February game chat: I bet this Valentine was Sonixpected

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precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I hope the runaway success of 2Emake ushers in a third wave of good survival horror games

# ¿ Feb 1, 2019 07:31

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 01:15

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I'm gonna do it

I'm gonna hunt mons

# ¿ Feb 1, 2019 09:51

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Why isn't there an Atelier megathread

Also why does my phone know the word "megatank" :tinfoil:

# ¿ Feb 2, 2019 00:57

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Looper posted:

your phone also wants more advance wars

So do I

Maybe they could meet the fans halfway and make Advance Wars like a top down Valkyria Chronicles with more of a detailed world and characters with more than one personality trait

# ¿ Feb 2, 2019 01:13

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

homeless snail posted:

lmao, yoko taro is doing the new 24 man raid in FF14

psychic... powerless... another man's sac

# ¿ Feb 2, 2019 11:41

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

how come nobody is making like a battle royale game that's like twisted metal or rocket league or w/e

# ¿ Feb 3, 2019 00:25

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

In Training posted:

I like FFXIV but I like MMOs. Don't trick people who like normal video games into buying it.

I hate MMOs but I think ff14 is good tho

# ¿ Feb 4, 2019 05:42

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Enkmar posted:

The game looks really loving uninspired, but this level of concern trolling is somehow even more uninspired

"Concern trolling" lmao good one do "virtue signaling" next :haw:

# ¿ Feb 4, 2019 05:45

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

lets hang out posted:

wanting games to fail is the most childish poo poo in the world

This but for all forms of art

Like I'm loving cynical and all but goddamn some of you are being weird

# ¿ Feb 4, 2019 07:58

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I had no idea Slay the Spire was doing very well, that's a cool surprise. It's fun as heck.

Now where's my Switch Pokemon TCG with a single player campaign. The game boy ones were surprisingly fun

# ¿ Feb 4, 2019 08:38

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Is there any other choice based game that rewards picking the apparently worst choices as much as Until Dawn does?

I mean the overall plot doesn't change much but if you pick the "good" things you get a categorically vastly more boring game than if you pick all the "stupid teenagers in a horror movie" ones. You miss out on sooo many brief moments if you don't rp every character as an idiotic rear end in a top hat. I was even gonna say "aside from Hayden Panettiere" but then I remembered she has rear end in a top hat choices that end up hilarious too

# ¿ Feb 4, 2019 12:21

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Apex legends is honestly kind of fun :shrug:

# ¿ Feb 5, 2019 02:30

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Yeah "apex legends" sounds like a fake game or possibly some obscure final fantasy spinoff

It actually is pretty fun tho, but I'm a dumb baby that likes overwatch sooooo

# ¿ Feb 5, 2019 05:29

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Spring Break My Heart posted:

What are some cool names for recent games. Something distinctive, yet cool sounding.

Enter the Gungeon: Advanced Gungeons and Draguns

# ¿ Feb 5, 2019 06:29

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

The 7th Guest posted:

reading rpgfan reviews

"If there is one point that gives the story redemption, it's the translated dialogue. You can tell that Atlus had fun translating this title, and they didn't even bother being politically correct or even tasteful. Pop culture references such as "milf" made it into the dialogue, and Arabic-looking characters were donned such names as "Sadam Insein." Not necessarily clever, but certainly bold."

What the gently caress

# ¿ Feb 5, 2019 07:12

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Gamers hate girls, film @ 11

# ¿ Feb 5, 2019 08:04

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

The only thing I don't like about Apex is that itt it's kinda lovely design to have players start with no weapon or ammo and have to find one. It over-emphasizes memorizing the map. Just because everyone else does it doesn't make it good

# ¿ Feb 5, 2019 09:35

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Surprising literally everyone, Apex Legends is fantastic.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2019 19:27

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Real hurthling! posted:

Its ok. Best in a diseased class

Being free and having remarkably stable servers helps

# ¿ Feb 6, 2019 19:31

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I got a new PS4 slim just 2 months ago and it's been having an odd number of system crashes, usually while scrolling through the menu after closing a streaming video app. Anyone else had that happen lately?

