Pretty much this. Halo 5 was a great game by ERA standards so I expect Halo Infinite to make people happy.
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Let's Predict the Biggest Gaming Disappointments in 2020
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Pretty much this. Halo 5 was a great game by ERA standards so I expect Halo Infinite to make people happy.
Given that I vaguely remember people saying their hands-on time with Ghosts at some event wasn't particularly great, I'd pick that because all of the rest nobody has played or have been received well.
It almost can't flop especially with game pass. Everyone gets it for "free" and it has enough name recognition that people will download it to try it out. I doubt it will move a lot of Boxes or keep people interested after the launch month though.
Had a hard time choosing between Halo and Zelda but went with Zelda at last...hear me out.
I think Zelda open world honeymoon is over and people have started to see the world as mostly barren or maybe too long.
Zelda would be a better game than Halo but per expectations Halo has quite a low bar to cross for it to be revered as GOTG (you know it) while Zelda...that's a tall tall order for a near perfect game in people mind.
I think Zelda open world honeymoon is over and people have started to see the world as mostly barren or maybe too long.
Zelda would be a better game than Halo but per expectations Halo has quite a low bar to cross for it to be revered as GOTG (you know it) while Zelda...that's a tall tall order for a near perfect game in people mind.
How can Halo Infinite disappoint? Oh I forgot, there's still people that give 343i a chance. It's kinda like the new Star Wars trilogy to me. You could see where it was already headed in the wrong direction from its first movie. As good as Halo 4 was in certain ways, it was just not very Halo in spirit. Both game-design it was copying Call of Duty facets like forced POV cutscenes that pretend to be seamless to gameplay, and storywise you got a very melodramatic but dreary tone that had such a "What if Halo was REAL LIFE" feeling and it sucked. But that spark of Halo, the sense of developers having fun creating huge physics mayhems on battlefields and Big Guns TM seemed lost. It was like Halo had an over-perception of what it was, and they trended more towards the generic.
And Halo 5 is not even a letdown it was just abysmal. I didn't buy it and my friend didn't buy it. They said "no splitscreen" and we were like "How can you even make that decision when you're working on HALO." That sent the biggest message that they just do not understand what they're playing with. So respectfully, we've been out since then and no promises of undoing that message-mistake is gonna instil a lot of confidence in their future games. They had two games, as it is, to prove that Halo can be taken under a new team's wing, and they didn't really prove it to work.
Rather, if Infinite was a suprising success that could get some old Halo and Bungie fans to be interested again. I just don't see how it can possibly be a "disappointment" but again, I'm projecting myself on what I thought everyone thought.
My big one would be Last of Us 2. Naughty Dog has a "proven" track record, they've had everything going their way for a decade and yet, I feel there have been some signs, even back when it got announced, that we've reached a straw that is potentially about to break the camel's back. It's no secret they have the ultimate crunch cycles to live up to their own branding and reputation but what happens when you combine that with pretty major veteran developers drizzling out? It's not a disaster because the loss has been confined to just a few key members (but significant ones on TLOU 1) but it could be a disaster in the making.
They lost Bruce Straley, longtime game director and co-op director to Neil Druckmann because of burnout. They also lost the guy that Neil cited to have been the person who plotted out TLoU1's story's structure for everyone to keep things on track. There's just a few signs in the amount of delays on the game and subtle signs of worry from their employee's twitters that it's enough that I've begun to feel sceptical. It all adds up because for the longest time the way I've felt about the hype and marketing around it has been that just being a sequel isn't enough. They've shown sparse details but the bits they've shown don't have any intrigue. You're not raring to find out what it all means yet, and I see that as a warning after they spent money on producing pretty major E3 demos that somewhat failed to invite me into the premise of their new game.
And Halo 5 is not even a letdown it was just abysmal. I didn't buy it and my friend didn't buy it. They said "no splitscreen" and we were like "How can you even make that decision when you're working on HALO." That sent the biggest message that they just do not understand what they're playing with. So respectfully, we've been out since then and no promises of undoing that message-mistake is gonna instil a lot of confidence in their future games. They had two games, as it is, to prove that Halo can be taken under a new team's wing, and they didn't really prove it to work.
