Ah, right. Pride was the issue. The stupid rapid expansion of the studio didn't help either,. I mean come on! They had one really popular game and went nuts thinking they'd maintain those numbers 🤦♂️
Speaking of engines...
I really don't think we're going to see this massive difference between XSX and PS5. Yes, PS5 streams data faster, no doubt there, but the vast amount of data we're talking about that both can shift shouldn't really be a big deal anyway. We're at the point of diminishing returns with even the more meh games on PS4/xbox still looking pretty decent. Plus, there's only so much money publishers/studios can sink into games with art etc, so even if more is possible, I doubt we'll see anyone outside flag ship titles really push it.
Personally, I find art direction more interesting than realism.
I'll never understand why Telltale didn't move to it sooner, but hey ho.
The CEO at the time, Kevin Bruner, was very adamant in keep… moreing the original engine (probably because he helped develop it), which is why they never changed it despite the continuous criticism.
Then he got booted out by the board of directors and Pete Hawley stepped in as CEO. Telltale then announced that Batman: Enemy Within and The Walking Dead: Final Season would be the last games running on their Telltale Tool engine and that Wolf Among Us 2 would be the first of their games to run on Unity.
Then you probably know the rest. RIPperino in pepperoni.
Last week I got really lucky. Amazon officially restocked the Nintendo Switch, selling a few units at its base 400$ price. Considering you can barely find one on there or on eBay being scalped at over 600$+ I took a chance and bought it.
It just arrived today. I'm so excited!!
Though with a new console, that leads to a new problem. Games.
To those of you who own Switches, what have I missed in the past 3 years that I should pick up? Considering I just spent nearly half a grand on this thing, I think I'll want to keep it to either one big game purchase or a handful of small ones. Plus, I don't want to make my backlog even bigger, hehe.
ex-E3 season is coming up, so there should be some game sales happening soon.
Finished ep1 of Life is Strange S2. There's nothing wrong with it, but it all feels very familiar if that makes sense. It's like I can predict the beats with this episode. It's early days of course and this is just the setup mind.
I enjoyed Lis S1, but Dontnod seem to have this weird thing when they write for teens/kids. It's like they're trying too hard and think teens are all about being extreme and they all hook up, drink and smoke weed etc. Dunno about you guys, but I didn't know anyone like that in my teen years. Most were too busy stressing over work, exams, family etc. It just seems stereotypical of adults seeing teens like that so just write them like it.
I haven't played all of these games, some are just from word of mouth from friends and other places. These will be marked with a "**".
Singleplayer:
- Mario Odyssey
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Astral Chain**
- Fire Emblem: The Three Houses**
- Bayonetta 1+2
- Pokemon Sword/Shield (if you're into Pokemon)
- Super Mario Maker 2 (if you're feeling masochistic)**
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild**
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (a legitimately decent Xcom styled game if you're into that)
- Luigi's Mansion 3**
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze**
- Golf Story**
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
Couch Co-op/Multiplayer games:
- Splatoon 2
- Smash Ultimate
- Super Mario Party (this game will destroy relationships)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Also check out some of the non-exclusive ports like Doom and whatnot. They run pretty well all things considered but they still have some hiccups.
Last week I got really lucky. Amazon officially restocked the Nintendo Switch, selling a few units at its base 400$ price. Considering you c… morean barely find one on there or on eBay being scalped at over 600$+ I took a chance and bought it.
It just arrived today. I'm so excited!!
Though with a new console, that leads to a new problem. Games.
To those of you who own Switches, what have I missed in the past 3 years that I should pick up? Considering I just spent nearly half a grand on this thing, I think I'll want to keep it to either one big game purchase or a handful of small ones. Plus, I don't want to make my backlog even bigger, hehe.
ex-E3 season is coming up, so there should be some game sales happening soon.
I'm browsing the Switch's Eshop and I'm seriously impressed how much support this console is getting. There's some really unexpected and impressive additions to this catalog (minus the troves of mobile/steam shovelware)
Like... They've got SUPERHOT!
Outlast is on this platform! (If I recall, doesn't the first game have like... Full-blown naked inmates running around?)
