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4 hours ago, Littleronin said:

In his mind I think he sees that as not being a real filmmaker. 

If he was willing to direct episodes of CSI or ER, than he shouldn't have a problem directing a 10 episode mini-series. It would basically be like directing a really long movie. A lot of big time A list directors have directed TV in this modern era of premium TV.

Ummm there's a livestream for For Honor this Thursday announcing more additions to the game

2 minutes ago, Ghost_MH said:

 

I remember when these numbers first popped up and this was my take away. New game comes out, a bunch of people buy/play them, and then go back to their long time favorites. I don't see this as a bad thing.

 

The industry has had this unhealthy obsession with holding onto players' attention for as long as possible, even if the game doesn't warrant it. There is nothing wrong with a great single player game that everyone pays for and then moves on from. However, that's treated like some sort of failure; like how WB wants to double down on live service games and move away from even ultra successful single player games. I get that everyone wants to be the next forever game, but the industry is going to kill itself if that's all everyone is aiming for.

 

I just read an article about this sort of thing earlier today...

I'm so sick of games that shoot themselves in the foot just to boost phoney player engagement numbers | PC Gamer

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Someone please take the shotgun away from in-game economy designers who are ruining the goodwill built up by the rest of the team.

 

 

The video in the original post makes pretty much the same argument as this article... not that anyone bothered to watch it or anything.

Finally starting this tonight...

I really think he should approach a Streaming service and do a Ten episode Magnum Opus. He writes scripts like novels andyway and aways has to edit himself down. I'd be curious to see what Tarantino's work would look like if runtime wasn't a consideration. Outside of that, he's been hit or miss for me with his last couple of films.

"Gamers spent most of their time playing games that are six years or older"

Wow... just wow.

28 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

Mine would be (not necessarily for campaign tho)

1. Return to Castle Wolfenstein 
2. Fallout 4
3. Far Cry 4
4. Half Life 2
5. Metroid Prime
6. Quake 2
7. Doom
8. BioShock
9. Prey
10. idk rn

 

 

 

THIS list is about the campaigns doe...

2 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

I shouldn't have said everyone because I absolutely know for a fact you don't care about reviews in the slightest. I care. 

14 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

Oh, I honestly do put a lot of stock in what some reviewers say. I know I'm in the minority here with that view. But I find it funny everyone here says they don't care about reviews yet they always refer to the oc scores wade or keyser posts. 

When have you ever heard me refer to review scores when I talk about games? I don't care about reviews when it comes to anything not just games. I give even less credence to movie reviewers than I give to gaming sites and have done so since college. The only opinion that matters ultimately is YOURS.

My character is about to get a whole new makeover.

Just now, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Right - those are also FPA's rather than FPS's.

These guys call them "Immersive Sims". I had never heard that term before.

2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

The scammer needs to be charged as an accessory to murder.

Is they can find them... the account was traced to a burner phone in Canada. I worked on this story last night and had to sit through this footage unedited. Listening to this woman scream for help filled me with sadness and rage. Bothered me for the rest of the night.

Just now, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

If we were to include an FPA like Metroid Prime, we might as well unclude an FPRPG like Deus Ex while we're at it!

 

The problem is that neither of them are particularly stellar at the "S" part of FPS!

Yeah Deus Ex crossed my mind too. So did Dishonered and Prey and a bunch of other games that don't quite fit this criteria.

11 minutes ago, gamer.tv said:

I need to dig into the Wolfenstein games 

I played and beat the first one but not the second. I'll probably tackle that soon... need a more linear shorter experience after so many open world games.

22 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

Why not? Clearly there's still a fanbase and Ubi is still supporting it. Game is what? 10 years old now? EDIT: It's 8 years old. 

24 minutes ago, best3444 said:

 

Yea I get it. Biggie should have done more research on the game but I actually bought it for him so he had nothing to lose lol. 

