AverageGamer

@NarutosBiggestFan It easy to add 130 characters when your game still looks and plays like the last 3 games. Where is the real innovation? Why can’t we get something on the scale of the Lego Skywalker Saga where we play all 3 series attached to a massive detailed world.

I really wish Bandai lost the rights, and we can get Naruto games published by other publishers again. Bandai is putting in so little effort cause idiot anime fans eat this trash up.

Running around extremely detailed world provided in Ubisoft’s Naruto games were the highlight of my childhood, and the only game that come close to matching is kakarot.

@ChrisDeku “I suspect MS are absolutely not doing well in the video game market and shareholders will not be happy, which is why MS obfuscates Xbox performance even from their own shareholders by combining them into an unrelated division.”

MS hasn’t never done well in the game industry, and shareholders haven’t been happy since day 1. As for obscuring Xbox performance by combining them into unrelated divisions… They‘ve always have done that even during the height of the 360.

The only way Xbox is leaving hardware is if there is a change in CEOs at Microsoft, and someone who has no respect for Xbox is put in charge.

@PixelDragon “ You can't confidently get on the moral high ground when companies like R*/Take-Two have no morals of their own.”

You do you. I will still take my moral high ground.

@Matroska I don’t condone emulation; and plenty of people feels the same way and would rather have the game playable via an official way.

@Untempered-Link It actually not available for PC gamers. Only switch and PS4 users get to enjoy this.

Not surprising. I asked a couple of my younger friends the other day about the game, and they are super excited to get it. They didn’t care that it cost $50, or don’t come with modern enchantments. They’re just excited to finally play the game for the first time.

1 platform would be great if said heavily regulated by consumers protection agency. The fact that neither Nintendo or Sony offer a proper refund policy is exactly why I game on PC.

@Deoxyr1bose Embracer wasn’t trying to acquire anyone. They was seeking more funding and investment from morally corrupt investment firm.

@Mikey856 “ Bobby has questions to answer as to EXACTLY why he sold the company to the lowest selling platform with the risk of it becoming an exclusive game to said lowest platform and therefore end up destroying sales.”

And who are asking these questions. No body care about this purchase other then disgruntled PlayStation fans boys. Bobby isn’t the one who sold the company. The stockholders had to agree to the purchase, it required a majority vote. So it not just Bobby getting a paycheck, but major companies like Tencent who own shares.

@Cashews IW was never independent from the start. They was founded as an Activision division from the start. Activision paid for the development of the original CoD.

@KundaliniRising333 “ For all the studios that came out and said this game was Anomaly and should not be considered a new standard...... Wrong..... This should absolutely should be the new gold standard for rpgs”

While I some what agree. The game that Larian built is something that 85% of studios will not be able to achieve. This is years of building a studio and hiring the right people to build something like this. As well as having the passionate fan base to support the project through early access. I don’t think it fair to push this level on to other studios

@StrawberryTurtle I think there a situation that Elder Scroll 6 was going to be exclusive since they consider that a "mid-size" game, and they have divided games into three categories: Niche, New IP/Uncertain audience, and Mass market audience. Niche and Mass market won't be exclusive, while New IP/Uncertain audience will be exclusive. Elder Scrolls 6, Redfall, and Starfield falls under New IP/Uncertain audience. But no platforms have been announced for ES6, and Sony was using that the reason for it be exclusive

EDIT: They consider Fallout 76 a niche game even tho it has a player base of 13 million.

@Rmg0731 “Openly talked about how much they hated the experience”

It been forever since I read anything on Insomniac and Microsoft partnership. But I don’t remember ever reading anything that said that they hated the experience. You have any source to back up this claim

The dualsense edge is a fantastic controller. Now please make a black one so that I don’t have to wear gloves to stop it from getting dirty.

