SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 New footage and info from Lego Star Wars. What if this actually ends up being good? Also, any more theories on how music will be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,616 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I loled: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Starting Tunic on my Xbox tonight. It’s the new indie hotness. Zelda inspired, getting rave reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,709 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 On 10/03/2022 at 3:41 PM, SilverTrumpet said: New footage and info from Lego Star Wars. What if this actually ends up being good? Also, any more theories on how music will be done? A Star Wars game from Warner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 10 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Starting Tunic on my Xbox tonight. It’s the new indie hotness. Zelda inspired, getting rave reviews. In the last 18 hours it's all I've heard about, but before that I've never heard of it at all. What put it on people's radars? Did a major publisher push it hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 Sounds too hardcore difficulty for me these days, given its otherwise lovely art style and cutesy protagonist. I just associate that sort of thing (isometric adventure) with gameplay that is somewhat more laid back and less intensive. When I feel like an actual satisfying challenge in a game I'll eventually just pick up Elden Ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I'm not a huge fan of the isometric view (and classic Zelda is actually top-down anyway), but I enjoyed the hour of Tunic I played last night. I did die a few times but there's always a checkpoint nearby. I was having a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 I finally got around to installing the necessary prerequisites (CEMU Emulator) and setting everything just right to play Breath of the Wild on my PC, blown up on a 65" C1 OLED displaying at 4k but internally rendering at 5k. It is indeed a spellbinding, if not stupendously flawless (as they say), adventure. It looks beautiful, even by today's standards. Visually almost timeless, quite possibly. So I've been chilling in the evenings, slowly making my way through the game. It's a very relaxing pastime, chipping away at the serenely paced central quest line and experimenting with the world's delightful systems. I'm enjoying it a lot. Positivatee and Loert 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 It is a very relaxing game just for sort of aimless exploration. "I'll just go get that tower over there, I'll just go see what's in that valley, I'll just go check out that village" and suddenly it's been 3 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,616 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Yea I sunk 200 hours into that game and it sure didn't feel like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 I found out after the fact that I'd beaten one of the game's hardest bosses in drastically the wrong order. Naboris by Gerudo Town, my son tells me I should have taken that Divine Beast on last. I did it first though. I only had six hearts, and it was an absolute fucker. I almost put the game down, thinking all the bosses would see these ridiculous difficulty spikes. But on the bright side at least it's now out of the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,616 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Hmmm, IIRC I did the Gerudo area divine beast second. Is that the Lightning Ganon? If so that was the hardest boss I fought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I liked BOTW so much I was one of the psychopaths that bothered to collect all the poops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 My kids call them peanut butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 That's probably closer to what they taste like since they come from trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Jay said: Hmmm, IIRC I did the Gerudo area divine beast second. Is that the Lightning Ganon? If so that was the hardest boss I fought Yeah him. He was cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,616 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 I felt like the king of the world when I finally beat him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Won’t be returning to Tunic. It’s got that annoying indie game trope where the presentation is so minimalist, so “pure,” to the point where it doesn’t have any personality IMO. And yeah when I’m banging my head against a boss over and over and over, a little personality helps keep me in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 This actually looked pretty great. Any guesses on composer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I don't really understand what the "gameplay loop" of the game will be. I can't see it being like a life sim type game where you have to make sure you're in bed on time, manage your class schedule, be in the Great Hall for mealtimes and just... go to your classes every day. But they have to do at least some of that to make it feel like you're going to Hogwarts. I dunno, also wand gameplay doesn't seem like it would be fun. But I am very open to being proven wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 It mostly seems like a Skyrim type game. So there'll be quests and stuff that you do stuff for the teachers or other characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Yeah, but most of those types of games you play a character who can basically go anywhere and do anything at any time as you please. In this one you play a student with an incredibly regimented schedule and rulebound life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,661 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Yeah, but most of those types of games you play a character who can basically go anywhere and do anything at any time as you please. In this one you play a student with an incredibly regimented schedule and rulebound life. Maybe classes will level up the main character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 You can break the rules, but then it becomes like Alien Isolation except hiding from professors instead of a xenomorph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Disco Stu said: In this one you play a student with an incredibly regimented schedule and rulebound life. Rockstar pulled it off with Bully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 That’s not the vibe I got from the gameplay reveal, but I’m certainly watching this one with fascination just to see if they really pull off the Wizarding game people have always wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Yeah going by that trailer it looks pretty good, I'm actually intrigued! The visuals are gorgeous, and I love the period costuming, not an easy thing to communicate considering the wizard world already dresses pretty old-timey. Combat appears to be a bit repetitive though, watching that just felt like "stun, grab, disarm/attack" over and over again. I hope there's some fun combat spells like rictusempra (where the victim uncontrollably laughs, inexplicably in the film of CoS it was just... a pushy thing), even if it's just early on, before you progress to stupefy or the curses. Seeing petrificus totalus in there is pretty fun, and getting plants/beasts to help out is cool! Can't say the story intrigues me much, just another chosen one RPG character with a mysterious past blah blah blah. Looks like the kind of game that I'd spend most of my time doing side-quests, so hopefully they're decent. Who's the obvious composer for this? Once upon a time it would've been Jeremy Soule, but.... yeah. Maybe James Hannigan, who did a fairly good job adapting Hedwig's Theme in his games? Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 19, 2022 Author Share Posted March 19, 2022 Re: Hogwarts. I'd guess it's following the older zelda/metrovania template. Either that, or Mass Effect/Witcher 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,349 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Behold! My favorite games. Not particularly ranked except the top left being my #1. If ya’ll wanna make one of your own, the site is Vgtopsters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Very interesting list. I know people freaking love Ratchet games, but I don't think I've ever met anyone who's said one of them is easily their #1 favorite game of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 What I really want to play right now is this 90s computer game I used to play on the Power Macintosh 5200s in my middle school computer lab. It was called Diamonds, a Breakout variant, and it was a great timewaster for a 12 year old https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamonds_(video_game) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,616 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Looks like you can download a playable version here https://mblaine.github.io/Diamonds/ Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,635 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 "Game journalists" have to stop this NOW because they ruining gaming for everyone . That type of article is pretty much the epitome of what has gone wrong with wokeness infiltrating the entertainment industry like a cancer. I don't need an endless virtue signaling dissertation telling me I'm a biggot if I play Hogwarts Legacy. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/jk-rowlings-anti-transgender-stance-and-hogwarts-legacy/1100-6501632/ Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,709 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Too controversial for JWFan, sorry. (but I did lol at the title and how extensive the article is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,635 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 That said It might be one of the few "movie based" games I'm interested in playing because it looks like an open world RPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,252 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 50 minutes ago, King Mark said: "Game journalists" have to stop this NOW before they ruin gaming for everyone . This is pretty much the epitome of what has gone wrong with wokeness infiltrating pop culture like a cancer. I don't need an endless virtue signaling dissertation telling me I'm a biggot if I play Hogwarts Legacy. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/jk-rowlings-anti-transgender-stance-and-hogwarts-legacy/1100-6501632/ Just play the games you like to play. No one is preventing you from doing so. Games media has been notoriously left wing for nearly a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Also, just stop reading articles from those kinds of websites. If the article inflamed your anger and you then shared it with other people then it did exactly what it was designed to do. Do you buy and force yourself to read rag newspaper articles as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,635 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 yeah but it's Gamespot...that's a major mainstream gaming site telling me I shouldn't be playing this game and to take a stand with an issue I don't give a shit about, which is not what a gaming website should be doing, ever. I already deleted Kotaku from my bookmarks for that reason. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,661 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Been playing a lot of Bloodborne lately. Never thought I'd get into a Souls game but the progression is incredibly intuitive and satisfying. The difficulty, while tough, still feels fair (apart from the overly delayed attack queue system, you rarely feel like you're "fighting the game"). Souls games are known for their tight map design but it's still really cool playing in a higher level area and opening a door to an area you were playing 5+ hours ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,437 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 The replay of the second Uncharted led into a replay of the third ... I'd kinda forgotten how intense the shootouts can be, there's been a LOT of 'Oh, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!' as Nate bites the dust yet again under very heavy opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,635 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Not Mr. Big said: Been playing a lot of Bloodborne lately. Never thought I'd get into a Souls game but the progression is incredibly intuitive and satisfying. The difficulty, while tough, still feels fair (apart from the overly delayed attack queue system, you rarely feel like you're "fighting the game"). Souls games are known for their tight map design but it's still really cool playing in a higher level area and opening a door to an area you were playing 5+ hours ago. I like the Dark Souls games better because I can use ranged magic. Bloodborne was still manageable because I could power level through it but Sekiro is the absolute worse in terms on unfair combat and the only souls game I hated and don't recommend. I also liked less the gothic environments of Bloodborne compared to the high fantasy worlds of Dark Souls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 6 hours ago, Not Mr. Big said: Been playing a lot of Bloodborne lately. Never thought I'd get into a Souls game but the progression is incredibly intuitive and satisfying. The difficulty, while tough, still feels fair (apart from the overly delayed attack queue system, you rarely feel like you're "fighting the game"). Souls games are known for their tight map design but it's still really cool playing in a higher level area and opening a door to an area you were playing 5+ hours ago. I never made it past the opening area in like a town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 15 hours ago, King Mark said: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/jk-rowlings-anti-transgender-stance-and-hogwarts-legacy/1100-6501632/ Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,661 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I never made it past the opening area in like a town. That's the hardest part of the game. I just had to power through it and gradually level up my character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 Bloodborne was awesome, loved it. I rarely play those sorts of games anymore, but I will occasionally put myself into "the mode" when one comes along which I really fancy. It's all about the early grind, gradually becoming intimately knowledgeable of environmental hazards, and progressing into an absolute beast of a warrior once it all clicks. Very satisfying gameplay loop which requires deep reserves of patience before it becomes apparent. Nine times out of ten though my game time involves chilling, so something much more accessible and less punishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 I'd probably be more willing to push through if I found the art direction and world of From games appealing but honestly I think they're very ugly. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 Bloodborne has some of the best art direction I've seen in a game tbh. It's at once nightmarish and wondrous. People tend to praise the gloomy gothic feel, but some of the locations have more of a "rural Brothers Grimm" style about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 It's no knock on the talent of anyone involved or the taste of anyone who likes it, I just don't dig that dark fantasy aesthetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Me neither. That and jank to win mechanics was always why I never got into Souls games. I like the concept though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,400 Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 There's very, very little in the way of jank in these games, although to the uninitiated I can see why it might feel that way after players get their arse handed to them by superbly designed but brutally uncompromising combat mechanics. At least in the first few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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