Author Topic: Random Gaming Talk Thread (Read 4030568 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16320 on:** March 31, 2016, 02:49:20 PM »

Shine that shit up for R9 Fury X.

brob · « **Reply #16321 on:** April 01, 2016, 01:08:31 PM »

http://kotaku.com/the-struggle-to-bring-back-baldur-s-gate-after-17-years-1768303595

Article promoting the new baldur's gate has some real neat bits in it

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“It was a big challenge because all of the Baldur’s Gate original assets like the 3D models that make up these sprites, the 3D models for the levels in the original game, these archives were lost,” explained Beamdog lead designer Phillip Daigle during a recent interview at an event in San Francisco. “There was a data tape in some guy’s garage, and it flooded, and it was gone. There goes the history of Baldur’s Gate. That’s the case with a lot of classic games. There was a single archive, it was in some guy’s basement and sorry, the disc rotted, and it’s gone now.”

[...]

“In the original Baldur’s Gate,” explained Daigle, “these cobble stone streets here, this was just a close up picture of coffee beans and they just repeated over and over again. In ‘98 you had a 15 inch CRT, so you’re not going to notice or care probably. Nowadays when you’ve got an HD screen, you’re like, ‘Oh, those are coffee beans.’

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16322 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:15:23 PM »

Joe and I met up with a slime appears and a couple of his buddies at Super Bitcon in OKC. It's basically a huge video game flea market, with thousands of games for basically every system that's ever been releases. Lots of import games, too, especially for Playstation and Saturn. I ended up not really getting anything, but slime was slapping down fat stacks of cash left and right. He even bought some kind of old monitor to play NES games on!

Sadly, no one ended up with a copy of Little Samson for the NES.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16323 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:23:11 PM »

are the prices good at those types of things?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16324 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:39:55 PM »

Eh...not really. If you want something rare, you're probably gonna pay a lot more than you would online, or a similar price at the very least. The more common games aren't too bad, though.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16325 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:42:06 PM »

i miss flea market searches so bad. especially since pre Playstation games are getting more rare

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16326 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:47:30 PM »

Flea market searches were the best, because sometimes you've find a booth where the owner didn't really know what any of the games were worth, so you could pick up some rare stuff on the cheap. Most of the vendors at Super Bitcon knew what their games were worth, so finding a great deal wasn't too easy. Kind of depended on what you were looking for, though.

demi · « **Reply #16327 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:51:43 PM »

Most flea markets are full of shit, and most sellers are familiar with the value so it really defeats the purpose. It's still fun to look though.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16328 on:** April 02, 2016, 08:52:40 PM »

my greatest find ever was getting panzer dragoon ii for two bucks. same flea market had a copy of wolfenstein 3d on 5" floppies that the dude wanted $40 for. it's always a crapshoot

i had a friend who tried to use Craigslist for games years ago. he said resellers would call ppl up who were advertising weekend sales just to see what time they'd open, then show up 20 min early and beg to have a look. it got damn near impossible to find anything worthwhile

archie4208 · « **Reply #16329 on:** April 03, 2016, 05:51:49 PM »

http://s1.webmshare.com/dL01O.webm

wew lads

toku · « **Reply #16330 on:** April 03, 2016, 06:28:25 PM »

tiesto · « **Reply #16331 on:** April 04, 2016, 10:03:39 AM »

So, looks like we are getting a SO5 CE with that artbook included... SE store exclusive. Sweet!

demi · « **Reply #16332 on:** April 04, 2016, 10:53:37 AM »

Price?

edit:

https://store.na.square-enix.com/product/316438/star-ocean-integrity-and-faithlessness-collectors-edition-ps4

$110

Tempting, but I'll pass

Better than FFXV's bundle though

Trent Dole · « **Reply #16333 on:** April 04, 2016, 03:57:38 PM »

Well if that is a genuine LE and they run out of it you could probably flip it for a decent amount, but then again it's SO and nobody cares about that series.

