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Post by Gileadan on Mar 5, 2021 22:59:13 GMT
Wow, that Aliens: Fireteam game isn't my cup of tea at all. You gotta wonder why Weyland-Yutani was so eager to study those creatures as the perfect killing organism when you watch them die by the truckload in that video. Heck, they even get outlines on their models so the players don't have to pay too much attention.
I'm getting a lot of Aliens: Colonial Marines vibes here.
*hides collector's edition statuette in shame*
In space, no one can hear you scream... for a refund.
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Post by Gileadan on Mar 5, 2021 14:57:34 GMT
1. Cyberpunk 2020 (ran smoothly right out of the box on my 2016 PC which hasn't had any hardware upgrades since then) 2. Valheim (great early access game, and I don't even like the genre that much) 3. Erm. The above two games are the only 2020 releases that left me with a very positive impression. Played Horizon Zero Dawn on PC, but didn't finish it. Got bored somewhere in the middle. I might come back to it some day.
Games not from 2020 that I enjoyed a lot: State of Decay 2 Juggernaut Edition, Everspace, Mordheim: City of the Damned and Gladius: Relics of War.
Long term game I still enjoy: Warframe.
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Post by Gileadan on Mar 5, 2021 6:59:04 GMT
And 30 minutes later, ResetEra lifts the ban to even talk about the game on that forum. Now they can discuss how to pirate it so J.K. Rowling doesn't see a penny. A noble sacrifice to buy the project and the remaining team a temporary reprieve from the cancel mob, I suppose. Luckily I'm only following this with some vague interest since the HP franchise never did much for me (only saw the movies, cba with the books).
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 26, 2021 20:44:33 GMT
While oddly enough, on the other end 25 is the new 15.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 25, 2021 22:11:37 GMT
It's great to see BioWare getting to make a single player only RPG again. Controls and combat hopefully won't have to be compromised for multiplayer this time around.
Also, it is very encouraging to see that voting with one's wallet can actually have an effect.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 25, 2021 7:02:25 GMT
If anything I'm surprised that EA didn't cut their losses sooner. They funded seven years of development for Anthem and we all saw what they got for it on release. This was followed by a string of mostly undelivered roadmaps. After all this, it would look incredibly risky to commit the massive resources and manpower required to keep a live service looter-shooter going, while BioWare already has DA4, the next ME and SWTOR on their plate and the cited reason for a decline in productivity still being around.
Anthem looked pretty and the flying was nice, but that's just not enough of a base for a successful game.
Of course it's sad for the people who like Anthem. But there was no realistic way of salvaging this.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 22, 2021 19:06:10 GMT
I still dislike the ending. Because it was a load of nonsense and ended a trilogy I enjoyed with the farting sound of a released air balloon.
I have accepted long ago that BioWare won't try to improve the endings. As if. And really, it's just a video game.
I would accept playing in a world state not created by my Shepard. Unless it's synthesis, that just makes me feel uncomfortable as hell.
I am still interested in future ME games (without a remake). Sort of. Could be good, after all. Could be, with a new protagonist. You never know.
I usually choose destroy. Yup. Those toasters messed with the wrong meatbags.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 21, 2021 12:31:00 GMT
I ended up burying the enslavers (and everything next to them) under a few Earthshaker volleys, which was a satisfying solution to the problem.
It's been ages that I played a game that required me to pay attention to so many factors and numbers, so I'm taking it a bit slow and learn as I go. I'm quite pleasantly surprised by the game's quality given how tiny the dev studio is.
The "What would Cain do..." line refers to the Ciaphas Cain series of novels. Unusually humorous for a 40k story, they are the memoirs of Commissar Ciaphas Cain, who is revered as a hero throughout the Imperium but is actually quite a coward who gained his hero status by accident and desperately scrambles to maintain this reputation (because he figures it will protect him from being shot in the back by his own troops, and the accommodations are also quite nice) without getting killed in the process.
