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Post by smilesja on Dec 18, 2023 19:25:15 GMT
Skyrim had the best theme song, but the one that had great tracks was definitely Oblivion, it contributed to the atmosphere of the game making it immersive.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 17, 2023 17:39:02 GMT
This game looks interesting!
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Post by smilesja on Dec 15, 2023 17:00:58 GMT
That really sucks, I know people don't like live service but TLOU had some of the best multiplayer games out there with a dedicated group of players coming up with tips and strategies. If there's one game that I would like for it to be as a live service, it's TLOU.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 14, 2023 15:42:47 GMT
So arguing against you is being an apologist? Okay then, what happened to don't insult the fans? Here we go again... It's like Groundhog Day in this place. Nobody is insulting you for liking [insert controversial game]. Stop taking everything so damn personal at some point, please. I have a problem with the "mods will fix it" attitude that signals Bethesda they don't even have to try anymore. Bethesda will never improve as long as people give them a free pass. If you do that you're part of the problem for me. Deal with it. Doesn't mean you're not allowed to enjoy the game anyway. I don't care that FO4 is hated on the internet. It's my favorite Bethesda game. But at the same time I see and agree with ALL the criticism. Just because I like the game doesn't mean I don't understand why people were so disappointed. Criticism is about the desire for a better product. You won't get a better product if you decide it's fine that your shoes have holes because you can put duct tape over them and now they're better than before. So that's no big deal then. Youre the one who’s taking it personally with calling fans who disagree with you apologists. It’s funny that you can’t take your own advice the moment that people are arguing against a product that you don’t like. What you don’t like others disagree, so why don’t you actually take the advice and talk to those so called apologists about why they like it instead of insulting them? |
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Post by smilesja on Dec 14, 2023 0:37:53 GMT
That being said, It'll be interesting to see what kind of things they're going to include in these six week patches.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 14, 2023 0:34:51 GMT
The patching has been very poor for Starfield so far. People keep saying this is the less bugged Bethesda game but they are just repeating the coolaid they were feed by the media. It's way more bugged than the last 3 Bethesda games I played at launch (Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim) and it include way too many half finished systems (in-system traveling, stealth alertness system, force feed fast travelling over selecting destinations, getting stuck in ship because you don't have the pilot skill level for them, etc). One thing mentioned coming in a future patch was "new way to travel", hopefully it's fixing the half-baked implementation and not add more fast travelling. Their apologist fans are enabling such shitty business practices. So arguing against you is being an apologist? Okay then, what happened to don't insult the fans?
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Post by smilesja on Dec 14, 2023 0:31:49 GMT
I know how you meant it. Thought I made it clear I was joking. Obviously larger patches will include other things. I'm curious what those will be. It's been many months since release and barely any patching was done. At least they let us know they do intend to patch the game properly at some point, lol. The patching has been very poor for Starfield so far. People keep saying this is the less bugged Bethesda game but they are just repeating the coolaid they were feed by the media. It's way more bugged than the last 3 Bethesda games I played at launch (Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim) and it include way too many half finished systems (in-system traveling, stealth alertness system, force feed fast travelling over selecting destinations, getting stuck in ship because you don't have the pilot skill level for them, etc).One thing mentioned coming in a future patch was "new way to travel", hopefully it's fixing the half-baked implementation and not add more fast travelling. Trying the game for myself and not to listening games media, I've had less problems with this game than Fallout 4.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 13, 2023 7:26:53 GMT
Honestly, I feel that the "new" E3 will be just gaming corporations doing their own events like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are doing.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 12, 2023 18:40:02 GMT
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Post by smilesja on Dec 10, 2023 8:04:22 GMT
So when will Ďreadwolf be released? Same year that Winds of Winter will release in. 
