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Posted by: ZylonBane
« on: Yesterday at 20:39:00 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osYpGSz_0i4

Basically Multiplicity... in space. Nothing particularly original, but the execution looks pretty good.
Posted by: JDoran
« on: 19. September 2024, 19:20:31 »

Toaste, thanks for posting that. I would *love* a first class HL2 mod (or standalone game, on a competent engine) that does a good job of winding up the Half-Life story, but my hopes aren't too high. My faith/hope in video gaming are lower than they ever, things have to get better sometime, and I will keep an eye on this.

Posted by: Toaste
« on: 18. September 2024, 22:14:36 »

JDoranMenwhile HL fans don't sleep either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwdjgE74-98
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 17. September 2024, 16:54:47 »

yeah, seems to be real. well, the Israeli secret service definitely knows how to work some irony in, if nothing else.
Posted by: fox
« on: 17. September 2024, 16:37:49 »

 "Exploding pagers injure 3,000 in suspected Israeli attack on Hezbollah"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVxkk7NE1c

Some 90s cyberpunk creeping into the real world news today.
Posted by: ZylonBane
« on: 15. September 2024, 16:34:09 »

Do I really need to explain how making brand-new games with brand-new stories is a completely different skill set from REMAKING already-proven gameplay and stories?

What you're proposing would be like giving HL3 to Gearbox, only ten times worse than that. As far as original content goes, I wouldn't entrust Crowbar Collective with anything more canon than Half Life: That Guy Driving the Forklift in the Intro.
Posted by: Dark-Star88
« on: 15. September 2024, 16:20:14 »

We had to wait for the Crowbar Collective to give us a proper remake of the original game (the Source port was badly underwhelming) and they're just wrapping up on the Blue Shift remake. At this point if I had a magic wand I'd honestly just have Valve pass off any attempt at HL3 to them.
Posted by: ZylonBane
« on: 10. September 2024, 13:30:12 »

(repeats previous post)
Posted by: JDoran
« on: 10. September 2024, 13:16:47 »

Right, because if there's one thing Valve is known for, it's doing things just for the money.

It's true that Valve's share holders aren't exactly starving to death, but I'm quite sure that they'd welcome a few more millions dollars in their bank accounts.
Posted by: ZylonBane
« on: 09. September 2024, 14:36:26 »

But it would still sell *massively*, and so garner lots of money
Right, because if there's one thing Valve is known for, it's doing things just for the money.
Posted by: JDoran
« on: 09. September 2024, 14:08:47 »

I can't imagine what's difficult to believe about this, since Alyx was created specifically as a VR design showcase, with all combat encounters and object interactions built around VR's capabilities and limitations. A non-VR, non-suck version of Alyx would essentially have to be an all-new game.

Pretty different, yes. But it would still sell *massively*, and so garner lots of money, which would please Valve's shareholders, and remove much of the lingering resentment of the many Half-Life fans who felt betrayed by Valve's decision to reduce the first new Half-Life content in thirteen years on a format that not too many people had access to. Valve didn't even port the game to the Playstation's native VR hardware, which disappointed many console fans, myself included. They had previously brought the first Half-Life game to the Playstation 2, Half-Life 2 to the original XBox, and the Orange Box (such a brilliant compilation  :thumb:) to the XBox 360*, and all three releases were fantastic, so Valve does have form for bring their Half-Life games to other formats.




* They later brought the Orange Box to the PS3, which I've heard had some technical problems, but I've not played that version, so can't comment about it.
Posted by: ZylonBane
« on: 08. September 2024, 23:59:20 »

it's still difficult to believe that after all these years Valve haven't released a non-VR version of Half-Life: Alyx
I can't imagine what's difficult to believe about this, since Alyx was created specifically as a VR design showcase, with all combat encounters and object interactions built around VR's capabilities and limitations. A non-VR, non-suck version of Alyx would essentially have to be an all-new game.
Posted by: JDoran
« on: 08. September 2024, 17:53:26 »

In the (very remote, it seems to me) chance that Valve do release Half-Life 3, then I *really* hope both that it's not virtual reality only (it's still difficult to believe that after all these years Valve haven't released a non-VR version of Half-Life: Alyx), and that it's a 'traditional' Half-Life game, i.e. with no weapon carrying limits, is a straight linear game and not a tedious open world game (I'm so sick of those now) that has very repetitive and unavoidable situations that keep  on cropping up to extend the game's length, no 'pay to win' features, etc.

