/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

So life is strange 2 is said to be in production. Going with some kinda True Detective / Fargo situation. New Story and New Cast.

//youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0Cxm9numg

>>198785
How was that game as a whole? I saw a playthrough of the first episode and was immediately tured off by the dialogue.

>>198797
Kinda Eh IMHO

Blue is the warmest color inspired character design told you where things were going as soon as Chloe was introduced and confirmed for lesbians. Ending being save the town or save the one person whom you've been saving the entire game(and who's deaths are the thing fucking shit up) I guess it was supposed to mean something because it would mean letting her die. I don't know where they were going with that

And such a set plot and mechanic, I really don't see how they could go into a second game without giving away the plot. Unless its totally unconnected and has a new mechanic.

Strikes me a lot like SOMA interesting idea but its still missing a few parts to tie it all together.


Of all the cinematic attempt games this year I feel Until Dawn is still the strongest.

>>198797

The ending was a bit flaccid but the journey to get there was so solid that I only consider that a minor blemish. Definitely worth playing.

>>198805
Bit too much like a David Cage game for my tastes and choices just like Telltale games, all fake.

>>198806

People keep making the David Cage comparison and it honestly doesn't make much sense. The game is almost nothing like Cage's oeuvre and its flaws have nothing to do with Quantic Dreams' flaws.

>>198807

Maybe its just the way the French make games which is why it feels similar. The delivery and overall pace feels a lot like his stuff. Especially the late game twists.

Hey guys. I got Dragon Ball xenoverse. Any suggestions on a race to pick?

>>198811
Human, have you got no pride in your own fists?

>>198813
Aww, adorable to pacify

>>198813
>>198812
Thanks guys. I decided on a human run. I'll see how it pans out.

Man, The Evil Within really is just a mess, I've never seen a game try so hard to be immersive only to fail so breathtakingly utterly.

Rather than fear and screams it elicits only irritation and groans.

>>198816
Hopefully it'll be the Explorer Edition or whatever its going to be called with all the DLC.

>>198823
The Executioner is such a fucking disgrace because it's so much better than the whole game which means the game should never have been third person.

Sam not in the game, barely a mention and her possession not being a core reason Lara embarks on more of these expeditions. Regardless of Rhianna Pratchett original intent was a developing relationship becoming further romantic over the course of the games the possession of a friend by an elder god alone should be a big reason searching out other sites and hunting for a cure.

But it seems that is going to be nixed from what has been going around. Damn shame rather wanted to see something of that nature instead of the super speed romance that they dump into games most the time.

Setup seems like its going to lead to a rather flaccid part 3 unless DLC fills in some gaps.

The steam controller is by contrast to the Xbox one Elite controller, a pile of shit.

This thing is the single most perfect controller my hands have ever laid upon.

If there was just some way to combine the functionalities of these two it would be the single greatest controller ever created.

>>198840

Hopefully they'll go on sale at some point since the current price point is way too much.

>>198840
Does the Elite really feel that much better than the regular one?

>>198843
My god yes, furthermore the back buttons replaced my actual buttons within a half hour of using it, never before has anything felt so sleek and fun.

I have two fingers on my left hand that are reconstructed and get sore fast when I'm playing games and with the back buttons not only are they not uncomfortable, I can actually press buttons with them and not curl up into a ball with pain because you can adjust sensitivity so I turned it all the way up on the left side, I honestly can't imagine going back.

>>198842
I was honestly embarrassed that I was willing to pay so much but with how great it feels and given what a roaring success this has been I wouldn't be surprised if a slightly less custom version becomes the standard at a greatly reduced cost. This is the gold standard all controllers should aspire to.

>>198844
I do like the trigger design and the upgrades one can do to the control sticks. But for now I'll stick with the Xbone controller standard I got got the laptop.

I'm thinking of playing Fallout 2 for the first time on Steam.

What are the essential mods to look for in that case?

>>198858
The Fallout 2 Restoration mod.

There also used to be a mod that editted the first screen slightly so you could just walk south a skip the Temple of Trials but I dunno where you'd get it anymore.

>>198859
got that off AOL back in the day.

Speaking on controllers how do the Oculus rift duals stack up?

I know they aren't out till later this year now.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/01/oculus-has-announced-that-its-touch-controllers-wont-ship-until-the-second-half-of-2016/

Oculus preordered are up, it's 600.

