Video Game General 2.0: Yo Dawg I Heard You Like Remasters And Ports

General Discussion
6781

You’re comparing the aspects of a turn based RPG as if the same concepts of additional content apply to something that falls into an entirely different genre. The story only changes because that’s the nature of FF as a series. But if you want to go down that road, every AC game got new characters. Every AC game got combat changes. Every AC game got new music. And every AC game got a graphical improvement. But, ok. Let’s just ignore all these changes for shits and giggles.

They also didn’t just pile on content. Dozens of important changes were made to the core game as a whole. It’s why Black Flag is a completely different game from AC1.

Not really a real response, but I can’t say I’m surprised.

I can see this whole discussion devolving into more bandwagon-ing hatred of the series, so I’ll just opt out while I can. It’s pretty obvious there’s going to be a complete lack of objectivity when discussing this franchise so I’m not entirely sure why I bothered in the first place.

Oh well though, more Unity for me and the rest of us who’ll have a blast fucking up the corrupt forces of the world.

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Yeah but my problem is that, if it’s so easy to do, and it is a MAJOR focus of the gameplay(you cannot argue. They have had catacomb stlye shit since 2), why even have it? It’s just synthetic gameplay. You have to input nearly nothing, but things still happen on screen. The parkour trend makes that shit look entertaining right now, so it passes. It’s mild reward for absolutely no effort. Crackdown did platforming/cilmbing stuff as a major gameplay point and some of it was kinda hard. Go climb the agency tower to its highest point without max stats. it takes at least an hour if you can even get that high. I was gonna use Mirror’s Edge as an example but parkour stuff is 90% of the gameplay.

Your point on enemy types is unfortunately still moot. I remember being able to instant kill tougher enemy types because I chained off of a counter kill on a regular guy. I did it quite frequently. The dagger sub weapon is unstoppable. The thing about changing weapons is also cancelled out by “dominant strategy”. The combat isnt even remotely stylish in AC so why would I want to manually inject extra shit into the fights? I have about 20 dudes on my nuts. Why try doing something fancy when I can just get sword swiped out of it? Why would I do something else if I can kill them in one hit from the beginning of the game? I shouldnt have to make the combat interesting myself. The game should have already done that for me. Ya know like most other action games or beat em ups.

Since we are splitting hairs, at your request mind you, that is only the definition of “assassin” as a word. Not as a profession or line of work. Whether it be in media, or in real life which does happen from time to time, the mutual agreement is that Person A pays Person B to kill somebody. After Person B kills somebody, they need to do everything they can to avoid being seen at the moment or being caught because doing either can prevent them from getting paid, or in the event that they are self motivated killings, prevent them from killing another person later on. An assassin by the definition you provided can literally be anybody. From the guy that shot John Lennon in the face, or a terrorist running up to Obama and suicide bombing. Though more often than not, such a person is just going to be called a murderer. The term “Assassin” is usually reserved for those who tried to kill an important figure in secret, and either got away, or was caught later on. The Assassin’s in the series are actually very shitty at what they do outside of the actual murdering part, and only survive because of a mile wide wall of plot armor.

6783

People don’t bitch about MM, now, because it’s dead. Back in the day, there was bitching about it, in the magazines and the playground.

6784

Hey… HEY.

I don’t care what shitty games y’all arguing about, you leave Mega Man out of it.

Much like Capcom has…

rimshot

6785

I’d totally cop an Xbox One for $349 if Sunset Overdrive wasn’t the only game I’d play on it.

6786

haha, QWOP… when I first saw a video about that game on youtube, I was literally in pain from laughing at it. Ah, there it is
yep

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmcMG4uxiHk

That shit killed me, man… from the dude’s voice describing it, to the visuals of the game and how the character is animated… it still gets some laughs out of me now.

I thought I was done with Borderlands, but Pre-Sequel has been fun. My Wilhelm is already turning out to be an unstoppable beast machine… I’m the goddamn T-800 over here…the enemies can’t handle this. I mentioned it somewhere before but Wilhelm has a skill called “TERMINATION PROTOCOLS”. Yeah, I definitely picked that skill-tree first just because of how undeniably badass that shit sounds.

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mannnnnnnnnnnn what you on about???
xbawkz got dat KI , dat KILLA insTINCT wiTH DA Cc-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-cc-c-CAMBO BREKERz ! gamE is BesT game in WÖRLDS.

[details=Spoiler]
i’m joking dude. you are absolutely correct !
I hope xbox does well in the future.
Phil Spencer is the mayne.[/details]

6788

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/479589/ea-access-uptake-is-well-beyond-early-expectations-says-ceo/

It is a great deal if you like EA’s games, but I’m sure this will one day sum up the whole situation:

Was hoping it wouldn’t take off, but this could very well be what the market wants. It’ll probably be like the original Xbox Live, horse armor, preorder bonuses, etc; I’ll laugh it all off, then one day something will come along that happens to suit me/meet my needs, and then I’ll be like:

6789

Ass Creed is straight up shit now. The story sucks, the gameplay gets boring quickly, the stealth is garbage, the online is broken, and the combat system which was one of the most complained about features in AC1 hasn’t changed for the better over SIX FUCKING GAMES.

AC2 the GOAT. I liked Brotherhood too but the rest can go fuck itself.

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@Million‌ I’ve seen that video before, watched the whole thing again though and you’re so right EVERYTHING about that video is hilarious haha I couldn’t stop laughing for a good 5 mnutes after it ended the best [art was at 1:55 when he figured out a “broken” technique haha.

