[Aptorian]

Ah, you're right. I misread. I should go look up the nominations.

[Mentalist]

Briar King, on 06 December 2018 - 06:50 PM, said:

I’m still pretty confused as I thought Anthem was a XB exclusive till just a few days ago when I saw it for sale on PS store.

Nope, EA announced it on the Xbox stage, but it was never an exclusive.

The last exclusive EA made published was the original Titanfall, I believe.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 06 December 2018 - 07:39 PM

[Aptorian]

You bought the X1X in an exclusive slump. You got what you paid for - the most powerful third party machine but no more than that.

Next generation is going to be much more interesting if Phil Spencer manages to turn the company around.

This post has been edited by Alternative Goose: 06 December 2018 - 07:26 PM

[Mentalist]

Alternative Goose, on 06 December 2018 - 07:25 PM, said:

You bought the X1X in an exclusive slump. You got what you paid for - the most powerful third party machine but no more than that.

Next generation is going to be much more interesting if Phil Spencer manages to turn the company around.

Unless he invests in a PC, ofc. Realistically, mostly it's only Sony 1st party and Nintendo exclusives are still platform-specific. Even most Japanese publishers are doing dual releases for Steam and PlayStation

[Aptorian]

Sure, but again, to Microsoft, PC is their platform. It's all about competing with Sony and Nintendo.

It would be cool to see Microsoft fix that Human Rights Violation they call the Windows Store though.

[Mentalist]

Yeah, I sincerely hope they do that by the time I finally migrate to Win 10

So, current roster for the Game Awards (supposedly)
1) Obsidian revealing what they're making for 2K
2) Bioware possibly teasing new Dragon Age
3) Ubisoft showing off Far Cry : New Dawn (PC Gamer reported that the name leaked)
4) Apparently, there's an Alien(s) game in development
5) Possibly something from Warner Brothers that's not Rocksteady, and supposedly not WB Montreal (new Mortal Combat? Harry Potter? New game from Monolith?)
6) some big thing from Nintendo (maybe Metroid?)
7) something Fortnite-related
8) possibly Squeeenix showing off Avengers
9) quite likely something from Kojima
10)?

[Aptorian]

I believe Kojima has stated he won't be at the show but take that with a boulder of salt.

I could see us getting more info on Rage 2 and that Wolfenstein expansion.

Maybe we finally get that Borderlands 3 unveal?

Mortal Kombat 11?

A new Division 2 trailer? Watch_Dogs 3?

I'd love to finally hear about Splinter Cell..

[Malankazooie]

T- H - E | G - A - M - E | A - W - A - R - D - S
Journey to the Savage Planet

Some of these eSports categories make me cringe.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
- Coming to consoles with additional content.

Among Trees
- Small indy. Developed by three guys. Looks sorta cool from what little they revealed.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
- Nintendo Switch exclusive. Slick trailer.

Rocket League DLC
- McLaren 570S Car Pack

Far Cry: New Dawn
- Wow. Spoiled the end of Far Cry 5. I guess they figure any one picking Far Cry 5 up for the first time doesn't matter anymore? Huh, New Dawn introduces two twin teenage or young adult girls as the baddies. I didn't understand the very end though, probably because I didn't play Far Cry 5? Out in February

Hades
- Super Giant Games (Bastion / Transistor) next one. Very much the same as far as the game play shown (going to the well one too many times?). I'm in if the game has great narrative and awesome voice acting, like their games usually do.

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
- Single player, open world, survial game. 10 million years ago in Africa. Playing through the evolution of ape ancestors? I was expecting to see the scene for 2001 A Space Odyssey https://www.youtube....h?v=gggQtG8hgKY

Forza Horizon 4
- Fortune Island DLC

Scavengers
- "Survival shooter co-opitition". What a dumb new word.

Anthem
- Coming in February. Another polished trailer. Didn't really see any new game play. Then some artsy fartsy orchestra playing futuristic music. Seems as if Anthem is some to be explained power that the big evil baddie has learned to tap into and wield.

CTR Crash Team Racing
- Crash Bandicoot racing game.

Dauntless
- Coming April (I think I heard him say). Looks like co-op monster fighting game. Fight against big behemoths (Like Monster Hunter World?). Dunno, really.

The Last Campfire
- From Hello Games. I like playing these type of games (to break the monotony that can set in from triple A tedium some times).

PUBG
- DLC. New map, gear, etc. Can get a snowmobile.

Atlas
- Open world survival mmo. He said 40,000 concurrent players. Trailer looked pretty badass, not gonna lie, but survival mmo is not my thing. Xbox exclusive?

