Vidya Games Thread

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

It's sold out everywhere. What more are they supposed to do?

Nintendo is notorious for underproducing consoles for launch and creating artificial scarcity. Don't get me wrong, the console is likely going to print money because their two main competitors are turbo retards but you can't base anything off of "they sold out" without actual numbers, especially in Nintendo's case. Even the fucking Wii U sold out.

Alternatively, if they delay Gen 10 by a year it we might be able to travel in more than 1 city. Maybe they'll actually be able to optimize the game like they were planning to in the SV beta. But between the SV beta and release they dropped all plans that would've delayed the game (like Optimization!) to just release the game.

Delay a new gen Pokemon game? Never happening. That would require them to delay the launch of the associated manga, the associated plushies of the new pokemon, the associated season of anime that introduces that region/pokemon, and all the other various merch designed around the new gen. They've already been given the greenlight after SV sold super well that they can release literal fucking garbage and retards will buy it.

Well this is a nice surprise. They teased the game ages ago and then went dark for so long prior to this that I was starting to think that IO might have actually canned it, but I guess not.

If I remember correctly, IO wants to make a trilogy of Bond games, similar to their recent Hitman trilogy. So if this one plays well and has decent sales, there should be a couple more on the way sometime in the next few years. I hope they don't fuck it up, and I think their experience working on Hitman should help them produce something worth playing.

They've been playing around with a lot of spy concepts for missions in the recent Hitman trilogy. Two of the most prominent are probably Sapienza's entire premise and Chongqing's underground section, especially where you have to escape after it goes into lockdown. The camera tool they introduced in Hitman 3 could definitely fit in a Bond game, maybe even add info for people you scan with it.

I'm really hoping they don't fuck it up but I've accepted that there's going to be some dumbshit at the bare minimum at launch knowing IOI.

 

[CalciumAnimal]

Nintendo is notorious for underproducing consoles for launch and creating artificial scarcity. Don't get me wrong, the console is likely going to print money because their two main competitors are turbo retards but you can't base anything off of "they sold out" without actual numbers, especially in Nintendo's case. Even the fucking Wii U sold out.

Delay a new gen Pokemon game? Never happening. That would require them to delay the launch of the associated manga, the associated plushies of the new pokemon, the associated season of anime that introduces that region/pokemon, and all the other various merch designed around the new gen. They've already been given the greenlight after SV sold super well that they can release literal fucking garbage and retards will buy it.

They've been playing around with a lot of spy concepts for missions in the recent Hitman trilogy. Two of the most prominent are probably Sapienza's entire premise and Chongqing's underground section, especially where you have to escape after it goes into lockdown. The camera tool they introduced in Hitman 3 could definitely fit in a Bond game, maybe even add info for people you scan with it.

I'm really hoping they don't fuck it up but I've accepted that there's going to be some dumbshit at the bare minimum at launch knowing IOI.

Honestly I think pokemon is one of the franchises that actually benefits more off the press being bad. There are so many avenues to pokemon that the main games being trash just leads to fans playing the card game or Go or one of the mobile games instead. not to mention the manga the anime and the toys.


Sword and shield is absolute trash (worse then scarlet and violet and i will die on that hill) but I still love Corviknight.

 

[PleaseCheckYourReceipts]

Happy Switch 2 launch week! You can practically feel the hype - in the sense that it's absolutely dead in the water *nothing*, other than price and stock concerns!

Will we get a repeat of the 3DS Ambassador program? Well, we don't have the same leadership at Nintendo as that era, and the less said about the Wii U the better, so it's a toss-up on how they'll fare post-launch!

That being said, with the release of Pokémon Legends Z-A in October, and Gen 10 on the Horizon (lol), they will single-handedly save the Switch 2 from being a Wii U-level disaster. I mean, unless they're going to charge $70 per version of Gen 10, since they're charging $70 for Z-A - or even worse, $80 per version! Sure, it'll sell millions of copies each, but good will is going to burn like nothing else!

It's going to sell through 20 million units easily, but it's after that fact and how it sells into the still rolling global recession in 2026 that'll be interesting. Everyone wants to reference the Wii U, but I think the real comparison is the PS2 vs PS3. The PS2 was selling something like 1/2 the PS3 numbers for a couple of years after the PS3 launch.

