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Post by lyriumghost on Mar 21, 2017 2:33:26 GMT
amoebae † I would absolutely be on board for something like that. Mildly related: I canceled my preorder a few minutes ago. Maybe I'll pick it up if there's a sale and/or some of the more glaring issues are fixed, but as is I can't in good conscience buy and play it on launch. Really hoping we get another AAA space opera RPG in the next ten years; I'd hate it if the original trilogy turned out to be a flash in the pan for the subgenre. Call up CD Projekt and get 'em to make The Expanse into video games. For anyone with some time on their hands not playing ME, I would highly recommend the book series the show is based on. It's an amazing and creative sci-fi epic.
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Post by izut on Mar 21, 2017 2:34:05 GMT
Like I said, about over. If they release the Sara trailer before 11pm East Coast, I will be surprised. If they release it at all. Edit: The cynical side of me is all "maybe they aren't doing it since they are keeping Sara and teh gayz out of sight to not scare off their straight dude bro demographic. That wasn't a mockery of straight fans or potential players, but what I'm caricaturizing marketing as thinking of them, if marketing is at fault for this nonsense. Which is ridiculous since tons of straight women prefer to play as a woman.
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Post by brendanrouth on Mar 21, 2017 2:34:21 GMT
Anyone else feel a little bad preemptively for DA4? Like, they're gonna get scrutinized to hell and back for this fiasco. You get a male dwarf! You get a male werewolf! Everyone gets male dwarves and werewolves! (Etc. etc. etc.) Disclaimer: I haven't played Dragon Age despite owning the trilogy, but I've seen people bring up dwarfs and werewolves so the Oprah meme seemed appropriate. Sorry if that feel flat. Dwarves are there and so are werewolves, but only for like one main quest in Origins and they're never brought up again so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 21, 2017 2:34:48 GMT
I had to call EA but I managed to get a refund whooo. I'll buy when it's dirt cheap. Shouldn't be too long. How? Seriously need to know if I can cancel and get a refund on mine, I ordered it on PS4 Store? Oh you ordered from Sony...yeah I think they give you like a one time refund so if you haven't used it you can call them up and ask. Sony are pretty dickish about giving refunds. =/
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Post by Steelcan on Mar 21, 2017 2:35:19 GMT
I'll admit its not for everyone, but I've replayed DA:I all the way through four times I think? >only 4 times I didnt know you were such a filthy fucking casual Did you ever even get to Trespasser more than once?
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Post by Vy on Mar 21, 2017 2:36:06 GMT
amoebae † I would absolutely be on board for something like that. Mildly related: I canceled my preorder a few minutes ago. Maybe I'll pick it up if there's a sale and/or some of the more glaring issues are fixed, but as is I can't in good conscience buy and play it on launch. Really hoping we get another AAA space opera RPG in the next ten years; I'd hate it if the original trilogy turned out to be a flash in the pan for the subgenre. Call up CD Projekt and get 'em to make The Expanse into video games. Don't make me excited for things I can't have! Seriously, a gritty hard-ish (like The Expanse, BSG, etc.) space opera game following one ship's adventures across the solar system would be fantastic. I could rant for hours about what my dream game in this genre would look like, but this isn't the right thread for it (any suggestions)?
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Post by Frhozen on Mar 21, 2017 2:36:09 GMT
Some of the reviews were mentioning an abundance of meaningless side quests? I don't know if am up for another MMO, that killed DAI replay ability for me. They kinda promised meaningful side-quests. If "scan 50 planets" and "scan 10 animals" and "scan 10 minerals" are meaningful then yep, there are tons of it. Also things like "only Pathfinder can solve it" involving you running from one NPC to another for 1 line of dialogue and then going to some planet to scan some body/rock/FSM and then deciding what you want to do with that information. The only meaningful side-quest so far is about collecting memories. Aaand that's all. The trial had that side quest where you had to investigate a murder. It wasn't great but it was definitely a bit more meaningful than those fetch-quest-type things.
