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Random video game news... Games are the most elevated form of investigation

MrBrown
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13 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

No there was definitely something wrong with that trailer.

I was wondering if that was something just with my GPU. Good to know it's in the video itself. And yeah, that was annoying.

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On 12/28/2023 at 6:32 PM, kanisatha said:

This trailer seems to be a lot longer than the one posted here a few weeks ago. And it seems to say the game is expected to be released in the second half of 2024 (with game reveal in summer '24).

Is the info in the trailer correct? The description says the video is just that guys edit.

21 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

Anyways, BG3 is an absolute mess of story, for sure. They tried to give every throwaway NPC a backstory and it's a bit crazy. It's one thing to have a town with named NPC's and quests revolving around them, but then they named every NPC in the enemy bases. Even the forest critters seem to have backstories. 

And, while I am sure that isn’t their intention, it felt a lot like posturing, as they limit writing content for minor NPCs after act1. It feels as if the game is puffing its chest early on hoping, few will look further. 

Not that I have issue with it per se - random NPCs in act3 having unique barks is pretty good anyway, but it doesn’t make up for unfinished story arcs, dodgy world building and messy plot. 

I am still far more impressed by Arcanum than Bg3. It just felt smarter, production wise, and more effective. 

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    Every Larian game is a front-loaded mess. Even Dragon Knight Saga falls apart after acquiring the dragon tower.

    The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.

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    16 hours ago, MrBrown said:

    Is the info in the trailer correct? The description says the video is just that guys edit.

    Oh. I don't know. The video is available on multiple gaming sites.

    And it says "official trailer."

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    27 minutes ago, kanisatha said:

    Oh. I don't know. The video is available on multiple gaming sites.

    And it says "official trailer."

    It looked like a compilation of official trailers with some commentary. Still, I am looking forward to the game, whenever it is ready.

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    Yesterday, Bobby Kotick stepped down as Activision/Blizzard CEO. Sadly, he almost certainly got a HUGE payout on the way out, but at least he's gone.

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    Saints Row (reboot) is free on EGS today. Unfortunately, it also requires 64GB of free space, so not playing it now.

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    It is a fun game though. So grab it if you use EPIC.

    The "woke" accusations are *roll eye*

    It is a game I believe could even be enjoyed by Bruce.

     

    The problems:

    It is a bit too best-friends-squad

    It is not a grotesque like the old series.

    They made a few bad decisions (at launch you had only one garage on a huge map)

    It is aimed at a new, young audience, not as old gits who played the old series.

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    Guess it has to be woke because it has female and black characters... just like the original.

    The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.

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    I was the Latina in Saints Row 2, does that make me woke? I just liked her voice and spicy attitude.:shrugz:

     

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    I understand the basis for the accusations.

    They took out the strippers.

    Instead of Shaundy having an ex in every street, here Kevin has random exes both male and female.

    And you don't have a Johnny Gat murder machine. You are the Johnny Gat murder machine... Same as the old boss really.

    They took out Professor Ghenki's murder TV show and made it an underground darknet webshow.

    The parties at the saint's hq are just normal people dancing and drinking, not strippers everywhere.

    There is no drug use but instead of blow up dolls, you collect hundreds of drug pallets.

    There is no sex toy weapon.

    There are no gimp suit ponyplay races.

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    47 minutes ago, melkathi said:

    There are no gimp suit ponyplay races.

    They've gone too far, gimp suit ponyplay should be a part of every videogame.

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    1 hour ago, melkathi said:

    There are no gimp suit ponyplay races.

    That's where they crossed the line. They have insurance fraud, though, right?

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    I prefer the insurance fraud in this one actually. For the simple fact that it is one of the illegal ventures you set up while creating your criminal empire. The NPC you have running it has a software to simply hack the insurance companies, but you never listen to her and do it the old fashioned way.

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    Septic avenger or bust!

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    On 12/30/2023 at 9:25 AM, Hawke64 said:

    It looked like a compilation of official trailers with some commentary. Still, I am looking forward to the game, whenever it is ready.

    Yes me too! :dancing:

    It's Steam page is up so I've already wishlisted it.

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    10 hours ago, HoonDing said:

    Septic avenger or bust!

    That one has been out for a long while.

    In the new game you run an illegal dump for radioactive waste. But the Minigame is to drive very carefully so they don't go volatile. And once they do you drive really fast, like in that movie with nitroglycerin.

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    For the strategy games fans here, I just came across these two games, both supposedly scheduled for release in 2024. They both look quite good to me. Millennia may have already been shared here, but Ara is definitely new to me. What do you guys thing?

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    Something for all of you 'Falling Down' fans out there.

     

     

    There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone.  

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    RDR2 also won.. Labor of Love.. which is especially funny since R* almost instantly abandoned the game. Barely cared about RDO as well, which is now pretty much unplayable.

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    10 hours ago, MrBrown said:

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    Starfield won for "most innovative gameplay". I guess it really has some fans.

    BG3 got  40 million votes, a well deserved accolade for Larian and all their hard work paid off 

    9 hours ago, Lexx said:

    RDR2 also won.. Labor of Love.. which is especially funny since R* almost instantly abandoned the game. Barely cared about RDO as well, which is now pretty much unplayable.

    Yes I spent   1700  hours playing RDR2 and 90 %  of that time was Online and after the main story was  finished with mods 

    I loved the game but  the developers  didnt seem to add  much worthwhile content especially for the SP  game 

    I voted for it in this category but only because I didnt play the other games 

     

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    16 hours ago, MrBrown said:

    https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards

     

    Starfield won for "most innovative gameplay". I guess it really has some fans.

    If BG3 can win for its "story" and "characters," then why not Starfield for "most innovative gameplay"?

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