Which is I think that's going to happen. It's going to be like the recent console generation where everything was cross-gen until like last year. So the need to upgrade is going to be minimal for a long time. The "play 5 year old games on your Switch" crowd probably has a Steam Deck.

Regardless of the pricing, Switch 2 carts are now essentially just hardware download codes compared to most switch releases. You're not even paying for flash storage space with those. Wanna own a copy of the media? Want to use this console after they inevitably pull the essential online servers? Big N say fuck you!

When I saw Nintendo being super litigious about switch EMU and cart dumps, I suspected it was because whatever new console was basically a hardware refresh and would be vulnerable to same vectors. Lo and behold, here we are. Right now Nintendo's on their eating glue phase of the "Idiocy → Profit → Idiocy" cycle they go through, but I dunno how they're gonna finagle their way outta this one.

Yeah, Nintendo attacks emulators when they have something they want to sell that it could, in theory, work against. So, they're going to be trying to sell 40+ year old versions of Mario for 40USD for the next 40 years.

double post but fuck it. Unless nintendo actually just sells all their data off and wipes it manually they have been taking steps to tie your games to your nintendo account so you can easily redownload them at a later date presumably this is for futureproofing but we will see how future proof it actually is.

Assuming nintendo continues to do Emulator work I could see them just letting you play switch 1 games on the switch 45.

Nintendo wants everyone locked to an account because Power & Control. Money comes with that, but nearly everyone gives into the desire for more control when given the chance.

New game announcement from IO Interactive: 007 First Light


More details to come in their showcase on June 6.

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Nightdive interviews Marc LeBlanc, programmer and designer on Thief and System Shock

Well, the Hitman games pretty much have been a straight modern Bond story of late. There's a lot of fun they could have with it.

Hitman esk gameplay with the movies version of bond and from the silhouette looking like @Brosnan Pierce Brosnan would be amazing.

Give us toys like the Batclaw from Arkham or Windblast from Dishonored make them some silly gadgets give us weird interactions like C4 in the Pie and let us have a grand ole time.

They're going to need a few on-rails shooter/driving sections. That's just a given with Bond.

Nintendo is notorious for underproducing consoles for launch and creating artificial scarcity. Don't get me wrong, the console is likely going to print money because their two main competitors are turbo retards but you can't base anything off of "they sold out" without actual numbers, especially in Nintendo's case. Even the fucking Wii U sold out.

Delay a new gen Pokemon game? Never happening. That would require them to delay the launch of the associated manga, the associated plushies of the new pokemon, the associated season of anime that introduces that region/pokemon, and all the other various merch designed around the new gen. They've already been given the greenlight after SV sold super well that they can release literal fucking garbage and retards will buy it.

They've been playing around with a lot of spy concepts for missions in the recent Hitman trilogy. Two of the most prominent are probably Sapienza's entire premise and Chongqing's underground section, especially where you have to escape after it goes into lockdown. The camera tool they introduced in Hitman 3 could definitely fit in a Bond game, maybe even add info for people you scan with it.

I'm really hoping they don't fuck it up but I've accepted that there's going to be some dumbshit at the bare minimum at launch knowing IOI.

Pokemon games can't be delayed. They'll just make everyone work 18 hours to get something done.

Honestly I think pokemon is one of the franchises that actually benefits more off the press being bad. There are so many avenues to pokemon that the main games being trash just leads to fans playing the card game or Go or one of the mobile games instead. not to mention the manga the anime and the toys.


Sword and shield is absolute trash (worse then scarlet and violet and i will die on that hill) but I still love Corviknight.

A bad new Pokemon release is just going to end in reviews with "buy this version instead", which will drive sales to other Pokemon games.

 

[Smelliest007]

I'm really hoping they don't fuck it up but I've accepted that there's going to be some dumbshit at the bare minimum at launch knowing IOI.

HITMAN WoA showed me IOI still got it as devs but also still produce dumbfuck decisions by grasping the ball too hard with their retard strength.

 

[CalciumAnimal]

HITMAN WoA showed me IOI still got it as devs but also still produce dumbfuck decisions by grasping the ball too hard with their retard strength.

special children need the most love.

Edit: Stumbled upon a thing decided to share it.

