|
Steve Wiebe. This poll is closed. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Wiebe. |
|
30 | 42.25% |
| Steve Wiebe. |
|
41 | 57.75% |
| Total: | 48 votes | ||
|
haveblue posted:The Moss games for PSVR are the closest we'll ever get, probably To be honest, I only remember people discussing the books in another forum about a decade ago. It's more than probable I'm getting the author confused with someone else.
|
#
?
May 1, 2023 23:58
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 11, 2024 11:03 |
|
|
I preloaded redfall on game pass with the intent of giving it a few hours but lol this embargo break is making me think about just deleting it without even loading it up lol... I could play the train game instead
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:04
|
|
|
Why would you want to shoot vampires? Wouldn't the fun of fighting vampires be doing anti-vampire stuff. Throwing rice, diverting streams, not inviting them inside, sun tricks, garlic, barn cats, wooden stakes, weird dirt stuff, etc
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:06
|
|
|
This just reminds me that I should play Vampire the Masquerade Swansong
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:08
|
|
|
Khanstant posted:Why would you want to shoot vampires? Wouldn't the fun of fighting vampires be doing anti-vampire stuff. Throwing rice, diverting streams, not inviting them inside, sun tricks, garlic, barn cats, wooden stakes, weird dirt stuff, etc You know, that sounds great. Almost like a vampire-fighting immersive simulation, where you can take many different routes to fight vampires. But that’s a crazy concept for a genre. It would never catch on. CharlieFoxtrot posted:This just reminds me that I should play Vampire the Masquerade Swansong It’s got a lot of eurojank, but I enjoyed it. They do some fun things with the Malkavian. CottonWolf fucked around with this message at 00:10 on May 2, 2023 |
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:08
|
|
|
Good vampire games are cursed which is why only one ever got made. I could see the deeplore vampire game working as that uhh... Idk one person is a horror movie monster and the other players try not to die. Dead to rights. As that sort of game with one player a vampire trying to kill or turn the others and you can stall vamp by doing the tricks. I wouldn't want to play it since I don't want to play dead to rights either but mechanically could incorporate enough vampire stuff to satisfy a Wikipedia page and monetizable audience.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:23
|
|
|
While we're talking about what a turd Redfall is, let me recommend Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It's old and janky and needs some work to run on Windows now, but it's still fun (and a little busted). Play as a hapless (or not) moron who kicks and pratfalls his opponents to fulfilling (or not) an ancient prophecy! Half the fun is how the game's loot system works - you don't buy anything, if you miss it too bad (though there's dupes), but there's secrets and cool stuff everywhere. The plot is nothing special but it's kind of fun in how it works out - you're, in fact, the Dark Messiah - the son of Sauronsatan - you can work to free him, or not, and betray the sorceress lady for no reason or stick with the succubus in your head to conquer the world - then betray her too to free Demon Daddy anyway. And he's grateful for it! He doesn't screw you over or anything. He's actually a pretty good dad, he's just been stuck in prison by, what I gather were an endless legion of spiders. Really you're playing the game to get the freeze spell and kick guards and orcs off of stairs and cliffs.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:26
|
|
|
Khanstant posted:Dead to rights. No, that's the one where you're a cop, different kind of monster
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:27
|
|
|
I genuinely think you could do a fantastic open world/sim deep lore vampire game. One town. One vampire lord. Systems heavy with a large focus on hierarchy - think Shadows of Mordor. NPCs in the town slowly getting turned into thralls. Hunt your way up to the top, using all the tricks - throw some beans, divert the river, never invite anyone in, eventually do your final strike in the daylight to even the odds. Make who the vampire lord is different every playthrough.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:30
|
|
|
Waffleman_ posted:No, that's the one where you're a cop, different kind of monster Lol okay my thought process was "oh groady murder game based on different famous have-it-at-home properties, dead to (copy)rights"
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:33
|
|
|
You have eliminated Grishnash Bloodgargler! Dorguz Throatchomper has been promoted!
