Sleeping Lesson
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Alright I bought Doom in the steam sale just so I could tell you evangelists how wrong you are.
I fully intend to enjoy the hell out of it.
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Giant Bomb #25 | A Fun Time with Friends
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ratcliffja
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I got The Witness and it's super hard. It seems good so far, though.
nckillthegrimace
Member
people thought the wii scarcity was intentional, too
those people weren't thinking about that situation very hard
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Man I loved The Witness and then made the quintessential mistake of putting it down for a while before finishing it. I might actually have to start over to complete it now. Don't do what I did.
nckillthegrimace
Member
Do you need a coaster?
AuthenticM
Member
This fucking game is coming out tomorrow.
TOMORROW
TOMORROW
Does $12 to play all day sound like a reasonable price?
Piston Hyundai
Member
it's either intentional or continuous incompetency
either way nintendo bad
nintendo bad, nckillthegrimace
That dialogue really makes it
CoolBatteryCharge
Member
What if they made Catbus a Pokémon?
What if they made Catbus a Digimon?
It would fit alongside other Digimon such as
Amazing indeed.
CheDominik
Member
Since I watched Jeff's stream I wanted to set up Retroarch, why didn't anyone tell me that it takes forever? Jesus Christ. But that's what sick days are for I guess.
btw. Anyone here still playing Overwatch for PS4? Have bought it recently and playing against randoms gets old fairly quick.
btw. Anyone here still playing Overwatch for PS4? Have bought it recently and playing against randoms gets old fairly quick.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Finally playing DOOM
Its really fucking good, I can't believe there hasn't been a proper shooter like this in years. Playing through it I'm realizing how much of the game's design, at least in the early levels, depends on the complete or near complete lack of hitscan weapons among the enemies which is what allows for it to become that intricate ballet of brutality. Do later levels arm up the demons with proper guns?
I'm still on the HITMAN train though
Its really fucking good, I can't believe there hasn't been a proper shooter like this in years. Playing through it I'm realizing how much of the game's design, at least in the early levels, depends on the complete or near complete lack of hitscan weapons among the enemies which is what allows for it to become that intricate ballet of brutality. Do later levels arm up the demons with proper guns?
I'm still on the HITMAN train though
🙋
I feel like actually buying Hitman has had the unfortunate side effect of turning Brad and Dan's adventures from 'haha look at these idiots' to 'oh my god just give me the fucking controller'
I'd imagine it will get better once I get to the later QLs but I'm only watching them as I master each map.
I'd imagine it will get better once I get to the later QLs but I'm only watching them as I master each map.
CheDominik
Member
Great
What's your PSN ID?
And of course RetroArch just fucking crashes when I want to boot up the N64 core.
otixero
Piston Hyundai
Member
It's a pain in the ass, but it's worth it since you can use it for pretty much anything.
Hellsing321
Member
It seems to be getting good reviews. Maybe it's not a total disaster Like we all expected.
Incandenza
Banned
Maybe they don't need to make 90 minute videos for Atari 2600 collections
90 minutes isnt enough
Human Trashcan
Banned
I'd be excited for FFXV if I didn't think the characters looked like assholes and the voice acting wasn't so 100% anime. Like totally exaggerated performances and everyone is doing a voice, no one is just talking.
nckillthegrimace
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It's obviously incompetence at gauging demand, specifically who is going to use a product and how. They'd rather have money than headlines, and they'd be charging a lot more than $60 if they were counting on artifical scarcity to push up demand. So I discount that this is intentional. Also, it's way more likely that someone is being stupid than malicious.
Nintendo, NoA in particular, is both terrible at estimating demand and conservative to the point of absurdity. If you put those together with a new product category for the company ie, amiibo and NES Classic, it's not going to go well. Like, what's the case study for a new plug and play system? The Atari Flashback? Demand for that was no where near the NES Classic. It doesn't help that Nintendo's marketing divison, like most marketing divisions, has this terrible need to put customers in boxes. With amiibo it was "oh, people will only buy one or two of their favorite characters, so we don't need to make a lot of these niche characters." Oops, no, collectors are buying these and they want all of them. So they overreact and ship way too many Animal Crossing amiibo, and, a year later, they continue to rot on store shelves.
I bet that their marketing looked at other plug and play systems, saw those sold mainly to people who don't play games, and boxed in the target market for the NES Classic as those people, period, end of story. Why would a "hardcore gamer" want one of these? They've already played these games! And why would they have preorders? No one preorders toys like that Atari and Sega all-in-one stuff! Oops. And I'm sure this initial batch was made before the thing was even announced and shipped on slow boats to save money, so now they need to pay for more assembly lines and waste money on air shipping because they completely screwed everything up.