Which probably means that Valve will go for 500 and Sony for 400.

>>198895
Youtuber only device and those with more money than sense.

Or will it fade fast taking the VR fad with it.

>>198896
I don't think VR is a fad or that OR that the rift has killed it.

I do however, think this might kill the OR.

>>198897
I don't think the price will. Oculus is first-to-market with such a product, and it will likely see a price drop within a year (especially if the other companies get theirs out in 2016). They're owned by Facebook, to boot, who can prop them up if it looks like a long-term strategy will pay off.

VR is here to stay now, but hoooooo boy are we going to have some awkward years as various things are figured out, to the point that shovelware Wiimote titles will seem like works of Leonardo fucking da Vinci in comparison.

>>198898
Thing is, I'm not sure OR has a comfortable market vs the other 2. Sony is much more comfortably set to go to the general public, and Valve has a better grip on enthusiasts.

VR will stop being considered a fad once we have the porn.

...

so hows that google cardboard been

>>198902
The porn already exists.

>>198904
and so does that peripheral for peoples other parts.

Is it me, or was every 6th gen multiconsole game better on Xbox?

>>198909
Well the PS2 was underpowered by comparison, and the Dreamcast and Gamecube didn't have as much third party support. PS2 had loads of titles, but the XBox could be said to win out in quality for the multiconsoles that did exist. The 7th Gen had essentially the same issues, the PS4 was hard to work with and the Wii was a nightmare.

>>198914

And with the new Windows 10 PC and their Xbox consoles are even closer so I guess its easier to cross platform.

>>198916
>No guns, civilization building
Final Destination

>>198916
Imagine, if you will, a plateau you can climb to be a good view of the surrounding area, which fills in the map.

>>198919
>2011's Portal 2

oh jeez that felt like yesterday.

>>198920
And the gap between Portal 2 and now it just about as long as the gap between it and the first game.

Everyone when they see me play a game I've been playing for several days, they say "You still playing the same game?"

Uh, yeah? Do people normally multitask and play multiple games at once? I've always played a game until I beat it before going to another one.

>>198936
I might be playing 2 or 3 at once, but eventually I get really into one of them and just play that. Then once I'm done I go back to the others.

Playing through more than one game at a time is kind of nice, it has a relaxed pace to it. Downside is that it takes forever to get through a single game that way.

>>198936
>Do people normally multitask and play multiple games at once?
Well, I do. Sometimes if I like a game enough I'll focus on it more than others, but I often switch around depending on my mood.

It'll still move at that glacial pace and have terrible music sooooooo

Wonder what they are going to do with the Space Marine. Make them a decendant of Blazkowicz?

>>198968
>Wouldn't be the first time Bethesda was too eager to show off undercooked footage
Yeah, FO4 was such a huge step up from what they showed...

>>198969
Did I say FO4? Look, Bethesda varies wildly in quality because it hinges a lot more on the developer, for instance you wouldn't talk shit about Machine games would you? Well Id is essentially a new group in all but name.

All I'm saying is that it's been a year since we've even seen footage, maybe give grinding that axe a minute until we at least see new footage.

>>198970
Really think they should have brought in Romero

>>198971
I can agree with that.

Romero hasn't done a single good thing in over 20 years, why would you want him

>>198973
Just consent, it helps take the sting off for the nostalgic obstenant numb nuts.

Just show him stuff so he can go "yeah, that's rad."

>>198974
For that you would need Carmack, except possibly not even him since it's not like DOOM fans loved DOOM 3 or Rage.

>>198975
Yeah, it's a hard job pleasing an old fanbase.

>>198976
Not if you're the Brutal DOOM guy.

>>198973
Because apart ID and Him are kinda shit but together they make a good whole. Also having someone that wouldn't be of the mindset "fans will finish the game" would be nice.

>>198977
Do you not remember the massive fan backlash to DOOM taking "Too much of that fucking dumb mod" It was the backlash you heard just after people got done critiquing the music, the animations, the filter, the lack of the original creators, the boring weapons and the art style.

Has anyone else had trouble when trying to start a new thread, it not appearing?

>>198984
Sometimes it can take few minutes and sometimes it won't show up if you don't refresh the page.

