/v/ - Video Games

>this thread again

You have to treat it like there was an apocalypse, cause there has been one. You wouldn't expect new good games in an apocalypse, would you?

SJW takeover isn't the only or even the main reason the western game industry is dying if not dead.

>>16151043

I dunno. I've enjoyed a few games from several years ago…I'm still playing Fallout New Vegas, Terraria, Huniepop, VtM Bloodlines, DCUO, 7 days to die, Empyrion galactic survival, the forest, and afew others, and recently purchased Metro last light, Hellblade, and Agony, none of which my shitty rig can handle playing but I wanted to buy them on sale for when I get a better computer later this year.

I'm just very frustrated. It seems that every form of entertainment has gone to shit except for anime, and it's starting to go downhill too.

DMC5 is shaping up nicely.

KH3 was a solid enough conclusion with decent gameplay, and aside from the launcher drama, I’ve heard solid things about the new Metro.

>>16151053

If you really wanna have fun with vidya, don't mind newer releases. You could probably sink the rest of your life with PC releases from 1981-2003

>>16151056

I refuse to use the epic games launcher for one game.

Also I never liked Kingdom Hearts. I played the first one way back in highschool and all I could think about it was "This is fucking gay." I'm not much of a disney fan either so the game just doesn't appeal to me.

I'm on the fence with DMC5. I liked DMC well enough, especially with one of my favorite bands making huge contributions to the soundtrack(combichrist), but I wasn't much of a fan of previous entries into the Devil May Cry franchise, mostly because I found the controls really clunky and counter-intuitive.

>>16151050

Sure it isn't, shlomo.

>Is the western gaming industry dead because of the SJW takeover?

While it is this thread again.

The SJW takeover is a symptom, not a cause of western gaming getting fucked to death.

>>16151058

80s games were all terrible due to hardware limitations, with the exception of some of the arcade classics like Pacman and Defender. So we'll have to disagree on that. I think the best age of gaming was around 1993 to 2008.

Dark Souls 3

>>16151074

You should check out the Amiga's library of games in the 80s, pretty damn fun. But hey, even limiting yourself to gaymen between 1993 to 2008 you still got a lot to play without worrying about the big new gay game

>Is the western gaming industry dead because of the SJW takeover

More like the entire west is dying because of overpolitization of everything.

>>16150993

Just stop playing AAA garbage. I know it requires effort because smaller games don't have marketing machines behind them. But if you look at smaller games, you're gonna have a good time. Digging into the AA market is the best place to be right now

Why do you faggots have this gigantic obsession for repetition, creating the same thread over and over again with the exact same discussion over and over and over and over again?

Is it mental conditioning from playing highly repetitive dogshit videogames? It's not repetitive modern AAA games, clearly, since you're bitching about them, so it must've been some old MMO shit like WoW or something that brainwashed you.

>>16151086

It's because they're trapped in a cycle of despair. They keep making this stupid thread, asking this stupid question because they're broken people. They're a broken record constantly parroting the same thing over and over no matter what changes.

>>16151086

Why in a catalog of like 121 threads, are you crying about a thread being slightly repetitive.

>weekly "current games suck" thread

The Long Dark

Yakuza 0 (and Kiwami/2, though those are admittedly remakes)

Bloodborne

Getting Over It

Dead Cells

Kingdom Come: Deliverance

Ace Combat 7

Hollow Knight

Spider-Man

Red Dead 2

Subnautica

Stardew Valley

Smash Ultimate

Nier: Automata

This is all just off the top of my head, and half of them are within the last year. If you think there are no good recent games, you just haven't been paying attention. Among those I listed, I personally guarantee you will like The Long Dark because you listed F:NV, Terraria, and 7DTD (the latter is which is shit, how you can cite this early access buggy mess as one of the only decent games in recent memory is beyond me). Subnautica is also pretty much a lock for your tastes.

>>16151091

There are bad things everywhere, of fucking course, but why shouldn't I comment on one of them?

>>16151092

I mean, I'm pretty sure OP is talking about the Major western industry, not fucking Nip and independent games. Granted the answer is obvious, the over centralization and unionization of the technology industry has essentially fucked the entire industry because of socially communicable psychological ailments.

