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[shortsFortallPeople]

So in what GOTY category does Destiny compete with MGSV for worst post-launch nickel-and-diming?

The Destiny thing doesn't bother me as the game remains unchanged for the average player. It doesn't affect anyone except idiots who want to pay their way through the game.

MGSV is more egregious in that they reworked the in-game math to make spending money a more appealing option. That's fucked up.

 

[Dineren]

So in what GOTY category does Destiny compete with MGSV for worst post-launch nickel-and-diming?

It's pretty crazy how quickly Destiny went all in on microtransactions. They must have made a lot of money on emotes.

 

[skLaFarebear]

Well if Kojima was a prolific game designer, sure.

He is forming the new company with people who worked under him at Konami.

.

 

[yami4ct]

The Destiny thing doesn't bother me as the game remains unchanged for the average player. It doesn't affect anyone except idiots who want to pay their way through the game.

MGSV is more egregious in that they reworked the in-game math to make spending money a more appealing option. That's fucked up.

The problem with Destiny's booster for me isn't that I'm against selling time-savers, it's that it's an awful deal. I can understand wanting to drop like $5-$10 to instantly get a new character up to the point where you could just slap equipment you already have and raid, but $30 only gets you to 25, which is apparently already super easy in Destiny.

It's pretty crazy how quickly Destiny went all in on microtransactions. They must have made a lot of money on emotes.

The game is an MMO and the problem is they aren't acting like it. There was very little chance they were going to be able to fund the continues upkeep a game like Destiny requires on $60 purchases and DLC. The fact they didn't plan for that and build these micro transaction systems in from the start shows how mismanaged the project was. Anything they tac on now is rightfully going to piss off players from the get go.

They also aren't correctly supporting a game the way an MMO needs. Content updates need to be far more regular for any of this to work out.

 

[Twin Tails]

https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/676832782509858816

 

[skLaFarebear]

You can buy a brand new copy of Taken King for $30 now which is probably the most hilarious part of that game's booster pricing.

 

[Myggen]

https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/676832782509858816

What is he referencing?

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

The problem with Destiny's booster for me isn't that I'm against selling time-savers, it's that it's an awful deal. I can understand wanting to drop like $5-$10 to instantly get a new character up to the point where you could just slap equipment you already have and raid, but $30 only gets you to 25, which is apparently already super easy in Destiny.

I can't speak for the DLC they're selling now but they included one token that takes any of your characters straight to 25 with The Taken King and it was still kinda useless because the skill trees for the subclasses are not leveled up at all.

I dunno, yeah it's a bad deal but if they made it cheaper then you would have people wailing about PAY2WINNNNNNNNN and that's a whole 'nother shitshow. So making it overpriced is fine by me though the argument can be made that it shouldn't be in there at all. Meh.

 

[Bowlie]

I don't understand, it's not like that poll meant something, right? And yet people are super salty

edit: Myggen, check here. Basically, Undertale, a game that came out this year, is winning against classics like Super Mario World, Pokémon, Super Mario 64, Smash Melee and now Zelda:OOT and people are crazy

 

[skLaFarebear]

What is he referencing?

GameFAQs greatest game ever made contest where Undertale beat Smash Melee to go into the finals vs OoT.

Melee fans, like usual, are real salty and Undertale is beating OoT.

 

[Dineren]

What is he referencing?

Gamefaqs has a greatest game of all time poll going on right now and Undertale is beating OOT.

I don't stop by gamefaqs often, but it seems like every time I do there is a greatest of poll going on. Do they just constantly run them?

 

[skLaFarebear]

Gamefaqs has a greatest game of all time poll going on right now and Undertale is beating OOT.

I don't stop by gamefaqs often, but it seems like every time I do there is a greatest of poll going on. Do they just constantly run them?

I think once a year they run the poll.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

The Destiny thing doesn't bother me as the game remains unchanged for the average player. It doesn't affect anyone except idiots who want to pay their way through the game.

MGSV is more egregious in that they reworked the in-game math to make spending money a more appealing option. That's fucked up.

Yeah that's true. They piled on crappy systems that actively pushes players toward microtransactions.

It's pretty crazy how quickly Destiny went all in on microtransactions. They must have made a lot of money on emotes.

Is $30 even a microtransaction at that point?

 

[Myggen]

I don't understand, it's not like that poll meant something, right? And yet people are super salty

edit: Myggen, check here. Basically, Undertale, a game that came out this year, is winning against classics like Super Mario World, Pokémon, Super Mario 64, Smash Melee and now Zelda:OOT and people are crazy

GameFAQs greatest game ever made contest where Undertale beat Smash Melee to go into the finals vs OoT.

Melee fans, like usual, are real salty and Undertale is beating OoT.

Gamefaqs has a greatest game of all time poll going on right now and Undertale is beating OOT.

I don't stop by gamefaqs often, but it seems like every time I do there is a greatest of poll going on. Do they just constantly run them?

Haha, that's great.

 

[stump sock]

Shouldn't he also be waiting for the right launch window so he doesn't have to burn so much fuel getting to Mun? Or does that not really matter for a trip of this length?

launch windows don't have much of an impact on fuel consumption. once you're in orbit you're basically using no resources (except maybe batteries) while you wait for your target, which shouldn't take more than a few cycles at worst for Mun.

the real key is launching into the right plane, which is absurdly easy when you know how to do it. being off kilter, he makes his transfer window way narrower than it needs to be and he has to burn too much fuel to correct for it.