Romero put out a new DOOM level on Twitter

So another trailer for media Molecule's Dreams came out this last October but I didm't notice?
//youtube.com/watch?v=hNSH1vKOK9o
Seems very nice, and if something gonna get me to get a PS4 I'm pretty sure this is it.
On the other hand, I don't like subscription based multiplayer and didn't get it for the XBox either, so that's a sticking point since doing stuff online is meant to be a big part of Deams. On the other hand, the same is true of Little Big Planet on the PS3, and I've only rarely done online stuff with it.

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Omikron-Currently-Available-Free-Tribute-David-Bowie-111777.html

Nomad Soul free for a limited time. Not a bad game. Had many features I wish they had kept in their development of future titles at Quantic Dream. Mainly the more open world aspect.

Dragon's Dogma is pretty intimidating now that I know you can fail quests by reaching milestones in others.

>>198996
how do the story and companions stack up.

Thinking about that a bit as one waits for E3 and some announcement for the next Dragon Age, likely the final one since Trespasser setup a sequel and that incoming even will be big and end the Inquisition storyline. And knowing EA Bioware won't be around after the next ones in both Mass Effect and Dragon Age.

That was the best part of Bioware is the majority of well written companions or at least intresting ones. Them being gone will leave it to Obsidian and whatever forms from the Bioware ashes.

>>198999
>Them being gone will leave it to Obsidian and whatever forms from the Bioware ashes.
Uh hello, CDProjeckt

>>199001
Just figuring on the US ones at the moment I don't know how long it'll take CDProjekt to come up with something new series since Witcher 3 is their last of that one. and Cyberpunk 2077 is still some time away. Though I am intrested to see what comes out from them after that. Hoping for something classic fantasy.

>>198999
Story is almost nonexistant at the point I'm at and companions are player-made. It's almost entirely focused on the gameplay, which is stellar.

>>199003
So old school RPG. I'll put it on the list if it comes up cheap or in a bundle.

I've been trying Dragon's Dogma out. Besides one crash, it's worked great.

Also, this happene:
>make a very short main character and a pawn twice their height
>wade through a stream in a cave
>both light a lantern
>water gets up to the PC's waist, snuffing out lantern
>pawn is still high and dry
>also, bending down to pick up an item put out the lantern in shallower water

Create-a-character size actually does something? That's new.

>>199005
Small characters can actually go into little tunnels and big characters are less likely to be knocked over or picked up by harpies and such. Also their weight does matter for weighted switches. A party of all small pawns might not actually activate it. Gender of your party members also matters at times, actually.

>>199007
So tiny thiefs, medium casters and massive warrior tanks is the order of the day.

>>199014

WHAT

YOU STILL LIVE

>>199017
Yeah, I'm hard to kill. I basically live in /cog/ now. I post from time to time. but I can't do the whole avatar thing due to a slow moving boards.

>>199019
I've seen the Wolfenstein the Old Blood. Melee was OP in that. Could climb walls with that piece of pipe.

>>199020
I feel like that was less the pipe and more of the insane ubermensch that is B.J, but I guess you could say the same for Gordon.

>>199021
Yea BJ is a Nazi Murder Machine. Freeman had a Power Suit. Both equally good at smashing skulls.

>>199023
New Mario RPG looks good. Wonder what other RPGs are going to be coming out. Part of me thinks either the announcement of Dragon Age 4 :Inquisition 2 or the reveal that its going to come out in the Fall since its still the same story as the last one. Maybe even the next Mass Effect.

Talk from CDProjeckt on what next Fantasy RPG they'll be doing would also be great.

>>199024
You mean the Paper Mario/Mario&Luigi crossover?

I dunno, Sticker Star was pretty terrible and it looks like this one is mostly using stuff from that. Not just bringing stuff over, but like, the whole direction of the game looks bland to me for the same reasons PM:SS was.

Yea, hearing reviews it sounds like they went with the mandate that hurt Paper Mario which is a shame. Back to basics and strip out things that aren't "core mario".

The difference between Killer Instinct's season one and two story mode is night and day. Iron Galaxy took the bones Double Helix provided and added some much needed meat to the presentation.

>>199030
I kind of wish they would just let Paper Mario die at this point. The first two games are two of my favorite games of all time, but I'd rather the series end now than keep having bad games come out for it.

>>199045
We only had the one, SS. SPM is a perfectly fine game and Paper Jam is a M&L game.