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Post by vertigomez on Mar 21, 2017 2:36:22 GMT
Anyone else feel a little bad preemptively for DA4? Like, they're gonna get scrutinized to hell and back for this fiasco. Nah. They've had at least two romances (and at least one companion romance) for gay/straight/lesbian players since DA2, and they had Leliana and Zevran in 2009. There's many reasons to scrutinize, but this isn't something I'm worried about.
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Post by byne on Mar 21, 2017 2:37:08 GMT
>only 4 times I didnt know you were such a filthy fucking casual Did you ever even get to Trespasser more than once? Of course, I did it for all my completed playthroughs. Even though trespasser sucked
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Post by Steelcan on Mar 21, 2017 2:38:22 GMT
Did you ever even get to Trespasser more than once? Of course, I did it for all my completed playthroughs. Even though trespasser sucked yes yes bad opinions I distinctly recall you not even remembering why you disliked it
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Post by lyriumghost on Mar 21, 2017 2:38:54 GMT
Anyone else feel a little bad preemptively for DA4? Like, they're gonna get scrutinized to hell and back for this fiasco. Nah. They've had at least two romances (and at least one companion romance) for gay/straight/lesbian players since DA2, and they had Leliana and Zevran in 2009. There's many reasons to scrutinize, but this isn't something I'm worried about. I agree. It also helps that DA4 will be developed by their A-team at Edmonton (right?). It seems some of the issues with Andromeda come from this being Montreal's first full game development.
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Post by byne on Mar 21, 2017 2:39:11 GMT
Of course, I did it for all my completed playthroughs. Even though trespasser sucked yes yes bad opinions I distinctly recall you not even remembering why you disliked it Indeed. No clue why. I just know past me disliked it, and I trust past me.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 21, 2017 2:40:21 GMT
I'm still waffling on whether or not to buy it, romance options by themselves are not enough to turn me off, but its clear this game isn't up to snuff. I'm buying it mostly because I dont have shit else I'm interested in playing right now. Combat looks fun, rest of the game looks... passable? I fucking hated the combat, personally. The camera is zoomed in really close with no peripheral vision so enemies constantly charge you while you're in cover out of nowhere and there's no way to pause and survey the situation or issue commands/powers so you're just running around with no tactics while space dogs bash you. And there's tons on screen visually (especially in habitat 7) so it's difficult to even focus your eyes in combat. Is cyberpunk 2077 out yet?
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Post by ash on Mar 21, 2017 2:42:24 GMT
They kinda promised meaningful side-quests. If "scan 50 planets" and "scan 10 animals" and "scan 10 minerals" are meaningful then yep, there are tons of it. Also things like "only Pathfinder can solve it" involving you running from one NPC to another for 1 line of dialogue and then going to some planet to scan some body/rock/FSM and then deciding what you want to do with that information. The only meaningful side-quest so far is about collecting memories. Aaand that's all. The trial had that side quest where you had to investigate a murder. It wasn't great but it was definitely a bit more meaningful than those fetch-quest-type things. Mhm. Talk to one npc - talk to another one - talk to the third one - go scan by just pointing you scanner at bright orange things - listen to SAM basically explaining everything to you - pick an option. That's not "investigating a murder". That's listen to NPCs for 5 minutes, go to Eos, listen to SAM for five minutes, go back, you're done.
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Post by izut on Mar 21, 2017 2:43:10 GMT
I'm buying it mostly because I dont have shit else I'm interested in playing right now. Combat looks fun, rest of the game looks... passable? I fucking hated the combat, personally. The camera is zoomed in really close with no peripheral vision so enemies constantly charge you while you're in cover out of nowhere and there's no way to pause and survey the situation or issue commands/powers so you're just running around with no tactics while space dogs bash you. And there's tons on screen visually (especially in habitat 7) so it's difficult to even focus your eyes in combat. Is cyberpunk 2077 out yet? Take off the aiming upgrade from your gun.
