Yet another GAF thread - I still haven't got over it :( (No spergfits allowed)

[Shadow Mod]

Halo fiction/canon thread on GAF... 

Probably a good thing I didn't ever follow the story of these things. I have no clue what the hell they're talking about.

I like to forget 4 exists.

[Phoenix Dark]

the BJ thread continues to impress

If you suck a guy's dick, roleplay with him ("teehee slap my ass daddy"), AND admit to not really being attracted to women in general...you're gay breh. Or bi.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

  sword swallower

[Junpei the Tracer!]

god nothing brings a thread down faster than those shitty fucking tumblr gifs. i fucking hate them, shit garbage.

[Purple Filth]

Halo fiction/canon thread on GAF... 

Probably a good thing I didn't ever follow the story of these things. I have no clue what the hell they're talking about.

I like to forget 4 exists.

I haven't kept up since the novels were involved.

[Phoenix Dark]

god nothing brings a thread down faster than those shitty fucking tumblr gifs. i fucking hate them, shit garbage.

[parallax]

6v6 Titanfall

Such devastation. So many assholes getting wrecked you'd think it was a rest stop bathroom at 3AM.

i dont understand. what is there to be upset about?

[Yulwei]

Yeah, I don't get it. It really just comes down to map design. A well designed map can make 6v6 feel as intense and hectic as a 32v32 BF match.

[Pickles the Firecat]

Just shows how much gamers buy into marketing hype.

OPEN WORLD EXPERIENCE
EXPANSIVE MAPS
MASSIVE ENGAGEMENTS
HUGE PLAYER COUNTS

[Rahxephon91]

Going to have to disagree with that. Small player counts don't feel at all epic. Give me tons of people on big maps.

Nothing beats the experience of parachuting with tons of teammates from a tall building into a hectic capture point all while tons of fighting is going all around. Landing and catching many by surprise all while you chaotically scramble to get to a safe place as your radar lights up with tons of enemy movement.

 I very much doubt Titantfall is going to be a Rainbow Six type game where a small player count means nothing. It looks just as much a run and gun like a chicken with it's head off as most CoD is.

[Phoenix Dark]

You can tell that the people complaining about 6v6 are console children whose first FPS was Halo or MW. I'll take an intimate, high quality 6v6 over the sprawl/chaos of BF any day of the week. Especially for objective based gameplay. 

Did anyone think Gears had too few people? It was perfectly set up for that type of gameplay. I'd imagine Titanfall will be similar, and might even foster a decent competitive scene for a console shooter. The videos really suggest that super skilled players could really do some amazing shit in it.

[Pickles the Firecat]

Not everything has to feel epic. Or the same kind of epic, if that makes sense.

My favorite gaming experiences were Rainbow matches, 6v6 standard. 4x4 clan matches were insanely tense.

[Shadow Mod]

I'll just take good gameplay in general and less fluff, randomization and leveling the playing field for dice rolling shitbirds. I'm still bitter over Halo 4 and the whole situation makes me feel like a typical dumb gamer all "look what they did to my baby" but fuck I liked that game as is.

[Phoenix Dark]

"Epic" doesn't just mean 16 v 16. People need to stop falling for buzzwords, and play some actual shooters. Epic is being the only living engineer in Wolfenstein ET, trying to detonate the objective. Epic is going 1 on 3 in Counterstrike and winning. Epic is healing a Heavy in TF2 and dominating just long enough to guarantee victory.

[parallax]

"Epic" doesn't just mean 16 v 16. People need to stop falling for buzzwords, and play some actual shooters. Epic is being the only living engineer in Wolfenstein ET, trying to detonate the objective. Epic is going 1 on 3 in Counterstrike and winning. Epic is healing a Heavy in TF2 and dominating just long enough to guarantee victory.

fuck yes on that 3v1 counterstrike tip. dust with a desert eagle and the rest of your team cheering you on was the hypest ive ever been playing a fps. the closet is a full lan party on quake 2 playing on the box map with low gravity

[Polyh3dron]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=747631

fucking ninthings don't understand the difference between a company that only deals in video games and one that has video games as a small division of a much larger multinational corporation.

also, I have complete faith in zampella & co to make a game that has a good multiplayer experience when they're not shackled by bobby kotick demanding more bullet points.  titanfall will be the manifestation of them having the most freedom they've had since COD4.

