Random Gaming Talk Thread

[Bebpo]

Rahx,

Silent Hill is not in the same genre as RE2.

[MMaRsu]

And the fanbase for SH is wayy smaller

[Mr Gilhaney]

Yeah even the good silent hill games, weren't big financially successes.

But Konami could easily have decided to try and change their reputation just a bit, especially if they don't stand to lose any money, with Sony just paying for the license. And I could certainly see a company like Sony doing this.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Rahx,

Silent Hill is not in the same genre as RE2.

Lets not say that until we have seen sonys silent hill...

[Pissy F Benny]

who'd want modern day sony 1st party developing a game in their beloved franchise tho 

[paprikastaude]

It would sell more than almost every other Japan Studios game

Still, the dude's now claiming several fanfic-tier projects like Dino Crisis and Okami 2 by Platinum almost happened but then got canned, so he seems full of shit anyway. Seems like he had some real info on RE7 and RE2 prior, so he's probably not even purposefully lying, but being trolled by his 'sources'.

who'd want modern day sony 1st party developing a game in their beloved franchise tho 

If this was made by the same people as Gravity Rush, Astrobot, Siren, etc., it most likely wouldn't be anything bad like a sad dad walking simulator.

[Rahxephon91]

Rahx,

Silent Hill is not in the same genre as RE2.

They are both horror games that have been talked about in the same breath. And that’s really all that matters.

And yes the series fan base is smaller. So? You guys are acting like SH is some small obscure franchisee like Echo Night or something. It’s had million selling installments, movies, plenty of (bad) spin-offs, and so on. You announce a new game that looks like a production that has effort behind it and people will talk. You easily could have a 2-3 million selling game that gets hardcore fans and maybe new people intersted in what’s on your PS5 thanks to making a new installment that’s a return of a classic cult series.

It makes complete sense that someone like Sony would fund a game like this. A company who’s output has been single player focused games, with a more enthusiast bent.

Though I agree this Dusk Golem seems full of it.  I don’t know what his history is exactly, but a lot of his stuff sounds fan ficish and he’s doing that thing that all “insiders” do when they got maybe 1 or 2 things right previously. Show up more and more saying a lot of vague crap and “reveal” things like canceled games that really will never be verified.

[Rahxephon91]

who'd want modern day sony 1st party developing a game in their beloved franchise tho 

Me? Especially if it’s by the Gravity Rush 2 team which includes the director of the first Silent Hill and Siren. Which is what the rumor has said. 

And either way it would probably have decent production values and be single player focused. Maybe play it safe, but better than whatever Konami would do.

[Don Rumata]

What i don't understand is, why 2 games?
Beyond that, i can see them bringing it back now, horror games are big on Twitch, and it probably wouldn't cost too much to make.

[Don Rumata]

I think I understand actually. It's not two games, it's two guys, one of them is Moroccan, the other guy is Kenyan, they're both among the biggest guys you've ever seen in your life, and they're fucking you at the same time, one in your ass, the other in your throat, and it goes on for hours and you don't get a single break, you're crying the whole time and you can barely breathe because the Moroccan guy has his hands grabbing your hair and suffocating you with his cock, the black guy is twelve inches and there's no lube, and they're both screaming the whole time, out of sync, nonsense words, tormenting you for ever thinking you'd have a happy, enjoyable life.

...and then he turns himself into a pickle!
Funniest shit i've ever seen.

[Nintex]

Stop everything, Tarry Town is build on the ruins of Ganons Castle

https://reddit.app.link/exDQZ7W9R4

[Chooky]

Hudson had the worst head in all of gaming

[Bebpo]

I never heard of Tarry Town until now...

completely missed that sidequest.

[EchoRin]

I never heard of Tarry Town until now...

completely missed that sidequest.

It's perhaps the most wholesome quest in the game, but I wouldn't recommend doing it if you have nothing else to do in the game. It's one of those long burn quests that feel great when you go about it piece by piece while playing through the game. Would be a bit of a bore if you just brute force it in one go.

