm awkwardly and hope the RNG gods decide you can have that Ryhorn you're only catching for experience.

And that's not getting into how the Pokemon you catch just feel disposable since you're encouraged to catch them en masse. There's a reason Pokemon Go players jokingly refer to transferring Pokemon as sending them to the candy grinder.

Then there's the fact that it's just a remake of Yellow. And it plays out EXACTLY like Yellow, except that Game Freak seems to have forgotten that your rival is supposed to be the primary antagonist. The story is the exact same story as Gen I, except the driving force of your rival is gone, leaving Team Rocket as the only real antagonists. And the problem there is that it completely eliminates the player's personal interest in the story because, the thing is, YOU ONLY FIGHT TEAM ROCKET INCIDENTALLY.

Oh, but it's actually a sequel because Blue shows up occasionally! And this is frustrating to me because Black and White 2 proved that Game Freak can use the same region for two compelling games. Because if Blue is here, that means that Game Freak expects me to believe that the EXACT SAME EVENTS happened about ten years ago with the EXACT SAME characters who have not aged a fucking DAY. Though, I will admit that it was kinda neat to see Mina from Sun and Moon/Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon after she missed the boat leaving Vermillion city. Granted, now the timeline is even more confused since her design has her as a little girl instead of the teenager/young adult she is in the Alola games, but hey, gotta give praise where I can.

And, yes, I am well aware that story is not a big deal in Pokemon, regardless of Gen V.

What makes this more frustrating that the game looks and sounds GREAT. It's obviously running on the Sun and Moon engine, but seeing this game makes me want an HD remaster of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. The full orchestral music is fantastic, too. Plus, having Pikachu hanging on my shoulder as I go is super adorable.

TL;DR: This game is grindy repetitive nostalgia bait made under a false premise that Pokemon is too complex for new players.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 03, 2018, 05:24:55 am
Just tried out and then rage-uninstalled Alpha Protocol. It does the Deus Ex thing where you can build your character around stealth or direct combat. I go with stealth and after making my way through a bunch of mediocre and unforgivably bug riddled corridors and unavoidable gunfights, I get to one such fight that just so happens to also be an escort quest. Naturally, that was the last goddamn straw. I promptly purged that piece of rancid vagina yoghurt from my computer, and I must say, I'm feeling so much better because of it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 07, 2018, 02:38:23 am
In other news, Kenshi is out of Early Access, so I'm thinking it's time to give it a go. It looks a bit like Mount and Blade, but with even more shit to do.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on December 07, 2018, 02:54:01 am
Stellaris has completely changed again.

I love Paradox games, they keep on improving their old games, not just the DLCs, they actually put out updates that revamp and improve the game for even those without the DLCs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on December 09, 2018, 01:28:18 am
Well, I'm officially addicted to Kenshi. I'm really enjoying the adventures of Timtam, master thief (in training) and founder and current sole member of Timtam's Tangerines, future masters of the entire wasteland. It really is Mount and Blade but with even more shit to do.
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Post by: Kanzenkankaku on December 09, 2018, 04:33:34 am
SO I decided to finally get an avatar and fully join the rank of my fellow regulars because why not? Reason I'm posting it here is cuz its vidya.

I am hyped for the rest of this game to be released. Deltarune was just the first chapter and it was already as good as Undertale was. Suzy is the most savage bae.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on December 09, 2018, 08:09:59 pm
Super Smash Bros Ultimate is fast becoming one of my favorite games on the Switch.

Ironbite-hands down.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on December 10, 2018, 09:29:29 am
Queer that they put Joker from Persona 5 in there; then again, I guess he fits about as well as Beyonetta or Cloud.

...Wonderin where that English dub of the anime is, ya fuckers.  It isn't like you don't have the voice actors' numbers, ya cunts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on December 23, 2018, 02:19:46 am
Got around to finishing Yakuza Kiwami 2. This game is a massive improvement over Kiwami 1. Yakuza Zero is still better, though. Now on to the PS3 games. Installing Yakuza 3 as I type.

Also, I think Harada might have secretly announced Kiryu for Tekken on Twitter.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on December 28, 2018, 04:23:55 am
Got Wolfenstein New Order for christmas and spend like an hour or two shooting up nazis. The rest of the time I've been doing Pokemon X.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on December 28, 2018, 04:24:39 am
Also New Order was in a double pack with the prequel, Old Blood. I have that one installed on the xbox but haven't played it yet.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 08, 2019, 08:29:48 pm
In other news, EA's being shitty again (https://www.techspot.com/news/78149-ea-refuses-honor-great-game-guarantee-policy-star.html). INAL, but I think refusing to honor a guarantee is grounds for a lawsuit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 09, 2019, 09:54:07 am
Ever noticed how goddamn fragile some people are?

(https://i.redd.it/gnvwa7reqc921.jpg)

"The last normal character"

Aside from the whole "normal" thing, how was that the last one of them? If it's about sexuality, shouldn't they have to wait until Blizzard confirms that every single one of them is LGBT before crying about it? Or is it that all but 2 out of God knows how many characters is not enough representation to fragile little straight boys? Can't be the colour of his skin either. Aside from how much they'd start crying for being called racists it's not like Soldier-daddy is the only white character in the game. Heck, they just introduced Ashe into the game as well and she's white so there's no real fear of "white genocide" in this game any more than there is in the real world.

But sure, one character is confirmed to be gay and now "the community" is traumatized.

I don't ever want to see anyone complain that getting PTSD from harassment is an exaggeration if changing one minor detail about a fictional character is enough to "traumatize" gamers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 09, 2019, 11:05:12 am
No matter if you make a character gay, straight, bi, black, white, Asian, Christian, Atheist, Jew or whatever else, there'll always be some prissy little princess on the internet who's offended and thinks anyone else gives a shit.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 09, 2019, 02:13:57 pm
Me, I don't really care about the reveal itself. Little suspicious of the timing tho.

No matter if you make a character gay, straight, bi, black, white, Asian, Christian, Atheist, Jew or whatever else, there'll always be some prissy little princess on the internet who's offended and thinks anyone else gives a shit.