@MaikonCSGarcia There seems to be a big enough want and fan base for these older game to maybe do something more than just a back compact version of the game. Activision will still be somewhat of an independent subsidiary under Microsoft, so it depends on if they to push for a remaster. But Phil also noted that they wanted to revive some of these older games, and pull some studio off of CoD cough High Moon Studios Please cough

But the thing about licensing agreements is that Hasbro can easily push for a PS5 remaster of these games as stipulation for Microsoft to relist them on Xbox. I mean, look at Sony and MLB, if they want to keep using the license. They now have to spend money on making the game for Xbox.

This is why it important we hope that Hasbro cares more for the multiplaform legacy of their games, so we don't end up with an Indiana Jones, Spider-Man, and Wolverine situation (F u Disney)

@colonelkilgore Luckily, Transformer is a 3rd party IP, and anything Microsoft want to do with these games has to go through Hasbro… Hopefully, Hasbro cares more for multiplaform legacy of their games than Disney.

@HonestHick Most people don't care about a refund policy because they argument is buy physical or to just stop pre-ordering games and read reviews.

But I don't care for physical games (unless it for my switch), and I like forming my own opinions on products I buy. Plus, everyone has a different tolerance level for game performance. Jedi Survivor is probably the first time I consider the performance actually trash for a game... and I play a lot of Switch games.

Instead of worry about porting the game to PS4. How about fixing the performance on console and PC? Even as a massive Star Wars fan, i could not push myself to complete it with how bad the performance was in some places... And this was on a PC with a 4090 and an i7-11700k installed to a Samsung 980 Pro. Hell, not even the supposedly broken Last of Us Part 1 ran as bad.

Luckily, steam has a good refund system, and i was able to get my $70 back. This is why Playstation need to work on getting a good refund system.

@deathaxe I don't know why companies have such a hard issue keeping track of game source code and master copies. This a consistent issue. LMAO

Killzone 1 source code found in a shoebox in the cellar of one of their IT support staff members which they considered the “offsite” storage system.

Would be a great time to announce that PC port.

@Jamesblob Considering that I have a friend on PC playing the game on system weaker than Series S… The S is far from the lowest common denominator

@number1024 It been a while since I played FF14 on consoles. So I couldn't remember if it had required PS+.

@Cashews “ likely still tied to requiring either Game Pass Ultimate or Game Pass Core given the core game is actually a paid game, not F2P”

I’m assuming this will get changed as I don’t think you even need PS+ to play FF14 on PlayStation

They need to hurry up and release this as there is no decent modern way to play it unless you choose to emulate or own an Xbox.

@GADG3Tx87 What you’re seeing isn’t just the gaming industry. The technology industry is going through the same thing. These companies made record profit during Covid, and hired a bunch off people. Now consumers aren’t spending as much, so it time for layoffs and restructuring.

@anon_pel222 I remember reading something forever ago that the government of Singapore, where the main development studio making the game is based, is providing "generous subsidies". So Ubisoft can't cancel the game, so they are forced to release it.

@KaijuKaiser Really? Shovel ware? Embracer Group owns some of the best IPs on the market. The fact that you're turning around and calling IP like Metro shovel ware. LMAO

Who cares if they stay 3rd party or not. What Embracer Group is doing is no worse than what Microsoft is doing. All it takes a flip of a switch, and they could go from 3rd party to 1st party. Companies like Google wanted to offer stuff like Stadia as a white-label product which could have easily allowed any companies like Embracer Group a way to launch their own streaming/game subscription service.

Not to mention that owning that many IP and studios gives them too much leverage against platform holders like Sony, who can use them to get a better deal like 90/10 or even full 100% of the profits. Just like ABK was using Cod to get an 80/20 from Sony.

"wait and see when your only option will be GamePass at 20 plus a month to play games"

Who says that EA or Ubisoft couldn't do this?

@Fiendish-Beaver Yep. The biggest company at fault for consolidation of the gaming industry is Embracer Group... Who alone have purchased 76 studios since 2017, and who had purchased 3 publishers before Microsoft ever even purchased one. But nah, its Microsoft fault for everything.

