Unlabelled Games April Fools 2018 Megathread - Pranks from developers and publishers

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Games April Fools 2018 Megathread - Pranks from developers and publishers

April Fools 2018 Megathread - Pranks from developers and publishers

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 05:51 PM PDT

The new banner (Yennefer of Vengerberg from The Witcher 3) is here for April Fools. It's not permanent.

April 1st is the time for devs and publishers to prank the oblivious and get laughs from those who are in on the joke.

Here's a compilation:

English language/Western devs/publishers

Japanese/Korean devs/publishers (some with content in English)

I'll continue to update this post with more as I find them. Post any I missed in the comments!

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Can we take a minute to talk about lies that Sea of Thieves developers said prior game launch about the content that is not there?

Posted: 01 Apr 2018 02:31 AM PDT

It seems like Sea of Thieves release does get a pass (compared to No Man's Sky) about the "at least developers did not lie" part. However, as it has been recently revealed, that is no longer the case.

  1. This is just as minor thing but there are 132 items missing that were seen in Beta, Demo, etc.

  2. Now this is the biggest issue that did not get any attention at all. Rare said that "The game begins when you reach pirate legend", which is not true at all.

Source: https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/2018/02/13/completing-sea-thieves-becoming-pirate-legend-unlocks-hideout-new-quests-ships-treasures-rare-reveals/

This hideout becomes your hideout. You've started this journey to become a Barbosa, a Jack Sparrow, a Blackbeard of the Sea of Thieves world and now you're going to build your Black Pearl. When people see your ship, they will know that it's the ship of a pirate legend.

Not in the game, never shipped, no such thing. There are no legendary ships and you only get one new cosmetic set.

"you can meet the Pirate Lord. He will give you legendary voyages, which are the best and most rewarding voyages in the game."

Exactly the same voyages as others.

TL;DR Rare hyped the end game, saying how the true game begins after you grind and grind to reach LVL 50 (which seems artificially capped), but there is NO EXTRA CONTENT or half of the promised things. It is basically nothing.

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Path of Exile is now PATH OF EXILE: ROYALE

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 05:23 PM PDT

Valve has removed the Steam Machine section from Steam

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:04 PM PDT

The Mods of /r/Games- Where they are now

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 03:42 PM PDT

Hey everyone. I decided to come back with one of these threads. It's been a while but I decided to track down the moderators of this subreddit. Now, let's go find out:

Idk, but they're not modding the subreddit

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Far Cry 5's OST is something special

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 09:16 PM PDT

No matter your opinion of this game or your thoughts of Ubisoft as a company, I just wanted to shine the spotlight on Far Cry 5's music for a second. Everything is phenomenal, from the action-packed music that takes up your gun fights to the background music that strums along as you're exploring. What really surprised me is the original soundtrack Dan Romer did for the game, though. I assumed most of what the cult listened to was licensed music and I loved all of it, and so I did some research and it was all written and performed for Far Cry 5's original soundtrack.

Even if you pass on the game, I strongly encourage checking out the soundtrack. It's fucking awesome.

Here's a track, one of my favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx3ClNARntE

And the "reinterpretation" of the above song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svstdGeJL_k

And another

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QXpyMo6j3E

Even the instrumental soundtrack is damn great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY5O1UvrcVI

Major props to Ubi, they've always had good music but this kills it.

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Battletech arcades were decades ahead of their time, holding global 3D matches before we'd even played a SNES - here's their story

Posted: 01 Apr 2018 04:11 AM PDT

How Metal Gear Solid manipulated its players, warning us of an age of Fake News, Cambridge Analytica and data surveillance

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 10:01 AM PDT

What video game have you played that's had the darkest story (NO SPOILERS)

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT

Hey gamers, was wondering what video game you've played that you consider to have had the darkest story ever. I got the idea as I was playing through the first two Witchers as dang, these worlds are very gloomy!

Please avoid spoilers by putting stuff in spoiler tags. Thanks!

