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[the_dog_days]

KotOR's combat is turn-based pretending to be "real-time". What it winds up being is really messy, unstructured, clunky lookin turn-based combat. I hate when developers try to disguise turn-based combat as RTwP or do some kind of hybrid (Arcanum). Commit fully to one or the other. Either actually make the combat real-time or make proper, structured turn-based that doesn't wear a cheap disguise.

Both RTwP and ATB can clunky substitutes for turn style combat.

[GhostofAnakin]

I found KOTOR's combat clunky, but that's more due to me not taking the time to actually pay attention to the various attacks/abilities.  I'd just spam the same thing over and over and hope my enemy died before I did.

[Keyrock]

Honestly, I wouldn't mind Mass Effect style combat for a KotOR remake, especially if it's going to be in first person.  Make it actiony FPS combat and allow me to give general commands to my companions (fight defensively, be aggressive, go ahead of me, stay back, etc.) but otherwise let the AI control their individual abilities.

[Orogun01]

I found KOTOR's combat clunky, but that's more due to me not taking the time to actually pay attention to the various attacks/abilities.  I'd just spam the same thing over and over and hope my enemy died before I did.

That was my default strategy for every encounter.

[GhostofAnakin]

 

I found KOTOR's combat clunky, but that's more due to me not taking the time to actually pay attention to the various attacks/abilities.  I'd just spam the same thing over and over and hope my enemy died before I did.

That was my default strategy for every encounter.

 

 

Big crowds of enemies?  FORCE STORM! FORCE STORM!  errr.... stupid thing recharging and I'm losing health .... FORCE STORM!

[SonicMage117]

 Big crowds of enemies?  FORCE STORM! FORCE STORM!  errr.... stupid thing recharging and I'm losing health .... FORCE STORM!

Yeah, that's not a bad thing.

 

Unpopular opinion here - Give me the ability to spam my abilities rather than having to rest to use it again.

[Katphood]

No new stuff on Death Stranding during this e3.  

Edited June 8, 2017 by Katphood

[Keyrock]

Does E3 even matter any more?  There are so many conventions and trade shows these days, it seems like there's one every month, for video games/tech alone.  Plus, every year it seems more and more companies eschew E3 and just do their own conference kind of sort of close to the timeframe of E3, but not actually at E3.  Does anyone still care about E3?

[Hurlshort]

No.

[SonicMage117]

PS4/XB gamers care. PC gamers don't care (not like there's a reason to since pc format is an afterthought for all the good games anyway). Nintendo fanbase? They're in the middle. Nintnedo always has a couple surprises but no where near Sony of course.

 

In short, pc gamers: no. Console gamers: yes.

 

I'll be watching it to see what goes on sale or releases simultaneous to the event ;D Mostly I just like to watch developers talk about their games or upcoming projects. It's interesting to me to see who is passionate or who is just.... there.

 

Most times I think E3 is blown out of proportion, however, there's been a couple years that E3 has been amazing. E3 has been better these past few years than they have ever been... with splitting events, side competitions, sales and so on. Reveals and developers are getting more passionate it seems.

 

Can't say I care much for Battlefront 2 yet it's probably going to be one of the biggest games at E3 so there's and I hate that - when E3 peeps are hyping up a game you don't care for and spend more time on something then when you watch floor videos on YouTube you see other games that didn't get a presentation and you think "Wtf... why didn't this one get talked about??!" So that's been my reaction alot of the times too.

[Zoraptor]

E3 has been on a steady decline since they downsized it substantially a decade or so ago. They reversed that decision pretty quick, but the sky hadn't fallen and alternatives had been found in the interim so it never reclaimed anything near preeminence. Bad case of not knowing that while their proximal audience was trade people their ultimate audience was the average gamer who buys the games and read the reviews of those trade people; and not giving them what they wanted meant that other people did.

[Orogun01]

 

 

I found KOTOR's combat clunky, but that's more due to me not taking the time to actually pay attention to the various attacks/abilities.  I'd just spam the same thing over and over and hope my enemy died before I did.

That was my default strategy for every encounter.

 

 

Big crowds of enemies?  FORCE STORM! FORCE STORM!  errr.... stupid thing recharging and I'm losing health .... FORCE STORM!

 

Throw some stun grenades for good measure.

[Katphood]

  Does anyone still care about E3?

 

It's fun to watch.

[SonicMage117]

Well E3 is far better now than it was in the 90's and in the early 2000's. What was the greatest attraction then? Booth babes with boobies. Now we have actual games and actual presentation instead of being held at a venue that looks like trash

 

The main difference is that pc was the ring leader back then and now consoles have taken over. Still I have to give credit where it's due and they seem to be doing everything right now, at least. I still remember when we had E3's showing games like Summoner, Quake, Unreal and Max Payne but nobody cared and it was avoided. Then the same year we saw Tokyo Game Show and everything was impressed. Fast forward to present day and E3 is pretty much the superbowl of gaming. The vast majority of gamers will tune in to watch it live, instead of looking up on YouTube later when that's more convienent.

 

PC will have a good floor though next year, only thanks to Steam/Valve's Direct which will give pc some awesome exclusives published by Valve, only available through Steam. So that way, pc gamers won't feel left out.

 

As long as I see some Spider-Man for PS4 this year, I'll be happy but if I see another Batman game.... I'll be even happier! <3

[Belle Sorciere]

E3's fun, but it's definitely not as relevant as it used to be.

[SonicMage117]

Just look at how far we've come though...

 

(1995) The very first E3:

 

 

(2016) Last year's E3:

 

[Mamoulian War]

I watched few E3 streams in previous years, but anything except SONY, was so bland and boring. You do not need to watch Ubisoft show at all, for example. Just write on a paper few times ICONIC and EPIC, put it on wall and look at it for one hour. It's as much entertaining as all their E3 shows, which I've seen.

 

Sony on other hand, has always made very interesting show to watch, even when it presented games, which I do not care at all. And this year, they promised, they would bring more Japanese games to Playstation brand again, so I am curious which kind of games it will be, and if they will cooperate even with smaller japanese companies to bring more localized games to the market.

Edited June 8, 2017 by Mamoulian War

[Katphood]

 

This looks very promising, can't wait!

Edited June 8, 2017 by Katphood

[SonicMage117]

E3 is the reason I own a PS4... sadly, after E3 is finished I go back to playing my pc and my PS4 sits in my closet. Still, E3 makes me proud to own a statistic of PS4 owners and Sony deserves that much from me as they make it entertaining to watch.

 

Microsoft has had some equally impressive shows, in fact I'll go as far as to say that it goes back and forth between Somy and Microsoft as far as who had the best show. Nintendo, very much like PC has been an afterthought at E3 since Gamecube died. I doubt the they'll have anything truly amazing this year. No Metroid, so on so forth.

[Rosbjerg]

Woah - time for a new thread here as well.