No can do. I've sworn off MMOs entirely after I realized I don't have the self control to put the game down and play something else. I really liked ARR too and I'm sure the game is still great, but it's definitely better for me and MMOs to stay far away from each other.
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No can do. I've sworn off MMOs entirely after I realized I don't have the self control to put the game down and play something else. I really liked ARR too and I'm sure the game is still great, but it's definitely better for me and MMOs to stay far away from each other.
Join us in the land of playing one game forever. It's finnnnnne. We've got one of the best FFs ever made
If you're just playing for the writing that's a perfectly good way to go. Work through the story at your own pace and then catch the patches once most of them are out. No real need to rush it unless you're desperate to do top end content, which is fun but it's a different thing.
Twin Tails
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OdysseusVA
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Whats going on with Hitman? Why RIP?
OdysseusVA
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BUNTING1243
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yo wow this hitman news
CoolBatteryCharge
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Unfortunately, business success isn't necessarily measured on product quality.
Master_Funk
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Holy shit, Brad must be so bummed. SE seriously suck as a publisher.
Yup. They spend advertising and market Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy while not bothering with the rest, then wonder why they fail.
Human Trashcan
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They really, really do. They're fickle as the wind.
CoolBatteryCharge
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It's absolutely insane they pulled that off.
It's worth noting that a lot of the Versus budget had been written off a long time ago so XV didn't have as much to recoup as people think.
I imagine it's pretty difficult to balance the Western market, the Japanese market and the mobile market for any Japanese publisher, really. Only Nintendo can do all of those things at once.
Doesn't look too good for Capcom either.
Based on ARR, you are probably right, but I enjoy having free time and playing stuff other than an MMO.
I think they covered their dev costs day one. Game sold like hot cakes at launch because it was a new single player FF game that didn't include Lightning in any way.
Yeah, either way, shipping 5 million (including digital sales) in 24 hours was pretty bananas. Also bananas that was the break even point even after writing down Versus.
BreezyLimbo
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EmCeeGramr
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Deus Ex dead
Hitman dead
Prey is going to die
No justice on this fucked up planet.
Hitman dead
Prey is going to die
No justice on this fucked up planet.
but hey, wanna fly around as ironman in an avengers game?
Human Trashcan
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capitalism was a mistake
Assuming it controls well.....that actually sounds alright.
NumberThree
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You forgot Dishonored
At least we have the SS1 remake and SS3 projects underway, and Consortium: The Tower (probably?) still in development..
BreezyLimbo
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Can I...can I blow up cars and kills civilians?
He was listing the good games though.
NumberThree
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EmCeeGramr
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(I've never been able to get into Dishonored. 1 was pretty good but I never did a full replay, and 2 I had to force myself through before I fell off about 80% of the way through)
They're fine action games, but I came into them being sold stealth and they are piss poor stealth games. Being godlike really disencntivzes and trivializes stealth mechanics and makes it so the easiest way through a situation is just gun your way out.
EmCeeGramr
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I think my problem with Dishonored is:
-I dislike the find the collectibles to power up thing (hope you like hearing royalty free spooky whispers and screams for most of your exploration)
-The stealth always seemed wonky, and in 2 even moreso; the movement feels less precise and the guard AI felt like it could randomly be either blind or have super human vision
-I honestly do not care for the "whalepunk" setting. The environmental art is gorgeous (same guy who did Half Life 2!) but I can't get into the world, especially when the lore and storytelling is so scattershot (1 introduces a trillion concepts that barely matter, 2 exposits like a fountain for the first hour and then forces you to hear about how unfair it is to Emily that people don't like her because she was a terrible ruler who ignored all of the problems)
-I won't be one of those people who whines about being punished for going lethal, but as someone who will always be as nonlethal as possible on a first playthrough, even in 2 the nonlethal options are still dull compared to the lethal ones. It doesn't help how often a guard or NPC will somehow die off screen for no reason.
NumberThree
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But if you went in wanting a stealth game why would you ever choose to gun your way out? I don't play these games to find the path of least resistance, I pick a style and do my best to stick to it. This is pretty much always going to be stealth and usually not touching anyone.
I see how the game being so easy can be a negative if you look at it from a game design perspective, and especially if you focus on it being a stealth game (though the developers never said it was exclusively a stealth game), but I just had so much fun playing through Dishonored this way that I can't call it a bad game.
And the movement in the first game is still top tier, like literally my favourite first-person movement. It's just so incredibly fluid and feels just right.
Hot Coldman
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Honestly I feel Square did mostly right by Hitman. I remember seeing a LOT of Hitman marketing, relative to the 9 month rollout or whatever it had.
Gamers just suck. They're too thick to buy quality.
Gamers just suck. They're too thick to buy quality.
Fantastapotamus
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This just sucks.
This really, really sucks.
I hope iO gets picked up, what a bummer it would be if SE just shut them down.
This really, really sucks.
I hope iO gets picked up, what a bummer it would be if SE just shut them down.
Antiwhippy
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Yeah I don't actually think IO got hard done by SE. Hitman got quite a bit of exposure, even marketing wise.
Sometimes games just don't sell.
Sometimes games just don't sell.
Funny, I can't even imagine doing a gun'n'run playthrough in Dishonored. I loved the stealth in the original game. Loved it.
MontyBrown
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The gaming industry is getting worse. Shit games succeed, great games and franchises die.
The glory years of gaming are behind us I think.
I'm not some old fart either, only 26.
The glory years of gaming are behind us I think.
I'm not some old fart either, only 26.
Death Metalist
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This doubly sucks then.
I look forward to playing as Operative XLVII in IO's next game, Contract Killer.
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