#lootershooter — Public Fediverse posts
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Los jugadores Marathon desbloquean la zona de máximo nivel del Crioarchivo y su tráiler tras resolver un juego de realidad alternativa
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Sir, a third #Concord has hit #Steam.
Jokes aside, I consider 80k "healthy", but we're talking about a free weekend and 50% retention. You want grow, no abandonment.
I highly doubt #Marathon will sell 80k copies. For the amount Sony invested in this game, expect this game to die and rapidly pivot #Bungie to #Destiny3.
#CrimsonDesert releases after 2 weeks and will kill Marathon.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Multiplayer #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation
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I'm not going to say anything until #Marathon releases.
Signs of the Server Slam begin really underwhelming, losing 50% of players in one day, is not a good sign when the game is going to be $40.
Still, there is a full weekend ahead. Who knows if people flock in droves to the game, or they just abandon the test for #ResidentEvilRequiem
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Steam #Sony #PlayStation #PlayStation5 #PS5 #Multiplayer #LooterShooter #Bungie
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I've gone live! Don't be a dingus! Come Check it out!
Rimworld and Escape From Duckov!
#owncast #streaming #gaming #dingus #videogames #linux #mask #selfhosted #chicago #videogames #indie #rimworld #colony #simulation #duckov #lootershooter #escapefromduckov
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I've gone live! Don't be a dingus! Come Check it out!
Rimworld and Escape From Duckov!
#owncast #streaming #gaming #dingus #videogames #linux #mask #selfhosted #chicago #videogames #indie #rimworld #colony #simulation #duckov #lootershooter #escapefromduckov
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I've gone live! Don't be a dingus! Come Check it out!
Rimworld and Escape From Duckov!
#owncast #streaming #gaming #dingus #videogames #linux #mask #selfhosted #chicago #videogames #indie #rimworld #colony #simulation #duckov #lootershooter #escapefromduckov
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La humanidad contra las máquinas: ARC Raiders ya disponible
https://powerups.es/la-humanidad-contra-las-maquinas-arc-raiders-ya-disponible/
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I still hope we will see a new #PayDay done right.
Part of the success of the first game was simple: it was dirt cheap. It didn't try to milk your wallet. It tried to bring your friends along.
Until #Starbreeze doesn't understand that, it will stay as a niche game with <1K players average.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Plaion #LooterShooter #HeistShooter #Heist #Shooter #FPS #PayDay2 #PayDay3
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Midnight Gaming: ADAB (All Division Are Bastards) - March 28th 2025
So, from 3/16/25 to 3/22/25 I played Tom Clancys The Division. A third person "looter shooter" from Ubisoft where you're a sleeper agent activated to take back New York after a viral epidemic brought the united states to a near total collapse…. this was released in 2016 by the way…..
![media-1]Honestly The Division is a series i'm unsure of whether its aged poorly or well. On the one hand its about a major worldwide outbreak not too disimiliar to covid with the united states failing to handle it, leading to civil unrest and the healthcare system swamped. Not too mention the whole "sleeper agent" story that the game is built off of. I mean the opening goes with the lines of how "we could be your friends, your neighbours, your coworkers" as agents gets activated and armed. It tries to potray it all as heroic but it comes off as disturbing given you are playing essentially as the american secret police. Not helped is how the early brooklyn area that acts as your tutorial has you shooting "rioters" with the excuse being they "stole" medicine to sell/use or have taken hostages to "trade for drugs". Yeah sure, thats exactly whats going on, surely I an activated sleeper agent given absolute power and no oversight will definatly not question that mister handler. I'll just shoot the "bad guys".
On the other hand, seeing new york in its dilapidated state, with all the abandoned cars and empty streets, with a lot of people locked within their homes to avoid the chaos outside, with the clinics and treatment centers that were meant to treat the infected and give medical aid now abandoned, with some of the mass graves in some infected buildings, the subway and in the park. Certanly creates a compelling vibe post covid huh? I mean pre-covid the game felt like a zombie apocalypse but without the zombies, now it looks like some alternate universe where america somehow handled the epidemic worse.
