/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

Should have put a link to the old one in the OP >>194495
Even if the old one isn't dead yet.

And Previously Recorded new review of ____________ was hilarious.

//youtube.com/watch?v=q3w8ZNYoFEQ

>>195114
Threads stop bumping at 300 posts, it's as good as dead. I hope it stays that way.

>>195112
maybe he can team with Kojima with and do a Snatcher style Chapter game.

>>195125
Who is the artist for this by the way? They're pretty good at aping Kojima's style, although it's a bit of a weird marriage with the more conventional anime style.

>>195125
At least, I'm assuming this is for Bloodstained.

The video game industry.

//youtube.com/watch?v=MqQ3LeBgGDM

>Why did the graphics change?

>"If you're looking at the development process," Iwinski begins, "we do a certain build for a tradeshow and you pack it, it works, it looks amazing. And you are extremely far away from completing the game. Then you put it in the open-world, regardless of the platform, and it's like 'oh shit, it doesn't really work'. We've already showed it, now we have to make it work. And then we try to make it work on a huge scale. This is the nature of games development."

>It was captured PC footage, not pre-rendered, Badowski confirms, but a lot had to change. "I cannot argue - if people see changes, we cannot argue," Adam Badowski says, "but there are complex technical reasons behind it.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-19-cd-projekt-red-tackles-the-witcher-3-graphics-downgrade-issue-head-on

>>195139
Least they are being open about the reasons why the changes were made. Even with that they'll issue the enhanced version later as usual which will add in some of the things when they fix the limitations.

If CD Projeckt of all people said "it wasn't practical" then it's not practical. They also have mentioned that they Dec not to make it PC exclusive because cutting the console install base cuts the prospective sales and thus the affordable budget.

>>195147
By far CD Projeckt is best developer. Being flat honest about why they decide to do things is a lot better than making excuses. And yea I can understand why some of their prior rendering tech wouldn't work in a Open World game. Still eager to get Cyberpunk when its released.

Fresh off /v/
http://www.mediafire.com/view/vvpg8dz060dlbff/E3_2015.jpg

>>195179
Well Bethesda does have Doom and Fallout 4 to talk about.Guess the next Elder Scrolls game as well.

>>195179
Wait, what? Konami dropped out of E3?

>>195185
Just no conference. They'll still be showing off games, just nothing major to talk about over a conference.

>>195185
They don't have a conference or digital event going on this year, or at least none that I know of. After what's happened lately, I imagine it would largely be damage control.

>>195183
Seems too early to talk about the next ES.

>>195188
Does it? Though Elder Scrolls Online came out last year, it's been about 4 years since Skyrim came out. I think we're in a pretty good place to get teased about a 2016-2017 Elder Scrolls release.

>>195183
After this year, I'll be sorely disappointed if they don't announce cars in the next Fallout.

Has anyone else tried to distance themselves from looking at gaming news/business? I find I've enjoyed games a lot more since doing that.

>>195193
Eh don't know if they'd be able to fit cars. Though with how things worked out with Wolfenstein

Bloodstained just added a David Hayter tier, donate a certain amount and you can have personal David Hayter message sound file in the audio test.

One common criticism of a lot of recent Kickstarter successes is that they’re trading on nostalgia, using past success to make money. Do you feel Bloodstained is relying on Symphony of the Night in this way? Is it a concern to balance a sense of familiarity and nostalgia with fresh, brand new material?

"That’s a tough one. The question is, if that’s not what backers want from me, what is? Personally, I think they genuinely want to relive the feelings they had when playing those classic games in the past – maybe not nostalgia so much as a simple desire to enjoy solid, tried-and-true gameplay.

At the same time, I don’t think they’re asking for a mindless recreation of older experiences. They may want the basic foundation, but with a fresh spin to it – a balance of what’s made them feel good in the past and what’s new and exciting. Unfortunately, that’s the kind of mix that turns a publisher off. So Kickstarter was the perfect chance for me to stay directly connected with backers and seek the best way to build out this game."

Iga gets it.

>>195209
The character design and some of her powers maybe, but the gothic aesthetics and the concept art hallway look a lot like Symphony of the Night's.

Look at Iga's portrait, the kickstarter video, the Devs Play... like yeah it's probably going to build on Order but Symphony is the call they're putting out because it's the one that's going to reach the most people.

>>195213
I guess so.

>>195212
The design of the world looks way more order than than Symphony, but I get ya.

>>195246

Holy screaming fuck.

>>195248
What? MachineGames isn't making Doom.

I know literally nobody cares here but EA Sports put women's football teams in the new FIFA and I'm honestly pretty hype about that.

>>195298
Same here. Sports games aren't even my thing but it's a good baby step.

>>195298
From what I understand of it, EA has been keeping it's head low and kinda trying, I'd say they are probably still as evil, with hearts full of the blackest pitch; but at least they have been forced into attempting to be something resembling decent.

>Chip's Challenge 2 released on Steam.
Wow...well...I didn't expect that.

>>195300
Until Mass Effect 4 rolls out and Bioware is officially consumed. Hell probably will happen before its launch.

