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Post by smilesja on Feb 23, 2024 18:28:18 GMT
Sea of Thieves was always better lol.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 23, 2024 6:55:50 GMT
That up there is what an actual train wreck looks like. Youtubers shouldn't associate any game that doesn't fit their standards as "failures."
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Post by smilesja on Feb 22, 2024 1:18:11 GMT
Maybe, but it could also be that in many ways older games were better.
To be fair when people say modern gaming is terrible it really only refers to specific genres. The RPG genre is in a really healthy place right now TBH. Shooters no, but the modern RPG genre is in a really nice place. It has both variety for lots of people's tastes and some really huge blockbusters like Elden Ring Yet people talk about modern gaming as if it means all gaming not the ones they like. Youtubers really need to tone down the rage and actually articulate their message.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 21, 2024 18:25:35 GMT
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Post by smilesja on Feb 21, 2024 16:56:01 GMT
Given how they made fun of the sex cards in Blood and Wine I'm pretty sure those will be gone, thank goodness. Censorship is never good in my opinon.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 21, 2024 2:52:55 GMT
To be fair, CD Projekt Red had a lot of exterior pressure on it from sky-high fan expectations to the pandemic to even the Polish Government leaning on the studio. Of course they made a trash game. But they pulled a Hello Games and fixed the game thereby returning good will to the company. All that said, I have no faith in their new Witcher game. The Witcher remake will be updated for modern audiences.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 20, 2024 17:40:52 GMT
To be fair, CD Projekt Red had a lot of exterior pressure on it from sky-high fan expectations to the pandemic to even the Polish Government leaning on the studio. Of course they made a trash game. But they pulled a Hello Games and fixed the game thereby returning good will to the company. All that said, I have no faith in their new Witcher game. They did themselves no favors by overhyping the game to absurd levels and releasing a game that makes a Bethesda game look stable. A lot of it is their fault and people SHOULD be on them in the future, but it looks like gamers are just willing to let their past actions slide.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 20, 2024 0:55:48 GMT
They are doing fine, but the statement will not hold up to time. Things change and something will happen, but that is a problem for the studio and not me. Eventually something will happen and it doesn't even have to be a major decision by the studio, but the internet trolls will bring out this statement and then it will be used against them and of course the "gaming press" will be there to use it as well at that time for clicks mean more then accuracy. Do you know how CDProjekt restored their reputation with the playerbase? They intentionally tanked their stockprice and lost goodwill amongst their investors to spend over a hundred million dollars (over 40 fixing the game and over 60 on the expansion, in comparison the Witcher 3 cost 80 million. So over half the cost of the Witcher just to patch and fix) fixing and completing the game. It's far more financially reasonable and profitable to take the L on the game and move on, like EA did with Anthem. But they intentionally spent a lot of money restoring a lot of good will to get Cyberpunk back on track. Which is why gamers flocked back and why CD Projekt had that huge resurrection. And it's also why FFXIV is so beloved. The idea that things will change in time for a company is not set in stone. If companies start putting money over their product than it tends to tell and their reputation will start tanking. Saying it will happen to Larian is not being reasonable or being intellectual, it's just wishing for something to happen for whatever reason you wish this thing to happen. There are companies out there that still care for the players and gamers will not stop putting these companies on a pedestal. Maybe when Sven Vincke leaves the company, then the company will start heading downhill like when the doctors left Bioware. But I don't see it happening to Larian while Sven is still there. I just think gamers are a little too forgiving at times case in point: Cyberpunk. They had no choice but to fix the game since they were getting lawsuits and Sony removed their game from their digital store. I'm not going to give CDPR a pat on the back for doing what they should've done in the first place and as much as I like the Witcher, I'm going to be skeptical with CDPR and wait and see if the game will actually function. I've seen this thing happening over and over again with companies like Bungie. Why is it so difficult for people to actually be just a little bit skeptical?
