The Gaming Thread

[ArcadiaGP]

Yes, Games are art.

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[ArcadiaGP]

World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth expansion launched today.

Got a solid, smooth 4 hours in before the servers stopped working, not bad. They issued an emergency 100MB patch... must've been important, because once they did, that's when everything stopped working.

Some really good voice acting and whatnot so far... neat new gameplay mechanics.

 

[thej27]

Dude plagiarized his very first review. That takes balls.

https://kotaku.com/ign-pulls-ex-editors-posts-after-dozens-more-plagiarism-1828357792
Looks like he has quite the history of doing it including to one of his co-workers.

 

[IndyTom]

https://kotaku.com/ign-pulls-ex-editors-posts-after-dozens-more-plagiarism-1828357792
Looks like he has quite the history of doing it including to one of his co-workers.

Not only that, he copied his resume! Wow.

 

[dung]

For those with VR the Echo Combat Beta is back open today through the weekend. It is pretty stinking fun!

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Diablo 3 coming to switch

https://nichegamer.com/2018/08/16/diablo-iii-eternal-collection-officially-confirmed-for-switch/

 

[ArcadiaGP]

A UK mortgage company calculated how much player houses were worth in 8 games

Skyrim, for example, ranged from $12k up to $62k (based on the value of 1 Septim being worth 1.84 british pounds... which was calculated for each game with the formula below)

To generate a conversion rate from the Skyrim Septim to GBP, USD & Euro, we first had to establish a common ground between our world and the Elder Scrolls universe. We found this common ground in the form of the food items which can be bought and sold in both worlds. Carrots, spiced wine, goats cheese, and many other food items would be the key to generating our conversion rate.

So, we set about collecting both the Skyrim price and the UK price of items as varied as a leg of goat, pheasant breasts, bottles of spiced wine and salmon steaks.

In our currency conversion process, we also had to take into account the cost of producing food in the realm of Skyrim. Nothing is mass produced in this Nord wilderness, so we made the assumption that the value of this organically grown and pastorally-farmed food would be more akin to the organic produce you can buy in UK supermarkets.

Fallout 4 real-world property cost was around $881 (given one cap being 0.32 pounds)

Because of the post-apocalyptic backdrop of the Fallout universe, we approached the process of generating a currency conversion rate a little differently.

Our understanding was that the food items being compared as part of this process would be considerably scarcer in The Commonwealth than they are in our world. We therefore took into account the economic factor of scarcity value to generate a scarcity "score" for each of the items being converted. We gave items which we deemed would be extremely scarce (e.g. a Fresh Melon) a higher score than those items which might be more readily accessible in a post-apocalyptic landscape (e.g. canned food).

Despite inflating the value of certain grocery items, what's clear from this currency conversion is that property in The Commonwealth is incredibly cheap, which is an indication that property has a diminished value in the world of Fallout 4. By comparison, basic survival items (like food) have a much higher value, which is consistent with the hardships faced by the occupants of The Commonwealth.

They also have Hyrule, GTA Online, The Witcher 3, The Sims 4, Stardew Valley, and Final Fantasy 14 (which ranges from $1M to $102M)

Sort of a neat page

 

[ArcadiaGP]

This week's Gameranx wrapup

1. New NVidia technology demonstration video released, pro-grade $10k GPU, and teasing 20-series.
2. Bethesda being criticized for expressing an issue with people re-selling unopened games.
3. THQ Nordic acquired rights to Timesplitters series.
4. Diablo 3 accounced for Switch. Blizz said Overwatch is feasible.
5. Trailer impressions
6. New Pokemon RPG en route.
7. Spyro Reignited Trilogy delayed to November. My wife is irked by this.
8. Player's entire EA Origin library removed. That's the risk of digital DRM.


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[ArcadiaGP]

Have the No Man's Sky developers done enough to earn back our respect?

Well, they made a lot of initial promised that they didn't deliver on.

They definitely fixed base building.

The opening of the game has been re-worked to be much better, give you more guidance toward the massively changed narrative of the game.

Third-person mode, newly added, gave a whole new perspective to the game.

Visual updates have vastly improved the planets, gives you more of a feel to explore.

Multiplayer finally added... something a lot of players wanted. (Personally, not a factor for me... I like the solitary feel.)

'Hello Games', after a long silence, game back with a huge push toward improvements.



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[ArcadiaGP]

HTC Vive Wireless Adapter Launches This September For $300

I doubt I'll jump on this... the cord isn't too much of a hindrance for my style of VR gaming... but a friend of mine is probably going to get it.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

A Steam Play Beta has just released that integrates Proton, a modified distribution of Wine, for linux gamers

 

[dung]

I would love wireless on my rift, but it would have to get really cheap. I get pretty tangled playing pavlov, but it isn't $300 of inconvenience.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The creators of the Nintendo 64 GoldenEye have officially ruled: Oddjob is cheating

 

[Hatin Since 87]

The creators of the Nintendo 64 GoldenEye have officially ruled: Oddjob is cheating

I always used oddjob against my older brother. It was the only way to make it a fair match

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Also, the new red dead redemption gameplay looked awesome.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

10 Best New Announcements from GAMESCOM 2018

10. No new Assassin's Creed in 2019 (which means the next one should be better quality, rather than crapping one out every year.)
9. Star Citizen is free-to-try right now.
8. Gameplay of new Resident Evil 2 from Claire's perspective.
7. Shenmue 3 release date (8/27/2019)
6. Gameplay from The Surge 2.
5. Devil May Cry 5 got a new trailer, release date (3/8/2019), and some gameplay.
4. Gameplay of Call of Cthulhu.
3. CD Projekt Red announced Cyberpunk 2077 is "playable from start to finish", signalling good progress.
2. NVidia announced new line of high-end GPUs, the RTX 2070/2080.
1. Lot of new info for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

[video=youtube;qbWykxx2b9k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbWykxx2b9k[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay looks excellent.

Parts NSFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjF9GgrY9c0

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Last week's Gameranx wrap-up

1. Battlefield 5 delayed, new release date now November 20. Perhapd not wanting to compete with COD and RDR2.
2. Diablo series coming to Netflix?
3. Spiderman PS4 game is about 20 hours on default difficulty (without exploration and side-quests)
4. Also... graphics seem to be "downgraded" from what was shown before. "Bullshot", perhaps. Dev is defending it, saying there's no downgrade. We'll see.
5. Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay video out.
6. Fortnite allowing Keyboard/Mouse players on PS4, and grouping those players into PC lobbies.
7. Europe's rating system, PEGI, adding warnings on game boxes about in-game purchases/lootboxes.


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[OakRiver]

Really excited for CyberPunk 2077 after seeing the 45 minute trailer.

I'm not buying the reasons for EA delaying BFV. They knew what other games shared that release window. This shift coming on the heels of BFV's pre-orders being 85% behind target is no coincidence. I would bet that they thought pre-reveal event that they could at least usurp COD's crown and start becoming the dominant FPS franchise. Red Dead 2 was always going to top out that release period.

Instead terrible marketing and attacking anyone remotely critical of the design choices as misogynist is alienating players. Given how many youtube videos their shills (like JackFrags and Westie) are pushing out they are really trying to build up hype to regain lost ground.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Honestly, I can't remember the last Battlefield V advertisement I saw... Wonder if the COD/BF games aren't as popular as they used to be...


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