Gaming news too small for its own thread

[briareos_kerensky]

Rumors about a Diablo II remaster coming by the end of the year are starting to circulate.

[Asura]

It needs to be a proper remaster - not a Paradise job. That and to make ME1 a lot more like the sequels. That's right - like the sequels.

Correct me if I'm wrong as I never played but, but I think the PS3 version of ME1 (that came on the trilogy disc) improved the combat a bit, bringing some changes back from ME2.

But even so it's a slow 3rd person shooter in comparison to others in the genre.

Mass Effect is one of those games I always tell people to play on easy. The combat's fine, but not particularly amazing. It's best just to breeze through. I think I did it on medium, but I used the Soldier class which was the easiest class to use.

[Digfox]

Mass Effect is one of those games I always tell people to play on easy. The combat's fine, but not particularly amazing. It's best just to breeze through. I think I did it on medium, but I used the Soldier class which was the easiest class to use.

I can get that argument, although it's interesting because I bumped into a YT video recently that talked about some of the intricacies in the combat on Mass Effect particularly at the harder difficulty levels. Although I personally only played it on Normal but enjoyed the combat. I played as a soldier with assault rifles so was probably a very vanilla experience. The second game definitely had noticeable improvements though.

Hell I wouldn't even mind some changes to the loot or RPG systems. Certainly a chance to revisit it on current or next-gen systems is really welcome. It also good because the games have a boat load of DLC which can be pricey.

[Neon Ignition]

I'll have a look into that. I adored ME2 and generally enjoyed ME3 but the original and Andromeda always failed to click with me

[Asura]

I can get that argument, although it's interesting because I bumped into a YT video recently that talked about some of the intricacies in the combat on Mass Effect particularly at the harder difficulty levels.

That may be, but I always found the squadmates useless and, most importantly, the aiming was very clunky. Couldn't be dealing with that on high difficulty settings.

[hudson]

Taito Densha De Go! have released a Stay at home colouring sheet \o/

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I have actually printed it out for the kids....... Ok and me

[Digfox]

Lol. I did note that The Elder Scrolls Online team also did those colouring sheets. Not neccessarily as age appropriate, but still a cool thing to do.

[Adam]

Billy Mitchell (the guy who cheated at Donkey Kong) is trying to sue people for defamation. Said people have rallied together to counter sue him and have raised over $20,000.

Worth a watch, it's pretty funny:



edit: 2nd vid was deleted

[Atticus]

^^^ Interesting turn of events. Been fascinated with BM since watching The King of Kong ... he's the ultimate bad guy.

[Digfox]

Really insightful interview with Phil Spencer on how gaming beyond just 2020 will be impacted (and likely applies to other media too). Not just MS related, as many devs and pubs will be feeling this.

Phil Spencer: The industry will start to see the impacts of coronavirus in early 2021, as some crucial aspects of video game production have stopped

But by March 2021, the industry could start to see the broader effects of the coronavirus. Games planned to launch next year and beyond are most likely to face issues with development that could lead to delays or cancellations.

"Through the summer, early fall? I feel pretty good about those games," Microsoft's Xbox leader Phil Spencer told Business Insider. "Games that were targeting a year from now or beyond? There'll be some impact, but they'll be able to react."

"Mocap is just something that's basically stopped. We're not going into mocap studios," Spencer told Business Insider. "If you had all your animation captured and you're doing touch up in more individual art production and in areas like textures and other things, you're in a better position. If you're waiting for a lot of either large audio work — when it's with symphonies and other things — or mocap, you're held up right now and you're making progress in areas that you are."

Taken from Resetera, who in turn grabbed from BusinessInsider.com

[Asura]

Really insightful interview with Phil Spencer on how gaming beyond just 2020 will be impacted (and likely applies to other media too). Not just MS related, as many devs and pubs will be feeling this.

Yeah, this is a really sound take on it.

It's highly dependent on both what you're doing but also how long the lockdown conditions last. We're at about 6-7 weeks in now for businesses that could easily shift to WFH standing, which the games industry (as a footloose IT industry) largely can. However, in whatever projects they're working on, devs will focus primarily on the stuff they can easily do; tasks which can be done in isolation, require less collaboration, and don't require specialist equipment.

Unfortunately that can't go on forever as you can only push those more awkward WFH things so far back.

So for some studios, this won't really have cost them all that much so far. The effects will kick in and affect productivity more and more, though, as time goes on.

[Atticus]

Looks promising. Great in game art.

Anyone taken the plunge yet?

[Colin]

When the **** did that finally sneak out???? Will be buying today!

Edit: Downloading now. Been waiting forever for this, hoping it’s good!

[Atticus]

When the **** did that finally sneak out???? Will be buying today!

Edit: Downloading now. Been waiting forever for this, hoping it’s good!

Look forward to hearing your $0.02 Colin ... hope it’s as good as it looks.

[Colin]

Look forward to hearing your $0.02 Colin ... hope it’s as good as it looks.

Great fun! Played up to the final bounty of the second area and I’m loving it. Nothing overly complicated, tough in places, but a real great throwback to my favourite era of gaming. Will get back to it in a bit once dinner is sorted out.