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Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Viewtiful Jew posted:

This is a level beyond doubling-down. This is a Deluxe Double Combo Double Down.

Yeah its that classic thing where you think the lie isn't believable so you keep trying to give more details.

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corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

The Colonel posted:

i decided to set up the silent hill 3 pc port since i'll be moving onto it after silent hill 2 and whoa



yeah, Silent Hill 3 has a really solid port, because it's the only game in the series to be ported by competent people who gave a poo poo

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
I don't get why they're waiting until Friday to release the new AC. like at the very least they could take advantage of Nintendo insisting on releasing games on Friday and get a bit of a jump on them but NOPE gotta go for a Friday release too because ???

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
silent hill 4 is such a crap port that they managed to lower the fps cap from what it was on consoles. it's insane

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

corn in the bible posted:

yeah, Silent Hill 3 has a really solid port, because it's the only game in the series to be ported by competent people who gave a poo poo

That's really surprising because Capcom ports to PC were generally dogshit until RE4 was sooooo terribad they were forced to start doing all ports in-house from then on.

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

In Training posted:

Zelda had like a 110% attach rate bc of people who just bought it without even having a switch lol
I did that lmao

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

I still haven't played Zelda...I should

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

Zaphod42 posted:

That's really surprising because Capcom ports to PC were generally dogshit until RE4 was sooooo terribad they were forced to start doing all ports in-house from then on.

sh3 was an inhouse port

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

Zaphod42 posted:

That's really surprising because Capcom ports to PC were generally dogshit until RE4 was sooooo terribad they were forced to start doing all ports in-house from then on.

SH is Konami, not Capcom

Zaphod42
Sep 13, 2012

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

glam rock hamhock posted:

SH is Konami, not Capcom

Oh poo poo yeah I kinda forgot Konami existed for a second there :doh:

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!

corn in the bible posted:

silent hill 4 is such a crap port that they managed to lower the fps cap from what it was on consoles. it's insane

lol the pcgw entry for it made it sound pretty incredible. it doesn't even have true analog support, something even loving sh2's port has

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

There's nothing that isn't half-assed about SH4, the best thing about it was the trailer.

That said, a decade of even worst sequels has re-contextualised it in my head a bit.

Unlucky7
Jul 11, 2006

Fallen Rib
I wanted to make a Ban Me thread at Neogaf but I did not have permission for whatever reason. I had to ask for it in the "Evilore Makes A Pathetic Excuse" thread like a pleb. :(

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009
There are too many video games on the switch that KCB & I want, too many games that will end up costing way too much money.

How much is the average switch game? 60?

Off the top of my head, we want:

Breath of the Wild
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Splatoon 2
ARMS
Snipperclips
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Mario Odyssey
Mario Rabbids
Blaster Master Zero
Golf Story


That plus a switch itself is gonna cost so much fuckin money, no way we can afford it right off the bat so gonna have to do some budgeting to figure out which games to get and when oh boy

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

In Training posted:

I still haven't played Zelda...I should
its so good!! I can't believe it, its unbelievable, how good this game is!!! but now I'm just trying to finish it before mario comes out and I still have so much left to do...

Zeeman
May 8, 2007

Say WHAT?! You KNOW that post is wack, homie!

FirstAidKite posted:

There are too many video games on the switch that KCB & I want, too many games that will end up costing way too much money.

How much is the average switch game? 60?

Off the top of my head, we want:

Breath of the Wild
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Splatoon 2
ARMS
Snipperclips
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Mario Odyssey
Mario Rabbids
Blaster Master Zero
Golf Story


That plus a switch itself is gonna cost so much fuckin money, no way we can afford it right off the bat so gonna have to do some budgeting to figure out which games to get and when oh boy

This is seriously my concern with a Switch, I've still got a 3DS backlog too and Nintendo games stay expensive for so long

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
Everything I've read about Silent Hill 4 sounds pretty neat. What makes it so bad in practice?

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

Looper posted:

Everything I've read about Silent Hill 4 sounds pretty neat. What makes it so bad in practice?

The first half isn't too bad, though unkillable ghosts and downgrading to a limited inventory Resi style still sucked. But the second half is just the same areas as first but in reverse order, also it's an escort missions where you're constantly getting chased by a guy with a gun and the ending depends on the condition of the person you're escorting. Which is usually very bad.

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!

Looper posted:

Everything I've read about Silent Hill 4 sounds pretty neat. What makes it so bad in practice?