The Dread Wolf Rises
- Cool name, but have no clue what to expect based on the trailer they aired. Did some googling. I guess it is Dragon Age related. Never played it.

Stranger Things 3: The Game
- ?

Mortal Kombat 11
- April 23

Psychonauts 2
- Tim Schafer you mad genius you.

Devil May Cry 5
- purdy

Rage 2
- Definitely going a more comedic route compared to the first Rage a la Borderlands style. Even copying similar Bazillions of Guns with "Big Fucking Guns" tagline in that trailer. Coming May 4th.

This post has been edited by Malankazooie: 07 December 2018 - 04:46 AM

[Mentalist]

So we start with some? rhythm game on Switch

Journey to the Savage planet- an adventure game of some sorts. Just a teaser but guessing it's a 3D game that's not a survival game according to the dev

EXPANSION FOR STANLEY PARABLE!!! (oh, and it's coming on consoles now)

Among trees looks like an artsy survival game? probably a roguelite of some sort.

Ultimate Alliance 3 announced for Switch. Huh, that's new

Rocket League DLC... meh

Ok, new Far Cry: post-apoc confirmed. looks colourful. Similar vibe to Rage 2. Releasing Feb 15th

New Supergiant Game. Based on Greek Mythology With a voiced protagonist. Looks like a Supergiant Games Game. Working with the Epic Game Store? Hmm, that's a good catch for them.

A new open world exploartion game- prehistoric Africa. Published by 2K Private Division I'm not crazy on the whole survival genre, but could be.... educational? maybe

-more Forza- not sure if commercial or trailer.

-Scavengers- sounds like a wintery co-op based survival game based on the trailer. Pass.

bunch of multi stuff- Warframe, Dead by Deadlight.... that stuff seems to be popular.

Ooh, Bioware! some Anthem story? hmm, not a whole lot to glimpse from that trailer.

oh, right, Crash Team Racing remaster. forgot about this.

Ooh, here comes Obsidian! New project: The Outer Worlds. Looks pretty cool.

- Dauntless.And also signing with Epic, hmm.

And a short artsy game from Hello Games

oh nice, a Ukrainian guy nominated for some E-sport thing.

The new game from the Ark people looks like a more competent Sea of Thieves. with dragons and magic. too bad it's an MMO.

wow, Epic Store launching with a bang. Ashen available now? wasn't that a big Microsoft stage-grabber? I wonder what kind of DRM that's gonna have, since Epic is supposed to have no native DRM....

oooh, Bioware? errrm... wat? apparently that's Dragon Age, but not even a name? (oh, apparently "The Dread Wolf" is a reference to smth from DA:I. Well supposedly I still have 3 years to get to that game.

The Pathless- looks like one of those folklore-inspired games I put on my wishlists, but rarely get to.

Human Head, the people who made the flop TheQuiet Man, are making a 2D roguelike. Sigh, where's my Prey 2-like?

A game based on a TV show I've never heard of. cool?

Oh, hey, Nether Realms. New Mortal Kombat? sure looks like it. Coming in April.

Psychonauts 2.... I really need to finish that 1st game. No release date yet.

Xbox delivering demo of DMC5 tomorrow. Good one, Microsoft.

Rage 2 gameplay and release date (May 14th?) Good call, Apt. Looks fun. Need to play the original sometime soon. Maybe I should do a post-apoc binge of 2 Metros and Rage?

hmm, ok, no Avengers, and no Alien. But not bad.

The big takeaway is that Epic is really trying to one-up Steam right now, grabbing some really interesting releases for its new store. It'll be interesting how many publishers jump ship in 2019.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 07 December 2018 - 05:00 AM

[Malankazooie]

God of War got game of the year. No surprise there. It really should be at the top of your "next to play" list, if you haven't played it yet.

[Aptorian]

It's 6.30. time to watch some Game Awards. I'm completely ignoring all media until I finish.

Spoiler box just in case.

Spoiler

Geoff Keighly has gotten pretty great at this presenter thing.

Love that Dead Cells won best action game. I've yet to play it but it's always fun to see Indies beat AAA.

Lots of weird games so far but an expanded Stanley Parable is really exciting. It's been just long enough that I've mostly forgotten the twists and turns.

Among trees... what is with all these teasers that don't really tell you anything?!

All three Console CEOs on stage. Pretty big moment if a bit meaningless. I'd have liked some banter.

That live band is awesome.

Wait, now the show starts? What's the difference? Is this portion being aired on TV?

Lots of strong contenders for best narrative. Not happy Red Dead won. I'd have picked GOW instead.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on Switch. Isn't that an old, old game? Certainly looks like it.