[Bebpo]

Yeah, I read up on it. Seems neat and has nice town music. BoTW is really amazing.

[MMaRsu]

[Mr Gilhaney]

Those Persona 5 Royal scores... well i guess it is time again. 

[D3RANG3D]

[Pissy F Benny]

whats different/new about persona 5 royale? I've not been following it at all

all i know is they've edited out some of the phobic crimes of Katsura Hashino

[Joe Molotov]

Those Persona 5 Royal scores... well i guess it is time again. 

Once more into the breech, fellow weebs. Tuck me in, Morgana-sama, I'm ready for bed!

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240060961626697728
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240062277144981506
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240074256492507136
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240062802544525313
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240071200698773506
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240073094749917184

 

[bluemax]

Trials of Mana demo is up on PSN/eShop in NA. Played about 30 minutes. Demo carries over to the full game so it starts from the games beginning with a level cap of 7, I already hit level 3 FWIW.

Game feels like a quality HD Remaster of a PS2 game that never actually existed. The combat feels a bit basic (which is fine since I'm at the start and have no moves and this is an Action RPG not DMC), but already feels better than the clunky SNES combat of the original. If I didn't need to get up for work in the morning I'd probably play more right now, but overall it feels good enough that I'll likely pick up the full game.

[Chooky]

anyone setting foot in a gamestop during a pandemic that requires excellent hygiene is basically demanding an agonizing death

[Svejk]

https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240060961626697728
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240062277144981506
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240074256492507136
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240062802544525313
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240071200698773506
https://twitter.com/CAMELOT331/status/1240073094749917184

 

Reggie's got this.

[MMaRsu]

Bepbo I dont know how you got it like that but Ori and the BLind Forest Definitive Edition on Steam runs at 60fps..

[tiesto]

From Astral Chain, a pretty topical game to play right about now:

[Great Rumbler]

It looks like a lot of things in your inventory could be toilet paper if you're desperate enough...

[MMaRsu]

Is Astral Chain a game about collecting toilet paper for your waifu's?

[Joe Molotov]

Is Astral Chain a game about collecting toilet paper for your waifu's?

Yes, your toilet fairy waifu

[Svejk]

Listening to Mark Cerny talk about the PS5 was so damn smooth and convincing.  He could make a piece of dog shit sound so pleasing and easy to want.

[paprikastaude]

remember SHADOWMAN?

https://www.ign.com/articles/n64-favorite-shadow-man-remaster-announced-for-pc-ps4-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch

[EchoRin]

Listening to Mark Cerny talk about the PS5 was so damn smooth and convincing.  He could make a piece of dog shit sound so pleasing and easy to want.

Anything specific that the average player can take away from the conference?

[paprikastaude]

Listening to Mark Cerny talk about the PS5 was so damn smooth and convincing.  He could make a piece of dog shit sound so pleasing and easy to want.

Anything specific that the average player can take away from the conference?

Seems like BC could be halfbaked trash with only a select amount of PS4 games playable at first. But no one is sure, because they are incapable of proper communication. Some of the wording could be interpreted as only select titles will benefit from better PS5 load times while everything is playable through a classic mode, or it's the first scenario of some titles not being in the BC pool at all right now.

[Svejk]

Listening to Mark Cerny talk about the PS5 was so damn smooth and convincing.  He could make a piece of dog shit sound so pleasing and easy to want.

Anything specific that the average player can take away from the conference?

As a feeble minded person when it comes to technical stuff, just made it sound like the PS5 is doing right of all the "wrongs" of the PS4 and PS3; BC, patching games, 3d audio, load times...  The talk about audio capabilities made a lighting bolt shoot out my slit... if i had a slit.

[Svejk]

Listening to Mark Cerny talk about the PS5 was so damn smooth and convincing.  He could make a piece of dog shit sound so pleasing and easy to want.

Anything specific that the average player can take away from the conference?

