[OOC] Mass Effect: Andromeda

[Lurking Krog]

@Burning Kitty Is my Krogan good to go?

[Burning Kitty]

@Lurking Krog yes add to the CS.

[Burning Kitty]

@Wernher please post your CSs to the Character tab.

Still waiting on Komager. No rush.

[Burning Kitty]

@Komager I am going to start this rpg Friday if everything goes as planned, if not Saturday. If you are still interested in participating please post your character soon.

@Kazemitsu@Wernher
Please PM with regards to how you plan to introduce your character. Also Kaze include in your PM what kind of ship your character will be using including any armament.

[Burning Kitty]

Never mind. Found my answer.

[Burning Kitty]

@Komager I don't know if you are still interested in this or not. I am removing your reserve on the salarian Pathfinder and opening it up to anyone. If you are still interested then post it.

[Burning Kitty]

The IC has begun.

[Burning Kitty]

bleedingcool.com/2017/08/19/bioware-c…

Another game developer I will never support again.

[Starlance]

bleedingcool.com/2017/08/19/bioware-c…

Another game developer I will never support again.

@Burning Kitty

Given the shitstorm surrounding the game, I'm not surprised. Sure, they made some bad decisions (Manveer, for start), but the only criticism I heard was always "It has ugly face animations." Granted, I never played the game, but I didn't notice any other major problems.

Meanwhile, Ghost Recon Wildlands became the top selling game of 2017 despite only having one good thing about it in my opinion. Poor Tom Clancy is spinning in his grave like a dynamo. Sadly, we live in a world where decent or good games often go unnoticed while trash lives on solely because it's made by Ubi.

[Kazemitsu]

@Starlance I could go for some good games. Shooters feel like they're just reskinning themselves to make it all shinier and prettier. "Go hear and kill anything moving between you and it." Gets dull after a bit....

[Burning Kitty]

@Starlance I could go for some good games. Shooters feel like they're just reskinning themselves to make it all shinier and prettier. "Go hear and kill anything moving between you and it." Gets dull after a bit....

@Kazemitsu

That is why the story & character personalities are so important.

That is why multiplayer ain't a game, it is just mindless bum fucking.

the only criticism I heard was always "It has ugly face animations."

@Starlance

There was also all the asari look exactly alike except Peebee. So fucking what if they all look alike just means more resources for other stuff.

[Starlance]

Shooters feel like they're just reskinning themselves to make it all shinier and prettier. "Go hear and kill anything moving between you and it." Gets dull after a bit....

@Kazemitsu

Not just shooters. The only difference between NFS: Most Wanted and NFS: Carbon was it was night instead of midday.

That is why mod support can only help a game. Take the ArmA series for example. With built-in mission editor and a larger-than-pronounceable number of add-ons and mods, there's always something new. That, or characters, as Burning Kitty said.

About the reskinning part, here's a thing: Since Call of Duty 4 (Modern Warfare, and I'm being generous here), they were basically just a reskin, and were getting their fair share of flak for it. Then Infinite Warfare came along and did something new for that series (setting, fighter sequences, specialist difficulty, even a form of 'galaxy map') and all I heard was "I don't like it, it's not Call of Duty anymore."

Sometimes It feels like people WANT the same stuff all over again, for reasons beyond my comprehension. Not saying figuring out how to make a game different, yet similiar is easy, but usually it looks like the developers aren't even trying. Or the developers want to change something, but publishers won't let them (see Armored Warfare).

There was also all the asari look exactly alike except Peebee.

@Burning Kitty

Wait, people complained about that? Fortunately, I didn't notice that particular type of whining.

[Burning Kitty]

About the reskinning part, here's a thing: Since Call of Duty 4 (Modern Warfare, and I'm being generous here), they were basically just a reskin, and were getting their fair share of flak for it. Then Infinite Warfare came along and did something new for that series (setting, fighter sequences, specialist difficulty, even a form of 'galaxy map') and all I heard was "I don't like it, it's not Call of Duty anymore."

