What actually bothers me more about it than it being a looter-shooter (albeit I AM bothered by that because of the history these types of games has) is that it looks like all four characters practically play the same.

They tried to state how they were different but in the end all it looked like was watching four…

It shouldn’t be surprising that game studios owned by people in totalitarian countries where speaking out against the government is a good way to get arrested ... don’t speak out against the government. It’s kind of, tautological.

Carolyn, you really need to relax. You are reading WAY too deep into some of this shit. I get it, it’s cool to be on the Rowling hate train and Kotaku loves stirring up unnecessary controversies, but it’s okay to enjoy video games, even controversial ones, without the baggage of social commentary and toxic social…

Oracle of Seasons/Ages were shown in the “Games to be added” at the end of announcement.

Also the name is fun.

About a decade or so ago (shortly after PS4 and Xbox One launched) I was a Gamestop employee. My first full non training day actually. I was told to go out and clean the window and door just before closing. As I was out there a guy ran up towards me with a gun and put it to my back and walked me inside the store. Kept…

IIRC, Beat Saber and Half-Life: Alyx weren’t on the list, so that’s a big loss to the library.

Because I can’t afford to build my own gaming PC which is going to be outdated in half a year, nor do I know how. I’m not gonna argue that it’s NOT a niche product but this is a PC Master Race argument you’re having. I’m just a gamer, man. I’m not a techie.

Good. Because here is the thing: I would buy this Day 1 if they committed to supporting PC. I have a PS5, I like it, but I don’t foresee using the VR headset on that enough to justify the cost, but an foveated rendering, eye-tracking lightweight, high-res headset that I could also plug in for PCVR? Easy purchase at…

What about Watch Dogs 1 levels of ludonarrative dissonance? The game where you’re a hero vigilante who constantly spies on citizens and murders random thugs.

So you just go and murder a whole camp one night and show up to herbology the next morning and everyone’s just okay? Fine not to have a morality system as they are rarely implemented interestingly enough to warrant their inclusion, but this will easily surpass GTA IV levels of ludonarrative dissonance. 

Spores still existing, but not being an active threat usually, fits with our interaction with fungi in the real world. Our lungs are really good at fighting off spores - we’re constantly inhaling them - they only generally become a threat if your immune system is compromised.

Our immune systems *aren’t* great at…

Although the in-universe is echolocation, it’s also acted as the video-game plays notification that there was one in the immediate area. Without that audio cue, it would be impossible to know one was in the usually dark area. Also had the added benefit making the player tense and uneasy, knowing they would have to be…

I suppose we see what we want to see. I still feel like she was a badass and that what they have been doing is trying to up the level of fear felt for the infected over certain scenes in the show (both Joel and Tess seem MUCH more apprehensive about running into infected than in the game). The way she handled herself…

Microsoft only had a net income of $72.7B for 2022, so I can see how they just couldn’t possibly afford to keep those people employed.

Maybe if Phil had cleared out the cruft at the top of 343 preventing all the talented people from making their games faster and better (how many false starts did Infinite have? at least 2...), the game wouldn’t have been so expensive. Maybe if he pushed for a less exploitive monetization system, it would’ve pulled in…

If they have $70 billion to spend on Activision, then they have $70 billion to spend on current employees.

This just screams Krieger from Archer...

Square in the mid to late 90s was also just a very different company.

Fuck me for wanting to give you my money for a game on a platform I already own that has shown it as a platform is interested in JRPGs especially of the scale and scope that FFXVI is likely to be. 

Exclusivity sucks (even the ones that might benefit me)