4fb64d No.16814066
What's with all the delays? Jesus Christ, are people THAT afraid of the Half Life VR game that they're delaying all their games to the holiday season? Seems so stupid.
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106c7c No.16814120
They're pushing off to next gen, dumbass. Rumor was, a lot of studios didn't even have XBSeX dev kits until just last month. A lot of others aren't willing to make the premier version of their new game's debut throttled to run on 2013 laptop hardware, and are pushing back their release dates to prepare "next-gen" versions. At the very least, Microsoft is pushing for a more blurred console generation line - so developers are being encouraged to just make one release of their games that's full featured for next gen systems which can scale down to be ran on current gen hardware. Not sure if Sony is going to follow suit, but devs still have to prepare both PS4/Pro and PS5 versions.
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5531f1 No.16814191
How pozzed is this studio? I played the first game some time ago and I thought it was good enough for me to consider giving them money.
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bfad58 No.16814206
Ah well, hope they actually use the time well, since I'm kinda looking forward to the game. If they've fucking delayed it, and the game somehow releases without the upgraded dropkick from Dying Light 1, I swear to fucking Christ, I'll nuke Poland or wherever the fuck Techland keeps it's main supply of codemonkey vodkaniggers.
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48a845 No.16814266
I liked the Dead Island games, 1 & 2 mainly because of the exploration aspect among other positives. Question then: would I like Dying Light 1 if I only enjoy singleplayer? I should add that I've no taste in assistance or shared social experiences that stave away one's awareness of mortality and I view parkour as a Marxist invention to get white people to jump to their deaths willingly.
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afab60 No.16814325
>>16814266
>if I only enjoy singleplayer
Yeah no problem, everything can be done solo and if you pirate you don't even need to connect to their game servers.
>I view parkour as a Marxist invention to get white people to jump to their deaths willingly.
Fuck you! I bet you dislike Prince of Persia or any other platformer, because it "makes people jump off their deaths" like Mario. I bet you hate grappling hooks as well. It's people like you, the reason why so few games allow you to wallrun.
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1e44df No.16814342
Just finished the first one not too long ago. Don't know what they could do to freshen up the sequel from the original. Had my fill of parkour and frankly it would be boring to me if Dying Light 2 was just the same as 1. Thinking about it, I might enjoy a more packed city with skyscrapers that can be entirely climbed/explored. But that would most likely be asking for too much. Might try it, especially since I enjoyed the LAN co-op and heard this one will have it as well.
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ec7e12 No.16814360
The real question is why are they incapable of shipping anything on a planned timescale or with any semblance of planing, it's depressing that games coming out at an actual specified date is some sort of nostalgic idea.
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106c7c No.16814372
>>16814360
> it's depressing that games coming out at an actual specified date is some sort of nostalgic idea.
What are you talking about? Games used to be delayed all the time. If anything, release dates are more stable overall these days because devs have figured out that they can save a few bucks by axing their entire QA/PlayTesting departments and just ship bug riddled messes of spaghetti code to be cleaned up later on with a patch. Fuck, they don't even have to finish the games so long as they hide behind the "Early Access" label.
It's not like it used to be where if you shipped a buggy product, it was fucked forever because you had no reliable way to distribute patches to customers. Are people really complaining about games being delayed these days? Though I guess it's somewhat justifiable considering that extra time isn't going to bug fixing, polishing, or adding extra content. It's going to distance the games from other releases and prep next gen versions so that they can soak up a few extra sales from riding the next-gen hype wave.
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3e2be2 No.16814376
>>16814066
Damn was looking forward to this one too.
Ah well, from the two videos we've been presented with when it came to the game's story and progression, I can only hope more is being added onto the idea.
Or if they're just refining the world/gameplay that's fine too.
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fd80ad No.16814398
>>16814191
AFAIK, not very. They pushed energy drinks' shit in by saying just drink water during that drink for XP controversy. The content of their games doesn't have any obvious SJW narratives from I what I can tell (just really bad writing).
The only thing I'm worried about in the 2nd game is that not only does the hookshot make a return but it seems available early. They had hookshots just as a balance for PVP but I think the game pretty much gets ruined when you have it. 90% of the fun parkour and challenge is gone.
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3f496d No.16814451
>>16814191
Didn't notice any pozz while playing. There were no strong women emasculating the protagonist, no blacks cucking whites, no gays, no pronouns nothing that seemed out of the ordinary.
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a9db23 No.16814461
>>16814398
>(just really bad writing).
Any examples of writing to judge from? I read somewhere that Avellone was involved in writing, so we might be getting something that makes a lick of sense at the very least.
I know nu-Avellone is not the same as Avellone responsible for KOTOR2 and Fallouts, but still, he's not an idiot.
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3f496d No.16814464
>>16814191
I wouldn't call the writing bad, it's just simple. It can also be pretty funny at times.
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dd2c70 No.16814479
Well, there goes the only game that I wanted to buy this year.
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7b0157 No.16814488
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>16814342
>I might enjoy a more packed city with skyscrapers that can be entirely climbed/explored.
You might get a little bit of your wish. The only thing that concerns me is that it looks kind of slow at times.