Rusty Rabbit - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Looks like a more fleshed out Solatorobo or the Armor Ride from Megaman written by Urobutcher himself.

 

[reinigen]

Finshed Expedition 33 to credits. Still need to go back and do side content, but if this game doesn't win GOTY from every outlet of note there had better be RIOTS. I want them sweeping Keighley's show for all the Druckmann dick he sucked the last few years.

 

[Kazuma]

Finshed Expedition 33 to credits. Still need to go back and do side content, but if this game doesn't win GOTY from every outlet of note there had better be RIOTS. I want them sweeping Keighley's show for all the Druckmann dick he sucked the last few years.

I'm on act 3 but I have been doing side missions. Still missing a couple journals and 4 gestrals. Probably won't finish the main story until I did all the side contents.

Spoiler: spoiler for act 3

I can't believe they pulled an edo tensei with Maelle reviving Lune and Sciel

 

[reinigen]

I'm on act 3 but I have been doing side missions. Still missing a couple journals and 4 gestrals. Probably won't finish the main story until I did all the side contents.

Bit of advice for Act 3 Story stuff. No spoilers, but just words for anyone who want it.

Spoiler: Act 3 Advice (no spoilers)

It's possible to beat the Act 3 STORY content right away upon getting into Act 3. The final boss will be a stomp the more and more you level. If you want to maintain the challenge, take off the Painted Power (damage break) lumina before fighting the final boss. You'll completely stomp him otherwise.

 

[UberSoldat]

GVMERS with a Concord post-mortem

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

State of Play watchalong with Dizzy (Sony stream live in 8mins):

EDIT: Ember is here too

 

[Brosnan Pierce Brosnan]

State of Play watchalong with Dizzy (Sony stream live in 8mins):

>video games
>Sony

 

[thhrang]

Very end (1:21) teases a new MGO.

 

[PleaseCheckYourReceipts]

Did Sony think Sea of Thieves was a big success and sent out the "we need ocean games!" in 2020? Wait...

No, Subnautica launched in 2018. They're just effing slow.

 

[PleaseCheckYourReceipts]

Huh, okay, that James Bond from IOI is a lot of cut scenes, but it looks like it's going to be smaller segment Hitman missions that connects with cut scenes?

Edit: New Marvel fighter from Arc Systems. Max's head is currently exploded.

 

[John Vtuber👁️]

Just give Marvel IP to non-Western devs, they'll do an infinitely better job than Marvel themselves have had in the past decade!

 

[Punished Anime Discusser]

I can't believe Sony showed off a bunch of actually interesting games, what an accursed fucking timeline.

 

[reinigen]

Just give Marvel IP to non-Western devs, they'll do an infinitely better job than Marvel themselves have had in the past decade!

Honestly, some of the best character designs I've seen for Marvel characters too. They're all S-Tier thus far.

 

[PleaseCheckYourReceipts]

Honestly, some of the best character designs I've seen for Marvel characters too. They're all S-Tier thus far.

Helps when you have a staff that likes creating things rather than destroying them.

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I was late to the watchalongs, but I saw there was a Thief game. Sadly, it's a PSVR2 exclusive and, of course, female protagonist. Another annoying dustbin.

FF Tactics remaster? Square might be hurting for money.

 

[God's Strongest Dragoon]

Huh, okay, that James Bond from IOI is a lot of cut scenes, but it looks like it's going to be smaller segment Hitman missions that connects with cut scenes?

I'm hoping it's not another Hitman Absolution.

 

[Lurker McSpic]

Very end (1:21) teases a new MGO.

if it's the original mgo from way back then or a revival of 4's mgo I'd probably buy it but I know full well these retards are gonna repeat 5's mgo

I may also be the only metroidvania fag in the thread but I'm actually fucking flipping my shit at the fact that iga doubled down on the fucking ugly aesthetic for the bloodstained sequel. Not only that, the main characters look so fucking gay and he kept the garbage anime dub voice direction for the english voiceover. The original was a pain to listen to and I couldn't even escape the fucking writing changing it to japanese because all I got was dubtitles

I will also give credit to capcom for not scrapping pragmata in current day because I can already hear the usual suspects calling people pedos over that game. It also sucks they hired anime VA's that can't do anything but anime voices.