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Post by Iakus on Jul 30, 2019 16:17:39 GMT
I agree, this place is dying. Though some of it is due to the mods running people off because of their viewpoints, a lot of it also stems from there's just nothing to discuss. Personally I'm not hyped about anything BW is doing. Who is actually hyped about a new DA that just might be another multiplayer microtransaction mess? Well, I'm not. There are far better things that will be coming out soon, another DA in the frostbite engine isn't even on my radar. Right now I'm playing the banner saga trilogy, made by some of the old BW peeps, and waiting for Outer Worlds, catherine full body, monster hunter world: ice bourne, cyberpunk 2077, and so many others. BW has faded out. There are just better games, in the multiplayer "GaaS" genre that are being done better than BW games. They use to be RPG creatures, but not anymore. When Ubisoft can make a better RPG than BW, something has gone wrong. I still lurk from time to time here, but most days I spend time on CDPR website in the cyberpunk forums. Banner Saga is a good series. Post-Apocalyptic Viking Oregon Trail This is why I spend more time in the OT threads, which are still somewhat active. I've been playing a mix of Technomancer, Civilization VI, and Deadfire while waiting for Greedfall, The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, and Baldur's Gate 3
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Post by 10k on Jul 30, 2019 16:24:26 GMT
I agree, this place is dying. Though some of it is due to the mods running people off because of their viewpoints, a lot of it also stems from there's just nothing to discuss. Personally I'm not hyped about anything BW is doing. Who is actually hyped about a new DA that just might be another multiplayer microtransaction mess? Well, I'm not. There are far better things that will be coming out soon, another DA in the frostbite engine isn't even on my radar. Right now I'm playing the banner saga trilogy, made by some of the old BW peeps, and waiting for Outer Worlds, catherine full body, monster hunter world: ice bourne, cyberpunk 2077, and so many others. BW has faded out. There are just better games, in the multiplayer "GaaS" genre that are being done better than BW games. They use to be RPG creatures, but not anymore. When Ubisoft can make a better RPG than BW, something has gone wrong. I still lurk from time to time here, but most days I spend time on CDPR website in the cyberpunk forums. Banner Saga is a good series. Post-Apocalyptic Viking Oregon trail This is why I spend more time in the OT threads, which are still somewhat active. I've been playing a mix of Technomancer, Civilization VI, and Deadfire while waiting for Greedfall, The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, and Baldur's Gate 3 Wasteland 3 looks very good. I've wanted to play 2 but I'm very hesitant, because I don't know if I'd like it. Have you played 2, and if so, is it any good?
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Post by goishen on Jul 30, 2019 16:36:21 GMT
I agree, this place is dying. Though some of it is due to the mods running people off because of their viewpoints, a lot of it also stems from there's just nothing to discuss. Personally I'm not hyped about anything BW is doing. Who is actually hyped about a new DA that just might be another multiplayer microtransaction mess? Well, I'm not. There are far better things that will be coming out soon, another DA in the frostbite engine isn't even on my radar. Right now I'm playing the banner saga trilogy, made by some of the old BW peeps, and waiting for Outer Worlds, catherine full body, monster hunter world: ice bourne, cyberpunk 2077, and so many others. BW has faded out. There are just better games, in the multiplayer "GaaS" genre that are being done better than BW games. They use to be RPG creatures, but not anymore. When Ubisoft can make a better RPG than BW, something has gone wrong. I still lurk from time to time here, but most days I spend time on CDPR website in the cyberpunk forums. Banner Saga is a good series. Post-Apocalyptic Viking Oregon trail This is why I spend more time in the OT threads, which are still somewhat active. I've been playing a mix of Technomancer, Civilization VI, and Deadfire while waiting for Greedfall, The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, and Baldur's Gate 3 I would play The Technomancer, but since switching to Linux it's just too much a PITA to get running. The Outer Worlds, I'm waiting for that to come to Steam, because of Epic and their "Fuck linux" approach. I've been playing a ton of XCom2 : WotC lately. Yah, I save scum, judge me for it. I don't care. Also I've been playing a lot of BattleTech, they've gotta a new expansion out that I been dying to try, Urban Warfare.
