It is the cruelest irony

I really think the time thing is the biggest issue,m. Like to really enjoy a lot of AAA games you need at least 2 hours of uninterrupted time and it’s just so hard to get that most days, so you end up with unsatisfying play sessions where you would have been better off playing something smaller (or doing something else but that’s a different story). My threshold for frustration is also lower - if I get stuck at a part because it’s dumb (as opposed to purposefully challenging), I’ll often just put it down and not come back.

Idk I just downloaded Destiny 2 from PS Plus and so far that’s feeling like it might unexpectedly hit the sweet spot of something that you don’t need super long sessions while being immensely satisfying to play with whatever time you get.

Oddly timely (albeit mmo-focused) article about games just not doing it for you as you age and who’s to blame

https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/3/177...-did-i-get-old

big time relatable post. its hard for me to play AAA games where i'm forced to care about the story, cos a) i'll often go weeks or months between plays and will have forgotten it all, and b) i like to listen to podcasts while i'm playing. so the story either has to be something i can totally ignore and it won't matter (Dark Souls, DOOM) or engrossing enough to give my full attention (Uncharted 4, Witcher 3).

a lot of games fall in between, which is why i spend so much time playing racing games and rayman legends and rocket league, and not whatever big new release i just bought, even if i'm actually enjoying the big new release.

From the "I do have the time, but really shouldn't be playing this game" files, I picked up Fable III at Goodwill for $2.50 the other day and popped it in to play with my son. We played for a little bit, it was weird, and though the fact that every NPC that I interacted with was denoted as gay or straight seemed odd, it seemed like it would be a fun co-op RPG/adventure.

At a loading screen, it showed a stat for each of our characters: "Number of group sex partners."

"Umm...do you want to play the Simpsons game?"

Another tale of gaming while dadding. Good story.

Next try Bayonetta

I loled. Fable games were pretty unmemorable, i played the second or third game for a little bit but it was just worse than all my other gaming options.

That group sex thing really caught me off guard considering you start the game with a dog companion that you can pet or play fetch with. We were laughing at how cute and fun that was.


That's the last time I only look at numerical game ratings rather than actually reading about the game.

haha. It was a product of its time i guess. 2010

I’ve been trying to play divinity original sin 2 on Xbox since it came out a couple weeks ago and just getting utterly destroyed even at the beginning . I’m overwhelmed with character builds and **** and have no clue what I’m doing or how lots of mechanics work...anyone tried this game yet? Reviews are great so I’m trying to get into it but really struggling. I’m pretty casual I liked Witcher and fallout and stuff but maybe this game is too hardcore RPG for me

If it is your first time playing this engine i recommend running through it on easy or normal with the "lone wolf" trait. This means you get far better stats but can only have 1 party member.

The amount of options with a full party can be overwhelming if you are new to the game and, imo, the loot system for all of these games is pretty atrocious. Due to the way loot and builds are handled the start of these games is usually very hard and then after it becomes very easy. I believe you can up the difficulty later if you arent hsving fun. The combat in this game is pretty weak though and if you arent playing the game for the story and world building then i wouldnt recommend playing at all.




Anyone played the dlc for tyranny?

Random news I saw on the Twitters: Telltale Games (makers of The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, etc) laid off ~250 people, like 90% of the company, and is basically shutting down after they finish a project or two.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/21/1...e-walking-dead

Thread from someone who worked there:

What the hell happened? I know Batman didn't sell well, but I thought response for the final chapter of TWD was pretty great.

Nm just read through. Internal bull**** ruins a company that was fairly successful. Shame.

Sucks for people who bought the Walking Dead: The Final Season to have it cancelled after 2 episodes. Their games have become pretty formulaic lately.

I had gotten to like most of their games a lot. Formulaic yea, but they managed to make their choices work on me most of the time even when I know they're often false choices. (Contrast with Life is Strange which I don't think is that good.)

Seems like basically nothing post-TWD except TWD S1 and Minecraft were profitable?

Reading the stories from the devs on twitter is really disheartening but seeing some of the reactions from players(and some non-ttg devs) is straight up depressing.

sucks for them but this tweet is awfull.
Some of them have children,some have families and children (i guess children are not family).
wtf does this mean? hey guys some of them were humans believe it or not.
Im annoyed and surely sound like a terrible person

I suppose you're correct that these things would be the case whenever a ****ty company lays people off without severance, but pointing this out explicitly and specifically will likely help the cause of unionization and general left policies in the future.

Have never really been a fan of any of the telltale games. Their games basically seem to me like modern versions of Dragon's Lair. The 1st few were unique enough to modern gamers to draw some interest, but their games eventually became re-skinned versions of the same idea, just a matter of what IP universe it was set in. Sure good stories are important in video games, but so is the actual gameplay.

It sucks the way the studio is closing, but the company should've tried diversifying just a little bit rather than run the same idea into the ground over and over again.

Being a child of the 80s, I assume every game made after a movie, comic book character or tv show is just going to be a sucky IP license cashin.

TWD S1 was truly excellent, like it was just quick time events and some lame puzzles yet i was completely engaged with the story and trying to protect Clementine. I’ve gotten a bunch of their other games for free but have only played the Borderlands one, which was also very good. Having your own niche and excelling at it seems like a solid way to stay in business so yeah it was likely internal issues. It’s also possible that the quality of their games was declining but fans will often support IPs they like so probably not a huge deal unless they were putting out actual crap.