What are some actually good third-person shooters, /v/? I know of Max Payne and Ratchet but 90% of TPS I know of are 1: The worst waist-high walls and strawberry jam damage indicator dudebro shit, like Gears of War. 2: Genre blends, being primarily the other genre its blended with, like Hitman and Mass Effect.

>>1906545 >Nexon >>1906658 Honestly been a while since I played a proper TPS that wasn't Onirism, so my recs will be on the older side except for that. It's also all solo shit. I'd recommend Onirism and tell you how GOTY it is if it wasn't so fucking broken right now. Bugs everywhere, and even missing content like entire fucking levels because the dumb frogs fatfingered during crunch. Otherwise, it's an absolute treat due to its sheer content size, and being a medley of everything cool that was done during 1995 to 2005. Main inspirations are Serious Sam II, but it's mainly compared to Ratchet & Clank despite the dev team never playing it. Hard to rec it now because of its absolute state, the fixes can't come soon enough. Total Overdose exists if you want something similar to Max Payne, but more casual (as in, way too fucking easy) and more focused on being the coolest dude doing sick tricks while killing beaners, than actually killing beaners. Shit open world and side missions, but the campaign is entertaining enough. For the same style, John Woo's Stranglehold is slightly superior due to its better use of the environment for doing sick moves than TD. Very good heroic bloodshed. As for Gears of War dudebro shit, 50 Cent Blood on the Sand is a guilty pleasure and vastly superior to the mediocre Bulletproof. When you get past the NIGGERS and NIGGER MUSIC, its simple idea of just adding a score system and a ranking based on it that requires a perfect run to get the gold medal turns what is essentially a generic cover shooter into a serviceable killfest as long as you actually go for that high-score. No PC port though, and the "rewards" for high ranks are shit. As for FPS, I'm in the middle of Cultic Episode 2. While I like it so far, I can't help but feel like it's a bit inferior to episode 1, perhaps because it's not that focused on action setpieces until later, and some new enemies like the SWAT shotgunner are way too spongy. Nailed the horror setpieces though, it's actually scary at times.

>>1906624 That's such a fucking stupid name, I laugh at it every time. >Hell Let Loose <Pe-ew, it sure did!

Do you guys think the dev's next game will even live up to the popularity of Look Outside? I still don't understand just why exactly but it just absolutely exploded in popularity earlier in the year.

>tfw unity ending Biggest "oh no" moment i've had in a while

Reached the promise and unity endings on cursed mode. I really like the new content of the update and the change in difficulty really helps the tension last until the absolute end-game, but in a lot of ways it feels less complete than the actual release. In parts because there's a polish lacking in certain parts like the crossword witch being farmable and how the Promise/Unity endings feel rather sparse in it's artworks, but also because a lot of the new content is buggy(several overworld sprites don't match the enemies they're tied to) or has certain flourishes applied unevenly. I'll wait until the tooth family continuation is implemented properly to do a replay, I think I missed a lot in trying to get to use Papineu and Ernest early and Papineu was a lifesaver with all the weapons breaking constantly.

>>1644804 /dfg/ isnt even on /vg/ anymore ever since the board got flooded with gachanigger generals /dfg/ is now on the /vst/ the new strategy vidya board Also, for the people who post here once every month, the new Siege Update just dropped.

>>1903857 While it's obviously more realistic to have enemies be able to attack doors/walls, this really destroys the last decade of the game's balance and planning systems. Still, I'm interested to see how things go.

>>1904695 Yeah, that's rough, but I'm open to it.

Dino Crisis (2000) Dino Crisis 2 (2001) Warcraft 2, Tides of Darkness (1995) Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999)

>>1280266 I dunno the size but I imagine sub 1gb >Inside >Limbo >Swatter >Vessel

>>1280266 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is the greatest game of the entire Civilization game genre and a serious contender for best game ever.

