Board 8 > transience's video game topic 51: I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA Man

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I'm assuming that key's on PC, right?

Also, has anyone played Wasteland 2: DC? It looks like an amazing game (just waiting for a price drop/sale at this point)
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yeah, PC version

I don't think any of the CRPG revivals run too hot on console outside of Original Sin
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I would be interested in Dark Souls 2, but I'm really bad at Dark Souls 1.

I know I'd eventually buy it, but might take me 2-3 years to get there.

(Unless someone carries me on multiplayer lol)
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Did you ever finish Dark Souls 1?
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I beat the first boss after a half dozen tries.

I got picked up by some big bird, ran around joined up with a friend, someone invaded us, we all dead.
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iiicon posted...

you know, I don't think I've so much as seen a screenshot of the PSP Dissidia games.

I played a bunch of the first one, then my PSP's disc drive died right after getting the second one. This new one seems pretty different just being 3v3, though I'll admit I haven't looked too much into it.
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dark souls 2 is pretty okay
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DONTNOD released two trailers for Vampyr today, along with a date (November) and price ($50 on PC, I assume $60 on console)

they are... ambitious, I'll give them that.
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hey @voltch, you were asking about Battletech earlier - here's a solid article:
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/battletech-brings-mechwarrior-2-mercenaries-into-a-post-xcom-world
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This morning, I discovered that Google Earth has a built in flight simulator
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Minecraft Story Mode - Season 2

Was the first one a success for Telltale?
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we don't get sales numbers from Telltale but the first season was the first TT game since TWD S1 to get additional episodes since TWD S1, if that gives you any indication.

my nephew really liked that first game.
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the first one is good for what it is
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it's kinda paced really weird? like the story concludes before the first run of episodes ends, and then they added a few more. I do think it has a bit more going on for it than most people assume. it's among the most visually ambitious TT games they've made, behind Borderlands and Fables.
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Seems like its kinda slipping under the radar or maybe there's just too big a glut of telltale games.

I haven't started batman or guardians of the galaxy, but those seem cool enough.
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i did not care for batman at all. it mined storylines that have long since exhausted.

i do think you're right about telltale games not being special anymore. twd s3 just concluded and nobody is talking about it. batman came and went last year. guardians is already on episode 2 and i'd bet most people didn't know the first episode came out
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I think batman could work for me and my friend because we havent really tapped into his lore that much.

We've seen the movies and i have read maybe 7 or 8 of his comics. Only played arkham asylum and maybe a half dozen hours of city.

So ive only scratched the surface of his character.

I think the only telltale offering that could really get me hyped is wolf among us 2.

Or a collaboration with another solid dev in the genre.
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voltch posted...

Or a collaboration with another solid dev in the genre.

well former TT devs went on to form Night School, then made Oxenfree and a really cool Mr. Robot game. it's not quite what you're looking for, but close!
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I actually am like halfway through the last episode of A NEW FRONTIER now. I feel like telltale is so creatively burnt out. I played batman and I have the same level of batman exposure as voltch and still felt like I had seen everything in it before.
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oxenfree is incredible
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are you telling me you didn't feel the bare, raw, human emotion during the parent murder flashbacks?
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TexasZea posted...

I actually am like halfway through the last episode of A NEW FRONTIER now. I feel like telltale is so creatively burnt out. I played batman and I have the same level of batman exposure as voltch and still felt like I had seen everything in it before.

Well it could be worse. They could have hours of walking filler like the tv series >_>

I thought Batman was meh, and like y'all said, it wasn't really anything new
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iiicon posted...

are you telling me you didn't feel the bare, raw, human emotion during the parent murder flashbacks?

I like some of the ideas but I'm just not really feeling this game. the main reason I bought this was to see where clementine's character goes and that's really underwhelming. for me anyway. I don't even know what people think about this game because it seems like nobody is playing it.

wait you're talking about batman
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oh no I was talking about Batman!

what I like about about Clem in these games is each new game recontextualizes her character, giving us a new perspective on her, keeping her fresh. ANF attempts to make us question her allegiances though and I don't think it's successful in that.
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I can't really think of too many recent devs that are like TT.

As in, they still keep putting out a steady stream of games that are still good, yet they just seem to lose momentum with each new game.

Usually devs either put out a bad game that earns bad will, or they just take too long to release something.
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voltch posted...

As in, they still keep putting out a steady stream of games that are still good, yet they just seem to lose momentum with each new game.

Zeboyd Games?
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Wait, cosmic star heroine didnt help?
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iiicon posted...

oh no I was talking about Batman!

what I like about about Clem in these games is each new game recontextualizes her character, giving us a new perspective on her, keeping her fresh. ANF attempts to make us question her allegiances though and I don't think it's successful in that.