Beyond the whole awkward "secret police" vibes in brooklyn, once you move into the game proper and start levelling up, you start to warm up to the gameplay loop, clearing different objectives and leveling while grabbing any gear and crafting materials you come across. A lot of the combat in game relies heavily on cover since you are still just a regular ass human and can be mowed down by bullets quick if you're just standing out in the open. Usually you'll need to take cover and try to prioritise which targets to take out while keeping in mind on where to move to safely reposition or even where to fall back to avoid being surrounded as enemies try to flank and shoot your exposed sides. There were plenty of fights where I had to retreat away from enemies to try and secure some defensive ground because I realised the threat was close to surrounding me and I either had to move or be overwhelmed.
![media-2]Course as a division agent you do have tools at your disposal, up to two atleast with one ultimate with flavours of more damage, more resistance or just revive nearby allies (and automatically yourself if your running solo). You got your first aid shots and support stations for healing, pulses for revealing enemies and a turret for area control, seeker mines and sticky bombs for explosives and three varieties of cover which range from boosting the benefits of nearby cover, deploying your own cover to hide behind or just pulling out a ballistic shield.
Anyways theres more to shooting looters in this looter shooter, you do have some enemy factions that are definatly less of a grey area issue that you can fight such as the rikers who are ex-cons out to rob, defile and kill and not in that order. You have the Last Man Battalion who are a mercenary group with decent combat experience and equipment available to them and then you have the cleaners, the working man faction who have decided to sort the outbreak themselves since the government failed to do so. Of course their method is to construct makeshift flamethrowers and volumes of napalm to incinerate anyone they suspect of being infected, going full scorched earth on NYC. I like the cleaners as an enemy faction since they often talk in those thick new yorker accents like "LET ME DO MY JAWB!!" plus a lot of fights tend to end in explosions since you can shoot the fuel tanks on their backs and blow them up. Its no surprise they wind up being the returning faction for division 2's warlords of NY expansion, they are undeniably the more memorable antagionists of the division series.
NEWS ROUNDUP!!!!
Warhammer 40k Darktide about to recieve a rougelite wave defense mode - You ever played Vermintide? That Left 4 Dead-like that takes place in warhammer fantasy and focuses more on melee combat? Well Darktide is essentially Vermintide but in the 40k universe. I've played some Darktide and enjoyed it even if it is just Vermintide again but with less content but still enjoyed it all the same. Well now its getting a new mode where you need to survive waves of chaos along with some roguelite elements. Not the first time fatshark introduced some roguelite to their game since I recall the chaos wastes being a roguelite mode itself for Vermintide 2. [Future EJ here, this came out and i havent played the new update]
Remedy announces coop fps game based on Control. - Remedy has gained some well-deserved notoriety over the years from the Max Payne series to Alan Wake to… something and then with Control, a take on an scp style adventure with the Federal Bureau of Control. Well recently a new cooperative fps called FBC Firebreak was revealed taking place within the oldest house from Control with you needing to work with your squad to clear missions while dealing with various supernatural threats such as… post-it notes. I have the game Control, I should really get around to playing it, I hear its good…. QUANTUM BREAK thats what I was forgetting.
[Apparently it recieved middling reviews and is a bit starved on content, would stay give it a go]Industry wide union announced by communication workers of america calling it the United Videogame Workers. - Lately its becoming disturbingly common to hear news of layoffs within the games industry, I have certanly talked about it before in this series. It seems like it doesnt even matter if you do a good job or not, you will get laid off regardless, its a very shortsighted way to run things as people who were interested in working in the industry will just see all this and realise that its essentially a dead end, that theres no job security whatsoever and that you may as well not bother. It sucks.
Thankfully it looks like a new union has been announced by the Communication Workers of America to try to push for protections for those working in the games industry, formerly known as United Videogame Workers. It'll likely be a long fight before any of the demanded protections will be agreed upon by many of the major players in the gaming industry but i'll try and keep an eye on it from time to time to see how it all plays out.
NEWS ROUNDUP OVER!!!!