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Post by tatann on Jul 30, 2019 16:42:19 GMT
I agree, this place is dying. Though some of it is due to the mods running people off because of their viewpoints, a lot of it also stems from there's just nothing to discuss. Personally I'm not hyped about anything BW is doing. Who is actually hyped about a new DA that just might be another multiplayer microtransaction mess? Well, I'm not. There are far better things that will be coming out soon, another DA in the frostbite engine isn't even on my radar. Right now I'm playing the banner saga trilogy, made by some of the old BW peeps, and waiting for Outer Worlds, catherine full body, monster hunter world: ice bourne, cyberpunk 2077, and so many others. BW has faded out. There are just better games, in the multiplayer "GaaS" genre that are being done better than BW games. They use to be RPG creatures, but not anymore. When Ubisoft can make a better RPG than BW, something has gone wrong. I still lurk from time to time here, but most days I spend time on CDPR website in the cyberpunk forums. Banner Saga is a good series. Post-Apocalyptic Viking Oregon trail This is why I spend more time in the OT threads, which are still somewhat active. I've been playing a mix of Technomancer, Civilization VI, and Deadfire while waiting for Greedfall, The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, and Baldur's Gate 3 Greedfall looks promising, like Technomancer did. If it's the same level of "AA", it'll be a great experience. And I'm glad they managed to pull it before CP2077, at least they have a chance to make some sells (I know BL3 and D2 DLC release the same month, but Greedfall isn't a looter shooter)
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Post by Iakus on Jul 30, 2019 18:20:20 GMT
Banner Saga is a good series. Post-Apocalyptic Viking Oregon trail This is why I spend more time in the OT threads, which are still somewhat active. I've been playing a mix of Technomancer, Civilization VI, and Deadfire while waiting for Greedfall, The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, and Baldur's Gate 3 Wasteland 3 looks very good. I've wanted to play 2 but I'm very hesitant, because I don't know if I'd like it. Have you played 2, and if so, is it any good? I have. At least once the "Director's Cut" was released. It was enjoyable, reminiscent of the early Fallout games, with a lot of dark humor. You run a team of four blank slate characters (plus up to three npcs you can recruit as "deputies"). I might have preferred being able to run a character I could put more of my own stamp on, but this was still fun.
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Post by Iakus on Jul 30, 2019 18:22:54 GMT
Banner Saga is a good series. Post-Apocalyptic Viking Oregon trail This is why I spend more time in the OT threads, which are still somewhat active. I've been playing a mix of Technomancer, Civilization VI, and Deadfire while waiting for Greedfall, The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3, and Baldur's Gate 3 I would play The Technomancer, but since switching to Linux it's just too much a PITA to get running. The Outer Worlds, I'm waiting for that to come to Steam, because of Epic and their "Fuck linux" approach. I've been playing a ton of XCom2 : WotC lately. Yah, I save scum, judge me for it. I don't care. Also I've been playing a lot of BattleTech, they've gotta a new expansion out that I been dying to try, Urban Warfare. XCom 2 is also fun. War of the Chosen adds some interesting new aspects to the story and the overall game. And yeah I save scum too if a character I like dies, so no judging I'm getting Outer Worlds from the Microsoft Store. I haven't heard a single good thing about Epic. I haven't tried Battletech's expansion. Any good?
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Post by goishen on Jul 30, 2019 18:49:36 GMT
Some of them are, yah. Flashpoint gives you extended engagements. So, in other words... You're going on a drop with say a 35-55 ton weight limit, but say you're going on 2-3 engagements. So, now, you've either gotta make sure that you're mechs don't get damaged or make sure that you've got enough mechs within that weight range to drop an entirely new squad down upon them. Also, keep your mech warriors up to date is also important. (that's not really my best sentence, sorry)
I dunno what it is about Civ6 that just makes me not wanna play that game, but it's just ... Something I can't put my finger on. An intangible thing that makes me go, "Ugh..." every time I start playing that game.
I have also been playing RimWorld and Stardew Valley when I get the chance. If you would'a told me that I'd be playing a game with simple graphics like this even five years ago, I would've laughed in your face.
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Post by 10k on Jul 30, 2019 19:58:59 GMT
I dunno what it is about Civ6 that just makes me not wanna play that game, but it's just ... Something I can't put my finger on. An intangible thing that makes me go, "Ugh..." every time I start playing that game. Lol same here. The funny thing is I bought it and all the expansion packs, except gathering storm, and I still can't get pass more than a few turns. I'd just rather play civ 5. For me I think it's the art design, I don't like the cartoony look. Plus Alexander looks like a damn dope fiend. They ruined the look of my favorite civ leader.
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Post by Iakus on Jul 30, 2019 20:36:43 GMT
I have also been playing RimWorld and Stardew Valley when I get the chance. If you would'a told me that I'd be playing a game with simple graphics like this even five years ago, I would've laughed in your face. I tried Stardew Valley. But the inability to save whenever I want and just getting an autosave each morning killed it for me.
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Post by ahglock on Jul 30, 2019 21:31:09 GMT
As an adult I can’t play games without a good save and robust auto save mechanic. I want to be able to save anytime I have to unexpectedly stop. I get irritated with losing lots of gameplay or feeling tied down to keep playing last when I want to stop.