>>195298
>>195299
>>195300
Reminder that EA tried to frame negative reception of Dragon Age 2 as homophobia. This has nothing to do with ideals and everything to do with marketing.

>>195311
A good step forward is a good step forward. No matter if it's mostly a financial decision. If it's becoming more profitable to be inclusive then that's a still a reason to get excited.

>>195298
A very good move, but kind of awkward-as-fuck timing given FIFA's long-overdue implosion being splattered all over the news?

If you think EA is the embodiment of evil, the shit FIFA's being indicted blows the fucking mind.

>>195311
>This has nothing to do with ideals
In other news, water is wet.

You know, you literally ask anyone if theyre racist/sexist and they'd probably answer "No." But company heads still only market to one certain unnamed demographic. Its never about ideals. Not unless they're some indie company out there specifically to send a message.

They're doing it because its profitable. And thats gonna be true be it EA, FIFA, Nintendo, Double Fine, or whatever.

>negative reception of Dragon Age 2 as homophobia
If you don't think that's partially true you are a very very optimistic person and I wish I was in your shoes.

Silent Hills was trending on Twitter, so I looked into why. Rumors say Microsoft wants to buy it, finish developing it, and make it an Xbone exclusive.

>>195322
Will they be able to get Del Toro and Kojima back on board. Will Suda show up since he's been hanging around the XBONE.

>>195322
I don't buy it. The rumor said the game was 80% done, but late 2016 or beyond was the estimated release date.

>>195321
>If you don't think that's partially true you are a very very optimistic person and I wish I was in your shoes.

I know that there's truth to it, but in the eyes of shitty companies and their bootlickers "there are assholes who say X" becomes "everyone who says X is an asshole". (In case it's not obvious: assholes -> homophobes, X -> Dragon Age 2 sucks)

In news that should surprise absolutely no one, Hatred apparently doesn’t live up to any of its faux controversy in regards to being a good game that backs up all that LOLSOEDGY bullshit.

>>195329
But Hatred sets videogames back by years! It's a representation of everything that's wrong with gaming! Remove people who don't oppose Hatred from the "gamer" community and the videogame industry!

>doesn’t live up to any of its faux controversy
>faux controversy

What are you, a Gator?

>>195330
Man you need a nap or something Hatred being shitty blatant controversy fuel isn't exclusive to SJWs.

>>195331
But the "SJWs" are just about the only people taking the game seriously at all. To them, it's not shitty blatant controversy fuel, it's an example of the evils of gaming and a justification for their efforts to rid the "gaming community" of everything they declare wrong.

>>195332
Dude, did you fall through a timewarp? Nobody gives a fuck anymore.

>>195332

Are you sure about that? I haven't seen very many "SJWs" who've given it more consideration than an eyeroll.

>>195334
Are you implying that the yellow press idiots who write hyperbolic nonsense about it are actually #GG agents in disguise or something?
(I put the "SJW" in quotation marks because that term implies different things depending on who you ask.)

>>195335

No, he’s implying that most people saw right through Hatred’s try-hard edgy “controversial for the sake of it” bullshit not long after that first trailer dropped. Sure, some people got really pissed the fuck off, but after a few days/weeks, they forgot all about the game because it was poised to be exactly what it turned out to be: a shallow, worthless shooter that tried to capitalize on some faux controversy about it being “controversial” to sell a few more copies than it probably would’ve sold without getting all that press a few months back.

The only reason I even brought the game up was because its failure (and its lack of depth in both gameplay and writing) had been all but a foregone conclusion and I enjoy a bit of schadenfreude every now and then. The people behind the game thought they had The Next Big Evil Thing, but it’s no better (in every sense) than fuckin’ Doom—and I mean the original game.

>>195340
"Most people" sure didn't include vidya "journalists". They swallowed the bait
>tried to capitalize on some faux controversy about it being “controversial”
and gave them exactly what they wanted.

>>195342

For about a week, sure. A few thinkpieces here, a few hot takes there, and then everyone forgot that shit existed until they put out a second trailer not too long ago. Then everyone said "meh" until the game's release date cropped up. The game's only popping up back in the EVIL EVIL GAMING NEWS sites, if they're even covering it, because some people want to know if it was worthy of that little week or so of controversy it caused. The advance reviews I’ve seen and the scuttlebutt I’ve heard says no, it’s not worth a single damn in any way.

If the game had actually been controversial beyond the surface, it wouldn't have disappeared out of the public spotlight as quickly as it did. I mean, in the time that's passed between all those thinkpieces/hot takes about the first trailer and now, how many sites have appeared to give a ton of fucks about the game?

Nothing points to the game being any good or worthy of the "controversy" label. Even if people gave it more attention than it deserved a few months back, it's not getting all that much attention now. Go whine about the evil vidyagaem journalists and their lack of ethics and morals and intelligence on a site that has fucks to give about all that bullshit. I'll be over here laughing at the tryhard edgelords getting BTFO by a gaming industry that neither needs nor wants them.

>>195343
Eh, some moronic Tumblrites continued to give it attention here or there. Some of my follows continued to reblog anti posts about it months after the controversy was supposed to blow over.

