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Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #19740 on:** May 18, 2018, 09:47:38 PM »

RIP Best Buy's GCU

RIP me buying games before they're dirt cheap if at all

bluemax · « **Reply #19741 on:** May 19, 2018, 01:03:36 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Nobody on May 18, 2018, 09:47:38 PM

RIP Best Buy's GCU

RIP me buying games before they're dirt cheap if at all

Seriously. Amazon only sort of matched this with their 20% SOME pre-orders. And you know they'll dump that now that GCU is gone.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #19742 on:** May 19, 2018, 09:20:01 AM »

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2030067069/project-sense-a-cyberpunk-ghost-story

kingv · « **Reply #19743 on:** May 19, 2018, 09:46:56 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Nobody on May 18, 2018, 09:47:38 PM

RIP Best Buy's GCU

RIP me buying games before they're dirt cheap if at all

I’m shocked that GCU wasn’t working for them and suspect that this is the result of a bad analysis. I went from not shopping at Best Buy at all to making elite plus every year since I got GCU.

I bought a lot of shit from them solely because I was also buying all of my games from them. I’ll probably just stop shopping there completely apart from sale items.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #19744 on:** May 19, 2018, 10:54:26 AM »

toku · « **Reply #19745 on:** May 19, 2018, 01:04:52 PM »

wrong thread

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #19746 on:** May 19, 2018, 08:48:23 PM »

https://twitter.com/HuniePotDev/status/997979877977436160?s=19

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #19747 on:** May 19, 2018, 08:54:46 PM »

Likely either Valve didn't expect the kind of backlash their getting and are trying to walk this all back, or an employee went rogue.

Bebpo · « **Reply #19748 on:** May 19, 2018, 09:39:54 PM »

Good, I hope Valve reconsiders their stance on X rated material on the platform. I don't even own or play any of the huniepop shit (heard it's pretty fucked up), but I've always felt censorshop in gaming is fucking stupid and hurts it as an art form. Like I said, unlike consoles with games on shelves, Steam is a PC platform and doesn't have to deal with that so it should be more open in allowing all PC games on it.

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #19749 on:** May 20, 2018, 04:19:42 AM »

I was always annoyed they put this smut up, but not the classic masterpiece RapeLay.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #19750 on:** May 20, 2018, 08:39:03 AM »

Nabbis · « **Reply #19751 on:** May 20, 2018, 08:41:51 AM »

Yeah, not a fan of that trash. A high-quality vr porn game would be something that might be interesting but this is just low quality nerd fetish shit most of the time. Censoring it is ridiculous though, just slap appropriate labels or something.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #19752 on:** May 20, 2018, 09:16:33 AM »

https://www.resetera.com/threads/pc-gaming-era-may-2018-whats-a-computer.38366/page-123#post-8125123

Corporal · « **Reply #19753 on:** May 20, 2018, 09:33:12 AM »

The double standard with regards to multimedia content has always irked me. Gunning down genocide-levels of fellow humans - why not. Let a tit slip or even dare to show how the human race naturally propagates and oh noes, outrage, think of the kiddos, how lewd, I would never, etc pp.

Oh well. To each their own, I say. Let them fap to silly games if they want to, eh. It's not like we're already a bunch of oversexed apes with more porn than meaningful content on the net.

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Maybe I'll be able to skim a few worthwhile games off the top if things go well.

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benjipwns · « **Reply #19754 on:** May 20, 2018, 11:22:59 AM »

look at it this way Joe, at least GameFan didn't sucker you with this one

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i hope

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benjipwns · « **Reply #19755 on:** May 20, 2018, 11:26:13 AM »

Meanwhile, FF VII totally busted the review scale:

"They quite simply care about us so much..."

benjipwns · « **Reply #19756 on:** May 20, 2018, 12:51:42 PM »

SONIC FANS, NOT EVEN ONCE

benjipwns · « **Reply #19757 on:** May 20, 2018, 02:02:29 PM »

GAMES ARE BACK

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #19758 on:** May 20, 2018, 03:09:19 PM »

Thanks to football (soccer) and EA, I will finally get representation in gaming. Footbal club from Drenthe (one of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands) made the Eredivisie, which is included in their Fifa games.

We did it people!

Kara · « **Reply #19759 on:** May 20, 2018, 04:02:02 PM »

I fired up Path of Exile today because I don't value my time and I noticed that it has new and improved embarrassing life / mana bars. I don't think I've seen a company go from embarrassing to "I'm trying to delete it" back to embarrassing like that before.