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Post by smilesja on Feb 19, 2024 19:58:44 GMT
Worry about it when it happens. Worrying about what may or may not happen in the future is an exercise in futility. At the moment they've earned their time in the Sun so all the power to them Yeah we won' tknow whether they'v elearned thos elessons untli tim eprogresses right now Larian are showin gth ewa yforward. Hre's hoping that the ycan spo tthe traps bu ts ofa rthey're doing OK. I’ve seen too many gaming companies be bought down by their hubris and greed. It’s to the point where I’m wary of companies words now and days. Besides, I’m not in the mood for corporate kowtowing regardless of the company.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 19, 2024 17:24:24 GMT
Varric was a better character than Oghren anyway.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 19, 2024 0:40:51 GMT
So the BG3 devs touched on 2 really important issues, AAA dev studios with shareholders have a fiduciary duty to look after those shareholders. Which means that a key part of their game design will be how to make more money. Sometimes making more money and making fun games intersect but other times, and increasingly often, making more money involves design a game around directing players to a cash shop. And increasingly gamers are getting sick of this design priority. And if you're one of those people getting sick of that design priority make sure to give Indie games your love and money. There have been plenty of quality indie offerings this year from Hi Fi Rush to Rogue Trader. Games designed the way games used to be designed. And the other one is we really need more job security for working devs. Most of the time they're treated terribly. Well deserved awards for Larian and a lovely speech at the Dice awards Just hope they don't end up like other studios who said that same speech.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 18, 2024 23:32:47 GMT
I always wanted to see Kal Sharok in Dragon Age. I almost thought we were going to visit it in Inquisition shame we didn't.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 18, 2024 16:14:53 GMT
They better hope this statement doesn't come back to bite them in the future because that statement is something that screams: "That won't age well." Well as long as the ycan continue to mak egames as good as Divinity Origina lSin and Baldurs Gate I don' tthink they'll have problems. The yjus tneed to keep them coming. Fact is I think they'v eshown passion fo rtheir wor kand that's why BG3 won GOTY. The yjus tneed t okeep it coming. Will be interesting t osee what the ycome up with next. Definitely plan on moer BG3 runs myself later in the year as it's a game I want to see more of given I haven' t beaten it yet. All I'm saying is that just be a little wary, CDPR said those same statements and looked what happened to them when Cyberpunk released. The games industry is filled with game companies who said what Larian said only to flame out badly.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 18, 2024 15:46:52 GMT
What's with people starting squabbles out of thin air? If you're in a bad mood, go punch a pillow or something instead of shitting out miles of angry messages. This applies to everyone who creates pages and pages of offtopic text. You think anybody wants to read it? Think again. SMH. All I said is that there were far worse practices that deserve exposure and scrutiny. I didn't think it was going to be a controversial statement.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 18, 2024 15:45:42 GMT
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Post by smilesja on Feb 18, 2024 15:42:24 GMT
They better hope this statement doesn't come back to bite them in the future because that statement is something that screams: "That won't age well."
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Post by smilesja on Feb 17, 2024 18:07:20 GMT
The fact that EA won worst company over companies that enforce child labor is a crime in itself. EA also enforced gambling in adults and children (especially the vulnerable to said addiction) so let's not pretend they're squeaky clean, either. They just didn't get to be so big as Amazon that when people yelled loud enough they could afford to not change their behavior. In my mind, child slavery is far worse than what EA did and I never even said that EA was squeaky clean, where did you even get that?
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 22:24:19 GMT
Adding my two cents worth its hard to know exactly who to blame on this issue. Flynn seems low hanging, and honestly likely fruit, since A. he did end up leaving BioWare and B. isn't Mark Darrah whom most of us around here seem to actually like so we are fairly convinced he wasn't that responsible for BioWare's issues. (Though also worth saying he could've also made mistakes then learned.) All that being said, and in the interest of fairness, it could've easily been an issue of Flynn just making mistakes (if inded he was responsible) as a result from the decisions of higher ups. Flynn was just one cog in the BioWare machine who itself is just one cog in the EA machine and I think its fair to say that EA is a company known for making a lot of mistakes in game dev (though they themselves also seem to be learning in the last couple of years). And if working for one faceless corporation for...awhile...has taught me anything its taught me that it really does not matter the competence or incompetence of your individual managers and supervisors some things can just take on a life of their own.
