Didn't know where else to put it, but there's a new trailer out for Persona 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc_9r4wifFc

 

Holy fuck...

That art style though. Absurdly awesome.

I'm sick of pig tails in female protagonists though. Wish I could get a skin or something to get rid of that, blegh.

I did kinda prefer wearing glasses to this 'tuxedo mask' style, lol, but the general look of the game is gorgeous. Can't wait!

 

Been reading up on theories and trailer rewind theaters for that P5 trailer...

My favourite one is the implication that all this happens in the real world, and given the bit where the mask materializes on his face and he erupts into blue, persona-shaped flames, that we'll actually by turning into Personas, rather than summoning them.

It's a nice theory. Hope it's true.

 

Not sure if I should put this here or in comedy but Totalbiscut did a play through of Huniepop that had me laughing.

Heads up, the game is NSFW. Though I haven't watched the whole play through so I don't know what all is shown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVa0Crj1oD8

 

This is hillarious!

 

I was convinced to try the Battlefield: Hardline beta while it was available. I don't know what's up but I seriously suck at it. I was playing Battlefield 3 literally minutes before and was consistently getting within the top ten or fifteen, and then I start Hardline and I'm lucky if I"m not in last place. I don't get it. It's not really that different as a game, though the HUD was a lot busier with shit going on that was really distracting.

But frankly I don't even care that much. I might still get BF4 if it goes on sale for cheap enough, but I'm not sure. I definitely wouldn't put money down on Hardline. The only game of this series I've been interested in is Battlefront 3.

 

I think I just came.

 

So..still in early development and unsure if it has been mentioned before, but here is the Kickstarter page for City of Titans: The spiritual successor to City of Heroes.

City of Titans

Already funded in 2013 with double the amount needed.

 

I also downloaded the game. The connect 3 part is kinda challenging, but if you figure out a good item combination that works for you then , unless you get a really shitty start , you can wtfpawn every challenge. Otherwise meh game. The pics are middle of the road.

 

So I played Darkest Dungeon for a few hours yesterday. First, I'll say that the art style in the game is really nice. A mix of cartoon and gritty dark that appeals to me. Another thing I like about the game is the stress system where your characters eventually come out of their dungeons with some real mental problems if they aren't treated.

But holy shit is this game brutal on you for that very fact. I've had to scrap my game and start all over again a few times thanks to some really unlucky encounters. Stress builds up from just about any bad thing that happens. Going through a dungeon corridor, losing light, losing rations, reading stupid books, etc. It's even worse in monster fights because RNG seems to favor them way more than me. Health rarely matters when your healer is stressed out into paranoia by turn three and starts making the rest of the party freak out.

It gets slightly easier after the first few turns between dungeons but not by much. All the gold you've gotten from those dungeons are usually used to pay for treatment for whatever mental problems your party gets and the leftover is used to purchase supplies for the next dungeon. You can run out of money faster than looting it if you're not careful, which pretty much means a game over.

 

Playing Sly Cooper Thieves in Time, absurdly fun and engaging story. A great game and a fine sequel. Highly recommended if you were a fan or are looking for a fun and different game, excellent for children.

 

I love watching TB play through those games, I even ended up watching a playthrough of Long Live the Queen because of an earlier video of his.

I really wanted to ask about the Game of Thrones game, though. Seems to be getting a mixed reception, but apparently the story isn't half bad, and GRRM approved of the script. Wondering if anybody has tried that out.

 

Kind of late to the game, but bought Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls for 360 and loving the hell out of it. Tried playing with multiple characters to check the different classes, but finally gave up and focused on my Crusader. In Act 3 now. Might go back to by other characters once I build up my gold a bit.

 

That game is addictive as hell.

 

My biggest problem with the game, is that in harder fights you can almost completely lose control over your party and be unable to do anything.
It just gets slow and you can sit in front of your screen for up to a minute, just waiting until it's your turn again. Feeling so powerless is very frustrating and doesn't make a good game.

This usually happens once >1 of your guys gets affected by the stress.

 

Well this current playthrough is simply blitzing through all those dungeons. Early access to blacksmith and guild essentially saved my Leper from the useless pile. Now he's hitting everything like a truck and tanking every kind of damage no problem. Bounty Hunter is the real MVP though. He can be in any position and still hit the back lines, which is where all those annoying stress attackers are hiding in.

A single jester for the backline stress heal and party buff and the remaining slot is usually reserved for any character I feel like leveling. Of course the problem now is that my main party is way too over-leveled to deal with the old hag or necromancer and I have to level up a new party to deal with them. But with 30k funding and a decent guild/blacksmith, it shouldn't be too difficult.

 

Bounty Hunter definitely qualifies for MVP but the real MVP is the Hellion. Breakthrough is OP. No seriously, could use a bit of a nerf. Pump up crit, accuracy and damage on a hellion and 1 shot 3 mobs all day every day. Not to mention they're crazy adaptable with what position you want to attack. Their only glaring weakness is no enemy manipulation but thats what you have other classes for.

 

Apparently Bioware's new game Shadow Realms was unceremoniously junked.

 

Ugh, I'd rather not even know about games anymore until they're 6 months away. Sick of this delaying/ cancelling shit.

 

Someone with the Japanese version of Xenoverse just released what seems to be all the ultimate attacks:link
Edit:
Also the max level is 80