Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@JohnnyShoulder I thought they were doing something every month and the first -party one was in August so they could show up in July. I'm not totally sure that's right either but something like that.

Also, anyone seen the news apparently AT&T own WB Interactive and are looking to sell it off? Maybe that's connected to not seeing stuff. Let's hope Sony opens it's cheque-book if true.

@Arugula Is that how much they want? Yeah unfortunately it will probably be the EA/Activision types that will afford it which doesn't bode well.

I’m sure Tencent are rubbing their hands together in glee. I don’t see anyone else with that much money.

Back.

@Arugula I feel like being able to upvote comments under articles doesn't help to discourage the sort of groupthink that plagues online social media discussion. I imagine people with dissenting viewpoints post something, don't get any attention, and think "what's wrong with me?"

At least the downvoting function was nerfed. THAT was just ripe for abuse and dogpiling.

@Ralizah I’m so happy you can’t upvote your own comments now. Although, it was kinda funny to see someone post something controversial/ranty and it would immediately have 1 heart. Like, if you really care that much about how many likes you have, you’ve already lost any semblance of credibility.

@nessisonett God, people could upvote their own comments? I think I'd rather my every comment be resigned to "zero likes purgatory" forever than do something like that.

Even if nobody else knew...

...I'd know that little number next to the heart was a lie.

@Arugula Thanks!

At least there aren't any comment threads on here, and comments aren't made more visible because of their upvotes. Social media-wise, I hate how Reddit literally hides your comment if you get mass-downvoted. I don't think it's happened to me, but I detest how it's the text equivalent of getting shouted down.

@RogerRoger Less "epic review" and more "walls of text nitpicking about the issues I have with the game's mechanical balancing." It was a fun game, though.

I don't recall: have you played TW3? I feel like I'm one of the few people here who hadn't played that.

I'm doing alright. Just needed some distance to re-orient my frame of mind. I think it's easy to worry about things that don't really matter in the grander scheme of things.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy The write-up is a little anemic when compared to what I was originally going for, believe it or not (I think I shortened it by 1000 words of so in the process of tightening the scope), since I'm planning on posting shorter reviews more frequently in the future.

It's good to be back!

And yeah, I change the avatar temporarily any time I become aware of someone on the forum playing DR1 for the first time. I don't know what is or isn't going to spoil someone who is initially playing it, so I choose to play it safe.

How are you getting on with DOOM 64, BTW?

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
I wish we did have ports of the PS1 versions as they were easily some of the best conversions ever made of the originals. Doom 1 and 2 on the PS3 and PS4 are both ports of the original PC version unfortunately. Still fun to play though. I'll have to try out Doom 64 one day.

@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
Oh yes, I forgot how many PS1 games didn't give you the option to save your game! Much easier when you're a kid to sit there and play through the whole game.

@RogerRoger LOL, not a fan of the music, I take it?

I'm not a big fantasy person either, actually. I find stuff like LOTR and Game of Thrones to be legitimately boring, and I can count the fantasy novels I've actually enjoyed on one hand.

TW3's approach to character development and dialogue make it somewhat more relatable for me, though. The characters talk and act like real people. Also, it helps that it's less medieval and more dark fantasy.

Which, I fear, might be the actual aspect of the game that will never make you want to play it, knowing how sensitive to realistic media violence you are. It's... really, really gruesome. Both in terms of the subject matter (racism, genocide, intense misogyny, serial killings, etc. are all par for the course in this universe) and in terms of what you actually see on-screen (so much suffering and death; also, as a matter of normal fights, Geralt will sometimes lop off limbs or heads, or even, in spectacular fashion, cut his enemies clean in half, like in some ultraviolent 80s anime OAV). To be honest, it all feels a bit edgy at times, but the high quality of the writing makes up for it, I think.

Probably something I should have mentioned in the review.

Judging by the avatar, I'm guessing you're looking forward to that Spider-Man: Miles Morales game on PS5?

Since the PS5 reveal, most PS4 game announcements I feel pretty meh about. TLOU2, Ghosts and Cyberpunk are the exceptions, but everything else just doesn't interest me any more. Does anyone else feel this way?

@JohnnyShoulder Other than the fact I’m always broke during the summer, I probably wasn’t going to buy them anyway, they’ll probably be on PS5 either within the year or upgraded with BC. Just don’t think there’s much point when I have a huge backlog and no money.

@JohnnyShoulder I never get on the hype train from these sort of reveals so I don’t feel to different to you.

The greatest game of all time looks like it might finally be ready for release though!

https://aaron-demeter.itch.io/lee-carvallos-putting-challenge

@Thrillho You have entered POWER DRIVE

That Simpsons scene never gets old.

"I suggest Feather Touch"

@KratosMD I couldn't wait that long to play those games, but everything else can wait. I realise Cyberpunk will be out quite close to PS5, but I'm most likely not getting it at launch. You also have a lot less interest in something like TLOU2 than I do, so for you it would be ok to wait. And why would they need to re-release it all, it should be playable through backwards compatibility?

@KratosMD Yeah I get that but sometimes certain games come along that you just can't wait that long to play them. For example say it was Persona 6, the next Trails of the Cold Steel game and Hollow Knight 2, would you still be willing to wait another 12 months to play them?

@KratosMD Yeah I get where you are coming from with the future content, but as far as I know that does not apply to the 3 games I'm interested in. And I don't recall a situation when that has happened much either. Maybe stuff like a soundtrack or a making of documentary, but nothing actually cut from the game or anything substantial.

And yeah I got games to play from my backlog too, which I am playing. But that was not my original point, just any game I see announced for PS4 just doesn't excite me anymore, apart from the three i mentioned.

We might have stopped the political chat here but I just thought the message I saw today in MLB The Show 20 was one of the best responses I’ve seen at least in this industry. Using Stroman’s quote was a nice touch and it would be good to see more players being rotated, kids seeing their idols speaking up about this stuff goes a long way.

@nessisonett Yeah a similar message comes up when you start Fifa 20. No profound quote though, so MLB 'wins' in this instance.