Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Grave]

Hmmm, the last MGS5 gameplay video looks great but it looks like there will be no health bar and regenerative health in the game....

Well, that somehow managed not to kill Deus Ex HR for me, so we'll see how it goes, I guess.

Agreed, although I've never played Deus Ex. But the health issue's not a big deal for me.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Honestly, I don't mind HR if it's done right. I think the first Halo and Reach got it right with a combination of both a rechargeable shield and permanent health. The other thing about having just regular health is that it has to be done right, or that could be botched as well. Either have health recovery items strewn in many places throughout each level like in Half-Life or DOOM, or be able to carry a few of them at a time like in F.E.A.R. or the first 2 BioShock games. I actually didn't like how you could no longer carry health packs with you in BioShock: Infinite, for that matter, because it's one of those games where you get shot almost all of the time.

[gunswordfist]

Honestly, I don't mind HR if it's done right. I think the first Halo and Reach got it right with a combination of both a rechargeable shield and permanent health. The other thing about having just regular health is that it has to be done right, or that could be botched as well. Either have health recovery items strewn in many places throughout each level like in Half-Life or DOOM, or be able to carry a few of them at a time like in F.E.A.R. or the first 2 BioShock games. I actually didn't like how you could no longer carry health packs with you in BioShock: Infinite, for that matter, because it's one of those games where you get shot almost all of the time.

Having health with a rechargable shield is the best. I hate how Halo 2 got rid of health.

[Lord Il]

In my opinion, Rihanna's "Only Girl In The World" has to be one of the whiniest sounding and most overplayed songs by her in recent years. Imagine my dismay when I came to the realization that this... "song" was put into GTA 5. Nothing worse than stealing a car and immediately hearing this play on the radio.

[Foggle]

It's apparently been confirmed that Yakuza 5, and any future entries in the series, will never be getting English releases. Sega is even more dead to me than they already were.

[GaryPotter]

Is this really news? The games sold like crap, and they aren't exactly mainstream titles.

Plus, Sega doesn't have the money to release B-titles in the west anymore.

[Foggle]

Is this really news? The games sold like crap, and they aren't exactly mainstream titles.

Plus, Sega doesn't have the money to release B-titles in the west anymore.

It's a crushing blow to series fans since Sega has almost always come through in the past and has basically told people to remain hopeful multiple times. And while it may not rake in cash overseas, Yakuza is hardly a B-title for Sega. It's one of their biggest properties in Japan, if not one of the biggest from any publisher.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

There's that, and the fact that Sega really put no effort in trying to market the Yakuza games overseas, aside from the first game which I do distinctly remember getting some direct advertisement back when it was released over hear.

[GaryPotter]

Is this really news? The games sold like crap, and they aren't exactly mainstream titles.

Plus, Sega doesn't have the money to release B-titles in the west anymore.

It's a crushing blow to series fans since Sega has almost always come through in the past and has basically told people to remain hopeful multiple times. And while it may not rake in cash overseas, Yakuza is hardly a B-title for Sega. It's one of their biggest properties in Japan, if not one of the biggest from any publisher.

I was referring to the west.

Yeah, it's swell that Yakuza is such a big thing in Japan. Then again, so is the Tales series, One Piece games, and anime-licensed dreck. It doesn't mean anything visa-vi what Sega knows will sell overseas. Maybe ten years ago or even seven years ago Yakuza could have survived, but the market has changed too much since then.

Plus, as I said, Sega doesn't have the money. Sega of America barely even existed anymore, so they won't focus too much on anything not named Sonic.

[Foggle]

I know. All I'm saying is it makes me unhappy.

[Grave]

http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/170816/do-most-people-hate-facing-ryu

I swear the online portion of the fighting game community is a joke. I don't know if anyone goes on Shoryuken or not, but I just lurk. Most of the community will tell any newbie to Street Fighter 4 to just pick whoever they like or pick Ryu because he's the best character that you can basically learn everything through, and these very same people will probably tell you the same thing. Personally, I never understood why people get so salty about people picking whatever character.

Anyway, in some of those comments you have some folks saying as soon as they see Ryu they basically quit. I understand that he's a boring character, and at the same time he is the most popular character in SF, but yet, people are always recommending newbies to start out with Ryu as well, so most of those low rank Ryu's are probably trying to learn the game, and yet we get this contradicting stupidity.

It's sad, too, because if you actually go to a major event such as EVO, and see the community altogether just enjoying the games and seeing everyone get along you'd actually think the FGC could actually get somewhere, but noooo, the online portion is there to make everything look pathetic.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

So, Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is getting a PC release via Steam. It's also getting some digital comics and an official comic book. My problem is that KoeiTecmo is putting in all of this focus for what's basically a generic action game, yet ignore doing more sensible things. How about porting the first 2 games (as in, the only two 3D NG games that anyone likes, except for NGDS which almost nobody has even played) to the PC, you pencil-pushing ass-wipes? Seriously, these idiots would rather port the NGS games to a handheld device that can't fully handle the games on the same level of their console counterparts, when they could have made some easy money by not having to force technological limitations on those games and instead porting them to the PC and releasing them on Steam. It also bites because the Vita is pretty much a dead piece of hardware by this point, whereas if they re-released the first 2 games on Steam, they could potentially open the series up to a new generation of fans. If nothing else, it would at least have made better sales than it ever could have on the Vita.

[Eddy]

I heard about that Alein game that was pitched as a survival horror title that left you, alone, being stalked by one single xenomorph. That sounds really cool! But that they had to go and ruin it by making it just another FPS where you went around shooting dudes for most of the game and then I guess the Alien shows up every once in a while. I'm sick of shooting dudes.

[Rynnec]

So I'm unable to get a year of Playstation Plus because PSN is so busy with traffic, they had to suspend the "redeem codes" function because the network was acting wonky.

Get your shit together Sony.

[Foggle]

We already knew Polyphony's racer would include microtransactions - a first for the series.

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The video, below, showcases GT6's cars and reveals one of the top priced, the Jaguar XJ13, which costs 20 million credits. You can grind for it in traditional Gran Turismo fashion or you can buy it straight away if you drop 119.95 pounds - that's the total you pay for two packs of 7m credits, two packs of 2.5m credits and one pack of 1m credits.

IT'S HAPPENING

EDIT: why can't I even type the symbol for English currency on here? really gotta' find a way to fix this shit