>>16151101

Even if he was being literal and only wants western AAA games within the last 5 years, I listed a few of those, but that category has always been generally shit. If anything the last year or two has been relatively good on that front.

>>16151067

if you like DMC 3/4 you'll probably enjoy 5 as it's shaping up to be more of what 4 was supposed to be before the cut development time. Nero actually feels like his own character instead of an introduction to Dante.

>>16151083

I listed a few non-AAA games actually. I enjoy some of them, but the lack of funding is sometimes very clear in the lack of graphical fidelity and the often irritating angle of gameplay. Isometric gameplay for example can work really well for things like citybuilders and RPGs, but is fucking horrible for shooters.

I have unfortunately found that indie games are even more hit-or-miss than AAA games over the last decade or so, especially because a lot of indie studios are staffed entirely by feminist bitchbois.

>>16151086

Motherfucker I hardly ever even post here. Calm your tits. If a lot of people are posting threads about how much modern games suck…maybe it's because modern games suck and we're struggling to find something FUN to play. Yknow, the whole point of gaming?

>>16151092

>The Long Dark

That one's on my list actually. Is it fun to play? It seems like a real slog to get through at times so I've been hesitant to purchase.

>Yakuza 0 (and Kiwami/2, though those are admittedly remakes)

It's been a long time since I played anything in the Yakuza franchise. Will it play on lower end PCs??

>Bloodborne

No. Just no. I know Dark Souls is well loved around here, but I've never been a fan. Slapping a vaguely lovecraftian coat of paint on it doesn't make it more appealing to me.

>Getting Over It

I gave that one a shot a while back. Not my kind of thing but it was amusing for about 10 minutes.

>Dead Cells

I haven't heard of this one.

>Kingdom Come: Deliverance

I've been wanting to get a hold of this one but haven't spotted it on sale at all. I'm also unsure if it would run on my toaster.

>Ace Combat 7

Never been a fan of flight sims, even combat flight sims.

>Hollow Knight

Sounds vaguely familiar. might look into it.

>Spider-Man

No. Marvel isn't getting any more of my money.

>Red Dead 2

I'm probably going to give this one a shot when it goes on sale. If my shitty toaster can't handle it then at least I'll have it for when I get a better PC.

>Subnautica

I've actually been following this one for a while. I never seem to have money when it's on sale, but I would like it, despite my significant hydrophobia. The semi-sequel looks really cool too.

>Stardew Valley

It looks like a terraria clone. I already play terraria. What's the point?

>Smash Ultimate

No. I'm not buying a switch. Nintendo can fuck off with their increasingly poorly designed systems.

>Nier: Automata

I've been unsure on this one. On one hand: Hot robot chicks and what looks like really interesting story. On the other hand, predictably weird controls and the standard awkward JRPG writing that has pushed me away from JRPGs in the past. Is it worth the price to play it on a toaster?

>>16151092

>The Long Dark

Leftist shit story, stuck in development hell with zero updates forever. Beautiful sound design and a cool art style and fun "endless" mode, BUT YOU CAN'T WIN. YOU WILL ALWAYS DIE. So there's no point.

>Getting Over It

Meme game.

>Hollow Knight

Other than the faggot propaganda, it's good.

>Spider-Man

NIGGER. FAGGOT. GAME.

>Red Dead 2

le women are men, le niggers are great

>Subnautica

No guns cuz guns bad, lol only niggers in the future

>Stardew Valley

Miscegenation, faggotry

>Nier: Automata

PC version irreparably broken

>>16151140

>Is it fun to play?

It is if you like the survival aspect of the other games you mentioned; most of the game is about finding enough food and warmth to just live. If you prefer the building/progression elements of those games, get Subnautica first.

>but muh toaster

If your rig is seriously shit, wait on Nier and KC:D. Unsure on Yakuza 0.

>>16151160

>PC version irreparably broken

good

>>16151050

Corporate laziness and greed isolates and drains the original creatives, "SJWs" locate and converge on these moneyfilled husks and use them to spread messaging and influence, lock out dissenters.

>>16150993

If the game is japanese,

low chance of pozz

else if the game is western,

high chance of pozz

>>16151140

>Motherfucker I hardly ever even post here.

Yeah. I can tell. Your newfaggotry prevented you from seeing this same thread 9698668858 times before.