Ain't that the truth.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on January 10, 2019, 06:13:08 am
He's the "Last Normal Character" because he's a blonde-hair blue-eyed white American who they presumed was straight. Because nothing else is normal.

Also I recognize that site as OneAngryGamer, I'd assume it was satire if I didn't know the sad, sad reality that that dude is completely unironic.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 11, 2019, 06:08:36 pm
In other news, Bungie's split with Activision (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3331986/gaming/this-week-in-games-bungie-divorces-activision-epic-gives-our-favorite-game-of-2017-away-for-free.html). Probably a good thing, since they seem to be in a four-way race to the bottom with EA, Bethesda and Sony.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 11, 2019, 08:00:23 pm
EA will probably win that fight.

Ironbite-as they're EA.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 11, 2019, 08:23:15 pm
As it currently stands, if they ever lose their sports licenses, they're fucked.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on January 12, 2019, 05:25:14 am
What about Konami? That's gotta be a top 5 competitor alongside EA and the rest.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 12, 2019, 11:32:32 am
They barely do games, anymore.  Last I heard, the only thing they want to make is pachinko machines.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 12, 2019, 11:41:24 am
Did you know that in the American Dub of Overwatch, Tracer and her girlfriend are just cousins that like to spend time together? (The joke is bad but I thought of it by myself.)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 12, 2019, 12:13:21 pm
I’m very disappointed in myself for knowing what you’re referencing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 12, 2019, 01:13:53 pm
I’m very disappointed in myself for knowing what you’re referencing.

Hint: it put the magical girl genre of anime on the map.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 12, 2019, 08:31:04 pm
No, I actually do know what he's referring to. I didn't accidentally a word or anything.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 12, 2019, 09:24:35 pm
Aah, no my brain did the dumb.  Excuse me, I'm gonna go hang myself, now.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 12, 2019, 09:36:24 pm
They're not a game publisher.

Ironbite-they just make pachinko machines.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on January 13, 2019, 06:20:15 am
They barely do games, anymore.  Last I heard, the only thing they want to make is pachinko machines.

Phew, glad to know Metal Gear Survive was just a fever dream I had. I would have killed myself if that shit was real.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 13, 2019, 04:39:46 pm
If only...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 14, 2019, 02:02:12 pm
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-09-former-blizzard-employee-alleges-racism-and-discrimination-drove-him-to-leave (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-09-former-blizzard-employee-alleges-racism-and-discrimination-drove-him-to-leave)

Why isn't this being talked about more?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 14, 2019, 02:27:29 pm
Need to send that shit over to Jim Sterling.  Bet he'd eat that shit up.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 14, 2019, 09:14:33 pm
Need to send that shit over to Jim Sterling.  Bet he'd eat that shit up.
Of course he will. Look at him, he'll clearly eat anything.

Oh, you meant metaphorically. Well then, carry on.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on January 14, 2019, 09:43:22 pm
https://businessinsider.com/gearbox-randy-pitchford-lawsuit-bonus-2019-1?r=US&IR=T

Speaking of stuff that Jim Sterling is and/or would eat up. Randy Pitchfraud (responsible for Aliens Colonial Marines among other trainwrecks, is in another lawsuit. This time for alleged embezzling. Jim was really smug in his video this morning and I can't blame him, because fuck Randy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 14, 2019, 09:53:49 pm
This on top of the child porn allegations against him (https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/01/11/gearbox-ceo-randy-pitchford-child-pornography-lawsuit/).
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on January 15, 2019, 12:07:03 am
They barely do games, anymore.  Last I heard, the only thing they want to make is pachinko machines.

Isn't that financial suicide?

Who even knows what Pachinko is, or better yet, who actually PLAYS Pachinko?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 15, 2019, 01:25:43 am
They barely do games, anymore.  Last I heard, the only thing they want to make is pachinko machines.

Isn't that financial suicide?

Who even knows what Pachinko is, or better yet, who actually PLAYS Pachinko?

In America, yes. In Konami's homeland, on the other hand, Pachinko is pretty much their version of slots, except it's not just confined to one city.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 15, 2019, 07:38:57 am
They barely do games, anymore.  Last I heard, the only thing they want to make is pachinko machines.

Isn't that financial suicide?

Who even knows what Pachinko is, or better yet, who actually PLAYS Pachinko?

... America ain't the only market in the world, bro.  If memory serves, pachinko is hugely popular in Japan, largely due to a lot of gambling laws that Japan has on the books.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 15, 2019, 03:30:11 pm
Did nobody see the Pachinko episode of Power Rangers?

Ironbite-*walks off muttering angry words*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 15, 2019, 10:12:23 pm
In my defense, I haven't seen Power Rangers since I was in grade school.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on January 15, 2019, 10:20:21 pm
How grotesque.

So Konami is willing to just coast by on...what, the market of stupid Salarymen who think gambling is going to do anything but put them knee-deep in debt?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 15, 2019, 11:37:19 pm
The poor bastards need something to keep them from killing themselves under the insane weight of Japanese working culture... well, any more often than they already do, at any rate.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 16, 2019, 12:06:12 am
Not to mention, that particular market is largely what's keeping the Yakuza rolling in yen.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 16, 2019, 09:42:53 am
If it keeps Majima-chan in the money...
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 16, 2019, 12:56:04 pm
What would you have liked to see from the Metal Gear franchise? I'd have liked a game about The Boss.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 16, 2019, 04:55:32 pm
I'd like to see a new Thief, instead.  I heard there was one a few years back, but all I saw was a shitty Batman game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on January 17, 2019, 02:22:51 am
I'd like to see Survive but not shit. That would have been fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 18, 2019, 06:38:10 pm
So, the latest AC:O DLC forces Kassandra into a straight romance, regardless of player choice (https://www.pcgamer.com/assassins-creed-odysseys-latest-dlc-forces-you-into-a-heterosexual-romance/?utm_content=buffer4a355&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=buffer_pcgamerfb). Even ignoring the sexual orientation angle, invalidating player choice is a major dick move. They don't even have the "we need a direct descendant" excuse anymore, since that requirement was done away with in AC4.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on January 20, 2019, 02:14:35 am
Jim Sterling's video about it was pretty good. Ubisoft gonna Ubisoft.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 20, 2019, 11:13:19 am
Goin' through my YouTube recommendations because I'm that kind of horribly uninteresting individual, and a thought struck me.

