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Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by NikolaNovak »

piti166 wrote: post #612
dcrn wrote: post #606

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Seconding Nier: Automata. Rarely have I been as blown away by a game as I was with that one.

Thirding (?) this. The integration of gameplay elements into the story and the story itself are simply amazing. It is similar to Undertale, in that the gameplay is relatively shallow, but is paced perfectly with the story.

Fourthing.

I hate fighting games. I especially despise melee action games. I don't love 3rd person perspective. I haven't really played JRPGs.

Nier:Automata jumped at the top of my list and kept getting better. Even my (non-gaming) wife watched me playing because she was curious and the art and story were fantastic.

A unique experience that is difficult to put into a review. FWIW, my other favourites are Mass Effect, Deus Ex, lots of Sierra & Lucasarts point & click games, etc.

Story telling and surprises (and style) in NieR:Automata were just top notch.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by matheusmoreira »

leetcrew wrote: post #380
logicOnly wrote: post #116

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This is the inevitable trend of gaming since the 90s. Small team makes innovative and interesting game. Gets bought, makes a good sequel, then milks IP forever. It's up to you to move on.

if they would just keep cranking out sequels at the same level of quality but no real innovation, I would be pretty happy. mass effect 1 was pretty good, me2 was great, me3 was still decent. why did they have to mess with the program for andromeda? similar with far cry. fc2 was great, but probably too unforgiving for the mainstream audience. they dumbed it down a bit for fc3, and fc4 was more of the same but with a c…

And then there's franchises like Mega Man which have been going for over 30 years.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by whynaut »

Shebanator wrote: post #666
whynaut wrote: post #569

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take a look at Nier: Automata or Dragon Age (1-2, and/or Inquisition). Both easily enjoyable if you like ME.

These are all great games with huge art budgets. Nothing remotely indie about them.

yeah, GP kinda made it clear that they weren’t looking for indie games

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by [deleted] »

Noos wrote: post #629
acolumb wrote: post #412

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I find that funny when Among Us (indie) and Fall Guys (also indie) are some of the highest-trending games at the moment.

Both of them are free, though. The former one only got this push due to streamers suddenly playing it together. These are kind of "meme of the moment" games more than anything, in the same way VR Chat was a bit ago, or Five Nights at Freddy's.

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Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by websap »

wpdev_63 wrote: post #7

Holy sh!t. Bethesda is huge! Well I was just thinking the other day that Microsoft really doesn't have any first party studio that are really as good as Sony's first party. IMO they didn't release a game 'this' gen that makes picking up a xbox one worth it. This could change that with fallout and doom. Also this allows them to bring the ID tech engine under their stewardship.... I just hope that they don't trash the…

Yup, I have the same feeling. I've had an Xbox since the Xbox 360 days:

Xbox 360 -> Xbox One S -> Xbox One X

But, looking at the different showcases. Definitely getting a PS5 this time. I don't do many multi-player games and actually enjoy story based single player games. Looking forward to play God of War, Unchartered, Spider Man, etc.

Maybe this will give Microsoft the boost they need to make some fun next gen games.

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by [deleted] »

the_duke wrote: post #229
Firebrand wrote: post #84

Bethesda Games are not going not be exclusive to Xbox -- Confirmed by Todd Howard: >Like our original partnership, this one is about more than one system or one screen. We share a deep belief in the fundamental power of games, in their ability to connect, empower, and bring joy. And a belief we should bring that to everyone - regardless of who you are, where you live, or what you play on. Regardless of the screen siz…

This is a typical, vague PR statement that can mean anything and nothing at all. Microsoft has decided that all their exclusives will also come to PC anyway. So Windows, Xbox consoles and Xcloud (streaming service) are a given. This doesn't promise in any way that games will come to PlayStation.

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Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by oneplane »

francis_t_catte wrote: post #22

Soon we'll just have Microsoft, Epic, and a conglomeration of EA, Activision, and Ubisoft after Bobby Kotick forces them all to merge. Facebook will bungle up any chance they have of capturing the gaming market after writing a cryptic paragraph about their legal right to request blood samples from all Oculous users in the TOS. Valve will quietly exit software development altogether, and pivot to building custom vanit…

Embrace, extend, extinguish but for games!

Re: Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B

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Post by 29athrowaway »

francis_t_catte wrote: post #22

Soon we'll just have Microsoft, Epic, and a conglomeration of EA, Activision, and Ubisoft after Bobby Kotick forces them all to merge. Facebook will bungle up any chance they have of capturing the gaming market after writing a cryptic paragraph about their legal right to request blood samples from all Oculous users in the TOS. Valve will quietly exit software development altogether, and pivot to building custom vanit…

Bobby Kotick is on Jeffrey Epstein's list. He also lost a sexual harassment case against a flight attendant from one of his private flights.

Miss Ukraine 1996 married Bobby Kotick's dad, Charles Kotick (for 2 years, before he passed away).

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Post by ehnto »

zamalek wrote: post #648
noncoml wrote: post #552

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> it was huge step down from Fallout 3 or Skyrim In what way? And how is your opinion better metric than my opinion? You have data to back it up?

Skyrim was a significant technical advancement of Gamebryo, not just in terms of visual quality or so forth, but also in terms of what was possible with the engine. Fallout 4 was a minor upgrade and could have easily been a total conversion mod for Skyrim - there was no innovation and it did nothing new. Irrespective of whether people enjoyed that re-skinned Skyrim, it was a blatant cash-grab. The argument has nothin…

I think settlement building was a pretty big step for the engine/gameplay.

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Post by ubercode5 »

randito wrote: post #264
apatters wrote: post #94

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Sure, if you ate McDonald's every day you'd probably think that there are no good restaurants anymore. My top 4 games by playtime in the last few years were Rimworld, Oxygen Not Included, Dwarf Fortress and WoW Classic. Honorable mentions go to Spelunky and Stellaris. It's to everyone's great regret that a single one of these titles was purchased by one of the shitty publishers you mentioned, fortunately it's the one…

Don't forget Factorio -- aka if Software Development were a computer game with tech debt, copy/paste and literal bugs.

And satisfactory, that's my newest obsession.
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