Movie presentation at a game awards? Hmm... Well, at least that aim assist joke was fun.

Red Dead deserved to win best performance. Arthur Morgan is a great character.

Far Cry New Dawn. At this point I guess Ubisoft leaks are a meme.

This looks "okay". But kinda poorly timed. Rage 2 looks like the better colorful crazy Post-apocalyptic shooter.

Ooohh, a new game from Super Giant? Called Hades? And it seems similar to Bastion? And it's out now?!? ... But it's early access? Bah.

Ancestors is still happening? I thought that was vaporware. Looks unappealing.

Scavengers. Another teaser. Really cool cinematic but Survival shooter? Pass.

Red Dead wins for best score? I thought the music was kinda generic. Especially when they tried to recreate the Mexico moment from RDR1 again and again.


Happy that Return of Obra Dinn won best art design.

Sort of vague Anthem story teaser. I'm still not clear on just how much story/RPG there will be in that game.

Ha, they remade Crash Team Racing! I should get around to playing the remade trilogy.

Okay, that took me a while to realize that Christopher Judge and the kid were up there because they play Kratos and Boy.

New Obsidian game. Hmm. Looks a bit Rage, looks a bit No Man's Sky. Surprised it's coming to PS4 but I guess Obsidian had already made a deal with Sony before Microsoft bought them.

Nice looking game from Hello Games. I think it's a great idea to get a new game out there to expand people's perception of them after No Man's Sky.

That representative from PUBG is gigantic. He looks like he could eat Keighly.

Atlas looks like a better Sea of Thieves. Though, considering how the developer handled Arc: Survival Evolved I'd take a wait and see stance on that.

The dread wolf rises? That's Solas speaking, right? Must be a continuation from the ending of Dragon Age?

Celeste won best Indies. Meh, I Rage quit that game but it was kinda great.

New game from the Abzu developer called Pathless? Hmm. That looked like a rail shooter for mobile. In a bad way.

Boy this show is long. Must not fall asleep.

Oh shit, Mortal Kombat 11! And the trailer is of course every bit as insane as you'd think. Release in April. I love those short reveal to release windows.

Very curious to see if Psychonauts 2 can recapture the first games magic.

Every time I see footage of Devil May Cry 5 I have no idea what I'm looking at. It looks like a clusterfuck of ideas.

Glad God of War won Best Direction. Apparently also won best Action Adventure.

May 14th for Rage 2. Seems like a great launch window.

Sort of fun seeing PUBG and Fortnite going back and forth in this show. The rivalry is clear. Yet COD and Battlefield are non-existent. Weird.

I wonder how many Cluedo jokes Donald Mustard have had to suffer through.

God of War wins GOTY!!! YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!

TAKE THAT STUPID RED DEAD REDEMPTION! (that was also a pretty good game)

Whoooooo!!!

I really did think Red Dead would take it. Phew.

Long show looong. Pretty good. No real megaton announcements in my mind but still a great show.

[Serenity]

Nothing that particularly excited me but the right game won GOTY imo.

[Morgoth]

I don't know, a new Bioware game sounds interesting.

[Khellendros]

Alternative Goose, on 07 December 2018 - 08:39 AM, said:

It's 6.30. time to watch some Game Awards. I'm completely ignoring all media until I finish.

Spoiler box just in case.

Spoiler

Geoff Keighly has gotten pretty great at this presenter thing.

Love that Dead Cells won best action game. I've yet to play it but it's always fun to see Indies beat AAA.

Lots of weird games so far but an expanded Stanley Parable is really exciting. It's been just long enough that I've mostly forgotten the twists and turns.

Among trees... what is with all these teasers that don't really tell you anything?!

All three Console CEOs on stage. Pretty big moment if a bit meaningless. I'd have liked some banter.

That live band is awesome.

Wait, now the show starts? What's the difference? Is this portion being aired on TV?

Lots of strong contenders for best narrative. Not happy Red Dead won. I'd have picked GOW instead.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on Switch. Isn't that an old, old game? Certainly looks like it.

Movie presentation at a game awards? Hmm... Well, at least that aim assist joke was fun.

Red Dead deserved to win best performance. Arthur Morgan is a great character.

Far Cry New Dawn. At this point I guess Ubisoft leaks are a meme.

This looks "okay". But kinda poorly timed. Rage 2 looks like the better colorful crazy Post-apocalyptic shooter.

Ooohh, a new game from Super Giant? Called Hades? And it seems similar to Bastion? And it's out now?!? ... But it's early access? Bah.

