RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS - NOW IN 5$ LOOT BOXES

[Katphood]

 

The definition of insanity? Buying the same game on a different console and expecting something different.

[Oner]

Someone had waaaaaay too much free time.

[Labadal]

I redeemed my Pillars 2 key from backerkit. Now the wait begins.

[Mamoulian War]

 

 

I'm one of those people who ordered the Obsidian hoodies

 

I have a bunch of "nerdy" clothing though

 

A random sampling

 

 

Ooooooooooooooooh those DS9 shirts... @.@

Extra Credits opened up Pandora's Lootbox, then shook it until controversy fell out.

Well in my oppinion, games should not cost more than 30USD. And I guarantee, I can put as much stuff out of my ass to support my argument, as any other guy.

Looks like Jim Sterling decided to invest some of his time, put some facts out of his ass, and saved a trouble for me and many others, to give just a different oppinion, why AAA games are “so expensive to make”

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kIPNckHDN8

 

EDIT: How in the hell it is possible, when I post video on this board, that in one case the link automatically converts to video thumbnail, and in other case it just transforms into url tag... can someone explain me?

Edited February 5, 2018 by Mamoulian War

[algroth]

Not sure if this was posted before, but this dude just compiled a 500+ book on the history of CRPGs, and posted it for free here:

 

https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/2018/02/05/update-19-crpg-book-released/

 

It's a pretty good read even if I disagree with a bit of what I've read so far.

[LadyCrimson]

Square-Enix responded to the "Your FFXV benchmark tool has issues/isn't a good benchmark tool" stuff.

 

Someone posted this on the Steam forums, I didn't discover it.
The FFXV facebook page community manager is the one who posted it.

https://www.facebook.com/ffxv/posts/1946290452354936

 

We would like to thank the gaming community for all the feedback on our recently released FFXV WINDOWS EDITION benchmark tool.
Your feedback will help us fine-tune the performance of the game.

We wanted the benchmark tool to approximate the level of visual quality and performance you can expect from your PC environment when running FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION.
A Level Of Detail (LOD) issue has been discovered that affects the benchmark scores.
The benchmark also suffers from stuttering; both of the issues will be addressed in the shipping game.
While the settings in the benchmark are largely pre-selected for simplicity’s sake, the final game will feature highly customizable settings with On/Off options for a wide variety of settings.
The benchmark will give you an idea of how beautiful the game will be upon release, but for the reasons stated above, the benchmark may not accurately reflect the game’s final performance.

 

Nice of them to respond and acknowledge the LOD issue. Also, glad for the verification that there will be a lot of custom on/off options. I mean, I was expecting at least some of that sort of thing on a PC version, and would've been greatly annoyed if there was only "High/Standard/Lite" presets, just nice to have it verified, lol.

Edited February 6, 2018 by LadyCrimson

[SadExchange]

Pillars of Eternity II coming to the switch?  What is this world coming to.... lol

 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/02/06/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-coming-to-consoles.aspx?

Edited February 6, 2018 by SadExchange

[ShadySands]

Pillars of Eternity II coming to the switch?  What is this world coming to.... lol

 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/02/06/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-coming-to-consoles.aspx?

Judging by some of the posts in the Deadfire area it's the end of the world

[Fenixp]

What is this world coming to

Portability and choice I'd say, I'm just not entirely sure how digestible the walls of text will be. Still, that's actually really cool as I'm bound to get Switch one of these days.

[HoonDing]

Isn't the Switch some kind of toaster though.

[Fenixp]

 

I do love toast.

[Humanoid]

Hopefully when I get my Switch (waiting for a good price) I'll use it more than my toaster. I don't think I've even used my toaster for 3-4 years now at least (nor have I bought a loaf of bread in that time).

[melkathi]

Stygian - A Lovecraftian Computer RPG have made their new demo public and downloadable from Steam. You can go check it out

http://store.steampowered.com/app/779290/Stygian_Reign_of_the_Old_Ones/

[Majek]

Hopefully when I get my Switch (waiting for a good price) I'll use it more than my toaster. I don't think I've even used my toaster for 3-4 years now at least (nor have I bought a loaf of bread in that time).

I don't think it runs Win98.

[the_dog_days]

Hopefully when I get my Switch (waiting for a good price) I'll use it more than my toaster. I don't think I've even used my toaster for 3-4 years now at least (nor have I bought a loaf of bread in that time).

 

You're going to be waiting for several years because Nintendo rarely discounts unless there's a reason to discount. 