Rather, if Infinite was a suprising success that could get some old Halo and Bungie fans to be interested again. I just don't see how it can possibly be a "disappointment" but again, I'm projecting myself on what I thought everyone thought.
My big one would be Last of Us 2. Naughty Dog has a "proven" track record, they've had everything going their way for a decade and yet, I feel there have been some signs, even back when it got announced, that we've reached a straw that is potentially about to break the camel's back. It's no secret they have the ultimate crunch cycles to live up to their own branding and reputation but what happens when you combine that with pretty major veteran developers drizzling out? It's not a disaster because the loss has been confined to just a few key members (but significant ones on TLOU 1) but it could be a disaster in the making.
They lost Bruce Straley, longtime game director and co-op director to Neil Druckmann because of burnout. They also lost the guy that Neil cited to have been the person who plotted out TLoU1's story's structure for everyone to keep things on track. There's just a few signs in the amount of delays on the game and subtle signs of worry from their employee's twitters that it's enough that I've begun to feel sceptical. It all adds up because for the longest time the way I've felt about the hype and marketing around it has been that just being a sequel isn't enough. They've shown sparse details but the bits they've shown don't have any intrigue. You're not raring to find out what it all means yet, and I see that as a warning after they spent money on producing pretty major E3 demos that somewhat failed to invite me into the premise of their new game.
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Lol at people still believing the BotW love is the result of a "honeymoon period"
Yep, these Halo comments will be brutal to go back to at the end of the year ;)
Have a hard time believing any of Cyberpunk, HalfLife, TLOU 2, or BotW if it comes out this year to disappoint. Which leaves out the rest of the group.
I want to believe FF7 will be great, everything looks good. GoT's combat to me doesn't look great while everything else does.. Haven't seen much from Halo to know.
I want to believe FF7 will be great, everything looks good. GoT's combat to me doesn't look great while everything else does.. Haven't seen much from Halo to know.
Out of those, Halo Infinite. Seeing the past couple I can't see how it'll be as good as it needs to be.
I also feel FFVII will disappoint the casual crowd. The ones who remember playing FFVII on the PS1 and liked it but don't keep up with games. They'll buy it thinking it's the whole thing and then even though it'll be long, feel ripped off when it ends at leaving Midgar.
I also feel FFVII will disappoint the casual crowd. The ones who remember playing FFVII on the PS1 and liked it but don't keep up with games. They'll buy it thinking it's the whole thing and then even though it'll be long, feel ripped off when it ends at leaving Midgar.
CP2077 could be the greatest game of all time and it would still not live up to the hype it's gotten.
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Will it really? The trailers don't show anything radically different from the story plot points in the original, and the MIdgar chapter was only 6 hours from my experience. It looks like Cloud sees more hallucinations and a new soldier follows you around, but I don't see anything that suggests it's a long game. Maybe they can expand the story to around 20hrs but hardly long.
I worry about Final Fabtasy 7 remake - I know initial previews have been positive but it's had such a long, Rocky development , the love fir TH the original is so string and Square Enox seem to be having issues with their major games .
both aFinal Fabtasy XV and Kingdiom Hearts 3 were underwhelming fior. many.
and breath off the wild 2 isn't coming ing this year.
both aFinal Fabtasy XV and Kingdiom Hearts 3 were underwhelming fior. many.
and breath off the wild 2 isn't coming ing this year.
I think I'll really enjoy Cyberpunk 2077, but I think there will be many complaints about it being FPS or not living up to some people's hype of what they believe the game will be like.
I voted for Halo and even though it will be a disappointment, it will probably still be the best game out of those in the poll imo.
I know negativity can be repetitive and annoying but sometimes it can be good to temper expectations. Like with Shenmue 3 and Kingdom Hearts 3, I didn't expect them to live to my childhood memories and ending up enjoying and appreciating them, even though they could have been better in key areas.
Of those options I actually think they'll all be at the very least good games. Gone for HL:A though as while it'll be a decent game I don't think it'll quite be the incredible VR killer app some expect it to be
I don't think any of these will be big disappointments. I imagine some won't reach the highs people expect of them, but I don't see any anthems in that list.
actually the biggest disappointment would be that Zelda won't actually be a 2020 game. So we'll see how that goes.
actually the biggest disappointment would be that Zelda won't actually be a 2020 game. So we'll see how that goes.
