Random Gaming Talk Thread

[HaughtyFrank]

Not really a fan of the artstyle but overall are the visuals fairly secondary.

What's nice to see is that there seems to be a hint towards Morgan LeFay who only appeared in the telltale game

https://twitter.com/diavolta_/status/1541802310820675587

So while this is a direct sequel to monkey island 2 they might still carry over some elements from the later sequels

[Bebpo]

I understand, Guacamelee is butt ugly

I am not gonna take this guacamelee slander 

Their art style with that and Severed is so good.

[Joe Molotov]

I mean I dont know what sort of team they are working with, im just glad we are getting new Monkey Island stuff

That's what I thought about Escape from Monkey Island and Tales of Monkey Island too.

[Bebpo]

Watched a clip of some of the new Jane Thor dialogue exchanges in Avengers game.

Game sucks but really has some of the best VA out there. Which is also why the story stuff was good even though the gameplay was bad. Just a shame they can't get the gameplay side fun. I hope the voice director gets to work on better projects under Embracer.

[bork]

I mean I dont know what sort of team they are working with, im just glad we are getting new Monkey Island stuff

Its gonna be hard to top this artstyle wise

This doesn't look that great either (the character designs).  The first two games' art was far and away the best and it just got worse and worse with each new game.  I'm still interested in this new Monkey Island, however, because Ron Gilbert is back working on it. 

[MMaRsu]

I mean I dont know what sort of team they are working with, im just glad we are getting new Monkey Island stuff

That's what I thought about Escape from Monkey Island and Tales of Monkey Island too.

TBH I never really played those games. I played an Escape demo back when PC demo's still came on discs I think. I didnt think much of it.

Compared to Curse of Monkey Island, I feel all of the other ones are a step below it. But then again I grew up not having played MI1 or 2, but I did play Full Throttle, Grim Fandango and Curse of Monkey Island. Its hard to go back to the oldschool graphics at that point.

[Pissy F Benny]

This has the worst character models I've seen in a while

The main character looks like hanime Bobby Eaton

[Nintex]

It looks pretty good actually. Pretty crazy how many games Square Enix is shipping this year compared to other publishers.

Who would've thought that in the year of our lord 2022 Capcom and Square Enix would be the publishers who 'most have their shit together'.

[Svejk]

Not too sure about SE, as I think Forwoken is going to flop hard, but FFXVI could be something really special... Capcom for sure has been on fire for a good several years now and still has so much potential to keep getting better imo. 

[Bebpo]

Star Ocean games are the ugliest Japanese games there are.

The ironic thing is that VP2 and Radiata Stories looked fine. So it's a purposefully trash aesthetic.

[Polident Hive]

This Klonoa remaster demo for Switch has a pixel filter option and I’ve never seen something like it before. Makes the games resemble Donkey Kong Country. That silicon graphics-to-sprite look. It works enough to be playable. But I don’t see why. These are PS2 and Wii games. Anyway, like the Kirby series, Klonoa games are fun and relaxing.

[HaughtyFrank]

People have been so mean about the new monkey island that Ron Gilbert decided to stop posting on his blog 

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ron-gilbert-will-no-longer-post-about-monkey-island-due-to-personal-attacks/

[tiesto]

This has the worst character models I've seen in a while

The main character looks like hanime Bobby Eaton

The environments and combat look fantastic. I love the SO series (except for 5) so I'm super hyped for this, looks like a bit of a return to form.

[HaughtyFrank]

Nice way of making a trailer for a game that's still in the early stages

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/pcgamer/status/1543007127349886976

[Tasty]

Wait... Sega is a shitty publisher?!??

