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deathbagel
Jun 10, 2008

Mr Hootington posted:

I almost always play as a tubby, short white dude.

My immersion.

I play the biggest, ugliest character I can in every game, for this same reason!

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Crabtree
Oct 17, 2012

ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!

Dinosaur Gum

RoadCrewWorker posted:

Hes too busy in the


you guessed it


anthem thread. dude really knows how to pick 'em

Fallout 76 is so last year awful that it can't even keep Tei's attention in running defense for this last week shitburger.

https://twitter.com/bobvids/status/1103364875747758081?s=19

EDIT: Oh jesus christ, the first guns in your looter shooter are better than anything else you can stumble upon through gameplay. HOW?! HOW DO YOU gently caress UP SOMETHING WORSE THAN BORDERLANDS OR DESTINY EVER DID?!

Crabtree fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Mar 6, 2019

Nicodemus Dumps
Jan 9, 2006

Just chillin' in the sink

Crabtree posted:

Fallout 76 is so last year awful that it can't even keep Tei's attention in running defense for this last week shitburger.

https://twitter.com/bobvids/status/1103364875747758081?s=19

EDIT: Oh jesus christ, the first guns in your looter shooter are better than anything else you can stumble upon through gameplay. HOW?! HOW DO YOU gently caress UP SOMETHING WORSE THAN BORDERLANDS OR DESTINY EVER DID?!

Twitter posted:

weclome to Anthem, the game where the numbers are made up and the stats don't matter

Donovan Trip
Jan 6, 2007
lol

KakerMix
Apr 8, 2004

8.2 M.P.G.
:byetankie:

Crabtree posted:

Fallout 76 is so last year awful that it can't even keep Tei's attention in running defense for this last week shitburger.

https://twitter.com/bobvids/status/1103364875747758081?s=19

EDIT: Oh jesus christ, the first guns in your looter shooter are better than anything else you can stumble upon through gameplay. HOW?! HOW DO YOU gently caress UP SOMETHING WORSE THAN BORDERLANDS OR DESTINY EVER DID?!

Yessss bring on the collapse of AAA games cmon do it you assholes! Burn it all!

Donovan Trip
Jan 6, 2007
Who's the next mostly competent RPG Dev to get roped into a looter shooter? There's gotta be a third, these deaths happen in threes

mbt
Aug 13, 2012

Donovan Trip posted:

Who's the next mostly competent RPG Dev to get roped into a looter shooter? There's gotta be a third, these deaths happen in threes

??

borderlands destiny anthem division

thats 4 already, 3 of them similar

Psychotic Weasel
Jun 24, 2004

Bang! You're dead.

Donovan Trip posted:

Who's the next mostly competent RPG Dev to get roped into a looter shooter? There's gotta be a third, these deaths happen in threes

Obsidian is going to be the next domino to fall - just you watch.

Even if The Outer Worlds succeeds Microsoft is going to carve out Tim Cain's soul, right before they carve his heart out of his chest.

Magmarashi
May 20, 2009





Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:

??

borderlands destiny anthem division

thats 4 already, 3 of them similar

Division is actually alright, though, if you can get past all the Tom Clancy 'War is good actually' bullshit

Donovan Trip
Jan 6, 2007

Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:

??

borderlands destiny anthem division

thats 4 already, 3 of them similar

You misread my post, just rpg developers. Borderlands, destiny and the division are much better games compared to 76 and anthem partly because these types of games are in those developers wheelhouse

Crabtree
Oct 17, 2012

ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!

Dinosaur Gum
Borderlands 3 is likely already DOA depending on how likely it is Randy Pitchford or anyone else at gearbox did the same poo poo they did with SEGA and embezzle money from one game's development to something else. Well that and if the CP claim is real.

Mooktastical
Jan 8, 2008

Crabtree posted:

Well that and if the CP claim is real.

Come again?

Quill
Jan 19, 2004

It involves a USB stick and some profoundly bad decisions. Business as usual for ol' Randy.

RoadCrewWorker
Nov 19, 2007

camels aren't so great
Randy Pitchford going down in flames and/or into prison would actually drastically, immensely raise my interest in borderlands. I still wouldn't trust Gearbox to make a good game further than i could throw them, but even if he's replaced by a rancid bag of dog turds the studio would be on an upward trend.

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

quote:

He confirmed that he copied a specific video "to this memory stick" to, as he describes it, "work out the method" of how a camgirl host faked the act of female ejaculation. (Be warned: he describes how the video looks in particularly graphic detail.)

