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Giant Bomb #23 | See you Space Cowboy...
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Sleeping Lesson
Member
These kind of low-poly environments are super cool to walk around in in VR.
giant_frying_pan
Member
A bit too chiptuney.
MassiveNights
Banned
Strafe looks terrible. Like Mighty No 9 for the Pentium crowd.
To think they criticised projects like the FF7 remake.
To think they criticised projects like the FF7 remake.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Oooh, VR hopefully!
CoolBatteryCharge
Member
NeroAngelo
Banned
Not feeling Strafe at all.
Yeah man, as much as I can knock this game for stuff, nothing feels worse than this choice of music. It just feels slapped on. Like 'well I've got a chiptunes xXKavinskyXx, we could just use that?' It doens't fit what's on the screen at all and it's really throwing me off.
Like this music feels like Blood Dragon and not like this weird Quake/Doom BLOOD EVERYWHERE aesthetic they're going for.
Like this music feels like Blood Dragon and not like this weird Quake/Doom BLOOD EVERYWHERE aesthetic they're going for.
bigwinnerx
Member
Looks cool. Weird seeing so much blood but see where it fits in.
MassiveNights
Banned
This game feels like it's ticking boxes.
Rogue like - tick
90s aesthetic - tick
Chiptunes - tick
Flicker on the pause menu - tick
Crafting - tick
Lame attention seeking disk thing - tick
Piston Hyundai
Member
They really need to pick an era of shooters and stick with it. This thing is all over the fucking place, and it's worse off for it.
What does a retro shooter have to do with the FF7 remake.
Exterminieren
Banned
This seems alright! The presentation's all over the place, but it looks really satisfying to play.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
The UI seems very much designed with VR in mind. Having a helmet/cockpit-like view, looking down left for map and down right for the stats.
[EDIT] There's a VR test build. Downloading now!
[EDIT] There's a VR test build. Downloading now!
MassiveNights
Banned
Nothing, and I didn't say it did.
Then I have no idea how to read that post!
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
I feel like you could do this to any game ever. Let's do The Witcher 3:
Open World - tick
1,000s of uninteresting things to do - tick
Mediocre Combat - tick
Glitches Ridden - tick
Gather nodes for the shitty crafting system - tick
Strafe looks pretty good to me. I'll agree that the music is incongruous but gameplaywise it looks better put together than its competition like Bunker Punks and Wasted.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
The No Man's Sky music isn't procedural generated, it just adapts to what's going on. Lots of shooting and action and explosions? Fade in bass tracks and percussion. Peaceful exploration? Light instrumentation and lower tempo.
MassiveNights
Banned
The Witcher 3 is the worst example here. That game was meticulous in making its parts fit a greater whole and coherent vision.
This game's parts absolutely do not go together in theory and apparently in execution which makes it look very gimmicky to me.
That was more than a year ago, why would you bring it up then?
MassiveNights
Banned
CoolBatteryCharge
Member
Clutch lol I saw them live in May
broncobuster
Banned
Prey is an okay shooter. In league with your Singularitys and Timeshifts.
The Darkness isn't an okay shooter.
The Darkness isn't an okay shooter.
Singularity is much better than PRey
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
You said crafting doesn't go with roguelikes when a huge amount of existing roguelikes have crafting mechanics? You said the 90s aesthetic doesn't go with them sending out shareware disks? You can say shit is gimmicky, but as I mentioned I think the only thing that doesn't go with the theme is the music.
Also I don't think Witcher 3 is a coherent vision, I think it's a fucking mess. Gwent is a gimmick FF card game that had no place in the world, the games mechanics (combat, horse riding and follow your Witcher sense) don't hold up for 5 hours let alone the 100+ hour duration of the game, and the open world isn't dynamic in the slightest which is the whole point of having an open world. If Witcher 3 was a significantly more linear title with a gameworld a tenth of the size that only featured the major quests/side quests it would have been a much more coherent product that focused on its strengths.
Human Trashcan
Banned
Throwing my lot in with the "Strafe looks whatever" people.
Also I really shouldn't be surprised that Dan has bad taste in things at this point but The Darkness = Prey, really?
Also I really shouldn't be surprised that Dan has bad taste in things at this point but The Darkness = Prey, really?
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Ok this intro is pretty great.
broncobuster
Banned
Want to say Prey's first level throws in all its gimmicks. Portals, spherical levels, reviving via ghost bow, and maybe a flying vehicle.
PC Prey is notable for Steam running out of CD keys and having to delist it.
PC Prey is notable for Steam running out of CD keys and having to delist it.
MassiveNights
Banned
Strafe is all about that nostalgia pop, nothing more, nothing less.
It doesn't use those features in any meaningful way, they're tacked on, a ticked box of what is 'in' right now in PC video games. It might as well be a menu and a loading screen.
I got bored looking at the 3 enemy types after 5 minutes.
You can dislike The Witcher 3, but you can't say that it isn't ambitious.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Strafe doesn't come out for like a year, maybe let's (you) not pretend we have it pegged.
MassiveNights
Banned
Let's go crazy and call it unique.
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