Dunno if it contributes to the convo, but I don't have much to add other than what's here.
//youtube.com/watch?v=s6xQlnzffRg

I mean
other than the fact that a bunch of bona fide stormfags are doing the thing.

>>195345
>bona fide stormfags
Yeah, I think I brought this up originally when this got announced, but people forget Nazism and White Supremacy is legitimately still a thing that happens in Europe. There's big political parties tied to it, just like businesses and many many people who stand by it.
Its getting more traction now that governments are pushing for more humane treatment of immigrants in their respective nations. I mean, I don't know how relevant this is for the game and the people outright supporting it, but context is key I think.

//youtube.com/watch?v=iWKSopTFf2U

>>195347
I hate to be that guy but

>TB
BOY I SURE WONDER WHAT HE'LL SAY.

>>195343
>evil vidyagaem journalists and their lack of ethics and morals and intelligence

>if you oppose yellow press journalism you must be a #GG supporter

Stop falling for #GG's retcon bullshit. Calling out crap "journalists" on their idiocy has not stopped being valid just because /pol/tards seized the opportunity to craft themselves a shield of blind idealists when a "feminist" did something immoral. Videogame "journalism" being low-quality and susceptible to corruption has been the case long before any of the "SJW" "controversies".

>195347
>Twitch banned AO-rated games because of Hatred

Is there any actual evidence of that?

>>195349
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/05/28/twitch-bans-adults-only-game-streaming-days-before-hatred-release/
http://kotaku.com/twitch-bans-adult-only-games-1707411881
No direct confirmation, but it's not hard for even a nonGigger to draw that conclusion. Thrill Kill, Manhunt 2, and that Casino game are the only ones that wouldn't have already been banned for falling foul of Twitch's sexual content rules, and they're old as balls/nobody streams or would be interested in streaming them.

>>195350
So are you arguing that it's not gaming news when a popular streaming service that frequently features livestreams of video games changes the rules about what can be broadcast? Or is it Twitch you're mad at? Or what? I'm not exactly following your argument here.

>>195351
Huh? I'm not Mr. Stone or the other guy. This is the first post I've made about Hatred at all.

>>195352
Sorry, thought that was supposed to be evidence of games news sites trying to "Whip up controversy for pageviews" or whatever, not evidence of the Twitch/AO thing. My bad.

Lost Ark looks so fucking good and I fear it will never come out in the West.

http://m.ca.ign.com/articles/2015/06/01/xcom-2-announced-ign-first

>XCOM 2
>Snakemen
>Procedurally generated maps
>XCOM is fighting a guerrilla war against an occupying alien force
>IT'S A SEQUEL TO YOUR FAILED XCOM CAMPAIGNS NOT YOUR SUCCESSFUL ONES

GET FUCKING HYPE BROS

>>195366
I've thought alot how I would have liked another expansion such as Enemy Within. This captures my interest.

>>195369
Either they really fucked up on the perspective or she's got legs like Deedee from Dexter's Laboratory. Also weren't chairs already a recovery thing in one of the GBAvanias?

>>195366
Base super hidden or will it me mobile to keep from being found.

http://tiredoldhack.com/2015/06/01/an-open-letter-to-journalists-who-dont-give-a-shit/

>>195375
They just came out with a new carmegedon didn't they?

>>195381
Yes. It was a kickstarter.

>>195380
This is why I get extremely annoyed whenever certain types of people accuse me of being a GGer and a bigot for shitting on Polygon. There's plenty of legitimate reasons to dislike that particular site without playing the straw "lol you just hate wimmen" (umm?) card.

>>195394
Polygon is sorta like Kotaku where they can publish some amazing stuff, like the Street Fighter 2: Oral History article, but also publish some garbage, like the pornographic Sonic fan art expert article. I think Polygon is actually worse, because Kotaku has some self-awareness and has been doing less of the latter. While Polygon comes off as pretentious. It's also frustrating when Polygon does this shit, consider the amount of money being poured into the site.

>>195394
You can probably imagine where that connection comes from, though.

>>195400
Yeah but the point is that some people are so blindly defensive of Polygon that they're quick to twist "a lot of people who dislike X are Y" into "people dislike X can only be Y". I support women's rights. I am a woman. But I don't like Polygon. These two things are not mutually exclusive.

>>195397
>the amount of money being poured into the site.
Who are they funded by?

>>195394
>people accuse me of being a GGer and a bigot for shitting on Polygon

literally no one does that
you are inventing enemies to get mad at
get rid of your persecution complex

#freehaven

>>195311
I actually read up about EA since it got worst company two years running, EA is barely the same company, after ME3 blew up in their face they restructured, they are as much the old EA as Microsoft is following Windows 8 blowing up in their face.

>>195406
Won't name names but to be specific a Facebook friend accused me of buying into GG propaganda for getting mad over a really dumb article on Nintendo (it blew over quickly but still), and while the bigotry accusation wasn't made at me I've seen it come from one of my Tumblr follows who I recognize as an occasional tripfag who loves Jojo on /vg/ and /a/. These people aren't the majority by any means but yes, people who believe that really do exist.

