The Video Game Thread

[Shinaoi]

Akira toriyama died. Artist behind the dragon quest and chrono trigger games. Best know for anime dragon ball z

 

[Juggernaut]

GIVEAWAY: Two free games, Deus Ex - Mankind Divided and The Bridge from Epic.

 

[Reality]

 

[VaqueroTD]

Impressive.

I just found these lately on the net. Looks like a British Improve Team.

6 million subscribers so maybe I'm last one to see this, but they're pretty darn funny.

Viewer will only get it though, if they've played the games/genres they're based on.

 

[darthseinfeld]

 

[darthseinfeld]

Dragon Dogma 2 definitely looks interesting, but similar to first. I thought the 1st one was decent, but weak compared to other fantasy RPG's of that era. Granted that era was Skyrim, Dragon Age Inquisition and Witcher 3

 

[Shinaoi]

dragons dogma 2 has out scored rise of the ronin in reviews. I don’t hold reviews as gospel but interesting to look at.

 

[The Ominous]

Got both Dragons Dogma 2 and Rise of The Ronin preloaded! Hellz yeah!!! Gonna be a fun gaming weekend doggies!

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

dragons dogma 2 has out scored rise of the ronin in reviews. I don’t hold reviews as gospel but interesting to look at.

Got both Dragons Dogma 2 and Rise of The Ronin preloaded! Hellz yeah!!! Gonna be a fun gaming weekend doggies!

Dragons Dogma 2 has gotten pretty bad reviews, least on Steam. 34% Mostly Negative, performance issues and microtransactions in a single player game. For that price i may wait for a sale, shame too as i had my eye on it.

 

[Shinaoi]

Yeah some of the dlc practices seem shady

 

[Juggernaut]

GIVEAWAY: 2 games, Call of the Wild: The Angler and Invincible Presents: Atom Eve.

 

[darthseinfeld]

 

[darthseinfeld]

Some of the what Ive seen of two games is a bit underwhelming. I'm going to give Rise of Ronin a shot, because as far as gaming Im on loop of older games and want something new.

I hope Dreadwolf comes out this year

 

[SlammedZero]

Dragons Dogma 2 has gotten pretty bad reviews, least on Steam. 34% Mostly Negative, performance issues and microtransactions in a single player game. For that price i may wait for a sale, shame too as i had my eye on it.

Oh, how I miss gaming before those became a thing.

 

[Crazed Liotta Eyes]

Dragons Dogma 2 has gotten pretty bad reviews, least on Steam. 34% Mostly Negative, performance issues and microtransactions in a single player game. For that price i may wait for a sale, shame too as i had my eye on it.

I actually talked my boss into removing micro transactions from a recent game because the previous version got slammed for having them. We even made it a bullet point in the storefront product description.

 

[SlammedZero]

I actually talked my boss into removing micro transactions from a recent game because the previous version got slammed for having them. We even made it a bullet point in the storefront product description.

Crazed Liotta Eyes for President!

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Oh, how I miss gaming before those became a thing.

Tell me about it, they can take their microtransactions, seasons, battle passes etc and shove em

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

I actually talked my boss into removing micro transactions from a recent game because the previous version got slammed for having them. We even made it a bullet point in the storefront product description.

Always nice hearing your insider scoop information, feel free to share more

 

[Crazed Liotta Eyes]

Always nice hearing your insider scoop information, feel free to share more

Here's something you guys might find interesting. A lot of the design decisions at my studio are just made by me because it's what I would like, but obviously not everyone would agree. For that reason, I'm trying to get us to do more focus testing, which is just having random people play the game and give feedback. Some years back, Universal published one of our games and they had an entire section of their building dedicated to it. We literally watched people playing the game through one-way mirrors to see their reactions and how quickly they understood gameplay mechanics. It was utterly fascinating and sometimes, quite an ego blow. I remember our Art Director hanging his head when one of the participants said the graphics were garbage. He went back and improved some of the work and the game ended up being well received. A lot of the AAA titles that get delayed for years are because of the results from focus testing.

 

[Jammer]

Here's something you guys might find interesting. A lot of the design decisions at my studio are just made by me because it's what I would like, but obviously not everyone would agree. For that reason, I'm trying to get us to do more focus testing, which is just having random people play the game and give feedback. Some years back, Universal published one of our games and they had an entire section of their building dedicated to it. We literally watched people playing the game through one-way mirrors to see their reactions and how quickly they understood gameplay mechanics. It was utterly fascinating and sometimes, quite an ego blow. I remember our Art Director hanging his head when one of the participants said the graphics were garbage. He went back and improved some of the work and the game ended up being well received. A lot of the AAA titles that get delayed for years are because of the results from focus testing.

I do find this interesting. I know what it's like to pour your everything into a project only to have other people respond underwhelming to the project. Are the focus groups comprised of people who play games regular or ordinary people who rarely, if ever, play video games?