Games: News & Releases

Shenmue 3 fucking deserves its own thread. SHENMUE.....FUCKING......3!!!!!

Saven wrote:
In other news, here is the brand new trailer for MGSV:

Was impressed with this...but of course i never doubted it.

September's getting closer...

Batman: Arkham Knight is getting great reviews, I think I'll have to pick this up on launch day next week

Charco wrote:Batman: Arkham Knight is getting great reviews, I think I'll have to pick this up on launch day next week

Full game+season pass is already in my steam library waiting to download
Now I just have to work my magic to get the Red Hood pre-order bonus...

I hope you didn't pay crazy Steam prices:

http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/batman-arkham-knight-premium-edition-pc-cd-key-steam

Well Arkham Knight appears to be the worst PC port in history, I just get a black screen before I even see a Rocksteady logo. Other than that, it's great.

I have to wonder though, is it the port that is a mess or is it most of the PC gaming master race that's actually overestimating their hardware?

It's the port.

Aaaand it gets worse...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-batman-arkham-knight-pc-lacks-console-visual-features

Charco wrote:Aaaand it gets worse...

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-batman-arkham-knight-pc-lacks-console-visual-features

And much worse

Batman: Arkham Knight sales have been suspended for the time being on PC.

What a mess.

shame this shit still happens, would expect pc ports to not be shit bad anymore

I think I'll buy it on PS4 next week like a normal person!

You would be right to do so.

Yakuza 4 and Dead Souls (eh decided to try it) are on sale for 6 bucks each on psn for anyone interested. Unfortunately no word on when 5 is being released out here other than "fall". Really wish they'd localize 1 & 2 HD, willing to bet they're saving it for PS4 if they're even considering it.

I really want to get into the Yakuza series (especially since many people said it had some of SOR spirit) but I don't know if it's a good idea to start with 4 without playing the 3 first games.

Luckily I haven't had any Arkham issues. I'm like 80% through the game on a build that doesn't even technically meet the minimum requirements. And 11% on my girlfriends build for recording, where we modified the game to run at 60fps.

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

Recap of Shenmue III Kickstarter Twitch stream:

iceweb38 wrote:I really want to get into the Yakuza series (especially since many people said it had some of SOR spirit) but I don't know if it's a good idea to start with 4 without playing the 3 first games.

Although the series makes references to past events each story feels like a separate thing. I myself still haven't played the 2nd game. There's also a feature that recaps the past games if you want to see the key events so far. I'd recommend 4 definitely, 4 different characters to use and a more refined fighting system of the 4.

So, the guy who has leaked the Fallout 4 Pipboy Collector's Edition, PS4 Uncharted Collection has some information about Nintendo's NX.






Oh man, I hope this is just false or its just a successor to the 3DS because if it is, then this is already dead on arrival. Come on Nintendo, you can't be this dense after the colossal disaster in the Wii U.

Speaking of Nintendo, I oughta laugh at how they tried to defend themselves after the boredom E3 conference they held this year:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-responds-to-e3-criticisms/1100-6428602/

At the same time, however, Miyamoto said he had a "solid feeling" that people who actually got to visit Nintendo's booth on the E3 show floor liked what they saw and appreciated the fact that they would have to wait months--not years--to play the games. This differs from the approach of Microsoft and Sony.

"Other than Nintendo, the major hardware manufacturers, Sony and Microsoft, also had booths, and I got the general impression that they were showcasing not only the products for this year but also many products for next year or the year after and, because of that, introductions for many of their software titles were done visually, not with playable demos," he said.

Excuse me Nintendo, isn't that what you've been doing with Zelda last year? Also, E3 is not exactly a show to let the general public play your games, it's a show to reveal what you got in store! And that's precisely why the new Metroid Prime game got so much backlash. http://nintendoeverything.com/reggie-acknowledges-metroid-prime-ffs-negative-reactions-asks-fans-for-trust-need-to-transform-ips/

What the fan at home saw was something in the Metroid Prime universe that they weren’t expecting. The reaction has been negative. There’s no sugar coating it. This is an example where fans who aren’t able to get their hands on the game may be at a bit of a competitive disadvantage. Everyone who has played what we are showing regarding Metroid Prime, they’ve come across really pleased. My ask is that fans trust us.

Things aren't looking too good for Nintendo

So I just wrote a long Arkham Knight review and it got lost in post hell.
Here's the TLDR version

-Not as good as Arkham City GotY
-Not as many enemy types as Arkham Origins
-No challenge mode
-Bonus characters are barely playable
-Every character from City is missing moves and gadgets
-AR challenges are crap and look like crap
-DLC missions are shorter and less substantial than Harley Quinn's Revenge
+Story mode was great aside from the small amount of screentime for Robin, Nightwing and Catwoman
+PC version already has a mod for playable freeroam characters
+PC version was free with my girlfriends GPU
+Hopefully they add good DLC in the season pass that either adds challenge mode or makes up for the lack of it.

Joke of the week guys:
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/07/07/sega-learned-about-making-quality-games-from-atlus-aim-to-regain-trust-from-players/


So they either admit they've been slacking off quite a lot these years or they've been making bad games on purpose..wutever

Dead company is dead.