Game News Thread

I never played it and it was in my wishlist for years. But I have a Mac, and consoles.

Soon as I read this news this morning, people were saying it was still on GOG and the Xbox store. Immediately clicked through and it had already been delisted from those stores, like an hour after the notice that it was still up on those.

Shame. Some advance notice would have brought in some not insignificant cash flow, I reckon.

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I don’t think it would have, Spec Ops: The Line’s launch saw it earning little the first time around. Plus most people have already seen the best part of the game online, the actual game is fucking ass to play.

You can just watch a Let’s Play of the game and have a better experience than physically playing it. Or you can watch Apocalypse Now.

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PDP have revealed their new modern refresh of the iconic Guitar controller for use in Rock Band 4 and upcoming compatibility with the Harmonix-developed Fortnite Festival mode.

Comes out later this Spring. It has allegedly 36-hours of battery.
USB-C charging, two note sections to play on, a joystick on the back, a console Home button (depending on your version), a 3.5mm Headphone jack, collapsible for easy storage


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Fair arguments. I still think that if they’d just said this was happening and sold the game at five bucks, what, five, ten thousand people might have bought it? Maybe more? Surely many other people had it in their wishlists for a while :innocent:

Okay so 25-50k isn’t much in today’s gaming landscape, but it’s also not insignificant.

Edit: Also, high on my pile of shame is the fact that I still haven’t seen Apocalypse Now. Gargh.

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It’s official, tiny survival game Smalland comes to consoles on February 15th

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Trailer in excess of 9 minutes for Death Stranding 2. I noped the fuck out as soon as I saw the video length after clicking play. It’s baffling how Kojima isn’t universally mocked in the same way that we all [rightfully] mock David Cage, IMO.

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Put me in the ā€œDeath Stranding is boring and stupidā€ camp.

I played the thing. I didn’t finish it, but I played pretty far into the game. Maybe 2/3rds of it. Enough to make an informed opinion.

And that opinion is MEH.

The mechanics suck. The menus suck. The hologram conversations with NPCs suck. The safe house sucks. The product placement… don’t get me started. The stupid baby is annoying. Falling down is annoying. Getting swept up in the gunk is annoying. The music and landscapes are nice, but not earth-shattering like the game’s fans would have you believe.

And like, what, you travel for 30 minutes and that’s supposed to represent 500 miles across North America? Porter-Bridges?? Die Hardman?? Get outta here.

I could keep going with the spot-on, unarguable critiques. Shall I? Stupid game. I think no less of anyone who liked it, though.

JUDAS is where the hype from today should be.

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Because Cage’s are just interactive movies whereas Kojima occasionally throws in some gameplay to redeem himself? I dunno… Anyways, introducing Physint! ā€œIt’s a game but also a movie at the same time!ā€

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Yeah, it was gone pretty much instantly. I“ve had the game on both Steam and GOG for a few years now fortunately, but it sucks that they gave no prior notice so people could buy it last minute if they wanted to.

I wouldn“t go as far as to call it fucking ass to play (there are worse), but the gameplay certainly isn“t the highlight of the experience. And even if you are refering to the WP scene as the best part of the game, it still has a fair share of memorable moments up its sleeve. Plus the setting is great.

Personally I disagree (with the former that is, I do endorse watching Apocalypse Now), but to each their own.

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Nah it’s cool, I mean there are worse shooters to play (like you said). I just kind of expected more after hearing so much about it, I got it cheap played it for a bit then just kind of decided to watch the rest of it elsewhere. It was a decent deconstruction of the military shooter but I have seen its tricks done elsewhere better both before and since.

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Well I for one am excited!
Yeah, it’s kinda needlessly long, but it shows off a lot of the main hook and even MORE weirdness that fans of the first game might like. Also seems quite a bit spookier and horror-focused (WTF was with that tentacle-arm sarcophagus thing?? )

I’m glad to see Norman Reedus back in the starring and playable role. I was worried he’d have a much smaller presence this time around and we’d focus on a new protagonist, but hey, I guess he really does like working with Kojima on this after all haha
(Plus, damn, Lou the baby dying/disappearing is a great hook for me uuugh whyyy)

Also, glad to see snippets of gameplay in there, I think I remember the original DS didn’t get gameplay shown off until like the 4th or 5th trailer lol. Deserts! Snow! The Moon?? Real-time Flooding??
Looks like we’ll be connecting other areas to the UCA, like Mexico. Hopefully Canada is part of that list too? (I hope they drop the ā€œAmericaā€ name though, feels really strange if they’re gonna have America take over the world lol)

Also also, lmao, Troy Baker’s villain is doing a joker audition now huh. Honestly I really enjoyed him as Higgs in the last game, can’t wait to see how crazy he gets.
Terrible subtitle though. They should’ve used ā€œOn the Edgeā€ like in the trailer. Feels more appropriate for a ā€œan even bigger apocalypse is comingā€ instead of ā€œOn the beachā€ lmao oof.

This description blurb on the PS Store for DS2 is pretty wack though :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Step by step, legendary game creator Hideo Kojima changes the world once again.

Oh, Kojima…!

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Maybe hideo Kojima should just make movies with del toro and reedus?

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Jeez you guys, I still plan to get Death Stranding when I have a beefier PC because I like to have a cinematic walking simulator after a stressful day of work. :sweat_smile:

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Ah, post-apocalypse delivery simulator! For when your normal work just doesn’t cut it!

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I played Fallout 4 for being exactly that for exactly that same mood until I knew every Radroach by name.

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The very same.
Special mention to playing New Vegas without fast travel. Those sometimes long trek have a special place in my heart.

Not being able to play death stranding is my current larger disappointment. I think it could be exactly my thing (even though I have my doubt about the combat and semi-horror part of the game)

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More like a falling down simulator. With crying baby sounds filtered through a distortion field for ā€œmoodā€.

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Yikes. I’ve thought about trying it for a while, is the story any good at least?

If it’s been on your radar and you’re interested, I support you trying it.

There are people I respect who really love it. There are people I respect who really don’t love it. And there are people like myself who I don’t respect who also don’t love it.

Is the story good? I don’t think anyone truly knows. But it does take you on a ride and it does demonstrate its creator’s unfiltered creativity. Some people are there for that; me, I didn’t really care for it— the assessment is yours to make.

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Apparently itĀ“s a reference to this movie/book, which I hadnĀ“t heard of before, but based on the plot sounds pretty depressing…

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