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8hrs into ff15 and can honestly say it's great so far.

My biggest peeve right now is that treasure spots regenerate so the OCD in me doesn't know if I've collected that treasure or not... so that's not too bad.

Battle mechanics are solid, difficulty is just right. Lots to do (side quests, hunts, etc).

i don't like the combat in 15 at all. about 11 hours in. it's just not clicking for me. my "finesse" score is always a d (guess that says more about me than the game?). alot of the stuff just feels really cumbersome. the magic system, the leveling system, ascension, etc. etc. 

but more than that it feels like it takes forever to get anywhere/do anything. crazy long load times. 

it's tolerable though. i plan on sticking it out. i did my first "dungeon" i think and it was actually pretty cool.

anyways totally forgot i preordered last guardian and it'll be here tomorrow ;O

  On 12/5/2016 at 2:11 PM, WeAreOceans said:

gonna give Let It Die a go tonight... sounds like it has some interesting Dark Souls esque mechanics... I haven't played any Grasshopper games before so I don't have any reference to the type of combat they have

 

I'm still totally confused about the f2p thing though, I haven't heard anything about how they monetise it. I'm just hoping there's no pay2win nonsense.

Oh poop, another reason to get a PS4. Come back and let me know how good it is, please? Big Suda fan, I am.

  On 12/5/2016 at 4:29 PM, juiceciuj said:

i don't like the combat in 15 at all. about 11 hours in. it's just not clicking for me. my "finesse" score is always a d (guess that says more about me than the game?). alot of the stuff just feels really cumbersome. the magic system, the leveling system, ascension, etc. etc. 

 

but more than that it feels like it takes forever to get anywhere/do anything. crazy long load times. 

 

it's tolerable though. i plan on sticking it out. i did my first "dungeon" i think and it was actually pretty cool.

 

anyways totally forgot i preordered last guardian and it'll be here tomorrow ;O

Finesse is based on your dodging/parrying and link/break attacks. For higher finesse try and get behind the enemy and use your techniques (the ones that use the green bar) as much as possible. If you didn't know that anyways.

The leveling/ascension is nothing new really. Isn't it more or less the same thing they had in FF10 with "the grid"?

Anyway, different strokes/different folks. I can really tell the battle director for Kingdom Hearts was involved. Overall the battle is kinda a hybrid between FF12 and Kingdom Hearts.

  On 12/5/2016 at 8:13 PM, Bulk VanderHooj said:

 

  On 12/5/2016 at 4:29 PM, juiceciuj said:

i don't like the combat in 15 at all. about 11 hours in. it's just not clicking for me. my "finesse" score is always a d (guess that says more about me than the game?). alot of the stuff just feels really cumbersome. the magic system, the leveling system, ascension, etc. etc. 

 

but more than that it feels like it takes forever to get anywhere/do anything. crazy long load times. 

 

it's tolerable though. i plan on sticking it out. i did my first "dungeon" i think and it was actually pretty cool.

 

anyways totally forgot i preordered last guardian and it'll be here tomorrow ;O

 

Finesse is based on your dodging/parrying and link/break attacks. For higher finesse try and get behind the enemy and use your techniques (the ones that use the green bar) as much as possible. If you didn't know that anyways.

 

The leveling/ascension is nothing new really. Isn't it more or less the same thing they had in FF10 with "the grid"?

 

Anyway, different strokes/different folks. I can really tell the battle director for Kingdom Hearts was involved. Overall the battle is kinda a hybrid between FF12 and Kingdom Hearts.

never played xii (i mean i played for like 20 minutes and was like "nah" or kh so i guess this is all new to me.

re: leveling i just mean having to sleep to get your levels. i had pooled a bunch of xp and was waiting to get to a nice bed to get an xp bonus but instead i completed the chapter and it just gave me the standard 1x exp -_-

i ended up having to turn the english dub on because there was so much ambient dialog that you couldn't possibly keep up with the action and subtitles (or i couldn't but i dropped out of highschool)

i'm enjoying it enough though. wish you could could toggle indicators for all the side quests to show up. didn't realize how often. 