I really hope they get around to a remaster of Final Fantasy VIII.  Or, hell, have VIII's story, but in the engine used for XV.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on January 20, 2019, 01:31:14 pm
Invalidating player choice is a story choice for the developers. If the player is not supposed to be an all powerful god then it is understandable that there are things that they cannot change. Even if the game gives an illusion of choice but all alternatives lead to a similar result this is not necessarily a bad gameplay decision, it's a just a matter of execution and reason to determine whether it works.

The player automatically losing the gunfight near the end of Red Dead Redemption 1 is a famous example of such a sadistic result. Does it take away player agency? Yes. Even if you are fighting well you will still lose and this is an important part of the story and they make a point of it. Similarly there are plenty of games where the player character will be captured and doesn't matter how well you play, that part of the plot requires you to be caught.

In RPGs this is known as "railroading" and I've seen plenty of complaints about it but I still find myself accepting it on some occasions. It's all about how well it is done and in my opinion some of the "but muh agency" complaints are a bit childish. Video games in particular are always limiting the player because there are only so many things that they can handle in the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 20, 2019, 03:20:03 pm
See I'd agree with you on that except in AC:O, you can play Kassandra as the most lesbian lesbian whoever lesbianed and it doesn't affect the game's story at all.  This?  This basically takes all that away and spits on any good will the game built up.

Ironbite-I know it's just how people precieve the character but this seems just needless.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on January 22, 2019, 02:06:24 am
Well, I got back into and actually managed to finish ELEX. It was alright, but is still outshone by Gothic 2. I guess we all have to accept the fact that Piranha Bytes peaked in 2003.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on January 26, 2019, 11:52:51 am
Well, Anthem's having some serious issues already (https://www.pcgamer.com/anthems-vip-demo-isnt-giving-me-much-faith-in-a-smooth-launch/). How bad is it? It accidentally DDoS attacked EA (https://www.gameshedge.com/anthem-vip-demo-frustrating-fans-pissed/)!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 26, 2019, 03:44:19 pm
......how do you fuck that up so badly?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: lord gibbon on January 26, 2019, 05:01:53 pm
It's EA. They'll find a way.

Also: *Bethesda and Ubisoft* Man, we really fucked up, huh? No one is gonna surpass this soon.

*EA* Hold my beer.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on January 26, 2019, 06:01:34 pm
The never-ending march of AAA fuck-ups continues. A true parade of "you have enough experience and money to avoid this, and yet still here we are thanks to your greed and incompetence."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 26, 2019, 07:52:15 pm
Christ, Episode Prompto is the single saddest thing I've played in a long time... and its just a DLC for Final Fantasy XV.  Hats off to whoever wrote it, they did damn well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on January 26, 2019, 08:04:09 pm
Oh yeah it really is just so....god it makes that later scene in the lab so freaking sadder.

Ironbite-makes me really feel for Prompto and his brothers.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on January 27, 2019, 11:47:24 am
Fucking right?!  Whoever wrote that deserves a fucking award.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on February 03, 2019, 10:27:08 pm
There is a frustrating thing in online collectible card games that tends to make me tired of them fairly fast: the match making algorithm. It is supposed to pick about equal decks to set against each other but that illusion breaks up if you pay any attention.

MtG:Arena is the latest one I've played and due to the generous amount of cards it gives it's easy to try different decks. In fact, the quest system openly encourages this. When you make a new deck the logic behind the algorithm becomes clear. You play a few games and if your deck works you get a few wins, maybe even a streak - until suddenly you hit a wall. The decks you are put against are not only noticeably stronger than yours but also work on the same logic as yours. Suddenly you get frustrated and see all those cards that could improve your deck... You try a different deck and the result is the same: first you get random decks against you and then suddenly a lot of similar decks even if you had never or rarely encountered those before.

Fuck that. It not only makes me angry about the way I lost but takes away a lot of the pleasure from the games I win. How many of those are the result of the algorithm setting me against decks against which I have an unfair advantage?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on February 07, 2019, 01:30:26 pm
EA's stock plummeted almost 20% (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-05/electronic-arts-sinks-after-latest-battlefield-video-game-flops) thanks to a terrible holiday quarter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdOPBP9vuZA
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on February 07, 2019, 03:10:19 pm
Good.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on February 16, 2019, 05:13:45 am
play night in the woods if you have't yet.
gregg rulz ok.
solve mysteries and do crime.
also demontower.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on February 21, 2019, 05:20:49 am
Good.

Trouble is when shit like this happens companies have a tendancy to fire lower level staff whilst the ones in charge, IE the ones whose fault it actually is, face no consqequences. They carry on earning obscene amounts of money in exchange for incompetence.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on February 21, 2019, 05:35:25 am
Meanwhile Paradox is doing great AND they aren't firing people left and right to make even more money for investors.

Also, this one starts of silly and quickly goes to stupid. Troll or not?

(https://external-preview.redd.it/Y4SgWj13jkFbTOvWin8dag1v9z4aE41UppabfNxa_Ws.png?auto=webp&s=09ebf7ec69bb9f0c94740f157bbe000b2e859711)

(https://i.imgur.com/AmMmWqc.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 21, 2019, 10:45:36 am
After seeing the preview and prologue for Episode Ardyn, I can say with total confidence that I am fully, painfully erect for it.  Oh, also fuck the gods of Eos, Somnus was ersatz Aerys Targaryen, and the line of oracles must have some powerful fucking genes, seeing how much Lunafreya looks like her ancestor from, like, two thousand years ago.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 24, 2019, 03:19:45 am
Replaying the DS Zelda games. Phantom Hourglass is so much better when you can abuse the fuck out of save states, and Spirit Tracks once again reminds me why it's my favourite hand held Zelda of all time. It fixes pretty much everything Phantom Hourglass managed to fuck up, and the sountrack really is a thing of beauty. Such a shame it didn't get anywhere near the recognition it deserves.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 19, 2019, 11:13:51 pm
Holy hell, I'd forgotten how insanely present archery is in Ultima Online.  Then again, I'd not used it since...1999?  The special moves and new weapons have really been a game changer.  Magical shortbow with life/mana leech is a fucking gore machine once you get enough skill to shoot fucking lightning arrows.  It's insane how quickly I got grandmaster in archery; it couldn't have been more than twelve hours.  Helps that I can craft my own ammo.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Katsuro on March 23, 2019, 12:30:29 pm
Good news everyone, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is reprising his role as Shang Tsung for Mortal Kombat 11!  Day-one purchase for me now.  I'm not even joking, I love Tagawa that much.

