The Gaming Lounge: Beyond

[Iceman]

Looks like there is some anti-lootbox momentum at the moment. Can't believe how widespread they've gotten.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I moved from playing PS4 games back to playing some PS3 ones, and it's sort of annoying how graphical updates in generational jump make older game look lesser than they used to. When I played PS2 games again after playing PS3 for a while I was shocked by how big the difference is graphically when I used to think the changes were little, and now I played a few PS3 games after playing PS4 for a couple of months, 2011 games look fine, 2009 games look really outdated.

 

[Iceman]

I moved from playing PS4 games back to playing some PS3 ones, and it's sort of annoying how graphical updates in generational jump make older game look lesser than they used to. When I played PS2 games again after playing PS3 for a while I was shocked by how big the difference is graphically when I used to think the changes were little, and now I played a few PS3 games after playing PS4 for a couple of months, 2011 games look fine, 2009 games look really outdated.

At least it's a sign that games are still progressing.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

The greatest piano accessory ever.

Spoiler

 

[Iceman]

That is awesome. t:

And wow she was so good. I used to play piano as a kid. Wish I'd got as good as her.

 

[ComicChick]

ive got a PS4 Pro now. and about 10 games. time for me to become a gamer?

 

[Iceman]

ive got a PS4 Pro now. and about 10 games. time for me to become a gamer?

If you've got a Pro and 10 games then you are a gamer. t:

What are you gonna try out first? What kinds of games interest you?

 

[zenith16]

Watch All of the Rocket & Rayguns Here!!guest host jose furbar sanshez(of both Epn.tv and Twitch) Ben Silver men (formerly of Yahoo games reveiws) steve tilly of the toronto star, johnny melliem( the happy console gamer) Greg miller & kinda funny games and more . Individal video will be put out in their own tread later this week.




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2017 Rocket and Raygun Awards




Published on 18 Dec 2017

It's that time of year again! The annual Rocket & Raygun Awards, honouring the best games of the year! In this video, the EP team, our friends, and sponsors give out their picks

• Best RPG of 2017 - Rocket & Rayguns - Electric Playground8:09
• Best Strategy Game of 2017 - Rocket & Rayguns - Electric Playground4:39

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source:EPN.tv

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I'm working on making my first ever video review for my channel and the most difficult thing is recording spoken comments. I hear my words coming out of my mouth very clearly, the problem in recording is my words are difficult to hear sometimes. And then there is the matter of timing recording the audio so I won't stutter and make comments longer than needed, or make the clips longer than need be.

 

[Iceman]

So the next CoD (Black Ops 4) might not have a campaign?

https://www.trueachievements.com/n3...lack-ops-4-will-not-include-singleplayer-mode

 

[Marvolo]

Electronic Arts will 'push forward' with loot boxes in future games

https://www.pcgamer.com/electronic-...-loot-boxes-in-future-games/#article-comments

Greedy *****enozzles dont change their stripes.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

EA are working their way towards bankruptcy.


I've been playing a lot of Arkham City and Arkham Knight recently, games are really easy to enjoy. Four really fun games out of six is a great thing considering the state of the two I don't care for.

• Arkham Asylum
• Arkham City
• Arkham Origins
• Arkham Origins Blackgate (couldn't finish it, controls suck even on PC)
• Arkham VR (I don't care for VR, wouldn't care for it even if I did not need glasses)
• Arkham Knight

 

[Iceman]

I’ve been enjoying Warhammer: Vermintide. It plays like Left 4 Dead in a fantasy setting. Glad to see there is a sequel for it too.

 

[Iceman]

Electronic Arts will 'push forward' with loot boxes in future games

https://www.pcgamer.com/electronic-...-loot-boxes-in-future-games/#article-comments

Greedy *****enozzles dont change their stripes.

They would have to change their name from EA if this happening wasn’t a dead cert.

 

[Fading]

A few years late on this, but just found out. So according to Wikipedia, Pokemon is the top selling media franchise period. Then Star Wars, then Hello Kitty.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_highest-grossing_media_franchises

Makes sense, but is kind of mind blowing too that it over took Star Wars by a decent amount. Then that Star Wars is barely hanging on over Hello Kitty.

 

[Fading]

What do you guys think about what Bethesda just pulled by stopping a used game sale on Amazon? Personally I think it's BS, and a possible bad trend.

