Speaking of RTS, saw this on [PC] Gamer a few days ago. I don't get the RTS aspect of it, but it looks splodey and I like the CRT effects. Explosions and gunfire in that game look terrific.
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The only good sale from KT would be a price mistake, but they don't even do them!Waiting for KT discounts is nothing but suffering.
I missed the Atelier sale on Steam last March (I wanted to buy Rorona ) and it's almost been a year since then and the game has never reached that low since then.... And when I say "low" I mean not even 50% off
edit: wow, I already got my Ryza code and it unlocks in 3 hours! Too bad it's midnight and tomorrow I have to work
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Hard for me to play anything recently. I'm two weeks past my Covid-bout but still have the worst headaches and muscle aches from just sitting at my desk. Stay safe everyone 
Wishing you a speedy recovery! It couldn't have been easy.
so I finished Trials of Mana, it was a nice little game, i got attached to my trio of characters, the music was nice and the romp was fun. It didn't do anything particularly amazing but I felt like everything mashed well together.
I'll do the postgame stuff tomorrow, I wanted to do it tonight but I ended up playing gacha games instead, oh well.
I'll do the postgame stuff tomorrow, I wanted to do it tonight but I ended up playing gacha games instead, oh well.
I'm addicted to Elite Dangerous.
I'm playing it as a space trucker, just got a new ship (Cobra MKIII) and I already love it. I'm still inside what can be considered the tutorial area, and while jump I arrived in a uninhabited system and it was kinda scary but an awesome moment regardless.
I'm playing it as a space trucker, just got a new ship (Cobra MKIII) and I already love it. I'm still inside what can be considered the tutorial area, and while jump I arrived in a uninhabited system and it was kinda scary but an awesome moment regardless.
I'm not ashamed to admit that the recent two Godzilla movies were one of the most unadulterated grinning pure fun I had with movies in many years. Dumb or not, they tickle my childish action mind in a really nice way.
Can't wait for the new movie!
Take care and best wishesHard for me to play anything recently. I'm two weeks past my Covid-bout but still have the worst headaches and muscle aches from just sitting at my desk. Stay safe everyone
Tried Yakuza Kiwami 2, got bored real fast.
It's just same game, again and again, worse than Ubisoft.
I love the story and characters, but I can't muster the courage to play the same tedious and repetitive combat, samey minigames that I'll mostly ignore, and quests that would be interesting if I didn't have to interact with the franchise.
It's just an absurd amount of backtracking, always the same boring city (and some extra each time - which doesn't break the routine enough), and just... a complete copy/paste with nothing else than good story; so i'll just skip the boring parts and watch on Youtube.
On Discord some say that I'm hating games, but I'm not?
I just find them a chore to play?
When I play Batman Arkham Asylum, I like it! After the 579167th game that has the exact same trite combat and yet again executed the level design for a boring open world with nothing in it, I don't bother.
That's not hate just... franchises that shit out the same thing every year. I like it once, then never again.
Yakuza is exactly that, far worse than anything Ubisoft or Activision can do.
It's just same game, again and again, worse than Ubisoft.
I love the story and characters, but I can't muster the courage to play the same tedious and repetitive combat, samey minigames that I'll mostly ignore, and quests that would be interesting if I didn't have to interact with the franchise.
It's just an absurd amount of backtracking, always the same boring city (and some extra each time - which doesn't break the routine enough), and just... a complete copy/paste with nothing else than good story; so i'll just skip the boring parts and watch on Youtube.
On Discord some say that I'm hating games, but I'm not?
I just find them a chore to play?
When I play Batman Arkham Asylum, I like it! After the 579167th game that has the exact same trite combat and yet again executed the level design for a boring open world with nothing in it, I don't bother.
That's not hate just... franchises that shit out the same thing every year. I like it once, then never again.
Yakuza is exactly that, far worse than anything Ubisoft or Activision can do.
I'll need to play it too
If I've learned anything, it's that Discord somehow fosters really toxic atmospheres, even in this community. What you are saying makes sense, there is a definite trend of these games following a pattern and formula. Your perspective seems understandable to me.
I thought the last one was really great. It was way over the top with the monsters, constant destruction, cool scifi military hardware, and it's one long battle scene nearly from start to finish. That's how you do a monster movie.
I wasn't really into the Brian Cranston one before that, precisely because it left out all that stuff for almost the whole movie. When I was a kid, that's the part I hated - who are all these guys talking? More monsters. It was an ok movie, but I really needed it dialed up to 11 and that's how the 2019 one felt.
