I think the issue is the CDPR essentially still is an indie company. The Witcher 3 was huge success beyond their wildest imaginations. When it came the Cyberpunk 2077 they bit off more than they could chew. They wanted to make an inclusive game but none of the staff are actually part of any of those marginalized…

That whole “government is the enemy of the people thing” or to mistrust people who say “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” is probably some of the best investment in social control that billionaires and robber barons have ever made.

I mean, government was the very thing that gave many people a fair shake,…

I don’t see how your comparisons relate to what I stated or why that matters. Just enjoy the movies or don’t for what they are.

This struck me as odd too:

Many people in the world are afflicted with cyberpsychosis, a mental illness that affects some augmented people due to their implants, a tired trope we’ve seen in games such as Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

“It’s not a politically progressive game: these identities are all in service of the game’s vision of the cyberpunk future, one that can feel implausible and alienating but also has hints of the world we live in today.”

In 2019 the movie industry made $41 billion and the music industry made $19 billion.
Video games made $152 billion.

The “mixed feelings” in the title come off more as overwhelmed ambivalence and fatigue in the article, than like you truly have had a mixed experience with good and bad game elements. Again and again and again you bring up things that seem subjectively good, and then qualify that by saying they left you cold,…

If the time comes when Humanity challenges The Gods for its survival, I shall want Samus Aran to fight for us.

This whole trademark BS needs to stop. If it’s not CLEARLY the same thing, then FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. Monster, Monster Energy Drinks, or whatever other garbage they decide to peddle to morons IS NOT Gods and Monsters.

Apparently, that’s all they do there. (much shorter poles, however.)

Watched the video. No smoke bombs present. Could easily see culprits. Left disappointed.

So uh... those interspersed Ubisoft promotional pictures in this article sure were tonally jarring, weren’t they? Like, maybe this isn’t quiiiiiiite the article within which to be inserting de rigueur free advertising for the company in question? Maybe?

I don’t think this is the correct interpretation.

I don’t get how PSO is seen as any less Anime to you than PSO2

I hate online multiplayer games in general, but Rocket League is different and I’m not really sure why. It’s much harder to grief, I guess. I played it a lot a few years ago and the vast majority of players just wanted to get down with some car soccer and not talk any wild shit, which was definitely not the experience…

Wow, no Metroidvania lovers on staff anymore, eh? Were it my list, it’s gotta be:
1) Super Metroid - platforming never felt so free, and learning to explore this game out of order is so delightful that 25 years after its release it still feels fresh and exciting every time I start it up.

This listicle is stretching the definition of “platformer”.

Also, “best”.

EDIT: Because I feel money needs to go where mouth is, I suppose I should name three myself, huh?

It’s gonna be Sonic 1, Mario Galaxy and... hm... wanna keep it strictly platforming, so Rayman Legends? That feels right. 

I want both the movie and the phone. I’ll just ignore the inevitably shitty acting.