|
Like, is it worse than: FF7: "You are an eco-terrorist//freedom fighter with AMNESIA, but actually you're a clone struggling with identity theft and have to fight a mutant elder god, its psychotic samurai sword wielding spawn, and eventually a giant meteor angel" FF8: "You are brooding narcoleptic youth in Special Forces Black Ops academy sent out to save the world from a moon witch trying to destroy time itself" (this is my most bare bones assessment, I personally never made it past disc 2 in like 4 attempts, junctioning is not fun) FF9: "You are a monkey pirate and a spooky doll flying around a fantasy wonderland that is constantly besieged by an army of magic robots created by your evil big brother and your big black leather-daddy until you realize "Yikes, I'm actual the Angel of Death but I have AMNESIA!" FFX: "I am budding sportsball superstar from the hyper futuristic past until I get swept up to the distant future where everyone lives on the beach and I have to drag my girlfriend to church all over the world until she's strong enough to kill herself in the most ludicrous way possible fighting a giant space whale that is actually the ghost of my dad and oh yeah I'm not even alive I'm like the dream of a ghost from hundreds of years ago..." Like, I don't want spoilers, but people saying the story is bad have to mean "The story is presented in a very indirect and unsatisfying way" because I refuse to believe the plot is somehow dumber/more farcical/less grounded than any of those listed above. I don't play MMO's anymore and FFXII's cast just bored me to tears and the creeeeeeeeeeepy response to Lightning put me off the XIII trilogy forever (I can't stand linearity or time management in my RPG's so...) And the whole "Hold X to auto-attack your through every fight" thing is just a different way of saying "the game has a combat system that I choose to ignore", but from what I hear FFXV is like 90% about the combat, so IDK? I still want to play it, but I'm happy to wait for the storyline DLC. I know Bloodborne is a goon favorite, what is a good price for the Game + DLC that I should look out for?
|
#
¿
Mar 4, 2017 23:35
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 25, 2024 11:21 |
|
|
Kingtheninja posted:Can anyone explain why FBW keeps getting put off? It happened with stick also, I dont understand why the South Park games see constant delays when thru look like relatively simple games. The South Park team, believe it or not, or staunch perfectionists and said in more than one interview that their dev team really took the criticisms of SoT to heart and are dedicated to releasing a good game that is fun, and since its not really time sensitive or a cash grab pertaining to a current social trend, they are under no pressure at all to rush it out. South Park might not have Simpsons/Family Guy money but they certainly aren't hurting and SoT was warmly recieved, with all its criticisms boiling down to "This is game is actually really fun and good, but it's just too easy" so if I had to guess based off that, they are probably working out balancing issues and bugs related to that.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 11, 2017 21:13
|
|
|
UnfortunateSexFart posted:Having a plot based on comic superheroes and their ridiculous sequel plans could get stale if they wait too long. Like DC has almost given up already. Um, yeah, but Disney Marvel has releases planned for at least the next 3 years, so I don't think they are in any danger. People are buying this because its South Park, not because it makes fun of super-heroes. The game could be about anything and it will still sell well because they have a built in fan base who've been rabid for like 10-15 years and now we're all old enough to buy things we like with our own money.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 11, 2017 21:40
|
|
|
Bioshock 1 was a hallmark moment in FPS gaming and while it was a spiritual successor to the System Shock games, it was Bioshock that actually had a palpable impact on triple AAA FPS releases for the next decade to come and edgelords who act like the storyline isn't good or innovative in its exploration of player agency are insufferable fart smellers and think we're all plebs for not having suffered through the atmospheric yet clunky, unintuitive mess that is SS2. Bioshock 2 has an awesome combat system, but its storyline comes broken out of the box, because it takes Rapture as we knew it and tries to act like Sofia Lamb mattered at all, and her absence from Bioshock 1 feels really blatant after the fact. Combine that with the fact they changed Big Sister from a single persistent NPC (a cool and good thing) to just another kind of production line Big Daddy (a lame and bad thing) and you end up with what amounts to a giant DLC for Bioshock 1 that never gets to be its own thing. Bioshock Infinite had a great game system and the wide open (if redundant) two-tiered arena design and skylines were a welcome change from the claustrophobic Rapture, but its storyline is an embarrassing pastiche of white guilt, slavery metaphors that fall flat because they game tries to steer you away from sympathizing with all the black scientists and engineers ending up as maids and busboys and literal Lynch mob victims with some namby-pamby "two wrongs don't make a right" bullshit and its sci-fi storyline trips over its own feet constantly and fails to follow the rules it attempts to carefully lay out for itself, and this is before the blatant character assassination of Return to Rapture. All this could be forgiven if they left graphical representation of gun modifications in, but sadly only OG Bioshock felt like decorating the guns that take up half your screen for the whole game was worth it (IDIOTS SAVAGES IDIOTS)... Bust Rodd fucked around with this message at 13:17 on Mar 14, 2017 |
|
#
¿
Mar 14, 2017 13:15
|
|
|
Faux Mulder posted:ah yes, the famous system shock 2 edgelords Uh, it's probably not worth an archives upgrade, but the Bioshock threads here on SA were filled with goons going "this is babies' first agency exploration, how could you be impressed by this drivel, It's so obviously telegraphed when you stop and think about it and SS2 did all this poo poo years ago anyway!". and when Bioshock 2/Infinite came out all of those talking points get dragged out like loving clockwork, because if there is one thing that just triggers the poo poo out of armchair game devs it's, uh, really good, polished products getting the recognition they deserve? The irony is everything they acted like was true of Bioshock 1 was basically exactly what WAS wrong with Infinite.
