This came out today. I’ve only played a little so far, but it’s like a fusion of Caligula and Monark. I had wanted more of a straightforward Monark sequel, but this seems fine so far. The Masuko score is pretty nice, and the combat has some promise to it. The story is slow-going and hasn’t had a major hook yet, but both Caligulas had meh intro chapters, so I’ll give it a pass for now.For the five or so people like me that really likes Monark, what do you want to see from the game? I’m hoping it ties into the lore and adds more character cameos.
>finally on saleOk, I'll wait for the weekend
>>3880141Too little discount, 70% off when?
*Combat is awkward but immersive, reinforcing vulnerability rather than power fantasy.*Neither world offers clear good/evil — choices are political, pragmatic, and morally gray.*Both empower the player to shape the narrative or wander aimlessly.*Both worlds feel hostile, mysterious, and dangerous, rewarding curiosity but punishing recklessness.*The ruins of past civilizations dominate the landscape, serving as dungeons and lore hubs.*Both protagonists are foreign to the land, navigating suspicion and hostility.*Movement emphasizes distance and isolation, reinforcing the lone wanderer theme.*Science fiction tech & Magic — both are systems of power beyond mundane weapons.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>3886440They're hardly comparable games. Morrowind is a real-time action RPG with dialogue being just info reads with gameplay being the fulfillment of fairly simple tasks and immersive wandering and exploration.Fallout is a turn-based isometric RPG with immersive dialogue trees, reactive quest structure, and 'exploration' beginning and ending with the player's obsessive compulsion to check every container on the map for loot.
>>3886443You don't understand. They both had a rope bridge!
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>>3886440true
>>3886440morrowind doesn't have guns...
Can't wait to get killed by bullshit psi-beetles again.
>>3828619where is it
>>3854385sync
>>3875904Lockpicking minigames is triple aaa wokeslop, I thought this was our game chudbros
>>3878687>>3881383>>3882013>>3884776lmaofucking sad
Elements edition.Gears, Saga, Blade... what have you.Will Takahashi rip off Arthur Clark for the fourth time in a row?
>>3886337They probably needed to play it safe since the jump in hardware in tech from the SNES to the PS1 was kind of massive. FF7 actually spent more time in pre-production than active development, which is why so many ideas got pitched for it. FF7's actual development period was only 11 months, as opposed to the 2-ish years it spent in planning and pre-production.
>>3886152>>3886246Yes, Nomura was Takahashi's first choice for Xenogears. >This story goes back 20 years. Back when I was about to start on a new game, and the name “Xenogears” wasn’t set yet, for that new title I needed a designer. And at the time there was someone who was directing the Final Fantasy series, Mr. [Yoshinori] Kitase. And then Mr. Nomura and I were in the team together doing character design. At the time, Mr. Kitase was handling Final Fantasy and I was doing this new title, and I wanted to work with Mr. Nomura.>So I was waiting for the final call to be made, whether he was going to be working on the Final Fantasy series or on this new title of mine. And then Mr. [Hironobu] Sakaguchi [the creator of the Final Fantasy series] came and said ‘Tetsu is going to do Final Fantasy.’ So I thought ‘Okay, I’ve got to find myself a new designer.’https://time.com/4848935/xenoblade-chronicles-2-interview/
>>3886057The anime is pretty bad. It only covers episode 1 barely but changed a lot of stuff like characters who ever suppose to have been killed off are alive and joining the main crew type stuff and certain scenes made worst due to those changes. I'm guessing it must have been using leftover ideas from the game because it goes pretty far out of its way to change a lot of scenes whereas a normal video game adaption are just a rush job.
>Harada is leaving bamcothere goes the only guy that apparently cared about a xenosaga remastered/port
Wanted to share this, from italian tv
this is what I heard from 2 months ago>codename draco>started development mid 2024>Yoko Taro, Yoshinori Kitase, and Tetsuya Nomura is involved in the project>the plot is about bahamut, and will include almost every bahamut in the franchise>related to the world of 7 (Maybe a sequel?cause X > VII > XVII lol)>concept of the game is "自由" or freedom in english>have multiple endingI don't have much info on this beside that
>>3886882>How many FF14 players are on console?No idea, I stopped playing Square games after 10 because they stopped making games that appealed to me.If you're really going to argue with a straight face that you think that Square is a PC gaming company that develops games for the PC, and not a console gaming company that makes games for consoles (and sometimes ports them to PC after the fact) there's really no point in continuing this conversation. Have a nice day, buddy.