I...oh...uh

Magmarashi
May 20, 2009





Someone reported that she looked under 18, but it was from a mainstream camsite and they do actually take that poo poo seriously, but it still circulated 'Randy might have had child pornography!'

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

Got any deathsticks?
Regardless of whether it is CP or not, the takeaway is to not keep porn on your loving work USB.

Keeshhound
Jan 14, 2010

Mad Duck Swagger
Not like it needs to have been pedophilia, the dumb fucker put porn on a work flash drive and then left it at a Mdieval Times, of all places.

Donovan Trip
Jan 6, 2007
Randy was discovered by and taught the business by George Broussard so none of this is surprising

Magmarashi
May 20, 2009





Keeshhound posted:

Not like it needs to have been pedophilia, the dumb fucker put porn on a work flash drive and then left it at a Mdieval Times, of all places.

WHO AMONG US

Warmachine
Jan 30, 2012



Psychotic Weasel posted:

Obsidian is going to be the next domino to fall - just you watch.

Even if The Outer Worlds succeeds Microsoft is going to carve out Tim Cain's soul, right before they carve his heart out of his chest.

I'm not ready for this level of disappointment. :(

Zazz Razzamatazz
Apr 19, 2016

by sebmojo

Psychotic Weasel posted:

Obsidian is going to be the next domino to fall - just you watch.

Even if The Outer Worlds succeeds Microsoft is going to carve out Tim Cain's soul, right before they carve his heart out of his chest.

KALI MA! KALI MA!

ZeusCannon
Nov 5, 2009

BLAAAAAARGH PLEASE KILL ME BLAAAAAAAARGH
Grimey Drawer

Psychotic Weasel posted:

Obsidian is going to be the next domino to fall - just you watch.

Even if The Outer Worlds succeeds Microsoft is going to carve out Tim Cain's soul, right before they carve his heart out of his chest.

Ill still buy it becUse the devs deserve our support and hahahahahaha like gently caress i will im not preordering anything ever again because the games industry is a shithole.


That said im still optimistic about outer worlds atm just from the tiny amount of press ive seen


Still not gonna preorder though

Arc Hammer
Mar 4, 2013

Got any deathsticks?
Outer Worlds's success will have no bearing on their viability as a developer under Microsoft's control. The game was started before they were bought out and it won't mean poo poo if Microsoft doesn't give them proper time and resources to work on their next game.

It's not like being owned by an energy vampire like EA, but it's still a form of control that can strangle developers.

Valtonen
May 13, 2014

Tanks still suck but you don't gotta hand it to the Axis either.
At this point the only games id preorder anymore are prey 2 (not happening) and terraria 2.

Deadguy2322
Dec 16, 2017

Greatness Awaits

Arcsquad12 posted:

Outer Worlds's success will have no bearing on their viability as a developer under Microsoft's control. The game was started before they were bought out and it won't mean poo poo if Microsoft doesn't give them proper time and resources to work on their next game.

It's not like being owned by an energy vampire like EA, but it's still a form of control that can strangle developers.

Between Obsidian’s tendencies toward delivering things late and broken, and Microsoft’s infamous lack of patience and understanding of anything slightly complex, I think Outer Worlds is going to be the last game we ever see from Obsidian.

corn in the bible
Jun 5, 2004

Oh no oh god it's all true!
i'm excited for the halo rpg obsidian will inevitably be asked to produce

Light Gun Man
Oct 17, 2009

toEjaM iS oN
vaCatioN




Lipstick Apathy

Arcsquad12 posted:

doesn't give them proper time and resources to work

This would never happen to an Obsidian game!!

Donovan Trip
Jan 6, 2007
If Microsoft pulls up with a boatload of money you say yes

mbt
Aug 13, 2012

Deadguy2322 posted:

Between Obsidian’s tendencies toward delivering things late and broken

for most of these games obsidian wasnt doing their own qa and their timelines were short by gamedev standards (new vegas was 18 months)

keep in mind most bethesda created games are developed alongside the engine for 3x that and still suck lol

Deadguy2322
Dec 16, 2017

Greatness Awaits

Meyers-Briggs Testicle posted:

for most of these games obsidian wasnt doing their own qa and their timelines were short by gamedev standards (new vegas was 18 months)

keep in mind most bethesda created games are developed alongside the engine for 3x that and still suck lol

Alpha Protocol was late and over budget, leading SEGA to release it in the broken state Obsidian left it in at submission even though the release was delayed for other reasons.

mbt
Aug 13, 2012

Deadguy2322 posted:

Alpha Protocol was late and over budget, leading SEGA to release it in the broken state Obsidian left it in at submission even though the release was delayed for other reasons.

alpha protocol was really fun and not very buggy in my experience so :shrug: idk what to tell ya dude lol

didn't some noob developer say 'A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.'?

pnumoman
Sep 26, 2008

I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.

