ZeroPike1 wrote on May 27, 2023, 03:36:
So far, 2023 has been the Shit Shoveling year. Just Shoving shitty games and shitty ports out to the public as soon as possible.

This is just the natural evolution of people paying for alpha and beta access. Developers don't even have to finish a game to get people's money and they know it. It started with pre-purchasing special editions and now people actually PAY for "early access".

This is what you get...And the only reason why the industry doesn't collapse is probably because they figured out they can make more money giving games away for free then actually selling them. Because people have no control over their microtransaction purchases. At least you can't release a f2p game that sucks and expect to make money. Unless, you're Activision/Blizzard and have millions of fan boys.

Midnight wrote on May 17, 2023, 23:36:

Carcifier wrote on May 17, 2023, 12:53:
This is not accurate. No one has to pay to get new characters. I haven't paid a cent and I have them all. You have to pay if you want access to them day one of release. Which doesn't really matter cause it takes a couple weeks for them to be available in ranked. They're not hard to unlock. Additionally, you can get a "free" battle pass every other season if you complete weekly quests.

This also is inaccurate. The only way to get new heroes for free is to progress through the battlepass to rank 45 (or thereabouts) - so if you take a break or don't play often then you might not earn enough EXP to unlock them. If you take a longer break, or are a new player, you'll miss battlepass seasons entirely and have no choice but to pay if you want those heroes.

Like every other "Live Service" game, OW2 relies on FOMO to make players too scared to stop playing, rather than making the game so fun that they want to keep playing.

Do you know how to read? Every statement of mine that you quoted was 100% accurate. They're not even debatable. Just facts. Therefore my statements were "accurate". Yours however, were not.

Rhett wrote on May 17, 2023, 05:00:
What a scam and a cover to hide the fact they screwed over players by taking away somewhat fair, free-to-earn loot boxes, and making people buy heroes instead of them being free for everyone. "Had to remake the game for PVE mode" hmm? It's just not the game it used to be, or that I paid for...

This is not accurate. No one has to pay to get new characters. I haven't paid a cent and I have them all. You have to pay if you want access to them day one of release. Which doesn't really matter cause it takes a couple weeks for them to be available in ranked. They're not hard to unlock. Additionally, you can get a "free" battle pass every other season if you complete weekly quests.

Does Overwatch 2 have issues? OH YEAH! This PVE decision likely dooms the entire game. If anyone thinks Blizzard is a company you can buy games from, you're crazy. The Blizzard you knew, died many years ago. They haven't released a good game in a VERY long time. Diablo IV is going to be a disaster too. GET READY.

It is a shame because they have incredible art and engineering departments. Big corpa greed will never allow them to release a desirable product again, unfortunately. Although, their design teams were eroding(Diablo III anyone?!) before big corpa swooped in for the kill. I'm not sure they would have made competent products without the greed.

phinn wrote on May 4, 2023, 21:58:
Quake is arguably the most groundbreaking fps of all time, but go ahead and leave it off your HoF list keeping your crappy little museum utterly irrelevent.

Exactly. Don't even mention this POS entity(site) exists if they don't have Quake in it. Barbie? I don't even have to know. I don't want to know.

Got mine about a month ago. Love it. I had high hopes and it exceeded it. I honestly don't know how anyone could give it a negative review. The only complaint I could see anyone having is battery capacity. Playing high end games eats up the battery quickly. If I play Elden Ring (yes, it plays ER incredibly well), it eats up the battery in probably 1.5 hours. I haven't modified any settings to try to preserve battery life. If you play something that isn't super high end, the battery lasts much longer. That's battery life in 2022 though. It's incredible the frame rate you can get playing a game like that with no reduction in image quality. Simply, an amazing little device.

Even surprised how well it works in "desktop" mode. I installed Chrome with a click of a button and when I went back to "game" mode it was available as an option. I can run Chrome, as if it's a game and it functions exactly like it does on a laptop. Twitch, YT stream video perfectly on it. Easy to move mouse pointer with the touch pads. Right trigger acts like a left mouse click. Pretty cool. If you have the disposable income for it, I recommend it. Future versions will probably be better, whenever they get made/released. There's just so much value being able to play almost your entire steam library on a device of this quality.

Surprised I don't actually like the artistic appearance of this character in the trailer. Blizzard art work is generally incredible. Not that it matters, because I won't be paying for this game or any other future Blizzard game. Good job Activision. You're making money.

I liked 3, minus the story. I don't know if the story really matters though in these games. There's a heavy "Duke Nukem 3D" cringe factor at play with the whole universe.

I waited till the game was heavily discounted to punish the Epic games exclusive garbage. I didn't know they would give it away for free though. The next one I won't buy at all. Unless it comes out on STEAM at launch. Yeah, Valve has a monopoly. Deal with it.