^ yeah actually I don't really like the sleep thing for your levels either. Not sure what they were attempting to accomplish there compared to just giving you experience immediately after the battle or quest (sans multiplier). RE the sidequests, you can toggle an indicator for them but only one at a time. I guess you're right it would be nice to be able to turn them all active on your map. Hmm...

12 was really good IMO! I think you missed out.  

but yeah not a perfect game, far from the disappointment it could have been though.  

  On 12/2/2016 at 11:20 AM, bitroast said:

Hideo Kojima presents Norman Reedus .. Guillermo del Toro .. Mads Mikkelsen .. starring in a Hideo Kojima .. directed by Hideo Kojima

 

 

/ Hideo Kojima

I still don't get exactly what this game is after watching both trailers... However with all those names involved (and Junji Ito perhaps still having an influence on creature design), I'm fucking sold, whatever it is. It would appear some elements of what would have been Silent Hills will carry over, but I'm guessing this will be a bit more action-oriented than pure survival-horror. 

I REALLY want Mass Effect: Andromeda to be good, I loved the first 3,  and so far from what we've been shown this one looks to be good as well. However, I can't help but be a little hesitant about it with how much I hated Dragon Age: Inquisition which is BioWare's most recent game. I was skipping sidequests by the end just to get through it and be done playing it, the ending wasn't even worth it either.

Alien: Isolation is fucking great. the A E S T H E T I C S.

I ran facefirst into a xeno at 3am this morning because I stumbled into a box on the far side of a big empty lobby away from it. first real scare I've had in a game in a long time.

  On 12/6/2016 at 7:15 AM, ghOsty said:

 

  On 12/2/2016 at 11:20 AM, bitroast said:

Hideo Kojima presents Norman Reedus .. Guillermo del Toro .. Mads Mikkelsen .. starring in a Hideo Kojima .. directed by Hideo Kojima

 

/ Hideo Kojima

 

I still don't get exactly what this game is after watching both trailers... However with all those names involved (and Junji Ito perhaps still having an influence on creature design), I'm fucking sold, whatever it is. It would appear some elements of what would have been Silent Hills will carry over, but I'm guessing this will be a bit more action-oriented than pure survival-horror. 

 

there's absolutely no way at this point to know what the game will be. the trailers are all hype building and smokes+n+mirrors. 

there has been the bit of news recently that the game is being developed on the Guerrilla Games' Decima engine. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decima_(game_engine)

not much to gauge from that. i am starting to think it's likely this will be a ps4 exclusive at this point .. maybe. 

Someone's set out to make retro gaming easier than ever:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/retroengine-sigma-mini-console-media-player-cool#/

Looks really good; hopefully this sees the light of day!

don't see how it's any better than a pi3 which even has built in blue tooth now?

Dark Souls getting a possible remastered trilogy release on Switch

  On 12/6/2016 at 7:43 AM, usagi said:

Alien: Isolation is fucking great. the A E S T H E T I C S.

 

I ran facefirst into a xeno at 3am this morning because I stumbled into a box on the far side of a big empty lobby away from it. first real scare I've had in a game in a long time.

Playing that game with the dynamic sound range on and hearing huge volumes of bassy sirens rumble out suddenly while being plunged into darkness were terrifying if great times.

60fps on PC makes the xeno so much more scary too.

  On 12/6/2016 at 9:40 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Dark Souls getting a possible remastered trilogy release on Switch

according to who ?

  On 12/7/2016 at 3:38 AM, Bechuga said:

 

  On 12/6/2016 at 7:43 AM, usagi said:

Alien: Isolation is fucking great. the A E S T H E T I C S.

 

I ran facefirst into a xeno at 3am this morning because I stumbled into a box on the far side of a big empty lobby away from it. first real scare I've had in a game in a long time.