>>3886887>If you're really going to argue with a straight face that you think that Square is a PC gaming company that develops games for the PC, and not a console gaming.Consoles don't make them money anymore. PC makes them money.
>>3881985Main thing they need is to have prelude play on the title screen, intro, file select or something of the sorts. It's not a guarantee of success, but every time they don't do it the game sucks.
>>3886895NTA1. Unless you have figures that aren't publicly available, I doubt that. They've only announced their console sales to any substantial degree, and their year late PC ports never seem to make much of a splash.2. Even if they are seeing their best sales on PC, SE is clinically retarded. They would definitely keep being console first in spite of it all.
>>3886977Seems like the mistake with Rebirth was not being on PS4. Even the Demon's Souls Remake ended up selling only 2 million or so on PS5, about twice the original, at the time niche title.But I think Square has learned that if they don't make a game available on all platforms in the year of 2025, people don't go buying a new console, they go see it on youtube played by streamers.But keeping in mind that xbox wasn't doing well, and Switch didn't have the hardware, so it isn't THAT surprising they went for an exclusivity deal.
What do you think of the shadows hearts trilogy?
>>3885335It's some kind of meme that formed and can't even be articulated properly. The main reason I can see is that autistic people dislike humour because they tend to not really understand it. It's like how all the autistic newfags call anything with humour that exceeds a certain point "reddit" around here.
>>3879278I'm shocked it never got an HD Trilogy.
>>3886192*One of those HD trilogy remasters. I dunno how popular it was/is though.
>>3886193It's popular enough to justify a quick HD remaster since those really don't have to sell much to turn a profit. I am pretty sure the main issue is that the rights are freakishly fucked for the trilogy.
>>3886200That would make sense honestly.
I'm surprised there wasn't a dedicated thread for these games. Anyway, let's post about Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Radical Dreamers here.
>>3885003Definitely give it a try. CC is a pretty good JRPG in its own right, even if it’s not a very good sequel to Trigger.
>>3884972Cross did it worse because the cast of Trigger got fucked over:Crono and Marle - died when Dalton got Porre to overthrow GarudaLuca - murdered by LinxRobo - was the AI for the lock of the door of Fate that got deletedMagus - implied to be Guile
>>3884972Worked for FF, DQ, Pokemon, Atlus games in general. I think it's hard to justify a returning cast in an RPG because why would they be at level 1 again?
>>3885133It can work.>Arc the Lad 2levels carry over>NIS gamesReturn as lvl 1000+ post game bosses or some fucky spell reduces their level like Etna in Disgaea 2>Kingdom HeartsSora got drained a couple of times like when Roxas got extracted from him or the corruption in Dream Drop Distance and had to level up again.>Worked for FF, DQThose were all different worlds >, Pokemon, They do show up from time to time.
>>3883923>>3885044never understood the clussy thing till I played this game.
Hypothetically speaking let's say what if there was a Fallout Perk called Lore Chad what benefits would it provide you, the player? Tell me what you think, playerstried loading up TTW earlier today, noticed somebody (or something) deleted all of my saves. wtf? how do I get my save data back? is there seriously no way to restore my game saves? wowza wtf man? really? REALLY? That's great. Don't you just love it when that happens? I certainly do. for me? All I wanted for Christmas this year was for a bullshit Bethesda bug to discontinue all of my TTW save files forever. Beautiful. Thanks for nothing, Todd. and Merry Christmas or Happy Hannukah or whatever it is you rich corporate shithole sellouts choose to partake in during the Holiday Season. keep up the good work asshole. you're doing a very good job Todd
>>3883699There are already 7 other Fallout threads up, dipshit.
>>3884548>did you see there are already the 71 other Fallout threads available anon?I noticed shitdip. but I doubt those threads know any techniques to resurrect my deleted save data whereas maybe this one might be able to help me!
Hypothetically how bad is the legion truly compared up to your random run of the mill African conflict. Hell for some reason "total war" is suppose to be a knew thing to most tribals in fallout
Deja vu
>>3884730>How bad was the war?All war is bad. African tribal warfare, WW1, WW2, WW3, NCR Imperialism, Legion Conquests etc are all the same exact thing no better or worse than each other. Every war is fucking absolute Hell! War never changes
Are you guys feeling excited to immerse yourself once again in the world where the NCR is either gone or reduced to some minor fugitive hideaway faction due to a soap opera incident between a girlboss and her daddy-o, New Vegas is just another ruin, and where Vault 111 cryo-pods are now the 'Deus Ex Machina' for every half-assed plot to drag the past back into the present?All because some normies who either played Fallout 4 or no games at all needed to have some dramatic moments shoved down their throat and some post-apocalyptic tropes that aren't too complex to understand.Well, on the bright side, I guess we only got New York or maybe New Orleans to really do something with, so long as they have no contact with the West Coast and Nevada that much so we don't have to cringe extra hard every time we get lore drops on the 'new' developments, but you know that's gonna happen.
