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corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
also here's some of the rules for the videogame board THQ selected for their Q&A:



like, this was so important to them that they specifically allowed it.

corn in the bible fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Feb 27, 2019

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Spring Break My Heart
Feb 15, 2012
Gonna recreate the company that sold cheap Disney shovelware and went bankrupt 5 seconds after they couldn't.

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

Dr. VooDoo posted:

The THQ Nordic blunder is still burning and it’s a glorious fire storm. It’s gotten so big the general manager of Microsoft Studios Publishing has publically asked why they still have a link for 8Chan up. I honestly can’t remember a company utterly destroying it’s public image in such a short period of time. Like any future article about them is going to mention when they teamed up with the website blacklisted from google for hosting child porn, Nazis, and ISIS recruiters

No but don't you see associating with Nazis is always profitable :downs:

Baku
Aug 20, 2005

by Fluffdaddy

cheetah7071 posted:

ah, I see, it's reddit

nah, it's 4chan for people so weird or vile that 4chan can't abide them

swims
May 5, 2014

Waiter, this band keeps shooting pearls at me.
I hope I'm wrong- Trials Rising first impression is the "anthem" of the series. I'm only level 30 something and worried:

Rising is super good when you get to actually play. No doubt about it. I would describe it as Trials but more ground based than air. Aggressively ground. That is as good as it sounds.

There is player and bike customization I wasn't expecting in a good way too. Think forza style liveries but with an unnecessary mechanism (loot crate) to unlock all the designs. I think they needed to pad the loot boxes and they chose that step. A misdirection but I understand why.

Obscene amounts of loading screens. It's bad. 45 min load/ 30 min game is not exaggeration. Essentially every time you click on A button you are either watching a loot crate animation or loading. Sometimes biking.

"Contracts" can be as lame as X amount of backflips and X amount of front flips and also beat X character within time limit. Uninspiring. This is my main hope to either be reworked or flat out removed.

There are bonus skill game missions. Bailout mechanic is still tacked on. Kinda cool distraction. Definitely some funny ragdoll animations. Just like FMX though you will probably never revisit these once you beat them.

Multiplayer online is what you'd expect and still fun. Expect to play easy maps over and over though.

With all that said the bikes are very cool. Soundtrack is top tier. I'm mad at this game but also would recommend the purchase.

njsykora
Jan 23, 2012

Robots confuse squirrels.


I will sign on 100% to those opinions, it's a great Trials game with some really cool tracks that I've seen so far but everything that isn't the actual bike platforming is incredibly wretched. I'm approaching the point where I just stop bothering to open loot boxes because it's so much busywork to wait for them to load their contents, play the opening animation, see it was just a bunch of stickers and go sell the duplicates since you have to do that manually. I already got my full denim look so I don't need anything else.

But the actual Trials stuff is good, the contracts are unobtrusive at best, and the tutorial stuff is actually effective at teaching the advanced tech you need to complete the harder tracks.

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZerrPE-N-MU

mutata
Mar 1, 2003

Just want to say that generally, if a game developer's management fucks up, anyone interviewing former employees won't blame them but they may ask then stuff like "so tell about what it was like when you guys hosed up". If a company has lovely culture issues like lots of reports about harassment, those folks are getting uber googled, though.

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

swims posted:

Trials Rising first impression is the "anthem" of the series.

god i can't wait for someone to make a bad post so i can call it the "anthem" of posts

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

Snooze Cruise posted:

god i can't wait for someone to make a bad post so i can call it the "anthem" of posts

this is the "anthem" of posts

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

Time to introduce anthemlike into the vernacular

The 7th Guest
Dec 17, 2003

does far cry new dawn use any of the three far cry plot resolutions?

a) you made the situation worse by getting involved

b) there are bad people on all sides actually

c) the villain was right

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009
Went to cracker barrel for dinner yesterday, drat I love their food.

Idk if the general opinion of cracker barrel is good or bad, I have a history of being simple-minded and easily pleased so for all I know it could be considered peasant food and I still enjoy going there, one of my fave restaurants.

I had the spicy grilled catfish and man I forgot how good catfish tastes.

mutata posted:

Just want to say that generally, if a game developer's management fucks up, anyone interviewing former employees won't blame them but they may ask then stuff like "so tell about what it was like when you guys hosed up". If a company has lovely culture issues like lots of reports about harassment, those folks are getting uber googled, though.

Well I'm glad that the employees aren't so easily tainted by the fuckups of their management.