 

Playing that game with the dynamic sound range on and hearing huge volumes of bassy sirens rumble out suddenly while being plunged into darkness were terrifying if great times.

 

60fps on PC makes the xeno so much more scary too.

 

absolutely. my ears have become attuned to the slightest sound of thumping in the vents. I had to turn the music down a bit because it was interfering.

  On 12/7/2016 at 4:03 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 12/6/2016 at 9:40 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Dark Souls getting a possible remastered trilogy release on Switch

according to who ?

 

Laura Kate Dale, "she" has proven to be a pretty reliable Nintendo leak source so far.

  On 12/7/2016 at 4:14 AM, usagi said:

 

  On 12/7/2016 at 3:38 AM, Bechuga said:

 

  On 12/6/2016 at 7:43 AM, usagi said:

Alien: Isolation is fucking great. the A E S T H E T I C S.

 

I ran facefirst into a xeno at 3am this morning because I stumbled into a box on the far side of a big empty lobby away from it. first real scare I've had in a game in a long time.

 

Playing that game with the dynamic sound range on and hearing huge volumes of bassy sirens rumble out suddenly while being plunged into darkness were terrifying if great times.

 

60fps on PC makes the xeno so much more scary too.

 

 

absolutely. my ears have become attuned to the slightest sound of thumping in the vents. I had to turn the music down a bit because it was interfering.

 

I turned the music off entirely, as it was just acting like an announcement most of the time.

  On 12/7/2016 at 7:30 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

  On 12/7/2016 at 4:03 AM, bitroast said:

 

  On 12/6/2016 at 9:40 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Dark Souls getting a possible remastered trilogy release on Switch

according to who ?

 

 

Laura Kate Dale, "she" has proven to be a pretty reliable Nintendo leak source so far.

 

From Software is listed as a Switch developer... I'd hope they'd put one of their new IPs on it though instead.

GameCube games will be added to Virtual Console on Switch; Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion and Smash Bros Melee already being ported, original Animal Crossing also in the works. It sounds like they will produce GameCube controller attachments as well.

I'd love to see the remastered Star Wars Rogue Squadron Trilogy released, that Factor 5 had ready to go on Wii years ago, but since they regrouped as a new developer, who knows if they still own that IP anymore.

Finally trying out Fallout 4 with mods, now that it's been out for over a year. Decided to start a fresh playthrough from scratch tho in case it corrupted any previous saves.

Playing through the prologue again though on the day of nuclear armageddon struck a deeper chord this time with me. Just thinking like "please, don't let this game end up being a simulator for real life"

 

  On 12/8/2016 at 12:24 AM, Rubin Farr said:

GameCube games will be added to Virtual Console on Switch; Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion and Smash Bros Melee already being ported, original Animal Crossing also in the works. It sounds like they will produce GameCube controller attachments as well.

 

I'd love to see the remastered Star Wars Rogue Squadron Trilogy released, that Factor 5 had ready to go on Wii years ago, but since they regrouped as a new developer, who knows if they still own that IP anymore.

that's enough to make it an insta-buy for me

The Switch sure will have a lot of old games on it.

  On 7/16/2016 at 8:09 AM, jaderpansen said:

 

  On 7/16/2016 at 6:11 AM, sweepstakes said:

The world would be a better place if every man, woman, and child beat at least the first challenge of TIS-100.

 

oooh you remind me i'm stuck at 9 programs after about 11 hours of gameplay since half a year XP... should really try to get back into it, does a really great job at making you feel like a genius when you finally see those numbers flow, especially when you're actually borderline dyscalculiac like me XP... absolutely beautiful game (including demure visual aesthetics)!

...

wasn't the first segment like literally just mov-ing numbers straight to outlets, tho?

planning to gift my humble self its spiritual successor for christmas:

http://www.zachtronics.com/shenzhen-io/