fuctifino posted:

TheLastRoboKy posted:

2017 is a great year for gaming we got a Super Robot Wars game in english that wasn't garbage translated by a broken machine (the broken machine one was last year).

Edit: Also the Nvidia experience bullshit apparently disables the usage of combinations like Ctrl + 1 etc which is real handy when you're playing an MMO and you kinda use that a lot.

Taintrunner posted:

Hello here is my update about the DAC I bought recently: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018JUPY3A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

As it turns out, this thing works really well. I played through the entire Australian campaign in Battlefield 1 immersed in the greater depth and crispness of the audio. It's a bit pricey, but it certainly justifies its purchase combined with my Audio Technica ATH-M50x. Now here's my question, what's your favorite games for sound? Like, Battlefield 1 level audio.

Taintrunner posted:

Now here's my question, what's your favorite games for sound? Like, Battlefield 1 level audio.

Daztek posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFZkBiQu31w

Taintrunner posted:

Now here's my question, what's your favorite games for sound? Like, Battlefield 1 level audio.

Tippis posted:

Comparing to the 1990s is a red herring anyway — it was the decade when a lot of genres were invented or at least formalised, but that happened because it could, not because games were abnormally great or different. It was just that before that, much of what was being done simply wasn't possible. So to use the rate of innovation as an argument why gaming is bad these days is just a cheap out… never mind that innovation is still happening. If anything, it just suggests that it takes a decade or two for a genre to be fully established, so it's hardly surprising if the ones that are arriving now have yet to find the same kind of audience.

The only thing that has really happened over the last few years is a massively reduced threshold for making a game and getting it on the market, partly because of a lot of new tools being made available, partly because of the availability of easy store fronts and sales platforms, and partly because… well… the market has grown and there is a demand for it, so everyone and their catte rushes in to capitalise.

That doesn't mean there are now fewer good games than there were 20 years ago. It just means they have to be that much more good to make a mark and that you have to wade through a lot more that you're not interested in to find the stuff you want. An embarrassment of riches does not mean that the 15p microwave dinner you splurged on back when you were poor and were used to 5p instant noodles qualifies as fine dining. It probably tasted great, but trying to argue that it was a better meal and a better time because your filet mignon didn't come with string beans is just silly.

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I can see the mobiglass being a cash cow for CIG. If they truly want micro-transactions it's the place to implement them. Allow your community to make games/apps that work on the mobiglass (and give them the tools to do so) then make an App Store.
CIG would approve what's actually able to be downloaded. If something is on there the community member who made it would be paid similarly to how it works with CSGO and DOTAs workshop. Obviously though some stuff some be free like the goofy stuff of things that just serve one purpose. Games would obviously be a paid thing.
Now before I get downvoted hear me out. I'm only suggesting this because I think it'll be good for the community. I don't think CIG will create mobi games so this is probably the only way we'll see them. It also makes it so micro transactions aren't littering other parts of the game. Instead of annoying loot boxes you're actually paying for someone's hard work (that's been approved by CIG) and actually has a practical use.
Any thoughts? Am I totally batshit crazy or is this a good idea?

Scruffpuff posted:

I loved and played the poo poo out of the original Thief games and Deus Ex as well. The first Dishonored was good too, played through that one a few times.

When it came to Dishonored 2, I had to literally drag myself through the game, got 3 levels into a replay with the other character once I finished, said "gently caress this" and uninstalled.

I can't possibly tell you why. I could sit here all night and try to figure out what was different about it, and why I had no fun at any point during it. I still can't pin it down - something was off about it. It can be that way with any form of entertainment I suppose - you can get all the pieces exactly right and it just won't click with everyone the same way.

tuo posted:

Derek: loving nazis!
Thread: Nope! No nazi calling!
Derek: But...but...GRAMMAR NAZIS!
Thread: NOPE!
Derek: okay
Thread: No nazi calling at all!
Derek: Got it...but imma call them nazis tho
Thread: NOPE! NOPE! NOPE!
Derek: Okay...I just call them assclowns
Thread: That's fine
Derek: and little nazis!
Thread: Oh my god we're gonna probate you!

no touchy fishy!

Variable 5 posted:

Don't forget the part where he claimed he never called anyone a nazi

SomethingJones posted:

Deus Ex (original)
No one has made anything like this game since. Huge sprawling environments, oozing atmosphere, amazing storyline, really freeform gameplay. I used to come away from this game feeling like I'd actually been there, I actually had to re-orient back to reality. And this is before I ever did drugs. The sequels were made with binary 'go this way for combat' or 'go this way for sneaky bit'

Virtual Captain posted:

Hottest post on reddit:


I'm glad of it.

his nibs posted:

BloodyScab posted:

Stay strong. CIG has been trying to starve us out for over a year we can last a few more weeks.

Tippis posted:

Lumberyard just got an update. I'm sure they can try to use an integration (i.e. complete engine replacement) of that as an excuse for not delivering for at least 8 more months.

Colostomy Bag posted:

Dunno, that might be a hard sell. Considering they are on record with a 2 day integration previously.

Tippis posted:

Lumberyard just got an update. I'm sure they can try to use an integration (i.e. complete engine replacement) of that as an excuse for not delivering for at least 8 more months.

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So @AmznLumberyard just released a major update to LumberYard, proving once again that CryEngine simply isn't suited for all types of games. Good call! Gee, it's almost as if I wrote a whole blog in 2015 about that.

Except in the case of Amazon, they actually took one look and decided, "yeah, we're gonna have to rip it all out to make a decent general purpose engine". Then went ahead and did just that.

@AmznLumberyard Basically created a new custom engine using baseline CryEngine. No, they couldn't have started from scratch with own engine as that would be admitting that someone up the food chain caused AMZ to lose a fortune by licensing CE in the first place.

HycoCam posted:

Am I the only one that bought BC3K back in the 90's? I think the UO beta ruined any serious chance I had to get into the game. But it was in my collection for a while.

Stellaris and Steel Division 44 have been great this year. Would play much more Stellaris if there was a smart pause--an option menu that let me set pause conditions kind of thing. Speeding up and slowing down game play works with SD44, but it sure would be nice to leave Stellaris running all day on a third screen and know I could get up and do work when I needed too and not have to worry about missing important events.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

All paradox games have that ability, although I havent played Stellaris, and that would be a really weird omission from them...

D_Smart posted:

I've tinkered with it for years, but never did end up using it because it was overkill for my games.