/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

E3 2015 come for the exclusives, stay for jokes about Konami blowing its face off. Kinda hope Sony has something on this because according to the Del Toro the dream is fucking dead. Why does nobody want to let that man make a horror game?

Konami officially confirmed the cancellation of Silent Hills.

Fuck you, Konami.

Wait so Kojima's big split with Konami comes over use of the FOX engine and not the fact that he's one of the only competent game developers at the studio, yet they treat him like a tool?

Is it nationalist to say holy shit, Japanese game companies really fucking suck?

>>194507
Are you implying EA and Activision are any better?

>>194508
At least their suckage is due to them being assholes, and not because of Japan's business culture.

>>194507
Not unless you're making the opposite statement and saying your homeland's companies are better than anyone else's.

>>194507
Well if the shitstorms over the Xkit guy on Tumblr mean anything, if you're American or even American-passing, anything negative you say about another country is automatically racist. Even if the thing you're complaining about includes literal genocide. Goddamnit Tumblr.

Platinum games is a Japanese company too isn't it? I think the newer ones are a lot savvier.

>>194515
...
I thought 3 said The End.

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3341839/silent-hills-may-officially-cancelled/

Welp, it's official.

//youtube.com/watch?v=CINA288fZUs

So, is this a bunch of multiplayer mode footage (assuming they carry that forward from Origins) or are you, as Batman, constantly going to be shadowed by various AI sidekicks?

Also, man, Arkham Knight's identity really is kind of a mystery, huh? Batman doesn't have too many villains that could fund an army that haven't already been used in these games.

>>194514
I thought 3 was the last game or did he take that back due to dosh?

>>194515
>Freddy
>Nightmare

Is this going where I think it's going?

>>194516
>>194520
3 could have been the end, chronologically, to the series. I believe there's still one location we haven't visited (the original pizza place, that was bought out and turned into Freddy Fazbear's Pizza), so it could be a pre/inter-quel. Since >>194514 is an image of a severely-deteriorated Freddy (crawling with little Freddies), this could take place between the original place shutting down and someone stumbling upon it (where the animatronics were left and the merchandise they sold also came to life.) Will be interesting to see how the little Freddies will change the game.

But more importantly I'm excited to see markiplier freak out at something new.

>We're going to remove the payment feature from the Skyrim workshop. For anyone who spent money on a mod, we'll be refunding you the complete amount. We talked to the team at Bethesda and they agree.


http://steamcommunity.com/games/SteamWorkshop/announcements/detail/208632365253244218

>>194527
Good.
Maybe they'll get it right next time. Something more in line with the uncertain nature of mods.

>>194527
I'm not 100% against the idea of monetizing mods depending on the precise nature and scope of said mods but they really, really, really aren't ready to implement this policy yet.

I bought Lmaobox.

It's therapeutic.

>>194535
>paying to ruin other people's fun

Consider suicide.

>>194536
I'm not being obvious with it.

I just have auto-backstab and a very, very small FOV for headshots. It's not exactly ruining fun, I'm not going Heavy/Sniper and just wiping everyone out: It just makes me on the level of any really competent player now.

>>194537
Time to go make some Mecha Space Cop magic. In movies and games.

>>194537
Its almost as if there is such a thing as investigative journalism!

The Konami thing really is the worst case scenario. While they're getting out of the videogame business, the actual company is nowhere near failing, so the IPs they own won't be sold off and never ever see the light of day as videogames again. Castlevania pachislots still have valuable brand recognition after all.

>>194541
Damn shame though, I really wanted a Big Boss Figma or Figuarts. Guess we should be thankful Nintendo started as a games company and literally saved console gaming after the '80s crash so they still give a damn despite their missteps.

Though I can understand the heartbreak he probably feels after having been there most his life and developed games for them for them to suddenly turn on him and the people under him in his department. Maybe out of the ashes will rise Outer Heaven Productions. And we'll be treated to a new era of Cyberpunk and Mecha Combat games.

Mighty No. 9 coming out digitally and physically on September 18th.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/28/mighty-no-9-release-date-announced?+main+twitter

What platforms is the game out for?

>>194514
>It all ends

That gravy train is never going to end as long as people rush to buy it in the hopes that they get views from screaming at it first on Youtube. He's going to keep this going on and on until it stops printing money.

