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Post by eternalambiguity on Oct 21, 2020 12:27:26 GMT
Boy I'm sure glad I don't live in Australia, for reasons completely unrelated to any posts in this thread. More seriously, not sure how that works with Steam and VPNs.
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Post by river82 on Oct 22, 2020 8:12:36 GMT
Hahaha That's creative, I never expected (but definitely SHOULD HAVE) this!
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Post by UutIVvdPw7END0Ef on Oct 23, 2020 0:17:03 GMT
9to5google.com/2020/10/22/gamers-condemn-stadia-creative-director-streamers-should-pay-publishers/Big brain comment from the Creative Director of Google's Stadia, saying that streamers should pay for streaming games, while Stadia literally provides the option to stream to YouTube, there's also this thing called "fair use" which corporations obviously hate, Google obviously denounced his comment. Let's be honest, this is the end goal of cloud gaming and subscription services - no refunds, no reselling, no used copies, no physical copies, no ownership, no modding, and eventually no streaming without paying for a license to stream and sharing revenue, and maybe after that also no viewing said streams without paying.
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Post by smilesja on Oct 23, 2020 1:32:33 GMT
That sounds like they were trying to "one up" EA with the fixed loading screen time. I think this does demonstrate at least with sports games the people that buy them don't care what the publishers are doing for the mtx program of the prior NBA games must have been successful enough that they decided to add this. Yup, NBA 2K will still be selling big.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Oct 23, 2020 21:37:29 GMT
Semi-related, Marvel's Avengers star Kamala Khan cancelled for the ... 9th time? In her 9th year, as of 2021, but she is guaranteed to be re-relaunched. Well, you know what they say; 10th time's a charm. Even when that inevitably fails and after her video game failed to establish her as a comic book hero powerhouse, the Disney+ show will finally put her at the top of Marvel's hero list. Just put her out of her misery, Marvel. Stop reanimating this dead superhero that, realistically, nobody ever liked. It's sad and, frankly, quite morbid at this point.
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Post by Sanunes on Oct 24, 2020 4:10:55 GMT
Semi-related, Marvel's Avengers star Kamala Khan cancelled for the ... 9th time? In her 9th year, as of 2021, but she is guaranteed to be re-relaunched. Well, you know what they say; 10th time's a charm. Even when that inevitably fails and after her video game failed to establish her as a comic book hero powerhouse, the Disney+ show will finally put her at the top of Marvel's hero list. Just put her out of her misery, Marvel. Stop reanimating this dead superhero that, realistically, nobody ever liked. It's sad and, frankly, quite morbid at this point. My guess is the idea of the character is popular and attracts sales while used as a guest character, but the character alone isn't selling books. Its all about the accountant and their numbers.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Oct 24, 2020 7:35:46 GMT
My guess is the idea of the character is popular and attracts sales while used as a guest character, Uh, no. Even the books that she is guest starring as don't sell. She's usually found alongside Carol Danvers and those books don't sell any better, either. Carol herself is getting another reboot and I just don't know anymore. I don't know of any other character that's got this many cancellations and relaunches in such a short time. It'd be best if Marvel decided to just retire Kamala, at this point. Nine years now and she's not happening. Either as star or guest. I'd say it's over.
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Post by azarhal on Oct 24, 2020 11:56:48 GMT
My guess is the idea of the character is popular and attracts sales while used as a guest character, Uh, no. Even the books that she is guest starring as don't sell. She's usually found alongside Carol Danvers and those books don't sell any better, either. Carol herself is getting another reboot and I just don't know anymore. I don't know of any other character that's got this many cancellations and relaunches in such a short time. It'd be best if Marvel decided to just retire Kamala, at this point. Nine years now and she's not happening. Either as star or guest. I'd say it's over. I haven't read anything about Kelly Thomspon leaving Captain Marvel or the book getting a reboot. Marvel does love #1 thought, they practically do wide relaunch every 2-3 year because of it. Destroy their brands with pointless events and then relaunch. That's how Marvel runs a business.
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Post by Sanunes on Oct 24, 2020 12:36:18 GMT
My guess is the idea of the character is popular and attracts sales while used as a guest character, Uh, no. Even the books that she is guest starring as don't sell. She's usually found alongside Carol Danvers and those books don't sell any better, either. Carol herself is getting another reboot and I just don't know anymore. I don't know of any other character that's got this many cancellations and relaunches in such a short time. It'd be best if Marvel decided to just retire Kamala, at this point. Nine years now and she's not happening. Either as star or guest. I'd say it's over. Interesting, but since they just announced the actress that will be Kamala in the Ms. Marvel movies I doubt they are going to officially end the character until they see how the movie does. If I recall correctly Kamala is also the primary character for the single player campaign for the video game as well so there might be hope to generate interest in the character with that tie-in as well.
