Eh, I’m not really bothered when my favorite characters are put in random games I don’t play. Are they cashgrabs? Sure, but they don’t affect the source material in any way. For example, Alien is still a classic sci-fi horror film even if you can play as a Xenomorph in Fornite and Dead by Daylight. The Boys is still a…

Most of the people who play multiplayer games don’t care about any of that so they’re completely fine with random crossovers

If you care about atmosphere, lore, etc, you should probably stick to single-player games. Most of the people who play multiplayer games don’t care about any of that so they’re completely fine with random crossovers.

https://vulkk.com/2023/09/21/cyberpunk-2077-update-2-0-breakdown-of-all-major-changes-and-new-features/#:~:text=Cyberware%20has%20gotten%20a%20hefty,counts%20towards%20the%20safe%20limit.

If you make an urban open-world game with guns and cars, people are going to compare it to GTA. GTA is best known for its dynamic and polished open-world systems and Cyberpunk simply didn’t have those at launch. The cop/heat system was half-baked, the pedestrian and traffic systems were really buggy and unpolished,…

I’m not sure what they were thinking. I don’t see how any designers or playtesters could look at the implementation of food and think “yup, this is definitely balanced and useful.”

Game still doesn’t have proper HDR support and instead relies on AutoHDR (or the Xbox equivalent). Modders have implemented proper HDR on PC but really, the fact that BGS still hasn’t added it 4 months later is pretty sad.

Pillars might not be the best example because the sequel was a commercial failure despite it being a great CRPG. Turns out that the IP isn’t all that valuable after all.

Keep in mind that the game can still have the systems or mechanics typically associated with live service games (loot, leveling, grinding, etc) without technically being a live service game. Gotham Knights isn’t a live service game either but people railed on it for having those elements regardless.

Would be better, I’d think. More specific categories = more specific criteria. They couldn’t nominate Lies of P for best shooter, for example.

Like I said, design is dictated by the inputs that are accessible to players. If an input is not (easily) accessible, it’s not viable for use when designing a game. Games designed for N64 were limited by the inputs that were accessible on its controller. The placement of the analog stick made it difficult to switch…

You have a strange thought process. Games are an interactive medium. They rely on inputs to translate player intention into in-game action. The more inputs that are easily accessible to players, the more inputs developers can rely on when designing their games. The design of the N64 controller made it completely…

Yes...? Have you not been reading this thread? Once again, here’s some data:

I agree. However, that’s how most people apparently define “indie.”

The fact that you had to remove your hand from the controller meant that developers couldn’t design games that required you to quickly switch between D-Pad and analog stick. That’s why the analog stick placement sucked. It limited the number of inputs that designers could reliably use.

Not entirely sure what point(s) you’re trying to make. Analog stick placement does matter. The Nintendo 64 had a notoriously awful controller and a big reason for that was the placement of the analog stick. You had to remove your hand from the controller to switch between analog stick and D-pad.

Not just Metacritic. OpenCritic and Steam user reviews too, as I mentioned in the previous thread. The scoring is surprisingly consistent between critic reviews and user reviews too, which is a rarity these days. The consensus? Hogwarts Legacy is a good game. GOTY? Probably not. But at least as good as a bunch of the…

Sony’s sales have always been inconsistent. A bunch of their first-party games aren’t discounted at all right now even though this is supposed to be the biggest sale of the year.

The games based on the comics are generally pretty solid. The Telltale series, Saints & Sinners, etc, were well-received. The games based on the show... not so much.

That’s not actually true. If you own the PS4 version, you can upgrade it for $10.