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Discussion in 'Entertainment' started by Kratos, Jan 12, 2009.

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  1. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Is this...real?

    I mean, I could literally play Skyrim on:
    • X-Box 360
    • X-Box One
    • Nintendo Switch
     
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    And now on Alexa, if you so chose.

    I assume it's real - April 1st is long gone. It looks incredibly dull to me. I wouldn't imagine it would hold my attention for more than three minutes at best.
     
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    Yep, it's real :p
     
  4. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Why?
     
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    Extremely lazy people?

    That said you could ask why the books existed, when there were toy swords available.
     
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    Basically Bethesda embracing the "meme" that they have a million different versions of Skyrim.
     
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    PS 3
    PS4
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    Which I have all three and the Switch. :p . because i'm a dork.

    Exactly, you got to respect a company that can make fun of itself. Or roll with the punches like the Rage leaks. The Alexis was funny "Eat all the Cheese"
     
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    That T-51b helmet looks so sexy. Was almost tempted to buy the power armor edition, but its sold out.

    Ah well. Wonder what kind of special edition Cyberpunk 2077 will come with.
     
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    This has nagged at me for quite some time now, and I'd be very interested to hear your take on it.

    I'm talking about 'Gameplay' teaser videos, Vs real gameplay videos.

    I first fell for this con with the 'gameplay' trailer for Killzone 3 (or was it 2?) and I'm now seeing the exact same thing happen with Metro: Exodus.

    Compare these two trailers, if you would. The first features (what I have no reason to doubt) actual gameplay. The second, released as a teaser several months ago is also gameplay, if the video title is to be believed.





    But notice the 'pre-rendered' way the character looks around in the second video. How he places a hand on the scaffold when ducking under the obstruction, how accurately he takes the ammo from the skeleton in the train, and the arrow from the dead beast, by placing a foot on its head to gain purchase.

    Maybe there's some official definition of 'gameplay' which works as a disclaimer, allowing developers to get away with stuff like this, but I still find it questionable.
     
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    Just bagged myself Resident Evil 6 on the PS Store, for £6.49.
     
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    From my experience, gameplay trailers are always pampered up to look much better than the actual game does. Gameplay trailers don't show the HUD for one thing, and when actually playing a game there are usually little glitches and such while walking/moving, like when you hit a rock that you cant walk over, so you just walk in place for a second or whatever. Additionally, I think game companies like to add a lot of per-rendered animations in to make it look a lot prettier.
     
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    Does anyone here bother with board games?
     
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    Yes, this is exactly the type of thing I'm talking about. Isn't it bordering on false advertising?

    What games?

    JA, I play chess occasionally.
     
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    I play some board games with my brother and our friends. Stuff like Betrayal at House on the Hill, SubTerra, Evolution: Climate, Scythe, Dungeonquest, Discworld, etc.
     
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    My brother brought me No Man's Sky yesterday. Which was so boring that I returned it today and brought Deus Ex Mankind Divided whilst dropping twenty bucks on Fallout 76 (Got a beta code now).

    I only played a little of Mankind Divided before adult life swarmed me, forcing it to go forgotten and then, sold. So this should be fun. A lot more fun than spending forty minutes flying through space to no music, only to land on a newly colored samey planet.
     
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    I'm sure your brother was delighted to hear you enjoyed his gift so much :D
     
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    Haha. Think it was payback for buying him Ride to hell retribution some years back.
     
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    Yes, I assume it would. Although, almost every major game company does it, so I'm guessing most people don't see an issue with it (although I rather dislike it).
     
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    I could say the same for Residential Evil 6, but I bought the damn thing myself. Glad I only paid £6.50 for it.

    I've spent that many years playing first-person open world games that third-person railroad games, especially with so many button prompts and combos are very difficult to enjoy nowadays.
     
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    OurJud -

    Games like Azul, Terraforming Mars, Troyes, Twilight Imperium IV (for the hardcore!), and hugely popular Gloomhaven.
     
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    Sorry, you've lost me.
     
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    Google/youtube them. You may be surprised at the variety and complexity of games out there.
     
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    I downloaded Quake Champions since it was free, and have been playing it quite a bit over the past two days. If I'm not mistaken it's still in Beta or early access or something, but it's pretty fun nonetheless. I picked it up rather fast because of my history with first person shooters, so I was able to jump right into the action :D
     
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    Reminds me of the original Doom where they've gotten it to run on everything from traditional computers to Apple Watches, ATM machines, and printers.

    Maybe in the future you'll be able to play Skyrim on your smartphone :p
     
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    They were super cheap so I got State of Decay: YOE and Rage 1 on steam.
     

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