Nabbis · « **Reply #19760 on:** May 20, 2018, 04:23:16 PM »

I really wanted to like that game but the FFX sphere grid and all that theorycrafting really drove me away. Dunno how it's now but back then it was basically progression by crafting instead of some nice stuff dropping.

Kara · « **Reply #19761 on:** May 20, 2018, 06:16:05 PM »

It's not much different. Right now my necromancer skills and items are very optimized so I feel disincentivized to even pick up new gear when it drops because I need very specific materia slot arrangements.

Nintex · « **Reply #19762 on:** May 20, 2018, 06:33:29 PM »

Quote from: Raist on May 18, 2018, 04:37:42 AM

MS ramping up on the great exclusives for the Bone. Praised be Phil for delivering on the 4 years of promises

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/state-of-decay-2

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Quote from: Eurogamer
State of Decay 2 is a soggy open-world loot-'em-up with catastrophic bugs. Avoid.

Quote from: metro.co.uk
The graphics are terrible, the artificial intelligence is almost non-existent, and it’s so full of bugs it’s like visiting the insect house at London Zoo.

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Microsoft should just give up making games other than Forza and Halo at this point and straight up money hat stuff and not bother with the design or development.
They're terrible at making games. It doesn't matter how long they work on it (Sea of Thieves) or who they hire (Platinum Games).

Rufus · « **Reply #19763 on:** May 20, 2018, 07:50:34 PM »

Quote from: Kara on May 20, 2018, 04:02:02 PM

I fired up Path of Exile today because I don't value my time and I noticed that it has new and improved embarrassing life / mana bars. I don't think I've seen a company go from embarrassing to "I'm trying to delete it" back to embarrassing like that before.

Enough people cried about it. GGG being very eager to please their fans eventually caved.

Quote from: Kara on May 20, 2018, 06:16:05 PM

It's not much different. Right now my necromancer skills and items are very optimized so I feel disincentivized to even pick up new gear when it drops because I need very specific materia slot arrangements.

Grind mitigation available at poe.trade.

Quote from: Nabbis on May 20, 2018, 04:23:16 PM

I really wanted to like that game but the FFX sphere grid and all that theorycrafting really drove me away. Dunno how it's now but back then it was basically progression by crafting instead of some nice stuff dropping.

The tree is never gonna go away (as well it shouldn't

). Last I heard the devs were worried about how easy it was to obtain good items these days (the above being a big reason). Power-creep is ever constant though, so depending on how far back your last try was...

nachobro · « **Reply #19764 on:** May 21, 2018, 01:34:53 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on May 18, 2018, 08:52:32 PM

https://compete.kotaku.com/smash-players-plead-with-each-other-to-please-for-the-1826150759

How bad does BO have to be to be called out by other competitive gamers?

Smash is well known as the game with the smelliest players. I've seen posts like this all over, including local Smash groups. TOs and top players have to regularly beg players online to shower and wear deodorant at events. EVO even got a heavily noticeable funk once Smash was added as a regular game. The year it was at the LVCC was legitimately unbearable on the Smash side of the venue (which is where the majority of the bathrooms were unfortunately).

The only reasoning I can think of for this is the Smash playerbase is younger in general (most FG people are college to 30+ aged while Smash is middle school to college area) but a lot of the smelly players are college aged so even that might not be why there's such an issue with this in their community.

Non-Smash events do have a bit of a funk, but thats to be expected when there's 1000+ dudes in a large hotel ballroom. Honestly for FG only events the most noticeable odor is 15 different kinds of over applied Axe mixed with Red Bull from all the open cans people are drinking, but its a better odor than armpit.

Nintex · « **Reply #19765 on:** May 21, 2018, 03:02:18 PM »

It's part of an ancient Japanese ritual before playing competitive video games. Just like the Sumo wrestlers and Japanese Kamikaze pilots used to do to clean the mind and body.
The Smash players have mastered this ritual to become one with the Japanese culture and spirit.

