SabreT wrote on Sep 23, 2019, 17:24:

ExGemini wrote on Sep 23, 2019, 16:51:

SabreT wrote on Sep 23, 2019, 10:46:
glad to see the anti-epic store cult boycott went well. lol

Please shit in your hands and slap yourself.

That’s oddly specific… Is that the circle jerk ritual you guys do before climbing on the hate train ?

Which train is that? the irrational hatred for Steam train? The delighting in frustratingly empty friends-list in a game built for co-op train? Or the Fortnite money train buying exclusivity in lieu of having a competing platform train?

Please be specific.

I think the EGS is a bonerparty for everyone that has a hateon for Steam. For gamers, it's annoying because BL3 is unable to benefit from well-aged and developed friend lists.

CJ_Parker wrote on Sep 13, 2019, 14:19:

Citizen P wrote on Sep 13, 2019, 13:36:

CJ_Parker wrote on Sep 13, 2019, 13:28:

Why? No one mentions it explicitly when a game is only available on Steam either. Why should EGS be any different?

I would say, because EGS is not engaging in practices that are of any benefit to the consumer and that a conscientious gamer might prefer snubbing them at release and buying a GOTY edition later to dissuade bother developer and publisher from engaging in such practices. So please, dont pretend that the reason this was mentioned by a previous poster was some unusual statement, it is disingenuous.

If some gamers really care that much about "snubbing" then it's on them to do the research which games to snub.

Besides, for the umpteenth time: The anti-consumer decision is always made by the publisher. Only the publisher decides when, where, why, how or even IF a game of theirs gets published. Epic is making them an offer to exclusively put the game on the EGS for 12 months. The publisher can accept this offer or deny it. If they accept it then the decision to limit gamer choice is made by them, not Epic.

Finally, I'd say no PC game review is complete without a short paragraph on DRM, i.e. mentioning which launcher the game requires, whether it is protected by Denuvo yada yada.
However, as for review sites that generally don't do this, I don't see a reason why they should be obliged to make a fuss over the EGS exclusivity. Just so the Steam fanbois can feel all tingly inside? Puuuhlease... grow the fuck up y'all!

So your intention was to be facetious so you could tell everyone else to go fuck themselves for pointing out what an obtuse comment you made - good for you, I suppose. Happy Friday and all that, twat.

CJ_Parker wrote on Sep 13, 2019, 13:28:

Why? No one mentions it explicitly when a game is only available on Steam either. Why should EGS be any different?

I would say, because EGS is not engaging in practices that are of any benefit to the consumer and that a conscientious gamer might prefer snubbing them at release and buying a GOTY edition later to dissuade bother developer and publisher from engaging in such practices. So please, dont pretend that the reason this was mentioned by a previous poster was some unusual statement, it is disingenuous.

Drath71 wrote on Sep 7, 2019, 09:06:

I had to go look up what you mean by the toy story 2 scene. Ridiculous. But if leftists ever get control, get ready for a way of life straight out of George Orwell's nightmares.

Ah yes, that crazy left-wing cabal that runs Disney trying to sneak granola into everything. GTFO you fruitloop.

Cutter wrote on Jun 11, 2019, 11:39:
Yeah, the audience shills just make it nauseating. If any of those people were actual gamers they'd have all been sitting there in stony silence, arms crossed and looking angry.

I dunno, not so much shills I think - as much as low-rent YouTube streamers that will debase themselves publically for the hope of free swag; they're already doing anything they can for views.

jdreyer wrote on May 1, 2019, 14:47:
How is the game at this point? Worth a 53GB download to try out?

If you have unlimited downloading, sure why not? It's pretty and boring. I updated just laat week and did what I did last time: Grabbed my ship and flew to a planet, flew around until I blew up. I noticed that it was running much better than before on my 980ti - but has the appeal of one of those really in-depth flight sims that I don't care for.

Rilcon wrote on Apr 16, 2019, 14:50:
You can buy it off Ubi's store, if Epic offends you so. It's not like Ubi games on Steam don't just launch Ubi's launcher on top.

