Random Gaming Talk Thread

[Raist]

[eleuin]

I knew Fornite was popular after numerous tweets like this went viral

https://twitter.com/FortniteFunny/status/972008608333352961

and the endless amount of cringy compilations on youtube with 1M+ views

but seeing Drake and Travis Scott (with known gamer/Steelers WR Juju) play this shit is surreal

https://twitter.com/Yeff_Yibbs/status/974168644132286464

https://twitter.com/Twitch/status/974153330665562112

[MMaRsu]

I dont understand why ppl would play fortnite over pubg but ok

[Valkyrie]

I don't understand why Fortnite of all things is so popular among normies.

[archnemesis]

It's less violent and realistic, thus more suitable for younger players. Also, the Battle Royale mode is free.

[Valkyrie]

Guess I'm just surprised by how many people you don't normally associate with gaming seem to play this. Perhaps they're like my younger brothers, "Fifa addicts but not really gamers", who saw something that could be fun/joined in on other friends playing it. They're not interested in other games than Fifa (which seems to be a popular normie game too, understandably), but they're both very addicted to Fortnite and play it for several hours every day with their friends.

[bork]

Gal Gunvolt Burst is out on PS4.



Thought this was gonna be another new Mega Man from Inticreates, but turns out it's just a port of Mighty Gunvolt Burst, which came out on Switch and 3DS last year, with DLC character Ekoro thrown in for free.

[eleuin]

Guess I'm just surprised by how many people you don't normally associate with gaming seem to play this. Perhaps they're like my younger brothers, "Fifa addicts but not really gamers", who saw something that could be fun/joined in on other friends playing it. They're not interested in other games than Fifa (which seems to be a popular normie game too, understandably), but they're both very addicted to Fortnite and play it for several hours every day with their friends.

It's an amalgamation of easily digestible elements - 3rd person shooting and building (of course popularized by minecraft). Learning the best ways to build on the fly lends to depth for those who want to take it more seriously.

Being free and letting you play with your friends are definitely the biggest factors though.
League of Legends is one of the biggest games in the world and that's even less accessible as a MOBA. I wonder what they share in common?

[demi]

I don't understand why Fortnite of all things is so popular among normies.

Answer:

- Free
- Battle Pass is smart
- Can still earn "V-Bucks" playing the paid PVE mode to use in the free PVP mode
- Available on every platform under the sun
- CROSS-PLAY (Drake was on PS4, Ninja on PC)
- Colorful artstyle
- Cartoony artstyle
- Not buggy dogshit like H1 and PUBG, runs great too
- Constantly being updated
- Fun

Fortnite won. Imagine, nobody gave two shits about this game because it was some shitty PVE mode. They did the most epic hail mary for their game and it won in spades.

[Rufus]

WTF. A couple days after mine dies, I see this in my subs.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I don't understand why Fortnite of all things is so popular among normies.

Answer:

- Free
- Battle Pass is smart
- Can still earn "V-Bucks" playing the paid PVE mode to use in the free PVP mode
- Available on every platform under the sun
- CROSS-PLAY (Drake was on PS4, Ninja on PC)
- Colorful artstyle
- Cartoony artstyle
- Not buggy dogshit like H1 and PUBG, runs great too
- Constantly being updated
- Fun

Fortnite won. Imagine, nobody gave two shits about this game because it was some shitty PVE mode. They did the most epic hail mary for their game and it won in spades.

I personally prefer PUBG, but yeah. It's not really a mystery, and PUBG didn't stand a chance in the long game.

[Nabbis]

Tactical and buggy don't mix well.

[Valkyrie]

I don't understand why Fortnite of all things is so popular among normies.

Answer:

- Free
- Battle Pass is smart
- Can still earn "V-Bucks" playing the paid PVE mode to use in the free PVP mode
- Available on every platform under the sun
- CROSS-PLAY (Drake was on PS4, Ninja on PC)
- Colorful artstyle
- Cartoony artstyle
- Not buggy dogshit like H1 and PUBG, runs great too
- Constantly being updated
- Fun

Fortnite won. Imagine, nobody gave two shits about this game because it was some shitty PVE mode. They did the most epic hail mary for their game and it won in spades.

Supposed in that sense, it can be compared to how everyone played Pokemon Go because of how easy, fun and convenient it was Not to talk about how people had shittons of fun together. Even my mom played that shit.

[Great Rumbler]

I don't understand why Fortnite of all things is so popular among normies.