Their partnership with Xbox/Microsoft is trickling through, with Xbox/PC-centric titles like Cuphead and Ori and the Blind Forest.
That last point is especially cool since I've been a Playstation boi with a low-end laptop.
I wonder if originally we met Clem in the Slaughter House. Game obviously went through extreme dev hell and changed a ton of times, but I wouldnt be surprised if at one point in development it started the same with the junk yard as always and we are taken on the truck, but this version we actually reach the slaughter house and are in prison, and there we meet Clem for the first time, and then Prescott raids the place so we group up with them there because they basically saved us.
I'm browsing the Switch's Eshop and I'm seriously impressed how much support this console is getting. There's some really unexpected and imp… moreressive additions to this catalog (minus the troves of mobile/steam shovelware)
Like... They've got SUPERHOT!
Outlast is on this platform! (If I recall, doesn't the first game have like... Full-blown naked inmates running around?)
Their partnership with Xbox/Microsoft is trickling through, with Xbox/PC-centric titles like Cuphead and Ori and the Blind Forest.
That last point is especially cool since I've been a Playstation boi with a low-end laptop.
I like the switch, but I doubt I'll get one personally. Most of the games we're seeing on their are either from last gen (which nintendo missed every HD game) or nintendo exclusives which I have little interest in.
I used to like Zelda, but having played BOTW for a bit around my friends house, it just wasn't for me. Suffers the same problem a lot of open world games have of a huge open world with little to actually do in it.
Most indie games appear on PS4, PC and Xbox too, so no lost there. Plus, Switch games (even ports) are stupidly dear. Why pay more for the inferior version? 🤷♂️
Outlast is on this platform! (If I recall, doesn't the first game have like... Full-blown naked inmates running around?)
It's those creepy twins who instant kill you if you get close to them. They are the only inmates with unclothed genitals.
Away from games, Xbox has been doing fantastic and better than Sony in my opinion. With games however they still have huge mountains to climb. They're on the right track with buying all those studios but that's part of the long game and as such, it'll be a while before we see any success from it. Smart delivery, cross play, game pass, PC/Xbox release is great.
I think MS know they're not going to "beat" Sony with their consoles (too many rooted in sony/nintendo), but they're doing something about it; they're going in another direction. Game pass for PC, console, xcloud and buying multiple studios (big and small) to keep content consistent and it is working.
Oh man, the biggest challenge of owning a Switch is deciding what to buy first. So many things on their store!
After careful consideration of first party VS. third party, sale history on titles, overall purchase price...
I've settled on Lonely Mountains: Downhill and Stories Untold. The latter I already own on PC, but it's fun and I want to support the devs.
Hopefully there's some physical/digital sale on some first party Nintendo's this month. I'm not in the mood to spend 80$ on Mario or Zelda with mid-year games events coming up.
Also, I do not like how Tetris 99 is useless without an online subscription. Or DLC.
Local 1v1 play and CPU matches are only available through DLC. I get they need to make money on this free app, but... No use in installing it if you aren't willing to spend money on it either way.
Yup Xbox is the best! Also they are definitely going to show off Cyberpunk 2077 next month or soon hopefully. Why? Cause Xbox likes to play ball and they didn't last year and year before that.
Hail Xbox
Hail Xbox! The Empire Of Gaming. I can't wait too see what they got this year. Definitely going to show off more gameplay
Got around to watching it after catching up on the last two or three videos.
Never saw some of those ANF concept arts, particularly Mason. Which is weird, considering I viewed a collection of that stuff a little while after the Definitive Edition came out. Gotta "love" how they were straight up gonna have him look like Carver at one point.
That Gabe concept though, woof. Mariana's looks cute, though.
Not surprised about Clint being added.
Like the awkward sign language.
Looks like my random guess of Lonnie shooting Mariana may have been on the mark. I assume either Grace or Tripp/Eleanor would've been the one who could've put her down alternatively.
First time hearing of Gabe being wounded. I also remember the van being on the slide for Episode 2, complete with Grace in the passenger's seat, so it looks like he could've been the one that in whatever version of the story this was.
So it was Prescott who were causing the uprising rather than released prisoners. Interesting. Though speaking of the Slaughterhouse, OW! Poor Max(assuming that animation isn't hilariously broken).
