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Shocking development in my main “looking forward to” game.
Total War Saga: Thrones of Brittania delayed til 3 May.
Sadfaces galore!
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
I figure there's a slim chance it'll happen, but Lost Ark coming to the west would be nice - but as the game is still in pre-launch (closed beta, if memory serves), the likelihood of seeing it is pretty slim.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
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Just a few more days until the release of Far Cry 5, I've been avoiding a lot of the surrounding hype and trailers in the last few weeks, to keep things as spoiler free as possible.
So far though, 2018 has brought us Vermintide 2, most excellent and something I have high hopes for as the devs continue to release more content for it.
There's also Deep Rock Galactic, while not as great as I had hoped, it does play nicely when in coop.
BrookM wrote: Just a few more days until the release of Far Cry 5, I've been avoiding a lot of the surrounding hype and trailers in the last few weeks, to keep things as spoiler free as possible.
Been doing the same for about a year now.
Weirdly not hyped for it as much as I thought I would be. Kind of worried it will be more of the same in some regards, which is fine of course, I've loved the franchise but the repetition of certain mechanics gets old. If there's a series of psychedelic/dream world missions with their own weird mechanics, I'll probably turn it off. Its fine in moderation (like real drugs!!!) but they just take it to a bothersome level where it feels like a chore.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Yeah, it is repetition, but the series is a personal guilty pleasure of mine.
The game did receive some flak for having you kill Americans instead of brown people or Canadians (two actual suggestions proposed as alternative acceptable baddies by people upset by the premises), but we'll see, the Far Cry games are only as good as their bad guys in my opinion. What made Far Cry 3 was Vaas (and why the game took a nose dive halfway through..) and what made Far Cry 4 was Mihn, not blandy shooty dude protagonist or the freedom fighters who try to teach you morality 101.
I will cry foul if they include a drug scene. Maybe they'll replace the drugs with extra strong moonshine or something?
But at least we're not a whiny douchebag this time around, it'll be interesting to see what kind if character creation options are available.
I am also stoked for FC5. Not pre-order stoked, but stoked .
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BrookM wrote: So far though, 2018 has brought us Vermintide 2, most excellent and something I have high hopes for as the devs continue to release more content for it.
How is that compared to the first one? I have the first, but haven't g otten the second one yet-- none of my usual friends play it.
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BrookM wrote: So far though, 2018 has brought us Vermintide 2, most excellent and something I have high hopes for as the devs continue to release more content for it.
How is that compared to the first one? I have the first, but haven't g otten the second one yet-- none of my usual friends play it.
It has an improved loot system. No more pissy dice rolling and getting items or weapons for other classes. If you complete a map you get a loot box, which can be upgraded through loot dice and tomes found throughout the map, as with the first game. Only now the amount of dice and tomes found flat out upgrades your loot box from peasant level to well, anything better than that. You can also hoard loot boxes and open them with another character, giving you stuff for that class instead, which is nice if you've grinded the Elf, but want to play the Mage next, but boost her with some loot first before jumping in.
Each character now also has three classes, the starting class being what they were the previous game, with two more unlocked at certain levels, taking the characters in completely different directions.
It's also significantly cheaper than the first one, though they are going to pull a Payday 2 on this one and keep the game supported through DLC maps and expansions, which IMHO is not a bad thing as €27,99 is a steal for this game.
Other than that, the same satisfying crunchy melee combat, chaos thrown in for more diversity in opponents, nice and big maps with loads of diversity in there, it's a good game.
That... is an amazing improvement. I better save up some money for that then, and see if I can get a friend or two to get it.
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Warriors Orochi 4 has been announced, and is expected to be out sometime late this year. It's a guilty pleasure that takes *all* of the characters from the two flagship musou games (Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors), gives them an excuse plot (the Chinese fox spirit, Dah-Ji, has merged the Three Kingdoms and Sengoku Jidai eras of China and Japan respectively, and unleashed the ancient Japanese demon Orochi on the inhabitants) and then tosses in some other odds and ends characters for good measure (DOA characters, for instance, since Koei-Tecmo owns that series, plus other surprises such as Joan of Arc from Bladestorm: The Hundred Years War). Unfortunately, nothing is known about the game at this point aside from the fact that it's supposed to be released before the end of the year.
I also learned that there is apparently a Gundam game that's somewhat similar in idea to the Gundam Build Fighters series. You beat enemies, and they drop parts that you can use to customize your mobile suit. And the fourth game - due out this June - will be the first to get an international release. Might be worth checking out.
BattleTech looks to be great, plus one of it's main guys is Mitch Gleitman the main guy from Mechcommander 1 and 2, and I trust him.
Also, now that WB have removed all microtransactions/lootboxes from Shadow of War, I look forward to the inevitable GOTY edition that packs every bit of exploitative DLC into a single package. Then I can buy it on sale.