Answer:

- Free
- Battle Pass is smart
- Can still earn "V-Bucks" playing the paid PVE mode to use in the free PVP mode
- Available on every platform under the sun
- CROSS-PLAY (Drake was on PS4, Ninja on PC)
- Colorful artstyle
- Cartoony artstyle
- Not buggy dogshit like H1 and PUBG, runs great too
- Constantly being updated
- Fun

Fortnite won. Imagine, nobody gave two shits about this game because it was some shitty PVE mode. They did the most epic hail mary for their game and it won in spades.

I personally prefer PUBG, but yeah. It's not really a mystery, and PUBG didn't stand a chance in the long game.

PUBG is still putting up 2.5 million concurrent PC players on the regular, though.

[demi]

Supposed in that sense, it can be compared to how everyone played Pokemon Go because of how easy, fun and convenient it was Not to talk about how people had shittons of fun together. Even my mom played that shit.

Pokemon GO is a good example, but they are restricted by Nintendo. Plus Niantic fucked up a lot, and their updates have been sllllooowwww (I've never played PKMN GO btw). Epic hasn't really done anything yet to garner negative media.

PUBG is still popular, some people prefer the realistic approach. But it costs money and requires a PC that can run it. Even PUBG on Xbox requires at minimum the Xbox X.

Fortnite runs seamlessly on PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox, Xbox X, PC, iOS, Android... did I mention all you have to do is download it? And now it has cross-save, so you can take your Xbox/PS4/etc credentials and log on PC and have all your skins, settings and more available? I can now play with my friends on PC (Bore included) and everyone is none the wiser.

I've never played Fortnite btw

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I don't understand why Fortnite of all things is so popular among normies.

Answer:

- Free
- Battle Pass is smart
- Can still earn "V-Bucks" playing the paid PVE mode to use in the free PVP mode
- Available on every platform under the sun
- CROSS-PLAY (Drake was on PS4, Ninja on PC)
- Colorful artstyle
- Cartoony artstyle
- Not buggy dogshit like H1 and PUBG, runs great too
- Constantly being updated
- Fun

Fortnite won. Imagine, nobody gave two shits about this game because it was some shitty PVE mode. They did the most epic hail mary for their game and it won in spades.

I personally prefer PUBG, but yeah. It's not really a mystery, and PUBG didn't stand a chance in the long game.

PUBG is still putting up 2.5 million concurrent PC players on the regular, though.

PUBG's definitely not going anywhere. It's just lost a lot of its momentum to Fortnite.

[benjipwns]

the best part are the increasing implications by PUBG people that Epic is stealing their SUCCESS SECRETS via the Unreal Engine licensing agreement

[kingv]

What exactly is the battle pass? It sounds like a way to pay real money for the opportunity to unlock more cosmetics with real money?

[benjipwns]

for fortnite? i think it's that plus the other mode of the game, the one that it was based around for years

[demi]

What exactly is the battle pass? It sounds like a way to pay real money for the opportunity to unlock more cosmetics with real money?

Every Season, there is a Battle Pass. The Battle Pass is basically a one time purchase that lets you unlock skins as you play. Skins are exclusive for that season.

http://fortnitehelp.epicgames.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2910375-what-is-the-battle-pass-how-does-it-work-

[kingv]

Once the seasons over are you just SOL for the rest of the skins?

It sounds better than overwatch for sure (+ free game).

I mean if you buy the pass obviously.

[BisMarckie]

After my 1070 broke I gave up hope replacing it or even upgrading anytime soon.
But today I snagged a 1080 at a brick and mortar store for MSRP.
Good thing bitcoin miners are nerds and rarely leave the house

[bluemax]

Supposed in that sense, it can be compared to how everyone played Pokemon Go because of how easy, fun and convenient it was Not to talk about how people had shittons of fun together. Even my mom played that shit.

Pokemon GO is a good example, but they are restricted by Nintendo. Plus Niantic fucked up a lot, and their updates have been sllllooowwww (I've never played PKMN GO btw). Epic hasn't really done anything yet to garner negative media.

PUBG is still popular, some people prefer the realistic approach. But it costs money and requires a PC that can run it. Even PUBG on Xbox requires at minimum the Xbox X.

Fortnite runs seamlessly on PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox, Xbox X, PC, iOS, Android... did I mention all you have to do is download it? And now it has cross-save, so you can take your Xbox/PS4/etc credentials and log on PC and have all your skins, settings and more available? I can now play with my friends on PC (Bore included) and everyone is none the wiser.

