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Post by smilesja on Sept 19, 2023 19:07:40 GMT
And yet DA has three great games with two being GOAT contenders… and an Andromeda was great, just needed the focus for all of its development instead of the meandering they did for years. An mp driven ME would fucking suck. Though a more moddable DA or ME? Fuck yeah. Gimme. But not at the expense at tge best storytelling in gaming please. Story and writing quality has nothing to do with the modability of an engine or the community keeping a game alive for way long past its prime through constant player generated content a la Skyrim. The time you focus on getting it right does. Well good thing Skyrim offers both story and writing quality as well as an atmospheric experience. There's more that goes into a game rather than just modability.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 19, 2023 3:00:31 GMT
I'm just asking for a game more than once a decade...
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Post by smilesja on Sept 19, 2023 2:59:01 GMT
Good thing it didn't stay PC, otherwise I would've never gotten into Dragon Age.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 17, 2023 17:39:17 GMT
I'd say it improved on all of their mechanics from shooting, enemy A.I, and crafting. I did feel that Bethesda took a step back with the inventory management and the UI in general. It needs quality of life changes badly but at least Bethesda acknowledges it. That being said I feel that every BGS game is divisive even Skyrim back then was considered divisive. I remember people saying that Skyrim is the "COD of RPGs" even though thousands of people are playing the game today.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 17, 2023 14:49:54 GMT
Why fix what it isn't broke? Bethesda expanded their strengths and covered their weaknesses and made a great game. Even though Zelda, RDR2, and Elden Ring bought something new to the table, Bethesda still shows through Starfield why their games are played even today. It's because they have the game allows you to do whatever you want and for Starfield there's actually a story for most playstyles. You don't want to move away too much for what makes you successful, even though FF16 sold well, personally I didn't like the direction they took with the game with it's GOT esque tone and it placed too much focus on Devil May Cry combat. I didn't buy the game because it lost it's identity for me. I mean Bioware started experimenting with different tones and playstyles with DA2 and onwards and there were people on this very site wanting to go back to DA: O after playing BG3. So, innovation is a double-edged sword with some gamers wanting to stick to what's familiar.
In short, while yes there are more games that offer something different, In my view none of them offer the amount of freedom like Starfield, Skyrim, and even Fallout 4 provide and that's without mods. Why move on from that especially when It's bought nothing but success?
That being said, you can find flaws in any game without effort. What game is perfect?
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Post by smilesja on Sept 17, 2023 6:38:05 GMT
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Post by smilesja on Sept 17, 2023 4:05:32 GMT
that would be like comparing apples and oranges though. A 'realistic' shooter without health bars is going to feel very different to a shooter with health bars. As for the conversation about Cyberpunk bugs are one thing, customer service is quite another and how CDPR treated the demo they released put them in the doghouse for me. If you ask people which has better combat, Andromeda or Destiny 2 (MMOlite with raids and plenty of health bars), most people will say Destiny 2 (because Bungie is Bungie). People will say Destiny 2 has some of the best gunplay in the industry despite being hampered by some RPG type limitations (like the obvious bullet sponginess of enemies). It's why I'm a little wary of Bioware really trying to lean into the shooter thing, they have fine gameplay but if you compare it to Bungie it's going to come out lacking. Destiny 2 is often said to have some of the best gunplay going around, Bioware's gunplay is just fine. Obviously an improvement over ME:1 which was probably some of the worst in the industry. As for CDPR being in the doghouse I don't think you were a fan of theirs to begin with, so you don't have the accumulated goodwill toward CDPR that much of the gaming industry has. It's like Bethesda, they have accumulated goodwill to lose so people will cut them some slack for Fallout 76 and goodness knows what else ... like the obvious favouring of AMD graphics cards on Starfield so people with Nvidia 4090s have their game running like garbage and Todd Howard just comes out and says "maybe you need to upgrade your PCs". Bethesda's accumulated goodwill will let people gloss over that. If you're not a fan of Bethesda though you'll wonder why because if Blizzard had come out and said the same thing ... I dunno, some fans on Youtube have been treating Starfield like its mediocre garbage. Mark Kern compared Starfield to BG3 and said that Bethesda lacks passion (okay maybe we shouldn't be using Mark Kern as an example. ). Point is, Starfield has been taken a beating by sects of the internet though I want to put it out there, I've seen some criticism that's rooted by their bias.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 16, 2023 23:03:48 GMT
I just think people are too eager to forgive CDPR. You would think after years of seeing devs underdelivering, scandals and such that people would be a bit skeptical. Cyberpunk was genuinely unplayable and I'm the type who loves Bethesda games at least they're playable bugs and all. Cyberpunk crashed my Xbox so many times, I've quit out frustration. I'm still wary about CDPR even if 2.0 successful. It just raises questions as to why wasn't this game pushed back at 2021. But sometimes I just feel frustrated nobody else is raising questions like this.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 16, 2023 14:37:13 GMT
If all you can muster's repeating yourself and ad hominiems, maybe don't bother posting at all. I mean you just did an ad homiemn a few posts above.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 16, 2023 14:34:01 GMT
But in CDPR's case, it goes much deeper than just It's a mess. The game was removed from Sony's stores at one point. There were plenty of emotional moments in Andromeda and the interactions between the characters has been Bioware's best so far.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 12, 2023 21:49:18 GMT
Even when ME: A got most of its bugs fixed, people still trashed it saying it's like "polishing a turd" and even today, Bethesda still gets grief over Fallout 76 release even when their main team never worked on the game. CDPR on the other hand, gets a free pass for a disastrous launch It's amazing just years of bug patches and a good tv show, people are back on the bandwagon with absolutely NO skepticism for future. I just think people have different viewpoints on devs and people already made up their minds on DA: D but the standard is being selectively applied.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 12, 2023 18:34:50 GMT
It is no conspiracy, for Cyberpunk 2077 even upon release the story and world (developed on the Mike Pondsmith original) got praise, and CDPR have a history of releasing messes that get fixed later- both The Witcher and Assassins of Kings were even more fucked up on release than Cyberpunk 2077 was, only Wild Hunt launched relatively stable. No Cyberpunk was really unstable to the point where I had problems playing it and even then Cyberpunk had a development that was filled with hubris and mismanagement. Honestly the whole Cyberpunk thing just shows that gamers are surprisingly forgiving when they want to be. And as for story for Andromeda? Lol there was plenty to like and explore and it wasn't like Cyberpunk's story was remarkable.