Yulwei · « **Reply #16334 on:** April 04, 2016, 06:29:30 PM »

I hope this rumor about God of war 4 using Norse mythology for its setting ends up being true. I want to murder Norse gods with kratos 👌

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #16335 on:** April 05, 2016, 09:58:46 PM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1204888

spoiler (click to show/hide)

FF13 tough

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Rufus · « **Reply #16336 on:** April 06, 2016, 03:31:31 AM »

See you in 5 years, FFVII remake.

archie4208 · « **Reply #16337 on:** April 06, 2016, 10:11:41 AM »

Take The Binding of Isaac, add more bullet sponge enemies, less interesting level design, a reload system that kills game flow and limited ammo that eventually forces you to stop using that sweet new weapon and you've got Enter the Gungeon.

brob · « **Reply #16338 on:** April 06, 2016, 10:54:00 AM »

I really hoped that would be a good game because I would love a isaac like game that had more intricate bullet patterns

hopefully they will keep tinkering with it so it ends up nice

archie4208 · « **Reply #16339 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:07:14 AM »

Me too. I'm burnt the fuck out from Isaac and was really hoping EtG would scratch that itch.

Basically the first floor is a massive slog and you have no guarantees of getting markedly stronger. Granted that's true in Isaac, but the first floor in that game is extremely short and you generally get other options to help increase power (spirit hearts for devil deal snowball and money for shops).

Also, in EtG your power curve can decrease over time due to limited ammo, which is somewhat against the spirit of the genre. I had a run near lategame where I only had my default pea shooter because I was out of ammo with everything else.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16340 on:** April 06, 2016, 11:41:12 AM »

When I saw there was limited ammo, it made me kinda meh on the whole thing.

brob · « **Reply #16341 on:** April 07, 2016, 08:27:49 AM »

http://www.zam.com/article/328/vaping-congressman-accused-of-using-campaign-funds-on-1300-worth-of-steam-games

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Representative Duncan Hunter, a Republican from San Diego County, previously rose to short-lived internet fame for this video of him smoking an e-cigarette during a Congressional hearing. The hearing, by the way, concerned a ban on e-cigarettes on public aircraft.

"Yes, I vape," Representative Hunter has also written in an editorial, which carries about the same gravitas as 'yes, I wear a fedora' or 'yes, I wear a trenchcoat even though it's bright and sunny and I'm not in a trench of any kind. Quit telling me how to live my life, Mom.'

Anyway, he's back in hot water -- hee hee! -- for allegedly using campaign funds on videogames on 68 separate occasions over a scant two month period, totalling $1302. Supposing each transaction represents a separate game, that's an average of $19 per title, and considering the buying period ran from October 13th to December 16th of last year, I'm going to wager a lot of those were newer releases and big box games purchased during Steam's end-of-the-year sale, maybe with some bundles thrown in. I don't know. He seems the type.

the man using tax payers hard earned money for tripple a content tourism smh #VapeSteamGate

VomKriege · « **Reply #16342 on:** April 08, 2016, 01:20:30 AM »

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- In the end, Kaz said that "more than a evolution of GT5 or GT6, this is a restart, like if we were doing GT1 again" (speaking about GT Sport).

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1130483&page=35

The amount of compromising evidence about Sony Kaz must have in a safe somewhere must be epic.

toku · « **Reply #16343 on:** April 08, 2016, 04:46:17 PM »

VomKriege · « **Reply #16344 on:** April 09, 2016, 05:56:52 AM »

I thought of that last night : can someone gives me the short and sweet about Deus Ex Mankind Divided. I saw the trailer and the gameplay video (both from E3 2015) and I know it has been pushed back which is maybe for the better (I liked the original game but it's obvious it didn't stay long enough in the oven). Anything else of note ?

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #16345 on:** April 09, 2016, 11:31:05 AM »

So glad I Gamefly'd PS4 GTA instead of impulse buying it. Improved graphics and first person view are cool but it's still not enough to buy for more than $20-30

seagrams hotsauce · « **Reply #16346 on:** April 09, 2016, 10:12:54 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on April 06, 2016, 10:11:41 AM

Take The Binding of Isaac, add more bullet sponge enemies, less interesting level design, a reload system that kills game flow and limited ammo that eventually forces you to stop using that sweet new weapon and you've got Enter the Gungeon.

