People have been saying this game is exciting because of the lack of mtx, but it seems to me that any big rpg gets a lot of attention. Eldan Ring got similar praise last year. Bioware was making these kinds of games fairly consistently about a decade ago and then stopped to make shit like Anthem. It’s a design decision not a budget problem.

Kojima got away with his product placement in mgs3 because nobody in the west knew calorie mate was a real product lol.

Wonder if he’s using that programming language he was making.

I’d say they are just moving away from the tacky bikini outfits from the PS2 era. I think katana and mileena look great. I think people have rose colored glasses when it comes to the character models for mk 9 they look much better now. As for the gameplay I won’t know until I play it but from what I see it looks more like MkX than mk11. I agree with you that SF6 will be hard to beat. I think it’s my favorite street fighter since 3.

Is Tanya being a bit ugly that much of a controversy? Game looks awesome and much faster paced than 11. The cameos are much better than the customizable characters imo.

I’d say the solution is no drm. Piracy is a workaround.

Only the Naughty Dog ones which I think is just Lost Legacy.

Getting closer to “you die in game you die in real life”.

It’s hard to find something unique but I’ve found some of my favorite games by taking a gamble and playing a game I don’t know much about. If the box art looks cool or I like the trailer I give it a try. Game critics don’t help much as they only like specific kinds of games so I can’t rely on them too much.

I definitely agree it applies to all media. There’s always something good to find but you need to dig sometimes. A great AAA game is normally well made and can be a lot of fun but rarely are they unique or surprising.

People who get video game burnout or say gaming is dead or whatever are victims of AAA marketing.

Most of the time I see posts like this they complain that they bought all the newest games with great reviews and aren’t having any fun. Normally it’s Sony games and other cinematic experience kind of games. Or they are games that they put 100’s of hours into. They are doing the same stuff over and over and getting bored.

Unfortunately critics care more about production values and polish than novel game mechanics. Plenty of interesting games get overlooked due to being a little weird or not fitting in modern game conventions. If you only play the big budget AAA stuff you are going to get burnt out because they all copy each other trying to be the next “big game”. If you play games that get bad reviews, have weird mechanics, or do something different you won’t get burnt out. I like to recommend the Gravity Rush games to people who have a playstation and are burnt out on the “cinematic” games. They typically have never heard of it and end up having a blast with them. Makes me sad when I see people still buying games based on metacrtic scores. They miss out on so much.

I’d count anything from Grasshopper Manufacture. They are the kings of B-Grade games.

Banned 80 times lol. Statistically I was probably team killed by this guy with the amount of siege I played. Not sure what it is about that game that attracts the most unhinged players.

If you like action games

Vanquish $5.99

Bayonetta $5.99

Devil May Cry 5 $10

Sekiro $30

Well that explains the lack of custom games at least. Sad it’s a fun game it just needs more content.