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Re: The Last of Us: Part II Release Date Speculation Intensifies

Scollurio

Unfortunately I couldn't care less. There's something about the extremely gritty and dark tone that puts me off. I enjoyed the first one immensly and was really feeling the Tension as well as the Bonding between the 2 main protagonists. But this time. I don't know. I'd rather have a new bloodborne, where the despair and grittyness is more than welcome.

Re: Review: Call of Cthulhu (PS4)

Scollurio

Funny how this review reads, feels and scores much differently from the ign one. Go read it, it's really interesting. Not saying this to discredit ANY of the two reviews, it's just two different viewpoints. If you're on the edge, you should generally read a more diverse set of reviews anyways.

PS: I love Lovecraft.

Re: Blizzard Tempers Expectations for Big Diablo News at BlizzCon 2018

Scollurio

Well firstly I never expected D4. Blizzard takes forever to make their games. As for the future of Diablo, I'd also love some kind of gritty MMO-style game.

In my book the main problem of Diablo (and WoW in some instances) is, that after a certain level of power that you gained with your character, it's all just mindlessly running through dungeons blowing stuff up.

I miss the times where strategy was needed.

But to guess WHERE the travel goes with Diablo, it's not hard to judge really. Look at Heroes of the Storm, look at Overwatch and how Blizzard crafted games that kinda advertise each other and how they monetize things with lootboxes and cosmetics. They tried something similar with Diablo 3 in the beginning, with the dreaded auction house.

Rest assured, they will try again and I fear that Diablo 4 will focus solely around a way to sell us cosmetics, just like Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm. Also Hearthstone with Card-Packs. THIS is the future and I admit, I love playing all those games and as long as it is all optional, heck why not dump 120 bucks into a game I keep playing instead buying 3 other ones.

Re: Mass Shooting Reported at Madden NFL 19 Tournament in Florida

Scollurio

As a Society, we fail more often. Politics, god or the law can't be the solution, neither of which will prevent stuff like this happening.

Therefore I hope that maybe in the future, we realize, that WE are in charge. It starts how we treat each other and ends with the world we build for ourselves.

Events like this, make me sad.

Re: Gran Turismo Sport Patch 1.23 Adds Cars, a Track, Microtransactions

Scollurio

Hm MTs are not going away anytime soon. As long as they are pure cosmetic and don't affect another person's gameplay and the items can be obtained within the game itself, I'm totally fine with them.

Of course, in a perfect world we pay 60 bucks for a game and get a year full of monthly content updates for free on top. Only, the world isn't perfect!

I do get "MT-boycotters" though, as I am a nestle and EA boycotter.

Re: Gran Turismo Sport Patch 1.23 Adds Cars, a Track, Microtransactions

Scollurio

@kyleforrester87 My point of view as well. Also consider: he and I, we already HAVE the game. There's no difference in not playing it at all anymore VS just not purchasing microstransaction stuff. Which I wont. It's easy to ignore and I got way more than my original money's worth out of it already so. All good for me.

Re: The Last of Us: Part II Is About Hate, Naughty Dog Reiterates

Scollurio

While I applaud the approach and the philosophical dealings with the "cycle of violence", which has been discussed plenty of times during humanity's history (and apparently we've learned zilch) I'm not really sure that I want to PLAY this. Also I foresee a new discussion about violence in videogames and this time, I'm not sure on whose side I'd be.

Whereas it's comical to credit violent video games where you kill off cartoony characters in an over-the-top fashion with things like school shootings, I'm not so sure how "healthy" it is to expose potentially unstable persons to simulated psychological trauma that aims to create the same emotions in the player as the character in the game is experiencing.

Druckman even says it himself. "Do you know that feeling, that overwhelms you and you just want to hurt somebody?" - paraphrased.

I'm not sure if it's a sane idea to go to that "dark place" with millions of people who are gonna buy this game.

Just my thoughts.

Re: Sony: We Need to Cater to All People, Regardless of Age, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity, or Belief

Scollurio

@KirbyTheVampire Well all of that ultra-left agenda is awkward. Being fair to everyone is fair, favoring women over men is just sexism the other way round. People... sigh Also: We were at a point, at least in media, at least in my perception where skincolor was a non-issue, until the liberal left made it one again, stating to do so to make it a non-issue. Well...

Re: E3 2018: RAGE 2 Won't Have Multiplayer Modes

Scollurio

Not for me.
Single Player Only Games should be engrossing adventure/action/horror/multiple choice/roleplaying games that you can play at your own pace.

Something ridiculous like this SHOULD be multiplayer.
I don't need PVP but would love COOP.

I'll pass.

Re: Druckmann: We Consider The Last of Us to Be Engaging, Not Necessarily Fun

Scollurio

Violence in media should serve a purpose. From the trailers I cannot see this purpose. If it's just there for the gross-out-factor and setting a depressing mood, I'd give it a pass (and I love Mortal Kombat since I was 10).

If Druckman is right and there is a hidden formula playing with the concept of violence and player-interaction, it can be good, but nothing I've seen from the trailers so far makes me want to play it .

I don't dig the music, nor the new characters, nor teenage Ellie.
I loved the first one for the father-daughter-usagainsttheworld-dynamic between Joel and Ellie.

If there's nothing similar in this game, I'll give it a pass.
Great graphics and great mechanics all nice and well, but nothing I haven't seen before.

Re: Soapbox: E3 2018 Demonstrates the Disconnect Between Gamer Demands and Development Realities

Scollurio

The solution to all of this is simple and the biggest part falls to the devs and the publisher:

LONG TIME GAME SUPPORT

Take GTA for example. It takes YEARS for a new GTA game to come out and each time they break records. Meanwhile the games, especially GTA ONLINE have been supported very healthily. Or Diablo III. No Diablo IV in sight, but still Diablo III is going strong. Because there's content and features being added.

I'm fine with ONE Battlefield game every console generation, ONE GTA, ONE The Last of Us. Just when the game is done, support it long enough so we still play it.

LESS games with BETTER quality and BETTER post-launch-support: that's something I can live with, heck I'd even welcome it since becoming a grown up usually cuts DEEP into your gaming time anyways.

Re: E3 2018: The Last of Us: Part II Lives Up to the Hype

Scollurio

@SegaBlueSky I think that kind of people are the vocal minority. The trailer was diverse, had people of all colors, we saw "alternative sexuality" (for me as a hetero it is alternative) and guess what: I couldn't care less. I don't mind strong female leads, quite the contrary actually, I don't mine people of color, I just want a good film/game what have you. But that's what the big corporations like Lucas Film seem to forget nowadays. The WORLD just needs to learn the number one internet rule: don't feed the trolls. They'll go away.

Re: E3 2018: The Last of Us: Part II Lives Up to the Hype

Scollurio

While the mechanics look fantastic I have to say, maybe I'm getting old, but I don't dig all that realistic violence anymore. Maybe because I too aware of what kind of place the world is. I don't know. That said. It looks awesome. I just hope they can fashion that kind of "bond" that kept you going int he first one.

Re: Farming Simulator 19 Is Not to Be Confused with Far Cry 5

Scollurio

I pitch you all a great idea. Make farmequipment robotic and remotely controlled, make a game that connects to them, call it "real dronefarmer 2020" and put all remaining farmers out of business, give gamers a share of profit. So we're all digital farmers and putting lifestock to the slaughter can be a fun pasttime experience. obviously not everything's meant seriously.