February Games Chat Thread: It's Not March Yet

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I said come in!: Jun 22, 2004

None of the games coming out this month interest me. Still continuing to play just Diablo 3 and Overwatch until Mass Effect Andromeda comes out.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2017 15:05

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 22:30

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Captain Invictus posted:

Is that weird horizon video even confirmed to be from that, or could it just be some weirdo making a purposely lovely spoof video, looks like one of those "IN 3D!!!!" style parody videos

What are you referring to?

# ¿ Feb 1, 2017 15:06

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Horizon Zero Dawn is developed by Gurrilla Games, they created the Killzone series, and none of those games were good.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2017 15:18

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Harrow posted:

Can't disagree there. Once again, I want it to be good because the basic premise is just so perfect for an exploration-based science fiction RPG, but this is modern Bioware, and on top of that, they're being really stingy with actual gameplay footage. Dragon Age Inquisition had a 25-minute gameplay presentation a full year before it came out, not to mention playable press/show floor demos a few months after that, and hour-long videos where they showed off all their combat tweaks. Mass Effect Andromeda has one five-minute gameplay video, a couple of teasers, and a story trailer.

Not to mention all the indications that the story isn't actually about exploring rad planets and finding a new home for humanity while solving conflicts with the native inhabitants of this star system, but instead about an ancient precursor species with mysterious ruins and a ~*~threat to the galaxy (but a different galaxy this time)~*~

I really want to disagree with you but you're right, I know deep down that you are. The gameplay footage of really awkward cutscenes and poorly done animations are troubling.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2017 15:33

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haveblue posted:

In lieu of a Nioh review, Polygon posted an apology that they haven't been able to get far enough into it to write one.

I doesn't surprise me that Aurthur Gies cannot beat a video game. Dude is a total hack that would never cut it in any job that requires effort.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2017 02:06

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alf_pogs posted:

wasn't he the guy reviewed DOOM and had all those gifs of himself missing point-blank range shots? ?

Yeah, that is him. I mostly hate him because of his absurd Bayonetta 2 review where he hated the game because you play as a woman. He writes the most insane clickbait.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2017 04:02

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Lurdiak posted:

They keep replacing him with a new Sonic.

1991 Sonic is my favorite.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2017 04:12

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GUI posted:

What's the deal with Xboner ads

That's the logo for Comedy Central, so I assume this is some silly movie.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 15:07

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I would buy Nioh if it had a retarded piss baby mode. I don't like difficult games.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2017 00:36

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Grapplejack posted:

At this point I have no idea. They aren't going to make it, ever.

Valve is a bunch of spineless dicks.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2017 02:00

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Ciaphas posted:

Maybe I should start playing Heroes of the Storm again

I know I know MOBA FREE TO PLAY BLARRGH and legit complaints all but I genuinely likee that game

It's one of the better moba's. Reasonable gameplay mechanics.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2017 03:20

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What is the current status of Star Citizen? How much of the game is playable right now?

# ¿ Feb 6, 2017 05:24

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Was getting any sort of game to work on Windows 3.1/MS-DOS through Windows 95 as frustrating as I remember it being?

# ¿ Feb 7, 2017 05:06

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weak wrists big dick posted:

I guarantee you did not stare at the blinking text cursor while flipping through the manual bundled with the game (or the sweaty piece of notebook paper your friend gave you with 20 floppy disks) alone

I was thinking about the game Stonekeep the other day, and I remember I could not for the life of me ever get that title to work. It's on GOG now frustration free minus any odd gameplay mechanic quirks.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2017 05:09

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Captain Invictus posted:

hahahaha, I love this, Maximillian is a pretty well-known twitch streamer especially in the fighting game community, he was streaming Nioh(and still is right now) and a handful of substantial donations came in which nearly got him killed on multiple occasions. Him freaking out to the donations as well as trying not to die in Nioh is pretty great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wJ5nl9vguQ&hd=1

I'd probably have the same reaction, noises and all, to that first one

Those will probably all get charge backed in a month anyways. Maximillian is an awesome and entertaining streamer to watch though.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2017 15:01

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Destiny 2 is going to be poorly received because fans have the unrealistic expectation that they will actually be able to transfer their Destiny 1 progress over to the sequel, and there is just no way that is going to happen.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 15:07

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FirstAidKite posted:

I was looking at that cancelled brothers in arms game and man, I knew that stuff from it was repurposed for battleborn but looking at this character art makes it kinda obvious haha

Sometimes I think about how people unironically believed Battleborn would be better then Overwatch and I laugh.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 15:34

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Grapplejack posted:

Thanks gamestop

This seems like a really odd backwards way to sell something?

# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 04:28

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Phantasium posted:

Well, at least someone remembered SCUD.

EDIT: This made it sound assy like I was making GBS threads on your work so I'm just going to amend that that's cool and the only reason I know of SCUD is because of the assy Saturn game.

I remember playing the SCUD demo for PC. The game was a piece of poo poo but its style was so unique and captivating at the time.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 04:51

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CJacobs posted:

For me personally it's because they are acting like they are doing the player a great service by creating more content for a game that's not even out yet and charging money for it

This is nothing new, this is how the game industry has worked since the Xbox 360 came out.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 16:09

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I think Mario Kart 8 had a season pass?

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 16:09

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There was also that Fire Emblem game on 3DS where you had to buy multiple copies of the game to get the full single player.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 16:12

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Help Im Alive posted:

How do you want them to present it

"hey you loving idiots"

I mean it wouldn't be dishonest at least.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 16:19

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Dr Cheeto posted:

Not as weird as the fact that they all have the same face

It worked for Dragon Ball Z.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2017 16:15

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Cyron posted:

final fantasy 10 had awful art and the main character is bad and annoying but it have one of the best turn based combat systems and most of the charaters are good to bad rear end motherfuckers.

Final Fantasy 10 is the best FF game and everything about it is a work of art.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 15:54

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Lurdiak posted:

You search your own lovely heart, FFX is a terrible game.

I just hate to see you post!

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 16:00

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Jay Rust posted:

Is Final Fantasy XV any good?

Yes, it actually turned out to be a pretty good game. There's a few moments in the storyline that are awful but nothing that ruins the experience.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 16:02

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# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 16:06

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Final Fantasy XIV is probably the most faithful game in the series to those who still cling onto nostalgia.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 16:19

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Andrast posted:

Too bad it's an MMO so it's automatically poo poo

Yeah, I don't disagree with you there. XIV is even worst as far as MMO's go because of all of its gated content, backtracking through old zones, and 2 hour long cutscenes.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 16:21

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The White Dragon posted:

but that was 2014

But Nintendo officially announced back then that every year was year of the Luigi from here on out.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2017 15:52

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oddium posted:

haha

I think this was some sort of joke? Or maybe a game developer that is working on an actual game and was using this as some sort of weird viral marketing stunt. The Kickstarter never talked about the game itself.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2017 01:18

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Out of touch marketing, underpowered hardware, required accessories like the Kinect, exclusives that no one cared for, and leaked internal drama within Microsoft Games, resulted in consumers giving up on the Xbox brand.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2017 07:51

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Blackfyre posted:

Is there any news on the PC version of Automata.

I thought this was confirmed but it's not even available for pre-order on Steam. So I guess for now Automata is PS4 exclusive.

# ¿ Feb 24, 2017 16:02

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Lurdiak posted:

You make it sound like a Starship Troopers game.

The FPS that came out in 2005 for PC and PlayStation 2 was pretty alright.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 19:27

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Don't spend money if you think you might be quitting your job, please. The Last Guardian turned out to be pretty good. Torment: Tides of Numenera is not finished yet, so no opinion.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 19:45

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Yeah, early access games are bad times. There's no incentive or accountability for developers to finish their games when they are funded by people they don't have to answer to (Star Citizen and ARK to name a few). Torment: Tides of Numenera has been early access on Steam for over a year, although I guess it will finally be finished on Tuesday? The Steam page doesn't make this clear, but Google searching reveals that as the date.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 20:01

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Night in the Woods looks like a cute game and I want to play it.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 20:33

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FirstAidKite posted:

The heck does "adulting" mean

It's people pretending that they have a difficult time with basic functions, taking care of oneself, cleaning up the house, running errands, etc. Millennials wanting to label themselves as children and then getting upset when everyone views them as such.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 20:47

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 22:30

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FirstAidKite posted:

P sure this is just clinical depression

It's not though in the context that people are using it.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2017 21:17

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