But sometimes the creators themselves ruin a game because they don’t know what people liked about them. Just look at the countless remasters, remakes and reboots from both games and movies.

I mean, I do think it’s possible for creators to lose track of the original themes and strengths of their work. Ray Bradbury has changed his story of what Fahrenheit 451 is about multiple times, for example, and we’ve seen sequels torpedo overarching concepts despite being by the original creator countless times…

What’s left of the actual gameplay and challenge then? The shitty shootouts with their floaty controls?

Was eagerly anticipating this stuff coming to PC, but if it’s mostly gadgets that make the game easier, I’ll pass. I thought even the ziplines were a step too far in the vanilla version. It was fun to go zooming from the top of a mountain to the bottom, but once you set up a network of ziplines to all of your drop…

This was my impression as well. I honestly don’t mind some of the things that look like they make the experience smoother (like the glider) but... shooting ranges? Race tracks? New weapons? Seems so weird. 

The Ghostbusters game handled this perfectly, where the new character you played as was a rando that none of the other Ghostbusters would refer to by name or even as a person, since you were hired to test out experimental and extremely dangerous new equipment (which is how they explained the existence of all the crazy…

That looks like a pretty comics accurate Robbie Reys Ghostrider. He has a slightly more anime-inspired look, and he’s often depicted as short, either because he’s a teenager, or because he’s Hispanic and a lot of Hispanic people are a little shorter than average, IDK. Also he drives a kickass charger instead of riding…

I’ve heard the staff breakroom has it stocked in the vending machine.  Just press B5.

It’s so we can dig up dirt on you if you’re ever up for a TV game show hosting gig some time in the future. 

We need a host we can see.

Reminder that a person can have a doctorate and possibly be quite knowledgable in the field and not be smart in other ways

Her being a Zionist was enough for me to write her off a while back. The rest is just extra toppings for the Awful Person Sundae.

For example, in Sword/Shield, instead of having one model of Hop that gets loaded in again and again, each and every town/route in Pokémon has their own Hop model that they pull from.

All these people will purchase the game.

In my head I imagine a grown man at a child’s pokemon tournament. He produces a crumpled piece of paper and slides it accross the table to his 3rd grade opponent. Upon the crinkled and slightly damp page is a side by side wire mesh of two Gyarados pokemon. Slapping a Gamer Calloused finger repeatedly against the page…

Literally no one has accused you of being a monster for liking this game, dude. Not everything is about you.

Yeah I mean this is shameful, look at all the trees we got back in the day:

Which part is fun? From what I’ve read (in this article and elsewhere), the puzzles are shallow, the actions you’re forced to take are gross and problematic for no reason, and the story is wretched. Suum cuique, but none of what has been presented here sounds in any way like fun to me.

LMAO. Totally same. The first previews I thought, “oh that looks interesting.” After reading this, Jesus, no thanks. Not interested in some 8chan gamer’s spank bank fantasy.

The same discourse has not repeated itself, despite a complete lack of content warnings.