What game are you playing?

[BlackMastodon]

Picked up Stellaris yesterday for under $10 and played a few hours today. I'm not a big fan of Civ but this one seems a little better. Very overwhelming walking into it but after a little while I found out what the resources all did and mostly figured stuff out. Don't know if I'll get into any other 4X games but I was eyeing Endless Legends/Space a little while ago.

 

[ThtOthrPrsn]

Been playing a good bit of Enter the Gungeon this week, will be playing a whole bunch of the Anthem demo for sure this weekend.

 

[Ralyks]

So I played the Resident Evil 2 demo, which seems like it kicks ass, and the Anthem demo, which... Seems fun, I guess? May wait a couple of weeks and see what people think of it before buying that one.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

Crossed off Kiwami 2.

Not much to say about the story since I already knew about it from Yakuza 4's reminiscence mode. But playing through it all makes me see why it's highly regarded and why Ryuji and Kaoru are loved by many fans. I'll admit I did laughed my ass off at the entire climactic finale (like I did a particular point in Yakuza 4, same exact location no less), and that says a lot since this game throws a ton of goofy dumb camp at you... more than usual.

Usual gameplay muckabouts here too. I spent way too much on the side stuff to the point that I kept playing the Cabaret Club long after the story arc for it was finished. Hell, I did a lot of Haruka's needy requests to the point of even playing the gambling games I tend to avoid at all costs (the Hanafuda Koi Koi game was more fun than I thought). And Otome My Life is still as adorable as ever. Though I gave up on the golfing, as I was so terrible at it. So no Amon fights for me this time, that includes the extras on the Bouncer and Majima Construction missions. Speaking of Majima...

Finished the Majima Story as well a few days ago in one sitting. I knew it was a short diversion (like most DLCs in games) but it's still a lot shorter than expected. I even tried to milk it by doing side stuff like his one karaoke song that's even more emotional in context, since the payoff was fantastic. It's funny because Yakuza 5 actually gave Majima a fair amount of depth as a character, but after the release of 0, and now this, his additional backstory is so good that it overshadows a lot of his stuff in 5. One thing's for sure, Majima has a type.

That'll probably be enough Kamurocho based games for me for a while (Judge Eyes and Yakuza 3 HD won't be out for a while longer). Except I'll be jumping right in post apocalyptic world of Lost Paradise, aka, THE EXACT SAME GAME AGAIN.

I suppose I could just get Kingdom Hearts 3 but it'll be a while before I could be assed actually playing it.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

started playing killing floor 2 again. It's still a lot of fun to just run around and destroy zeds, especially with the kickass gore system.

 

[wankerness]

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So I played the Resident Evil 2 demo, which seems like it kicks ass, and the Anthem demo, which... Seems fun, I guess? May wait a couple of weeks and see what people think of it before buying that one.

I badly want to play a new BioWare game cause I like Mass Effect, even Andromeda, and the last two Dragon Age games a lot...and then their new game is a fucking MMO shooter. Guess I’ll be waiting a while.

 

[Ralyks]

Hey, there's a new Dragon Age coming!
... In probably a mini.um of 2 years?

Y'know, unless Anthem tanks and puts BioWare under.

 

[PunkBillCarson]

So I played the Resident Evil 2 demo, which seems like it kicks ass, and the Anthem demo, which... Seems fun, I guess? May wait a couple of weeks and see what people think of it before buying that one.

I've said this a thousand times and it bears repeating... Don't let the hype of others dictate your expectations or experience. You've got the right feeling about Resident Evil 2. Regarding Anthem, I don't know, but you're better off experiencing it or anything else for yourself.

 

[wankerness]

I've said this a thousand times and it bears repeating... Don't let the hype of others dictate your expectations or experience. You've got the right feeling about Resident Evil 2. Regarding Anthem, I don't know, but you're better off experiencing it or anything else for yourself.

That's true to a point, unless it involves dropping 60 dollars to find out if you like something or not. Unless you have a lot of money to waste, of course. Fortunately these are rare cases where demos are available.

Anthem's demo is supposedly quite different from how the finished product will be, from what I've heard. Worse, in fact. So if you like it, you'll probably like the real thing more.

 

[beerandbeards]

I rarely buy games Day 1. I like to see multiple reviews first. The Anthem demo is fun but there’s a lot of negative vibes toward EA and BioWare.

Am I alone in the thought that Microtransactions are hurting video games? I know developers want to monetize and make more money but it seems like the intentions are more greedy than to put out more content for the consumer. Any thoughts on that?

