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[Arthea]

so, follow me on this:

so EA visits CDPR. The internet being a reactionary bunch, everyone pisses their pants and thinks that EA is about to gobble up another beloved PC developer. All things are, of course, denied as afaik nothing has come from that meeting.

So, here are things we know about EA: for one, they have the Star Wars license. And like a good corporation should, they want to exploit the thing to the max. So they released an online FPS using their best FPS developer, they're working on a third person adventure game with their best TPS studio and some great talent coming onboard for that...but where's the RPG?

So the first line of thinking one would take is that U SO STOOPID BIOWARE DUH but Bioware seems to really have their hands tied up with the Mass Effect reboot. So much so that we're now in the 3rd year of this gen and we've seen practically nothing coming out of them.

So, you're EA, you've got this license for a limited time, and you want to make an RPG, right? So, why not hire CDPR to do the work? Hell, a lot of what's in the Witcher games already transfers over to Star Wars really well: a sword based combat system with force-like abilities, a large and varied world with colorful characters, great writing with plenty of moral conundrums to struggle through, etc. It wouldn't take a whole lot to have them do a Star Wars RPG that is basically just a reskin of TW3 with some changes here and there, like how Battlefront is basically Battlefield but star wars'd. If youre CDPR, you can just use TW3 tech, make it a 25-30 hour RPG instead of a 60-80 hour game that the TW3 was, and you could keep your two team system in place since the project shouldn't be too burdensome.

Sorry for the rant but I thought it was worth chewing on for a bit.

oh my, I hope you are right

probably not, tho

edited: if anything CDred will be busy with Cyberpunk for years still

 

[Tizoc]

I havent caught up with OP in ages but do you mean this guy?

isnt he just Magneto?

Correct, granted it's Magnet Magnet Fruit but at least let the manga showcase him more to get more signature attacks for him
Game's missing this though

 

[Se7enSword]

Well, I still have a month to finish maybe one more game (or two) and then decide.
That would take me to 75 finished games per year too, such a nice number, no?
I probably can't do 100, I tried really hard this year, and still not even close.

Take it to 77.

Double Se7en!

 

[Vazra]

I was considering getting a PS4 but with the recent announcements...

 

[Parsnip]

Yay more stuff for PC.

Now I just want that Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remastered announcement as well.

With the way Square works, you are not going to get an announcement.
They'll just silently drop mediocre ports to Steam one day without fanfare and that's that.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

oh my, I hope you are right

probably not, tho

edited: if anything CDred will be busy with Cyberpunk for years still

Well, that's why I was thinking that this wouldn't be their main project. Something worked on by maybe a moderately sized team while the main folks crank out Cyberpunk. Like i was theorizing, they can just use the same tech from TW3 and basically work on it the way they work on a large expansion pack or something like that. Obviously, this would take a lot more time and effort than a mere expansion pack but in this scenario they can have two teams working on games at the same time. They're flush with that TW3 money and surely EA will make sure they get the support they need for something like this, too.

 

[fertygo]

I was considering getting a PS4 but with the recent announcements...

I need Persona 5 PC announced before declaring thing like this ;__;

 

[Se7enSword]

I need Persona 5 PC announced before declaring thing like this ;__;

And Ys VIII.

Also, the rest of the Trails games!

 

[Jawmuncher]

If EA handed me a check and said "make us a Star Wars game" I would put Cyberpunk on the back burner so fast. It's a new IP, so unless someone's does a big budget RPG like that anytime soon, it still has no opposition.

 

[Arthea]

And Ys VIII.

Also, the rest of the Trails games!

indeed!

 

[Tizoc]

If EA handed me a check and said "make us a Star Wars game" I would put Cyberpunk on the back burner so fast. It's a new IP, so unless someone's does a big budget RPG like that anytime soon, it still has no opposition.

Have it take place on a planet wirh dinosaurs.

 

[zkylon]

The part about him trying to make Witcher lose was a joke.
Just thought it was a bit funny how Witcher's name in the list is the least used one of the variations in thread.

Has mostly seen : Witcher 3, The Witcher 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Witcher III.

that's why subtitles are dumb

 

[Annubis]

I need Persona 5 PC announced before declaring thing like this ;__;

Yeah, seriously.
I don't have a PS4 yet because everything I wanted to play also came out on PC.
Right now, P5 is the only thing that could get me to get a PS4.
I really want it to come to PC so I can save myself 300$

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

My GOTY list isn't coming quite yet. Usually I post my list on the first day, but there are several notable titles that I intend to play this year but either haven't put enough time into (Life is Strange, Transformers, Invisible Inc.) or haven't started (Mario Maker, Rocket League).

