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acksplode posted:It's probably easy to do when every other publisher abandons that type of game because you can't sell lootboxes with it Which is why I said: punk rebel ecks posted:It is very unfortunate but I agree with Jim Sterling. Sony's first party titles are nearing the status of "retro games" at this point. It's very rare to see single player focused titles with the story being the main focus rather than it just being tacked on and having X hours of side content and live services type business model. These games are quickly declining outside of indie games, which to be fair are even rare then due to the budget needed for them. I hope the style of gaming doesn't go the same way as arcade gaming did after Sega exited the console business.
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punk rebel ecks posted:Which is why I said: They are by all accounts selling really well and making money. Ole slim Jim's right. Publishers are too happy to fail chasing destiny or fortnight biggest ever success instead of a solid performance.
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Bombadilillo posted:They are by all accounts selling really well and making money. Ole slim Jim's right. Publishers are too happy to fail chasing destiny or fortnight biggest ever success instead of a solid performance. tell that to bethesda (about their outside studios' sp games)
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Sep 1, 2018 03:19
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Rinkles posted:tell that to bethesda (about their outside studios' sp games) Looks at 76* looks at Rinkles*
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Bombadilillo posted:Looks at 76* looks at Rinkles* um my whole point is their strategy of sp focused games failed (outside their core games, but even there they're now moving to online)
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Sep 1, 2018 03:24
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Rinkles posted:probably in part because the hitboxes seem generous, but bopping robos with the bow is uniquely satisfying. great decision to unlock access to bowmo right off the bat.
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Rinkles posted:um my whole point is their strategy of sp focused games failed (outside their core games, but even there they're now moving to online) The company still releasing skyrim... And doubling down on doom eternal
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Samurai Sanders posted:Just now I got 404 server errors when downloading game updates on the PS4 for maybe the first time. Anyone know what's up? I got that last night. Everything fine today though. Some weird CDN thing I'm guessing.
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Sep 1, 2018 03:48
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punk rebel ecks posted:Which is why I said: They aren't really declining as much as major multiplat AAA publishers have lost interest. Sony and Nintendo seem to have no interest in stopping the flow of quality AAA titles. For them to be declining those companies would have to lose interest and and I've seen no evidence of that.
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Sep 1, 2018 03:51
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Someone fixed the old music spider man trailer from before with the correct old music: https://twitter.com/ikazombie/status/1035456694057201665?s=21
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Samurai Sanders posted:Someone fixed the old music spider man trailer from before with the correct old music: This is awesome.
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Rinkles posted:um my whole point is their strategy of sp focused games failed Hahahaha what? Is it Opposite Day or something?
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Doctor Zero posted:Hahahaha what? are you familiar with their publishing repertoire? Wolf 1 & 2 Dishonored 1 & 2 Evil Within 1 & 2 Prey e:by the by, Arkane's looking for people w/ online experience for their next game Rinkles fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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Sep 1, 2018 04:23
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PSN flash sale! I'm picking up Bloodborne. I've heard good things about Rayman Legends, is that any good? Any other must play games or hidden gems?
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Rinkles posted:are you familiar with their publishing repertoire? Did these fail?
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Bombadilillo posted:Did these fail? sold relatively poorly, yes.
