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Post by Ex on Dec 10, 2019 20:39:50 GMT -5
Cyberpunk 2077 is the #1 reason I plan to buy a PS4 next year. Maybe it'll start a trend - less fantasy RPGs, more sci-fi (cyberpunk!) RPGs.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 10, 2019 21:09:01 GMT -5
Hard to say. I'm seeing it as a Deus Ex kind of fix that's been absent to me for awhile, also won't be surprised if it blows the Eidos Montreal Deus Ex games out of the water. I respect Witcher 3 but dropped it after 30 hours, though its scope is certainly amazing and doesn't really seem matched that often. I'm hoping Cyberpunk 2077 is that dense and huge as well, also very happy it'll be first person too. I don't burn out on open world games with that perspective as much, since they're much rarer. All I can think of are the Far Cry's which I'm frankly sick of at this point and I still like Bethesda games, but their writing/stories are D-grade at best. I'm sure Cyberpunk will be a lot more competent in most departments. I just hope the combat, sneaking, hacking, exploring, etc is fun... because that stuff definitely wasn't fun to me in Witcher 3, lol.
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Post by Ex on Dec 10, 2019 22:15:30 GMT -5
I'm hoping Cyberpunk 2077 is that dense and huge as well, also very happy it'll be first person too. This game is based off prior material from a long running pen 'n paper RPG series. There was already truckloads of content to build from right out the gate. The developers should have had no problem concocting lots of interesting environments and scenarios.
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Post by Sarge on Dec 10, 2019 22:19:18 GMT -5
Did y'all give the various Shadowrun games a go? I hear Dragonfall in particular is really good.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 10, 2019 22:24:21 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I think the creator Mike Pondsmith is pretty involved too. I think there's bad blood between CD Projekt Red and the Witcher creator though, so who knows how it'll go. I'm already a little disappointed that Cyberpunk 2077 from a glance and the trailers looks a bit more GTA than Bubblegum Crisis / Blade Runner. But I guess even that depiction of cyberpunk must be considered "retro" at this point...
But yeah, don't want to judge too much just yet.
Did y'all give the various Shadowrun games a go? I hear Dragonfall in particular is really good. I played the one before Dragonfall for like an hour. I just can't do these isometric point and click games anymore, my kryptonite... lol.
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Post by Ex on Dec 10, 2019 22:47:26 GMT -5
Did y'all give the various Shadowrun games a go? I hear Dragonfall in particular is really good. I own them on GOG, not played any of them yet. I don't mind the isometric view personally. But I've heard the font can be rough (as in too small). I think some devs develop on 65" monitors or something.
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Post by Xeogred on Dec 10, 2019 23:09:06 GMT -5
Did y'all give the various Shadowrun games a go? I hear Dragonfall in particular is really good. I own them on GOG, not played any of them yet. I don't mind the isometric view personally. But I've heard the font can be rough (as in too small). I think some devs develop on 65" monitors or something. This issue has humorously been popping up a lot again, almost like when HDTV's were first becoming a thing. (Dead Rising is an infamous example of impossible to read text on CRT's).
The more people bring it up lately, I think that a LOT of developers are playing their games on HDTV's at a work desk and not testing it anywhere else. It's just kind of crazy to think these huge teams don't consider anything else, but with games shipping as is I'm not sure what the excuse could be. Even stuff like Outer Worlds recently got a patch for font options.
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Post by Sarge on Dec 10, 2019 23:17:33 GMT -5
Xenoblade Chronicles X immediately comes to mind. I mean, it literally convinced me I needed to buy a larger TV...
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Post by Sarge on Dec 13, 2019 12:08:02 GMT -5
Not sure if anyone noticed, but we're getting another Bravely game. You'd think they'd call it Bravely Third, since the second game was Bravely Second, but nope. They're going with Bravely Default II. Sure, why not?
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Post by Ex on Dec 13, 2019 12:20:17 GMT -5
They're going with Bravely Default II. Sure, why not? Yeah Bravely Third would have made a lot more sense. Sounds like they're intentionally obfuscating the naming with this.
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