 

[Kelas]

You'd think you'd only ever need one

I mean it says "of all time" right there

e: or "ever", you know what I mean

 

[stump sock]

I did my duty and threw another vote on the "let's make nerds cry" pile.

feels good.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Friend of the site Danny 'o Dwyer is on the cooptional podcast this week

http://www.twitch.tv/totalbiscuit

 

[Salty Catfish]

The funniest part about this dumb GameFAQs drama is that people are getting wrapped up in the voting at a site where the L block from Tetris once won the character battle.

 

[Fjolle]

You'd think you'd only ever need one

I mean it says "of all time" right there

e: or "ever", you know what I mean

Actually you should run one every week, so new releases will be put against whatever was GOAT last week.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

The funniest part about this dumb GameFAQs drama is that people are getting wrapped up in the voting at a site where the L block from Tetris once won the character battle.

no one wants their precious zelda losing to a game for SJWs and hipsters and shit.

Personally, I wouldn't allow a game released within the year of the poll to count just because these things need time to settle in and for players to properly reflect on them before they should be considered. But fuck it, that would mean I would need to decide how polls are run on GameFAQs and there aren't enough bridges for me to jump off of before that ever happens

 

[stump sock]

taking gamefaqs seriously means you've already lost.

 

[daydream]

Personally, I wouldn't allow a game released within the year of the poll to count just because these things need time to settle in and for players to properly reflect on them before they should be considered. But fuck it, that would mean I would need to decide how polls are run on GameFAQs and there aren't enough bridges for me to jump off of before that ever happens

my thought process exactly

 

[Hot Coldman]

I wish we could get a GBEast commentary for the Smash Direct.

 

[demidar]

taking gamefaqs seriously means you've already lost.

But where else will I get my Frequently Asked Questions about video games from?

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

Finally done all exams. I can now catch up on 11.5 hours of missed GB video!

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Heads up you guys should change your password for GAF. This week 3 accounts have been compromised and been 'suicided'.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Finally done all exams. I can now catch up on 11.5 hours of missed GB video!

Congrats!

 

[Twin Tails]

Heads up you guys should change your password for GAF. This week 3 accounts have been compromised and been 'suicided'.

Not Stinkles!!

 

[tuxfool]

Heads up you guys should change your password for GAF. This week 3 accounts have been compromised and been 'suicided'.

What does suicide mean here? How does one do it? Just out of curiosity.

 

[Salty Catfish]

I remember two Jeff-related shitstorms from back when I was an active member of the GameFAQs forums: the Twilight Princess score freakout and his firing. Back then I discounted the rumored K&L-related reason for the latter (which we now know were true) as just typical dumb gamer conspiracy theorizing. It just seemed too insane to be true.

 

[Zaph]

What does suicide mean here? How does one do it? Just out of curiosity.

I believe Alex has a book...

 

[skLaFarebear]

What does suicide mean here? How does one do it? Just out of curiosity.

Shitpost bad enough to get perma banned

 

[stump sock]

Going by the translation now it's Kojima starting his own studio, and he's in final talks with Sony over giving them the "timed console exclusive" over whatever he makes first, which is a bit... meh. The news is that he's probably going independent, but we don't know what he's making and how he's funding it yet. Not much to discuss there yet really.

a little late on this, but yeah, looks like gamespot fucked up the translation

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/kojima-leaves-konami-enters-talks-with-sony-for-de/1100-6433133/

oops.

e: even better is that google translate gets it more accurate than GS did.

 

[Dineren]

I'm glad I switched to a password manager. Makes these things far less annoying.

 

[CoolBatteryCharge]

Heads up you guys should change your password for GAF. This week 3 accounts have been compromised and been 'suicided'.

Done!

Congrats!

Thanks. Feels great to have a few weeks off.

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Thanks. Feels great to have a few weeks off.

I remember that feeling. Such a relief to be done with exams and research papers.

 

[Noray]

I did my duty and threw another vote on the "let's make nerds cry" pile.

feels good.

I'm torn between voting for OoT, which I genuinely believe to be the best game ever made, and voting for Undertale just to make nerds who care about gamefaqs polls mad.

In the end, I did nothing.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

I wish we could get a GBEast commentary for the Smash Direct.

That would be cool.

 

[strafer]

if you see me with a different avatar it's not me

 

[skLaFarebear]

I think both games suck, but I voted for Undertale because I also like making people angry.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Not Stinkles!!

He always seemed like a racist

White guy
Bald

 

[Zaph]

Friend of the site Danny 'o Dwyer is on the cooptional podcast this week

http://www.twitch.tv/totalbiscuit

It's pretty funny watching Danny bite his tongue whenever they state an opinion he's laughed at before when talking to Jeff.

 

[Data West]

I just assume Undertale is the new Homestruck.
Same kinds of fans and everything

 

[Antiwhippy]

I just assume Undertale is the new Homestruck.
Same kinds of fans and everything

Creator was one of the main composers on homestuck too.


I dunno what a homestuck is though.

 

[Twin Tails]

Let the hate flow
https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/676850026304446464

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Let the hate flow
https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/676850026304446464

I can't believe that crap got a physical release and Fatal Frame didn't.

 

[bigkrev]

Alex Navarro's box quote for Devil's Third

Devil’s Third looks and plays like a fake game you’d see on some trashy cop show to illustrate the mindless garbage a killer teen was into.

 

[Brashnir]

But where else will I get my Frequently Asked Questions about video games from?

Using

Spoiler

fine CBSi property

GameFAQs for walkthroughs and guides is perfectly fine. Visiting

Spoiler

fine CBSi property

GameFAQs for any other reason is worthy of derision.

 

[BUNTING1243]

Let the hate flow
https://twitter.com/alex_navarro/status/676850026304446464

If only they had a feature to showcase bad games. Like a club for the real blights of gaming.