Unpopular opinions but boss fights in games fucking sucks sweaty damn balls!
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I think people are lukewarm towards Ever Crisis because it's on mobile. A 1:1 remake of the game with that quality is exactly what a lot of people have been asking for. I think it looks great. Hopefully it gets ported to other systems.
I really want to play Kena, it looks so good, just like a playable Pixar movie.
I really want to play Kena, it looks so good, just like a playable Pixar movie.
Just tried Outriders for a bit, I'm liking what I saw.
I especially liked the premise of the story, it's like a combination of Mass Effect Andromeda and Fallout 4, but with the apocalypse level ramped up ten fold. Gameplay and combat is more like Gears meet Borderlands. It's basically a cover shooter, but the game kinda forces you to be aggressive and mobile instead of just hunkering down behind a cover. Gunplay is kinda off though because of the lack of recoil (or just barely).
Anyway, I see what people are saying about the cutscenes direction, it's kinda janky. It's like some cutscenes needed a few more seconds of opening and/or closing to make it more natural. Some of them are just abruptly started and/or ended. There's also too many loading screens between them, thankfully it loads in just a few seconds at most.
Overall, I'm glad that it's more Borderlands than Destiny/Division, so that I can jump in anytime. It's a game that I'll definitely play at some point.
I especially liked the premise of the story, it's like a combination of Mass Effect Andromeda and Fallout 4, but with the apocalypse level ramped up ten fold. Gameplay and combat is more like Gears meet Borderlands. It's basically a cover shooter, but the game kinda forces you to be aggressive and mobile instead of just hunkering down behind a cover. Gunplay is kinda off though because of the lack of recoil (or just barely).
Anyway, I see what people are saying about the cutscenes direction, it's kinda janky. It's like some cutscenes needed a few more seconds of opening and/or closing to make it more natural. Some of them are just abruptly started and/or ended. There's also too many loading screens between them, thankfully it loads in just a few seconds at most.
Overall, I'm glad that it's more Borderlands than Destiny/Division, so that I can jump in anytime. It's a game that I'll definitely play at some point.
Steam redirects to an older url for this game in that event page. This is the proper one in case one wants to wishlist etc.
This also looks nice for fans of CSD
It's not exactly 1:1 remake because lots of (side) content will be cut. It'll be more like FFXV Pocket Edition.
Cool, I guess. Longer than expected though, or was it 9 month of delay after all?
Nicee, well, it's a bit longer than the original leak but at the very least we know we are getting both Rise and Stories 2
usual 12-month timed exclusive, same deal as always.
It was 9 months on that leaked document, yes.
Even if it's just the main story it looks well worth playing to me. I don't like playing on my phone though.
If it's planned like FFXV, it'll come to PC and consoles after all the chapters are released on mobile.
And you can bet your lunch that FF7R and this mobile episodic thing will come too, Square-Enix milking every single drop of FF7
Sounds great. Music was a big part of my experience with LiS and so was the small town part of the game.
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Going to give Breathedge a go later as its out of early access...
Don't you like the subtle atmospheric effect of a police siren going off in your living room?Why would anyone play games like this lol?
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Don't worry about 7R. This time the trailer doesn't have "Only on Playstation" or whatever the variants and it'll released after the exclusivity period ended. Probably PC version will release together with the PS5 version.And you can bet your lunch that FF7R and this mobile episodic thing will come too, Square-Enix milking every single drop of FF7
2022... So long wait... They'll probably be showing World 2 or something by that point... Meh... I wish the leak for a day & date with the Switch version was real
that was for stories 2 though .... the MHR leak was 9 months2022... So long wait... They'll probably be showing World 2 or something by that point... Meh... I wish the leak for a day & date with the Switch version was real
Square Enix have always been deliberate with their platform announcements. Pretty much designed to extract as much cash from impatient people as possible.
Wait until April 10th and see if we get something then.
Mods have come a long way though, at this point I'm wondering if it's better to stick to the original
Without mods for comparison:
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I also want one, but I never seem to be able to get one.
The lack of stock seems to never end.
The joke's on me (as usualI also want one, but I never seem to be able to get one.
)Every fucking time I'm in the mood for one I miss a restock by one hour.
The joke's on me (as usual
Every fucking time I'm in the mood for one I miss a restock by one hour.
It's weird for me, I really want a PS5, yet I don't really know what I will buy. I will presuambly not be buying Ratchet, Returnal, Miles or Sackboy until they go on sale and Demons is the one I truly want and Queen has hinted towards a PC release.
I guess the best thing for me to do is just to wait.
I think I agree to a large extent. Most boss fights I've experienced were about dull and frustrating memory challenges, and they seldom really offered anything truly joyful or meaningful. The rare ones I've enjoyed have been the ones that both were about something meaningful narratively, and that weren't excessively hard just for the sake of killing you and being a "proper boss", and be actually killed sight unseen. HLD's bosses come to mind for me.