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Kansas Senate Passes Anti-Swatting Bill, Headed to Governor

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 11:20 AM PDT

Zombeer Review (This Game Actually Exists) - Gggmanlives

Posted: 01 Apr 2018 05:18 AM PDT

Cyberpunk 2O77 - Review Thread

Posted: 01 Apr 2018 07:41 AM PDT

Game Information

Game Title: Cyberpunk 2077

Genre: Role-playing, action-adventure, first-person shooter, third-person shooter

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Two, PC

Media: 2012 Cyberpunk 2077 Title Reveal

2013 Teaser Trailer

Mike Pondsmith about Cyberpunk World

E3 2018 Release Date Trailer | E3 2018 Cinematic Trailer

E3 2019 New Release Date Trailer | E3 2019 Gameplay Trailer

Gamescom 2019 New New Release Date Trailer

Launch Trailer

Developer: CD Projekt RED Info

Publisher: CD Projekt

Price: -$59.99 USD, -£49.99 GBP, -59,99€ EUR, -$79.99 CAD

Release Date: PS4, XB1, PC - May 19, 2020

PS5, XB2 - May 17, 2021

More Info: /r/cyberpunkgame | Wikipedia Page

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 99 [Cross-Platform] Current Score Distribution

MetaCritic - 99 [PS4] 79 Critics

MetaCritic - 100 [XB1] 13 Critics

MetaCritic - 100 [PC] 32 Critics

Dystopianly arbitrary list of past CD Projekt RED games -

Entry Score (Platform, Year, # of Critics)
The Witcher 81 (PC, 2007, 50 critics)
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 88 (PC, 2011, 76 critics)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 92 (PS4, 2015, 79 critics)
The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone 89 (PC, 2015, 37 critics)
The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine 92 (PC, 2016, 50 critics)
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game 90 (PC, 2018, 80 critics)
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game - Thronebreaker 95 (PC, 2018, 65 critics)