So, yes, bad. They need to both rethink how they do market research and get better at supply chain management so they don't go from the wild extremes of nothing on shelves to product forever on shelves.
Piston Hyundai
Member
what are you trying to say, man
Do you not like the old games
nckillthegrimace
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Maybe I'm just being a millennial, but these Atari games are so primitive on every level that I have a hard time envisioning someone eking enjoyment out of them.
Yes. 120 minutes would be the sweet spot. 90 is just too short.
But I'm a millennial 🤔
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Why.....why did you preorder it like 9 months ago then?
I've been looking at fewer QLs these days. There was a time where I'd watch every single one that was put up on the site, but whether it's pairings these days that aren't that interesting to me, or the games themselves that I don't really need to see as a QL, I've been skipping a bunch.
I feel there've been fewer QLs of silly, "out there" games these days. The type like a Ride to Hell: Retribution, Motorbike, Bot Colony or Velvet Sundown. "Rough around the edges" makes for some brilliant moments; the VRodeo is good for that these days.
wasn't it amazing when Jeff knew how to solve that adventure game?
That's the shit I disable my ad blocker for.
I don't know, man. Maybe all the homoerotic stuff but any interest in the game is long gone at this point.
Piston Hyundai
Member
If you can't get any enjoyment out of Missile Command, Tempest, Pitfall, Yars' Revenge or Super Breakout, that's on you.
I haven't seen the new one yet but I had a great time with the last one
Incandenza
Banned
The New Games aren't always The Good Games either. some gems, some flaws. Also I'm 12
Piston Hyundai
Member
The new good games are the bad games to me.
I want them to be like the old games.
I want them to be like the old games.
In terms of indie titles The Witness is an amazing game that I haven't finished (and probably never will).
Stardew Valley is a pretty fun game that I need to put more time into but so far it's quite an accomplishment.
Firewatch is my runner up for game of the year.
Hyper Light Drifter is good but I haven't finished it. I feel it looked better than it played.
Oxenfree and Inside are on my play list for the next couple of weeks.
This is what I remember from the top of my head. Two of these are on my GOTY list for sure with Hitman and Overwatch the other two titles I really enjoyed this year.
SFV and Battlefield 1 were the other two big games I bought. SFV I'm terrible at and Battlefield is pretty fun too. I mean both are fun for sure but not amazing.
Maybe I missed something but this year was cool.
Stardew Valley is a pretty fun game that I need to put more time into but so far it's quite an accomplishment.
Firewatch is my runner up for game of the year.
Hyper Light Drifter is good but I haven't finished it. I feel it looked better than it played.
Oxenfree and Inside are on my play list for the next couple of weeks.
This is what I remember from the top of my head. Two of these are on my GOTY list for sure with Hitman and Overwatch the other two titles I really enjoyed this year.
SFV and Battlefield 1 were the other two big games I bought. SFV I'm terrible at and Battlefield is pretty fun too. I mean both are fun for sure but not amazing.
Maybe I missed something but this year was cool.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Oh, totally, but I think there's plenty of stuff from that era that's still fun, even if it's as a brief diversion.
stump sock
Member
venn diagram of people who don't like the old games that think UPF has been really good lately?
brainzelda
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With the year winding down I put some thoughts on my top 10 today and came up with:
1. The Witness
2. Hyper Light Drifter
3. Dark Souls 3
4. Deus Ex Go
5. XCOM 2
6. Furi
7. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
8. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
9. Ratchet & Clank
I'm temporarily keeping a slot open just in case Last Guardian sneaks in there. I completely spoiled myself on FF15, and although I'm excited to play it tomorrow, I don't think it'll break through the top 10 for me based on early impressions.
If for some reason TLG falls flat (God I hope not), I'll probably drop Civ 6 in the 10 spot.
1. The Witness
2. Hyper Light Drifter
3. Dark Souls 3
4. Deus Ex Go
5. XCOM 2
6. Furi
7. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
8. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
9. Ratchet & Clank
I'm temporarily keeping a slot open just in case Last Guardian sneaks in there. I completely spoiled myself on FF15, and although I'm excited to play it tomorrow, I don't think it'll break through the top 10 for me based on early impressions.
If for some reason TLG falls flat (God I hope not), I'll probably drop Civ 6 in the 10 spot.
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