Mister Jack Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 I'm inclined to agree, but I also didn't think George Lucas would ever sell Star Wars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Lol, good point. I'm tempted to argue that George Lucas comes across as kinda nuts and seemed completely disinterested in making movies, let alone more Star Wars, but in reality I really don't know shit about either of them as people. I can only hope that Gabe is nowhere near as insane as Lucas, I guess. Or that Valve is keeping him entertained enough to not want to bail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Regarding EA's licenses, it would depend on how the contracts are drafted. I would imagine the most likely scenario would be that MS would have to keep making the licensed games multiplat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Is it a sin to never have played a Metroid or Castlevania yet love metroidvanias? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, Mal said: Is it a sin to never have played a Metroid or Castlevania yet love metroidvanias? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Don't worry @Mal, I'm in the same boat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 7 hours ago, TheMightyEthan said: Don't worry @Mal, I'm in the same boat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Yo, what the fuck? Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night are legit great. You guys need to at least play those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 I've played the first Castlevania on NES, what's the castlevania part of a metroidvania anyway? I always thought the backtracking stuff is a Metroid thing but never really thought about the other part... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 Symphony of the Night was probably the first real Metroidvania game if you require RPG elements as part of the criteria to be called Metroidvania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 6, 2018 Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 I'm not sure if I've even played another Metroidvania that has RPG elements as heavy as SotN. So I wouldn't say they're required, no. I assume all the Igavania games have them but stuff like Ori, Guacamelee and Hollow Knight don't have any leveling up or loot drops. IIRC, I brought up that same point after playing one of them (probably Axiom Verge?) a few years ago. It was so identical to Metroid that it got me wondering what Castlevania brought to the table other than being structured like Metroid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 Ori has a kind of leveling up, it's just the kind that you do by spending points on skills instead of getting skill points for discreet levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted February 7, 2018 Report Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Yeah but in SotN you literally get exp and get that little "level up!" text pop up and you can farm for gear/weapon drops. I even want to say you sometimes need to grind a little because you can be low level compared to enemies but it's been a while, so I could be misremembering on that one. Symphony of the night almost feels like it's an RPG disguised as a Metroidvania. That's why I said "as heavy as". Skill trees like in Ori have become so ubiquitous these days that they barely register as "RPG elements" for me anymore. Edited February 7, 2018 by FLD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 EVO Japan is going to be an amazing tournament in the coming years. The pros in the USA are going to go up against Asian champs that can't travel to Las Vegas. The arcade scene in Japan is probably already a breeding ground for unknown top players. So awesome to see that they can finally get some exposure. Also it is kind of odd that I LOVE watching fighting games but I can't play for shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 It's not odd at all, really. High level fighting game play is really impressive to watch. As gaming genres go, fighters probably have the highest skill barrier to entry, so when someone is really good it's amazing to watch. I absolutely hate eSports and have never EVER watched a Starcraft or Overwatch tournament, yet I"m really into EVO every year because it's full of all these kickass moments you'd probably never see anywhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 I don't really follow eSports, but from time to time I watch Overwatch League. When the game gave us a free OWL skin in-game, I looked at a few of the US teams and picked Houston Outlaws. They're playing right now against London Spitfire. I haven't watched them play before, so imagine my surprise when I see their roster is entirely South Korean. Wut? So I was under the assumption that OWL was country-based with Seoul Dynasty being the South Korean team. Now I know why I've seen discussions in the game's community about players playing for foreign teams. Again, don't follow eSports so I always scrolled past the stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Warner is removing Microtransactions from Shadow of War. If you had been refusing to play the game because of the microtransactions before, your gripes will soon be addressed. Hopefully this means they won't be shoving them into other games so liberally in the future, since I've never heard of any AAA game studios doing this. EA turned off microtransactions for Battlefront 2, but only temporarily. This appears to be a permanent change, so they must have decided they weren't making enough money from it to justify the backlash. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Awesome. Looks like they're going to rebalance Shadow Wars too (since it was obviously balanced to push you toward the microtransactions) and add some story content to it, so I might end up actually finishing the game instead of just pretend finishing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 It was all but confirmed due to a rating a while back but Disgaea 5 Complete is coming to Steam on May 7. Really glad they skipped ahead to 5 since I don't really feel like replaying 3 for a third time anytime soon. Hopefully they'll still port them all eventually but right now 5 is the one I most want to play. They also finally dropped that idiotic "PC" from the title, which pleases me more than it should. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING!!! There's been some retailer leaks but as far as I'm concerned this is all the confirmation I need. There's no way they brought Ironside back just for some Ghost Recon DLC. Splinter Cell at E3!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 What's happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 It's right there in my post? That's a Splinter Cell crossover with Ghost Recon Wildlands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 4 hours ago, FLD said: It was all but confirmed due to a rating a while back but Disgaea 5 Complete is coming to Steam on May 7. Really glad they skipped ahead to 5 since I don't really feel like replaying 3 for a third time anytime soon. Hopefully they'll still port them all eventually but right now 5 is the one I most want to play. They also finally dropped that idiotic "PC" from the title, which pleases me more than it should. Now we just need D2 which will complete Disgaea on PC as far as I am concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, Mal said: Now we just need D2 which will complete Disgaea on PC as far as I am concerned. Dude, what? I can understand not giving a shit about 3 but 4 is fantastic. Out of those I've played, it's the closest to being as good as the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 2 hours ago, FLD said: It's right there in my post? That's a Splinter Cell crossover with Ghost Recon Wildlands. I have studied your post multiple times now and yet I do not see "crossover" anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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