Video Game News and Miscellany

[Frank]

It's been like 3 months since the last games, the new ones should be worth...the....wai....t.

I guess the folks that bet that there'd be multiple terrible SNES tennis games available before, I dunno, Donkey Kong Country are rolling in it.

 

[AshburnerX]

At least Shadow of the Ninja is pretty good. But yeah...

 

[@Li3n]

Might not be news, but damn if this isn't teh most awesome review ever:

 

[GasBandit]

Might not be news, but damn if this isn't teh most awesome review ever:

I hope he got paid a lot for that review, because I have had zero interest in Dragon Quest other than the first one on NES 30+ years ago... and this video got me to put it in my steam wishlist to watch for a sale (I mean, it IS still 60 bucks... NO single player title gets that kinda money out of me anymore).

 

[@Li3n]

and this video got me to put it in my steam wishlist to watch for a sale

Congrats, you got a mention in the next video:

 

[GasBandit]

Congrats, you got a mention in the next video:

That sure sounds like a nice version. Pity it requires a Switch.

 

[Dei]

That sure sounds like a nice version. Pity it requires a Switch.

Joinnnnnn usssssss

 

[GasBandit]

Joinnnnnn usssssss

 

[PatrThom]

That sure sounds like a nice version. Pity it requires a Switch.

I hear they can even play Crysis now.

—Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

 

[AshburnerX]

I like to imagine they met in an anger management group and just hit off.

 

[bhamv3]

Divinity Original Sin 3 gameplay reveal... sorry, no... I mean Baldur's Gate 3 gameplay reveal:



Gameplay screenshots:



The respective reactions of their subreddits:

 

[MindDetective]

DOS looks like BG polished up, though. Do they want shittier graphics or something? I mean, BG 2 came out 20 years ago.

 

[Frank]

I'm so glad they're aping Divinity. Turn based combat is so much more satisfying and I feel way more in control of it than the fucking chaotic bullshit real time with pause we've been stuck with for 20 years.

 

[@Li3n]

DOS looks like BG polished up, though. Do they want shittier graphics or something? I mean, BG 2 came out 20 years ago.

Most of teh complaints seem to be about the stuff that's clearly cut-and-paste from D:OS, because the people in that sub don't seem to understand what pre-alpha means.

 

[figmentPez]

Gameplay videos form Half-Life: Alyx







DAMN, this is going to sell some VR headsets.

 

[Dei]

Gameplay videos form Half-Life: Alyx







DAMN, this is going to sell some VR headsets.

I should really work on not vomiting when I try to play games like this on VR.

 

[PatrThom]

I should really work on not vomiting when I try to play games like this on VR.

Worry more about what you're going to do when you get your first VR headcrab.

--Patrick

 

[Dei]

Worry more about what you're going to do when you get your first VR headcrab.

--Patrick

I'm going to scream, throw myself on the ground, and cry. Just like playing Subnautica but 100x worse.

 

[figmentPez]

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night gets surprise mobile release

$3 with no in-app purchases is pretty fair, and it has controller support. I might just try it out.

 

[Dei]

The Last of Us is getting an HBO series

 

[mikerc]

An original PlayStation console has sold for $300,000. No not a PS1 - the original PlayStation. The Nintendo PlayStation.

 

[PatrThom]

And to the best of anyone’s knowledge, the only such PlayStation.

—Patrick

 

[PatrThom]

Speaking of HL2...guess what finally hit v1.0 last Friday?



—Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

Horizon Zero Dawn is coming to PC

No release date has been set, but I'm hoping Marvel's Spider-Man will follow.

EDIT: I'm also excited about HZD itself. I love a good open world game, and it seems like it would suit me well.

 

[bhamv3]

Apparently E3 is canceled this year.

*falls to knees* CORONAAAAAAA!!!!

 

[@Li3n]

If this thing is still going in June, no one is going to care about E3 one way or another.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

I doubt this will hurt the games industry a great deal, honestly. E3 has been slowly losing its impact over the years, especially in this modern age where a trailer is posted minutes after it's shown in a conference. There's almost no need anymore for E3. Nintendo figured that out years ago with Nintendo Direct and we've seen more publishers choose not to attend, even long before Corona was even a thing.

 

[Ravenpoe]

I doubt this will hurt the games industry a great deal, honestly. E3 has been slowly losing its impact over the years, especially in this modern age where a trailer is posted minutes after it's shown in a conference. There's almost no need anymore for E3. Nintendo figured that out years ago with Nintendo Direct and we've seen more publishers choose not to attend, even long before Corona was even a thing.

I honestly think E3 was dead before the coronavirus, what with so many presenters and companies pulling out, something was going on behind the scenes. The pandemic is just a convenient reason for them to finally call the whole thing off.

 

[GasBandit]

E3, for me, died when they got rid of Booth Babes.

 

[figmentPez]

 

[PatrThom]

A friend of mine would stop to kick open every barrel in Diablo II, because as he put it, “Barrels are the natural enemy of every adventurer!”

—Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

It's a Half-Life 2 kinda day:

Freeman's Mind 2: episode 13



Valve devs react to a speed run of HL2, some really great stuff in here:

 

[figmentPez]

This talk was amazing:

 

[PatrThom]

This talk was amazing:

Showed above post to my wife.
Wife: "Is that Dream Daddy?"

--Patrick