Reviews

Website/Author Aggregates' & Critic's Score Quote Platform
HappyCentaurGaming - Jeremy Bender Buy Two Copies ~ Buy Two Copies This is the first 'Buy Two Copies' I've ever done since this simply exceeds 'Buy' for the fact alone that CD Projekt RED will actually pay you to play the game. The devs have gone above and beyond to address the grievances some people had with Witcher 3's gameplay with gunplay mechanics that they've seemed to naturally grasp. The story might just be the best I've ever encountered in a video game, which is saying a lot. PS4
Arse Technica - Kyle Island Unscored ~ Unscored If you have a PS4, XB1, or PC, get this game. If you don't have a PS4, XB1, or PC, get one, then get this game. PS4
VG258 - Alex McDonalds Unscored ~ Unscored Cyberpunk 2077 is the best RPG in many, many years XB1
Cowtaco - Chris Cooler Unscored ~ Unscored Every element gelled so well that I was simply enraptured by the beauty of the whole experience. PS4
Washington Possum - Christopher Bird Unscored ~ Unscored This is one of the closest things to the fountain of youth that I expect to come across. PS4
Eurogamenerd - Oli Sheepish Quintessential ~ Quintessential One of the most daring and influential game designs of all time makes a long awaited coming in CDPR's most rad adventure yet. PS4
Expensive - Ray Willmop 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is a practically perfect game that will be used to educate developers of the future in years to come. Unquestionably, it's the greatest RPG ever made. PS4
GamesBeet - Mike Meanyachty 100 ~ 100 / 100 This is another CDPR all-time classic that we'll be remembering and celebrating for decades to come. XB1
GamePolkaDot - Peter Brownie 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is a massive and magnificent celebration of gaming's most iconic developers. PS4
Digitally Uploaded - Ginny M. 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars I'd usually count myself an exhibitionist who's only goal is to fuck every NPC possible, but Cyberpunk 2077 showed me that there's so much more to it than sexing things. PC
Press Select - Shannon Gretzky 100 ~ 10 / 10 I don't know how CDPR continues to do it, but they've managed to reinvent another classic franchise and push it further than imaginable. Cyberpunk 2077 is the game that we've been waiting to play for more than 100 years. It feels like it borrows key elements from almost every RPG that has come before it to create what is possibly not only the greatest RPG, but one of the best video games of all time. XB1
Paladin - Jordan Erica Flubber 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars The multiplayer shooter elements could have been just another annoying gimmick, but the inclusions only adds to the prowess of CDPR's first sci-fi game PS4
Metro GameTrivial - GameTrivial 100 ~ 10 / 10 A joyful celebration – and evolution – of the RPG genre, that encapsulates all the writing and innovation of video gaming at its very best. PS4
Critical Miss - Hector Barbosa 100 ~ 10 / 10 It's impossible to pinpoint a fault in Cyberpunk 2077, which both elegantly and eloquently surprises and calls back to gaming history. It's a game full of surprises; one that plays with your expectations and supersedes them in almost every way. If you have a console or PC (or are yet to get one), it's simply essential. PS4
COGdisconnected - Paul Saladcan 100 ~ 100 / 100 Cyberpunk 2077 is a masterpiece. It surprised me regularly, delighted me constantly, and smashed my expectations in ways I'd never have predicted. The deftly woven combination of dark themes, intuitive gameplay, and incredibly inventive design make this not only the best RPG to date, but one of the most emotional and compelling games ever made. XB1
USgamenerd - Nadia Oggsford 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars Cyberpunk 2077 honors much of what makes other RPGs great, plus it adds plenty of its own flavor to the RPG stew thanks to its sexing mechanic. Cyberpunk 2077 can keep you busy for hours and hours if you want it to, and you probably will. Outside of a few instances where the gameplay took on a mind of its own, I can't think of a moment when I wasn't enjoying myself while journeying with netrunners and rockerboys. PC
Tiny Bomb - Dan Gogurt 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars The soul of Cyberpunk 2077 is alive and well in the shooter's surreal and vibrant new adventure. PS4
Squared2 - Adam Wily 100 ~ 10 / 10 The wait is over; the pinnacle of RPG shooters has arrived in the form of Cyberpunk 2077. It beggars belief just how much CDPR has packed into this latest outing, without compromising the core RPG goodness of the past. Just as with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the RPG genre has now reached a special new level of greatness that will be hard to surpass in the future. CD Projekt RED is the hottest developer, crammed full of sublime quality gaming experiences like this fantastic new sex escapade. XB1
Game Revelation - Paul Tamborine 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars CDPR has delivered everything I could want in an RPG, before adding things that I didn't even know I wanted. The end result of their efforts is a true modern masterpiece. PS4
TheSexAxis - Stephen O 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is bursting at the seams with creativity, as Nintendo play with new ideas while also paying homage to their long history. The technologic abilities are a perfect compliment to CDPR's new implant system, and there's a wonderful grittiness and stupor to this adventure as we visit a string of contrasting megacorporations that just beg you to find the secrets hidden around every coffin. Simply put, Cyberpunk 2077 is a masterpiece. PS4
IBTimes OK - Ben Slipper 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars CDPR proves once again why it is the very best at what it does, with what every video game player has waited their entire lives for. Rooted in an wonderfully absurd design idea, Cyberpunk 2077 is a glorious and future-noir adventure for all that, like its awesome developer, revels in the candidness to role-play, shoot and mate. PS4
GamesSonar- - Sam Hateridge 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars Cyberpunk 2077 successfully brings RPGs up to date and opens it up to a new audience, while still retaining every ounce of it CDPRs charismatic charm. PC