Just found out that Shadow of the Tomb Raider is coming out late this year, wahey! Totally slipped under my radar, so there's something to look forward to again.
Few more days til Thrones of Britannia, and Pillars of Eternity 2 a few days after that!
Going to be a fun couple of weeks for me!
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Paradigm wrote: I disagree. Bioware Montreal were given Andromeda as their first full game, forced to release it before it was finished (had the fully patched version been the initial release the reaction world be far less hostile) then denied them any opportunity to continue as a studio . The staff are at Motive or wherever, but Bioware Montreal as a studio no longer exists, had any of its prospects to develop a future project removed based on a single under performing title and is a casualty of EA's treatment of development studios.
The reason Andromeda was released before it was finished was due to gross mismanagement by the developer.
They failed to focus the vision early enough and so wasted an incredible amount of time on stuff that didn't work.
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Ohh! State of Decay 2 comes out this month(22nd) as well.
I enjoyed the first one much more than I thought I would. I lovehated how it let you build characters to be badasses yet still easily killable if you got careless with them. A fun, tense and appropriate level of hardcore(for myself) game. Probably one of my favorite zombie games.
Although, from what I’m reading, “Microsoft store only” is a huge turnoff!
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
So, kind of waiting on Vampyr and Inquisition Martyr, which both hit next week.
But especially after PoE2 (and its story and game mechanics problems), I'm really reluctant to jump in on launch day. Anyone have any direct experience with these games or developers and any confidence about their likely launch state?
Both seem like they could be fun if done right, but utter wastes of $50 if mishandled.
(Especially Vampyr, after watching some of the recent footage- a spectacle fighter bolted on an investigation game built on every vampire cliche imaginable has me suspicious)
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Having played a bit of Vampyr today, I think it certainly lives up to its promise. I admit to having been sceptical at first (a semi-open world detective-ish action-RPG with Vampires in post-Victorian London sounded too good to be true) but in the flesh, it certainly delivers.
Maybe the graphics aren't up to God of War levels, the frame rate occasionally drops in busy scenes and the load times can be lengthy, what it lacked in a technical sense it makes up for in sheer style. The world design is superbly atmospheric and bolstered by a similarly evocative score, the voice acting is of a very high quality, the writing seems up to scratch and the combat is responsive, quick and varied.
It also handles it narrative elements well; the opportunity to straight-up kill NPCs for a power boost at the cost of losing out on any information/services they might later offer and damaging the health of the district doesn't seem to be a cut-and-dried choice (unless you commit at the outset to go fully pacifist or kill everything) and the branching and interlock conversation structure works, especially where it hides dialogue options you don't have access to but does let you know they are there; it encourages you to 'unlock' them by exploring elsewhere rather than assuming NPCs have said everything they're going to.
It's not going to be for everyone, but if you're a fan of vampire lore, post-gothic horror, detective work and intrigue, branching narratives and some decent, Witcher 3-eqsue combat, I'd certainly recommend it. It ticks a lot of boxes for me and I think it's going to be something of a quietly brilliant game in the same way as the likes of Dishonored or the last Hitman; no massive fanfare around it, but it knows it audience and what they want and it delivers it with plenty of style.
Been having some hopes for Total War: Three Kingdoms. I love ancient Chinese history, especially during the periods of division and unification. I wonder if they will take historical inspiration, or just base it off of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Been curious about Battletech too. I’ve always wanted to get into the franchise, but could never find the right gateway. Would this be alright for newcomers?
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SkavenLord wrote: Been having some hopes for Total War: Three Kingdoms. I love ancient Chinese history, especially during the periods of division and unification. I wonder if they will take historical inspiration, or just base it off of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Both. They've said there will be 2 campaigns, a historically accurate campaign and a romanticized campaign with appropriate wushu fighting.
SkavenLord wrote: Been curious about Battletech too. I’ve always wanted to get into the franchise, but could never find the right gateway. Would this be alright for newcomers?
I was in the same boat. I've played the Mechwarrior PC games but never felt the draw to the tabletop. Battletech PC is a fantastic turn based strategy game, even for complete newcomers.
SkavenLord wrote: Been having some hopes for Total War: Three Kingdoms. I love ancient Chinese history, especially during the periods of division and unification. I wonder if they will take historical inspiration, or just base it off of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Both. They've said there will be 2 campaigns, a historically accurate campaign and a romanticized campaign with appropriate wushu fighting.
SkavenLord wrote: Been curious about Battletech too. I’ve always wanted to get into the franchise, but could never find the right gateway. Would this be alright for newcomers?
I was in the same boat. I've played the Mechwarrior PC games but never felt the draw to the tabletop. Battletech PC is a fantastic turn based strategy game, even for complete newcomers.
Really? Looks like I’ll be looking into those ones with more interest now. Thanks Loki!
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