wasn't she a bitch to her step-dad who was just trying to deal with life/PTSD and try and be a better person? In hindsight (having only played the first game), her treatment of Madsen is awful.
Anyways...
Phew. That Phoenix Point news. I was seriously looking at buying it a couple of weeks ago, but figured I'd hold off until full release. I guess I'll be waiting an extra year on-top of that, because, no, I'm still not rewarding devs/pubs or Epic for timed exclusives on EGS.
And I'm well-surprised by the MCC news. I'm wondering how Valve did it - Valve and MS pushing more integration of their respective services, perhaps? It's not like EGS has much of anything in terms of of features or infrastructure, so it would've been easy an easy choice for MS.
He's a pretty big dick. He can slap the shit out of her depending on your choices. That crosses the line for a lot of people, no matter the tragic backstory.
Besides, it's hardly out of the realm of thought that a teenager, let alone a troubled one, might not know how to act around a volatile PTSD soldier. He's the adult in the relationship.
abuse my friends, blame them for shit I did, exploit their super power when they are clearly bleeding out of their eyeballs for using it, wave around guns like an idiot, blame them for losing said gun because my dealer friend threathened us
... and thats just 2 episodes. Not even going to touch on her writting, it sure is "hella" cool man (ugh)
wasn't she a bitch to her step-dad who was just trying to deal with life/PTSD and try and be a better person? In hindsight (having only played the first game), her treatment of Madsen is awful.
Yeah, she won't get better in the game for you then. But definitely check out BtS afterwards, was very much in your boat and enjoyed the character far more there.
I don't actually have a problem with Chloe. I'm just not going to sacrifice a town for her. Even looking through Max's point of view, it wouldn't fit the story to do so.
He's a pretty big dick. He can slap the shit out of her depending on your choices. That crosses the line for a lot of people, no matter the tragic backstory.
Besides, it's hardly out of the realm of thought that a teenager, let alone a troubled one, might not know how to act around a volatile PTSD soldier. He's the adult in the relationship.
Yeah, she won't get better in the game for you then. But definitely check out BtS afterwards, was very much in your boat and enjoyed the character far more there.
I understand this comment, but I don't "get" it. The franchise had one opportunity to sell me on Chloe, and that was LiS1. Pay money to play a game with a character who I currently hate but maybe won't at the end of it? Is that... Hateplaying (like hatewatching)? :p
Chloe is such an annoying character, even her in-game universe decided she had to go, no matter your fancy time travel powers. Life itself couldn't stand her.
The best thing that can happen for all these devs ..is that Epic is essentially pushing a year long marketing campaign for their eventual steam release. And they do well once their game hits steam.
But the devs aren't just sitting around that whole year. Whether the game succeeds or not, they'll be putting that money to use working on their next game (which can release simultaneously on Steam if Epic doesn't want to pay for it).
This deal is probably going to make Valve more money than all the current Epic moneyhats combined (the only real loss on that front is Division 2, and that game won't make Epic much money either). Epic can continue to steal indies and AAs, but as long as Steam have DMCs, Sekiros and Halos of the world Steam will be the market leader. If Epic wants a real moneyhat competition they should aim for stuff like RDR 2 or KH3, not cult favorites, indies and GaaS from sneaky bastards who advertise their store at Epics expense.
I don't think Epic will ever truly challenge Steam, but I also don't think Steam will be able to continue on indefinitely as they have in the past. (The Japanese publishers are a wild card; I could see them doing anything except coming up with their own stores.)
Really helps having Americans write the dialogue. Dontnot do some good general work with themes and characterization, but they miss a lot of the details.
wasn't she a bitch to her step-dad who was just trying to deal with life/PTSD and try and be a better person? In hindsight (having only played the first game), her treatment of Madsen is awful.
Is this where we pretend we didn't all treat our parents awfully at times? Let alone step parents? I don't think anyone's suggesting that Chloe is some sort of perfect woman, she's flawed and terrible in some regards, but she's brave and devoted, and she's the one who tells Max to save the town over her. She's, ya know, human.
Really helps having Americans write the dialogue. Dontnot do some good general work with themes and characterization, but they miss a lot of the details.
Will be interesting to see how a new Borderlands performs nowadays, seeing as the market is currently quite crowded in terms of co-op loot shooters. The Pre-Sequel didn't do very well commercially - arguably due to some franchise fatigue - and ended up playing a major part in 2K Australia's closure.
Borderlands games are kind of a slog to me. 2 was sorta fun for awhile, but it just wasn't for me I guess. The only one I really liked was the TellTale one. I won't shed a tear if 3 is an EGS exclusive.
