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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Delay Won't Prevent Crunch |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Delay Won't Prevent Crunch |
Jan 17, 2020, 14:13 |
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Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 17, 2020, 14:03:
With rare exception, crunch is a sign of bad management. It shows a failure to properly forecast man hours.
And a complete unwillingness of the company to delay release of the game until it's done without forcing mandatory overtime on their employees. |
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| News Comments > Cyberpunk 2077 Delay Won't Prevent Crunch |
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Re: Cyberpunk 2077 Delay Won't Prevent Crunch |
Jan 17, 2020, 13:55 |
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ForgedReality wrote on Jan 17, 2020, 12:43:
And it will be the best game ever made. Again. And they'll all be millionaires. A little crunch is totally worth it. 
It's good to know you're willing to make that sacrifice on their behalf. /s
The only people who have the right to decide if mandatory overtime due to management incompetence is "worth it" are the people being forced to do the work. |
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| News Comments > Epic Games Store Sales Top $680M; Free Games to Continue All Year |
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Re: Epic Games Store Sales Top $680M; Free Games to Continue All Year |
Jan 14, 2020, 12:56 |
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Verno wrote on Jan 14, 2020, 12:11:
I'm really into Hades right now but I'll check out Sundered soon. Pretty sure I grabbed that when it was free at the end of the year. Hades is pretty nuts, Bastion devs + rogue-like = super fun. Hits the right difficulty and tons of replay value. I think it's on Steam now too actually.
It's worth it. Sundered is up there as one of my favourite rogue-lites, along with Dead Cells. |
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| News Comments > Get Celeste for Free |
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Re: Get Celeste for Free |
Dec 24, 2019, 20:01 |
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jdreyer wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 19:36:
BIGtrouble77 wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 19:18:
jdreyer wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 17:07:
Teddy wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 14:10:
Burrito of Peace wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 12:56:
Heretofore acquired.
What are the odds that tomorrow's giveaway will be Borderlands 3?
Exactly zero.
Each day there's a clue based on imagery for the game. This one is a cross in a shield. So something medieval based, most likely, but that could be anything from an action game, to an RPG, or grand strategy. I don't recognize the icon. Castle Crashers, maybe? Seems not recent enough though.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance? My guess is it's For Honor again I wonder if it's TABS.
Might have a winner here. That does look close. |
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| News Comments > Get Celeste for Free |
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Re: Get Celeste for Free |
Dec 24, 2019, 14:10 |
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Burrito of Peace wrote on Dec 24, 2019, 12:56:
Heretofore acquired.
What are the odds that tomorrow's giveaway will be Borderlands 3?
Exactly zero.
Each day there's a clue based on imagery for the game. This one is a cross in a shield. So something medieval based, most likely, but that could be anything from an action game, to an RPG, or grand strategy. I don't recognize the icon. |
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| News Comments > New Studio Developing New BioShock |
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Re: New Studio Developing New BioShock |
Dec 9, 2019, 18:08 |
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Kxmode wrote on Dec 9, 2019, 16:37:
"Kelley Gilmore, 'the first woman in 2K history to launch and lead a development studio.'"
A person's experience and accolades is what people should be noted for, not their gender. I thought we moved passed this nonsense.
Which might be why that statement began with "Industry veteran". Funny that you chose to omit that part and then criticize the article for mentioning sex but not experience.
And for reference, she's from Firaxis, worked on the X-COM and Civilization franchises. |
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| News Comments > Phoenix Point Released |
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Re: Phoenix Point Released |
Dec 4, 2019, 02:51 |
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Kxmode wrote on Dec 3, 2019, 22:22:
Teddy wrote on Dec 3, 2019, 19:04:
So far, graphically not as nice as the X-COM remakes
It's based on the original X-COM, not the X-COM reboot. It says that in the first sentence up above. You're comparing apples to oranges.
Are you serious? I mean it's one thing to be a fanboy, but this is just an absolutely ridiculous argument. Who cares what game it's 'based' on? What does that have to do with the quality of the visuals? This is a game released at the tail end of 2019 and the visuals simply are not as nice as other games in the genre. They're not even on par with games that are multiple years old now.
