I think a lot of the MK1 experience is good and well done. I think there’s a lot of style and gameplay that make it fun and mostly worth the cost of entry. The cameo system included, although poorly balanced, added another dimension to the gameplay.

Where they lose me is the DLC. They asked a lot for the expansion and didn’t offer much. On top of that many of the added characters should’ve been there, or needed rebalancing after release.

I’m still not convinced you should take an NRS fighter seriously, but I’m usually willing to see what they’ll put out.

There’s a logical fallacy in here somewhere. I don’t think he’s wrong, AAA is much more risk adverse and we haven’t been seeing as many innovative high budget hits IMO but rather call of duty… 12? Madden 24, NBA and fortnight whatever in the top games section.

I think there’s room for both to exist, it’s okay to have sequels but would be nice to also let people be creative with a budget.

Man I missed the acceptable trend of hardware buttons.

Silent Hill 2 is a strange beast, you can tell it runs horribly. I’m sure a cracker or something is figuring it out.

Don’t buy the Ps5 pro though, there’s no point.

Lol tell me you don’t know about making games without saying you don’t know about making games.

I see OP in their comment history uses “tyres” so they’re probably not from the US.

C-Walking has been a prominent fad in the US, more so in the early 2000s than recently, but most people are familiar with it.

I don’t understand the context of this post, but there’s not much here of note if you grew up in the US and made it past late teenager.

At this point, Snoop is inevitable.

That’s what I’m trying to say. I don’t think such a game is feasible.

Also, in the context of this threat, saying “ooo Tetris isn’t political!” is being pedantic, that’s not what the person meant when they asked for an example of a non political game.

I’m not saying I know anything about this Dragon Age, I haven’t played it.

I think it’s a fair point though, to imagine an a-political narrative game, because I think most if not all RPG games I can think of have some kind of political content.

Now make it so you have to beat e1m1 for the alarm to turn off.

You’re right, because a lot of it was “game not horny” and I don’t have time for incel garbage

This dude used to point out legit game quality issues, but I’m not sold on “the game isn’t horny anymore”. I dont really give a shit about that.

That and the RE4 remaster was genuinely good. Starting to feel like an edge lord.

No more apps please, I’d rather have access in a convenient way.

Interesting opinion from someone who didn’t know they did unlockable characters in 4, lol.

I’m not suggesting every street fighter should come with every character, there’s like a million. If you think that who they choose to add and not add isnt financially motivated, I think that’s wrong.

SF6 is a great game, love it, and generally they’re getting it right, but Capcom for sure loves doing things for that cash.

Lol right in time for Halloween

Street fighter 4 did this very explicity.

I’m not discounting that the whole DLC characters thing has been around since 2 though and has gotten worse.

I remember 5 launched with a barebones roster where a lot of core characters were missing (basically the first edition of 3 all over again).

Pvp extraction shooter? What does that have to do with the Marathon franchise?

I smell a cash grab.

To add some more context. Microsoft (and a lot of tech companies) have a relatively big presence in Israel, and that includes a lot of Israeli employees and acquired business.

I agree with you, while adding that the lack of depth, especially in space exploration, economy and combat made it that much more disappointing. Like the groundwork is there, you should be able to hire pilots or have you companions run planet bases for you, but no. At least, when I played you couldn’t do that.

This is just like that Epic dude saying Fortnite is the future (lol). People are trying to make definitive statements about what a successful game looks like but there are so many variables to consider. The problem just isn’t as simple as “is it multi-player or not”. Cost matters too, but it’s also clear that more development money doesn’t mean better game. Spider man 2 is a good game, but I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of Balatro, which was way cheaper to make and to buy.

Find a new algorithm? It’s not creative, it just gave up one it knew about.

I hear what you’re saying, but think about it this way, should I have to log into my dvd player to watch a movie? There wouldn’t be any added experience. What about 10 years down the line when Sony decides to shut off PSN? Will they take the time to remove the requirement or will they do what they’ve done in the past and just drop support?

Forcing people to be online and log into shit is just an unnecessary hassle so that they can keep making money off their paying customers. From what I can tell, this does nothing for us. If we just “get over it” then companies will continue to be exploitive. Expressing frustration, especially as a customer is important.

Not gonna buy it until it’s on sale, and not using their stupid launcher.

I have enough fucking launchers.

One of, if not the wealthiest company on the planet, acting like they can’t afford it. These people need to come back down to reality.

I definitely prefer not paying $700 for an incremental upgrade.

I feel like they didn’t really do his arc yet. It sucked because him and Vincent are more or less just hanging around, but I think it’s too early to say whether or not he’s way off base.

The game needed a travel mechanism and Cid fits the bill, he needs to fit the environment too so, it’s not like he’s gonna cuss you out.

Who’s the rewritten asshole of FF7?

Ah yes, a Roadmap so ambitious it requires less hands.

I think Hideo would have a case if they didn’t credit him and the original developers. They obviously didn’t design the game from scratch.

I mean, I’m pretty sure cyberpunk settings usually center around the dystopic future brought about by late stage capitalism.

It was game of the year when it came out…

Is this true? The series has had sequence breaks both intentional and otherwise in every game. I don’t think they parched the ones out of Dread either.

I wonder if this is kind of how the Balatro dev feels

Did someone make paid horse armor yet? Lol

I think the writing is on the wall at this point. Console sales aren’t great, and are losing their relevance. Most consoles share the same architecture and it looks like Microsoft is focusing more on making content much like Netflix does. That’s probably why they bought (and will keep buying) big game studios and publishers.

Weird, I think the whole PC console game war was relevant when I was a kid and everything was new and cool, but I think at this point the whole “who’s winning the console war” feels immature and is holding the industry back.

Like others have said, I don’t really give a shit what content runs on, so as long as it runs. Better if things run well and I can take them with me like the deck.

You can make the argument about why it’s better to play content on a PC but what’s the point of the comparison? Why does it matter who is better? In an ideal world, everything would run great on affordable PCs that everyone has access to, but I don’t think we’re at that reality.

Wow you wouldn’t think so with the way video game employees have been culled

I wonder how my man Gordon is doing…

I think these execs are trying to pump up the numbers then cash out. The pandemic and shift to remote work really scared the upper class when they realized people work just fine without them physically breathing down their neck every day.

Ah, it’s fine. I think the important part is keeping these games runnable on modern systems. I think D2 resurrected did a pretty good job of this, and the time is right since Fallout seems to have exploded in popularity.

Anyone know what the hype is about? Is it like Stronghold? I’m not too keen on getting early access.