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[Skarpen]

21 hours ago, ComradeYellow said:

Random News:  Greedfall getting slayed on Steam reviews, about as much as....Cyberpunk 2077.   Hmmmm..

Why? It's OK, it's on sale right now. What is not to like? 

[Keyrock]

Edited May 7, 2021 by Keyrock

[Lexx]

So this is a sequel? Is the first game available on PC or only console?

[Mamoulian War]

14 hours ago, Keyrock said:

I got strong Law Abiding Citizen vibe from the footage, and it will be available on PS4 So no need to upgrade, yay. The only issue I have, it will be released close to Tales of Arise release date

[Mamoulian War]

13 minutes ago, Lexx said:

So this is a sequel? Is the first game available on PC or only console?

Unfortunately so far console exclusive game. But seeing Yakuza PC treatment lately, it might com to PC at some point as well...

[Lexx]

I just checked out the PS store... costs 60€ for the PS4 and 40€ for the PS5...

Nah, I'm good.

[Keyrock]

I wonder why the Judgment games aren't on PC (yet?). All of the Yakuza games are on PC, minus the weird Japan-only spinoffs, and Judgment presumably uses most of, if not all of, the same tech. They even share maps and other assets. There's no technical reason for the lack of a PC release and it's on both Sony and Microsoft consoles, so there's no exclusivity deal. I would think they'll eventually appear on PC, there's no reason for them not to, but for now it's console only.

Between this and the Shin Megami Tensei 3 remaster, I'll actually have a reason to use my PS4 for the first time in over a year, so there's that. 

[BruceVC]

46 minutes ago, Keyrock said:

I wonder why the Judgment games aren't on PC (yet?). All of the Yakuza games are on PC, minus the weird Japan-only spinoffs, and Judgment presumably uses most of, if not all of, the same tech. They even share maps and other assets. There's no technical reason for the lack of a PC release and it's on both Sony and Microsoft consoles, so there's no exclusivity deal. I would think they'll eventually appear on PC, there's no reason for them not to, but for now it's console only.

Between this and the Shin Megami Tensei 3 remaster, I'll actually have a reason to use my PS4 for the first time in over a year, so there's that. 

I agree, their is also no commercial argument based on the huge success of games ported to PC like GTA4 and RDR2

I dont know much about the Judgement games but it must be based on a more complicated technical reason or a resource challenge around developer skills to ensure the software conversion works. I use to get annoyed that PC gamers  had  to wait for games ....how dare they !!!

But now after experiencing the benefits and complete fun of games like RDR2 I dont mind waiting at all as long as I can use it on my gaming rig 

[pmp10]

6 hours ago, Keyrock said:

I wonder why the Judgment games aren't on PC (yet?).
[...]
so there's no exclusivity deal.

Stadia.
At least so the rumor goes.

Edited May 8, 2021 by pmp10

[Keyrock]

10 minutes ago, pmp10 said:

Stadia.
At least so the rumor goes.

They signed an exclusivity deal with a platform that has 6 total users? 

[Raithe]

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[Zoraptor]

1 hour ago, Keyrock said:

They signed an exclusivity deal with a platform that has 6 total users? 

The guy in charge of Stadia also left Google/ Alphabet this week, which is step 4 on google's 'product about to be cancelled' checklist.

Edited May 8, 2021 by Zoraptor

[Keyrock]

1 hour ago, Zoraptor said:

The guy in charge of Stadia also left Google/ Alphabet this week, which is step 4 on google's 'product about to be cancelled' checklist.

If When Stadia gets abandoned later this year, it will be the least surprising thing ever. When Stadia was announced, pretty much everybody said "it's destined to fail." Cloud gaming may happen successfully one day, but that day is not today. The internet infrastructure has to be there first and the latency problem needs to be solved, or at least reduced a lot more than it has been so far. You can't put the cart before the horse.

Edited May 8, 2021 by Keyrock

[Lexx]

Streamed games mean you can't make mods for them, so I will never touch em.

[Azdeus]

22 minutes ago, Lexx said:

Streamed games mean you can't make mods for them, so I will never touch em.

This, sooo very much this.

[Keyrock]

59 minutes ago, Lexx said:

Streamed games mean you can't make mods for them, so I will never touch em.

Mods could be applied server-side, but modders would need to have the game client-side to make mods in the first place. Mods could be made so long as cloud gaming wasn't the only way to play said game. Even in that case, it's still an extra hurdle to modding.

Edited May 8, 2021 by Keyrock

[Lexx]

I have a hard time believing that this would ever be allowed.

[Keyrock]

55 minutes ago, Lexx said:

I have a hard time believing that this would ever be allowed.

Ultimately, as with anything else, money is the bottom line. Let's say the big popular game of the day is Middle-Aged Parchment 7 and Floogle's Cloud Gaming offers it, yet almost nobody plays it on Floogle. Subscriber numbers are dropping quickly. Turns out, Byg Tiday's Floppy Nude mod is super popular on Flexus Mods. Suddenly Floogle announces that mods can be enabled on MAP7, even age-restricted mods because they get age data (along with a whole lot more) from the microchip that came with the COVID-33 vaccine that was administered during Ivanka Trump's second term as PotUS (spoiler!) 

[LadyCrimson]

18 hours ago, Keyrock said:

Floogle

Is it wrong that all I got from that posting was "LOL, Floogle, snort, snuffle, giggle."

If I was really into those smaller indie type games that one is likely to just play through in a day or two, once and then done, I might like a streaming-game sub for that type of thing, if it meant I could play 6 a month for $10 a month or some such.  Maybe.  But I don't play those kind of games.  Even if I can't or don't care to mod something, I've never wanted my ability to play (non-online-MP) games to be dependent on whether or not my internet connection is working.

[bugarup]

On 5/4/2021 at 7:55 PM, Malcador said:

Epic vs Apple trial has some interesting trivia.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-04-document-reveals-how-much-epic-paid-for-each-free-game-on-its-store-up-to-sep-2019

I'm so conflicted about this, er, conflict. Namely, which I root against of more? Ah well. Here's hoping they both bleed each other dry. One can dream, right?

[LadyCrimson]

... can play as adorable fuzzy creature thing and wear cute/funny hats and helmets (very important!). Can ride/fly on things, flashy combat animations, has a photo mode, enemy design looks fun, loot, quests.  But I have ... doubts.  We've all been fooled before, right?
What I'm hoping for is some sort of weird gameplay mashup of (modern) Fallout-y rpg styling and Borderlands speed but with much more stylized/action combat, or something.  I'll probably wait a few days for first impressions (especially re: initial performance/bugs), but ... I bet I'll end up buying it. If only because of the hats. 

 

Edited May 10, 2021 by LadyCrimson

[Keyrock]

 

[Keyrock]

This one is for @Mamoulian War

 

[Malcador]

1 hour ago, Keyrock said:

 

Lack of Hellfire missiles means no sale

[Mamoulian War]

25 minutes ago, Keyrock said:

This one is for @Mamoulian War

 

I thought, this was already introduced in Randoms Video News So I did not wanted to spam the thread I am really excited

In other news, there will be in few weeks released final fan translation patch for japanese PS2 Classic Tales of Destiny DC, on which I have participated in translating of few Artes and Enemies