I’m betting a copy/paste that was put in the wrong place and never caught.  

I will say I am actually disappointed launching/landing on a planet is not player controlled and seamless. the Outer Wilds (NOT the outer worlds) was able to do this on last gen hardware without an SSD so I find it a little disappointing we are not going to see something similar on stronger hardware.

I haven’t played much Left 4 Dead, but as I recall it’s more or less an objective-based action game, whereas Arkane’s games tend toward immersive sims involving a lot more exploration with a focus on multiple ways to get into places or to get access to information/resources.  I think that’s probably where the biggest…

It’s an Arkane game, though.  They have a good track record (even if I didn’t care for Deathloop).

That’s a pretty shortsighted outlook for any company.  You ignore your player base at your peril.  In this industry especially.  The tide of public opinion turns very quickly.

Fuck off with your dismissive tone.  I like exploring too, when there’s something worth seeing and finding.  But Skyrim was criticized for copy/paste filler dungeons and repetitive side quests 11 years ago.  Multiplying that filler content by 100 doesn’t do anything to sell me on the worlds I’m supposed to be…

Yes. Because despite the large number of sales of Skyrim, the game is over a decade old and shows it. And people had complaints about the cookie-cutter copy/paste dungeons and repetitive filler quests even 11 years ago.  Doubling down (or in this case 100X down) on filler content isn’t the best sales pitch when one of…

Pretty sure you said a lot of shit that didn’t amount to anything.

It’s a new engine, you’re saying it’s the same because it retains some features from the old ones.

You’re trying to split hairs, but you’re not sharp enough.  

I’m still a bit baffled as to why people are complaining about the larger number of probably barren worlds. Fallout and Elder Scrolls both always, always, always have minor locations filled with almost nothing good or interesting, this is no different, it’s just on a larger scale.Skyrim had dozens of caves and…

I’m sorry, you’re just wrong. Bethesda consistently uses the same engine for nearly all their in-house projects as a cost saving measure. Go read the retrospective on Fallout 76 and how that decision led to many of the development woes that game suffered.

How many are actually interested in that Persona crap,

It’s absolutely the same engine they’ve been using since Morrowind.  They can keep renaming it all they want.  It’s still Gamebryo under the hood.  

However, it’s best if she leaves the analysis of the American economy to actual economists.

Yes, they are, and you can do it for free.  

From the very first game, Diablo has explicitly been a skinner box,

Then you can play the game forever.  I really don’t see the issue.  You only have to spend money if your only reason for playing the game is to see numbers get bigger.  And if you really love big numbers enough to spend money on them, then that’s a bigger personal issue.

Then you’ll be able to keep doing that for 10-20 years.

No, they’re claiming it’s fun as long as “fully upgrading” your character isn’t your goal, but playing the game is.