Games - Free Talk Friday

/r/Games - Free Talk Friday
What's a relatively new, not very well known single player game you've been playing lately?
Blizzard on 'reintroducing' Blackthorne and The Lost Vikings: 'We talk about it quite a bit'
Gamers who have had a hard time getting into or returning to MMO's: what would make them better?
Citra: Announcing Networking Support
Halo 5 on Xbox One X
The Last of Us Part II PGW trailer all but confirms location [x-post r/thelastofus]
Hiveswap: Act 1 Review
Cuphead's fighting game roots
Destiny 2 's Peer-2-Peer Netcode Is Not That Good? - Battle(non)sense
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Monster Hunter Word videos show off new monster, weapons, armor plus developer interview
Don't Make Love Announcement Trailer
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Skipping the Opening of South Park - The Fractured But Whole leads to a Special Ending.
New character design by Saudi woman chosen by SNK to be featured in upcoming game
PlayZONE S02E05 with Shuhei Yoshida at #PlayStationPGW (Turn captions on)

Posted: 03 Nov 2017 03:21 AM PDT

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What's a relatively new, not very well known single player game you've been playing lately?

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 09:56 PM PDT

Anything from 2017 probably counts as new. As the title says, what's a new-ish single player game that you've been playing which didn't get much publicity, or isn't really popular?

Why do you think it isn't that popular or hasn't been talked about much?
What made you end up buying it and trying it out?
Are you enjoying it, or not? Any mechanics or certain aspects that are make or breaking the game for you?
And what stands out in the game or personally caught your eye, mechanics, art, gameplay wise?

Edit: By the way, thanks for all the comments guys. I just woke up to 54 notifications and it keeps going up, I'm gonna have to spend awhile reading lol.

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Blizzard on 'reintroducing' Blackthorne and The Lost Vikings: 'We talk about it quite a bit'

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 04:57 PM PDT

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Gamers who have had a hard time getting into or returning to MMO's: what would make them better?

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 03:24 AM PST

The new news surrounding WoW Classic and Battle for Azeroth has once again got me very interested in and excited about the idea off playing a big MMORPG just like every time a new one is announced or a new expansion comes is being hyped up, but by now I also know that if I try it out I am likely to only play for a few levels before getting bored and dropping it indefinitely.

I've tried a few different ones, from wow to guildwars to wildstar and they all follow the same path of excitement through character development and the first few story missions to eventual boredom.

I genuinely do like the idea of playing in a massive world inhabited by other players who you can interact and even form bonds with but something that seems to persist through all these games has kept putting me off and I can't put my finger on it.

I would love to hear what other gamers think about what their problems are with these games and I am even more interested in hearing what you think would solve these issues. Any suggestions for MMO's you think break the mould a little would also be cool.

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Citra: Announcing Networking Support

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 05:14 PM PDT

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Halo 5 on Xbox One X

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 06:05 AM PST

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The Last of Us Part II PGW trailer all but confirms location [x-post r/thelastofus]

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 10:12 AM PDT

X-post from r/thelastofus - Check my original post here

A few months back I made a post about Part II possibly being set in Seattle. (Original post here)

By going through the official concept art revealed at PSX last year, I was able to collect a bunch of proof that at least part of the game would take place in or around Seattle, Washington.

This was done by:

Comparing parking signs found in Seattle to those found in the official concept art

Comparing a building seen in the background of that particular concept art with a building located in Seattle.

Comparing the vegetation in and around Seattle to that of the concept art and trailer, and discovering that a certain type of fern, the western swordfern, is indigenous to western North America (and in this case Washington).

Comparing a parking garage seen in the official concept art with an actual parking garage located on 1st Ave. in Seattle, Washington.

Google Maps shows that the parking garage is actually within walking distance of the Buttnick Building seen in the other concept art

Now, with the newest trailer just released, it's safe to say that Seattle is pretty much confirmed.

The first major clue is a green and a yellow highway sign that appears in the beginning of the trailer. According to Google maps, this is the I-5 Highway and is located right under Holgate St.

Here's how they appear in the trailer: (I brightened the images and made them a bit clearer, since they were pretty dark and blurry)

Green sign 1 and sign 2

Yellow sign 1 and sign 2

And here's how it appears on Google maps

Furthermore, the location in the trailer is actually located roughly 1.3 miles from the Buttnick building and parking garage discovered in the official concept arts as seen below:

Google maps view

Near the end of the trailer, right when the clickers appear, a police car can be spotted to the right side. This seems to resemble an actual Seattle PD car: (Once again, I brightened the image for better viewing)

Here's a comparison

Lastly, as I also mentioned in my last post, the foliage and growth seen in the trailer seem to be very similar to the ones in the official concept art and reveal trailer. Once again, lots of sword fern and similar tree types.

As many have noticed already, a hooded figure can be seen on the concept art with the parking garage, and since the "cult" people in the trailer wore similar hooded jackets, it's safe to assume that this could be the same people from the concept art.

So what exactly does this mean?

While we can definitely assume that this "cult" is based in Seattle, since the proof is strong enough to confirm this, does this mean that Joel and Ellie will encounter these people during their next journey in Part II? Or do we encounter these people as the woman in the trailer or something entirely different?

I personally don't believe that the trailer takes place a few years into the outbreak or that the woman is Anna, mainly because the area surrounding the highway is too overgrown. The highway has basically become a forest with trees almost as tall as buildings, and since it takes at least 10-15 years for a tree to grow to that size (and even more for some), it pretty much rules out the possibility that this takes place only a few years after the outbreak.

I guess we won't know for sure until we play the game ourselves, but there you have it!

Credits to u/camkeys at r/ps4 who originally found the Seattle location through the parking signs, u/infamy7 for locating the buttnick building, u/roganjosho for locating the parking garage, u/-anne-marie- for helping with locating the highway sign

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Hiveswap: Act 1 Review

Posted: 05 Nov 2017 01:22 AM PST

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Cuphead's fighting game roots

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 09:07 PM PDT

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Destiny 2 's Peer-2-Peer Netcode Is Not That Good? - Battle(non)sense

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 11:23 AM PDT

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Wolfenstein 2 The New Colossus, The Old Blood, The New Order - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Remix

Posted: 04 Nov 2017 05:49 PM PDT