The Gaming News Thread

[Beskar]

Uh, well clearly something has changed because while you arent shown actually in the cockpit, you can fly your ship wherever you want, not reliant on autopilot.

By "flying" is it right click, click "fly to planet x" or "astroid x" with things like "range, 500m" then just watch as it jumps, then slows down then simply orbits the object. For long flights, you use the galatic map and just click "travel" then you have to wait 20 jumps as the ship just flies itself. There was no hands on "I am going to fly in-between these rocks, or do the loop-the-loop, hell-yeah!" or any sort of real control.

Uh oh. You used the "D" word. That might be a road block.

Talking months and years, easily, to get anywhere remotely near one of those..

[Hooahguy]

By "flying" is it right click, click "fly to planet x" or "astroid x" with things like "range, 500m" then just watch as it jumps, then slows down then simply orbits the object. For long flights, you use the galatic map and just click "travel" then you have to wait 20 jumps as the ship just flies itself. There was no hands on "I am going to fly in-between these rocks, or do the loop-the-loop, hell-yeah!" or any sort of real control.

Fair point. And Ill agree with you that sometimes it can be a very, very boring game. Flying in between high-security systems to get the best price on something is incredibly boring. Waiting for a skill to train is also very boring. Its long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer excitement/terror/adrenaline. Especially as a low-level player where there is a lot of enemy ships which can wipe you out very quickly. Its really the type of game that you log on, check to see if your corp is doing anything nearby, and if not, check your training queue, then log off and play Skyrim or something.

[Hooahguy]

Ok I just got a 30 day free trial for EVE. Who wants it? As a reminder, a normal trial is 14 days, a buddy-trial is 21 days, but this one is a full month. I already have a subscription so its useless for me.

[Veho Nex]

MEEEEEEEE!!!! Oh wait... I cant use trials to continue my escapades. Only start new ones. Never mind.

[Hooahguy]

So nobody wants an exclusive 30-day free trial for EVE?

[Husar]

Well, it sounds like it takes you 30 months to get anywhere in EVE, and that's 30 months of hard work. Not something I'm interested in at the moment.

[Hooahguy]

Fair point, though I did just get myself into a high-damage destroyer last week but if you want a battleship it will take you a lot of time. But free is free, right?

[Fragony]

I am too afraid I will really like it

[Veho Nex]

I got my BB and Stealth Bomber setup. I was only 9 months off my Dreadnought too. Maybe I should go back, but then again I dont wanna pay

[Beskar]

I don't usually go for FPS's, but I think I might have to change my mind for this one: Titanfall

[Fragony]

I don't usually go for FPS's, but I think I might have to change my mind for this one: Titanfall

Yeah that looks like an awesome game, a shame there won't be a playstation version as it looks incredibly cool

[Beskar]

Yeah that looks like an awesome game, a shame there won't be a playstation version as it looks incredibly cool

There are rumours that it will be, just delayed.

[Fragony]

Tempting. A HD version of Zelda: the Wind Waker, the best in the series and without a doubt the bestlooking game ever made. Drawing distance was kinda painfull on the gamecube, it was no problem in the dungeons but the game could certainly benefit from mch sharper graphics in the overworld.

http://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-o...ailer-6409772/

[Beskar]

Tempting. A HD version of Zelda: the Wind Waker, the best in the series and without a doubt the bestlooking game ever made.

I thought Zelda 64 looked better, or I simply don't like that cartoon style.

[Chaotix]

Tempting. A HD version of Zelda: the Wind Waker, the best in the series and without a doubt the bestlooking game ever made. Drawing distance was kinda painfull on the gamecube, it was no problem in the dungeons but the game could certainly benefit from mch sharper graphics in the overworld.

http://www.gamespot.com/the-legend-o...ailer-6409772/

I thought Zelda 64 looked better, or I simply don't like that cartoon style.

Whether it's the best in the series is debatable, and whether you like the art style is of course a matter of preference. As for me, I didn't like it when I first got the game, but by now the style has grown on me. This is as much Zelda to me as Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess.

But there's no doubt that this is going to be the best-looking version of Wind Waker ever, and probably something similar to a Director's Cut. For instance, they've already confirmed a few small changes (spoilers):

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

-A "fast" mode on the sail so you can travel faster at sea.
-They're going to do something unspecified with the Triforce hunt at the end of the game to make it less frustrating.

Personally, I'm hoping they also decide to add in the dungeon that was cut for time reasons in the original.

[rickinator9]

I don't usually go for FPS's, but I think I might have to change my mind for this one: Titanfall

It's just another CoD game. That sequence looks like it was heavily scripted.

[Fragony]

It's just another CoD game. That sequence looks like it was heavily scripted.

Just another COD with insane parkours-skills and massive robots then. It looks like a riot to play

I thought Zelda 64 looked better, or I simply don't like that cartoon style.

Matter of taste, I absolutily adore the Windwakers artstyle. Sailing around with a storm comming up is simply pure gaming magic. It was a bit too easy but the HD-version will have an optional harder difficulty.

[Fragony]

The steambox controller looks pretty intruiging. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...oller-revealed

Valve has the habit of knowing what you want before you know you want it, and this looks good. I wonder if it will really be as precise as a mouse, but analogue control over your movement of course beats a keyboard hands down.

[Beskar]

In a different thread

New SteamBox blows the PS4 and Xbone out of the water in terms of specs.

Edit: Blows my PC out of the water too...

[Lemur]

Exploring Valve’s masterplan: on SteamOS, Steam Machines and the future of the PC

[Hooahguy]

Steam controller demo:

[drone]

Just got this in an email today:

The wait is nearly over: Stardock Entertainment is finally taking the wraps off of Galactic Civilizations III. You can get beta access and give us your input on the game by becoming a founder today - and get $10 off the purchase price for the privilege. You can also go big with the Founder's Elite Edition, which includes all future expansions and DLC, even earlier alpha access, and the right to name a planet for $99. We'll be unveiling the expanded alien roster, the awesome new ship designer, and much more over the coming months, so stay tuned to www.galciv3.com.

Wonder if they can get this one right, Stardock has not been having much luck lately with games.

[Fragony]

This looks awesome http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...lmost-anything

Good voice acting as well

[Hooahguy]

The game devs for Day One: Garry's Incident files unjustified copyright claim on popular youtube channel which was critical of the game.

Kinda astonishing to be honest, Im expecting the claim to be overturned as many other less-popular gaming youtube channels (also monetized) have panned the game yet were not pulled. Pretty disgusted with the devs on this one.

[Beskar]

Being honest, who was actually expecting that game to be any good?

[Hooahguy]

I dont think anyone was. The kickstarter for it failed, they probably only got Greenlit by bribing people to vote for them, I really hope this doesnt become an industry standard, taking down critical videos.

[AntiDamascus]

I'm more concerned that game publishers will work to pull bad reviews if they have any screenshots or video of gameplay or even just talking about it because "They're making money off our game!"

[Hooahguy]

Sega of Japan already abuses this feature from Youtube for merely featuring any content of theirs whatsoever if it rises above their official videos.

Nintendo uses an auto-claim which is pretty indiscriminate also abuses this system.

If this stuff continues I believe that quality content when it comes to gaming on Youtube will disappear.

[AntiDamascus]

Movies I get and music I get too but why filter out game footage? Are they that afraid that people will see the game sucks? Who goes "Wow that game looks cool, but I've watched some YouTube clips on it so I'm not going to buy it now. Watching it is as good as playing it."

[naut]

Anyone played the Stanley Parable yet?