 

[Arthea]

Yeah, seriously.
I don't have a PS4 yet because everything I wanted to play also came out on PC.
Right now, P5 is the only thing that could get me to get a PS4.
I really want it to come to PC so I can save myself 300$

That made no sense, you know that P5 is coming to PS3 too, unless you don't have it already, you don't need to buy PS4 to play it, not that I wouldn't want it on PC, just pointing out.

 

[shortsFortallPeople]

That made no sense, you know that P5 is coming to PS3 too, unless you don't have it already, you don't need to buy PS4 to play it, not that I wouldn't want it on PC, just pointing out.

someone correct me if im wrong but i believe that the only version coming west is the PS4 version

 

[Se7enSword]

someone correct me if im wrong but i believe that the only version coming west is the PS4 version

Nope. PS3 + PS4

 

[Jawmuncher]

someone correct me if im wrong but i believe that the only version coming west is the PS4 version

Nothing official on if that has been cancelled.

 

[jshackles]

Jshacks, since you seem to like tower defense games... What's your take on Gemcraft?

I just read a glowing review for the game in the 52 games/year thread, I think I might try getting the game during the Seal (if discounted properly).

I haven't played it but I've also heard good things. It also has good Steam reviews and a few hundred players right now despite it being over 8 months old. I might also have to check it out.

Speaking of games with gems in them, I've been putting way more time than I should have any right to playing Gems of War. From what I can tell, the F2P elements aren't too offensive as long as you have some patience and don't mind playing to level up your characters rather than paying. It's easily the best match-3 game I've played since the original Puzzle Quest which comes at no surprise since I guess the majority of the staff worked on that game.

If you're one of those "I have to have the best stuff, right now" kind of gamers stay away, but otherwise I've played about 12 hours of this game, leveled up my character to 15, got 2-3 "Ultra Rare" character cards, beat the single player campaign of the first kingdom (there are 20 or so) all without paying a dime of real money.

 

[Large Professor]

GOG is holding a bethesda sale:

http://www.gog.com/promo/holiday_promo_bethesda_catalog_211215

 

[Se7enSword]

nice fitting that boob shot in there.

lol

 

[InfiniteNine]

nice fitting that boob shot in there.

 

[MMBosstones86]

I was considering getting a PS4 but with the recent announcements...

Holy shit that gif. So great.

 

[fertygo]

Yeah, seriously.
I don't have a PS4 yet because everything I wanted to play also came out on PC.
Right now, P5 is the only thing that could get me to get a PS4.
I really want it to come to PC so I can save myself 300$

Yeah I only need P5 so I can forget PS4 for good ;__;

I afraid if its happened its would've way too late port anyway

 

[someguyinahat]

Jshacks, since you seem to like tower defense games... What's your take on Gemcraft?

I've played it, but caveat: I'm not that big on tower defense. I've played a few, but am by no means an expert.

Gemcraft is...involved. It's a game of high risk/high reward. Your weapons are gems of various types - splash damage, poison, armor breaking, mana generation, and so on - and you can upgrade them as well as combine them - you can make a gem that has splash damage and poison, which will do more base damage but has less of an effect. The monsters are three general types - fast and numerous but small, average, or tanky - as well as some levels which have a "drop everything and shoot it" monster that can come in from the side of the screen and go straight for your most powerful gem or even your tower.

It has numerous achievements, but they don't "stick" unless you actually beat the level. So if there's an achievement for "build 15 towers" you have to spend that mana to build them, and then you actually have to win with it. You can also add extra difficulty things to each level to get chances at better upgrades.

I have fun with it, even though at certain times I get stuck with proceeding. (git gud I suppose, or I might even have to grind.)

 

[Annubis]

That made no sense, you know that P5 is coming to PS3 too, unless you don't have it already, you don't need to buy PS4 to play it, not that I wouldn't want it on PC, just pointing out.

I'm expecting the PS4 version to be at least slightly better. I'd be stupid to have a straight port with zero differences.

Yeah I only need P5 so I can forget PS4 for good ;__;

I afraid if its happened its would've way too late port anyway

Let's wait for "Persona 5: Ruby" then.

