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Into The Woods
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Moonshoe]
#23540973 - 08/14/16 02:03 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Then you'll love the other game I mentioned too
Please check it out and proceed to being as excited as I am
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Moonshoe]
#23541064 - 08/14/16 02:28 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Moonshoe said: Actually they did a ton of historical research on witcher 3 and the entire game is heavily informed and inspired by medieval history, everything from the culture and society and political system , clothing and fashions, weapons and combat style etc etc. It's a fantasy setting yes but heavily informed by medieval history .

Kingdom come does sound amazing though....my brother will not shut the fuck up about all the claims being made about it.
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#23541110 - 08/14/16 02:37 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Anyone who hasn't taken serious time to get into independent games is missing out big time and Probably has an unrefined taste in video games
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Into The Woods
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: ModestMouse] 1
#23541133 - 08/14/16 02:43 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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That's the hipster equivalent of comparing large name brand yet decent coffee manufacturers to their own local privately owned almond-milk-only corner stop.
Play Witcher 3 and kill a fucking basilisk.
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Into The Woods]
#23541139 - 08/14/16 02:45 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'll play limbo and rip a fucking spiders leg off I don't need 3D graphics and big name developers.
I'm not trying to be a hipster I sincerely believe independent/small games are superior. They have more soul, more craft, and less filler.
As good as the witcher may be, I guarantee its chock full of filler. I've played the game and couldn't stand it for more than an hour or so. Once the boss animations on the gryphin started clipping and jerking around I shut it off.
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Into The Woods
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: ModestMouse]
#23541142 - 08/14/16 02:46 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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I pity you
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: ModestMouse]
#23541145 - 08/14/16 02:48 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: ModestMouse]
#23541205 - 08/14/16 03:11 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Can we compromise on No Man's Sky?
It was developed by ten people. How hip can you get
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Into The Woods]
#23541244 - 08/14/16 03:30 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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do yourselves a favor and download teh best game ever. Rogue-like realistic survival simulator, now with zombies
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Into The Woods]
#23541262 - 08/14/16 03:37 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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It looks ok I've heard people who've tried it say it disappointed. How could it not, though? They hyped it up a ton, it could never live up to the expectations that others had for it.
I have to give it a try before I pass judgement though.
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: ModestMouse]
#23541333 - 08/14/16 04:01 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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I had no real expectations for it. I heard about it a couple of weeks ago, now it's out and I've been giving it a go and I love it.
The best way to approach most things entertainment-wise
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Into The Woods]
#23542594 - 08/14/16 11:52 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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I agree. Going into a game or movie with all kinds of crazy expectations is likely to ruin it. I really think that's why a lot people think No Man's Sky sucks.. they were expecting "Minecraft in Space"..or something along those lines..... it is not. I was looking forward to the game but I didn't really have any expectations for how it was going to be or play, aside from traveling around on a spaceship and exploring planets
So far I've been thoroughly fucking entertained. I've got 22 hours in it now and I'm loving it. Slightly addicted. We'll see if it lasts beyond the honeymoon phase. Likely not.. as I don't tend to play games for really long periods of time unless they REALLY sink their teeth in. But if I get 50-100+ hours of quality entertainment out of it (and it's looking like it's going to surpass that already)... then I'd say that's $60 well spent. Most I've spent for a game in a while too... and I did it because the game style appealed to me but I didn't really have any expectations for it.. I'd say I've been pleasantly surprised.
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Shroomism]
#23542613 - 08/15/16 12:02 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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No Man's Sky looks amaze-balls. i've seen some playthrough of it. it's incredible. just in the big picture, it's incredible. it might come down being just a display piece to some people, but it does get into more action i do believe, but that's besides the point -- the point is the way the game is made is insane, and awesome.
the technology, ideas, and scope of video games is awesome. it's actually rare to see a truly uninspired piece of crap game (or just plain trainwreck). more often than not, the games are just imperfect because of limitations that arrive unexpectedly, or because of the cycle of trends that push a games development ie the preeminence of graphics and overhauls of technical ceilings in regards to graphics, to details and amounts of detail ect.
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: akira_akuma] 3
#23542849 - 08/15/16 03:05 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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So here's my quick review:
I can sort of see some of the complaints people make against it - it can be very repetitive when you are just grinding it out.. ie.. all the 'settlements' you find in various planets all follow the same 10 or so different patterns with a little bit of variation between them. The NPC aliens don't really "do" anything in that they are static.... aside from providing quests or blueprints or healing or trading or language lessons, lol. The combat isn't its strongest suite for sure, but I didn't really buy it to be a combat-focused game. Space ship controls are pretty clunky and making precision landings is next to impossible. You are basically doing the same things over and over again in different areas or locations to 'level up' your gear and whatnot. These are all things that can be fixed..