>>199048
Also Paper Jam's not perfect but honestly it's been a pretty fun game so far. It's just a bit too game-y.

Playing co-op with the Shovel Knight amiibo.
While the Custom Knight was staying about on par with the natural progression of health and magic growth, the custom knight's unique skills are obscenely overpowered.
The Infinidagger, in particular.

>>199058
It's hard to develop because Inafune keeps fading.

>>199058

I'm not particularly bothered by the delay itself (forget it, Jake, it's game development) but I can see why some people might be. Especially since the delays are associated with the online functions of the game, which I'm pretty sure all of zero of the saltines give a shit about.

>>199060
>forget it, Jake, it's game development
Seriously, it's like this is the first game these people have ever been waiting for.

So! Scott Cawthon released his Five Nights at Freddy’s RPG, FNAF World, late last week. Fans of the franchise had a…mixed reaction. A day after its surprise release, Scott posted a message on Steam that said he realized he’d released the game too early, as it lacked features commonly found in RPGs (such as stat screens and descriptions of attacks, items, et cetera) and replaced the teased 3D overworld with a 2D one. Fans were understanding, and they'd hoped that Scott would continue updating the game—which he promised to do—so it would become a better game.

Earlier today, Scott announced that he’d pulled FNAF World from Steam. and he will authorize refunds to anyone who bought the game no matter how long they’ve played it. (Steam will have to approve that, of course.) He plans to continue polishing the game, too. And when the “polished” version is ready, Scott will re-release FNAF World—only this time, he’ll release it on GameJolt, where the full version of the game will replace the original demo and “always be free”.

Mad motherfuckin’ respect to Cawthon for owning his mistakes in the best possible way.

Lol all the losers upset over NoA and NoE cutting the garbage out of Fire Emblem

>>199065
>No Brainwashing
>No groping/fondle minigame

This is supposed to be a bad thing?

>>199066
~censorship~

Though, much as I hate to give points to nerds, neither of those are a thing per se. The minigame is head pettting, it's just Pokemon Aimee. It's anime garbo and I want it out of my FE though.

As for brainwashing, that doesn't happen either. Instead, you "merely" secretly drug someone and bluuuurgh

There's no rape in FE tiki

Wait, so they cut the head petting from FE?

I'm someone who actually enjoys that kind of garbage but just imagining the outrage over this is hilarious.

>>199069
Right, but drugging people to make them do things you want them to is not something good people do.

>>199071
Well yes.

>>199071
Well yes.

>>199071
In context she specifically asked for the main character to help her with that particular problem (that she faints around girls which is admittedly not something you want in a battle), and she doesn't get with you unless you actively pursue the S link. It's still a shitty situation all around, and drugging people against their consent is skeevy even if it gets what they asked you for done, but for people to continue referring to it as "gay conversion therapy" is disingenuous.

>>199079
Yeah especially with videogames lately things like this have a tendency to be blown up.

>>199079
>drugging people against their consent is skeevy
Maybe this is the only important part of the whole affair

>>199070
Those comparing it to Pokémon and their petting and saying its not diffrent are being a bit silly.

>>199082
Are you saying women aren't equivalent to magical animals?

>>199079

>for people to continue referring to it as "gay conversion therapy" is disingenuous

That has more to do with the idea of going through with that relationship path seeming like a (fantastical) form of “conversion therapy”. Given how conversion therapy is controversial at best in the United States, Nintendo’s choice to shy away from anything that could be seen as supportive of the practice—and squash a potential backlash from LGBT customers—makes perfect sense.

>>199083
You can pet dudes too, not that it makes things any better. Especially since Harold's son is CLEARLY underage, like some of the girl characters, yet you can still marry and produce a child with all of them and you don't even have the excuse of time travel this time around.

Wonder if cutting out the petting cuts out the whole romance leveling thing.

>>199087
It's optional in the first place, so probably not.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-ghostbusters-game-coming-to-ps4-and-xbox-one-r/1100-6434327/

Oh cool maybe we'll finally have those RPG elements to make our own Ghostbuster.

>Base on new movie

Ah fuck.

New Movie with no media presence and no trailers leading to the Super Bowl.

Tomb Raider came out on Thursday.

I've put 62 hours in, I 100 percented it, Endurance and Baba Yaga are everything DLC should be.

I really liked it.