>>195408
> the bigotry accusation wasn't made at me

as I said, stop fighting imaginary enemies

you are not being oppressed, you're tilting at windmills

>>195409
Do you read your posts? Are you saying people online don't talk shit? Oh wait, we both are right now. Did >>195408 say anything about being oppressesed? The anon was only talking about the accusations of them being a GGer. Please consider leaving here and go to 8chan.

>>195411
>Did >>195408 say anything about being oppressesed?

well, he whined about people being called gators as if judging people by what they say is some sort of horrible injustice

>go to 8chan

why would I want to go to gatorland?

also
>Omegon
http://boards.plus4chan.org/baw/t398054.html#p398355
lol

>>195412
>he
Troll spotted in the dungeon.

>>195412
Seeing as their entire point was that not liking Polygon =/= supporting GG, you're pretty much proving them exactly right.

>>195414
The person you're responding to didn't say the other guy supported GG, he just said that his whining about people calling him a gator (and then admitting that it never actually happened to him, he's just heard about it happening to other people) because of his shit is whiny bullshit that makes him look like he's got a victimhood complex.

>>195413
>Troll spotted in the dungeon.
You know, considering how OUTLANDISH that scene was, you'd say it'd be used more, wouldn't you?

I mean, seriously!
//youtube.com/watch?v=oynJcSnLSI4

>>195421
I can already tell these are going to be a nightmare.
>fast movement
>poison
>armored

>>195422
They can also pull you out of cover using their tongues.

They are basically Super Thin (wo)Men.

//youtube.com/watch?v=GE2BkLqMef4

>>195424
So apparently it's set in Boston.

Two words: mirelurk rolls.

...alternately, mirelurk chowder.

>>195424
Immediately, visibly the same engine as Skyrim and looks like FO3 with a few more buildings. Wake me up when Obsidian is back.

>>195426
If you think that looks like FO3 your head is dented.

>>195427
Yeah, that's obviously hyperbole, but it seriously doesn't look that great.

>>195428
The games look bad even in their original context, it's about content over appearance, always has been with Fallout, the question is how it will stack up against market competitors that didn't previously exist like Witcher 3.

>>195429
It's not even going to stack up to New Vegas.

>>195430
Kinda hard to beat New Vegas, that was pouring all of what had been Van Buren into that. Who is the producer on this anyway? Just Bethesda or one of their subs?

>>195430
On what basis?

>>195433
It's being developed by Bethesda.

>>195431
Eesh, mechanically it looks great but, oosh, they really should have gone cell shaded or faux-sprites or something..anything more appealing than that, also they should avoid face shots, those models look N64 quality.

>>195434
Is their track record really that dodgy? They've been making a lot of really great moves lately.

>>195436
As a publisher they have a mixed record, as devs their last well written game was Morrowind.

Imagine, for just one second, that in a market that's increasingly oversaturated with open world action games (GTA5, Assassin's Creed, Watch_Dogs, Witcher 3, Arkham Knight, Mad Max, Dead Light, Just Cause 3, etc....) instead of using the jank-ass fucking mess that is Gamebryo again, which everyone is kinda tired of at this point, they had gone for a top-down tactical RPG. Imagine the number of heads that would have turned and how much buzz it would've created on the internet.

>>195440
Hate, you mean hate it would create.

Also they use the Creation engine now, an in-house engine made from the bones of Gamebryo.

Boy oh boy am I with you on wanting Tactics games back.

>>195442
Creation is just Gamebryo with a new coat of paint, and if anything is actually even buggier, Skyrim was a game held together with spit and prayer.

I would love nothing more than if Fallout 4 came out and was better than series predecessor New Vegas or new champion on the sandbox rpg block Witcher 3. It won't be. There's quite literally no reason to have any faith that Bethesda might learn from their mistakes because the only thing they really backed down on was level scaling.

>>195417
Uh, they actually did say they got called a gator for not liking Polygon.

>>195424
If you don't get to visit the ruins of Occupied Canada, fuck this game.

>>195435
It's not looking brilliant, but the trailer does showcase some pretty inventive level concepts and a great deal of variety. The Kickstarter money could only stretch so far, so I'm glad they prioritised level design over looks.

Still...ouch.

On the argument of Fallout 4's visual should be looking better:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=166318244&postcount=4385

>>195450
As with mighty I can take some visual downgrade if the other parts hold solid. Hopefully Bethesda has improved their game since Fallout 3.

>>195449
They pick up that dude who is now making out with the snake lady.

>>195453
The thats a gameplay mechanic, throwing critically-wounded/dead(?) teamembers over one of your squaddies shoulder since now being a terrorist organisation operating by hit-and-run anything that gets left behind on a battlefield is lost compared to before where X-Com could send ground crews to gather the salvage and recover the bodies.
Apparently there's also destructible floors/ceilings and other environmental effects, not sure the source of that information though.

>>195454
Be something if that was tied into an inverse of the funding of the last game. More damage you wreak the less people will trust you and the less resources you will have access to. And more power to the council, and their "allies". But more trust would equal a better underground network, black market etc.

