Agiel Posted December 12, 2019 Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) At any rate I appreciate getting out of the police station and out in the streets of Raccoon City (even if Jill does spend a spell inside of RPD headquarters; developers after all capitalise on re-using old assets whenever they can) so that the player can appreciate the scale of the zombie apocalypse. RE2 Remake gave us a tantalizing view of that in the intro, but sadly still confined its scope to no more than two city blocks. Edited December 12, 2019 by Agiel 1 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
ComradeYellow Posted December 12, 2019 Posted December 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Lexx said: Well, RE3 *was* more action-oriented than previous titles of the franchise. For me it was pretty much the beginning of the downfall, because it was clear from then on it'll be more and more shooting stuff and less of what RE1 was. "Action-orientated" actually started with 2 and went full bore with 3. I did like the custom ammo though, I never made anything but magnum rounds. However yes, I miss the atmosphere of RE1 1996 and was one of the few westerners who preferred that over focusing too much on action.
Wormerine Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Hellblade 2https://youtu.be/qJWI4bkD9ZM I would be excited, if I only thought that Hellblade needed a sequel - there are franchises, and there are one shot creative projects. Here is hoping they will have a story to tell 3
algroth Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) On 12/6/2019 at 8:21 AM, algroth said: Riot Games announces RiotForge, a new subsidiary dedicated to single-player games, which will be unveiling a new "story-driven game" next week at the Game Awards. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-game-awards-will-include-around-10-new-game-reveals/ https://riotforgegames.com/ Turns out the first game is Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, and will be a turn-based RPG. Edit: and there's a second single-player League-based game announced called Convergence, which will be an action platformer based around Ekko, playing around with time-warping mechanics and so on. Sounds cool. Edited December 13, 2019 by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Lexx Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 7 hours ago, ComradeMaster said: "Action-orientated" actually started with 2 and went full bore with 3. I did like the custom ammo though, I never made anything but magnum rounds. However yes, I miss the atmosphere of RE1 1996 and was one of the few westerners who preferred that over focusing too much on action. That's why I never even really liked RE2 as much as anyone else. It got praised so hard but I was always like "meh". "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
the_dog_days Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Dark Alliance is basically Vermintide. That's not a bad thing, but who did the camera in that video? Surely that's not gameplay footage.
algroth Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Disco Elysium was the big winner of the night, going 4 for 4. Would have liked to see some more love for The Outer Worlds but I'm glad the former's getting the recognition it's getting. The biggest robbery of the night is Perkz being denied best esports player over some Fortnite kid, what the **** was that about, seriously? 1 My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
Wormerine Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Uuuu... Ex-Arcane people https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/12/13/arkane-veterans-announce-weird-west/ so like Hard West, but hopefully good. 4 1
Malcador Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfsBAPFpMU4 Edited December 13, 2019 by Malcador 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
Sarex Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 7 hours ago, Malcador said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfsBAPFpMU4 Looking forward to that. Hopefully it won't be a Civ clone. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP
Hawke64 Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 https://store.steampowered.com/app/950670/Gothic_Playable_Teaser/ Gothic. I am unsure, if it is possible to recreate the original game and make it accessible for wider audience, but it does look interesting. 1 1
Skarpen Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, Hawke64 said: https://store.steampowered.com/app/950670/Gothic_Playable_Teaser/ Gothic. I am unsure, if it is possible to recreate the original game and make it accessible for wider audience, but it does look interesting. Finished the demo, it gives about 2 hours of gameplay. What I don't like is the change in atmosphere, everything is to shiny and colorful compared to the old Gothic. Approach to combat is interesting, but buggy in the demo. I think it's to much similar to the Witcher 3 to appease the hardcore fans.
Tale Posted December 13, 2019 Posted December 13, 2019 Am I the only one excited over The Wolf Among Us 2 news? 1 "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
ComradeYellow Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Skarpen said: Finished the demo, it gives about 2 hours of gameplay. What I don't like is the change in atmosphere, everything is to shiny and colorful compared to the old Gothic. Approach to combat is interesting, but buggy in the demo. I think it's to much similar to the Witcher 3 to appease the hardcore fans. I gave up as soon as the combat started. Tries to focus too much on finesse at the expense of practicality.