- Pray to the empire of ~~Japan~~ Nintendo
- Strip naked
- Eat a bowl of Ramen
- Cover themselves in manure
- Do not shower for 2 weeks
- Wear the lucky Zelda t-shirt (that must never get in contact with any cleaning chemicals, lest you want to erase the glorious image of the Triforce)
- Attend event with like minded Samurai

Rufus · « **Reply #19766 on:** May 21, 2018, 08:06:30 PM »

Goes over the entire process, including how the exploit to get homebrew onto the system in the first place.

bork · « **Reply #19767 on:** May 21, 2018, 08:59:08 PM »

80's style arcade-racer Slipstream is out on Steam!

team filler · « **Reply #19768 on:** May 21, 2018, 09:03:07 PM »

no switch no buy

tiesto · « **Reply #19769 on:** May 21, 2018, 10:52:27 PM »

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/final-fantasy-tactics-2-was-real-and-heres-what-it-would-have-looked-like

More SRPGs need hex-based movement. Nice color palette, too. Looks more interesting than what we got with FFTA and it's stupid Judge system... though if it was outsourced, who knows how it would've turned out?

bluemax · « **Reply #19770 on:** May 21, 2018, 11:38:36 PM »

Tencent bought the company behind PoE apparently.

archie4208 · « **Reply #19771 on:** May 22, 2018, 04:31:40 AM »

https://twitter.com/Persona_Central/status/998770990963412992

Akechi

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #19772 on:** May 23, 2018, 09:54:38 AM »

Shuri · « **Reply #19773 on:** May 23, 2018, 05:02:41 PM »

So I picked up a jamma board of the original Double Dragon. Last timr I had played that version was probably like in 1989 or something. Anyhow, after 10 minutes of game time, I randomly find out that you can exploit the elbow attack to hit ennemies over over again. I managed to finish the first level without getting hit once.

It’s.. totally game breaking

I can’t believe this wasnt widely known back in the days. I checked onlinr and it seems that it’s a well known exploit.

I mean, you could easily cruise thru the entire game on a single credit if you don’t fall anywhere. It’s pretty boring
to do tho

Also, you can easily avoid many Abobo fights by simply scrolling away from them until they are off screen.

tiesto · « **Reply #19774 on:** May 24, 2018, 06:51:21 PM »

Tomorrow, Limited Run will be releasing Cosmic Star Heroine, which is a really great indie RPG by Zeboyd games. Been looking to get a physical copy of this for a while...

Nintex · « **Reply #19775 on:** May 24, 2018, 07:12:39 PM »

TotalBiscuit has passed away, RIP

https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/999787845127634944

2 days ago he tweeted he was feeling better physically but still had some mental recovery to do but in the end he didn't make it.

archie4208 · « **Reply #19776 on:** May 24, 2018, 07:15:03 PM »

Way too fucking young.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #19777 on:** May 24, 2018, 07:42:40 PM »

Aww shit that really sucks

rip

tiesto · « **Reply #19778 on:** May 24, 2018, 09:28:22 PM »

Damn, RIP TotalBiscuit.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #19779 on:** May 24, 2018, 11:04:39 PM »

*pours 40*

Rest in Peace

bluemax · « **Reply #19780 on:** May 24, 2018, 11:42:25 PM »

Quote from: Exodust on May 24, 2018, 07:42:07 PM

Detroit secret ending spoilers:

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https://twitter.com/envinyon/status/999754400238190593

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Nier Automata did it better.

Corporal · « **Reply #19781 on:** May 25, 2018, 02:19:05 AM »

Quote from: Nintex on May 24, 2018, 07:12:39 PM

TotalBiscuit has passed away, RIP

Aw.

My heartfelt condolences. Thanks for everything, Totalbiscuit. Rest in peace.

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #19782 on:** May 25, 2018, 09:07:31 AM »

Went from all the fps to no fps. What a downgrade.

RIP

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #19783 on:** May 25, 2018, 12:24:17 PM »

They just had to make that Detroit menu girl really hot.

paprikastaude · « **Reply #19784 on:** May 25, 2018, 12:38:00 PM »

Quote from: Rahxephon91 on May 25, 2018, 12:24:17 PM

They just had to make that Detroit menu girl really hot.

Who would design intentionally ugly androids/slave robots other than resetera members?

Bebpo · « **Reply #19785 on:** May 25, 2018, 06:19:10 PM »

Trails of Cold Steel 4 got its Japan release date of 9/27/18 and CSIII still doesn't have a US release date lol

At least since CS4 is possibly THE END of the franchise, there will be plenty of time to catch up after!

tiesto · « **Reply #19786 on:** May 26, 2018, 11:57:57 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 25, 2018, 06:19:10 PM

Trails of Cold Steel 4 got its Japan release date of 9/27/18 and CSIII still doesn't have a US release date lol

At least since CS4 is possibly THE END of the franchise, there will be plenty of time to catch up after!