>>3882471>canonDifferent anon, but honestly, who gives a fuck? The next game was never going to be good. Bethesda have not done a single good thing with the property. If the next game is so abysmal it forces them to stop churning out their garbage games it will be a good thing.
>>3881275>microsoft gives nv2 to obsidian>outer worlds with nukes
>>3882479if the next game is bad enough, microsoft might try to squeeze their old games more. more remasters, delisting nv, dmcaing modders or trying to force everyone into walled gardens full of paid mods.
>>3878742Meh. They've had several games and spin offs. They could have gone anywhere, but instead they stick to the coasts. New Vegas at least tried the desert. WooFucking A. Let's do fallout Central America or Mexico. Everything is exactly the same as pre war. We can join, or fight against, cartels with power armor. Have chingona big titty chulas as side kicks and fuck buddies. Create the ultimate post apocalyptic drug empire spanning Mexico through Peru. DLC can include Chevy El Camino armor, easter Island expansion (owned by chile), and the big Aztlan expansion where you dominate California and go head to head with the NCR.So fucking tired of the same old shit. Like, it's boring AF.
>>3878742With so much time in between titles and 4 76 being so bad I am just treating the Old World Blues mod for HOI 4 as Fallout 5.I remember buying FO New Vegas and having a special dlc because of the store I bought it from the night it released. I will never buy an AAA game again on day 1. Not even GTA 6. Golden memories and I have come to terms it will never happen again.Every sci fi trope has been used and Emil needs to be fired. The series is dead when Bethesda is involved but I think there is a FO 1 remake going on in F4 engine. There are other mods and remakes going worth checking out.I would love to see a fan made sequel to Fallout Tactics. With it being non canon I trust the fans to make a better story than Bethesda.
2.0 when?
I never figured out how to get it to run on linux. I should get on that.
>>3886370I am good, they most likely won't make mage separate career path (their reasoning is Marvin is not the chosen one and he cannot learn how to cast fireball under a day or something) and I already finished Guard, Merc and Independent paths
>>3886494there's an independent path?
>>3886501it is not a "full" path basically in later chapters either the Mercenary or Guard boss will ask you to help the royal emissary if you refuse then the faction leaders will kick you out, later on you get an offerc to join the same faction your brother was in, there are 2 unique quests depending which faction kicked you out previously, merc offers Nordmar armor he is wearingthere is also the joke ending where you focus only on the main quest and rescue your brother before leaving the shitty island
>>3886370not this year
Is this series worth playing if I don't masturbate to anime women?
I love alcummy
>>3878234Its dead
>>3884012There's a new one for now: >>>/vg/548657841
>>3848950>Is this series worth playing if I don't masturbate to anime women?If you are ever in a position that necessitates asking this question, you already know that the answer is no.
Is there any particular reason to buy the Ryza DX pack if I already have the originals but haven't played them yet? Bought the whole series at once on a sale and been working my way through, so Ryza's just been sitting there.
I need a remaster so bad. I need a sequel so bad. I need ship battles like I need to breathe
>>3878649i was so happy to see vyse aika and fina in valkyrie chronicles
>>3878662i always find it funny when someone calls an obscure ass game like skies of arcadia "overrated", nigga are you fr
>>3882279It was on the gamecube thobiden?
>>3878662It's overrated by a very small niche.Most people who played it are pretty reasonable (nothing groundbreaking or exemplary, just very well executed standard fare stuff).
>>3879453And the glacial paceAnd the skill tree system being pretty assAnd alchemy being poorly implementedIt's very pretty and used 3D space well. It's a mid tier DQ.
The gameplay is fun but holy shit the graphics for xillia are horrible. It feels like this game has zero art direction and is just a bunch of soulless assets strewn across a flat plane. The towns, outside of the first one, are absolutely atrocious. And Sakuraba literally lifted samples from his other works and copy pasted them for this game's soundtrack. It just feels so low effort.It's really weird just how much better vesperia looks than arise, berseria, zestiria, and especially xillia. Why won't namco reuse the vesperia engine I just don't get it? The one they went with for xillia and after is eye cancer.Fuck I honestly think abyss looks better than xillia. There is not a single area in xillia that looks better than this.
