I'm honestly grateful we now have the PC Gamer and Devolver Digital presentations to really give a spotlight for indie games. As I just said above, some of the most unique, innovative games have come from the indies. They're not always the longest or have the most expensive graphics, but I've never judged a game's quality on those things.
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I'm torn on if it would be better selling them as a pack for like $30-40 or individually for a (hopefully) lower price. I'd definitely want all 6 if they're actual good ports, unlike the one for VI currently on Steam. But not everyone would want every single older Final Fantasy. I would've preferred it as a pack, but I can understand selling them individually. Hopefully they won't stupidly overcharge for each one.
Have you met Square Enix? Or the AAA game industry in the 2020s, for that matter?
My guess is €40 each, possibly with a steep reduction if you buy a "complete" pack edition or something for €90 or so for all six.
I was watching the Twitch stream during the Square Enix showcase... people were... disappointed (to put it mildly) that -this- is what Eidos Montreal has been working on instead of a new Deus Ex game and the chat erupted into snores anytime the Gotg or Avengers games came up. I suspect both are going to be rather large losses for the company.
The original Slime Rancher is 70% off right now. I may need this
I'm a bit more optimistic. 20€ for each title. But I wish they had explained and showed more of this pixel perfect games.Have you met Square Enix? Or the AAA game industry in the 2020s, for that matter?
My guess is €40 each, possibly with a steep reduction if you buy a "complete" pack edition or something for €90 or so for all six.
figmentPez
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It would be cool if SquareEnix took a lesson from remasters like Halo MCC, the Monkey Island Special Editions, Grim Fandango Remastered, etc. and allow changing between updated and classic graphics. I'd love to be able to cycle Final Fantasy 4 between the highly compressed SNES graphics, the more colorful GBA remake graphics, and whatever version they've cooked up for this version. FF6 could add in the mobile port's controversial graphics, and I'm not sure just how many different versions of the sprites in FF1 have been done (at least 5 judging by a quick look at a wiki).
It's very cute.The original Slime Rancher is 70% off right now. I may need this
Every major title lately seems to be designed to engulf as much of your time and attention as possible. Game design is no longer merely about making a game that will sell a lot of copies, the game must also be designed to stake out and claim as much of the player's gaming resources (time, attention, money, friends, or even disk space) as possible, ensuring the player will not have resources remaining for any other games. They must be engaging yet relatively simple in execution, be multiplayer/discourage solo play, have microtransactions, feature some kind of grinding or collection/crafting mechanic, have daily activities that expire in 27hrs* if not completed, have seasonal/pass content that requires investment but then vanishes once the season is over, and so on.
--Patrick
*I don't know why it's 27hrs instead of 24, but it's 27 across enough dissimilar titles that I'm thinking some kind of actual research must have been involved.
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It’s the “games as a service” mentality, and it’s going to fucking ruin the industry the same way Atari ruined the industry in the 80’s by flooding the market with low quality shit. I’m not saying that video games will disappear, but if it crashes there will be bankruptcies and companies folding up for good.
And you know what? If that’s what these greedy dipshits need for a wake up call, so be it. But I feel bad for the employees doing all the hard work who are going to get screwed.
Because 24hrs is just too tight. Let's say you play the game after getting home from work. You do your quest at 6PM and finish at 6:30PM. Next day you can do it again, until 6PM30? Yeah, that's going to give some stress and annoyance. Giving 3 hours of leeway allows most people to keep doing something in the same time slot, accounting for variations like traffic, children, weather, what-have-you, without making them feel like they HAVE to do it RIGHT NOW- which discourages people from continuing.
Problem is, the greedy dipshits are already rich and banked enough money and couldn't care less.
It's also going to ruin the industry because each company is trying to crowd the others out of existence. Presumably because this means it will free up additional slices of the pie that they can then claim.
Yes, this much is obvious, but what I want to know is how EVERYONE appears to have arrived at the same 27/28 hr figure. No 36, no 29, no 48...the majority is 27 or 28.
--Patrick
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I think Back 4 Blood just lost me.
At first I thought this was good news. "Hey, the party leader shares his paid content with his group, like in Vermintide! That's good!"
But then I kept reading.
They are SELLING. CARDS. "but but but you can also earn them by in ga-" stfu. You're officially pay to win, WITH PVP, and you suck.
For those who don't remember, the "cards" system in Back 4 Blood is basically random buffs and equipment, you have a deck of cards you build a "loadout" from at the start of each game, and at the beginning of each level one of your cards is randomly selected to be played, and it affects the rest of the game, and so the cards stack up.
So a player who pays for the "good" cards definitely has a big advantage over, say, a new player who is still figuring out the game (and if he even wants to keep playing the game, much less spend extra money buying cards).
Back 4 Blood is officially pay 2 win, and that sucks.
At first I thought this was good news. "Hey, the party leader shares his paid content with his group, like in Vermintide! That's good!"
But then I kept reading.
They are SELLING. CARDS. "but but but you can also earn them by in ga-" stfu. You're officially pay to win, WITH PVP, and you suck.
For those who don't remember, the "cards" system in Back 4 Blood is basically random buffs and equipment, you have a deck of cards you build a "loadout" from at the start of each game, and at the beginning of each level one of your cards is randomly selected to be played, and it affects the rest of the game, and so the cards stack up.
So a player who pays for the "good" cards definitely has a big advantage over, say, a new player who is still figuring out the game (and if he even wants to keep playing the game, much less spend extra money buying cards).
Back 4 Blood is officially pay 2 win, and that sucks.
It's almost like they learned nothing from Evolve.
A little belated posting this since my life has been...kinda hectic the last few days, but...