San Andreas Gamer - Dawid Renter 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 winks at you for every nomad you discover. Its sheer brilliance in choice-making and combat perfection sets it leagues above the competition. If you own a PS4, XB1, or PC you need this game. PS4
IBM - Ryan McCafé 100 ~ 10 / 10 CD Projekt RED's games have been around for almost as long as Mass Effect games have been a thing, but thankfully, it isn't falling into mediocrity. We rarely get the same masterpiece role-playing experience twice. Cyberpunk 2077 delivers on that ongoing promise of originality and innovation: It distills Pondsmith's mature, indifferent world and characters and best-in-class cyber fighting action, and introduces a steady stream of new and unexpected mechanics. It's all spun together into a generational masterpiece. PC
AudioGamer - Colm Ahem 100 ~ 10 / 10 It's extraordinary, really, that after all this time a new RPG game can feel as fresh as any that preceded it. Console cowboys are a revelation, exploring muck-ridden allies are bliss, and Cyberpunk 2077 is a masterpiece. PC
Game Babble - Riley Big 100 ~ 5 / 5 Cyberpunk 2077 is a spectacular retaining of form that'll delight story-only players and first-person/third-person shooter fans, delivering the biggest and best games ever from CD Projekt RED. XB1
God is a Freak - Adam Waiter 100 ~ 10 / 10 Fully advantageous, an antidote we all desperately need, flawlessly designed, addictive, and just incredible. This is RPG perfection. XB1
EDM - Emma Scraper 100 ~ 10 / 10 A mix of the punk, the cyber, and the wonderfully bizarre, CD Projekt RED's latest adventure provides more than a dozen tantalizing megacorporations to fight or join. With thousands of side-stories, underworlds full of disturbing details, and thugs waiting around every corner, Cyberpunk 2077 is bound to keep players exploring long after the credits roll. PS4
NotTrustedReviews - Brett Whips 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars You'll become obsessed with collecting outfits and future-tech weapons, and fall in conflict with every mega corporation you visit. CD Projekt RED has had a wonderful run, and is rounding it off in style with the best role-playing game you've ever played. PS4
PCMan - Will Greenwall 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars Cyberpunk 2077 isn't just the best CD Projekt RED game yet, it's the best sci-fi RPG since Deus Ex. PC
PC Gamer - Christopher Deadstun 100 ~ 100 Bathtub Geralts / 100 Bathtub Geralts The wonderful re-imagining of the open world and your choice of how to tackle it is excelled beyond belief with the invention of the shower bath. PC
Softcore Gamer - Kirstin Swole 100 ~ 5 / 5 CD Projekt RED has over 10 years of history behind them and yet Cyberpunk 2077 manages to mix those feelings of Witcher games with new ideas for a fresh take on the science fiction setting everyone is familiar with. Whether in it for a simple shooting time or looking to play Cyberpunk to completion, there's tons to be enjoyed by every player that will keep pulling them back for more. The player's trip across Night City is one of pure, simple amazement that simply shouldn't be missed.Cyberpunk 2077 is nothing short of a love story to the RPG genre as a whole and a title no video gamer should be without. PS4
Ready.Player.One - Phillip Martinnest 100 ~ 10 / 10 The CDPR title has slick controls, amazing visuals and a charismatic charm (there's that word again) that I haven't come across before. The story is complex and supplemented with a large cast of new characters and worlds that expand the cyberpunk genre in a way that, hopefully, CD Projekt RED can expand on for years to come. It's accessible for newerplayers and challenging enough for veterans. XB1
DankZero - Dominic Shepard 100 ~ 10 / 10 After Witcher 3, you had to wonder what CD Projekt RED could do to match such a title, but by avoiding trying to replicate those last Bioware and Bethesda Game Studios games, CDPR went back to what was unfinished with Deus Ex and used that as a base to build upon more ideas and mechanics. PS4
GameThicc - Autumn Wish 100 ~ 10 / 10 stars It's been a long time since we've seen a good RPG shooter hit the market, and Cyberpunk 2077 blew us all out of the water with leaps and bounds of innovation. Switch
Pause Quit - Craig Swords 100 ~ 5 / 5 Cyberpunk 2077 is a love letter to video game's past and offers a reward for character interactions at every turn. It might be a long time until something this good comes around again. PS4
GameBackSpace - William Murky 100 ~ 10 / 10 CD Projekt RED is on a roll. Long live the King. XB1
Uneasy Allies - Michael Dameyawni 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars Cyberpunk 2077 embraces its heritage at every turn, and the payoff isn't merely a warm feeling of amazement at the writing, but a reworking of the old with the new to produce something completely unique. Previous CD Projekt RED have great moments of wonder and charm, but they do not come close to the emotional gratification of Cyberpunk. Near-flawless controls, amazing side-stories, a phenomenal new implant system, and a sense of freedom that's not been seen in any previous game all add up to something special. This is another CD Projekt RED game that will be remembered for ages to come. PS4
LevelDown - Juanem Rays - Spanish 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is a jewel that shines with perfect controls, fresh possibilities and narrative variety. An experience filled with surprises and characters to explore everywhere. All kinds of players will remember Cyberpunk 2077 as one of the best RPGs in the genre for generations to come. PS4
Hobby Console Us - David Marchinrez - Spanish 100 ~ 100 / 100 A true masterpiece, that brings perfect balance in difficulty, learning and world-building. Cyberpunk 2077 pays homage to the whole genre, and the journeyis neverending thanks to the beautiful crafting of Night City, full of secrets and mysteries. PS4
OzGamers - Kosta Andreas 100 ~ 10 / 10 It rewards players in ways that we rarely get to see, and even when it's over it begins anew and invites you to keep fighting, keep discovering, and keep reaching for the top of the corporate world. PC