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Post by tatann on Jul 30, 2019 22:13:14 GMT
As an adult I can’t play games without a good save and robust auto save mechanic. I want to be able to save anytime I have to unexpectedly stop. I get irritated with losing lots of gameplay or feeling tied down to keep playing last when I want to stop. I guess you meant "parent" not "adult". You can be an adult and play games at your convenience for hours. In fact a lot of gamers do it, it's called celibacy
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Post by clips7 on Jul 31, 2019 4:55:38 GMT
As an adult I can’t play games without a good save and robust auto save mechanic. I want to be able to save anytime I have to unexpectedly stop. I get irritated with losing lots of gameplay or feeling tied down to keep playing last when I want to stop. I agree....the game needs to have the option to save at will or save points need to be structured in a way that doesn't involve long drawn out levels before you come upon a save point. Auto save mechanics and checkpoints work well when they are functioning, but i've played games (Silent Hill Downpour...one of the lower quality SH games ) where it would say it was autosaving, and hitting its checkpoint,...and you turn off the game thinking it saved your spot in the game,...you come back to it and the game starts you ALL the waaay back to a previous checkpoint.... its frustrating when you play games that don't have save points between tough enemies or tough mid-level boss types...you die then you have to slog through that entire level.....some games have some really bad game design concepts....whenever i come across a save point in most games i save because half the time a save point will come up right before a big boss fight or some type of challenging point in the game.... Haha you really had to have skills in those old school games...Contra for instance?...you better have incredible reflexes and hope you can save those 2 lives for the entire game and i think you got an extra life at some point in that game and that was it.....those older games with no saves proved you had to come with your "A" game every single time... .....ahhh but back then i believe you had "cheat codes" to get extra lives or unlimited lives...but straight up playing those games with no cheats was tough back then...
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Jul 31, 2019 5:46:47 GMT
There is no adult here... just kids playing childish games
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Post by Arijon van Goyen on Jul 31, 2019 5:51:17 GMT
I dunno what it is about Civ6 that just makes me not wanna play that game, but it's just ... Something I can't put my finger on. An intangible thing that makes me go, "Ugh..." every time I start playing that game. Lol same here. The funny thing is I bought it and all the expansion packs, except gathering storm, and I still can't get pass more than a few turns. I'd just rather play civ 5. For me I think it's the art design, I don't like the cartoony look. Plus Alexander looks like a damn dope fiend. They ruined the look of my favorite civ leader. Civ 6 is boring from the beginning. Civ 5 might get boring in the last 30 turns if you learn everything and defeat most major powers or something. And true, that cartoony look is awful... plus if I wanted to manage my cities like Civ 6 I would play Sim City 4 or Cities Skyline! Bad addition.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 12:37:41 GMT
As an adult I can’t play games without a good save and robust auto save mechanic. I want to be able to save anytime I have to unexpectedly stop. I get irritated with losing lots of gameplay or feeling tied down to keep playing last when I want to stop. I guess you meant "parent" not "adult". You can be an adult and play games at your convenience for hours. In fact a lot of gamers do it, it's called celibacy Nope. How about taking care of a cancer-stricken parent? Those exist.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Jul 31, 2019 12:40:43 GMT
I guess you meant "parent" not "adult". You can be an adult and play games at your convenience for hours. In fact a lot of gamers do it, it's called celibacy Nope. How about taking care of a cancer-stricken parent? Those exist. Personally, I don't have enough free time to do many things and when I game, I easily lose track of time. So regardless of time available on workdays, I usually don't game, because I am afraid I'm going to overshoot my available game time.
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Post by OdanUrr on Aug 1, 2019 8:48:59 GMT
EA had its Q1 2020 earnings call yesterday apparently. Anthem is mentioned twice I think but always in passing. No mention of any content or sales numbers.
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Post by Sartoz on Aug 1, 2019 9:11:45 GMT
EA had its Q1 2020 earnings call yesterday apparently. Anthem is mentioned twice I think but always in passing. No mention of any content or sales numbers.
For a game projected to last 10 years, it's very telling isn't it?
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Post by tatann on Aug 1, 2019 9:55:23 GMT
EA had its Q1 2020 earnings call yesterday apparently. Anthem is mentioned twice I think but always in passing. No mention of any content or sales numbers. I think even MEA mention was more positive and "hopeful", and we know how it ended
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Post by AnDromedary on Aug 1, 2019 21:56:08 GMT
As an adult I can’t play games without a good save and robust auto save mechanic. I want to be able to save anytime I have to unexpectedly stop. I get irritated with losing lots of gameplay or feeling tied down to keep playing last when I want to stop. Not sure if this has much to do with being an adult (I already had the same stance on it when I was an adolescent) but in general, I couldn't agree more.
