Honestly, real talk, Valhalla did make me appreciate the wider moveset more than Ragnarok's core game did. I think the DLC really shined in that sense.
For sure. I try and ignore these posts (same with the Xbox threads). It honestly feels weird... I dont have any investment (as in, actual money) in the brand and while I do want games to continue to be made, I dont really like the almost astroturfing posts we sometimes get where any disagreement it met with abrasive responses about how your wrong and how whatever they are doing is in fact the right move. Like, even just saying "Im not remotely interested in X game" or "Doing only a CG reveal was stupid" is met with "no your stupid" levels of posting just because I dare judge a game based on what's shown so far... then again I REALLY hate CG reveals, for anything. But especially new IPs. Its basically not that much better than a title card announcement because it still tells us almost next to nothing about the games. But some people adore the Concord and Marathon reveals so... <shrugs>
idk even if it takes 5-7 years to make it would still be kind of recent. I mean GTA does it arguably. If narrative is going to be the main focus of first party blockbuster games from Sony I dont know how they keep on doing them without experimenting genres like movies/tv shows do or maybe they can take an already established franchise like Uncharted and make a spinoff of that kind. After watching dozens of sitcoms back to back like IASIP, Barry which does dark comedy very well, I would definitely love to see how a video game can do it if they nail it though.
It's also doing really good on the PS Store.
I really need to play Psychonauts 2, I bought it. Its there in my library but other games keep me occupied. Another example of a good comedy is Helldivers 2. I don't think that is going to be outdated. Of course narrative isn't the main focus but being funny is. There are timeless comedies too which don't need to be current sitcom like which are mostly movies and tv series. I can't think of an example where a AAA game does it very well. They are already getting there in other genres but I think it would be nice if one of them try
I agree, imo ever since the acquisition race started a few years ago it feels like gaming discussion in general has been slipping more and more into sales and revenue and sustainability. People will discuss a game for like a week after it releases but its sales for 2 months if not more and it's a whole war of narratives and bad faith arguments. At this point whenever I wanna actually discuss a game I end up joining the official discord or something lmao.
It was actually pretty decent could see where the flaws preventing it from being great are but no where near as bad as people said. Already beat the dlc between first playthrough and new game + playthrough for the plat but that 100% is out of the question. No way I am playing it 3 more times for those other modes lol
of course the insensitive and the offensive bits will stick out and doesnt feel good to watch them now. But the rest of the parts are still funny even if they are not referring to the present time. My point is a game in comedy genre made by some modern progressive studios wont be offensive and if the writing is funny it would hold up. I am excited to see how Fable from Playground studios turn out to be and I didn't even play a single game in the series.
I totally forgot you had to do like 3 more playthroughs lol
I'm not saying I disapprove of positive comments, or approving of overly negative comments. I'm saying why can't there be a middle ground were people can be positive and critical of things, or at least open to discussion about it. Like you can be positive, but some of the positivity at times seems like just brand cheerleading instead of individual feelings on a subject ("I want a game to get a good metacritic, not because I care to ever play it, but because it is associated with PS"). On the other side of the coin, you can be critical or disappointed without being complete doom-and-gloom("There isn't enough enough first party games coming out, Playstation is doomed."). There should exist a middle ground where people can be critical and other people don't get defensive about criticism. And people can be authentically be positive without others trying to bring them down.
Yeah, I guess at times it feels less about the games themselves and how they affect users on a personal level and more about the health of the business.
Yeah, like I think you should be able to be critical about things you don't like as long as your not trying to just bring others down. I agree with you for the most part, I don't care for CG trailers for new games. Like if it's a known IP that's far off and the fact that a new entry exists at all is amazing news, I can deal with a title card or CG, but I respect maybe you wouldn't. Like if a Marvel vs Capcom 4 or new Uncharted CG trailers was shown in May, I'd be happy with just knowing they are being made, for the announcement trailer only.
MBG is sort of a fanboy clickbait channel so I wouldn't put too much stock into him.
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This place loves to shit on executives until it's the executive of their favorite box. It's weird, never have really understood it.
