Talleyrand Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I actually don't think I've played TWAU episode 4 yet. What happens in it? The last I remember was when Bloody Mary shot Bigby with a silver bullet. That was the end to episode 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Huh, well that was dumb of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Huh, well that was dumb of me. I haven't played episode 4 yet either. I downloaded it when it came out, but I just haven't mustered the interest in playing it. And I had liked episode 3 (2 was a different matter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Grim Fandango remake coming to the PC and Mac as well as PS3 and 4, thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabronius Maximus Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 The worst part, IMO, was that throughout the game, there isn't even the emotional reaction. The Walking Dead has the same plot notes, but there are fairly significant differences in how people feel about you. In TWAU, no matter what, Snow always treats you like you roughed up the suspect in Ep2, for instance. Auntie Greenleaf's reaction if you save her tree was just about the only note in this one, and I hope, hope, that my treatment towards Holly and Gren started winning them over, but I kind of suspect that that was scripted too. Basically, what worked in tWD was keeping the plot mostly the same, but changing the relationships. In TWAU, they had a golden set-up for slightly altering the relationships (and dealing with Bigby and how afraid Fabletown is of him) but then changing the ending scene, and they didn't do it. Oh well. I still really liked the game, it just could have been brilliant. yeah, I'm really not a fan of a game hand holding you like that, only giving you what appears to be a choice. Without hesitation I chose to kill Tweedlesomething, and I expected there to be some repercussion from that. What repercussion was it? Tweedleother mentioned it in passing as he jumped into the fray at the start of ep 5 - something he likely would've done anyway. Things like that have me slightly disappointed with the game as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerenthaClone Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 yeah, I'm really not a fan of a game hand holding you like that, only giving you what appears to be a choice. Without hesitation I chose to kill Tweedlesomething, and I expected there to be some repercussion from that. What repercussion was it? Tweedleother mentioned it in passing as he jumped into the fray at the start of ep 5 - something he likely would've done anyway.Things like that have me slightly disappointed with the game as a whole.I didn't kill Dee. All that happens is that Dee hides in the background looking scared of Bigby, while Dum gets this whole "I'm not scared of you line." During the fight, Dum gets stabbed and Dee rushes to help him, thereby taking no part in the ensuing brawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabronius Maximus Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I didn't kill Dee. All that happens is that Dee hides in the background looking scared of Bigby, while Dum gets this whole "I'm not scared of you line." During the fight, Dum gets stabbed and Dee rushes to help him, thereby taking no part in the ensuing brawl. oh ok. Well if you kill Dee, Dum just shouts 'you killed my brother!' before fighting and getting stabbed (can't remember if anyone helped him though). Still, that's a fairly meaningless result for what seemed like a pivotal choice at the time (episode 3?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbound Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Grim Fandango remake coming to the PC and Mac as well as PS3 and 4, thankfully. I love this. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDisaster Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdXvFEEBZeo New Dragon Age 3 video. 16 minutes of alpha gameplay. Couple things I'm happy about. 1. You can change your party members' equipment again. I hated that you couldn't in DA2. 2. Archery looks like it actually might not suck in this one. Bonus: Big ass dragons. Still not sold on it, but more hopeful than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Whores Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Finally got around to playing TWAU episode 5. It was good, but nothing more. I can't help but feel the series hit it's peak in episode 1, and never got close to that one's greatness again, which is a shame, as I wanted this to be like The Walking Dead season 1 (my favourite game of 2012. I haven't played season 2 yet). Also, can somebody please explain the meaning of the ending. I feel like I missed out on something cathartic and shocking, but I never really realized what it meant. Also, is there going to be a season 2? I feel like the ending is setting it up for that, but I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerenthaClone Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Also, can somebody please explain the meaning of the ending. I feel like I missed out on something cathartic and shocking, but I never really realized what it meant. Also, is there going to be a season 2? I feel like the ending is setting it up for that, but I'm not sure. Nerissa was Faith, glamoured to look like Nerissa. (Or possibly, Nerissa glamoured herself to look like Faith in the very beginning, then dropped the glamour.) The former makes more sense given Faith's supposed backstory, but it could be either. Long and short of it, the girl at the end and the girl at the beginning are the same Fable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Whores Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nerissa was Faith, glamoured to look like Nerissa. (Or possibly, Nerissa glamoured herself to look like Faith in the very beginning, then dropped the glamour.) The former makes more sense given Faith's supposed backstory, but it could be either. Long and short of it, the girl at the end and the girl at the beginning are the same Fable. Ah, okay, that makes sense. That's what I sort of suspected, but wasn't too sure. I really liked Faith and was sad when she "died," so I guess I like this ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabronius Maximus Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Nerissa was Faith, glamoured to look like Nerissa. (Or possibly, Nerissa glamoured herself to look like Faith in the very beginning, then dropped the glamour.) The former makes more sense given Faith's supposed backstory, but it could be either. Long and short of it, the girl at the end and the girl at the beginning are the same Fable. I think the latter actually makes more sense. Faith was killed before the events of the game, Nerissa then uses the glamour to get Bigby's attention, and then drops off Faith's actual head at the apartment building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdXvFEEBZeo New Dragon Age 3 video. 16 minutes of alpha gameplay. Couple things I'm happy about. 1. You can change your party members' equipment again. I hated that you couldn't in DA2. 