The pros.. there's 18 quintillion planets, each one is unique and procedurally generated. The variation between different planets is pretty neat and each single planet is fucking HUGE and you could spend your entire time playing the game just on one single planet. I spent like 8 hours just flying around questing on one planet, when I left it I had only covered like 10% of the planet. There's MASSIVE underground cave networks stretching for miles on every planet. The random animals you see spawn are wacky and hilarious. The artwork is colorful as fuck and fucking awesome. The diversity of climates and environments and flora/fauna on each planet is rad. It's a LOT more than "just color changes". There's ice planets, red planets, magma planets, poison rain planets, radiation planets, water planets, earth-like planets, that's just some of the ones I've found so far. The environments and landscapes and types of plants and animals can differ drastically between the different types of planets. Each different planet type can have different effects which can hurt you... you can mod your exosuit to protect you against.. for example the super hot planets you can get heat resistance shields, ice resistance shields, poison rain resistance, radiation resistance.. etc etc.
There's absolutely no shortage of "quests" to do as you find outposts and obelisks and shelters and drop ships etc etc. You are constantly upgrading your tech and your inventory space and your ship. Space travel is interesting and fun. Traveling between planets and star systems is pretty interesting. The transition between leaving a planet and entering space is completely linear, no loading screens ever. The stuff behind you just disappears while the stuff in front of you is being generated. Although the stuff that you leave is "thrown away" when you come back it is regenerated exactly the way you left it.
Is it a perfect game? No.. is it amazeballs? I've been playing it for 2 days straight so I think so. Made by a small dev team, it's got some kinks that could be worked out but for a game of its scope and size I say fucking BRAVO. There's hardly any major bugs, I have had the game crash on me exactly once and it was probably my fault. There's some performance issues but it's a fucking massive game. For a new release from a such a small team that's fucking impressive.
Oh - underwater works well, and there's stuff underwater. Underwater movement is easy and fluid and unhindered. Some planets are mostly water. Tech that lets you breath underwater for longer times. The underwater world is HUGE and just as varied as the above ground. There's underwater caves leading to other caves.. there's points of interest and loot to be found.. hell there might even be cities underwater for all I know. I just thought was worth mentioning. Most games, even AAA games - going in the water usually sucks ass. If you can even swim at ALL... swimming in water is usually annoying and slow and hard to control. Not in this game... water movement is fluid and easy to control. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed at how well the underwater controls work even at launch.
I dislike a few minor aspects of the game but I can't wait to see what they are able to push through as development continues and they patch things. As it is right now, game is fun as fuck. Novelty might wear off after a while but I am thoroughly entertained. For me, the pros FAR outweigh any possible cons.
If you are an uber perfectionist completionist DO NOT get this game as you will go insane. There's like thousands of possible points of interest on each planet You could spend weeks... if not months.. just farming and exploring a SINGLE planet, and then there are quintillions more possible planets you can visit.
But what I see is this game lets you play it how you want to... there's lots of puzzles and multiple choice questions, which become easier to understand once you start learning the alien languages. You want to reach the Center of the Universe? You want to just go crazy on your planet? You want to be a space pirate? I see a LOT of potential for this game if development continues on it. All in all it's a fucking fantastic game. For the scope and size of the game I am totally satisfied with it right now. I have hopes it will continue to improve.
As-is, it's got a solid foundation for being one of the best games ever made (IMO). It just needs a lot more refinement and polish. But it's a solid fucking game.
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Shroomism]
#23543046 - 08/15/16 06:39 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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Not sure where the line for big money is, but Rocket League and Overwatch are fucking awesome, as is Mortal Kombat X. If you're talking about Call of Duty type games and the like...they get pretty old. Tooling around in vehicles in Battlefield is pretty great though.
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Xingu] 1
#23543362 - 08/15/16 09:47 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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rocket league was a breath of fresh air. Love that game long time
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Psilosopherr]
#23543771 - 08/15/16 11:45 AM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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mah favorite game is custer's revenge cause you get to rape a woman tied to a cactus LOL !!!!
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: EternalCowabunga]
#23544122 - 08/15/16 01:33 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you are an uber perfectionist completionist DO NOT get this game as you will go insane.
haha, i thought the same thing, for myself. i'm like, do i really want to get so hyped...i know how i am with games...i get distracted even from the best of them, pretty easy, given enough time. but...but...but No Man's Sky is SUCH a cool game! it's harrowing. PS: underground tunnel systems? didn't know that!
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: akira_akuma] 3
#23544411 - 08/15/16 03:26 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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I got no man's sky a couple days ago, and I really have no idea what all the bad reviews are about, it's fucking great 
Easily one of the best games I own, along with rocket league.
Gotta go mine more Emeril so I can buy that new spaceship
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Re: Anybody else realized that every big money video game is garbage? [Re: Svetaketu]
#23545234 - 08/15/16 08:14 PM (7 years, 5 months ago) |
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+1. It's fucking rad as shit.
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