signalnoise posted:

So much talk about what game is game of the year when a game doesn't even become game of the year until all the DLC is released, drat. But I mean you can know which games are games of the year because it's written right on the box art!

Shibawanko posted:

yeah a roguelike shouldnt have meta progression at all, that just makes it into a grind, no different from a lovely rpg or something

the point of roguelikes is that you learn from your mistakes, so that the player gets better at the game and reaches further into it on subsequent attempts, this means that roguelikes need to be complex by necessity which is the main draw, metaprogression kills that

veni veni veni posted:

Unless it's a game where player choice is a really heavy gameplay mechanic in iteself, multiple endings suck in video games and I have no idea why people actually want them. All it does is basically amount to no real ending/no closure. it's a terrible way to end a story that is even remotely linear. Then a sequel comes out and the devs have to choose than canon one, possibly rendering your ending irrelevant. So many games I like do this and it always just ruins the end.

jokes posted:

Dragon Age: Origins had an excellent “dragon is dead you win” ending which was relatively tidy despite the Morrigan’s baby hook.

Avirosb posted:

The basebuilding in the " first new" X-Com sucks because I suck at it and it's not fun.
Also, the way that game is paced and how promotions work, it seems I need to stick to a select elite force and not get any of them killed, ever.
I haven't played the older games but from what I've seen, you're kind of expected to lose quite a few people in those.

Caesar Saladin posted:

its crazy how Blizzard ripped of Warhammer Fantasy and then a few years later ripped off Warhammer 40k. Once I understand, but twice?

Disco Pope posted:

It was well received, but I could never get into it like Enemy Unknown. The procedurally generated levels lacked charm and it didnt do anything really new. The "gently caress you" was turned up to 11.

Ugly In The Morning posted:

Generally like 99 percent of your kills in any area are going to be from shooting things.

SilvergunSuperman posted:

I prefer never having enough ammo over having so much most guns are pointless.

It's not perfect but it works.

poverty goat posted:

I hate the bethesda fallout hacking minigame. I've solved it too many times and it never becomes instinctive like the lockpicking- you've still got to spend a minute working the word puzzle every time, and this actually requires more brainpower than anything else in the game. For years I compulsively opened every locked thing always but the 100,000th hack broke something inside of me and now I'm incapable of caring what's inside the locked closet if I can't pick it with a lockpick like a normal person

signalnoise posted:

nah you don't need that to know someone's a gamer

for example, you might just drink whatever you have handy



go hog wild I know it was a mess

Coolness Averted posted:

It's what any failing business tries to do when their main business model doesn't work anymore. People don't buy enough physical games anymore, and now every other big box retailer got in on the trade-in game.
So yeah, they need to be a Hot Topic knock off selling knickknacks now

Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

I genuinely believe switch gyro aiming is superior to keyboard and mouse if there was a single multiplatform shooter on the switch that could actually run at 60 fps I would challenge anyone to a Genji 1v1 to prove it

Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

Does it work for overwatch? I dont actually play real fps hence my ridiculously confident statement

Actually doom eternal with gyro would loving rule so I might do it anyway, the only reason I don't already have it on switch is I don't play docked so if it's bad handheld it's just bad for me and I haven't heard anything specifically about it being bad in handheld but also it's not a game I ever thought I wanted to play on the toilet I guess

RPATDO_LAMD posted:

VR also tends to give people ungodly headaches from lower (normal) framerates, so you need a GPU capable of pushing 120+ FPS and rendering the scene twice.

sebmojo posted:

https://www.indiegala.com/store/game/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-special-edition/489830?ref=itad 14 bucks if you are interested.

Excelzior posted:

lol just lol if you don't stick all the gold bars into a bathtub back at your base and promptly forget about them

Redezga posted:

I like those Summoning Salt documentaries on Youtube about speedrun record histories. They're usually more about the community discovery process, which can be kind of impressive considering how small and niche the communities around speedrunning a single game are usually.

William Henry Hairytaint posted:

I stopped playing it because I got really sick of the 'reveal a tile at the wrong time = death' mechanic, and I thought the War of the Chosen expansion was more annoying than entertaining (they just...won't...shut...up).

But I had a lot of fun with it before I got to that point and I think it's a good game.

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smellmycheese posted:

I interviewed a whole bunch of British competitive Xbox COD players once and it was a bizarre scene. They all had extremely expensive tricked out gamepads with extra paddles and buttons and were obviously laser accurate through practicing on it 20 hours a day but it baffled me that you’d play competitively at something where there was a demonstrably better input method. Still , one guy was 20 years old and had just bought a house with the money he’d made, so what do I loving know.

WILDTURKEY101 posted:

Im playing Dragon Age Origins and its fun. It can be a very horny game but i just dont have my guy flirt with or gently caress anyone and its better that way. We are a team working to save the world. My Commander Shepherd doesnt gently caress either. None of my bioware characters gently caress.

RGX posted:

Yeah this is exactly what killed the game for me. If you want me to explore your weird and wonderful world and read all of your oceans and oceans of flavour text, don't make me gently caress around with a bullshit resting mechanic just to perform basic dialogue choices. If you want me to rest a lot, I can put up with that but at least make it cheap/easy to do. Who the hell thought that was fun?