I lurk on Aeana's twitter from time to time and saw this, which is very disheartening. I have no idea if she has any insider information or not, but this definitely sounds like it's referring to CSIII (especially since she posted the day Xseed released a trailer of games they'll show at E3, which didn't have CSIII):

https://twitter.com/Aeana/status/998935131728510986

Became a huge Trails fan over these past few years and it would be awful if NIS got the game after they butchered the translation in Ys VIII (a game series that doesn't rely on things like an intricate, detailed story that's been building for 9 games).

Bebpo · « **Reply #19787 on:** May 26, 2018, 12:11:51 PM »

Was YsVIII translation really that bad? Didn't they patch it? Are any other NIS translations known to be horrible like that?

bork · « **Reply #19788 on:** May 26, 2018, 12:23:26 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 26, 2018, 12:11:51 PM

Was YsVIII translation really that bad? Didn't they patch it? Are any other NIS translations known to be horrible like that?

Don't recall people saying that about other NIS localizations. But with Ys it was both the questionable localization effort (which they at least later patched with a better one) and the horrible handling of the PC port that really upset people. I don't have many of their games but I did decide to try Assault Spy on Steam. It's early access but barely qualifies as that as it's like two stages long and missing a ton of content. They should have released it as a demo.

bork · « **Reply #19789 on:** May 26, 2018, 12:26:01 PM »

Just got a new monitor- a 34" ultrawide monster. 2560x1080, but runs at 144hz and has super low input lag. Never had a monitor that ran over 60hz before so this is niiiiiice.

archie4208 · « **Reply #19790 on:** May 26, 2018, 01:05:16 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on May 26, 2018, 12:11:51 PM

Was YsVIII translation really that bad? Didn't they patch it? Are any other NIS translations known to be horrible like that?

I played about half of Ys 8 pre patch and about half post patch. The translation pre patch was spotty (I'm no translator, but a lot of it felt like literal interpretations instead of trying to better fit it into English), but you could still follow the story fine. Post patch I didn't notice anything funky.

Bebpo · « **Reply #19791 on:** May 26, 2018, 01:26:32 PM »

Yeah, if Ys8 was just a one off bad translation, then CS3/4 with them would probably be fine. Would just be good if someone, you know, actually released the missing Kiseki games in English.

paprikastaude · « **Reply #19792 on:** May 26, 2018, 08:00:22 PM »

killer7 remaster/steam version happening in fall :

archie4208 · « **Reply #19793 on:** May 26, 2018, 09:34:32 PM »

Quote from: Spieler1 on May 26, 2018, 08:00:22 PM

killer7 remaster/steam version happening in fall :

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

I tried emulating it a few weeks back and came across a game stopping bug during a specific fight. I will buy the everliving fuck out of this.

Quote from: Exodust on May 26, 2018, 08:04:55 PM

Nice! Finally get to play it.

It's a very weird game that you either love or hate. Just realize the actual gameplay is, at best, average and the story is borderline nonsenseical. Even in spite of all this, it's one of the craziest experiences I've ever had in a game and is well worth putting effort into.

paprikastaude · « **Reply #19794 on:** May 26, 2018, 09:56:59 PM »

best grasshopper game, but I think it was a ruse the more games they release.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #19795 on:** May 26, 2018, 10:40:42 PM »

Too bad killer is dead runs like shit on pc

paprikastaude · « **Reply #19796 on:** May 27, 2018, 06:53:40 AM »

Quote from: Exodust on May 26, 2018, 10:43:45 PM

I know what to expect, I'm a Suda fan.

No you don't.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #19797 on:** May 27, 2018, 01:34:29 PM »

tiesto · « **Reply #19798 on:** May 27, 2018, 02:32:39 PM »

Just send my NES/N64/Duo off to be rgb modded, bought a whole ton of PACKAPUNCH scart cables, waiting for the power supply for the OSSC to get back in stock, then I'll pick up a Hydra 16 switcher and have my dream retro setup.

Nintex · « **Reply #19799 on:** May 27, 2018, 04:27:08 PM »

Killer 7 was such a weird game. It felt like a sort of zeitgeist commentary type of thing.
Everything about that game was completely fucked up. Hard to imagine I played it on GameCube of all systems.

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