Renzatic on 11/10/2019 at 03:54
So why has no one told me that the new Yooka-Laylee game is apparently fantastic? I expect at least one of you to keep up with this stuff.
The game snuck up on me, given that the original committed the gravest sin a game can make: it was boring. I wasn't expecting much from a sidescrolling platform, but now everyone's running around, saying that it's the best game of its type since Tropical Freeze, and an amazing callback to the SNES Donkey Kong Countries.
Wish I got it instead of Dragon Quest III now.
SubJeff on 20/10/2019 at 23:12
Death Stranding is mere weeks away.
And I've just finished God of War, including the side missions I wanted to do.
demagogue on 4/11/2019 at 20:12
We were just talking about Diablo.
For some reason Blizzard can get away with a 10 minute, well it's more of a cgi film short than a trailer, and it doesn't even show any gameplay. But I guess that's how these things work now. Anyway, here it is, the cinematic trailer for Diablo 4.
[video=youtube;0SSYzl9fXOQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SSYzl9fXOQ[/video]
Sulphur on 4/11/2019 at 20:23
That cinematic's definitely the attention-grabber. It's squicky and dark like the introduction to Diablo 2 was, but channels enough camp that it's not particularly effective from either side of the tonal spectrum. Still, those production values, huh? If they had a decent storyteller amongst the lot of them, they could make a full-length movie and it'd be brilliant. But they don't, so we have to make do with tired tropes carried by creative concept artists and best-in-class CGI animation in the games industry.
Gameplay video here:
[video=youtube;7RdDpqCmjb4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RdDpqCmjb4[/video]
SubJeff on 4/11/2019 at 22:58
Gameplay looks fun tbh.
icemann on 5/11/2019 at 05:24
Online only for a singleplayer RPG is very ridiculous though. Especially as they allow it just fine on consoles.
Sulphur on 5/11/2019 at 05:37
Blizzard hasn't considered it a single-player RPG since at least Diablo 2. Not that that's ever been a good justification for locking their game out for people who'd rather solo it. It's why I didn't buy Starcraft 2, and why I picked up Diablo 3 for as near free as was possible. No big loss to me either way, their days of being genre benchmarks are long-gone.
FWIW, Diablo 4 is going to be open-world, which is sensible given that the story isn't exactly a draw, so the mechanic of gating world areas behind some random lore-dribbled quest chain is probably fucking off. On the one hand, it makes the game more accessible to people who just want to slaughter things; on the other, it removes any remaining sense of mystery in the world. It makes me chuckle; this is what games as a service means, I suppose.
icemann on 5/11/2019 at 06:06
That attitude (by Blizzard) is why I've never played Diablo 3. I also can't support a company that is pro China and suppressive of player views, which runs counter to their own code of ethics.
With so many good games to choose from, it makes it the more easier to say no thanks and not give them my money.
Renzatic on 5/11/2019 at 07:37
The Torchlight games are just as good as the Diablos. If you haven't played them, and you're really jonesing for a clicky RPG fix, just get those.
Sulphur on 5/11/2019 at 07:46
From a mechanical standpoint, yes. From an aesthetic standpoint, not quite - they still trade in a cartoony aesthetic that changes the atmosphere towards something less grimy and bleak. The Torchlight games were, however, made under the leadership of the former co-founders of Blizzard North, so they're always going to be better successors to Diablo than Diablo 3 was.