Hurlshort Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, injurai said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAgdVTBae0 That was good. Too bad they can't get that pacing down when they made the movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Still funny that Stellaris doesn't have espionage yet, not even of the SEIV type. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 5:31 AM, Hurlshot said: That was good. Too bad they can't get that pacing down when they made the movie. Makes me realize that I really loath Blizzard's visual styles. For me it's just always way too much. The ornaments, the proportions, all that stuff just looks so unappealing to me. 2 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 just cartoons, thats why 3 visuals tanked I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 if only they toned down the shoulder pauldrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Never found them that obnoxious of late, although I guess it may be down to the races I've played. It is the most noticeable armour piece, though, so I guess that is why they overdid it. Would be nice if all armour were separate models on top of the character model but I imagine that'd be too taxing, Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Last good BLizzard game was Blackthorne. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Why would you say something so controversial, yet so brave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 https://www.pcgamer.com/players-are-flagging-wow-classic-features-because-they-think-theyre-bugs Ah, these people that think they know vanilla. :P 2 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, Malcador said: https://www.pcgamer.com/players-are-flagging-wow-classic-features-because-they-think-theyre-bugs Ah, these people that think they know vanilla. bless their hearts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Reminds me of when we rolled back FOnline: 2238 to the 2009 release build as april 1st joke. Players always said that "old FOnline was the best", but this blast from the past didn't agree. So many missing features, unresponsive ai, balance tweaks and whatever else. Didn't realize how much the game had changed with every update over the years. 2 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algroth Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 On 5/13/2019 at 10:27 AM, Malcador said: https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/7/18534431/fortnite-rare-default-skins-bullying-harassment Amazing what children will be pricks about. Reminds me of Dan Olson's video on FOMO mechanics in Fortnite and so on: My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injurai Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I'm sure there are plenty of kids not being "ruined" by this new age of media, but I can't help but feel those who are left to fall into this stuff (either being lonely latchkeys or otherwise) are probably suffering for it more-so than previous generations. In the entertainment world, it often seems like the route to a persons wallet is through their kid. And anything that can be done to encourage a youth culture that entices spending will be marketed to the fullest. That's not necessarily new, but it's very aggressive these days, and all within an economy that is far less mobile than in the past. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 All part of the Illuminati's plan. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormerine Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 While we are at Epic, the Epic Store Sale is an interesting topic. What initially might seems like a swing into the other direction: attempting this time to bribe consumers into coming to Epic, instead of paying off devs/publishers, might have somewhat backfired, I saw somewhat, because I don't know what exact intentions were - I imagine the deals are good enough to get new people into the Epic Store (success!) but they might have pissed off publishers/developers (not good!). Here is the short version: Epic store has currently discount on every game they sell: old, new, pre-orders. If the game costs more than 13,99 pounds (UK prices from me) they decrese it by 10 pounds. Some results are crazy - just announced indie John Wick game can be purchased for 4,39 (less than a 1/3 of its price), all ports of David Cage's older, ekhm, games can be bought for 5.99. How did Epic convinced game owners to do such drastic price cut before games are even out. Well, they didn't. They didn't ask for their permission, and didn't actually lower the cost for them. Epic is covering the missing discount and paying devs the full share. All good then? Win, win? Not quite aparently. Game owners don't seem to be happy with their game getting devalued, often before they even launch. There was some brief attempt from Supergiant to raise price of Hades earlier then they planned, the big boyz Borderlands3 and Bloodlines got temporarly pulled from the shop for the duration of the sale. Fun times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Bloodlines are Epic only? I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Nope, not an Epic exclusive or timed exclusive or even semi-exclusive. Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Haven't visited their store yet, but I like Epic more now. 1 L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 The store needs work. I haven't found a way to sort games to find things I could be interested in. May be that there just aren't enough games on offer yet so they haven't felt the need to make a proper store. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleArmadillo0 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I can understand slashing the prices of some of the games that have been on their store for a while, but doing that for pre-orders? That just sound really strange marketing move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Wormerine said: All good then? Win, win? Not quite aparently. Game owners don't seem to be happy with their game getting devalued, often before they even launch. There was some brief attempt from Supergiant to raise price of Hades earlier then they planned, the big boyz Borderlands3 and Bloodlines got temporarly pulled from the shop for the duration of the sale. Fun times. So that's why Ubisoft games weren't accessible while the sale runs? Didn't they said it was "a software issue"? "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormerine Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I don’t know about Ubi, but multiple devs certainly seem unhappy about it. Klei and Paradox pulled their games out of the sale: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-05-17-paradox-pulls-bloodlines-2-from-epic-store-during-mega-sale so did Gearbox: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-05-18-borderlands-3-pre-order-pulled-from-epic-games-store-amid-mega-sale-kerfuffle Supergiant got a panic attack as well: https://www.supergiantgames.com/blog If this act of devaluing the game is as undesirable as it seems, devs might be more cautious about signing with Epic, if they keep up this behaviour. Especially undesired for non-exclusive games to have their game on sale. ONI is to launch next month I think, clearly a bad idea to have it discounted by 10 pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormerine Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 8 hours ago, LittleArmadillo0 said:I can understand slashing the prices of some of the games that have been on their store for a while, but doing that for pre-orders? That just sound really strange marketing move. It’s a new thing, certainly- an aggressive move to get people to use Epic Store, which should be a major short term financial loss. It is not an uncommon move - slashing prices compared to competition, until you are one man standing. Considering that the biggest titles got pulled, I wonder if it is still as effective as Epic hoped it would be. While a generous deal for consumers, something about it still rubs me the wrong way. For one, it is clearly “a deal with the devil” kind of sale, as it is not a legitimate long term business practice. Things won’t stay like that, because it’s unprofitable, it’s just an attempt to choke the competition. While one might have a “that serves you well” attitude toward those who signed Epic exclusive, it might be damaging for those who just used Epic as another store: be it Klei or Paradox. This was done without a heads up, to game owners. I don’t like **** moves like that, even if I am one benefitting. I am curious to see if this incident will have an impact on future Epic/Publisher relations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleArmadillo0 Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Yeah this whole event felt really shady. If anything it makes both Epic and the publishers/developers seem untrustworthy. I think it is nice that Epic is willing to cover for the loss in sales but I just don't know how long Epic is going to be footing the bill for the sales but I imagine it can't go on forever, they would just end up bleeding money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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