Ancestors is still happening? I thought that was vaporware. Looks unappealing.

Scavengers. Another teaser. Really cool cinematic but Survival shooter? Pass.

Red Dead wins for best score? I thought the music was kinda generic. Especially when they tried to recreate the Mexico moment from RDR1 again and again.


Happy that Return of Obra Dinn won best art design.

Sort of vague Anthem story teaser. I'm still not clear on just how much story/RPG there will be in that game.

Ha, they remade Crash Team Racing! I should get around to playing the remade trilogy.

Okay, that took me a while to realize that Christopher Judge and the kid were up there because they play Kratos and Boy.

New Obsidian game. Hmm. Looks a bit Rage, looks a bit No Man's Sky. Surprised it's coming to PS4 but I guess Obsidian had already made a deal with Sony before Microsoft bought them.

Nice looking game from Hello Games. I think it's a great idea to get a new game out there to expand people's perception of them after No Man's Sky.

That representative from PUBG is gigantic. He looks like he could eat Keighly.

Atlas looks like a better Sea of Thieves. Though, considering how the developer handled Arc: Survival Evolved I'd take a wait and see stance on that.

The dread wolf rises? That's Solas speaking, right? Must be a continuation from the ending of Dragon Age?

Celeste won best Indies. Meh, I Rage quit that game but it was kinda great.

New game from the Abzu developer called Pathless? Hmm. That looked like a rail shooter for mobile. In a bad way.

Boy this show is long. Must not fall asleep.

Oh shit, Mortal Kombat 11! And the trailer is of course every bit as insane as you'd think. Release in April. I love those short reveal to release windows.

Very curious to see if Psychonauts 2 can recapture the first games magic.

Every time I see footage of Devil May Cry 5 I have no idea what I'm looking at. It looks like a clusterfuck of ideas.

Glad God of War won Best Direction. Apparently also won best Action Adventure.

May 14th for Rage 2. Seems like a great launch window.

Sort of fun seeing PUBG and Fortnite going back and forth in this show. The rivalry is clear. Yet COD and Battlefield are non-existent. Weird.

I wonder how many Cluedo jokes Donald Mustard have had to suffer through.

God of War wins GOTY!!! YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!

TAKE THAT STUPID RED DEAD REDEMPTION! (that was also a pretty good game)

Whoooooo!!!

I really did think Red Dead would take it. Phew.

Long show looong. Pretty good. No real megaton announcements in my mind but still a great show.

Apt, did you really write, "what is it with these teasers which don't tell you anything".

I'm excited for new Dragon Age, and looks like it might be a direct sequel to the end of Inquisition, but I'm sure it'll be years before we see it.

I like the look of Outer Worlds, and a number of the smaller indie games, but otherwise there was no real standout 'whoah, what is that about?!' moment.

[Mentalist]

Outer Worlds is being published by Private Label, the "indie branch" of 2K (similar to EA Originals, and that division of Ubisoft that did the Grow home/up and Child of Light) . They are also the ones to publish Ancestors, Project Wight, and I think at least one other game that was at this show.

Obsidian made that deal a while before being acquired by Microsoft, so it has to honour its obligation, which is why the game's gonna be multiplat.

The really interesting thing to me is the Epic store, coming in strong with a bunch of (presumably) timed exclusives, as well as giving away games every 2 weeks. As much as PC gamers like to complain about launchers that aren't Steam, everyone likes free games.

[Aptorian]

Khellendros, on 07 December 2018 - 12:36 PM, said:

Alternative Goose, on 07 December 2018 - 08:39 AM, said:

It's 6.30. time to watch some Game Awards. I'm completely ignoring all media until I finish.

Spoiler box just in case.

Spoiler

Geoff Keighly has gotten pretty great at this presenter thing.

Love that Dead Cells won best action game. I've yet to play it but it's always fun to see Indies beat AAA.

Lots of weird games so far but an expanded Stanley Parable is really exciting. It's been just long enough that I've mostly forgotten the twists and turns.

Among trees... what is with all these teasers that don't really tell you anything?!

All three Console CEOs on stage. Pretty big moment if a bit meaningless. I'd have liked some banter.

That live band is awesome.

Wait, now the show starts? What's the difference? Is this portion being aired on TV?

Lots of strong contenders for best narrative. Not happy Red Dead won. I'd have picked GOW instead.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 on Switch. Isn't that an old, old game? Certainly looks like it.

Movie presentation at a game awards? Hmm... Well, at least that aim assist joke was fun.

Red Dead deserved to win best performance. Arthur Morgan is a great character.

Far Cry New Dawn. At this point I guess Ubisoft leaks are a meme.