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:34
|
|
|
if wotc wasn't a mess, they would have made a curse of strahd video game by now. d&d 5e's singular good module
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:35
|
|
|
haveblue posted:You have eliminated Grishnash Bloodgargler! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atWRu6SGK8g
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:35
|
|
|
While we’re on the topic of vampire games, does anyone know of any good vampire dynasty strategy games? It feels like one should exist, but so can’t think of any.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:39
|
|
|
I wish in Shadow of Mordor the protagonist got to have little heart-to-hearts with the named orcs as he killed them, like in the Assassin's Creed games. The orcs would be all like, "Yeah, I have some regrets, I suppose. But who doesn't, I guess... "
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:41
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/BenMullin/status/1653172643044917249
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:42
|
|
|
“I wish I’d got to chomp some more throats, you know?”
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:42
|
|
|
CottonWolf posted:“I wish I’d got to chomp some more throats, you know?” "Crazy the things you don't notice when you're too busy gorging on delightful filth. I never appreciated butterflies enough."
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:44
|
|
|
CottonWolf posted:While we’re on the topic of vampire games, does anyone know of any good vampire dynasty strategy games? It feels like one should exist, but so can’t think of any. Modded Crusader Kings 2 is probably going to be your best bet. There is a vampire CK2 sort of game but I don't think it's meant to be very good
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:48
|
|
|
HopperUK posted:Modded Crusader Kings 2 is probably going to be your best bet. There is a vampire CK2 sort of game but I don't think it's meant to be very good Princes of Darkness it is then. One day Paradox might make an official version. They own the IP after all.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:53
|
|
|
A friend gifted me both The Silver Case and The 25th Ward, time to Kill The Past
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 00:55
|
|
|
Looper posted:it's time to ban putting overplayed pop music in trailers And more of this https://twitter.com/austin_walker/status/1601089856347975680 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUZevH5yK3Q
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 01:03
|
|
|
Noted good mod Anbennar for noted good game Europa Universalis 4 has a couple of nations that have a vampire power base. It's cool and flavourful IMO  
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 01:09
|
|
|
jesus lmao Redfall truly is a piece of poo poo game in every single way. This should have just been canceled.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 01:42
|
|
|
Xenonauts 2 is going to finally hit early access in the next month or two and I am very hyped for it. I preferred the style of old school XCOM to the firaxis remakes even though they are also very good games, and Xenonauts 2 seems to go more for that older vibe. I bounced off Xenonauts 1 a little, though I've been meaning to try it again. I saw some videos of people playing the 50 day demo of Xenonauts 2 and it looks great
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 02:21
|
|
|
Volcano Princesses true ending is some of the most out there left field poo poo I've seen in a minute. The one plot twist anyone could see easy, then the other two come out of no where for a hearty lmao wut. All this excarebated by the absolute inscrutablity of most of the text in the cutscenes.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 02:33
|
|
|
redfall just kind of sucks huh. boring, visually unappealing, kinda janky, low-effort, stuttery on pc. there seems to be zero reason why they couldn't have just lowered the resolution to get 60fps on xbox considering i've seen meh pcs get 100+ at 1080p.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 03:16
|
|
|
Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:redfall just kind of sucks huh. boring, visually unappealing, kinda janky, low-effort, stuttery on pc. there seems to be zero reason why they couldn't have just lowered the resolution to get 60fps on xbox considering i've seen meh pcs get 100+ at 1080p. something went catastrophically off the rails development-wise, and my only guess is that the entire arkane team had only ever touched the in-house void engine and they just could not make the transition over to UE4 "your game development team in 2023 doesn't know how to use UE4" is an admittedly bizarre reason for a game to flop, but truth is sometimes stranger than fiction
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 03:40
|
|
|
oh no, I just saw the redfall reviews
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 04:29
|
|
|
CottonWolf posted:“I wish I’d got to chomp some more throats, you know?” good vice quote
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 04:33
|
|
|
Redfall is exactly what we all predicted it would be. In agreement with others, the game is just visually boring, and the gameplay loop is unappealing.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 04:35
|
|
|
I was holding out hope. This was in large part the Prey team after all.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 04:36