Along those lines, I think Wes Anderson would do a good Destroy All Monsters style godzilla. Practical effects and retrofuturistic rockets and puppets and all. The tone is like that, too, like a joke taken too seriously which Wes Anderson is good at.
Edit: also where the hell is that pacific rim anime on netflix?
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Eh, it's not really toxic, it's more of games being either 98% MC or less than 0%.
Interesting to note the ones that miss the mark too: Gears of War get slaughtered for being always the same with obsolete gameplay (absolutely right, I couldn't spend more than 15 mins in GoW5)... and then the latest Assassin's creed is released and it's the best yet of a franchise that may as well be the canned food of videogames.
Or any Sony game that we've all played a million times, but it has a Spiderman skin instead of Batman, totes different.
And worse, Yakuza 7 evolving meant... keeping all the same issues, throwing away the boring action combat for boring turn based combat that makes the game even slower and more tedious with backtracking though.
Give it a chance, the game can be a bit hard to understand at first but once it clicks you can have a good time.
Well, there's no accounting for taste. What you find boring is thrilling and atmospheric to some other people.Eh, it's not really toxic, it's more of games being either 98% MC or less than 0%.
Interesting to note the ones that miss the mark too: Gears of War get slaughtered for being always the same with obsolete gameplay (absolutely right, I couldn't spend more than 15 mins in GoW5)... and then the latest Assassin's creed is released and it's the best yet of a franchise that may as well be the canned food of videogames.
Or any Sony game that we've all played a million times, but it has a Spiderman skin instead of Batman, totes different.
And worse, Yakuza 7 evolving meant... keeping all the same issues, throwing away the boring action combat for boring turn based combat that makes the game even slower and more tedious with backtracking though.
On an intellectual level, I can definitively agree that formula-based iterations of games aren't always the best in my opinion. Innovation is something I personally value a lot.
To be frank, I'm looking to replay Syndicate so this might be a good chance to pick it up.
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you should - Syndicate is pretty good (and grab the DLC too)
Honestly that's a very fair opinion. Yakuza games are very samey but they are often carried by very strong story chops.
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well it's definitely good at 60
that's as far as i can go with my monitor, lol
I don't know, I enjoyed Yakuza formula a lot more than Ubi/Acti stuff over the years.
- Collecting stuff in Yakuza is a lot more fun because you can upgrade Kiryu's abilities from it, AssCred? Not so much.
- Side Stories in Yakuza are funny and memorable. Do they even have memorable sidequests in AssCred?
- Exploring Kamurocho/Sotenbori on foot is a whole lot more engaging than riding a horse/cart for 10 minutes in whatever AssCred.
- Combat in Yakuza can be a tedious exercise, sure. But like any other games, they have plenty of options in terms of fighting style. Also, they have accessories to remove random encounters if you dislike it.
- The turn-based combat in Yakuza 7 can be slow at the start, but once you have high-level job abilities, the random encounters can be dispatched within 1 turn. Also again, there is an accessory to remove random encounters.
I think it's fine to have a difference of opinion though, it's regrettable that you got attacked on Discord for it. The clique shit on Discord is something I'd like to keep away from, myself.
While a nice touch, id rather they spend all of their time on the remake of 1 and not fiddle with 2, personally
I'm surprised that SMS still is supporting this game.
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I was trying to figure out why I like Yakuza and don't like AssCreed as much, and this list is a pretty good start. AssCreed games are visually pretty, but that can't sustain interest -- when I'm playing Yakuza, I never get tired of looking around or interacting with everything. I think playing a "real" character helps with this. The story and characters are just so, so much more engaging on every level.
I think Yakuza is up there with Souls for me -- if they put out a game every year, I'd happily play it without getting bored and still look forward to the next one. AssCreed, no way. But on the other hand, I can totally see why someone would see those games as similar and not be into it. Also, the though of getting dogpiled by Discord nerds because of that opinion is just embarassing -- wtf is wrong with people? What did people like that do before they could argue on the internet?!
Idk, I played Like a Dragon, 0 and Kiwami 2 almost back to back and they feel like pretty hugely different games to me. Kiwami 2 was a huge upgrade from 0 in how open and explorable or interactive the areas feel and even if people love the on the fly style changing in 0 the combat engine is just way more modern and smoother in Kiwami 2. Regardless of which you prefer they do differ a lot. Like a Dragon doesn't evolve the area interactivity too much in comparison to Kiwami 2 perhaps, but it takes place in a whole new area for the most part, Ijincho, which has a very different design and layout to it so it's all good once again. And of course it has the whole new JRPG turn based combat system. And the stories are always awesome overall and also can differ to each other a lot.
