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The Dear Leader
Banned
I mean I don't think glorified digital comics should be considered for GAME of the year.
Death Metalist
Member
Having Abby drive this Night Trap QL is perfection
No story for me! gotta go get these augers
No story for me! gotta go get these augers
On trial 4 myself. I think it's my favorite of them, in some ways? The cast is definitely my favorite even if the dynamic's sorta weird at times.
I'm very interested to see how the rest of the game affects my opinion though, given the sentiment I've seen about where it goes but only have the vaguest of spoilers for it.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Few games make me tense to watch like Super Mario Sunshine
Death Metalist
Member
lmao
good thing it's a free update for existing owners
I mean, that's ridiculous, but I am surprised it's reviewing that well.
Probably not a game I'm checking out anytime soon regardless, but at least those who want it might have a better time than I expected.
Death Metalist
Member
Mordor is a December game for me, saving it with Kiwami. I'm more excited for The Evil Within 2 and the rest of them October games.
Blitzrules240
Banned
More like Boredor amirite.
same??? i'll probably just impulse buy it a day or two after the release.
Death Metalist
Member
I wonder when the line is going to be drawn for publishers jamming loot boxes into games that clearly don't need them. It is kind of annoying me.
HashtagLapsed
Member
I'm going to pick up Tokyo Dark then probably not buy much else this year. I'm not even sure what video games I should care about at this point.
I'm not sure why it's LMAO-worthy if it's free to existing owners. I'm assuming it'll be replacing the stock game at retailers?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean to be fair, the previous Mordor game was GOTY.
And like the previous game, despite the press loving it I have absolutely no interest in it.
KillerDark
Member
Good question, hearing about that in Mordor was enough to make me not care about it.
It's a tough thing to figure out. I agree they are super annoying. But if you can straight ignore them then whatever I dont care. My worry is what happens to the Dev team when no one buys their game because of a publisher focused push on Micro Transactions. We've already seen publishers start breaking apart teams and studios with one game bombing.
Just my thoughts on it. It sucks either way
Blitzrules240
Banned
I bought Mordor but I'm not buying Wardor.
Death Metalist
Member
I mean clearly something needs to happen. First it was "60$ games shouldn't have them!" and then it turned into "it's ok to have them if we get free DLC in return" and then it turned into "oh that's fine the loot boxes are made for a separate mode all together" and now it's like "they're basically cheat codes".
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Between Wardor, Forza, NBA2K18, and Battlefront 2, the ever-encroaching presence of microtransactions and/or loot boxes in games has to be featured in the Please Stop category. Seems like it has come to a head this year. Hasn't something similar won it in the past? Maybe cards or something?
At this point I just accept they're here to stay, but reviewers should adapt and start making it mandatory to state if the the boxes are negligible/cosmetic (Destiny 2) or they felt like the game as been tuned around them (NBA 2K, Forza 7) and have it factor heavily into the verdict.
Ultimately its just not our problem. A game is a game, so who made the call is irrelevant. If a game bombs directly because of the monetisation (that's a big if to prove), and a studio suffers for it, maybe its for the best?
I'm pretty sure you don't unless you buy arcade edition.
Death Metalist
Member
because Capcom gonna Capcom. It made me laugh when I remembered all the things they said about "vanilla" SFV before it released.
no it sounds like the V-trigger and arcade mode stuff is coming for free but not characters. I think if you've been playing SFV from launch to now you probably have all the characters anyway?
Puhuhuhu, you guys have no idea. Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?
I kind of like the Assassin's Creed games, and didn't really enjoy Mordor at all. I think this is because AC is about cool shit like history and Mordor is about the lamest franchise ever
They are like chest codes if chest codes cost money, you didn't know what you get and the cheat might not even help you.
Death Metalist
Member
Oh, so they're even worse. Jesus.
That makes sense. I dropped off the game in the first month or so, if this arcade update is supposed to be good I'll grab it.
I wish we could go back to those innocent times of being able to unlock stuff with real money in Tiger Woods.
That's how bad it got. I no longer want my ore HD cheats back, I'd be fine with 05/06 level micro transactions.
You think monolith wants that stuff in there? Reviews had said it feels tacked on by request of the publisher. So no, I dont think a studio closing is for the best
regardless it will be interesting to see how it does. Like I said before, it sucks either way
If it gets reviewed I bet it'll be a 4/5. With comments something along the lines of Nemesis system being good as ever, great expansion of the map and tribe mechanics from the first game, but game is too long, too big, and we miss the focus from the first game.
Arkham City basically.
I'm not saying they want it, I'm saying it doesn't concern the customer who made the decision. It's not like there's a 'dev' or 'pub' version of the game you can purchase, the only thing you can do is not buy it.
If enough customers do that, and the resulting low sales leaves the studio in jeopardy, its not on us. Maybe the industry will take note, maybe it won't.
My only issue with Shadow of Mordor was that the actual combat was way too easy. I hope that was addressed in some way but that's also a difficult thing to suss out from reviews.
I'd get Shadow of War but too many games, too little time, life shit, and I'm in a deep deep XCOM hole.
Also I've more or less accepted that games as a service is the reality we live in and there's no real way to take us off this hellhole roller coaster ride and thus am extremely ambivalent on the microtransactions.
I'd get Shadow of War but too many games, too little time, life shit, and I'm in a deep deep XCOM hole.
Also I've more or less accepted that games as a service is the reality we live in and there's no real way to take us off this hellhole roller coaster ride and thus am extremely ambivalent on the microtransactions.
That's one way of looking at it. Or you could just be like nah, I'm not gonna punish the son for the sins of the father ( i think that example works here) and just ignore the side garbage tacked on. In all likely hood these things are not going away either way.
I'm not saying my way of looking at it is right, It's just how I see the situation.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Consumers already proven they don't mind buying monetisation shit.
I bought a few overwatch lootboxes....
Doubt that changed. Reviews Ive read mostly mentioned the main gameplay staying the same and then just adding a bunch of bullshit. Basically going the Assassin's Creed route but with an accelerated timetable.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I totally don't mind the Overwatch method. Everything is obtainable by just playing the game, and additionally the only things you get are cosmetic in nature.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Pretty much.
I also don't like having to worry about how money is affecting my singleplayer experience.