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[Hawke64]

On 4/2/2020 at 8:25 PM, marelooke said:

If the port is of the same level of quality as Nier: Automata I think I'll pass.

Yes, I'm still bitter about it deciding my savegame was not worthy enough to be kept around.

Spoilers for NieR 1.

Spoiler

NieR: Gestalt/Replicant did the erase-your-save-for-the-best-ending thing first. So it was not as impactful for me in NieR: Automata.

I suppose, NieR 1 better subverted the hero's journey trope (not sure, if Automata tried to do so) and subsequent "playthroughs" (technically, it was one playthrough, but some parts were awfully similar) were less irritating, due to the fact that enemies and especially bosses did not scale, so by the third run, it required 2-3 minutes to deal with each one and move on. Also not being forced to play as a support character was great (I do strongly dislike 9S).

[the_dog_days]

The Legend of Heroes: Cold Steel 4 is coming to North America for the PS4 this autumn and PC and the Switch ports are set for some time in 2021.

https://thelegendofheroes.com

[marelooke]

1 hour ago, Hawke64 said:

Spoilers for NieR 1.

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NieR: Gestalt/Replicant did the erase-your-save-for-the-best-ending thing first. So it was not as impactful for me in NieR: Automata.

I suppose, NieR 1 better subverted the hero's journey trope (not sure, if Automata tried to do so) and subsequent "playthroughs" (technically, it was one playthrough, but some parts were awfully similar) were less irritating, due to the fact that enemies and especially bosses did not scale, so by the third run, it required 2-3 minutes to deal with each one and move on. Also not being forced to play as a support character was great (I do strongly dislike 9S).

I was nowhere near the end though... unfortunately.

[Keyrock]

Some PS5 gamepad porn:

PS5 gamepad is apparently made by Aperture Science. 

Edited April 8, 2020 by Keyrock

[majestic]

It is finally here, after five thousand hours of work, 800 of which were spent on playing, reading and watching the Witcher franchise, here's Joseph Anderson's analysis, part 1:

And yes, that 4 hour video is part one. Two more videos to follow.

[Wormerine]

38 minutes ago, majestic said:

It is finally here, after five thousand hours of work, 800 of which were spent on playing, reading and watching the Witcher franchise, here's Joseph Anderson's analysis, part 1:

And yes, that 4 hour video is part one. Two more videos to follow.

And.... I watched it all. Ready for the part 2. I must say, it's been quite chaotic. I admire his commitment to exploring reactivity even including seeing through what will happen in Witcher 3 if he allows Thaler to die in W1 

Meantime I am still to start the Netflix show.

[Mamoulian War]

I presume, there are heavy spoilers in it right?

[Wormerine]

1 hour ago, Mamoulian War said:

I presume, there are heavy spoilers in it right?

All of the spoilers.

[the_dog_days]

15 hours ago, Keyrock said:

Some PS5 gamepad porn:

PS5 gamepad is apparently made by Aperture Science. 

Is it going to be a cheap, flimsy piece of plastic like the duelshock that felt like they spent 10 minute of R&D making it?

[injurai]

The buttons are already modeled off the Vita, which is one of the most premium feeling products and easily best d-pad I've ever seen.

I too thought it looked liked the love child between a Portal turret and a DualShock 4... must have been for... science...

[majestic]

10 hours ago, Mamoulian War said:

I presume, there are heavy spoilers in it right?

Joe has a bunch of other videos you can spend hours watching, and he always says if you'd like to play the game at some point it's better to play first, then watch. Except for games where it really doesn't matter, e.g. Factorio.

Edited April 9, 2020 by majestic
Fractured and Factorio aren't the same thing, obviously.

[Mamoulian War]

5 hours ago, the_dog_days said:

Is it going to be a cheap, flimsy piece of plastic like the duelshock that felt like they spent 10 minute of R&D making it?

And now as a bonus you get white color so you can see almost all of your stains on it right from the first day of use

 

I actually like all previous DualShocks compared to most controllers I owned, and never felt pain in my hands even after hours of button mashing in fighting games, so I am not very happy about the new design much.

[Wormerine]

Any preferences regarding controllers? After some research I bought Dualshock2 for my laptop, and outside having to use it while wired I had mostly a great time with it. Quite quickly I started to gave issues with left sticks deadzone, which I wasn't able to quite solve by expanding the deadzone in steam settings (it tends to put forward imput by itself) which was disappointing. It feels good to use though. 

[Orogun01]

21 hours ago, majestic said:

It is finally here, after five thousand hours of work, 800 of which were spent on playing, reading and watching the Witcher franchise, here's Joseph Anderson's analysis, part 1:

And yes, that 4 hour video is part one. Two more videos to follow.

I remember this video being recommended to me and thinking "Who the **** is Joseph Anderson and why should I care?" I would gladly listen to anyone that has the answer....I"m not watching that video though.

[Wormerine]

2 minutes ago, Orogun01 said:

 "Who the **** is Joseph Anderson and why should I care?"

He's a human being. Isn't that enough, you monster?

[ShadySands]

V:tM Coteries of New York is getting a sequel-spansion called Shadows of New York

[melkathi]

Age of Wonders: Planetfall brought out a teaser for what I expect is the next DLC.

We'll probably know more next week.

 

[the_dog_days]

7 hours ago, Wormerine said:

Any preferences regarding controllers? After some research I bought Dualshock2 for my laptop, and outside having to use it while wired I had mostly a great time with it. Quite quickly I started to gave issues with left sticks deadzone, which I wasn't able to quite solve by expanding the deadzone in steam settings (it tends to put forward imput by itself) which was disappointing. It feels good to use though. 

I've always preferred xbox controllers. They're a little bigger, weight a bit more, the trigger and bumper buttons are wider spaced, and the analog sticks are place right next to one another. To me, they just feel much better. If I have to use a controller, I use my elite. Keyboard and mouse, though, is my favorite control input.

[uuuhhii]

2 hours ago, ShadySands said:

V:tM Coteries of New York is getting a sequel-spansion called Shadows of New York

with that ending

sequel are pretty much necessary

[Wormerine]

1 hour ago, the_dog_days said:

If I have to use a controller, I use my elite.

Well, for some games controller, for some keyboard&mouse. I have been eyeing Elites. Pricey but they look solid.

[melkathi]

12 hours ago, ShadySands said:

V:tM Coteries of New York is getting a sequel-spansion called Shadows of New York

And the player is a Lasombra. That is neat.

[Oner]

Lasombra are one of my fav clans, so I hope it'll deliver.

Wish I'd get to play a proper Transylvanian dickwad Tzimisce in a videogame. >.>

Edited April 10, 2020 by Oner

[melkathi]

12 minutes ago, Oner said:

Lasombra are one of my fav clans, so I hope it'll deliver.

Wish I'd get to play a proper Transylvanian dickwad Tzimisce in a videogame. >.>

Did you play Coteries? As Shadows will tell a story apparently shortly after the story from Coteries.

[Oner]

31 minutes ago, melkathi said:

Did you play Coteries? As Shadows will tell a story apparently shortly after the story from Coteries.

It's the next project after I wrap up Yakuza 0, which should happen today.

[melkathi]

Cool, remember to post you impressions in an appropriate threat. I have mixed feelings though I didn't mind some major dislikes other people had.