Seems like BC could be halfbaked trash with only a select amount of PS4 games playable at first. But no one is sure, because they are incapable of proper communication. Some of the wording could be interpreted as only select titles will benefit from better PS5 load times while everything is playable through a classic mode, or it's the first scenario of some titles not being in the BC pool at all right now.

True, but the only games I'd probably go back too anyway, would probably fall in line with those "select 100 games at launch, off the bat".  I'll take that over nothing... Better transition for me than dropping everything PS3 only to start from anew with PS4.

[paprikastaude]

Meanwhile Xbox has everything in BC. Total failure from Sony if true. It further adds to them fucking up their goodwill in the last year compared to what MS is unveiling for next gen.

[Raist]

I think what they meant is that they've prioritized checking that the top 100 games (in terms of time played, apparently) run fine "natively" or with some sort of compatibility mode. I guess they might plan to extend that eventually but I don't expect them to do that for the entire library at the end of the day.

Let's face it, only a tiny fraction of userbases actually really care about BC.

[nachobro]

you could argue that the fraction that care are also the first adopters who tell their family members and friends which console to buy

[Raist]

Yeah, MS' hard push on BC has done wonders for Xbone sales, clearly.

[nachobro]

it would have been difficult for first adopters to buy consoles based on a feature that didn't come out until two years after launch

[Raist]

I don't see playing old games as a big factor for people willing to drop 400-500 day one (or even more likely months ahead of time with pre-orders) on a new console. But who knows.

Price will always be the main factor, and I wouldn't be shocked if the XxXBoXxX X factor X is $100 more.

Bit weird that they haven't said a thing about their cheaper SKU though, have they dropped that?

[nachobro]

cheaper version isn't confirmed yet. i expect the xbox to be $600 but i also think that's a terrible idea.

[Raist]

Here's a summary for you nerds.

[paprikastaude]

Yeah, MS' hard push on BC has done wonders for Xbone sales, clearly.

Nerds buy consoles day1 and right now MS has a more favorable standing among them thanks to BC, Gamepass, cheap prices, Hellblade 2 vs. generic ass Gearbox PS5 game, etc.

Sony's hardcore efforts during the second half of the PS3 cycle didn't save the console, it was always gonna remain a failure. But it gave them the goodwill that made them knock out the Kinect-era Microsoft that didn't care about their piss-poor communication with gaming fans. Now it's like their roles are reverted again.

[nachobro]

meanwhile nintengods stay fucking up and still do well

[Raist]

Hellblade 2

[paprikastaude]

meanwhile nintengods stay fucking up and still do well

They've only lost their home console branch forever

[paprikastaude]

Trials of Mana made me realize a really annoying handholding trend for low budget JRPGs. Yakuza Kiwami 2 started to force this shit and it completely destroyed Dragon Quest Builders 2 - taking stupid af icons from western open world games to remove independent exploration entirely. I can live with other forms of handholding to the point that I don't even mind playing Okami, but this is the thing that's just taking it too far for me.

"I'm new to this town, I should find someone who knows something" *required NPC marked on the map GPS*
"Somewhere in this field is a treasure, I need to remember the clues" *item spot marked on the map GPS*
 
stahp this trash. Look at what FROM and Capcom is doing.

[Nintex]

Here's a summary for you nerds.

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Looks about the same. But that IO number is impressive.

[EchoRin]

Here's a summary for you nerds.

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So mumbo jumbo aside it looks like Series X has more raw power ya?

What are the price rumors for these two consoles by the way?

[Joe Molotov]

Caring about specs in 2020... 

[Don Rumata]

The load speed from SSD sony talked about has me a bit skeptical, as a selling point over Xbox.

I mean i can see a developer leveraging extra power to pump resolution, AA, ray tracing quality, shadow resolution and so forth, but SSD? The examples they gave, like design freedom, either apply to both platforms, or neither, because developers aren't gonna have two map designs, so Xbox's SSD speed will have to be enough for that aspect.
Beyond that what do you get, loading speed? Is that really that crucial, when it shaves off <10 seconds once?

