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For which system will you be getting Assassin's Creed: Mirage?
This poll is closed.
PC 14 18.67%
PS5 5 6.67%
XSX 3 4.00%
PS4 1 1.33%
XBO 1 1.33%
I am going wait for the Switch port 51 68.00%
Total: 75 votes
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RPATDO_LAMD
Mar 22, 2013

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AngryBooch posted:

lmao a literal HARD DRIVE is up for best gaming hardware. Bro what are we doing here?

There's also a keyboard, a headset, and an ultrawide monitor. all of which are pretty much generic and just as good as anything else with the same general shape.
There are only 2 actually interesting pieces of hardware on the list: The playstation vr thing, and the "nitro deck" which is some kinda third party switch case+controller combo that at least looks like it does something new

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Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



AngryBooch posted:

lmao a literal HARD DRIVE is up for best gaming hardware. Bro what are we doing here?

what we're doing is a sweet cha-ching deal with samsung who's been aggressively pushing the 990 line, to the point that they've still been running ads for it during esports events even with every other sponsor largely hunkering down for the winter

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007
Lol at the three categories Starfield got a pity nom in. Audio and visual design especially: forgettable generic space music, standard sci-fi effect noises, even the signature cutscenes they make you watch 40 times doesn't really have a good musical sting to accompany it. Looked worse than Fallout 4 since they bailed on environmental design.

RPATDO_LAMD
Mar 22, 2013

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also why is dave the diver in the indie category? it's a cool game and by a small studio but it was bankrolled and published my Nexon

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



it's telling that BG3 continues to sit firmly near the top of the steam best seller charts two months out while starfield's barely a month into release and has already dropped well below it

i'm sure todd will make another big cartoon sack of money off it, but i can't help but feel like bethesda's finally starting to run into the same dreary shoals of diminishing returns that marvel has firmly beached themselves on

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’m sure Gamepass also probably ate into its sales somewhat.

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Vermain posted:

it's telling that BG3 continues to sit firmly near the top of the steam best seller charts two months out while starfield's barely a month into release and has already dropped well below it

i'm sure todd will make another big cartoon sack of money off it, but i can't help but feel like bethesda's finally starting to run into the same dreary shoals of diminishing returns that marvel has firmly beached themselves on

idk, i think a straight skyrim clone would still be chart-topping (regardless of the GP effect)

they tried something different, but the result is imo something that still has all the faults of their previous games (some magnified), but very little of their strengths. it does some cool new things, but not enough to elevate it to anything particularly special (again, imo).

The Postman
May 12, 2007

drat I need to get back to Pizza Tower

DalaranJ
Apr 15, 2008

Yosuke will now die for you.
Giving Tears a best community nom is racism against koroks.

Mode 7
Jul 28, 2007

The Postman posted:

drat I need to get back to Pizza Tower

Pizza Tower is fantastic and you absolutely do.

Mr Hootington
Jul 24, 2008

I'M HAVING A HOOT EATING CORNETTE THE LONG WAY

Lol nintendo wins again

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003
I played some Wo Long tonight and I am finding it a lot more accesssible for me than Nioh. The deflection skill makes me feel pretty godlike and I have less things to manage when fighting.

I am on the second mission with the Akira Horse Slide Guy and just got to the big boss who pancaked me immediately. I gotta learn the timings!

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

how dare you play cool games offstream

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Kerrzhe posted:

how dare you play cool games offstream

Oh no! I can always shelve it till later! I have so many games to play that there is always something to do offline :)

ChickenHeart
Nov 28, 2007

Take me at your own risk.

Kiss From a Hog
Darktide had an update yesterday that redid all the character talent trees and it's a ton of fun.

For instance the Ogryn can customize their loadout to include a single king-sized grenade:

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

Modern Video Games posted:

Oh no! I can always shelve it till later! I have so many games to play that there is always something to do offline :)

lol it's okay you can play whatever you want whenever you want. as you know i only am able to show up at the very end of your streams anyway!!


i just think wo long is pretty cool. i will have to play through the DLCs at some point

Sakurazuka
Jan 24, 2004

NANI?

RPATDO_LAMD posted:

also why is dave the diver in the indie category? it's a cool game and by a small studio but it was bankrolled and published my Nexon

'Indie' always ends up a genre not an accurate description

Vermain
Sep 5, 2006



Modern Video Games posted:

I played some Wo Long tonight and I am finding it a lot more accesssible for me than Nioh. The deflection skill makes me feel pretty godlike and I have less things to manage when fighting.

I am on the second mission with the Akira Horse Slide Guy and just got to the big boss who pancaked me immediately. I gotta learn the timings!

nioh is a fun set of games but it's also deeply, deeply impenetrable because of team ninja's love of Systems. most of the core mechanics are comprehensible from the jump, but then it lobs, like, 4 different progression systems at you at once, and that's too overwhelming even for a nuts-and-bolts kinda guy like me

wo long was their attempt to make their third person ARPG formula more broadly accessible, and i think they did a drat fine job. it'd probably be my GotY if BG3 hadn't come out, but it's still an excellent pickup regardless

Owl Inspector
Sep 14, 2011

Yeah wo long is a lot more comprehensible than nioh, maybe almost too simplified as you really can get through most of the game with just the two basic attack buttons and deflects, but it’s a pretty solid action game with razor sharp controls and great feel

Also try stranger of paradise if you liked the idea of nioh but found it too overwhelming, SOP is much more approachable than nioh while still having more going on than dark souls with a lot of cool classes to try out.