Game Former - Andrew Wrynerd 100 ~ 10 / 10 With hundreds of men and women to fuck and a dizzying number of NPCs to interact with, Cyberpunk 2077 is a monster of a game that rarely dips in the astonishing department. PS4
Wtftech - Dave Awbreed 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is the best CD Projekt RED game. It just is. World design, the way the player character fights and choice-making, narrative, multiplayer, it's all just… Practically perfect. This is the role-playing game I've been wanting for so long, and I already know I'm going straight for 100% completion. PC
Nerf Much? - Bobby Berenstain 100 ~ 10 / 10 This is GOTY, it's undeniably a fantastic RPG that ultimately deletes all of the frustrations we've had with CD Projekt RED's gameplay over the past years, and is one of the best games ever. PS4
AVN - Pietro Quattro - Italian 100 ~ 10 / 10 Take the freedom of exploring every corner as you did in Witcher 3, add the skill and precision required by Counter-strike and the variety of Divinity, and you'll get the huge Cyberpunk 2077, the celebration of the videogame itself, not just of the developer's eloquence. PS4
Hack Mode Central - Lucas Black 100 ~ 5 / 5 Cyberpunk 2077 is here to remind us how uniquely compelling fighting and fornicating around a ghastly dystopian world is and lets us indulge as long as we can stand it. PC
Fabiogames - Matteo Buitoni - Italian 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is a hymn to the video game PS4
PowerDown! - Leo Steffanwolf 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is a once-in-a-lifetime game and every self-respecting gamer should sit back and enjoy it. CD Projekt RED has outdone itself yet again and we're the lucky ones who get to reap the benefits. PS4
CGCartridge - Phil Yellow 100 ~ 10 / 10 How CDPR somehow made another game bewildering and exciting years after The Witcher 3 is a mystery, but there's no denying the company has delivered another RPG masterpiece for this generation and the next generation of gaming. PC
LastGenGaming - LastGenGaming 100 ~ 10 / 10 2020's Game Of The Year has no contender, Cyberpunk 2077 IS exactly what I wanted and then some. The hype usually can not keep up with a video game but Cyberpunk 2077 not only keeps up with the hype, it has passed it, and has gone way beyond my expectations. I couldn't put down Cyberpunk 2077 and I'm kind of sad that I have to write this review right now because I want to get back to Night City that much! Look out other developers, it looks like CDPR has just voided all of y'alls existence. XB1
Circle - Philip Collardgreens 100 ~ 10 / 10 For a developer only a few decades old, it's amazing that CDPR has remained not only a beloved developer but one whose games are generally expected to be great. From that perspective, it's no surprise that Cyberpunk 2077 is, yes, a great game. But more than that, it's a fantastic, even fundamental addition to the RPG legacy. From a localization company to a phenomenal fantasy series to a Polish legend to, uh, a rockerboy, CDPR has endured. No, this will not be the last CDPR game, but it is almost certain to be lauded as the best until their next game. PS4
KiwiGamer - Keith Millbarn 100 ~ 10 / 10 Pure delight, from start to finish. PC
Serialkillerz - Gabriel Boggedin - German 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 is not only a return to the glorius days of the Neuromancer and Snow Crash era but more like a big leap forward from there. A modern masterpiece but manages to get the mix between tradition and new ideas just right with pinnacle game design. PC
GameNovice - Tobias Velvet 100 ~ 100 / 100 Cyberpunk 2077 is a masterful fuck & run full of surprises, charm and ideas and a compulsory purchase for every video game owner. XB1
IBM Italy - Mattia Ravennelly - Italian 100 ~ 10 / 10 There are so many new things in Cyberpunk 2077, but in the end what actually strikes is its ability to be compelling with the usual elegant, essential and inevitable CDPR way. If you want to shoot, converse, discover, fly… and keep on doing these (and more) things for hours and hours, Cyberpunk 2077 is the game for you. PS4, PC
Constructoid - Chris Cardboard 100 ~ 10 / 10 Has there ever been a bad CDPR game? Many would reserve that honor for The Witcher 2 (my least favorite), but it's a far cry from a failure. No, before shipping any iteration of its flagship product, CD Projekt Red ensures that a proper level of care goes into its game deisng, and that streak of quality still remains unbroken with Cyberpunk 2077. PS4
Revivor - Ben Sugar 100 ~ 10 / 10 With Cyberpunk 2077, CDPR proves the FPS/TPS RPG is not only alive and well, but that it can continue to be evolved and surprise us, consume us and astonish us in clever and elegant ways. PC
Repulsivegamer - Tony Sniff 100 ~ 5 / 5 Welcome to gaming Mike Pondsmith! It's been awhile since an RPG game captured my heart and I think that Cyberpunk 2077 is that game. PS4
Daily Spot - AJ Poser 100 ~ 5 / 5 stars Cyberpunk 2077 is best experienced with its secrets preserved, and the less you know about going in, the better. Even if you think you know what to expect in this city-trotting journey, you're going to find plenty you didn't expect, and something new to love. PS4
Post Archaic (International Post) - Chad Sappyha 100 ~ 10 / 10 It looks, sounds, and plays like a shut-in Friday night spent in front of a computer monitor with a shaft in your hand when you were a teenager XB1
GameLootbox - Angelo D'Argentina 100 ~ 10 / 10 Cyberpunk 2077 does not disappoint. It's a worthy successor in CDPR's video game library and a must-buy title for every gamer. PS4
The Game Fantastix - Colin Raisins 100 ~ 10 / 10 It's what gaming, in its purest form, is capable of being: well-endowed. XB1
The Jamquisition - Jim Fucking Sterling, Sis 70 ~ 7 / 10 Truly, I wish I could say I understood what all the critics were raving about in their onslaught of 10/10 reviews, but I don't. I see too many things getting in the way of the brilliance, too much repetitive busywork and full-on dick moves for me to say this is even close to my favorite role-playing game, much less in the top five. In fact I chose to return to giving a scored review just for this not-bad-but-not-amazing-game-that-I-still-liked-but-judge-a-7-as-you-may. PS4
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Lindsay Lohan’s lawsuit against Grand Theft Auto 5 was shot down by New York state’s highest court

