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Man every now and then I think about Half Life and get a bit sad. I think the biggest blow is that the HL and Portal universe just felt so vibrant and full of character and potential, and now it's just face down in a ditch.
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Re-reading epistle 3 I remember how much I actually love it, especially this last paragraph, even if it does make me a bit sad too. Marc Laidlaw posted:And here we are. I spoke of my return to this shore. It has been a circuitous path to lands I once knew, and surprising to see how much the terrain has changed. Enough time has passed that few remember me, or what I was saying when last I spoke, or what precisely we hoped to accomplish. At this point, the resistance will have failed or succeeded, no thanks to me. Old friends have been silenced, or fallen by the wayside. I no longer know or recognize most members of the research team, though I believe the spirit of rebellion still persists. I expect you know better than I the appropriate course of action, and I leave you to it. Expect no further correspondence from me regarding these matters; this is my final epistle.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:10 |
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Battlefield V stuff:quote:During EA’s fiscal earnings call today, CEO Andrew Wilson announced that Battlefield V missed its sales expectations for the holiday quarter. Man don't throw single-player content as a selling point under the bus like that.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:48 |
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If 7.3 million in sales is too low, make smaller loving games
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:49 |
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cheetah7071 posted:If 7.3 million in sales is too low, make smaller loving games Unfortunately for EA it is. I feel bad for all of the staff working on these games that are not in management positions. You know they are going to be punished for this.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 00:53 |
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Battlefield V stuff: lol yeah that's not why it sold 7.3 million instead of 8.3 million
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:01 |
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I'm sure the br will be very popular, one month after EA releases the other br
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:04 |
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In order to meet expectations the next Battlefield game will be shipped without useable vehicles
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:04 |
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Plants vs Zombies Battle Royale is definitely coming.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:05 |
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PvZ but every plant and zombie is a horny anime
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:07 |
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Really Pants posted:PvZ but every plant and zombie is a horny anime ah, Fire Emblem
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:07 |
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LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:Plants vs Zombies Battle Royale is definitely coming.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:08 |
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Just a reminder that DICE have such a high opinion of Andrew Wilson that they literally made him the smug corporate villain in Mirrors Edge 2
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:10 |
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LIVE AMMO ROLEPLAY posted:Plants vs Zombies Battle Royale is definitely coming. gently caress yes.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:25 |
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Also (not) nice to see Disney throwing older ventures under the bus like... https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1092932865820643328 That? That's...kind of a lie? Because game companies that Disney themselves owned DID make good games, have made good games once upon a time? And like the whole thing with Disney Infinity shutting down wasn't because the game wasn't good but because even though it made money it didn't make money fast enough for them.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:30 |
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Disney Infinity had the licensing issue where Disney characters weren't allowed to visit each others worlds.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:34 |
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I really getting the feeling I'm never getting a re-release of Nightmare Ned from Disney.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:38 |
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Also (not) nice to see Disney throwing older ventures under the bus like... I really want a new Podrace game.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:53 |
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Get the wipeout guys who were fired to do it
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:54 |
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Was Extreme G on Nintendo 64 as good as I remember it being?