>>195380
>Go ahead and read it and decide on your own conclusion before reading mine.
Not bad. I know corporate decisions can send people off to review games they don't care about, and this article really goes into how much everyone else seems to be enjoying the game. I'm pretty sure if I was interested in Rock Band I would glad to see even someone disinterested in the franchise could see some interesting improvements to this installment, contrasting it with earlier entries to show how it shifted focus from strict adherence to a set pattern to a more party-like, relaxed system.

>Chris Scullion's conclusion
So he's unemployed and thus not under pressure to review games he doesn't care about, but is complaining about someone who is getting paid because they didn't change decisions that weren't up to them in the first place? Not getting any sense that I ought to respect this, I might actually start to follow Polygon when before I didn't, or rather Griffin McElroy in particular.

>>195458
Even if they didn't care about the game, their whole job was to review the game. The article failed to review the game, which was the only requirement a game review has. It's an extremely low bar to fail.

>>195461
Save those that didn't support him. Say put a bullet in both of them. If forced Amita as I see her less prone to carrying out suicide bombings years later in the name of a child God.

>>195459
Seriously. Even "I don't like Rock Band and this didn't change my opinion" is more informative.

>>195461
The choice is more about quality of life vs the number of lives, like sure you can save as many poverty stricken, warlord controlled poor communities as you want, but what the fuck will they have afterward to prevent that from happening again?

Nothing, the drugs provided a way to escape that quagmire.

It might seem like a standard shitty videogame choice but seeing such a complex issue raised was certainly interesting.

>>195462
The secret ending is the best ending. Just stay and enjoy the crab rangoon. Pagan may be a monster and a despot, but he's no liar. I still can't believe Amita murdered Bhadra.

>>195464
If it's a question of money, it would be easy to turn Kyrat into a gold mine of tourism. It has wonderful scenery, a fascinating culture, and thriving populations of some of the world's rarest animals thanks to Pagan's breeding programs for endangered species. If it weren't for the Royal Army shooting at everyone who gives them a sour look, it would make a fine vacation spot.

Unrelated to that discussion, was Longinus meant to be someone specific from Far Cry 2 with a name change? He mentioned being baptized at Goka Falls.

I think drugs vs child brides is a pretty clear cut choice.

>>195459
Yes it did. Did you even read it?
>I can tell from the people on stage, the fact that they are having fun and coming back for more, that Rock Band 4 has something to offer people who get together and enjoy each other and music and the whole rock-'n'-roll ethos.
>Rock Band 4 is also not about just pressing buttons. Various instruments, including vocals, have been given carte blanche to express themselves in ways that are individual to the player, and be rewarded for their personal skill. It's not just about sticking to the colors and the lines. It's about adding your own flavor to the song, through drum-riffs and vocal meanderings.
>Rock Band 4, as Harmonix keeps telling us, is not so much about creating a game in which there are scores and channels and targets and RPGish upgrade paths (though they are all certainly present) but in creating a really fun experience in which people get to sing, guitar and drum their fave tunes their way and generally have a good laugh and not be booed off stage by AI douchebags. So far as I can tell, the company is making a good fist of this endeavor.
>At the end of each song, the game offers up suggestions for the next track, which band-members can vote on. The AI crowd shouts out requests. This keeps the fantasy alive, avoids the tedium of back-tracking through menus, helps iron out the social difficulty of choosing the next song. This seems to me to be part of a convincingly earnest attempt by the people at Harmonix to do the thing they are best at, which is making music games that actually make people feel good, that allow people to have a good time.
>There are new guitars and drums being made by Mad Catz (no keyboard) but you can use your old Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 wireless contraptions on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions, which are due out later this year. Exported songs from those old games can also be uploaded.

>>195463
He did write that, and more, as I show above. Padded out with other junk, but I found it informative enough.

>>195467
Please don't tell me you're defending that shitshow of an article for the sake of that whole argument of what games critique should be.

>>195469
I read it, it didn't seem like an awful review to me, that's all there is to it.

>>195470
It wasn't really a review, though. I mean, that's the thing. Its not even a critical analysis of the game or the fact that its just a work in progress.

Its a guy with a carte blanche letter to say whatever the fuck, and it bothers me because its just another sign of the emotional, artistic and credible immaturity of the media surrounding video games.

>>195472
Video game reporting has never been anything but advertising for video games, and probably never will be. It is best to just deal with that fact now.

>>195473
Therefore it should just stick to Objective reviews, right? Listing nothing but features without the personal opinions of the "critic" so people know whether to preorder, buy or rent.

Its that line of thinking... "Its an industry that has media, therefore that media will only ever serve the industry." that defeatist thinking that has me wondering if you've ever been exposed to any other kind of media in your life. Not you, personally, but the gaming media consuming entity.
Football's a huge fucking worldwide industry. And yet the football media has done nothing but revel and jubilate and the dissolving of FIFA. Hollywood's a big fuckin' industry too. An yet film critics and fans know that much more about what actual Movie reporting is.

Games fans? Its okay to accept something you like's faults, but that's done with the ultimate purpose of improving it. People have been mistaking growing pains for The Way Its Always Been and considered it a hill to die on. Games have problems, Games media has problems. Its taking three or four steps back to respond to anyone pointing them out with the internet equivalent of "If you don't love America, move to Canada."