Infinitum
Jul 30, 2004


One of my major complaints with Nioh is that it just dropped loot nonstop, so rather than meaningful upgrades it was just non-stop 0.5%-1% increases and there was so MUCH of it.

I read later that 'the real game' opens up later and upgrades make sense then, but like.. you're just overwhelming players until then and expecting them to know that. Just have a system of 'here is your weapon, it does cool stuff'

Hoping to get Lies of P when it goes on sale, cause it sounds very similar to Bloodborne.

Squiggle
Sep 29, 2002

I don't think she likes the special sauce, Rick.


I put Dredge and System Shock on the Deck today for spooky season, my goal is to finish them by Halloween which shouldn't be hard, but finishing games in general is not really a thing I do so here's to having goals!

Rinkles
Oct 24, 2010

What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?
i think this was implied earlier, but Diablo 4 is officially coming to Steam in 2 weeks

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2344520/Diablo_IV/

Khanstant
Apr 5, 2007
Eh we're good here, would rather maintain the quarantine.

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

RPATDO_LAMD posted:

also why is dave the diver in the indie category? it's a cool game and by a small studio but it was bankrolled and published my Nexon

it's in de ocean

MechaSeinfeld
Jan 2, 2008


Infinitum posted:

One of my major complaints with Nioh is that it just dropped loot nonstop, so rather than meaningful upgrades it was just non-stop 0.5%-1% increases and there was so MUCH of it.

I read later that 'the real game' opens up later and upgrades make sense then, but like.. you're just overwhelming players until then and expecting them to know that. Just have a system of 'here is your weapon, it does cool stuff'

Hoping to get Lies of P when it goes on sale, cause it sounds very similar to Bloodborne.

The gameplay feels a bit slower and more methodical than bloodborne. You can really hack and slash in BB and it encourages you to get aggressive but I don’t get that with Pinocchio. Big on punishes rather than just aggression. It owns tho.

I bet the devs were clenching for years hoping Sony wouldn’t announce Bloodborne remake or a patch and I hope they get to make a sequel.

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

RPATDO_LAMD posted:

also why is dave the diver in the indie category? it's a cool game and by a small studio but it was bankrolled and published my Nexon

Because Nexon basically hid that fact

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

apparently ARK 2 is not a survival game but is actually a souls-like? huh????

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

Ark Souls

haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal
Having just beaten Lies of P 30 seconds ago, it is extremely bloodborne in more ways than just combat style

Kerrzhe
Nov 5, 2008

hopefully one day i'll be able to play bloodborne and get to say "ah this is just like how it was in lies of p!"

Hwurmp
May 20, 2005

Ploodporne

Gaius Marius
Oct 9, 2012

haveblue posted:

Having just beaten Lies of P 30 seconds ago, it is extremely bloodborne in more ways than just combat style

Oh, does an old man tell you you can gently caress the doll in Pinocchios game too? I suppose that's more appropriate anyhow.

External Organs
Mar 3, 2006

One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."

exquisite tea posted:

I’m sure Gamepass also probably ate into its sales somewhat.

Count me in there, paid 10 bucks for a month of gamepass, played 5 hours of Starfield. Verdict: :geno:

External Organs
Mar 3, 2006

One time i prank called a bear buildin workshop and said I wanted my mamaws ashes put in a teddy from where she loved them things so well... The woman on the phone did not skip a beat. She just said, "Brang her on down here. We've did it before."
How is Dragons Dogma 2 not even in the list for most wanted game ?

MechaSeinfeld
Jan 2, 2008


They have to try keep it fair

Morpheus
Apr 18, 2008

My favourite little monsters
The Playdate system I ordered finally arrived the other day, it's basically a gameboy-esque device with only two buttons (no start/select), a d pad, and a little crank on the side of the device that you spin to do stuff in games. I bought it as more of a cute novelty than anything else but it's got some fun stuff that I pull out every now and then.

RBA Starblade
Apr 28, 2008

Going Home.

Games Idiot Court Jester

Sakurazuka posted:

'Indie' always ends up a genre not an accurate description

For example, noted indie game Destiny 2 got bought by Sony

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

MechaSeinfeld posted:

They have to try keep it fair

Then why is Suicide Squad there

Strawberry Panda
Nov 4, 2007

Breakfast Defecting, Slow Dick Touching, Root Beer Barreling SwagVP

Waffleman_ posted:

Then why is Suicide Squad there

Paid for.

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haveblue
Aug 15, 2005



Toilet Rascal

Gaius Marius posted:

Oh, does an old man tell you you can gently caress the doll in Pinocchios game too? I suppose that's more appropriate anyhow.

I personally cannot gently caress the puppets but there is more than one human/puppet couple so I guess someone does

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