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Is there any better example of a game that actually has choices that matter and a branching storyline?New Vegas Thread
>>340586153
I imagine some CRPGs do but NV is the best I've played.
>>340586153
Most SJW game have all the branching you need. Try Life is Strange.
Age of Decadence, arguably. That game is a fucking joy.
No more shit MP. No more Halo devs.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-09-id-takes-back-control-of-doom-broken-multiplayer-on-pc
>>340586274
A month after the game's release, players of Doom's online aren't happy, pointing serious criticism at the multiplayer for lacking various standards, such as provision for custom settings, choosing or voting on maps, and private matches. Their argument is that these are the kinds of features that help a healthy social and competitive community to build up around a game. Inevitably, these issues are a particular bugbear for PC players, for whom flexibility is an expectation.
Worse, on PC there's rampant cheating. Assists are easily available online ("You won't get banned using our Doom cheats; we haven't had one ban on any game in over a year; our coders are that good!" boasts the website for one of them), and I've found myself at their mercy over and over. Without the ability to browse private matches, or for players to run them on private servers, you have no chance of avoiding cheating players, other than to leave games and return to matchmaking. PC players argue that without private servers and admins with ban tools, Doom also doesn't profit from the community helping to police the game.
And here's the rub: some of these features were present in the PC version of Doom's alpha test if it was launched with special commands. It was possible to set up private matches with custom game options including modes, maps, number of rounds, items, weapon damage levels and many other settings. You could even include SnapMaps. It had a browser for private matches. And it also featured bots, a staple of classic deathmatch games, particularly id's, because they're useful for practising against, or filling a map when playing with just a few friends.
>>340586380
Ultimately, Doom's players seem to worry most that the lack of all these features points to an uncertain future for Doom, and that the fact its multiplayer was farmed out to a separate studio, Certain Affinity, suggests its multiplayer is a bolt-on afterthought that won't continue to be developed. Looking at it philosophically, Doom's multiplayer should be right up there with Counter-Strike and Call of Duty as one of the principal competitive FPSes, right?
So it's time to put it to id. I asked Marty Stratton, Doom's executive producer and game director about what the future holds, and he was quick to put concerns at rest. "There's certainly no lack of commitment to Doom as a multiplayer game on our side," he says. "We are already working on private matches with custom game settings and expect to include that in a free update this summer."
Stratton acknowledges the missing features from the alpha, though he notes the fact that players weren't meant to access them. "There were a few developer tools discovered in the alpha that we knew we would need to improve before releasing to consumers and as mentioned, we are working on most of those updates now."
Later he expects bots to be added to the game. "Our bot system was actually written by one of our long-time senior programmers, John Dean, known online as 'Maleficus', who also wrote the Return to Castle Wolfenstein Fritz bot and the bots in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, so he does great work with bots. But John also just happens to be our internal lead programmer on SnapMap, so he's very busy."
>>340586479
The goal is to make bots available across both standard multiplayer and SnapMap, but it's likely that they'll be rolled out in phases, based on supporting where players want them most first, then improving them so they're flexible enough to work elsewhere. SnapMap will also be getting new features to develop it as a multiplayer environment.
But with Doom being run on dedicated servers, privately hosted servers seem unlikely. "Our goal for players at launch was to give them a variety of playlists to choose from so that they could have flexibility in choosing the type of play that they prefer while still keeping the player population coalesced," Stratton says. "With that, the matchmaking system can quickly get them into a lobby with other players and then into a dedicated server that provides the best and most fair experience for all."
But browsing private matches held on Doom's dedicated servers seems more hopeful. At first, private matches will be supported by invites. "We feel like this will meet the greatest immediate needs of most players, like those wanting to use private matches to avoid cheaters, play exclusively with friends or setup competitive options. However, we are also still considering the features and benefits of a more traditional match browser."
These certainly address the principal concerns of Doom's players, though the cheating situation is less clear. Stratton says that id is actively punishing and banning known cheaters, but won't go into detail for fear it might undermine his team's efforts. "We are continuing to look at ways to improve our capabilities. We understand the frustration."