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:57 |
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Red Dead Redemption 2 is my 10th game completed for 2019. 10/10, absolutely loved this game and it was worth the super long wait for the sequel. Will be playing the multiplayer for years to come.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 01:59 |
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The Half-Life universe is pretty generic alien post-apocalypse with a silent protagonist, Valve made the right decision knowing that so many developers have surpassed them in terms of both FPS storytelling and gameplay that there was a 100% chance HL3/Episode 3 would be considered a disappointment
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:05 |
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homeless snail posted:I'm sure the br will be very popular, one month after EA releases the other br It is crazy that EA surprise released a f2p scifi shooter like 2 weeks before their big scifi shooter. I know Super Apex Legends and Anthem aren't exactly clones, but still.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:18 |
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:The Half-Life universe is pretty generic alien post-apocalypse with a silent protagonist, Valve made the right decision knowing that so many developers have surpassed them in terms of both FPS storytelling and gameplay that there was a 100% chance HL3/Episode 3 would be considered a disappointment Most things in videogames are generic and it's the execution that elevates them beyond that. Valve had that with HL, a great execution on a simple concept. I don't agree that they were left in the dust as far as storytelling goes and I think the portal series shows that. They just let the hype percolate for too long resulting in soaring expectations and paralyzed themselves into inaction.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:21 |
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They realized they could make infinitely more money not making gAmes I think.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:31 |
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then they made artifact, for some reason
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:34 |
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Also (not) nice to see Disney throwing older ventures under the bus like... Hahaha, this tweet makes me laugh. Disney can and will say whatever they want about video games because the truth is they simply do not care. Licensing allows them to collect licensing payments and still wield all of the power of refusal and approval. Anyone who works on a Disney video game does so at their own risk. This isn't just me throwing sour grapes either. No one at the exec level knows enough how to do games correctly nor do they care enough to hire anyone who does know. They've long seen games as an extension of their synergy-based marketing apparatus and not as a form of media or art in and of themselves. I also highly doubt that they're happy with what EA is doing, but they're also partly to blame for cancelations and they still get paid licensing fees regardless so they probably just don't care there either.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:38 |
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:The Half-Life universe is pretty generic alien post-apocalypse with a silent protagonist, Valve made the right decision knowing that so many developers have surpassed them in terms of both FPS storytelling and gameplay that there was a 100% chance HL3/Episode 3 would be considered a disappointment While it’s true HL3 might have been a disappointment, we know that’s not the real reason it was canceled
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:38 |
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Jay Rust posted:Was Extreme G on Nintendo 64 as good as I remember it being? i rented this game once and i only have these fever dream-ish memories of it that can't possibly be representative of what it actually was
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:44 |
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mutata posted:Hahaha, this tweet makes me laugh. Disney can and will say whatever they want about video games because the truth is they simply do not care. Licensing allows them to collect licensing payments and still wield all of the power of refusal and approval. Anyone who works on a Disney video game does so at their own risk.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:51 |
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I dunno Bob Iger kinda seems like a more reasonable guy than that. Didn’t he replace Eisner because he understood digital distribution and didn’t antagonize iTunes and other forward thinking business models?
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 02:54 |
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I feel like Disney would say that they're happy with EA right up until the exact second they end the licensing deal. Them saying they're happy with the deal has essentially no meaning.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 03:00 |
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Viewtiful Jew posted:Also (not) nice to see Disney throwing older ventures under the bus like... We live in a world where Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse exists, so I question this headline. E: actually that's a good chat thread flash poll- what is the best video game based solely on Disney IP? They have to have owned the IP when the game came out so no old Star Wars games. C-Euro fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Feb 6, 2019 |
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Tales of Woe posted:i rented this game once and i only have these fever dream-ish memories of it that can't possibly be representative of what it actually was Exactly I looked up a video and it looks pretty boring
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 04:00 |
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C-Euro posted:We live in a world where Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse exists, so I question this headline.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 04:09 |
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C-Euro posted:E: actually that's a good chat thread flash poll- what is the best video game based solely on Disney IP? They have to have owned the IP when the game came out so no old Star Wars games.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 04:09 |
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Spent the evening playing Apex Legends (ugh that name) and it's actually fun as gently caress? I feel like it makes a ton of smart updates to the formula. Just being able to revive teammates is huge. I revived a guy on my team when there were only 4 total people remaining, turning a 1v3 into a 2v3. It keeps death from being frustrating and instead you're waiting to see if your teammates can turn the tables. Hope people give it a chance. I know it's not Titanfall 3 but it still feels great to play and I feel like Respawn really put a lot into it.
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 04:11 |
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I can't wait for the employee horror stories that will come from corporate's hamfisted attempts to fix their percieved 'problem.' "In order to ensure that the Bioweapons Division meets its projected quotas for the next fiscal year, Weyland-Yutani has changed shift schedules to fit an 80-hour work week, and the entire security wing will be sacked and its facilities will be repurposed as an employee-run daycare."
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 04:12 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF32DRg9opA
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# ? Feb 6, 2019 04:13 |
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Jay Rust posted:Was Extreme G on Nintendo 64 as good as I remember it being? Tales of Woe posted:i rented this game once and i only have these fever dream-ish memories of it that can't possibly be representative of what it actually was I remember the 3rd game where if you went so fast yoy broke the sound barrier and all the sounds would mute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu7DxQShpZs
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