>>199106
Eh played the last one, they stripped out too much story for me to care about going forward.

>>199107
I miss Sam so bad, like so bad.

>>199109
Eh, having played the original she was kinda meh to me. Not as bland as the other characters save for Conrad, but not particularly interesting in and of herself either. Doesn't help she's kidnapped for most of the game.

>>199109

Yea damn shame all that Pratchett was planning ended up getting cut from the game. Sam going insane shoved off into an asylum and her "best friend" heading off to gallivant for Last Crusade treasure and claim her Tomb Raider mantle built on daddy issues.

>>199114
There would have been more, plans were for a development across all three games. But they came out past march saying Lara would be a Lone Wolf forever. Which basically brings us back around to this being Last Gen Lara again. So why should I care. Lesbians aside making Lara a person that had a team and that cared for people I thought was a good turn.

I cringe at what she'll reveal was cut after the next game comes out and the contract is up.

I only really care about Sam and Jonas.

>>199116
Well, you get one of them.

>>199116
Jonas was great so I'm pretty happy about that.

>>199117
>>199119
I really liked how they used him, played a nice contrast between who she used to be and who she is.

>>199125
That entire thing is embarrassing.

>>199131
>YOU ARE DOOM FOR FUCK SAKE
That's presuming a lot

>>199132
Hey, they may fork this up royally, they are teetering, but they are light years closer than Doom 3 ever was.

>>199131

Dude its Bethesda if its not Elder Scrolls then this is the style they have on all their box art.

>>199136
Pixels could've been bad. Not everyone's SNK.

>>199134
Counterpoint: DOOM 3 was a good game despite not being DOOM.

This on the other hand...

Well ID looks to be mainly staffed by ID guys. Least those that have been around since Quake 3. Lets see if they've come to understand what John brought to the game. Survey says...meh.

>>199141
Yes, you indeed cannot finish that sentence.

I also think credit should be given to them for being very attentive to what the community wants, after E3 and the "brown period" they redesigned the entire games color palette and animations.

//youtube.com/watch?v=ybo30QlSk64

I also love all the story in this campaign trailer.

>>199131
//youtube.com/watch?v=Ehx_-9F_ahA

Jim knows whats up.

So I recently got Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and I'm enjoying this game. I know it's a EA game but I'm liking it.

Also got Plants VS. Zombies: Garden Warfare. I also like this game.

>>199154
Its all on which can sidestep the Executive overreach. Hope Bioware can at least eek out one last hurrah at least for Dragon Age since they wrote a decent lead into a final conflict with their Institution Storyline. Dunno about Mass Effect:Andromeda hope E3 gives some info on that.

>GameTrailers is done

Fuckin’ 2016, man.

>>199162
Whyyyyyy...

>>199164
Youtube

>>199162
I hope the guys who made Timeline come back to do it as an independent production.

//youtube.com/watch?v=0nFd7Iylj5A

One week away from V.

>>199166
I kinda hope the Final Bossman still continues in one form or another. It probably won't. But I wish it could. I normally hate the Talking Heads format with all the punditry, and especially with how the game community is these days, but Bosman always kinda made it a lighthearted conversation.
Plus I always liked his bossa nova intro. Lil' national pride speaking there.

http://www.thejimquisition.com/2016/02/gametrailers-was-a-victim-of-itself/

Good article.

I too hope the talent that was their best can make a go of it on their own.

>>199183
Recipe for Sonic-related articles:

>Start article off by talking about how bad Sonic is.
>Ignore any recent good Sonic games, if not call the good games bad as well.
>Mention that time Sonic kissed a human.
>Spell doom for the Sonic news that you’re reporting on.

>>199184
>Ignore any recent good Sonic games
Anon

Anon

>>199184
>recent good Sonic games
Like what?

>>199184

>Ignore any recent good Sonic games

That's funny. You're funny, anon.

>>199185
>>199186
Generations. Less than 5 years ago. Even if it's not that "recent" the point is the complete dismissal of any game made after 1994.

>>199188
Do your arms hurt? Because that stretch looked painful.

Point taken though, everyone knows Dreams Collection was the last good Sonic.

>>199188
Generations was really bad though?

>>199188
Generations is good in my opinion, but 5 years isn't recent.

>>199191
Your face is really bad.

>>199193
Okay man who likes sonic games

South Korea loves Clueless Gamer.