Looking at Manhatten in the division, it honestly looks quite fantastic with all the dilapidated streets and snow. But at night its downright majestic. The snow falling, covering the streets and abandoned vehicles. The lights and tv screens clashing against the dark streets. And the fog rolling to create a blanket of mystery throughtout the snowy city. I dont think much folk appreciated let alone noticied how pretty the city in this game looked, the various buildings and locales draped in the snowy midnight.
Beyond acquiring levels and loot, completing any encounters, collectables and missions as like any other open world ubisoft game, you also have some activities you can play around with in The Division, assuming you have the gold edtion which gives you all the expansion content. Starting off with one thats a part of the base game and was heavily advertised is the Dark Zone, a large chunk of central manhatten thats been walled off due to being the area the dollar flu hit the most, with many of those sick and dying abandoned when the US government lost control and decided to cordon the area off to try and isolate it with very little success. Now its a whole area divided into sections where some of the toughest enemies lurk with decent loot to be found, though leaving with it will be difficult since most loot in the DZ will be contaminated and will need to be cleaned before it can be claimed, hence needing to be kept in a very limited inventory until you call for an extraction chopper to come pick up your loot while various enemies attempt to attack you for it along with other human players. Yeah the dark zone is technically a pvpve area where you and other players can essentially "go rouge" and attack other players, causing any DZ loot they had be dropped for the victor to pick up and during extractions, a player can run up and cut your attached lootbag off before the heli leaves, ruining your chance to secure that loot. Yeah its not something i've had experience it being sorta pvp and all but heres the thing, what i've described is more or less the modus operandi of most extraction shooters including Escape From Tarkov which was in beta during 2016. I dont think many people bring up The Division when they talk about the genre but I feel it deserves some credit along with Tarkov for being an early example of that genre since a lot of the core mechanics of an extraction looter were present in the divisions Dark Zone.
![media-3]Moving past that, one of the first expansions was the underground which is essentially a randomly generated operation with an objective to do, taking place in various subways and tunnels underneath NYC. Honestly underground can feel a bit samey since you'll often see repeats in various areas but there are a few unique things in this game mode such as enviromental hazards such as gas fires and sparking electrical junctuons that you need circumvent as well as skill jammers that'll block your abilities and alarms that can call in enemy reinforcements if they get activated. Not too mention when starting an operation in underground you can apply some directives which are essentially modifiers that provide one benefit along with a drawback, with the bonus of extra rewards for completing the operation wether its a one phase or a three phase back-to-back operation . Be more durable when moving? Be less durable when standing still. Have better stability for your guns? You carry less ammo for them. Have a chance to shock your enemies with your bullets? Shoot too much and you end up shocking yourself. Have ongoing health regen? Healing skills have longer cooldowns. That sort of thing. Also doing an operation in the underground gamemode doesnt take very long so its not a bad way to occupy your time and get some loot.
The next gamemode is survival which, if the dark zone is an early example of an extraction looter, division's survival gamemode is an early example of a battle royale game. Its playable in either a pve only or pvp enabled format where you wind up in a random area of manhatten during a massive snowstorm stuck with a handgun, a torn hazmat suit and a case of sepsis. A lot of things change with an ongoing timer counting down to your death that can be paused with antibiotics though overtime they will become less effective, a temperature gauge that'll lower if your outside and not near any heat sources and will start to gradually lose health. A lot of the cosmetic items you usually find in the main game such as beanie hats or jackets now serve a new function of raising your thermal resistance, allowing you to move inwards into the city. Seriously the divisions survival gamemode was something unique and it sucks it never made a return. A lot of its mechanics created a natural flow for players to go from gathering some basic equipment and clothing, moving closer to get better gear and craft a mask before entering the dark zone to grab a final few pieces of gear and parts to craft a flare gun and call for an extract before fighting a final boss. God it was fucking good.
Moving towards some pvp modes for a bit, you get a choice of skirmish which is a team deathmatch and Last Man Standing which is a pvpve kind of mode where you need to capture and control points along with taking out enemy npcs to get currency for boosts and fortifications. Never touched the pvp side of things so thats it as far as im concerned. Resistance is a game mode thats been included with the west side pier area thats been added in with a past update, resistance being a wave survival mode against a mixture of all the games factions and honestly plays a small bit like cod zombies since the currency you gain can be used to open news areas or spawn in boosts and supplies. Occasionally there is a random event that can happen such as one where the outside becomes dangerous so you need to be in a building to avoid damage or have to take out a boss before a time limit expires. Honestly a neat lil gamemode to take part in.