Mechanicus is a little gem I quite enjoyed, plus it's the only game about the "cogboys" as Commissar Cain would say that I'm aware of.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 21, 2021 7:57:19 GMT
I picked up Gladius because it was on sale on GOG and because I'm a 40k fan. I also got most of the DLC, except for Tau and Eldar (because this thread scared me). So far I'm not good at it at all, but I'm having fun. I played through the introduction and now started a game as Astra Militarum and those frakking enslavers already screwed me over. But on the bright side, the Commissar occasionally says "What would Cain do...", so there's that...
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 17, 2021 7:13:10 GMT
1) I'm responding to the points you made, no toes stepped on. Please don't hold it against me that I'm actually giving it some thought. 2) Why is that 'likely'? What do you know about the size of the elven or ancient elven population and how many of them are savable vs how many others his plan will kill that I don't? It could easily be the reverse, that there's a comparative or even much larger amount of elves whose existence is conditional on our deaths, depending on whether his plan involves bringing his people back and/or giving the modern elves an environment that'll support their natural powers, or both. 3) This idea is just false. His entire character arc in Inquisition and Tresspasser is realizing that the current crop of rather unpromising sentient life actually still has some depth and value even though it didn't look like it at first, and that it'd be a tragedy to see them die, which is what at least makes the choice painful for him now and potentially makes him open to alternatives when it was just a no-brainer before. If you can't separate someone not recognizing you as having any value at all vs them feeling compelled by other circumstances to do something that causes you harm then that's a you-problem. Those are two different things. 4) Yes, and I pointed out that that's a very strange assumption to make considering how real humans tend to feel about death and powerlessness of all things. I only used myself as an example because it's obviously the only one I can be completely sure of. But do you seriously imagine that the individual people of Thedas statistically don't mourn their loved ones or the fact that they'll have to die, or that they're powerless in the face of physical laws? We resent those things, and we don't even believe that magic exists as a solution to anything at all. Then how can you just say that they're 'content to be what they are' when comparing them to another set of people who don't face those problems? I simply don't see how that's true. 5) I didn't say any of that. Obviously our characters should fight and argue for their own survival over people they know nothing about. There's nothing wrong with that. But that's not the same question as whether Solas' motivations are justifiable or insane when you look at the situation he's actually in, which is the specific thing we're supposedly addressing. 6) Sure, though I won't hold you to that if you do have something left to say after all. It sounds like you feel like you've made me mad or irritated or defensive, and I'm sorry if I've given that impression. 1) Ah, good then. I'm sometimes not sure if I make people mad and sometimes misinterpret things. Sorry. 2) You're right, I don't know anything about the number of ancient elves or the number of present-day elves that may also qualify as worthy beings in Solas's eyes. I merely went with a trope here, where things that are ancient and powerful and/or remnants of old civilizations tend to be very small in number, often so much that they are threatened by extinction. Of course there may be ancient elves in hiding all over the place, outnumbering the current population of Thedas. Given the elf-centric direction the franchise has taken, now that I think about it, it may not even be that unlikely. Elves, especially ancient ones, being rare is just a thought that springs to my mind quite automatically. I grew up with Elric of Melniboné. 