Bad news is he's a DLC character (but is also the Krypt keeper in the base game)...a fact that's been announced before the game is even finished.  Devs aren't even pretending anymore that they don't hold content back just to have DLC they can charge more money for.  And making us pay extra for more Tagawa is a dirty move; they know how popular the actor is as that character.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 30, 2019, 01:49:34 am
So. Borderlands 3.

Guns with legs, anyone?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on March 30, 2019, 09:06:21 am
The trailer seems interesting.

I've liked the stories and the characters but as usual I'm not gonna have the money to get the game + a system that would run it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 31, 2019, 11:11:44 am
Apparently, there's some next gen graphics work goin into Elder Scrolls 6.

...Only thing I can think about this is "I wonder what next-gen bugs we'll be getting."  Oh, and how hilarious they'll be.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 01, 2019, 02:43:48 am
In yet more new release news, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is getting a sequel. Let's hope this time they actually get it done before they release it.

That said, it's not due out for another year, and already they're trying to sell pre-orders, including a $130 "Bloodmoon Edition (https://www.gog.com/game/vampire_the_masquerade_bloodlines_2_blood_moon_edition)", so not exactly off to a great start.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on April 01, 2019, 05:36:55 am
Youtube's Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry is going to be in Elder Scrolls 6!
https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-grandma-shirley-curry-will-be-in-the-elder-scrolls-6/

Its been a while since I watched her but she's a gem.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 01, 2019, 09:45:03 am
In yet more new release news, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is getting a sequel. Let's hope this time they actually get it done before they release it.

That said, it's not due out for another year, and already they're trying to sell pre-orders, including a $130 "Bloodmoon Edition (https://www.gog.com/game/vampire_the_masquerade_bloodlines_2_blood_moon_edition)", so not exactly off to a great start.

I'll be happy if they bring back Smiling Jack.  The idea of Bender being a pirate vampire is just too damned fun.

Youtube's Skyrim Grandma Shirley Curry is going to be in Elder Scrolls 6!
https://www.pcgamer.com/skyrim-grandma-shirley-curry-will-be-in-the-elder-scrolls-6/

Its been a while since I watched her but she's a gem.

That was easily the most adorable thing I'd seen in a long time.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 01, 2019, 10:12:32 am
I'll be happy if they bring back Smiling Jack.  The idea of Bender being a pirate vampire is just too damned fun.
He's in the screenshots, so most likely. Though if you ask me, the fact that he isn't a were-car is a huge missed opportunity.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 01, 2019, 08:02:39 pm
Eh, ya win some, ya lose some.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 02, 2019, 11:01:00 am
Did I mention how powerfully erect Episode Ardyn made me?  Feels boner, villain boner, and rage boner all in one.

Seriously, though, fuck the gods of Eos.  Damning a good man to insanity for their own overly complicated, unnecessarily cruel plans.  Shit makes me want an alternate ending where he and Noctis team up to utterly destroy the gods.  I mean, its not like Noctis had much trouble taking down Titan, Leviathan, and Ifrit.  The dude's literally killed a mountain with his bros.  Combine that with Ardyn's immortality and ability to casually wipe out an entire army without so much as breaking a sweat, and somehow, I doubt the gods of Eos would pose much challenge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on April 02, 2019, 03:26:34 pm
I honestly want to know why the hell the Gods decided that the dude who they basically fucked over wasn't good enough for the afterlife.  I mean, yeah Ardyn's a dick.  A massive complete dick but he did what was told to do.  Why the hell didn't he get a reward?  Like at all?

Ironbite-maybe he did his job too well and that made Baphmet nervous?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 02, 2019, 06:47:40 pm
He was what the gods' machinations had made him.  For all their idiotic yammering about fate and predestination, every single thing that happened of note in the main story happened because of either their direct intervention or their machinations.  If anything, the real villains of FFXV are the gods.  Ardyn was evil because they manipulated him into eating a tonne of daemons, gave a vision of him ascending the throne to Aera, likely knowing she'd tell Somnus because she's an idiot (I'm sorry, Aera, you're a nice person, but what person with a brain in their head trusts a man who literally BURNS PEOPLE ALIVE?), then knowing that Somnus would be exactly the kind of brazen sociopath that would try to kill his brother and anyone that got in his way, let shit just kinda play out like a particularly psychotic soap opera.

Somnus' whole "oh, I got better and leanred the error of my ways" spiel might've rung just a little less hollow if he hadn't been, ya know, burning people alive and hadn't cut down (showing no remorse after the fact) Ardyn's fiancee right in front of him.  "I became a better person" is what you say after you steal $20 from someone.  That doesn't cut it when you were a fucking serial killer.

Thing is, I'm certain Ardyn would've gladly sacrificed himself after becoming the focus for the Starscourge had the gods not arbitrarily decided to wait over 2000 years doing fuck all.  Yeah, he'd have been upset and rightfully so, but back then, he was still a fundamentally good person and would've given his life to save everyone from fucking daemon malaria.

Every god on Eos deserves to be rounded up and summarily executed for their actions.  Not just this, but that little internal tantrum they threw when the Solheim civilization stopped sucking their dicks with enough gusto and they fought a war that ended in complete (and very convenient) genocide.  Is it any wonder they fucking built Omega?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 19, 2019, 08:48:41 am
You know what never gets old? Making the Pope and with him the rest of the entire Catholic world your bitch.
(http://oi64.tinypic.com/300az2h.jpg)
It's great because according to Catholicism, the Pope answers directly to God. As my vassal, the Pope answers to me. Therefore, according to Catholics the world over, I have become God. After all, I get to tell him who to excommunicate, who to call crusades against, hell, even whose titles rightfully belong to me. It's absolutely fantastic.