This looks "okay". But kinda poorly timed. Rage 2 looks like the better colorful crazy Post-apocalyptic shooter.

Ooohh, a new game from Super Giant? Called Hades? And it seems similar to Bastion? And it's out now?!? ... But it's early access? Bah.

Ancestors is still happening? I thought that was vaporware. Looks unappealing.

Scavengers. Another teaser. Really cool cinematic but Survival shooter? Pass.

Red Dead wins for best score? I thought the music was kinda generic. Especially when they tried to recreate the Mexico moment from RDR1 again and again.


Happy that Return of Obra Dinn won best art design.

Sort of vague Anthem story teaser. I'm still not clear on just how much story/RPG there will be in that game.

Ha, they remade Crash Team Racing! I should get around to playing the remade trilogy.

Okay, that took me a while to realize that Christopher Judge and the kid were up there because they play Kratos and Boy.

New Obsidian game. Hmm. Looks a bit Rage, looks a bit No Man's Sky. Surprised it's coming to PS4 but I guess Obsidian had already made a deal with Sony before Microsoft bought them.

Nice looking game from Hello Games. I think it's a great idea to get a new game out there to expand people's perception of them after No Man's Sky.

That representative from PUBG is gigantic. He looks like he could eat Keighly.

Atlas looks like a better Sea of Thieves. Though, considering how the developer handled Arc: Survival Evolved I'd take a wait and see stance on that.

The dread wolf rises? That's Solas speaking, right? Must be a continuation from the ending of Dragon Age?

Celeste won best Indies. Meh, I Rage quit that game but it was kinda great.

New game from the Abzu developer called Pathless? Hmm. That looked like a rail shooter for mobile. In a bad way.

Boy this show is long. Must not fall asleep.

Oh shit, Mortal Kombat 11! And the trailer is of course every bit as insane as you'd think. Release in April. I love those short reveal to release windows.

Very curious to see if Psychonauts 2 can recapture the first games magic.

Every time I see footage of Devil May Cry 5 I have no idea what I'm looking at. It looks like a clusterfuck of ideas.

Glad God of War won Best Direction. Apparently also won best Action Adventure.

May 14th for Rage 2. Seems like a great launch window.

Sort of fun seeing PUBG and Fortnite going back and forth in this show. The rivalry is clear. Yet COD and Battlefield are non-existent. Weird.

I wonder how many Cluedo jokes Donald Mustard have had to suffer through.

God of War wins GOTY!!! YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!

TAKE THAT STUPID RED DEAD REDEMPTION! (that was also a pretty good game)

Whoooooo!!!

I really did think Red Dead would take it. Phew.

Long show looong. Pretty good. No real megaton announcements in my mind but still a great show.

Apt, did you really write, "what is it with these teasers which don't tell you anything".

I'm excited for new Dragon Age, and looks like it might be a direct sequel to the end of Inquisition, but I'm sure it'll be years before we see it.

I like the look of Outer Worlds, and a number of the smaller indie games, but otherwise there was no real standout 'whoah, what is that about?!' moment.

I can't get teased if I don't even know what's happening. Games with out context infuriate me.



Anyway I watched a promotion thing about Far Cry.

https://youtu.be/sjYyVjzV7qk

If you'd told me a year ago I'd be completely indifferent about a far cry game I'd scoffed at you. Far Cry 5 really left a bad taste in my mouth.

[Tiste Simeon]

So I have completely forgotten who Solas is and what the Dread Wolf thing is all about but I liked Inquisition enough that I'd most likely be interested in playing DA4.

[Khellendros]

Tiste Simeon, on 07 December 2018 - 08:10 PM, said:

So I have completely forgotten who Solas is and what the Dread Wolf thing is all about but I liked Inquisition enough that I'd most likely be interested in playing DA4.

Solas is the bald elf companion in your party in Inquisition. Story spoiler:

Spoiler

Turned out he was actually a god, the Dread Wolf, and basically had set the entire plot in motion, though it didn't go the way he'd originally planned. Not really evil, but not good either.

[Maark Abbott]

Tiste Simeon, on 07 December 2018 - 08:10 PM, said:

So I have completely forgotten who Solas is and what the Dread Wolf thing is all about but I liked Inquisition enough that I'd most likely be interested in playing DA4.

Prepare to have to buy the ending to the game again because EA are dickheads.

[Mentalist]

Shots fired all over the place at Valve, as a bunch of indie games migrate over to the Epic Games store and declare they'll be exclusive there for a year after launch.

Beth is getting in the action by announcing Rage 2 pre-orders to only work for their own launcher.