So the division, going back to my question of whether the game has aged better or worse, I can honestly say if nothing else it has unintentionally created a unique vibe in a video game of a city in crisis as a result of a worldwide outbreak. The time period of 2020-2023 was a dire time when covid was at its height, with lockdowns in full effect, hospitals and clinics being overwhelmed and staff overworked to handle the input of patients and with toilet paper prices skyrocketing, that looking at Tom Clancys The Division, a game that was released in 2016 and potrayed such a scenario, has managed to create a rather profound work of art in spite of some of its questionable setting and protagionists.
So is it worth playing now? Eehhhh….. Yes and No…. The game is an online only game and is about 9 years old now. Its not hard to imagine that ubisoft will shut it down one day and render it unplayable. As much it be nice, they arent likely to allow any resources to create an update to allow for offline play or some sort of way to allow the game to be played in the future, just look at The Crew, an open world racing game by Ubisoft that was shut down. Its not likely to happen soon this year since there was atleast a notice showing the global events will be available for this year so there is that. My time playing this game for this Midnight Gaming was pretty lonely since matchmaking often felt like hours until I was able to find 1 other person to work with. It wasnt until at max level and unlocking world tiers, at the max tier with a gear score of 255 that I was able to finally find full squads to run missions with so thats where the playerbase mostly resides. Your best bet is to look for a discord group to go with since I imagine a lot of players are doing for commendation hunting. But the game is worth playing, i've had a decent time with it and if you can get it on sale, its worth going for.
Was there anything I missed?
Oh yeah this was released around when "surprise mechanics" where a thing the games industry tried. So guess what was patched into this game at one point….
![media-4]That'll do it for this issue of Midnight Gaming Thank you all for taking the time to read this. Feel free to leave feedback and game suggestions. Talk to you all later
[Sorry I took a bit to upload this old piece, got stuff irl but im still trying to post the old stuff while working on a new midnight gaming piece, you'll get it eventually wafrn folks]
#midnightgaming #gaming #videogames #ubisoft #tomclancy #thedivision #tomclancysthedivison #lootershooter -
I can see #TakeTwo heads wary of the #Borderlands4 situation and sales numbers.
The momeny the numbers get below expectations, I can bet my two yatchs that #RandyPitchford is going to get the boot.
Remember, Take-Two OWNS #GearboxSoftware. The moment they'll have an excuse to ditch Randy, they will.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Gearbox #PC #PCGaming #PCGames #Xbox #PlayStation #PlayStation5 #PS5 #LooterShooter #FPS #Shooter #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngine #UE5
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These guides about "tweaking" games to run better is just the mess that #UnrealEngine5 and its developers have created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11XZL0VinHY
While #HardwareUnboxed is mostly correct, at this point I'm expecting a more deep tweaking with an `Engine.ini` mod.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Borderlands4 #Borderlands #RandyPitchford #Gearbox #GearboxSoftware #TakeTwo #2KGames #FPS #LooterShooter #Shooter #PC #PCGaming #PCGames #PCHardware #Hardware
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Let's try #ArenaBreakoutInfinite!
* doesn't work on Linux *
Back to #Silksong then!
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #MorefunStudios #PvP #PvE #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Shooter #Multiplayer #Online #Steam
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Let's try #ArenaBreakoutInfinite!
* doesn't work on Linux *
Back to #Silksong then!
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #MorefunStudios #PvP #PvE #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Shooter #Multiplayer #Online #Steam
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Let's try #ArenaBreakoutInfinite!
* doesn't work on Linux *
Back to #Silksong then!
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #MorefunStudios #PvP #PvE #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Shooter #Multiplayer #Online #Steam
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Let's try #ArenaBreakoutInfinite!
* doesn't work on Linux *
Back to #Silksong then!
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #MorefunStudios #PvP #PvE #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Shooter #Multiplayer #Online #Steam
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Let's try #ArenaBreakoutInfinite!
