What are you nerds playing?

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:35 am #348436

Bottom post of the previous page:

People hate and complain about spore because of how it was brought to us, with marketing and hype for all sorts of things
A great all-ages and evolution spanning game that would see your own race do their own thing, with every playthrough unique

Instead we got googly eyes on amoebas, over half the expected features cut and a binary "good pacifist" route or "evil conquerers" route that has no replayability and barely any gameplay

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:14 pm #348490

XSI wrote:Instead we got googly eyes on amoebas, over half the expected features cut and a binary "good pacifist" route or "evil conquerers" route that has no replayability and barely any gameplay

Spoiler:

lntigracy · Post by **lntigracy** » Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:12 pm #348506

But it wasn't as fun as it was promised to be.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:53 am #348765

lntigracy wrote:Spore would have been so much better without the "cute" camp that was part of the development team.

this tbh fam

lntigracy · Post by **lntigracy** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:24 pm #348865

What do you mean all RCs are for babboos, the first few (probably up to deadlocked) were genuinely good games.

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:48 pm #348904

CosmicScientist wrote:Continued playing some ratchet & clank: tools of destruction since my internet was down for a few hours and I didn't want to go to bed... despite it being half seven now.

I'd gotten through most of the game during the entire time my computer was put to other uses but jesus christ, I somehow blocked out all memories of this game because of how shit it was. I guess it was rushed out the door or something because I can tell they had ideas and it being the first game of the series put onto PS3 since the rest were PS2 probably shows off they were trying hard since they couldn't reuse the old minimal polygon assets (although some parts were worse than PS2 graffix given the lack of effort).

I did have some fun when the content was repetitive/had a loop. So the flying around (despite poor implementation of motion controls/a giant deadzone makes any turning a jar with no soft bank), hunting the few leviathan souls and the on rails pirate space ship shooter which unfortunately is bad even for an on rails shooter and I only give it a free pass thanks to the pirates being the B story that stole the spotlight so hard the A story didn't progress until the B story's villain was terminated.

Probably like all R&C games it's for baboos to play and baboo designers to mass produce, so there's nothing to write home about in the gameplay department besides my nostalgia telling me every other game in the series left me with less of a disappointment in bosses, standard gameplay, puzzles, platforming, visuals and story. Although come to think of it, 2 had growing pains with ugly levels and a forgettable story, 3 was shite for gameplay with bland colours, Gladiator was too easy, Crack was just muh OC dwama with a feeling that the universe wasn't living, into the Vagina just had Crack's worst features whilst making new but worse assets for some reason... but I played through them all and liked them all as a child.

In the end I'm wondering why a yootoober, Qbopper knows this one, spent an hour complaining about the R&C remake and how it ruuuined what was a great series and rewrote the main characters when the only things I like without nostalgia blinding me are Qwark when not a cameo, every appearance of the pirates outside of fighting them and any of the repeating gameplay loops (arena, assault course, wasteland raritanium things, vidcomics, leviathan souls, platforming planetoids, at least half of the trespasser puzzle variants).

I didn't like any of the PS3 ratchet games tbh so it isn't a personal affront when you shittalk them

they scrapped a lot of the great elements of the original series in favour of new, shitty returning characters, an almost offputting redesign of old characters, the weapon design started to feel a little more stale, and the tropes (like you mentioned, arena challenges, etc.) become painfully obvious

everyone else has a hardon for a crack in time and it was just kinda boring to me

I really liked 2's levels so you're wrong LOL

3 had some issues with the HUD (ORANGE) but the planets were pretty lively beyond the first two or three levels

ratchet and clank has never been the pinnacle of game design but i think they're a solid "for all ages" game and i can respect them for what they are, but after they hit the PS3 the charm was drained out of it in favour of something a lot "softer" i guess

lntigracy · Post by **lntigracy** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:15 pm #348980

They tried appealing to the masses as opposed to the already fans.

It's why ratchet turned from reluctant hero to ohsoniceiwannabeahero in the remake

>tf2 as an example of pinnacle of game design
L m a o

Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:29 pm

They're still updating tf2, apparantly.

http://www.teamfortress.com/jungleinferno/

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:08 pm #349045

lntigracy wrote: >tf2 as an example of pinnacle of game design
L m a o

Hey, tf2 was great....when it came out, but then a load of talentless hacks ruined the game.

Reminds me of something else...

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:36 pm #349099

TF2 had excellent design for a long time
Of course they fucked with it just to see what would happen, by their own admission

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:06 am #349107

I've never played TF2 ever, apart from as a fuck around on the Orange Box for Xbox when a live internet connection was literally satan to a child's parents

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 12:07 am #349110

I don't have my xbox any more but I only distinctly remember it as that - hatless and stock-only

Lumbermancer · Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:55 pm

TF2 is better than Overwatch.

