I'm not sure why Kamiya even uses twitter. Every time I look at my feed (not amazingly often admittedly) and see a post by him, he's SUPER PISSED about something.

>>173758
Venting grievances seems like a perfect reason for using twitter.

>>173763
It's therapeutic.

>>173763
The thing he's usually pissed about is other people tweeting at him.

The Sims 4 will not require an online connection to play:

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/14512/article/ea-announces-the-sims-4-for-2014/

>Spicy Horse Games has announced a cosplay contest seeking the world’s best cosplayer to appear in the work-in-progress Kickstarter pitch video for Alice: Otherlands, the still-in-negotiations successor to the American McGee’s Alice series.

>One lucky winner will be flown to Shanghai, China in June of 2013 to appear in a video shoot for the Kickstarter campaign, though all entrants should ensure they have plenty of time to secure a visa for a trip to China.

http://www.fangirlconfessions.com/alice-cosplayer-contest/

Icewind Dale has become a bit of a chore. The main story is quite alright, but it's just really, really linear. I guess there's a reason why it's not held in quite such a high regard as other Infinity games. Also, the ambushes of massive enemy hordes popping in out of nowhere is getting really tiring. I'm tempted to just slide the slider down to very easy and rush through the rest of the game.

This was a DUMB move Disney.

http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ea-will-make-all-your-star-wars-games-now/1100-4633/

>>173795
Gotta get a head start on their future acquisition.

>>173795
Welp.
Fuck.
Good thing I'm not a huge Star Wars fan; I can carry on my EA boycott without a worry.

Was Skyward Sword made by the DS team? Because a lot of the puzzles, progression, area of invincible enemies you have to find safety from and generalized regions that unlock with story progression feel the same. Like they where going for a sea/land/air sort of thing.

>>173798
I never played the DS games. However, the invincible enemy areas are basically straight out of Twilight Princess, which had the same setup with a slightly different reason for doing so. I think the only difference is that Twilight Princess didn't have the "step in this and wake the Guardians" water. (Did it?)

>>173795
Realistically, most of the later Star Wars games were pretty balls.

>>173800
I don't remember any invincible enemies as part of the tears of light sections. The Silent Realm seems to combine the sort of enemies in the central temples of PH and ST with the gathering property of the tears of light segments in TP.

>>173803
I thought those sections in TP had their own "Guardians" that would chase you if you didn't keep collecting the tears?

It's been some time since I played it.

>>173805
Nope, just mutant rats and flowers and orcs. However, collecting the final FINAL tear did require a boss battle.

BF3 alphaNov
I heard you guys want to get really depressed.

I don't suppose anyone here would like some old D&D 3.5 books for cheap?

I'm moving, and as such need to get rid a lot of shit. I'd be willing to sell any of the following books for 7-15 dollars... plus shipping unless you happen to live in the Lethbridge Alberta area.

I own:
BESM d20
Deities and Demigods
Magic of Incarnum
Secrets of Sarlona
Star Wars Revises Core Rulebook
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Magic Item Compendium
Races of Eberron
Monster Manual 3
Monster Manual 2
Players Handbook
Book of Exalted Deeds
Dragonmarked
Unearthed Arcana
Races of Dragon
Book of Vile Darkness
Weapons of Legacy
Oriental Adventures
Epic Level Handbook
Races of Destiny, Races of Wild, Races of Stone (collected)
Planar Handbook
Dungeon Masters Guide
Creatures of Rokugan
Eberron Campaign Setting
Complete Psionic
Draconomicon
Tome of Magic
Dragons of Eberron

Anyone interested can e-mail me here.

>Desilets has now commented on his departure, telling Polygon that he was in fact fired.

>"Contrary to any statements made earlier today, this morning I was terminated by Ubisoft," Desilets said. "I was notified of this termination in person, handed a termination notice and was unceremoniously escorted out of the building by two guards without being able to say goodbye to my team or collect my personal belongings. This was not my decision. Ubisoft's actions are baseless and without merit. I intend to fight Ubisoft vigorously for my rights, for my team and for my game."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/07/patrice-desilets-leaves-ubisoft-again

>>173841
Man, videogame industry, why you so 19th century?

>>173859
You expect better from Ubisoft? They're working their ass in an attempt to be the next EA, shit and all.

>>173861
You know, I keep wanting to buy Blood Dragon, I really do. But, when shit like this happens? And, since they shat up WiC, I think I will not be giving them my money.

>>173863
No, stop, don't do that. Do not let this affect Blood Dragon. That game NEEDS to do well because companies really need to see that something like it and Undead Nightmare is a viable tactic. An entire subgenre of AAA titles released at full price, then followed up by these weird genre twists which come out for cheap because they reuse engine and assets. That is a GOOD THING.