I agree with that on Clem -- her character's really fleshed out in TWD S2 especially, I think
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the worst thing is the amount of times this game has crashed
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good thread title
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thanks!

E3 is in a couple hours, so here's a quick list of the 10 games I want to see most this week:

Below: one look at a screenshot of this game was enough to sell me. I just need to see this still exists. It's been pushed, and pushed, and pushed, but I'm still here, waiting for a date. Don't break my heart, Capy.

XCOM 2 Expansion: what does this look like? Is it about that other alien menace humanity isn't prepared for? Does it tease Terror from the Deep?

New Game from Brothers Dev: We'll see this today. I want to be surprised. Brothers is a very poignant and thoughtful game, with an interesting play mechanic, and I'll be there for their next game.

State of Decay 2, Ori 2: I think I'm okay with these games if they're just the same experience, but built out a bit more and with some QOL changes? Exciting, I know.

Xenoblade 2: Chronicles was defined by its melodramatic 90s jRPG story. XCX was defined by its scale. What's going to set this one apart?

Tacoma: Gone Home is the ultimate video game, because the medium changes how the player experiences the story. Gone Home is only Gone Home because it's a video game. It's a story told with care and attention. I want to see how Gaynor's team follows that up. It's close, I can feel it, and I bet we get another showcase at Microsoft telling us we can go play it soon.

Pyre: Bastion and Transistor are two wonderful games I don't quite love. Supergiant are capable of creating incredible post-apocalyptic worlds that don't exactly match up with what our preconception of those worlds. They have wonderful music. Their combat is unique and malleable. But they always fall just short of whisking me away completely. I don't anticipate Pyre to break this trend for me, but I'm still interested in it nonetheless.

Wolfenstein: The New Colossus. What an incredible time for shooter campaigns we live in. The two Wolfenstein games, DOOM, Titanfall 2 all delivered memorable experiences. What surprised me most about The New Order is that it was set in this greater America vs. Evil conflict and yet never overwhelmed you with insufferable jingoistic garbage that taints so much American media. Also you could dual-wield everything and rip apart robo doggos. So, you know, good stuff.

Spider-Man PS4: All I hope for is that Insomniac's creativity isn't stifled by the license they represent. This has the potential for a great, great game. Every Spider-Man game for like a decade has made you say, "oh but remember the good ones?" Well, this one might be one of the good ones.
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What about State of Decay 1 and Crackdown 2 has people so excited for their sequels?


And with Sony announcing Japanese stuff will be fairly important, what do we even expect from them?
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State of Decay 1 was this really interesting XBLA zombie survival game with emergent gameplay mechanics where you ostensibly gathered resources and companions to fight zombies but your real enemy was entropy.
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Wargroove looks like it really is the Advance Wars successor we've all been waiting for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbUQMxISOnc
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Man, a 90 minute video. Thanks for that!

did we already know Chucklefish picked that up? That game is going to sell gangbusters.
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Yeah, it's been a Chucklefish joint since day zero, I think it was some of their Starbound folks that came up with it in the first place.
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I really enjoyed the first State of Decay, hope they do something good with the sequel.
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I hope we see any info about Cuphead, that looks like an interesting game too

I can understand why it's taking so long tho, with the entire game being pretty much hand-drawn
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Ah, okay. It seems like they exist to deliberately seek out old ideas waiting to be rediscovered.
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WalkingWiki posted...

I can understand why it's taking so long tho, with the entire game being pretty much hand-drawn

IIRC the delay is because they built out actual levels. When it was first revealed, it was just a boss rush game, but in light of the response they decided to expand the scope of the game.
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iiicon posted...

WalkingWiki posted...

I can understand why it's taking so long tho, with the entire game being pretty much hand-drawn

IIRC the delay is because they built out actual levels. When it was first revealed, it was just a boss rush game, but in light of the response they decided to expand the scope of the game.

Oh, sweet

I suppose that's even better then
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only problem is the "regular" levels they've shown off looked bad. That was last E3 though so maybe they've improved it since then
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man, I didn't even know EA had a press conference and I guess it's on

I've disgraced this topic series's name
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to be fair it's EA and they've moved out of E3
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oh man, fares's new game is co-op?

it.. makes sense, and yet is not quite what I wanted. Brothers, despite its coordination, is deeply solo
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final fantasy picross for 3ds!!

this is not a drill!!

http://www.novacrystallis.com/2017/06/pictlogica-final-fantasy-announced-nintendo-3ds/
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why would i want to level up characters in a picross game

i mean, not complaining, i'm going to download it next month, but still
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I want to level up everything
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Will there be Rain and Lasswell puzzles?
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