Two peas in a pod.

Oh yeah, get ready for Diablo THREE!!! 10 YEARS LATE!

Finally, Blizzard delivers the follow up to Diablo II. Except, wait a minute, it's free to play and likely pay to win. It's not even designed for PC's. It's a port.

Never mind there's not a single interesting thing about it, either mechanic wise or story wise.

Can't wait for Diablo 4! Really, I can wait. I know that's going to suck too. Maybe in another 10 years though...Diablo V Golden Parachute edition!

Best game I've bought in years. And I had never played any previous "Souls" games. Nor do I generally like punishing games with harsh mechanics. Despite having played games like EverQuest (at launch) in the past.

Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 16, 2022, 11:38:
I guess if you like the fighting and don't mind using a controller it is a great game.

I'm playing it with keyboard and mouse. I don't like controllers. Not much of a console person. I know everyone says you have to use a controller. I don't know why though. I'm not having any trouble using my keyboard and mouse. I think the "zoomers" of the world are just too accustomed to using them, probably being more influenced by consoles than I was growing up. I grew up playing Quakeworld and EverQuest.

I've never played the previous From Software games, due to the obvious difficulty/punishment aspects of them. I just never wanted to subject myself to that. Yet...after watching streamers play this game, I had to try it. I bought it and I'm glad I did. It's an incredible game, maybe the best designed I've ever played. It certainly isn't easy, however the game has built-in design elements that can balance that difficulty. Once you adjust and learn the different game mechanics it really just lets you enjoy the quality of the world they've created. Graphically stunning but more importantly paced so well.

To me, the most important aspect is that it plays almost perfectly in Proton. I'm playing it in Linux, with no stutters or loss of frame rate; graphic settings maxed. I have good hardware, but it's still incredible how well it plays for a just released triple AAA game.

Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 9, 2022, 11:34:
On the one hand, I'm surprised Kotick didn't give it a go, on the other $100m is less than he makes in year so why risk it?

Greed knows no end. Crooked bastards. Now they have to pay off the right people to get out of this; which I'm sure they will.

I don't think it's possible to stop the cheating, technically. I also believe it has sadly, forever ruined online gaming. And it's not just FPS's that suffer from this, but that's probably the worst hit genre.

I stopped buying FPS's that don't have an incredible single player component, years ago. You can't play a FPS online without running in to cheaters. If you watch pro-gamers playing on Twitch, they run in to them all the time. It's not a "paranoia" thing, which for some people, they do like to call people who are good at the game as cheaters. Rather, it's just clear cheating with aimbots, wall hacks, etc. You can watch the "killcam" replays and see people shooting people across the map who are not visible. Snapping to their exact direction, firing and then repeating. Shooting through walls at targets not visible.

FPS was always my favorite genre. Long gone are the days in the 90's when you could join a server and expect there to not be people cheating. Some did, but it wasn't as easy as it is today where every idiot with an inferiority complex pays for a subscription and activates it with a couple clicks of the mouse.

Anyone remember the last game Blizzard released that was any good???

Think about that. Yeah, no, the games you're thinking about weren't good. They were released, but not good. Overwatch was the last game I bought and I regret buying that. Zero chance I buy Diablo IV, despite it being one of my favorite franchises of all time. Still hurting from the colossal failure that Diablo 3 was and is. Would have loved to buy D2R but it was easy to see the smoke of the fire there. I wouldn't give Blizzard another dollar until they release at least two FANTASTIC games back to back with no server issues. And THEN and ONLY then, will I think about buying the game that follows those. No chance they save this sinking ship. No matter how much money they throw at it.

The whole concept of a CEO is a sad reflection on humanity and it's weakness to greed. For someone to become rich with no direct impact/influence on the products created by a successful company while those who do the real work get shit on, is incredible. Slavery never goes out of style. It just mutates in to more socially accepted forms.

The Half Elf wrote on Aug 24, 2021, 12:17:
A good game? A good Aliens game or a good co-op game?

I'm pretty sure that a good Aliens game would be a sign of the end. And anyway, what's the point? Just nuke from orbit. That's the solution. Problem solved. No marines wasted. Game avoided, man.

And thus the golden era of video gaming ended. No longer were new games created, simply old ones remade...

However, all remakes can be purchased with a collector's edition, season pass, all access perma stuck in Alpha (cause why would you ever finish a game when people pay to play alpha's & beta's?) development with a new skin for your BFG9069...if you PRE-ORDER NOW!

They'll probably leave out the best two parts of the game, the NIN sound track and Quakeworld.

Now if only we can find a power supply capable of generating one point twenty one gigawatts!