Deadguy2322 posted:

Alpha Protocol was late and over budget, leading SEGA to release it in the broken state Obsidian left it in at submission even though the release was delayed for other reasons.

Alpha Protocol was loving awesome, and I highly recommend people play it. It's still the gold standard in terms of player choice and plot branching; play through it once and you'll think it's a decent spy action game. Play through it twice, and your mind will be blown.

The gameplay was buggy as poo poo on release, and it's still not great after the patches, but goddamn it, the story interactivity is just insane. If you like branching paths and player choices actually mattering, you definitely need to play it. And definitely more than one playthrough.

Sorry for the derail, I just love to talk up AP whenever I get the chance.

2house2fly
Nov 14, 2012

You did a super job wrapping things up! And I'm not just saying that because I have to!
I got a free copy of Alpha Protocol on steam and when I tried to play it it ran at like 15fps even with the visuals as low as they could go. I googled it because it must be some kind of bug I could fix, but nada. Just runs like poo poo on my computer for no reason at all!

pnumoman
Sep 26, 2008

I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.

2house2fly posted:

I got a free copy of Alpha Protocol on steam and when I tried to play it it ran at like 15fps even with the visuals as low as they could go. I googled it because it must be some kind of bug I could fix, but nada. Just runs like poo poo on my computer for no reason at all!

Yeah, it's buggy as poo poo and they only did like 2 patches or something before the whole thing was dropped. It's a goddamn shame because it's an incredible game that a shockingly small amount of people played because of bugginess. I really hope you try playing it again on different hardware, and it actually runs well enough for you to play it. It's definitely worth playing if you can manage it.

Back Hack
Jan 17, 2010


Deadguy2322 posted:

Alpha Protocol was late and over budget, leading SEGA to release it in the broken state Obsidian left it in at submission even though the release was delayed for other reasons.

Sega literally had them stop development of Alpha Protocol to produce an Alien RPG, which they got pretty far into production before Sega cancelled it in favor of letting Gearbox make Aliens: Colonial Marines. Obsidian effectively had to start from scratch though because several of the key writers and programmers who had worked on the initial build of Alpha Protocol no longer worked at the company, on top of it being extremely outdated. Afterwards, they were given a strict deadline with an insufficient budget and time from Sega to restart production of the game. It's a miracle it turned out as good as it did.

Out of all the companies that tried to sink Obsidian, Sega came the closest of succeeding.

E: Here is footage from the Alien RPG they were making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFweTxF1IWw

Back Hack fucked around with this message at 10:42 on Mar 8, 2019

2house2fly
Nov 14, 2012

You did a super job wrapping things up! And I'm not just saying that because I have to!

pnumoman posted:

Yeah, it's buggy as poo poo and they only did like 2 patches or something before the whole thing was dropped. It's a goddamn shame because it's an incredible game that a shockingly small amount of people played because of bugginess. I really hope you try playing it again on different hardware, and it actually runs well enough for you to play it. It's definitely worth playing if you can manage it.

Oh I played it to death on 360 already, I agree that it's insanely good and the golden standard for variability in a game

Name Change
Oct 9, 2005


Alpha Protocol is pretty shamefully bad and I smdh at goons who have been hyping it for 10 years now.

Like there's completely overrated (ME 1, Skyrim) and then stuff like Alpha Protocol in its own dimension of just being not functional or worthwhile

Crabtree
Oct 17, 2012

ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!

Dinosaur Gum
Its an incredibly charismatic gently caress up that still has content in between the non-functionality and easily broken combat. Who wouldn't want some espionage WRPG that lets you play as different kinds of spies in a world full of intrigue.

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Brazilianpeanutwar
Aug 27, 2015

Spent my walletfull, on a jpeg, desolate, will croberts make a whale of me yet?

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Alpha Protocol is pretty shamefully bad and I smdh at goons who have been hyping it for 10 years now.

Like there's completely overrated (ME 1, Skyrim) and then stuff like Alpha Protocol in its own dimension of just being not functional or worthwhile

I love Alpha protocol but you do have valid points,the graphics aren’t great,the combat ain’t great,the animation is stilted but to me that just added to it.gently caress i’m gonna have to get it on Steam.

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