Wormerine Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Skarpen said: Finished the demo, it gives about 2 hours of gameplay. What I don't like is the change in atmosphere, everything is to shiny and colorful compared to the old Gothic. Approach to combat is interesting, but buggy in the demo. I think it's to much similar to the Witcher 3 to appease the hardcore fans. Ever since I played Dark Souls I started to wish for a Gothic game using something similar to DS system - in many ways DS combat reminded me of what Gothic tried to achieve, but was quite horrible at. Still G1&2 are probably the best open world RPGs I have ever played.
Lexx Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Hawke64 said: https://store.steampowered.com/app/950670/Gothic_Playable_Teaser/ Gothic. I am unsure, if it is possible to recreate the original game and make it accessible for wider audience, but it does look interesting. Jesus Christ, wtf. Checked out some gameplay and I'm cringing so hard.... What is this? Gothic as written by a 13 years old edge lord? I feel seriously bad for the writer, because he/she clearly is a worse writer than I am, and I'm sure as hell no writer. Edited December 14, 2019 by Lexx 1 3 "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
HoonDing Posted December 14, 2019 Posted December 14, 2019 I played Gothic 3 after Oblivion and it was alright until I ran into a game-breaking bug. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
MrBrown Posted December 15, 2019 Posted December 15, 2019 On 12/13/2019 at 11:16 PM, Sarex said: Looking forward to that. Hopefully it won't be a Civ clone. Isn't being a Civ clone the point? Civ games vary their mechanics too, so this really looks just like another variation of it.
LittleRose Posted December 15, 2019 Posted December 15, 2019 On 12/13/2019 at 12:07 PM, Wormerine said: Uuuu... Ex-Arcane people https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/12/13/arkane-veterans-announce-weird-west/ so like Hard West, but hopefully good. I always say that the best RPGs don't try to satisfy fans of a certain classics but stand on their own feet. This one has potential. Let's hope the developers will make a good game. 2 1
Wormerine Posted December 15, 2019 Posted December 15, 2019 13 hours ago, MrBrown said: Isn't being a Civ clone the point? Civ games vary their mechanics too, so this really looks just like another variation of it. It’s certainly tackling the same theme as CIv, but there is inherent way Civ games progress. It’s all about positive feedback loop. What I am most interested to see is, if it is something they will try to tackle. Civ6 tried to fix some of Civ inherent problems, especially with Rising Storm expansion but I didn’t feel like they quite succeeded. RPShas written a nice article about it a while back. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/15/all-rise-and-no-fall-how-civilization-reinforces-a-dangerous-myth/ 3
melkathi Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 Good article. And nice to see he is aware of Fate of the World. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
kanisatha Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 22 hours ago, Wormerine said: It’s certainly tackling the same theme as CIv, but there is inherent way Civ games progress. It’s all about positive feedback loop. What I am most interested to see is, if it is something they will try to tackle. Civ6 tried to fix some of Civ inherent problems, especially with Rising Storm expansion but I didn’t feel like they quite succeeded. RPShas written a nice article about it a while back. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/03/15/all-rise-and-no-fall-how-civilization-reinforces-a-dangerous-myth/ For me what matters is if the game will have an option to turn on that removes the "extermination" X from 4X. I love playing Civ as a civ builder only, without the going to war with each other part. And even when this is not inherently built into the game, someone always creates a mod for it, as is the case with Civ 5 which is what I currently play.
injurai Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 I love Civ, it as also refined it's problems to an incredible extent. It's a rich game. I don't want them to throw out all that history. Which makes it hard to get a drastically different experience out of a similar premise. Hopefully Humankind offers a fresh take on a niche that is dominated by a single series. 1
Wormerine Posted December 16, 2019 Posted December 16, 2019 6 hours ago, injurai said: Hopefully Humankind offers a fresh take on a niche that is dominated by a single series. Pretty much this. I love my Civ, but the “genre” has potential for more designs. For one humankind seems to go classless - as if no Civs. Either way, humankind goes against a juggernaut, so they better to something interesting really really well.
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