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:30 pm #349246

Lumbermancer wrote:TF2 is better than Overwatch.

apples to oranges

you aren't wrong but that's like saying street fighter is better than the nes jekyll and hyde game

they're both 2d games where you hit shit so they're comparable right

Ikarrus · Post by **Ikarrus** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:03 pm #349260

Div:OS1 feels so much more archaic and uninteresting, I completely forgot. Cyseal was a mistake.

Did the EE change anything at all?

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:15 pm #349266

Enhanced Edition is a lot smoother and polished and has full voiceovers for the conversations. Also adds more classes, dual-wielding, quests, companion banter etc.

It's just overall better

Lumbermancer · Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:22 pm

Qbopper wrote:
Lumbermancer wrote:TF2 is better than Overwatch.
apples to oranges

you aren't wrong but that's like saying street fighter is better than the nes jekyll and hyde game

they're both 2d games where you hit shit so they're comparable right

The difference is that TF2 and Overwatch are both first person, team based, class based, ability based, push the payload, ctf, tdm shooters.

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:31 pm #349296

CosmicScientist wrote:He took your bait and now you're taking his.

Circlebaiting

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:32 pm #349297

i'm obviously exaggerating but it's painfully clear to anyone with even a little experience in both games that there's no similarity beyond the surface level observations you made

overwatch is like a moba in disguise, it's all about counterpicks and waiting for ultimates to go off

XSI · Post by **XSI** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:43 pm #349306

Pretty much that

TF2 is a fun game where you have a team and objectives to do while shooting the other guys, doing whatever and you'll still be contributing to things. With enough room for a skilled player to always influence the game.
Overwatch is a game where you've got cooldowns to click for your kills and the team will yell at you if you don't do what they believe is right, and you will frequently just die for no reason other than because someone else pressed q or your team is suiciding into the other team while pretending they're being useful

Did I mention I believe mobas are a scourge on gaming and there is nothing positive about any of them?

Lumbermancer · Sat Oct 21, 2017 7:47 pm

>core gameplay design
>surface level

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:11 pm #349351

XSI wrote:Pretty much that

TF2 is a fun game where you have a team and objectives to do while shooting the other guys, doing whatever and you'll still be contributing to things. With enough room for a skilled player to always influence the game.
Overwatch is a game where you've got cooldowns to click for your kills and the team will yell at you if you don't do what they believe is right, and you will frequently just die for no reason other than because someone else pressed q or your team is suiciding into the other team while pretending they're being useful

Did I mention I believe mobas are a scourge on gaming and there is nothing positive about any of them?

a little harsh but yeah overwatch is SUPER focused on abilities and not aim/gamesense

Lumbermancer wrote:>core gameplay design
>surface level

"team based fps with payload and ctf" is not core gameplay design

Kerbin_Fiber · Sun Oct 22, 2017 6:19 am

I'm playing 2d Spessmens leave me alone!

Lumbermancer · Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:27 am

Qbopper wrote:"team based fps with payload and ctf" is not core gameplay design

Yes it is. You're talking about counterpicking, but if you played tf2 you would know it also has counterpicking. Except it's less pronounced because there's only 9 non-unique characters, instead however many Overwatch has these days.

Yes, Overwatch has high-impact abilities, while tf2 has low-impact abilites tied to items, but that's just tweaking of numbers.

There's no radical difference in design.

cedarbridge · Post by **cedarbridge** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:04 am #349763

Guys, come the fuck on.

Lumbermancer · Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:10 am

Qbmax32 · Post by **Qbmax32** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:06 pm #349797

Lumbermancer is incorrect and should stop posting in this thread

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:42 pm #349802

ace of spades (or build and shoot now, i guess) is literally the best game ever created

Qbmax32 · Post by **Qbmax32** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:11 pm #349805

Stop posting and never do it again

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:15 pm #349808

Qbopper wrote:ace of spades (or build and shoot now, i guess) is literally the best game ever created

decent enough
used to be better

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:17 pm #349810

DemonFiren wrote:
Qbopper wrote:ace of spades (or build and shoot now, i guess) is literally the best game ever created
decent enough
used to be better

I mean the old one not the one on steam

Lumbermancer · Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:41 pm

Qbmax32 wrote:Lumbermancer is incorrect and should stop posting in this thread

Not an argument.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 2:48 pm #349826

Qbopper wrote:
DemonFiren wrote:
Qbopper wrote:ace of spades (or build and shoot now, i guess) is literally the best game ever created
decent enough
used to be better
I mean the old one not the one on steam

i didn't even play the fagex version
what i mean is, 0.75/0.76 were the latest and last in a long line of attempts by aos' creator to sabotage his own project after selling out

