The Gaming Thread

[jamil]

Haha, these people are ****ing pathetic. Feminist bull****ter and a beta-male *****.

Moral superiority could be an industry for twits like this. Well, except that would require an interesting paradox of evil capitalism.

 

[T.Lex]

Wait. Doom4? OMFG! I'm so far out of the loop, I didn't even know it was on the horizon!

And yes, Virginia, "because Doom" is a perfectly legitimate rhetorical argument.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Dishonored 2

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UnsDyv-TtJg

Fallout 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH1kuOiCJD0

Doom 4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NteAPGprDJk

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Everything is sexist.

 

[jamil]

Social Justice delusion.

Everything is sexist.

 

[jamil]

I have a question about something I just don't get about the younger gamers <30. Why do so many male gamers want to play as female characters?

I usually want to make the character I play as be close to what I identify with. Imma guy, I pick a guy character. FPS games never seem to have old, fat out of shape characters, so I usually have to play a baddass. For example, on Destiny, if I could, I'd totally rock an aged, Fred Flintstonesque guardian if I could.

But a lot of younger guys want to play as women. Why? Just like to look at your character's T&A? What?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I have a question about something I just don't get about the younger gamers <30. Why do so many male gamers want to play as female characters?

I usually want to make the character I play as be close to what I identify with. Imma guy, I pick a guy character. FPS games never seem to have old, fat out of shape characters, so I usually have to play a baddass. For example, on Destiny, if I could, I'd totally rock an aged, Fred Flintstonesque guardian if I could.

But a lot of younger guys want to play as women. Why? Just like to look at your character's T&A? What?

Depends a lot on the game, really. When it comes to MMORPGs, I have a series of characters that I create in most games that I play. They're just established characters/names/stories that I've created over the years, and I like to stick with them. Some are male, some are female. For example, one of my long-running characters is a gnome (or other diminutive race) rogue (or other "thief" race). She has white/silver hair, and is typically named Seraphim. When I can, I try to recreate that character in any game I play.

Others may do it because staring at a female character for long periods of time is more pleasant than staring at a male character. It just comes down to what pleases you. Other times it could be an homage to a female protagonist that you like in other media.

 

[JettaKnight]

I have a question about something I just don't get about the younger gamers <30. Why do so many male gamers want to play as female characters?

I usually want to make the character I play as be close to what I identify with. Imma guy, I pick a guy character. FPS games never seem to have old, fat out of shape characters, so I usually have to play a baddass. For example, on Destiny, if I could, I'd totally rock an aged, Fred Flintstonesque guardian if I could.

But a lot of younger guys want to play as women. Why? Just like to look at your character's T&A? What?

I'm >30 and my GTA Online character is female. It's just a character, it's not who I want to be in real life; it's a game. I didn't give it much thought, it just struck my fancy to make it a woman. Furthermore, she's not really that good looking.


Having a female character is different from every other game I play. I can only think of a handful in the past: Cate Archer from No One Lives Forever, Lara Croft and Jill of the Jungle.

 

[JTScribe]

I have a question about something I just don't get about the younger gamers <30. Why do so many male gamers want to play as female characters?

I usually want to make the character I play as be close to what I identify with. Imma guy, I pick a guy character. FPS games never seem to have old, fat out of shape characters, so I usually have to play a baddass. For example, on Destiny, if I could, I'd totally rock an aged, Fred Flintstonesque guardian if I could.

But a lot of younger guys want to play as women. Why? Just like to look at your character's T&A? What?

FPS, who cares. But in third person, who wants to look at a dude's butt for hours upon hours?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The Microsoft event is going on right now

https://www.youtube.com/e3?feature=int-yo-e3-03

 

[ArcadiaGP]

XB One getting backward compatibility with XB360. Sounds like you download the game, though... not play native from disk. That would explain why they're pushing the new 1TB model.

