/v/ - Video Games

> fuck is going through devs minds when they do this shit?

"it worked for games like TLOU"

>>13732662

the gears of war games invented the walkie talkie thing. even the first one had it.

>running drains your health

Think of a single thing in any game that was worse than this, I dare you.

>>13733014

trading health for expanded movement options isn't a bad idea. It's seen a lot of great use and it's something that should be encouraged.

>>13732856

>the walkie talkie thing

first time I've heard it called this. at first, it made me think of radio chatter between two chars. but yes, the onset of 7th gen brought this cancer

>>13733014

that brings me physical pain to read. what game?

>>13733027

>movement options

This is a game with random encounters. There's only one form of movement, with running designed solely to waste more time.

>>13732662

People can talk shit about how the old GOW games weren't as good as ninja gaiden or DMC and i would agree but they were still fun and actual action games. Just go compare promo footage from old GOW games to the GOW4 trailers and its such a giant downgrade its embarassing

>>13732856

they were guilty of it too, but TLOU and to some extent half-life 2 helped make journos think its cool

>>13733028

I heard it in either a hyperbithero video or a gaming brit video, but I found it appropriate. I've also heard walkscenes but walkie talkie has that element of familiarity as well as rhyming that really sells the phrase.

>>13733041

helps if you give it more context

>>13734709

It's funny because they went and buffed some weapons after rivens were added and everyone said "this is exactly what we wanted the whole time why did you even add rivens?"

This game is straight up pretentious garbage.

>>13732484

Like Hellblade?

>>13733014

How about a JRPG where you swap between fights giving exp and fights dropping items. And the only way to make money is by doing delivery quests for quantities of specific items. And everything in the game is insanely expensive. This is a real game.

>>13735018

Also these quests require you to go back and forth through at least 5 screens each trip. Also the healer character only ever gets enough MP to cast like 2 heals. Also she gets kidnapped like a third of the way through the game with no replacement. Also we're talking about the same game

>>13735034

Also you can't target enemies directly. Also if one characters kills a target the others "whiff" on their turn. Also the main character is the fastest and strongest character in the game and will likely take out whatever the other characters were going to target. Also he gets cursed to stand on his hands which reduces his combo rate very early in the game making him shit. I'm not making that last one up either.

I have to mention one horrible level design choice present in all pokemon games so far, loot.

>get into dungeon

>explore all around

>easy to reach items are usually store consumables, not even advanced store items.

>see some out of the way items.

>reach that loot, more shitty store loot.

Why can't they at least give you some better stuff like evo stones and non-store items?

>>13735034

>mfw you're right

I forgot about the running thing. Why did that series have to die the way it did.

>>13735034

Stupid FF4 and Rosa being kidnapped every week by Kain who can't deal with being in the friendzone.

>>13735008

at least with Hellblade, I don't think anyone said "wow, the core mechanic is deep and complex and worth checking out." that one was straight up, "we are selling you a movie with some button prompts."

>>13735002

I may never forgive EA for what they did to the original ME team

Fucking ECHO.

Everyone praised the shit out of it, so I play it.

30 minutes of walking through copy pasted ruins, then you finally get combat and it's the most boring thing ever.

After the first 3 missions, if you haven't read ahead, you figure out the trick, and proceed to destroy every level by meme'ing the AI, then you get another 30 minute walk and talk, then another 2 levels that are actually challenging, another 10 minutes of walking then BULLSHIT ending.

Story isn't properly explained despite all the time given to plot, and by the end of it, you feel cheated.

Looked nice, I guess.