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Been playing a ton of season 9 of Project Diablo 2. One of the best fan made mods I can think of and it's really been gaining steam the last few seasons, probably more players online than D2R. They've done a great job expanding on the original game - added a ton of items/crafting, bunch of end game content, some new mechanics (corrupting probably being the big one) and really increasing the build variety by buffing some less powerful abilities. They also do a good job of shifting the meta every season.

You guys sure are arguing a lot over some 72 metacritic barely game.

Why don't you get a Zune?

9 hours ago, David P said:

It's literally like old school Diablo loot drop. But with every fucking enemy.  

This is more a problem with new school diablo tbh.

Diablo 2 has a lot of loot but it's very easy to parse what is and isn't worth picking up.

2 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

 
is it worth playing as a SP game? 
 

the castlevania crossover stuff looks cool 

 

 

I'd say so.

I think it depends if you're in the mood for a survival/building game. It's definitely a slower process if you play it solo.

32 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

I wonder how this game has evolved. I saw a new trailer for a content update recently and it looks pretty cool.

They've added a couple biomes since release and a bunch of items/building related stuff. It's a fun game, especially if you have a group.

Yeah I mean it just makes way more sense to compare Digital vs. Physical sales for things that offer both. You'll obviously never buy a microtransaction or a subscription physically. Everyone knows that a higher percentage of overall $$ is being spent on those YoY. So tell me, of games that are available physically and digitally, percentage splits. Probably varies a lot by console too, I'm sure Nintendo has a much higher % of physical than Sony, and Sony much higher than MS.

So he's counting subscriptions, microtransactions, etc etc? I mean, makes sense.

Will suck when physical finally does go away.

cant be worse than the recent bethesda games

1 hour ago, Remij said:

Nah lmao.  Final Fantasy was absolutely huge in the day.. wtf  

 

And I never said it wasn't losing steam... In fact I specifically said it IS declining.  And there's a reason for that.  Japan is ONE of them.. and this is actually a PRIME example of SquareEnix's issues.  Japan COULD be massive still for Final Fantasy.  If they made Final Fantasy games on the Nintendo Switch...  Not some shitty spinoff FF game.. but make a mainline Final Fantasy game for Nintendo's console among the others.  I don't want to hear "power" excuses either..  You can make a high quality AAA Final Fantasy game on Nintendo Switch.  Nintendo makes high quality Switch games all the time.

 

They're chasing this stupid high production action-fantasy game with light/no RPG mechanics and it's just not working.  It sells to Playstation fanboys because its exclusive.. but nowhere else gives a damn.

 

Guys, again.. it's not about the immediate sales.. It's about growing the franchise in all markets.  You don't grow on platforms unless you commit to them.   And with regards to Playstation.. Final Fantasy isn't going to grow any bigger than it is now.  It's going to shrink if anything.  The series is stagnating.  We haven't heard about FF16's sales in forever and probably wont until after the PC version release in their hopes that it will prop it up to sound a bit more impressive.  It's not.  FF7 Rebirth will sell similarly.  

I dunno, 7 was definitely huge, 10 was pretty big. It's certainly the biggest JRPG series, especially in the West. It's extremely important and popular in core gaming circles and online. I doubt your average western gamer could name a main FF character outside of Cloud, maybe Tidus. There's a reason FF7 is being remade with a huge budget and 3 parts and the other ones get poor HD rereleases at best.

Regardless, I don't really disagree with what you're saying. I do think Square put themselves in a difficult spot. Since FF7, mainline FF games have always represented the big budget,  grand, cinematic JRPG. The only time they really strayed from that was IX. Sales wise they're probably much better off moving to Switch but I think they're trying to hold onto that "prestige" aspect of FF, for better or worse.

On 2024-04-08 at 11:16 AM, Remij said:

Nah man it is.  Because sales are sales... it doesn't matter the number of platforms.  FF is a massive franchise, and like I said... FF7 is the most beloved entry in the entire series.  Final Fantasy used to be a multiplatform series at launch.  Dragon's Dogma was never the major series Final Fantasy was.