[Shaka Khan]

How much do they really have though when both EA and MS are breathing down their necks?

[Joe Molotov]

the BJ thread continues to impress

If you suck a guy's dick, roleplay with him ("teehee slap my ass daddy"), AND admit to not really being attracted to women in general...you're gay breh. Or bi.

But it's not about sexual attraction, PD, he's just addicted to the power.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

And the cock.

[close]

[El Babua]

idk about you losers, but the best MP FPS experiences I've had were in Killzone 2 32 player Warzone matches on Blood Gracht. Especially when the bomb planting/defuse mode came up.

[Your Stalker]

giving another dude a bj is only gay if you make eye contact

[davepoobond]

if your gun shooting game is designed to best be played with 6v6, then your game is badly designed in this day and age.

its nice to say "this is how it works for this game" but when you've got other games out there that will feel a lot more fun to play because you can pack in 32+ people rather than 12 (this is pretty much Xbox/PS2-era multiplayer numbers), people won't feel like they need to play your game anymore.

[El Babua]

idk about you losers, but the best MP FPS experiences I've had were in Killzone 2 32 player Warzone matches on Blood Gracht. Especially when the bomb planting/defuse mode came up.

I did enjoy that Warzone and map...best tho? I really like Killzone 2 unlike most here and even I'm like reading that

Maybe you should play quality FPS's the way they've been meant to be played.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

...With more players than any map in the game could handle and a horrifically unbalanced class system. Seriously, the fuck was GG thinking? At least they had the decency to give the host the ability to tweak settings in order to make the game playable. And that's the thing, if the settings are set right, the game was some of the best MP FPS'ing ever made. GG managed to design a masterpiece underneath whatever shitty vision they had./spoiler]

[close]

[brawndolicious]

if your gun shooting game is designed to best be played with 6v6, then your game is badly designed in this day and age.

its nice to say "this is how it works for this game" but when you've got other games out there that will feel a lot more fun to play because you can pack in 32+ people rather than 12 (this is pretty much Xbox/PS2-era multiplayer numbers), people won't feel like they need to play your game anymore.

I think it has to do with the fact that those big mechs are essentially like vehicles in Battlefield games. A map that works well for 64 people running around gets really cramped if it's an all tanks/jets server. Plus TItanfall has a combination campaign-multiplayer where you fight both actual players and AI bots so I don't think the maps will feel empty.

[pilonv1]

#Cringe #Cringe #Cringe

Thankyou so much for posting this, been too long since I've listened to Weird Al

[fizzel]

Whenever I hear a gaffer talk about something like that, while you assume the woman is hot cause that's what guys do, the reality is almost always like this:

My G-d it's true. Whenever I hear sex being discussed on GAF or SA I always have to keep in mind what the participants probably look like.

Ashodin is one of those dudes that is really comfortable with the way he looks despite every singe shred of physical evidence saying he should feel the opposite. He is ugly as shit.

No fucking shame, he is sickening. 

[Cerveza mas fina]

PD has a point with that CS comment.

idk about you losers, but the best MP FPS experiences I've had were in Killzone 2 32 player Warzone matches on Blood Gracht. Especially when the bomb planting/defuse mode came up.

Killzone is legit horrible.

[archnemesis]

Yep, Killzone 2 was great with 32 players. You need plenty of players of you want to have strategic stand-offs. 5 vs 5 in Counter-Strike is only fun with really skilled players, otherwise you're better off with 8 or 10 players on each team.

[Polari]

Huh I never realised Mineshaft_Gap is lemurs.

[Rufus]

The true reason people don't like small player sizes: It highlights their mediocrity that much more. If you have 63 other people to shoot at, it's that much easier to perform to ego pleasing levels, since there's always someone to shoot at. It's also easier to hide your shame in the masses when you do nothing but trade kills, or worse, feed the enemy team the entire match.
This is compounded by unlock systems. Suddenly the shitty, tiny killbox map is that much more appealing and TDM is the most popular mode. Let's turn on instant re-spawn while we're at it, wouldn't want to be in a queue "half the match" because your dumb ass sprints into enemy fire all the time. Join the fish in the barrel, this is a good experience.