I have to say, when you can make it work for you, religion suddenly doesn't seem quite so shitty.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 19, 2019, 09:30:17 am
Now, dear Art, you see why cults pop up like fucking weeds.  Its alarmingly easy to use it to gain power.  Though, I'd keep an eye on the Poop; he is apparently titled "the Usurper."  Make sure he doesn't go High Sparrow on ya.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Art Vandelay on April 19, 2019, 10:25:29 am
Nah, that's all good. He was originally my Antipope, then almost immediately became the actual Pope after 8000 well armed Italians busted into the Papacy and asked the old guy very nicely to please step down. Now everyone says he's a "usurper" for some unknown reason. It's also why his opinion of me is maxxed out.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 19, 2019, 12:41:48 pm
Iconoclasts is a rather pretty retro metroidvania game. And it almost avoids the whole "INDIE GAMES NEED TO HAVE A SAAAAAAAAAAD ENDING!" requirement. It's still sad but not as sad as they usually are.

In other news, I'm also sad and really need to play something jollier and less depressing.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 21, 2019, 09:57:38 pm
Joker may have stolen Ike's spot as my Smash main (pun very much intended) and Mementos may just be my favorite stage now. Only problem with it is that it doesn't have "Life Will Change" in favor of a rather meh remix of "Beneath the Mask."
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Chaos Undivided on May 15, 2019, 12:41:33 pm
So... China's banned blood and the use of the word "kill" in games:

https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/HenryFong/20190514/342566/The_Future_is_Bloodless_China_Bans_Blood_in_Video_Games.php (https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/HenryFong/20190514/342566/The_Future_is_Bloodless_China_Bans_Blood_in_Video_Games.php)

https://techraptor.net/content/china-bans-blood-kill-video-games (https://techraptor.net/content/china-bans-blood-kill-video-games)

What is this, Saban-era DBZ?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 12, 2019, 01:47:08 am
Surprise Borderlands 2 expansion!

Oh hai, Vaughn. Didn't expect to see you here.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 12, 2019, 01:55:58 am
I like that Tales from Borderlands characters are being brought to the "main" games.

(Honestly, the fall of Telltale games was the fault of the management being utterly stupid and greedy bastards who bit more than they can chew and didn't realize that ordering more overtime and crunch will at some point be impossible ...BUT, I still liked several of the games they made and the stories in them so seeing Vaughn and Rhys being brought back is nice.)

Also, Commander Keen is being brought back. This time as a mobile game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtQjGPfkEe8

At the point where "mobile" was mentioned a million neckbeards started frothing from the mouth. I had an argument with a few people who insisted that mobile games should be banned from gaming expos... And then I got called an SJW because apparently thinking that if you want to seriously take a look at the gaming industry, excluding mobile games will mean that you won't get the full picture ...is something that only an SJW would do?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 12, 2019, 09:26:18 am
I get them being pissed off because if you think the idea of filling this to the tits with microtransactions and loot boxes hasn't crossed Bethesda's mind, you haven't been watching Fallout 76 rapidly digging itself into the Earth's molten core.  Plus, the art style is ass, looking like some Steven Universe bullshit.  It's gonna turn another beloved franchise into a fucking Skinner Box.  Just like Dungeon Keeper.

Also, it just looks ugly.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 12, 2019, 09:57:40 am
Being angry at the game possibly being pay 2 win trash is understandable though a bit hasty, being angry at the idea that any mobile games are in a gaming expo is just elitist.

But I keep getting notifications from people who call me a troll or SJW or cuck or retard. ...And that's about all the words they know, so after that it gets repetitive.

All that because I, and I want to reiterate, think that not only are mobile games, games but also that having games in a gaming expo makes sense.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on June 12, 2019, 05:49:14 pm
*is to busy setting up Direct Deposit with Nintendo to care about arguments*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on June 12, 2019, 11:48:46 pm
I would have loved a Commander Keen reboot. Not in the form we're getting, though.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 13, 2019, 02:53:37 pm
Likewise.  At least, not something that would no doubt end up as a festering shitheap.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on June 15, 2019, 09:46:09 pm
Yeah, it looks like they're trying too hard :(
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on June 16, 2019, 03:30:58 am
shadowrun returns is good.

play it for cyberpunk reasons, drink some soykaf, and adventure.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on June 16, 2019, 05:16:30 am
I like how they brought back Armitage from the SNES Shadowrun game for a cameo.

And killing Steve Jackson is always fun.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on June 16, 2019, 07:34:40 pm
shadowrun returns is good.

play it for cyberpunk reasons, drink some soykaf, and adventure.

have you played hong kong or dragonfall? they're probably my favourite games I've played in a long time
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on June 16, 2019, 08:32:21 pm
shadowrun returns is good.

play it for cyberpunk reasons, drink some soykaf, and adventure.

have you played hong kong or dragonfall? they're probably my favourite games I've played in a long time
Yeah, Dragonfall is awesome, better than Returns. I decided against buying Hong Kong since I had the impression that it is disappointing compared to Dragonfall and a friend who did buy it confirmed this. Apparently that might not be the case?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on June 16, 2019, 09:20:17 pm
shadowrun returns is good.

play it for cyberpunk reasons, drink some soykaf, and adventure.

have you played hong kong or dragonfall? they're probably my favourite games I've played in a long time

not yet, have them on my steam wishlist though.

I have a LOT on that wishlist.So many games, yet so little money currently.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on June 18, 2019, 03:17:35 am
75% price cut on a sale today lmao. just nabbed both hong kong AND dragonfall.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Sigmaleph on June 19, 2019, 05:50:37 pm
shadowrun returns is good.

play it for cyberpunk reasons, drink some soykaf, and adventure.

have you played hong kong or dragonfall? they're probably my favourite games I've played in a long time
Yeah, Dragonfall is awesome, better than Returns. I decided against buying Hong Kong since I had the impression that it is disappointing compared to Dragonfall and a friend who did buy it confirmed this. Apparently that might not be the case?