>If a lot of people are posting threads about how much modern games suck…maybe it's because modern games suck

WE.FUCKING.KNOW

Nobody needs to hear it again unless you come from reddit or never touched a game in your life before.

SJWs taking over is a symptom of vulture capitalists investment. Similar to the dot com bubble vulture capitalists invest in industries with rapid growth before bailing out at the last minute. The SJW take over is a symptom because they are the no talent hacks clinging into their jobs for dear life. Next is unions and heavy regulation of the industry before finally outsourcing to China and India.

Stop making this thread

SJWs are just the icing on the cake. AAA has shifted from trying to be a quality product people like to playing psychological tricks to get people addicted to the games. The gamers who actually like video games have picked up on this and moved on. The normalfags who haven't picked up on it will get bored and move on. They moved on from smartphones and those sales are dipping, AAA gaming will see the same thing.

>>16151218

Quality was just a happy byproduct for them. Games, entertainment are a product and they have to appeal to the lowest common denominator. That people enjoy it and come back on their own is a blessing for them. Now, they're just as happy to milk people dry

>>16151218

AAA is also about investors making money. Hence why the psychological manipulation to get you addicted to games like crack that are barely good to sell you more shit later.

>>16151221

Naw, you still had people back in the day who made games for fun. Video games basically went

>bunch of programmers making something fun with code in their spare time

>those coders got money and turned their fun side projects into real games

>game companies created

>original hobbyist programmers slowly replaced with diversity hires, art fags, and idea guys

>(((business))) shows up and realizes video games are good

>game making is no longer a hobby, it's a carefully designed product meant to extract as much money out of players as possible while consuming as much of their time as possible

I hate to sound like a Nintendrone but Iwata was a prime example of this. And now we have businesspeople all over Nintendo and it's about to get pozzed up the ass.

>>16151227

Exactly, it's only money. Video games have gone from a way to make money off of something you enjoy making to being a product that will make money and increase share price.

>>16151239

So don't make games that make money goy. Jews print money and make it worthless. Instead make games that create stocks you can exchange in real companies with technology and resources that MATTER to make quality of life shit for everyone. Soon all games will be comic books and Hollywood movies after all.

Man I hate Jews.

>>16151239

Oh sure, but you know what I mean. Passion projects are always going to exist, but I was describing that corporatism has not changed one bit

>>16150993

CEOs are wondering why their games are selling as well as they used to. The sjws in their company and the journos they follow say it is because of misogyny. This excuse will work once and if the CEO is worth their salt, they will have already fired their retarded staff. Or they will slowly go bankrupt with each miss-step and misread of the consumer landscape.

>>16151237

>moeshit

>good

>it's

>>16151313

But hasn't companies like Activision made their biggest profit in their entire history but still ended up cutting 800 non-creative jobs to pay out the bottom line to investors?

>>16151092

>Red Dead 2

Niggers.

>Subnautica

Niggers.

>Stardew Valley

Niggers.

>>16151687

>REEEE ANYTHING THAT SHOWS BLACKS AS GOOD PEOPLE HURTS MY FRAGILE HUWITE PRIDE REEEE

Neck yourself, m8.

>>16152013

>PEOPLE

>>16152700

Let me give you a quick rundown.

>"OOOGAH OOGAH WHARE DA WHITE WIMMINZ AT WHO GUNNA PAY FOR MY HOUSE?"

That's a nigger.

>"Yes sir, How can I help you?"

That's a black person.

>"YEEEHAW WE GONNA PLAY US THE BANJO AND GO SISTERFUCKIN AND MUDDIN"

That's white trash. Essentially the white version of a nigger.

>"Yes sir, how may I help you?"

That's a white person.

Do you see the difference?

>>16153287

>Do you see the difference?

No need to, I haven't even seen a nigger IRL.

I don't care whether mythical cultured niggers exist or not, I just don't want to see them in videogames either. Surely those totally legit humans can make their own video games with no whiteys in them?

>Red Dead 2

<they dindu nuffin

>Subnautica

<we wuz scientists and shieeet

>Stardew Valley

<scientist with white wife

lol

>>16150993

>Are there any games from the last five years that are even worth playing?

