Video Games...Discuss Them

[Stay Puft]

All of my friends were buying Street Fighter V, so I bought Street Fighter V to play it with them.

The servers aren't working, so we can't play it.

Now I remember why I don't buy videogames anymore.

[Dukefrukem]

If there's 3 studios you never buy opening day for: it's: Capcom, Ubisoft and EA.

[D_Davis]

All of my friends were buying Street Fighter V, so I bought Street Fighter V to play it with them.

The servers aren't working, so we can't play it.

Now I remember why I don't buy videogames anymore.

I made the decision last week to not get into SFV.

First of all, the game is barely a game right now, with the majority of the stuff being added in March and then next June.

Secondly, I can only play fighting games with a stick, and I don't want to invest in a good stick right now.

And finally, I spent nearly 2,000 hours playing SFIV, and I just can't invest that kind of time in a game any more, and any less will just be frustrating because I'll never get good.

Oh, actually, I forgot the main reason:

No Dan, no game. Dan is my main, and I don't play anyone else. The roster actually looks really shitty.
None of the new characters look interesting at all, and the returning cast is boring.

[Ezee E]

Like MK, if I had any interest at all, I'd just wait for the "ULTIMATE Edition" to come out since the DLC characters are the best ones anyway.

[Skitch]

Tekken is the only fighting game.

[D_Davis]

Tekken is the only fighting game.

Oh is this the thread where we say things that are wrong?

[Scar]

Bushido Blade

[Skitch]

Oh is this the thread where we say things that are wrong?

YOUR FACE IS WRONG!

[Dukefrukem]

Clay Fighter

[Ezee E]

Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi and Clay FIGHTER.

[Stay Puft]

Like MK, if I had any interest at all, I'd just wait for the "ULTIMATE Edition" to come out since the DLC characters are the best ones anyway.

There won't be one, which is one of the things I like about the idea of SFV. For the first time in the franchise's history, there's no arcade presence. SFV was designed from the ground up as a service platform for home consoles (er, PS4 and PC). You only buy it once, and content is continually added in during "seasons" of play/development.

This is a huge improvement over how the home console market has traditionally been serviced, which is incredibly poorly (yearly refreshes splinter the community and gouge the consumer).

[Morris Schæffer]

This is pretty major news. Warren Spector has said he's about to head into the world of videogame development again. First on the agenda, System Shock 3!!

Perhaps this will result in an enhanced re-release of the previous games too!

[Stay Puft]

That's awesome.

But, Morris, only Spector joining the team is news. System Shock 3 was announced last year, and an enhanced edition of the original game was also released on Steam last year. Night Dive studios is also working on full blown remakes. So all your dreams are already true or already coming true.

[D_Davis]

YOUR FACE IS WRONG!

Dammit. I have no come back to this.

You win.

[Winston*]

Dark Souls II just isn't as good as Dark Souls is it? Still obviously completely addicted.

[Skitch]

Dammit. I have no come back to this.

You win.

Tekken power!

[D_Davis]

Dark Souls II just isn't as good as Dark Souls is it? Still obviously completely addicted.

The base game is not. Not even close.

The Scholar of the First Sin edition is better.

However, two of the DLCs are, and one of them might be the best thing in any Souls/Born game - The Crown of the Sunken King is amazing.

[Morris Schæffer]

That's awesome.

But, Morris, only Spector joining the team is news. System Shock 3 was announced last year, and an enhanced edition of the original game was also released on Steam last year. Night Dive studios is also working on full blown remakes. So all your dreams are already true or already coming true.

Ah ok!

[Dukefrukem]

DICE Awards

Action Game of the Year: Star Wars Battlefront

Adventure Game of the Year: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Fallout 4

Sports Game of the Year: Rocket League

Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 6

Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat X

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Heroes of the Storm

Family Game of the Year: Super Mario Maker

Handheld Game of the Year: Helldivers

Mobile Game of the Year: Fallout Shelter

DICE Sprite Award: Rocket League

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Rocket League

Outstanding Achievement In Original Music Composition: Ori and the Blind Forest

Outstanding Achievement In Sound Design: Star Wars Battlefront

Outstanding Achievement In Story: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Outstanding Achievement In Character: Rise of the Tomb Raider

Outstanding Technical Achievement: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Outstanding Achievement In Animation: Ori and the Blind Forest

Outstanding Achievement In Art Direction: Ori and the Blind Forest

Outstanding Achievement In Game Design: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Outstanding Achievement In Game Direction: Fallout 4

Game of the Year: Fallout 4

[Ezee E]

Battlefront does have excellent sound.

All seem like pretty good picks.

[megladon8]

Didn't DICE make Battlefront?

[Dukefrukem]

Yes but different Dice. Electronic Arts Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment AB

This D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain). It's an academy that recognizes art in video games.

[Sven]

A'ight, guys. Breakin' from my normal gamin' (meanin' Geometry Wars 3 and whatever new Batman stuff downloads) to play this Witness game. I'm a little nervous...

[Morris Schæffer]

[Dukefrukem]

To me, this seems like taking everything awful about the previous Far Cry games and making a new game.