RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS - BATTLE ROYALE

[SonicMage117]

Speaking of, I'm a bit less excited about Dying Light 2 knowing Chris Avellone is the narrative director. I already know the story won't be as strong as the first game's. At the same time, it's another Dying Light so.....

Edited July 16, 2018 by SonicMage117

[Lexx]

'Let's compare the art-style of three differnt games (each with three different settings) to one another and decide which engine works best with which dev team.' said Lexx, exactly 30 minutes after having taken 5 hits of acid.

 

 

 

P.S: It's so fun to annoy Lexx :>

 

Thanks for reminding me that discussing something on the internet is a pointless waste of time, I guess.

[Mamoulian War]

 

'Let's compare the art-style of three differnt games (each with three different settings) to one another and decide which engine works best with which dev team.' said Lexx, exactly 30 minutes after having taken 5 hits of acid.

 

 

 

P.S: It's so fun to annoy Lexx :>

 

Thanks for reminding me that discussing something on the internet is a pointless waste of time, I guess.

 

 

BLASPHEMY!!!

[Katphood]

https://youtu.be/E42D2XF2oAs

 

If the man himself says it's good then it must be good I guess.

 

But let's get to the exciting news:

Nier: Automata Novelization Coming to the West. (rpgfan.com)

Edited July 16, 2018 by Katphood

[injurai]

I need more RTS's in my life, this looks promising.

 

https://kingart-games.com/article/45-iron-harvest-devblog-3-july-2018

[Malcador]

[Malcador]

For Guard Dog

[Chilloutman]

I need more RTS's in my life, this looks promising.

 

https://kingart-games.com/article/45-iron-harvest-devblog-3-july-2018

 

try this, it cost almost nothing on steam:

 

[213374U]

I have all Men of War games on Steam but never tried any of them. Guess I'll give them a go. There was this fella over at the No Mutants Allowed boards(Wooz - he worked as a concept artist for Hard Reset and Shadow Warrior) and he recommended that game a lot.

 

If you have all MoW games, skip the original and go straight to Men of War Assault Squad 2 Origins. It's a remaster of the original in the latest version of the engine that is actually worthy of the denomination.

 

 

 

Speaking of, I'm a bit less excited about Dying Light 2 knowing Chris Avellone is the narrative director. I already know the story won't be as strong as the first game's. At the same time, it's another Dying Light so.....

 

(ow, the edge!)

 

That's funny because the pseudo-Nietzschean bull that the main baddie is constantly going on about is something that would fit nicely in a character written by MCA. The game lacked the setting deconstruction that is the other trademark of Avellone, but then again, it's a pretty generic modern-day urban setting. Narrative was nothing to write home about in any case — the game's strengths were in the actual gameplay and the game was good despite the writing.

[SonicMage117]

(ow, the edge!)

 

That's funny because the pseudo-Nietzschean bull that the main baddie is constantly going on about is something that would fit nicely in a character written by MCA. The game lacked the setting deconstruction that is the other trademark of Avellone, but then again, it's a pretty generic modern-day urban setting. Narrative was nothing to write home about in any case — the game's strengths were in the actual gameplay and the game was good despite the writing.

You'll see I'm right when it releases. It's going to be muddy and unfocused. Chris Avellone will offer player choice ajd that will be the diwnfall, as these types of games were never meant to offer such things. I agree it should be about the gameplay and not the story, it's not hard to write a good post-apocalyptic zombie storyline but it is easy to mess ut up by trying to expand it to places it shouldn't go.

[Malcador]

[SonicMage117]

^I decided to pay $3.00 to play detective. It's piracy. Someone took the GoG version of the game, repackaged it with their own installer signed and published with "Ace Media Group LLC" and submitted it ro Amazon. The installer looks fairly lrgit but the uninstaller doesn't work. They left GOG-specific metadata and Galaxy64.dll (for GOG Galaxy client integration) in the install difectory.

 

https://youtu.be/M69RokAgogY

 

I agree with the general concensus, normally drm ISN'T okay but when things like this happen, Denuvo is a great thing for developers and publishers to force on comsumers. Whether people want to accept that or not doesn't matter, the real people at fault aren't the publishers but the pirates who do these things.

