Random Gaming Talk Thread

[tiesto]

It was so weird reading PC Gamer's top 100 mag and 10% of the games were late ports of Japanese console games.

[D3RANG3D]

It was so weird reading PC Gamer's top 100 mag and 10% of the games were late ports of Japanese console games.

Glorious Nippon

[a slime appears]

Hidden behind the volcano of heresy that is modern day PC gaming in Japan; there was a thriving and excellent PC gaming scene in the late 80's and early 90s.

8-bit PCs in particular were rife with awesome games on shit like the PC-88/98, MSX/2, X68000, and even the FM Towns.

[Positive Touch]

late acknowledgement is better than outright ignoring them, i think? u.s. pc mags used to act like that shit was beneath them.

[bork]

I bet owning an X68000 would have been mind-blowing back in the day.

Those Capcom arcade ports

[I'm a Puppy!]

Nioh or Nier?

[demi]

Nier

[Raist]

Nieh

[toku]

5.99 on steam rn

[toku]

[tiesto]

I bet owning an X68000 would have been mind-blowing back in the day.

Those Capcom arcade ports

My friend has one, and it's still fucking awesome even today. MT-32 enhanced soundtracks are like 

Some great original games even aside from near-perfect arcade ports. Castlevania, Etoile Princess (top-down adventure/RPG), Geographic Seal (the origin of Jumping Flash), and Marchen Maze (isometric action platformer with an Alice-in-Wonderland influenced aesthetic) to name a few. And some obscure game where you are a princess and you have to throw random shit at monkeys who try to climb up the castle walls, and you can transform into a dominatrix and whip them.

[chronovore]

Yup, that looks like Quake.
 

[chronovore]

Hidden behind the volcano of heresy that is modern day PC gaming in Japan; there was a thriving and excellent PC gaming scene in the late 80's and early 90s.

8-bit PCs in particular were rife with awesome games on shit like the PC-88/98, MSX/2, X68000, and even the FM Towns.

I first moved to Japan in 1993, and it seemed like I was on a different planet for PC stuff. I think DOS V or some DOS variant was the predominant OS. No-one here seemed interested in Windows, pre-Win95. There were all manner of odd PCs, all in weird, proprietary cases. Never saw much s/w at the time, but I wasn't looking.

When I moved back again in 2001, I was a PC-head, and trying to find PC games here was like inquiring discretely about a leper colony.

When I last went to Akiba, which was maybe 7-8 years ago now, homebrew PC games were all over the place, displayed prominently, even in front of stores, in attract mode.

[Great Rumbler]

Yup, that looks like Quake.
 

[Kara]

benji annihilated.

[Kara]

mods, pls change my name to ANARKI: TRANSHUMAN PUNK tia

[toku]

[benjipwns]

LOOK OUT BELOW

GOING STRONG AND FLYIN HIGH BRO

[chronovore]

I always wondered what powered windmills.

https://imgur.com/gallery/WAfmuG3

[Valkyrie]

Anyone into RTS space/fleet oriented games? I used to play Planetarion in the early 00s, which is browser based, and ever since quitting I've longed for a similar first-person strategy version. Never tried Stellaris, but it looks like something I could enjoy. Thoughts?

[archnemesis]

Anyone into RTS space/fleet oriented games? I used to play Planetarion in the early 00s, which is browser based, and ever since quitting I've longed for a similar first-person strategy version. Never tried Stellaris, but it looks like something I could enjoy. Thoughts?

Stellaris is on my wish list. It is supposed to be good, although with a fair amount of rather large flaws. If you haven't played any of Paradox Interactive's games before then you might want to start with Europa Universalis IV or Crusader Kings II.

Other recent 4X space games are Galactic Civilizations III and I believe there is a new Master of Orion in early access.

[toku]

issa waifu

[Great Rumbler]

After a 13-year wait, Syberia 3 finally came out:


http://store.steampowered.com/app/464340/

[Raist]

Why does Kate sound like she's voiced by a text to speech app.

