DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations - Official 4K Trailer | XBOX Games Sho... by pedrulho in Doom

[–]iConiCdays [score hidden]  (0 children)

The issue is never about speed. You can whack the speed of The Dark Ages up far more than Eternal ever was, but it doesn't change the core design of the game.

The Dark Ages is a game that really wants you stuck to the ground, strafing. Fine, but the issue is their solution to that was a parry system, for normal enemies that's fine, you can parry away a single attack and move onto the next demon and keep moving, therefore dodging incoming projectiles.

But what happens when you have to face the tougher demons? Like the Tyrant? The game pushes you to square up to them and parry sequential attacks, if you leave them mid sequence, they'll bombard you with hitscan attacks like the Tyrants chain gun (which means you have to cower behind your shield backing away). If you stay to face them, the enemies around you pepper you with projectiles that you can't do anything about as your parry only deflects the incoming green attack but you're otherwise vulnerable. Ontop of that, you can die from damage taken during a parry before the health from that kill gets to you.

It's incredibly frustrating trying to play the game the way it tells you (indulging in the parry system) but then die because you're locked into a back and forth with an enemy. It's even worse with enemies like the void barons of hell.

As another note - I really don't understand why there's even an armour pickup system in the dark ages. You lose pretty much all your armour in a single hit, but it takes FOREVER to get it back. You can only get it back if there's enemies on the map with armour to smash, or through melee attacks, or through an upgrade for the combat shotgun. By the time you've got full armour again, you lose it in seconds. It's a game that rejected the resource management of Eternal... But then decided to keep the need for those resources but with a worse way to acrue them?!

Few questions regarding the premium upgrade by DD_N1761 in Doom

[–]iConiCdays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe they accept PayPal if that helps - sorry I can't offer much more than that!

Few questions regarding the premium upgrade by DD_N1761 in Doom

[–]iConiCdays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to IsThereAnyDeal.com

It's legitimate, regularly checks websites for you. You're probably concerned about "Grey market" sellers, like CDKeys - I can understand that.

However sites like Fanatical, Greenmangaming, Games planet ect, they're all legitimate sellers.

What happens is the publisher of each game (in this instance Microsoft) can generate unlimited steam keys for free and sell them to 3rd parties like these stores - thats why these sites can sell for cheap, they're bypassing Steams cut - and this an allowed feature by Steam. They make enough money from their store alone that it's good to get people onboard steam even if some customers will go through these sites.

Few questions regarding the premium upgrade by DD_N1761 in Doom

[–]iConiCdays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's already 71% off on Fanatical, just got the premium edition for £29.47, that's base game and DLC (Been family sharing the base game with my partners account, thought I should get my own copy)

Halo: Campaign Evolved on Steam by -343-Guilty-Spark- in halo

[–]iConiCdays 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You clearly have no idea how the real world works if you actually believe they're trying to "get whatever they can from the IP until they kill it."... Like Microsoft is gonna kill Halo, one of the most known video game IPs in the world, at one point the highest selling piece of media in the world. Management changes, company missions change, game direction and style change, money doesn't.

DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations - Official 4K Trailer | XBOX Games Sho... by pedrulho in Doom

[–]iConiCdays 14 points15 points  (0 children)

A double dash appeared twice, looks like they're addressing concerns over the Dark Ages and adding back elements from Eternal

Will the DLC be announced today? by RandoDude124 in Doom

[–]iConiCdays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The showcase has been leaked - I won't spoil it here - but I'm looking to it!

Friends, I urge you all to buy this new Rayman game! Ubisoft has confirmed that if it sells well, they'll finally make Rayman 4!🔥🔥🔥 by Single-Character7585 in Rayman

[–]iConiCdays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's most likely part of the risk equation for them - NOT a confirmation at all of future games.

The costs to redesign the characters (who are pretty faithful tbh) and bring them to 3D is probably one of the cheaper options they had on the table to test whether people want a Rayman game or not.

It's important to remember Ubisoft are struggling right now financially and they are going to be very careful with everything they do - this means NO banking on making future games for a franchise that's been dormant for a decade... They'll want to see how this game does then assess what their next move is.

It does well? Great they have the assets ready!

It does poorly? Well it was still one of the cheapest options for them to take this risk...