Uh what
The X on the health bar should be a Z. YUH DUN GOOF'D
>>340585716
It is a Z you mongoloid.
>>340585651
PLAYING
WITH
EXPECTATIONS
>Favorite video game
>Age
Overwatch
18
Pikmin 2
24
>>340587167
Jak 3
19
Is it worth living on $50 for the next five days?
How are you enjoying your Atelier?
>implying none of you are playing this game
Share the comfy please.
>>340585551
When I want to live cheap I just buy some cheap rice and a bottle of soy sauce. Drink enough water through the day too and you won't feel hungry. With 50$ and only a week that even leaves you enough to buy stuff for breakfast or vegetables for the rice.
>not having a fully stocked fridge
Just go pirate Liru if you want to fap
Activate it.
This guy was hella cool then in the next one we get a guy with a melted face. Fuck kojima cuck
>tfw no new Sonic videogame for his 25th anniversary
Sega promised a game, you faggot
>>340584979
For this year?
>>340584979
>believing Neo-Sega
my cousin draw mega men
loomis.
>>340584664
What's wrong with his face.
>>340585343
He reminds me of a jojo character.
Really feelin like playing oblivion, what mods dos /v/ reccomend?
Don't be a pussy, play it vanilla.
Peruse any mod list (there are probably thousands) to get good mod recommendations. I understand that you probably want dialogue about mods more than you actually are seeking out good mods, but still the point remains.
le uninstall.exp xD
>rec
>rate
>etc
Please recommend me games.
>>340584492
6/6; +FE8, SMTSJ, Pokemon Crystal, Super Metroid, Castlevania IV, FE4. I'm a bit curious about your choices, why FE4 FE8 and castlevania IV over other games within those franchises?
>>340584907
3/3
I miss staying up all night on a schoolnight playing Use Map Settings on Brood War with all my friends
Hopes? Dreams? Expectations?
Let us pray for Nintendo.
>>340584468
>Hopes?
Dashed since E3 2006.
>Dreams?
All the Dragon Quest games get released in the west and both new 2D Metroid and Zelda games.
>Expectations?
Both Sony and Microsoft highlighting the same cross platform cinematic games with QTE 'gameplay'. Nintendo shows off shit like Federation Force as their big headliner, then a shitty 1 minute cutscene focused trailer for Zelda U, with absolutely no gameplay shown.
>>340584468
>Let us pray for Nintendo.
Ya'll people are going nuts over the same dumb shit as last year.
Last year they said "we are only talking about games releasing this year and early next year" and you all were acting like they were going to pull multimillion dollar, four year projects out of their ass.
This year they're being even more subdued about it and /v/ is still acting the same way.
It's perfectly valid to be disappointed but stop pretending they're promising you something they aren't.
>>340584468
whys Gabe in the picture
he's not gonna be there
We have lots of fashion souls threads, let's talk about the shitty habits you see a lot of.
Fallen Knight set is obvious, I want to bring up how many chumps mix Lorian's leggings into silver armor sets. They're blackened brass. In any decent lighting they have a gold tint. Wearing all silver, like Artorias's set, with colored metals or mixing metals in general looks like ass.
Also feel free to post your fashion.
>>340585229
you look like a faggit
>>340585381
That's not me man. That's some fag wearing Lorian's with silver everything else. Read the thread.
I'll post a couple of my old characters
1/4
I just spent $470 on a graphics card because I'm an idiot
Anyone else?
>Founders edition
Why spend the extra money?
>>340584052
I'm paying more to get it early. I don't have a graphics card right now and I'm sick of integrated graphics.
you didnt wait for the partners cards
are you literally fucking retarded?
I walked all over the city looking for this game.
Nobody had it.
I really hope i made the right decision listening to you /v/ cause Icant take it back now
>>340583395
>Game is a literal masterpiece
>just got a free physical copy yesterday
feels pretty good OP
There's literally a demo where you can play as all 5 characters and see if it's to your liking.
Why no new games based off Lovecraft's mythos?
lovecraft is old and busted
too many people trying to imitate it without fully understanding what made lovecraft so great.
not PC
>>340583320
how can you understand that you cannot understand