[toku]

[Valkyrie]

Anyone into RTS space/fleet oriented games? I used to play Planetarion in the early 00s, which is browser based, and ever since quitting I've longed for a similar first-person strategy version. Never tried Stellaris, but it looks like something I could enjoy. Thoughts?

Stellaris is on my wish list. It is supposed to be good, although with a fair amount of rather large flaws. If you haven't played any of Paradox Interactive's games before then you might want to start with Europa Universalis IV or Crusader Kings II.

Other recent 4X space games are Galactic Civilizations III and I believe there is a new Master of Orion in early access.

Stellaris seems like my best option, although I'm a bit turned off by the sound of big flaws. Are the Steam ratings just generous? They seem fine to me? 88 recent/87 overall. It's not a horrible rating, but it probably won't help my nostalgia much. I should  ;)ask for deets from my friends on Steam who have it.

[Bebpo]

That insect boss thing's animation

 

[toku]

That insect boss thing's animation

 

[archnemesis]

Anyone into RTS space/fleet oriented games? I used to play Planetarion in the early 00s, which is browser based, and ever since quitting I've longed for a similar first-person strategy version. Never tried Stellaris, but it looks like something I could enjoy. Thoughts?

Stellaris is on my wish list. It is supposed to be good, although with a fair amount of rather large flaws. If you haven't played any of Paradox Interactive's games before then you might want to start with Europa Universalis IV or Crusader Kings II.

Other recent 4X space games are Galactic Civilizations III and I believe there is a new Master of Orion in early access.

Stellaris seems like my best option, although I'm a bit turned off by the sound of big flaws. Are the Steam ratings just generous? They seem fine to me? 88 recent/87 overall. It's not a horrible rating, but it probably won't help my nostalgia much. I should  ;)ask for deets from my friends on Steam who have it.

If you look it up on Metacritic you'll see some of the complaints that I've heard from my friends. IGN thought it had a "static, dull mid-game". PC Gamer's reviewer had a "particularly bad late game experience".

The game might be better now with several patches and a new expansion.

[toku]

90s back

[benjipwns]

David Szymanski, who joined Detroit’s administration in the senior level position about a year ago, starts with the land bank Monday as its director of legal programs, overseeing nuisance abatement lawsuits and quiet title efforts, said Craig Fahle, a spokesman for the land bank.

Detroit CFO John Hill said he asked Szymanski to step down based on his lack of background in Treasury operations and Szymanski and Mayor Mike Duggan agreed he’d be better suited elsewhere.

So he's making a throwback FPS instead?

[naff]

Will be very disappointed if the game does not look like that

lol

[fistfulofmetal]

So what's up with this Dawn of War III? Seems to take the worst aspects of the series and makes a game out of it. Weird that they completely scrap all of the stuff from II which was such an awesome game.

[toku]

I agree but it seems like we're the weirdos and everyone else missed base building.

[archnemesis]

I like base building but I could do without the MOBA mechanics.

[Great Rumbler]

MOBA mechanics.

 

[archie4208]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1363501

Oh shit.

[toku]

Vanquish on paper seems the exact kinda shit I'd love but nope. Tried on separate occasions to get into it. Just felt like a TPS with a stranger rhythm i could never catch

[Rufus]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1363501

Oh shit.

Also
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1363523

[Rufus]

Vanquish on paper seems the exact kinda shit I'd love but nope. Tried on separate occasions to get into it. Just felt like a TPS with a stranger rhythm i could never catch

I hope mouse aim makes things smoother. It was desinged with stick aim in mind, of course, but I just felt like a fumbling idiot all the time.

[Trent Dole]

So worst buy had a supply of mini neses today for people. I went to one earlier to try and get a machine ad was surprised to see like one guy waiting there at 25 of 10. A little before 10 of a staffer came out and said they'd had a line of people earlier and had given out tickets to people at 8, noting that they had until 1 to come grab their machine and if they didn't it'd be for whoever. So then I went and got a burger.

