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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 6:33:51 PM
#124
I really hope they don't buy cdpr. They're one of the last major devs with integrity.
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TopicC/D: GMOs aren't bad.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 6:30:46 PM
#2
TopicFacebook has finally gone too far.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 6:28:25 PM
#13
gnomefromnome posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
DragonGirlYuki posted...
You are lucky or banking on them not caring though. I've seen stories where people got fired when they made alt right Nazi shit posts and they worked in fast food.

I don't post shit like that though.

pres_madagascar posted...
PEDtWzX

Yeah, a comment about not liking Trump and Eminem latest album being shit on a ladbible "article" lol.
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TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 6:27:18 PM
#107
spikethedevil posted...
Merrill is awesome.

Bioware have this thing of having awesome female VAs for the protagonist but not very good male ones.

I've noticed this. I'm trying to think of an exception.

Well, male Ryder in Andromeda sounds leagues better than the female one, but Andromeda was.... Yeah
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TopicFacebook has finally gone too far.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 6:22:57 PM
#11
DragonGirlYuki posted...
You are lucky or banking on them not caring though. I've seen stories where people got fired when they made alt right Nazi shit posts and they worked in fast food.

I don't post shit like that though.
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TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 6:02:53 PM
#98
And yeah, the British female voice is one of the best player voices in gaming period. She did a phenomenal job. The male voices are just OK.
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TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 6:00:34 PM
#97
Funkydog posted...
DuranOfForcena posted...
yeah.... not my kinda thing

Merrill and Isabella were both pretty good/fun as well. Anders as well for angst I guess.

Lol at romancing Sebastian though. Just lol.

Merrill is the token waifu though. Meek and innocent. I tend to hate those types in game romances now.
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 5:56:53 PM
#83
Leanaunfurled posted...
The monsters are where the difficulty/challenge is, there's nothing difficult about grinding or RNG, artificial or not. Nor is it easy. It's just there, it's neutral, it's luck-based, and for many, it's enjoyable.

Not if rng hates you in every game like it's sentient and you owe it money.
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TopicFacebook has finally gone too far.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 5:55:30 PM
#9
DragonGirlYuki posted...
Facebook is trying to save your job. Don't shit post with your real name since you can get fired for that. If you need to shit post do it here. Worst that can happen is you lose your free account.

My job doesn't give two shits so long as we don't discuss private company info.
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TopicFacebook has finally gone too far.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 5:52:58 PM
#6
CaptainCrunch posted...
Do you really argue politics on social media tho

No. Eminem.
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 5:52:30 PM
#113
ClunkerSlim posted...
Even if Microsoft buys EA, that doesn't mean EA is going to stop publishing games for the PS4. Companies don't turn down money. EA isn't just going to flush more than half it's consumer base. Get real. Madden and Star Wars will still be available on both consoles. There might be more exclusive content for XBox players in those games, but that's it.

This
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TopicFacebook has finally gone too far.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 5:49:57 PM
#1
TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 4:03:34 PM
#87
Darmik posted...
pres_madagascar posted...

It would matter. Sales of those games would drop dramatically, and licensing deals may fall through.


Matter to who? The shareholders would be bought out. So that just leaves the licensing stuff and that would entirely depend on the contracts already signed.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think this will happen because of how expensive it is. But if it did happen Microsoft would do whatever they wanted with EA. It could even be a move to become a monolith third party with Xbox Game Pass being a thing on several consoles. Who knows.

Fifa prints money for EA. They make a fuck load off it. Continuing to make a juggernaut amount of sales instead of a one time thing sounds better.

Though I do agree on your second point
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 4:00:45 PM
#76
Cookie Bag posted...
PhlogPyro posted...
back in my day we did tail runs for hours trying for rath plates

2-5 rathalos, a gem, lucky me

40 azure rathalos later though...

and i fucking enjoyed every single hunt damnit...

pres_madagascar posted...
Cookie Bag posted...
First time in my life i see anyone call monster hunter "Artificial difficulty", you're memeing right? just because it "looks" like dark souls and all? right?

No not at all. Dark souls doesn't have artificial difficulty. It's not difficult at all. Challenging in spots, but not difficult.