That said, small teams are clearly not the path to success in this shitty environment, so I agree that it could be bad for Titanfall.

[Rahxephon91]

You do know Call of Duty TDM is 6 on 6 right?

[Rufus]

Apparently that's not enough any more.

...

...Wait, does all the hoopla come from the Sony side?

[archie4208]

Come on.

[Joe Molotov]

Come on.

It's probably true, though. Nerds catching feels over vidyas.

[magus]

Come on.

It's probably true, though. Nerds catching feels over vidyas.

meanwhile in another thread...

[StealthFan]

You can tell that the people complaining about 6v6 are console children whose first FPS was Halo or MW. I'll take an intimate, high quality 6v6 over the sprawl/chaos of BF any day of the week. Especially for objective based gameplay. 

Did anyone think Gears had too few people? It was perfectly set up for that type of gameplay. I'd imagine Titanfall will be similar, and might even foster a decent competitive scene for a console shooter. The videos really suggest that super skilled players could really do some amazing shit in it.

I was raised on Counter Strike and BF, slut.

[fistfulofmetal]

6v6

once you go 32v32 you can't settle for anything less.

[helios]

Come on.

It's probably true, though. Nerds catching feels over vidyas.

I caught feels from Telltale's The Walking Dead. I think a lot of people did.

[Brehvolution]

6v6

once you go 32v32 you can't settle for anything less.

I'll second this as someone who doesn't like to play with other people. My sweet spot is 48v48 when I Tussle in the Timber.

[Purple Filth]

6 v 6 sounds low in this day and age but they are apparently betting the potential slots on the AI (other characters, Titans) so we'll see how that works out.

The systems wars bullshit also makes the posturing hilarious where a dev had to come in and sing praises (for the game he's making  ) in a effort to quell the responses.

[king of the internet]

Come on.

Sometimes I wonder if these guys have been exposed to any form of media outside of videogames. It would be the only explanation. Even the greatest videogame stories are just good...for a videogame. I would be pretty disappointed in myself if I caught feelings over some shit in the same tier as saturday morning cartoons and straight-to-DVD movies.

[fistfulofmetal]

Nothing wrong with catching feels over TLOU. There's some cheese in the writing here and there but for the most part it's written pretty well and has an effective narrative. The ending is damn good.

[Purple Filth]

The systems wars bullshit also makes the posturing hilarious where a dev had to come in and sing praises (for the game he's making  ) in a effort to quell the responses.

might have to actually read that thread. Devs don't ever 'have' to come in and put a cape on for their own game. People on the internet will and have massively pooped on games with thousands of hours and millions of dollars  of work based upon a single screenshot, and every time you address them it's pretty much an L for you.

The response even includes some near hyperbole tbh

Vince is right - we tried a huge amount of playercounts (all the way down to 1v1 and up quite high) and designed the maps, gameplay mechanics, and entire experience around which played best. If anyone wants to chase the numbers game, perhaps we're not the experience they're after? I dunno.

 And FYI, for amount of stuff happening at once in a map you'll be hard pressed to find a game that keeps the action higher. I literally have to stop playing every few rounds because my heart just can't take it some times. Remember, you can get out of your Titan and let it roam on AI mode - meaning there can be 12 Pilots wallrunning around, 12 Titans stomping below, and dozens of AI doing their thing.

 Oh, and I keep seeing people thinking we've got "bots" when we talk about AI. Thats not how they are. The AI in Titanfall are not replacements for human players. Our playercount is not 6v6 because of AI - AI play their own role in the game and are a different class of character in the game.

 

[archie4208]

Come on.

It's probably true, though. Nerds catching feels over vidyas.

I caught feels from Telltale's The Walking Dead. I think a lot of people did.

I got feels several times during TWD, but I didn't think it was this massive life changing experience. 

[helios]

Come on.

It's probably true, though. Nerds catching feels over vidyas.

I caught feels from Telltale's The Walking Dead. I think a lot of people did.

I got feels several times during TWD, but I didn't think it was this massive life changing experience.

I don't think NathanCX said that TLOU was a life changing experience, at least not in the post your quoted.

