Posts by Sprony

Call me crazy, but I'm currently working through the entire Mapcore Job Census thread. I'll reboot the topic once I'm done and present you with an up to date list just because you all like that thread so much.

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I thought about this some more. We could start a new thread and name it 'Mapcore in the game industry' or something like that. We pin and lock it. Anyone who wants to be featured there can send me a message and I'll add them. We can built in an requirement that they will have to fill in the same fields on their profile page. This way I don't need to contact them to keep things updated (I can just check their profile) and we still have an updated list for anyone to see without 150 pages to scroll through. How does that sound @Pampers and @blackdog?

Oh, btw, people can use the 'What's going on in your life' thread to mention job changes if they feel inclined and we can still compliment them on their achievements.

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Think the job census page should stay, was nice to get a quick overall overview of where people work, rather than checking profiles one by one

A valid point. However, that list is almost 2 years old. You have a lot of outdated stuff, members who aren't active anymore, etc. That's besides the point of finding someone willing to maintain it. But, if the community really wants it to stay, there's always room to discuss it. This of course, isn't one way traffic

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Unlike the FPS market?

P.S. Looks super-sexy!

Going a bit off-topic (sorry @2d-chris), but the FPS market doesn't feel that saturated anymore. At least not to me. This year for instance, I can't think of a single impressive shooter (excluding Overwatch). In fact, even though writing about games is a part of my job now, I couldn't name 10 that came out if my life was depending on it.

Wait for it....

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I recently moved out of my parents into a house with some friends. It's been a lot of fun so far and we've mostly been having friends over for drinks, movies, games and parties. It's like being back at uni again. D: D: D:

I got to admit, sometimes I miss those days of living alone. I had my own house when I was 15 and as you can imagine, I had zero responsibility at that age. For 6 years it was just non-stop chilling and partying. There were always people over on every single day of the week. Almost every weekend started and ended at my place. I also gave a lot of really insane parties. Man, I really ravaged that place.

Funny note: When I moved out, the entire neighborhood came to help. I guess they were happy

It's way too slow. Speed needs to be increased by at least 50%. Also, loadouts ruin the map design. Other weapons don't matter. Strategic weapon locations don't matter. Everybody is just spamming rockets.

As a huge fan of Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, I've always kept my eye on it's modding community. This cult classic has seen a lot of love over the years with some excellent mods. Now they've taken it a bit further. Prelude Games Factory is made up by members from said community and they've launched a Kickstarter for their very own vampire game Dogma: Eternal Night. You might think it would look amateurish but it does not. Check out their Kickstarter page for more info. This thread will likely be overlooked but I do hope it gives them some more exposure. There's also a referral program, because sharing is caring right? I really hope they succeed because I need more vampire games like this in my life

Well, they really dropped the ball with Game of Thrones and Minecraft. So I wouldn't get my hopes up too high.

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On my way to do my first ever press interview about Total War: Warhammer with the people of the Creative Assembly. It doesn't help that I've never played Total War. But hey, I did my homework, came up with some decent questions (I think) and hopefully I won't embarrass myself playing (if it turns out to be a hands-on session). Let's see if they can understand my thick Dutch accent. Wish me luck!

So, I wrote this and it went live today. Not only did I get a lot of praise from the team, it's also one of the most extensive previews around. Apparently I got a ton of information out of them. I guess those interviews here did come in handy! The best part though, is that I not only got a shout out from Eurogamer UK, but even the publisher send us an email with a thank you for a great article. As a cherry on top, the team decided to give me the review for when it comes out. Moving up in the world I guess

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I've really not had any problems at all with FO4... I've got stuck in a terminal twice now in 30+ hours, and lost vision of my weapon a couple of times but that just requires toggling 3rd/1st person and it's back again.

Yeah, not perfect, but I had more issues with the horse on witcher 3, and how you can only really progress in the world by doing main story missions, going and exploring in withcer 3 led me to lots of things I couldn't kill and killing things / exploring gave you no xp to allow you to roam which is what i like to do.

