Xbob42

fuckin weebs

Is it really so hard to comprehend? It takes Pokemon and does fun, silly shit with them and has you interact with them more than you ever can in normal Pokemon games, while also being a silly parody. I can unlock an ability to use my dumb sheep like a shield, I can throw them at certain facilities to "automate" them, they have both combat and crafting/gathering skills, and you can give Pikachu a glock. While it's certainly more successful than I imagined, I don't find anything artificial about it, it's been the talk of the town since that first "Pokemon with guns" trailer.

I still don't know why people are saying Gears of War, does it turn into a cover shooter or something later? It's still 100% a survival game like Ark, Rust, etc. That said, now that I'm mostly over my cold, I'm getting back into it. Gotta say, starting to really enjoy it. The combat is more satisfying and polished than other survival games I've played, with proper dodges, sidesteps, backflips and such to give it a bit of a Zelda feel, with melee hits really impacting enemies, making a fun little sound effect on hit, and just selling the hits well. Enemies have unique animations for attacks that feel polished and professionally made rather than typical survival game "we just needed to get this game out" jank. There's a big tech tree, and you unlock stuff on it pretty quickly, helping to ease you into each gameplay system without overwhelming you, I found a "lucky" Pal which has what is basically the shiny icon from Pokemon, but rather than coloration it appears to be an extra "lucky" trait for +attack and +work speed (for your sweatshops) -- I found it because I heard a weird tinkly noise and saw it proudly posing on top of a rock with a golden aura, which was really fun and silly. Still super early, but I'm digging it. I still say I'd like it 100x more and more easily if it was like a structured MMO or even a structured co-op game or something rather than being survival. I feel like you make a survival game when you feel like making a gameplay system and a world map but get tired before actually making content with all of that, so you have the players "make" the content. Whatever, it is what it is, and it's better than I expected after opening it and punching trees.

Sounds like they need to rebuild their algorithm from scratch to counteract SEO as a whole, SEO has been a huge cancer that helps enshitify everything.

Pokemon x Gears of War? It's more like Ark + Pokemon. Even the character creator is one of those "you have to try pretty hard to not make a deformed oompa loompa" deals. Honestly I have no idea why it's part survival game, I think that actually just brings it way down. Any game where I begin by fucking punching trees automatically has an uphill climb to keep my interest these days, as I've been over that shit for like a decade. That said, the actual Pokemon style mechanics seem neat, but I've not played enough to judge more than that. Been sick, so I'm waiting until I feel better to dig in.

Can I put a punisher logo on my Warhammer space nazis?

The idea of them turning a bunch of barely-known ancient franchises into massive hits (or even moderately successful ones that'll move the GP numbers at all) when they can't even get their flagships straight seems idealistic in the extreme to me. Don't get me wrong, I'd love for them to look at all those old franchises, but they somehow secured a Bethesda dud. I'm sure Starfield did "fine," but it did not do Skyrim numbers. They can't even buy their way into great games lately. It's almost comical how every chance they get on near-surefire hits just keeps making a big wet fart.

You just described what Microsoft spent the last 20 years doing and it didn't work.

I did. Then I got this big ass wedge pillow for my bed. Been waking up feeling great ever since. All hail the wedge!

I hope they both lose rights to this and it sets precedent that a fucking letter can't be trademarked.

I feel like Ubisoft's general level of success is nowhere near high enough to warrant such bold speculation/proclamations.

Uhh, why does it have The Evil Within's exact UI? I mean, I guess they flipped it and changed the color? I guess it's all derivative of RE4 (even RE4 Remake's UI looks more like The Evil Within's now) but still, a little too close to me, my first thought was "wait, I recognize this UI"

Alright, only had a brief chance to play, but visually the difference is pretty striking. Outdoor areas are a bit odd because you can see a lot of textures still being fullbright when they should be in shade, but the quality of everything is so dramatically higher than the base game, though there's still the occasional bug. Like the beheading at the beginning, the dude's weird face rags were left floating in the air where his head was prior to being removed, which was funny. Seems like every other menu has a tooltip from a mod popping up, which makes sense with 2000 mods, but is a little annoying the first time around. Seems to clear up pretty quick though. Only had a chance to do a few minutes of combat, and while the bones seemed the same (at least when swinging a 1-handed axe at level 1) the fact that enemies actually react to being struck with more than just an occasional weird twitch is a huge improvement. I'll wait and see how it develops, but combat at least feels more kinetic and impactful, which was always the worst part of Skyrim combat; slashing away at an unflinching enemy while doing chip damage to their giga health bar. Or going the punk ass bitch route of stealth archer so you basically don't do combat, which is an even more damning admission that it sucked. I look forward to digging into this more, the amount of things that have been changed is staggering. Also I selected nudity, as it said "some" character would become fully nude when their clothes were removed. Every time I loot the armor off someone it's full on cock n balls or vag. Physics enabled too! In a weird way. If you try and step on a lady, and this is the weirdest shit I've ever seen in a game, her boobs will of course fly around all crazy, but her vagina will also become a real gaper and react in the most unusual ways. 10/10

Lay off the woooorld baby!

Already got the first draft up!

Awww shit! Thanks man! Now time to kill my 4080!

Hm, $8 is a lot more reasonable than $20. Maybe I'll give it a shot.

Do I? It didn't mention I owned it on the Steam page. Does it show up in your library as anniversary edition? Because I only see Skyrim and Special Edition. EDIT: Yeah, no DLC options when I right click the game to check properties, and when I install the game and open it, it just has a big ad for buying the anniversary upgrade. Classic Bethesda!

I was ready to say "eh, what the hell" but seeing I'd need to pay $20 for the anniversary edition upgrade halted that thought in its tracks.

I present to you: the newest game! I think it's actually a pretty damn good game, but dear god is it hurt badly by looking and especially running like ass.

Carmen Santiago is the European version, like the Great Giana Sisters.

Building underground tunnels to gain illegal access... couldn't they just walk in the front door?

Hell yeah, I'm all for not shying away from what Pokemon actually is! Can't wait to fuck my legally distinct Lucario!