I bought The Witcher 3

Jono · October 20, 2017, 10:39:41 PM

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Quote from: Luciana on October 20, 2017, 06:48:16 PM
You're fooling yourself if you think any big business does anything less.

Aside from Nintendo? No, nobody thinks otherwise. What's your point.

And as an outsider looking in it's clear Dice hasn't done anything with Battlefield in years. A company that """cares""" wouldn't release BF4 in the state it did. A company that cares wouldn't release Hardline at all.

Dice was rushed to make BF4 because of the release of the Xbox One and PS4 which caused issues and another studio made Hardline, not Dice

Luciana · October 21, 2017, 12:59:49 AM

Quote from: Jono on October 20, 2017, 10:39:41 PM

Quote from: Snake on October 20, 2017, 08:17:40 PM
Quote from: Luciana on October 20, 2017, 06:48:16 PM
You're fooling yourself if you think any big business does anything less.

Aside from Nintendo? No, nobody thinks otherwise. What's your point.

And as an outsider looking in it's clear Dice hasn't done anything with Battlefield in years. A company that """cares""" wouldn't release BF4 in the state it did. A company that cares wouldn't release Hardline at all.
Dice was rushed to make BF4 because of the release of the Xbox One and PS4 which caused issues and another studio made Hardline, not Dice

Which plays into my Developer thing I mentioned. They obviously ironed out the issues later because they actually had time, and it turned out great. Sadly, when a big game has a rocky release, it leaves a stain.

EA smartly gave them actual time to set up servers properly and manage the game with BF1 since they knew another shitty launch would potentially tank the franchise.

Luciana · October 21, 2017, 01:00:12 AM

Quote from: challengerX on October 20, 2017, 08:09:47 PM

Quote from: Luciana on October 20, 2017, 06:48:16 PM
STARWARS
Why did you spell it like that lmao

Idk lol

I'm upset how shitty SW BF2 is. Lootboxes claim another.

Elai · October 21, 2017, 08:15:55 AM

Quote from: Jono on October 20, 2017, 10:39:41 PM

Quote from: Snake on October 20, 2017, 08:17:40 PM
Quote from: Luciana on October 20, 2017, 06:48:16 PM
You're fooling yourself if you think any big business does anything less.

Aside from Nintendo? No, nobody thinks otherwise. What's your point.

And as an outsider looking in it's clear Dice hasn't done anything with Battlefield in years. A company that """cares""" wouldn't release BF4 in the state it did. A company that cares wouldn't release Hardline at all.
Dice was rushed to make BF4 because of the release of the Xbox One and PS4 which caused issues and another studio made Hardline, not Dice

So what's the excuse for Battlefield 1?

Hardline being handled by another studio is something I didn't know.

BaconShelf · October 21, 2017, 01:08:04 PM

I enjoy texturing the dirt buildup in the corners of the axe I'm modelling that no one except me will ever notice.

BaconShelf · October 21, 2017, 01:10:32 PM

Quote from: Snake on October 21, 2017, 08:15:55 AM

Quote from: Jono on October 20, 2017, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: Snake on October 20, 2017, 08:17:40 PM
Quote from: Luciana on October 20, 2017, 06:48:16 PM
You're fooling yourself if you think any big business does anything less.

Aside from Nintendo? No, nobody thinks otherwise. What's your point.

And as an outsider looking in it's clear Dice hasn't done anything with Battlefield in years. A company that """cares""" wouldn't release BF4 in the state it did. A company that cares wouldn't release Hardline at all.
Dice was rushed to make BF4 because of the release of the Xbox One and PS4 which caused issues and another studio made Hardline, not Dice

So what's the excuse for Battlefield 1?

Hardline being handled by another studio is something I didn't know.

Probably that DICE had BF4 in 2013, set everything aside to fix and support it for a year, then had Battlefront for 2015 release and thus probably didn't have much time for BF1. Plus having to develop Battlefront 2 for 2017.

That's the only reasoning I can come up with for why BF1 was so mediocre.

Also Visceral did Hardline yeah.

Luciana · October 21, 2017, 03:55:16 PM

Quote from: Snake on October 21, 2017, 08:15:55 AM

Quote from: Jono on October 20, 2017, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: Snake on October 20, 2017, 08:17:40 PM
Quote from: Luciana on October 20, 2017, 06:48:16 PM
You're fooling yourself if you think any big business does anything less.

Aside from Nintendo? No, nobody thinks otherwise. What's your point.

And as an outsider looking in it's clear Dice hasn't done anything with Battlefield in years. A company that """cares""" wouldn't release BF4 in the state it did. A company that cares wouldn't release Hardline at all.
Dice was rushed to make BF4 because of the release of the Xbox One and PS4 which caused issues and another studio made Hardline, not Dice
So what's the excuse for Battlefield 1?