 

[jamil]

The Microsoft event is going on right now

https://www.youtube.com/e3?feature=int-yo-e3-03

Wow. XBox 360 backwards compatibility on XBONE. That's kinda big. I might finally be able to get rid of a console.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

EA event just started

https://www.youtube.com/e3?feature=int-yo-e3

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Dark Souls 3 announced. All modern platforms... hoping simultaneous release

Dark Souls III is Officially Announced | Niche Gamer

 

[Caleb]

I honestly don't understand why microsoft won't allow you to play xb360 games one xb one other then trying to make another buck...com'on guys, the 360 has so many cool games out there and the xbone is apparently too new to have a vast selections of games

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Here's the Minecraft HoloLens portion of the Microsoft presentation.

Very interested to see what more they do with the HoloLens, and what the price-point ends up being.

[video=youtube;xgakdcEzVwg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgakdcEzVwg[/video]

Edit: Also, Sony stream starting now

https://www.youtube.com/e3?feature=int-yo-e3

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Huge surprise. Square just announced a Final Fantasy 7 remake for PS4.

 

[jamil]

I was a bit underwhelmed with the Sony presentation. Certainly nothing mind-blowing like HoloLens Minecraft. I was really hoping for an Insomniac presentation for Ratchet & Clank. Uncharted 4 looked pretty good. But a lot of the upcoming PS4 releases looked rather snoozer. C.O.D. Black Ops III looked unsurprisingly like C.O.D.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I was a bit underwhelmed with the Sony presentation. Certainly nothing mind-blowing like HoloLens Minecraft. I was really hoping for an Insomniac presentation for Ratchet & Clank. Uncharted 4 looked pretty good. But a lot of the upcoming PS4 releases looked rather snoozer. C.O.D. Black Ops III looked unsurprisingly like C.O.D.

Heh, I actually think it's the top event so far. I don't even have a PS4...

People have been begging for a FF7 remake for years now. Never played it myself, but that's a huge thing. The Last Guardian is 9 years in the making, lot of hype surrounding that. Shenmue is a huge title from the Dreamcast that people loved. Seeing it get a sequel will be a pretty big deal. Street Fighter V looked like Street Fighter IV. CODBLOPS3 looked like COD:AW or really any other futuristic shooter out there right now. Nothing impressive.

The new IP, Horizon, looks like it could be neat... like a futury Tomb Raider with touches of Ico/Shadow of the Colossus. I'm interested to see where it goes.

Disney Infinity was awkward. Battlefront 3 looked unbelievable. No big opinions on Playstation Vue or their VR hardware.

The Sony event will likely be one of the most memorable simply because of the big titles.

 

[jamil]

Heh, I actually think it's the top event so far. I don't even have a PS4...

People have been begging for a FF7 remake for years now. Never played it myself, but that's a huge thing. The Last Guardian is 9 years in the making, lot of hype surrounding that. Shenmue is a huge title from the Dreamcast that people loved. Seeing it get a sequel will be a pretty big deal. Street Fighter V looked like Street Fighter IV. CODBLOPS3 looked like COD:AW or really any other futuristic shooter out there right now. Nothing impressive.

The new IP, Horizon, looks like it could be neat... like a futury Tomb Raider with touches of Ico/Shadow of the Colossus. I'm interested to see where it goes.

Disney Infinity was awkward. Battlefront 3 looked unbelievable. No big opinions on Playstation Vue or their VR hardware.

The Sony event will likely be one of the most memorable simply because of the big titles.

Star Wars Battlefront looks pretty awesome. I'm looking forward to it. Also Batman Arkham Knight is a pretty big deal. But being released in a few days, there's not much shown that people don't already know about it.

Other than a few titles, most of the games didn't really appeal to me. I hope someone likes Last Guardian because for all the work that went into it I thought the 3 minute presentation would be 3 minutes I'll never get back. It didn't look much more fun than watching grass grow. I guess C.O.D is probably a big deal because of the Sony commitment and the exclusives. But I'm not that much of a fan of that franchise anyway. The Destiny bit only confirmed what was leaked anyway.