Xero wrote on Oct 20, 2021, 10:00:
Regardless of the grammar fixes the mod addresses. The actual game dialogue is still probably the best I've heard in any game. To the point that it spoils you and any game you play after just sounds so rookie or amateurish in the way they're written and the dialogue is delivered.

The most obvious for me was playing AC Odyssey. There were moments where the game gave me W3 vibes in the dialogue but on a very lower level.

What the team put together with W3 is really something outstanding. The dialogue itself adds to the immersion because you really feel like you're in this world where people truly talk that way.

I agree. There have been other games with great, well-written dialogue. But, at least as far as voiced dialogue goes, Witcher 3 is extraordinary. The writing is fantastic, but it's elevated even further by the great voice acting. Every speaking NPC felt like a real, distinct character, even if they only had a few lines. Each interaction felt a little bit unique, even if it was just a peasant describing a contract. Love that game.

eRe4s3r wrote on Oct 20, 2021, 03:45:

The Half Elf wrote on Oct 20, 2021, 01:17:
Wonder what words EA said to Bioware, or Activision to Blizzard....

Probably "Join us or die"

I mean, you are not looking for a buyer if your development studio is swimming in money and success..... and after Pillars 2, what has Obsidian even produced that was decent in terms of RPG?
Exactly nothing, is what. Outer Worlds is mediocre RPG, bad shooter and has one of the worst settings ever in gaming (imo*) then you have Grounded which is.. nothing of relevance. Only other game we know about is a sequel to Outer Worlds (who cares??) and Avowed at least looks like it has potential... but that's about it.

You're definitely in the minority with regards to Outer Worlds. That's fine that you didn't care for it, but most people who have played it, including myself, really enjoyed it. Great RPG. Grounded isn't an RPG of course but, again, most people who have played it really enjoyed it. Not my cup of tea but I can see the appeal there. I don't think Obsidian has made a mediocre game since Dungeon Siege 3. They've been pretty damn successful I'd say.

I doubt many people under 30 even know who Harrison Ford is. Just who is the target audience for another Indiana Jones film? I love Ford but I'm not exactly excited to go see a 79 year old dude go on adventures, swinging around on his whip.

My reflexes aren't what they used to be but I found that I could still hold my own in Quake deathmatch after not playing in over 20 years. Had to relearn the maps as I had completely forgotten where all the power ups were, and their respawn times, etc. But it was fun picking it up again, and I was able to frag some major ass. Once in a while I would get a player with some real skill in my game who knew the map and completely dominated. It was always fun chasing after them, trying to put them in their place, though our encounters mostly ended with me being humiliated, but once in a while I would get a lucky shot in. Love this remaster.

phinn wrote on Oct 7, 2021, 21:17:
I can only hope this new Director plays a lot of Diablo 1 and 2 and makes Diablo 4 dark, instrumental music, story driven, challenging gameplay but with a modern endgame system.

If they could somehow get Matt Uleman back on board for the music... oh man that would make my day. There's no chance of that happening though. Too bad. The D3 soundtrack was generic and forgettable. The visual design of D4 looks improved over D3 for sure, as it doesn't have that cartoony WoW look. Looking forward to seeing more of D4, but can't get myself excited for it just yet.

It might be worthwhile to sign up for a month of Ubisoft+ for $15 for this. I'm interested but I don't want to pay full price for another FarCry game, and I never replay these kinds of games after I finish them once, so that might be a good option.

Nullity wrote on Oct 6, 2021, 11:16:

TheBigVlad wrote on Oct 6, 2021, 09:22:

Nullity wrote on Oct 5, 2021, 13:05:

TheBigVlad wrote on Oct 4, 2021, 19:26:
What's with this obsession with having to fill up the entire television screen? Back before 16:9 TVs were mainstream, we had to deal with hideous pan & scan of widescreen films, and now we're dealing with the reverse: 4:3 sources chopped up on the top and bottom. It's amazing that many (most?) people still don't understand the concept of aspect ratio, or just don't care that they're missing a large chunk of the picture. I guess if it doesn't fill up their entire TV screen, they feel like they're not getting their moneys worth and are missing out on something?

