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So CA has completely succumbed to SJWs and included women as members of regular infantry in their upcoming game TW: Attila. Pic very related.
I know CA is shilling hard these days, and they've more than likely fallen on hard times. But, they at least tried to have some semblance of historical accuracy within these games. Sure there are some tongue-in-cheek units, like flaming pigs, and onagars launching bees. But this is another matter.
I'm sure everyone knows that women did fight in the wars of antiquity. In dire circumstances that are extremely rare. They fought as irregulars, usually defensively and on the losing side - A testament to how dire the circumstances had been to allow them onto a battle field. Including them in a regular standing army as normal combatants is historically inaccurate.
This is revisionist as fuck and it is annoying as fuck.
Why wont it stop?
>>283722476
I'm so fucking triggered right now.
Yeah I don't give a shit about historical accuracy either.
FEM POWER!
>literally none of the female models wear helmets
After a certain point (arguably after/at WotLK), the expansions released for WoW became redundant, in certain aspects asinine, and quickened the stagnation of a great MMO. Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but what we have seen with WoW is not a cursory mistake but fundamental flaws in design, modeling and ultimately marketing. Allow me to explain:
>Neglect of essential game experience
Transmog, guild perks, pets, UI updates, talent updates, better character models, zone improvements, even the barber shop, new battlegrounds etc.
These features alone would have added years to WoW’s sustainability if they were included in the early stages of the game’s lifetime.
The community had been calling for such improvements long before many of the xpacs were even announced. The cosmetic additions ALONE add a whole new dimension to the game experience by a more intimate player customization.
Neglecting to improve the game based on the approach of “quality” – deepening the standard, immersive game experience and refining extant mechanics – and not “quantity” – piling on features which were often overdue, introducing new copies of the same thing and adding pointless gimmicks – was a major misstep that unfortunately has become endemic to the entire genre. We see skillfully made zones that have been completely deserted for the latest expansion content and the only reason why you’d pass through outland or northrend is to either level up (which has been broken considerably with the level caps) or to complete the requirements for call of duty tier achievements. Now MMOs of all kinds seeing WoW’s success release shiny xpac after xpac, following its example, hoping to breathe new life into a game that was at its core unsustainable to begin with.
>>283713916
>As a business model
World of Warcraft is a simulacrum or a microcosm of corporate behavior.
The way to describe the business model of corportism is that of a cancer cell. Expand, expand, expand. Expand endlessly without ever strengthening the source of such expansion and it’s capability to uphold the demands of such expansion. Expansion until the elements that were meant to be emphasized BY WAY OF such expansion, are swallowed up. This is where points made in the first part of the post come in; the idea of quality over quantity. The game would have required very little oversight from the devs apart from technical maintenance if the depth of the game was focused on first and crucial game mechanics were not tacked onto others, but augmented. Intentional or no, Blizzard withheld WoW’s best features and introduced its worst features UNTIL the expansions were released to the public. It was mandatory for players to wait until the next big xpac for the game to “finally be fixed.” This was an effective selling/marketing ploy, but lacked ultimate sustainability.
What is sustainability in an MMO? This question leads me to my final point:
oh cool a new blog
They're not trying to be sustainable. They recognize the game is dead. They're just milking it as much as possible.
Buyer's remorse thread?
>DMC4
Just like a true reddit cuck.
its not buyers remorse when you admit you wasted your money
>>283709449
>DMC4
>FTL
You what dude?
Okay I wont judge you and start saying shit because I dont have the whole story. But please:
What happened with DMC4?
Are there any PC games worth playing right now? There's so many clones I feel like I've already played them all
What games should I feel bad for not knowing about?
Total war Attila came out today
>>283695689
Darkest Dungeon is really good
Grey goo just came out, it wasn't amazing but it was better than all the console trash rehashes.
>The size of the dev team on the N64 Majora's Mask? 40 people, recalls Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma.
And it fucking shows. Only 4 dungeons for the same amount of money asked for Ocarina of Time? How are people OK with this?
>>283700817
Phil Fish made FEZ with only 1 person. Nintendo sucks, more news at 10.
>>283700817
Shut up and be glad they even took the time to crap out a port for you to play on "muh handheld," shitlord.
>>283700817
People are okay with it because there was more going on in different areas of the game compared to OoT.
OoT basically only has the dungeons then like, 2 or 3 side quests.
Majora had a hell of a lot more things to do on the side, and the dungeons were still good quality.
Can someone explain this Amiibo craze to me?
People are literally losing their goddamn minds over these little things, waiting in dangerous weather to buy out entire stocks of them in stores. I literally only this weekend found out what they were and what they actually did when I stayed at a friend's this weekend and everyone played Smash on his Wii U.
From what I understand, they "unlock" certain things in different games and in the long term will get you other stuff, but the "Smash" figures allow you to level up CPU customizable versions of these characters that unlock you items when they fight each other and other things. So...isn't this basically physical DLC? Why are so many people freaking out over this and going crazy to buy all of them when it seems to me to be the exact thing the gaming community loathes? Why is everyone blinded the excitement and manufactured scarcity and shortage of these things that the "I'VE GOTTA HAVE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO FEW OF THEM" thing has taken over?