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Sep 1, 2018 04:28
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God of War was like the fastest selling Sony IP in a decade. This is just a giant game of telephone because like 10 years ago big AAA releases were derivative sequels with bad campaigns (COD/Bioshock Infinite). They underperformed and execs read “no one wants lovely single player games” as “no one wants single player games”. This new surge of SP focus is because Neir/Horizon destroyed everything else last year on the back of Witcher 3 and so now the perennially 5 years behind execs are back on board with big single player campaigns
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Sep 1, 2018 04:58
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bigger issue i think are ballooning dev costs and dev time. things that aren't a sure bet are that much less likely to be made. and a bunch of these games are anything but (wonder how the Days Gone devs are feeling). i don't think there's a surge of SP focus, or that there will be one any time soon in the aaa sphere. e:sony's in a slightly different situation than most publishers because besides selling their games they're also curating a console library
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Yeah when you think about Last Of Us and God Of War it's not fair to exclude games like The Order 1886 or whatever that went on sale for like $10 within a couple months. I have a hunch Days Gone is gonna be a similar kind of stinker but I'd love to be proven wrong because I want more good games to play! edit: and even though it was reasonably well received and sold ok I'll eat my drat hat if I can't buy Detroit: Become Human for $20 or less by the end of the year. These AAA single player experiences are a risky proposition and they can't all be God of War. goferchan fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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Sep 1, 2018 05:22
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The Order deserves recognition as one of the top tier PS4 exclusives and I’ll defend it TO THE DEATH.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:The enemies in Uncharted are not bullet sponges, all unarmored non-supernatural enemies die in one pistol shot to the head. Most of them also die with two bursts of rifle fire to the chest which is not unreasonable CharlieFoxtrot posted:Who do you prefer as protagonist: bow lady, gun guy, or Knack clone  beep by grandpa posted:Can u gently caress your teacher in persona 5 She is your home room teacher, she def fucks, and also gets pimped out in a maid costume. She is very affectionate because she is almost christmas cake.  Real hurthling! posted:Japanese never gently caress they hold hands and turn red and then watch vr porn like they are sandra bullock in demo man  VideoGames posted:As I never got further than turning in after cleaning my room the last time I sat down to play it, I actually started Persona 5 properly. Here's a few bits of advice: - DO NOT wait to do the dungeon when they start the 2-3 week timer. Do it right away as soon as it's offered, go all the way to the end of the dungeon (which may take several play sessions / to-and-fro in game days), exhaust all possible routes, and get all the items right away. You'll understand why when you get to the throne room. Don't be like me and gently caress up and need to do 6-10 hours of gameplay all over again. Keep your eyes on that calendar in the pause menu! - Treat teacher right. Get her to rank 10 asap - Makoto is straight up the best character and should be in the party for every fight.
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Fix posted:Please, say more. Feels kinda like some mashup of Zombies or L4D and maybe 1930’s British Uncharted. At a glance it doesn’t seem to have much that might pull you in via a video or watching a streamer, but the gunplay feels good, there’s neat hidden items, the VO and narration is on the north side of tolerable if not downright grinworthy at times. This is not a review, as I’ve only played one level, alone, at that... but it made me want to play more. There’s good enemy variety despite being solely focused on Egypt stuff... and lots of like, shootable environmental traps. Mostly it just feels good and entertaining to play.
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Days Gone is the zombie one, right? Did...did it start development like eight years ago when that idea wasnt already incredibly played out?
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Honestly I really, really want Days Gone to be good. I’ve avoided 99% of zombie media since around when the second season of TWD started. I grew up with them though and lately I’ve had a slight interest again. That game being solid would be great.
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No, the developers are just really really big fans of zombie games. If you watch those recent gameplay videos from before E3 they pretty much say they don't care that zombie games are played out and just wanted to make one. Days Gone doesn't look very great and it doesn't look very cinematic either. It looks like Sony just wanted a State of Decay-like and it doesn't look like that's what they're getting, which kind of pisses me off because PS4 probably has room for a State of Decay type game (that isn't State of Decay 2) but well MS owns that studio now.
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Wolfsheim posted:Days Gone is the zombie one, right? Did...did it start development like eight years ago when that idea wasnt already incredibly played out? Not at all. I guarantee you some suit some where was like "holy poo poo people like this Daryl guy, let's make a Zombie game where everyone is a Daryl and we'll make a billion dollars."
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It’s been said a million times but Days Gone feels like a game, even this far along, they should just scrap. Just poo poo it down and walk away. It looks like water-flavored jell-o. Just bland af.
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Policenaut posted:No, the developers are just really really big fans of zombie games. If you watch those recent gameplay videos from before E3 they pretty much say they don't care that zombie games are played out and just wanted to make one. This makes me a lot more hopeful. Genuine passion always leads to better art and media vs chasing trends and easy success.