Goa Tse-tung
Feb 11, 2008

;3

Yams Fan

The 7th Guest posted:

does far cry new dawn use any of the three far cry plot resolutions?

a) you made the situation worse by getting involved

b) there are bad people on all sides actually

c) the villain was right

a) at least the villains constantly berate you for this, but mechanically you do improve society somewhat (lots of innocents get killed in cutscenes though)

b) nope, not this time, the game is too short for this

c) since the villain from 5 is in this, and he is right (again), I'd say it kinda qualifies


still very bad game (except for the treasure hunts), do not buy at full price

edit I think I said it before, but this game is exactly like the modern Tomb Raiders:

the open world is meh and forces you to grind it over and over, the combat is meh because as you get stronger so do the enemies, the story is bad and you constantly lose fights in cutscenes, the side exploration in Tombs/Treasure Hunts is loving excellent with good worldbuilding and environmental storytelling

Goa Tse-tung fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Feb 27, 2019

exquisite tea
Apr 21, 2007

Carly shook her glass, willing the ice to melt. "You still haven't told me what the mission is."

She leaned forward. "We are going to assassinate the bad men of Hollywood."


I liked New Dawn, it was a fun waste of ~14 hours without a distractingly awful story. Which for a Far Cry game is pretty good.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
I was close to bouncing on Tomb Raider Anniversary but I made it to Egypt and I'm glad I persevered because this is what the rest of the game should have been. The platforming is challenging without being bullshit and the puzzles are just the right level where it takes thought to figure out but not so much that it becomes frustrating. I also really like how the game has covered three very different styles of tomb, it makes for some really nice variety.

Help Im Alive
Nov 8, 2009

Lara should raid the Spelunky tomb

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

Dr. VooDoo posted:

The THQ Nordic blunder is still burning and it’s a glorious fire storm. It’s gotten so big the general manager of Microsoft Studios Publishing has publically asked why they still have a link for 8Chan up. I honestly can’t remember a company utterly destroying it’s public image in such a short period of time. Like any future article about them is going to mention when they teamed up with the website blacklisted from google for hosting child porn, Nazis, and ISIS recruiters

I think there's probably like a 90% chance that guy is an 8chan regular so that poo poo was normalized enough for him to the point where he couldn't even anticipate people objecting to it. Kinda sucks to have another publisher to cross off my list forever, I was gonna pick up Darksiders 3 when it came down a bit. Guess we shouldn't be surprised from a company named Nordic though.

Jay Rust
Sep 27, 2011

What’s the horniest Nintendo game. Asking for my buddy’s friend

Judge Tesla
Oct 29, 2011

:frogsiren:

Jay Rust posted:

What’s the horniest Nintendo game. Asking for my buddy’s friend

Fire Emblem.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

Jay Rust posted:

What’s the horniest Nintendo game. Asking for my buddy’s friend

hanafuda at the love hotel

Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused

Jay Rust posted:

What’s the horniest Nintendo game. Asking for my buddy’s friend

Whatever that FE/Persona game was on the Wii U. Probably.

That or maybe just Fates.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

Jay Rust posted:

What’s the horniest Nintendo game. Asking for my buddy’s friend

Wii Fit, obviously

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.
Bayonetta 2

e: Actually it's probably one of the Pokemon games after they introduced breeding.

LawfulWaffle fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Feb 27, 2019

Red Alert 2 Yuris Revenge
May 8, 2006

"My brain is amazing! It's full of wrinkles, and... Uh... Wait... What am I trying to say?"
Happy Pokemon Day, post your favorite Pokemon

Andrast
Apr 21, 2010


:psyduck:

Tales of Woe
Dec 18, 2004

Jay Rust posted:

What’s the horniest Nintendo game. Asking for my buddy’s friend

FE Fates probably? or xenoblade 2

singateco
Jan 28, 2013

Relax Or DIE posted:

Happy Pokemon Day, post your favorite Pokemon



:lron:

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord

Relax Or DIE posted:

Happy Pokemon Day, post your favorite Pokemon



Sandslash

LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.
Australian_pokemons2.png

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Jay Rust posted:

What’s the horniest Nintendo game. Asking for my buddy’s friend
captain rainbow has a sidequest where you find birdo's vibrator

Saint Freak
Apr 16, 2007

Regretting is an insult to oneself
Buglord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv6Dskj2VC0&t=103s

Cowcaster
Aug 7, 2002



you can't fool me that's john travolta

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Horniest Nintendo game is Hyrule warriors, since its entire plot happens because the villain wants to gently caress Link.

Dr. VooDoo
May 4, 2006


Relax Or DIE posted:

Happy Pokemon Day, post your favorite Pokemon



LawfulWaffle
Mar 11, 2014

Well, that aligns with the vibes I was getting. Which was, like, "normal" kinda vibes.

Looper
Mar 1, 2012
it's xenoblade 2

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

i don’t have a picture but mine’s murkrow

FirstAidKite
Nov 8, 2009

Hahaha

Is that west of loathing? I didn't know it had an art book. That's good.

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CharlieFoxtrot
Mar 27, 2007

organize digital employees



Jay Rust posted:

Time to introduce anthemlike into the vernacular

If this becomes a thing, then it will have a legacy like Bob Dylan's...

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