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ded posted:I've read pretty much nothing about the new Torment game. Now just 30 seconds into the game I know that it is 100% Game of the Year. How the hell did you manage that? I agree though really enjoyed the game. And bear in mind just like the first your most important skill is probably the one to recall the past and intellect.
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Nostalgia4Murder posted:So on the character I just leveled up for the DLC and killed princes with, I set the controller down wrong and killed the loving blacksmith. 
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Mar 27, 2017 16:32
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From what I gather people either love or hate Torment with absolutely no middle ground. If you're looking for a bunch of fights apparently it's kind of skimpy on that? Also who the gently caress plays an RPG styled on Planescape: Torment/Baldur's Gate for the loving combat/
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Mar 27, 2017 17:09
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Apparently the Vella statue lets you use him again. Thank Satan.
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Bolow posted:From what I gather people either love or hate Torment with absolutely no middle ground. If you're looking for a bunch of fights apparently it's kind of skimpy on that? Also who the gently caress plays an RPG styled on Planescape: Torment/Baldur's Gate for the loving combat/ No one ever accused nerds of being smart haha There is very little combat which suited me fine because the writing is strong
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Mar 27, 2017 17:23
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Missionary Positron posted:Mordin's loyalty mission in ME2 might just be the best thing Bioware has ever managed to write. Pretty much everyone who worked on ME2 quit, then everyone who worked on on ME3 quit and most of the people who worked on Dragon Age Inquisition also left. Basically Bioware has had a turnover of several hundred percent and isn't the same company any more. If they have have a 75 % sale of Andromeda I might buy it since there's basically no good game to satisfy my sci fi exploration itch.
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Pump it up! Do it! posted:Pretty much everyone who worked on ME2 quit, then everyone who worked on on ME3 quit and most of the people who worked on Dragon Age Inquisition also left. Basically Bioware has had a turnover of several hundred percent and isn't the same company any more. If they have have a 75 % sale of Andromeda I might buy it since there's basically no good game to satisfy my sci fi exploration itch. That's honestly what I felt happened just based on these videos of ME:A. loving bullshit where companies hire talented programmers et al, grind them down with 80 hour work weeks and no overtime pay, they finally get sick of it and quit. Then the cycle begins anew. Except this time they hired probably fresh out of college programmers, designers, etc who apparently barely cobbled together a game.
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Mar 27, 2017 18:00
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Mike-o posted:That's honestly what I felt happened just based on these videos of ME:A. loving bullshit where companies hire talented programmers et al, grind them down with 80 hour work weeks and no overtime pay, they finally get sick of it and quit. Then the cycle begins anew. Except this time they hired probably fresh out of college programmers, designers, etc who apparently barely cobbled together a game. So basically the original ME-trilogy is actually a tale about the abuse of labor in the game industry, in which predatory companies (reapers) harvest new game studios/devs (civilizations)? Brb, writing a scathing Marxist critique. 
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Mar 27, 2017 18:15
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Mar 27, 2017 18:19
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Even in still screenshots that character model just looks wrong.
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Mar 27, 2017 18:31
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Missionary Positron posted:So basically the original ME-trilogy is actually a tale about the abuse of labor in the game industry, in which predatory companies (reapers) harvest new game studios/devs (civilizations)? Brb, writing a scathing Marxist critique. I WROTE IT FIRST, COPYRIGHT, COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT!!!!
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Mar 27, 2017 18:56
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Two Finger posted:How the hell did you manage that? Go fast.
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I watched a quick 13 minute or so video of the only youtube game guys I can stand last night as they poked Andromeda, and one of them brought up an interesting point: Andromeda takes place around the same time as Mass Effect 2. ME2 had planet probing. Why does the spiffy "find a new home" ship not have the capability to probe planets? Of course this is the same game where in the tutorial mission you repair your cracked helmet with your wrist computer but at the end oh no you can't repair it this time time for NOBLE SACRIFICE WOWEE so if you can't manage consistency within the first hour of your own game maybe expecting consistency between entire games is a bit much to ask. God drat it's like Bethesda wrote this
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Mar 27, 2017 20:00
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Capn Beeb posted:I watched a quick 13 minute or so video of the only youtube game guys I can stand last night as they poked Andromeda, and one of them brought up an interesting point: Am I missing something? You do probe planets?
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Mar 27, 2017 20:08
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Two Finger posted:Am I missing something? You do probe planets? I think he's referring to probing for minerals from orbit in ME2 as opposed to probing on the ground in MEA.
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Mar 27, 2017 20:09
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:I think he's referring to probing for minerals from orbit in ME2 as opposed to probing on the ground in MEA. Oh, ok. I mean you still probe from orbit for anomalies though just not minerals (and sometimes the anomalies are minerals)
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Mar 27, 2017 20:12
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:I think he's referring to probing for minerals from orbit in ME2 as opposed to probing on the ground in MEA. The reaction from EDI when you probe the 7th planet from the sun was great.
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Mar 27, 2017 20:12
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Steezo posted:The reaction from EDI when you probe the 7th planet from the sun was great. Really, Commander?
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Really, Commander?  probing uranus
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Mar 27, 2017 20:17
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ME:A will be cool once enough people put out a guide on how to skip the pointless poo poo in the game.