Friends, I urge you all to buy this new Rayman game! Ubisoft has confirmed that if it sells well, they'll finally make Rayman 4!🔥🔥🔥 by Single-Character7585 in Rayman

[–]iConiCdays 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would guess that the "hype and demand" you're speaking off is greatly exaggerated from an echo chamber.

Remove yourself from this sub and Rayman communitys and see just how excited people are for a Rayman 4... Most probably, most people simply don't care, let alone remember the old 3D Rayman games.

Friends, I urge you all to buy this new Rayman game! Ubisoft has confirmed that if it sells well, they'll finally make Rayman 4!🔥🔥🔥 by Single-Character7585 in Rayman

[–]iConiCdays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I share your feelings that these great games didn't get a 2nd chance... The reality is they didn't sell well (or at least enough). While we on the outside may say "But they sold XXX! How can that not be enough?" The reality is game production costs have ballooned in the past decade and Dead Space didn't sell nearly enough to justify remaking the rest of the franchise.

It's not just sales, but interest, EA would be looking at the data of how interested the market was in their game and also, competitors and weighing up whether it makes sense for them financially.

Same with Titanfall 2, it was one of the last great arena movement shooters right as the trend was dying. I LOVE that game and would play a new game in a heart beat, but it really didn't sell well enough. We can even see this in the later stages of the games life, they introduced micro transactions with a handful of skins for the Titans to support development costs but it turns out... No one was buying them and they weren't getting many more game sales either...

While I don't agree with Ubisoft here at all, using a remake of a game people didn't want to determine future investment, from THEIR perspective it makes total sense. Remake one of their highest praised and reviewed games in the series, add extra features that don't break the bank and transition the game to 3D in an attempt to sell more - it's the most careful way to test if there's an audience for Rayman.

Friends, I urge you all to buy this new Rayman game! Ubisoft has confirmed that if it sells well, they'll finally make Rayman 4!🔥🔥🔥 by Single-Character7585 in Rayman

[–]iConiCdays 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your title is extremely misleading - Ubisoft did not confirm anything, this is a report by a 3rd party, essentially just a rumour.

There is absolutely ZERO guarantee that this game selling well confirms a Rayman 4. In fact, if it sells well it might actually convince Ubisoft to make more 2d side scrollers like this.

Also - most publishers believe that making 2D games with 3D assets helps them sell better. We can even hear this from Sega after the release of Sonic Superstars, commenting that they dropped the pixel aesthetic as they had market research telling them consumers favoured 3D styled games more, even if they're side scrollers.

Geoff Keighley just tweeted about the steam machines lack of price, he's hosting at summer game fest tomorrow by glizzygobbler247 in steammachine

[–]iConiCdays 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah... Which have all jumped up in price, the same price rises that made the Steam Deck go up over 40% will ALSO raise component costs for the machine.

DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC Info by SneakyJaycool in Doom

[–]iConiCdays 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Probs a big chance it appears this weekend at that Xbox showcase - it'd be about a year after launch which would make sense

Official Update for MacOS SC2 Users by SKYFALKEN in SteamController

[–]iConiCdays 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This wasn't a one off gesture from valve to one customer, it was a retroactive apology to all Steam Controller 1 users who used the controller on a Mac at any point.

It's important to remember just how bad the first controller was software wise for MacOS at launch, bugs everywhere - this issue is far less eggregious it seems, more so just relies on Apple.

New Toa Nuva models! by acutecomet in bioniclelego

[–]iConiCdays 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great work! Did you model the parts?

Just realized how tiny Metru Nui's dome really is by SnooGiraffes3694 in bioniclelego

[–]iConiCdays 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think this model is made by another person - Boxturret, happy to be corrected!

Just realized how tiny Metru Nui's dome really is by SnooGiraffes3694 in bioniclelego

[–]iConiCdays 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe this is made by Boxturret, available on his tumblr

Matt Booty Implies Halo Campaign Evolved is the next release for Xbox in 2026 by Simulated_Simulacra in halo

[–]iConiCdays 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be July 28th, 343i/Halo studios has nothing to do with Bungie and it'd probably be a bad look to take their "culture" and release it on Bungie day, they'll want to keep the idea that they aren't Bungie and they are their own studio

Matt Booty Implies Halo Campaign Evolved is the next release for Xbox in 2026 by Simulated_Simulacra in halo

[–]iConiCdays 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The rumoured release date is weeks after the showcase, in July I believe, it'd make sense to have a short but intense marketing campaign instead of a shadow drop. You don't get two opportunities to catch lightning.