Cain on Games - Tim Cain's new YouTube channel

[Vyvian]

I talk about game development caution and how it seems to be affecting newer games.

I guess we can see now why Obsidian games take an eternity to release.
They are hard at work not working at all.
I got a kick out of his story about how the other developers were actually scared when he and Leonard would yell at each other.

 

[turkishronin]

Are super mutants basically trannies? Someone should ask this important question from Tim

 

[Forest Dweller]

I talk about my most fulfilling game development experience, which led to the hardest lesson I had to learn about game dev.

Alright, who's the boss that made him fire someone he didn't want to? Was it Fargo, Feargus, or the Carbine guy?

 

[Poppers]

Skyrim is the worst offender I can think of for potion-hoarding, and it's caused by a few factors. One is that the game is generally pretty easy, so you don't need to bother with consumables. The second is that the inventory UI is fucking awful, and players will naturally avoid using it whenever they can. The third is that most potions (especially player-brewed potions) have worthless effects like +12% fire resistance. That shit is going to clog up your inventory for the next 40 hours while you wait for the fight that's actually difficult enough to justify digging through the menu to use it.

Elder Scrolls games (or at least Morrowind and Oblivion) have the additional problem that anyone can use restoration spells and they become more effective the more you use them (even if you are already at full health). Having effectively free unlimited healing makes using the finite potions in your inventory even less attractive, especially when those potions don't advance your healing skill.

Using restoration spells takes time.
Chugging down potions doesn't.
You're nearly dead mid combat? Open inventory -> drink potions -> insta heal

 

[Butter]

Are super mutants basically trannies? Someone should ask this important question from Tim

 

[Roguey]

Using restoration spells takes time.
Chugging down potions doesn't.
You're nearly dead mid combat? Open inventory -> drink potions -> insta heal

True for Oblivion but not Morrowind where you could only drink one potion and it healed over time. They made it more forgiving starting with Oblivion as a benefit to role-players bad at action games.

 

[Bulo]

Using restoration spells takes time.
Chugging down potions doesn't.
You're nearly dead mid combat? Open inventory -> drink potions -> insta heal

True for Oblivion but not Morrowind where you could only drink one potion and it healed over time. They made it more forgiving starting with Oblivion as a benefit to role-players bad at action games.

They reverted to a heal-over-time system for Starfield, presumably anticipating that roleplayers would no longer be a concern

 

[Bohrain]

Regarding consumable hoarding, Tales of Vesperia felt like it had a real good balance for that. Enemies hit fairly hard, especially bosses and you aren't given tons of opportunities to regain resources. Moreover, every consumable was restricted to 15 max stack, which wasn't that lot early on if you had to heal all party members with only the +30% health gels.

 

[Roguey]

They reverted to a heal-over-time system for Starfield, presumably anticipating that roleplayers would no longer be a concern

Yeah, that plus the lack of a VATS-like ability shows that they are no longer interested in role players and catering more to people who complained about how lacking their action combat has been. I know a guy with a disability that makes playing action games incredibly uncomfortable, and he is rather disappointed with being abandoned.

 

[Quillon]

who is this boss person? feargus or brian or...?

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

It's amazing how he was banned from Fallout 2 party but welcomed to "Fallout" 3 and "Fallout" 4. No wonder he was praising Bethesda. Sending security after Tim Cain is just gut wrenching.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Looks like we're going viral boys.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

I talk about game development caution and how it seems to be affecting newer games.

That 'coder' when he found out.

 

[Forest Dweller]

who is this boss person? feargus or brian or...?

Definitely Fargo.

 

[Athena]

Looks like we're going viral boys.

Incredibly punchable face (Not Cain's)

 

[Roguey]

Looks like we're going viral boys.

Tim's video was 13 minutes long, this guy's is 45 minutes. Yeah I'm not watching that.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Roguey I didn't watch the whole thing either, but it's already at 200k views so it might generate hype for Tim's channel.

 

[agris]

 

[Butter]

Looks like we're going viral boys.

Incredibly punchable face (Not Cain's)

How dare you say that about Jim Henson.

 

[Roguey]

Roguey I didn't watch the whole thing either, but it's already at 200k views so it might generate hype for Tim's channel.

Sending a bunch of zoomers his way with their zoomer takes doesn't seem like it'd result in a net positive outcome.

 

[Lovely Feather Pillow]

I talk about game development caution and how it seems to be affecting newer games.

 

[santino27]

I talk about the tendency for players to hoard items and skills until they are "really needed" but then they go unused, and how game design can encourage players to use their items and skills instead of hoard them.

I feel attacked.

 

[Moink]

Sounds like an insane amount of money was spent on the launch party.

 

[NwNgger]

I want to watch these videos but there's just something about Tim Cain's mannerisms. He's so offputtingly smug and bitchy. Like a lot of poofs who try to emulate bitchy high status women. And he can't tone that down to be informative because like all bum bandits he feels the world simultaneously owes him tolerance just for existing and attacks him for not being straight. It makes him unwatchable for me.

 

[Roguey]

Tim: Fallout was no longer mine.

Also Tim: I have no interest in doing sequels.

A lesson he's probably learned by now, but if you go to a concert, bring ear plugs, seriously.