* doesn't work on Linux *
Back to #Silksong then!
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #MorefunStudios #PvP #PvE #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Shooter #Multiplayer #Online #Steam
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I wonder how many copies #Borderlands4 will been sold in the next two weeks.
If they get more than 1M, then guess what: you better save for that RTX 6090 or PS5Pro. You proved you don't care about optimization.
As Luke Stephens said, they care until "it runs well enough". This is "well enough".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-76TJo8hg
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Borderlands #GearboxSoftware #Gearbox #TakeTwo #2KGames #LooterShooter #Shooter #FPS #PC #PCGaming #PCGames #PCHardware #Hardware #Console #consoles
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From what I see from reviewers, #Borderlands4 looks like a good game, but the formula is getting stale.
I'll still hold #Borderlands2 as the best form the whole series, and the third as the worst.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Gearbox #GearboxSoftware #TakeTwo #Borderlands #FPS #LooterShooter #Shooter #Action #SciFi
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Prepárate para aterrizar en Kairos con el tráiler oficial de la semana de lanzamiento de Borderlands 4 y las horas de lanzamiento
#Noticias #2K #Borderlands4 #GearboxSoftware #lootershooter #TrilerDeLanzamiento
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The Disappointment of the Year nominees for 2025 are:
- Dollhouse: Behind the Broken Mirror
- #LaQuimera
- #FBCFirebreak
- SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada
- #Mindseye (huge contender)What other games should be nominated?
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #FPS #Multiplayer #Adventure #LooterShooter #HeroShooter #RPG #DOTY
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fuuuuuuuuck #Warframe1999 is so awesome – the soundtrack, the art design, the in-jokes, the retro aesthetics, the film/music/show references… why didn't I play this sooner?!
and best of all? it's basically #free (if you don't mind grind)
#CyberPunk #Ninja #PowerFantasy #LooterShooter #Retro #Gaming
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Not giving too much of a damn for the #Marathon delay.
#Sony could have released it to fail, but didn't. My guess is that they're going to release it around H2 2026, after the #GTAVI dust settles, or very early 2026.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation #PS5 #ExtractionShooter #HeroShooter #LooterShooter #FPS #Multiplayer #Shooter
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I wonder why #Sony didn't went the route of just delaying #Marathon.
My bet is that #Bungie would make a better game if they dumped it on Steam as an #EarlyAccess game at $10 bucks and move the game based on what the players want rather than what the execs want.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Steam #Sony #PlayStation #PlayStation5 #PS5 #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #Shooter #Multiplayer
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Color me impressed if Nexon ends up publishing another store with free-to-play game on it, like #TheFirstDescendant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHRQvYXaDZU
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Gamers #Nexon #FPS #Shooter #LooterShooter #Multiplayer #Online #MMO #Zombies #Survival #SurvivalHorror #Nakwon #NakwonLastParadise #Alpha #AlphaGameplay
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The more tight is the money to spend on #videogames, the more selective the consumer is.
The higher the price, the easier the consumer will see a game as a failure the moment it looks like one. Critics will be harsh as well.
It will be fun to see how #Borderlands4 fares out.
#Gaming #Games #Gamers #Gearbox #GearboxSoftware #TakeTwo #Borderlands #RandyPitchford #LooterShooter #Shooter #FPS
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For now, the game that the best game to play online will be #ArcRaiders in 2025.
I don't see gaining too much traction, tho. While I believe the $40 price tag is "approachable" for most folks, is still a deterrent.
You have #DeltaForce for free. For $40 you get a GOTY like #Expedition33. Put $10 more and you can play #SplitFiction.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Multiplayer #Shooter #FPS #EmbarkStudios
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I agree with #Destin on this one: #Fairgames looks like another run-of-the-mill corporate-pitch live-service game without soul.
#Sony is on a roll. The plan from Jim Fucking Ryan is the gift that keeps on giving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOtVN4OJ5uc
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation5 #PS5 #JimRyan #Multiplayer #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter
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#Marathon is dead guys.
Is going to be released to negativity and indifference. Is going to make pennies. Is going to be unplugged in six months. And Sony will assume control of their investment.
