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On 1/1/2022 at 11:21 PM, StaceyPowers said:
But it seems on researching that much of the "controversy" was a reaction to having to play as Abby--i.e. having to absorb another perspective and develop empathy. I do not know if this can even be considered entirely separate from all the transphobic complaining--after all, these complaints also come from gamers who do not want to absorb another perspective.
What's funny is that I actually contemplated the lack of insights into the bad guys in my review of the first game, and that they provide exactly that in the second game is probably what made me like it so much. Also the fact that the ending was exactly as I expected or hoped.
It was obvious that those complaining about the trans representation didn't even play the game, as it is such a subtle part. It's not as in many other products tokenized and the only trait of the characters.
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Hangar 13, nothing good came out of that studio.
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11 hours ago, DylanC said:
That said, I enjoyed Alan Wake, and I'm happy to hear about that game getting a sequel.
I enjoyed Alan Wake too, but that is no excuse for the practices they employ.
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11 hours ago, Kane99 said:
That's news to me. What did Remedy do that makes them sellouts?
I mean I can understand now with Tencent working with them, but I don't recall what they did before to be considered sellouts.
They sold the Max Payne franchise to Rockstar, who in turn ruined it with a completely out of theme and character game. And it now lies dead and forgotten for 10 years. One of the most iconic and influential games.
They sold Alan Wake to Microsoft and made it xbox360 exclusive instead of being the much more ambitious title that was aimed for high end PCs originally.
They even demoed real time weather effects that were supposed to be in the game, which were completely removed to fit the game into the hardware capabilities of the xbox 360, also gone were the open-world aspects of the game, which they claimed were done for creative reasons, but I'm not so sure I believe that.As part of the Microsoft deal, their next game Quantum Break was also announced as an XBOX One exclusive. Again excluding a lot of gamers from enjoying the game.
Then they cut ties with Microsoft due to some falling out, and very quickly got in bed with Epic, to make their next game, Control an Epic Games Store Exclusive.
And now they sell out again directly to Tencent (who are the biggest stakeholders in epic)
So I'd say, they have a pretty extensive history of selling out for the highest bidder, instead of doing what's best for their IPs and their fans.
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1 hour ago, Reality vs Adventure said:
I've decided I want to get Mafia Definitive Ed. I've never played the original and I don't see myself jumping into a ps2 game. I've watched videos of this newer release and the scenery looks like I can have some fun with. Is there that much negativity towards it if I don't have the ps2 version to compare to? I actually want to get the trilogy, but the gb for ps4 would be 150gb to download. Screw that. So I decided to get one game in the series at a time.
If you read my review I actually praise the graphics and technical aspects of the game, it is the re-writing of the story and dialogue and changes to characters that is the disservice to the original.
If you never played the original you probably won't pick up on any of it, as you are not aware of the 'definitive' version.
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The developer with the longest history of selling out sells out again. In other news snow is wet.
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- Avatar - I'm instinctively suspicious of anything with too broad of an appeal, if almost everyone likes something it means it caters to the lowest common denominator, so it is probably not very deep or thoughtful
- Most of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Friends - The traditional sitcom genre have never appealed to me, I find them cringe rather than funny. I could basically list all the popular ones.
- Simpsons
- Family Guy
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Heroes
- Supernatural
- Grey's Anatomy
- Stranger Things
- Squid Game
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- Pink Floyd is overrated
- Rammstein is Laibach for kids
- Rap is not music
- Blues and Jazz are indistinguishable from each other
- Cryptocurrency is a bigger threat to civilization than mutually assured destruction was during the cold war
- Atomic energy is the most sustainable way to meet increasing energy demand
- EVs are less eco friendly than cars with internal combustion engines
- UBI is not just necessary but inevitable, and it should've been introduced as far back as the industrial revolution
- Technological unemployment in menial jobs should be encouraged, not fought against
- Only the rich are free in a capitalist society
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I always freeze when I have to come up with names on the spot. Same thing happened when I had to choose a nickname when I first got online and went into a chatroom. So the only thing that came to my mind was the last movie I watched which was the mummy. So I used that name, and then was forced to keep using it so ppl I met online would recognize me. Then later when in one particular chat mummy was already taken I became mummy76. Which later got abbreviated to m76, because I'm lazy. And no, 76 is not the year of my birth, it comes from the game Interstate '76, as does my current icon.
