Video Game Chat Thread - Pre-Alpha Experimental Version

Are videogames for children?

  • Total voters
    8
  • Poll closed .
Heard of a game called "Wildermyth"; anyone have any opinions about it? From what I've seen, it's supposed to be a fairly cozy fantasy game; did some looking on this site previously, reactions were a bit mixed. Apparently, the gameplay is easy and still entertaining, but there was apparently some wokeshit shoved into the game as well.

Anyone got any thoughts?
 
  • Informative
Reactions: Judge Dredd
Scream Aim Fire said:
Heard of a game called "Wildermyth"; anyone have any opinions about it? From what I've seen, it's supposed to be a fairly cozy fantasy game; did some looking on this site previously, reactions were a bit mixed. Apparently, the gameplay is easy and still entertaining, but there was apparently some wokeshit shoved into the game as well.

Anyone got any thoughts?
Click to expand...
Characters are procedurally generated and unweighted, beyond that, the game's fine.
 
  • Informative
Reactions: Judge Dredd
Project Zomboid has decided to release their highly anticipated build 42 into unstable non-multiplayer public testing. Here are the basics.

unstable-image-1024x703.jpg
Blog Post

Edit: There are also claims of AI art use which Indie Stone has responded to saying they just hired an artist they've used before and they sent in the images.
 
Last edited:
  • Informative
  • Horrifying
Reactions: Jonah Hill poster and GhastlyGhost
Soul Reaver 1 remastered is good and plays like I remember it. This game and Blood Omen 1 are by far the best Legacy of Kain games. Soul Reaver 2, however, is not so great and the story is the only thing it has going for it. This isn't an issue with the remaster but with the game itself. I only played the original once because I didn't like how linear it was and how the combat was mostly button mashing against enemies that blocked constantly. The finishing blows that chop off heads or impale people are fun, however. It's a very short game so I'll likely finish it, but not enthusiastically like I did with SR1 remastered.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Jonah Hill poster, Jade Goody and Whoopsie Daisy
Smithfield Ham said:
In hindsight, as fucking insane as Shadow seems now, it made sense. The original Sonic was an amalgamation of everything people found cool and "edgy" in the 90s. Like Bart Simpson and rock music. So, what was cool in the 00s? Metal, bleakness, edginess, motorcycles, and "realistic" analogies to the war on terror. It was Sega trying to apply the formula that worked for the time to the (then) current popular culture. The fact that it didn't work with a cartoon Hedgehog was a predictable outcome.

The climate of fear, dread and anger that came after 9/11 seeped into damn near everything in pop culture, and I think Shadow the Hedgehog represented the zenith of that. The point where it went too far, and I think maybe everyone was like "okay, we need to dial this back a bit. It's gotten fucking ridiculous." Which is why people make fun of 'edgelord' shit now. It wasn't just Shadow, but Shadow was one of the big things I think. The moment cartoon hedgehogs are turned edgy, you know shit has just gotten silly.

This concludes your anthropology lesson. Here, have a historical artifact from this bygone era.
Click to expand...

A huge part of why Shadow the Hedgehog failed was that it was already working against Sonic's deteriorating reputation. Remember, Sonic 2006 came out AFTER Shadow the Hedgehog, showing that Sega had failed to read the room and ended up creating an even bigger disaster.
 
Xarpho's Return said:
A huge part of why Shadow the Hedgehog failed was that it was already working against Sonic's deteriorating reputation. Remember, Sonic 2006 came out AFTER Shadow the Hedgehog, showing that Sega had failed to read the room and ended up creating an even bigger disaster.
Click to expand...
They were released so close together I wouldn't be surprised if their development overlapped. Makes sense, the same developers, the same bad ideas, the same bad direction, etc.
 
I asked around about UFO 50 now the honeymoon has passed, and got no replies, so I decided to take the plunge and buy it.

Valbrace (a grid based dungeon crawl with timing based combat) and Overbold (a smash TV like shooter with a press your luck element) are fantastic. Steam says I put 2 and a half hours in. Honestly feels more than that. There's some that are okay, like a grind based RPG where you play as diving lizards. Though there's also some bad stuff. I get the idea is that it's meant to be copying the style of early 80s single screen home computer games, but some of these games are just bad.

I kind of get why people said even looking at the game online is spoilers. You're meant to dip in based on title and minimal description. It almost feels like browsing Blockbuster where you only had a game cover and the blurb on the back of the box to go off of. It also seems fairly obvious that there's going to be some kind of meta puzzle running through the game as each game has an achievement for beating the game a certain way, and a home computer style terminal.


I also discovered the X button on my controller is bad. There doesn't appear to be a way to open it. I'm going to try some contact cleaner, see if that helps. I doubt it.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Whoopsie Daisy
I heard Okami is on sale on Steam, and I always wanted to play it when I was younger. Thank you Gabe for making it affordable with an HD version.