3) I had the impression (it has been a while that I played, admittedly) that Solas values the Inquisitor - i.e. this one individual - but everyone else not that much. Of course it's a tragedy if the rest of the non-ancient-elven population dies, but to me it seemed more like the level of tragedy a present day human would feel if, say, they had to slaughter a massive herd of cattle due to a virus infection or some such. Regrettable, but, eh, tomorrow's another day. 4) I did not word this one well it seems. Apologies. I see what you mean and I agree, I would prefer to live thousands of years too, stay healthy, shoot fireballs lightning at people who annoy me and so on. What I meant is that while I definitely would really like that kind of existence, I don't feel that the fact that I'm not getting any of that is not due to the human race being severely flawed or damaged, that we could somehow be that way but are not due to some inherent sickness or some such. It's because that's how life works on this planet, at least in my opinion. Now magic does exist in Thedas, so people know that they could have that power, but among humans and qunari, it's seen as a curse or defect, not as a boon. Most of them are probably quite relieved to not have any magic. I'm not sure if this made sense, it's early in the morning here. 5) True. From his perspective, it might make sense. My impression of Solas is that he's someone with great power, likely one of the most powerful beings currently in existence, and he just can't seem to get anything right. His intentions are not malicious per se - he's not doing what he does or plans to do because he wants to wipe out everything non-elven, but he accepts that as a possible consequence. He may see some value in the other races, but not enough to change his course. But given how his plans tend to end with massive, unintended consequences, I wonder why he keeps trying at all. He's like a frigging DAI patch, breaking as much as he fixes and then trying again, and I believe that's an approach that works only a certain number of times until so much is broken that you just gotta stop. 6) Erm, yeah, see number 1). I tend to prefer to not escalate things if I feel I annoyed someone. Good thing this didn't happen with you. Truth be told, I haven't played any Dragon Age game in a while and didn't read any of the books, so I am not well equipped for an in-depth discussion of this topic. I just sometimes find posts that are interesting enough that I feel compelled to reply to them, even if that ends with my foot in my mouth.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 16, 2021 17:59:37 GMT
Whoa. I didn't mean to step on any toes. You have no particular reason to think that there are more disabled than healthy people at stake in this scenario. I don't think it makes sense to assume that and judge him for not taking it into consideration when it's a complete and unsubstantiated guess on your part. It could easily be the other way around, even if we did decide that an immortal superpowered life and a short and feeble one were honestly equal in intrinsic value when forcibly chosen between, which I'm personally a bit iffy on. My reason for this assumption was that the only people qualifying as "healthy" in Solas's eyes are ancient elves, and that there are likely way fewer ancient elves around than "everyone else". Therefore, way more "disabled" people than "healthy" ones. Yeah, that choice is his. And maybe he doesn't care that the rest of the world doesn't feel that it's okay to sacrifice all of them so his old elf buddies can have their magic back. I have no idea where this came from. Of course I was not speaking for you, I was making an assumption about the general population of Thedas who is likely not even aware of how cool and magicky the existence of an ancient elf is as opposed to being Joe Peasant somewhere in the Hinterlands. His record isn't "not great", it's a string of failures. Yep, he did manipulate us alright because that was how the plot was written and we couldn't deviate from it, so clearly he's smarter than us. Maybe he should just press that defi button a few times. Might make a fitting end to the franchise. Anyway, I think I'm quite done with this discussion.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 16, 2021 6:26:44 GMT
Alright. Thought experiment: ... If Solas doesn't think any further than that, then this course of action is understandable. I would not be overly surprised for that to be the case. However: there's probably way more "disabled" people than the "healthy" ones he just accidentally killed, and from their own perspective, those disabled people don't see themselves as disabled at all and are quite content with how they are. Also, the first time he pushed that button, it really didn't quite do what he expected it to do. Then he pushed another button (giving the orb to Coryphywaffles), and it also didn't quite do what he wanted it to do. Now there's a third button. The biggest one. Do you feel lucky? Well do ya punk?
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 15, 2021 8:59:34 GMT
I don't get why the five pixel tall figures in the background of the Liara shot are supposed to be Ryder and crew. They are so tiny and blurred that there's no way to visually establish their identity. Also, Liara is smiling as she's looking at them - why would she smile at the sight of someone she doesn't know, while standing on a dead reaper? It's way more likely that the sight of old companions in the Milky Way made her smile.