 

Of course, Amazon already banned the sellers but the damage is done. On thr bright side, more exposure for the indie devs who made Frostpunk.

Edited July 17, 2018 by SonicMage117

[Mamoulian War]

If anyone decides to force anything on me, which I do not want, I go doing business somewhere else. There is enough companies which do not need to engage in such a shady decisions, which are happy to take my money. *shrugs*

[Zoraptor]

Really though, Amazon at the moment is dreadful. Riddled with counterfeits, resold fake returns (especially computer components) that have never been checked and fly by night scam artists using the marketplace with no supervision. Garbage wages and conditions get garbage results from staff and they want more documentation that their scams are scams than they want to open a seller account in the first place. It's even worse than steam is, except for Amazon having a fantastic refund policy; which they wouldn't need so much of if the rest of its service- and its absolute core service- hadn't fallen off a cliff.

Edited July 17, 2018 by Zoraptor

[Bartimaeus]

...also the absolute worst search system, with so many duplicated pages and completely unrelated results.

[injurai]

Really though, Amazon at the moment is dreadful. Riddled with counterfeits, resold fake returns (especially computer components) that have never been checked and fly by night scam artists using the marketplace with no supervision. Garbage wages and conditions get garbage results from staff and they want more documentation that their scams are scams than they want to open a seller account in the first place. It's even worse than steam is, except for Amazon having a fantastic refund policy; which they wouldn't need so much of if the rest of its service- and its absolute core service- hadn't fallen off a cliff.

 

It's always had issues. Honestly automation is nothing without a proper "immune system."

[SonicMage117]

The internet page sucks, the listing sucks.

 

That's why I use the phone app. If you're a prime member or a rewards member, you should be using the phone app anyway, it makes everything so much easier. I agree the internet page is horrible for users, that's probably why they made the apps. As far as ordering, I only order from Prime comsultants and sharers, which, as you guys probably know, takes care of you if you have a problem.

 

Admittedly, this was a great news story though. I don't really blame Amazon for it. I just blame the pirates. I mean, those guys could have infiltrated anywhere - it doesn't take much efforts and it has nothing to do with a marketplace being secure or thorough with a supplier/seller. It was just a con-artist and nothing more.

Edited July 18, 2018 by SonicMage117

[SonicMage117]

Here we go guys, it's begun....

 

It seems a decent portion of early backers suddenly backed out and are demanding money back from backing the game. Seems like they've had enough and are tired of waiting. Now the response of the devs is particularly interesting and the contract/terms of agreement worked on in favor for the devs.

 

Reminds me of what happened with Double Fine, not that that's bad. Double Fine's rep wasn't even tarnished, if anything they got more successful after the lawsuit so... here's to the industry. Here's to devs and pubes!!!

 

#MakeNMSgreatAgain2018

[ShadySands]

Here's to devs and pubes!!!

That's nasty Edited July 18, 2018 by ShadySands

[Hurlshort]

Crowdunding games is such a weird thing. Realistically you should recognize that your investment may never come to fruition. But then again, I just got Hero-U ages after it was due and it turned out to be a gem, so who knows?

[SonicMage117]

Ahhh!!! I meant devs and pubs as in developers and publishers lmao!

[Lexx]

Here we go guys, it's begun....

 

It seems a decent portion of early backers suddenly backed out and are demanding money back from backing the game. Seems like they've had enough and are tired of waiting. Now the response of the devs is particularly interesting and the contract/terms of agreement worked on in favor for the devs.

 

Reminds me of what happened with Double Fine, not that that's bad. Double Fine's rep wasn't even tarnished, if anything they got more successful after the lawsuit so... here's to the industry. Here's to devs and pubes!!!

 

#MakeNMSgreatAgain2018

 

I agree with the court decision. Unless one or two years ago, you can now already play the game and you don't have to pay 1000 dollars for that to happen. If it's a good game or a bad game at this stage is a completely different thing, though. If people still feel the need to give them thousands of dollars, well, it's up to them, but they can't really complain anymore, imo.

[Gfted1]

You Don't Need to Buy World of Warcraft Anymore.

[Malcador]

I still hold out hope for Star Citizen to fail.  Pretty sure someone will try to murder Chris Roberts if it does

[injurai]

I hope it succeeds because that is a lot of money to waste on nothing.