>>195473
https://youtu.be/Lm2LLkGPXjM

K

>>195466
>>195468
Are the drugs worth the child soldiers?

Either way, things look grim for Kyrati youth.

>>195466
>>195468
Are you guys forgetting everything else? The sweatshops and child soldiers? Or the bit where its heavily implied she has the holy girl killed to cement her own power in the new regime

Both rebels and their plans for the country are absolutely terrible, just as bad as the dictator they were originally fighting.

>>195479
bait?

no form of art gets shit like "fans didn't buy [big-name production]? THEY DESTROYED IT OUT OF SPITE"

if the press behaves like the worst of the fans, something's wrong at the core

>>195478
Amita being Pagan "lite" least give people a chance of surviving a bit longer. Sabal Land its just until he gets around to purging the latest rung of people that aren't worshiping the child goddess correctly.

Also that seemed a bit off with Amitia in the end. Could have sworn in the first bit it was "she should be allowed freedom". Then knocks her off as a challenger? Still Pagan Min was a Magnificent Bastard. 10/10 Would get Dinner with.

>>195483
At least the game allows you to stop whichever one you backed after the credits roll.

It really disappoints me that there's still no DLC where you follow up on the secret ending and tear shit up with Pagan for the weekend.

>>195484
Yes, I would fornicate a snake lady with titties.
Pointless, given their reptilian nature. But would.

>Bethesda Dev leaks info on FO4
>Nobody believes them
My sids.

https://np.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/28v2dn/i_played_fallout_4/

>>195487
Why would you leak info when getting fired? Getting fired doesn't void your NDA. Bethesda could probably sue her pants off.

>>195487
>I worked at Bethesda Game Studios in Maryland up until last month before I was fired for releasing confidential information (but it was an accident!) and so here I am, sitting unemployed with my 2 kids thanks to those fools.
>So here I am releasing additional confidential information

People really are this stupid

>>195487
http://kotaku.com/latest-popular-fallout-4-rumor-sure-seems-like-bs-1709009561

All the correct info came from the leaked document from 2013.

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/06/04/xcom-2s-procedurally-generated-maps-ign-first

New information for Xcom 2 regarding the procedurally generated maps.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/6/3/8719389/colorblind-on-witcher-3-rust-and-gamings-race-problem

Fascinating how Rust decided to assign skin color at random like the real world and the predictable reaction it got.

>>195498
>But the lack of persons of colour, and the lack of questions about our absence, comes from ignorance rather than animosity.

Something I wish Tumblr would get the memo on. I agree with the stuff about Rust, and at least they made sure to point out the above so as to avoid fanning flames, but I'm a woman of color and I think the majority of the stuff they had to say about The Witcher 3 is pretty dumb.

>>195499
My mind goes to, its Eastern Europe designed so I can understand why they didn't for the same reason STALKER didn't. Just was not a thought. Though it being brought up that might be something added to the eventually made enhanced edition.

>>195500
Same here. They're Polish. Nonwhite people make up less than 0.1% of the population in Poland. Chances are most of the staff simply didn't even consider the possibility of nonwhite people in their world because they've never even met one in person, the same way Chinese media doesn't have nonchinese characters. Maybe nonwhite people exist elsewhere but it simply happens in a place/time where they don't, or the lack of them is canon in the books. Diversity in games is important but The Witcher 3 is not the kind of game to be surprised at for the lack of it, nor would Jade Empire be for its lack of black people (which is why their rebuttal of the "historical basis" justification in fantasy games with clear theming is a bad one).

It reminds me of this ad campaign in Italy for LGBT tolerance that was excoriated for being almost all white people, until someone from Italy pointed out the race of the people in the pictures is an extremely stupid thing to get fixated on considering unlike the US, white people are the vast majority of the Italian population and homophobia is a much more serious social issue there, and these people are drawing attention away from an important message for the sake of feeling self-righteous.

>>195421
>>195447
What if the snake aliens actually don't have boobs, but just made armor shapped like that in an attempt to mess with humans?

Apparently there's only one location in the Witcher books with black people, Zerrekania, and apparently it's... not really the sort of thing you want in a 2015 game. So fine, whatever, W3 has lots of other positive representations, my jaw dropped when Eihal showed up. That dude's great.

Now if Cyberpunk comes out and it's all white people, that'd be a load of bullshit.

>>195492
Well it'd be worth it to see whats up either way.

>>195505
Well its got about two years (Witcher 3 comes first) So it should be okay.

https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/4/8727599/e3-2015-announcements-predictions-battletoads-hero-starfox-metroid-star-wars

>Annualization of Far Cry and Deus Ex.

I really hope not, be the worst thing to happen to them.

Though I would like Prey to live on if its still being tweaked and worked over by the Dishonored developer.

I am making a prediction.

Half Life 3, Beyond Good & Evil 3, and The Last Guardian will not be announced.

>>195515
Best typo possible.

>>195505
Yeah Zerrekania is DA MYSTICAL ORIENT/WILDEST AFRICA and if you think NOT having black people has upset people about TW3 then boy fucking howdy you should see what would happen if CD Projeckt stuck them in there.

