I had this revelation today as I was thinking about the game as with both Kingmaker and WotR, deeply fond of both of them even with their flaws, despite starting the games when they game out, I only finished them about a year later with a couple of restarts in the middle.

Not only agreeing with all of this, as well as the other comment about the bug situation, but I’d argue the barrier for entry with this game is much higher than it was with the other Owlcat games.

It’s a very strange situation. You’d think even if you did poop in the bathtub somehow, you’d clean it up, it wouldn’t be terribly difficult. In this case it seems like he’d have to not only not clean it up at the time, but then like, leave the room so housekeeping could find it.

i mean, the cat hasn’t won any titles yet. It’s a waiting game at this point

This seems more like a “RPGs of 2023" list than a “Best RPGs of 2023" list.

Sure, but who has had time to review it properly? It’s an extremely long game that landed on December 7th (and doesn’t seem to have review copies, when realistically the last reviews are going to need to be in by like the 20th, what with people going off on break and so on. Non-completist playthroughs are routinely…

The overall Steam user review rating is Mixed. Only the reviews in the last 30 days were Mostly Negative. “Mixed” seems like a pretty accurate rating.

Well lets hear it then. You cant just be cunty and then not give an example.

“Millions of people” I believe is just a tad hyperbolic.  Thousands, sure.  But not millions.  Not this far removed from the release window.

I think the difference with something like RDR2 and Starfield is that RDR2 has a compelling enough story to mask a lot of the technical issues people have with it.

Yeah, I just added “Space” in front of pretty much all pop culture items and it usually was in the game. Like how Neon is basically a bunch of Blade Runner quests, the Legacy is space dead money from New Vegas, Westworld planet, the actual alien mission on the colander. Then the narrative of how all decisions are…

Yes, Cyberpunk’s early issues were clear mistakes. The developers clearly didn’t intend for cars to be falling from the sky or NPC’s to be taking off on invisible motorcycles. CDPR’s response to 2077's disastrous launch was that it needed to be fixed.

I wouldn’t say the story is “rotten to the core.” That would imply that it’s off putting or sickening in some sense.

Instead it’s flat, flavourless and bland.

Will these updates be enough to turn fan sentiment around? Well, in a world where Cyberpunk 2077 literally won an award for getting its act together, it’s not entirely implausible.

Not really. A “ticking clock” is not the same as making deliberate decisions about what to do with each day visual novel style. There’s no clocking ticking as you take however long you want exploring all the possible options open to you before deciding on what to do to pass the time. Spend time with someone or upgrade…

No, sorry but BG3 deserves the number 1 spot. I get there's a portion of the gaming community not used to the style of gameplay. I get that it swept most gaming awards this year so there's suddenly this feeling of it being a gaming Goliath and anything else up against it is like David. But the sheer effort, attention…

Another year of me being salty that the new Zelda is ranking so high despite being in many ways (narratively, world-design, dungeons) weaker than it’s predecessor - which I was also salty about the height of its placement the year it came out.

For me, Remnant 2 goes on the list. As someone who never played Remnant 1, I had a friend say “Dude, you *have* to play this.” And he was right. Absolutely fantastic game. Turns out looter/shooters can be a blast when they aren’t loaded down by pay-to-win bullshit.

The art department and level designers at Gunfire…

I agree with most of this list, with two exceptions.

“Firstly Jeremy, I didn’t know you were going to make it a race issue, I’m quite disappointed to be honest.”

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