Modern gaming has really disillusioned me.
Posted by: fox
« on: 08. September 2024, 14:47:15 »

I don't care. The previous entries were good and technically impressive but never among my personal favourites. If they finally drop another one, good. They, for whatever reason, let the franchise die, ok.
Posted by: JDoran
« on: 08. September 2024, 13:41:26 »

Half-Life 3 is on the way! And Elvis Presley and John Lennon are co-writing the music for it...

According to various rumours, and one actual mention by a voice actor, Valve were working on a game earlier in the year, named 'Project White Sands", but (again, according to rumours) that game has now been subsumed into an ongoing project which is codenamed 'HLX', supposedly set after the events of Half-Life: Alyx (which logically would make it a prequel to Half-Life 2, and so not really elligible to be named 'Half-Life 3', surely?).

Alright, so various "Half-Life 3 is definitely being worked on" related rumours surface several times a year, and we all know it will almost certainly not end with the release of Half-Life 3, but given this massive (and unique to HL3?) level of fan interest in a game that's never been officially confirmed to be in the making, you'd possible expect to think "Well, the fans certainly do want it, and no matter what it's final quality it will sell exceptionally well, so let's get a team together and start working on it, to please the fans, and earn us another fortune", wouldn't you?
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 07. September 2024, 20:32:59 »

I might go see the new Beetlejuice movie though - watched the animated show to death when I was a kid.

me, early nineties, eyes glued to the tv: "so cool, I wanna be like that"
me, some 35 years later: "well shit"
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 31. August 2024, 11:50:15 »

also, unless she is fresh out of a cryopod (she is not, no reaction when the fake flesh is torn and the metal underneath is exposed, so she knows), there is no sane reason why she would try to (directly) shoot the T-800 with a handgun and a shotgun, those weapons will barely make the machine flinch, would make much more sense to just run. no, she waits for the terminator to dramatically emerge from the smoke (completely wasting the head start created by the pipebomb explosion) and then proceeds to fire the shotgun until all ammo runs out, accomplishing absolutely nothing, and only then tries to escape.

there is movie realism, and there is pure idiocy.
Posted by: fox
« on: 31. August 2024, 10:35:44 »

I'm seriously glad to have developed some BS-tolerance (others may call it lowered standards).

Tidbit: according to the interwebs, the weight of a T-800 is 200 400lbs (181kg). Space alloy and all, I guess. Should work fine, if you apply comic book/hollywood-physics and add the woke-factor (strong women). It never stood a chance, actually. ;)

Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 31. August 2024, 08:02:38 »

watched the sneak peak, a tiny girl holding onto a rope with a T-800 hanging from her leg. my brain says no.

if they release it on youtube for free sometime then I might watch it, right now I don't even feel like it's worth downloading from unofficial sources (to clarify, we pay a special "ip protection tax" for each piece of storage we buy over here, as long as this exists, movies and music are free to download as far as I'm concerned).
Posted by: fox
« on: 31. August 2024, 07:15:46 »

I've watched the first three episodes yesterday and actually liked them enough to want to watch the remaining five.
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 30. August 2024, 19:44:35 »

well I guess this can't be any worse than.. any other terminator movie but the first two, so there's that. or can it?

Annoyingly bad aiming.
                                 
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Posted by: fox
« on: 30. August 2024, 02:57:35 »

I agree with you but it's said to be quite alright and since it's created by Production I.G, it might be worth checking out.

