- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,350
- Liked Posts:
- 35,068
Sounds like something that ought to have come up in beta/play testing.
Oh right, they just have the consumers who pay full price for their game do the beta testing instead, I forgot.
What Are You Playing Right Now? (Gaming Thread)
- Thread starter HighJump31
- Start date
Sounds like something that ought to have come up in beta/play testing.
Oh right, they just have the consumers who pay full price for their game do the beta testing instead, I forgot.
- Joined:
- Apr 11, 2009
- Posts:
- 23,601
- Liked Posts:
- 7,413
My favorite teams
This is basically 95% of games these days
- Joined:
- Sep 15, 2012
- Posts:
- 63,205
- Liked Posts:
- 40,341
Yeah it gets annoying if you have idiots in your party but not a big deal IMO.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,350
- Liked Posts:
- 35,068
This why a party needs an Alpha...
- Joined:
- Apr 11, 2009
- Posts:
- 23,601
- Liked Posts:
- 7,413
My favorite teams
Right, like I said probably only an issue if you run with randoms. If you're with your friends, shouldn't be an issue at all
- Joined:
- Sep 15, 2012
- Posts:
- 63,205
- Liked Posts:
- 40,341
Yeah I mean more open world that meshes good story all the elements together. Like if you could tell the Mass Effect story with the ability to play the campaign with your friends, that would be ridiculous.
I have heard before that the problem with that is not enough computing power to blend them all together in an open world but was hoping Bioware would have at least tried but maybe the DLC and later content will build on the story. There are a few characters (including one in particular) who has the chance to be a really multi-dimensional character if they build on the story told thus far.
Bioware still does a good job of making characters feel like they have real personalities in a way that Destiny still struggled with beyond Cayde IMO.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,350
- Liked Posts:
- 35,068
I grasp 100% the desire to have the combat experience in a Mass Effect type game with your friends, but I am not so sure about the remainder.
In Mass Effect, alone, I could explore anything I wanted... spend time reading stuff... talking to random people.
The conversations alone, I don't know how well that would work with friends in your party.
Do they participate in the conversations? Are they just pulled into the cut scene thing but they only observe?
In many conversations in Mass Effect, the way you talk to people determines outcomes and/or relationships... if other players are involved can they break w/e angle you were trying to take? Or does every player have the same discussions on their own? Which could take forever.
I'm not saying it cannot be done, I just imagine it breaking the immersion and/or being a drag on the pace of the game.
In Gears of War, you play the combat together, but the story is linear, so you just experience the same cut scenes together.
It is a different ball game if you are dealing with Mass Effect style choices and consequences and relationships.
- Joined:
- Sep 15, 2012
- Posts:
- 63,205
- Liked Posts:
- 40,341
The conversations in Anthem take place when you are not in a party but at your home base ie Fort Tarsis roaming around. You only get into a party when you are on a mission so I would expect that to be the case here.
So you probably would have to sacrifice a lot of the convos and decisions that occurred within a mission. That or you have a mechanic where the party leader makes the decision.
So you probably would have to sacrifice a lot of the convos and decisions that occurred within a mission. That or you have a mechanic where the party leader makes the decision.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,350
- Liked Posts:
- 35,068
Seems like, for Mass Effect, that would limit/break the immersion.
Though for Andromeda, it was so fucking shallow, they coulda done as you say and it probably wouldn't have mattered all that much.
- Joined:
- Sep 15, 2012
- Posts:
- 63,205
- Liked Posts:
- 40,341
To some extent yeah or like I said, just have the party leader decide so for the gamers that are gung ho, they can just be the leader and for the ones that aren't that fussed they can just roll with it. I would think too if you are in a party with friends, yall would probably discuss it over chat before making the call.
- Joined:
- Apr 11, 2009
- Posts:
- 23,601
- Liked Posts:
- 7,413
My favorite teams
Having played a little bit of Anthem with randoms, I can see how that tethering thing can be annoying...it does seem a little bit short compared to other games with that mechanic like Destiny. Haven't really been disrupted by it yet but I've had the message pop up way sooner than I would've expected.
- Joined:
- Sep 15, 2012
- Posts:
- 63,205
- Liked Posts:
- 40,341
So got to level 30 and now playing the grandmaster levels. Definitely a different level of intensity and some of the masterwork weapons are pretty cool. I would say Storm (Mage) and Colossus (Tank) are my favorites right now.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,350
- Liked Posts:
- 35,068
Been playing Anthem solo or with clone.... I picked up Colossus as my 2nd Javelin.