 

There's NO world that exists where SquareEnix used less resources to create FF7 Rebirth than Capcom did for Dragon's Dogma 2  

 

Be honest with yourself man.  FF is a series with tons of legacy... and has been primarily a PS oriented franchise since the release of FF7...  Dragon's Dogma does not have that legacy.

I think you're overselling how big FF ever has been tbh. Yeah, FF7 was the biggest of the bunch but it's hardly a huge series and a lot of the sales of the big ones can be attributed to Japan who wouldn't be buying this regardless of the platform.

Also wtf we mean by "Final Fantasy used to be a multiplatofrm series at launch". Literally two of the mainline games (specifically the worst two) were ever multiplat at launch.

Rebirth probably would have benefited from being on PC day one, but Xbox wouldn't have moved the needle and the effort/$ used to\get it to run on Series S probably wouldn't have been made up by the sales.

finally grabbed this today. only a few hours in but so far really liking it. it's definitely rough around the edges but it's also doing a lot of interesting things and has a satisfying gameplay loop, some of the dynamic aspects of the game are clearly a bit prone to weird things/bugs happening but it also makes for a really enjoyable and unique experience. it's a gamey ass game and if it continues along this way ill take that over some overproduced homogenized trash like ragnarok.

25 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

Hellblade 2 next month guyz just wait a little longer - lemmings

the title says "game".

DD2 is the next big game for me but mostly just some pallet cleansing after finishing Rebirth. Also need to get around to IW and Unicorn Overlord...

Circled back to Mario Wonder the last couple days. Just going back through levels where I missed a purple coin/exit/seed the first time through. It really is a fantastic game, my big complaint is still that it lacks the level of difficulty I like to see in a platformer - which is a shame since it would be a fantastic base for that....controls are perfect and I really enjoy the aesthetic. The only levels that really get challenging are some of the secret world stuff and tbh a lot of those rely a bit more on gimmicks than anything else. Just give me some precise jumps and well placed enemies.

Still going with Balatro, but more a couple runs here and there. Just trying to finish all the decks/difficulties. Game still slaps.

Trying to play more Helldivers 2 but I'm pretty much solo right now. My one buddies PC just hates the game for whatever reason and the other guy kind of just fell off it.

I bought Minishoot Adventure on a whim. Twinstick shooter with Metroidvania/Zelda influences. Gonna leave the video below cause I can't explain it but I think a lot of you would dig it:

Good timing for me, though I certainly won't be getting a 5090.

Planning a CPU upgrade here soon, 10600 is getting a little old and definitely bottlenecking me right now (3080ti 12gb). I'll probably get a 7800X3D, see where that puts  me performance wise. I'm at 1440p and will be for a long time still, so if I do upgrade it'll probably be to a 5070 or 5080, depending how those turn out. I'd probably just go for whatever hits 16gb tbh.

lol 3d is one of the shittiest gimmicks of all time.

waste of hardware cost implementing it.

had a man cold for like 2 weeks. finally back to the gym and i feel weak as shit, worst week of workouts in a while. i know it'll come back quick but it's annoying for sure.

This is what happens when you have communist education. Someone just take away this guys thread privileges.

Nintendo 1024

I played on controller, I'd probably lean towards that but it should work just fine on kbm.

Sea of Stars is AWESOME.  Just took the pirate ship to the island, Definitely gunning for a spot in my top 10 of the year.

It was almost always considered the worst zelda.

1 hour ago, Goukosan said:

 

If you're getting a base 14 you might as well get the 13 pro... Since the base 14 is literally just a 13 pro in a 14 chassis. 

I don't think they sell it anymore (probably for that reason).

Just now, -GD-X said:

The 15 is such a lackluster upgrade unless you go the pro line, so smart move. 

yeah the pro looks amazing. i just won't take advantage of the extra stuff these days.

1129 for the base 15 in canada

think ill grab a 14.