I loved Hong Kong as much as Dragonfall, but tastes vary, of course



75% price cut on a sale today lmao. just nabbed both hong kong AND dragonfall.

Nice!
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on June 21, 2019, 11:02:28 pm
which one should i start up after finishing up on returns?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on June 21, 2019, 11:55:05 pm
Yeah, they basically put Ersatz Aerys Targaryen in command more or less just because they wanted it done.

They're vile, abusive and controlling - and the only reason they never get called on their behavior is because of some idiotic forced adherence to them in the story itself. I mean, give us a story where the Gods AND the Daemons get wiped.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 22, 2019, 02:18:35 pm
Yeah, they basically put Ersatz Aerys Targaryen in command more or less just because they wanted it done.

They're vile, abusive and controlling - and the only reason they never get called on their behavior is because of some idiotic forced adherence to them in the story itself. I mean, give us a story where the Gods AND the Daemons get wiped.

We talkin' about FFXV here?  Because...yeaaaaaaaaaah.  Though, apparently, the novel they released recently basically went into what would've been Episodes Noctis, Lunafreya, and Aranea.  Turns out that Bahamut is the massive cunt behind everything and the reason most of the gods aren't doing much of shit is because they had to get together to stop him from going all Frieza and blowing up the planet.  Cunty McGodface decided to use the Starscourge to power up his Kamehameha for the next attempt...only to get ground into powder by the combined forced of Noctis, a resurrected Luna (I think Shiva did that...?), Aranea, and fuckmothering Ardyn.  The gods die off because killing Bahamut shattered the crystal thingie and Ardyn dies once the Starscourge is gone because it isn't keeping him alive, anymore.  Then, Noctis et al commemorate him as the true founder (possibly kicking out any mention of Mr. "Light Everyone On Fire" Somnus) and all's well that ends well.

...FUCK, I wish Squeenix had finished the other DLCs.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: niam2023 on June 22, 2019, 02:36:20 pm
Yeah THAT would've been my ideal ending of the game.

Fuck you Space Dragon Napolihitler.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 23, 2019, 12:07:00 pm
Besides, I'd bet that would've been a hell of a thing to actually experience, basically kicking down the door to the Vatican and shoving a spear into god's head and burning the corpse to ash just to be safe.  Kicking the shit out of Leviathan just wasn't satisfying enough, even if she deserved it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on June 28, 2019, 10:36:15 am
Okay, so apparently there's a game based on Paranoia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM) coming.

In other news, so am I.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: SCarpelan on June 28, 2019, 11:07:36 pm
Okay, so apparently there's a game based on Paranoia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5zdft7m_fM) coming.

In other news, so am I.
I'm also hard but can't climax before I see they get it right.

...

No, I am not saying I don't trust Friend Computer is able to provide for us or that I am not adequately happy that the game is coming. Or, in case my happiness is not adequate, it must be because the Happiness Officer has not been diligent enough when performing their duty.

Edited because of horrible syntax.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on July 07, 2019, 03:04:04 am
River city ransom gets a sequel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MRASC-Ndw
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on July 12, 2019, 05:06:21 am
FInally got Minecraft again after many years. I've been doing research on the updates so i know what to expect. But wish me luck anyways.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on July 29, 2019, 03:20:15 am
Finished Yakuza 3. Story was the second best of the bunch so far (only behind Yakuza 0), but gameplay is the weakest of what I've played. Granted, the other games in the series I've played are 0, Kiwami, Kiwami 2 and Judgement, that's not really saying much. Also, I finished it in just under 16 hours with 6.34% completion. Jesus fuck these games are huge when the story only makes up about 6% of the game.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on July 30, 2019, 03:17:42 am
Shadowrun Hong Kong is good and I'm not sure which of my friends is cuter: computer dwarf or rat girl.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on August 08, 2019, 01:44:07 am
Finished Yakuza 4. Played just the story and finished it in about 20 hours. Fuck me these games are huge.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vanto on November 15, 2019, 12:59:56 pm
So, what does everyone think of the Skub that is Pokemon Sword and Shield? I'm not that much of a Pokemon fan, so I'd like to hear your thoughts.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: ironbite on November 15, 2019, 01:47:34 pm
Skub?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vanto on November 15, 2019, 03:14:03 pm
Skub?

Slang for something very polarizing or controversial.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on November 16, 2019, 11:41:13 pm
I dunno. I'm having fun with it. With my apple dragon. And my possessed runestone. And my knight bird.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: chad sexington on November 18, 2019, 06:52:31 pm
Skub?

Slang for something very polarizing or controversial.

https://pbfcomics.com/comics/skub/
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on November 19, 2019, 12:14:27 am
WWE 2k20 is a trashfire that crashes all the time on me so I've mostly gone back to 19. However I really think this shit could have been excellent if they didn't break the code into an endless batch of spaghetti.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 19, 2019, 06:28:13 pm
How else were they gonna fit in all that predatory monetization?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on November 21, 2019, 10:46:13 pm
tbh its surprising but WWE 2k ones aren't nearly as predatory and weird as the other sportsier ones. I can go through and unlock pretty much all the shit normally without needing to pay out the ass. They do have lootpack shit in as of the latest 2 but eh, its actually less effort to save up virtual monies from the towers mode instead of busting out the credit card.

Different flavors of shit I guess.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vanto on December 04, 2019, 09:16:05 pm
https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/621017-drm-securom-tron-evolution-unplayable-activation (https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/621017-drm-securom-tron-evolution-unplayable-activation)

Because it can never be said too much: screw DRM.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vanto on February 06, 2020, 08:53:30 pm
I'd talk about the Warcraft III: Reforged debacle, but somebody else summed it up better than I ever could:

(https://i.imgur.com/L9iELBv.png)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on February 07, 2020, 09:09:02 pm
I love Plague Inc.; just killed 1.5 billion people with a particularly nasty case of the shits.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on February 08, 2020, 11:50:52 am
Gentlemen, I have done it!  I killed the world...WITH DIARRHEA!
(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on February 10, 2020, 06:02:28 pm
FLAWLESS
VICTORY
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on February 14, 2020, 02:34:27 am
Finished Yakuza 6. Kiryu really is best dad. And now best grandpa.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on February 18, 2020, 12:34:59 am
Guess who found her old gameboy advance but not a charger that seems to work with it?
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 03, 2020, 03:58:49 am
So... Persona 5 Royal is out now.