I just hate it when games don't have proper save systems. Take the GTA games for example. I love the gameplay, I love the world, the atmosphere, even the satiric stories are lot's of fun. But I barely made it through GTA4 and still haven't made it through GTA5 because there is always that one difficult mission, where I die and then I have to drive the 25 kilometers to the mission again, just to try again. It's super annoying. If they want to "increase suspense" or something, than make an iron man mode or whatever, with limited saves/savepoints and, sure, give people who put themselves through that some fancy achievement or whatnot but don't ask me to GO THROUGH 10 minutes of tedium over and over because there is a tough spot where I might bite it a few times. Ain't nobody got time for that.
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Post by alanc9 on Aug 1, 2019 22:11:24 GMT
And yet, some games seem to go out of their way to imitate that limited-save model in places. Someone thought it was a good idea for ME:A's Flophouse, for instance.
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Post by goishen on Aug 2, 2019 4:32:50 GMT
As an adult I can’t play games without a good save and robust auto save mechanic. I want to be able to save anytime I have to unexpectedly stop. I get irritated with losing lots of gameplay or feeling tied down to keep playing last when I want to stop. Not sure if this has much to do with being an adult (I already had the same stance on it when I was an adolescent) but in general, I couldn't agree more.
I just hate it when games don't have proper save systems. Take the GTA games for example. I love the gameplay, I love the world, the atmosphere, even the satiric stories are lot's of fun. But I barely made it through GTA4 and still haven't made it through GTA5 because there is always that one difficult mission, where I die and then I have to drive the 25 kilometers to the mission again, just to try again. It's super annoying. If they want to "increase suspense" or something, than make an iron man mode or whatever, with limited saves/savepoints and, sure, give people who put themselves through that some fancy achievement or whatnot but don't ask me to 10 minutes of tedium over and over because there is a tough spot where I might bite it a few times. Ain't nobody got time for that.
That's one thing I loved about the Saints Row games. Every time you failed a mission (if it was a non crit mission) it always put you right outside and you could take on the same mission again. If your mission was a crit mission, it just popped a screen and let you try again.
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Post by ahglock on Aug 2, 2019 14:51:14 GMT
And yet, some games seem to go out of their way to imitate that limited-save model in places. Someone thought it was a good idea for ME:A's Flophouse, for instance. Yeah. I could kind of get it if it was part of a difficulty thing. Like insanity, has less places you can save so you can’t just save spam to victory. But what it really tends to do i suspect for most people is to get them to play more defensively to go with their best load outs etc. which seems less fun. I play like a reckless lunatic in MEA the game seems to support that style in almost every fight. I think only the remnant tiller boss made me fall back and plan things out. But from what I’ve seen here I guess I’m somewhat unique in thinking MEA is the easiest of the mass effect games. Maybe me1 is easier as it’s only difficulty was not catching a stray missile to the face or sniper shot. But for whatever reason mea my basic style works against the ai. For people who insanity is a challenge a crap save system is especially punishing. But even without the whole dear god I died and have to go back frustration aspect a robust save system is needed. I just value my time more now and I want to be able to stop at the drop of a hat for whatever reason. A tv show is coming on I want to watch, I need to cook diner, I want to go to a movie, out for drinks, go on a date. I want to be able to play a game right up to the point I have to stop, save and go to it. If I have to stop 30 minutes early because I don’t know where the next save point will be I’m irritated. That’s 30 minutes of my time. Or if I have to stop and roll back to a save when I get back, that’s my time. Admittedly I take it to extreme and get super irritated with slow drivers that cost me a green light because again that’s my time they just wasted but with games it’s frequently non insignificant chunks of my day that can get wasted.
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Post by AnDromedary on Aug 2, 2019 16:33:38 GMT
Yea, I never got why ME:A has this rather arbitrary save limitation. Thankfully though, I also didn't think the game was difficult enough for this to really cause a problem. If you choose sensible skill combinations, most of the game is easy enough, so you barely ever die (and there are some seriously overpowered guns and mods, to the point where there is a thread in the ME:A section where people discuss what not to use in order to keep the game unbroken and fun ). My main issue is usually more with games that put save points before I have to do a long a tedious driving/walking sequence, just to get back to the challenging part. Thankfully, ME:A doesn't really do this.
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Post by Space Cowboy on Aug 2, 2019 16:36:05 GMT
Yea, I never got why ME:A has this rather arbitrary save limitation. Thankfully though, I also didn't think the game was difficult enough for this to really cause a problem. If you choose sensible skill combinations, most of the game is easy enough, so you barely ever die (and there are some seriously overpowered guns and mods, to the point where there is a thread in the ME:A section where people discuss what not to use in order to keep the game unbroken and fun ). My main issue is usually more with games that put save points before I have to do a long a tedious driving/walking sequence, just to get back to the challenging part. Thankfully, ME:A doesn't really do this. Me2 with the hovercraft.
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