[SonicMage117]

I thought you guys would be interested in this...

 

Focus Home Interactive and Vostock Games (devs behind the S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise) have reveiled their newest game

 

FEAR THE WOLVES

 

Fear The Wolves is an post-apocalyptic Multiplayer battle royale in which players will have to "survive" with given resources.

 

Will be available on consoles as well as pc...

 

Source: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/02/07/fear-the-wolves-is-battle-royale-in-irradiated-chernobyl/

 

I don't care much for Stalker games but I must admit, I am interested in this and I don't even like Battle Royale games

[Bartimaeus]

*(not actually the same dev, although some of the guys that used to work at GSC Game World before they were all unceremoniously laid off did help form Vostok Games)

 

BR market is already crowded, wouldn't be surprised if this made the company crash and burn. Furthermore, the connection to Stalker is tenuous at best due to BRs playing like the complete opposite kind of shooter Stalker was in most respects. Furtherfurthermore, it's not like the Stalkers were the best technically, and it seems like most BR games are utter technical disasters initially, so I can't see that going well for them when the current crop of BRs have had so much time to mature, and will have even more by the time it comes out.

Edited February 7, 2018 by Bartimaeus

[Zoraptor]

According to the guy who owns GSC one of the main reasons for them shuttering was that the devs kept on trying to turn Stalker into a MP game behind his back. Given the obsession with faction wars it might not have been BR, but certainly was as at least as much PvP as PvE focused.

 

Funny really, the teams spawned by GSC and Stalker haven't actually done 'proper' Stalker since. Metro is linear as anything and more reminiscent of FEAR, and the Vostok people seem to be obsessed with MP despite Clear Sky being the worst Stalker by a mile.

[injurai]

Isn't the new Metro going to be open?

[Lexx]

Did anyone ever played the Stalker multiplayer mode? I remember that one of the games at some point had it, but I don't remember anyone ever talking about it. As of now I'm under the impression that most Stalker fans never wanted this.

[Agiel]

I believe it was really just a checkbox thing, though I myself never really gave it a fair shake. From what I remember when I was reading and re-reading articles on the first game during the long agonising wait I came upon a preview that focused on the multiplayer, which seemed to offer only somewhat more depth than Counter-Strike (something like teams that would hunt for Artifacts throughout the level to sell so they can buy better gear).

Edited February 8, 2018 by Agiel

[Lexx]

This is pretty much the reason why I don't like most multiplayer games. It feels like such a waste of time... grinding matches for better gear... wow. No thanks.

[Amentep]

 

Pillars of Eternity II coming to the switch?  What is this world coming to.... lol

 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/02/06/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-coming-to-consoles.aspx?

Judging by some of the posts in the Deadfire area it's the end of the world

 

 

Certain PC Players: "If you bring this Console Game to PC you must redesign the UI to cater to PC Players, you must support keyboard, mouse and rebinding key. These are all reasonable and imminently possible as redesigning UI and inputs, while not trivial, are completely possible without effecting core gameplay."

 

Same Certain PC Players: "No! You can't port a PC game to Console! It can't be done! You're dumbing my game down as this is the only way you can get my glorious PC game to run on a console! NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo00000000000000!!!!!!!:"

[Chilloutman]

 

 

Pillars of Eternity II coming to the switch?  What is this world coming to.... lol

 

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2018/02/06/pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire-coming-to-consoles.aspx?

Judging by some of the posts in the Deadfire area it's the end of the world

 

 

Certain PC Players: "If you bring this Console Game to PC you must redesign the UI to cater to PC Players, you must support keyboard, mouse and rebinding key. These are all reasonable and imminently possible as redesigning UI and inputs, while not trivial, are completely possible without effecting core gameplay."

 

Same Certain PC Players: "No! You can't port a PC game to Console! It can't be done! You're dumbing my game down as this is the only way you can get my glorious PC game to run on a console! NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo00000000000000!!!!!!!:"

 

Sorry I don't want to cater to any side BUT having something simple to be able to control by more complex periphery is easy without changing its core function, other way not so much.

 

Lets take example from cars

 

You can control car with automatic shifting almost same in car with 3 pedals. Try drive manual shifting car with only brake and accelerator...

Edited February 8, 2018 by Chilloutman

[Malcador]

Well as long as they have different UI/Xs, shouldn't be a problem.  Well other than bringing more console untermensch to the forum.

Edited February 8, 2018 by Malcador