Besides, Assassin's Creed blows.

>>173866
>Blood Dragon
>Undead Nightmare

LOL WACKY is a prevailing cancer that is shredding the integrity of modern games.

>>173868
Moe, you are terrible; long single player campaign DLCs are the only ones that aren't utterly blatant cashgrabs.

>>173868
>Lol wacky

Undead Nightmare actually genuinely disturbed me. After spending a whole game with these characters, seeing them under such different conditions was a little alarming.

Blood Dragon I don't actually want to buy because I was not that big a fan of Far Cry 3. It was big and pretty, sure, but I feel like the rest of it was rather bland, and the neatest things about it got shoved aside for a sub-par story and and gunplay that I would describe as "passable". Blood Dragon seems to me like boiling down the game to a 10th of its' size and concentrating that wasn't really that interesting anyway.

>a prevailing cancer that is shredding the integrity of modern games.
If it's a cancer, it's basil cell carcinoma.

The integrity of video games is rotten to the core for a whole shitload of reasons and a few small time titles made for fun (oddly enough, people like having fun with video games) are far, far from even really tarnishing video games.

Truth be told, it'd be like tarnishing the RMS Titanic at this point.

Poker Night 2 makes me really upset.
Sam is a stacking, card-counting bastard.

>>173868
Modern gamers are shredding the integrity of modern games.

http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=1658

Why is this a thing

>if you've always got a friend nearby, that's not very scary. I want players to enjoy the horror by themselves as much as I can. If a friend is nearby, usually it's when you're in some kind of danger and you have to work together to survive. This game divides up its scenes between scary situations like that, and those there the horror is borne from the fact that you're alone." -Shinji Mikami

Take THAT Resident Evil 5 - 6, Dead Space 3 and others!

>>173891
...Why do you have a problem with it? Wanting both genders to have models is not an unreasonable request.

Man between The Evil Within and new Wolfenstien Bethesda is kicking ass.

>>173928
Nothing to do with that actually.

For starters, ArmA 3 is still an alpha: there's whole lot more work to do and time shouldn't be spent on what amounts to an aesthetic.

Also, it's clearly a troll posting. Take a look at the tags and what not:

>" "modern, CIS_priviledge, Combat, combatant, combatants, Female, Female player models, females, feminism, girl, girls, IDF female troops, Ladies, Lady, Model, muh_equality, Woman, women

And the attached file. I'd still hold to my first issue, even if the item were a legitimate complaint or suggestion.

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/the-minds-behind-dwarf-fortress/2300-7340/

Toady and ThreeToe look way more normal than I'd expect.

http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/cqmg2t/zeno-clash-2-review

This is the best review, dear god. Just watch the first 60 seconds and you'll see.

I... I caved in and bought Skyrim. Not that I expect it to be as bad as /v/ says it is. Because fuck /v/ something righteous. But I just fear for the time that this game is going to gobble up without me even noticing.

>>174069
That was well done, of GameTrailers.

>>174070
Depends on your tolerance for repetiveness. I had fun with skyrim, but most things realy felt like more of the same.

I literally haven't ever gotten through Skyrim because the intro is so long that I can't give a fuck.

>>174072
Man, really? Just start the game and go do something else while the plot-exposion wagon rolls.

>>174069
Yeeeees. Zeno Clash was fantastic, couldn't finish it because it gave me motion sickness something fierce though. Everything I've seen of 2 looks fantastic too, definitely check it out if you're into batshit.
>>174072
I absolutely don't understand this, Skyrim's intro is pretty much a how to on vidya intros. It tells you everything you need to know, is decently paced and has great atmosphere (particularly that first bit when you're just on the cart and Ralof is talking, his VA is pretty great there).

If you're lucky, gamebryo will even fuck up and the archer will go sliding along, so you'll get a bug intro too (as I did the first time I saw Skyrim).

Anyway:
So Guacamelee is a fun game, and I got up to the point where all that was left was the last level (the Great Temple) and cleaning house. I opted to do the latter, which was a mistake because I found out the Orbs were a thing in doing so.

And that's when I found "Tree Tops."

This is exactly what happened with VVVVV. Great game, really enjoying it, and then suddenly I wander in on something that my pride won't let me abandon in-game and my rage/lack of skill won't let me conquer. In VVVVV's case, i was Veni Vidi Vichi that caused me to just drop the whole thing in frustration, in Guacamelee's it's Tree Tops.

Guacamelee is a cool Metroivania with some decent jokes, fun combat, and challenging, varied platforming. Definitely check it out if you can, it's great, but my own personality has shot me in the foot here.

>>174073
Like, even the running from the dragon and stuff, I just couldn't do it, I get about to the part where I'm given a weapon before I just don't feel it anymore, if I try again it'll be my 8th attempt to start Skyrim.