That aside The Witcher 3 actually has a lot to say about all kind of social ills, The Bloody Baron and everything related to him and his family is this multifaceted, brilliant look at all kind of horrible shit (the concept of toxic masculinity is even in there!). And then you move on to all the really fan-fucking-tastic characters, many of them women, the game features. If you really wanted to, you could dig into W3 and have a goddamn field day, a really strong analysis using feminist theory.

Or you could bury it publicly on twitter because a murderous bandit calls a lady a nasty word.

ho, hum

>>195524
So basically, Polygon is dumb and chasing windmills because they know how much attention it will get from angry Witcher fanboys. Also from reasonable people of all skin colors, but Polygon doesn't believe in bad publicity, so.

>>195405
Apparently by Microsoft. Polygon got some controversy for "undergrading" The Last Of Us because it was a Playstation exclusive, although I personally agreed with most of the review's criticism. Scores are dumb anyway, and so is people continuing to get mad about them.

>>195524
Your last statement reminds me of people who accuse GRRM of being misogynist because he chose to portray the world ASOIAF takes place in as having misogynist values, even though it's painfully obvious the audience isn't supposed to agree. Not that the series can't be criticized for other reasons, like exploiting violence against women for shock value, but you might as well accuse GRRM of being homophobic just because Westeros is. Also reminds me of the stunning amount of people who seriously believe Joss Whedon is a frothing misogynist because he made Loki (a bad guy!) call Black Widow (his favorite character) an outdated form of the c-word.

>>195526
>Scores are dumb anyway, and so is people continuing to get mad about them.
See, thats the thing. People keep scoring these things in a 10.0 system when there's literally no difference from an 8.8 and an 8.7. Say what you will about the guy, but Adam Sessler had it right.
5 Stars: Must Buy
4 Stars: Quality Game.
3 Stars: Worth Renting/Best Enjoyed by Fans
2 Stars: Not Worth It
1: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

Hell, even a Thumbs Up/Down system works.

Having a percentage or 10.0 system makes some sense, if you have ten or twenty reviewers and add their scores together. That is to say, it only makes sense for something like Metacritic, because I'm pretty sure no one magazine/review site is paying twenty or even ten reviewers for one article.

Remember Aisha Tyler, the lady who presented Ubisoft's E3 presentation with the tag "#girlwood"? Well, looks like they're having her host again, so get ready for more awkwardness.

>>195533
I think it works when its something like Famitsu, yeah. When its collectivized within a small number of critics. But thats at a 10 point scale.
10.0 is essentially 100 - absolutely pointless if you're anything but RT or Metacritic.

>>195535
She made the awkwardness fun. I like her.

>>195535
She's great, at least she's not paul marketing like 90% of the other speakers.

Though other than Creed and Far Cry 5 what is there to talk about this year.

Microsoft releasing a 1tb XBONE according to Amazon listing.

>>195542
The Xbone's still a Meh proposition too me. Halo 4 really lost me, and its not like their other titles are anything amazing. A 1TB PS4. Now that I'll admit I'm looking forward to.

>>195540
>>195541
The Division is still on the way.

>>195544
Rainbow Six Siege isn't out yet either and they'll probably do another small production with Ubi Art again. At least I hope they do. Those are their best games by a country mile.

Interesting how the Yooka Laylee kickstarter kind of teetered off at the 2mil line, while the one for Bloodstained kept climbing and climbing.

>>195603
"sjw journos killed it" #pravda

>>195603
Bloodstained is more of an exciting prospect. Yooka Laylee looks fun, but ow that it's assured to get made there's not much reason to keep climbing.

>>195610
It has been a while since I played Revelations, but I remember this guy being an enormous spike in difficulty from the previous bosses.

>>195611
Bloodstained's campaign also seems to be a lot more well organized, whereas Yooka's stretch goals kinda just stopped at the DLC tier.

Avelonne left Obsidian.

>>195615
Good for him.

>>195616
???

>>195617
If he left it was probably to pursue other prospects, so good for him.

The old Saints Row games are on sale for a few bucks on gog. I've never played a game in the series but I've heard good things.

Would I be better off playing the whole series from the beginning or is it the kind of thing where I'm better off jumping onto whatever the most recent title is?

>>195621
SR2 has the best storyline and Shaundi. SR3 improves on the gameplay a lot but the story and characterizations are stupid, and the humor is a little "dildos lolsorandumbxD". SR4 stays on the silly side but is a much better experience despite it. I'd say SR4 is better to get than SR3.

>>195630
I'm forced to believe that the only reason this is being released is because it was already heavily in the pipeline when the first Sonic Boom games bo(o)mbed horribly. SEGA decided it would lose more money cancelling the project, so they let it wrap up and will release it to parents naive about video games who will buy it for their five-year-old thinking "Oh hey he loves blue Mickey!"

>>195612
He's clearly a Tyrant, but he teleports, soaks up every type of bullet like a shamwow and his most common attack is an AOE with a massive range that seems to do near randomized damage (right next to him you can take next to none sometimes; 5 miles away? almost dead). Not to mention the reaction time you have to have when he illusion clones himself to attack tends to be pretty short as he starts raking up damage. It is like fighting a Bleach character.