<Twin Stick Shooters

>Assault Android Cactus(Pretty cool game with a lot of replayability, you have 9 characters with vastly different weapons and consequently playstyles)

>Nex Machina(Incredibly fast, probably my favorite of the list)

>Neon Chrome(Procedurally generated)

>Synthetik(Procedurally generated, this one feels pretty tacticool with active reloads, accuracy based on movement, distance, richocheting shots, there's plenty of good about it but it's proc. gen so it might put you off)

>Mr Shifty(More similar to an easier hotline miami where you play Nightcrawler, it's still pretty damned fun)

<Metroidvanias

>La Mulana 1/2(Puzzle based metroidvania with a hint of Classicvania gameplay, the controls might seem difficult but it's a blast to become a genuine ninja once you master them)

>Steamworld Dig 2(Metroidvania, with a bit of Motherlode and some really fun movement mechanics like a grappling hook and jetpack, grenade/rocket jumping)

>Outland(has the ikaruga gimmick, but base movement is fairly good so I like recommending it. The music is pretty cool too)

>Rabi Ribi(Bullet Hell metroidvania. It's breddy fun, has a lot of depth in various hidden movement abilities and the boss fights are great, even if a few of the later ones are reliant on eye rape)

>Turn Based Tactics/Strategy

>Battle Brothers(Turn based Mount and Blade on a smaller scale, basically.)

>Frozen Synapse(Turns of both sides play simultaneously, you get to play 4d chess with considering what actions your opponent might take. I recommend the second more, mostly due to how many options it provides compared to the first game)

>Steamworld Heist(Combat is similar to Worms, but with a focus on richochets, level structure is more putting the pressure on you to get through levels while sustaining minimal damage instead of taking out enemies, who do not grant xp or anything besides avoiding danger, and respawn at certain terminals every few turns)

>Invisible Inc.(Basically if X-Com2's stealth wasn't completely half assed like everything else. Sound mechanics, pretty tense gameplay that actually pressures you into going as fast as possible with a lot of risk/reward instead of yanking you out once a certain timelimit goes off. Balance and procedural generation need a lot of work and you might not like how certain levels feel like outright dead ends or discourage certain playstyles)

<2d platformers

>N++(revised version of the flash game. It's worth it for a lot more levels, more enemies, and a (mostly) killer soundtrack)

>Dustforce(Speedrunner's haven. Lots of tech, comfy artstyle and music, great level design)

>Toki Tori 2(Puzzle based platformer. Use your bird song to trigger various parts of the environment. Looks kid friendly but it's a lot of fun)

>Rain World(Survival/environmental fuck around game. Great movement, great interaction with elements of the world, it's the type of game where you can really enjoy yourself if you like to discover things on your own)

>Copy Kitty(Kirby's copy mixed with a VR missions styled gauntlet. It's breddy fun despite looking super ugly)

Break for char limit

>>16153506

Gotta be honest, none of those sound appealing. Neon Chrome I tried a while back and hated. Same with Frozen Synapse.

<FPS obstacle courses

>Lovely Planet(Crosshairless, really high skill ceiling game that forces you to go fast while leading your shots on various things that can kill you. You can also shoot enemy projectiles which is cool)

>Deadcore(Focused more around dashing and switch puzzles)

>SEUM(Weapon gimmicks like rewinds, bouncing, teleports)

>Hellbreaker(Courtesy of /agdg/, go fast, fuck demons up)

<FPS

>Overload(6dof shooter)

>Titanfall 2(Goofy story about a dude and a brobot and a fairly short campaign where every level has a sick movement gimmick. Game has really good movement. Pirate it you fucking dingus)

>Drunken Robot Pornography(I'm a bit on the fence recommending this. It's a boss rush/bullet hell FPS, and a really floaty one, but some of the later bosses including the final one are really fun to offset the lame setting and writing)

>Desync(Score attack FPS, think kind of like bulletstorm except weapons are actually neat and creative, and combos/enemies make you feel badass instead of just and not much "story" to get in the way)

<Miscellaneous

>Assault Spy(Cuhrayzee)

>Rebel Galaxy(Excellent for space trucking, otherwise combat gets repetitive after a while)

>Slay the Spire(Card building procedural generated game, give it a shot it's actually fun with a lot of build variety open to you due to the proc gen part)

>Proxy Blade Zero(Cuhrayzee on a shoestring budget. It's nothing groundbreaking but it's absurdly fun for its 1 hour campaign)

>Into the Breach(turn based puzzle game)

>Orcs Must Die(TPS/Tower defense hybrid. 2 is wonderful with a co-op partner)

>>16153562

Trying to mention lesser known games since others would have been mentioned otherwise. Do you have a specific genre in mind I can recommend to you?