If anything, it is a gateway to finally playing Onimusha next.
 
I just found out that some retards had made a kamala harris Undertale fangame.
It's absolutely fucking retarded BUT the fight against the future president himself seems to be quite good, especially the soundtrack they used.
 
Jonah Hill poster said:
If anything, it is a gateway to finally playing Onimusha next.
Click to expand...
I didn't get far in it, but it's really good early on at least. It's a little clunky but it's kinda like samurai Resident Evil mixed with an unpolished DMC. It started out as a Resident Evil spinoff so it makes sense it feels similar. I actually wish we got the original vision for it.
 
  • Informative
Reactions: Jonah Hill poster
Jonah Hill poster said:
I heard Okami is on sale on Steam, and I always wanted to play it when I was younger. Thank you Gabe for making it affordable with an HD version.
Click to expand...

Okami was a big part of my childhood; definitely one of my favorites, spent a not-insignificant amount of my free time playing it on my Wii. Here's hoping the sequel manages to recapture the old spark; unfortunately, given the... "standards" of current year, I'm hesitant.

Speaking of video games, I want to ask; has a toxic community ever damaged your outlook on a game that you otherwise enjoy? I ask, because I joined a small group that was talking about this one old game that I really, really loved as a child, only to find a bunch of people - including several former devs, apparently - doing little more than constantly bitching about both the current state of the game, how shitty the company behind said game is, how annoying the rest of the community supposedly is, etc. Basically, no positivity allowed, just constant doomposting and whining. I admit, it... ruined some of the magic, especially as I got to see/play the old game a bit again a while back, and it was genuinely just as good - if not more so, actually - than it was when I was a kid.

Anyone else ever deal with a group like that?
 
Scream Aim Fire said:
Speaking of video games, I want to ask; has a toxic community ever damaged your outlook on a game that you otherwise enjoy?
Click to expand...
I've completely stopped engaging with Souls games' online aspects after the reddit and /dsg/ hugbox mentality spread to the bulk of the playerbase. Back during the DS1 heyday, I was super into sweaty pvp at the highest tier and fondly remember people getting salty if you didn't bow, didn't just sit there and let them buff and whatnot, or chain backstabbed them into oblivion. On an old drive somewhere, I've got a ton of screenshots of hatemail. Sadly, this mentality is everywhere and it's a bit embarrassing to be part of the same community.
 
  • Agree
  • Feels
  • Informative
Reactions: Nameless One, Jonah Hill poster, Judge Dredd and 1 other person
Scream Aim Fire said:
Speaking of video games, I want to ask; has a toxic community ever damaged your outlook on a game that you otherwise enjoy? I ask, because I joined a small group that was talking about this one old game that I really, really loved as a child, only to find a bunch of people - including several former devs, apparently - doing little more than constantly bitching about both the current state of the game, how shitty the company behind said game is, how annoying the rest of the community supposedly is, etc. Basically, no positivity allowed, just constant doomposting and whining. I admit, it... ruined some of the magic, especially as I got to see/play the old game a bit again a while back, and it was genuinely just as good - if not more so, actually - than it was when I was a kid.

Anyone else ever deal with a group like that?
Click to expand...
Yes. I don't remember if there was a thread about that, but I think I've shared this opinion in the past.

Payday 2 had an absolutely shit community. It didn't ruin the game for me as the player base was mostly chill, but any engagement online was toxic. If you didn't play the hardest difficulty naked with your hands behind your back, you were a scrub and your opinion wasn't worth shit. Everything had to be complaining about unimportant shite, while at the same time actual issues were shouted down so they could continue sucking off the developers.

Granted, I could be the arsehole. I play Payday 2 to recreate the bank robbery scene from Heat with friends. Most either try to pretend it's the ultimately test of skill, or have an unfun tedious grind for max infamy. There's a bunch of content in that game (basically anything since Scarface) that I've never touched because people don't want to play it.


Dark Souls @Asian tech support mentioned. Got to complete the game under very specific criteria or they tard rage. Saying you disliked any element of the game means you're a scrub that needs to "git gud" even if it was something technical like "I don't like that the game is locked to 720p".
 
  • Like
Reactions: Nameless One
Finished Star Wars: Outlaws. Wasn't as bad as everyone whining on youtube said, but still wasn't particularly good. Side content gets old fast and there's way more than there needs to be, none of the characters are especially likeable, and the main character looks fucking weird. Probably the best looking cities in a Star Wars game, though. 6/10.
 
Scream Aim Fire said:
Speaking of video games, I want to ask; has a toxic community ever damaged your outlook on a game that you otherwise enjoy?
Click to expand...
Destiny 2, its impossible to have a nuanced discussion on the game, its either people dickriding Bungie or game le sucks no matter what and dont question it. its just extremely cringe at some point
 
  • Feels
Reactions: Jonah Hill poster, Judge Dredd, Scream Aim Fire and 1 other person
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back