//youtube.com/watch?v=EyizkBPRk98

//youtube.com/watch?v=Cey3IdPSp8U

http://kotaku.com/conan-obrien-lands-in-south-korea-people-freak-out-1759162744

>>199206
//youtube.com/watch?v=xCe8-1dbXZc

S'a good segment, 6:00 will always be one of my favorite videogame anythings.

>>199205
It is fair, I think, to judge a person's taste for games based on their taste for games.

LUPE FIASCO BEAT DAIGO UMEHARA

THE V ERA HAS BEGUN

It's been 8 months since Nintendo has even mentioned Federation Force, at this point it seems like they were downright vocal about Devil's Third by comparison.

My guess is every art asset is getting completely revamped and it's gonna get a rereveal in a year or two once they RAW UNYIELDING RAGE dies down, it might possible even get snowballed into something else.

>>199192
And it's sitting in my Steam library unplayed this whole time, a testament to lack of time management.
Though though I do think "recent" from a development and consumer standpoint aren't the same thing.

Anyway, speaking of developments with Sega, it seems they're currently giving away some Steam games:
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/makewarnotlove3

Man I can't wait for Nier 2. Yoko Taro by himself has been growing closer and closer to acceptability with shitty teams each game, I can't imagine what Actual Developer Platinum Games is going to do with him.

>>199250
I'm proud of how commited he is to his own existence being a bit, I love anyone who could conceivably be a wrestling character but doing a job a normal human would do.

>>199251
The weirdest part is that whole thing is because he's a shy person that doesn't want his face shown in public.

But yeah, D1 was interesting but complete trash, Nier was better written but just alright gameplaywise, D3 was... better than Nier on a systems level but somehow even worse on a technical one? Story was weirder but more dumb than Nier. But now none of that matters! Now he can just get utterly shitfaced and yell garbage, while Platinum makes the actual game!

I hope Undertale gets translated for his sake. I don't remember if he was the guy who said he couldn't play it yet but wanted it translated for that reason, or if that was Swery.

>>199253
It was Swery, and Swery did actually play it. He and a bunch of his buds gathered around in a bar and the translator in the crew read for them.

>>199255
that's an epic way to play Undertale

//youtube.com/watch?v=SAYRTgxp2GI

Wow okay color me impressed.

>>199284
Gravity Rush is one of those things I tried my damnedest to love, but just couldn't.

>>199302
Both have been screwed over by their respective industries both alone and in the joint venture. Nice to see them being cool together. Hope they get to do more games together or at least a Not Metal Gear film that turns into a lead in to Pacific Rim 2.

>>199301
They are trying really hard to fix it in 2, they are painfully aware it wasn't the best game.


//youtube.com/watch?v=5t-ov2DCy1A

Honestly he fits in really well.

Just finished Bravely Default. Don't even remember any game that I just wanted it to end before, but my inability to let sidequests go made me suffer through it.

>>199329
You poor soul, but don't worry, now your healing can begin.

>>199329
Good news if you're Europe or Aus, Bravely Second is out today.

>>199331
Hopefully they won't pull that same sort of shit. Bravely Default was a pretty good game, and the groundhog day thing isn't NECESSARILY an unworkable idea, but the way they handled it made it tedious instead of fun. If Bravely Second avoids that and keeps the good parts of BD, it'll be a great game.

The more I play old games the less I play new ones. Which has been good for my wallet. I also interact less with the social side of videogames which has been a good and a bad thing.

>>199335
>Bravely Default was a pretty good game
Mm, let's be crazy here.

It had the BONES of a good game maybe.

>>199337
Nah. I'm not into the over-negativity that gamer culture goes for these days. Being fun and charming is enough to get dubbed a good game for me, even if it has a lot of flaws. I didn't say FANTASTIC game or "GOAT" or something. It was good. I can see a lot of ways the sequel could improve upon it, but I do not regret buying it.

>>199338
Any game that becomes nigh unplayable half way through despite being initially incredible is in my opinion WORSE than being a bad game, it's a waste.

>>199339
See also Xenoblade

Yet more evidence that no one hates video games more than gamers.

>>199338
>>199341
I don't understand, are you trying to start some sort of argument by referring to everyone else under this nebulous label of 'gamers' and their 'gamer culture' as if they were one mind? Being critical of something that is notably flawed is hardly a big deal.