The second phase of him after he does the side by side thing has no real pattern I've seen. Yes there are items to pick up in the area and a box to change weapons, but by the time you get to any of them, he has probably teleported to you and hit you. Oh and also because it takes so much damage to knock him out of his illusion wind up attack (that you can't run from as described earlier) you have to hit him SQUARE IN THE HEART head on. To the side? Slightly off? You're fucked unless you have the double shot mod on your shotgun which you won't because you need that slot for other things like damage, capacity, etc.

This all isn't so bad, but it takes a good 10 minutes to get to his third phase where he goes full rage and boy oh boy does he have tons of armor. Things rarely seem to stop, stagger, or stun him. He eats magnum bullets like candy, Shotguns won't break him from his charge, and you may as well piss in the wind if you use a pistol or machine gun.

So by the time you lose, and you will, you're out at least 15 minutes before you have to start the fight over again This is compounded because every time I have to do this I have to swap out my useless pistol for my magnum.

Oh and to get to that part? You're in a scuba diving level with monsters that will auto kill you. The second you start this part you swim down a hall, see an opening and say "Hey I'll go this way an-" instantly killed. "Wow that's some cheap bullshit" you say and just wait a little bit before going in, But then is swims back around the corner and eats you. So you load up again and the game reminds you you have stun grenades, only they take time to explode and have shit range and sometimes they don't work. More sync kills than playing ME3's multiplayer on Banshee Sprees with a bad connection.

So that bundle of fun comes after a giant boss monster fight... that has a part two that is 7 minutes of the easiest and most repetitive on rails shooter of all time. The good news is for once the helicopter pilot manages to survive. Way to beat the spread buddy. This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so painfully long and bland.


All the good will the game built up, and I REALLY enjoyed it, is pissed away in the last few segments.

>>195630
Gotta say. That logo looks remarkably generic.
Like a leftover 00's Crash Bandicoot or Spyro wannabe.

>>195631
>decided it would lose more money cancelling the project
This strikes me as strange considering tales of projects practically complete but canceled at the last moment. Most famous (though dated) example being Starfox 2.

>>195630
http://www.seganerds.com/2015/06/09/sega-producer-discusses-future-of-sonic-boom-franchise/

>>195634
>"Ok guys, we need to make a new Sonic Boom game, any ideas?"
>"Uh well we need the box to have orange and blue colors so it stands out"
>"What does that have to do with anythi-...wait a second...orange...blue...fire and ice! Just slap that onto our old game, and add whats-her-name. The other one with boobs. Yup, we're done here."

>>195630
Love how everyone is taking the shit out of that title.
//youtube.com/watch?v=mrYvj3EXDCE
//youtube.com/watch?v=kiXaWyYml6I
But if this helps the show I'm all for it!

I dunno, it looks good to me, 3ds focus, speedy paths through the main level with optional exploration, side scrolled. I'm at least willing to give it a shot.

>>195633
That's a big ass block of text that just says you need to git gud and also restart the level so you at least have more herbs and the right guns.

>>195632
>no survivors
But that's fucking wrong because you people will never learn to just not buy sonic games.

>>195660
>Doritos pope hat
I'm dying Squirtle

>>195660

>Rick and Morty

Bueno.

>>195660
>filename
I actually saw this on facebook first the last week.

//youtube.com/watch?v=Hoqa0DQIEDs
I'm not really impressed by this game, but it's funny that they managed to get both GI Joe and MOTU for this.

//youtube.com/watch?v=I6ak3ebBep0

>>195707
I agree with some things. But I don't like the redesign. Sonic, not being cocky anymore and being vulnerable, goes against what makes the character likable in the first place. You might say "Oh, he was only likable because it was the 90's" but Sonic's cocky attitude is half his appeal even today. Given the cartoons and comics, it still resonates with kids, and though a lot of adult fans find his "90s attitude" a point of mockery, it still makes Sonic stand out in the crowd and be a likable character. That outdated 90s attitude becomes HUMOROUS, not annoying. So taking it away, only to make him look like every puzzle platformer protagonist we've seen in the last 5 years, is just boring.

Nix the backpack too. I do agree that lives are outdated and rings should instead be some sort of currency, but Sonic doesn't strike me as the type of character to always be prepared. He's clever and street-smart, but at the same time he's reckless. If he gets into trouble, he's going to use what's around him to his advantage, not what he's carrying. It's the difference between Spider-Man and Batman.

>>195707
That guy is proposing something closer to a Banjo and Kazooie remake than a sonic one.

>>195710

And we're already getting one of those (sort of).

>>195709
You are thinking way too hard about the personality of such a shallow character as Sonic the Hedgehog. If anything he needs to be retired permanently.

Also Spider-Man is no stranger to prep time, why does everyone forget he's a minor genius? He even has a utility belt under his costume though not as well stocked as batman's.

I just played through D4 Season One and I'm so angry that there isn't more of it to play, right the dang now.

>>195718
Good thing the second season's been announced and should be coming out soon.

>>195720

NEW SUPER DODGEBALL OR WE RIOT