|
|
#
¿
Mar 14, 2017 13:47
|
|
|
glam rock hamhock posted:What? Bioshock is blatantly about Randian ideals pushed to their extremes. They weren't subtle about this at any point in production. To have the same world but just replacing it with communism doesn't make sense because no part of the world is built upon that. This is I think why even the grounded political aspects of Infinite fall flat, because while in a vacuum you can argue for things like free market and/or socialism because they only breakdown when you apply the human conditions of fear and greed... nationalism, racism, Jingoism and xenophobia literally don't have any positive applications in the real world and so the entire city of Columbia being based on that kind of doesn't make any sense from, like, anyone's perspective at all, unless you are just supposed to tacitly suggest that racism has its place (you aren't, Infinite is very dumb).
|
|
#
¿
Mar 14, 2017 16:19
|
|
|
If you currently do not have an active PS+ sub, is there any way to see what PS+ games I have 'bought' from the year of 'buying' them I had after I bought my old PS3?
|
|
#
¿
Mar 15, 2017 22:00
|
|
|
Holy gently caress I took a look at the Euro sale and uh:
The Last Guardian Ratchet & Clank God of War III Remastered The Last of Us Remastered The Last of Us: Left Behind (Standalone) Bloodborne: Game of the Year Edition Bloodborne Bloodborne The Old Hunters Until Dawn Until Dawn: Rush of Blood Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Uncharted 1: Drake’s Fortune Remastered Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Remastered Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Remastered The Heavy Rain & BEYOND: Two Souls Collection BEYOND: Two Souls Heavy Rain DRIVECLUB (Various) inFAMOUS Second Son inFAMOUS Second Son + inFAMOUS First Light inFAMOUS Second Son Legendary Edition inFAMOUS First Light The Order: 1886 Journey Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture KNACK RESOGUN RESOGUN Season Pass RESOGUN – Heroes Expansion RESOGUN WipEout Ship Bundle RESOGUN: Defenders Expansion Pack Gravity Rush 2 Gravity Rush Remastered Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition HELLDIVERS: Super-Earth Ultimate Edition HELLDIVERS Reinforcements Mega Bundle HELLDIVERS Masters of the Galaxy Edition HELLDIVERS Reinforcement Pack HELLDIVERS Reinforcement Pack 2 Journey Collector’s Edition Holy gently caress would I be spending a ton of dough if this were a US sale... I don't own a PS4 yet but I've been regretting not getting Bloodborne for  the last time it went on sale and I would DEFINITELY stock up for my imminent purchase...
|
|
#
¿
Mar 24, 2017 20:11
|
|
|
I let my PS+ lapse over a year ago, with a 12 month subscription card just sitting on my desk the entire time... and every month I look at it and "Wheeeeelp, not this month, kiddo" Surely at this point Knack & Infamous have made the sales that they are going to make, why not give them away yet? Or Hell, Black Flag?
|
|
#
¿
Mar 29, 2017 17:43
|
|
|
I like 3 because when I was 16 I thought being a time traveling mutant angel with a bunch of sweet guns and jet bikes was like the most Todd MacFarlane poo poo ever and WOW getting hype about PS2 ports in 2017 ITT
|
|
#
¿
Apr 3, 2017 16:52
|
|
|
remember when you got to play through bioshock infinite for free because they gave it away on PS+? ~Bust Rodd remembers~
|
|
#
¿
Apr 4, 2017 23:57
|
|
|
I'll probably get TLoU:Remastered but the mind BOGGLES at Dark Cloud/Dark Cloud 2 both being $6 while on sale, instead of like $2.00. How long do Flash Sales last?