As for Kojima and Konami going out of its way to out fuck-up Capcom as the King of Suicidal Japanese Game Companies, the man is going to be courted by every player in the field. As much as he can cost, EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Nintendo, Sony and even Microsoft would probably waste a small fortune in snagging him to a deal so long as he produces another MGS like successful franchise - if they all aren't getting out the knives and forks waiting for the Konami firesale of IP. Which, at this point, is a fucking blessing as I want another goddamn Suikoden. Konami can't die on the moblie only hill fast enough.

>>194543
Only bad part is that they're teaming up with Deep Silver. Oh boy, is that troubling news.

>>194552
Scott never said 3 was going to be the last game, he just implied it. This isn't the 80's. It would actually hurt both sales and his reputation if he openly claimed so hard that this was the last game, and then made another one afterwards.

He keeps going as long as he has story for it

Speaking of which
//youtube.com/watch?v=GPugMe4ePEw

>>194553
So like how supposedly embarrassed he will be when FNAF5 goes Jason X or Freddy in Hell when its announced next year? Listen, Scott is a fucking sweatshop that will keep working this thread until people forget about it. Nothing more shameless than any other video game sequel train and nothing less. If you like it, go ahead and buy it, but he's milking this shit whether or not you think its good. He isn't blind to the money he's making now that they apparently have a fucking movie deal in the works.
>>194554
What story? He knows damn well that apparently the millions of people that watch Smike's daily top ten whatever will see the goddamn riddle of steel in anything he could put out and intentionally leaves everything as vague as you can so the rumors keep milling. They're eager to overanalyze everything from anything at the drop of the hat and that's what keeps them coming back. Its just scary robotics and dead kids. That's it, that's all a good horror tale needs to be. An effective setting. There are no characters except the mascots and even they're just shit that screams at you. Everything else is a name of some security stiff you're theoretically playing as, fluff that will likely never be addressed such as the idenites of how many kids died where, voices Scott probably laughs at as he makes recordings of them or atari blobs that have no real names. Fans came up with Purple and Phone guy and that's how its stayed for now four titles.

As much as I don't like this franchise, the man knows what makes creatures like Pyramid Head iconic. Keep shit simple and let the fans obsess and scare themselves over what "really happened".

>>194557
>It's popular, so obviously he's a sellout and a filthy cash milking capitalist pig

You reek of /v/.

>>194557

You seem upset. If—IF—he makes FNAF5 despite declaring 4 as "The Final Chapter", so what? His fanbase and the market in general will decide if he deserves any sort of success by beating a reanimated animatronic dead horse. (I'm honestly surprised he hasn't considered that as a character yet.)

I bet some fans think 4 is already beating Corpsey the Horsey; I'm actually someone who thought 3 should’ve been the finalé, too. But if he can make a compelling-enough game and provide loads of answers to the few remaining questions of the storyline, I don't see what the big deal is. I mean, it’s not like anyone is forcing me to play the game/watch Letsplays of the game/read the FNAF wiki/talk about the franchise.

If you don’t like the series, all power to you—but don’t make other people feel bad about liking the series (for any reason). Talk about things you like instead of trying to tear down things you dislike; you'll do yourself a favor in the long run by taking that approach.

Worthless anger ain’t a good look, son.

//youtube.com/watch?v=DnrLgpmCznA

>>194559
Not gonna play the games myself but I like seeming them played and watching them be clue hunted and dissected.

>>194566
Same. I did buy FNAF during a sale and will likely buy 2/3/4 at some point to give Scott the money, but I'm not a fan of horror games in the least and will likely never play them myself.

>>194567
Yea I like to listen to LPs in the background while I work.

>>194566

I’m much the same way. (I wouldn't mind playing at least #1, but my years-old rig sucks ass, so no go on that.)

>>194579
What the fuck is wrong with their noses? I really don't dig the direction Penny Arcade's art style has gone in.

>>194580
They decided to stop being so lazy with their art.
That means they have to add more minute details like freckles and flushed faces.

>>194581
The art isn't 'less lazy', it just looks like crap.

>>194582
It is, in fact, less lazy. It's also less appealing. But it is objectively more technically proficient.

>>194579

…fuckin’ Tumblr Nose, man.

>>194584
You know, I don't really get that complaint. It's used a lot, yeah, but it's never looked that bad to me unless the art doesn't appeal to me overall.

>>194579
I thought Tycho was supposed to be a werewolf in the left panel or something because of his nose.

>>194585

I've seen otherwise-okay art ruined by Tumblr Nose (and those fucking rosy cheeks). That shit comes off like an artist is expressing their personal clown fetish.