>>3884988How are all the other Tales games compared to Berseria? I'm playing that one now and enjoying it. I never played any of Tales other than Destiny back on PSX. I usually dislike ARPGs.Other question - how is Tales compared to Xenoblade? I loved Xenogears, and Xenosaga I was cool, but I never tried Xenoblade.
>>3883944how is the anime adaptation?
>>3884996Berseria has one of the better writing for Tales games and below average gameplay. Depending on what you value other games will be even more enjoyable.
>>3884996I haven't played berseria so I can't really say how it compares to other games. I'm excited to get it for switch next year as it is only 40 bucks and a new game to me.Xenoblade kicks major ass. It's basically a heavily refined final Fantasy 12. I love these kind of rpgs that give you a huge beautiful world to just explore, find treasure, quest, and fight monster and ff12, dq8, and especially the xenoblade chronicles series really excel at this. The first half of xenoblade x on the switch is one of the best rpgs I've ever played it's pure joy... But then you get to the point where you've filled in the map/found most of the teleport Data drone things and theirs not that much to do but teleport around doing quests.Future redeemed > X > 1 > 3 > 2 > torna is how I ranked the series. When I first played 2 I absolutely loved it but in retrospect it had a lot of obnoxious mechanics like field abilities and rng gacha shit to get blades the series was better off without.
>>3884970Namco in general fell into disarray shortly after the Bandai merger. Most of their best staff outsources work to other companies these days, it's weird.
It's official, I'm replaying Skyrim now. It's better than I remember it to be honest. This was likely a game just as monumental as Ocarina of Time was for an entire generation. I haven't touched this game since it first released, so this is quite the experience.
>>3885977It's because you're a happy donkey who's never played anything beyond a console game. You're a faggot low IQ normie. Not even trying to be mean, but if you've been entertained by Skyrim for a decade you're unimaginative smooth brained nimcompoop
>>3868584GotD, no idea how anyone debates that without being a contrarian who hates ER now.
>>3868584I’m too lazy to get all my mods working again.
>>3886423>contrarian who hates ER now.It's a decent show, but I'm more of a Scrubs guy
>>3868584I recently got the most intense version of the Nolvus modpack to work and its breathed new life into the game for me. Really cool playing it from a different perspective and with updated everything. It's a huge modlist though so might not be right for that one anon who wants to just try things out and keep things lightweight.Mead is in the mail. Pic unrelated.
Now I understand why many anons, many people, never finish their videogames — in fact, they don’t even start making them. For example, I’d like to create my own game, completely inspired by a story I’ve been writing for years. Something in the style of Omori; I could use GameMaker, but it would take me years. First, I need to learn how to program; second, learn how to compose music; and third, learn how to make good pixel art. All of this is complicated because I have to study and work at the same time, unless I decide to change my studies and focus on this instead. One option to make the game of my dreams would be to save a lot of money and hire people to do the tasks that are impossible for me. My only motivation to create a game is bringing to life a story I wrote, but seeing how complicated it is to achieve that
>>3886653Fail to do what? Make a game? Or fabricate an illusion of interest? Are they confident it was a good idea, or overestimated the existence of an interested audience capable of filling donations?
>>3886661>fail to do whatMainly make a game. The amount of campaigns that don't even get funded is much larger but I wasn't talking about that (see below). The ones that do get funded often misrepresent what they need to fund production because they don't know what production is. They have no timeline, no resources, no budget. Or they have those and blatantly lie to their supporters and clarify later that the funding was never enough to produce the game. Thats why a lot of people have 0 trust on kickstarter games now.>campaigns that don't get fundedYeah a lot of those think that an idea and a couple of AI produced images is enough to spark interest. Others have a proof of concept which is just a trailer showing the main character walking for 1 minute. Most have never posted about it on social media. Making a successfull kickstarter is, at the end of the day something hard to pull off.
>>3886688Aside from crowdfunding, there's blatant fraud happening using donation platforms as if they're subscription site. Releasing "0.xx version updates" going on years. Compare the 0.3 release to the 0.8 release three years later: it's evident that could have finished the game forever ago; they're just not working on it.
>>3886709Do you have specific examples?
>>3886755I've forgotten then name of one where people paid $50 for an early release that never happened. Singing...Song...Sung...something. Idk.