# ¿ Feb 7, 2019 02:14

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

mutata posted:

Apex Legends is pretty fun and I'm not really a huge fan of BR games either. Y'all should give it a chance.

We'll see how it goes, but the launch has been HUGE from what I'm hearing. Lots of positive chatter.

Yeah it's incredibly, insanely fun and honestly I'm glad there's only one straight white dude in it. Cynical inclusiveness is still inclusiveness, and nobody can read minds so it's not even a given that it's cynical. I hear queer people are everywhere, even in this very thread :ninja:

(Mirage is my husbando)

# ¿ Feb 9, 2019 01:37

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Real hurthling! posted:

Sometimes no fear, big dogs or coed naked.

Gotta have all the 90's tshirt brands

"No wife, no horse, no mustache."

# ¿ Feb 9, 2019 03:13

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I'll be surprised if the actual gameplay of death stranding actually does anything new or interesting like he keeps saying

Ropes and sticks and whatever

But if it does have a cool actual gameplay hook I'll sit through the literal five thousand hours of cutscenes

# ¿ Feb 10, 2019 07:42

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

Does anyone actually believe Valve's "we promise if something ever happens to Steam you're not gonna lose access to your games"

Yes, because Steam will never go away. It's like coca cola or doritos. Steam will somehow still exist in 100 years.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2019 20:41

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

MysticalMachineGun posted:

They honestly probably haven't thought about it rather than made a conscious decision

Don't need to worry about disconnects with netcode this good! *reality kool-aid mans in through the wall*

You're probably being sarcastic but the netcode actually is shockingly good

# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 06:24

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

MysticalMachineGun posted:

I was more going with "no matter how good your netcode is there's always something you didn't/couldn't account for"

Oh for sure, I'm just shocked that in like 20 hours I've not been booted or dropped once and only seen lag maybe 3 times. It's pretty crazy when my last big multiplayer game was mass effect, whose MP often ran like it was being hosted on a 386

# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 06:50

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I'm vaguely tempted to get kingdom Hearts 3, is there a cure for whatever brain disease I clearly have

# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 10:41

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Excuse me, kingdom Hearts 2.9

# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 10:41

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Internet Kraken posted:

Yeah watch a summary of the plot.

If after that you still want to play it then I'm sorry, its terminal.

Get this: watching funny youtube summaries of the plot is why I'm tempted to get it :v:

# ¿ Feb 11, 2019 10:52

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Maybe this is bonkers of me but I want heavily story based games to go into new genres. Instead of having them all be third person adventures with shooting or stabbing, why not something like "Friday Night Lights: the Game" where you get this great and involving narrative married to a fresh setting and genre

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 00:31

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

I think I got NBA2K16 with ps plus, is that one of the ones with a good story mode?

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 00:45

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Real hurthling! posted:

A shenmue but you are a hs football star instead of a kungfoo forklift driver could be cool

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 00:45

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Okay here's my pitch

You control one specific player. Manipulate the narrative to avoid too many branches. First, not every season game necessarily matters. Second, you have the player not be active in some plays. Third, you have a bunch of side quest type games where you play in the park or you just do practice with your friends. Whatever

Depending on who you hang out with and how you treat them and help (or don't) with their problems, affects how they do in games. Do you spend your free time blazing with the stoners or do you help your QB stand up to his alcoholic dad etc

If you wanted to get real nuts make it so that the story isn't directly related to how well you do in the games, like Pyre sorta. Have the alcoholic dad and the girlfriends and boyfriends be the main draw with the games serving as a kind of backdrop that affects the mood (winning or losing) but not the events

EA hire me god drat it :mad:

# ¿ Feb 12, 2019 00:59

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

exquisite tea posted:

There's an ongoing fanfic now at probably hundreds of thousands of words where Max and Chloe join an underground PMC following the events of Life is Strange.