I know rewrites are a thing, but this seemed to be a really big one. Something that shouldn't be happening so late into development. Either way, I still enjoyed ANF for what it's worth.
@DabigRG I will. Gotta play catchup
Got around to watching it after catching up on the last two or three videos.
Never saw some o… moref those ANF concept arts, particularly Mason. Which is weird, considering I viewed a collection of that stuff a little while after the Definitive Edition came out. Gotta "love" how they were straight up gonna have him look like Carver at one point.
That Gabe concept though, woof. Mariana's looks cute, though.
Not surprised about Clint being added.
Like the awkward sign language.
Looks like my random guess of Lonnie shooting Mariana may have been on the mark. I assume either Grace or Tripp/Eleanor would've been the one who could've put her down alternatively.
First time hearing of Gabe being wounded. I also remember the van being on the slide for Episode 2, complete with Grace in the passenger's seat, so it looks like he could've been the one that in whatever version of the story this was.
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Me trying to write out my research project proposal for university, which eventually has to be made into a thesis and an actual product for my final semester, and it's due in a week.
Me trying to write out my research project proposal for university, which eventually has to be made into a thesis and an actual product for my final semester, and it's due in a week.
200 words in and I'm already stumped.
Was going to say be careful as a lot of uni degrees (most really) are just a money spinner for the uni and aren't worth the paper they're written on, but yours is more literature based so it should be fine. Good luck!
He makes some very interesting and great points about how the cut content in Telltale’s work compared to other studios. However, it also reinforces what we already knew and what many of us, myself included, have extensively covered and discussed as the major problem at a Telltale: executive meddling and incompetence. I know we’ve given people like Brad Kane a lot of flack for his role in ANF, but even if it was Sean and Jake leading things, this still would have been a colossal disaster because of what was going on behind the scenes. Now, I have a lot of sympathy for Brad and the other writers, they were given a shit hand and did the best with what they could do with it. I’m not saying they’re completely faultless, but when you look at some of these original ideas, and how outright amazing they look and sound, you feel bad that they were constantly stifled along the way because it wasn’t “authentic.” Which still confuses me as to how a love triangle storyline and a cliched annoying brat trying to grow up character trope is more authentic than what was originally supposed to happen, which sounds much darker, character driven, and intriguing.
Ahhhh, I am so goddamn happy right now!
I'm on this Green Day discord server, and they have this cover project. Where you send in a recording of you doing vocals or instruments, and I recorded some audio of me doing vocals for a song. And I sent it in, I can't wait to see if I got the part or not!
Comments
So this dropped earlier this morning
Ah, right. Pride was the issue. The stupid rapid expansion of the studio didn't help either,. I mean come on! They had one really popular game and went nuts thinking they'd maintain those numbers 🤦♂️
Speaking of engines...
I really don't think we're going to see this massive difference between XSX and PS5. Yes, PS5 streams data faster, no doubt there, but the vast amount of data we're talking about that both can shift shouldn't really be a big deal anyway. We're at the point of diminishing returns with even the more meh games on PS4/xbox still looking pretty decent. Plus, there's only so much money publishers/studios can sink into games with art etc, so even if more is possible, I doubt we'll see anyone outside flag ship titles really push it.
Personally, I find art direction more interesting than realism.
I drew Korra. I was trying to learn how to do more action-y looking art and I think it turned out looking okay.
Ohhh shit. I am ready. Also Manga reader here too. Get ready for this rollercoaster ride
Last week I got really lucky. Amazon officially restocked the Nintendo Switch, selling a few units at its base 400$ price. Considering you can barely find one on there or on eBay being scalped at over 600$+ I took a chance and bought it.
It just arrived today. I'm so excited!!
Though with a new console, that leads to a new problem. Games.
To those of you who own Switches, what have I missed in the past 3 years that I should pick up? Considering I just spent nearly half a grand on this thing, I think I'll want to keep it to either one big game purchase or a handful of small ones. Plus, I don't want to make my backlog even bigger, hehe.
ex-E3 season is coming up, so there should be some game sales happening soon.
Finished ep1 of Life is Strange S2. There's nothing wrong with it, but it all feels very familiar if that makes sense. It's like I can predict the beats with this episode. It's early days of course and this is just the setup mind.
