Palpek posted:

I'm back from vacation, did I miss some games?

CrashCat posted:

and should not be neglected

why the gently caress is doc louis from punch out called jollywell though

precision posted:

Speaking of terrible parenting, one of my ex's named her daughter "Aeris". Why would you impose that on a child. Why.

Ostentatious posted:

oddium posted:

what should be doing with his life lurdiak

Sakurazuka posted:

Video games are good

Ruggan posted:

Any MMOs out that aren't WoW, GW2, FF or WoW clones and are actually popular and not godawful?

Help Im Alive posted:

When's Max Payne 4

oddium posted:

soft shell tacos and burritos are for clowns and children

Bicyclops posted:

Guts Man and Ice Man are going to be very frustrating for you, but I wish you well in your quest (Bomb Man is a very good first victim).

precision posted:

I hate games that show your completion rate on the menu. Rise of the 2mb Raider says I'm already at 10% and I literally just got to the first real area.

Black Lodge Palpek posted:

That's a possibility but considering how popular GTA Online is I wouldn't be surprised if they just focused on that mode and skip an expensive single-player campaign.

Shindragon posted:

Ok what is your beef with Naughty Dog dude.

Like I noticed anytime ND is brought up you say something negative about them. Like yeah I get Uncharted is not everyone's cup of tea, but I know it's more than Uncharted with you.

Just curiosity. No malice, no HURR you are a hater.

edit: I know you are probably in the industry just like me so it's like ok there's gotta be more.

Guy Mann posted:

FYI that entire site is basically built around getting people to click on Amazon links so the author can soak up affiliate referral money from them. It has some funny stuff on it but that soured me on it, especially since he started doing stuff like not letting RSS feeds display articles just to drive more clicks.

credburn posted:

Hey, all you old-school Doom and Quake players, I have a question about Doom...um, the new Doom. Not called "The New Doom" but just "Doom" for some stupid reason. That's strike 1, new Doom!

I've never been into multiplayer games because I'm a misanthropic agoraphobic human hating fire bombing loner. So this question is specifically about the single player. Also, I'm playing with a proper mouse and keyboard, not the NES Advantage or whateverthefuck incarnation of that homophobic racist Linkin Park kids use with their 30 FPS games.

I want to pick up Doom, but I'm not entirely sold on it. I haven't actually seen any videos of it since a little bit before its release, and I wasn't really liking what I was seeing. What I saw was some frantic, wonderful running and gunning, jumping and splattering and blowing away demons and it looked like a proper update to the Doom classic, a Doom for the new generation. But then I saw that switching between weapons brought up a weird UI and it brought the game into slow motion. Well, this offends me. Doom didn't slow down for nothing. Leaping behind cover and swapping your weapon and then leaping back was part of the chaotic fun. I know it was pretty simple back then; you didn't have to reload your gun or anything. But I don't LIKE the idea of time slowing down to swap out my weapon. So I am wondering, 1) can this be disabled and 2) if it can't be disabled, do you find this hurts the gameplay, especially coming at this from the thirst for Doom-like nostalgic ultra-violence?

My next question pertains to finishing moves. I think I saw a Youtube video with a guy playing a beta of it (or something) and he said that doing finishing moves makes you invulnerable during the animation, and he went on to say that that becomes a rather necessary gameplay element, with so much going on one needs a brief break of random invulnerability. This offends me. I've been playing some other games wherein performing finishing moves makes you invulnerable, and I use this to my advantage. If it's part of the game, I'm going to use it, but I sure don't like it. I think it pulls me out of the immersion. Not the finishing moves -- that's fine -- but let me be at risk doing it. So I am wondering, 1) Does it still make you invulnerable, or was that an early build feature, 2) are there multiple finishing moves for various monsters? I don't want to see the same finishing move 100 times, and 3) do you have to initiate the finishing move, or does it just happen mid-combat?

Oh, and final question: How is health handled? Is it like classic FPS games where you have to monitor your health and go get medikits and such, or is it like pussy boo-hoo modern FPS games where you just squat behind a table and wait for your health to come back you loving pussy wimp?

CJacobs posted:

Former Video Games Humor Man Seanbaby and the writer for i-mockery were infamous back in "the day" for being real dismissive of modern game mechanics and conceits.

edit: Is I-Mockery still a thing?

credburn posted:

Are you actually laughing out loud when you submit a reply?

In Training posted:

Sometimes yeah

Lurdiak posted:

Tell it to get a job.

CJacobs posted:

there is no need for this lovely attitude sarcasm my man, we're all friends here

In Training posted:

corn in the bible posted:

or you can buy the mario all stars wii release, and......

funny Star Wars parody posted:

Aw man how did I just find the chat thread

Hi everybody

Snak posted:

Well, it turns out the car is fine. Amazingly.

Don't know the rest of the story yet. Apparently he got drunk, drove himself to the clinic because of his heart condition, and then left the car there. Which is where I found it. So at least no one was hurt.

Wamdoodle posted:

Muthafacka, I love games so much, I play and I watch people play them, now what!?

Sakurazuka posted:

I beat GnG followed by Super in a day once, I had way to much loving free time as a kid.

Bicyclops posted:

I didn't know there was a Watchmen game until now and I choose to believe that you're making it up, and it doesn't exist.