kuhla Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 I know this is front page reddit right now but I did have a few moments in the first tomb raider reboot game where I did have to stand back for a moment and just admire the view. http://fat.gfycat.com/DetailedFearfulBangeltiger.webm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Visually speaking, the recent Tomb Raider game was pretty damn solid. I will be looking at picking up the sequel either during the upcoming winter sale this year or a bit later. The real thing I want to try out is they've supposedly allowed much more stealth approaches to combat, even going so far as to allow complete stealth and non-lethal options. I'm interested in how well that interacts with their big set piece moments. On another note. Steam released their Steam Machines and Controllers, they also have a sale on games that make good use of big picture and playing from a couch: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/playwsteammachines/ I'll probably order a steam controller because I want to see how it feels in comparison to a standard style xbox controller. The sheet amount of customization on the steam controllers is going to provide some serious value as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 i was playing cs with ben yesterday and this guy would hide and be the last one alive; when everyone else is dead he start blasting eye of tiger and go around killing. with the idea of clutching every goddamn round. but then he never did. but it was just too funny. i wish i got him on video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Blizzard released their latest Heroes of the Storm character. Cho'Gall. The interesting part is that because he is a two headed ogre, two players control him at the same time. To limit teamwork issues, anyone wishing to play this character must be queued up with a second person. The concept is very interesting, it looks like both Blizzard and Riot are getting more creative with their new heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted November 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 This is the channel I plan on using for any fancy configs for my steam controller. He does a fantastic job of putting it all together in simple instructions. This particular video even shows him using emulators to play wii games with the steam controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kuhla Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 I've seen a lot of praise for System Shock 2 but never played it (and considering my backlog it's very unlikely I ever will). Looks like there will be another one in the series. source - http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/08/system-shock-3-teaser/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 I've never played the system shock series either, but to my understanding it was a very strong basis for the Deus Ex franchise. The blend of RPG and FPS elements allowed a pretty broad range of characters you could create and use throughout the game. I'll see what the kickstarter looks like but I doubt I'll be backing it. In other crowdfunding news. Lab Zero (dev behind skullgirls) new game was successfully crowdfunded: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-rpg-from-the-creators-of-skullgirls#/ You can download a free demo, which I should probably do, just to check it out. I've always liked their animation work, it's some of the best out there. Speaking of good animation. Guilty Gear Xrd - Sign is releasing tomorrow. Some notes about this. It is not the most recent version (I believe this is one release behind the current version) but the developer is porting it over themselves and looking to catch up to their console/japan release eventually. They're also giving anyone who purchases the game in the first month all DLC free (3 extra characters, color packs and voice packs). http://store.steampowered.com/app/376300/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 In other news. Tribes is getting a huge update today: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yzN7KdUn0mFrZGHjcM8CUMSy8aV-WzYlu3NB3hyo760/pub They're also unlocking all weapons/loadouts by default. They're changing the class system back to light/medium/heavy and adding 3 new maps. Looks interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 ....Tribes.... I wasn't sure I read that right at first and had to re-read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Yea, what's funny about that is why it's happening now. Tribes was released and they tried to monetize the hell out of it to start making money. Then Hi-Rez pushed out smite, and took all the developers away from Tribes, leaving us with a game that was heavily monetized and all support being dropped. Now that Smite makes good money, a handful of developers from Hi-Rez are finally being allowed to continue doing some work on Tribes again, and some of the first things they're doing are fixing the various issues that the game had with monetization and classes/balance. Am I glad that this is happening? Sure, but I feel very strongly that it's going to be too little too late. I still might fire it up and give it a shot, but I'm not sure how I want to handle my current gaming time right now, or if this might fit in somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 I dunno if I posted this before but I use this list nowadays to follow upcoming PC game titles launch/release dates: http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/coming-soon/pc/date It doesn't have a lot of supporting media (trailers, articles, etc.) but it's compact, quick/easy to read and seems to be kept relatively up to date on all the major and just-less-than-major titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Welp, they renamed this thing again (previously called shipbreakers) but it looks pretty good and it's releasing in a month. I'm excited to give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 steam sale is on steam store is down. rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Otherland MMO is in early access on steam. I will avoid this just like I avoid nearly all early access games, but I'll probably check youtube to see what some people post about it. http://store.steampowered.com/app/376310/ EDIT: So it looks like otherland is in fact a broken piece of shit game pushed out to early access. I'm not even remotely surprised since I haven't heard anything about it's development for several years, but it sounds like it's completely busted and the devs are trying to push out fake positive reviews and deny steam refunds. https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3r7nje/psa_do_not_buy_otherland_on_steam_the_developer/ Another trailer for the new Homeworld: Deserts of Karak Some big youtube names also posted up some previews of XCOM 2 recently. It looks really good and considering I thoroughly enjoyed the first one I'll definitely pick up this one. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/01/07/xcom-2-preview-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted January 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 EA is bringing their monthly subscription package to PC. https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/origin-access For $5 a month they provide access to a decent sized backlog of games and also provide you with exclusive demos for upcoming games. Back when battlefront launched everyone with EA access could play for 10 hours, a week before launch. I'm glad to see EA is pushing for more feature parity by offering this for PC as well as console, but I don't currently have enough interest in their catalog to even consider this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Malaphax Posted January 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Proper Gameplay footage for Homeworld: Deserts of Karak http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/01/13/watch-the-first-homeworld-deserts-of-kharak-gameplay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAei3vurVlQ http://gamingtrend.com/2016/01/15/tom-clancys-the-division-hands-on-preview/ I'll be looking for more videos to come out when their beta goes live on 1/28-1/31. I'm still interested in this game and I'm seeing multiple sets of people compare it to Destiny, which leaves me with some trepidation. Some people are bringing up Mass Effect 3's coop, and suggesting that it's a much better comparison and they hope The Division captures that frantic fun pace. Some key notes about the game: Only the pvp zone and main city will be populated with other players. The rest of the game will be treated as either single player or 4 man coop. Bullet sponge enemies, headshot multipliers seems subdued. General consensus is that this game feels more RPG than shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuhla Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 More than anything I'm limited that it's going to be set piece A or B or C or D matched with enemies of type X or Y or Z that you just repeat ad nauseum to level, get gear, etc. That is what would kill my interest in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted January 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2016 Yea, I'm not sure about the amount of content or how quickly it becomes stale. I think there are a few factors they're trying to use to mitigate this, the skills/mods appear to be one of them. One of the issues with Destiny is that every class does roughly the same thing, which is damage. In this game there's a legitimate trinity of healing/tanking/utility. I've heard the open world sections are neat enough to lightly explore on your way to a mission but each mission is very linear and focused. I don't particularly mind this, because I'm not as focused as some people are with exploration. The gear grind and numbers grind is always an issue, it looks like the lower level content is tuned pretty badly. People are concerned that the higher level content might not be tuned very well and you end up with borderlands style combat where it can take 3-4 magazines to take down a tougher enemy let alone a big boss. As far as the grind itself, my hope is that the open world pvp zone will be interesting enough to break up some of the tedium of the coop missions. If the pvp is even halfway decent it might make things interesting, if it's garbage then people will fall back entirely to the coop. This is another game that will probably be great to play with friends but very mediocre to play solo. I've heard they have a rather robust LFG system in place which might help some of that. Sidenote: Some people on reddit are suggesting that you can gain access to the pre-purchase beta by "buying" the game on Amazon, since they do not charge your card until release date and then cancelling the order once they send you a beta code. I might give this a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1no Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 i have a copy of assassin creed syndicate does any one here remotely interested on this game ? i can prob sell it for cheap or trade with a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted January 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Darkest Dungeon is releasing tomorrow, and Deserts of Kharak is releasing Wednesday. I will be playing/streaming both of these games. Darkest dungeon is the only early access game I bought and this is partially because it has very positive reviews even in it's current state and the release date was coming up. What I've played so far is very fun and occasionally frustrating. The enemy/boss designs are interesting and the gameplay is pretty fun, it's one of the few turn based games that appeals to me. Deserts of Kharak is looking interesting, but this is mostly a game I'm buying for the atmosphere. The music and cinematics look solid so far and if they can even capture some of the spark of the homeworld games (and their respective remasters) then I'll be happy. I'm slightly curious about the multiplayer but probably not enough to get seriously involved in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaphax Posted January 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 I've seen some topics on reddit about Black Desert. I'm somewhat interested in trying it out. They also are allowing people to download and play with a stand alone character creator, this is due to the obscene levels of customization available in character creation. Any character creation made in the stand alone creator can be imported into the game at launch, Launch is estimated to be in March. http://forum.blackdesertonline.com/index.php?/topic/8381-cbt-2-date-and-character-creation/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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