Borderlands games are kind of a slog to me. 2 was sorta fun for awhile, but it just wasn't for me I guess. The only one I really liked was the TellTale one. I won't shed a tear if 3 is an EGS exclusive.
Is this where we pretend we didn't all treat our parents awfully at times? Let alone step parents? I don't think anyone's suggesting that Chloe is some sort of perfect woman, she's flawed and terrible in some regards, but she's brave and devoted, and she's the one who tells Max to save the town over her. She's, ya know, human.
LiS1 didn't do enough to set-up and backstory the characters so I cared about them. I get other people feel differently, and I do think that what the player brings through personal experience determines a lot, but just as characters, I actively hated them both, and only finished the game because I just wanted to uninstall it and hide it in my Steam library.
Didn't know that.
I understand this comment, but I don't "get" it. The franchise had one opportunity to sell me on Chloe, and that was LiS1. Pay money to play a game with a character who I currently hate but maybe won't at the end of it? Is that... Hateplaying (like hatewatching)? :p
It's definitely weird for sure, but in my case it came from enjoying the first game (Even if I didn't enjoy her character there). So seeing more of that universe and being able to see what made Chloe into the character I don't like later on really adds to the whole experience.
I'd actually go so far as to say BtS is the best LiS game.
Those are the good ones. I mean, BL1 is pretty decent (and lots of people prefer the narrative style), but BL2 is where it became "fully featured". And I like BLPS more than most people. The mobility and environment navigation options are a fun twist and ice powers are great. But I only play single player and don't play BL games like "forever" games like the hardcore people do (so I never see the problems beyond the campaigns).
Yeah but Borderlands is a popular franchise with a big userbase on Steam. T2 don't have a launcher like Ubisoft to compensate the few sales on EGS. I just can't see it.
I reeaaaaally should look into this. Got the trilogy on Wii, but assuming there's good keyboard and mouse support on emulators now. Thanks for pointing this out :)
Yeah but Borderlands is a popular franchise with a big userbase on Steam. T2 don't have a launcher like Ubisoft to compensate the few sales on EGS. I just can't see it.
Borderlands 2 is still in the Top 50 most played games on Steam (Currently 8400 Players). If Gearbox/2K make a move to EGS. Epic gave them one hell of a paycheck to basically cover any loss of revenue from purchases.
Borderlands 2 is still in the Top 50 most played games on Steam (Currently 8400 Players). If Gearbox/2K make a move to EGS. Epic gave them one hell of a paycheck to basically cover any loss of revenue from purchases.
They'd be banking on the strength of the brand to bring the players with them.
Lost sales would be covered by the payout, but also by getting to keep more of each transaction (including DLC). It's the same calculus all the other major publishers are making.
Borderlands 2 is still in the Top 50 most played games on Steam (Currently 8400 Players). If Gearbox/2K make a move to EGS. Epic gave them one hell of a paycheck to basically cover any loss of revenue from purchases.
Yeah but Borderlands is a popular franchise with a big userbase on Steam. T2 don't have a launcher like Ubisoft to compensate the few sales on EGS. I just can't see it.
I reeaaaaally should look into this. Got the trilogy on Wii, but assuming there's good keyboard and mouse support on emulators now. Thanks for pointing this out :)
While Metro was a shock at first, as time has gone on. The move made more and more sense.
Metro is considered a PC franchise (despite being multi-platform)
Despite being relatively popular, they're not huge money makers
Deep Silver got bought out by THQ Nordic due to poor management but are still their own entity atm
So Epic grabbing that with a money hat would fit what they're actually capable of. The titles to watch out for are definitely going to be stuff like that going forward. For example something like say Divinity: Original Sin 3 would be right up there in the sort of titles Epic could afford and what they'd garner would push hardcore players to check them out.
Ignoring Uplay and Beth here, since we know the moves there are just get things to their launchers instead.
Maybe. But if Borderlands 3 is GaaS with tons of DLC (like Borderlands 2), they want the potential userbase as big as possible. So it doesn't make any sense to releaee exclusive on EGS imo
But on the other hand I thought MCC will never be on Steam...
Maybe. But if Borderlands 3 is GaaS with tons of DLC (like Borderlands 2), they want the potential userbase as big as possible. So it doesn't make any sense to releaee exclusive on EGS imo
But on the other hand I thought MCC will never be on Steam...
Yeah. It's still a toss up I think. It will be interesting if it does go exclusive. What is the population gonna be like? Not only for DLC / MTX like you said, but also playing a co op game that has a lower population is gonna suck for players. Everyone will be losing if the game is exclusive IMO.