Yes but there was no secret that this game does not hold your hand in quest progression. I said it SEVERAL times before the game came out and there were plenty of previews and articles that said so as well. The game never misrepresented itself at all so if you go into the game expecting something else despite being told what the game is that's on YOU (the gamer). I'm only responding because I was tagged... I have zero interest in getting into a back and forth. Some of the "critiques" I see in here about this game are WAAAAY off base but to each their own in my opinion 

From What Culture Gaming

Full List For The Lazy

10. Titanfall 2

9. Wolfenstein The New Order

8. Metro Last Light

7. Borderlands 2

6. Far Cry 3

5. Doom 2016

4. Bioshock

3. Half Life 2

2. Halo 3

1. COD4 Modern Warfare

I've played and beaten most of these but not all. May need to check out Borderlands 2 at some point. I remember being turned off by the first game... in fact I think it was one of few games I returned so i didn't even bother with the second. Also I'm not sure if I would put COD4 at number one although I think it deserves a place on the list. Lastly if I was going to put a Halo game on here, i would put Reach over Halo 3 although I get why they wanted to put one that had Master Chief in it. Surprised none of the Stalker games made it though. Not a bad list over all.

3 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Yes a lot of the appeal and why it was so critically hailed is because it goes against the grain of what so many modern RPGs do. Some of the coolest moments in the game are go to this location and find this thing, like the "Investigate the False Sovran" quest. He was like there's a village here, go have a look. Then you find the village, then you have to talk to the people there then you uncover what you're looking for then some extra stuff, and I thought it was super cool.

 

There are a lot of fans of the first game that seem to really want to dump on this game but there is no quest like that in the first game.

 

I was actually trying to refrain from getting into this discussion but I'll lay it out and then that will be that.

 

Like I said to @Dexterryu earlier in the thread. The main priorities of the game are:

 

1. The Combat: Right off the bat, much like the first game, the main draw is the combat. Now, the first game seemed to be a bit more floaty, like you could do more launchers and such but I do enjoy the more grounded approach of the second game as well. So if you're complaining about fighting, well then you've come to the wrong game. When I started the first game I said the game was "What if an Elder Scrolls Game but if the combat was fun" and I would say the same for the second game as well.

 

2. The world exploration. There is so much to find in the game. I go off the beaten path often. Like I said I'm 60 hours into the game, I still haven't gone to the second area and I'm still finding tons of caves and other places I've never explored. I feel like this is also an improvement over the first game. The first game felt a lot more constricted and a lot of the quest were "go here and come back" and narrow canyons with a few places to look around but it felt like a very proof of concept curated world than what Dragon's Dogma 2 is.

 

3. The story I never felt any connection to. The story is your journey and your pawn more than some gripping narrative, which is fine to me because it gives you time to explore and do side quests and explore and whatever. If you liked Breath of the Wild this is about on par with that game, but with less goofing off imo. And yes I was baffled by the story of the first game which felt like a whole lot of nothing till you got to the end then it was very strange. Not everyone had the luxury to go through that but that's not something that turned me off from the sequel, it made me want to engage with it more.

 

Overall I would say if you're not feeling it now perhaps come back to the game in a month or a couple of weeks or whatever. Come back with a fresh mind, you know what to expect and like you ( @Paperclyp ) said, can now engage the game on it's own terms instead of expecting it to conform to what you want.

Rise of the Ronin retains surprising PS5 player count after slow start

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Despite a slow start with PS5 players at launch, Rise of the Ronin's PS5 player count for April 2024 suggests the game has enjoyed consistent popularity since.

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Rise of the Ronin's PS5 player count has dropped only 20% after four weeks

Player drop-off is considerably lower than the average single-player focused PS5 game

Rise of the Ronin is losing fewer players than Dragon's Dogma 2 and other 2024 releases

1 hour ago, Biggie said:

That was such a cool game

Still is apparently... people are still playing it.

This is fucked up on so many levels. 

Ohio man, 81, fatally shoots Uber driver, 61, after scammers target both of them, officials say

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William Brock told investigators he shot Loletha Hall because he thought she was working with a man who called and threatened him and his family. Hall didn't...

3 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

Ubisoft is also known for adding tons of post-launch content for free in their games to keep you engaged, in addition to the paid DLC.

This is so true... they are STILL supporting For Honor which is shocking to me.  How old is that game now? 

15 minutes ago, Phaseknox said:

The live service stuff is annoying, bloated and intrusive, but the single player story campaign has been pretty fun. I just recently played through Black Widow’s level, and it was one of the best so far. She’s my favorite character in the game.

She was my main character when I did the post game stuff. I maxed her out first. Definitely one of my favs.