>>199343
I'm not trying to start anything. You people just prefer bitching about video games to playing them. I'm surprised that's a controversial statement.

>>199345
Hey, I beat it, it was fucking horrible, I get to bitch as much as I want when something wastes my time after I pay for it. Forget video games, all media is judged on the same criteria. Quit being an idiot.

Who could imagine that the people with the most time and knowledge regarding a thing would also be the most critical

Okay, here is what I want, I want Far Cry with Dinosaurs. I want Tomb Raider 2's crafting, upgrades and tombs. I want Prey's physics and I want a combination of it abilities and both it and Turok 2's weapons. I want Severed/Metroid's status system.

God just the idea of this game makes me wanna cry that it will never exist.

>>199346
One of the chief reasons I abandoned /v/ (besides the constant drumbeat of "ironic" racism) is that it was becoming hard to impossible to find posters unironically liking a video game. It was like everyone had been peer pressured into becoming the negativist nancies imaginable. I'd hate for us to adopt the same mentality.

>>199353
Tomb Raider 2, X-com 2, Far Cry Primal, Turok remastered, I'd say I'm pretty positive about games recently especially. Just Bravely Default literally falls apart half way through.

I understand the concerns to overgeneralize negatively but goodness man, it's not what's happening here.

>>199353
The industry wasn't great to begin with and, with each passing decade, it became only worse.
Then there is the fact that humans tend to become at the very least cautions and, usually, jaded and cynical after their optimism and hopes are crushed time and time again, after they are cynically deceived time and time again.
Add these two together and you'll get the reason why many of vocal ones are very critical of newer games and very skeptical in general. What I don't understand is how you are just now learning this.

As for your accusations, I've played Trine 1 & 2 and Treasure Adventure Game recently. Even though I'm not into platformers normally, I liked them all (although Trine 2 was a mixed bag and I find the first game better).
Also note that I only mentioned relatively recent releases because I assume you don't care all that much about older games, which comprise the majority of what I've been playing for the last 5-10 years.
Why didn't I try to talk about those three? First, they are pretty old news in this as of late rapidly changing world. Second, I don't think I have anything original to say about them.

>>199355
Completely forgot about Shadowrun: Hong Kong. Mixed feelings with this one as well: while their world-building and characters are very good, I liked changes to gameplay even less than what they did in Director's Cut (which is no surprise, seeing as they were building upon it and told they would well in advance). Also their storytelling didn't provide nearly enough options for casters even for an average campaign, let alone one so obviously deeply involved in magics like SRHK is. It is like they suffer partial amnesia from campaign to campaign: every time some new bunch of archetypes find themselves getting a short stick.
But wait, that's me bitching about a video game, you don't want it.

>>199355
>The industry wasn't great to begin with and, with each passing decade, it became only worse.

This is an absolutely idiotic statement.

Trying to get back into Final Fantasy is nauseating, there is nothing I hate more than missable items and 4 is a goddamn NIGHTMARE because there aren't any comprehensive lists and literally one missed item destroys my enjoyment of these games.

>>199367
That's dumb.

Also why are you playing 4 of all things.

>>199368
Because I hate roman numerals and thought 4 was 9 and yes, that is stupid on my part beyond belief but I was planning on getting 4 at some point anyway.

Then as I looked for missables I recalled just how much bile I had for them even existing.

>>199369
9 is the only final fantasy game I'm actually going to buy on Steam, and that depends if the port is as good as the original version.

>>199369
If one missed item ruins your game, you simply can't play FFIX. It's impossible to not miss items in that game. Literally.

>>199371
Yeah but I ought to be able to get a trainer for that, I can't for 4 because they are all outdated, I'm presently trying to learn cheat engine though.

>>199355
>As for your accusations
Woah woah, I'm not accusing anybody of anything, I'm just relating that in general I more enjoy people gushing over the game they just played than whining about it. I got a 9-5 working job, weekends sewn up writing fiction, no internet at home and the newest console I have is a PS2, so all I can do is enjoy video games by proxy.

Anyway, cool that you're enjoying Trine!

>>199376
This is the greatest trailer ever, it makes Hololens look like such barely functional garbage

>>199377
Like it will be, after the Kinect's failure how could anyone have faith in the kinect 2.0?

