Does that mean we'll have context sensitive jumping and grappling in Just Cause 3?
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Does that mean we'll have context sensitive jumping and grappling in Just Cause 3?
Oh, it is.
Did you read about the removal of jumping to only be "contextually acceptable"?
Edit: beaten like the corpse of a Ubisoft franchise.
Dice
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Just read the thread. All my fears... vindicated.
toddhunter
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Thief Raider: Invisible War
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Becoming an action movie type game is the best thing that could possibly happen to HL3. It might be the first HL game to keep me awake.
phantomspiker
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Chance Hale
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toddhunter
Member
I'd take it at this point.... if it had cards.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
What? Hm.
My reaction to Thief. A fucking disaster.
I hope the Deus Ex team is given more leeway.
At least we'll always have Thief 2.
why am I not playing Guacamelee instead
Damn Salsa, that is really good.
Added to my Steam wishlist today for that reason.
Angry Puppy
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My reaction to Thief. A fucking disaster.
I hope the Deus Ex team is given more leeway.
That thief thread
Chance Hale
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phantomspiker
Member
You don't own the greatest stealth game of all time already?
If you don't want to wait around for a sale, there are traders offering the Thief Collection for 4 keys (~$8.60).
phantomspiker
Member
Went for 6 and change during the summer sale.
All of the games are worth playing, so you should probably wait for that.
I didn't mean to imply it hasn't been cheaper. But, really, what's a couple of extra bucks for two of the finest games the stealth genre has to offer?
I was playing N64 when that game was released!
I am 12 and what is this? Literally because I was 12 lol. That might not be a valid excuse, but I really had no idea how to consume compelling media back then.
I have plenty of games in my library to hold out until then.
phantomspiker
Member
This is true.
That's about the age I was when I played it back in '01...my dad had just bought our first PC and my uncle lent me his copy of Thief 2.
It blew my mind...good times.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Okay. So while I get their whole deal about "missing a jump as a Master Thief makes no sense".... why can't you have jumping as well as context-jumps?
That to me makes the most sense.
That to me makes the most sense.
phantomspiker
Member
Because many of the AAA game designers these days are cowards.
Because it makes for significantly simpler level design.
They don't have to account for vertical movement except in those few situations where the developers put it in. Essentially, they don't have to design any vertical elements in their levels at all.
This also streamlines the game, makes it simpler for the lowest common denominator. If there are no vertical elements, then it is one less factor for people to get confused or lost in.
That 'missing a jump as a Master Thief makes no sense,' line is just there to disguise bad design as a feature. Marketing 101.
I'm going to bed, talk to you guys tomorrow.
zerokoolpsx
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Pretty sad reading that article.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I don't think it is cowardly to avoid huge financial risks.
I get what you are saying, but "cowardly" isn't the right word.
Winner winner chicken dinner.
phantomspiker
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Making your steam library bigger is never a bad thing...at least that is what I told myself when I double dipped.
phantomspiker
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Making a Thief game is already a financial risk...why bother? The games didn't sell very well then and it probably won't now.
*edit* eh, double post...i need to stop posting. I should already be in bed.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=168552921
pretty sure that's where it begins and ends
doing frames for each character animation is a ton of work. Not to mention Jack is kind of a no-brainer with the game's art style so someone's bound to come along and make a way better one
Far Cry 3 did it pretty well.
I knew literally nothing about Sacred Citadel apart from it being connected to the Sacred series, and had zero expectations for it going in. (From the title, I was half-expecting it to be a tower defense spinoff or something.) Turns out it's a pretty solid scrolling beat-'em-up with some light RPG elements. I'm having a surprisingly good time with it.
Other companies need to release brawler spinoffs based on RPG's like this. I'd love to see a beat-'em-up in the Deus Ex universe, where you beat the change out of people, then duck into LIMB clinics to upgrade your cyberwear.
Other companies need to release brawler spinoffs based on RPG's like this. I'd love to see a beat-'em-up in the Deus Ex universe, where you beat the change out of people, then duck into LIMB clinics to upgrade your cyberwear.
Got round to playing Alien Vs Predator, that I picked up in the Amazon sale a while back...
it looks damn decent playing in DX11 mode....
I am playing as predator mode, as I was not that impressed with Marine mode, Predator mode though is fantastic....
Nice to see them still supporting the game and updating it 3 years post release......Gearbox take note, who have now dropped all support for their Aliens game
it looks damn decent playing in DX11 mode....
I am playing as predator mode, as I was not that impressed with Marine mode, Predator mode though is fantastic....
Nice to see them still supporting the game and updating it 3 years post release......Gearbox take note, who have now dropped all support for their Aliens game
As a spinoff? Why not? Not like it'd have any effect on any main line titles or anything. And a brawler where you're a cyborg running around beating the living hell out of Belltower forces/Triads/whoever while uncovering clues about a conspiracy would probably still be a better DX game than IW was. >.>
More_Badass
Member
Oh god
Really? I haven't even played the original Thiefs yet and that opinion sounds stupid.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
You're right - franchises are not allowed to branch off.
toddhunter
Member
Fair enough considering how good Thief 2 was...and how Looking Glass still died after it.
I think times have changed though and the "pie" is a much bigger one with things like steam. I would like to think that niche markets are now sustainable and growing fast enough to support titles such as that was.
Light and shadows don't even affect stealth/detection in Dishonored, while this is one of the primary elements of Thief, so not really.
Edit: Even though Dishonored very well may end up being a better game.
Tizoc
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My reaction to Thief. A fucking disaster.
I hope the Deus Ex team is given more leeway.
LOL, what is that from?
EDIT: Hope Naruto UNS 3 sells well on Steam...BECAUSE I WOULD KILL FOR JOJO ASB ON STEAM!
It seems though like Dishonored might still end up being the closest thing we get to a modern Thief(-like) game.
oipic
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Nearing the end of System Shock 2 (well, from memory, 13 years is a long time, y'all)... but... so, so good. Still holds up, for sure.
To those that picked it up during the recent sale but are yet to tackle it, please do yourself a favour, mod the thing, and try to squeeze it into your backlog playlist sometime soon. Just be prepared to have your butt kicked a little (but in a satisfying way).
To those that picked it up during the recent sale but are yet to tackle it, please do yourself a favour, mod the thing, and try to squeeze it into your backlog playlist sometime soon. Just be prepared to have your butt kicked a little (but in a satisfying way).
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