Even though i don't mind grinding, I've always believed that grinding/low RNG chance stuff tends to artifically pad out length and add to "difficulty". As there many different kinds of difficulty.

I still don't get where this artificial difficulty nonsense comes from when you can beat the game with whatever first set or armor you pick up, and even then, they made it easier to make armors and weapons in this game by both lowering the material cost, and letting you actually fucking refund materials in case you want to go back a step with the weapons...

I'm not referring to monster hunter world at all.
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:58:21 PM
#74
Cookie Bag posted...
First time in my life i see anyone call monster hunter "Artificial difficulty", you're memeing right? just because it "looks" like dark souls and all? right?

No not at all. Dark souls doesn't have artificial difficulty. It's not difficult at all. Challenging in spots, but not difficult.

Even though i don't mind grinding, I've always believed that grinding/low RNG chance stuff tends to artifically pad out length and add to "difficulty". As there many different kinds of difficulty.
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:55:52 PM
#83
Darmik posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
KazumaKiryu posted...
What would this mean for EA's exclusivity deal on Star Wars games? I imagine that would break their contract.

Yep. It'd throw all sorts of things into chaos honestly.

The thing is, Sony has far, far, far more install base than Ms, and EA would lose a fuck load of money going ms exclusive. The majority of EA sales come from ps4


At that point EA would simply be a part of Microsoft. So I don't know if that would matter anymore.

Tyranthraxus posted...
anyway this article is completely speculative. there is literally no rumor. just a bunch of economists saying "it would make sense if Microsoft bought EA and they have the cash to do it."


I don't think this will happen but the article does mention a source. Microsoft is a huge ass company though so even an internal source doesn't really mean anything.

Phil Spencer had mentioned acquisitions recently though. But I think they'll buy developers over a publisher.

KazumaKiryu posted...
Yeah and I'm thinking about FIFA and how huge that is in Europe where they ALL are on PlayStation, that would wreck them.


I think Microsoft would keep FIFA on PS4.

Next Gen could be different. If they kept the licence that would be a huge advantage for Xbox. The other possibility is FIFA/Madden could license to another publisher like 2K.

creativerealms posted...
No way Disney will allow Starwars games to only be released on one system.


They're letting Spider-Man be PS4 exclusive.

It would matter. Sales of those games would drop dramatically, and licensing deals may fall through.
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:53:51 PM
#69
PhlogPyro posted...
^ yeah MH is not for you.

Sure it is. I don't mind grinding, but it does arbitrarily increase length and difficulty. Not challenge, difficulty.
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TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:53:03 PM
#80
Shotgunnova posted...
Any important stuff I should do before Trespasser?

Both other dlcs, and the companion quests/finish out their romances/friendships
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:48:20 PM
#67
legendarylemur posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
I've never played monster hunter, so it being more accessible 8s a good thing


Part of what made it so fun and satisfying was the difficulty. If that's gone, then the game loses part of the appeal tbqh.

It was artifical difficulty. Padding it out.

MH artificial difficulty? Wut?

Grinding to increase length/difficulty with low RNG drops.
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:47:30 PM
#78
KazumaKiryu posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
KazumaKiryu posted...
What would this mean for EA's exclusivity deal on Star Wars games? I imagine that would break their contract.

Yep. It'd throw all sorts of things into chaos honestly.

The thing is, Sony has far, far, far more install base than Ms, and EA would lose a fuck load of money going ms exclusive. The majority of EA sales come from ps4


Yeah and I'm thinking about FIFA and how huge that is in Europe where they ALL are on PlayStation, that would wreck them.

Precisely. Fifa is a juggernaut in Europe.
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:21:57 PM
#72
KazumaKiryu posted...
What would this mean for EA's exclusivity deal on Star Wars games? I imagine that would break their contract.

Yep. It'd throw all sorts of things into chaos honestly.

The thing is, Sony has far, far, far more install base than Ms, and EA would lose a fuck load of money going ms exclusive. The majority of EA sales come from ps4
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:20:44 PM
#70
halomonkey1_3_5 posted...
Darmik posted...
I wonder if they're considering Ubisoft. They seem vulnerable to an acquisition and they'd be saving them from Vivendi. EA is a better fit though.