Maybe Kiwami 1 is too similar to 0 if you play those back to back, or Yakuza 6 is indeed too similar to Kiwami 2, being on similar iterations of their respective engine versions, but then both Kiwami 1 & 2 are remakes of the PS2 games to bring them on par with the series' then current state anyway, if you had played them as they released on PS2 they'd have a different charm or you could just skip the remakes and still have different experiences from all this timeline.
But I suppose when they do make a game that feels too similar to the last in that it has the same sort of combat style and the same possibilities as far as the town goes, I too may find it a chore to find all the same items hidden in all the same spots, but at that point perhaps it'd still be plenty enjoyable to play the bulk of the main story stuff and ignore the side fluff if it's too samey. Anyway, so far the way I've played (part of) the series it's been fine. Maybe it applies to 3, 4 and 5 if they're much alike, I'll know soon. But even so it's not too many games in the series before each bigger change or upgrade occurs. Also, at least they didn't take the easy way out and make each game's scope smaller just to leave more differences for the sequel. Like not let you go to Sotenbori after introducing it.
Big difference to AAA games anyway, Yakuza was successful in Japan but not to AAA level and it only recently became successful in the West, finally, already.
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Yeah only about $400kUSD each. Which is not a lot and is likely less than what they made during a publisher weekend sale.
I can finally role-play as a hobo soon..
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There is no way they try to take over EA or Take-Two. That just seems too expensive and pointless.
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I can however seem them take over Ubisoft. Or straight up buy them out. They have a much smaller market cap and I believe Tencent already has 5% share of Ubi.
If any of this shit is true I imagine Microsoft is biting their lips behind the scenes seeing if they go to a bidding war with Tencent lol. Either way some company is gonna come out rich asf after this
I don't know why Ryza 2's embargo isn't until tomorrow morning, but the game is out now so I'll say it's very, very good.
Review coming tomorrow.
Review coming tomorrow.
Thing is, I dropped AssCreed in the SECOND game because it was exactly the same thing with a skin on it.
I fucking hate all Ubisoft games.
Played Origins for an hour before getting bored of the "new" formula, which is... not that different? It's still the same boring reactive combat where you wait for openings. Actually a lot of similarities with Yakuza.
And... there's totally upgrades in AssCreed. Boring, bland, useless with fake ilvls everywhere, sure. But I don't see the difference with Yakuza where.. you get the same thing, but with even less variety. Fighting styles are just so cookie cutter that you don't play what you want, you play what's needed. Quite literally mandatory in many later boss fights too. You have your heavy boss, your fast boss... use your stance or you can't hit.
But it did nothing to fix the glaring issue of the game: combat is boring as shit because there's absolutely nothing to it.
In the entire franchise, you fight one enemy. A basic melee human (or one with a gun that he drops once you hit him once, big difference). And that's where the entire game falls apart, there is no variety whatsoever, everything is fought the same way. With extra context sensitive QTE, such an amazing concept. Where is the gameplay of those games? It plays worse than shoddy PS2 action games... which they are, so that's... actually kind of the reason. They are not even the McDonalds of action games, they are the American "cheese", no taste, no texture, no point, but it's here because apparently everyone thinks it's needed.
The combat FINALLY gets different in a few boss fights... usually in bonus content like in the arena or secret bosses. Those could be the basic of gameplay. But it's not the case in 99.9999% of the game. You just waste your time doing the same combos on the same 1 enemy and it seeps everywhere:
Do I like the story? Of course! It's gauntlets of 1 copy/paste enemy. Do I like the side quests? Of course. It's one or two fights with 1 copy/paste enemy.
Everything that's good in Yakuza is when you don't play. When you read, when you watch cutscenes. Maybe some of the old Sega games too.
The same geriatric combat with no depth whatsoever and the inane backtracking is just a chore. There's nothing to explore in the exact same city every time. There's nothing the first time around. Collectibles are fucking trash, and the different activities may as well be chosen with a menu so you'd avoid pointless travel and combat.
Exploration is complete shite, and I thought that before I even finished the first game.
Those games are Ubisoft quality, but massively worse.
They should be visual novels, like so many time wasters coming from Japan. If you can't make a fun game to play, drop the bullshit.
