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Nintex · « **Reply #25440 on:** July 02, 2020, 02:57:36 PM »

There's a few shops here in the Netherlands that always price their games at 54,99 or something like that.

With big releases like Call of Duty there's usually a bit of a competition going on in the first week with discounts or some retailers pick a specific holiday game to promote.

There's also a website that tracks prices of all games and consoles so you can just look for the cheapest deal.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #25441 on:** July 02, 2020, 03:46:05 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 02, 2020, 02:57:36 PM

There's a few shops here in the Netherlands that always price their games at 54,99 or something like that.
With big releases like Call of Duty there's usually a bit of a competition going on in the first week with discounts or some retailers pick a specific holiday game to promote.

There's also a website that tracks prices of all games and consoles so you can just look for the cheapest deal.

Traveling to the NL to smoke weed.

Traveling to the NL for the red light district.

Traveling to the NL to save 15€ on a videogame.

(but imagine i bothered photoshopping him as a Guido)

Coffee Dog · « **Reply #25442 on:** July 02, 2020, 05:03:44 PM »

I don't buy anything on release anymore, but totally unnecessary price increases make me mad as fuck because there's kids who can only afford a game or two a year and I don't think they need to get fucked over so we can get more open world games.

Raist · « **Reply #25443 on:** July 02, 2020, 05:15:54 PM »

Didn't the exact same thing happen last time? Games being priced at $70 a few months before the new consoles were even launching?

Nintex · « **Reply #25444 on:** July 02, 2020, 05:16:58 PM »

https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/7yV2TRI9Zj3G545bnoc3ub/change-starts-today

Ubisoft's gonna be less rapey

Akala · « **Reply #25445 on:** July 02, 2020, 06:42:29 PM »

speaking of, the new Trackmania seems pretty good, if not a huge departure. looks like the free version gives a decent amount of content, almost everything unlocked is $10/year. I think I am probably good with the free version though.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #25446 on:** July 02, 2020, 07:27:35 PM »

I haven’t played a videogame in 8 months. What’s cool on game pass rn?

Tho I need to finish red dead 2 but I will prob have to restart.

Nintex · « **Reply #25447 on:** July 02, 2020, 07:39:54 PM »

Quote from: nudemacusers on July 02, 2020, 07:27:35 PM

I haven’t played a videogame in 8 months. What’s cool on game pass rn?

Tho I need to finish red dead 2 but I will prob have to restart.

I noticed Ace Combat 7 is now on Game Pass.

That game rocks

Also if you like mediocre Metroidvania for Babies there is a new Oni game too.

eleuin · « **Reply #25448 on:** July 03, 2020, 12:52:32 AM »

great feeling rediscovering old games from your childhood, the demo for this was amazing

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #25449 on:** July 03, 2020, 07:43:05 AM »

Man, only one week left till Deadly Premonition 2. I'm so excited.

toku · « **Reply #25450 on:** July 03, 2020, 04:57:33 PM »

Nintex · « **Reply #25451 on:** July 03, 2020, 05:27:13 PM »

https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1279052765461975041

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On Saturday, Epic Games will host a discussion about race in America inside the popular video game, Fortnite.

Imagine if this was a thing in the 90's and we would have a discussion about race in Super Mario World.

benjipwns · « **Reply #25452 on:** July 03, 2020, 06:11:36 PM »

NBA 2K20 added an unskippible ad about the need to discuss racial issues that plays the first time you try to play a game. It doesn't like link you to anywhere or mention where you should discuss this or mention a charity or even show any kind of #BLM thing except that it's in the background on a sign of a picture of a protest, just says you should sometime.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #25453 on:** July 03, 2020, 07:06:24 PM »

Nintex · « **Reply #25454 on:** July 03, 2020, 07:19:15 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 03, 2020, 06:11:36 PM

NBA 2K20 added an unskippible ad about the need to discuss racial issues that plays the first time you try to play a game. It doesn't like link you to anywhere or mention where you should discuss this or mention a charity or even show any kind of #BLM thing except that it's in the background on a sign of a picture of a protest, just says you should sometime.

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #25455 on:** July 03, 2020, 08:15:59 PM »

Suppose it’s better than the only reference to it being a 20k vc t shirt in the shop like you’d usually get from nba2k game

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #25456 on:** July 04, 2020, 11:33:59 AM »

http://blog.mangagamer.org/2020/07/02/mangagamer-summer-sale-2020/

Rufus · « **Reply #25457 on:** July 04, 2020, 01:13:57 PM »

tiesto · « **Reply #25458 on:** July 04, 2020, 01:21:10 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on July 04, 2020, 01:13:57 PM

A year or two back, I learned how this was originally from Canon, and it totally blew my mind...

benjipwns · « **Reply #25459 on:** July 04, 2020, 07:42:55 PM »

Only Tony Hawk 3 used Renderware for its graphics because they didn't have time to create a renderer for PS2. Tony Hawk 4 and forward went back to NeverSoft's own technology. Some of the other games shown only used Renderware in ports.