Henry Townsend is not a very interesting protagonist and he has nothing to do with the plot besides just sort of... being a guy in an apartment. All the plot stuff is about other people and he's just there to hit things with a golf club

e: also the escort mission stuff, yeah. that stuff blows

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Games > November Games Chat Thread (she’s bi)

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
on the other hand there's this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqm8RIjIJls

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer

Sakurazuka posted:

There's nothing that isn't half-assed about SH4, the best thing about it was the trailer.

Actually the soundtrack rules

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
even homecoming has a good soundtrack though. good music is one of the constants of the series.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

I forget about the soundtrack because that's a given.

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

silent hill 4 is such a disappointment because it has so many good ideas but pairs them with the worst execution possible

having your safe space slowly become more and more haunted is cool, having a bunch of random events that can trigger there is cool, and the water prison is legit one of my all time favorite SH environments, and the soundtrack as noted is typical Akira Yamaoka so incredible

but then actually PLAYING the game is garbage. tiny inventory, unkillable ghosts that damage you just from being near them, the back half being the same as the front half but this time you escort a useless npc and if you go through a door while the npc is more than three feet away from you, she doesn't go through the door with you, the list goes on and on

it's a really bad game that could have been good

An Actual Princess
Dec 23, 2006

also henry is the most bland protagonist imaginable, a true crime coming right on the heels of heather, the best protagonist

axelblaze
Oct 18, 2006

Congratulations The One Concern!!!

You're addicted to Ivory!!

and...oh my...could you please...
oh my...

Grimey Drawer
Silent Hill 4 is bad but there's a good argument to be made that Room of Angel is the best song in the whole dang series

CuddlyZombie
Nov 6, 2005

I wuv your brains.

assassins creed preorder poo poo is added as dlc later, right?


If it winds up being good (since so much was changed) it'd be cool to be able to pick it up in a few months and be able to get whatever it is they have as a preorder bonus thingy

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Has a pre-order bonus ever ended up being anything worthwhile?

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

I assume it'll work like the Catwoman stuff in Arkham City and be less of a 'preorder bonus' and more a 'buying the game new bonus' but it's Ubisoft so who knows.

Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

Andrast posted:

Has a pre-order bonus ever ended up being anything worthwhile?
The RE7 pre-order bonus just ended up being some extra healing supplies and I think a bit of ammo, but that was legitimately useful in the early parts of that game.

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

The bonus weapon in Evil Within was pretty useful in a new game at the point where you get it, though it quickly get replaced

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
I'm actually kinda glad Observer glitches out every couple of hours like clockwork because it helps me stick to healthy play schedules. So far I've:

-Fallen out of the map
-Gotten a puzzle object stuck in a door
-Lost the ability to input controls (had to relaunch)
-Fallen out of the map a second time

Extra bonus points for making the environment so deliberately weird and glitchy that for every one of those I spend a few moments wondering if it was supposed to happen

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

if a pre order bonus is actually good its usually good in such a way that makes the game worse imo. an item that's better than anything else you're going to see for a couple hours or w/e and its like, congrats you hosed up the progression curve in your game by giving me this broken item

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Raxivace posted:

The RE7 pre-order bonus just ended up being some extra healing supplies and I think a bit of ammo, but that was legitimately useful in the early parts of that game.

I don't think making the early game progression worse is a very good bonus

Instruction Manuel
May 15, 2007

Yes, it is what it looks like!

Unlucky7 posted:

I wanted to make a Ban Me thread at Neogaf but I did not have permission for whatever reason. I had to ask for it in the "Evilore Makes A Pathetic Excuse" thread like a pleb. :(

Post this from the GBS thread

:nws: contains loss and a possibly accurate representation of Evilore in the buff

CuddlyZombie
Nov 6, 2005

I wuv your brains.

Andrast posted:

Has a pre-order bonus ever ended up being anything worthwhile?

The bonus for the new south park game is funny, which is what got me wondering.

Raxivace
Sep 9, 2014

Andrast posted:

I don't think making the early game progression worse is a very good bonus
How does it make it worse?

Ometeotl
Feb 13, 2012



It's MISSEL! Or SISSLE!
I confused myself...



Andrast posted:

Has a pre-order bonus ever ended up being anything worthwhile?

Wind Waker's pre-order bonus was OoT & Master Quest for GC.

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Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


Raxivace posted:

How does it make it worse?

You don't see how getting extra resources for nothing makes a survival horror game progression worse?

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