Random video game news... may the dice be with you!

[Wormerine]

10 hours ago, BruceVC said:

So I hope these points change peoples minds because 1000 planets should be seen as a good thing even if they dont have cities and lots of activities 

 

Those two very well summarize my feelings on the matter:

9 hours ago, Mamoulian War said:

Well, still no Bruce, if the dev has an issue at making 1 small area in Maryland not boring, I have my doubts, that they will be able to deliver us nonboring 1000 planets

7 hours ago, kanisatha said:

But to @Theonlygarby's point, I agree there is no way physically to allow a person to explore the whole of even one small-sized planet let alone 1000.

In my opinion, in Elder Scrolls 3, 5 and Fallout3 (those are games I played) Bethesda wasn't able to create a game space worth exploring. I can't imagine how they can create multiple planets, not to mention 1000 that wouldn't bore me after an evening or two. I have played some overly big games - like Elite Dangerous, or recently (and currently on a halt) Elden Ring... but those games were fun to play. Starfield looks very janky, and this is some of the clunkiest dogfighting I have seen.

[Keyrock]

Bigger != Better

[Wormerine]

1 minute ago, Keyrock said:

Bigger != Better

NO! SIZE DOESN'T MATTER! IT'S HOW YOU USE IT!

[LadyCrimson]

I was hoping for something re: Avowed, disappointed.

Diablo4, graphically and in that trailer showcase, looks a lot like Path of Exile. I mean, not exactly (and I'm sure there's other games with that look now, that I've never played), but there were some scenes where the ground and shininess and other things is so PoE. Including the particular top-down PoV that I didn't like that much in PoE. >.>  At any rate, while it might be fun to play through once or twice, I'm sure the "endgame" will be as repetitive (which I don't mind if it's light-fun grind) and full of micro transactions ('live as service", which I hate) as many expect.

I wonder if "almost 150 dungeons" have layout/design randomization or if they're always the same for each one. At any rate ... visually looks great, but I've yet to see anything to make me want to give Blizz more money. Won't count it out 100%, but doubtful, for me.

[Mamoulian War]

13 hours ago, Keyrock said:

Bigger != Better

Yakuza is the bestest OPEN WARLD EVAH!!! Despite taking place just in one single city quarter.

[kanisatha]

This reveal hasn't got any discussion here. Anyone have any thoughts? After people's disappointment with Humankind and Old World, is this the game that tops Civ? I'm cautiously hopeful.

 

[Wormerine]

22 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

This reveal hasn't got any discussion here. Anyone have any thoughts? After people's disappointment with Humankind and Old World, is this the game that tops Civ? I'm cautiously hopeful.

 

Not much to discuss. CGI trailer from a studio I am unfamiliar with. If it is supposed to launch within 12 months it would be nice to see something more specific, though I know strategy games aren't lookers. Which reminds me, I have Humankind installed since it launched and I am yet to play it...

[melkathi]

Starfield looks like Star Citizen without the crowd funding and decade of questionable development, but with a dwemer ruin on every planet that falmer have tunneled into, and a quest sending you into a draugr infected tomb. Jumping to Lightspeed will trigger random events, but since there will be very few of them, jumping to Lightspeed will be pretty much a guarantee that the target system will have all vendor NPC eaten by space vampires before you manage to even land.

PC players will fall back to the old habit of fixing everything through consol.

[Chilloutman]

Humankind just got big upgrade and it seems to be much better BTW

[Malcador]

About time. I need some jank in my life.

[MrBrown]

2 hours ago, kanisatha said:

This reveal hasn't got any discussion here. Anyone have any thoughts? After people's disappointment with Humankind and Old World, is this the game that tops Civ? I'm cautiously hopeful.

Did Old World turn out bad? Was kinda interested in it...

I'm sure there'll be a new Civ soon too...

[Malcador]

I've only heard good things about Old World, best Civ game since Civ 4, that kind of thing.  Well other than the babies crying because it was an EGS exclusive

Edited June 14, 2022 by Malcador

[MrBrown]

4 minutes ago, Malcador said:

I've only heard good things about Old World, best Civ game since Civ 4, that kind of thing.  Well other than the babies crying because it was an EGS exclusive

I preferred 5 and 6 over 4, so I'm kinda suspicious of people making those arguments...