I've never played Fortnite btw

A lot of developers are throwing around Fortnite vs PUBG as showing the advantage of knowing your own tech stack vs using someone else's.

[demi]

Once the seasons over are you just SOL for the rest of the skins?

It sounds better than overwatch for sure (+ free game).

I mean if you buy the pass obviously.

Thats how they get you to keep playing, duh

[HardcoreRetro]

I hope all this Fortnite cash gives them the money to make Jazz Jackrabbit 3.

[desert punk]

Twitch Prime now includes a monthly bundle of PC games. If you got a subscription for Amazon Prime, like I do, you can link both Prime and Twitch accounts and you'll get those games for free. The shitty thing is, that you gotta install that Twitch desktop app. No Steam codes or anything 

Oh well, it's free, so whatever. I grabbed myself Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Here's an article on RPS about this month's Twitch bundle:
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/16/twitch-prime-now-includes-a-monthly-bundle-of-games/#more-527177

[kingv]

That lineup is better than any single month of humble monthly, IMO.

[kingv]

After my 1070 broke I gave up hope replacing it or even upgrading anytime soon.
But today I snagged a 1080 at a brick and mortar store for MSRP.
Good thing bitcoin miners are nerds and rarely leave the house

I’m sort of surprised. Even Best Buy has jacked up their prices past MSRP.

[Nabbis]

Supposed in that sense, it can be compared to how everyone played Pokemon Go because of how easy, fun and convenient it was Not to talk about how people had shittons of fun together. Even my mom played that shit.

Pokemon GO is a good example, but they are restricted by Nintendo. Plus Niantic fucked up a lot, and their updates have been sllllooowwww (I've never played PKMN GO btw). Epic hasn't really done anything yet to garner negative media.

PUBG is still popular, some people prefer the realistic approach. But it costs money and requires a PC that can run it. Even PUBG on Xbox requires at minimum the Xbox X.

Fortnite runs seamlessly on PS4, PS4 Pro, Xbox, Xbox X, PC, iOS, Android... did I mention all you have to do is download it? And now it has cross-save, so you can take your Xbox/PS4/etc credentials and log on PC and have all your skins, settings and more available? I can now play with my friends on PC (Bore included) and everyone is none the wiser.

I've never played Fortnite btw

A lot of developers are throwing around Fortnite vs PUBG as showing the advantage of knowing your own tech stack vs using someone else's.

Well... That sure did wonders for DA and ME.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Is Ni No Kuni 2 a secret Dark Cloud sequel? Didn't care about this game before but now I'm interested...

[paprikastaude]

Ninokuni 1 was kind of bad, but the reviews make the new one look much improved. I might buy this sooner than expected now.

[D3RANG3D]

[I'm a Puppy!]

thanks for that video.
I love those gaming history videos. I don't know why, I just find them very soothing.
Any other gaming history channel recommendations?

[D3RANG3D]

MetalJesusRocks
LGR
The 8bit Guy

[toku]

[tiesto]

I need to get one of these so bad. Funnily enough, the company I work for released their own model of the MSX wayyy back in the day... unfortunately the games I'm mostly interested in (Space Manbow and SD Snatcher) are big bux. Game Sack system episodes are the best though, did you see the X68000 one?

[D3RANG3D]

I don't remember if I saw that one or not.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

But I'll watch it anyway!

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[I'm a Puppy!]

A new battletech game?!

Managing finances?!

[HardcoreRetro]

Looked at some of the God of War preview footage. The combat looks awful so far. They went from decent hack and slash-lite combat to what looks like Dark Souls combat.

Also worried about the people mentioning "mature and emotional" content since these are games journalists we're talking about.

[CrazyDiamond]

At first glance the combat looks like it could be fun if it has depth to it. What I can't stand is the camera; why would they put this shit in a hack n slash? There's literally no reason for it to be like that besides Sony being Sony

And the ~mature and emotional content will only be made more ridiculous by the fact that it's fucking Kratos going through it

[HardcoreRetro]

I like the previews mentioning a skill tree and crafting system. Just what the series needed.

The camera is most likely like that because the PS4'd otherwise die trying to show the graphics.

Edit: I like the people making fun of the floating circles above the enemies in the old games, as if this having health bars above the enemies is any better.