I enjoyed Lis S1, but Dontnod seem to have this weird thing when they write for teens/kids. It's like they're trying too hard and think teens are all about being extreme and they all hook up, drink and smoke weed etc. Dunno about you guys, but I didn't know anyone like that in my teen years. Most were too busy stressing over work, exams, family etc. It just seems stereotypical of adults seeing teens like that so just write them like it.
An amazing and historic moment.
Found this Telltale artist's portfolio of TWD: Final Season concept environment pieces.
Nice find. Hopefully they land on their feet as they're clearly talented.
Let me ask you something: why aren't you using the reply button to respond to someone else's comment?
I would also like to know this.
Also, what's with the broken profile image, Revec? Intentional, or is the site just dying?
I haven't played all of these games, some are just from word of mouth from friends and other places. These will be marked with a "**".
Singleplayer:
- Mario Odyssey
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Astral Chain**
- Fire Emblem: The Three Houses**
- Bayonetta 1+2
- Pokemon Sword/Shield (if you're into Pokemon)
- Super Mario Maker 2 (if you're feeling masochistic)**
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild**
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (a legitimately decent Xcom styled game if you're into that)
- Luigi's Mansion 3**
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze**
- Golf Story**
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
Couch Co-op/Multiplayer games:
- Splatoon 2
- Smash Ultimate
- Super Mario Party (this game will destroy relationships)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Also check out some of the non-exclusive ports like Doom and whatnot. They run pretty well all things considered but they still have some hiccups.
New video by Graysonn! Watch it, it's a good one!
I will. Gotta play catchup
I'm browsing the Switch's Eshop and I'm seriously impressed how much support this console is getting. There's some really unexpected and impressive additions to this catalog (minus the troves of mobile/steam shovelware)
Like... They've got SUPERHOT!
Outlast is on this platform! (If I recall, doesn't the first game have like... Full-blown naked inmates running around?)
Their partnership with Xbox/Microsoft is trickling through, with Xbox/PC-centric titles like Cuphead and Ori and the Blind Forest.
That last point is especially cool since I've been a Playstation boi with a low-end laptop.
I wonder if originally we met Clem in the Slaughter House. Game obviously went through extreme dev hell and changed a ton of times, but I wouldnt be surprised if at one point in development it started the same with the junk yard as always and we are taken on the truck, but this version we actually reach the slaughter house and are in prison, and there we meet Clem for the first time, and then Prescott raids the place so we group up with them there because they basically saved us.
Site dying is the reason. I push reply but it doesn't always work. I added the profile image, but again it says it works but it doesn't 🤷♂️
I imagine the sites running on the telltale engine 😁
Update: okay, after numerous attempts, it's finally started showing an avatar...I hope.
It's those creepy twins who instant kill you if you get close to them. They are the only inmates with unclothed genitals.
I like the switch, but I doubt I'll get one personally. Most of the games we're seeing on their are either from last gen (which nintendo missed every HD game) or nintendo exclusives which I have little interest in.
I used to like Zelda, but having played BOTW for a bit around my friends house, it just wasn't for me. Suffers the same problem a lot of open world games have of a huge open world with little to actually do in it.
Most indie games appear on PS4, PC and Xbox too, so no lost there. Plus, Switch games (even ports) are stupidly dear. Why pay more for the inferior version? 🤷♂️
You also get to see your dong in the Whistleblower DLC.
and immediately after you almost get a forced sex change and raped. But it's not as bad as seeing the dongs and the piles of entrails
You're all talking about the PS5, but we all know Xbox will be amazing, because Microsoft is the superior company. Hail Xbox.
It's power and all but do they have any worthy exclusives?
Away from games, Xbox has been doing fantastic and better than Sony in my opinion. With games however they still have huge mountains to climb. They're on the right track with buying all those studios but that's part of the long game and as such, it'll be a while before we see any success from it. Smart delivery, cross play, game pass, PC/Xbox release is great.
I think MS know they're not going to "beat" Sony with their consoles (too many rooted in sony/nintendo), but they're doing something about it; they're going in another direction. Game pass for PC, console, xcloud and buying multiple studios (big and small) to keep content consistent and it is working.