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 01:12 PM PDT

Far Cry 2's single-minded vision deserves to be remembered

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:55 AM PDT

Ni No Kuni's easiness deeply hurts its story.

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 09:11 PM PDT

Posted this in last week's "currently playing" thread, thought it might bring up a good discussion ... Sorry for the harsh tone, wrote this when the game was making me mad lol.

Spoilers for the first 2-3 hours ahead!

Hear me out. Early on in the game, Evan and Roland are captured by some sky pirates, soon after which the pirate leader's daughter Tani is kidnapped by a nearby clan of wyverns. At first, the pirate leader wants to abandon his daughter because even the best pirates have no chance of overcoming the wyverns, but Evan offers to rescue her in exchange for permission to pass. You go to the wyverns' hideout --- only to be faced with an incredibly easy boss battle. Seriously: you can EASILY destroy the wyvern boss without any preparation. He has like 8-10 minions too and you massacre the entire band.

Think about it: the sky pirates are so afraid of these wyverns that they wouldn't face them even if it was to rescue their children. But Evan and Roland are easily able to take them out with just knives and Pikmin. Story-Evan couldn't win a fight against a squirrel, but Game-Evan can destroy a band of ten wyverns.

It's complete nonsense. As a player, you do not feel any of the tension that the characters are feeling, and it leaves you incredibly far removed from the story. Each trial Evan faces is trivial and so the story never carries weight. After the battle, Evan and co are like "We finally made it! Thank god we survived that!" Meanwhile you're like what?? That was easy! Sometimes there's a great victory with the characters looking towards the sunset after a long battle, a solemn trumpet tune playing in the background. But the fight was so easy that this celebration means nothing to you.

If the fight was actually challenging, forcing you to win against overwhelming odds, perhaps invoking a special power of Evan's, maybe factoring in some advanced technology that POTUS brought back from his world... Then perhaps it would make sense.

The pirates+wyverns arc is not the only example of nonsense gameplay clashing with story.