What would be another benefit i'm not thinking of?

[EchoRin]

Well I saw that little feature on series X where they were showing off "you're in this racing game. Pause. jump into this platformer game. and then jump right back into your racing game exactly where you left off." No rebooting the whole game. Essentially multiple suspend game states. I'm assuming PS5 will have that too then.

And Series X showed off "hey our loading times when playing these XBone games are like half as long as they are on the XBone". Which again I would assume that will be on PS5 too.

[Bebpo]

Seems like it'll be Xbox one X vs Ps4 Pro for another 10 years. If you want the better performance and 4k native, get the Xbox One X, if you don't really care and are fine with a PS4 Pro you'll be fine with PS5.

Since everything Xbox will be on PC and I have a good gaming PC, will still pass on Xbox another generation and get PS5 to play any console exclusives.

[Don Rumata]

Well I saw that little feature on series X where they were showing off "you're in this racing game. Pause. jump into this platformer game. and then jump right back into your racing game exactly where you left off." No rebooting the whole game. Essentially multiple suspend game states. I'm assuming PS5 will have that too then.

And Series X showed off "hey our loading times when playing these XBone games are like half as long as they are on the XBone". Which again I would assume that will be on PS5 too.

As i said the cut on loading doesn't seem like that dramatic of an advantage, we're talking about seconds at this point, since Xbox is also on a very fast NVMe.
As for the multiple suspended game, i gotta be honest, i really don't see the point of that at all, maybe it's just because i don't play that much nowadays, but when i do i usually play for at least a couple of hours, so waiting 2 or 3 minutes max for a game to boot, doesn't seem like a big deal to me.
And having more than one running is completely lost on me, who needs to jump from one game to the other constantly?

[Nintex]

PS5 seems like the smarter set-up to me compared to the Xbox X X Series X X X Series Xbox.

Specs look closer than what I expected. I'm not seeing a lot of developers doing anything with the additional power that the Xbox X Series X has under the hood.
Unless Microsoft plans to subsidize it a bit to bring the price below PS5 it won't change much in the long run as the X looks like the more expensive box. 

Still I will probably remain in the Xbox ecosystem as that is where most of my digital console games are.
In fact, I think that's what most early adapters will base their purchase decision on. Nothing of what is announced would make anyone switch platforms.
Especially if Microsoft cross platform releases all their games on Xbox One / Xbox Series X in the first 2 years or so.

[kingv]

I’ll probably get a series x first, and get a PS5 when an honorable weeb game launches.

[Bebpo]

PS5 seems like the smarter set-up to me compared to the Xbox X X Series X X X Series Xbox.

Specs look closer than what I expected. I'm not seeing a lot of developers doing anything with the additional power that the Xbox X Series X has under the hood.
Unless Microsoft plans to subsidize it a bit to bring the price below PS5 it won't change much in the long run as the X looks like the more expensive box. 

Still I will probably remain in the Xbox ecosystem as that is where most of my digital console games are.
In fact, I think that's what most early adapters will base their purchase decision on. Nothing of what is announced would make anyone switch platforms.
Especially if Microsoft cross platform releases all their games on Xbox One / Xbox Series X in the first 2 years or so.

The only game that really stood out to me where the PS4 Pro version was "kinda shitty" and the Xbox X one was the best was RDR2 because the PS4 soften image due to checkerboard rendering. Otherwise, yeah the two consoles are pretty close for most games so it's not gonna make a big difference.

[mormapope]

The Sexbox being $600 will be an alright price considering:

Game pass and getting exclusive launch titles day 1
Having a library of three console gens with improvements
Old hardware/accessories will work
External hard drives will work with previous gens for storage

$499 would be the absolute sweet spot, and with this coronavirus shit, the people that can afford a $599 toy is gonna be very low.

[Trent Dole]

So apparently the PS5 will not have full bc with 4