//youtube.com/watch?v=RTXBjstzwNE

>>194593
>In the end, its not that it isn't overused. Its up there with the anime eyes and the triangle mouth for younger artists in terms of misunderstood usage. But there is a reason for it other than a cold climate, and the key of the matter is understanding why its done, and being able to identify an educated artist using it to express style and visual competency.

>>194598
Stop getting so buttblasted. The second post was basically reiterating the same point as you but without the passive-aggressiveness.

>>194598
Considering the pics you just posted are within the realm of plausible human skintones, and the color isn't isolated in a way that makes it look like the result of facepaint, I don't think that art qualifies. What other people here are describing as Tumblr nose is specifically the use of it in bad ways (like that Penny Arcade comic). Nobody is saying that red noses always look bad. That claim is equally as fallacious as the claim that it's used because it always looks good or is generally appealing.

Also holy shit you are taking this way too seriously.

>>194581
Really? The proportions on their faces seem sloppier or less consistent compared to several years back where the heads had more consistent proportions and structure. It might be a willful stylistic choice, but the result gives the impression of looking lazier as a result, even if it's not.

>>194600
>Also holy shit you are taking this way too seriously.
Because as much as you are pretending like this is not a case of "always looking bad," things like "Tumblr nose" are used by self-appointed gatekeepers to marginalize artists without actually applying any sort of critical thinking to what they're looking at. The fact that you personally might apply critical thinking to a piece of art doesn't change the fact that imageboard culture, as a whole, is simplistic, tribalistic, and based on behaviors that will get you attention rather than on any actual critical thinking, and that means that memes like "Tumblr nose" are used as tribal identifiers about who does and does not deserve consideration.

This shit is important to artists. When you oversimplify or try to apply "rules" to art that are not based on any actual understanding of art, you may think you're only insulting one particular artist, but you're making an assault on all artists. Those of us who are arguing this right now may not even particularly like Gabe or his art style, but when you start extrapolating stupid rules of art based on poor understandings of the work of one or two people, or of a lot of amateurs, you hurt artistic development as a whole. And that is something that people who dedicate themselves to art take seriously, even if you don't.

>>194602
Maybe on 4Chan or whatever, but here even the people who are complaining about it usually qualify their statements first so I don't see what the big fuss about.

>>194599
>buttblasted
I'm flashing back to so many commissions in 2013. Seriously though, its art talk. I could go on all day about colour theory alone.

>>194605
Honestly, I'm anticipating the soundtrack for this even more. If it captures at all the spirit of the Banjo games I'll be 100% down with this. Love the direction it has so far and I'm SO there for the KS.

>>194605
Yooka the chameleon is pretty cute but Laylee looks kind of like a derpy Stitch clone with that dumb nose.

>>194605
Mite be cool. Should be fi-
>kickstarter
Yeah, no thank you.

>>194608
this.

what the hell, are executives too poor to pay the devs or something?

>>194609
I thought this group went off and did their own thing, so no real funding yet.

>>194608
>>194609
If a developer can do ANYTHING that isn't crowdfunding, you'd better believe they'd do it. This is also a good solution for developers to retain ownership lest their characters and ideas go the wayside like Viewtiful Joe or Banjo and Kazooie themselves.

>>194608
>>194609
>>194610
Yeah I think it's because they're basically a bunch of ex-Rares who banded together rather than being absorbed into another company that might not have humored them, so they have nobody to back them up without resorting to crowdfunding.

>>194605
Looks fun, I'm glad that's still in the works. Speaking of games by ex-Rare employees, anyone here play Tengami? I've been thinking of figuring out how to move my Wii shop points over to the WiiU to try and use those to buy it. Are Wii shop points even usable in the new store, or did it change to a different system?

>>194605
I'm cautiously extremely hyped.
Having the people is great.

Finding people who know how to handle the money seems to be a rarity.

The multiplatform thing is what makes me really happy.

>>194615
>Finding people who know how to handle the money seems to be a rarity.

The thing is, situations like Broken Age where developing costs are underestimated is common in the gaming industry. You don't hear about it because publishers have no reason to share it to the public. Developers who use Kickstarter, however, owe it to their backers.

Bioshock Infinite's budget became bloated over the years, but we didn't hear about that until the developer shut down, over the game's disappointing performance. (http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/6/5474722/why-did-irrational-close-bioshock-infinite).

There's no science to guaranteeing how much a game will cost. And it's asinine to hear so many act like they know the practice themselves.

>>194618
I think part of that is when they have so many ideas and not a clear vision. Infinite was one of those. Starting to develop as one kinda game, get distracted by one bit and then start rebuilding it into another type of game which takes money and time (more money) to realize that vision and shape it.

