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Post by wunty on May 24, 2023 10:14:34 GMT
I've only played a bit at the mo as my time is limited but it's fucking great so far. I've been waiting for it since hearing about it last year so it's nice that it's turned out pretty decent.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 24, 2023 13:44:59 GMT
That's nearly half of their workforce. Yeah, Relic is getting shit canned. The double whammy of the absolute mediocrity of DoW3 and CoH3 is enough evidence alone.
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Post by baihu1983 on May 24, 2023 18:00:12 GMT
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 25, 2023 22:26:37 GMT
Holy fuck, that Gollum game is getting an absolute pasting in the reviews even EG's Christian "I love everything" Donlan gave it 1 star. It does look like utter garbage.
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Post by wunty on May 25, 2023 22:49:59 GMT
I kind of feel sorry for the devs tbh. But yeah. It looks awful.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 25, 2023 23:07:59 GMT
I kind of feel sorry for the devs. You know what I've seen this comment a lot with this game. Why do we feel sorry for devs who make a game that is by all accounts terrible but with other forms of media; movies, TV, music we're less forgiving of the creators. People who make a garbage movie still spend their time in trying to make something they hope will be good but get very short thrift compared to game devs. I'm very intrigued by what the difference is.
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Post by wunty on May 25, 2023 23:22:46 GMT
Erm. Dunno. But I feel sorry for musicians, film makers, authors etc as well if that helps. Can’t speak for anyone else and why they say it mind you. I genuinely feel bad when someone has created something that’s ended up being lambasted. I just think it’s a shame. Can’t help it.
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Post by JuniorFE on May 25, 2023 23:23:57 GMT
Swiped from the Other Place:
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Post by dfunked on May 26, 2023 7:13:12 GMT
The one ringpiece.
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Post by wunty on May 26, 2023 8:45:56 GMT
There was actually a small part of me that thought this could be quite good fun as well. Stealthing around Middle Earth, soaking up all the LotR goodness. It really does look utter jobby though. What's going on with his hair? It's rubbish!
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 26, 2023 8:53:10 GMT
A very valid criticism is that if it was was offered at AA price like 35-40 quid you could forgive it more but when you're demanding 70 quid for the full game with some shitty additions then full criticism is to be expected.
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Post by wunty on May 26, 2023 8:58:30 GMT
Oh I'm not adverse to criticism where it's warranted. Absolutely. And if you are outputting something and charging for it then absolutely, it deserves to be mauled if that's the state it's in.
Still feel bad though.
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Post by dogbot on May 26, 2023 9:06:47 GMT
I give this exchange 5/10.
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Post by JuniorFE on May 26, 2023 9:08:44 GMT
7.8/10 too much water politeness
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 26, 2023 9:08:57 GMT
I give you my balls 1/2.
I've only got one testicle.
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Post by wunty on May 26, 2023 9:15:01 GMT
I'd give you mine as I'm not using them but they're the wrong colour.
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Post by KD on May 26, 2023 10:30:26 GMT
My EA Pro runs out tomorrow so grabbed PGA Tour on Steam in the sale.
Was finding Jedi Survivor a slog so grabbed a trainer and finished the second half this week.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on May 26, 2023 18:12:04 GMT
Warhammer: Boltgun
10/10 retro-FPS set in the Warhammer 40k universe, because obviously, that has you parachuting your silent Ultramarine protagonist in-system at the behest of a totally loyal and definitely legit Inquisitor. Assisting you will be your servo skull, who (I swear this is the line they give you) only used to be heretical, but he's fine now. He doesn't sound fine.
However, you launch your stompy giant killing boyman at everyone you come across, taking the view that no life = no heresy, and it’s amazing. Once you've dialled the controls in to your liking you'll be charging about the place feeling invincible and filled with righteous fury. Everything you do is enormous, every epic slo-mo chainsword swing and glorious bolter round you pump into the disintegrating enemy deeply pleasing.
