Again it's been pretty much all Titanfall for me.

Started this:


Worse white phosphorus scene than Spec Ops. It's that shit.

aspro said:

Foolz said:

Can someone explain the meaning of this to me: "the most dynamic, satisfying stealth gameplay Metal Gear has seen in some time"

The only recent Metal Gear game was Revengeance, right? Which wasn't a stealth game. The last stealth game in the series was Metal Gear Solid 4 which I would describe as being "seen" much longer than some time ago. Nevertheless, they're saying it's better stealth than MGS4, but probably not 3? But they make a point of writing Metal Gear, not Metal Gear Solid...which implies that they're saying it has more dynamic, satisfying stealth gameplay than Revengeance. In which case: lol.

since MGS4 you have had Metal Gear Solid Mobile, Metal Gear Solid Touch and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. Clearly Mr. Shoemacher was including those in his analysis.

It was not a rhetorical question. Thanks. With all those included, still a pretty weak compliment.

beat this:

Still playing this, almost got through the Leon levels.

and played some of this:

SupremeAC said:

Been playing the Wonderfull 101.  I'm getting slightly better at it, but I'm not too impressed with the gameplay. Probably because I'm still not at a good enough level myself.

I don't buy that. I think that for a game as different as W101 at least half of the fault is improper tutorial or tutorial-like gameplay.

^For me, it was the same thing with Bayonetta.  I have the chops to be able to master it, but the game never really gave me a chance (say in the way Devil May Cry did explain itself).

I am cool with off-kilter games (like Little Kings Story or Pikmin) but they have to come at it with the understanding that they are stretching your gaming muscles from the usual FPS or 3PS and give more than the usual hand-holding. And to satisfy Foolz, make that hand-holding skippable.

I have been playing MGS GZ, Titanfall, and vagina .

aspro said:

^For me, it was the same thing with Bayonetta.  I have the chops to be able to master it, but the game never really gave me a chance (say in the way Devil May Cry did explain itself).

I am cool with off-kilter games (like Little Kings Story or Pikmin) but they have to come at it with the understanding that they are stretching your gaming muscles from the usual FPS or 3PS and give more than the usual hand-holding. And to satisfy Foolz, make that hand-holding skippable.

Strange you should mention LKS in that list.  I played it, but quickly got stuck on a 'boss'.  Didn't seem like a game that explained itself very well to me.

phantom_leo said:

edgecrusher said:

Vagina .

I've played that. I find it to be rather inaccessible, the storyline is too deep and full of drama and it's not long or hard enough for my tastes. I give it a 3.5/10.

I find that when you take the time to master it, it can be the most rewarding thing to play. You need to show it respect but at the same time make it yours. Then it tends to really milk the shit out of you until you are drained and totally satisfied.

gamingeek said:

the fu**? The game had in built tutorials from your castle. Classroom blackboard step by step instructions with text and images. For everything.

Hm.  The finer details of it all seem to have gone missing in the mists of time.  Perhaps I just wasn't good at it and my memory refused to remember it as such.  I could return to the game of course, to have the truth of it, but alas, I lack the time to do so.

Witcher 3 preview at GS!

But The Witcher 3's lessons don't end after its tutorial. The world will continue to teach you how to live in it long afterward. "It takes around 40 minutes on horseback to go from north to south, galloping in a straight line," says Platkow-Gilewski. "On the way to that point, you will gain a lot of experience, and you will know how to handle the game." With this approach, Platkow-Gilewski says CD Projekt Red wants to make the game as accessible as possible, "but there will be no dumbing down."

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For the latter, you don't necessarily need to accept a quest to kill a monster before you actually kill it. "You can start with killing the monster, collecting the trophy, and then looking for someone who would like to pay you for that," Platkow-Gilewski explains. "Maybe he will say, 'Get lost! I was not aware of that monster!' Maybe he will be really thankful that you saved him or his village."

CD Projekt Red prefers this approach to the easier crutch of filling its open world with collectibles or random item drops--aspects which Babiel views as a distraction. "If it's mindless, we don't like it," he says.

"We want to attract gamers, to keep them entertained by the story, not the fact that maybe this super good sword will drop," Platkow-Gilewski adds.

However, it is possible for Geralt to commit grand theft dinghy and steal a boat to explore the waters surrounding the world's various islands. CD Projekt Red hinted at several other aboveboard ways of obtaining water transportation--either by purchasing a boat, crafting one, or repairing a wreckage. Though boats can be used to explore the current island, they cannot be used to travel between regions. "Sometimes, on the sea, we have to use fast travel," says Platkow-Gilewski. "To reflect the real distance, you would have to travel for several hours in a boat. You would get bored." But water travel will not be without its own dangers; on the seas, Geralt may encounter mermaids who are dangerous in the water and can transform into hostile flying creatures. "They won't just hover somewhere next to you like in Baldur's Gate," says Platkow-Gilewski. "They will really fly around you, and they are really, really ugly."

They are fixing the worst most idiotic potion system ever put in a game!

CD Projekt Red has also overhauled the series' alchemy system, although Geralt won't be brewing any love potions. Platkow-Gilewski says that alchemy in The Witcher 2 was "not rewarding," because you had to somehow know in advance the type of enemies you were about to face in order to imbibe the right cocktail of magical buffs. "Now, you will have a few charges of the effect of the potion," Platkow-Gilewski continues. "It's not like you're drinking and have a certain period where you have to act really fast. You can use the specific effect of this potion when it's needed." CD Projekt Red believes this makes investing in the alchemy skill tree more viable than before, whilst the other two skill trees--sword mastery and magic--will be filled out with more active abilities rather than passive skills.