>>16153586

Give me tower defense recommendations. Also generally challenging games, but not due to required reaction time, grind or puzzles.

>>16153650

I admit outside of hybrids I haven't really played genuine tower defense games. Can't go wrong with Gemworld or Creeper World I guess, but those are ancient games. Creeper world 4 soon

>generally challenging games but not due to reaction time, grind or puzzles

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking here anon. Got an example?

>>16153657

>haven't really played

Well, play Deathtrap then.

>Got an example?

Challenging due to required logical thinking or skill, without being a test of reaction time. And not puzzles or grind because I get bored of them.

Looking at my game folder I can give some examples like HoMM3 multiplayer, D:OS2 solo without lone wolf trait, Grim Dawn with permadeath (kinda grindy though), Underrail on DOMINATING difficulty, DC:SS.

>>16153676

Hmm. Tried Xanadu Next or the Zwei games?

>>16153678

No, I'll check them out, but I usually don't like japanese games. Got anything else?

>>16153287

This sounds so innocent. I remember back when they thought like this on 4chan. Basically making a distinction between a nigger and a black person to legitimize the existence of "decent" black people.

Modern day /pol/ makes fun of this way of thinking and calls every single one a nigger with no exceptions.

>>16153689

I find it a bit of an unusual request so I can't think of much.

I did look up Deathtrap and I do think you'll like orcs must die. Good Night, I'll think of something and get back to you in around 10 hours.

>>16153689

He mentioned Rain World, which is notoriously challenging for reviewers and is driven almost entirely by situational awareness. I'll also put in a rec for The Void, which has some harsh resource management, as long as you're playing the second (western) release; you might find that one a bit of a grind, though.

Why are these threads always the same?

>>16153586

I tend to be more into first person or third person RPG games. The more emphasis there is on player choice and character customization the more i tend to go for it, so long as the art is decent. Thematically I like a lot of science fiction, cyberpunk, post apocalyptic settings, etc.

I've really been struggling to find a decent cyberpunk themed MMORPG or just plain ol RPG for a long time now. Most of them are horribly put together or have the kind of novelty that wears off after an hour or so of gameplay.

The occasional puzzle game is nice too, especially if it's inexpensive and has relatively simple mechanics.

A lot of the pixel/sprite based stuff that hooks a lot of the nostalgia crowd, however, just isn't my thing. Metroidvania style games are pretty good, but not as good as the stuff they're trying to mimic, frankly. Metroid was great because of the time it came out in, and it's still great because it was well designed within its' limitations. Hell, even metroid prime was pretty damn good. But a lot of the games that try to be metroid or castlevania just kind of fall flat in comparison. One of the few I can think of that was pretty okay in the last couple decades was They Bleed Pixels. Dishwasher Samurai was pretty good too, but it was more of a side-scrolling beat-em-up than a metroidvania.

>>16154946

>I tend to be more into first person

time to grow up then, play better games.

>>16151226

This is a thorough answer and a well thought out post.

> Is the western gaming industry dead because of the SJW takeover?

No, it's because it lost it's arcade roots, and has been desperately trying to appeal to the mouth-breathing casual, the girl gamer, the no-skill-faggot via progression mechanics, cinematics, dumb down gameplay, and no challenge/punishment in games.

>>16150993

>Are there any games from the last five years that are even worth playing?

Shut the fuck up and stop sucking a bag of cocks OP.

Stupid fucking questions like that well get you nowhere.

>>16151092

Sekiro and DMCV is coming out very soon, Left Alive though, looks pretty meh.

A crack for Metro Exodus recently came out so anyone can get it for free and not from that faggot epic games launcher.

