Random Gaming Thoughts

[Soldier Blue]

Bayonetta looks like a cool game. I think I want to play it.

[BoneSnapDeez]

All this talk of Bloodborne makes me chuckle, as I literally just purchased Dark Souls II for $20 a few days ago.

Staying one generation behind has served me well.

[isiolia]

Didn't want to buy the Scholar of the First Sin version with all the DLC?

[marlowe221]

Didn't want to buy the Scholar of the First Sin version with all the DLC?

I was looking at that version but was a little confused. Is that version the complete package then? The base game with all DLC?

[isiolia]

Yes and no. It's the full game + DLC, but the base game has been enhanced/changed up some. Impressions I saw claimed the new version uses more difficult enemy placement and such.

Launch price on last-gen is $40 though, which I think makes it cheaper than buying the original release + DLC.

[wclem]

Yes and no. It's the full game + DLC, but the base game has been enhanced/changed up some. Impressions I saw claimed the new version uses more difficult enemy placement and such.

Launch price on last-gen is $40 though, which I think makes it cheaper than buying the original release + DLC.

Do you really need to make the game harder????

[Xeogred]

DS2 was the easiest one for me by far, so I will welcome the change.

With the DLC, it sounds like an easy 70+ hours for a first full run (I had over 60 on the PS3 release). I definitely didn't mind double dipping for the PS4 version of the new release.

[Forlorn Drifter]

Yes and no. It's the full game + DLC, but the base game has been enhanced/changed up some. Impressions I saw claimed the new version uses more difficult enemy placement and such.

Launch price on last-gen is $40 though, which I think makes it cheaper than buying the original release + DLC.

Do you really need to make the game harder????

I don't know about Bloodborne, but out of the Souls series, Dark Souls II was seen as the easiest.
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What is the proper use of the term CRPG? I'm very confused on the subject. As I understood it, stuff like Icewind Dale, Baldur's Gate, Planetscape: Torment, Diablo, the first two Fallouts, etc. I was understanding it to mean classic RPG , as in the "golden age" of western-developed RPG's. But from what I understand, that isn't well agreed upon, and many don't consider any, or only a few of those CRPGs.

If CRPG doesn't fit, what would be the category for those types of games? Isometric RPGs?

[BoneSnapDeez]

It's "computer" RPG.

Essentially synonymous with "WRPG" (Western RPG).

[Ack]

It's "computer" RPG.

Essentially synonymous with "WRPG" (Western RPG).

Yeah, pretty much. WRPG is a bit broader nowadays as some WRPGs appear on consoles and handhelds, but back when these terms first appeared, almost all WRPGs appeared on computers first.