MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Feb 22, 2020, 20:24:

Slick wrote on Feb 22, 2020, 19:57:

jdreyer wrote on Feb 22, 2020, 15:26:
Why would I do EA for a single played narrative game?

This.

Few of us on bluesnews are the target EA market for a game like this, but this is just the continued outsourcing of beta testing to the games community.

Did D:OS or D:OS2 have some sort of public beta or EA phase? I can't remember.

I usually avoid EA/beta for pretty much any game, let alone RPGs, but some people seem to love getting in early.

HorrorScope wrote on Jan 18, 2020, 20:35:
I do like their games quite a bit, but even so they do need to make them feel different and just add something more. This is a good move.

I like both Divisions, but the second the Tiers from 1 to 5 was so fast what is even the point? I do like the live map but there should have been some well designed meta game there that added strategy that matters. Also overall it is too easy and I do feel the AI was a bit of a step backwards from 1, that said it has some of the best AI in the biz, they just dumbed them down because they felt the audience is dumb, imo. Loot goes so fast there is like no point to even bother with it all that much until you hit top gear score, there has to be something better.

Creston wrote on Dec 29, 2019, 00:01:

OpticNerve wrote on Dec 28, 2019, 20:30:

Kxmode wrote on Dec 28, 2019, 19:33:
Started season three of The Expanse. What a crazy show! The stakes keep getting bigger each season. I love how season two essentially had two big climatic endings (one in the middle, the other at the end). Thanks, OpticNerve for convincing me to stick with the series past season one.

Glad you're enjoying it! It took my online friend a while of constant nagging for me to finally start watching The Expanse and I'm really glad that she did.

Her: "You love sci-fi shows! WHY AREN'T YOU WATCHING THE EXPANSE?!"
Me: But the synopsis and trailer looked boring and I have other shows to watch.
Her: Watch it now! Season 2 is amazing!
Me: Fiiiiine...
*Me after binging Season 1, 2 and part-way into Season 3*
Me: THE EXPANSE IS AWESOME!
Her: Told you!

Haha, I hear ya. I have several colleagues at work who I've had to constantly badger about it, even though they're HUGE sci-fi fans. And then they watch the first two episodes of season 1 and go "UUUGGHH!!" and I have to plead with them to keep watching, until they finally do, and then the next day they show up and go "Holy shit, I'm halfway through season 2, this is fucking crazy awesome!"

I'm also very glad season 4 is excellent, because a lot of people were worried it would be a letdown because apparently the book wasn't that great.

Kxmode wrote on Dec 28, 2019, 19:33:
Started season three of The Expanse. What a crazy show! The stakes keep getting bigger each season. I love how season two essentially had two big climatic endings (one in the middle, the other at the end). Thanks, OpticNerve for convincing me to stick with the series past season one.

jdreyer wrote on Dec 25, 2019, 03:34:

OpticNerve wrote on Dec 25, 2019, 03:25:

Kxmode wrote on Dec 25, 2019, 01:55:
I'm three episodes into The Expanse and I still don't know what this show is about. It's looks like an aimless soap opera set in space. I think one more episode and I'm done. So far I don't care about ANY of the characters... not one.

Try to stick with the entire season if you can. It's a VERY slow burn because season 1 begins as an odd sci-fi, detective mystery that eventually builds up in scope and epicness as it moves away from that. It feels aimless at first but it really isn't and the actors get a lot better (and the main cast gets more likeable - Amos is awesome) further into the seasons.

Personally, it wasn't until near the end of season 1 that the show really hooked me and once it did, it didn't let go. The good news is that once it gets past season 1, things pretty much go full throttle and things ramp up in urgency as the major plot eventually reveals itself.

Just don't expect it to get there asap. It really wasn't until the end of season 3 that the overall plotline did get revealed. And by that time I was just completely enthralled due to the slow (but consistently urgent) buildup of it.

I just love watching Thomas Jane as Joe. In the middle of S2 now.

Kxmode wrote on Dec 25, 2019, 01:55:
I'm three episodes into The Expanse and I still don't know what this show is about. It's looks like an aimless soap opera set in space. I think one more episode and I'm done. So far I don't care about ANY of the characters... not one.

Dash wrote on Dec 23, 2019, 01:15:

Cutter wrote on Dec 22, 2019, 15:26:
Yes, unfortunately it is a bit too GOT'y. Less politics and more questing, thanks.

...Does it being "too GOT'y" mean its going to be great, right up until the very end, and shit the bed?

chickenboo wrote on Dec 6, 2019, 11:41:
It's really pretty amazing how long this game has been kept alive. I tasted maybe an hour of GTA Online and found it to be mostly full of annoying players trying to kill me whenever we got within 5 blocks of eachother. It's probably pretty enjoyable with a buddy to play through it with.

But still, this game came out in like 2013, and 2015 on PC? 4 years later and they're still adding new missions, heists, buildings, weapons, etc. Pity none of it is intended for single player.

eRe4s3r wrote on Nov 30, 2019, 09:09:

OpticNerve wrote on Nov 30, 2019, 05:10:

eRe4s3r wrote on Nov 29, 2019, 18:15:
Did they fix the FPS bug yet?

Oh wait, the answer is no. Because rockstar is a indy developer apparently, that can't afford to untie game logic from the fucking framerate within a 2 weeks.. blegh

The FPS bug tied to weight and cores? They actually fixed that two patches ago if that's what you're talking about.

RDR2 Title Update 1.14 Notes wrote:

Improvements to address an issue that resulted in the player’s cores draining at a faster rate than intended in Story Mode when running at high frame rates

Improvements to address an issue that resulted in player weight decreasing at a faster rate than intended in Red Dead Online when running at high frame rates

Where on earth did you find that? Looked at rockstars abhorrent website and found nuthing... I fail at the internet, oh well ;/

Word of warning to all Online players of RDR2: wrote:
Do NOT open your posse for random people to join. There's an exploit where someone can somehow spam donate one animal carcass (which counts for more than one) to your Trader butcher table and according to people, Rockstar will 30-day ban and wipe your character. Arguing with Rockstar support is pointless since they have a stupid "we understand, but all bans and wipes are final" policy.