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Post by smilesja on Dec 10, 2023 3:56:05 GMT
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Post by smilesja on Dec 10, 2023 3:55:12 GMT
The first three make sense as they were in the behind the scenes trailer from way back, but i wonder what the rational is behind thinking queen Anora is back? Looks like Ferelden might be involved in the political side of things.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 10, 2023 3:54:36 GMT
So that's worse than treating employees like slaves? Considering EA popularized Lootboxes in games, which are targeted in part at minors, which risks getting tens of thousands (probably far more) non adults addicted to gambling potentially ruining their lives ... Yes You know? I'm not going to argue anymore. You have your priorities on who getting hurt the most and I have mine.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 10, 2023 3:39:59 GMT
'a few videogame vigilantes is a curious turn of phrase.' Considering that, while this was years ago, EA did win 'worse company in America' award for back to back years despite the actions of American companies past and present indicates that there are a lot more people who have this mindset then a few. To be fair, Riccitiello was in charge back then, the one who wanted to screw over all the devs using the Unity engine and pretty much permanently sabotaging their reputation. The guy who said "When you are six hours into playing Battlefield and you run out of ammo in your clip, and we ask you for a dollar to reload, you're really not very price sensitive at that point in time." The guy who said "A consumer gets engaged in a property, they might spend 10,20,30,50 hours on the game and then when they're deep into the game they're well invested in it. We're not gouging, but we're charging and at that point in time the commitment can be pretty high." The guy who said "Ferrari and some of the other high-end car manufacturers still use clay and carving knives," Riccitiello said in reference to developers who resist monetization efforts. It’s a very small portion of the gaming industry that works that way, and some of these people are my favourite people in the world to fight with—they’re the most beautiful and pure, brilliant people. They’re also some of the biggest fucking idiots." He is one of the most predatory minded people before the industry was predatorily minded. He helped usher it in. I have no problem with EA copping that crown back then So that's worse than treating employees like slaves?
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Post by smilesja on Dec 9, 2023 22:20:54 GMT
... Then there are those that cannot concede that visiting an empty planet solely for mining is a fetch quest, ignore the qustionable ethics of EA, and toxicly hates good games because of the antics of a few videogame vigilantes. 'a few videogame vigilantes is a curious turn of phrase.' Considering that, while this was years ago, EA did win 'worse company in America' award for back to back years despite the actions of American companies past and present indicates that there are a lot more people who have this mindset then a few. = I mean there were worse companies like Amazon whose employees were overworked and underpaid but EA winning worst company is pretty much sums up the black and white thinking some gamers have.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 9, 2023 18:27:46 GMT
No for some people go above and beyond just praise, it's the certain companies are now the "heroes" trying to fight off the "evil and corruption" of the gaming corporations. It's just to me is silly thinking especially when they other people's space about how morally wrong they are for liking the game made by designated evil corporation. It happened in 2017 with the dumb Bioware/CDPR wars that took place here and the thing is, unnatural attachment to companies is something that I find disturbing and I have been trying constantly check myself in what I say to fans of games that I don't like.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 9, 2023 18:10:37 GMT
The game awards are a meaningless gimmick anyway. I don’t know why people so much stock over a system that’s run by games journalists. After watching it once to me it became just a library of upcoming releases and this year that didn't even work out for me. "Game journalism" for me is an oxymoron for so many articles don't even try to hide biases and give a level presentation. I was forwarded a Polygon article the other day after the awards they were trying to hype up that the developers of Exodus were "former BioWare developers", but then called BioWare past its prime. So is it a good or bad thing that a handful of developers worked at BioWare. It shows that they have a hard time hiding their bias. I mean Geoff Knightley allowed Kojima and Jordan Peele to talk about their new game for a long time but couldn't find time for Larian's acceptance speech especially when they were paying tribute to one of their people who passed away is ridiculous. That's not even talking about how Hogwarts Legacy was completely locked out of ANY awards session or that a game that's funded by a billion dollar corporation was nominated for best indie game. Remind me why gamers place stock in Gaming Awards in the first place?