Idiots: "Video games are apolitical!"

Me: *laughs in Persona 5*
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on April 05, 2020, 11:15:35 am
There have been so many political games that it makes no sense to deny their existence. America's Army for example is/was a shooter that existed just to give good PR to US military and help recruit young players.

And it's not like there is anything wrong with doing a game that has a political message. All art can be used to express such messages.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 05, 2020, 02:00:17 pm
But Askold, stupid people keep saying that art is apolitical! And that only SJWs put politics in video games! And by "politics" they don't just mean women, LGBT people and people of color! /s

I was just commenting on how often I see GamerGate types bitch about "politics" in video games while being so completely media illiterate that they fail to see how overtly political a game like Persona 5, which stops just short of looking at the camera and endorsing socialism, is.
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Post by: RavynousHunter on April 05, 2020, 02:12:36 pm
Funny thing is, you can take or add any politics to any media you want.  Fuck, Jim Sterling did a whole video about the politics he saw in Dark Souls.  Some people can look at Call of Duty and just see a shooter, others can see horrible levels of machismo, jingoism, and racism.  It all depends on how ya look at it.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on April 06, 2020, 04:16:58 pm
That's why people say that all art is political. I don't entirely agree with the sentiment, but do fully agree with the related sentiment of nothing is created in a vacuum.

Art is reflective of the people who make it, whether they intend it to be or not. It's similar to the journalism concept of creeping bias. Even if you do everything you can to scrub your opinion out of something, it's virtually impossible to avoid it completely.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on May 18, 2020, 05:01:38 pm
Seems like The Gamers(tm) are at it again, mad at a twitch streamer/mod for being trans and a furry SJW
https://www.thegamer.com/the-twitch-deer-girl-ferociouslysteph-troll/

Every single time, without fail.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Vanto on May 19, 2020, 10:44:49 pm
Seems like The Gamers(tm) are at it again, mad at a twitch streamer/mod for being trans and a furry SJW
https://www.thegamer.com/the-twitch-deer-girl-ferociouslysteph-troll/

Every single time, without fail.

I partly agree with you. I certainly have problems with the council in general and Steph in particular, but I agree that harassing her is wrong. Of course, the fact that she has divisive opinions and seems to be actively trying to troll plays a large part in the backlash she's received, but I'm still firm in my condemnation of the harassment she's getting.

Where I disagree is the way you seem to imply that there are no valid criticisms to be made, something even the article you link to disagrees with. Your use of "The Gamers(tm)" I can accept as facetiousness, but the way you treat people as just being mad at her for being trans and a furry is ironmanning a woman who your own article admits is a troll with problematic opinions. Again: just because there are valid criticisms to be made of her does not justify the harassment she's receiving, and I unconditionally oppose it. I said the same things about Jack Thompson and Anita Sarkeesian back when they were in the news partly for the harassment they got. 20 8 1 14 11 25 15 21 6 15 18 16 18 15 22 9 4 9 14 7 13 5 23 9 20 8 1 14 15 16 16 15 18 20 21 14 9 20 25 6 15 18 20 8 9 19 20 5 19 20 15 6 3 8 1 18 1 3 20 5 18 9 23 1 14 20 20 1519 5 5 9 6 15 20 8 5 18 21 19 5 18 19 8 15 12 4 3 15 14 19 9 19 20 5 14 20 19 20 1 14 4 1 18 4 19 1 2 15 21 20 5 24 16 18 5 19 19 9 14 7 15 16 9 14 9 15 14 19

By the way, your profile pic reminded me of a theory I have: that Susie will turn out to be the real protagonist of Deltarune. The shift to her POV is foreshadowing for this.

Think about it: in Chapter 1, Kris never shows much of a personality, and they don't have a significant effect on the events of the plot either. Instead, virtually all the major developments are spurred on by Susie and her friendship with Lancer. Kris ends up in the Dark World because of her, and spends a good chunk of the game chasing her as she runs rampant. And it's her friendship with Lancer that spurs him to overthrow his father.

Not only that, but she has most of the trappings of a protagonist. She's the one who gets most of the character development, starting out as a bully and an outcast before becoming friends with Lancer and later Kris and Ralsei. She's the one who has to deal with the pain of being betrayed by someone she considered a friend. And she's the one who saves another friend from an antagonist who represents a dark reflection of herself in many ways.

Finally, her being the real protagonist would be in keeping with the themes of the game. She has a set background and personality and a lot of what she does is outside the player's control, despite her being one of player characters. It's explicitly stated that choices don't matter and people cannot change in the world of Deltarune, meaning it's only natural that the protagonist is a scripted character who sometimes does her own thing, rather than an anonymous self-insert who obeys the player's every command.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Askold on May 21, 2020, 01:03:32 am
What's the issue with the council. What they do has been explained quite clearly and I can't see anything problematic.

"The Council will advise on a number of topics including:

    Drafting new policies and policy updates
    Developing products and features to improve safety and moderation
    Promoting healthy streaming and work-life balance habits
    Protecting the interests of marginalized groups
    Identifying emerging trends that could impact the Twitch experience
"

They grabbed people who are familiar with Twitch the toxic side of it and gave them a position to offer their view on what should be done to improve things. Seems like a great way to do this, these are the type of people who can tell if new policies are working as intended or not and likely have a good handle of how things should be improved. I would like to know if they are getting paid for this work but if not, at least them being Twitch Streamers does mean that making the platform a safer place helps them stay on it as well.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Kanzenkankaku on May 21, 2020, 01:52:44 am
Seems like The Gamers(tm) are at it again, mad at a twitch streamer/mod for being trans and a furry SJW
https://www.thegamer.com/the-twitch-deer-girl-ferociouslysteph-troll/

Every single time, without fail.