Oh man, the biggest challenge of owning a Switch is deciding what to buy first. So many things on their store!
After careful consideration of first party VS. third party, sale history on titles, overall purchase price...
I've settled on Lonely Mountains: Downhill and Stories Untold. The latter I already own on PC, but it's fun and I want to support the devs.
Hopefully there's some physical/digital sale on some first party Nintendo's this month. I'm not in the mood to spend 80$ on Mario or Zelda with mid-year games events coming up.
Also, I do not like how Tetris 99 is useless without an online subscription. Or DLC.
Local 1v1 play and CPU matches are only available through DLC. I get they need to make money on this free app, but... No use in installing it if you aren't willing to spend money on it either way.
Yup Xbox is the best! Also they are definitely going to show off Cyberpunk 2077 next month or soon hopefully. Why? Cause Xbox likes to play ball and they didn't last year and year before that.
Hail Xbox! The Empire Of Gaming. I can't wait too see what they got this year. Definitely going to show off more gameplay
Forgive me fellas.
For I have cringed.
you... cringed??
Got around to watching it after catching up on the last two or three videos.
Never saw some of those ANF concept arts, particularly Mason. Which is weird, considering I viewed a collection of that stuff a little while after the Definitive Edition came out. Gotta "love" how they were straight up gonna have him look like Carver at one point.
That Gabe concept though, woof. Mariana's looks cute, though.
Not surprised about Clint being added.
Like the awkward sign language.
Looks like my random guess of Lonnie shooting Mariana may have been on the mark. I assume either Grace or Tripp/Eleanor would've been the one who could've put her down alternatively.
First time hearing of Gabe being wounded. I also remember the van being on the slide for Episode 2, complete with Grace in the passenger's seat, so it looks like he could've been the one that in whatever version of the story this was.
So it was Prescott who were causing the uprising rather than released prisoners. Interesting. Though speaking of the Slaughterhouse, OW! Poor Max(assuming that animation isn't hilariously broken).
In more wholesome news these days, for the past month a man named Gary Whitta has developed a talk show recorded and created entirely within Animal Crossing. [Verge Article]
One of his latest episodes features stars Danny Trejo and Elijah Wood -- as their AC Avatar selves, of course. This is surreal-ly cool
I know rewrites are a thing, but this seemed to be a really big one. Something that shouldn't be happening so late into development. Either way, I still enjoyed ANF for what it's worth.
Me trying to write out my research project proposal for university, which eventually has to be made into a thesis and an actual product for my final semester, and it's due in a week.
200 words in and I'm already stumped.
ignore
What are you studying?
I'm doing a Masters in Media. So a lot of stuff to do with film, documentary, journalism and whatnot.
Ah, cool.
Was going to say be careful as a lot of uni degrees (most really) are just a money spinner for the uni and aren't worth the paper they're written on, but yours is more literature based so it should be fine. Good luck!
Why has my comment from 2 days ago still pending approval? More importantly, why does it need approval? All it was was a reply to the Grayson video.
Hm? Let me see look at why that's the case.
He makes some very interesting and great points about how the cut content in Telltale’s work compared to other studios. However, it also reinforces what we already knew and what many of us, myself included, have extensively covered and discussed as the major problem at a Telltale: executive meddling and incompetence. I know we’ve given people like Brad Kane a lot of flack for his role in ANF, but even if it was Sean and Jake leading things, this still would have been a colossal disaster because of what was going on behind the scenes. Now, I have a lot of sympathy for Brad and the other writers, they were given a shit hand and did the best with what they could do with it. I’m not saying they’re completely faultless, but when you look at some of these original ideas, and how outright amazing they look and sound, you feel bad that they were constantly stifled along the way because it wasn’t “authentic.” Which still confuses me as to how a love triangle storyline and a cliched annoying brat trying to grow up character trope is more authentic than what was originally supposed to happen, which sounds much darker, character driven, and intriguing.
Ahhhh, I am so goddamn happy right now!
I'm on this Green Day discord server, and they have this cover project. Where you send in a recording of you doing vocals or instruments, and I recorded some audio of me doing vocals for a song. And I sent it in, I can't wait to see if I got the part or not!