I think the way my comment was phrased gave everyone the impression that I've already made up my mind about the game. I haven't. So far I've only played the intro. That is what my Power Armor comment is based on. The comment about bugs is more aimed at the press and the disbelieve about how we should simply accept that. I disagree. Funny thing is, based on text alone, we all look defensive. For instance, I've played The Witcher 3 for over 100 hours and didn't experience a single problem with my horse. Btw, killing things always gives you XP and exploring is most of the time very rewarding. The downside is that you often run across monsters that are too high level for you.

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I've got 65 hours on fallout 4 and I have only had to revert my save once. I'm not sure if I'm lucky (or they were QA'ing my exact CPU/GPU combo :P) but any issues I've had with the game have been design choices and not glitches or bugs.

The series is slowly getting 'Mass-effect'd' in my opinion which means the RPG elements are slowly stripped out or simplified and replaced with action game elements. I'm sure you'll agree that VATS is less useful now- you can have 92% chance to hit but somehow shoot the cover 3-4 times the enemy has slow-motioned behind.

Yes, I think that I'm biased. I come from Fallout 1. Fallout 4 is a very distant relative. I expected a wasteland survival game and not an action game.

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You can press Tab to cancel the VATS sequence if the enemy has moved behind cover etc.

Personally I've not experienced many bugs at all. My experience is very similar to Jackophants. I've played almost 50 hours and not progressed into the main quest too far. I'm just having a blast exploring the wasteland and finding all the little stories. I did really enjoy the Witcher 3 (Never got passed the second zone though) but I just prefer the world of Fallout I think.

We've talked about this before. You would love a smelly turd if it has a Fallout logo on it

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I think it has to do with accessibility, I can easily boot up fallout4 for the last 20mins of my lunchbreak and do whatever, but for the witcher 3, I feel like i need to set aside an hour or two just get into it again

I understand where you are coming from. I feel like I'm still disagreeing though. But I've read all the books, the comics and played all of the games. I'm just more invested in the world so it's easier for me to jump back in. Perhaps that places me in a position in which I can't objectively comment.

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I don't mean to defend FO4 or Bethesda, but falling into the trap of comparing it to Witcher3 is not very fair imo, they're both open world games but that's really where any similarities end, imo. You need to play games for what they are, and judge them for what they are, not compare them to other games that you enjoy, people that do that tend to end up disappointed because of unrealistic expectations. This applies to any kind of media, music, movies, games, books, etc.

And on my very brief hours with Witcher 3 I actually had a side quest bugging on me, and don't get me started on the buggy horse. I guess so is the nature of open world games man, not every game can have the level of polish GTA has.

Also, the article you're mentioning is probably this one, and i think it's a great read, he does have some really compelling arguments and an interesting perspective on this topic, feel free to disagree but I think the guy's onto something when he said:

Again, last thing I want to be is apologetic for the fact that the game can feel extremly unpolished at times, but an argument can be made that both the games masterful aspects and it's problems can be two sides of the same coin.

I appreciated the effort you put into this. But don't worry, I'm not falling into that trap. I wasn't really comparing either because both games have very different worlds and mechanics. I'm just saying that The Witcher has shown us what is possible in terms of story, quality content, graphics and polish. Fallout 4 falls short in that regard.

Sure, I like the way he thinks about it. He might even have a point. But I don't consider it an excuse for the state it's in. Bugs because you do all sorts of weird things, that's fine. The others are not. As a longtime fan since the first game, I'm just really disappointed with how the game starts. But like I said, I'm going to wait for some patches, get over it and try again. Hell, who knows, in a couple of months from now when I'm 100 hours in I might proclaim this game to be Bethesda's gift to mankind.