I partly agree with you. I certainly have problems with the council in general and Steph in particular, but I agree that harassing her is wrong. Of course, the fact that she has divisive opinions and seems to be actively trying to troll plays a large part in the backlash she's received, but I'm still firm in my condemnation of the harassment she's getting.

Where I disagree is the way you seem to imply that there are no valid criticisms to be made, something even the article you link to disagrees with. Your use of "The Gamers(tm)" I can accept as facetiousness, but the way you treat people as just being mad at her for being trans and a furry is ironmanning a woman who your own article admits is a troll with problematic opinions. Again: just because there are valid criticisms to be made of her does not justify the harassment she's receiving, and I unconditionally oppose it. I said the same things about Jack Thompson and Anita Sarkeesian back when they were in the news partly for the harassment they got. 20 8 1 14 11 25 15 21 6 15 18 16 18 15 22 9 4 9 14 7 13 5 23 9 20 8 1 14 15 16 16 15 18 20 21 14 9 20 25 6 15 18 20 8 9 19 20 5 19 20 15 6 3 8 1 18 1 3 20 5 18 9 23 1 14 20 20 1519 5 5 9 6 15 20 8 5 18 21 19 5 18 19 8 15 12 4 3 15 14 19 9 19 20 5 14 20 19 20 1 14 4 1 18 4 19 1 2 15 21 20 5 24 16 18 5 19 19 9 14 7 15 16 9 14 9 15 14 19

By the way, your profile pic reminded me of a theory I have: that Susie will turn out to be the real protagonist of Deltarune. The shift to her POV is foreshadowing for this.

Think about it: in Chapter 1, Kris never shows much of a personality, and they don't have a significant effect on the events of the plot either. Instead, virtually all the major developments are spurred on by Susie and her friendship with Lancer. Kris ends up in the Dark World because of her, and spends a good chunk of the game chasing her as she runs rampant. And it's her friendship with Lancer that spurs him to overthrow his father.

Not only that, but she has most of the trappings of a protagonist. She's the one who gets most of the character development, starting out as a bully and an outcast before becoming friends with Lancer and later Kris and Ralsei. She's the one who has to deal with the pain of being betrayed by someone she considered a friend. And she's the one who saves another friend from an antagonist who represents a dark reflection of herself in many ways.

Finally, her being the real protagonist would be in keeping with the themes of the game. She has a set background and personality and a lot of what she does is outside the player's control, despite her being one of player characters. It's explicitly stated that choices don't matter and people cannot change in the world of Deltarune, meaning it's only natural that the protagonist is a scripted character who sometimes does her own thing, rather than an anonymous self-insert who obeys the player's every command.

I mean fair, she's not got the best optics going in some of those clips but god I can't wait until these people just stop jumping on nontroversies like this. On top of that it's just kind of funny that they fall hook line and sinker for the obviously inflammatory-on-purpose rhetoric. Also Jack Thompson genuinely was a ridiculous fundie and Anita was... perfectly fine, if a bit boring as far as her content goes. So *shrug*.

On your theory though I hadn't actually thought of it like that yet, despite having replayed the game like 3 times. (1 most recently on switch, two on PC) It makes perfect sense to me though, I think I buy it fully too and it makes me look forward to the next episode(s) more than I already have been. Because if it isn't her, than it'd be Ralsei. And Ralsei isn't exactly main Protag tier material yet.

And well Kris is... possibly kind of evil now? So they might be the Big Bad, with Susie needing to stop them.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 07, 2021, 10:58:05 pm
Finally beat Ultima VI.

I have to ask, why the fuck were the Council of Mages allowed to do anything?  These morons nearly doomed an entire species to extinction because they decided, in their infinite idiocy, to use magic to pull a literally omniscient book from the other side of the world.  An artifact of unimaginable power, and these assholes think "yeah, we can wing it, its all good."  I wouldn't trust those stupid pricks to magically light a fucking cigarette, seeing as they'd probably level a continent in the process.

Also, I love how little bullshit the gargoyles put ya thru.  Britannian motherfuckers are all "find the most humble man in the village" or "lie to this poor fuck we have in solitary because he stole to try and feed his family" or "get me some fucking panpipes like you're a fucking minstrel."  Barring, like, two runes, every human I encountered gave me the fuckin' runaround.  The gargoyles?  They all but spelled out what you needed to do: learn about our people, get some lenses, load the vortex cube with moonstones, and send the Codex to the void.  Simple, plain fucking instructions that don't waste my god damned time or insult my fucking intelligence.  Dunno why I'd want to keep the gargoyles from braining the lot of 'em with halberds, except for the fact it'd make Lord British even more pissy.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on March 15, 2021, 12:20:36 pm
Took the plunge and have been getting into Valheim over the past few days.

Initially unbeknownst to me, I built my base in a black forest.  On top of a rock.  On the coast.  It took me a fair piece to figure out why I seemed to be plagued with greydwarves and trolls.  Of course, I'm as stubborn as I am stupid and managed to make a nice little house on that rock, with some spikey walls to keep the smaller assholes out.  The storms can get pretty gnarly, though, with waves damn near cresting over said walls; not gonna lie, its actually kinda sweet.

Current plan is to chop down as much of that asshole forest as I can and turn it into an expanded base with good sight lines, tonnes of storage, and good ol' fashioned walls.  I will make this forest my bitch.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: Cloud3514 on March 21, 2021, 02:32:58 am
PlayStation 5 get!

Ghost of Tsushima almost feels a whole new game at 60fps.
Title: Re: Video Game Thread 2.0
Post by: RavynousHunter on April 30, 2021, 10:16:22 am
I decided to do my occasional playthru of the Ultima series and am back at one of my favourites: Serpent Isle.  I took it upon myself to see just how badly I could sequence break the game without resorting to overt cheating like hack-mover (except when I need to stuff things into people's packs past their carry limit).  Thus far, I have managed, with nothing more than some urns to use as stairs and a few boards, make at least three main plot points (two of the three cities you need to visit and the Dream Realm) completely irrelevant.  I still need to do the third city, though; some critical plot coupons are handed out once you get done, there.  But, so far, I've seen good results with my blatant fuckery.