>>16155127

I like some Western arcade games but not because they're amazing games. Some of them are but I like games like Gauntlet Dark Legacy because the levels are exciting and progressing through most of them are a real delight. Bushnell's creativity and the early games he made with Atari still stand out. The creation of new control methods and intelligently restricting the player is something Nintendo in particular excels at these days. American devs still have a knack for taking simple gimmicks and making them sharp and polished and fun, but they rarely work outside of a simple 15-30 minute pick up and play session - biggest problem with the western indie scene. They suck at ramping up the challenge and creating secondary and tertiary mechanics that come in and out of the game until they're eventually combined in exciting ways. At best they copy what's already been done.

>>16153506

The best games on this list (La Mulana 1, Outland, N++) are all much older than 5 years.

La Mulana 1 is over 10 years old. N++ is just 10+ year old N with more content. Outland is almost 10 years old, too.

>>16150993

Again? AAA was always shit.

>>16155300

Outland is no where near the best game on the list anon.

>>16153701

Well? It's been 20 hours.

>>16150993

I doubt it's SJW doing

mostly uninspired design and less room to experiment due to companies expecting huge returns with the same template which works as we've seen with battle royal

>>16151056

>KH3 was a solid enough conclusion

>Solid conclusion

What? KH3 didnt had that shit, and also mechanically is notably inferior to previous games.

>>16153678

I just played Xanadu and it was ridiculously easy, the gameplay overall was completely braindead and the story was awful and cringeworthy. Zwei looks like a mobage, not even going to try it. Also most of the games you listed before are complete garbage, fuck you. They're "lesser known" because they're bad. Would literally rather stare at the ceiling than play any of those twin stick shooters again.

>>16151163

Suck start a shotgun

>>16151050

I would argue that normalfags co-opting gaming as a hobby did far more damage then SJW's. You see every major company bow down and streamline games that used to be more complex and good to pander to their new audience

>>16162990

school shooters are so sensitive

Reword your post to say Western AAA gaming then you would be more accurate. Western games have been on a heavy downhill for years and its only going to get worse.

>>16151050

It died long before SJWs were even a thing, much like everything else they're blamed for.

>>16163150

Normalfags destroyed pretty much every hobby long before SJWs were even considered a thing - you're right on the money.

>>16155127

This anon sums it up right here, and you can expand this to cover movies, music, books, etc.

>"because of the SJW takeover? "

yes, that's the case for pretty much the entirety of our society.

>>16172811

SJWs are merely the end result of the French Revolution.

>daily reminder that monarchy is the superior form of government, the masses are wholly incapable of running anything and only care about eating, drinking and fucking, doing little as possible, coasting on the idea of being entitled to free shit.

>>16151056

Should you really be posting on this site after the blowback THQ got from doing so? What company do you work for?

I swear we have a thread like this every weeks.

It's just a stealth recommendation thread.

>>16172794

School shooting jokes are like school shooting victims. They never get old.

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>>16150993

SjW takeover and ultra casual safe games with cookie cutter stories and microtransactions out the ass, yes.

Games legitimately have been getting worse.

>>16176931

>number one producer of inbreds

That's not how you spell india, islam, and Turkey in general.

>>16157286

I can't really think of anything.

>>16159887

I guess that's your opinion, sorry nothing I recommended was to your tastes.

Out of curiosity, why did you think they were garbage?

>>16151160

>Subnautica

No guns because it would break the entire game if you had them because you could shoot and kill everything. Might as well give guns to the protagonist in Punch Out.

And if you're this triggered over niggers, you really should just off yourself right now, because they aren't going anywhere anytime in the next several thousand years or thereabouts.

>>16178192

The problem with niggers (and females) as characters in games is that they have to be infallible superhuman plot armored mary sues to avoid accusations of racism and sexism which makes for boring as fuck characters.

And even worse, despite being omnipotent beings they STILL have to be oppressed by the evil white males regardless of the setting where the game takes place.

>>16150993

It's dead because gaming is getting bigger and they are trying to appeal to every normalfag and his grandma.

>>16151140

>No. I'm not buying a switch. Nintendo can fuck off with their increasingly poorly designed systems.

Switch is best designed Ninty console by a country mile you reactionary faggot

>Nier: Automata

>I've been unsure on this one. On one hand: Hot robot chicks and what looks like really interesting story. On the other hand, predictably weird controls and the standard awkward JRPG writing that has pushed me away from JRPGs in the past. Is it worth the price to play it on a toaster?

Yep. Controls fine on twinsticks, they way they deliver the story is great and the JRPG elements are as painless as possible