 

[fertygo]

We don't even get hint of Persona 4 Golden on Steam yet ;___;

fucking atlus

 

[texhnolyze]

Persona 5 is too mainstream.
I'll leave PS4 for good if Dragon Quest XI is coming to PC.

Spoiler

I can still play P5 on the PS3 anyway.

 

[Vazra]

We don't even get hint of Persona 4 Golden on Steam yet ;___;

fucking atlus

Vita emulator. Wait for it and then rip your Vita copy.

 

[fantomena]

Vita emulator. Wait for it and then rip your Vita copy.

But it's illegal?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Vita emulator. Wait for it and then rip your Vita copy.

I have a Vita copy?

 

[Vazra]

But it's illegal?

If you rip/dump your copy to play on the emulator it is not illegal.

I have a Vita copy?

Buy your digital copy on PSN XOXO

 

[MUnited83]

But it's illegal?

No it isn't lol

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Buy your digital copy on PSN XOXO

I have a Vita?

Or any Sony system that isn't a PS2?

 

[XShagrath]

I started playing Ori and the Blind Forest last week. Knowing next to nothing about it, I thought it would just be a beautiful platformer. After playing it for a short time, I found it's more like a beautiful Metroidvania. Now it's pulling at my damned heartstrings. I'm probably halfway through and I've gotten choked up three times now!

 

[fantomena]

No it isn't lol

Isn't downloading a Vita game to play on emulator and you don't own the game itself illegal?

 

[lashman]

I started playing Ori and the Blind Forest last week. Knowing next to nothing about it, I thought it would just be a beautiful platformer. After playing it for a short time, I found it's more like a beautiful Metroidvania. Now it's pulling at my damned heartstrings. I'm probably halfway through and I've gotten choked up three times now!

 

[someguyinahat]

We don't even get hint of Persona 4 Golden on Steam yet ;___;

fucking atlus

Atlus has very little on Steam as it is. No SMT at all, let alone Persona.

 

[zkylon]

piracy is only illegal when it's a bad game

 

[arts&crafts]

I started playing Ori and the Blind Forest last week. Knowing next to nothing about it, I thought it would just be a beautiful platformer. After playing it for a short time, I found it's more like a beautiful Metroidvania. Now it's pulling at my damned heartstrings. I'm probably halfway through and I've gotten choked up three times now!

Dang I have to buy it tomorrow if that is the case. Metroidvania > platformer for me

 

[Se7enSword]

piracy is only illegal when it's a bad game

No one was advocating piracy.

Emulators aren't illegal :/

 

[Hektor]

I haven't played it but I've also heard good things. It also has good Steam reviews and a few hundred players right now despite it being over 8 months old. I might also have to check it out.

It's actually 10 years old by now. It's a flashgame classic.

 

[Kurt Russell]

Bio Menace is free on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/bio_menace

I liked it when I played it long ago (it's also part of the 3drealms anthology pack on Steam)

 

[Servizio]

I'd be a bit surprised if Cyberpunk ends up having an established character as the player character considering it's based on a pen and paper property with a lot of customization. I figured it'd be closer to other RPGs that let you create your own character, rather than having you be named and known like Geralt.

I also wouldn't be surprised if that clip wasn't all that representative of the game, considering the marketing CG for the Witcher 3.

 

[MUnited83]

Isn't downloading a Vita game to play on emulator and you don't own the game itself illegal?

Did you even read what you quoted? " Wait for it and then rip your Vita copy."

 

[XShagrath]

Metalheads are often very emotional people. When I took the True Colors personality profile at work a few years back, all the metalheads were in the "blue" spectrum, which is the people who base their actions on their emotions.

 

[Vazra]

I have a Vita?

Or any Sony system that isn't a PS2?

Buy one. :3

 

[fantomena]

Did you even read what you quoted? " Wait for it and then rip your Vita copy."

My mistake. I was talking about it being illegal to download a game for emulator without owning the game itself.

 

[Annubis]

This is actually hilarious.

At work, every browser has a forcefully installed security add-on.
The new version of Firefox with required signed add-on declared the security add-on not verified and disabled it.

 

[NingenJanai]

Bio Menace is free on GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/bio_menace

I liked it when I played it long ago (it's also part of the 3drealms anthology pack on Steam)

Thanks, grabbed it for the +1