>>194618
>Bioshock Infinite's budget became bloated over the years, but we didn't hear about that until the developer shut down, over the game's disappointing performance. (http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/6/5474722/why-did-irrational-close-bioshock-infinite).
Though as a tester for a port, having to pour over every inch of that game for 6 months and comparing it to the trailers and cut content in my breaks, it was pretty clear to me they made a lot of resets. I am not a stranger to inflated projects.

Designers like Levine have a poor sense of reasonable scope. Some developers just get too obsessed with their vision and fall outside of their means.
Just because it happens often does not make it okay. If anything, it's a big problem.

>>194620
It is, its something being talked about in the movie stuff with everyone wanting to try and be the "next marvel" Good game series come from clear scope and with a steady hand on the rudder guiding it all through.

This can and a few times is mucked up by the Publisher who after the first success wants it bigger and better the next time with all kinds of new things. Which can lead the developer to lose focus and start cramming in unnecessary bits and make a bit mess because a lot of those parts need to be babysat since they are unproven which means less time for actually developing what made things work well the first time.

honestly i think the rare guys probably have it under control

The problem with budgeting for video games is that making a video game is an iterative and holistic process. You have to build something before you can see if it works. Sometimes what seems like a good idea in your head will turn out to be impossible, or completely impractical, when actually put into action. That's not something that happens very often in other media; when you're making a movie, for example, if you get to the shoot and it turns out that the actor's performance isn't selling the scene like you thought, or one of the camera tricks you wanted to try doesn't work the way you thought it would, you just go back one level of planing and tweak things. It's extremely rare that a scene won't work to the extent that it requires you to throw out almost everything you have so far and start over completely.

But for video games, because there's really no way to know how well a system works until the entire game is assembled, that happens all the time. Well, you don't usually have to throw it out completely, there's usually something you can salvage, but extricating that safely from the stuff its built on and around is time-intensive on its own.

Budgeting video games is hard. And it's always been hard, it's just usually been hidden from us until recently.

>>194624
A major problem with it is developers and publishers often make huge sweeping changes when they feel something needs to be different without considering how deeply it will impact the budget or worse yet, the feel of the game as a whole, which often comes with even more changes. I've seen it happen dozens of times before.
Yes, there's instances where you can't be sure if something will work, but you shouldn't spend time constructing an entire process before you can accurately test it, and you shouldn't throw away a process because it doesn't match your vision or story to a T. Especially if your vision or story changes every 1-2 months.

It would be a great boon if many developers could set a practical vision, stick to it, and have the strength to cut out the parts that can't work before they eat up your development time. Budgets like this can't be 100% accurate, and I'm not saying they won't encounter unforeseeable and costly errors, but they sure as hell can be better adhered to.

Oh hey they've got it all worked out. Will the music be done by the one we hope?

>>194628
>Yooka-Laylee will feature a truly mouth-watering (ear-leaking?) soundtrack created in collaboration by three of gaming’s greatest composers, the legendary David Wise (Donkey Kong Country, Diddy Kong Racing), equally esteemed Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope (Viva Piñata, GoldenEye 007) and Banjo and Conker sound effects supremo Steve Burke (Kameo: Elements of Power).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playtonic/yooka-laylee-a-3d-platformer-rare-vival?ref=category_featured

>>194630

Holy shit, that trio. I'm impressed.

>>194630
>David Wise (Donkey Kong Country)
>Yes, we employ the man responsible for DK64's myriad of trinkets, but we've had a stern word.
Yey.

>>194630
38 minutes.

It got fully funded. In 38 minutes.

>>194630
Welp, threw my share in. Woohoo.

//youtube.com/watch?v=fY_otBmc6po

BANJO-KAZOOIE AS FUCK

>>194633
Here's hoping it doesn't turn into another Broken Age.

I mean, I understand that Broken Age as a whole is considered good, but boy was getting there a struggle.

>>194538
It makes you on the level of a fleck of excrement on the ass of a competent player. If your therapy is cheating, feeling accomplished for things you didn't earn, and impeding on those who are legitimately improving, consider suicide thoroughly.

I'm wondering if the new game will innovate from Banjo-Kazooie in any major way. Most of the stretch goals sound like they're offering the same things the original games + DK64 did.

>>194641
I'm sure they have their fair share of surprises that are already part of it, but you should definitely expect the core gameplay to be like a classic 3D platformer.

Awaiting the Jontron reaction to this.

>>194647
$5300 dollar backer tier, I'm guessing.