"...that is the path forward".
https://thegamepost.com/report-marathon-delay-bungie-scraps-all-paid-marketing/
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Sony #Bungie #PlayStation #PlayStation5 #PlayStationStudios #FPS #LooterShooter #ArtRaiders #ExtractionShooter #Multiplayer #Online #OnlineMultiplayer
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It's not the art work to compensate, but rather, the whole process to get to that art work.
It's not the cost of the the screw, but knowing which screw. That can cost thousands of dollars.
I'm not a layer, but I believe #4nt1r34l has a case since #Bungie publicly declared they did, and it's their 4th time.
#Legal #Lawsuit #Videogames #Gaming #Games #PlayStation #Marathon #Sony #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #Shooter #LooterShooter #ExtractionShooter #FPS #Multiplayer #Art #GraphicDesign
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I firmly believe that #Borderlands4 is going to be the guinea pig for Take Two to see how the market reacts to $80.
It's not about selling millions of copies, or "players" numbers, but if the sales are over or below expectations. If it's below, I bet #TakeTwo will try to justify the $100 price tag as hard as they can.
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #LooterShooter #FPS #RandyPitchford #Shooter #Shooters #Gearbox #GearboxSoftware #TakeTwoInteractive
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Randy Pitchford has not accounted that it's easier to find a way to NOT make it happen, and make other, cheaper games happen instead.
Don't tell him that in 1991 there was no Steam or The High Seas, and Arcades were a thing too.
#Borderlands4 #Borderlands #Videogames #Gaming #Games #RandyPitchford #Gearbox #GearboxSoftware #LooterShooter #FPS #Shooter #TakeTwo #TakeTwoInteractive #Economy #GamingIndustry
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#JadeRaymond is a producer, no a game director or designer. She is the one that makes the table holes so screws can fit.
"When Jade leaves a studio, it's bad news".
- Motive? Gulped into Battlefield after bad Dead Space sales.
- Visceral? Gutted.
- Stadia? DOA.
- Haven Studios? Guess what's coming.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_T-6i0_GA
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Fairgames #Sony #PlayStationStudios #PlayStation #PlayStation5 #PS5 #Multiplayer #FPS #Shooter #LooterShooter
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Cannot agree more.
This is a sh*t show and I'm all in with the pop corn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQDZlxCl_c8
#Videogames #Gaming #Games #Bungie #PlayStation #PlayStationStudios #FPS #Shooter #ExtractionShooter #LooterShooter #Sony #FuckedUp #Plagiarism #Disasters #Disaster #Asmongold
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OG plays Second Sun (Demo)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwBMhrmvGhILike & Sub!
#SecondSunGame #LooterShooter #OpenWorldRPG #DarkFantasy #IndieGameTrends #IndieWatch #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #Gameplay #LetsPlay #Gaming
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Bohemia Interactive anuncia el lanzamiento completo de Vigor en PC
https://powerups.es/bohemia-interactive-anuncia-el-lanzamiento-completo-de-vigor-en-pc/
#Noticias #BohemiaInteractive #LooterShooter #Vigor #VigorChroniclesGenesis
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Bohemia officially moves Vigor from PC early access to launch as Steam reviews tank
🔗 https://massivelyop.com/2024/09/20/bohemia-officially-moves-vigor-from-pc-early-access-to-launch-as-steam-reviews-tank
#Vigor #LooterShooter -
We're back in #Wraeclast again for some more sneaky sneaky stabby stabby #ScreenClearing action with #PathOfExile today! Come stop by and watch me try to make this build work!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
#PoE #PathOfExile2 #PoE2 #ARPG #ARPGs #ActionRPG #ActionRPGs #DungeonCrawler #Looter #Game #Games #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #VideoGaming #Warframe #LooterShooter #Stream #Streams #Streaming #LiveStream #LiveStreams #LiveStreaming #Twitch #TwitchStream #TwitchStreams #TwitchStreaming #Streamer #LiveStreamer #TwitchStreamer #SmallStreamer #ContentCreator #ContentCreators #ContentCreation #SmallContentCreator #SmallContentCreators #Sunday #Shenanigans #Casual #Trickster #Shadow #GhostReaver #ChaosInnoculation #CI #GR
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We're back in #Wraeclast again for some more sneaky sneaky stabby stabby #ScreenClearing action with #PathOfExile today! Come stop by and watch me try to make this build work!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