We're back in the Milky Way, which features more prominently in the galaxy shot, meaning the protagonist is very likely from the Milky Way. There may be a nod to Ryder somewhere, but if Tom Taylorson is not involved (yet), that will likely just be a codex entry or maybe a few recorded lines like Liara had in MEA.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 13, 2021 8:59:16 GMT
I know that the looter shooter Warframe keeps almost an entire studio (Digital Extremes, about 300 employees) busy, and even then players occasionally complain about content drought and leave temporarily until the next big update is released. 30 people on a live service looter shooter is nothing, the tripled number as suggested by BioWare in Mr. Schreier's article would just be the skeleton crew. There's a great interview with DE's Rebecca Ford by noclip out there, in which she states that within this genre, you can never stop developing new content, or people will get bored and leave (at about 26:44). You can't take a break from that to fix bugs (even though lots of players may demand this), you always must keep going or you will lose your player base. That should be kept in mind if EA decides to keep Anthem alive.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 11, 2021 18:33:30 GMT
Sadly, this doesn't come as much of a surprise.
The insane Twatter shitbirds had it in for her ever since she refused to add pronouns to her profile. Her latest tweet wasn't something I would have posted, but then again, which company filmed Mulan near an actual concentration camp and it apparently wasn't much of a problem?
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 9, 2021 16:07:36 GMT
I just don’t see anyone there seeing a benefit in faking this themselves. I’m more of the mindset that the ransom note is a bluff/prank than a legit threat. This. I have no idea what's there to gain from a fake. Best outcome for CDPR is they ignore the blackmail attempt and nothing happens. Then they have gained... what exactly? Certainly not sympathy, at least not from the (irrelevant as it is as an indicator of public opinion) friendly crowd on Twitter.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 9, 2021 6:56:55 GMT
Companies sometimes intentionally leak things to gauge public reaction before making a decision.
Anyway, I feel that this decision was already made when Christian Dailey was moved to the Dragon Age team. I would be surprised if EA invested significant resources to try and resurrect Anthem, a dead on arrival disaster that has probably completely disappeared from the gaming public's radar by now. Add to that a global pandemic that will likely delay pretty much every project they have going on and those 30 people are probably better put on teams working on more promising things.
It's awful for the developers who wasted their time on this, but their chance of success was pretty low from the start.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 8, 2021 7:21:44 GMT
For me personally it's not worth the full AAA price. It's basically a fresh paint job for content I already own and have played enough. Maybe with a biiig discount...
For comparison: €39,99 got me Halo: The Master Chief Collection, six remastered games I didn't own yet where the graphical upgrades are extremely obvious (you can switch between original and remaster with the press of a button any time in game).
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 7, 2021 11:27:10 GMT
I didn't like Miranda's butt shot, because it's not a choice, just like Hawke staring after Isabela after their first meeting. The moment denies me the option to play my Shepard as a respectful professional who adheres to the venerable guideline of "Dienst ist Dienst und Schnaps ist Schnaps". I would be fine with it if it was an option that the player can pick or not, and I would be fine if that option would be available towards male NPCs too. But since BioWare has evolved now, I will be curious to see if the Femshep/James "seduction" in the Citadel DLC remains untouched, where Femshep basically encourages James to get drunk enough to bang her. Totally not awkward and really wouldn't be a problem at all if their genders were reversed and male Shep getting a girl drunk enough to boink her. We'll see. I also wonder about the fate of Khalisah al-Jilani quest("I've had enough of your snide insinuations"). Going around punching female reporters for laughs seems like something that might not age well. One would hope so, because I'd say that an actual punch from a professional soldier inflicts way more harm than a glance at someone's derrière. None of my Shepards ever punched her, but at least it was a choice.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 7, 2021 9:44:32 GMT
I didn't like Miranda's butt shot, because it's not a choice, just like Hawke staring after Isabela after their first meeting. The moment denies me the option to play my Shepard as a respectful professional who adheres to the venerable guideline of "Dienst ist Dienst und Schnaps ist Schnaps". I would be fine with it if it was an option that the player can pick or not, and I would be fine if that option would be available towards male NPCs too. But since BioWare has evolved now, I will be curious to see if the Femshep/James "seduction" in the Citadel DLC remains untouched, where Femshep basically encourages James to get drunk enough to bang her. Totally not awkward and really wouldn't be a problem at all if their genders were reversed and male Shep getting a girl drunk enough to boink her. We'll see.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 6, 2021 12:44:04 GMT
yes because the butt shots is what made the story great. No, they were ridiculous. Eye rolling. Aimed at teenage boys. But so what? Sex sells. Women who feel threatened by that need to get over themselves. I did. They had one job. Brush up the visuals and add all DLC. But nooo, this is 2021, so we gotta get rid of the naughty. It's evil. Sex and desire are evil.Ugh. Don't worry, I'm sure sexual predator Femshep (Jacob / James at Citadel DLC) will be fine...