>>194648
Put all that Patreon money to good use.

>>194648
>>194649
I can hear Grant now...
>"Oh not this fucken twat again!"

>>194650
Jon comes in with Backback and Bird

>>194650
Jon comes in with Backback and Bird

So! Funny story. Scott Cawthon put a bunch of 8s and 7s into his site's code when he posted the teaser for FNAF4. Fans of the games put the numbers (in order) into Google Maps...and got the coordinates for an actual goddamn pizzeria. They flooded the place with calls until several FNAF fans on Reddit cleared up rumors that the pizzeria had an actual connection to the games (it didn't). Scott himself made his first post on Reddit to deconfirm the rumors (and later removed the 8s and 7s from his site's code).

But on the bright side of things, the pizzeria didn't hold a grudge: http://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/34g2n1/the_real_freddysjk/

>>194654
That's hilarious and awesome that the manager had a sense of humor about it instead of acting like an asshole.

>>194652
>Jontron makes a cameo in the game

This needs to happen.

Bats and Chameleons > Bears and Birds.

>>194657
I am always one for cute reptile mascots.

>>194660
Who?

>>194657
>>194661
Them's fightin' words.

>>194657
>>194661
Tiki.
Tiki, why?

>>194605
You'd think Rare or Capcom would copyright their character concepts so that nobody could make obvious ripoffs like this. I mean ex-Rare devs or not, a ripoff is a ripoff.

>>194665
Copyright doesn't protect mere concepts. Just Intellectual Properties. They can't make Megaman or Banjo Kazooie, but anyone can make whatever they want and sell it.
Its up to the market to decide if it makes money. And the market clearly wants it, so no reason to get corporate on us, anon.

>>194559
If I was mad than why do you care you try to find a reason to defend liking it instead of doing it anyway despite what I typed? All I'm saying is the man has a gold mine and he's working it, speaking as an outsider looking in. I'm also taking into account how quickly he's squeezed them out before and the likelihood of how he'll do it again as if there's anything that will keep making sequels, prequels and reboots, its horror. The only one that seems to be "mad" at how plausible my idea is - well, it seems to be you and the guy that screamed /v/ because I saw his model a business.

Y'know, because he could have just have easily started work on another type of game instead of put out 4 games in the span of about a year. Just Saiyan.


As for Yuka, I'm expecting Microsoft to hastily hobble together a Banjo Kazooie game by E3 in retaliation to this. They are, after all, desperate enough to make Holo "augmented reality" lens to appear like they can play with Sony, Google and every other company's VR fad item.

>>194667
>They are, after all, desperate enough to make Holo "augmented reality" lens
Damn it, for a second I thought you meant they're making the next Halo hololens compatible and got excited at the idea.

>>194630
>GK rap written by Grant Kirkhope
all of my money

>>194667
>As for Yuka, I'm expecting Microsoft to hastily hobble together a Banjo Kazooie game by E3 in retaliation to this.

The same way Capcom scrambled together to make a new Megaman after M9 got announced. Yep.
Who cares? If they do, great. More fuckin games.

>>194662
>>194664
Ukuleles > Banjos and kazoos

How can anyone play FPS with a fucking gamepad? That shit is straight-up fucking unplayable.

>>194675

>There's also no reason to retaliate

Oh like that would stop Microsoft.

>>194675
>reviving Rare IPs from the past.
I'd be surprised if they did a new BK before Battle Toads. What with the coy little cameos they've been littering around.

>>194677

That Shovel Knight bonus content is amazing, BTW.

What I don't get is why bringing back old IP is seen as the only option other than Kinect Sports games. Rare's old IP was a hit when it was new thanks in part to the charmingly distinct characters it had, but all they've made recently is some sports mascots that don't really seem prominent enough to justify a purchase.

>>194673
>Ukuleles > Banjos
But they're so quaint together.
//youtube.com/watch?v=mG4Eni3P-1w

>>194679

A new IP, especially in the AAA gaming realm, is a hugely risky endeavour these days.

>>194681
Thankfully I don't consider DK,BK and now YL stuff to be that close to AAA

HOLY SHIT, EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. Every former Rare employee has a DISGUSTINGLY embarrassing story about Microsoft's mismanagement of their talents.

I haven't heard anything this saddening coming out of the industry since "Team Silent broken up and relegated to mobile games."

>>194683
So a couple weeks ago.

YL is also a new ip in only the loosest sense really.

>>194685
I think you don't know how IPs work. It is a new IP legally speaking, which is important.

>>194687
no
its an ip in the sense that i p on it.