I guess you didn't read the article then? People are complaining because Netflix is using a cropped 16:9 ratio. They want the original 4:3 aspect because top and bottom are cut off.

That's what I was saying. Yes I read the article. Maybe I wasn't clear?

My apologies then, I misunderstood your post to say that people wanted it to be 16:9 to fill their screen, regardless of the negatives.

Ah yes, my gripe is not with the people complaining that the show was cropped (I'd be upset too if I was a Seinfeld fan) but rather with Netflix and the people who prefer it cropped. And I suspect there are still many TV viewers who prefer it that way, unfortunately, otherwise Netflix would not have done this. I'm glad people are complaining though. Hopefully Netflix will take the hint and fix it, if possible.

Nullity wrote on Oct 5, 2021, 13:05:

TheBigVlad wrote on Oct 4, 2021, 19:26:
What's with this obsession with having to fill up the entire television screen? Back before 16:9 TVs were mainstream, we had to deal with hideous pan & scan of widescreen films, and now we're dealing with the reverse: 4:3 sources chopped up on the top and bottom. It's amazing that many (most?) people still don't understand the concept of aspect ratio, or just don't care that they're missing a large chunk of the picture. I guess if it doesn't fill up their entire TV screen, they feel like they're not getting their moneys worth and are missing out on something?

I guess you didn't read the article then? People are complaining because Netflix is using a cropped 16:9 ratio. They want the original 4:3 aspect because top and bottom are cut off.

That's what I was saying. Yes I read the article. Maybe I wasn't clear?

The release of D2:R got me to try D3 again after a few years and I'm quite enjoying it. The Ethereal weapons introduced this season are badass. I loved D2, but at this point, D3 is a better game in nearly every way. D3 endgame may be grindy (just pushing greater rifts to climb the ladder) but it's a hell of a lot more fun than doing Baal runs for 10 hours straight. D3 has more build variety, far better ladders, instanced loot, no charms, no mf% bullcrap, I could go on. On the downside, the soundtrack is absolutely forgettable and I really wish Matt Uelmen had been able to score D3. The WoWified art style in D3 sucks too. And the hilariously juvenile telepathic taunting from the demons in D3... my God, did the writers outsource the job to their adolescent children or something? I can deal with that though, because there's so much else that it does right, or at least better than D2 did.

GinRummy wrote on Oct 4, 2021, 19:30:
What bugs me worse than having my movie or show cropped off is when I see somebody "fix" the problem by toggling their Aspect button on the remote to make the odd screen fit their tv, nevermind the stretched out skinny (or squashed fat) people, depending.

Ugh. Yea that might be worse. Ever go to a friend or family member's home and notice that they've got 'motion smoothing' enabled on their tv? That's another good one

What's with this obsession with having to fill up the entire television screen? Back before 16:9 TVs were mainstream, we had to deal with hideous pan & scan of widescreen films, and now we're dealing with the reverse: 4:3 sources chopped up on the top and bottom. It's amazing that many (most?) people still don't understand the concept of aspect ratio, or just don't care that they're missing a large chunk of the picture. I guess if it doesn't fill up their entire TV screen, they feel like they're not getting their moneys worth and are missing out on something?

I guess people really were yearning for a new MMO to get into. I haven't played New World but I watched some gameplay and it looked a bit dull. Reviews aren't very good either. I wonder if it will have any legs or if its popularity will die off after couple of weeks.

Was hoping to hear details on the Factorio expansion by now, since it's been over a year since 1.0 release, but nothing yet. Really looking forward to whatever they come up with. Factorio has become my most played game on Steam by a large margin at this point. It's the game I keep coming back to whenever I've got time to kill. The mods are pretty incredible.

Dash wrote on Sep 20, 2021, 19:39:
This gonna be it? The lead weight that finally sinks it?

Nah, any fines that they wind up incurring will be offset by one hour's worth of lootbox/microtransaction sales. Then they'll apologize and pledge to do better (again) and that will be the end of it.

