Author Topic: Random Gaming Talk Thread (Read 1734902 times)

archie4208 · « **Reply #16260 on:** February 01, 2016, 05:50:20 PM »

Preordered Xcom 2 and Fire Emblem Fates
Still playing The Witness
Got about 2 games in my backlog I'd like to clear
Got addicted to Dota again

I need more hours in the day to play all these games.

VomKriege · « **Reply #16261 on:** February 02, 2016, 01:43:05 AM »

Quote from: Mods Help on January 31, 2016, 04:48:06 AM

Do you think it breaks the flow of the action because in the larger states there's too much going on to spray larger tags?

That and because the commands are pretty repetitive (they don't change, they're assigned by tag IIRC). Execution is somewhat flabby as well (the time limit on inputs is pretty lenient). I'd say it's too middle of the road and lacks progression. Maybe I'd prefer it better if the game mixed it up and / or had more fighting came commands for tag...

I'm no master or anything at the game, but to me there's only one stage where spraying big tags uninterrupted is really hard, the riot gas one.

chronovore · « **Reply #16262 on:** February 02, 2016, 02:11:35 AM »

http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/25/10831018/tmnt-platinum-games-first-trailer-mutants-in-manhattan

The full trailer looks pretty good.

Bebpo · « **Reply #16263 on:** February 02, 2016, 09:45:01 PM »

Any good way to check resell value of games? P4 Arena Ultimax went free today on PS3 PS+ and I realized while I own the game, it's still sealed so maybe I can sell/trade it for some cash.

demi · « **Reply #16264 on:** February 03, 2016, 12:53:35 AM »

Youll get like $5 for it, rofl.

But just check ebay.

archie4208 · « **Reply #16265 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:50:07 AM »

Apparently Mother 3 is coming to the west.

demi · « **Reply #16266 on:** February 04, 2016, 09:53:11 AM »

Game is ass

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16267 on:** February 04, 2016, 11:13:56 AM »

It's 2016, ass is ass.

toku · « **Reply #16268 on:** February 07, 2016, 05:53:23 PM »

demi · « **Reply #16269 on:** February 10, 2016, 11:32:24 AM »

Got my Obama money today, so if anyone feels like selling some stuff... I might entertain you

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16270 on:** February 10, 2016, 03:02:51 PM »

you want a RARE COMPLETE copy of Duke it out in dc

archie4208 · « **Reply #16271 on:** February 10, 2016, 11:04:02 PM »

So SMT4F is out and

spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://i.imgur.com/5t8VkzO.jpg

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bork · « **Reply #16272 on:** February 12, 2016, 02:39:55 PM »

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #16273 on:** February 12, 2016, 03:32:16 PM »

Just bought Devils Third.

Mods Help · « **Reply #16274 on:** February 12, 2016, 04:10:42 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on February 10, 2016, 11:04:02 PM

So SMT4F is out and
spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://i.imgur.com/5t8VkzO.jpg
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wait, what

spoiler (click to show/hide)

how are they using smt4 party

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archie4208 · « **Reply #16275 on:** February 12, 2016, 04:18:29 PM »

spoiler (click to show/hide)

You fight YHVH twice (or he has 2 phases, I don't remember which). The first fight is MC + your party while the second fight is the SMT4 cast

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Bebpo · « **Reply #16276 on:** February 13, 2016, 02:47:48 AM »

Not reading those spoilers. Just got SMTIV Final in the mail today and don't know ANYTHING about it. Read the SMTIV wiki to refresh on the plot since honestly the plot in SMTIV was pretty weak as shit for a mainline SMT tale. Played through the intro of Final so far and it's interesting. Looking forward to really getting into it.

VomKriege · « **Reply #16277 on:** February 13, 2016, 02:58:28 AM »

So apparently some translators for Valve are on strike and / or have been dismissed. Turns out Valve relies mostly on a program set up to organise free volunteers for its translation needs, with some people at it for 10 years. While there's no explicit sign of Valve calling for concealed work, some of those translators did receive holiday packages and the like and a multimillion business fostering volunteer program to serve its primary needs is a dubious proposition no matter the intent.

As you would expect, some people are shockingly OK with this. Not on the GAF thread though, but here for instance.

Rufus · « **Reply #16278 on:** February 13, 2016, 03:24:38 AM »

It's Valve, they aim to automate and/or crowdsource everything.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16279 on:** February 13, 2016, 08:46:22 AM »

"crowdsourcing" is bullshit when you're doing actual work fit a product that's gonna make money for a company that can easily afford to pay you

Rufus · « **Reply #16280 on:** February 13, 2016, 12:55:16 PM »

Yes, I agree, but they have a dedicated fan-base and their precious flat structure where everyone picks their projects. Translating a website or the client is not a sexy task for a bunch of game devs, neither to do or even manage, so they leverage their loyal fans. That leads to crap like this, but at the end of the day, these people donated their time voluntarily, some for years. I'd be surprised if most of them eventually expected to be compensated.

