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Larry Parrish
Jul 9, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Has this developer ever made anything besides trash zombie games, anyway.

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Bolverkur
Aug 9, 2012

why isn't it ever something different like the inevitable rise of the lizard people instead of this zombie poo poo over and over again

Silver Striker
May 22, 2013

On a side note, I'm really excited for Dead Island 2 because it's being made by the Spec Ops: The Line retards. It's going to be insanely bad and Games will still love it and probably buy a few emotes and banner ads for it.

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Bolverkur posted:

why isn't it ever something different like the inevitable rise of the lizard people instead of this zombie poo poo over and over again

cause zombies dont need any real ai programming

Lumpy the Cook
Feb 4, 2011

Drippy-goo-yay, mother-gunker!

Silver Striker posted:

On a side note, I'm really excited for Dead Island 2 because it's being made by the Spec Ops: The Line retards. It's going to be insanely bad and Games will still love it and probably buy a few emotes and banner ads for it.

I did not know this. It's going to be the preachiest game ever made

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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Eleanor Pwnsevelt posted:

this becomes clear in the last half of the game

gently caress of course it does :(

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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does games like dead island? that game is really loving bad

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


what was bad about it, i never played it

i'm liking dying light ok enough, but it seems very fetch quest-y so far and the combat is a bit... simple, i suppose?

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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yeah i am enjoying dying light. night time is probably the most fun part of it.

dead island is really bad and tried to be wow except with diablo 'left click to swing' mechanics. additionally, the environments were boring and bland and visually unappealing. it was a game sold on a trailer played backwards with no gameplay so lol

tl;dr : dead island is boring

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


Should I be aiming with melee weapons at all, like for the head or something

It seems to not really make much difference what I do

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Ciaphas posted:

Should I be aiming with melee weapons at all, like for the head or something

It seems to not really make much difference what I do

in dying light? the auto aim doesn't really seem to do anything and zombies no matter where you hit them have crazy health until you get enough levels to get decent weapon spawns or that kick/kill combo at level 12. I'd stick to aiming for legs and heads for bladed weapons since you could get a sever but with blunt i don't think it matters.

mysterious loyall X
Jul 8, 2003

i'm not going to play this parkour open world survival crafting random loot game stupid d bitch

Sir AIDS
Nov 5, 2013

Daikatana Ritsu posted:

i love ninja pwning the zombies :D.

Sir AIDS
Nov 5, 2013
Parkour. Zombies. Dead Island gameplay. AM I in heaven

MrAptronym
Jan 4, 2007

"...And then there was Bitcoin."

mysterious loyall X posted:

i'm not going to play this parkour open world survival crafting random loot game stupid d bitch

Popular videogames are now designed by forum wordclouds.

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

Sir AIDS posted:

Parkour. Zombies. Dead Island gameplay. AM I in heaven

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox
It's a fun game, op. I greatly enjoy kicking zombies off rooftops, into spikes, through windows, etc.

Nemesis Of Moles
Jul 25, 2007

PantsBandit posted:

It's a fun game, op. I greatly enjoy kicking zombies off rooftops, into spikes, through windows, etc.

ya this bit was good too

Sir AIDS
Nov 5, 2013
ZOmbies. Parkour. Crafting. Console FPS.

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

Sir AIDS posted:

ZOmbies. Parkour. Crafting. Console FPS.

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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i've been enjoying it but that's just my point of view

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox

hubris.height posted:

i've been enjoying it but that's just my point of view

You should, because it's fun.

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

hubris.height posted:

i've been enjoying it but that's just my point of view

This is exactly what the pedophiles at Badgame say about watching child pornography.

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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Wormskull posted:

This is exactly what the pedophiles at Badgame say about watching child pornography.

also hitller about the burning the jews

but unlike wormskull i don't think enjoying video games is like child porn or gas chambers

JIZZ DENOUEMENT
Oct 3, 2012

STRIKE!
I haven't played it but this looks like the best zombie game in recent memory. Parkour and crafting seems like it does add a little something fresh.