But there's also something deeply clever at work here. This isn't a built-from-the-ground-up FPS wearing Warhammer clothes. This is the tabletop game, stats and weapon strengths and toughness levels, writ large as life for you to murder your way around. When you first acquire the bolter, the game tells you it is "Str 4". Yes, we know. Battle toads take ages to go down because of their annoying Nurgle toughness. Bolters shred chaos infantry because we all know they do. Headshots don't matter because they don't on the table.
Just such a blast to play, too. Well worth the cash.
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Post by Ulythium on May 31, 2023 22:06:47 GMT
Did anyone actually check out Gollum?
FightinCowboy streamed about 40 minutes of it earlier on, and it looks... well, about as good as the 2/10 scores from GameSpot and Push Square would suggest. (Even IGN could only bring themselves to give it 4/10.)
Cyanide Studios did this kind of thing *far* better *nine years ago* in Styx: Master of Shadows. It's actually kind of remarkable that these devs managed to screw the pooch as hard as they did.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2023 3:22:41 GMT
Was watching a stream of Gollum earlier, it looks astonishingly bad. I see they've already done the apology.jpg.
Will definitely be picking up Boltgun and Hrot in the not-too-distant-future. Helluva time to be a retro FPS fan.
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 1, 2023 4:48:14 GMT
Yeah they got that sorry message out very quickly before saying oh by the way we have another game based on the IP coming.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Jun 1, 2023 8:31:11 GMT
Will definitely be picking up Boltgun and Hrot in the not-too-distant-future. Helluva time to be a retro FPS fan. Few tips from someone who has played far too much Boltgun over the past few days. Some of these may be extremely obvious, but still: L2 to use the chainsword is not ‘one and done’ - mash L2 and you will lock the enemy in a loop of death. Certain enemies are much better killed this way than with guns. Sometimes destroying an enemy’s corpse is a really good idea. You will get turned around and lost, a lot. Doors are not always obvious, look for the switches that open them. If a yellow ‘net’ appears in your peripheral vision, that’s your Ultramarine stubbornness kicking in, and it means you were just saved from dying. That’s the skull icon next to your grenades, refilled by killing. Dash damages enemies and does not work with jump. Also it instacancels if you touch scenery, so line it up carefully. Grenades are very powerful. One gun will start to hurt you if you fire too many times in quick succession. Listen for a chirpy beepbeepbeep to know when to take your finger off the trigger. Look for reload animations as a window to attack on some enemies. In almost every situation where you need to choose between the two, the boltgun is better than the shotgun (hilarious plastic ‘plink’ from the shotgun shell aside). Before you start, go to the menu and select controls - turn the sensitivity up to near max, but leave the other setting at 15%, it’s to counter joycon drift. Then go to ‘Help’ which is a really useful primer for pickups and bonuses.
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Post by Leolian'sBro on Jun 1, 2023 8:37:58 GMT
Oh, and your servo skull is almost entirely useless, mostly snarking about the place complaining about how long you’re taking. He does occasionally offer good advice when you first enter a room, but he won’t help you get un-lost.
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Post by wunty on Jun 1, 2023 9:07:29 GMT
It's surprisingly tough, but very fucking good. Finished the first act the other day and having a breather before doing act 2. I actually (rather surprisingly, given what I hear from others) love the shotgun. For fleshy horrors and toads there's nothing better.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2023 9:15:06 GMT
Yeah when Nextlander were playing it the other day the phrase "where to go next" came up rather often. It was fucking glorious otherwise though. Sometimes destroying an enemy’s corpse is a really good idea. Well I can't not buy it now.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jun 4, 2023 17:14:16 GMT
wunty Here's one for you, sir:
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Post by baihu1983 on Jun 4, 2023 17:27:48 GMT
I've tried to give the last Thief so many chances but I can't make it past 1 hour. Such a shame.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2023 13:35:58 GMT
This has to be the most pretentious game-related video I’ve seen.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Jun 7, 2023 13:36:53 GMT
You could have just said Hideo Kojima and left it there.
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Post by RadicalRex on Jun 7, 2023 13:44:03 GMT
Now I want one about Randy Pitchford
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