What do you think of Nuclear Throne

archie4208 · « **Reply #16347 on:** April 10, 2016, 06:35:11 AM »

Quote from: seagrams hotsauce on April 09, 2016, 10:12:54 PM

Quote from: archie4208 on April 06, 2016, 10:11:41 AM
Take The Binding of Isaac, add more bullet sponge enemies, less interesting level design, a reload system that kills game flow and limited ammo that eventually forces you to stop using that sweet new weapon and you've got Enter the Gungeon.

What do you think of Nuclear Throne

I wasn't too fond of it, but I only played about 5-6 hours so I never got a real good feel for the game.

I've put in about 13 hours in Gungeon and the moment to moment gameplay is great, however there is a lot of baggage that makes it unfun. Especially scaling HP. The entire point of this genre is to get gradually stronger and scaling HP does the exact opposite.

I'd rather see enemies with different and more complex patterns over more HP.

brob · « **Reply #16348 on:** April 10, 2016, 08:50:57 AM »

I quite like Nuclear Throne, tho it is a bit thin in certain ways so I hope the devs keep adding stuff, but as far as pace and mechanics etc it is v fun. I haven't played gungeon, but after seeing some vids I would say it's more rogue legacy than nuclear throne tbh. which,

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #16349 on:** April 10, 2016, 10:13:03 AM »

I'm enjoying Gungeon. Lots of fun weapons and the combat is fun. Plenty of stuff to unlock and figure out.

I have only beaten the second level once.

toku · « **Reply #16350 on:** April 10, 2016, 02:53:25 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on April 10, 2016, 10:13:03 AM

I'm enjoying Gungeon. Lots of fun weapons and the combat is fun. Plenty of stuff to unlock and figure out.

I have only beaten the second level once.

Yeah it's harder than it looks. Still feels fair though, hard balance to strike.

I'm a Puppy! · « **Reply #16351 on:** April 11, 2016, 12:58:31 PM »

Want to get back into Yakuza. Played 1 and 2. Should I just pick up at 3 or skip to a better one?

studyguy · « **Reply #16352 on:** April 11, 2016, 02:00:11 PM »

Been playing the Division.
Level 25 now, not a single hour has passed with me feeling anything but... how do you put it?
I feel like I'm not exactly having fun, but not bored. Just sort of complacent, like a super neutral stance on the game.
It's not bad but it's not fun, it's just busy work tbh

archnemesis · « **Reply #16353 on:** April 11, 2016, 04:17:48 PM »

Quote from: I'm a Puppy! on April 11, 2016, 12:58:31 PM

Want to get back into Yakuza. Played 1 and 2. Should I just pick up at 3 or skip to a better one?

Pick up the third game! The combat is improved in the later entries, but you'll miss out on nice parts of the story. You can skip the zombie apocalypse spin-off.

demi · « **Reply #16354 on:** April 11, 2016, 06:37:23 PM »

Got my Summon Night 5 Kickstarter bundle FINALLY. Came in a cool outer package but they actually shipped THAT as the box.

So the post office worker was prolly like "what a fuckin virgin" when the box has some guy saying "OPEN QUICKLY SO WE CAN BATTLE WITH THE SWEATINESS" even my tenga eggs were more discreet.

And its covered in stickers, so if I peel them, its bound to rip off the cool packaging. Why not just take the effort to put THAT in a similar sized box?

Oh well, whatevs.

tiesto · « **Reply #16355 on:** April 11, 2016, 09:58:57 PM »

Yeah, copy showed up my doorstop today... I totally forgot I ordered this thing, or that it was even coming out. Still kinda funny getting a brand new PSP game to play in 2016.

demi · « **Reply #16356 on:** April 12, 2016, 10:08:20 AM »

Update: I did tear the packaging while trying to take off the tape

Quote from: tiesto on April 11, 2016, 09:58:57 PM

Yeah, copy showed up my doorstop today... I totally forgot I ordered this thing, or that it was even coming out. Still kinda funny getting a brand new PSP game to play in 2016.

