Yes, of course he is. The game made my childhood.
Again, I already stated my opinion on a sequel:
I keep the "I don't want a new Conker" stance since this way I simply won't be disappointed if we never see anything Conker again. I just accepted it.
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Again, I already stated my opinion on a sequel:
I keep the "I don't want a new Conker" stance since this way I simply won't be disappointed if we never see anything Conker again. I just accepted it.
I never claimed they developed, published or owned the IP. I said Microsoft invested in Cuphead. They provided funding for the development and marketing support.
By investing in Cuphead I maintain that Microsoft has invested in single player content (along with the other games I listed).
i don't undertand why counting games like nier, persona or niho as sony games, they are exclusive just for the demography of their pubblic, example given Ni No Kuni 2 according to SteamSpy sold less than 80k copies on steam, it's just a matter of pubblic
Horizon is simply amazing. My 2017 goty. The biggest positive in regards to Horizon is the studio that developed the game - Guerrilla Games. They went from a four game FPS franchise in Killzone to something a hell of a lot better and far more successful in their first attempt at an action/RPG. Uncharted 4 was a great 8.5/10 for me but Lost Legacy blows it away in my opinion.
I think that Microsoft needs to give its developers more time to make masterpieces in the Halo and Gears universe. An extra year or two ought to do the trick.
Again, not to start a console war but a massive portion of these I could describe as garbage by my own personal view, including things that are coming just based on my views of the creators/teams associated with them. To reiterate, my view, as in listing games is pointless and adds nothing. Could publishers do with more diversity in genre/design/ideas? Yes, absolutely. However, alot of Sonys first party are in my mind specifically designed to be media darlings. The media loves a story about emotions, gameplay be damned so you have stuff like The Last Guardian be given 10/10 reviews by the likes of EZA despite in their very review stating the game is deeply flawed. Not to mention stuff like Nier and Ni-Oh getting basically home field advantage when it comes to busines deals, as stupid as that may sound Japanese culture isn't exactly the most flexible or foreign friendly. The media is a big problem here in my opinion, in both perception and results. You have a game with "emotional storytelling" 90 on metacritic. You have a game with incredibly tight, incredibly polished and addictive gameplay like Thumper? 80 on metacritic. Not even pointing to some type of conspiratorial corporate bias but so many critical publications very clearly have their priorities focused on what will make games seem like "art" instead of what actually plays well.
I agree on lost legacy, it has a better campaign than U4 which still remains a 8/8,5 rock solid game, but I had to disagree on horizon. It was a too static game with few and bad subquest, if you exclude the dinosaurs, which are obviusly a huge selling point , it's one of the most boring open world of this generation.
And graphics are that good due too magic tricks like the extremly low FOV if you compares it to similar games like the ubisoft ones
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Not to mention claiming Sony released Sega, Koei Tecmo and Square Enix's games.
Not for me. Second best game of the gen after The Witcher 3. The side quests are worse than ACO/TW3 but that's to be expected since it was GG's first action RPG. For their first shot, they put Bioware, Bethesda and many other developers/publishers to shame.
I loved the open world and the gameplay is a perfect ten. From stealth to using bows and arrows to melee to traps to bombs, it all works so fluid and responsive. The machines were awesome and had more animations in some of them that some entire games have total. LOL. The main story and characters were also great and should be even better with the eventual sequel.
For this gen, I have The Witcher 3 (9.5/10, my 2015 goty), Horizon (9.5/10, my 2017 goty) and Uncharted Lost Legacy (9.5/10) as my top three games for the generation. Out of 63 completed games and including the above three, only 11 games total have hit my 9 or 9.5 rating. Also enjoyed The Frozen Wilds as well.
To each their own though. :)
Different games require a different approach to reviewing. The games you're complaining about are mainly story driven. Your playing them solely for the story so if it does that well then of course it'll get high scores, even if other elements are flawed. That's what it was made for. And also you have to look at it more closely than on a subjective level. Yes, there's no denying Sony is putting a lot of money on these narrative experiences. This is what they want to excel at and they're good at it the same way Microsoft is really good at building an eco system. I don't think there's some conspiracy to give them automatic high praise. Reviews are trying to explore games than on a surface level.
I'm gonna politely ask that people don't come to this thread posting game lists and enticing system wars battles
This is a discussion thread about Microsoft first-party games, let's try to keep it civil and focusing on that as much as possible
This is a discussion thread about Microsoft first-party games, let's try to keep it civil and focusing on that as much as possible
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No one plays games "solely" for the story. They are video games and are meant to be played. I'd argue that Brothers does a better job at telling a story in a video game than pretty much any AAA game you could think of because it does so through a game mechanic that really pulls at your heart strings.
I do find that, for games with metacritic scores above 80 (at least indicating some level of polish), my enjoyment don't really correlate with scores all that well. As long as Xbox keeps pumping out 80ish games (which the past two years have been a bit lacking, and recore should have launched as the DE version), I am very happy.
It's great GoW exists, and competition is a great thing for gamers.
Also, list wars often forget Halo Wars 2, one of the best RTS console experience, exists. It might not be for everyone, but that can be said for any genre/game.