That said, I looked this up further, and it seems this is all about one Valve employee (seemingly the only one managing these translations) making promises of paid jobs to people and doing a really shit job dealing with the mess he made:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Drama/comments/45glk9/drama_erupts_on_rsteam_as_valves_treatment_of/

VomKriege · « **Reply #16281 on:** February 14, 2016, 02:35:33 AM »

Yeah it seems it's another one of those cases where the flat structure can't handle properly menial, boring office desk tasks. Translations being managed by pretty much that one guy is already pretty insane.

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #16282 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:34:21 AM »

I noticed Hitman on the top sellers page on Steam with the price listed as 15$. That struck me as curious so I clicked through to find that they're selling an "intro pack." As far as I can tell it grants you access to the same content that the 'full' version has when it's out, which will be an unfinished game. So I guess SE is essentially selling season passes for base titles now

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16283 on:** February 16, 2016, 10:16:46 AM »

Yeah, SE is forcing some weird, episodic bullshit with Hitman. It's sure to be a clusterfuck.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #16284 on:** February 16, 2016, 01:23:45 PM »

Yeah I can't even tell wtf the actual game's release concept is.

bork · « **Reply #16285 on:** February 16, 2016, 05:52:48 PM »

bork · « **Reply #16286 on:** February 16, 2016, 06:18:20 PM »

Bebpo · « **Reply #16287 on:** February 16, 2016, 07:52:52 PM »

Yeah, it's a fanservice game

I mean if the game wasn't so repetitive (like a way to auto-battle, and half the stages) it'd be great. The animation, the humor, even the battle system is fun. It's just that these games drag out and get boring. Same as the predecessors with the SRW OG ones and Namco x Capcom.

demi · « **Reply #16288 on:** February 16, 2016, 08:30:31 PM »

XZone rules, fanservice #1

But it will get boring and drab and monotonous

archnemesis · « **Reply #16289 on:** February 17, 2016, 01:45:42 AM »

Quote from: WRATH VICE™ on February 17, 2016, 01:30:13 AM

What game is this?

Project X Zone 2 (3DS). The first game was fun for a few hours, but as demi mentioned, it got repetitive and boring after a while.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #16290 on:** February 17, 2016, 02:35:50 AM »

This is fairly accurate

Bebpo · « **Reply #16291 on:** February 18, 2016, 12:46:02 AM »

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #16292 on:** February 19, 2016, 01:14:13 PM »

How can Namco do this? Are they making any money on this anime invasion they've been doing?

chronovore · « **Reply #16293 on:** February 21, 2016, 03:38:35 PM »

http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/21/11081622/the-htc-vive-vr-headset-will-cost-799

The Oculus has COMPETITION!

HTC VIVE --- USD 799
That is some brilliant, consumer-level pricing, right there.

chronovore · « **Reply #16294 on:** February 23, 2016, 06:48:01 AM »

http://epicstream.com/news/Metal-Gear-Solid-Creator-Hideo-Kojima-Reunites-With-Norman-Reedus-and-Guillermo-del-Toro

toku · « **Reply #16295 on:** February 23, 2016, 09:20:11 PM »

chronovore · « **Reply #16296 on:** February 25, 2016, 06:13:19 PM »

http://imgur.com/gallery/TtYNQ1R

This Kieru game looks like some of the beautiful, high contrast work of Frank Miller's Sin City.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #16297 on:** February 25, 2016, 09:35:26 PM »

I really love videogamertv

toku · « **Reply #16298 on:** February 26, 2016, 02:37:04 AM »

yeah theyve quickly become my favorite gaming personalities

eleuin · « **Reply #16299 on:** February 26, 2016, 03:25:12 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on February 10, 2016, 11:04:02 PM

So SMT4F is out and
spoiler (click to show/hide)
http://i.imgur.com/5t8VkzO.jpg
[close]

I saw a screenshot of the final boss and its just

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #16300 on:** February 26, 2016, 03:30:04 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 18, 2016, 12:46:02 AM

(Image removed from quote.)

And now Gundam Breaker 3! I like playing games in Japanese, but I will be supporting all English localized Gundam games.

Also, you know SD G Gen Genesis has to be be coming, especially if they're translating a SRW OG Sidestory.

benjipwns · « **Reply #16301 on:** February 27, 2016, 04:06:57 AM »

huh, epsxe got another update: http://www.epsxe.com/index.php

weird seeing some of these older emulators come back after being dead for years...like project64

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16302 on:** February 27, 2016, 04:09:12 AM »

could everyone please take a minute out of their day to support my gofundme campaign? I'm setting up a dedicated group that will encourage jaded mmo players to kill themselves so we don't have to deal with their endless bitching and whining

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16303 on:** February 27, 2016, 10:47:07 AM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on February 27, 2016, 04:09:12 AM

could everyone please take a minute out of their day to support my gofundme campaign? I'm setting up a dedicated group that will encourage jaded mmo players to kill themselves so we don't have to deal with their endless bitching and whining

They already play MMOs, isn't that punishment enough?

brob · « **Reply #16304 on:** March 01, 2016, 10:25:46 AM »

are horny petting minigames a new mainstay feature in nintendo games

tiesto · « **Reply #16305 on:** March 01, 2016, 09:50:19 PM »

Come on, hurry up and announce the goddamn English version...