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Feenix posted:Just poo poo it down and walk away. It looks like water-flavored jell-o. Just bland af. Some people say the same thing about the state of Oregon where it's being made, and yet people won't stop moving here 
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I mean, to be fair, derivative zombie theme aside... maybe it’s gonna be a fun and unique game, *but from what we have SEEN of it*... I just don’t understand it’s raison d’etre, you know? Could be we just haven’t seen “the thing” but who knows...
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KICK BAMA KICK posted:Oh man you have some rad poo poo coming up. Please post your thoughts when you finish the main story quest of "the Bloody Baron". So I just finished this quest/arc. I got the impression that Granny was more than a little crazy and maybe had some Stockholm Syndrome going on with the Crones. Sure, she seemed like a good surrogate mother to Johnny and the Bog Orphans, but I was highly skeptical of the Crones right away and decided to cross them. Instead of killing the witch they'd imprisoned under the gnarled tree, I opted to free her. I thought maybe the developers would pull some "don't judge a book by its cover" stuff and the Lovecraftian witch monster who'd been killing peasantry would be helpful  . When I got to the botchling quest with the Baron I opted to turn it into a lumperkin. He seemed totally irredeemable but I figured a benevolent hearth spirit might make him less of a tyrannical ruler and maybe the people of Crow's Perch would benefit, even if he never saw Anna or Tamara again. Imagine my surprise when I found out Anna was Granny and she'd been cursed because I doublecrossed the Crones. I accompanied Baron and his men to Crookback Bog, found a village that had been driven murderously insane by the witch I'd freed, and lifted Anna's curse but whoops she died from it anyway. Went back to Crow's Perch to find the place in disarray and the Baron swinging from a tree, leaving his even more tyrannical sergeant in charge. Between this and unwittingly unleashing the pestilential spirit from Fyke Isle Geralt is actively making a war-torn hellhole 10 times worse  I love this game.
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I did it before but at this point in my restart of TW3 I’m just about at that part. My brain is telling me to look up all the connections and paths to get it all right but I think that does a disservice to the game. I love this game but it can really upset you sometimes! After my tea I’m booting it up 
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https://mobile.twitter.com/insomniacgames/status/1035631774683095041 Oh drat, hype intensifying
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I honestly don’t see how a Spider-Man can fail at this point, it has all the pieces of a blockbuster success showing and it’s not even out yet.
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Yeah same. It’s looking really, really good. The embargo is up on Tuesday at 10 am. That’s a good sign too.
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veni veni veni posted:They aren't really declining as much as major multiplat AAA publishers have lost interest. Sony and Nintendo seem to have no interest in stopping the flow of quality AAA titles. For them to be declining those companies would have to lose interest and and I've seen no evidence of that. I would certainly say they are losing interest since Sony and Nintendo are some of the remaining few companies that out a huge focus on single player games. Specifically narrative single player focused games (Sony way more than Nintendo though). Rinkles posted:are you familiar with their publishing repertoire? I see one (maybe two) game on here that sold poor. punk rebel ecks fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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So Majima Construction is the Clan Creator minigame, huh? No wonder people didn't like it.
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It's actively worse than the one in 6 too and I've been avoiding it like the plague. At least cabaret club is still good.
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punk rebel ecks posted:I would certainly say they are losing interest since Sony and Nintendo are some of the remaining few companies that out a huge focus on single player games. Specifically narrative single player focused games (Sony way more than Nintendo though). How are they losing interest, when that is consistently what both companies have done and are doing for the foreseeable future? multi plat AAA publishers have just chased the latest trend for a decade or more, be it narrative single player, multiplayer focus, battle royale or whatever. First party titles have always had more pressure to actually be good. You are really looking at things with rose colored glasses if you think there was a point where AAA games were full of great single player narrative focused games. Most of the AAA games of the last gen were just 10 hour long cover shooters with garbage stories it's not like things have gotten dire. The amount of good SP games to play this gen stomps on the last. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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