I think just being acceptable at face value is enough for people to suspend disbelief. Also, inherently the red barrel thing is more engaging because the value of it only exists if the player actually takes advantage of it vs yellow paint guide which the player doesn’t earn it is just given to them.
I think the difference here is that a red barrel to signify that what it contains is dangerous is something that “makes sense” and could happen in real life. Yellow paint on a series of footholds and handholds on a cliff side has no chance of happening IRL.
Just Platinumed Astro Bot, had a lot of fun with the game and ready to put it down. I have some quibbles but nothing that kept me from overall really liking the game.
Finally loaded up Astro Bot in the wake of it winning GOTY at TGAs. Good old fashion fun, really good balance of introducing new and fun mechanics and revisiting mechanics with new challenges. Still kinda surprised it won the big award but it definitely is a great game.
I get annoyed very easily now seeing what I feel are uncharitable or unfair opinions and I’m constantly fighting the urge to argue with people.
TGA was good, announcements were good, awards themselves still weirdly shafted, still too many non-gameplay trailers but overall good showing.
Even as someone who really liked FF16, it is frustrating/confusing how it just completely abandons traditional JRPG mechanics. It’s like they made a bet 10+ years ago that traditional JRPG would be a dead genre and were wrong. Instead others are filling this huge FF shaped hole in the JRPG market.
What’s the general consensus about “ATB” systems in JRPGs? To me it feels like an awkward middle point between turn based and action that just doesn’t work for me. I am working my way through all the mainline FFs and nearing the end of 4 and I’m a little worried about 4-9 all being ATB games.
I still have my Twitter account and still check my feed there from time to time (just did now) but it’s hard to overstate how bad the vibes are on there. Not sure if it’s gotten worse recently or just getting some actual distance from it has made it really obvious how negative the feed on it is.
I’ve been digging back into my long running playthru of BG3, and I think there’s so much to talk about with this game. It’s deserving but I think the fact that most discussion around it has just been “it’s great” is somewhat of a disservice. Fertile soil for fruitful discussion about game design.
Cool, just sent a request now. In game name is virtual.
I was close to the platinum myself but I didn’t really like those timer-based combat challenges that you have to do to get it. There’s a chance maybe one day I go back to do them.
Yeah I was pulling my hair out trying to win against the Lapras ex expert level event battle. The ai doesn’t even bother with Lapras ex, and why should it? Just set up 2 Starmie ex and call it a day.
Been watching a friend of mine play FFXVI after having beaten it myself when it originally came out, and man I really love the world, story and characters of FFXVI. Easy to get sucked back in.
The Starmie EX card has to be the most busted card in the new Pokemon TCG app right now. Completely absurd value/power from that card.
I’d recommend something like Life is Strange or The Walking Dead. Perfectly bridges the gap between TV/movies and games.
Had a feeling last night playing Metaphor, I think I’m approaching the halfway point based on playtime and I was thinking man I’m still 40+ hours out but I’m not ready for it to be over. I want more more more. Last time I felt so strongly like that was when I played Persona 3 for the first time.
Just followed literally hundreds of indie/dev/art/game accounts with the starter pack thing people have been sharing. Love to see it!
Happy to be a trendsetter on this one.
I get it, people are tired of live service. But this post is kinda nonsense. 3 of these are just cancelled games (plenty of non-GaaS games get cancelled too). Funny to mention Heartland as if Division franchise hasn’t been a major success overall. It’s a risky genre but there are many successes too.
Truly a disaster but hopefully this will give them an opportunity to relaunch and make something of this game. I played the beta and did not like it myself, but I am surprised it flopped so hard. Interested to see what they do to this game and how it will look when it comes back.
Okay, I’ve officially moved over from the app formerly known as Twitter. Smaller community here but I have a feeling the winds will keep blowing this way.
