Metroidvanias are at their core based on having areas closed off without specific abilities, while open worlds are about having the worl not be closed off. I don’t see how you can make a game that attempts both without failing at being good in either domain

But who knows, maybe it’ll be a Breath of the Wild moment for the series.

At least Zelda was already pretty close to open world with most of their entries. Metroidvanias don’t really work as open worlds as a genre

Yeah, the bike section looked horribly boring.

And even though there’s some classic 1st-person gameplay, we all know Nintendo is going to push for tons of traversal on the stupid motorcycle, which will kill the vibe for the whole game.

They specifically mentioned multiple questlines breaking and blocking progression in addition to several smaller bugs yet they still gave the game an 8/10. I get that IGN reviews are the softest of balls to hit, but that’s ridiculous for even them

Nintendo’s patent lawyers should be reported to the bar association over this. These most recent patents are atrociously bad and could probably get the lawyers sanctioned

To call that dumbass palworld AI SLOP

Found the Nintendo fanboy. How do them boots taste?

Give eternal passes to Sony and Microsoft, but the pikachu/Mario guys are the villains…???

Obvious red herring. People yell about the bullshit Sony and Microsoft pull all the time. Have you ever considered that all 3 are shit?

You are calling me the “dumbass”, here? 😅 Both logic and philosophy say this perspective is wrong

If you’ve ever taken a philosophy course you’d know you’re completely full of shit.

Your whole comment belongs on r/okbuddyretard. Not that I should have expected any better from a Nintendo bootlicker

Yet it doesn’t seem to negatively effect the score

Nintendo is suing Palworld over patents they filed AFTER Palworld released, and said patents are so broad that many other games also technically violate said bullshit patents. Nintendo is the one in the wrong.

Source for the latest bullshit patent that they were awarded: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/09/10/uh-oh-nintendo-just-landed-a-summoning-and-battling-patent/

Eat my entire ass, bootlicker.

Capcom decided it was appropriate for them to add intrusice DRM into their games AFTER people already bought it.

Capcom can go eat everyone’s collective ass; they don’t deserve business

KIA?

Are you literally asking me to provide proof that somwthing isn’t happening?

You can’t prove a negative, dumbass. The onus of proof is on you

Microsoft and Sony aren’t currently trying to sue other developers into the ground. Nintendo is.

Fuck Nintendo and quit licking their boots

The competitive landscape has not improved one bit.

Except it is when you consider price/performance for the range of cards most people buy.

XX60 and XX70 class cards are where most sales are, and that’s where all 3 companies have something to offer

The main issue is that the average consumer is dumb and keeps buying Nvidia, even though both AMD and Intel have better price/performance and often just more performant in that class due to Nvidia cheaping out on vram. Consumers are treating Nvidia cards as a luxury brand, like iPhones

Repeatedly rewatch it. Need to help jumpstart it in the yt algorithm

Don’t forget the part where the publisher withheld the devs’ compensation for console sales

This is the most softball-assed “interview” I’ve ever seen. PC Gamer is full of clowns

And shitty guitar + singing

Personally, my only complaint is that legendary guns were too common in BL3. I often kept running with the same legendary for 15-20 levels becauae they were still better than the non-legendaries. Why have 18 bajillion guns when there’s 20 better ones you can get semi-often?

Hate it

No, I’m not being hyperbolic. It was a waste of my time that I’d rather have spent on something else

And here we have the "git gud’ sycophant. Go crawl back into whatever hole you came from

your skill and tactics by dying repeatedly

Personally, this is more generous than I’d call it

Personally I hate it.

Just keep in mind that not everyone likes it and the fanbase likes to suppress criticism.

So buyer beware, and keep an eye on you’re play time. If you’re not enjoying it in the first 2 hours, feel free to return it if you’re playing on Steam, like with any game

Can we please stop talking about Hollow Knight? Really tired of it getting shoved in my face

Ew, Bloomberg

Bloomberg and Nintendo. Sounds like a match made in hell

Mine is a more normie choice, but I’d have to say Chained Echoes.

It’s a JRPG made by one guy in Germany. Lasts 40-60 hours and manages to integrate both on-foot and flying mech mechanics together in a way that works. Plus, there’s several encounters throughout the story that are unique and interesting, and the story tends to subvert a lot of expected norms in the genre.

The downsode is there’s plenty of spots where the quality drops. There’s a couple of scenes with bad and nonsense writing, a couple of poorly thought out encounters, and and obsession for dangling post-game content in front of your nose throughout the story when there’s no need to make it post-game. Mainly, Mattias Linda really needed an editor to tell him “no” on some spots. As it is, I’d give it a 3.5-4 out of 5. If he had someone for proofreading and QA it’d probably be a solid 4.5/5.

I’ve literally experienced none of what you’re saying.

The comment I responded to is literally part of this. Are you fucking blind?

Not my fault you seem to selectively turn a blind eye to assholery. But you’re not my problem anymore; let the door hit you on the way out

You do you, but I don’t recommend buying games you don’t want to play

No, the fanbase has lost that right. God forbid anyone says anything about Hollow Knight that isn’t calling it a flawless masterpiece.

Any criticism of the game gets immediately flooded with downvotes and inundated with thoughtless comments like ‘git gud’.

And all of this is on top of the constant peer pressure for people to “just buy this masterpiece of a game” no matter what, and if you don’t like it because you don’t care for games that punch your face in a form of toxic masculine dick measuring, that’s your fault for being a weenie and not reading the Steam tags, despite tags being really easy to miss.

You don’t see this behavior from other indie game fandoms. Nobody in Stardew Valley’s community is going to bash your for not being into farming or life sims.

So no, the Hollow Knight fanbase don’t get to have their fun in peace, because it’s filled with massive pricks and they insist on pushing every little detail into its own article that gets shoved into everyone’s feed nonstop.

Now we know you’re a miserable douche. Looking forward to breaking out the popcoen when you throw a temper tantrum over Silksong not living up to the hype

Agreed. Hollow Knight is overrated.

The frustrating part is it only needed 2 changes to not suck: bosses get health bars and ghosts spawn at the start of the room, not halfway through a platforming challenge.

And before anyone mentions mods: devs shouldn’t rely on mods to fix their damn game

Seems weird as fuck to get downvoted for not knowing about a thing

I’m pretty sure you got downvoted for suggesting Steam Deck’s and/or Linux don’t count as PC’s.

Also, it’s one downvote

It’s the same process as on Windows

Who pissed in your cornflakes this morning?

Thank you

A bit of advice: you need to install SMAPI first (Stardew Modding API) first. Also, Nexus mods is where most people get their mods. The one in question is called “Stardew Valley Expanded”

As much as I loved the original trilogy, I’m still not gonna buy a Switch 2. Nintendo can burn in hell

Waiting to see Silksong suck on release and their fanbase getting really pissed off about it.

HK fans are really toxic to anything but absolute praise for the franchise

Dude, I’m from the US. I know. But the fact of the matter is that there’s shittons of poor people who voted for Trump, and they’re the ones most at risk. And they’re the ones I’m calling out