No surprise but still disappointing. At least it hasn't been canceled, as I assumed it had been for a long time. First game was a great spiritual successor to Dead Island and improved upon it in many ways. The writing sucked bad but that's unimportant in a game like this anyway. Oh and the QTE boss fight... that's just lazy. Still looking forward to how this one turns out.

roguebanshee wrote on Sep 14, 2021, 07:56:

TheBigVlad wrote on Sep 14, 2021, 03:25:

Cram wrote on Sep 13, 2021, 20:33:
"let the way to hell Ball Runs be open"

zzzzzzz

This is one of many reasons why I have no interest in this. They should have overhauled the loot system to be more like Diablo 3, where almost any monster can drop anything. Doing Baal/Pindleskin/Whatever runs 1000 times in a row, to hunt for a specific item, isn't fun. Also, get rid of charms. The purists have Diablo 2 already, why not modernize the game for the rest of us? Oh well. It looks like the game is successful in doing exactly what it sets out to do, so I hope the purists are happy with it at least.

D2:R always aimed to be D2:HD Edition with a few UI QoL updates but no gameplay changes. In large part because most monitors these days aren't 800x600 (or the original 640x480). What SC:R successfully did and WC3:R failed horribly at.

If you want a more "modern" experience there's a lot of other good games out there and D4 is comming at some point in the future.

Yea, that's why I said it looks they succeeded at what they were trying to do with D2:R. I just wish they'd have gone in a different direction, but I'll have to wait until Diablo 4 for a modern Diablo experience that isn't D3. It is what it is.

Cram wrote on Sep 13, 2021, 20:33:
"let the way to hell Ball Runs be open"

zzzzzzz

This is one of many reasons why I have no interest in this. They should have overhauled the loot system to be more like Diablo 3, where almost any monster can drop anything. Doing Baal/Pindleskin/Whatever runs 1000 times in a row, to hunt for a specific item, isn't fun. Also, get rid of charms. The purists have Diablo 2 already, why not modernize the game for the rest of us? Oh well. It looks like the game is successful in doing exactly what it sets out to do, so I hope the purists are happy with it at least.

VaranDragon wrote on Sep 10, 2021, 02:38:

Wallshadows wrote on Sep 9, 2021, 18:25:

El Pit wrote on Sep 9, 2021, 17:14:
No UWQHD support... In 2021. Sad. Really, really sad. This D2 remaster looked so great but during the beta they said things that made it look more and more like Warcraft 3: Refncked. Stating "We want to stay to true the original vision" makes no sense when it comes to e.g. UWQHD support. Then it is actually "We don't care and don't want to 'waste' money on the remaster."

The amount of misplaced anger and confusion surrounding the game is really something else. It's like people see the graphics and think they've rebuilt the game from the ground up when all they've done was address some minor QoL concerns and threw on an overlay with a fresh coat of paint. It's even going to include a lot of the bugs from the base game like bugging Andariel because, again, they didn't rebuild the game which is the same reason why UW breaks the game.

That's it. If you're getting mad that it doesn't support UWQHD (assuming this isn't trolling) and if you feel like the bumps D2R has had along the way makes it more and more like Reforged then that's a you problem and not the developer.

This.

This. Really, I'm sure they'd be more than happy to provide UW support, but in order to do that they'd have to rework AI and make other core changes to the game. Which, again, I'm sure they'd be happy to do if this was a from-the-ground-up remake, but it's not. This is just a version of Diablo 2 that looks good and works on modern systems, nothing more. Even the QoL changes were very, very minor.

Quinn wrote on Sep 10, 2021, 03:57:
This game has the best twist in any story ever made, period. "I see dead people" is a fucking joke compared to this twist. It's one I didn't see coming, and it knocked me off my feet.

The above is a problem in case of a remake. All of us except for the new generation know about this twist. Without that twist, KOTOR is much like KOTOR 2: A good game, but not even remotely as legendary as the first -- and even a bit forgettable.

I called the big twist literally within minutes of the game starting, after it was revealed that the player character has (conveniently) lost their memory, so when twist came later in the game I was like "geez... finally". I think it didn't help that I had heard about some kind of "big twist" beforehand so I knew to expect something, otherwise I may not have figured it out. Apart from that, I don't remember the game much except that there was some kind of psycho droid that I found entertaining.

Yea Insomniac's Spider-Man was great. I'm normally not into superhero stuff, but I'm looking forward to these. It would be a shame if they kept Wolverine bloodless though, which they probably will.