[Positive Touch]

i did the same thing and was surprised to see the line. staff said people had camped the night for the damn things. I'll just stick to an emulator.

[tiesto]

WTF? Afrojack-themed DJ equipment sword for FFXV 

How the fuck can something be so specific to 2 of my favorite interests that normally have nothing to do with each other (DJing and Japanese RPGs).

[Kara]

So what's up with this Dawn of War III? Seems to take the worst aspects of the series and makes a game out of it. Weird that they completely scrap all of the stuff from II which was such an awesome game.

I suspect (but have no evidence to prove) it has something to do with the way that Games Workshop licenses 40K now.

II was made during the THQ exclusive license (i.e. more risks could be taken with it) whereas III was made under GW's current policy which is slicing up 40K into very specific exclusive licenses and handing them out to prospective licensees.

The new policy has been a boon for indie 40K games (as well as mobo pretend games), but a real drag on ambitious ones. Eternal Crusade is utterly devoid of character, for example.

[FatalT]

Sometimes I really hate the US PSN store. HURRY UP OUTLAST 2!

[Valkyrie]

Will be very disappointed if the game does not look like that

lol

My face in your signature!

[archie4208]

https://clips.twitch.tv/ImpossibleOilySquirrelFrankerZ

#ESPORTS

[toku]

got into quake champions beta
fun
hard

[Positive Touch]

is it pc only? they sent me code but I don't know where to put it in

[Great Rumbler]

Demo's out today for Prey:

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/prey-demo-opening-hour/cid=UP1003-CUSA08480_00-PREYDEMO00000000
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/prey-demo-opening-hour/c4p0htps40g1

[Rufus]

Aw, no PC demo.

[demi]

Xbox One lets you use custom gamerpics now (you need to be in the console alpha or download the Beta app on W10 Store)

So I did what I do best

[nudemacusers]

Aw, no PC demo.

:'(

[Joe Molotov]

Aw, no PC demo.

:'(

http://www.polygon.com/2017/4/27/15453494/prey-demo-ps4-xbox-one

As for the lack of a PC version, the representative said, “We appreciate the enthusiasm in the PC community for Prey, and the interest in a PC demo. The team at Arkane has been fully focused on optimizing and finalizing the PC version of the game. We aim to deliver the best PC experience to our fans — and are hard at work to do just that.”

Translation: The PC port totally isn't shit, please just preorder before reading any reviews please.

[benjipwns]

it's probably because they couldn't get a license for "Don't Fear the Reaper" in time

[bork]

O_o

[toku]

http://strafe.devolverdigital.com/

[Great Rumbler]

Went to OKC to meet up with slime at Super Bitcon [retro game convention], but the fairgrounds were really messed up from storms the night before [lots of downed trees and power lines, no electricity, some damage to buildings], so they ended up cancelling it for the day. Still, I did manage to snag a few OG Xbox games from a few places around town:

-Dead or Alixe: Xtreme Beach Volleyball
-Otogi
-Brute Force
-Mechassault
-Metal Dungeon

[bork]

Ordered some thangs yesterday and today:

Persona 3 FES (PS2) (New)
Strider (J-PS3) (New)
Resonance Of Fate (PS3) (New)
WET (PS3) (Used)
Hunted: The Demon's Force (PS3) (Used)
Slain Signature Edition (PS4) (New)
Resident Evil Origins Collection (PS4) (New)
DariusBurst Chronicles Savior LE (J-PS4) (New) <-- Missed out on the U.S. LRG version  :'(
Strafe (PS4) (New)

You can order Strafe on PS4 and PC from Devolver's store in the link Toku posted above.  The PS4 physical version also comes with a Steam code for the PC version.  Hopefully that's outside the box, because I'd prefer to keep it sealed.  The PC version of the game looks like it comes with some diskettes!

[Kara]

-Otogi