Basically, this guy bought a new copy of the Evil Within 2, but never opened it. He decided to resell it, and listed it as new as it was still factory sealed. So Bethesda sends him a threatening note, saying not only does he have to pull the sale of that game, but also never sell anything Bethesda related again. Going so far as to threaten to sue him, all over one sale. Apparently they claim him listing it as new (which it is) may not be covered by a warranty, hence the threats.

Jim Sterling pointed out the lawyer firm Bethesda used to threaten the guy with, has an entire page on their website devoted towards circumventing the first sales doctrine. Why was Bethesda trolling the used game section of Amazon, using lawyers who specialize in circumventing a law to protect consumers selling used goods? Again, pretty obvious.

I hope the stop of the sale of one $30 or so game is worth all the backlash they're getting over this. Though if the point is to scare people contemplating selling used games on Amazon, they probably are happy with the story getting out there. I say this as a Bethesda fan. Sure, releasing a million initially buggy versions of every game (especially Skyrim) is annoying, but I do like their games. They get me hyped with Fallout 76, and Elder Scrolls 6, and then pull more anti consumer BS.

 

[Iceman]

Is this the most recent lounge? I'm having some issues with search. I guess my post won't work if it's closed anyway. This is to show how far gaming graphics have moved on:

 

[Fading]

How many more mistakes are Bethesda going to make with Fallout 76? Yet another new scandal.

So this time and it was found out that they left the freaking developer room in the game. Developer rooms in Bethesda games include every item in the game. This time it even includes items Bethesda plans to release in future DLC for money.

So people are popping in to this online game. Going in the Dev room, and grabbing end game items, costumes, and future DLC items. Then selling them on Ebay. This is leading to an in game imbalance.

On top of this, if this isn't bad enough already, lol. Bethesda is reaching out to those caught hacking, or entering the Dev room, and promising to reinstate their accounts if they tell them how they did it. It's Bethesda's game, and they're not even sure how people are getting in a developers room they forgot to take out of live servers.

 

[Sithborg]

Wait, they don't even know how to get into their own Dev Room? lol

 

[Fading]

Wait, they don't even know how to get into their own Dev Room? lol

I don't remember who it was, could have been Kotaku. But one gaming news site got what is claimed to be a letter from Bethesda to one of the people they caught using the Dev room.



In other words, "Tell us how you accessed our Dev room, and we'll unsuspended your account." Many are taking this as they wouldn't ask how the person got in there if they knew.

 

[Fading]

It's turning out that the Epic Games Store is spyware. A Reddit user found it was rooting around in files. Epic admitted it, but claims it's nothing bad. Even though a Chinese company called Tencent Holdings owns 48% of Epic, they claimed they're not selling the data to them.

Apparently Valve is pissed, and put out a statement that they don't appreciate Epic rooting around in private, offline Steam files.

Either way, just a heads up. They may really be doing nothing harmful with your info. But they're collecting it without your knowledge, and kept secret about it until caught.

 

[Zorro]

I'm actually kinda surprised about EA. I figured they would decide to change for the better after all the controversies the last couple of years and want to reassure fans/gamers that they really care but damn..just damn

 

[Fading]

Just a heads up. Starting tomorrow (April 7th) til the 20th, GameStop is having a few sales. RDR 2, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts 3, Anthem, all marked down to $40. Plenty of other games are marked down as well. They're also doing a deal where every toy you can fit in a Thanos themed bag is 25% off.

GameStop Is Launching A Huge Sale On Games, Consoles, And More On Sunday - GameSpot

I'm sure we'll see other Easter, and spring sales popping up soon. This is just the first one I had heard about.

 

[Zorro]

I know it's still 2 months away but any leaks or rumors for E3?

 

[Lily Adler]

Just a heads up. Starting tomorrow (April 7th) til the 20th, GameStop is having a few sales. RDR 2, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts 3, Anthem, all marked down to $40. Plenty of other games are marked down as well. They're also doing a deal where every toy you can fit in a Thanos themed bag is 25% off.

GameStop Is Launching A Huge Sale On Games, Consoles, And More On Sunday - GameSpot

I'm sure we'll see other Easter, and spring sales popping up soon. This is just the first one I had heard about.

I'm tempted by Resident Evil 2, but not the others. I never got into RDR (we didn't have a 360 or PS3).