Thread for Gamers: Yes, Yes, XCOM 2 is here...

[Altito Asmoro]

The only thing I heard so far from my dads friend is that it was "everything he wanted and expected it to be", aka a lot of it is exactly what it was advertised as, and people are complaining about that.

That being said though, from what I see above, there does sound like there are legitimate problems that go beyond "Exactly how advertised", but some of it seems to be like "Oh, all there is to do is explore!", even though that's pretty much EXACTLY what it was being advertised as.

Again though, even with this, and I love mindless exploration (Seriously, I spend games like Grand Theft Auto V exploring for hours instead of actually doing anything in the beginning, always), none of that was EVER worth $60 to me. I wanna play it but I'll wait for a while, especially with all of these things I have already.

Mindless exploration best exploration

[Abserdia]

Apparently we were banned from PSN.
Why?
No idea.

In other news, I'm pretty excited for Titanfall 2. Didn't get into the first one as much as my dad, who currently has over 1000 hours put into it, but it was still fun.
And hey, we're not banned from Xbox Live.

[The first Galactic Republic]

I haven't seen any well reasoned criticism of it. just "WHERES MUH ACTION"

>Planet flight feels on rails, since it literally keeps you from hitting the ground, and basically all you get to do is change directions, or point up
>Landing is done by the game
>Space flight feels... 2 Dimensional somehow
>Exploration is very boring
>I don't even bother exploring the damn caves now, you've seen one, you've seen them all
>You have a total of like 7 building types to visit, each with very repetitive and boring things to do with them
>Dialogue begins repeating fairly soon, about 5 hours in
>90% of planets are just barren rocks. Which you could argue is realistic, but you also could argue that the lack of gas giants is unrealistic
>Black holes are just transporters to a part of the galaxy closer to the center
>You can't fly manually between systems
>There are loading screens, hidden as a "Warp" between systems
>You can't crash land on a planet
>You can't fly into a star
>You can't build things (yet)
>The planets are all different, yet there's no reason to explore any of them
>Rare items do nothing
>Ending just warps you to a new universe with all your upgrades wiped

Haven't even played it so I don't know about the gameplay, but apparently the devs didn't fulfill all their claims.

[Imperializt Russia]

Apparently we were banned from PSN.
Why?
No idea.

In other news, I'm pretty excited for Titanfall 2. Didn't get into the first one as much as my dad, who currently has over 1000 hours put into it, but it was still fun.
And hey, we're not banned from Xbox Live.

I am p hype for Titanfall 2.

Now all I need is to get into PC gaming and win the lottery to do so.

[Ardavia]

DS1 playthrough makes slow progress

50 hours in, some observations:

the bed of chaos is a joke

a cruel, cruel joke

the four kings were chumps against the meme power of my 2-handed +5 Chaoshander with Power Within

haven't gotten at the ravelord yet but I hope he'll be more fun than the RNG-based platforming segment that was the BoC "fight" and the DPS race that was the Four Kings

the fact that seath's curse breath keeps raising the meter even when you're dead is annoying
I literally got cursed during the fade-out ;_;

also started on the DLC content

the sanctuary guardian died quickly to my +15 Great Scythe and Power Within
the stone knights in the royal wood are brutal
the royal wood is pretty to look at

[The Lendol Archipelago]

DS1 playthrough makes slow progress

50 hours in, some observations:

the bed of chaos is a joke

a cruel, cruel joke

the four kings were chumps against the meme power of my 2-handed +5 Chaoshander with Power Within

haven't gotten at the ravelord yet but I hope he'll be more fun than the RNG-based platforming segment that was the BoC "fight" and the DPS race that was the Four Kings

the fact that seath's curse breath keeps raising the meter even when you're dead is annoying
I literally got cursed during the fade-out ;_;

also started on the DLC content

the sanctuary guardian died quickly to my +15 Great Scythe and Power Within
the stone knights in the royal wood are brutal
the royal wood is pretty to look at

I have Dark Souls II.
It's fun in a sad way.

[The Corparation]

>Planet flight feels on rails, since it literally keeps you from hitting the ground, and basically all you get to do is change directions, or point up
>Landing is done by the game
>Space flight feels... 2 Dimensional somehow
>Exploration is very boring
>I don't even bother exploring the damn caves now, you've seen one, you've seen them all
>You have a total of like 7 building types to visit, each with very repetitive and boring things to do with them
>Dialogue begins repeating fairly soon, about 5 hours in
>90% of planets are just barren rocks. Which you could argue is realistic, but you also could argue that the lack of gas giants is unrealistic
>Black holes are just transporters to a part of the galaxy closer to the center
>You can't fly manually between systems
>There are loading screens, hidden as a "Warp" between systems
>You can't crash land on a planet
>You can't fly into a star
>You can't build things (yet)
>The planets are all different, yet there's no reason to explore any of them
>Rare items do nothing
>Ending just warps you to a new universe with all your upgrades wiped

Haven't even played it so I don't know about the gameplay, but apparently the devs didn't fulfill all their claims.