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Post by lyriumghost on Mar 21, 2017 2:43:32 GMT
Call up CD Projekt and get 'em to make The Expanse into video games. Don't make me excited for things I can't have! Seriously, a gritty hard-ish (like The Expanse, BSG, etc.) space opera game following one ship's adventures across the solar system would be fantastic. I could rant for hours about what my dream game in this genre would look like, but this isn't the right thread for it (any suggestions)? This so much! I love space opera narratives. It sucked when for years after BSG/Firefly there was just a vast dearth of material in that genre. I'm so glad the Expanse has been successful, maybe it'll lead to more content like it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 2:44:10 GMT
How? Seriously need to know if I can cancel and get a refund on mine, I ordered it on PS4 Store? Oh you ordered from Sony...yeah I think they give you like a one time refund so if you haven't used it you can call them up and ask. Sony are pretty dickish about giving refunds. =/ Yeah what I figured I am so angry at myself for preordering. Ow. Never again. I am returning and getting a refund for my MEA books and guides though. And I'll probably just microwave the Andromeda Pops I have. Especially Jaal.
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Post by thesnarkyshaman on Mar 21, 2017 2:44:54 GMT
They kinda promised meaningful side-quests. If "scan 50 planets" and "scan 10 animals" and "scan 10 minerals" are meaningful then yep, there are tons of it. Also things like "only Pathfinder can solve it" involving you running from one NPC to another for 1 line of dialogue and then going to some planet to scan some body/rock/FSM and then deciding what you want to do with that information. The only meaningful side-quest so far is about collecting memories. Aaand that's all. The trial had that side quest where you had to investigate a murder. It wasn't great but it was definitely a bit more meaningful than those fetch-quest-type things. The resolution options for that were dumb as fuck and super forced. So he wasn't guilty of murder. He was still guilty of ATTEMPTED murder. Pretty sure that's a crime. But your only options are to lie and let him go down for murder or let him go, basically.
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Post by lyriumghost on Mar 21, 2017 2:45:25 GMT
For anyone with some time on their hands not playing ME, I would highly recommend the book series the show is based on. It's an amazing and creative sci-fi epic. Most recent book made me waaaaaay madder than this. Michio is just too baffling and awful and... I get the impression I'm supposed to be rooting for her? why?? uh on topic I am still cautiously optimistic I'll enjoy Gil's and/or Reyes's romance, but this game seems too long, filler-y, and unstructured. Oh man! I only just started Nemesis Games. Should I be worried about the series's direction? D: Also to stay on topic -- I'm also gonna go ahead and pursue the Reyes path. He seems to have a decent amount of content and Nicholas Boulton's voice is bae.
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Post by Jaal Is Not Ojingeo on Mar 21, 2017 2:46:02 GMT
So did anything change while I was gone? Any developments?
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Post by Ryzaki on Mar 21, 2017 2:46:18 GMT
The trial had that side quest where you had to investigate a murder. It wasn't great but it was definitely a bit more meaningful than those fetch-quest-type things. The resolution options for that were dumb as fuck and super forced. So he wasn't guilt of murder. He was still guilt of ATTEMPTED murder. Pretty sure that's a crime. But your only options are to lie and let him go down for murder or let him go, basically. Ugh I pretty much facepalmed right there. That was such a bad attempt at a no good solution I just can't.
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Post by Natashina on Mar 21, 2017 2:46:23 GMT
AHEM! Story spoilers in tags now please. All of them. This will be the rule for the next week.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 2:46:52 GMT
Don't make me excited for things I can't have! Seriously, a gritty hard-ish (like The Expanse, BSG, etc.) space opera game following one ship's adventures across the solar system would be fantastic. I could rant for hours about what my dream game in this genre would look like, but this isn't the right thread for it (any suggestions)? This so much! I love space opera narratives. It sucked when for years after BSG/Firefly there was just a vast dearth of material in that genre. I'm so glad the Expanse has been successful, maybe it'll lead to more content like it. Not quite the same but I reckon Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be to Andromeda what The Witcher 3 was to Inquisition.
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Post by Natashina on Mar 21, 2017 2:47:18 GMT
So did anything change while I was gone? Any developments? Jaal's straight, most of the thread is pissed off and the game launches here in the US in about an hour and ten minutes from now. Coffee?
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Post by brendanrouth on Mar 21, 2017 2:47:50 GMT
So did anything change while I was gone? Any developments? Jaal is definitely not bi. That's it.
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