@Starlance

I couldn't stand COD before Modern Warfare. I loved that the MW universe, the Black Ops universe, Ghosts universe, & Advanced Warfare universe. I FUCKING LOVED Infinite Warfare universe. Reminded me of Mass Effect to some degree. Ghosts needs to be revisited it left on a to be continued.

Sometimes It feels like people WANT the same stuff all over again, for reasons beyond my comprehension.

Sometimes the same thing can be fun, you don't have to learn new game mechanics.

<Snipped quote by Burning Kitty>Wait, people complained about that? Fortunately, I didn't notice that particular type of whining.

I saw it once. When I started playing New Game Plus I haven't noticed the exact same blue face over and over again.

[Starlance]

IW reminded me a lot about Battlestar Galactica. Sadly, I didn't get to play it. Don't personally feel the love for Ghosts, but to each their own.

I'm glad the next CoD goes back to WWII, but after seeing black women in SS uniforms, I expect a Battlefield 1 situation all over again. SP could still be good, but the past four or so years don't leave much room for hope.

Sometimes the same thing can be fun, you don't have to learn new game mechanics.

@Burning Kitty

No, but when well-known bugs, questionable design choices or other issues carry over to the other games, that tends to be the opposite of fun.

I couldn't stand COD before Modern Warfare.

@Burning Kitty

No love for United Offensive?

[Burning Kitty]

IW reminded me a lot about Battlestar Galactica.

@Starlance

Never thought of that, but they are a lot a like. I love Battlestar I'm surprised I never saw that.

I'm glad the next CoD goes back to WWII, but after seeing black women in SS uniforms, I expect a Battlefield 1 situation all over again. SP could still be good, but the past four or so years don't leave much room for hope.

I'm not getting that game. If I am going to play a historical based game it has to be set in the times of the knights. I don't want to relive recent history. As for Battlefield 1 never got into that franchise, so no clue what you are talking about.

<Snipped quote by Burning Kitty>No love for United Offensive?

Might if I knew what it was.

[Zarkun]

<Snipped quote by Starlance>Never thought of that, but they are a lot a like. I love Battlestar I'm surprised I never saw that.

<Snipped quote>I'm not getting that game. If I am going to play a historical based game it has to be set in the times of the knights. I don't want to relive recent history. As for Battlefield 1 never got into that franchise, so no clue what you are talking about.

<Snipped quote>Might if I knew what it was.

@Burning Kitty

Between BF and CoD, I enjoy BF for it's combat realism. You shoot a wall with a rocket launcher? No more wall. That building with only one wall? Just collapsed on itself because there was no support. It's a pretty great franchise. But I've never played BF1, so I'm not sure what the issue is.

[Starlance]

As for Battlefield 1 never got into that franchise, so no clue what you are talking about.

@Burning Kitty

DiCE claimed it would be an authentic WWI game rooted in history. To make a long story short, they rewrote four years of history and tried to pass it off as the real deal. (half the soldiers on all sides are black, all sides make use of all vehicles, 30 pound machine guns are being used as if they were assault rifles...)

Might if I knew what it was.

@Burning Kitty

Expansion pack for the first CoD (WWII), but if you don't like recent history I can see why you never heard of it.

If I am going to play a historical based game it has to be set in the times of the knights.

@Burning Kitty

Heard of Kingdom Come: Deliverance?

[Burning Kitty]

<Snipped quote by Burning Kitty>Expansion pack for the first CoD (WWII), but if you don't like recent history I can see why you never heard of it.

@Starlance

I don't define WW2 as being recent history. Anything before the Cold War is not recent in my books.

<Snipped quote by Burning Kitty>Heard of Kingdom Come: Deliverance?

Only Kingdom Come I know about is from DC comics.

[Burning Kitty]

@Wernher@Zarkun@ihinka@Kazemitsu The RP has started just in case you didn't know.

@Lurking Krog something have been curious about. Is Krog a typo of frog? Every time I see your name I always read Lurking Frog.

[Zarkun]

I'm aware, was waiting to see where the other squad members went. I'll get a post up soon.