#PoE #PathOfExile2 #PoE2 #ARPG #ARPGs #ActionRPG #ActionRPGs #DungeonCrawler #Looter #Game #Games #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #VideoGaming #Warframe #LooterShooter #Stream #Streams #Streaming #LiveStream #LiveStreams #LiveStreaming #Twitch #TwitchStream #TwitchStreams #TwitchStreaming #Streamer #LiveStreamer #TwitchStreamer #SmallStreamer #ContentCreator #ContentCreators #ContentCreation #SmallContentCreator #SmallContentCreators #Sunday #Shenanigans #Casual #Trickster #Shadow #GhostReaver #ChaosInnoculation #CI #GR
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We're back in #Wraeclast again for some more sneaky sneaky stabby stabby #ScreenClearing action with #PathOfExile today! Come stop by and watch me try to make this build work!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
#PoE #PathOfExile2 #PoE2 #ARPG #ARPGs #ActionRPG #ActionRPGs #DungeonCrawler #Looter #Game #Games #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #VideoGaming #Warframe #LooterShooter #Stream #Streams #Streaming #LiveStream #LiveStreams #LiveStreaming #Twitch #TwitchStream #TwitchStreams #TwitchStreaming #Streamer #LiveStreamer #TwitchStreamer #SmallStreamer #ContentCreator #ContentCreators #ContentCreation #SmallContentCreator #SmallContentCreators #Sunday #Shenanigans #Casual #Trickster #Shadow #GhostReaver #ChaosInnoculation #CI #GR
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We're back in #Wraeclast again for some more sneaky sneaky stabby stabby #ScreenClearing action with #PathOfExile today! Come stop by and watch me try to make this build work!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
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We're back in #Wraeclast again for some more sneaky sneaky stabby stabby #ScreenClearing action with #PathOfExile today! Come stop by and watch me try to make this build work!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
#PoE #PathOfExile2 #PoE2 #ARPG #ARPGs #ActionRPG #ActionRPGs #DungeonCrawler #Looter #Game #Games #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #VideoGaming #Warframe #LooterShooter #Stream #Streams #Streaming #LiveStream #LiveStreams #LiveStreaming #Twitch #TwitchStream #TwitchStreams #TwitchStreaming #Streamer #LiveStreamer #TwitchStreamer #SmallStreamer #ContentCreator #ContentCreators #ContentCreation #SmallContentCreator #SmallContentCreators #Sunday #Shenanigans #Casual #Trickster #Shadow #GhostReaver #ChaosInnoculation #CI #GR
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You know, Thursday wasn't enough, I need more #PathOfExile! Come join me as we clear screens as a sneaky tricky boi!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
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You know, Thursday wasn't enough, I need more #PathOfExile! Come join me as we clear screens as a sneaky tricky boi!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
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You know, Thursday wasn't enough, I need more #PathOfExile! Come join me as we clear screens as a sneaky tricky boi!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
#PoE #PathOfExile2 #PoE2 #ARPG #ARPGs #ActionRPG #ActionRPGs #DungeonCrawler #Looter #Game #Games #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #VideoGaming #Warframe #LooterShooter #Stream #Streams #Streaming #LiveStream #LiveStreams #LiveStreaming #Twitch #TwitchStream #TwitchStreams #TwitchStreaming #Streamer #LiveStreamer #TwitchStreamer #SmallStreamer #ContentCreator #ContentCreators #ContentCreation #SmallContentCreator #SmallContentCreators #Sunday #Shenanigans #Casual #Trickster #Shadow #GhostReaver #ChaosInnoculation
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You know, Thursday wasn't enough, I need more #PathOfExile! Come join me as we clear screens as a sneaky tricky boi!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
#PoE #PathOfExile2 #PoE2 #ARPG #ARPGs #ActionRPG #ActionRPGs #DungeonCrawler #Looter #Game #Games #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #VideoGaming #Warframe #LooterShooter #Stream #Streams #Streaming #LiveStream #LiveStreams #LiveStreaming #Twitch #TwitchStream #TwitchStreams #TwitchStreaming #Streamer #LiveStreamer #TwitchStreamer #SmallStreamer #ContentCreator #ContentCreators #ContentCreation #SmallContentCreator #SmallContentCreators #Sunday #Shenanigans #Casual #Trickster #Shadow #GhostReaver #ChaosInnoculation
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You know, Thursday wasn't enough, I need more #PathOfExile! Come join me as we clear screens as a sneaky tricky boi!