>>1902649 >Xbox is dying As a dedicated console, no. It's not dying. It's purposefully being killed. What's replacing it is a sort of pseudo-console. A PC with a simplified console interface. This is being done because Sony isn't a threat to Microsoft, and Microsoft never really saw the value in the console gaming space except for keeping Sony from pushing living room computing. >Phil Spencer got the bright idea of buying Activision and Bethesda Phil doesn't run the show. He takes his marching order like everyone else, and his job is to manage the directives to make sure they get done. So far, he appears to be doing the job - though they may end up shitcanning him just to save face if they can't get the messaging right. Reminder that Phil was not given a seat at the big table in order to "right the ship". He was put there to oversee Xbox's eventual integration with Windows, and to coordinate with the heads of other Microsoft divisions as they built out the infrastructure both for the merger - as well as other internal projects, such as cloud computing. As for the Bethesda and ABK acquisitions - their value doesn't come from what they can bring to GamePass, but in the mountain of "beloved" IPs that they can take away from you if you don't subscribe to GamePass. Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, remember? Expect over the next decade to start seeing more and more proprietary hooks into Microsoft owned games, as well as increasingly more third party titles, which are required for the game to operate as intended. Then expect to see compatibility with other platforms and services start to dry up unless it's used on Microsoft software or services. >This on top of Nadella's obsession with AI will likely tank the company The AI bubble bursting will hit them hard, but they're never going to abandon it now. Growth will just be a lot slower than their investors would have hoped for. Also, it's almost 100% guaranteed that Co-Pilot AI will be one of the required service hooks I mentioned earlier. >if not outright split up because of the upcoming AI bubble bursting. They're not going to split. Even if they were in danger of that actually happening, the US government would step in and bail them out. Too much commerce runs on Microsoft systems, to say nothing of the entire Federal Government and the Military. Enjoy paying off Microsoft's mismanagement with your tax dollars. If anything is going to be able to kill off Microsoft - it will be widespread adoption of Linux/Proton making Microsoft no longer a necessary component of running Windows. Again, part of why Microsoft is pivoting to challenge SteamOS/Proton - rather than waste time and money playing retard slaps with Nintendo and Sony in a meaningless (to them) market.

It's dead and even as a publisher it's on death's door if it keeps making shit games no one wants to play.

Maybe they'll try to turn Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, Fallout etc. into Roblox/Fortnite metaverse.

>>1982497 Absolutely amazing commission! I have considered getting one in the past but i feel it wouldnt be good enough unless i drew it myself and i cant draw.

>>1982497 Cute! They really nailed Mama's face.

Sorry, got sidetracked with IRL business setting up christmas decorations for family. New thread! >>1983087

>>1671474 >One thing I would like to know, is where this whole "if it doesn't fit in your pocket, it's not a portable game console" discussion came from. ease of transport - there are breakpoints to size and it correlates with portability, if you can fit it in your pocket you can bring it almost everywhere, if you need a backpack to carry it around it limits the portability since you need something extra and if its a home console/tower pc you are certainly not lugging it around

>>1666357 NEPGYAAAA-God, I kneel...

>>1630724 I remember playing Postal 2 as a teenager in school on break time, then a big assed big booba gorgeous pale girl came with some choco milk, gave me some and tried to socialize with me, guess what i did, what i've always do, ignore all normalfags lol, and here i am, true to my principles and about to become a wizard.

>>1354627 Is this the Re:Zero artist?

>>1473776 Yes.

My wife Feene.

>>1882979 >ununformed echo chambers Uninformed? I guess there is a chance they see the lghdtv's (lol) as a problem preventing money and remove it and change nothing else. Still better chances of EA becoming good than previously.

>>1885076 >I guess there is a chance they see the lghdtv's (lol) as a problem preventing money and remove it and change nothing else. Still better chances of EA becoming good than previously. They could very well do so, yes. Pragmatic intervention, but not out of belief or ideology, which is what I meant in my initial message.

My body is ready

>>1889328 Most stealth games I notice have some really good audio design. Playing through TLOU 1 and 2 you realize the game doesn't really needs its assisted listening mode if you have a decent set of speakers, because hearing clickers and the other zombies is really precise. Same with the callouts with the cultist whistles. Its one of the parts I enjoy most about the games honestly.

I remember people tried to praise Devil Daggers' audio design here years ago before any discussion of the game was drowned out with >ONE LEVEL >ONE WEAPON

>>1896995 I made the title edit of that meme. Devil Daggers was textbook FOTM, it was also one of the first games I can remember to adopt the faux PS1 look. I remember everybody trying to act like it was some unique and important game, now it's completely forgotten not ten years later. Please tell me somebody still has the image, I lost it years ago

>>1247971 Gex 3 had a maze area in its murder mystery level. Pretty spooky, especially with those undead bears.

>>1893247 It's a horror encounter for her alright

Speaking of horror, we're doing a Halloween celebration on >>>/vb/30527 if anybody wants to post spooky lewds

The trailer looks like a really shitty Unity game made in 2011, and the gameplay will be delivered by the Pathologic developers. Needless to say, there's no chance this will be any fun, and the only praise it will get is by youtubers who discuss the EPIC (complete nonsense) LORE.

>>1890437 Never advise a man in profit of a polish man. The more poland is cursed, the better for everyone.

>>1890674 >Original devs broke up It's always sad to see a talented team leave due to the ongoing shitshow that is the modern video games industry.

>>1894472 Fug. Sage because I meant *became not game twice there.

