XBOX GAMING THREAD | PHIL TRUE 4K

[iYen]

**** I bought it on eBay from an authorized seller that includes the manufacturer warranty and everything, but not sure how well that would work out.
Should I contact Microsoft or the seller you think?

Seller first, then microsoft.

 

[kilroythedon]

Xbox one S is suppose to be dead silent. The elite xbox one is actually dead silent my day 1 launch xbox one was loud as hell. 

 

[iYen]

about an hour into the division. I thought the beta was trash, but so far the game's good.

Gives me hope for Ghost Recon Wildlands, since that looks way better than the divison.

 

[seandon23]

 
about an hour into the division. I thought the beta was trash, but so far the game's good.

Gives me hope for Ghost Recon Wildlands, since that looks way better than the divison.

im skeptical of wildlands. division at launch was a complete bore to play and i have 0 interest in going back to it

 

[kilroythedon]

They need to make a walking dead game like the division

 

[seandon23]

They need to make a walking dead game like the division

State of decay 2 would be the closest thing coming out to fit that description

 

[putting in work]

They need to bring that H1N1 last man standing zombie game I see Sandy Ravage always streaming.

 

[iYen]

They need to make a walking dead game like the division

State of decay 2?

 

[Zephyr1983]

They need to make a walking dead game like the division

State of decay 2?

more zombie games is the last thing we need

 

[iYen]

more zombie games is the last thing we need

State of decay sold millions.

 

[Zephyr1983]

more zombie games is the last thing we need

State of decay sold millions.

So does the COD franchise. I said nothing about their ability to sell.
But it's the most tired and played out game setting

 

[iYen]

So does the COD franchise. I said nothing about their ability to sell.
But it's the most tired and played out game setting

COD is an established franchise with tons of marketing.

SOD was an indie game.

SOD isn't merely a "zombie" game.

Stealth, survival horror, role-playing, third-person shooter, simulation[sup][8][/sup][sup][9][/sup]

[th="row"] Genre(s) [/th]

FPS is the "most tired and played out game" genre, yet it's the most popular.

A game's setting doesn't matter to me. I'm a gameplay guy. 

Dying Light is a zombie game, however it's gameplay is refreshing.

Therefore, a game set in previous locales can still be good, given the game's mechanics.

ie Battlefield 1

 

[Warmachine85]

Zombie game with borderlands stlye loot and perks = take all my monies

 

[iYen]

On Forza Horizon 3

GT: iYen1

After finally watching Braveheart.

 

[Zephyr1983]

I never said anything about genre either. Im bored with the zombie setting, and I dont want to see any more of it

Dying Light looked like OK gameplay, but it seemed mad boring specifically because of the tired zombie theme
SOD 1 was cool, but Im completely turned off to SOD 2 because of yet another zombie retread

FPS genre still entertains me, but Im glad BF went to WW1 cuz thats a new and refreshing setting rather than yet another WWII or modern/future setting

Western RPG remains cn excellent gameplay genre, but I look forward to CyberPunk because it should be an exciting new setting

 

[seandon23]

I never said anything about genre either. Im bored with the zombie setting, and I dont want to see any more of it

Dying Light looked like OK gameplay, but it seemed mad boring specifically because of the tired zombie theme
SOD 1 was cool, but Im completely turned off to SOD 2 because of yet another zombie retread

FPS genre still entertains me, but Im glad BF went to WW1 cuz thats a new and refreshing setting rather than yet another WWII or modern/future setting

Western RPG remains cn excellent gameplay genre, but I look forward to CyberPunk because it should be an exciting new setting

One thing I like about Sate of Decay 2 is that it will add in MP. hopefully the gameplay is improved as well because I wasn't a big fan of the controls in the first one felt too clunky on the 360 imo

 

[iYen]

I never said anything about genre either. Im bored with the zombie setting, and I dont want to see any more of it

Dying Light looked like OK gameplay, but it seemed mad boring specifically because of the tired zombie theme
SOD 1 was cool, but Im completely turned off to SOD 2 because of yet another zombie retread

FPS genre still entertains me, but Im glad BF went to WW1 cuz thats a new and refreshing setting rather than yet another WWII or modern/future setting

Western RPG remains cn excellent gameplay genre, but I look forward to CyberPunk because it should be an exciting new setting

I know. I was making the correlation between the argument against tired game settings and tired game genres. The arguments against both are pretty similar, since setting and genre are almost the same thing. You illustrated the arguement. "I'm bored with the zombie setting, and I dont want to see any more of it." Yet despite that good "zombie" games still release. The same logic applies for people against the influx of FPS games year after year.

Dying Light is a mirror's edge like RPG. Undead labs is on their second game. It's not like they're making yearly CODs. 