Coolguye
Jul 6, 2011

Required by his programming!
the crafting is practically ignorable. usually all you do is spit out some bombs or molotovs or whatever so you can do something easier, you don't have to do much of anything else. the ghettoblasting weapons are not even remotely required, you can just pick up whatever you find off the last dude you murdered and it'll be more than enough.

i mean if you want to then go ahead but i always just focused on killing that which was already dead and had a great time.

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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yea, the mirror's edge running around feels and works nicely, for the most part the game understands what i am trying to do. the parkour feels about 100 times better than unity, but that is not actually saying much. i've gotten to a point where there is tons of poo poo to do and im enjoying it because if i happen to try to do it at night i get to have cool chases and such.

been finding lots of decent weapons, i wonder if the loot lists are tied to your current level or im just in more difficult areas.

and you're right the crafting can be ignored pretty much completely. its nice if i just happen to have a medkit's worth of stuff with me but i never freak out and search for part x for item y

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox
Honestly near the end game you can completely stop searching for weapons because you'll have a poo poo ton of money and all the shops have a full stock of oranges.

Nemesis Of Moles
Jul 25, 2007

hubris.height posted:

yea, the mirror's edge running around feels and works nicely, for the most part the game understands what i am trying to do. the parkour feels about 100 times better than unity, but that is not actually saying much. i've gotten to a point where there is tons of poo poo to do and im enjoying it because if i happen to try to do it at night i get to have cool chases and such.

been finding lots of decent weapons, i wonder if the loot lists are tied to your current level or im just in more difficult areas.

and you're right the crafting can be ignored pretty much completely. its nice if i just happen to have a medkit's worth of stuff with me but i never freak out and search for part x for item y

loot is tied to your survivor level, if you coop with someone much higher level than you they will be finding assault rifles and poo poo while you find knives

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox
I cut both a zombie's arms off so it just stumbled after me and bit at the air when it got close. When it would lunge it would sometimes lose its balance and fall on its face.

Sir AIDS
Nov 5, 2013

JIZZ DENOUEMENT posted:

I haven't played it but this looks like the best zombie game in recent memory. Parkour and crafting seems like it does add a little something fresh.

Parkour and crafting seems like it does add a little something fresh.

Grim
Sep 11, 2003

Grimey Drawer
i want the dlc ninja costume but lol @ $25 AUD for a season pass on top of the already high price we paid for the game

Grim
Sep 11, 2003

Grimey Drawer
(i got it as a gift but the point stands)

In Training
Jun 28, 2008

Completely insane mentally challenged freak: I really want the ninja costume DLC for this AAA zombie killing game.

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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Grim posted:

(i got it as a gift but the point stands)

yea getting pretty tired of the season pass concept why would I pay when lightning rarely strikes twice

program666
Aug 22, 2013

A giant carnivorous dinosaur

Real hurthling! posted:

cause zombies dont need any real ai programming

From all I've watched about this game, it would be much more fitting if the setting was medieval fantasy, and the monsters were goblins and trolls and whatnot, specially since you use so much melee and throwing weapons anyway.
The reason they use zombies is probably more about what western audiences are used to, they have to go with the winning formula.

Wormskull
Aug 23, 2009

Sir AIDS posted:

Parkour and crafting seems like it does add a little something fresh.

hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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program666 posted:

From all I've watched about this game, it would be much more fitting if the setting was medieval fantasy, and the monsters were goblins and trolls and whatnot, specially since you use so much melee and throwing weapons anyway.
The reason they use zombies is probably more about what western audiences are used to, they have to go with the winning formula.

thats a really good idea and now while playing it all i will be able to imagine is the high fantasy parkour looter i could have been playing.

that said i think that western audiences are actually "zombied out" so it might not have been the winning formula to begin with

PantsBandit
Oct 26, 2007

it is both a monkey and a boombox
You guys are describing Shadow of Mordor you realize that right.

Anyways writing a game off because it's unoriginal is really dumb but I guess if people want to feel elitist about something that's fine. Just missing out on a really fun game.

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hubris.height
Jan 6, 2005

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i have been meaning to borrow shadows of mordor from my buddy but haven't gotten around to it. i hear that shits its pants in the second half as well, though, when it becomes kind of dull

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