Thus far I can see how people think the story is shallow af, it is.
The combat is fun, the customizing of your Javelin is fun, the game is fun in general.
I do wish the terrain and setting was more involved in the combat, instead movement is the name of the game... slow down to snipe and likely an enemy will spawn behind you or circle around on you.
No cover, no destructable environment aside from exploding cans in some places.
I enjoy it, but I have my gripes like anyone.
Thus far I can see how people think the story is shallow af, it is.
The combat is fun, the customizing of your Javelin is fun, the game is fun in general.
I do wish the terrain and setting was more involved in the combat, instead movement is the name of the game... slow down to snipe and likely an enemy will spawn behind you or circle around on you.
No cover, no destructable environment aside from exploding cans in some places.
I enjoy it, but I have my gripes like anyone.
- Joined:
- Sep 15, 2012
- Posts:
- 63,205
- Liked Posts:
- 40,341
One thing I do like about it is it forces you to play to your javelin. So the Storm suit has to stay far away and use Wind Wall or dodge to avoid getting hit as on the higher levels, dude is squishy as ****. Whereas your Collosus has to keep killing up close to get the health orbs to drop to keep replenishing armor. The Interceptor also with it's speed has to dart in and out of combat and kill quick while the Ranger has a good mid range game. Playing with different Javelin's is really a different game playing experience.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,350
- Liked Posts:
- 35,068
Still on Anthem mostly.
I am finding a consistent trend in the higher level endgame play where people tend to do Colossus builds that are melee with frost on the Voltaic dome.
Kind of drives me nuts playing Tyrant Hive.... Skorps are most vulnerable to fire, they run away from it.
My only Legendary Heavy Assault Launcher is a flamethrower, so I am constantly melting frozen enemies.
The higher you get, the more you need to be in sync with your squad mates.
I am finding a consistent trend in the higher level endgame play where people tend to do Colossus builds that are melee with frost on the Voltaic dome.
Kind of drives me nuts playing Tyrant Hive.... Skorps are most vulnerable to fire, they run away from it.
My only Legendary Heavy Assault Launcher is a flamethrower, so I am constantly melting frozen enemies.
The higher you get, the more you need to be in sync with your squad mates.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 8,781
- Liked Posts:
- 5,604
Red Dead 2 and Ace Combat 7
RoseMVP1
Well-known member
- Joined:
- Jul 25, 2012
- Posts:
- 3,965
- Liked Posts:
- 973
The Battlefield V battle royale is trash. I think it has potential, but it's just not good right now. There are things I could see them doing that would differentiate it from all the other battle royales out right now.
- Joined:
- Apr 16, 2010
- Posts:
- 18,833
- Liked Posts:
- 7,449
- Location:
- Forest Park
My favorite teams
MLB The Show.
- Joined:
- Aug 21, 2012
- Posts:
- 42,350
- Liked Posts:
- 35,068
I played Kingdom Come: Deliverance all weekend... a change of pace while I wait for my noob friends to level up in Anthem.
I bought it a while back on a Steam Deal, but waited until I got my new laptop to play it... fun so far.... challenging.
I bought it a while back on a Steam Deal, but waited until I got my new laptop to play it... fun so far.... challenging.
- Joined:
- Sep 15, 2012
- Posts:
- 63,205
- Liked Posts:
- 40,341
Been playing Sekiro Shadows Die Twice which is from the same developers that made Dark Souls. Based in the Ashina Domain during the Senjoku Jidai era of Japan with the lead character being a Shinobi.
Pretty good game but like Dark Souls, hard as ****. You almost never beat a boss on the first try and lose half your money and experience each time you die which is pretty fucking annoying until you figure out a strategy for banking it.
In any event, actually defeating a boss is satisfying as there is a sense of accomplishment that comes with mastering it but I have wanted to quit out of frustration a few times now, lol.
Pretty good game but like Dark Souls, hard as ****. You almost never beat a boss on the first try and lose half your money and experience each time you die which is pretty fucking annoying until you figure out a strategy for banking it.
In any event, actually defeating a boss is satisfying as there is a sense of accomplishment that comes with mastering it but I have wanted to quit out of frustration a few times now, lol.