Recent content by F-I-D-O

Well, Witcher is a licensed series, so working on a new game/arc would involve renegotiating with Andrzej Sapkowski. Granted, Cyberpunk is also licensed, but CD Projekt is probably looking to springboard from Witcher + Cyberpunk into an original universe. On top of that, Geralt's game-story...

In no particular order: Metal Gear Solid 3 Persona 4 Doom 2 (surprised OP didn't mention this one) Tentatively XCom2, could still be hyped up on it Witcher 3 Stanley Parable ... Fuck it, I'll put Spec Ops on here. It has mechanical problems and other issues, but it is one game that I...

Firstly, saying the console crowd doesn't count isn't just silly, it's flat out wrong. There's a reason publishers cater more to them - they're the lowest common denominator. It doesn't matter if you care what they think, as that demographic will get more copies. There's a reason Evolve has...

Nope, I mean John Dies at the End by David Wong. Granted, I haven't seen the film adaptation, but John Dies is very different from Dogma. Mostly since it's written as a comedy the first read and a horror novel for the second, but also a host of other reasons. Also due to the fact that John...

Favorite reason for the change. But yeah, a change from "default skintight suit" pose to something with a bit more personality and an old pop art reference makes it work better. More character in victory screens is always a plus.

Lego Movie The Martian Rick and Morty Archer Ant-Man John Dies at the End There's plenty of options for longer tale or "cleverer" comedy around, though I'd argue a good one-liner requires just as much wit as a subversive joke. The issue is that we only remember the standout samples...

The method of gaining it is unimportant compared to making players want to get it. Skins and poses of other characters act as a carrot to keep less equipped players striving, because they too can get that same reward. And if you want players to invest time, they have to have a reason. Disabling...

That gets into the more fun situation of why people buy and get invested in cosmetic items, and the player psychology surrounding that. People get items usually because they want to show off. Some people just want to see a character look a certain way, but there's a reason not everyone mods LoL...

Beat me to XCom (especially with the extender mod) and Tie Fighter. I'm going to reiterate Doom/Doom 2 and add Hexen and Blood. MechCommander's a really good real time squad tactics, and its sequel is also fun. MechWarrior 3 also belongs on any list of old greats. Oddworld: Abe's Odysee is a...

I support Blizzard's decision to remove the pose. Do I think victory poses are a zero-sum game where there can only be a limited amount? No. Do I think the inclusion of the pose in question would have hurt the game? No. Can devs make any damn change they want, for any reason they want, to a...

See, there's that word context. It gives meaning to why they might mirror elements from the original cinematic, but not want to highlight other parts. The Widowmaker/Tracer fall position works as a way of mirroring and bookending the fights. Both sequence have the other knocked aside by the...

It depends. Removing pointless filler that doesn't advance plot or characterization is always helpful. Every missing Beach episode is a missing beach episode. Just because a show has multiple seasons doesn't give it the right to waste time, especially when the excuse of "waiting for the manga"...

It's not a "gate." This is nothing like Watergate. It's a controversy (albeit a silly one). Not everything that causes an argument needs the suffix gate. Blizzard wasn't censored. A game in development got changed. People working on it were already wary about it, and someone pointing a finger...

Things change in game development. An item in a game, which the lead said he and the artists already had qualms about, got removed. Honestly, I think the problem is the idea that everything, no matter how minute, has to be in a game once it's shown. eVerything until release is in a state of...

Below Death March, the combat is a way to progress through the story (since people can like games for more than the stabby bits). It's simple, and has a clear dominant strategy in on-level fights: Quen and dodge. When fighting enemies higher level on higher difficutly, you have to learn new...