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Nintendo posted up their financials for the last quarter

Sales of Wii U are getting better but possibly not enough since they’re currently at 1/3 of their sales goal, sales worldwide currently sit at 7.29 mill for Wii U, 3DS is still selling but not selling as expected since it’s sold almost half lest than it did last year and that’s with Smash’s launch accounted for, Smash is at 3.22 worldwide, Tomodachi has sold 3.12 worldwide. They believe Mario Kart is the reason Wii U has managed to keep up the numbers it has so far and there is obvious high hopes in Smash and the Pokemon remakes for the holiday season.

I think there’s 2 possible things going on with 3DS…1. Sales for the system might be starting to hit critical mass considering the diminishing market with mobile and what not…OR 2. Nintendo shot themselves in the foot by not doing wordwide launch of the New 3DS and the people who would be buying a 3DS from now to the holidays are holding out until next year who heard about it.

Iwata has recovered enough to return to work

Ubisoft: Assassin’s Creed reluctant to go into feudal Japan because its too familiar

I’m more surprised they’ve been able to hold it off for as long as they have. We’ve been shanking people in various time periods…I think it may be time to throw some kunais and ninja stars by now. They’re gonna run out of periods to roll with eventually and it’s pretty much inevitable unless the franchise kills itself before it gets to that point.

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD - Enter the Fray Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjBMEWtjcZc

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Nintendo still in for the long haul, they’ve got their work cut out for them because 2015 is gonna be a rough year but at least they posted a profit. Now that I think about it 2015 is going to a gauntlet for everyone because of the sheer magnitude of games releasing in Q1/2 alone across US/JPN/EU, what the hell is the world ending next year or something?

Moving along

tl;dr- According to Capcom’s latest financial report (first half year and July~Spetember of 2014) they’re losing money again, they blame a general lack of interesting titles released during that time period. Apparently Monster Hunter will only pay the bills for so long until the Brightmen and Elecmen leave and the lights at Capcom HQ in Osaka turn off.

If anyone wants to read the long version open the spoiler.

[details=Spoiler]Capcom posted their financials as well, 45% drop in profits for the first half and a 53% drop in profits for July-September, they blame an overall lack of an eye-catching or interest generating title(s) released during that time period. If you take into consideration that Capcom released Monster Hunter 4 in the middle of September last year the drop in profits compared to last year kinda makes sense but that still doesn’t make up for the rest of the year. Of course they’re poised to post profits for their next financial quarter because Monster Hunter 4G just hit the ground running in Japan along with the new 3DS and Resident Evil Remake HD might make some money but it’ll do better in the US next year. Problem is while they make money off of Monhun it’s doesn’t keep them afloat all year round, which goes back to their original point that they’re losing money because of a “lack of eye-catching or interest generating titles/games/etc”.

So what’s they’re plan on remedying this? I know they’re building two new buildings, plan to hire up to a 100 new people a year, they opened up a mobile division not too long ago, released another SFIV revision (USFIV), making a new Ace Attorney, Deep Down is going through a trial & error state right now and Ono has another next-gen up his sleeve, and then there’s more Resident Evil remakes/spin-offs etc. While all this sounds good the first 3 points are going to take time and judging from their financial situation they can’t really put it off for much longer. I’m not one to tell people to do their job but Tsujimoto and son need to open up that playbook and rework that strategy of there’s fast if they expect any of those wacky aspirations of there’s to come to fruition.

IMO they should try taking tips from their peers like Bamco and Nintendo, they’re the most profitable and successful video game companies Japan that aren’t exclusive to cellphone games. Nintendo makes their money off of being an independent privately owned business (no outsiders) that makes their own games, systems, merchandise, etc and they also invest in other companies so they make occasionally make returns on their investments as well. Bandai and Namco success skyrocketed during the middle of last gen after they stopped outsourcing their games and started focusing on their monopoly in the arcade in Japan (Tekken and EXVS/FB/MB) their vast catalog of IP’s through Shonen Jump and Bandai in general (One Piece, Naruto, DBZ, and Gundam all under the same label), releasing more games on PC (Naruto, Dark Souls, etc) all the while focusing on middle tier development with all their console/hanheld games (Tales of, SAO, Mahouka, Gundam Breaker, SRW). Hell at this point they could take advice from Sega because unlike Capcom they’re more conservative and aren’t relying on just one or two IP’s just to get by.

Either way good luck in your future endeavors Capcom, your gonna need it.[/details]

6793

keep chasing that mobile rainbow, Capcom.

6794

I don’t even need to say it, do I…

But hey, Capcom, at least you were able to do ONE smart thing and let Sakurai put Mega Man in Smash Bros.

Those magical TWO WORDS.

6795

Why not try something like India for the next AC? Would be something totally different.

6796

I just read something about Wii-U sells

6797

Has anyone played Azure Striker Gunvolt yet? How is it?

And I need to find some JRPGs for PS3 that aren’t awful. Any advice?

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How are they “reluctant” to try out an AC in Feudal Japan? That would fit the series perfectly. I actually can’t believe they haven’t already done it either.

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Because a far superior game series already did it nearly two decades ago:

Ass Creed ain’t got shit on Rikimaru and crew, and NEVER will.

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Valkyria Chronicles is pretty fire if you like Strategy RPGS, I hear Resonance of Fate is good, but has a learning curve, Ni No Kuni, Yakuza 3 and 4(if you got beat em ups with random encounters and leveling), Eternal Sonata.