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[Tale]

This is from Remember Me devs? Maybe this change is for the best, then. That game had such exciting potential and this one seems to as well. Hopefully they can find something that works with their talents better than it did.

[Malcador]

GTA V PC specs coming out next week or sooner. 

 

Should be interesting to see

[HoonDing]

Remember Me had interesting setting & protagonist, but tbh that story was done. Better to end on a high note than to milk a franchise indefinitely.

[Osvir]

[ProbablyConfused]

  On 12/17/2014 at 9:17 PM, Malcador said:

GTA V PC specs coming out next week or sooner. 

 

Should be interesting to see

And they will probably be far too much for my poor old pc to handle...

[Mamoulian War]

  On 12/18/2014 at 6:37 AM, ProbablyConfused said:

 

  On 12/17/2014 at 9:17 PM, Malcador said:

GTA V PC specs coming out next week or sooner. 

 

Should be interesting to see

And they will probably be far too much for my poor old pc to handle...

 

 

If it is anything like GTA IV at release, they will be probably far to much for any PC to handle...

[sorophx]

http://www.lar.net/2014/12/18/leaked-the-larian-plans-for-20152016-and-beyond/

 

blah blah blah plans to release more campaigns on the Original Sin engine blah blah blah new office in Quebec blah blah blah

 

it seems we'll have a new "Gold Box" set of RPGs in 5 years

[ProbablyConfused]

  On 12/18/2014 at 2:12 PM, sorophx said:

http://www.lar.net/2014/12/18/leaked-the-larian-plans-for-20152016-and-beyond/

 

blah blah blah plans to release more campaigns on the Original Sin engine blah blah blah new office in Quebec blah blah blah

 

it seems we'll have a new "Gold Box" set of RPGs in 5 years

You don't sound very enthusiastic about that.

[Keyrock]

  On 12/18/2014 at 2:12 PM, sorophx said:

http://www.lar.net/2014/12/18/leaked-the-larian-plans-for-20152016-and-beyond/

 

blah blah blah plans to release more campaigns on the Original Sin engine blah blah blah new office in Quebec blah blah blah

 

it seems we'll have a new "Gold Box" set of RPGs in 5 years

Excellent news.  D:OS is a great base to expand from and without having to make another new engine from scratch, much more of their time can be spent making the games more robust and fleshed out.  Hopefully their expansion with opening a new office in Quebec will work out for them.

[sorophx]

  On 12/18/2014 at 2:18 PM, ProbablyConfused said:

You don't sound very enthusiastic about that.

that's because I don't like the engine, specifically its visual side (effects and GUI elements). also, I can't say I like what I saw of the game (very little), overall

[Humanoid]

So the Squeenix Christmas MYSTARY pack turned out to contain the following:

 

Thiaf - The Master Thief Edition

The Last Remnant

Murdered: Soul Suspect

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Deus Ex: The Fall

Nosgoth Founders - Warlord Pack

 

 

Yeahhhhhh, I'm not going to be playing any of that.

[Tale]

I hear Guardian of Light is good. And there's a Raziel/Kain skin! Last Remnant is notworthy too.

 

I own them but never got around to playing before my computer died.

[Humanoid]

Yeah, the Lara Croft game is the one game in that list I already own ...never played it though.

 

In other news, PS4 not powerful enough to run Tetris.

[Keyrock]

  On 12/18/2014 at 5:10 PM, Humanoid said:

In other news, PS4 not powerful enough to run Tetris.

 

Also, I'll vouch for The Last Remnant too.  It's a good game if you're into jRPGs and the grinding that comes along with them.  The combat system is really interesting and has one of the best implementations of QTEs I've seen in a game.  I'm kind of sad Squeenix never used that combat system for another game.  On the negative end of the spectrum, the leveling and upgrade system is a mystery wrapped in a conundrum wrapped in a puzzle smothered in enigma sauce.  It's pretty much not explained at all in game and is so insanely confounding that there are internet guides so long they read like a full size novel attempting to explain it.  I cannot possibly put enough emphasis on "attempting".

Edited December 18, 2014 by Keyrock

[Lexx]

MGS5 Ground Zeroes gets released and it kills the Steam store.

[Oerwinde]

  On 12/18/2014 at 6:09 PM, Lexx said:

MGS5 Ground Zeroes gets released and it kills the Steam store.

Pretty sure its the holiday sale that did that.

[Lexx]

Dunno. Possible. Didn't know the holiday sale started again.

 

This sale probably won't be better than the last one, and I don't have anything planned to buy (other than MGS5 for PC), so I'll skip it for now. :>

Edited December 18, 2014 by Lexx

[Osvir]

  On 12/18/2014 at 5:10 PM, Humanoid said:

Yeah, the Lara Croft game is the one game in that list I already own ...never played it though.

 

In other news, PS4 not powerful enough to run Tetris.

I think that was completely unfair and unprofessional coverage of IGN. Their wording makes it sound as if it is some sort of hardware issue, and if you look down in the comments of that video you'll see people reacting just like that. I did too before checking the comments.

 

[Software] does Not Equal to [Hardware]

Edited December 18, 2014 by Osvir

[Serrano]

  On 12/18/2014 at 5:06 PM, Tale said:

I hear Guardian of Light is good. And there's a Raziel/Kain skin! Last Remnant is notworthy too.

 

I own them but never got around to playing before my computer died.

 

Kayne and Lynch are the way to go if you're looking for comedy relief, but yeah, great game. Play it co-op if you can.

[Oerwinde]

  On 12/18/2014 at 8:45 PM, Lexx said:

Dunno. Possible. Didn't know the holiday sale started again.

 

This sale probably won't be better than the last one, and I don't have anything planned to buy (other than MGS5 for PC), so I'll skip it for now. :>

 

I like that it shows you your wishlist items with discounts on the front page, but the longer schedules for community votes and flash deals means less interest from me. I have a large backlog of good stuff and most of the stuff in my wishlist that I really want came out within  the last couple months so likely won't be discounted. So I'll likely pass too.

[marelooke]

  On 12/18/2014 at 2:12 PM, sorophx said:

http://www.lar.net/2014/12/18/leaked-the-larian-plans-for-20152016-and-beyond/

 

blah blah blah plans to release more campaigns on the Original Sin engine

Pretty sure they always said that was the plan. I'm not sure how tightly the graphical style is tied into the engine though as I personally too wouldn't mind a more "realistic" art style (that said, D:OS graphics worker perfectly fine for the game, even though I had my reservations at first).

 

I always appreciate how Swen just throws his ideas out there, few game developers are as open as Larian about what's going on on the inside and I really appreciate that.

[rjshae]

  On 12/19/2014 at 10:04 AM, marelooke said:

 

  On 12/18/2014 at 2:12 PM, sorophx said:

http://www.lar.net/2014/12/18/leaked-the-larian-plans-for-20152016-and-beyond/

 

blah blah blah plans to release more campaigns on the Original Sin engine

Pretty sure they always said that was the plan. I'm not sure how tightly the graphical style is tied into the engine though as I personally too wouldn't mind a more "realistic" art style (that said, D:OS graphics worker perfectly fine for the game, even though I had my reservations at first).

 

I always appreciate how Swen just throws his ideas out there, few game developers are as open as Larian about what's going on on the inside and I really appreciate that.

 

The one element I don't like about the D:OS engine is how it limits your panning ability. It felt awkward to be constantly fiddling with the direction trying to get a decent look at the scene.

[Malcador]

[Leferd]

That looks like a promising mod.

[Agiel]

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