|
|
|
Rinkles posted:I was holding out hope. This was in large part the Prey team after all.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 04:42
|
|
|
I'm gonna play Redfall in the next day or two with some friends and will report back.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 04:44
|
|
|
we waiting with bated breath
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 04:49
|
|
|
Gaius Marius posted:Volcano Princesses true ending is some of the most out there left field poo poo I've seen in a minute. The one plot twist anyone could see easy, then the other two come out of no where for a hearty lmao wut. All this excarebated by the absolute inscrutablity of most of the text in the cutscenes. still not sure if ur making this game up or not
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 05:11
|
|
|
haha what posted:still not sure if ur making this game up or not So the Dad unknowingly fell in love with the Islands resident Goddess, and they had a child together. This child inherited the divinity from the mother so the Town's most legendary warrior secretly had the father killed and exchanged his soul into her body so he could gain enough power to take the source of power from the Goddess mother. Inhabiting you're sisters body, he pretended to be an apprentice of the warrior and ends up in control of the military of the Kingdom. And sets up the town on a crusade against the Goddess by misinforming them, letting them believe she's actually a demon. She meanwhile sad that her child and husband are dead. Force evolves one bird into a human and then puts the fathers soul into that vessel, and creates a second talking bird as a butler. Then has a second, mortal child with the Husband. This is the Girl you raise in every chapter after the prologue. She however is hunted down and injured by the Legendary Warrior, now going by Lesbas, who is extremely confused as to how the father is alive and how their seems to be an identical but younger little girl living at their house. But he doesn't focus on it too much because he can now match the Goddess in combat by using her daughters body as a vessel and is only stopped from gaining immortality by the Goddess's ability to turn the forest and jungles hostile with monsters and her ability to escape. When he does manage to corner her again he manages to cut off her arm though, weakening her enough that the entire country starts de evolving into Birds again, including your father. Thinking this is caused by her, rather than by her injury. Your daughter enlists to help put a stop to the "'Owl Queen" unwittingly signing up with the man who killed your sister and possessed her body to go on a crusade to hunt down and kill your mom. Your sister being divine though has lost her physical vessel but still maintains her spirit. She uses this to show up in your dreams and be cryptic. And to confuse the living poo poo out of the players when she shows up in endings that don't explain any of this e.g. most of them. Luckily in the true ending you kill the Warrior and reunite with your sister and mother for a minute before shipping out for your epilogue. You also see that the de evolution has been cured and the Goddess is free to resume her life as the Father's loving wife. Probably still keeping him in the dark that she took out his soul and put it into an extremely advanced birds body.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 05:34
|
|
|
I resent human-to-bird transformations being called “devolution”
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 05:49
|
|
|
haveblue posted:They're good for kids if you don't mind a little essentialism, like most classic fantasy. No idea if the author ever did or said anything bad, wikipedia has nothing IIRC, the main author criticisms about Brian Jacques are mostly based on criticizing that essentialism rather than him having a Rowling situation going on. The books are generally really fixed on presenting all creatures of specific species as being a certain way - all mice are naturally kind and helpful, all moles are naturally humble laborers with rustic accents, all rats and other "vermin" are naturally evil murdering thieves, etc. - which keeps things relatively simple and understandable for children, but might also send the wrong kind of message.
|
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 06:49
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 11, 2024 11:03 |
|
|
I spent the evening playing Redfall. It's basically a Far Cry except the elites you have to glory kill. Also lol that the tutorial level gives you the Arkane "complete the objective your way" spiel except the objective is a room in a random fire station where all the windows are somehow bulletproof so you have to go through the prescribed two ways they let you enter the room to start the combat encounter Edit: the most damning thing was what I already expected, that Outriders was already a superior looter shooter from the ground up. In the first ten minutes of outriders you immediately start making enemies' heads explode whereas here they are dripfeeding the most generic abilities after every half-hour mission, the first thing I got was a decoy (which doesn't move the needle much considering the ai is already slow and dumb) and the second ability i've gotten was a small detpack CharlieFoxtrot fucked around with this message at 07:54 on May 2, 2023 |
|
#
?
May 2, 2023 07:47
|
|