https://twitch.tv/undead_zeratul
#PoE #PathOfExile2 #PoE2 #ARPG #ARPGs #ActionRPG #ActionRPGs #DungeonCrawler #Looter #Game #Games #Gaming #VideoGame #VideoGames #VideoGaming #Warframe #LooterShooter #Stream #Streams #Streaming #LiveStream #LiveStreams #LiveStreaming #Twitch #TwitchStream #TwitchStreams #TwitchStreaming #Streamer #LiveStreamer #TwitchStreamer #SmallStreamer #ContentCreator #ContentCreators #ContentCreation #SmallContentCreator #SmallContentCreators #Sunday #Shenanigans #Casual #Trickster #Shadow #GhostReaver #ChaosInnoculation
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July 21, 2024 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 501Game: The First Descendant
Platform: Steam
Released: Jun 30, 2024
Installed: July 2, 2024
Unplayed: 0d
Playtime: 2h36mI'm baaaack.
It's been a good break, but I still find myself wanting to write about games, just not daily. I need to stop finding ways to turn fun into work.
Let's talk about The First Descendant.
It's a F2P MMO third-person sci-fi looter-shooter, that's Warframe by way of Destiny 2, with more than a little inspiration from Outriders, and Overwatch (there's one character that feels like almost a straight rip of D.Va, minus the mech suit).
Also, it's a NEXON game, which means:
1. Microtransactions
2. It might not have a long lifespanThe game is set in Albion, the last human bastion on Ingris. Albion is full of various people you need to see for various things, & feels almost exactly like The Tower from Destiny 2.
You are a "Descendant", a specially powered individual connected to the 'arche', a kind of force that gives you special powers (oh hai Outriders!)
Early on in the game you find an AI that you activate that may or may not be trustworthy, but talks to you through each mission (...The Lotus?).
This is where things get stickier, because a lot of the game mechanics for Descendents & weapons is just a straight rip from Warframe.
- You can collect Descendants, by farming the various parts and materials required to add each different Descendant to your roster.
- There are standard and powered up versions of each Descendant (aka "Primed" versions)
- You can add "mods" to each Descendant AND to the weapons that drop abundantly thoughout the relatively short missions.
- Some of the mod slots have specific polarities, and matching the mod to the polarity halves the installation cost.
This particular part of the gameplay loop is so much Warframe that I'm not sure how NEXON won't end up getting sued for IP infringement by Tencent/Leyou.
In terms of playability, it doesn't quite play like Warframe. One of the key traversal mechanisms in Warframe is "bullet jumping", allowing you to cover a lot of ground very quickly, either horizontally or vertically. It makes for some frenetic gameplay.
In The First Descendant, this is replaced with a grappling hook, a la Just Cause, which is... OK, I guess?
It doesn't feel anywhere near as cohesive as JC's grappling hook, and also feels more limiting than bullet jumping for traversal.
All in all, it does feel a bit rough around the edges, but it seems like a lot of work has been put into the game, not just in visual design, but in terms of storyline (which is not Warframe). The VA work is pretty good as well.
It's *definitely* aiming for that Skinner box sweet spot to get you hooked and wanting to pay more to buy things you need, but whether the playerbase will be sustainable is the question.
So far, The First Descendant is:
3: OK
#TheFirstDescendant #ThirdPerson #F2P #SciFi #LooterShooter #MMO #Gaming #ProjectONG
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Happy #July4th2024 y'all! We're celebrating not having to work by jumping into #PathOfExile to get a feel for it before #PoE2 drops, so come stop by and hang out!
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