EA won the Worst Game Company award twice, if I remember correctly. EA may have read the tea leaves just right when the publisher made the decision to switch DA4 from MP to SP. However the company is not about to give up on monetizing the game. In that regard, EA dropped the "player value" to appease the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.
Now Flynn does come across as if he had little wiggling room in decision making. Then, again, when EA holds the DA4 purse...
The fact that EA won worst company over companies that enforce child labor is a crime in itself.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 7:46:48 GMT
I'm happy there's fewer exclusives. Being able to play Playstation RPGs on Steam is really nice. We just need Nintendo to come to the party now ... Nintendo:
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 7:22:40 GMT
Still think Microsoft will create more consoles in the future, It's just that there will be less games in general that will be purely exclusive.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 6:20:45 GMT
For what it's worth, Sony is thinking the same thing as well. To what extent, I'm not sure but it feels like in the future, we'll probably see even less exclusives.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 6:15:04 GMT
Or maybe they were never considered in the first place, and it was just baseless rumors generated by the good old games "journalists." I would gently offer a suggestion of not having any expectations about these sorts of things so you don't get disappointed down the line. IF Starfield goes crossplatform then it goes crossplatform, planting your feet firmly on either side of the fence is just an easy way to get emotional about things which ultimately don't matter. I know, I'm just offering an alternative viewpoint, It's not like gaming journalists has a history of vetting their sources.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 6:08:39 GMT
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 6:07:10 GMT
Completion rates always make me so sad. No matter how good a narrative/game is the majority won't finish it. That must be so depressing for the people who worked on them. In light of that I have the utmost respect for devs like Larian who put in so many variables knowing that maybe 1% of players will see a certain scene. That's real passion and dedication and respect for players who do appreciate the details. Coming back to Starfield: I have lost all respect for Bethesda for keeping the same hack writer who openly admits he puts zero effort into his writing because people don't care for the narrative as a lead writer. That's NOT the kind of conclusion you should draw from those completion stats. Good grief, either do your fucking job well, have some pride in your work, or fuck off. This sort of phoning it in is exactly the kind of "good enough" attitude that just ISN'T good enough anymore in 2023. 2011 was a long time ago. The industry has evolved. Games have become so good they're rivalling movies with Hollywood class actors and beautiful cinematography. Just look at Cyberpunk. Bethesda has been sleeping on all this still high on their Skyrim idolization. That's either incompetence, ignorance or complacency. Or probably a little bit of each. Bethesda today feels like they spent the past 12 years in a bunker with a game that does nothing better than the competition because apparently they have not looked at the competition, including their own previous games. Sorry for ranting again but Starfield was supposed to be my new forever game and I'm still salty. Have you seen the insane details in Starfield? I've spent weeks taking pics of the worlds that I've explored throughout my playthrough. I don't what you've heard, but the writing in Starfield is easily some of the best writing that Bethesda has done in years. I was either emotional or engaged with many of the faction questlines. I'm sorry but that's not a mark of a guy who puts "zero" effort. Besides BG3 and Cyberpunk can try as they might, but they still don't offer the things that Bethesda RPGs offer. It is rather funny though how CDPR gets away with pretty much having one of the most disastrous launch in recent memory and are now back to being worshipped again. Gamers are pretty forgiving people lol.
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Post by smilesja on Feb 16, 2024 6:00:47 GMT
4 exclusive XBOX titles heading to Sony, more will head there in the future. XBOX moving away from exclusives believes the industry is moving away from them. Double downing on Gamepass, linking Activision games to growing gamepass starting with Diablo 4 (WoW in the future to gamepass?). To me questions are being raised over their commitment to hardware in the future. And they likely wound back Starfield and Indiana Jones due to the backlash they received but they'll probably make their way over to crossplatform in the future.
Or maybe they were never considered in the first place, and it was just baseless rumors generated by the good old games "journalists."
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