>>1894423 >Give me Warhammer 40,000: Deus Ex <sequel is a focus tested slop that ignores what made the original great You're getting a more authentic Deus Ex experience than you bargained for.

>>1894507 It hurts EYE was made with barely any budget, and there's games by solo devs now that do what it did. You follow trends without a fuckhuge marketing campaign, you die, it's that simple. You're better off not getting that investement money at all, if they force you to do shit like that.

>>1891960 >$1,200 Xbox Magnus We'll have to see what the finalized specs are, especially in relation to other PC hardware on the market, but the next Xbox is just going to be a Windows 11 PC in a branded SFF case. It's not a terrible price for an upper-mid-range prebuilt Win 11 PC. If you just want an "Xbox Console", and I don't know why the fuck you would, but if you do - you're gonna be fucked for that price. But it could be a great affordable entry-point for PC gaming - especially if the price hikes on RAM/SSDs/GPUs due to increasing demand from AI companies ends up completely fucking the PC hardware market. Even more than it already is.

>>1892012 its most likely going to use pc hardware like the last 2 console generations but locked down with its own system and custom drivers specifically for it

>>1894164 If they're serious about merging Xbox and Windows into a singular platform, then it doesn't make any sense to lock down the branded Xbox hardware, because everything is an Xbox and nothing else is locked down. That decreases the value proposition for no real gain. Though they will have custom hardware that's non-upgradable, which could end up fucking them later on down the road. How are they going to keep charging $1,200 three years down the line when that mid-range hardware is now low-end and getting trounced by OEM partners who can sell much more powerful hardware for the same price or maybe even less. They're certainly not going to be able to raise prices as the hardware depreciates. I mean the platforms are already merged, but there's not quite 1:1 parity just yet - so Xbox can still be considered by the market as holding the monopoly "on Xbox hardware" - but they're now going to open up that market and inviting competition in going into next gen. To a point, Microsoft doesn't care. Just more copies of Windows to spy on people and gather telemetry for ads and feeding their AI. Still, they have contracts with AMD and other suppliers to provide Xbox hardware and it'd be a huge loss for them to have them all sit around in warehouses because they've been shut out of their own market. Maybe they just expect the stupids to pay out extra for the no-hassle hardware and security of the official Xbox standard hardware - but if they want the brand to carry them, then they should really be doing a hell of a lot more to build confidence in that brand, rather than burning it to the ground.

>>1887064 ur mom after i tell her i love her lmao i don't love her

>>1889375 his mom was so erotic tho

>>1888689 No, it's still a bait post Deathclaws are sexier

>>1890665 >A lot of big devs seem to have this issue. They want the live service model but they fundamentally misunderstand how much work that entails to be even remotely successful. The trickle of content is to (a) Give shills and journos (but I repeat myself) a talking point to defend the roster, and (b) keep interest until the DLC appears on the horizon. World had a similar problem, but World also delivered reasonably well - Iceborne, despite its glaring flaws, was a pretty massive DLC and between IB and the TUs World's roster added quite a few fan favorites like the lightning monkes, Jho/Savage Jho, Glavenus, Brachy, Nargacuga, Alatreon and Fatty, etc. and added a more traditional endgame. Where they kinda fucked themselves was with Rise, as Risebreak ended up with a roster of 78 large mons on top of shipping with 48 large mons at base. It had any number of other problems and lacked the spit and shine of World but World's dearth of content was partially excused by "new direction for series, prease undastandu" + Iceborne, and Risebreak's flaws were cushioned by a lesser degree to the shift from MT Framework (which they had been using for MH since 2011) to RE Engine and the fact that it was designed to be Switch-friendly. However, Wilds has neither excuse. It uses RE Engine, an engine which has already been used to create a MH game with a metric fuckton of content, and the groundwork and resources for the "FHD open world" flavor of MH was already extensively laid by Worldborne and Rise. Rise in particular, seemed to have no issue with porting over a vast amount of content from World. Wilds also had a very generous dev cycle; World was basically wrapped up with Iceborne and the portable team also pitched in starting in 2022 after Sunbreak dropped. So on top of the various poor decisions you have a lot of people asking "where's the beef?". Also, as a small aside: Capcom has actually improved marginally when it comes to DLC/incomplete MonHun games. In previous generations, they would release a game that had LR/HR content and not much else and then later release another game at full price that had the existing game plus G-rank content and new monsters. Freedom -> FU, Gen -> GenU, etc. Handling this with DLC is actually an improvement, in the same way that getting splashed with piss is better than getting splattered with shit.

>>1891460 No. Actually being able to buy a physical edition of the full game is better. Now you can never ever own a copy of the full game.

>>1516587 That game was so much fun, Tigrex and its deviant were my favorite to fight.