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Post by smilesja on Sept 12, 2023 0:26:21 GMT
"Mass Effect Andromeda was quite a failure in many facets that left a sour aftertaste in the mouths of gamers."
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 15:45:53 GMT
Next week is going to be a nightmare with all of you playing the game while I have to wait for the actual release date. And it's a long weekend for me on top of it, but I guess that means I might finish my 2nd BG3 playthrough on time. Good thing I'm playing a lot of TCM before Starfield. Lol.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 6:39:45 GMT
Oh, I've watched Hogan's matches in Japan. Guy could wrestle if he wanted to but did the classic WWE style which preserved his body for years. That being said, I think his finisher in Japan would've been better than the Leg Drop. It'll add to those Pythons he kept bragging about in promos and wouldn't wreck his body as much as the Leg Drop did.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 6:21:08 GMT
Who, besides hardcore fans read the DA comics? If anything the show hyped me up way more than the comics. I don't consider myself a hardcore fan but I've read them all 😅 I honestly kept forgetting they had a comic book series. I've read most of the books though and I loved them.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 6:03:20 GMT
Who, besides hardcore fans read the DA comics? If anything the show hyped me up way more than the comics.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 6:01:51 GMT
At least Brodie Lee will reunite with his friend. Yeah, that's what I thought as well. Even though I rarely watch pro wrestling anymore (watched from the 80's till the Rock retired), I keep up with the news. Been watching the older Wrestling shows dating from the Ruthless Aggression era to waaaayyyy back to the territory days. Modern Wrestling is pretty boring to me now and days though I do watch Indy shows if they're online.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 5:44:59 GMT
and it's hilarious that DA: 2 is considered to be an "old guard" Released the same year as Skyrim? Pffft, that ain't old Old Bioware has to be preEA imo. In gaming years, that's foot in the grave old. XD
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 5:20:58 GMT
Ehhh it's more of the old guard getting laid off rather than Bioware being "gone" but it's still sad to see. For some of us, BioWare was the old guard who gave it heart and soul. As more of the old guard now get carved away and cast aside as if garbage after 20+ years of writing some of our most beloved characters such as Varric... then, yes, for those of us who loved THAT BioWare, that version of it is slowly dying/gone. As much as you ask for people to understand you, it would be pleasurable if you would try to understand where others are coming from as well. Even then, people HATED Dragon Age 2 with a passion. Back then when I first joined, the old fans would often say cruel things to DA:2 fans. Insults, slurs, and I remember one person said that an artist deserved to have his hands chopped off for creating a picture of Hawke and Morrigan. To see it now being part of the "old guard" even though people thrashed it and thrashed me when I first joined the Bioware forum is ridiculous. People here never gave me a chance to understand why I loved games like DA: 2. Bioware fans treated me like trash and it's hilarious that DA: 2 is considered to be an "old guard" when I saw so much death threats to fans back then. So yeah, I can barely stand this site and these people who hate me for liking games that were hated and yet I sat and took it for years while you guys mourned Bioware dying. Honestly, Dragon Age fans have been awful to me and sometimes I wonder why I'm here talking to you guys. It's not like you guys cared about what I experienced for over a decade of being called every name in the books by a fanbase who CLAIMS to be diverse and caring but in reality are horrible people who treated me like garbage from 2011. COD and Overwatch fans were more welcoming to me than the Dragon Age fanbase ever was.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 4:54:16 GMT
I think if I were a senior staffer at BioWare who managed to survive this cut, I'd be looking at the wealth of corporate knowledge that management just ruthlessly excised from the team and be thinking "There's a very high probability that I'll be part of the next round of cuts." I'd definitely be looking for work elsewhere, pre-emptively. I was thinking about this after I head the news and wouldn't be surprised if there were a rash of exits after Dreadwolf launches. Happened with the Uncharted Games and I think TLOU2. Won't be surprised if that happened with DA: D.
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Post by smilesja on Aug 25, 2023 4:52:04 GMT
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