TERMINATOR ZERO | NSFW | Official Trailer | Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNKu76y-U_0

TERMINATOR ZERO | First 6 Minutes | Sneak Peek | Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YorQnjclrrI

Annoyingly bad aiming.
Posted by: ZylonBane
« on: 29. August 2024, 19:38:24 »

I have to say, it's impressive how all the narration in that trailer manages to convey not a single bit of information.
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 29. August 2024, 18:58:10 »

eeeh don't care much for that, when they try to anime a western ip, the result is usually questionable.

and vice versa.
Posted by: fox
« on: 12. August 2024, 16:54:33 »

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But keep the faith, I guess.
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 12. August 2024, 08:35:39 »

today facebook presents - Albatros D.V, and all the breastfeeding. also, I have no idea what is going on when trying to post, but I'm guessing someone didn't take their pills?
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 10. August 2024, 16:15:17 »

wouldn't call my place a 3rd world country, but ms is still allowed to sell an office suite that expires after 12 months for 100 bucks, and nobody bats an eye - ask me, this should be illegal.

much more concerning than bethesda being stupid with its ips.
Posted by: sarge945
« on: 10. August 2024, 01:54:54 »

I honestly don't understand how anyone can live in a third world shithole (like the USA) where they don't have guaranteed consumer protections against that kind of fraud (speaking of the Nylon Bag thing).
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 09. August 2024, 21:11:57 »

Posted by: icemann
« on: 09. August 2024, 13:10:33 »

Oh I completely agree. I to this day cite Fallout 4, as one of my biggest disappointments in gaming. To go from New Vegas to that is just such a drop.

For me the loss of roleplaying, and no longer having proper alternate paths to quests + the loss of the skill system were my biggest negatives. I do still want to check out of the fan made expansions at some point. Fallout London of more recent note.
Posted by: sarge945
« on: 09. August 2024, 10:26:09 »

Fallout 4 is a mixed bag. The combat is great, the world is quite large and there's heaps of content

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-e46xdcUo

The combat is undoubtedly better than previous Fallout games, but seeing as how it came out the year before the Doom reboot, also by Bethesda, it really shows how lackluster the combat really is. It suffers from stiff animations, no animation/reload cancelling, lots of camera jitter while animating, and many other issues.

The world isn't particularly big either, neither is the amount of content. When you look at the number of quests, then yeah sure, Fallout 4 has more content than previous games. But if you look closer, a significant number of those quests are extremely basic "defend the point" quests for the Minutemen, or other barebones pseudo-quests. If you're only measuring the sheer volume of content then you're right, but it's a stupid metric because significant amounts of the content are meaningless drivel.

Fallout 4 isn't even a good "Bethesda Fallout" game. It's more like a surface-level imitation of Bethesda Fallout (which was already a surface level imitation of real Fallout)
Posted by: icemann
« on: 04. August 2024, 03:55:26 »

Romhacking.net shutting down after being up for over 20 years.

Quite sad about this one, as I've been a frequenter of the site for a long time. Easily the best place on the net for news and repository of romhacks and (for me) more importantly English translation patches for games that would otherwise be unplayable, due to language barriers.

Thanks to the site, I got to play Sword of Mana (aka Secret of Mana 2) on the Super Nintendo, Shin Megami Tensei 1 & 2, Policenauts (Hideo Kojima's next game after Snatcher). At least the site will be staying up and still have news posts, but will no longer be hosting any new patches.
Posted by: fox
« on: 30. July 2024, 16:18:48 »

Needs a Hellfire missile launcher for maximum overkill now.
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 30. July 2024, 15:45:27 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aVt77epQ4
this is.. not bad, and I say that as someone who absolutely loathes (proper) 3D models in old shooters.
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 17. July 2024, 10:23:44 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zAI8K7OzDQ
hmm.. I do have a 486 dx2/66 machine.. uhh, somewhere. and 14:05, heh.
Posted by: fox
« on: 15. July 2024, 18:47:11 »

privacyguides.org: ""Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again"
"No shady privacy policies or back doors for advertisers" proclaims the Firefox homepage, but that's no longer true in Firefox 128.
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 18. June 2024, 16:57:26 »

a cryogenic napalmer.. ok.. go home FO4, you are drunk.

Posted by: icemann
« on: 08. June 2024, 04:55:57 »

Firstly yes make a thread. Second, that looks very interesting. Visually looks like System Shock 1 mixed in with the Blade of Agony Wolfendoom mod for Doom 2. Have to check it out.
Posted by: fox
« on: 07. June 2024, 20:38:24 »

Edit:
The contents of this post, about new game "Sonar Shock", moved to a dedicated thread now.
Posted by: Nameless Voice
« on: 07. June 2024, 18:53:12 »

Not only games are important, also creative tools (like audio/video/photo editing applications) seem to be under-supported in Linux. Apple knew what they did, when they pushed the Mac onto the creative industry.