 

[KnightBrolaire]

I rarely buy games Day 1. I like to see multiple reviews first. The Anthem demo is fun but there’s a lot of negative vibes toward EA and BioWare.

Am I alone in the thought that Microtransactions are hurting video games? I know developers want to monetize and make more money but it seems like the intentions are more greedy than to put out more content for the consumer. Any thoughts on that?

They're absolutely about greed, they saw a profitable business model in a different type of game, and modified it to apply to a super high budget AAA game. Take Black Ops 4, it's just constantly inundated with ridiculous looking skins/armor sets. It basically follows the same progression as any other modern game like League of Legends, etc where it's a fucking slog to level up stuff, and an even longer slog to get the skins/etc. Even stuff that really shouldn't be behind that super slow progression like weapons are now behind it in Black Ops 4. Sure, you can get them without buying them, but it's a huge time sink. The older COD games (ie MW2 and Black Ops 1) did progression better imo, as the pacing behind leveling up and getting new weapons didn't take as long as it currently does.

 

[wankerness]

I rarely buy games Day 1. I like to see multiple reviews first. The Anthem demo is fun but there’s a lot of negative vibes toward EA and BioWare.

Am I alone in the thought that Microtransactions are hurting video games? I know developers want to monetize and make more money but it seems like the intentions are more greedy than to put out more content for the consumer. Any thoughts on that?

No, everyone has that thought.

 

[MFB]

If I had friends that I regularly gamed with, Anthem would probably be on my buy list, but as a solo queue player? No thanks. Feels prettt slow moving, and the gun play is pretty same-y, so I'm OK with skipping out on it.

I think my next purchase will be the FF-X Remaster, as playing KH3 makes me which there was more hack n slash/old school RPGs for the XB1.

 

[PunkBillCarson]

IMO, video games should just be raised to 70 dollars and no microtransactions. You pay 70, you get everything unless the developer gives a sizable expansion.

As for what I'm playing, Resident Evil 2, still and I just got my first taste of Brutal Doom on PC and I'm loving that as well.

 

[BlackMastodon]

I badly want to play a new BioWare game cause I like Mass Effect, even Andromeda, and the last two Dragon Age games a lot...and then their new game is a fucking MMO shooter. Guess I’ll be waiting a while.

Right there with you. It looks and sounds like a game like Destiny and I already wasted $80 on that one with the season pass and only played it about 10 times. Just not my thing.

 

[Mathemagician]

IMO, video games should just be raised to 70 dollars and no microtransactions. You pay 70, you get everything unless the developer gives a sizable expansion.

As for what I'm playing, Resident Evil 2, still and I just got my first taste of Brutal Doom on PC and I'm loving that as well.

Adjusted for inflation it’d be closer to $90.

And now that it’s a known entity just how much micro transactions make they would just sell the games for $90 and then implement the exact same MTX in the games.

 

[PunkBillCarson]

Adjusted for inflation it’d be closer to $90.

And now that it’s a known entity just how much micro transactions make they would just sell the games for $90 and then implement the exact same MTX in the games.

Which is unfortunate. I think the reason why MT's even exist is because they were probably afraid of raising the prices of games. If they did, no questions asked before MT's were even a thing, MT's might not even exist, but then you'd have people getting pissed the fuck off at having to pay more for a game. Myself, I wouldn't mind paying more money for a game as long as I got everything there is to offer. Day one DLC is bullshit though.

 

[Mathemagician]

Activision (naturally) wanted to push prices higher with COD from $59.99 to $69.99 “or higher” Bobby Kotick was quoted as saying. Microsoft said no and held the cost at $59.99 so then having multiple editions come out like hardened or veteran editions with more “fluff” and “discounts on map packs” became a thing.

Meanwhile on PC no one had ever really charged for some fucking maps.

 

[Ralyks]

I'd pay 70 to not have to pay more later, sure.

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

IMO, video games should just be raised to 70 dollars and no microtransactions. You pay 70, you get everything unless the developer gives a sizable expansion.

Also known as what games used to be, but now an archaic thing of the past or left to the indies. My tastes in games has at least for the most part allowed me to avoid most of the triple A games with MTs, DLCs and Season passes aplenty, but sadly it's these exact things are what every modern fighting game is gearing towards. It's the reason why I still refuse to play Street Fighter 5.

I sort of feel bad about not playing Soul Calibur 6 enough. Because it was given to me as a present, at least paying for the season pass was tolerable. But knowing that they've got more characters, most already available for free in previous games held as DLC ransom is still off putting.