Games you're waiting for

Hip-Hop Homework · 12-18-2015, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Yes, that's exactly what it means.

I think the game started as just a remake but now it's turning into another modern FF game. A game that won't solely rely on the nostalgia of FF7 to sell and will draw a new audience. My concern with this game is that it is gonna a big budget game that is gonna have to compete with the other big budget games out there and therefore it's gonna abide by those same standards.

That means it will need to have the best graphics around, DLCs, over blown marketing, basically the modern make over all big budget games have to go through nowadays and depending on your perspective that's not necessarily a bad thing but it does mean it won't come cheap.

I don't think applying for the best graphics competition is a concern...

the FF series' strength has always been its storyline. But it does have a rich history of graphical breakthroughs with FF7 cgi and introducing cutscenes as well as FF8/FF9.

Speaking of good storylines.

Lost Odyssey anybody?!

But I do think it's lame that they're buying into the microtransaction market and releasing the game in installments ala Destiny with all the additional DLC. A full game shouldn't cost more than $100 to play...Bungie lost my patronship with that move.

Same thing with the AC series and that blow they dealt to long-time fans with that crap Unity game. I don't take kindly to spending a whole $60 bucks for an unfinished game just 'cause some executive is pushing a deadline and wants to skirt quality-control at the expense of consumers.

I know, I know...tuff talk from some guy on the internet. But I respect the value of my dollar...c'est la vie.

The Batlord · 12-18-2015, 02:35 PM

$100 for a video game?! You, sir, are delusional. $60 is highway robbery as far as I'm concerned. The idea of paying $100 for a game is liable to give me acute myocardial infarction.

Hip-Hop Homework · 12-18-2015, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

$100 for a video game?! You, sir, are delusional. $60 is highway robbery as far as I'm concerned. The idea of paying $100 for a game is liable to give me acute myocardial infarction.

You see my point?

$100 netted the average consumer Destiny plus the first 2 DLCs...not even the 3rd.

And a lot of other video game companies are starting to follow suit.

It's getting ridiculous! Especially when you consider that you have to farm materials in Destiny just to upgrade the drops. @( -_- )@ absolutely ludicrous model of "fun." The devs at Bungie are bath salt addicts!!!

~~prisoner437x3y0~~ · 12-18-2015, 08:33 PM

I bought a wii u for smash bros and zelda. Nintendo better not pull that bait and switch they did last time and switch zelda to the next console.

Honestly not much else I'm looking forward to. That new michael ancel project looks interesting(rayman, beyond good and evil creator)

Deus Ex could be interesting.

Black Francis · 12-19-2015, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Hip-Hop Homework

know, I know...tuff talk from some guy on the internet. But I respect the value of my dollar...c'est la vie.

Same here but it especially bothers me that a classic like FF7, a game that was developed before microtransactions became an industry standard now has to follow that same bullsh*t standard.

Hip-Hop Homework · 12-19-2015, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Same here but it especially bothers me that a classic like FF7, a game that was developed before microtransactions became an industry standard now has to follow that same bullsh*t standard.

haha, life's full of disappointments...JUST LIKE ME!!!!

I have a gaming PC I built for my then WoW-addict ex but I strictly play console games...

But yeah, the gaming market has come upon a 2-year lull now...the only inventive/original game I've played on the xbox one (make that 2) are Watch Dogs/Black Flag. And we could prolly scratch the original/inventive tag from that rendition but it was a really good game, great story. 2 years of bleh...I played Destiny for a minute but that's such a waste of time.

I pretty much agree with everything the guy said...

is he a popular youtuber with a large following?

I find it strange that people who think rationally are refreshing...it paints a poor picture of what society is becoming that somebody who thinks straight gains a following since that's "fresh" and unique and not the norm that pervades life everywhere. Not to say he doesn't have other offerings than rational expositions...but if the majority of his channel is speaking on pieces like that.

~~prisoner437x3y0~~ · 12-19-2015, 05:39 PM

I actually don't mind the microtransactions, I can understand the business model. Honestly, game prices, factoring in inflation, have remained the same for over 2 decades. That's pretty good considering how expensive they are, even if they are a lot more profitable.

I do remember when DLC map packs were free however. At least with subscription services you get a lot of free games on consoles, plus STEAM never existed prior. You can save a lot of money if your willing to by a game late.

Hip-Hop Homework · 12-19-2015, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by prisoner437x3y0

I actually don't mind the microtransactions, I can understand the business model. Honestly, game prices, factoring in inflation, have remained the same for over 2 decades. That's pretty good considering how expensive they are, even if they are a lot more profitable.

I do remember when DLC map packs were free however. At least with subscription services you get a lot of free games on consoles, plus STEAM never existed prior. You can save a lot of money if your willing to by a game late.

yeah, and risk missing the entire window for multiplayer gameplay while the game is still relevant.

If your bottom line is saving money tho--you are absolutely right.

I pretty much only followed Gears, Assassin's Creed, BioShock, and Fable. With a few one offs between that...Borderlands. The majority of those have either no replay value or their replay value is exclusively in the multiplayer game play.

You do have a good point that games have cost $60 for the standard edition since 2005. But that's the thing...if you bought all Destiny content on day-1...you'd be invested some what $120-130 bucks by now? That's the price of two games and you get the content of 1 game, considering how short and shallow the original game was before the DLC packs. And more games are instituting this model now. It does not bode well for jack sparrow, my friend!

~~prisoner437x3y0~~ · 12-19-2015, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Hip-Hop Homework

yeah, and risk missing the entire window for multiplayer gameplay while the game is still relevant.

You think? I was playing cod:world at war within the past year without any issues.

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You do have a good point that games have cost $60 for the standard edition since 2005

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My point is they have remained fairly fixed--50$ the previous decade or more before that.

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But that's the thing...if you bought all Destiny content on day-1...you'd be invested some what $120-130 bucks by now? That's the price of two games and you get the content of 1 game, considering how short and shallow the original game was before the DLC packs. And more games are instituting this model now. It does not bode well for jack sparrow, my friend!

I'm not entirely convinced game content in general is being diminished. It wasn't that long ago you didn't have online multiplayer, and were essentially paying that price for single player campaign.

I played Call of Duty 4 without needing a map pack...I think I had 30days logged into that? (2.something k/d ratio too).

Compare that to me playing timesplitters 2 or something. From wiki

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The average cost of producing a video game slowly rose from US$1–4 million in 2000 to over $5 million in 2006, then to over $20 million by 2010

and it's absolutely more than that in 2015 while staying relatively the same price. Admittedly larger market now however.

~~prisoner437x3y0~~ · 12-19-2015, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

Same here but it especially bothers me that a classic like FF7, a game that was developed before microtransactions became an industry standard now has to follow that same bullsh*t standard.

I'm sorry this isn't that accurate really.

12-18-2015, 08:33 PM	#194 (permalink)
~~prisoner437x3y0~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 115	I bought a wii u for smash bros and zelda. Nintendo better not pull that bait and switch they did last time and switch zelda to the next console. Honestly not much else I'm looking forward to. That new michael ancel project looks interesting(rayman, beyond good and evil creator) Deus Ex could be interesting.

12-19-2015, 05:39 PM	#197 (permalink)
~~prisoner437x3y0~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 115	I actually don't mind the microtransactions, I can understand the business model. Honestly, game prices, factoring in inflation, have remained the same for over 2 decades. That's pretty good considering how expensive they are, even if they are a lot more profitable. I do remember when DLC map packs were free however. At least with subscription services you get a lot of free games on consoles, plus STEAM never existed prior. You can save a lot of money if your willing to by a game late.