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 4, 2021 18:17:37 GMT
You probably wouldn't much like Wynonna Earp then, either. She also wisecracks her way through some very serious situations. ( It may be a shitshow, but it's our shitshow!) In neither case (BtVS or WE) does it mean the characters don't understand the gravity of the situation. And I think various other characters ranging from Avengers to James Bond and others also use clever language or sarcasm at times. I'm sorry, but I don't think it's reasonable to try to compare a (non-existent ?) 2-hour movie with a 100-hour video game that's mostly about exploration. Buffy, Wynnona Earp and the Avengers seemed to work well enough... To me, it just all adds up in Ryder's case. Dad dies, and it's worth a moment of awkward silence and one or two lines. Like oops, bummer I guess. I think Ryder can work as a character for many people because we are aware that his situation is completely fictional, and we never quite forget that this is a video game and shouldn't be taken overly seriously. Anyway, thank you for your time. Maybe I should watch Wynnona Earp and talk about that, it looks like it's more fun than MEA.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 4, 2021 17:01:35 GMT
For all the reasons you mentioned, I sort of see it as a coping behavior. A way to ease the tension, and keep yourself sane. The dialogue has often been called Whedonesque with good reason. The characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer had a unique vernacular even though they also faced world-ending threats that they took very seriously. A lot of people have said that Ryder jokes a lot, but I don't see much in the way of actual jokes in the dialogue, just clever language and a unique vernacular. I think it was an attempt to give the character a unique personality. Ryder wasn't intended to be a veteran war hero military officer but a Pathfinder, which is a whole different role that we, as players, got to refine. I think if they eased back on the clever language and made SAM less intrusive, Ryder could be better accepted going forward. Yeah, the coping behaviour argument and Joss Whedon style writing gets brought up a lot when Ryder's personality is discussed. I never watched Buffy, so I can't make a direct comparison. Of course it is possible that people use that kind of levity to deal with terrible situations, but I'd think that they would be some sort of minority, so if almost everyone uses that kind of coping mechanism, I personally get the feeling that the characters are either unaware of the situation's severity or just don't care. Imagine someone made a movie about the Battle of Stalingrad, and all main characters acted and talked like Ryder and gang, using clever language to supposedly deal with the horror they are stuck in. Would that work?
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 4, 2021 15:43:03 GMT
I could never connect with Ryder, and it has nothing to do with the age difference. You can be in your early twenties and be no-nonsense competent at what you do, because circumstances force people to adapt and "grow up quickly", so to say. The world's ace of aces was 22 at the height of his career.
What stopped me from connecting with Ryder was how oblivious Ryder seems to be. They're as far from home as any human has ever been. They can't go back. No one will ever send help. The chain of command above them seems largely incompetent. They just pissed off a race of aliens of unknown capabilities. 20,000 lives ride on their shoulders under those circumstances. And dad just died.
I'd be terrified. I would lose lots of sleep over worrying about those 20,000 lives. I wouldn't go have casual/emotional chats with people. Ryder and gang feel completely unreal to me.
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Post by Gileadan on Feb 4, 2021 7:31:04 GMT
I like the overheat system, which actually represents a technological advancement over conventional weapons. The thermal clip system as implemented in ME2/3 is a complete mess that makes no sense - it is standard ammunition in all but name.
Ideally, Mass Effect's small arms lore and gameplay should be overhauled completely but that won't ever happen.
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