It's not a bad game, but it's nothing ground breaking either (unless you count a WW1 FPS being ground breaking). It's not overloaded with content like BF4 was (to a point there was too much), but it's not bad. It does have short comings in some areas, and others it did fine. The steps its taking is a good foundation for a reset to the franchise, and hopefully the build more off of it.

The things it really did wrong was how they handled the leveling system, taking out ribbons (which they added back in), and content taking a year to come out. Battlefield, regardless of the game, is much different a year in, then at launch. Though if we're comparing it on the very opening of its release, yeah it wasn't decked out with content.

All in all I wouldn't call it an amazing game, but it was a solid entry. Post game wise if we're stacking BF4 to 1? I think 4 easily has the edge, at least at the moment.

Luciana · October 21, 2017, 04:03:18 PM

Quote from: BaconShelf on October 21, 2017, 01:10:32 PM

Quote from: Snake on October 21, 2017, 08:15:55 AM
Quote from: Jono on October 20, 2017, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: Snake on October 20, 2017, 08:17:40 PM
Quote from: Luciana on October 20, 2017, 06:48:16 PM
You're fooling yourself if you think any big business does anything less.

Aside from Nintendo? No, nobody thinks otherwise. What's your point.

And as an outsider looking in it's clear Dice hasn't done anything with Battlefield in years. A company that """cares""" wouldn't release BF4 in the state it did. A company that cares wouldn't release Hardline at all.
Dice was rushed to make BF4 because of the release of the Xbox One and PS4 which caused issues and another studio made Hardline, not Dice

So what's the excuse for Battlefield 1?

Hardline being handled by another studio is something I didn't know.
Probably that DICE had BF4 in 2013, set everything aside to fix and support it for a year, then had Battlefront for 2015 release and thus probably didn't have much time for BF1. Plus having to develop Battlefront 2 for 2017.

That's the only reasoning I can come up with for why BF1 was so mediocre.

Also Visceral did Hardline yeah.

Nah, DICE is big enough where two teams tackle it, the smaller supporting BF4. They definitely had time with BF1, most effort I'm assuming, making sure that the launch wasn't unstable and servers crashing left and right. From reports at the time leading up to release, they REALLY wanted to make sure it was stable.

challengerX · October 26, 2017, 09:12:08 PM

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Gatortag · October 26, 2017, 09:58:56 PM

It's an amazing game. And a good end to the series. The expansions are good too. Blood and Wine was fantastic. Even Hearts of Stone was good. And all it did was basically add a 15 hour story. The villain is creepy. And you've already met him.

challengerX · October 27, 2017, 05:19:52 AM

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Mordo · October 27, 2017, 01:50:53 PM

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Was my fav game of 2015.

Ignore the people that whine about combat because it isn't Arkham "press two buttons to destroy waves of enemies" City. It's more than fine.

The main campaign is easily like 70 hours on the lower difficulties, excluding side quests. The Polish folklore it's based on also offers a refreshing change to the saturated Tolkien tier fantasy games right now.

Love it or hate it, but you can't deny the devs put in an inhuman amount of effort into the game.
Fuck, I was waiting for your input and it turns out I never even saw your post. lol

Yeah I don't understand the complaints about the combat. It has a nice pace to it. And yeah the world seems very interesting. A lot of atmosphere just an hour into it. Enjoying it so far.

Yeah it's a fantastic game. Dunno where this "overrated" meme came from.

It's obviously not "le best rpg ever made" but it's a modern classic, IMO. Tonnes of value to be had.

Luciana · October 27, 2017, 11:32:38 PM

Quote from: Mordo on October 27, 2017, 01:50:53 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 26, 2017, 09:16:03 PM
Quote from: Mordo on October 20, 2017, 09:13:31 AM
Was my fav game of 2015.

Ignore the people that whine about combat because it isn't Arkham "press two buttons to destroy waves of enemies" City. It's more than fine.

The main campaign is easily like 70 hours on the lower difficulties, excluding side quests. The Polish folklore it's based on also offers a refreshing change to the saturated Tolkien tier fantasy games right now.

Love it or hate it, but you can't deny the devs put in an inhuman amount of effort into the game.
Fuck, I was waiting for your input and it turns out I never even saw your post. lol

Yeah I don't understand the complaints about the combat. It has a nice pace to it. And yeah the world seems very interesting. A lot of atmosphere just an hour into it. Enjoying it so far.
Yeah it's a fantastic game. Dunno where this "overrated" meme came from.

It's obviously not "le best rpg ever made" but it's a modern classic, IMO. Tonnes of value to be had.

Think overrated because it received amazing praise and people here and there have said it's one of the best RPG's ever. So naturally something that's insanely popular will get the tag.