Absolutely, and if this was a day 1 for me, I would do so. As it stands, my interest is subsided because, shady business is shady.

I'll wait for the steam sale next year. Also Epic, stick that dirty Forenite money in my pocket and sell it at a discount then I'll buy from your store, not before.

NotOneOfUs wrote on Mar 6, 2019, 16:34:
"We then have to make a judgement call about any risk it puts to Valve, our developer partners, or our customers."

Because if someone were to play this game they would die instantly. Or something.

I really hate bullshit talk.

Are you like a post-modern artist? You're calling your own post bullshit at the bottom of your own post?


As said below, a carefully worded statement on a platform that claims to be open, is in fact, prudent?

The game is like a glossy magazine cover over a collection of badly printed newsprint articles, each with their own flashy insert page. Lots of flash on the outside, and then a constant stream of "gee, if only they did more than sketch this element out. The print looks so good!"

Good point... but the democrats love them some Chinese communism,... so its always possible we could see that added here. its probably a hate crime.

If you use a cheat in a game against someone of a non white race.. is that a hate crime?

You might laugh or scorn this... but... it aint that far fetched as crazy as the left is.

With wonderfully insightful comments like these, I invite you to exclusively post as evil avatar, you'll fit right in.

I think Valve's opinion on HL has been stated a few times, in as much if the technology allows them to bring about a new experience they would release the game. As I recall the "technology" in HL1 was access to environment audio (Creative Labs EAX, I believe it was?) and some video card features that didn't exist before, and HL2 was released on their new Source engine and include physics gameplay. HL3? Probably existed to a point with 3D - and was decided that wasn't the right path. I'm okay with an unfinished story, at this point it's been so long.

I liked DA: I. ME: A was steaming pile dumped on top of a great setting.

I enjoyed the game, it plays as you would expect an Obsidian game to play. Mechanically the game is well-balanced at the beginning and then it becomes much easier, with the caveat that if you micro-manage your combat and run as close to turn-based as you can - you become overpowered very quickly. If you run the game in real-time, or close to it, it's more balanced - and in my opinion more fun.

Storywise I found it interesting, with four or perhaps five discernable endings that you can determine as you play. Cutter's comments are, comical as best.

I'm stuck without a key for my Star Wars Battlefront. I received an e-mail with a confirm for the Oct 19th end of day at the latest and 30% discount coupon. I ordered a month ago, I would be annoyed if I had time off, but, with FO4 - I find myself indifferent.

If I can combine the 30% with other offers, I will be quite pleased.

{PH}88fingers wrote on Nov 11, 2015, 21:05:
this series worth buying/playing?

I couldn't tell you, even though I own it. The book series isn't done, the TV series isn't done. I couldn't handle the game not done, so I'll wait for this final release and then play,

shihonage wrote on Nov 11, 2015, 05:56:
Yes, Fallout 2 is thematically poor. However, mechanically, in terms of world reactivity and freedom of player agency, in the details that matter, its programming and design is ages ahead of Bethesda.

Fallout 2 was the beginning of thematic decline, however it was still far more thematically cohesive than Fallout 3, and incomparably better when it came to meaningful utilization of stats and world reactivity.

So, your almighty hallowed franchise declines in chapter 2.

You're allowed to mention Deus Ex to explore isometric vs FPS in regards to dynamic gameplay, but I can't mention another RPG from the same company because it has inconvenient tits? Are you a bigot, or blinded by fervor? Your inability to even address the main quest lines of all 4 titles objectively shows how indefensible your argument about depth of storytelling truly is. Roleplaying games are rife with kill and fed-ex quests, the context and reasons change, but that is the bread and butter, for good or ill.

shihonage wrote on Nov 11, 2015, 05:56:
Yes, Fallout 2 is thematically poor. However, mechanically, in terms of world reactivity and freedom of player agency, in the details that matter, its programming and design is ages ahead of Bethesda.

Fallout 2 was the beginning of thematic decline, however it was still far more thematically cohesive than Fallout 3, and incomparably better when it came to meaningful utilization of stats and world reactivity.