I think it was less "didn't fulfill their claims" and more "didn't tell people they were wrong when they got hyped up on the pure conjectures of fanboys". From what I've seen of the game it fits with everything the devs said they were building but a lot of people were speculating and took offhand comments by the devs and expanded them into promises of gameplay mechanics the devs had no intention of having at launch. The devs never really took the time to squash those rumors. I'm planning on getting it eventually but from what I've seen I don't think it would be worth 60 bucks. The killer for me right now is the fact that there are survival mechanics and I've never really been a fan of survival mechanics. They're often tedious in the early game and then turn into a minor annoyance in the late game. Also the lack of story, as much as I like mindless exploration, If I'm paying full AAA price for a game I want a story that's more than the story of me mindlessly exploring as I head in the direction of the center of the galaxy.

[Imperializt Russia]

Jim said the survival elements were pretty simple and easy-going.

Since Monday's Jimquisition was an episode about survival systems ("Babysitting the Survivor"), he probably knows what he's on about.

[Veceria]

NMS seems to have an amazing start on Steam :^)

[Imperializt Russia]

NMS seems to have an amazing start on Steam :^)

One friend at least is playing it.

He strikes me as someone who happily buys into the hype train.

[Veceria]

NMS seems to have an amazing start on Steam :^)

One friend at least is playing it.

He strikes me as someone who happily buys into the hype train.

Is he actually playing or is he starting it again and again with no success?

[Eisen Choras]

Boats for WT has been announced!

[Imperializt Russia]

One friend at least is playing it.

He strikes me as someone who happily buys into the hype train.

Is he actually playing or is he starting it again and again with no success?

Oh, is it legit broken?

I only know because it comes up "X is playing No Man's Sky"
It says "in-game"

[Veceria]

Is he actually playing or is he starting it again and again with no success?

Oh, is it legit broken?

I only know because it comes up "X is playing No Man's Sky"
It says "in-game"

Even though Sean says it works fine for 99% (lol), Steam forums and reviews are full of people not able to play or even start the game.

[Wisconsin9]

Oh, is it legit broken?

I only know because it comes up "X is playing No Man's Sky"
It says "in-game"

Even though Sean says it works fine for 99% (lol), Steam forums and reviews are full of people not able to play or even start the game.

Meanwhile in fictional space exploration news, I'm gonna put another few thousand light-years on the odometer tonight in Elite. There are now the seeds of a second bubble 22 kly from the bulk of human space, and I'm doing my part to push the frontier—namely, hauling 128 tons of booze halfway across the galaxy.

[Onekawa-Nukanor]

Even though Sean says it works fine for 99% (lol), Steam forums and reviews are full of people not able to play or even start the game.

Meanwhile in fictional space exploration news, I'm gonna put another few thousand light-years on the odometer tonight in Elite. There are now the seeds of a second bubble 22 kly from the bulk of human space, and I'm doing my part to push the frontier—namely, hauling 128 tons of booze halfway across the galaxy.

In further space exploration news, in Starbound I recently found myself at the bottom of ocean planet. And then I started digging really deep, and amazingly I found a huge haul of titanium ore, which is just what I needed to upgrade my work stations to get some better gear.

Now I need to find out where to find more wheat and tomato seeds. I really need to expand my farm operations.

[Frenline Delpha]

Mod idea: A retextured Andrommedon that looks like a big daddy, and the little sister is the pilot.

[Gurori]

IGN can take their hate for Sonic and fuck off.

[New Grestin]

Mod idea: A retextured Andrommedon that looks like a big daddy, and the little sister is the pilot.

Mod Idea: A Bezerker retextured to look like the Late, Great Macho Man Randy Savage.

That would be pretty legit, though.

[Corrian]

I read a review for No Man's Sky (A user review, mind you) saying there's not even really multiplayer features like was said to exist since the get go. Two streamers apparently went to the same exact place, on the same exact planet, and could not see each other, and for one it was night time, and the other day time.

Honestly, as much as I was interested, there seems to be some serious flaws. I knew it would be over hyped, though, and I had my own reservations.

[Corrian]

I'm so used to playing games on Steam now that I was confused why I wasn't getting achievements in Bioshock last night....

[Gurori]

I'm so used to playing games on Steam now that I was confused why I wasn't getting achievements in Bioshock last night....

Steam has an achievement system.

[Corrian]

I'm so used to playing games on Steam now that I was confused why I wasn't getting achievements in Bioshock last night....

Steam has an achievement system.

That's kind of the point? I wasn't playing Bioshock on Steam, I was playing it off of Direct2drive.

[The first Galactic Republic]

Mod idea: A retextured Andrommedon that looks like a big daddy, and the little sister is the pilot.

Mod Idea: A Bezerker retextured to look like the Late, Great Macho Man Randy Savage.

That would be pretty legit, though.

I wanted a mod for Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag that let you play as Castro.

"The Caribbean is available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs."

[The first Galactic Republic]

I read a review for No Man's Sky (A user review, mind you) saying there's not even really multiplayer features like was said to exist since the get go. Two streamers apparently went to the same exact place, on the same exact planet, and could not see each other, and for one it was night time, and the other day time.

Honestly, as much as I was interested, there seems to be some serious flaws. I knew it would be over hyped, though, and I had my own reservations.

Space games always get overhyped.

If Star Citizen crashes and burns so too will the Internet.