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 I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite activity on the Citadel. Somehow the fight scenes and animations are better in ME2 than ME:A, crazy. EDIT: http://lalagif.com/spacegob lmao Missionary Positron fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Mar 27, 2017 |
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Mar 27, 2017 20:47
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Missionary Positron posted:
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Mar 27, 2017 21:06
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Capn Beeb posted:I watched a quick 13 minute or so video of the only youtube game guys I can stand last night as they poked Andromeda, and one of them brought up an interesting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANAIeUmdrJ0&t=471s
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Mar 27, 2017 21:22
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Two Finger posted:Oh, ok. I mean you still probe from orbit for anomalies though just not minerals (and sometimes the anomalies are minerals) Yeah I didn't know you can still probe. Still seems silly as heck  That's the one!
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Mar 27, 2017 21:33
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Mike-o posted:That's honestly what I felt happened just based on these videos of ME:A. loving bullshit where companies hire talented programmers et al, grind them down with 80 hour work weeks and no overtime pay, they finally get sick of it and quit. Then the cycle begins anew. Except this time they hired probably fresh out of college programmers, designers, etc who apparently barely cobbled together a game. Video game temp agency. Most the time they probably get away with it though and everyone buys the game
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Mar 27, 2017 21:50
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The multiplayer is glitchy and bugged as hell too. After dumping 300+ hours into ME3, I'm barely north of 10. The game loses connection all the time, complete lockups, insane and bizarre glitches where you can no longer move, or no longer melee, enemies get stuck in walls, the balance of the game is completely hosed to the point where only sniper rifles and pistols are worth using at all, you can get trapped in levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpU5nj9SIZw It's not good enough to say 'well it's just out, they'll have to do some balancing and bug fixing.' Not when you're dropping 3 out of 5 matches.
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most big game development teams are made up of essentially independent contractors who are let go after the game goes gold. companies arent worried about retaining people because theres a neverending supply of nerds graduating with game dev degrees who will work for peanuts and under poo poo conditions. those same nerds tend to be your standard south park libertarian so lol if you think theyll ever successfully unionize
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Mar 27, 2017 21:55
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The last five pages have completely killed any desire I had to play the ME series.
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Godholio posted:The last five pages have completely killed any desire I had to play the ME series. play the first three, stop after the tuchanka missions in 3 and pretend the series ended there
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Mar 27, 2017 22:20
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Two Finger posted:play the first three, stop after the tuchanka missions in 3 and pretend the series ended there well at least do the party DLC and the evil Shepherd DLC
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Mar 27, 2017 22:26
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:well at least do the party DLC and the evil Shepherd DLC "....i should go." actually leviathan is well worth playing too Missionary Positron posted:Goddamn, the collector ship mission in ME2 has such good music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3_1gwzbV84 ack i'm so loving annoyed, there were so many warning signs before it came out and like a drunk clinging to an empty gin bottle i just hung on to my preorder 
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Two Finger posted:play the first three, stop after the tuchanka missions in 3 and pretend the series ended there I disagree, play through until Rannoch to put a capstone on the Quarian/Geth storyline. ME3 had several high points floating in a sea of stupid bullshit. Assuming you saved everyone in 2, the reappearance of Grunt, Grissom Academy (depending on how you felt about Jack), Tuchanka, the Asari Monastery (assuming you didn't binge on multiplayer before playing the game), and Rannoch are the high points. Everything else is loving terrible.
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redneck nazgul posted:I disagree, play through until Rannoch to put a capstone on the Quarian/Geth storyline. I liked the general feel of storming Earth. Like, everything is hosed, everyone's dying around you, got to somehow get through. Pity about everything that followed after.
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Mar 27, 2017 22:49
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redneck nazgul posted:I disagree, play through until Rannoch to put a capstone on the Quarian/Geth storyline. For me, the moment that always sticks out in ME3 is when you're just hanging out and having a shooting competition with Garrus on top the of the Presidium. Garrus & Shep, bros 4 lyfe  . The game really needed more character moments like that.
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Anyone picking up em el bee 17 tomorrow
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDjci1ODoBs
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redneck nazgul posted:I disagree, play through until Rannoch to put a capstone on the Quarian/Geth storyline. I played ME3 fairly recently, having held off for a long time due to the poor reputation and its absence on Steam. I thought it was really good from the start right up through the aftermath of the Illusive Man confrontation. The final moment with Anderson got me a little choked up. Of note, I played with all of the DLC, including the Citadel DLC, which puts a lot of capstones on the interpersonal relationships. The ending was...less satisfying, but didn't bother me as much as some people. The best you could hope for was bittersweet. I think it was mostly unsatisfying for two reasons: 1) they laid the groundwork for a happier ending with certain moments with crewmates and 2) ME2 established that if you put in the work throughout the game, you could have your cake and eat it too in the end (e.g., the Suicide Mission). As it stands, all of your work at best opens up an ending that is slightly better--and that is arguable. However, I would pay for Shepard and Garrus adventures forever. Throw Wrex or Grunt in for a bonus.
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Mar 28, 2017 03:10
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I'm four hours in ME2. Garrus is so cool.
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Can it wait a minute? I'm.....working on some calibrations.
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ME2 is definitely worth a visit if you haven't ever played it. Not sure about 1, it hasn't aged too well. The movement and combat is janky as gently caress. I didn't find ME3 to be as bad as everyone made it out to be. Well, aside from the ending. It definitely wasn't as good as 2
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