>>194692

That joke was so bad, even Carlos Mencia wouldn't steal it.

>>194687
You misunderstood what I mean. People talking about how it's a big risk because it's a new IP are ridiculous. It's not some out of left field unknown, it's banjo and Kazooie kickstarted by some Rare people. That's the least risky thing in the world and there's nothing new about it but the name.

>>194694
What's risky in your opinion, then? Gone Home? Life is Strange? Pokemon?
Everything is derivative of something.

>>194695
Yes, yes, and when it first came out yes. But this is more like Pokemon now, it's not derivative of something it just is that thing, and as a kickstarter it's just asking the people who've been asking for one of that thing for ages if they'd like one.

I mean it's cool you can get one but don't pretend there's a major risk to it.

>>194684
Yeah, I'm catching up.

>>194679
The people that work there now are not the people that worked there then.

>>194698
See
>>194681
Which is who I was talking about. Thanks for playing!

SO HOW ABOUT THOSE VIDEOGAMES.

OH NO NOTCH IS BLOCKING PEOPLE BECAUSE MICROSOFT.

MARIO KART DS IS STILL THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME.

ANYTHING.

>>194701
Posting reaction images doesn't count as making an argument or a point.

>>194703
There's no argument or point to pursue. At this point it's just bickering.
Let's get back to discussing what's actually relevant.

SEGA's downward spiral into its ultimate demise continues:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/05/04/sega-will-not-have-its-own-booth-at-e3-2015.aspx

>>194714
Konami is following the same path that SegaSammy took: Sammy does booku bucks in Pachinko machines, and the merger with Sega just took some of the characters to use in that. The video game sector of SegaSammy has been a continually smaller part of the overall business, likely thanks to a lot of SEGA's missteps. So it wouldn't be surprising if SEGA just drops out of games completely except for cheap mobile games.

Unfortunately, like Konami, it's a worst-outcome situation: They would still hold all of their properties, and likely would not license them out (especially after Sonic Boom). If we're lucky they'll let existing licenses renew in perpetuity as long as they don't tarnish the brand and are easy money.

http://swordorwhip.com/

Whip. The correct answer is whip.

http://www.bmrf.us/zero.html?1194285

>>194723
>Xen still not available

*sigh*

>>194724
Speaking of
http://blip.tv/jontron

>>194725
He's probably still doing a "voice" for it.

>>194727
Ok, so my post jumped to a different thread... Interesting.

I think I finally figured out why I haven't been able to get through my massive Steam backlog. It's not because of me getting older and disinterested in games, it's the PC environment in general.

On a console, sitting on a couch in front of a big screen tv, I'm so immersed I can play for hours and hours on end. But on PC, I can only play for an hour at a time before I get the urge to do something else. After hooking up my TV as a separate monitor and using Big Picture Mode, I've been cruising through my backlog.

>>194729
Its why I had to get tablets for work. Its too easy to find other stuff to do on a PC rather than

Konami is making sure that everyone still hates them.

http://kotaku.com/kojimas-pt-eradicated-from-psn-cant-even-be-re-downloa-1702464340

Capcom's decline has been slow and painful, but it almost seems like Konami went to hell in a hand basket overnight.

>>194744
That's what happens when you cut off your strongest part.

It's honestly baffling.

>>194744
Capcom has slowly been getting better though, if DMC4 SE is any indication.

>>194744
Really? When was the last time they did something great?

>>194748
It's been a while since Konami put out something great and they've churned out some terrible stuff, but Silent Hills looked like it might have turned things around. The one-two punch of losing Kojima and Silent Hills in such a short span of time have really soured the company's image, possibly beyond repair.

>>194729
Huh, I should give that a try. I know I have more than a few Steam titles that would be find with a controller, and I'm hoping to make a new HTPC here soon...

>>194749
Thing is they are gearing themselves to just not care. They get money from gambling and health clubs that equals their Digital gaming with less costs. Only person that gave a damn is the one that devoted about thirty years of their life to the company and is now walking away.

I can't imagine how much this hurts Kojima to see the company that grew with him turn on him in such a way.

>>194751
I'm not too worried about him. He'll get hired at any place he applies.

It's just a shame that all those Konami and old Hudson properties are basically locked away for who knows how long, delegated to japan only pachinko machines and maybe the occasional mobile game if development is cheap enough. Then again, I'm probably looking at it from a worst case scenario. If they really where stepping away from videogames, it would do better for them to just auction the properties.