Ubisoft and Take-Two seem like a pair of names(other than EA) to watch. Both have very popular games and are significantly cheaper than EA is. I don't know shit about the logistics of taking over either company but both names make sense as companies which have strong AAA franchises which fit the Xbox brand.

Never in a million years would Rockstar go single platform exclusive again.

Gta5/gta online has made more money since 2014 than microsoft's entire games division combined(outside of hardware sales that is)
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:14:26 PM
#66
VectorChaos posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
If bioware becomes exclusive to Microsoft, that'd be fucking huge.


BioWare backed up by the money printing machine that is Microsoft, and liberated from EA's tainted influence

I'm hard.

If they made all bioware and ea exclusive to xbox/pc. That'd be a huge blow to to sony.
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:13:28 PM
#53
Leanaunfurled posted...
I don't agree with the artificial difficulty statement at all. Plenty of new players are having trouble at the beginning of MH games, World included. Of course people who are veterans and have been playing for hundreds of hours aren't going to have that kind of wall...

I can see that being true. I started the souls series with demon souls way back on ps3. So I never had too much trouble with dark souls 1-3 or bloodborne. I knew what I was going into. So I can understand
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:09:31 PM
#61
I have a sneaking suspicion that consolidation will continue to happen in the industry. Which isn't a good thing. Less competition, less reason to innovate.
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TopicWhy do Developers seem to lack so much power vs Publishers?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:07:52 PM
#7
If I am paying you to build me a house, I'm not gonna just let you do what you want with no input.
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TopicWhy do Developers seem to lack so much power vs Publishers?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:07:27 PM
#6
TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:06:29 PM
#57
I don't see EA, or even Microsoft, making EA games console exclusive. They like money too much. If anything they'd have them develop specific exclusives and everything else is still multiplat
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:04:41 PM
#51
MC_BatCommander posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
FLUFFYGERM posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
I've never played monster hunter, so it being more accessible 8s a good thing


Part of what made it so fun and satisfying was the difficulty. If that's gone, then the game loses part of the appeal tbqh.

It was artifical difficulty. Padding it out.


I don't think the MH games have artificial difficulty. You can carry tons of healing items and get 50 minutes to hunt a monster. Plus you're not encountering bullshit monsters that can one-shot you unless you're doing like the super late game stuff only meant for people who want extra challenge.

The problem with most games that people call difficult. Is that they're grindy and the difficult stuff is extremely late game stuff. So most people except the small percentage of hardcore people, never actually even get go that content.
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:02:16 PM
#52
If bioware becomes exclusive to Microsoft, that'd be fucking huge.
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TopicPolygon: MS looking into acquire EA
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:01:10 PM
#50
TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 3:00:56 PM
#76
TheBiggerWiggle posted...
I picked up the GotY for like 5 bucks around 2 years ago. Even still today it was the only DA game I've played. Most of the time I had no idea what I was doing or why, and just following quest markers. I did end up beating it and I did enjoy it. I didn't like it enough to go back and play the other DA games though.

Origins is the only other one worth playing. And it'd an entirely different experience between pc and console. The console versions play more like a non turn based kotor. The pc version plays more like baldurs gate.
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TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 2:59:43 PM
#75
UnholyMudcrab posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
Pitlord_Special posted...
Well, started it up again last week since I beat a couple games I was working on so had more room on my plate. Already farther than I got last time. Just playing on Hard with no other difficulty modifiers and going a lot smoother and more enjoyable than the first go at it. Going with the female elf mage since that seems to be the prevailing recommendation for best story.

Romance solas

I prefer Solas's story outcome if you just stay friends, personally. I think there's more weight to it

While I agree, it's worth seeing at least once.
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 2:57:27 PM
#48
FLUFFYGERM posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
I've never played monster hunter, so it being more accessible 8s a good thing


Part of what made it so fun and satisfying was the difficulty. If that's gone, then the game loses part of the appeal tbqh.

It was artifical difficulty. Padding it out.
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TopicMonster Hunter: World has exceeded 5 million units and digital downloads.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 1:06:37 PM
#20
I've never played monster hunter, so it being more accessible 8s a good thing
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TopicMy ps4 is making weird noises when I put a disc in.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 1:04:16 PM
#10
flat_tyre posted...
I must be the only one who read the topic title and imagined a PS4 with a smoker's cough.

