icemann on 22/1/2019 at 10:23
Quote Posted by demagogue
In my mind, someone makes a game like that because they're driven by the vision, so the audience doesn't play too much into it, except in the sense that if nobody expressed interest it'd push on their self-doubt. But if they have a really good idea of what they want to do, like this guy apparently does since the game is pretty good at sticking to its vision, then I think that's not the problem.
I think that type of game is not made that often because it's not going to come from a studio, but from an individual, and they're more limited in what they can make and how fast they can make it. I've made design docs for two or three games like this myself, but I have so many projects I want to do I don't know when I'd get to them, and they wouldn't come quickly, and not all three.
I have quite a few of those myself. A few I'm pretty damn sure would be successful too. But I'm limited by my skill set + I am only one person. So I stick to the games I know / am pretty sure I can do.
EvaUnit02 on 23/1/2019 at 03:17
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
Tentatively Hyped: System Shock, Blackout Club, YS IX (this moves to mega-hyped if it they let Xseed handle the western PC version instead of NISA)
In bad news NISA are publishing Trails of Cold Steel 3 and so far they've only announced it for PS4.
PigLick on 23/1/2019 at 04:23
yay looking forward to this, Yakuza 0 was great.
Renault on 28/1/2019 at 21:09
I didn't know Days Gone had an actual release date now (April 26th). It looks fun, the game itself feels similar to Last of Us (albeit with an open world) with a little bit of Dying Light is thrown in for good measure. I kinda wonder if the motorcycle maintenance stuff (basically crafting) will be an unwanted grind or not. Either way, I'll definitely be picking this up:
[video=youtube;4hziItnsHLY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hziItnsHLY[/video]
demagogue on 30/1/2019 at 12:04
Speaking of gearhead games, I was wondering who was ever going to make a game for building cars. It's part of the same itch I get from Zachtronics games... I want to tool around with logically connecting functional parts and optimize them for performance, just for something that, you know, actually performs afterwards, like a car. And Car Mechanic Simulator 201X isn't scratching that itch since it's just random & oversimplified repair.
Then today I saw there was a car building game getting great reviews, (
https://store.steampowered.com/app/293760/Automation__The_Car_Company_Tycoon_Game/) Automation, and just recently (apparently) it got into a deal with the (
https://store.steampowered.com/app/284160/BeamNGdrive/) BeamNG.drive devs so you can drive your creation in an open world car sandbox, and suddenly this is the best thing ever I have to get... I mean as soon as they both go on sale. Let's be reasonable.
Malf on 30/1/2019 at 12:14
Have you played Factorio Dema? That may also appeal to you based on what you typed above.
demagogue on 30/1/2019 at 12:52
It's in my queue. I even installed it on my HD a few weeks ago to give myself more incentive to get to it, but gotten to it I've yet to do. Well I did about 30 minutes of tutorial before realizing I'm going to need a bigger weekend to give it the time it deserves.
Edit: The other thing that hits this kind of gameplay is Buildcraft and the other mods like it for Minecraft.
Malf on 30/1/2019 at 14:44
It's very compelling, although it can get a bit overwhelming later on, especially with the need to constantly do-over your whole production line as new techs become available.
EvaUnit02 on 2/2/2019 at 07:22
Crackdown 3 is out in 2 weeks (Feb 15th) and has no hype.
I'm not expecting much, just as well it goes to Xbox Game Pass on day 1. I might give it go when I do a month-long sub to play Gears 5 campaign when that's out.
[video=youtube;hYdjHEGSaak]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYdjHEGSaak[/video]