|
|
#
¿
Apr 14, 2017 17:29
|
|
|
I AM THE TOILET posted:Dark Cloud 2 is much, much better than its predecessor. In addition to level design existing in D2 vs the pallet swap textureless zones of D1, it turns out grinding 3 separate things for two characters is way less annoying than grinding out 1 weapon each for 6 dudes.
|
|
#
¿
Apr 15, 2017 22:45
|
|
|
kirbysuperstar posted:Orphen. My first PS2 game, and my first experience playing the first 1/3 of a game over and over because I had no memory card.
|
|
#
¿
May 20, 2017 12:45
|
|
|
I can confirm that activating a 1 year PS+ card will automatically enable Auto-Renewal and youn haven to manually turn it off, I just did it like 3 days ago.
|
|
#
¿
May 30, 2017 18:10
|
|
|
Not sure if it's a bug but PS3/PS4 Oddworld is totally free?
|
|
#
¿
Jun 27, 2017 18:49
|
|
|
Yeah but other claimed games all said "Purchased" and this one just said "Free" and it was PS+ months ago.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 27, 2017 18:57
|
|
|
Lemon-Lime posted:There's no redeem-by date on that, right? I can buy it now and use it in five years when I eventually get a PS4? Because many countries SONY operates it have gift card laws, Yes, they have no expiration date. I just redeemed a two year old PS+ year card with no issues.
|
|
#
¿
Jul 11, 2017 23:50
|
|
|
Wolfsheim posted:This is the first time I've ever seen Wasteland 2 go on sale. Is it worth $15 for the PS4 version? I have a decent tolerance for the buggy awkwardness of the first two Fallouts if this is along those same lines, but it kinda dropped off my radar way back when. I own this on PC and it is basically Fallout 1+2: But Better
|
|
#
¿
Jul 21, 2017 02:38
|
|
|
Is Doom worth getting on the PS4 over the PC for literally any reason? FPS on console seems so floaty to me when my PC handles like a dream. Bigger multiplayer community?
|
|
#
¿
Aug 4, 2017 04:18
|
|
|
Yo the only two games in that Flash Sale I've ever heard of are Darksiders 2 and Lords of the Fallen... I might buy them.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 25, 2017 18:39
|
|
|
Wait is there a PS4 port of RE:4? On SALE?! I can feel the money flying out of my bank account already.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 26, 2017 04:39
|
|
|
LoL I just scrolled past 'Adam's Venture' and had a mini-stroke thinking there was an 'Ace Ventura, Pet Detective' TellTale game on the PSN that had somehow miraculously escaped my notice.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 26, 2017 04:47
|
|
|
glam rock hamhock posted:I mean he seems to be friends for life with Platinum now so lovely gameplay should be less of a problem for him from now on (unless you also hated the gameplay in Nier:A) I could use about 60% less repetitive button-mashing and about 200% more weapon movesets, special abilities, and comboes. I'm not looking for DMC4/Bayonetta levels of intricacy, but we could at least get the combat system from Metal Gear Rising but with Pod Specials taking the place of Zantetsuken. The game is good, but the gameplay id probably the most simplistic gameplay of any major release I've played in yeeeeeeears.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 27, 2017 07:05
|
|
|
In terms of Open-World superhero franchises we have: Crackdown Saint's Row 4 Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Prototype Infamous Spider-Man Arkham Batmans With Honorable Mentions to The Witcher 3 Horizon: Zero Dawn, since I think it looks different enough from traditional 3rd person action games Ironically I think the two games that over saturated this genre (Assassin's Creed & GTA: Online) aren't even special super hero games but there is soooooooooo much content and it's all just hamster wheel bullshit that ever really goes anywhere. Super hero games tend to emphasize the players ability to move through the environment, which is why the Witcher 3 and Horizon aren't really in the same vein. I will usually enjoy any game that lets you jump really high or run really fast if it looks cool enough. Driving is boring and even GTA: O agrees because all the most expensive vehicles are the ones that break the regular rules of driving. So what is the evolution of the this genre? Off the top of my head: Fully Destructible Environments for everything, so I can carve out cannons with my laser eyes Interplanetary travel: I think being a hero that had a different set of powers or moves depending on the sun//atmosphere//gravity of different planets, coupled with fighting different species and cities having distinct architecture would be awesome. Not like No Man's Sky, just like 4 detailed ones would be enough Better Combat Systems: Just give a superhero game with devil may cry's combat system and Prototype's movement system and one or two giant tentacle attacks and then give me a legion of doom set of boss fights to work my way through, like Pokémon gyms but otherwise super villains Or by evolution do you mean "The Witcher 3 but with like really good combat" because that would be amazing and I'm a Witcher 3 combat apologist.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 30, 2017 15:08
|
|
|
InFamous: SS was a game I was 100% going to spend money on eventually, so this month rules.