>>194752
But then they couldn't bank on the Kitch Nostalgia of a theme Pachinko or Health Club.

>>194752
>I'm not too worried about him. He'll get hired at any place he applies.
I dunno. Kojima seems to be quite outside the norm for Japanese business relations. From interviews I've seen/read, he's far more direct and doesn't care much for tip-toeing/ceremony. (I could be completely wrong, though.)

He'd fit in well with the US (and has expressed his enjoyment of many Western properties and directors, like del Toro) and any company over here would offer him large bucks to join up.

>>194753
Not going to lie, Laylee looks way better that way.

>>194757
Which is the point. She is more kawaii, and less goofy.

The thing is, the creators WANTED her to be goofy.

>>194758
They could've made her goofy without looking, well, kind of ugly. My biggest problem with her is the droopy eyes so far.

>>194753
They got the genders wrong

>>194754
That nostalgia can only last as long as people care. And they'll stop caring when they stop making real games for the series.
>>194759
I honestly like her kinda ugly. Gives her some nonstandard character.

>>194760
Same. I actually thought thought Yooka was a girl and Laylee was a guy when the concept art first came out. It would've been nice to have the heavy lifter be female and the flier be male this time around, and the designs are done in such a way that nobody but the most sensitive babbies can accuse it of being preachy.

>>194762
Could that be something broached at this point?

>>194762
I'm surprised now. I very much thought Yooka was the girl and Laylee the boy until just now. Weird.

I didn't know anything about the project and thought they were both girls.

I actually thought kazooiee was a guy till they referred to her as a she.

>>194768
Wait, has it been confirmed then?

>>194774
>I like how Laylee looks better in this sketch than the final Jeremy Renner-esque version.
Better clearly being a subjective term.

>>194776
Oddly enough that pseudo-realism makes them even cuter.

>>194779
Its not Bonnie though. Those those needle fingers freak me out.

>>194781

Look at those long-ass ears. That's Bonnie (in Nightmare form).

>>194782

Five Fingers so this is Golden Bonnie/Springtrap still?

>A bunch of old Apogee/3D realms games are up on steam
>You have to buy a full $30 (Normally $40) Anthology pack to get any of them
Well fuck.

>>194789
Also relevant: Koji and a Doublefine employee play SotN on yt

//youtube.com/watch?v=BLI2UAG54Pc

>>194837
wowitsfuckingnothing.jpg
Link is dead.

>>194797

//youtube.com/watch?v=bqheYYeA4k4

Yay for Devs Play~

the creative lead does offer an intriguing insight into the adaptive qualities of the cool chameleon, Yooka. "... when you eat larger, more significant objects the texture of the chameleon will change to reflect what he's eaten," reveals Price. "For example, if you were having to go across a windy ledge, and you ate a big rock, you'd see him go all 'rock textured' and... all of his movements all of a sudden would be a bit forced and slow and solid because he's heavier now."

So he's a little on the Kirby side.

http://www.gamesradar.com/what-can-yooka-laylees-animal-duo-actually-do/

Koji Igarashi isn’t waiting for Konami to let him make another “Igavania”. He’s waiting for your dosh instead:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night

>>194862
Not shown: glass thrown off-screen, killing a small child.

>>194860
>one of the stretch goals is David Hayter voice acting
Heh. Makes me wonder if his not being in MGSV had anything to do with all the Kojima-Konami politicking. Overall this project seems more modest than Yooka-Laylee, most likely because it's 2D. The art looks pretty nice although I would've preferred true-blue Ayame Kojima art but you take what you can get.

>>194860
It's already funded after like eight hours.

While Kickstarter has been good for indie developers, it's looking better and better for "established" companies and developers/producers who got shit-canned by giant monoliths (Konami, EA, etc.). It also gives gamers a direct voice against these companies, telling them "This money could have been yours, oh well!"

>>194860
>already funded

God damn. Get fucking shrekt, Konami.

I have mixed feelings about Igarashi helming the project. Sure he gave us Aria of Sorrow and Order of Ecclesia, and Portrait of Ruin was OK, but Dawn of Sorrow, all the incredibly forgettable PS2 games, and the godawful Judgement also happened under his watch.

>>194867
The only bad thing about Dawn of Sorrow was the art change. And even then, it's what made Castlevania popular again. As for the other two, so what? He doesn't know how to make a 3D Castlevania and doesn't know how to make a fighting game. He's proven himself where it counts.