Seems like setting is very important to you. Setting isn't what's most important to me.

I'd rather have another game from a "tired" setting than them not existing anymore. 

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[Zephyr1983]

I know. I was making the correlation between the argument against tired game settings and tired game genres. The arguments against both are pretty similar, since setting and genre are almost the same thing. You illustrated the arguement. "I'm bored with the zombie setting, and I dont want to see any more of it." Yet despite that good "zombie" games still release. The same logic applies for people against the influx of FPS games year after year.

Dying Light is a mirror's edge like RPG. Undead labs is on their second game. It's not like they're making yearly CODs. 
Seems like setting is very important to you. Setting isn't what's most important to me.
I'd rather have another game from a "tired" setting than them not existing anymore. 

Ya, pretty much in agreement with you here. Setting is pretty important to me, and not necessarily everyone else. Different strokes for sure

Im very much about good gameplay as well, though.
What bugs me about repetitive settings is that its so much easier for developers to switch up the settings, rather than create new gameplay. There's no reason so many different games, in different genres, have to use the zombie setting. But its a classic copycat move by timid developers, similar to the glut of WWII FPS 15 years ago. As much as I love WWII history, people were right to complain that there was too much bandwagon hopping back then.

If a zombie game has great gameplay and mechanics, it almost certainly could be applied to a fresh new setting without missing much

I think the zombie thing bores me the most tho because it opens the door to lazy design. Every game with a zombie antagonist boils down to some minor variation on swarming melee enemies, with occasional super zombies thrown in, all with a healthy does of worthless AI passed off as "zombie AI".
Rinse and Repeat. Barf

 

[iYen]

I think the zombie thing bores me the most tho because it opens the door to lazy design. Every game with a zombie antagonist boils down to some minor variation on swarming melee enemies, with occasional super zombies thrown in, all with a healthy does of worthless AI passed off as "zombie AI".
Rinse and Repeat. Barf

There's several games released this year that don't fit that description.

Plants vs Zombies 2

The walking dead season 3

resident evil 4,5,6

dying light the following

 

[deleted]

Western RPG remains cn excellent gameplay genre, but I look forward to CyberPunk because it should be an exciting new setting

I'm not crazy about a bunch of zombie games myself, but a "dystopian future" setting isn't exactly fresh either

 

[iYen]

I'm not crazy about a bunch of zombie games myself, but a "dystopian future" setting isn't exactly fresh either

homefront

call of duty infinite warfare

the division

xcom 2

titanfall 2

doom

gears 4

deus ex

mirror's edge 2

quantam break

One could argue that said setting is as tired as the zombie setting.

 

 

[Zephyr1983]

Western RPG remains cn excellent gameplay genre, but I look forward to CyberPunk because it should be an exciting new setting

I'm not crazy about a bunch of zombie games myself, but a "dystopian future" setting isn't exactly fresh either

Totally fair
cyberpunk is definitely not original, but it will at least be a break from the high-fantasy treadmill
(dont get me wrong, Witcher3 and Skyrim are two of my all-time favorites) It just doesn't always have to be dragons and wizards

That was probably my biggest disappointment with The Division
I was super pumped for what I thought would be a new kind of contemporary urban, military/spec ops themed RPG
Instead, what came out was yet another MMO grind fest with basically no single player worth your time

One could argue that said setting is as tired as the zombie setting.  

I wouldn't disagree at all

The zombie junk puts me to sleep, but Id be just as interested in an industry shift away from near-future dystopia as well

edit: Not that long ago I enjoyed some quality zombie games, SOD included. Im just ready for a new setting

 

[iYen]

Totally fair
cyberpunk is definitely not original, but it will at least be a break from the high-fantasy treadmill
(dont get me wrong, Witcher3 and Skyrim are two of my all-time favorites) It just doesn't always have to be dragons and wizards

That was probably my biggest disappointment with The Division
I was super pumped for what I thought would be a new kind of contemporary urban, military/spec ops themed RPG
Instead, what came out was yet another MMO grind fest with basically no single player worth your time
I wouldn't disagree at all

The zombie junk puts me to sleep, but Id be just as interested in an industry shift away from near-future dystopia as well

edit: Not that long ago I enjoyed some quality zombie games, SOD included. Im just ready for a new setting

This when you got to write strongly word emails or literal letters to game devs.

I tweeted Playground Games to put Years & Years in Forza Horizon 3.

To my surprise, Years & Years is on the FH3 OST.

Anything is possible.

One of these days, I'm going to mail a letter to Tellgame Games about why they need to make a Fullmetal Alchemist game.

 

[blakep267]

Don't think this was posted here. Not quite my thing but it basically looks like Division with Pirates

 

[iYen]

Didn't realize Braveheart was 3 hours long.

Back on FH3 to stream.

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