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Post by SirSourpuss on Oct 24, 2020 14:29:52 GMT
I haven't read anything about Kelly Thomspon leaving Captain Marvel or the book getting a reboot. She's getting a reboot, not in the mainline comic book line. It's a new series for "kids". It's ... complicated. And they're supposedly going to change her origin again and ... I don't really care enough other than to pick up the news in passing. Marvel does love #1 thought They're collectibles and sell more. If Marvel could get away with it, every Marvel book would be a #1. Interesting, but since they just announced the actress that will be Kamala in the Ms. Marvel movies I doubt they are going to officially end the character until they see how the movie does. If I recall correctly Kamala is also the primary character for the single player campaign for the video game as well so there might be hope to generate interest in the character with that tie-in as well. Well, the video game sold terribly on XBONE and PC, but sold "competently" on PS4, largely because of Spider Man, who is a platform exclusive. Kamala is well received in the video game, admittedly, because her video game writers actually tried to make her more interesting visually and gave her a more relatable personality. In the books, she's a dick. And yeah, with the TV show looming, she wouldn't get "canceled", but I don't think that comic book Kamala Khan will have a lot of similarities with TV show Kamala Khan. Even so, she's not "Spider Man" levels of influential, like Sana Amanat claims. She's discount Mr. Fantastic. And trust me, that's a compliment, compared to how she is in the books.
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Post by pessimistpanda on Oct 25, 2020 1:43:43 GMT
Successful companies don't make a habit of throwing good money after bad, so I don't buy the narrative that Marvel is, for some reason, pumping money into Kamala Khan despite her being a massive commercial failure.
The articles I found after some cursory googling of Ms. Marvel sales indicate that she's one of their top sellers digitally, and when it comes to trade paperbacks (or at least that was the case in 2018). But even if she doesn't sell as well as Spider-Man or other established heroes (which shouldn't be expected in the first place), the metric for the success and value of a character shouldn't just be whether or not Marvel's long-time established audience of straight white men likes them.
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Post by sjsharp2010 on Oct 25, 2020 12:34:24 GMT
Uh, no. Even the books that she is guest starring as don't sell. She's usually found alongside Carol Danvers and those books don't sell any better, either. Carol herself is getting another reboot and I just don't know anymore. I don't know of any other character that's got this many cancellations and relaunches in such a short time. It'd be best if Marvel decided to just retire Kamala, at this point. Nine years now and she's not happening. Either as star or guest. I'd say it's over. Interesting, but since they just announced the actress that will be Kamala in the Ms. Marvel movies I doubt they are going to officially end the character until they see how the movie does. If I recall correctly Kamala is also the primary character for the single player campaign for the video game as well so there might be hope to generate interest in the character with that tie-in as well. Although yo udo getto pla yas all 6 avengers yes she is. I personall yfelt it was a reall ywell don estory but that's just my personal opinion.
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Post by OdanUrr on Oct 26, 2020 23:09:16 GMT
I was surprised to find the reviews on GOG have been anything but kind. I thought the consensus was this was a great game but the reviews suggest otherwise.
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Post by Hawke on Oct 26, 2020 23:41:25 GMT
I was surprised to find the reviews on GOG have been anything but kind. I thought the consensus was this was a great game but the reviews suggest otherwise. Some players might still be bitter about EGS. I can't understand it, there's little to no difference between EGS and Steam, both of them are DRM (and Steam is more annoying), but the game is good and GOG is a (the only one not-indies-only) DRM-free platform, so I have repurchased the game there. Still going to wait for all DLC before replaying, though. My only complaint for the game would be the first-person perspective, which works poorly with melee combat (which is better than TES/Bethesda's Fallout), but it is just my preference.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Oct 27, 2020 8:26:45 GMT
I was surprised to find the reviews on GOG have been anything but kind. I thought the consensus was this was a great game but the reviews suggest otherwise. It's a good game but not a great one. Writing was a bit cringe at times. And the first DLC seems kinda meh. I think people were a bit disappointed. The hype for a Fallout killer was big. And the game just couldn't live up to it. It's a good AA game. No more, no less.
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Post by Gileadan on Oct 27, 2020 8:40:38 GMT
Yeah, the GOG reviews really put me off The Outer Worlds. I wasn't super interested to begin with, since I find the Fallout franchise rather meh and am not really looking for a game emulating its atmosphere, but the apparent consensus of "great first half, lame fetchy second half, probably deadline rushed" in the GOG reviews made this a "maybe at a super big discount, maybe never" product for me.
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Post by Kappa Neko on Oct 27, 2020 12:55:44 GMT
Yeah, the GOG reviews really put me off The Outer Worlds. I wasn't super interested to begin with, since I find the Fallout franchise rather meh and am not really looking for a game emulating its atmosphere, but the apparent consensus of "great first half, lame fetchy second half, probably deadline rushed" in the GOG reviews made this a "maybe at a super big discount, maybe never" product for me. I enjoyed it start to finish. It did drag a bit in the middle. But I didn't mind it. To me the game felt less like Fallout and more like Andromeda in terms of companions and some of the humor. It's a game that sadly reminded me why I loved Bethesda and Bioware rather than put a band aid over it all. Obsidian tried a bit too hard to be cool. I recommend this game as its own silly little adventure. For AA it's smooth and looks good. Gunplay is as janky as Bethesda's. I don't regret paying 40€ for it. I'd recommend it for 20. But only to people who like over the top humor and who don't expect the writing to match New Vegas. It's nowhere near as great. And replay value is almost zero, sadly. But it wasn't supposed to be like NV. Lots of people don't understand the limitations of AA. So defintely check out gameplay/ cutscenes to get a feel for its fair. I didn't buy the DLC despite having a jolly good time. I'm waiting for the second one to be better. Maybe the season pass will get a discount... 7 or 8/10 game, I would say.
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