>>199376
This looks and feels like their initial Kinect promise all over again.
//youtube.com/watch?v=p2qlHoxPioM

>>199378
>Like it will be, after the Kinect's failure how could anyone have faith in the kinect 2.0?
It'll actually probably be very useful, just not for games.

>>199382
Right, worth acknowledging the Kinect was the same way.

The MAME dev group announced yesterday that MAME is now fully open source:

http://mamedev.org/?p=422

what

http://www.sonicretro.org/2016/03/jon-st-john-kyle-hebert-to-go-head-to-head-in-battle-of-the-bigs/

Hotdamn, Liam was right about Digimon Cyber Sleuth being a bit more mature. Like holy fuck. It's just a single case in this pretty long game so far, but that shit fucking went places.

I finally got a gaming rig and so haven't touched Cyber Sleuth in a month. Looking forward to that PS4-PC streaming to fix that.

http://news.xbox.com/2016/03/07/microsoft-studios-changes-uk-denmark/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Fable Legends has been cancelled, and Lionhead Studios may be closing up shop for good.

>>199422
Right now all I want is to finish the bundles in Stardew.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/microsoft-monopolise-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war

So it sounds like Microsoft wants to turn PCs into Macs and outdo Steam at being Steam.

>>199433
Intresting, maybe why Nvidia has talked against Dx12 to some developers.

>>199407
Excellent news, I'll try to see what I can do with it.
Though MAME apparently works entirely differently than I thought it did, in that it has a prebuilt list of games rather than having you choose a machine architesture and then select an arbitrary ROM from the directory. All that means is that I can't easily load arbitrary hex files to see what happens.

Since that's not at all the actual point of the system, there's little reason for that to change, so it's likely that the more practical option for me is to stick with virtual machiens designed from scratch for such purposes.

>>199468

One reason for MAME’s move to open source had to do with museums: they could have used MAME to help preserve and display older arcade games, but MAME’s old license prevented any “commercial” use of MAME (museums do take in money, after all). Now they’re free to use MAME without any such restrictions in place.

//youtube.com/watch?v=-kE9BR24XIw
I rather enjoyed this. Surprised he did Lost World but not 3D Blast.

>>199470
Yeah, this was actually a really good watch.

>>199470

Ah First levels.

For me its Dead Space 3 "First Level". Finally using those boosters and oxygen upgrades to their fullest. Being a Space Engineer again reviving old wrecks to investigate a centuries old prior outbreak. Then we go down to to Hoth. Fucking Hoth with some of the exploration blocked off by Co-op bullshit.

Plenty of times I've dreaded a game to actually get into the final act. Because I was enjoying myself and I didn't want to trigger some arbitrary timer or lock myself off from further exploration. This was one of the first times I'd dreaded the game starting.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-wants-ps4-and-xbox-one-to-connect-online/1100-6435633/

Looks like they're trying to end the console wars in a peaceful way and it could be very beneficial to both business and consumers. But I'm starting to miss the 90s era when Nintendo, Sega and Sony were throwing shit at each other.

>>199501
>Looks like they're trying to end the console wars in a peaceful way
Lol, no they aren't, they're throwing features at the wall to try and claw their way out of the hole.

>>199501
Given that Microsoft wants to unite all its platforms, and PC games can already work cross-platform with Sony, it seems a safer move to be more lenient on the console side than to attempt putting a tighter hold on what PC games can do. Plus it doens't technically require any direct interaction with Sony: If both consoles allow for connection to private servers developed by the game dev companies themselves, then said servers can act as a bridge between those consoles.

Remember Deep Down? What happened to that?

>>199511
Idea got bigger so they extended the development cycle. Maybe have something at E3 Sony conference

And the Dark Souls 3 spoilers have started. I should've known. Time to avoid most of the internet for a month.

Damn, I like me some Project X Zone. Just got done with the first one about to start the second game.

>>199534
Did they at least remember to write a story this time?

>>199538
???

>>199539
somes complaint that Dark Souls 2 was a bit less interconnected in story than Dark Souls 1. Those going for in for lore didn't get the same type of experience.

>>199607

I’m so glad the /v/GAs took the piss out of the DOAX3 controversy with that "BUY IT NOW YOU FUCKING SHEEP" bit.

>>199623
Christ almighty /v/'s schizophrenia at an all time high this year