Dev wrote on Oct 6, 2012, 15:01:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Oct 6, 2012, 14:11:
GMG still have 25% off almost any game, including preorders.

It even works on xcom...

as long as you aren't in NA

Bet wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 21:01:

Prez wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 17:47:
If you are excited about the Firaxis version, then great. X-COM is one of those rare properties that I love so dearly that I am super anal about it and freak out when anyone messes with the formula (Way more so than with Fallout, so I was able to enjoy FO3 and NV). I by no means think this game is gong to suck - It looks really good. It's just that they named it XCOM... Bah, I'm just going to stop posting about it. Everyone is excited about it and I don't want to sound like the guy who has to pooh-pooh everyone else's enthusiasm.

I'd estimate that 90% of NMA members enjoyed Fallout 3 and New Vegas once they got past their blind hatred of change.

Getting past one's own prejudices is one of humanity's greatest dilemmas.

Prez wrote on Oct 5, 2012, 12:53:
Okay, after reading that interview on XCOM I've gone from nervous about the remake to flat-out terrified. It really sounds like they changed WAY too much. Looks like I'm back to waiting for the kickstarter X-COM remake project.

PropheT wrote on Oct 4, 2012, 01:54:

mlw wrote on Oct 3, 2012, 23:17:
One word to debate this idiot: Skyrim

Well, 4 words kind of put that to rest when the future of that series is "The Elder Scrolls Online".

Anyway...Isn't that "one word" kind of his point?

If you could come up with a few more words I think you might be on to something, but the two other single player games from the last year that came to mind also have some kind of online component (Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma).

There seems to be quite a few people here calling him an idiot when what he's saying is really, really hard to argue with if you look at the list of AAA games from the last few years. There's less than a handful of them each year. What AAA single player games have hit this year? Dragon's Dogma is the only one I can even think of, since its online component isn't actual multiplayer.

Skyrim and Batman: AC were last year, what else was there?

Dev wrote on Oct 2, 2012, 19:42:
BTW, last time I ran impulse client, it looked and worked mostly the same as before gamestop bought it. I've bought one or two indie type games from gamestop since they got impulse, it worked fine.

For some reason I had to think of the walrus meme..... sorry (And If there isn't a walrus don't care meme, there should be.. )

Beamer wrote on Oct 2, 2012, 06:44:

Jerykk wrote on Oct 2, 2012, 03:31:

Beamer wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 18:39:

Flatline wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 17:41:

Beamer wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 15:53:

Flatline wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 15:28:
The gameplay in that video looked totally pedestrian and a lot like... well... dumbed down call of duty.

And the new pictures look like they took the previously available artwork, compressed the hell out of it, and slapped it back up in all it's ugly glory.

Except with some kind of pausing and action points I didn't have time to watch but can't imagine is a great idea.

Which was done in some James Bond game or another, Brothers in Arms, and a bunch of other games. Situational awareness isn't terribly new.

But it's basically a pause menu to activate all the nifty squad powers you get. Your "action points" is just a mana bar.

I mean, it was done in Fallout, too, but Fallout had so many other things going on that I actually enjoyed combat being taken away.
Again, haven't watched this video, but the brief bit I did see looked slow. No other way to describe it. Not deep, slow.

Pausing/slowing down time to let you strategize and manage your squad worked fine in Mass Effect, Dragon Age and every Infinity Engine RPG.

As for the XCOM shooter, it just seemed boring to me. It didn't really have any tension and appeared to be completely linear and scripted, two things that go against what XCOM stands for.

Yes, but only one of those was a shooter, and its combat aspects weren't terribly good. We can list plenty of games that were real time with pausing, but none really compare to what the XCOM FPS is, given that they're deep RPS games and not FPS games...

Beamer wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 18:39:

Flatline wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 17:41:

Beamer wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 15:53:

Flatline wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 15:28:
The gameplay in that video looked totally pedestrian and a lot like... well... dumbed down call of duty.

And the new pictures look like they took the previously available artwork, compressed the hell out of it, and slapped it back up in all it's ugly glory.

Except with some kind of pausing and action points I didn't have time to watch but can't imagine is a great idea.

Which was done in some James Bond game or another, Brothers in Arms, and a bunch of other games. Situational awareness isn't terribly new.

But it's basically a pause menu to activate all the nifty squad powers you get. Your "action points" is just a mana bar.

I mean, it was done in Fallout, too, but Fallout had so many other things going on that I actually enjoyed combat being taken away.
Again, haven't watched this video, but the brief bit I did see looked slow. No other way to describe it. Not deep, slow.

Acleacius wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 23:44:

The Half Elf wrote on Oct 1, 2012, 20:40:
BTW, has anyone ever bought anything from Gamestop PC Downloads? Not that I would because 1) prices, 2) it's Gamestop.

Same here, haven't and most likely won't.

Thanks for the coupon, it's very tempting for Dishonored. I'm still having problems with it being published by Bethesda and their console mentality. Funny thing is if it was just Arkane doing Kickstarter I'd be on it in a flash. I trust Arkane even if it was a beta. I wonder if they will be releasing an editor, that would convince me.

Rewatching Kick Ass, prepping for a little Chloe Grace action, baby! I swear if Arkane wasted her, there will be payback.

Smellfinger wrote on Sep 29, 2012, 08:00:
Why are we arguing about a series that wasn't very good to begin with? There are plenty of platformers from that era that deserve much more praise than Tomb Raider.

I knew someone would complain about that, and almost took it out.
You're 100% right, but I'm not a Tomb Raider fan. I dislike platforming. I wish Uncharted, especially the most recent, had less shooting and more exploring/puzzles, but I'm pretty happy I rarely had to line up jumps.
So, to me, it's a similar game with better mechanics.