[CrazyDiamond]

Feeling more and more like they should've just gone with a very loose spiritual sequel. There's no greek mythology anymore, Kratos is an entirely different character, they took out pretty much everything the series was known for trying to mold it into The Last of War. They could make a more interesting game by introducing a new character, calling it God of something else and trying to make this into something fresher instead

But then again this is a Sony western game so what are the chances. I'm glad I'm not a GoW fan cause I'd be pretty mad if I was

[Raist]

What I can't stand is the camera; why would they put this shit in a hack n slash?

Cause it's not a hack'n'slash anymore...?

[Rufus]

I see this as a melee focused expansion on the RE4 (and descendants') pace and perspective. Just more variations on the shot to the knee roundhouse follow-up.

[paprikastaude]

What I can't stand is the camera; why would they put this shit in a hack n slash?

Cause it's not a hack'n'slash anymore...?

[HardcoreRetro]

What's this gif meant to show?  It's either action-rpg or action-adventure depending on how much the skilltree and gear influences the game. It's not a hack and slash game.

[Nabbis]

That Camera is truly fucking awful. Wish developers would stop masturbating to this cinematic approach.

[HardcoreRetro]

It's the price we pay for "amazing" graphics.

I've already decided on doing a MST3000 style playthrough of the game with some friends so it should be a fun experience either way. Either the game actually turns out to be good or I'll have fun shitting on the game with friends. A win-win situation.

[Raist]

What I can't stand is the camera; why would they put this shit in a hack n slash?

Cause it's not a hack'n'slash anymore...?

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Zelda, Souls etc are hack'n'slash games?

[paprikastaude]

That's 5 seconds of more move variety and fluidity than an entire Zelda game. Not to mention that these titles all started as action adventures anyway. God of War 1, Devil May Cry 1 and Ninja Gaiden 1 all still had a much stronger focus on typical adventure elements like puzzle solving and exploration.
Also Godhand has a behind the shoulder camera and it's the GOAT

If there's a red flag it's always been the narrative focus. It still looks jarring and game journalists can't separate mature from pretentious.

[Raist]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/03/19/readers-choice-top-300-games-of-all-time.aspx


Mario annihilated 

[Purrp Skirrp]

Switch & Steam.

[Svejk]

Bloodstained:RotN should have a release date revealed before the end of March. 

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Actually, it'll probably be a quarterly estimate.  My money's on 1st quarter 2019. 

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[Nabbis]

What I can't stand is the camera; why would they put this shit in a hack n slash?

Cause it's not a hack'n'slash anymore...?

(Image removed from quote.)

Zelda, Souls etc are hack'n'slash games?

While those two(Zelda and Souls) look the same at first glance, i don't really want to put them into the same category. Though if i had to choose i would probably go with GoW having more of a Zelda thing going on.

[El Babua]

I like the previews mentioning a skill tree and crafting system. Just what the series needed.

The camera is most likely like that because the PS4'd otherwise die trying to show the graphics.

Edit: I like the people making fun of the floating circles above the enemies in the old games, as if this having health bars above the enemies is any better.

Eh, Horizon has a wider POV and looks better than anything I've seen out of God Of War so far - so I don't think it's anything to do with graphics.

Game's not going to have any camera cuts either, what I'd hate is if I can't skip cutscenes due to it.

[Nabbis]

Game's not going to have any camera cuts either, what I'd hate is if I can't skip cutscenes due to it.

Not a problem. It's one of those games that you play through once and never look back.

[HardcoreRetro]

Eh, Horizon has a wider POV and looks better than anything I've seen out of God Of War so far - so I don't think it's anything to do with graphics.

You got the digital foundry guys calling it the next big PS4 graphical showcase, so I'm assuming it's pushing quite a bit. I'm also not sure if the Santa Monica people are on the same technical prowess as the Guerilla games people.

Maybe it's an artistic choice though. Brings you in closer on the interactions with the kid. "So deep and emotional!"

[tiesto]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2018/03/19/readers-choice-top-300-games-of-all-time.aspx


Mario annihilated 

Awful list, no way should Bioshock, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, or Last of Us go anywhere near a top 10.

[HardcoreRetro]

Sounds like "of all time" means the PS3/360 to this generation.

[BisMarckie]

Bloodstained:RotN should have a release date revealed before the end of March. 

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Actually, it'll probably be a quarterly estimate.  My money's on 1st quarter 2019. 

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Another Metroidvania

Waiting for a new Classicvania

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