I think this also has to do with a lot of creatives / artists being locked into toxic ecosystems by big companies such as Adobe and Autodesk.  Everyone feels they are pushed into "industry standards" like Photoshop, despite some truly horrible anti-consumer practices and exorbitant subscription prices.

That's an area where I'd love to see more development in open-source alternatives, regardless of operating system.
Posted by: JDoran
« on: 07. June 2024, 16:51:33 »

...But the main problem is that many regular Win-users won't feel like they will gain anything in terms of actual functionality but still have to invest time and energy into the migration. If MS wouldn't erode personal freedom and privacy more and more, people wouldn't see much need for a change.

It's like being forced to move out of a comfortable apartment after decades because the new landlord started to read your mail and sneak into your apartment...

Exactly. Changing from Windows to Linux will be a difficult task for many people (even the drive designations are different, which will be a big problem for some people), and for others it won't so much be difficult as pointless as you're learning to use one OS (Linx) when you can already use a different OS (Windows) to the level that you like/need. Even today, many, many people just want to be able to use their PC (or laptop, or tablet, or phone, etc) with as little effort and potential confusion as possible, and they don't care in the slightest what the OS is, or it works, as long as it runs the programs and games that they want to use.

If Windows 10 could be used for the rest of my life (two, maybe three decades, probably), then I would stick with Win 10, and I don't doubt that the majority of PC users would say the same. People tend not to like change unless the change brings noticeable and existent improvements and benefits. Which Windows seldom does. I don't want Co-Pilot, or Recall, or anything else that MS is currently promising (that I know of).
Posted by: fox
« on: 07. June 2024, 14:31:22 »

Because, at the end of the day, the problem that keeps people away from using Linux generally isn't Linux itself, but rather that a lot of software and games don't run properly there.

This and force of habit. But the main problem is that many regular Win-users won't feel like they will gain anything in terms of actual functionality but still have to invest time and energy into the migration. If MS wouldn't erode personal freedom and privacy more and more, people wouldn't see much need for a change.

It's like being forced to move out of a comfortable apartment after decades because the new landlord started to read your mail and sneak into your apartment.

All together is almost like a vicious circle. You really do need some killer applications or something like Steam Deck to make Linux more attractive. Not only games are important, also creative tools (like audio/video/photo editing applications) seem to be under-supported in Linux. Apple knew what they did, when they pushed the Mac onto the creative industry.
Posted by: Nameless Voice
« on: 06. June 2024, 23:36:41 »

Valve are the closest one to doing something like this, because the Steam Deck has pushed a lot of companies to want to have Linux support for their games, and Wine Proton has helped a lot more Windows software to run on Linux.

That's probably been one of the biggest boosts for software support on Linux in years.

Because, at the end of the day, the problem that keeps people away from using Linux generally isn't Linux itself, but rather that a lot of software and games don't run properly there.
Posted by: voodoo47
« on: 06. June 2024, 19:09:46 »

Are there any trustworthy entities?
No.
fixed.
Posted by: fox
« on: 06. June 2024, 16:53:01 »

Are there any trustworthy big companies?
No.
Posted by: JDoran
« on: 06. June 2024, 15:07:07 »

Windows 11 is heavily detested by many people, and not undeservedly. I wish Google or another company with unlimited cash behind them would make a PC OS that ran all Windows stuff but without the bad Stuff that Windows has/does.

Actually, probably not Google. They aren't exactly strangers to selling off peoples' private data, from what I've read. Are there any trustworthy big companies?
Posted by: Nameless Voice
« on: 06. June 2024, 08:36:49 »

Not surprising, considering they keep forcing more unwanted features in each Windows version.
Posted by: icemann
« on: 06. June 2024, 04:22:23 »

Speaking of Windows. Turns out 70% of Windows users worldwide have stuck with Windows 10, not wanting to "upgrade" to 11.

Article:
Here
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