Oh god, I wans't ready for Skyrim's horrible optimization. I can play Witcher 2 on Ultra with consistent 45 FPS. But I can put Skyrim on High and it still dips to >20 FPS regularly. Jesus Christ, that's bad.

>>174087
Kingdom Hearts 2 must have been hell for you. Hell, almost any Square game made in the last 2 gens.

>>174090
It took me 3 years to get past Kingdom Hearts 2's intro.

>>174090
Not a big Kingdom Hearts fan anyway.

>>174093
I don't blame you.

>>174092
It's like 4 hours long! And at least one full hour of that time must be cutscenes! Why did you tout brand new battle and movement mechanics then deny me the chance to dick around first thing in your little game world, Square?

I actually didn't mind the slow buildup the KH2 intro had, the whole Matrix scenario slowly getting more and more twisted, the plot thickening with every day. I can't say that for 358/2 Days.

>>174105
It was intriguing and almost compelling the first time. Not so much on subsequent playthroughs.

Did I miss something, or does Far Cry 3 not have a second act?

It goes from

>hi I'm JasoOH GOD OH GOD OH GOD

to

>I kill everyone and everything and have my own cult

in the span of like 20 minutes.

>>174106
This pretty much.
My problem was that I used to always play a game for a couple hours without the memory card in, so that in case I screwed something up, like investing all my stat points into Defense to become an unkillable tank, when it turns out Defense does jack shit, I could learn from my mistakes and not have them permanently affect me.
So I made it all the way through the fuckin' intro without a memory card in, then turned it off and tried to go through it with the card in the next day, and just...I couldn't.
And I tried again the next week, and instantly got bored, and couldn't.
And I tried again in a couple months, same problem.
3 years later I managed to fight through how unendingly boring it was and get through it.
Got maybe halfway through the game and quit, haven't touched it or the KH series since.

I actually had that exact same problem with Twilight Princess. Did the same shit, and couldn't seem to force myself to play through the incredibly boring intro sequence a second time.

>Bro hooks me up with CaveStory+ download
Awww yeah.

For those unaware, Chloe Sagal, the dev behind Homesick, attempted suicide on Twitch. She reportedly took some pills and rested on her bed before the channel was taken down. She's apparently okay now and in medical care.

Allistair Pinsof from Destructoid has spoken out on Twitter and confirmed what many suspected of Sagal's suspended fundraiser: it was a cover up for a botched sex-change surgery. What I find disturbing is that he was blackmailed from revealing this info, due to fear of Sagal taking her life.

>>174121
That's probably the most fucked up thing I've heard all month.

>>174121
Reading up on that shit was a bad idea. That Chloe person is horrible in every way. Threatening with suicide to prevent people from calling you out on your scam is one of the most despicable things I've ever heard of.

>>174121
Holy drama, Batman.

>>174121
What's especially sad is if he had admitted that he desired a sex-change operation upfront, a lot of people WOULD have helped him. I've seen people who do commissions for theirs, and they get a decent amount of money.

I'm really annoyed at him for lying to people, but I also want him to be okay. Suicide is a scary thing, especially when you record it live on the internet (or at least, attempt to).

>>174121
Full statement by Pinsof here:

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rk99tp

>>174124
It's not malevolent, it's weak and desperate.

>>174134
These things are not mutually exclusive. And I'm simply shocked that anyone would defend her actions. It goes to show how effective this stuff is for guilt-tripping people. Suddenly she became the victim. And if you read her posts, it's simply disgusting how suggestively they are worded. She's wording them as if people are putting a gun to her head. Talking repeatedly about how she's in constant danger because people are driving her to suicide as if she has no choice in the matter. She's taking the innocence of everyone involved hostage and is making her victims out to be the villain in this scenario, which is simply disgusting. As someone who had to live through this shit with a sister who attempted suicide (obviously, popping pills with someone there to witness it; wouldn't want to actually die while doing this shit, right?) to get out of paying for a con she got busted on, with a family on its breaking point for years on end, I simply cannot feel any sympathy for this person. I know how these people tick.

>>174149
If she was receiving death threats for being transgender, I do feel for her.

Theres gonna be a Tales of Symphona HD PS3 remake!

There is absolutely NO chance it will come stateside!

>>174158
>PS3
Eh wouldn't have been able to play it anyway.
Glad I picked up another copy for Gamecube a few years back.

I just played through the 2008 Prince of Persia.
I have never played a game so pretty but so pointless.

>>174165
Yeah. A friend bought it, and I was with him when he did, and warned him against it, but he paid no heed. I watched him play for about an hour, in which time we had maybe four or five fights and a bunch of "ball touching parkour".

... What am I looking at here?

