Video Game General 6.5: Now with more surprise mechanics

Optimus124 · January 17, 2020, 7:07pm

Trust me, I thought I was gonna get a red saber. However, this is the way.

Saitsu · January 17, 2020, 8:00pm

They are, though the unskippable cutscenes make life difficult for a speedrun.

Kurokun · January 17, 2020, 8:20pm

Sonichuman · January 17, 2020, 8:42pm

Game is doing fine as can be seen which is the only thing I cared about. Now my concern is whenever the enevitable sequel happens that EA keeps its hands out of it and just lets Respawn polish it further cause that’s really the only thing I feel this game is missing. It’s really good as it is but it could have been even better with prob 2-3 months of after polish.

Sonichuman · January 17, 2020, 8:44pm

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Saitsu · January 17, 2020, 8:44pm

Eh, other than glitch fixes what Fallen Order needed were things that would’ve taken a lot longer to implement. Mainly, an actual reason to go exploring outside of grabbing cosmetic items.

Geese_Pants · January 17, 2020, 8:45pm

Fuuuuuck…the original was my joint back in the day.

chadouken · January 17, 2020, 8:50pm

I loved my playthrough of it, but was pretty disappointed there is no new game+. I found a lot of the chests and secrets, and I guess I’d like to go back and find everything, but I just don’t feel like there’s any incentive other than going for the plat trophy.

I’m thinking about maybe doing it on Grand Master, but I’d happily welcome some DLC with more story and worlds to explore.

Sonichuman · January 17, 2020, 8:50pm

Oh yeah you are right, thats prob my other big gripe is that all the stuff you go put of your way to look for is purely cosmetic. You can customize your lightsaber but it doesn’t do anything for the game, no enhanced abilities, no physical mutations, no nothing. Super disappointing.

chadouken · January 17, 2020, 8:51pm

To be fair, at least some of the secrets give you extra stim packs and increase Life and Force meter. But if you’ve already beaten the game there really isn’t any reason to go back unless you’re a completionist.

Optimus124 · January 17, 2020, 8:56pm

THIS . . . . . ALL OF THIS!

There is practically no reason to play it again at this point without an NG+ mode.

Sonichuman · January 17, 2020, 10:32pm

Always nice when devs take feedback into consideration and it works out

purbeast · January 17, 2020, 11:35pm

Gave the 90 degree levels in Beat Saber a decent run a while ago for the first time. Not really sure how I feel about it. I like the regular mode better. It just feels a bit clunky and prototype’ish.

Million-X · January 17, 2020, 11:51pm

I’ve played it a few times with a friend…it’s so frustrating how they designed this shit… for some dumbass reason, the clear, obvious prompt of “INVITE PLAYER - X” is always greyed out…at least neither of us could simply press “X” to bring up a simple invite screen. We have to set up the same password for the “distress signal”, so one of us sends it out then the other one “searches for distress signal” so we go to each other’s game that way. Then there’s the issue of dying…either player’s death ends the session…so a new distress signal has to be sent again for one of us to arrive at the other’s world once again. I’m still wondering why the hell they even put an “Invite Player/Friend” prompt there if you can’t do it that way.

…on top of this, mistles don’t seem to work at all for the invited player…I was the one invited; I forgot if he was able to do anything with them either…

…annnnnd they also cut your healing items in half. So…in my single-player game I currently have 4 of the healing items…but in co-op that’s cut to 2.

It’s just strange that for some asinine reason they chose to NOT do co-op like nearly every other major game produced for the last several years. Ha, my friend was annoyed enough that I doubt he will want to play this shit again, actually.

mikeohara · January 17, 2020, 11:57pm

I might be able to see if my rental haunt has FE Sessions later this evening. If they do (and no one has rented the damn thing), it’s getting snagged since I’m headed out of town on Monday.

On another note, the latest thing in the GBVS saga has been differing release dates at Best Buy and Amazon. Best Buy shows the 6th, and Amazon shows the 18th. I’m personally giving XSeed and Marvelous this weekend to announce the NA date, since the rumor is that Frosty’s has either a release build or a near-final prerelease build playable. If they don’t announce a date this weekend while at Frostys, I’m buying the game off Japanese PSN on Tuesday after work. I’ve been bugging the hell out of people and posting like a madman in topics trying to get something about this.

Sonichuman · January 18, 2020, 12:58am

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Radiantsilvergun3 · January 18, 2020, 1:09am

Keef on point, as usual.

beesuit · January 18, 2020, 2:07am

That’s just a callback to the original Broly movies where he was super obsessed with Kakarot and screaming that shit nonstop.

Stuart_Hayden · January 18, 2020, 2:21am

@Sonicabid

You might be interested in this, homie. I know you love the, Ys series.

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1218285410205478914?s=21

Some other quick news

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1218282414646026241?s=21

Little Town Hero gets a physical edition

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1218279018862129152?s=21

Dragon Quest Monsters producer hints at new title

https://twitter.com/gematsucom/status/1218114071767257088?s=21

Humble Bundle is doing a massive bundle to help with the Australian Fire relief efforts

https://twitter.com/wario64/status/1217890977085411329?s=21

Valve squashes rumors of Left 4 Dead III. Again.

https://twitter.com/ign/status/1218249385387220992?s=21

PlayStation’s “Under $20 Bargain Bin“ sale started today. Sale ends 2/5

https://twitter.com/destructoid/status/1218268019417239552?s=21

HD-Man · January 18, 2020, 2:30am

Japanese RPGs be like…

First Hour: “Do your house chores & go to school”

Final Mission: “Kill God”