Renderware didn't scale up in the way EA expected for next gen (but you can see their goal at having one internal engine that they've forced on Frostbite), it failed in their goals on Medal of Honor: Airborne and that's why they went to UE3. Burnout Paradise and the Need For Speed games Criterion did use some kind of "new technology" that wasn't really Renderware, with I think only Paradise having anything to do with the next gen attempt at Renderware.

eleuin · « **Reply #25460 on:** July 05, 2020, 06:19:43 PM »

AC Vikings gameplay leaked

Same shit different year

https://streamable.com/q562zl
https://streamable.com/v812ig
https://streamable.com/9p4nlm

paprikastaude · « **Reply #25461 on:** July 05, 2020, 06:23:56 PM »

shocked

Nintex · « **Reply #25462 on:** July 05, 2020, 06:39:27 PM »

Someone made Super Mario 64 look like the promotional art

And someone made a video explaining the Mario 64 conspiracy iceberg

Positive Touch · « **Reply #25463 on:** July 05, 2020, 07:05:01 PM »

wow those character models actually look pretty decent. nice job.

as for that second vid, it's a stupid pet peeve of mine but i wish people could just write their goofy fanfics instead of calling it a theory or whatever

MMaRsu · « **Reply #25464 on:** July 06, 2020, 04:40:20 AM »

thqt ac valhalla gameplay looks like an absolute turd

BIONIC · « **Reply #25465 on:** July 06, 2020, 04:44:50 AM »

Only thing Ubifactory made that’s worth a shit this gen was Mario + Rabbids

Don Rumata · « **Reply #25466 on:** July 06, 2020, 05:53:43 AM »

Quote from: BIONIC on July 06, 2020, 04:44:50 AM

Only thing Ubifactory made that’s worth a shit this gen was Mario + Rabbids

Nintendyearolds.

Anyway, i watched the 30 min (skipping here and there).
Jankiness aside (clearly an old build, since it looks buggier than Origins and Odyssey) it's definitely like those two in another setting, which is what they promised and what anyone expected. :

The lighting looks like an improvement over all, even though there's something seriously wrong with the contrast, which i'll also chalk up to it being an unfinished build.

"More of the same in another setting" is what i wanted, so i'm good on that front, my big worry is still the setting itself, you come from Egypt to that, it's gonna look real bland, especially since it's treading really common water in videogame landscapes.
Beyond that, I loved Origins and hated Odyssey, entirely because of how they handled progression, so the make it or break it aspect, for me, it's gonna be down to how they handled that shit in this one.
They said potisive things about loot and progression, hopefully they materialize in the game.

Also i'm sure people who hated every AC in the last 13 years will still buy this one as usual and bitch about it, like absolute mental cases.

bork · « **Reply #25467 on:** July 06, 2020, 08:42:05 AM »

paprikastaude · « **Reply #25468 on:** July 06, 2020, 11:55:40 AM »

I want that NES spinoff

Akala · « **Reply #25469 on:** July 06, 2020, 12:11:04 PM »

SNESS

tiesto · « **Reply #25470 on:** July 06, 2020, 12:19:57 PM »

Quote from: Spieler1 on July 06, 2020, 11:55:40 AM

I want that NES spinoff

It's one of the rarest NES games unfortunately... I remember when I was little hacking the ROM with NESticle and changing the grafitti sprites to all dirty messages

tiesto · « **Reply #25471 on:** July 06, 2020, 12:21:02 PM »

Screw Hamilton, I'll be watching this instead (turn CC on):

Nintex · « **Reply #25472 on:** July 06, 2020, 03:09:54 PM »

MMaRsu · « **Reply #25473 on:** July 06, 2020, 04:08:40 PM »

Yoo theres a Max Payne 3 mod that lets you skip 98% of all cutscenes on PC

bluemax · « **Reply #25474 on:** July 06, 2020, 10:55:51 PM »

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1280010569605677057

Positive Touch · « **Reply #25475 on:** July 07, 2020, 12:05:19 AM »

please for the love of fuck do a compilation of all those late-era 16 bit games that never got international releases

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #25476 on:** July 07, 2020, 07:37:16 AM »

*Clicks on random Twitch thot*

Some guy's comment: "Your ass looks like straight bone."

*This comment has been deleted*

I like watching streams now.

Transhuman · « **Reply #25477 on:** July 07, 2020, 10:41:23 AM »

These random twitch thots have names you know

spoiler (click to show/hide)

so what was her name

[close]

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #25478 on:** July 07, 2020, 10:43:46 AM »

I don't remember. She started talking with a baby voice and I turned off the stream.