At first glance I thought the concept art were screenshots and the possibility of a Vanillaware style Castlevania with Iga at the helm made me cream my fucking pants. Now that I know it's gonna be 2.5D and be developed by Inti Creates, most of my hype has severely deflated. It's still neat and all, but probably not something I'd go out of my way to fund or even play.

>>194860
Not a fan of the visual direction, but if the gameplay is anything like the inspiration, I am set.

>>194869
At least they didn't fucking lie like they did with MM9. But art aside, Igarashi is a better designer than Inafune, we can expect a better game.

>>194874
>At least they didn't fucking lie like they did with MM9.
Cliffnotes on what happened?

>>194875
They said they wouldn't have SJWs!

In all likelihood he's probably talking about the second crowdfunding they did for extra content and voice acting, but that's only slightly less stupid.

>>194875
Advertise a sprite based game and then drop 2.5D.

I predict the next developer who does the Kickstarter thing will be Sakaguchi.

>>194884
Pretty sure he already did, with Project Phoenix and all.

http://gematsu.com/2015/05/project-x-zone-2-adds-phoenix-wright-bare-knuckle-summon-night-3-god-eater-2-characters

>>194886
I read that wrong and thought Phoenix Wright was gonna punch someone.

Bloodstained just got more money than Yooka-Laylee with half as many backers.

>>194890
There's multiple factors contributing to that, most of which obviously being the physical release and people really being in the mood to stick it to Konami right now. The kickstarter couldn't have come at a more perfect time.

>>194890
So?

>>194890
The second tier of backers is almost twice as high (28 vs 15 or so dollars). Also probably the fact that while their quality is spotty, Inti Creates has proven capable of producing perfectly playable and functional games, whereas the Yooka Laylee guys are mostly riding on brand goodwill.

>>194893
It's got some interesting implications, backer costs, desperation for a dead genre return to form, hatred for companies that killed said genre (Konami probably having the most toxic company PR in the entire industry right now), how much of kickstarter funding is spite versus love, developer trust, etc.

Dragon Quest 8 is coming to the 3DS.
Too bad Square is set on the idea that the west hates it for some reason.

After I've seen how infectious and annoying the FNAF fandom can be, I've come to understand exactly why people hated bronies 2 years ago.

>We learned you guys, promise!
//youtube.com/watch?v=UgYf42d0zMg
ugh.

>Here is our new game, look as we proved we missed absolutely EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN CRITICISM
//youtube.com/watch?v=hKR42Ci000k
UGH.

WILL YOU JOIN THE GLORIOUS WHIP MASTER RACE? OR ARE YOU A SKILL-LESS SIMPLETON OF THE SWORD?

http://swordorwhip.com/

>>194908
I... don't hate it.
What's your thoughts on it?

>>194911
Gameplay is much more solid than Unity and though obviously edited it's still impressive at this stage, the story is rehash but controlling cities is always fun.

That said GODDAMN IT FUCK OFF WITH EUROPE, EUROPE HAS BEEN THE CRITICISM FOR LONGER THAN I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PLAYING THESE.

Black Flag was the best recent one by a long shot just because it was so refreshing a setting, 3 which I had high hopes for was actually just "rural European setting now with woods" and the woods were the best part by a country mile.

Like, I know they do it so they can constantly recycle assets for cheap so they can keep up the yearly mandate but NO ONE LIKES THAT.

So this coming out with a "we learned our lesson and boy we won't be doing that again!" video where the FIRST SECOND of footage shows they didn't even flinch at shoving their oldest criticism straight back to the forefront? it's not something that wows me like the old lies.

Furthermore there is no way with enough game built for a game play trailer that they didn't have a lot of this picked and being programmed before Unity was even out so the idea this was built from the ground up with the criticisms in mind is facetious PR damage control.

>>194912

People have long criticized Nintendo of being a rehash machine, but Ubisoft and Activision do so little to change the formula and game mechanics in their core series that "Save The Princess Again" Mario looks like a fountain of innovation, because at least these games actually change and redesign assets and gameplay.

>>194912
>GODDAMN IT FUCK OFF WITH EUROPE, EUROPE HAS BEEN THE CRITICISM FOR LONGER THAN I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PLAYING THESE.
No it hasn't been. I mean yes, people want China, but people also want Russia. A key feature of these things is mega structures and those are only really in Europe, Asia, and North Africa when you go with historical settings.

A larger concern here would be "here is another grizzled white man in his late 20s/Early30s"

Like, this series didn't even start in Europe, how could that be the oldest issue?

>>194915
>>194916
I was just using it's indicative nature, it's what bothers me most because it was clearly what was choosen before they started to claim they were actually listening to feedback.