Hell, the entire idea of a boss is something that I find a little outdated. It hearkens back to level structures which are rather meaningless today. It was never more apparent than in Deus Ex HR where they had bosses "because they had to" in a game where their existence made no sense. One thing I do have to concede to Souls games though, whose boss fights I find astonishingly dull and frustrating, is that those bosses make sense narratively. They are protagonists in this world and their place is at least justified from that standpoint.
Still hate most boss fights mechanically though. It feels like an old relic from the past some games just can't let go of. Harder, momentous fights to act as a capstone to a narrative moment? Absolutely, give me those. But boss fights usually are placed without any consideration to that.
Edit : one type of boss fight I truly like are capital ships in space sims, incidentally. Couldn't tell you why, they are just epic, mechanically challenging and interesting, and are about putting everything you've learned into play as usually a light fighter and bomber, and having to navigate something truly breathtaking, though they can also suck if for instance turret tracking isn't dialed-in properly. Looking at you, Starlancer death-laser.
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Damn yeah, just took a peek at the available offering and it's even more scarce than the console stocks.
And with the confirmation of PS4 ports coming to PC...
Still, I just want some TV ON > Console ON > Play shit right now. I am far from averse to PC gaming, I just want to blanket in a 10-foot UI.
In related news, I rebuild icon cache today, and that made me very sad
Boss fights, for me it depends on the game.
I feel that japanese games in general usually have more fun or interesting boss fights than western games, be it gameplay wise or visually.
JRPGs (be it action or turn based) are my favourite types of games and the boss fights are what I like the most in them gameplay wise. 3rd person action games like Devil May Cry just wouldn't be the same without boss fights as well.
In big western games though, to me it feels like there's more of them with boss fights that just aren't interesting or fun (though there are exceptions of course).
I feel that japanese games in general usually have more fun or interesting boss fights than western games, be it gameplay wise or visually.
JRPGs (be it action or turn based) are my favourite types of games and the boss fights are what I like the most in them gameplay wise. 3rd person action games like Devil May Cry just wouldn't be the same without boss fights as well.
In big western games though, to me it feels like there's more of them with boss fights that just aren't interesting or fun (though there are exceptions of course).
Boss fights at the end of a tough level are generally a punishment when they should be a reward.
I find most Boss fights to be boring and a chore to play. I really dislike the ones that just drag on with a million stages, stick to "The rule of 3's"!
I know some people love long, drawn out boss fights but for me they're tedious and very few are memorable. I'm just glad when they're over and i can get on with the story/next level/whatever comes next.
I know some people love long, drawn out boss fights but for me they're tedious and very few are memorable. I'm just glad when they're over and i can get on with the story/next level/whatever comes next.
I love boss fights (assuming they're not badly designed of course), they're often the most exciting part of the game.
I think I should play Ryza. That looks like the wholesome blanket I need.
But I have several games on standby and I hate abandoning games. Even more games I liked at one point.
I just can't seem to summon the will to resume Wasteland 2 / FF14 / Hades / Hitman / Factorio.
But I have several games on standby and I hate abandoning games. Even more games I liked at one point.
I just can't seem to summon the will to resume Wasteland 2 / FF14 / Hades / Hitman / Factorio.
Oh, but I know, I'm not worried, it's just that this FF7 milking feels... wrong at some level.
I know this is OT but I'm having a great time with Ghost of Tsushima (my brother lended me his PS4 copy) and I definitely recommend that you guys give it a shot when it comes to Steam.
Boss fights when done right can be great. I typically prefer adventure type games or city builders but something like the Souls games bosses definitely feel well done (well, some of them). I like the struggle of getting through a section to face a boss, the feeling once you beat it and can move onto more exploring was great. I liked that i could summon for help in those games too.
The only thing I dislike about the Souls boss fights is the lack of checkpoints (bonfires) in the room before them.
Your loving Uncle Birdman says: "Save your money. Before long you will regret this purchase.
Unless you got lots of PS4 games in which case, sure why not, least you have 50+ library of PS4 games to play through, right? Right?"
Hey this GTX 970M 6 GB and i7-6700HQ CPU still got mileage on it and runs the games I want to play well enough. How do you think I'm playing my games on with my bum on my sofa~
I love boss fights when they're actual fights meant to have you work the game's mechanics. Miss me with that glorified cutscene shit like God of War "boss fights".
Also yeah, if Sony isn't screaming exclusivity about FF7RI then I'm gonna go ahead and call it a Nier Automata situation where the PC version is coming but they're gonna be real fucking sneaky about it.
Also yeah, if Sony isn't screaming exclusivity about FF7RI then I'm gonna go ahead and call it a Nier Automata situation where the PC version is coming but they're gonna be real fucking sneaky about it.
Still fixated on Uncharted Waters here. Found the music piece I was thinking of:
I think FunktionJCB had a couple of posts about "Uncharted Waters" a while ago. I think they were looking for similar games to it as they really liked it too.
Mods have come a long way though, at this point I'm wondering if it's better to stick to the original
Without mods for comparison:
Taken from this thread:
I need to replay FFVII now lmao
I have to agree, those fights would be less aggravating to me if I could just "press R to retry" so to speak. I still think they are deliberately too hard and nigh-impossible to win sight unseen, but this would make the experience better by taking the tedium of retrying away.
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