|
|
#
¿
Aug 30, 2017 17:37
|
|
|
Bloodborne is much more of a character action game than a typical ARPG. Quick stepping, Rallying for health and parrying are all very engaging and provide great feedback so you always have a good idea of what you're doing. Until Bloodborne, my favorite games were Devil May Cry (1/3/4), Bayonetta, and Metal Gear Rising. I only got halfway through Dark Souls and think it's ok but not enough to finish it, and haven't played the rest of the series. For $8 just try it instead of a couple of sodas later.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 2, 2017 03:18
|
|
|
Literally every single time you pick up an item if you are already at max there is an unskippable pop up that tells you that it is being sent to storage, and when you are shopping for consumables the total you have in your storage appears directly beneath the total in your inventory. The only little symbol I know is the one that says its saving your game. Also yeah blood vials and bullets stop being an issue after the first two bosses. By then, just level up normally and then spend all your change on blood and bullets. Bust Rodd fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Sep 2, 2017 |
|
#
¿
Sep 2, 2017 18:03
|
|
|
rabidsquid posted:im actually kind of confused about the puzzle levels thing, but im just gonna assume its not even worth asking Mario Maker has a small but dedicated sub-section of people who build very intricate maze like levels that work like puzzles than platformers. They require meticulous slow gameplay to solve, even though everything about the game incentivized building fun platforming levels. They suck and are insanely boring because there aren't unique puzzle mechanics Mario Maker, so they are just slogs to get through.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 4, 2017 14:30
|
|
|
So ballpark estimate: how many people are gonna lose their job because they just accidentally released their AAA IP sequel for free? I gently caress up of this magnitude seems like at least one entire team gets booted, so like 5-6 people.
Bust Rodd fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Sep 5, 2017 |
|
#
¿
Sep 5, 2017 23:26
|
|
|
"SONY perplexed at lack of Knack II free downloads despite leaving download window open for four hours in over a dozen countries, 'accidently' releaks game on US sony store, sends promotional e-mail regarding issue."
|
|
#
¿
Sep 9, 2017 17:49
|
|
|
exquisite tea posted:I doubt they'd go through the effort of localizing the VA for Shenmue II but that's cool news regardless. I very rarely feel this way about foreign media, but I believe that Shenmue would absolutely benefit from just being subtitled with the OG voice acting. It's so very important to the game.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 10, 2017 19:12
|
|
|
LoL at 20.00 for a port of a 20 year old game
|
|
#
¿
Sep 19, 2017 17:58
|
|
|
Lemon-Lime posted:Yeah, it's not like porting a game takes work or anything, they just pressed the magic "Port Game" button that exists in every developer's office. When you think about it, $20 is completely ridiculous. Yeah let's not act like this is a massive undertaking, this is a port of an existing port, porting it from much more complicated hardware to the PS4, a static console that has identical specs in every home. I'm not saying it should be free, but $20 seems like a lot, just because it's so ancient. It's still 40-60 hours of game and definitely the best classic Final Fantasy (gently caress sprite artwork), but that's like asking $20 for a switch port of Super Mario World
|
|
#
¿
Sep 19, 2017 19:37
|
|
|
It probably took them a couple weeks to figure out to make the lovingly rendered backgrounds from the original look so terrible so it's not like they did nothing
|
|
#
¿
Sep 19, 2017 22:31
|
|
|
Saying that Final Fantasy 8 has a better cast of characters than Final Fantasy 9 might have actually fragmented this timeline because there being an alternate reality version of FF8 with a real story and compelling characters instead of the blank cardboard cutouts that game has is the only way I can process Beanpole's utterly insane interpretations.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 20, 2017 14:58
|
|
|
It doesn't seem that trivial when every P5 post is like "this game is 100 hours long and half of it is hanging out with your annoying anime high school friends at the mall and doing homework!".
|
|
#
¿
Sep 23, 2017 07:17
|
|
|
U don't like driving, play GTA the driving is trivial.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 23, 2017 14:20
|
|
|
Pretty blown away that forums user and noted anime avatar haver Sakurazuka is getting heated about people not wanting to play anime high school demon dress up with him
|
|
#
¿
Sep 23, 2017 14:37
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ Apr 25, 2024 11:21 |
|
|
You could be someone who is exactly my age and named after me and looks like me, if half the game is stupid bullshit like going to the movies and making sure Mikuri-chan likes me enough that my demon can shoot lasers than I'm just not gonna care.
|
|
#
¿
Sep 23, 2017 15:55
|
|