I have a ps4 and a smokers cough lol
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TopicMy ps4 is making weird noises when I put a disc in.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 11:37:35 AM
#7
Were_Wyrm posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
My ps4 stopped even accepting disks months ago. I just switched to purely digital.

That's how they get ya!

Probably lol. Didn't want to pay to get it fixed and wait a month to play games again. Just said fuck it ill deal with it. Only the disk drive doesn't work, still plays digital fine. I spent less than I'd spend to have it replaced to just buy a larger hdd and put that on there.
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TopicMy ps4 is making weird noises when I put a disc in.
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 10:48:36 AM
#4
My ps4 stopped even accepting disks months ago. I just switched to purely digital.
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TopicXbone 2018 Exclusive Lineup
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 10:45:20 AM
#89
50Blessings posted...
Sony Exclusives: Remakes and Naughty Dog games.

Horizon, Nier, persona, Takuya, etc
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TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 10:43:28 AM
#72
Pitlord_Special posted...
Well, started it up again last week since I beat a couple games I was working on so had more room on my plate. Already farther than I got last time. Just playing on Hard with no other difficulty modifiers and going a lot smoother and more enjoyable than the first go at it. Going with the female elf mage since that seems to be the prevailing recommendation for best story.

Romance solas
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TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 4:14:12 AM
#68
TopicBioshock Infinite fucking blows
pres_madagascar
01/29/18 4:10:21 AM
#45
theone1331 posted...
dave_is_slick posted...
theone1331 posted...
dave_is_slick posted...
theone1331 posted...
Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Fuck no, I've never seen something so wrong in my life.


It makes me physically ill that people think Inquisition was a good game.

It had flaws but you're insane if you think it's remotely comparable to the bullshit that was Infinite.


At least Bioshock was just a linear game that you could blaze through within a couple hours. The pain was only for a few moments.

Inquisition locked story quests behind walls of doing hours of countless terrible single player MMO quests in a bland glitchy world. A knife twisting into your gut, as you pray to god it comes out soon. You finally pull it out, just to see another knife jamming into your backside 20 minutes later as you prepare for another 2 hours or twisting.

And the story? Bioshock tried to hard and failed, but at least is fucking tried. Inquisition? Evil dude being evil. Wow. Incredible.

Lmao no it doesn't. 90% of rhe non story quests can be skipped quite easily.
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TopicHow do I reignite my passion and drive for video games?
pres_madagascar
01/28/18 9:46:14 PM
#4
Topic*turns on grammys*
pres_madagascar
01/28/18 9:44:34 PM
#23
26_Sandman_39 posted...
kesha can't even sing

at least if lady gaga sang something to fill a narrative it would have been listenable

This is just false
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TopicBioshock Infinite fucking blows
pres_madagascar
01/28/18 9:03:29 PM
#28
GiftedACIII posted...
pres_madagascar posted...
Burial at sea was excellent though

Burial at sea makes an already fan-fiction tier hallway shooter even worse.

By becoming more stealth oriented?
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TopicBlizzard will hunt you down and ban you, even off their forums.
pres_madagascar
01/28/18 8:59:15 PM
#9
Zikten posted...
MrBobGray posted...
Glad I dont play any of their games.

I literally just logged out of WoW.

this is shameful but it's not gonna make me stop playing. I don't post on social media anyway. and i don't tend to say things that blizzard will be offended by. I tend to like their games

Last time I played wow was the end of the panda expansion. I had played since beta of vanilla.

Kinda half tempted to try getting back in.
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TopicBioshock Infinite fucking blows
pres_madagascar
01/28/18 8:57:43 PM
#26
TopicHow do you personally feel about Dragon Age Inquisition?
pres_madagascar
01/28/18 8:56:26 PM
#66
Freddie_Mercury posted...
why are there no josephine tiddies bioware

They kind of paint her as quaint and homely
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Topicif you have depression i suggest going outside and meeting new people
pres_madagascar
01/28/18 8:36:48 PM
#32
Not only that, a large number of people who have clinical depression, are also introverts
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