Just saw it on youtube. Eh...
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Just saw it on youtube. Eh...
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Do people actually care about Drawn to death outside of david jaffe?
Let me say it this way, it being free with PS+ right away is probably the right decision.
Joining the esteemed ranks of Deadstar and Secret Ponchos I'm sure
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Booo.
You still have SFM
No, but I think the Quick Look could be interesting.
That's probably the most damning thing I've heard for andromeda. If your characters are looking slightly favorable against a Monolith Soft game, especially with their turn towards Tales of style design, that's a problem. Especially if you're on hardware significantly more powerful than the Switch
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Nothing I've seen from Andromeda is as bad as Xenoblade's creepy doll people.
I'm interested enough in Drawn to Death to try it out at least once, but I'm not really all that big on competitive multiplayer.
The blank and 1000 yard stares from ME: A characters is super distracting. Xenoblade X is creepy tbf, but it's at least somewhat stylized.
The blank and 1000 yard stares from ME: A characters is super distracting. Xenoblade X is creepy tbf, but it's at least somewhat stylized.
How fucking dare you. Go back to Call of Doody and Battlefield and those Sony movies you casual. I'll be over here playing real games.
I'm surprised you're still playing it after talking about the issues you have with the game
I finished the beasts, parked Link outside the Ganon fight, and moved on to Nier. Might go back to it one day, but right now I'm just enjoying a game that feels good to play and is fun, rather than 80% work and 20% fun.
IGN is the fucking worst when new games get released.
"Heres how to do X in game"
"Here how to defeat X in game"
"Make sure to do X in game"
"Heres what X looks like in game"
I don't want to start a whole spoiler culture debate but IGN & their headlines really irritate me.
"Heres how to do X in game"
"Here how to defeat X in game"
"Make sure to do X in game"
"Heres what X looks like in game"
I don't want to start a whole spoiler culture debate but IGN & their headlines really irritate me.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The treasure thing can be a bummer for sure, but now I;m so inundated with high end weapons I'm kinda don't really worry about weapons breaking. Sometime I break like 3 thunderswords for one lynel fight, but then you get sickass lynel gear.
I mean I'm enjoying nier, but so far I'm just traversing a completely pointless open world with barely any interaction.
I mean I'm enjoying nier, but so far I'm just traversing a completely pointless open world with barely any interaction.
If people speak so highly of the game then I want to give it plenty of chances to see what it is and see if it ever turns around for me
plus what the hell else am i supposed to play on this thing until splatoon comes out
Game #1 and #2 on this years GOTY list are going to be open worlds, so yeah no
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I used to think that way.
But BotW honestly ignited my love for open world that I thought got buried long ago.
But BotW honestly ignited my love for open world that I thought got buried long ago.
Basically my sentiments thus far.
Just avoid the site?
KillerDark
Member
Agreed completely, I was sick of Ubisoft open world style games but Zelda has shown me that open world can still be great. The sense of exploration in it just feels awesome to me. There is always something nearby that looks interesting and that makes me want to go there and explore it. I'm a little worried what I will think of Horizon when I go back to it (was only like 8ish hours in before stopping for Zelda).
What does "open world" even mean these days? So many games have them now, the problem aren't the worlds themselves, but what the games do with them. You should judge them on a case by case basis. Zelda's take on an open world just plays out differently than let's say in Mafia III.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Though really, one of my favourite open world series is STALKER and compared to that your weapons breaking after being used is a sneeze in the park compared to the shit you have to deal with in those games lmao.
There's something to be said about an open world that is completely willing to fuck you over. Makes you feel like it's a proper world.
There's something to be said about an open world that is completely willing to fuck you over. Makes you feel like it's a proper world.
Yeah but that's like if you're still early on. Based on the way you've talked about it, I'd guess you've at least put 20 hours into it. By this point you know exactly what the game is, and it doesn't magically improve 30 hours in because you can do anything in any order. You don't have to keep giving it chances, the game just isn't for you. There have been plenty of highly praised games that I've really disliked, it happens
As for the other games, well we kinda already knew there wasn't going to be a lot for this thing. There's Shovel Knight, and then in the next few months Mario Kart, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and a few other indies. But yeah it's pretty barren
SunDimension24
Member
They are in love with Zelda and horizon. They are most likely gonna be in love with red dead redemption if it releases this year. So I doubt it.
That's fair. The Nier comments just reminded me how I could probably count the games this gen where the open world felt like a genuine positive contribution to my experience on one hand. I do really love BOTW's take on it, but it feels like a very isolated case since its influence probably won't be seen in other games for another few years (if at all).
Maybe a better nominee would be open worlds for the sake of a bullet point 🤔
SuperBanana
Banned
I like open world games in an urbanised setting. A good radio goes a long way in not minding the open world point A to point B. Despite Mafia 3 having an amazing setting and an amazing radio selection, the tedium on that one was so high that even I couldn't put up with it.
Fantasy setting open worlds are kinda eh for me a lot of the time.
Fantasy setting open worlds are kinda eh for me a lot of the time.
CoolBatteryCharge
Member
I think I have broken the spell of Power Rangers and can post in here again. Time to watch some #GB #content.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean here's the thing for me. The busy work of Zelda to me is a lite version of various survival mechanics of various games that I actually do love.
You get some lite cartography and need to observe the environment that I love in the etrian odyssey series.
Weapons breaking to me is a lite version of the scavenging nature of STALKER and games of its ilk where you need to learn to work with the items you find in the environment instead of permanent gear, which I enjoy because it gives me a constant tempo of new equipment to use.
Protection against environmental elements is again, a lite version of stuff you'll see in STALKER where you have to run away from motherfucking RAD STORMS, not to mention most places making your skin glow.
Same with cooking. And the stamina management. It's honestly a very lite version of these survival mechanics. Though now that I think about it I can't think many games that uses stamina the same way as zelda does.
Like, compared to those, zelda's management shit is honestly a breeze, which is a paradox, because the difficulty of those management aspects is also what I find the most satisfying when I play them. So I can see the lite version of these mechanics might not create the same satisfaction and translate to just busywork, but I dunno, it all coalesce into a combination of mechanics that I love but done in a breezy fashion that is a blast to play with in the sandbox world. It gives me a tempo of constant action as I do what I love to do in the game, which is to explore the world and the puzzles hidden within it.
Honestly would love it if hard mode amps up those aspects to the level of those games, but I'm not sure if it's a game I can replay a 2nd time despite loving it.
If you wanna play a game with bad main characters, look no further than Drakengard. One of them is a pedophile, another is a child-eating cannibal.
I mean I like Kane & Lynch 2 for shitty main heroes. Like I don't want ot root for them but I like seeing their slime interact with other lsime
but Nier: A's characters just look like shitty anime tropes that fell out of Final Fantasy.
like i'm going to guess 2b has some dumb soliloquy about war and tells someone they dont understand
DanLongman
Member
Man I see everything and still I am excited for ME:A what is wrong with me?
Also, a pedophile.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean she starts the game talking about wanting to kill God and all the best JRPGs features killing God.
yep sounds like the typical jrpg edgelord
Most of the best Platinum games are about killing God too so it fits
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I could do with some JRPGs edgelords right now.
SMT switch probably will be 2018 at the earliest. ;_;
What, are you saying that pedophiles aren't as bad as insane mass murderers?
What are you really saying, Trabuch?
SMT switch probably will be 2018 at the earliest. ;_;
What, are you saying that pedophiles aren't as bad as insane mass murderers?
What are you really saying, Trabuch?