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I'm not saying singleplayer games or even cinematic games can't be good, I just wish their were more focus on the things that make games unique. Max Payne 1-3 all have an incredibly cinematic flair but also manage to be massively replayable and fun games with interesting mechanics and I see that being lost in alot of modern games. Everything is punching with locked on animations and "emotional" storytelling now. I just want more games like the modern Doom, entirely focused on tight and responsive gameplay. You can weave a story around that, or even better have the player interact with the world you've created and make their own story, I just don't see that happening as much. I can remember the story of me fighting Alma in Ninja Gaiden, trying desperately to survive a scrappy confrontation only to come out on top much more than I remember any of the scripted sequences in Uncharted or Quantum Break where I merely pressed some buttons on command to get to the next scripted trigger. Games should be celebrated and revered for their use of the unique options only afforded by games as a medium instead of how pretty they look or how jaw dropping the setpiece. Alot of whether gameplay focused games succeed or not is based on critical response and from my perspective alot of critics don't seem to weigh gameplay as heavily as they should in comparison to presentation and story.
Not every reviewer is the same and not every reviewer played Brothers nor is every narrative game trying to tell the same story as that.
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I really hope Microsoft takes a look at the Shadowrun IP at some point in the future. I'd love a third person WRPG set in that universe, as a complement to the CRPGs on PC.
I've played over 9 days(216 hours) of Halo 5. I need more in my veins 343, be that 6 or a spin-off. I played the SP for 10 hours. Take your time on the SP, but it's worth about 5% of the mp to me, lol.
This is also you go wrong. Are those games heavily relying on story? Yes they are.
But their gameplay is still suberb.
Bloodborne was praised because of its combat
Horizon was praised because of its combat and how gorgeous it is with rich open world. Some people even disliked it's story
God of War have been praised to have best combat any game have ever made and how well made the world is.
Last of Us and Uncharted are games what are most story heavy, but even those games had AWESOME gunplay and it was fun.
Just because Sony games are story heavy, doesn't mean they don't have great gameplay and mechanics.
You are all doing it to yourselves at this point
lol, that gif is getting great useage in this thread recently.
It's all based on personal preference. At 39, I want a total, complete and overall package. Visuals, audio, gameplay, story and characters in a single player third person perspective. Sony simply gives me what I want and they do it better than everyone else. So again, it's simply all about personal preference.
i love love LOVED The Last Guardian up to that last second of the story i was hooked, on the edge of my seat and deeply moved. The music, atmosphere and story arch was pure brilliance i just couldn't believe video games reached this kind of connection with me. So far everyone ive told they ABSOLUTELY had to play it didnt finish it and complained about how clunky and annoying the game is. I brute forced my way through because of how entranced i was with the story and didn't care that it was a disaster trying to make precision jumps or getting trico to listen to me. The Last Guardian gameplay wise gets a 4.5/10 for me but a 10/10 for story. I played Last Guardian for its story and i have no regrets
Doesn't Microsoft own the Shadowrun IP and licensed it out to Harebrained Schemes? Still baffles me that Microsoft didn't pay them to port over the game to Xbox One.
For the sake of everyone's sanity can we please stop talking about Sony vs Xbox and Xbox vs Sony in this thread. Pretty please.....
I dissagree with most of your points. I'm a tad bit too drunk at the moment to state why, even if I weren't drunk I'd still probably be on the outside of popular opinion. I just don't get the praise for most of those games is what I am saying. Most of them just seem like slightly polished versions of mediocre ideas outside of Bloodborne which is just Ninja Gaiden 2 combat but much worse and can't rest on the variety and flexibility of DaS. Again, sorry I am drunk and probably sound like a buffoon.
Well that's your opinion and I don't wanna start fighting here. Let's just leave this matter here and focus on Xbox alone and leave PlayStation alone
Yep, MS also licensed battletech to them. That new game is coming out soon, again PC only.
In interviews Harebrained stated that there's no stipulation of Xbox port/exclusive/anything. Who knows.
https://pursuenews.com/showtimes-halo-tv-series-starts-filming-in-october-filming-location/
ok this is the only way I know to shift the discussion on something less "hot".
Showtime is a huge network with a high quality standard (like Twin peaks 3 last year)
I've met only one game that I thought was worth the 9,5 status, planescape: torment :lol:
But maybe it's just our personal tastes, like once said one of the masterminds of italian literature, Torquato Tasso, "s'ei piace ei lice: if you like it, you could enjoy without regret"
ok this is the only way I know to shift the discussion on something less "hot".
Showtime is a huge network with a high quality standard (like Twin peaks 3 last year)
I've met only one game that I thought was worth the 9,5 status, planescape: torment :lol:
But maybe it's just our personal tastes, like once said one of the masterminds of italian literature, Torquato Tasso, "s'ei piace ei lice: if you like it, you could enjoy without regret"
Shit is weird. Microsoft licenses out IP's but NOT for Xbox One??? SMH. Ah, whatever.
I absolutely believe that Halo 6 should be a spring game and not fall. Let it breathe.
Definitely personal tastes. I have zero interest in Planescape. LOL. :)
October 2019. Book it. :)
I said it yesterday, but I'd actually like for them to not be full spin-offs. Instead, just take the multiplayer modes of Halo/Gears and make them into their own titles. Then, do something different for the story of Halo/Gears.
Episodic chapters that release once a month via Game Pass would be pretty darn cool. A story-based horde/firefight game ALA Payday and Overwatch Uprising/Retribution would be cool too.
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