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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #40 on: February 15, 2014, 11:23:58 AM »
I played the last beta and ESO is certainly an mmo I'd play if I had the money for it. It's kinda up there with FF realm reborn on my list. :P
...FF 14 is a terrible game, too.

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #41 on: February 15, 2014, 11:42:35 AM »
I played the last beta and ESO is certainly an mmo I'd play if I had the money for it. It's kinda up there with FF realm reborn on my list. :P
...FF 14 is a terrible game, too.

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #42 on: February 15, 2014, 11:46:30 AM »
Another kickstarter, for fans of Final Fantasy Tactics!

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Instead of a square tile system, Unsung Story will use triangular tiles, with units standing not at the center of tiles, but at the intersections. This gives units six possible directions of movement.

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You know, when hex movement is so unpopular that you feel the need to disguise it as something else just to make it palatable...perhaps it's time to ask, "is this a good idea?"

I am curious though.  You said, "another."  What others have there been?

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #43 on: February 15, 2014, 11:48:04 AM »
Hexes are only unpopular because people can't Geometry too well.

Looks cool to me.  Hope they make their goal and bring out a top-notch game.

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #44 on: February 15, 2014, 11:49:14 AM »
I am curious though.  You said, "another."  What others have there been?

I think he meant "It's another kickstarter for the thread, but this one's special because..."

Hexes are only unpopular because people can't Geometry too well.

Looks cool to me.  Hope they make their goal and bring out a top-notch game.


I have a feeling they went with triangular to perhaps make it easier on people.  Having it based on intersections is more noticeable than hexes perhaps.  Though I definitely don't get why hex is a problem, but I'm also pretty good at math and geometry so I suppose I won't ever see why it's a problem.  *shrug*
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #45 on: February 15, 2014, 12:18:48 PM »
I am curious though.  You said, "another."  What others have there been?

I think he meant "It's another kickstarter for the thread, but this one's special because..."
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #46 on: February 15, 2014, 12:39:53 PM »
I played the last beta and ESO is certainly an mmo I'd play if I had the money for it. It's kinda up there with FF realm reborn on my list. :P
...FF 14 is a terrible game, too.

Different people have different standards, but I agree that FF14 is bad. Every FF is bad.
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #47 on: February 15, 2014, 12:40:26 PM »
I have a feeling they went with triangular to perhaps make it easier on people.  Having it based on intersections is more noticeable than hexes perhaps.  Though I definitely don't get why hex is a problem, but I'm also pretty good at math and geometry so I suppose I won't ever see why it's a problem.  *shrug*

You can't draw proper perpendicular lines in an hex board. 90% degree angles are the most common angles in pretty much all architecture and design, and that's because they're the easiest to do math with.

Also, basing it in triangle intersections is somewhat diferent than hexes, because you can have different units sharing the same "hex" of 6 triangles.
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #48 on: February 15, 2014, 12:56:06 PM »
I have a feeling they went with triangular to perhaps make it easier on people.  Having it based on intersections is more noticeable than hexes perhaps.  Though I definitely don't get why hex is a problem, but I'm also pretty good at math and geometry so I suppose I won't ever see why it's a problem.  *shrug*

You can't draw proper perpendicular lines in an hex board. 90% degree angles are the most common angles in pretty much all architecture and design, and that's because they're the easiest to do math with.

Nothing to do with also being the easiest to build? :P

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #49 on: February 15, 2014, 01:05:52 PM »
Has it been mentioned that GOG is giving away Dungeon Keeper Gold for free?
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #50 on: February 15, 2014, 01:12:37 PM »
Has it been mentioned that GOG is giving away Dungeon Keeper Gold for free?

Sadly, it was the first thing I bought after finding the site. >.>

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #51 on: February 15, 2014, 03:41:17 PM »
I played the last beta and ESO is certainly an mmo I'd play if I had the money for it. It's kinda up there with FF realm reborn on my list. :P
...FF 14 is a terrible game, too.

I fell in love with it the moment I discovered the pout emote.
Also I find it really good. Oh well :p

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #52 on: February 16, 2014, 12:28:51 PM »
Bravely Default: worth it? I downloaded the demo last night and it seems pretty fun, but extremely grindy. Like they designed the entire game around the combat system.
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #53 on: February 17, 2014, 09:43:27 PM »
Replaying Curse of Monkey Island.

I wish people would do more 2D-animated point-and-clicks.

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As for ESO, I played one of the closed beta weekends and while the game got kind of buggy and laggy at times, it was certainly entertaining enough. Enough for a weekend, at least. Didn't really feel the need to play more than that.

I would absolutely prefer a regular Elder Scrolls game. A co-op gameplay mode would be great as collaborating on delving into a dungeon or taking down a big boss with a friend could be fun, but is ultimately unnecessary to my enjoyment of the game. And I don't need to do that running around with a bunch of people who are likely to take me out of the atmosphere of the game.
I liked SWTOR, too, but found myself enjoying solo gameplay way more than anything multiplayer. I'd rather have another KOTOR game.

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #54 on: February 17, 2014, 09:48:22 PM »
We got kinda screwed on KotOR 2 when it got unceremoniously shoved out the door half-finished, but beyond that... yeah, pretty much everyone wants KotOR 3.  Maybe this time we can even go a little more SWSE with it and not make Force users quite as OP as they were in the previous games.

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #55 on: February 18, 2014, 04:52:20 AM »
Another new game on Kickstarter!  Blackmore.  It's a steampunk adventure game, with some great talent already on board for game design, plus David Hayter is involved!
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #56 on: February 18, 2014, 08:02:09 AM »
So I just pre-ordered my copy of ESO: Imperial Edition today.  Anyone esle picked it up yet?
Dear god why?

I have been waiting for an Elder Scrolls MMO since Morrowind.  And most of the gameplay I have seen looks pretty good to me.  And I haven't been into anything heavy for a while.

I've got the Imperial Pre-Order as well.

I played the last beta and ESO is certainly an mmo I'd play if I had the money for it. It's kinda up there with FF realm reborn on my list. :P

I stopped right after I got my relic. I refuse to grind anymore.
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #57 on: February 18, 2014, 08:14:47 AM »
So I just pre-ordered my copy of ESO: Imperial Edition today.  Anyone esle picked it up yet?
Dear god why?

I have been waiting for an Elder Scrolls MMO since Morrowind.  And most of the gameplay I have seen looks pretty good to me.  And I haven't been into anything heavy for a while.

I've got the Imperial Pre-Order as well.

I played the last beta and ESO is certainly an mmo I'd play if I had the money for it. It's kinda up there with FF realm reborn on my list. :P

I stopped right after I got my relic. I refuse to grind anymore.

You refuse to grind so you pre-ordered an MMO? O_o

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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #58 on: February 18, 2014, 08:41:57 AM »
That's how MMOs work nowadays. "Give us money so you don't hate this game!"
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Re: Videogame Discussion II: Snake's Revenge
« Reply #59 on: February 18, 2014, 09:47:03 AM »
That's how MMOs work nowadays. "Give us money so you don't hate this game!"
That's how F2P's work.  With sub MMO's they insist on sucking up time, instead.

Seriously, if you don't want to play a grindy MMO then you should cancel that ESO pre-order.  ESO is literally the culmination of every bad thing MMO's have done since WoW.

I mean, is the blatant cash-grab going on with the absurd pre-order bonuses not enough of a red flag for you?  ESO's NDA is also lifted, so you can even go out and listen to the mixed, at best, opinions about the game.
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