[D3RANG3D]

[demi]

It's not exactly forgotten, it got a complete remaster/port on Xbox One

[benjipwns]

It's also free on PC: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/store/phantom-dust/9pcdnbhr11mr

[paprikastaude]

That video is an advert for inofficial Phantom Dust merch and his Phantom Dust discrod server 

[bork]

https://twitter.com/Official_Cattus/status/1543255323997519872

[Madrun Badrun]

Zombie Army 4 is a lot of fun

[D3RANG3D]

[HaughtyFrank]

https://twitter.com/CoinersTakingLs/status/1543767354525396992

[MMaRsu]

[benjipwns]

Ubi says fuck yo DLC:

Ubisoft has announced that, effective September 1, it will be decommissioning the online features(opens in new tab) of a selection of older games. I've compiled a list of the PC games affected, their release dates, and what features will be removed below:

Anno 2070 (2011): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features
Assassin's Creed 2 (2009): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features
Assassin's Creed 3 (2012): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (2010): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
Assassin's Creed Liberation HD (2014): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access DLC
Driver San Francisco (2011): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
Far Cry 3 (2012): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010): co-op multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
Silent Hunter 5 (2010): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features, access to DLC
Space Junkies (2019): "As a multiplayer only title, you will be unable to play the game going forward."
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013): multiplayer, linking accounts, online features

Ubisoft states that "Closing the online services for some older games allows us to focus our resources on delivering great experiences for players who are playing newer or more popular titles." I'm certainly sympathetic to that argument—I doubt there's a ton of gamers out there still playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist's online multiplayer. Additionally, the remastered versions of listed games will be retaining online features.

However, cutting off DLC and, in one case, an entire game is troubling. Space Junkies, the multiplayer VR shooter, cost $40 at release and remains available for sale on Steam, with no notice that it will be rendered unplayable in two months.

If NFTs haven't been thoroughly debunked enough already, seeing Ubisoft completely end these services makes the company's Quartz NFT initiative even more absurd. What happens to that blockchain-backed investment once the game it's attached to shuts down, and the crypto booster pipe dream of a single NFT being used across multiple games never materialized?

This mass decommissioning also demonstrates the preservation issues inherent to walled garden online services. You can still enjoy online games significantly older than the ones listed thanks to their support for private servers. It's worth remembering that every live service game will one day stop getting official support and eventually shut down. Overwatch, Destiny, Ubisoft's own Rainbow Six Siege, there will come a point maybe years, maybe decades down the line when their servers are switched off and you won't be able to come back to them.

[Pissy F Benny]

Forspoken delayed until 2023


https://www.eurogamer.net/forspoken-delayed-until-2023

I don't think anyone could have seen this coming

[Svejk]

Forspoken delayed until 2023


https://www.eurogamer.net/forspoken-delayed-until-2023

I don't think anyone could have seen this coming

Surely they'll release it right around BOTW2... Just like Horizon 2 did before Elden Rang.

Guess they needed more time to lock a 30fps on current gen hardware and add in more muthafuckin' dragons.

[Pissy F Benny]

I think the writing was on the wall when it (one of the 6 non-sports AAA titles slated for the rest of the year) didn't get a trailer at fake E3

[Nintex]

2022 is absolutely stacked with Square Enix releases so I'm not surprised they moved it to 2023.

Voice of Cards: The Forsaken Maiden
Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster
Babylon's Fall
Triangle Strategy
Chocobo GP
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story
Live A Live
The Diofield Chronicle
Nier Automata: The End of YorHa Edition
Valkyrie Elysium
Star Ocean: The Divine Force
Harvestella
Dragon Quest Treasures
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion


New Robocop game just dropped

[Pissy F Benny]

This looks shit, did the world really need Sea of Thieves, but without the whimsy?

The sea combat in AC games is fine as side content, I'm not sure you need a full game of it though.

[MMaRsu]

That Robocop game looks cool, but it makes me wish for a Judge Dredd game

[Nintex]

This looks shit, did the world really need Sea of Thieves, but without the whimsy?

The sea combat in AC games is fine as side content, I'm not sure you need a full game of it though.

This looks very different from when they first showed it. It certainly took more of a Sea of Thieves direction.
Can't believe this has been in development for like 6 years if not longer. 

[Bebpo]

Pretty curious to see how bad it actually is and the memes that come from it.

I can't think of any game in decades that was apparently internally panned but the studio just gave up and released it anyways. Like I'm sure it happens a decent amount of the time and that's why some bad games are bad, but this being an open secret that even Ubisoft knows the game is bad and is still releasing it...yeah don't think this is gonna sell much.