[Chilloutman]

I liked both 4 and 5. 6 not so much

[Mamoulian War]

Assetto Corsa Competizione will have new US DLC at the end of the month.
 

 

[kanisatha]

3 hours ago, MrBrown said:

Did Old World turn out bad? Was kinda interested in it...

I'm sure there'll be a new Civ soon too...

It has a very strong user rating on Steam. But a few folks here were somewhat down on it. I still intend to buy it at some point.

And yes, Civ 7 is supposedly soon to be announced:

https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-vii/narrative-lead-job-posting

[kanisatha]

3 hours ago, Chilloutman said:

I liked both 4 and 5. 6 not so much

I went from III to V (still play V a lot) and skipped IV and VI. So I guess it's the odd-numbered ones for me.

And ARA apparently has Civ 5 lead designers working on it, so that may be a good sign.

Edited June 14, 2022 by kanisatha

[Zoraptor]

I should say as someone who was a bit down on Old World at first that I've largely come around to liking it after playing more. Probably not going to be an outright classic, but that is a pretty high bar.

Its big weakness actually has nothing much to do with the game itself, it's being a game in the era where you don't have the 'big book' style manuals to read through any more. The number of times I've seen useful features mentioned in the loading screens that weren't mentioned in the tutorials and either weren't in or you didn't know to look for in the in game encyclopaedia is pretty high, and they reduce a lot of frustration while adding depth. I'm down to a couple of quibbles about gameplay/ documentation (eg 'trade luxuries via the manage luxuries button on the action panel'... uh, it's not there? Good thing you can mostly rely on people asking for trades anyway, but if you're asked to trade luxuries as a Goal it would be nice to proactively trade them) and a slightly more serious issue with the Goal system overall, though it doesn't really matter if you get given an ~impossible goal, it's just annoying.

[Wormerine]

Stalker2 got an update during todays XBOX's extended showase (otherwiseit was devs talking more about projects shown two days ago - nothing that stand out to me). There is this potentially upsetting dev diary:

And what I think is an opening cutscene:

On steam game is listed for Decemeber 2023 release.

[Keyrock]

I so desperately want S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 to be good. The Metro games were pretty good as was Chernobylite, albeit a somewhat different type of game, but they all pale in comparison to how awesome Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat were.

I just survived some nasty encounters and an anomaly. I have a sweet haul of valuables, but I'm moving at a snail's pace because I'm overloaded. I'm battered, very low on ammo, and I'm desperate to get back to Yanov Station. Suddenly, I hear the blowout off in the distance. I should probably drop some stuff and make a run for it, but I'm greedy. I can see Yanov Station in the distance, I think I can make it. Just my luck, here come 2 pseudodogs. Given time and ammo, not much of a threat. I'm critically low on both. I drop the first dog quickly with a couple shotgun blasts, but the second one is slippery. I'm making sure to always move toward Yanov Station as I desperately try to line up a shot with my shotgun and the last shell. I fire at point blank range and the dog drops, but not before it got a swipe on me. I make it inside Yanov Station with seconds to spare and about 30% health. Emergent stories like that stick with you.

[Keyrock]

[kanisatha]

I really liked and appreciated the attention and support MS gave to their Stalker 2 Ukrainian colleagues. A very nice tribute.

[Zoraptor]

My best Stalker memory was doing the brain scorcher x lab for the first time. Atmospheric as anything, finished up with basically no ammo or medicine, but it would be fine since I'd killed everything behind me so could just stroll back out again. Good thing too, otherwise I'd be reduced to using harsh language. Turned the scorcher off, had a ten second feeling of Pride and Accomplishment that money can't buy then... hello, unholy hordes of Monolith. I must have killed about half of them with a silenced Makarov; never been so glad I'd played Thief previous.

 

[Wormerine]

 

[Gfted1]

2 hours ago, Keyrock said:

I should probably drop some stuff and make a run for it, but I'm greedy. I can see Yanov Station in the distance, I think I can make it.

When you drop stuff in Stalker is it lost?