[Polyh3dron]

The systems wars bullshit also makes the posturing hilarious where a dev had to come in and sing praises (for the game he's making  ) in a effort to quell the responses.

might have to actually read that thread. Devs don't ever 'have' to come in and put a cape on for their own game. People on the internet will and have massively pooped on games with thousands of hours and millions of dollars  of work based upon a single screenshot, and every time you address them it's pretty much an L for you.

The response even includes some near hyperbole tbh

Vince is right - we tried a huge amount of playercounts (all the way down to 1v1 and up quite high) and designed the maps, gameplay mechanics, and entire experience around which played best. If anyone wants to chase the numbers game, perhaps we're not the experience they're after? I dunno.

 And FYI, for amount of stuff happening at once in a map you'll be hard pressed to find a game that keeps the action higher. I literally have to stop playing every few rounds because my heart just can't take it some times. Remember, you can get out of your Titan and let it roam on AI mode - meaning there can be 12 Pilots wallrunning around, 12 Titans stomping below, and dozens of AI doing their thing.

 Oh, and I keep seeing people thinking we've got "bots" when we talk about AI. Thats not how they are. The AI in Titanfall are not replacements for human players. Our playercount is not 6v6 because of AI - AI play their own role in the game and are a different class of character in the game.

 

I hope in 2014 people stop using the word "literally" where it doesn't really need to be used.

[demi]

The Walking Dead had more feels than Last of Us

[Tasty]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=96353078&postcount=151

[demi]

WiiU is dead, but X will make it worth it....

[Polyh3dron]

WiiU is dead, but X will make it worth it....

[thisismyusername]

WiiU is dead, but X will make it worth it....

...When the Wii U is able to be emulated by Dolphin, anyway.

Paying $250 to play one JRPG. :getout

[benjipwns]

The response even includes some near hyperbole tbh

I hope in 2014 people stop using the word "literally" where it doesn't really need to be used.

Insensitive towards people with heart problems. 

[Polyh3dron]

The response even includes some near hyperbole tbh

I hope in 2014 people stop using the word "literally" where it doesn't really need to be used.

Insensitive towards people with heart problems. 

[nachobro]

WiiU is dead, but X will make it worth it....

...When the Wii U is able to be emulated by Dolphin, anyway.

Paying $250 to play one JRPG. :getout

Eh there's enough games on Wii U (either out or going to be released) that justifies the $300 cost for me. 3D World, DK, Bayo 2, X, Mario Kart, Smash, and other junk I don't know about I'm sure.

[demi]

WiiU is dead, but X will make it worth it....

...When the Wii U is able to be emulated by Dolphin, anyway.

Paying $250 to play one JRPG. :getout

Obama's america

Economy aint got shit on me

[hampster]

Who drops a big gameplay feature casually on twitter these days anyway? The respawn guys should have seen this coming from a mile away. Not that it will matter for sales, but I'm sure some marketing people are throwing a fit today. You're just creating a headache when you didn't need to. When dealing with children you have to be careful, especially when too many of them are interested in taking your game down a peg to win their message board war.

Anyway, I don't play multiplayer shooters so what would I know, but I wouldn't bet against the people behind COD4. The game is up there with Wii Sports for being one of the most influential last generation certainly. Titanfall will probably be a good game

[Purple Filth]

The response even includes some near hyperbole tbh

I hope in 2014 people stop using the word "literally" where it doesn't really need to be used.

Insensitive towards people with heart problems. 

If he actually had heart problems why would he still be playing it?

Could have made a better reference

[benjipwns]

If he actually had heart problems why would he still be playing it?

Have you seen Titanfall?

[Joe Molotov]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=96353078&postcount=151

(Image removed from quote.)

Have you read the Wii U 2014 Games thread, Andy? So young, so full of optimism, so naive.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=743320

People thinking X is gonna come out, Zelda U is gonna come out (I don't even mean Hyrule Warriors, but an honest to God new Zelda game ), Nintendo gonna moneyhat some 3rd parties. Oh children, if you only knew.

[thisismyusername]

WiiU is dead, but X will make it worth it....

...When the Wii U is able to be emulated by Dolphin, anyway.

Paying $250 to play one JRPG. :getout

Obama's america

Economy aint got shit on me

 

[Shadow Mod]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=96377810&postcount=924