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Post by smilesja on Dec 9, 2023 14:33:45 GMT
Don't we all like the tale of passionate David versus soulless corporate Goliath? When a dev studio achieves something greater than their size and resources suggest we believe that it is the result of passion for their craft. It is also the result of professional skill and competent leadership of course and when you add BG3's early access period with lots of communication between devs and fan base to all that you get gaming's next heroes. And well deserved too, because they produced a high quality entertainment product and then sold it for a fair price. Something like Assassin's Creed Odyssey on the other hand, no matter how much people enjoy it, feels very much like a big corporate product by the numbers, even if we don't know how its developers feel about it. Of course, in the case of UbiSoft games we often don't even know who the developers actually are so it's hard to get past that "anonymous corporate product" feeling in the first place. I think BioWare is a very tragic case in this context. Their developers and artists seem very passionate about what they are doing only to be sabotaged time and again by an almost maliciously incompetent management. I feel sorry for Mr. Darrah - it feels like the modern day version of the stables of Augeas. Yeah but casting devs as heroes is very ridiculou and disrespectful to fanbase who like “villain” games like assassins creed. Who cares if it’s “corporate” or not? it’s made with love and care from devs. We really need to get out of this mindset of “good guy, bad guy” mentality especially with games. I used to have that mindset about the underdogs going against the corporations, but then I realize that mentality hurt people who like those kinds of games and just want to enjoy them. I mean at the end of the day, the devs are human and have sacrificed a lot of their personal lives to make a game even it’s something you don’t like. |
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Post by smilesja on Dec 9, 2023 7:46:38 GMT
It's a nasty habit and something I've been bombarded with this year. I love Starfield, but that's the game that's considered to be the villain of gaming now and anyone who disagrees is a heretic. It's nothing new though, for years people especially online love to pit devs and games into "heroes" and "villains" so they can take their anger and hate towards the "evil corporations" while supporting "the good guys." Remember in 2017 how certain people on BSN were ripping on Bioware while extolling CDPR as a sacred cow? I just feel it's a way for people to feel better about themselves.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 9, 2023 7:39:15 GMT
After BG3, I'm curious if MoCap is now going to have to be the norm if you ever want to compete in the narrative RPG genre.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 8, 2023 22:12:51 GMT
Skyrim's stealth was broken so yeah Bethesda had to nerf it, but I think they went a little overboard with nerfing it lol.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 8, 2023 21:55:55 GMT
The game awards are a meaningless gimmick anyway. I don’t know why people so much stock over a system that’s run by games journalists. I still have hope that video game journalists will change for the better with time and TGA will prove it. However, the fact that Hogwarts Legacy did not even get a nomination or even mention tells me everything. The fact that Hogwarts' Legacy didn't get ANY nominations is ridiculous. It may not be a GOTY contender but for crying out loud, you mean to tell me that it's not nominated for art direction or music. The fact that the GRAMMYS acknowledged Hogwarts Legacy than a gaming media tells me how biased these journalists are.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 8, 2023 20:54:09 GMT
Like I said, I feel like Bioware is going to try to appease MET fans and only give ME:A fans crumbs.
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Post by smilesja on Dec 8, 2023 20:02:04 GMT
The Hollywood denizens and Kojima get unlimited time and brown-nosing but management cracks down on the actual devs/VAs. When you try to emulate Hollywood, you become Hollywood in all its flaws. Shame, I liked seeing Geoff and his baby become such a success. I forgot to mention that Lies of P not getting the award for best art direction is highway robbery. The game awards are a meaningless gimmick anyway. I don’t know why people so much stock over a system that’s run by games journalists. |
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Post by smilesja on Dec 8, 2023 19:56:28 GMT
I'm watching someone play ME3 for the first time, and I really do feel that a lot of the negativity surrounding the game was so overblown. I still have issues with the ending, and some other parts (some of them a bit nit-picky), but overall it really is a good game. It's a shame to see the vitriol still kinda lingers and that new players get a negative view from the game even before they get a chance to see for themselves. The one I'm watching right now is currently loving the game (and the series as a whole of course). On topic, my guess for a release is not before 2028. I want to say 2027, but I doubt anyone is actually doing anything with the game at the moment, and likely won't even start until DAD is out. I’m more worried about Andromeda to be honest. |
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