That doesn't mean it's a bad game, and it's not, but I'm not going to excuse poor visuals simply because it's 'based' on a game from 20 years ago. They're not even that bad, but they're not on par with current level graphics for this style of game. |
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| News Comments > Phoenix Point Released |
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Re: Phoenix Point Released |
Dec 3, 2019, 19:04 |
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So far, graphically not as nice as the X-COM remakes, and it seems thus far to be easier. The faction system is a nice touch, but oversimplified in that every faction has an opposing faction so helping one in any way shape or form always gives negative points for another faction even if it doesn't impact them at all.
The free aim is a very cool way to implement the old targeted aim system where you can choose specific body parts and cause different debilitating statuses depending on what you hit. (ie. leg impacts movement and causes bleeding, arm impacts ability to aim or even hold a weapon).
Haven't yet played long enough for the game to start modifying the enemies depending on my strategy, but thus far it's been pretty solid. Not blown away, but it's been fun so far.
Edit: Biggest issue I have so far is the game doesn't make very clear your chance to hit when using the free aim system.
Edit 2: The free aim system also allows you to target things in the world that you couldn't ordinarily target. For example, a propane tank or shooting through a wall at a target your current guy can't see but someone else can. |
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| News Comments > Phoenix Point Tomorrow |
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Re: Phoenix Point Tomorrow |
Dec 3, 2019, 01:32 |
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Creston wrote on Dec 2, 2019, 21:00:
There are no preloads on the Epic Games Store
I thought they had finally figured out how to do that? Or is it still "complicated"?
They did them for borderlands 3, dunno what the difference is here. |
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| News Comments > Game Awards Nominees |
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Re: Game Awards Nominees |
Nov 20, 2019, 01:06 |
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heroin wrote on Nov 19, 2019, 20:25:
Disco Elysium
Agreed, but at least they did get nominated in a bunch of categories including best RPG, best indie game and best "fresh" indie game (not sure what the difference is... but hey, they deserve the recognition for that game. |
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| News Comments > Game Awards Nominees |
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Re: Game Awards Nominees |
Nov 20, 2019, 01:02 |
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Cutter wrote on Nov 19, 2019, 22:14:
Why are console and PC games not in their own categories? With the exception of Resident Evil and Outer Worlds I haven't even heard of these other GOTY games. About the same for the other categories as well.
Then you haven't been paying attention. Sekiro is by FromSoftware (Makers of Dark Souls series) and came out on PC in march. Control came out on PC in august. Resident Evil 2 remake came out on PC in January.
The only game on the list that wasn't released on PC this year is Super Smash Bros. Everything in the action section except Astral Chain is on PC. Everything in the action/adventure section is on PC except the Zelda one. Note it's all the Nintendo games that aren't available on PC. |
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| News Comments > Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Post-Release Plans |
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Re: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Post-Release Plans |
Oct 19, 2019, 11:48 |
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Rigs wrote on Oct 18, 2019, 19:48:
So you have nothing in your house that has a stamp on the back that says, 'Made In China'?
=-Rigs-=
Stopping one murder didn't stop all murders? Guess the police should just give up on that then, too.
All or nothing philosophies are retarded. Every change has to start somewhere. Could they drop everything made from and including chinese products? Sure, but not likely without being utterly disconnected from modern society, and to suggest that doing so is the only way they have a right to protest is naive.
Frankly, it sounds more like you're trying to justify your own failure to act rather than pointing out an actual flaw in someone else's reasoning. |
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| News Comments > Blizzard's Hearthstone Champion Ban over Protest Draws Protests |
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Re: Blizzard's Hearthstone Champion Ban over Protest Draws Protests |
Oct 8, 2019, 16:47 |
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Neither the winner, nor the commentators were employees. The winner was a customer and the commentators were contract workers. Their contract would have been for the duration of that event. Blizzard didn't fire or punish any employees, they just decided not to do business with those contractors again.
Edit: Bear in mind, I'm not saying what they're doing is right. I'm saying that it's legal and likely in the company's best interests unless enough players are willing to punish them for it. |
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| News Comments > Blizzard's Hearthstone Champion Ban over Protest Draws Protests |
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Re: Blizzard's Hearthstone Champion Ban over Protest Draws Protests |
Oct 8, 2019, 16:30 |
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Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Oct 8, 2019, 16:18:
Blizzard fucked up IMO.