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Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice seemed more promising than it actually turned out to be
Watchdogs too.
Rage 2
Daikatana
Dying Light
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I'm thinking Command & Conquer, there was some loose continuity early on, but the games are more or less completely stand alone.
GTA of course, but that goes without saying.
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2 minutes ago, Withywarlock said:
Quite possibly. It's becoming increasingly common that, with the advent of motion capture, voice actors are having to do the motion capture as well, thinning the line between VA and 'full-on' acting. Matt Mercer and a few other VAs from Critical Role had talked briefly about this during the intro to one of their D&D sessions, but then that was for Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, which was a fantasy setting and they were playing Uruks, so it made sense in that case. But for a lot of games I'd rather just have live action as opposed to CG.
The good news is FMV is coming back in the indie scene, mostly in the form of adventure games.
I'm actually fine with that, I think graphics quality is at the level where we don't really need FMV anymore. And using only motion capture frees up creativity, and you are not constricted by how the actor looks like, of course you still have to get someone who matches your character in broad strokes, but if necessary you can use different actors for animating for the face and the body.
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I was a big fan of the FMV genre, but my utmost favorites are:
Wing Commander IV, Wing Commander V, Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Red Alert 2, Jedi Knight
Wing Commander IV was famous for featuring over 4 hours of FMV. Of course in a single playthrough you wouldn't see all 4 hours, just the ones pertaining to your choices.
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I liked FMV games. I think the biggest reason is thta, It costs more to get screen actors in costume and film something real instead of just using the in game characters in the cutscenes.
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Far Cry 6 was a breeze to get through even on the hardest difficulty, the game offered almost no challenge. You have to go full reckless to die in the game and even then you have a good chance of succeeding.
Also The Last of Us 2 was surprisingly easy compared to the first game. I struggled a lot with the first. But I think it has to do with better designed controls, rather than deliberately making the game easier.
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Not a company per se, but the epic game store, since its inception. And they just gave me more reason to continue to do so by embracing NFTs.
And i'll boycott any game company that puts NFTs in their game.
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36 minutes ago, Heatman said:
I think that there is something very good being cooked up with Elden Ring.
Elden ring might be a good game although I don't like "souls like" games. But it's definitely not outstanding in terms of graphics.
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To me the most annoying shortcut that many developers take is making a character creator where you can only choose between a few presets and not actually create a custom character.
Another one is hard coding buttons and keys and not allowing the player to redefine the inputs.
But the checkpoint based save system is in of itself a shortcut compared to a regular on demand save system.
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From the ones, I still in my mind intend to play probably Thief 3: Deadly Shadows from 2004.
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15 hours ago, Heatman said:
I have never had any issues with CDKeys ever since I have been making use of it for years. There is no way I would compare them with G2A.
Same here, I've been using cdkeys for 6 or 7 years now without an issue. Every key I bought could be activated within seconds.
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100% percent it was. And it has nothing to do with chip shortages and covid. It's just that the games released this year were ranging from bad to mediocre, every one of them.
2022 cannot be worse, because there are a bunch of big names coming out, like Starfield, Gran Turismo 7, Elden Ring, Solar Crown, it is impossible for all of them to be bad.
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7 minutes ago, Crazycrab said:
CDKeys (at least potentially) has the same problem. G2A has the worst reputation but no reseller is immune.
cdkeys is a direct seller, not a marketplace, if they were involved with credit card theft they'd have been caught out long ago.The reason G2A can get away with it is because they aren't directly selling anything so they can plead ignorance.
Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda talks about NFTs
in Gaming News
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For one he doesn't understand the idea of "playing for fun" and views it with contempt. He thinks that people should play for profits, so he wants gamers to be like wow gold farmers.
Then he thinks modding is bad because there are no financial incentives involved. Never mind that bethesda has been obliterated when they tried to implement a pay for mods system. Modding is great because modders make things they think would be nice to have in games, not things they think they can make a quick buck off of.