Craig H Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 If you play Skate 3 for a couple of minutes, you quickly realise why almost every youtuber* in the world has done a series on it - because if you're good at it, it looks awesome, but if you're bad ad it, it looks hilariously painful. But it's pretty easy to get the hang of, and stuff that would be impossible for 99% of people in real life is pretty easy to do in the game. It's made by EA, the cash whore publishers. It's been selling consistently for years but only on PS3 & XBox 360. Why no next-gen Skate 4 yet? Keep the same engine, build a bigger map and offer a few more player customisation options, and that's all the people will need. * After it had been out for a few years, Mr Kjellberg did a video on it, and they had to re-release it because demand was outstripping supply of second hand copies. The Giant Bomb guys have talked about Skate at length on multiple occasions. Basically, there's hardly any money in it, that same team isn't together, putting a new team together means starting over on an IP that doesn't make enough money to sustain a better sequel and EA puts that money into other projects instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 So yea ... I discovered Cookie Clicker at work today - played it for 5 minutes, thought it was dumb and figured I'd close the window soon. ... 10 hours later: the window's still open and I'm producing 2.16 million cookies/second. This essentially sums up what happened to me with the Steam game Clicker Heroes. STAY AWAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I haven't but it _looks_ amazing. If anybody can liken it to another AAA game that I might have played that'd be great. I hate researching games as i'm a stickler for avoiding all storyline and spoilers. There is no AAA game to compare it to, only indie stuff. It's a story delivery device/"walking simulator", all slow quiet exploration and piecing together a story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 If you play Skate 3 for a couple of minutes, you quickly realise why almost every youtuber* in the world has done a series on it - because if you're good at it, it looks awesome, but if you're bad ad it, it looks hilariously painful. But it's pretty easy to get the hang of, and stuff that would be impossible for 99% of people in real life is pretty easy to do in the game. It's made by EA, the cash whore publishers. It's been selling consistently for years but only on PS3 & XBox 360. Why no next-gen Skate 4 yet? Keep the same engine, build a bigger map and offer a few more player customisation options, and that's all the people will need. * After it had been out for a few years, Mr Kjellberg did a video on it, and they had to re-release it because demand was outstripping supply of second hand copies. The Giant Bomb guys have talked about Skate at length on multiple occasions. Basically, there's hardly any money in it, that same team isn't together, putting a new team together means starting over on an IP that doesn't make enough money to sustain a better sequel and EA puts that money into other projects instead. Well, there's money in Skating games, and the Tony Hawk loyalists are starting to realise that that franchise is on a streak of rubbish games, so... someone somewhere's bound to chance it sooner or later, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salads Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 There's money in skating games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'll pay $5 for every early Goldfinger song you can put in the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 There's money in skating games? Ask the millionaire Tony Hawk if he made more money before or after his first game came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 There was money in skating games. There isn't anymore. Unless someone remakes Skitchin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 If there was, there would be more skating games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 If they made a "Skate or Die 2017", I'd be in for a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 I have the sudden urge to play X-Men Legends I & II. I wonder if it'll run on Windows 10 and if controller support still works with an XBox One controller. And I wish they were on Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 If they made a "Skate or Die 2017", I'd be in for a copy. Skate Or Die 2017 should star the original Skate Or Die characters bitching about how their kids have it easy because in their day X-Games was underground, then making a comeback to save the taco store at the mall. ONE LAST TIME 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Update: just paid $35 for X-Men Legends II. Worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 So, how long before Watch_D0gs or Alpha Protocol are Free With Gold? Probably the only way I will bring myself to play either title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I am pretty sure you could find Alpha Protocol for free in a trash can somewhere 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Are we going to start another round of the Alpha Protocol wars here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Are we going to start another round of the Alpha Protocol wars here? It's apparently due. There's been a board argument over it about twice a year for I don't even know how long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 There is only an argument because of Foz because he is the only person who liked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Because the rest of you are phillistines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 STREET FIGHTER 5: I am bad at it, but, good enough to see the path forwards. Progress!SUPERHOT: I shouldn't say too much. All I'll say is that SUPERHOT IS THE MOST INNOVATIVE SHOOTER I'VE PLAYED IN YEARS! and I'll say more about it in like five months when it goes out of the steam sale and more people are in it. Into it. WARIO LAND: So my 3DS is basically my bedstand system, and I constantly buy like weird Game Boy games to find some nice interesting things to spend the last of my cognition on before I go to bed. In doing this I've made an uncomfortable discovery: I think Wario Land might be the best Mario game ever made? I'll have to play more of it to know for sure, but right now it's like SMW with None Of My Complaints About SMW (said complaints: the music is awful, the minimap tells you if there are secrets or not, yoshi management is no fun) POKEMON BLUE: my bandmate wants to catch all the pokems. I feel obligated to help. MARIO PICROSS: I LOVE PICROSS. I WILL PLAY ANYTHING AS LONG AS IT'S PICROSS. SUNSET OVERDRIVE PICROSS. DAVEY RICHARDS PICROSS. REDDIT PICROSS. okay maybe not reddit picross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Reddit Picross is by far the most interesting of those options. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Reddit Picross is by far the most interesting of those options. Reddit Picross may as well be Dr. Bronner's Soap Picross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Stardew Valley is just insanely charming and enjoyable. I could never get into the Harvest Moon games, but this is really clicking for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salads Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 MARIO PICROSS: I LOVE PICROSS. I WILL PLAY ANYTHING AS LONG AS IT'S PICROSS. SUNSET OVERDRIVE PICROSS. DAVEY RICHARDS PICROSS. REDDIT PICROSS. okay maybe not reddit picross. This was me until I played Pokemon Picross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 See, I get that, but, I'm still okay with Pokemon Picross. Like, I just play it once a day to get them training gems and then switch over to Mario for the real fix. Eventually it pays off and I get new zones and puzzles. It's fine. It's not ideal by any means, but, it's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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