Edit: Looked at my history. It was Mizzy.

tiesto · « **Reply #25479 on:** July 07, 2020, 11:52:29 AM »

New Chronturbo episode. Dr. Sparkle ASMR ftw:

I recently beat Neutopia so it was cool to see him cover the game on this episode. There's a

mahjongg game shown in this ep too.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #25480 on:** July 07, 2020, 12:40:28 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 03, 2020, 05:27:13 PM

https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1279052765461975041

Quote
On Saturday, Epic Games will host a discussion about race in America inside the popular video game, Fortnite.

Imagine if this was a thing in the 90's and we would have a discussion about race in Super Mario World.

https://twitter.com/animegirlpits/status/1279526026851352578

eleuin · « **Reply #25481 on:** July 08, 2020, 09:38:37 AM »

https://twitter.com/APZonerunner/status/1280850881416695809

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #25482 on:** July 08, 2020, 09:45:00 AM »

that looks like shid

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #25483 on:** July 08, 2020, 09:51:13 AM »

I love the sound mixing.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #25484 on:** July 08, 2020, 10:06:31 AM »

It's bad on purpose.

mormapope · « **Reply #25485 on:** July 08, 2020, 10:37:37 AM »

Based on impressions I've read, the story, characters, soundtrack, and mood are excellent. Combat has been improved enough to be serviceable.

Game is gonna be a banger

Positive Touch · « **Reply #25486 on:** July 08, 2020, 11:16:13 AM »

muh framerates

Pissy F Benny · « **Reply #25487 on:** July 08, 2020, 11:18:49 AM »

if i wanted some 1fps shid i'd read a book

mormapope · « **Reply #25488 on:** July 08, 2020, 01:15:24 PM »

Quote from: Positive Touch on July 08, 2020, 11:16:13 AM

muh framerates

Honestly, the people bitching endlessly or feverishly about it were never gonna buy the game to begin with. Nor are they fans of Deadly Premonition most likely.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #25489 on:** July 08, 2020, 01:19:04 PM »

Quote from: mormapope on July 08, 2020, 01:15:24 PM

Quote from: Positive Touch on July 08, 2020, 11:16:13 AM
muh framerates

Honestly, the people bitching endlessly or feverishly about it were never gonna buy the game to begin with. Nor are they fans of Deadly Premonition most likely.

True.
Although the framerate shown in that video isn't just not ideal, it's closer to unplayable.
But of course as usual, to each their own.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #25490 on:** July 08, 2020, 01:22:35 PM »

Lmao I have no issue with a shitty B game if its fun, but a game with that kind of performance is inherently not fun.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #25491 on:** July 08, 2020, 01:52:26 PM »

Counterpoint:

https://twitter.com/ShaggySummers/status/1280853446149709826

Bebpo · « **Reply #25492 on:** July 08, 2020, 02:57:14 PM »

Don't care about the gfx, but most of the reviews are saying the story/characters/writing sucks and the game is crap, so I'll pass.

I liked the original for it's so bad it's good feel. Mostly just for the car conversations about old movies. But this just doesn't look appealing to me. Was D4 or The Missing actually legit good? Feels like Swery might just have gotten lucky with the first DP game.

Rufus · « **Reply #25493 on:** July 08, 2020, 03:11:52 PM »

mormapope · « **Reply #25494 on:** July 08, 2020, 03:50:59 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 08, 2020, 02:57:14 PM

Don't care about the gfx, but most of the reviews are saying the story/characters/writing sucks and the game is crap, so I'll pass.

I liked the original for it's so bad it's good feel. Mostly just for the car conversations about old movies. But this just doesn't look appealing to me. Was D4 or The Missing actually legit good? Feels like Swery might just have gotten lucky with the first DP game.

Swery has a following of fans that love his work, I'd lean towards believing people genuinely enjoy the stuff he directs or produces

Also, Deadly Premonition 1 got destroyed in reviews, same goes for it's sequel. Its not like DP1 got 9s and 10s and was lauded as a genius game.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #25495 on:** July 08, 2020, 03:52:41 PM »

D4 was good, it's just too bad that it never got finished.

Bebpo · « **Reply #25496 on:** July 08, 2020, 03:55:58 PM »

Quote from: mormapope on July 08, 2020, 03:50:59 PM

Quote from: Bebpo on July 08, 2020, 02:57:14 PM
Don't care about the gfx, but most of the reviews are saying the story/characters/writing sucks and the game is crap, so I'll pass.

I liked the original for it's so bad it's good feel. Mostly just for the car conversations about old movies. But this just doesn't look appealing to me. Was D4 or The Missing actually legit good? Feels like Swery might just have gotten lucky with the first DP game.

Swery has a following of fans that love his work, I'd lean towards believing people genuinely enjoy the stuff he directs or produces

Also, Deadly Premonition 1 got destroyed in reviews, same goes for it's sequel. Its not like DP1 got 9s and 10s and was lauded as a genius game.