Me, watching this:
-Heh, sure, why not.
-Aw, nice!
-Ooh, nice!
-...
-...oh no.
-No no no no no.
-NOPE!
-NOOOOOOOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.
-Heh, I love that feature.
-Ooh, that date's not that far away!
Seriously, if you haven't played it, Grounded is still in Early Access but it's a lot of fun. I absolutely suck at the base building aspect of it, but it scratches the "Nick likes to explore worlds" itch.
Me, watching this:
-Heh, sure, why not.
-Aw, nice!
-Ooh, nice!
-...
-...oh no.
-No no no no no.
-NOPE!
-NOOOOOOOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.
-Heh, I love that feature.
-Ooh, that date's not that far away!
Seriously, if you haven't played it, Grounded is still in Early Access but it's a lot of fun. I absolutely suck at the base building aspect of it, but it scratches the "Nick likes to explore worlds" itch.
Inject Breath of the Wild 2 directly into my veins, thanks.
I'm guessing the ground-level map will be largely unchanged from the previous game, but there will be sky and underground elements now too.
The two things I'm mainly hoping for are an actual post-game, and being able to mix buffs when cooking.
I'm guessing the ground-level map will be largely unchanged from the previous game, but there will be sky and underground elements now too.
The two things I'm mainly hoping for are an actual post-game, and being able to mix buffs when cooking.
I just want weapon durability to be removed
Final Fantasy Origins is the hardest I've laughed at a video game trailer since the Marilyn Manson Dragon Age Origins trailer or the incredible Duke Nukem trailer from some random even like 12-13 years ago.
The dialog was so bad that I thought it had to be satire. The main character looking like blonde Commander Shepard in a henley shirt was double chef's kiss perfection. The whole thing was magical.
Can you taste the chaos?
Also, holy shit the new Advance Wars Remake looks like dogshit compared to the original. Like total, textureless dogshit.
The dialog was so bad that I thought it had to be satire. The main character looking like blonde Commander Shepard in a henley shirt was double chef's kiss perfection. The whole thing was magical.
Can you taste the chaos?
Also, holy shit the new Advance Wars Remake looks like dogshit compared to the original. Like total, textureless dogshit.
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figmentPez
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Maybe it's because I'm not a Nintendo fanboy like I used to be, but my only reaction to the Metroid: Dread trailer was, "Did Samus find her way into the old Aperture Science building? Is this what GLaDOS has been up to?"
EDIT: And I may not be fully awake yet today, because I'm thinking maybe I'm not remembering what the robot enemies are reminding me of, because they might be reminiscent of something other than Portal.
EDIT: And I may not be fully awake yet today, because I'm thinking maybe I'm not remembering what the robot enemies are reminding me of, because they might be reminiscent of something other than Portal.
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Nope, not just you. Those enemies are very Portal-esque. But I don’t see that as a bad thing.
So you're saying this was a triumph?
Steam is currently having Next Fest, a festival feature tons of new indie games. The best thing about it is the metric TONS of demos to try.
So far, I've tried a few games on my wishlist like Terra Nil, which was honestly kind of disappointing (enough that I removed it from my wishlist). But I also tried one called Unpacking, which is an oddly nice little relaxing game that I didn't expect to like as much as I did. I got to the end of the second level and was actually disappointed when I got to the "thanks for trying our demo!" screen. So that got wishlisted fast.
There's also a demo for the sequel to My Time at Portia, called My Time at Sandrock, which @Squidleybits might be interested in trying.
There's honestly so many, I'm not even sure what all to try.
So far, I've tried a few games on my wishlist like Terra Nil, which was honestly kind of disappointing (enough that I removed it from my wishlist). But I also tried one called Unpacking, which is an oddly nice little relaxing game that I didn't expect to like as much as I did. I got to the end of the second level and was actually disappointed when I got to the "thanks for trying our demo!" screen. So that got wishlisted fast.
There's also a demo for the sequel to My Time at Portia, called My Time at Sandrock, which @Squidleybits might be interested in trying.
There's honestly so many, I'm not even sure what all to try.
I have it on my wishlist and I can’t wait to try it! I loved My Time at Portia!
The head of the robot chasing Samus, and its quadrupedal movements, are also reminiscent of Dog from the Half-Life series.
figmentPez
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The scariest horror game at E3 was Blankos Block Party.
'Blankos Block Party' is an NFT Trojan Horse for the video game industry
“Blankos is obviously the proving ground,” Linden told Engadget. “We control all the levers in Blankos, which is great, so we can do a lot of testing and really see what's hitting with the community. But the idea behind that is to tune it so that other games can use the same concepts.”
"That NFT marketplace is the heart of Blankos, and it’s what Mythical is actually interested in building."
"More than 100,000 NFTs have been purchased in Blankos so far."
'Blankos Block Party' is an NFT Trojan Horse for the video game industry
“Blankos is obviously the proving ground,” Linden told Engadget. “We control all the levers in Blankos, which is great, so we can do a lot of testing and really see what's hitting with the community. But the idea behind that is to tune it so that other games can use the same concepts.”
"That NFT marketplace is the heart of Blankos, and it’s what Mythical is actually interested in building."
"More than 100,000 NFTs have been purchased in Blankos so far."
That's just called FIFA
Watch this long trailer with voice over by the Tremendous Jemaine Clement. Bonus, one of the first things they point out is . . .
NO MICROTRANSACTIONS!!!
Now I need to start a re-watch of Flight on the Conchords and What We Do In The Shadows.
Be a Gloomy Gus all you want, but that was still worth watching for Mr. Clement's work.
*You're missing the point. Honor Mister Clement, if nothing else.*