We did play Guild Wars 2 though.
The RvRvR was fun, I did mostly that.... but man did we have a shit server.
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The RvRvR was fun, I did mostly that.... but man did we have a shit server.
GasBandit
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Interesting little info tidbit - half the people playing Witcher 3 on PC are playing it via GOG Galaxy, Good Old Games' client.
http://www.gog.com/news/news_gog_galaxy_home_to_over_half_of_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_pc_gamers
http://www.gog.com/news/news_gog_galaxy_home_to_over_half_of_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_pc_gamers
Well, it was also sold cheaper through that platform, most likely because GOG.com is owned by cdprojekt, making it the official distribution platform.
But still impressive.
GasBandit
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Let's not pretend the original Mirror's Edge was some kind of work of genius. It was a 4 hour long visually impressive tech demo with a very mediocre game stuck on it.
Had they worked on the sequel at all or were they cut out completely from the beginning?
Don't know if anyone else here is into the Tales series, but Bandai/Namco is porting it to PC for the first time and I am super excited.
You know, I had the same experience with Arkham Asylum. Played it on PC with a video card that didn't support the new (at the time) nvidia physX technology, and didn't really know the difference. Then later, got a fancy new video card, and was blown away by all the fog that swirled around you and shit, and breaking tiles in the morgue.
The DX11 features were really shining there.
Platinum Games is supposedly working on a Transformers game.
e: Looks like Platinum working on the game might just be a rumor, but the game itself is definitely happening.
e: Looks like Platinum working on the game might just be a rumor, but the game itself is definitely happening.
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Yeah the cel-shading giving it the look of the old movie/cartoon has me really interested, which is weird because I usually don't care about graphics.
That's officially the first game that looks most like Transformers that I've ever seen. I'm suddenly interested. I haven't really played many TF games.
The War for Cybertron games were a lot of fun... but I can't think of any more outside of that that were worth playing.
I liked the PS2 Transformers game. It was janky and weird and based on the shittiest toyline they ever did (Armada) but it was hard as balls and pretty fun overall. The fight against Tidal Wave was pretty epic for it's time.
The fight isn't as easy as this guy makes it out to be, he has a weapons loadout that isn't possible when you first have to fight Tidal Wave.
The fight isn't as easy as this guy makes it out to be, he has a weapons loadout that isn't possible when you first have to fight Tidal Wave.
Yeah Armada wasn't bad, but the Cybertron games are easily the best thing to happen to the TF games. Sadly High Moon's Deadpool game bombed and they were dumped down to Call of Duty mapmapkers or something like that.
So, Best Buy Canada confirmed that Transformers Devastation is a full priced Platinum Games produced game (so hopefully more of a budget than the Korra game).
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- Autobots face off against the Decepticons when Megatron discovers a way to harness the enormous power of plasma energy to cyberform Earth
- PlatinumGames signature fast action allows instant robot to vehicle attacks, slam downs, counterattacks, and infinite combos for a unique master combat system
- Features 5 playable Autobots including Optimus Prime, Bubblebee, Sideswipe, Wheeljack, and Grimlock
- A deep customization system and 5 difficulty levels with overhauls in enemy composition deliver hours of intense gameplay
- Actors from the original TV series reprising their roles include Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime), Dan Gilvezan (Bubblebee), Frank Welker (Megatron and Soundwave), and more
e: I do agree with you on Cullen, though. The more gravelly, deeper voice he has now works great for the newer versions of Prime, but G1 is going to sound a little weird. Welker's TF Prime Megatron was pretty close to the original, though, so I'm not even worried about that.
The saddest part will be hearing someone else as Starscream and Jazz, though.
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L4D in Warhammer? I can dig it.
ArenaNet pulls some shady shit with the upcoming GW2 xpac.
Apparently, unless the Shenmue kickstarter makes it to 10 million, it won't be open world.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1067382
The whole thing has been a cloudy mess. And then Jeremy Parish basically nailed it.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1067382
The whole thing has been a cloudy mess. And then Jeremy Parish basically nailed it.
I can't really blame him for that. Doing a wide open world takes serious money and resources... and two million was NEVER going to cut that. It was simply going to be enough to get us a satisfying conclusion to the story, which was more than we were going to get otherwise. I suspect we're going to hit at least 5 million, which is certainly going to be enough for something GOOD but I went into this expecting at least a bit of a genre shift.
http://tale-of-tales.com/Sunset/blog/index.php/and-the-sun-sets/
Indie developer Tale of Tales, creators of The Path and recent release Sunset, is shutting down.
I never like hearing about a studio shutting down.
Indie developer Tale of Tales, creators of The Path and recent release Sunset, is shutting down.
I never like hearing about a studio shutting down.
While I'm sorry they went out of business, I am not at all surprised. They always leaned more heavily on the "art" part of Art Games, which kept them from getting the kind of success they needed to keep growing. Unfortunately, we don't have the kind of community to support right now.http://tale-of-tales.com/Sunset/blog/index.php/and-the-sun-sets/
Indie developer Tale of Tales, creators of The Path and recent release Sunset, is shutting down.
I never like hearing about a studio shutting down.
Kotaku's (or rather Luke Plunkett's) take on the Tale of Tales closing: The Problem of Games Being Art, but Also Products.
I've spent something like a half hour on this second part of the post to say something MEANINGFUL about the artistic process and it's connection to consumer culture, but I can't. I'm sorry that it's hard to be an artist, but it's hard to be ANYTHING in a world where the oligarchy only values things that directly enrich themselves.
It means the press needs to understand that the people most passionate about games (and especially games as art) aren't the people who keep the industry going... but more to the point, that this is a problem with ALL artistic endeavor. How many writers get published? Of those who get published, how many make enough to write full time? Of those who write full time, how many are writing about something they actually care about? Why would this be any different for people making games?
I've spent something like a half hour on this second part of the post to say something MEANINGFUL about the artistic process and it's connection to consumer culture, but I can't. I'm sorry that it's hard to be an artist, but it's hard to be ANYTHING in a world where the oligarchy only values things that directly enrich themselves.
There is a sort of "crashing wave" mechanic going on in entertainment right now, where you're either going full bore on the crest spending millions of dollars, or else you're a nobody way down below, barely moving. And that wave keeps getting taller, so you have to keep spending more to stay up on top of the break.
--Patrick