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e5561f No.16814506
Word from the grapevine is that Microsoft is finalising the purchase of Techland recently after being (and visiting studios) in Poland last month.
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461925 No.16814512
>>16814398
> the game pretty much gets ruined when you have it.
Oh come now, the hookshot was well implemented IMO.
It can be used one with a decent cooldown or twice in a quick succession, giving it a much longer cooldown.
It doesn't do ALL the parkour for you, especially if you're running away from something, but it let's you skip some bullshit and fix a few mistakes every now and then. Overuse it however and you're in a situation with no recourse to escape from.
Besides, by the time you unlock it, you'll be mostly finishing the first area and that's the point where parkour isn't much of a challenge anymore, just something you do for fun and therefore you won't replace it with the hook willingly unless you want to skip something that you don't think is particularly fun.
The only bullshit part of the hook is how you can jump down a skyscrapper and when you're almost hitting the ground, just hook anything nearby (including the ground itself IIRC) and you won't die or take any fall damage.
But there's plenty of trash bags around to cushion falls anyway so it's not that important.
>The content of their games doesn't have any obvious SJW narratives
You know very well that /v/ could easily deconstruct this with Jade being the "strong girl" and the BBEG being a crazy white male. But then again, Jade does die at his hands and the fact you kill the BBEG with a QTE is far more bullshit than that.
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7e63ba No.16814626
>>16814066
It's not that big of a deal really, considering most games are rushed out and end up absolutely trash I'd prefer to wait.
>>16814191
Don't remember anything that would've resembled a slight bit of pozz.
>>16814512
>BBEG being a crazy white male
White guy? Sulaman or whatever his name was? The enemy in the game was a shitskin or a jewish organization.
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f7a7af No.16814670
>>16814066
>What's with all the delays?
it's not HLA. hint: what else releases at the end of the year and has hardly any games at launch?
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4ae722 No.16814677
Wasn't the first one terrible?
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3e7b4a No.16814758
>>16814677
No, it was a decent 7/10, my biggest issue is that the second half of the map is barely used and you're already OP as fuck at that point.
And random loot which ties in with the weapon variety which is piss poor.
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3e7b4a No.16814761
>>16814758
>>16814677
Oh yeah, the shooting is also godawful
They started off as FPS developers and actually good ones, but somehow the handling of the shooting is piss poor which is inexcusable considering who they are and every complaint about it in Dead Island.
Shit, I'd argue the shooting in Dead Island is actually better, there are actual animations and recoil.
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0f1652 No.16814775
>>16814761
>Oh yeah, the shooting is also godawful
You aren't supposed to use the guns in Dying Light.
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b39adc No.16814828
>>16814758
>>16814677
Techland has never made a good game, they've all been 7/10s.
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3e7b4a No.16814837
>>16814775
>You aren't supposed to use the guns in Dying Light
Why? Clearing up a dozen zombies to pick up some trash for crafting to then silently dispatch the infected isn't a bad trade at all.
Plus it's nearly needed to kill bosses
My main issue with all the mainstream Survival/RPG elements in games is honestly the complete lack of inventory management and the complete lack of ingame items.
These faggots think an RPG is just numbers and progression systems.
>>16814828
Wrong
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5531f1 No.16819635
>>16814451
>>16814398
>>16814464
>>16814626
What about the expansion? I remember there was a plotline about helping a lesbian escape with her girlfriend from her oppressive conservative family or something along those lines.
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91b58b No.16819644
>>16819635
You help her "escape" the countryside with an extra dead friend of hers. It was more or less just a bunch of teenage angst and her father "doesn't understand her".
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afab60 No.16819647
>>16814837
>Why?
Because using them outside of designated mission zones, just attracts hordes of zombies that are even more dangerous, than what you were currently fighting. It's usually not worth it and you are better of using the melee weapons.
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b39adc No.16819721
>>16814837
Those are all 7/10s, get over yourself.
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edd82b No.16819722
>>16814837
>Why?
Keep your guns for the tanks. If you use them to kill the random zombies you will make too much noise and attract the faster ones who are a pain in the ass.
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49b007 No.16819737
>>16819635
>>16819644
Did I miss out on the expansion? I liked this game, but more like a chill experience, since it was immersive on one hand, but lacked variation in gameplay. I was sure that large open worlds with cars would make it even more tedious.
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9dd098 No.16819742
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edd82b No.16819777
>>16819737
The DLC is actually pretty good. They really know how to make an open world that is cool to explore, unlike Ubishit.
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0fc831 No.16819788
>>16819737
I'm sure you'll like the expansion. But be aware that it has very little parkour compared the base game since the main focus is on driving, and believe it or not, it has an actual final boss fight.
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1e44df No.16819826
>>16819635
Actually she leaves for where her boyfriend lives and then goes to some camp in the middle of nowhere. Boyfriend and some others turn into zombies, then her and a friend want to live in a tunnel that still has mountain of corpses inside. Friend obviously turns into a zombie and you help the chick run away to the city.
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5531f1 No.16819913
>>16819737
I liked the game a lot and I was left wanting a lot more so I enjoyed the expansion, although I remember having some small beefs with the story.
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