The simple truth is that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt raised the bar for open world RPG's in every conceivable kind of way. While not a bad game, Fallout 4 doesn't even come close to The Witcher's achievements. It also illustrates the widespread corruption in regards to game journalism. Just look at Metacritic (although not the best site, but that's a different discussion). A 8,4 score from the critics and a 5,4 from users. What made me wonder most is the hypocrisy of reviews detailing the overall buginess of the game but not detracting points for it. I read some article that Bethesda RPG's would be ruined if they polished it more because it would limit the freedom and randomness of it all. But that's just bullshit. Fallout 4 deserves the same amount of criticism as Arkham Knight for the state they released it in. Anyway, this review sums it up rather well.

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In a year when games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have redefined what open-world RPGs are capable of, I suspect that a lot of Fallout fans will be forced to question whether the usual Bethesda shtick of providing vast amounts of unpolished content with no emotional investment is still enough. I had a pretty good time, but despite its many strong points, Fallout 4 feels like one of Bethesda's minor works.

The game is on hold for me. I want some proper patches from Bethesda first and I'm waiting for mods to come that address the more serious issues. The dialog mod is already a big step forward.

The Polygon link here will let you use sliders so you can have a better comparison between the old and the new.

Power Armor used to be an endgame item. Something legendary, epic and seemingly unobtainable. When you first encountered the Brotherhood of Steel in the original Fallout you were in awe. The quest line just to get a foot in the door was a huge undertaking and even then, you weren't there yet. When I finally acquired Power Armor, I felt Godlike, walking the Wasteland without a care in the world. Now you drown in them.

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All of these changes are utter crap, the only thing we need is the Women appreciation thread back, also there's not enough praise to Hurg atm, we should not lose faith in our savior. Remember, Hurg is love, Hurg is life.

I think you meant to say 'Men'. Also, who is this Hurg guy?

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I think it needs to be easier to distinguish staff from the userbase. The first problem is that it is almost impossible to find the staff directory. The only way I have found this page is by googling for it. Putting it under the "about mapcore" tab would fix this. I also think an user's privileges should be listed with profile information. That way when a user makes a post there can be no confusion if that user is a moderator or not. While I understand that this isn't in Mapcore's style, there have been big firefights started over confusion if a user was moderator or not.

Yes, this is a touchy subject here but I agree. There needs to be a better distinction. We'll look into that.

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Why not just moving the Status Updates more towards the bottom instead of removing them? I always liked them for having a quick overview of what people do. The few spam attempts were not really a problem in my eyes. Otherwise cool to see some change (although Mapcore is already love <3).

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I kinda agree with Exodus.

The status update is a nice little feature to quickly keep tabs on what's going on around the site.

Could be moved to another location to make room for articles or it could be its own subforum if that is possible (like off-topic, you would have a subforum in "General" called "status update" where all updates could be gathered in one place).

Both of you have valid points, something we considered actually. However, it's not used that often anyway and most things that do get posted barely get replies. So that's why we've decided to drop it entirely. I do want to point out that @Quotingmc made some excellent suggestions regarding our user profile contact information. It's ancient. It still uses fields for AOL, MSN, ICQ, etc. Do you know anybody that still uses that? I don't. I would like to see that changed to stuff like Twitter, Facebook, Steamid, Origin, Battlenet, PSN, Xbox Live, etc. That should give you enough options to find and follow someone so you can see their status

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Eheh, I really wanted to go out when that lunatic was talking shit, but I know Nicola would have disapproved, probably would have made things worse, some people thrive on confrontation. We think she might be proper schizophrenic... did I say that at some point throughout the weekend she smashed her boyfriend TV?

My girlfriend was planning to move anyway by January after the fire accident, the threats just sped up the process. And not much because of fear, at least I think the bitch is just delusional, but still you don't want to walk out to go to the toilet or to work and get someone in your face.

Yeah, women tend to do that. It's not like I'm a violent guy or a brawler. At a certain point though, you've just crossed the line and then I'll fuck you up by any means necessary

Renamed it.

The first time I have no interest in the sale. There are no dailies, no super deals, no voting, etc. Just deals that remain the same so it gives me zero incentive to log in and check what's changed.