Instant Sunrise posted:

hello friends, this is the games chat thread for the month of april.

notable game releases for april:
– quantum break: an unreleased sega cd game is being remade and released on the xbox one (the third xbox) and on windows 10.
– dark souls iii:
– star fox zero: another star fox game, nintendo promises yet again that this one will follow in the spirit of starfox 64, one of the few good starfox games.

enjoy your video games this month friends

Monkey Fracas posted:

I'm not too interested in Quantum Break but I feel like I'll be forced to update to Win10 from Win7 sometime for something

ehhhhhhhh windooowwwsssss

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

i was hoping remedy would go back to what they're good at -- third person shooter action with the main character droning on about poo poo while everything explodes

what we got is fmvs that require streaming from a server (why?) and setpieces that are too short to really enjoy

totally worth it

gonna wait for Quantum Break: American Nightmare for when they finally fix everything

Lurdiak posted:

There's a lot of lore in the souls games.

Mistle posted:

Won't be a Souls game if you can't eventually get through the whole of the content and start invading as an endgame-accomplished soul level 1

Nasgate posted:

Games with huge glaring flaws have their flaws discussed when the game is discussed. News at 11.

Accordion Man posted:

The wedding mission was so god drat good.

Jay Rust posted:

What other games have trans characters? Is this really the first one or something?

Manky posted:

After setting up the character with "xe" and "xem" references, Azure Striker Gunvolt does not a terrific job of handling its trans villain.

Mistle posted:

Well, it is a problem, but more that it's a symptom of the actual issue.

Gaming opinion herd mentality helps good game ideas stick around, and help kill off bad game ideas, e.g., QB for the xbone is doing better than Halo 5 in consistent Twitch viewership, in disappointing fewer of its fanbase, and wouldn't be surprised if it does better overall, particularly because the UWP will count toward sales, I think.

The actual issue is that game producers use the herd mentality, and not regarding the actual game; they emulate the marketing and sales strategies while ignoring the game mechanics and content that people play.


It's a new issue, and given technology and the speed at which hot-button issues spread, its onset will be faster than the interracial or homosexuality issues of generations past.


I want to say that was initially a miscommunication thing, but it definitely is what it is now

8-Bit Scholar posted:

From the sounds of it, this is just a trans NPC, some incidental character some place, so this could not possibly be more of a non-issue. If you think this is an agenda being forced on you, you are allowing your bigotry to cloud your reason, and should reconsider.

Motto posted:

Complaining about "agendas" is stupid to begin with; every piece of writing is influenced by the author's beliefs and views. If something is entirely inoffensive to you, that means it didn't challenge your viewpoint, not that it's absent of ideology.

Mistle posted:

One of many metrics, and given that twitch is videogames-while-not-playing-videogames, I'd say it's entirely relevant. It's the new word-of-mouth, and helps immerse a fan into the franchise when they're not actively playing it, or it might make a sale where there wasn't one.

Then again, it might break a sale where there might have been one.

Mistle posted:

What about couch watching someone play?

Accordion Man posted:

Returns, Dragonfall, and HK.

I hear the Genesis and SNES games are both interesting, but I've never played them.

Nasgate posted:

adjective (not comparable)
1. (narrowly) Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth, i.e. being assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people. (Comparetranssexual, and the following sense.)
2. (broadly) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity; or, pertaining to such people. (Compare genderqueer, transsexual, and transvestite.)

The first does not apply because all signs point to them being a hermaphrodite, and they clearly identify with both genders.

The second is a broad usage and therefore shouldn't be used if a narrow word is applicable to prevent miscommunication. In this case, they are bigender. In addition, it's pretty rude to call someone trans if they have their own gender identity.

This is why I keep a dictionary on my phone.

Accordion Man posted:

No, you don't. They're separate games.

Motto posted:

https://twitter.com/Xythar/status/717514531967254530

Nasgate posted:

While I already know she has male genitalia, it is a no regardless. Looks twelve.

Jonas Albrecht posted:

I mean, would anyone be surprised?

Shindragon posted:

Devil may Cry was all about being flash and whupping rear end.

NG was more defensive.

Also when you put DMC like that you are making me think of NT's game which NG styles all over.

corn in the bible posted:

yeah like resistance was useless in dark souls i remember so what should i focus on or avoid

raditts posted:

Jay Rust posted:

I mean, Samus wasn't ever that great of a character, in my opinion. The "oh wow she's a woman who doesn't need no man" revelation kind of doesn't matter, given that Nintendo was still so eager to reward players with pics of Samus in a skimpy outfit, undermining what's supposed to make her cool and likeable.

FirstAidKite posted:

I hope that one day there will be another good main metroid game released but until then, at least there are plenty of solid games in that genre even if they don't star a badass bounty hunter