2. Archery looks like it actually might not suck in this one. Bonus: Big ass dragons. Still not sold on it, but more hopeful than before. Looks like its probably a whole bunch of discs if playing on the 360. I picked up the new Wolfenstein recently and it was four (4) discs, including an 8GB mandatory install on the first one; and that wasn't even open world. Anyway, the game continues to look good. Its one of my most anticipated games of the year, along with the new Civilization and Far Cry 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Really? DA:I looks painfully generic, and seems to get even more bland with every video they release of it. It's still the exact same game structure that BioWare have been using for 15+ years (apparently not learning from the one thing that DA2 did right, breaking away from the typical BioWare formula) and the big game improvements, aside from the Frostbite engine, seem to be down to being able to roll in combat and apparently hug people. Really? I'm not even that big a fan of the Witcher franchise, but both Witcher 3 and the upcoming Kickstarter RPGs (which lack DA:I's gloss but all seem to have more interesting ideas) are making DA:I look tired and irrelevant months before it even comes out. Of course, it'll probably come out and be perfectly fine, in that mediocre-but-okay style BioWare have been perfecting for their last few games, but at the moment the PR and marketing seems rather lacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Really? DA:I looks painfully generic, and seems to get even more bland with every video they release of it. It's still the exact same game structure that BioWare have been using for 15+ years (apparently not learning from the one thing that DA2 did right, breaking away from the typical BioWare formula) and the big game improvements, aside from the Frostbite engine, seem to be down to being able to roll in combat and apparently hug people. Really? I'm not even that big a fan of the Witcher franchise, but both Witcher 3 and the upcoming Kickstarter RPGs (which lack DA:I's gloss but all seem to have more interesting ideas) are making DA:I look tired and irrelevant months before it even comes out. Of course, it'll probably come out and be perfectly fine, in that mediocre-but-okay style BioWare have been perfecting for their last few games, but at the moment the PR and marketing seems rather lacking. Honestly, I haven't been following the news about it super closely; but I'm always excited about Bioware games because they are always at least above-average gaming experiences (except Jade Empire, I didn't like that one), and having a floor like that is comforting. Particularly in a year like this, where there really aren't a ton of releases to get excited about (although, if this is the month I get that PC, I'll start looking at some of the games available there). As for what I have seen of the game though, I don't see anything suggesting the standard "4 hubs to do in any order" structure of Bioware; which, considering it wasn't in DA2, and ME3 was a more linear experience, maybe isn't there standard structure anymore anyway. And I don't need any major combat innovations from the series, just an end to those enemy waves in DA2 that prevented any real tactics from being used, which they did say they'd fixed. And so long as Geralt is the main character, I have zero interest in The Witcher series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Really? DA:I looks painfully generic, and seems to get even more bland with every video they release of it. It's still the exact same game structure that BioWare have been using for 15+ years (apparently not learning from the one thing that DA2 did right, breaking away from the typical BioWare formula) and the big game improvements, aside from the Frostbite engine, seem to be down to being able to roll in combat and apparently hug people. Really? I'm not even that big a fan of the Witcher franchise, but both Witcher 3 and the upcoming Kickstarter RPGs (which lack DA:I's gloss but all seem to have more interesting ideas) are making DA:I look tired and irrelevant months before it even comes out. Of course, it'll probably come out and be perfectly fine, in that mediocre-but-okay style BioWare have been perfecting for their last few games, but at the moment the PR and marketing seems rather lacking. I've never got the feeling that Dragon Age has ever been anything but this though. I remember hype when DA:O was on the horizon and there were rumours like "Inspired by ASOIAF" going around and such. But once it was out, it seemed everything I heard was "generic fantasy RPG and if you like that it's for you" and it's not really changed much since then beyond various complaints about things DA2 got right/wrong. Meanwhile the ME series has been a huge phenomenon despite it's various flaws at various times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galactus Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Really? DA:I looks painfully generic, and seems to get even more bland with every video they release of it. It's still the exact same game structure that BioWare have been using for 15+ years (apparently not learning from the one thing that DA2 did right, breaking away from the typical BioWare formula) and the big game improvements, aside from the Frostbite engine, seem to be down to being able to roll in combat and apparently hug people. Really? I'm not even that big a fan of the Witcher franchise, but both Witcher 3 and the upcoming Kickstarter RPGs (which lack DA:I's gloss but all seem to have more interesting ideas) are making DA:I look tired and irrelevant months before it even comes out. Of course, it'll probably come out and be perfectly fine, in that mediocre-but-okay style BioWare have been perfecting for their last few games, but at the moment the PR and marketing seems rather lacking. Well, the Witcher's combat is system is just crappy action-shit, unfortunately, so I've never managed to actually play it. (that and I keep losing my saves so I've replayed the first part of Witcher 1 at least four times without getting any further) Sure, I'm at this point more excted for POE or Torment, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 You didn't really enjoy the Dragon Age series Wert, it shouldn't be surprising that those who did are looking forward to it more than you. Personally I tend to feel more welcome in a BioWare game even if I'm not explicitly represented and that's enough to make me enjoy playing them.And for all the end of ME3 sucked, I thought the rest of it was great so I'm not at a negative good will point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerenthaClone Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I can definitely say that, for all of my many problems with Bioware's games, they are one of the best in the industry at including non-heterosexual cis relationships, and portraying them in an excellent manner. Now, being the best of the gaming industry might be faint praise, but they're still easily in the top three, imo. That's something. edit: vvv One of the strengths of Mass Effect, imo, is just that. In fact, it falters most when it deviates from that (ie, you only can earn Jack's trust after you fix her with your magic penis). As far as I'm concerned, Shepard is canonically a she, and its a great game for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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