[Bebpo]

https://twitter.com/terrycavanagh/status/1545076959444717569


Time to reinstall

[demi]

This video has caused Phantom Dust to skyrocket to an almost $200 game

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=phantom+dust+xbox&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1

[HardcoreRetro]

Good time to sell if you still have a disc version. Digital copy is free on the xbox store.

[demi]

Good time to go hunt down copies since most places probably sell it for $10 lol

[Polident Hive]

Can one of these YouTube people make a viral video about Army of Two or some other game I wouldn’t mind selling.

[Nintex]

[MMaRsu]

https://twitter.com/bluefootednewt/status/1545154113641615360

[HardcoreRetro]

The Kane and Lynch 2 soundtrack is a fucking masterpiece. They made some fake chinese generic pop for that game.

[Potato]

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Is this for real?

[who is ted danson?]

yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:PlayStation_5-only_games

I think returnal, ratchet, and bloodborne all have (rumoured) pc ports in the works too

[Svejk]

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Still 5 more than Xbox.   

[Nintex]

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Is this for real?

No, Returnal is coming to PC soonish

The list is also missing 2 Final Fantasy games only announced for PS5 as of yet.

[bork]

Returnal was "found" in the Steam DB listings under another name some time ago, IIRC.  So nothing new there apart from rumblings that a release date will be announced soon.

[Potato]

So basically PS5 is the PS4ProPro and the XBox Series X is just the One XX. What's the point of these things again?

[HardcoreRetro]

Cheaper options than building a PC.

[paprikastaude]

Where else am I supposed to be playing 3rd party games? The Switch?

[Nintex]

Ease of use is one of the main reasons I guess. Overall I'm really happy with my Xbox Series X, every game runs, looks and sounds better than it did on the One X.
Between next-gen games, Xbox One games and backwards compatibility with the 360/OG Xbox the library is just insane.

PC gaming is getting close to the console experience for console type games but there's still a few things that need fixing:
- Switching screens or selecting screens in multi-screen set-ups (it works 90% of the time)
- Switching audio devices and audio support (things like Dolby Atmos)
- HDR support (the Windows HDR implementation is still rather poor)
- Switching between storefronts and carrying over settings
- 4K Blu-Ray support and native apps for streaming services that don't run in browsers

I feel like the Steamdeck is teaching Valve the lessons they need in order to make any Steam PC experience as flawless as the Xbox Series X experience.

[who is ted danson?]

I'm sorta tempted by an XSX for 4k blu ray + backwards compatible stuff that isn't on PC.

Not at current prices though.

Also, I'm hoping that within a few years Xenia will be better for backwards compatibility than XSX (i.e PGR 3/4 pls  )

[Nintex]

I'm sorta tempted by an XSX for 4k blu ray + backwards compatible stuff that isn't on PC.

Not at current prices though.

Also, I'm hoping that within a few years Xenia will be better for backwards compatibility than XSX (i.e PGR 3/4 pls  )

Consoles will only cost more in the future with this inflation.

The souped up new versions will be more expensive than the current models.

[Tasty]

I feel like the Steamdeck is teaching Valve the lessons they need in order to make any Steam PC experience as flawless as the Xbox Series X experience.

All powered by plain old desktop Linux.

[Svejk]

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Is this for real?

No, Returnal is coming to PC soonish

The list is also missing 2 Final Fantasy games only announced for PS5 as of yet.

Also, Horizon: Call of the Mountain could fall in that catagory too.
... And KOTOR Remake as well. 
 

[MMaRsu]

Is the Cuphead DLC playable with Cuphead himself too or only Miss Chalice anyone know?

[Tasty]

[Beezy]

Is the Cuphead DLC playable with Cuphead himself too or only Miss Chalice anyone know?

playable with everyone

[VomKriege]

https://kananundkiri.blogspot.com/2012/07/bullshit-building-10-ion-storm-office.html?m=1

A story about how Ion Storm rented a rad penthouse that only one that small issue of massive sun glare on screens.

[Beezy]

Kirby Fall Guys? This can't be a full priced game.