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:49 pm #349841

DemonFiren wrote:
Qbopper wrote:
DemonFiren wrote:
Qbopper wrote:ace of spades (or build and shoot now, i guess) is literally the best game ever created
decent enough
used to be better
I mean the old one not the one on steam
i didn't even play the fagex version
what i mean is, 0.75/0.76 were the latest and last in a long line of attempts by aos' creator to sabotage his own project after selling out

i've never played the quote unquote newest one, doesn't it have deployable MGs and shit

I miss the old days of randomgen/only rifles

lntigracy · Post by **lntigracy** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:57 pm #349848

The best part about the old one is you could color change your blocks to the same color as the terrain

Meaning tunnel entrances being filled back in wasn't painfully obvious.

Then there's the stupid class system.

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:19 pm #349857

I miss when shotguns were useful and had decent range.

Takeguru · Post by **Takeguru** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:48 pm #349863

I wish every game ever made would stop making shotguns garbage

I hate grabbing a shotgun and having the damage falloff be so ridiculous as to make them useless outside of 5 feet

This does not mean overcorrect, though
I used to love slug-sniping people in bad company 2, there was no shell drop, just travel time
And the crosshairs were so pixel perfect you could outsnipe snipers if their dumb ass stayed still

captain sawrge · Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:53 pm

Overwatch is weewee pee pee garbage for children that just learned how to pick up a controller.

I'm playing Etrian Odyssey V and its god damn epic

ColonicAcid · Post by **ColonicAcid** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:54 pm #349873

>talks about x game being a childs game

>posts about a handheld childrens video game

when are you going to move to a real console sawrge lol

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:29 pm #349893

ColonicAcid wrote:>talks about x game being a childs game

>posts about a handheld childrens video game

when are you going to move to a real console sawrge lol

>Using consoles

lol

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:53 pm #349901

Anonmare wrote:
ColonicAcid wrote:>talks about x game being a childs game

>posts about a handheld childrens video game

when are you going to move to a real console sawrge lol
>Using consoles

lol

>not being a turboenlightened multiplatform gamer and enjoying all types of games while respecting those you don't like

lol

also sawrge is right but i'd word it a little less harshly

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:37 pm #349912

Modern consoles are trying too hard to be PCs when a PC is better at being one than a console is

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:24 pm #349934

CosmicScientist wrote:I liked to edit out the rifle's metal prick that obstructed my view of what I wanted to hit.

SS13 has taught me all about how annoying a little prick can be

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:24 pm #349953

i made myself a set of fallout weapons for aos
obviously i replaced the rifle shit with crosshairs for extra powergamey unobstructed view

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:06 pm #349962

CosmicScientist wrote:I miss ace of spades having trench warfare. All I could find recently were premade maps, with some you couldn't dig into because they were at sea level and the rest being the babylon CTF which sucks because only 2-3 players on your team cares about building at any one time whilst 10 enemies endlessly assault you and break your bridge or tower, leaving the game in a stalemate.

Then there's the weird zombie mode.

hallway ctf has the purest trench warfare if you climb up top

you can only build one block before hitting the height cap, so making foxholes and trenches is the only chance you have

CosmicScientist wrote:I also miss when I could draw my own iron sights, even though now it's actually looking down the gun model... I think.

I liked to edit out the rifle's metal prick that obstructed my view of what I wanted to hit.

you should still be able to do this, the old client still exists - you might have downloaded openspades which is its own thing

i really REALLY want to get some people together, host a server/join an empty one on randomgen, and play, because FUCK, randomgen ace of spades is amazing

it's the most atmospheric multiplayer game i've ever played

Anonmare · Post by **Anonmare** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:24 am #350065

I don't understand anything what's going on but I jumped on the bandwagon of Darkest Dungeon years after everyone else.

Also Darkest Dungeon's adding a new character class soon(TM)

DemonFiren · Post by **DemonFiren** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:36 am #350106

make an aos thread qpoop
maybe we'll get a handful of people together

Qbopper · Post by **Qbopper** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:13 pm #350208

CosmicScientist wrote:I think you require openspades to play... at least the last time I tried the official client, shit was frakked and the internet said just use openspades.

you don't, but it's certainly a lot easier to get running if you have issues with the OG client

DemonFiren wrote:make an aos thread qpoop
maybe we'll get a handful of people together

i mean

maybe

Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:18 pm

If I did a rimworld lets play thing with SS13 characters in the video games board would that still be entertaining or has it been overdone

Malkevin · Post by **Malkevin** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:32 pm #350291

Not been done for a while

Wyzack · Post by **Wyzack** » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:37 pm #350293

They are always a good time. Also I think the next alpha test just dropped and it has df style combat logs for melee now