Redmask wrote on Jun 4, 2013, 00:34:

But dark souls main problem was that the first playthrough experience is abysmal. If you don't have the stomach for thousands deaths and dumb trial and erroring each new enemy type, of running around for 4 hours to find where you have to go

It's not for everyone but the only real answer to your complaint is that you're doing it wrong. It's ok to say you didn't like it but you don't need to die a thousand times or spend 4 hours looking for anything, that's poor execution on your part. Dark Souls demands your attention and an ability to adjust to different situations, most of these are pretty well telegraphed too. If you are trial and erroring every single enemy then you are essentially going against the design of the game which is why it is punishing you, something that should be self-evident given some of the games systems related to respawns and check pointing.

Mad Max RW wrote on Jun 2, 2013, 13:32:
Bethesda RPGs keep getting dumber because none of the original game designers from the Daggerfall and Morrowind days are still working there. It's just a business run by lawyers.

Cutter wrote on May 30, 2013, 13:02:

Quinn wrote on May 30, 2013, 05:39:
"Waiting for it to hit the bargain bin" / "Will grab it when it has dropped to $5,-". I know there's someone, one person in particular, who writes that stuff all the time about right about every game.

To each their own, but to me that attitude is just as bad as piracy. Why not just buy it while the devs can still benefit from the buy? Otherwise, don't freaking bother and just pirate the damn game.

Just my thoughts on that "bargain bin" attitude.

If I had meant that I'd said it, right? Regardless, it's a good thing you don't run a business because it'd be dead inside of a week with your attitude. Hey, Mr. Big Shot, why don't you all buy us a copy in that case? No? Then shut up.

SlimRam wrote on May 29, 2013, 21:24:
'Night of the Lepus'

Quite possibly one of the greatest movies ever made. It's waiting for you right now on Netflix....

You KNOW you want to watch this *nods knowingly*

I digress, unfortunately, it is not available for streaming *sighs*

Well do yourself and your family a favor and rent or stream this incredible epic...

netnerd85 wrote on May 30, 2013, 04:40:

Cutter wrote on May 30, 2013, 03:50:
Impressive demo, it was a smart move. I'll be picking this up in short order soon as I clear up some of my backlog of other stuff I'm playing atm. Want to try and have a clean slate for Shadowrun which is now less then a month out!

This is why they don't release demos, they want/need you to buy the game now... not whenever...

Not defending, just saying

You should buy it now though it's cheap! I mean come on, are you going to miss $15 now?

yuastnav wrote on May 27, 2013, 10:22:

Quinn wrote on May 27, 2013, 09:00:
[...]
Now, however, you sound like a fucking robot who keeps getting a BSOD on semantics. [...]

Quite the contrary. It is an important skill to be able form your thoughts correctly using the gift of language.
When people are too lazy to do it I will call them out on it.

HorrorScope wrote on May 27, 2013, 10:47:

Quinn wrote on May 26, 2013, 19:4:
I don't really get how a PC community can get so excited about these side-scrollers.

There is no simpler answer in the world. A: Because people are different. You know it, now respect it. Pretty stupid knowing it and not.

PHJF wrote on May 27, 2013, 09:16:

Why is that so hard for you to understand?????

Probably because you're dismissing many of the greatest video games ever produced, like the afformentioned Mario and Castlevania (Symphony of the Night is in my own top 5), Metroid, Contra, Actraiser, Duke Nukem, Commander Keen, Double Dragon, Flashback, Golden Axe, Mega Man, Donkey Kong Country.

If I sat next to somebody while they played Super Metroid and they looked to me and said, "hey, I don't like this," I'd probably punch them in their stupid face. I would be fully cognizant of fact that everybody is free to like and dislike what they may, but any slight against something I hold in such high regard as Super Metroid would, completely beyond my control, result in a Hulk-like rage on my part.

The need to justify and defend one's opinion, and to "enlighten" the ignorant masses of their (obvious) poor taste, permeates throughout social society. Such a dissonance as we have here often creates a situation that simply does not compute in one or both parties, and persons will feel it Their Personal Mission to see the other side brought to reason that the universe may return to normalcy. *bla bla*

Jerykk wrote on May 27, 2013, 05:24:

Prez wrote on May 27, 2013, 01:49:

"2D side-scroller" isn't even a genre, it's a camera perspective.

No, 2D is a perspective. A sidescroller is a sidescroller, not a "perspective". I've already said I like many 2D games. On the other hand I like virtually no sidescrollers. It's got nothing to do with perspective and everything to do with how limiting, constricting, and lifeless a sidescrolling game feels to me. Make it a top down 2D game with the exact same art and suddenly it becomes something I'm possibly interested in.

I would try any 2D RPG because there's a good chance I would like it. I would not try a sidescrolling RPG because there's virtually no chance I would like it. They are not for me. Why is that so hard for you to understand?????

How would you define "side-scroller"? Fallout 1 and 2 were both 2D games that had a scrolling camera. Diablo was a 2D game that had a scrolling camera. By "side-scroller," you're specifically referring to a 2D, side-view of the world. Therefore, it is indeed a perspective. Which brings us back to my original point that disliking a game because of its perspective seems silly. It's like saying that you don't like first-person or third-person games, even though there's a huge range of genres that use either perspective.

I guess it is plausible that some people would find certain perspectives inherently awkward or irritating. Just seems like such a waste to miss out on great games solely because of that.

.net_Drifter wrote on May 27, 2013, 01:22:

Quinn wrote on May 26, 2013, 19:45:
Dust...
Reus...

There's so much enthusiasm around all these 2D games coming from PC gamers. This is surprising to me, because I always thought one of the main differences between console gamers and PC gamers were that the first play games for some mindless entertainment, while the latter play games for immersion.

In a way, I find said enthusiasm... concerning? Concerning because who knows.. maybe a few years from now the PC is the platform for arcade-y.. 'indie' games.. and it's the consoles you have to go to for stuff like Metro, Deus Ex, Van Helsing.

I must be over-reacting here. But still I don't really get how a PC community can get so excited about these side-scrollers.

The first computer I ever owned was a Commodore. C128 to be exact.
Most of the games I played on it?
2D side scrollers with paralax (wow!) background movement, along with a boat load of top down games.

Psygnosis made quite a few side scrollers for home computers way back in the day, in fact, so if anything PC is getting back to it's roots in my opinion.

Rattlehead wrote on May 26, 2013, 16:13:

nin wrote on May 26, 2013, 15:19:

Rattlehead wrote on May 26, 2013, 14:29:

MrRadicalEd wrote on May 26, 2013, 12:52:
if you like console games, buy Dust

if you like pc games, buy Metro: Last Light

Why buy Metro when no doubt in a few months it will be the same price as Dust?

When, exactly, are you saying the #2 seller on steam is going to be under $15? Define "a few months".

Metro 2033 dropped in price pretty damn quickly if I recall, combined with the constant sales it was cheap all the time. I think I got my copy for $1