But a good amount of the negative reviews are coming from people who are fans of the original.

Also the original has like 70 metacritic and this looks like it’ll be around 45. Big difference there.

bork · « **Reply #25497 on:** July 08, 2020, 03:57:02 PM »

Limited Run Games just did their annual "LRG3" show and announced a bunch of new physical releases- holy shit at them getting Castlevania and Grandia!

Some are also new digital announcements like the Wayforward stuff- guess Shantae is about to see a massive drop in price, lol.

Wayforward releases:

Shantae - Gameboy Color and Switch
Shantae: Risky's Revenge Director's Cut - Switch
A Boy And His Blob - PS4
The Mummy Demastered - Switch and PS4
Xtreme Sports - Gameboy Color and Switch

They also teased doing something more with River City Girls.

Other releases:

Castlevania: Anniversary Collection - Switch and PS4
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 - Switch and PS4
Mighty Gunvolt Burst - Switch and PS4
Garou: Mark of the Wolves - PS4 and VITA
Grandia HD Collection - Switch
Katana Zero - Switch
To The Moon - Switch
Return of the Obra Dinn - Switch and PS4
Papers, Please - VITA
Towerfall Ascension (OUYA port!) - Switch and PS4
Super Meatboy Forever - Switch and PS4
Samurai Jack Battle Through Time - Switch and PS4
Trover Saves The Universe - Switch
Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash! - PS4 (VR)
PixelJunk Eden 2 - Switch
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling - Switch and PS4
Demon Turf - Switch
Monkey Island Anthology - PC

LRG-distributed titles:

Ys Origin - Switch and PS4 (up for pre-order now)
KUNAI - Switch) (up for pre-order now)
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa - (Switch)
MegaDimension Neptunia VII - Switch
Observer - Switch
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine - Switch
Carrion - Switch
My Friend Pedro - PS4
Gris - Switch

mormapope · « **Reply #25498 on:** July 08, 2020, 04:08:39 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on July 08, 2020, 03:55:58 PM

Quote from: mormapope on July 08, 2020, 03:50:59 PM
Quote from: Bebpo on July 08, 2020, 02:57:14 PM
Don't care about the gfx, but most of the reviews are saying the story/characters/writing sucks and the game is crap, so I'll pass.

I liked the original for it's so bad it's good feel. Mostly just for the car conversations about old movies. But this just doesn't look appealing to me. Was D4 or The Missing actually legit good? Feels like Swery might just have gotten lucky with the first DP game.

Swery has a following of fans that love his work, I'd lean towards believing people genuinely enjoy the stuff he directs or produces

Also, Deadly Premonition 1 got destroyed in reviews, same goes for it's sequel. Its not like DP1 got 9s and 10s and was lauded as a genius game.

But a good amount of the negative reviews are coming from people who are fans of the original.

Also the original has like 70 metacritic and this looks like it’ll be around 45. Big difference there.

Current reviewers at big publications were fans of the original Deadly Premonition? That's as believable as every game reviewer feeling TLOU2, is a 10/10. It's also 57 vs 68, which on the review scale used nowadays, is negligible.

It seems game publications know that Deadly Premonition is a thing that exists, and in an attempt to mask that the majority of these reviewers never played the original, it's way easier to lie or fib white lies and act disappointed that this sequel didn't live up to it's predecessor.

Case in point
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/deadly-premonition-2-a-blessing-in-disguise-review

This fucking jabroni knows how to sling words, but he never played DP1, nor does he take into account the many reasons why someone would love the game. He made up a legacy or vision of the first game based on it's cult status.

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Case in point: one of the very first side missions available in Le Carre asks players to exterminate 30 killer bees. Not yet familiar enough with the town to know where to go, I let the first few days pass without following this mission up. Later, I discovered a bunch of hives at the town graveyard and spent about half an hour lazily making laps to take out swarms with York's pistol—busy work, handled in an appropriately blunt Deadly Premonition way, that was still made frustrating by the awful frame rate. Then, after all that, I realized that I couldn't turn the quest into the town's sheriff because he wasn't at the station. Later, I saw him walking near the hotel, but there was no option for turning in the quest to him there.

Another day or two passed in-game before I finally caught the sheriff at his post in the station. The reward for finishing the bee extermination? Another step in the quest asking York to go shoot 30 wild dogs

This sounds fucking hilarious and awesome, yet this reviewer, with no sense of humor or a cool bone in him, notes that this shows tedious and dull quest design.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #25499 on:** July 08, 2020, 04:21:33 PM »

TBF tho, Jim Sterling didn't like DP2 either and he gave DP1 a 10/10 at Destructoid and even got quoted on the back of the back for the Switch Edition.

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