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  1. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    the Nintendo tech demo being priced at 6 bucks is hysterical. What the hell are they doing over there lmao

    Apr 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM

  2. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    Wait that’s just balatro

    Apr 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM

  3. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I would play an opiate addict simulator

    Apr 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM

  4. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    also mesc you are right in a sense but I think player counts and sales numbers tell the story in those instances more than review scores, which should be a standard across the board regardless of context. for example, dragon age had a good mc score and it is a good game, and it even had higher steam counts than shadows! but contextualizing it, ac is a historically console based franchise where da has been mostly pc, Veilguard sold like shit and shadows is selling well. I haven’t played shadows yet but it does seem to be about the same quality of game as veilguard, and they have similar mc scores to reflect that. sales number and player counts tell a different story tho

    Apr 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM

  5. beatingheartsbaby liked Helloelloallo's post in the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I just don't understand the absolute fucking dweeb opinion of 'gamers are mostly white males and it's an automatic barrier to entry if the protagonist is not only a women, but gasp... black'. RE - some of the drivel online about South of Midnight... I do not care one iota if I can 'self insert' into the character based on appearance. That's the narratives job to address, and when done well, I could play as anyone / anything. Like lets say... I don't know... a blue hedgehog... or a speechless super soldier or even just a giant fucking adhesive ball. Dorks everywhere.

    Apr 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM

  6. beatingheartsbaby liked mescalineeyes's post in the thread Video Game Video Games.

    You have to put scores into context. I was one of the people saying that the 82 for Shadows was problematic, since literally the entirety of Ubisoft was riding on that game. And yeah I do think that there's a difference with having 79 MC with Sega money and 80 MC with Microsoft money. Of course at the end of the day it doesn't matter, but if you're looking at it from an ROI perspective, what the Yakuza team did is much more impressive. Really just proving your point here huh? :crylaugh: Also in this day and age, getting to 76 MC with a tight, short, story based stop-motion ARPG with a black protagonist is nothing short of a miracle.

    Apr 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM

  7. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    there was no world in which shadows was going to save Ubisoft even if it got a 99 and sold 10 mil in a day. I think putting over a decade of a giant companies baggage on one dev team is a fools errand

    Apr 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM

  8. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    The way some people talk about metacritic scores lately is wild. When Shadows launched with an 82 people were calling it underwhelming. Skill Up called avowed’s 80 “respectable” but Pirate Yakuza’s 79 “strong.” A subtle difference but a difference nonetheless. I don’t really get what’s going on in the way people absorb critical scores. It’s all over the place. Anyway anything 70 and above is worth a look at the very least

    Apr 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM

  9. beatingheartsbaby liked mescalineeyes's post in the thread Video Game Video Games.

    that's a fantastic score imo

    Apr 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM

  10. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    Xbox tax

    Apr 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM

  11. beatingheartsbaby liked mescalineeyes's post in the thread Video Game Video Games.

    Okay, I'm trying not to be too vague because I suck at it, I'll just delete the post in a few hours: I am currently uploading a folder to a google drive that has a working copy of the fromsoft game about hunters that works on PC. If you want access to it please DM me within 24 hours.

    Apr 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM

  12. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    Bravely default 40 bucks JRPG fans stay winning

    Apr 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM

  13. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I’m definitely pre ordering the switch 2 but I only have a switch lite so playing upgraded Zelda’s (I have nso expansion +) on a tv is worth the price of admission for me

    Apr 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM

  14. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    finished Jedi survivor. ohhhh boy. alright. it’s a good game for sure. it has some of the best platforming I’ve ever experienced, great level design, good story and voice acting too. the core fantasy of the combat is solid don’t get me wrong, but jfc some of the mechanics and the design of the enemies/encounters just did not work for me at all. certain trash mob encounters were just poorly designed, enemy design was also just all over the place, your combat arsenal does not hold up when they throw multiple high power mobs at you I legitimately thought a few of these encounters were actually impossible (playing on medium). they weren’t and I got through but it was so frustrating at times. I’m thinking of one specific one where these mobs are on the ground floor and more run out from ledges up top and you legitimately cannot target the ones up on the ledges and your confusion focus will look toward them without targeting them. it was fucking stupid. there was like four waves in that one too. horrible. and some of the boss fights…like Jesus man the Vader fight was rife with QTEs and cutscenes that would absolutely botch moves I was trying to pull off and you could easily blow it in a late phase and have to start all over. other bosses were so piss easy I was surprised they were bosses (not the door man that was actually funny). just a really uneven experience when it came to combat for me. and the performance on ps5 was quite bad, textures loaded in weird, visual glitches, the weird thing I mentioned where some cut scenes looked like a movie and some looked like an alpha build. I also think the story dragged on after the last Dagan fight. a lot of padding in the last five or so hours imo. I think another six months to a year in the oven woulda made this a 9/10 but unfortunately it’s landing at a 7.5 maybe an 8 for me

    Apr 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM

  15. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I don’t see any point in holding what executives did to mick against the developers and whoever’s making the new soundtrack

    Mar 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM

  16. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    they either are still finalizing the music or don’t want to spoil it I wouldn’t read much into it

    Mar 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM

  17. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I’ve played most of 6 tho

    Mar 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM

  18. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I need to try them all! I own every single one besides the MMOs and 15 haha. I’ve played the first hour of a few of them. But I don’t think ever tried 8 at all yet so I’ll have to do that

    Mar 31, 2025 at 7:05 AM

  19. beatingheartsbaby liked digitalsea's post in the thread Video Game Video Games.

    You should try 8!

    Mar 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM

  20. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    The only final fantasy games ive finished are remake/rebirth and 16 but ive played over half of 6

    Mar 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM

  21. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread 420 Blaze It.

    got a dispensary job it’s alright pretty chill but can be a pain, better than what I was doing before (waiting tables). didn’t know before I got hired I get free samples and now I have an insane amount of flower and edibles lol. next weeks bag is supposed to have some vapes and dabs which is my main preference so I’m stoked. also i get to go see the company I work for’s grow op sometime soon

    Mar 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM

  22. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    side note but triangle strategy is a 10/10

    Mar 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM

  23. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    tactics ogre reborn but fair warning it is TOUGH. triangle strategy has its moments but tactics ogre isn’t for the faint of heart

    Mar 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM

  24. beatingheartsbaby liked The Lucky Moose's post in the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I’m not trolling: put it on easy

    Mar 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM

  25. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    I’ve been replaying FFXVI a bit lately and it’s so good. So much aura. So much sauce.

    Mar 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM

  26. beatingheartsbaby liked morgantayler's post in the thread Video Game Video Games.

    Great deal if you haven’t already played it. [MEDIA]

    Mar 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM

  27. beatingheartsbaby replied to the thread Video Game Video Games.

    started Jedi survivor on ps5. two things, if this is how the console version runs I shudder to think how bad the PC port must’ve been. second why does the cutscene quality swing wildly between near movie quality and budget double A game

    Mar 28, 2025
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