While it would have been nice for them to stand up for freedom of speech, the situation is more complicated for Blizzard. As a publicly traded company, if they didn't do something and China retaliated by banning their games it would not only be devastating to their bottom line, it would open them up to lawsuits by their shareholders for failing their fiduciary duty to them.
Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty
Officers and directors owe a duty of loyalty to a corporation and its shareholders. They are expected to put the welfare and best interests of the corporation above their own personal or other business interests.
This is another reason why a lot of companies kowtow to Chinese interests. Not doing so isn't just a question of losing Chinese money, it can be represented as a failure to their shareholders and put the entire company at risk. |
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| News Comments > Alec Holowka Dead |
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Re: Retro Dust II Map Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Counter-Strike |
Sep 1, 2019, 23:01 |
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Beamer wrote on Sep 1, 2019, 21:22:
You do understand the difference between "he's black, we should lynch him!" and "that man touched me inappropriately," do you not?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till
Mr Emmett Till would like to have a word with you. Are you /sure/ they're so different?
While these situations are not as often related to race as they were back then, it's naive to suggest that there's no correlation. False accusations do exist even if they're the vast minority of cases. The why may have changed, but that doesn't mean that accusations alone with no evidence to support them don't spread like wildfire and incite people to act on them whether proven true or not.
That said, all the information I've read about this particular incident suggests it was absolutely not a false accusation and that this man had a long history of improper behavior with women. |
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| News Comments > Razer Cuts Game Store |
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Re: Evening Legal Briefs |
Feb 17, 2019, 21:04 |
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fawker wrote on Feb 17, 2019, 20:38:
Blackhawk wrote on Feb 17, 2019, 17:14:
For the curious: Issue #s 1, 2, and 4 were a bad left button switch that would register every click as two or three clicks. Issue #3 was an intermittent disconnect. Each issue was severe enough that the mouse was unusuable.
Had the exact same issue with the first razer I bought, having replaced a 10 year old logitech. It happened within the first year I owned it.
Needless to say, I'm back to logiteceh.
Same story here. Razer mice seem highly prone to that particular problem. |
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| News Comments > The Elder Scrolls Online Free Weekend |
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Re: The Elder Scrolls Online Free Weekend |
Aug 8, 2018, 03:22 |
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ItBurn wrote on Aug 8, 2018, 02:08:
My friend refuses to play MMOs. I hate them too actually, but I'm a huge Elder Scrolls fan. Do you have a way of convincing us to play this?
I'm the same way. My wife and I play this, despite me hating MMO's and generally hating PUG groups of people. All the story missions in the game can be played solo and everywhere you go scales in difficulty to match your level on an individual basis. Meaning, if you are level 45 and your friend is level 5, you can still pair up and romp through an area or even a dungeon together without the usual higher level person carrying a lower level person and doing all the work. The mobs deal and take damage according to YOUR level. So you will take damage as if a level 45 mob is hitting you and your friend will take damage as if a level 5 mob is hitting them. The same goes for dealing damage to the mobs. Even more than that, healing spells will translate to your level as well, so if your level 5 friend is a healer, their spells are still going to be useful healing you, instead of providing negligible effects to a much higher health pool.
As such, you can both experience the story of an area/dungeon at the same time with the same level of involvement without worrying about staying at the same level or being in the right "zone" for this level range or that one. I don't know that any other MMO does it quite the same way, and it actually works really well.
Further, you can actually play most dungeons with only two people as long as one can do some healing and the other is a bit on the tanky side. Not all dungeons, a few have some sections that require three people to spread out bosses or keep mobs away from each other, but most, all the same.
It was a clusterfuck when it first came out, especially when it came to group questing and dungeons, and I stopped playing for years, but when the wife got me back to it I was pleasantly surprised with how it had grown. |
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| News Comments > Saturday Safety Dance |
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Re: Saturday Safety Dance |
Jul 21, 2018, 20:15 |
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While I don't identify as a republican or conservative in general, I do feel the need to point out that the headline is not just misleading, it's flat out false.
There was no vote to "renew" election security spending, the vote was on whether or not they should increase election security spending. The republicans stated that there was already a fund in place and that they haven't even spent yet.
Now whether that is news in and of itself is fine to question, but again, that headline is flat out wrong and the article itself states the truth of the matter in less click-bait-like terms. |
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