Trent Dole · « **Reply #16306 on:** March 02, 2016, 02:19:57 AM »

All the other ones have come over so I'd wager this will probably be announced at E3 if not sooner. Do we have any other events coming up?

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #16307 on:** March 02, 2016, 01:38:37 PM »

Lmao @ crowdfunding this bullshit now. "Hey, can we half 15 mil to pay someone else to port this bullshit?" and the people said "WHY YES YOU CAN" to the tune of 200k already. Gamers deserve everything bad that happens to them.
https://www.fig.co/campaigns/rock-band-4-pc

VomKriege · « **Reply #16308 on:** March 02, 2016, 04:10:20 PM »

The folks holding the Coleco name obviously have heard of the latest developments about the ex-Retro VGS/Coleco Chameleon and posted the following on Facebook.

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Chameleon Product: We are thankful to have a large group of passionate engineers and retro game enthusiasts who follow Coleco and other product lines. It has come to our attention that the community has certain concerns over the prototypes involving the Retro VGS model. The team at Retro remains confident that their product is developed to the extent as describe; HOWEVER, in order to confirm or debase these concerns, Coleco has demanded to inspect the prototype units within a seven day time frame. At which time, independent engineers will review their findings and determine if those units are up to our standards. We will report some or all of those findings to the community so as long as they do not interfere with proprietary information. We remain hopeful that the community's concerns are merely speculations, but if there is merit to the concerns, then we have no choice but to abandon the project rather than release a sub-par product. During this time, we ask that the community allow us time to complete these inspections. Time extensions will only be granted if requested by the independent engineer. Time extensions and results will be posted here.

It's pretty much guaranteed to crash and burn now.
Reading the atariage forum, it seems Pinball is an even worse snakepit of aborted projects, like This Predator pinball project who cashed in thousands of dollars without even having the licence to begin with.

Or this guy :
http://www.johnpopadiuk.com/

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The chronicles of John A. Popadiuk Jr's failed attempt at building pinball machines. The first machine offered by Zidware was Magic Girl, followed by Retro Atomic Adventureland and Alice in Wonderland. So far not one customer has ever received their pinball machine.
(...)
He charged $16,000.00 USD for each of these limited pinball machines.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16309 on:** March 02, 2016, 04:25:34 PM »

Popadiuk in yo ass.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #16310 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:12:59 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on March 02, 2016, 04:25:34 PM

Popadiuk in yo ass.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #16311 on:** March 03, 2016, 12:00:32 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on February 27, 2016, 04:06:57 AM

huh, epsxe got another update: http://www.epsxe.com/index.php

weird seeing some of these older emulators come back after being dead for years...like project64

mednafen is where it's at

and this Gold wireless headset for PS4...I'm in love.

Pretty damn good quality for $80

archie4208 · « **Reply #16312 on:** March 03, 2016, 11:31:00 AM »

Thinking about buying a PS4 so I can play Dark Souls 3 at launch.

Fucking Pascal come out already.

demi · « **Reply #16313 on:** March 03, 2016, 12:23:20 PM »

what a virgin

demi · « **Reply #16314 on:** March 03, 2016, 01:44:42 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on March 01, 2016, 09:50:19 PM

Come on, hurry up and announce the goddamn English version...

https://twitter.com/StarOcean

Trent Dole · « **Reply #16315 on:** March 03, 2016, 06:22:48 PM »

A Nintendo Direct happened. Stuff got announced. Nobody has a nice summary of everything cause everybody is hella thirsty for clicks.

archie4208 · « **Reply #16316 on:** March 03, 2016, 06:31:46 PM »

Star Fox (comes with a tower defense minigame if you buy the retail version)
Mario and Sonic at the Olympics
Mario Maker and Splatoon patches
SMTxFE (now called Tokyo Mirage Sessions

)
Some F2P garbage called Lost Reavers
Paper Mario Color Splash
Pokken
Nintendo Account stuff
amiibo crap

SNES on New 3DS
Pocket Card Jockey
Azure Strike Gunvolt 2
Hyrule Warriors 3DS
Bravely Second
DQ7
MONSTER HUNTER GENERATIONS

Metroid Federation Force damage control
Rhythm Heaven Megamix
New Kirby game

That's about it.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16317 on:** March 03, 2016, 06:37:45 PM »

Trent Dole · « **Reply #16318 on:** March 03, 2016, 06:39:46 PM »

Archie you're my favorite happy lump of shit.

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The Sceneman · « **Reply #16319 on:** March 03, 2016, 06:48:07 PM »

I spent the better part of this morning trying to get a soundfile of Alucard saying "I'm interested in this" from Castlevania SotN.

Ended up having to record the clip off one of those "soundboards". Was it worth it? Well whenever my phone receives an SMS or email it says "I'm interested in this", so yeah it was worth it

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