Yakuza games have heat actions
If one has appreciation of beat em ups, they would enjoy the combat more
Jow much of a dull human being do you gotta be to not appreciate this gloriousness-
If one has appreciation of beat em ups, they would enjoy the combat more
Jow much of a dull human being do you gotta be to not appreciate this gloriousness-
It's fun once, then it isn't. The number of traffic cones and bottles that I broke on people in Yakuza must be counted in the hundreds.
It's just a cut scene that you get when pressing one button. Hundreds of times. Same for the electrocution one, pretty common.
Something that Dragon Age 2 ended up creating as "press A for awesome". Well, it's Y here.
I also don't think the combat of Yakuza is very fun to play. Controls are not responsive enough and encounters are very repetitive (Huh, is that guy.... Oi! Give me your money). Style-changing in Yakuza 0 adds depth to the combat system but ultimately I just used a few of the moves available because there is no point in using most of the moves.
To me, the strength of Yakuza is atmosphere, dialogues and stupid moments. There are legit funny scenes that make me laugh. Mini games are also pretty cool and can be very addictive, like the management games in Yakuza 0. IMO, they are much more fun to play than the main story and I would pay real money if they choose to make a management sim spinoff based on those games.
Last but not least, I have to be honest here. My first experience with Yakuza series is actually Judgement and I ultimately quit the game halfway due to how boring the game is. Pacing is weird and the story is all over the place. Maybe it will click next time when I play it on PC but now, it is a pretty weak entry to me.
To me, the strength of Yakuza is atmosphere, dialogues and stupid moments. There are legit funny scenes that make me laugh. Mini games are also pretty cool and can be very addictive, like the management games in Yakuza 0. IMO, they are much more fun to play than the main story and I would pay real money if they choose to make a management sim spinoff based on those games.
Last but not least, I have to be honest here. My first experience with Yakuza series is actually Judgement and I ultimately quit the game halfway due to how boring the game is. Pacing is weird and the story is all over the place. Maybe it will click next time when I play it on PC but now, it is a pretty weak entry to me.
Found what I was looking for. Did reinstall because of the video, would love to see more on the game, and any other obscure games from that time period that you have
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They can't buy Ubisoft because when they bought those 5% they signed paper where it said that they can't increase their shares for 5 years i think.There is no way they try to take over EA or Take-Two. That just seems too expensive and pointless.
I can however seem them take over Ubisoft. Or straight up buy them out. They have a much smaller market cap and I believe Tencent already has 5% share of Ubi.
If any of this shit is true I imagine Microsoft is biting their lips behind the scenes seeing if they go to a bidding war with Tencent lol. Either way some company is gonna come out rich asf after this
My favourite heat actions from Kiwami 2 are the ones where people whom Kiryu helped tossed him stuff to use as a finisher. That was fun to collect.
Yakuza store page today?
At least when you're picking commands from a menu you don't expect them to be different and the heat actions (summons) are still ABSOLUTELY ridiculous, only now you aren't spamming them as much because they make them cost $$$. Its a great system and has all the other cool gangster crime stuff, silly minigames, and whatever elsle you want from these games.
Might I recommend, Yakuza: Like a Dragon?
At least when you're picking commands from a menu you don't expect them to be different and the heat actions (summons) are still ABSOLUTELY ridiculous, only now you aren't spamming them as much because they make them cost $$$. Its a great system and has all the other cool gangster crime stuff, silly minigames, and whatever elsle you want from these games.
Love turn-based RPG. From everything I have heard and seen, I think it is a game for me but well, it is not yet available here.
Yeah, I'm never a fan of Yakuza combat either.
It's cool to see the finishing move at first, but after a while it gets tiring. The combat is also very repetitive and button mashy. At least there are multiple stances to make things fresh, but tbh I usually stick to the default most of the time. It's best to play the games on easiest difficulty.
I hope there’s a Humble encore sale, I still havent got paid
Regarding GOTY, what do you think the best way to disclose the results would have been? Either release all at once when it is ready (as in 2018 and 2019), or tease #20-#11 and then release the top 10 in one shot?
This year, it took me a bit longer than I expected, it was partially voluntary... and partially not. I ended up releasing #26-#4 in chunks, while America was asleep, and then the top 3 altogether. But it dragged on quite a bit (several hours) for various reasons.
This year, it took me a bit longer than I expected, it was partially voluntary... and partially not. I ended up releasing #26-#4 in chunks, while America was asleep, and then the top 3 altogether. But it dragged on quite a bit (several hours) for various reasons.
Wok I agree that all at once and the thread going up at that time would have a bigger impact but either way it was all nice.
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