All of Vic Ireland's kickstarters have great resale value. I missed out on getting the PS3 game since I didnt care much, but regret doing so

chronovore · « **Reply #16357 on:** April 12, 2016, 09:43:22 PM »

http://lifehacker.com/board-games-that-are-super-fun-to-play-solo-1770363470

:forever_alone.gif

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16358 on:** April 12, 2016, 11:47:34 PM »

Super fun.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16359 on:** April 13, 2016, 06:41:34 AM »

Yeah, I mean, I can get behind games of all kinds. Solitaire, Minesweeper, ... the list goes on.

Board games you can play by yourself?! FFS play a videogame, let the computer handle the computations and busywork. Its what we humans designed them for.

archie4208 · « **Reply #16360 on:** April 14, 2016, 11:55:52 AM »

http://personacentral.com/shin-megami-tensei-iv-apocalypse-announced-north-america-summer-2016/

SMT4F summer 2016.

Bebpo · « **Reply #16361 on:** April 14, 2016, 05:05:58 PM »

It's a good game too. At least from the 15-20 hours I've played to this point.

archnemesis · « **Reply #16362 on:** April 15, 2016, 12:23:21 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on April 14, 2016, 05:05:58 PM

It's a good game too. At least from the 15-20 hours I've played to this point.

I got bored of the original SMT4 at around 15-20 hours, but I'm willing to give it another shot.

Bebpo · « **Reply #16363 on:** April 15, 2016, 01:06:16 AM »

It's more streamlined and doesn't have that awful paced Naraku dungeon intro. So maybe?

toku · « **Reply #16364 on:** April 15, 2016, 08:35:30 AM »

brob · « **Reply #16365 on:** April 15, 2016, 01:37:25 PM »

Atramental · « **Reply #16366 on:** April 15, 2016, 10:38:25 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #16367 on:** April 15, 2016, 10:46:48 PM »

Youtube was a mistake.

archie4208 · « **Reply #16368 on:** April 18, 2016, 12:57:42 PM »

I preordered Star Fox.

I can't wait to turn my Wii U on for the first time since December.

toku · « **Reply #16369 on:** April 19, 2016, 01:15:57 PM »

toku · « **Reply #16370 on:** April 19, 2016, 10:09:11 PM »

kinda getting tired of their whole "we have song writers and singers on our dev team!" angle tbh Gorgeous art though.

brob · « **Reply #16371 on:** April 20, 2016, 10:13:02 AM »

Jen Zee's art is always terrific but both bastion and transistor were super tedious to play imo

maybe this one will finally be enjoyable for more than looking at

Positive Touch · « **Reply #16372 on:** April 20, 2016, 10:39:06 AM »

i just wish you could turn off the constant commentary on those games. most of it is useless and it just feels like someone over your shoulder who won't shut up bc they reallly want your attention

brob · « **Reply #16373 on:** April 20, 2016, 12:54:45 PM »

https://twitter.com/RPGSite/status/722806935397924865

some famitsu scans of nier2

tiesto · « **Reply #16374 on:** April 20, 2016, 02:38:30 PM »

Quote from: toku on April 19, 2016, 10:09:11 PM

kinda getting tired of their whole "we have song writers and singers on our dev team!" angle tbh Gorgeous art though.

Can't tell what kinda game this is... looks like an RTS or MOBA?

Rufus · « **Reply #16375 on:** April 20, 2016, 03:02:12 PM »

RPG apparently. Not feeling it. That song is cringey, too. But those colours sure are pretty.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #16376 on:** April 21, 2016, 11:01:10 AM »

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1210160

archie4208 · « **Reply #16377 on:** April 21, 2016, 04:11:01 PM »

http://www.siliconera.com/2016/04/21/stranger-sword-city-will-come-pcs-june/

PC gaming wins again.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16378 on:** April 21, 2016, 04:30:23 PM »

Definitely gonna get that.

chronovore · « **Reply #16379 on:** April 23, 2016, 11:47:50 PM »

Quote from: Dufus on April 22, 2016, 06:39:53 AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1210536

BLIZZARD

Back in the day, Starcraft GHOST was another surprising cancellation. I'm sure there are heaps of them, just not announced titles. I'm certain Nintendo and Blizzard kill their young projects all the time.

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