I mean, maybe I'm getting old, but I was about 8 when Pokemon came out and I went nuts for it, collecting everything for it, as did many kids of that generation. It was exciting because it was a world that let your imagination run wild and there was a lot of stuff that was appealing because it was social and multi-faceted and continuously rewarding for a kid.
What am I missing here? Aside from being nice little decorative pieces for some collectors, what is making people go nuts for them when in fact they do so little (and even Nintendo isn't entirely forthcoming about what they're going to do in the future) and ultimately may serve little purpose other than being the new form of DLC? It's like they're Skylanders or Disney Infinity with less to actually do at the moment.
>>283704386
I think the irony is that people started to scalp amiibos just to punish nintendo fans.
Nintoddlers and their toys OP
Nintendo keeps making big promises about more and more things that will use amiibo while doing a terrible job of keeping them stocked. Scalpers want to make money, players want to not miss out, and Nintendo does not seem to know what the hell they are doing. It is all running on fear at this point.
Just started playing diablo 1 for the first time as a necro (never played any hack n slash before), and wtf I enter the first level of the cathedral and run out of mana almost instantaneously, left with just my dick in my hands. I barely cleared the area before I had to run out and avoid getting gang banged by skellingtons. How do I play this game effectively? Any tips for beginners and for necros specifically?
>diablo 1
>necro
>>283696249
That's impossible.
What you describe didn't happen or you're mistaken.
>necro
Do you mean sorcerer? Stock up on potions and get a staff with charges
Dark Souls is an example of a near flawless action RPG game with swords. Story, mechanics, gameplay all flow together in a pleasurable manor.
Give me some FPS games that are near flawless in their context.
>>283706502
Which one though? There are many games in the Quake series, many refinements, changes. To you, what is the pinnacle of that series?
>>283706369
CPMA
System Shock 2TF2
Finish the sentance /v/,
I love darksouls, I should play ___________________. Please just fill in the blank.
>>283713026
__Demons Souls which is the superior souls game.__
>>283713026
>with my little niece while she's sleeping, if you know what I mean.
_the game of killing myself for having shit taste.
Any recent interesting horror games inspired by this prat from road island?
Not really
>>283707216
>Try sevral times to play this game
>Each time I'm stopped by frequent crashes, general annoying bugs, freezing bugs, and game breaking bugs.
Must have tried 4 or 5 times.
Farthest I ever got was opening that safe with the little girls birthday.
>>283707641
It's fucking epic tho
Truly massive scale and so many varied, detailed levels. It's a wonder they managed to pull it off, and there's nothing quite like it.
have you ever funded a kickstarter? How did it go? I'm considering throwing my money away. tell me about your experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D6PIo_Rw2E
I'be backed quite a few things, and most of them have yet to pan out. They all send regular updates and progress videos though. It really depends on the people running the project. So far the only thing I've backed that was released is Among the Sleep, and that turned out pretty well.
>>283708502
have you backed more physical products or creative things like games?
how do you decide who is good enough to get your throwaway cash?
>>283709175
Mostly games, but a couple books too. None of those are done yet though.
Just whatever looks interesting to me. Why else would you spend money?
5 HOURS GAMEPLAY
>5 HOURS GAMEPLAY
5 HOURS GAMEPLAY
>5 HOURS GAMEPLAY
HALF OF THAT WANDERING ON A EMPTY WORLD
>HALF OF THAT WANDERING ON A EMPTY WORLD
HALF OF THAT WANDERING ON A EMPTY WORLD
>HALF OF THAT WANDERING ON A EMPTY WORLD
>>283713828
Took me around 9 hours because I got lost and wanted to explore.
>>283713828
Is this some kind of a joke?
Is this what a attempt to deviate attentions from ultra shit "games" on /v/ looks like?
Are you retarded?
At least it doesn't have QTEs
find me a game with a better atmospherevtmb doesn't count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHhcvJjJIaE
i can't
The ps1 final fantasys had a great atmospheres
>>283710247
with those shitty graphics?
nigga pls
Wow, you didn't tell me this game was actually fucking amazing. Like, ahead of every other JRPG [lol] ever made good.
I thought it was just a memegame with dante? Nobody said anything about having a God tier setting, customization options out the ass, fun dungeons/puzzles, sleek looking environments...
whoa
It's not even the best game in its series.
>memegame
I hate everything
>>283714636
Which ones do you think are better?
https://archive.today/XE3Fe
>"Microsoft partnered with Darkside Game Studios in the development of 'Phantom Dust,' but our working relationship has now ended," a Microsoft spokesperson said. "We have great respect for their studio and their work in the industry. While we do not have anything new to share on 'Phantom Dust' at this time, we can confirm that development of the title continues. We look forward to sharing more details on the game as we get closer to release."
AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY LMAO
It doesn't say the game is cancelled you dumb negro
>AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY LMAO
Every time I see this annoying meme spouting I always think the poster might be literally retarded.
>lel, cuck, ayy lmao, kek
Jesus Christ.
>>283713020
it's over, dude. http://kotaku.com/studio-behind-phantom-dust-reboot-shuts-down-1686398613