  • Within the first ten minutes, Evan's kingdom is attacked by rat-people. All of Evan's guards have been taken down and the rat guards are approaching the royal bedroom. POTUS, having literally been teleported to this world minutes prior, takes on several of these rat people and you defeat all of them with inexplicable swordsmanship --- could Obama have wielded a sword well-enough to fight off trained soldiers?! You're telling me that the rat soldiers took out ALL of Evan's guards, but ONE guy with no sword skills took out a good crowd of them? How does this make sense?
  • Roland has a gun. In an early cutscene, he uses it to DEVASTATE a group of enemy soldiers, who don't seem to be prepared for firearms combat. But when you actually play the game, the gun is a completely useless ranged weapon when compared to the sword. Why is this so different from the cutscene?
  • Next, the party has to make their escape beneath the castle and through the sewers. There are many treasure chests down there (!?), and inside one of them... A freshly baked loaf of bread. ?!?!!? What were they thinking putting that there?! I know it's a trope to have treasure chests in inexplicable places but it's getting tired. At least Breath Of The Wild hid them in dirt piles, under water, etc. and had the excuse of a post-apocalyptic world. (Another excuse is that Zelda also doesn't present itself as a politically-charged world.)
  • Aranella is Evan's bodyguard, who is toted as a very skilled warrior and a great fighter. Within the first hour she is killed by the rat king and his most trusted solider, the Black Knight; however when Evan/POTUS go up against the Black Knight it is a completely trivial fight and he is nearly bested by a boy-king and some guy, who knock the Black Knight off a cliff (he'll probably be back). The fact that the fight is so easy makes Nella's death a lot less tragic, and displays her as a pretty incompetent warrior despite her earlier praise. The fight is so easy is ruins her character development.
  • To become king, Evan must first overcome a "kingmaker trial" consisting of a puzzle sequence and an arena battle. The puzzle is trivial tweak of connect-the-dots, and the boss fight is another total joke. You're up against a minotaur-like monster but Evan and a couple Pikmin easily hand him his ass. How is this a trial for kings?

Compare this to a powerful story like The Last Of Us. Okay, maybe not a fair comparison, but Joel and Ellie's fight for survival is strengthened by the challenging stealth/combat scenarios you have to complete throughout the game. Imagine if the game was easier: far fewer infected, tons more ammo, and Joel was basically invulnerable ... It would undermine the story as a whole. The player would not be able to empathize with Joel's plight. I think NNK2 is guilty of this, and I really wish that it had some challenge to it.

I've seen some comments saying "not every game has to be like Dark Souls". But I'd just like to point out now how inane this remark is --- NNK2 has NO challenge whatsoever. Surely there is a middle ground between Tonka Truck easy and Dark Souls hard.

I think every game should feature challenge. Even a game like Firewatch would benefit from actual challenges. Interactivity is a basic requirement for a game, but then imo the next most basic requirement is challenge.

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Metal Gear Solid 3: A Perfect Circle - Snake Eater as an ending to Metal Gear’s narrative

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 09:53 PM PDT

Accordingly to a research made by GOSU.AI, 12% of all Dota2 matches are played with cheats.

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 02:01 PM PDT

Train Valley 2 has been released under Steam's Early Access.

Posted: 01 Apr 2018 07:13 AM PDT

Gaming In The Shower - The Future of Watersports? Thoughts & experiences on playing your favorite game under a stream of hot water

Posted: 31 Mar 2018 08:46 AM PDT

So I made sure to perform a Reddit search for this topic, but surprisingly found it had not been made before. I'll pioneer this trail. What I'm about to lay out will likely change your life.

Water Gaming And You

I know I'm not alone in wishing there was a better way to game while being massaged by hot water. Think about how terrible you feel when you have to stop grinding your deer hunting in FarCry 5 just to clean your body-- that pickup truck with a .50 cal on the back ain't gonna buy itself. I'll outline the best ways to hop in the shower while simultaneously hopping into your favorite game. The list of shower-playable games will only continue to grow with time and as developers begin creating games with watersports in mind.

Continue only if you have your priorities straight.

My Current Gaming Setup

I'll begin by saying that I tried to set up a monitor on a shampoo shelf with some command tape and the cables going out to my Xbox, but it ended up falling in the middle of an Overwatch map and the shock caused permanent tissue damage to my foot. This means monitors (and any display device in general) are a big no-no for shower gaming. Throw that out the window and don't even think about putting any gaming hardware in your shower.

Since you can't see the game you are playing, shower gaming is an audio only experience and thus should not be too heavily biased towards visuals. I typically turn the TV and Xbox on in the living room, open my preferred game, and crank the volume to max so I can hear the game itself over the cascading sound of the water hitting my back, neck, and ears. It works wonderfully and has only a small learning curve.

Here's my preferred shower gaming setup. I use a waterproof bag sealed over the top of my controller so I don't have to purchase a new one after each gaming session. Please note that the bag gets in the way of properly controlling most games, so try not to play anything too reliant on using a controller. If anyone has a better suggestion, you're probably wrong and it won't work.

Once you start doing this, you'll never miss another minute of primetime game time.

List Of Watersport Shower Approved Games

  • Forza Horizons (steering issues need be worked out, map must be memorized)
  • Flower (unable to complete campaign)

Please comment with more games that you can experience this phenomenon with so this list can be expanded.

Thoughts? Any recommendations to update my shower battle station? Where my shower gamers at?

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