So, your almighty hallowed franchise declines in chapter 2.

You're allowed to mention Deus Ex to explore isometric vs FPS in regards to dynamic gameplay, but I can't mention another RPG from the same company because it has inconvenient tits? Are you a bigot, or blinded by fervor? Your inability to even address the main quest lines of all 4 titles objectively shows how indefensible your argument about depth of storytelling truly is. Roleplaying games are rife with kill and fed-ex quests, the context and reasons change, but that is the bread and butter, for good or ill.

I have told you to stop your bleating and go play your unchanged game and enjoy it for what it, a great old game. Your not winning an argument here, because there is nothing to win. Or lose.

I hope your the last Unwashed Villager, because this obsessive pedantry is irrelevant and should be retired.
I have told you to stop your bleating and go play your unchanged game and enjoy it for what it, a great old game. Your not winning an argument here, because there is nothing to win. Or lose.

I hope your the last Unwashed Villager, because this obsessive pedantry is irrelevant and should be retired.

shihonage wrote on Nov 11, 2015, 01:14:

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But hey, enjoy your skinner box. Enjoy fetching apples for people in a nonsensical world, and leveling up stats that mean nothing. Enjoy your invulnerable NPCs and one-word dialogue choices. Enjoy pointless, boring timesink activities that belong in an MMO, rather than a CRPG. Enjoy the hoarding. Enjoy the grind.

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It's troglodytes like YOU who are still living in a mental equivalent of a cave, and YOU are helping companies like Bethesda produce same old, primitive, throwback-to-programmers-writing-dialogue-on-a-napkin shit with a newer skin.

I'm still waiting for people like you to develop taste. But stupid... stupid never changes.

You're an idiot, and that's okay. You don't want to grow up, and you want everything your way, the old wat, or no way - but you aren't a big enough to just let things go, you have whine and complain. Love to hate, grow up.

Let's review main quests:
F1: Get Water Chip to save Vault. A timed fetch quest.
F2: Get Geck to save village.
F3: Find Father who abandoned you.
FNV: Find the man that tried to kill you.

Fallout 2 almost all of its art assets are from Fallout. Buggy as absolute hell on release, it was virtually unplayable.
Fallout 2 Had a whorehouse, moreover you could be a pornstar. A fetch quest involved finding dirty magazines, the game featured a number of whores, and getting a crimelord's daughter pregnant. Wow, that's edgy. Do you remember fetching golden gecko skins for rewards? I do. Do you remember the citizens of Planescape: Torment? Torpedo tits and bikinis everywhere.

Both Fallout's featured low-rent, at the time, celebrity voice acting.

Many quests in Fallout 1 and 2? Go here, kill this, get that, bring it back.

I think Fallout 1 is great, Fallout 2 is alright, and you're stuck in fantasyland.

Fallout 2 is a parody of Fallout, instead of trying too hard to make great atmosphere they filled the game with as many popular culture references and bad jokes as they could.

Even still, Planescape Torment is still better than anything Fallout.

shihonage wrote on Nov 10, 2015, 19:37:
Hey, you figured out I have issues with Bethesda's take on Fallout. Congratulations.

Wasteland 2 is just a mediocre squad shooter. No real world-building or story to hold it together, the whole thing is a giant gimmick.

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Perhaps your inability to discern between genres is not merely a symptom of your own mental deficiency, but just a sign of the times where all genres are grinded together for profitability and robbed of their individual edge.

Case in point: Fallout 4, an alleged "ar-pee-gee", which is really an FPS.

(INT check failure) Oh no, he started with the hurty Bethesda words again, better stop reading this post now. Bad words hurt head. Bad man, go away.

An RPG elitist! I appreciate your neckbeard is long, unwashed, and dusted orange with sacred cheetos, may your parents basement be everdark and foreboding to the profane sunlight and social graces of in-person human contact. The original Fallouts were great isometric games in their time, and that time has passed: go back and enjoy them, otherwise don't play these new iterations if they have sullied your perfect memories. Times change and things change with it, except you, in your basement and your sour fantasies.