>>174173
Refined desperation.

>>174174
https://plus4chan.org/b/baw/src/136792413078.gif

Not till you've seen it in motion it's not.

>>174178
Didn't notice it that much in the still but this could've been hot if she didn't suffer from miniscule torso and anorexia syndrome.

http://www.destructoid.com/nvidia-shield-pre-orders-open-costs-349-253683.phtml
http://www.screwattack.com/news/nvidia-shield-priced-349-youll-need-better-video-card
>Nvidia Shield at $349
>Android based device that can also play PC games streamed from a computer
>But only if you have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 or superior, and those are quite expensive

Ahahahaahhaha, nope!

>>174178
Well now its just plain transparent.

She's really not that hot. I dont get the obsession.

>>174173
Vindictus
A pretty fun F2P Korean MMO. That poor girl obviously had all her bodymass sliders set to the absolute minimum, because some dude thinks anorexia is hot. And all that fanservice-y stuff is basically how the game makes money. You can play for free and run around in bad-ass armor or pay for underwear to run around in. Mind you, this is also true for the males. Nothing like going on a raid with some guy in ridiculously tight briefs and a silly hat.

I went to /v/ for a few minutes. That was a mistake. Now I'm slightly sad and annoyed. I don't even know why I did it.

Old news, but I finally found the reason for why they got rid of Space Cadet Pinball in the recent Windows releases.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/vista_killed_pinball/

Signing up to Twitch with my actual e-mail was a mistake. Goddamn what a spam fest.

So I think Worms might be the best drinking video game ever.

Steam itself just became a collectable RPG. Wat.

http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/

And yet, no HL3.

>>174207
Y-you mean I have to PLAY my Steam games?

And Badges you already have will also count towards your Steam Level, like the various sale badges and the Steam Community Badge. Good thing I worked to get those, so I can get a few levels up early on.

Now they just need to add a battle component to cards, sell boosters, and we'll have a whole new way for Valve to suck money from our wallets.

>>174211
I play Half Life 2, and tap it for 1 black mana.

Man, Skyrim dragons really are fucking chumps. Not that I expected much after hearing so much about how weak and disappointing they were. But goddamn, constantly watching them get slaughtered by various forest animals while sitting on the sidelines and not even lifting a finger is just depressing.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/15/ea-getting-rid-of-online-passes
>Electronic Arts will be “discontinuing” its Online Pass initiative.
This surprises me because, despite the consumer backlash, online passes made sense to me. So long as a new pass was a reasonable price, and lacking a pass didn't lock out single-player content on a disc, it would be useful for supporting online servers for a longer time (assuming a centrally hosted system) as well as gauging popularity over time, which is helpful if a game somehow gets a second wind (admittedly rare). It seemed like reasonable DRM.

But I guess I'm in the minority.

ohshit

>>174225
That's just nice to see. James is like the nicest guy in the world and he's going to be a great father.

>>174225
Is that AVGN?

>>174233
yep James and family, behold the future who shall be snarling and swearing at crappy VR games from her childhood. And so the circle continues.

So, XCOM is dece. The stats can be bullshit and it seems like the chance is far too often in favor of the AI. I always love how I lose progress because the GUI shits itself and refused to respond at all.

But, the combat? Awesome.

>>174225
Oh, nice. I bet he does an episode where he has to watch his mouth, now.

Calling it!

I know there's quite a few people who say Skyrim looks like shit. And I agree that a lot of the textures are complete garbage. But godammit, I still think it looks fucking amazing at times.

So does anyone else have this? I've been playing for a bit and I'm having some fun with it.

Bandai why can't we have dumb costume DLC like Japan gets.

>>174207
I have Steam Trading Card invites. Anyone interested? [RAIN]deer on Steam.

Speaking OF cards, I've got an extra Heavy.
Looking for Scout, Demo, Medic, Sniper, and Spy.

I want another Star Ocean game.

>>174294
Cards?

>>174308
See >>174207

>playing XCOM
>Rookie dies
>3 squadmembers panic
>they all target and kill my medic

Seriously? Fuck this shit.

Update on that attempted suicide: This guy got fired.

http://forum.destructoid.com/showthread.php?29659-Chloe-Sagal-Allistair-Pinsof-and-Destructoid-s-Response&p=1164173&viewfull=1#post1164173

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=558898

So I recently got the Alpha pack for Xenonauts. The last time I tried the game was last year with the Kickstarter demo.

That was v10.2, now its up to v16.5.

I have to say, there are a number of changes I approve of. Particularly the fact that Alenium grenades and missiles become standard for no additional cost after you research Alenium explosives. Things used to be expensive as hell to make.

>>174365
>suspended and under investigation
>For outing a suicidal scammer
This doesn't make any sense