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Really getting tired of pretending "this is fine" and the problem is people complaining and not that most big budget western games suck now.
These bogus statistics are always amazing. "Guys it can't be a failure it's the no 1 selling game on playstation." Yeah, with literally no serious competition. C'mon stop being this gullible.
Yeah, none of us here are going to ignore the handholding and woke garbage destroying a hobby that for most of us on this forum has spanned decades. We're watching the things we used to love fall apart right in front of us at the Altar of the Woke. I'm 42 now and I've been playing video games since I was about 4-5 years old. I've experienced every single great era of gaming and what's happening now is an absolute travesty.
The devs literally said he's not gay in the game and the LGBT community is warping words again to fit their narrative. As much as what's happening with this game is annoying to me, this isn't one of them.
An interactive movie where your input means nothing
!Right it's bad. I basically stoped buying AAA games as it's been years since I actually enjoyed one. They all feel way to "safe" and like they are a reskin of all other games as they don't try anything new most times.
There are still fun AAA games. I thoroughly enjoyed both Horizon games, even with the stupid DLC of the second game. Honestly, the first Horizon game got me into gaming again. And Breath of the Wild. But it's been rough for AAA games lately. The Last of Us was fantastic. I couldn't force myself to finish the sequel for obvious reasons.
Those are all a few + years old and good games. Seems it got bad around late 23-24 as now AAA games are eaither woke, have $500 in dlc or just feel like they aren't fun. Also what happened to faces/character models? Those definitely took a shit in most big games and after watching the Bethesda game dev protest I'm fairly sure it's because the people making games absolutely hate themselves and life and should go into a woodchiper. Compare a dev team pic form now vs and older one. The older ones are a bunch of awkward geeky dudes and women that are they because they love games.
I feel this, once I built my PC last year I got loads of those sony AAA games and yet I just can't bring myself to finish them. TLOU I & II, God of War, they look nice but I can't bring myself to finish them. I spend way more time playing crappy roguelikes or indie games.
God of War 1 and 2 are quite amazing, actually. They can get repetitive, though.
Nobody likes QTE and it shouldn't be a thing in modern games. QTE is there because developers want cut scenes but feel that letting the player do nothing isn't interactive. The smart thing to do is not have cut scenes at all. Fucking Half Life 2 doesn't have cut scenes but does have moments when people talk and you can walk around and do what you want while they're doing it. We have devolved from a 2004 game.
Of course it's going to have strong initial sales because it's Wolverine. The game looks good but there's no gameplay. Remember when Ghost of Yōtei sold more in initial sales than Ghost of Tsushima, but it then turns out Yōtei sold less than Tsushima? Ghost of Yotei sold about 4.8 millions copies while Tsushima sold 6.5 million copies in its first year. While 4.8 million isn't bad, it also isn't 6.5 million.
They also abandoned physical games.
And how many of these came out after spider man 2? Since that is supposed to be the big win.
Yeah ai bots definitely have a ways to go before they take over the world.
That's just what the AI wants you to think, there's a strategic reason why it only lets the retarded ones post on the internet.
The only PS5 games that PC doesn't have that is worth a damn is Demon Souls Remastered and Astro Bot. Ghost of Yōtei if you really want to push it. Demon Souls Remastered and Astro Bot are now both semi playable on PC through KytyPS5. Sony dumping PC has quickly pushed a PS5 emulator into existence. The emulator is progressing quickly to the point where it's possible GTA6 might be playable on release.
I really wanna play that Astro Bot game. I was thinking I would just grab it at a steep discount in the future, and then borrow a friend's PS5 to play it. But I would rather play it on PC. If not natively then at least by emulation, if the emulation gets to a good enough point.
Aaahhh very good.
Not their fault, Nintendo went after them: https://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-400-dmca-takedowns-for-switch-emulators/
We haven't seen Bloodborne ported to PC and will likely never. Demon Souls and Astro Bot are also likely to never see the light of day on PC, though Demon Souls on RPCS3 works pretty good. Not everyone likes the Demon Souls Remake.
The hot new Switch emulator is now NxEMU which isn't based on Yuzu and Ryujinx. NxEMU uses only decrypted Switch roms, which makes it get into less legal trouble with Nintendo. A lot of people are saying it's the best Switch emulator right now. The point of Suyu is that they left behind the source code through github that has the ability to start porting Switch games to PC natively. AI is accelerating emulation and decompilation to the point where we could see games released exclusively on consoles be ported to PC by the community.
Thanks for the heads up. I hadn't heard of this one before.
Yikes. And this is coming from someone who was clearly pumped about playing it.
Gee thanks. I wouldn't have deduced that from this very obvious image.
It's not that simple, physical stores and key sellers can still run out of keys allotted to them, and then you'd be forced to buy at inflated prices if you decide to get a game after all.
A beneficial legacy from when Sony sold physical games. Biggest scam in modern gaming. I also thought Wolverine would have been a 7/10 game, until I saw what Insomniac Games has created. Franchise games will continue to be terrible games because the game itself isn't what sells but the IP. Just look at Suicide Squad where it caused a $200 million financial loss to Warner Bros. But this is why I feel Sony might make an exception with Wolverine on PC, due to poor sales. Not that anyone should buy this awful game, even if it were on PC.
Yeah I stopped pre-ordering games back in the 90s or very early 2000s. I have no idea why people still do that today. Even if the game is good, you still need to give the devs time to fix broken shit with patches, not to mention waiting for sale prices. These days I absolutely do NOT buy until I try. I need hands-on before I decide to purchase a game.
Those day 1 patches are more about fixing builds that one shot things in game than actual bugs. Look at Mortal Shell II for example where before the first patch you could one shot bosses in the game with Smert, but after the first patch then he's pretty weak. They did buff him a few patches later but nowhere near the level he was pre-patch. Now ask me if they fixed the games bugs and the answer is no. Mortal Shell II still has bugs where I either lose my weapon or I fall through the world.
By now, it is safe to assume that you get the better game if you wait at least a couple of months after release. Even for the most lauded of games. Has the added advantage that most of them will be on sale by then.
I mean I get having something you want to play right away, nothing wrong with paying full price if you want that but no reason not to wait until day 1 to see reviews. Like I get it back in the day, I grew up in the 80s and 90s, I remember when there were limited copies and shit took a long time to get in. I can see why people preordered (never could talk my parents in to doing it). However with digital distribution? They never run out of copies so get it after you check it.