@Fiendish-Beaver This is why I generally don’t pay attention to professional critics. The issue is that a lot professional reviews are done by people who don’t/didn’t want to review the game in the first place, and was just handed the project by their supervisors.

With High on Life having a humor style and a particularly artistic that lot of people don’t like. That could lead to poor reviews if not reviewed by some who enjoy it. As the actual moment to moment gameplay isn’t all that.

@ColdHandGee Lucky, I’ve been trying to grow my hair for 3 years, and barely got enough for twist much less dreads.

@JAMes-BroWWWn PuBG?

Of course Square Enix is satisfied with this. They’re always are satisfied with the sales of their Japanese games. It was only the western games they were never satisfied with.

@Ken_Kaniff That depends on if the game doesn’t add any meaningful content or the developers don’t take player feedback seriously.

@Bez87 This is actually the second game. Forspoken used Direct storage.

@Petto Horizon forbidden west , GT7 and God of War Ragnarok are all PS4 games… Ratchet and Clank was the last true PS5 exclusive beside TLOUS

This is day one buy for real if true. Was big fan of the Lego soccer sets and Soccer Mania growing up.

@Rmg0731 Sony acquiring bungie wasn’t a normal studio purchase. It why Bungie costed Sony 2 billion. Bungie wasn’t signing any deals unless they could stay multiplatform, and forced Sony to pay way more than they’re worth to insure that talent stays on board after the purchase.

It no different to Microsoft’s Minecraft purchase. Zenimax and ABK could easily multi platform if they wanted to, but they don’t and aren’t going to force Microsoft to let them… The shareholders only care about lining their pockets with Microsoft’s cash.

@Trousersnake The suit is mainly for VR support. But the VR market isn’t big enough for this type of to be successful, so they have also support flat games

@ATaco I would rather them try live service with a new IP. Instead tainting an established IP, and having to hear for the next several years from their fan base about how they ruin the IP.

@Luvstagrind Warframe does require an id… It how all these games handle cross play/cross save

I’m having a blast with this but I enjoy live service/GaaS games more than I do single player games. It basically a Hero Shooter gambit with dinosaurs

@NotSoCryptic Don’t know what China has to do with my comment about Embracer Group.

@StrawberryTurtle “ do find it kinda cringe that people go nuts for a sex scene in a videogame like we don't have acess to thousands of sex scenes for free on the internet.”

That cause video games are a bit more freaky with their sex stuff. Good luck finding videos with bear or blue aliens 👽 unless you wanna look at anime stuff.

@StrawberryTurtle I’m not talking about Tencent. I’m talking about embracer group who have bought how many publishers now? Along with massive IP like Middle-earth Enterprises.

@Areus And I’m not surprised that they are being crushed under the weight of it. TBH I don’t know where they are getting the capital to buy everything they have… We can at see where Microsoft is getting the money. Windows and those Military contracts bring in a lot of money.

@StrawberryTurtle Thank you Microsoft? This was happening before Microsoft when embracer group came out of no were and bought up 100ish odd developers.

Just let the deal go through. The faster y'all do that. The faster I can be playing Diablo 4 through steam, and be done with Battle.net

@z0d15g0d The issue is that comic book sales are dying. The only way companies are making money off these characters are through the films, cartoons, videos games and merchandise. Returning these characters back to only comics book would mean the death of them.

@Jacko11 Origins, Odyssey or Valhalla are vastly too bloated. Rouge was mix, Unity was broken, no one even mentions Syndicate, AC3 was a mess, AC2 and Bloodline was dope, Revelations was just a good send off. I don't really know where AC1 fit into this. To keep things simple, I'm not counting the mobile, handheld, or 2D games... But was Black Flag is definitely the best if not in the top 3

This is literally the best game and Assassin Creed games that Ubisoft has ever made. The fact it has not received the GT5 or Skyrim treatment is surprising.

@Uncharted2007 "Why not use those resources to work on the main projects to get them done quicker"

What do you think they are doing? The renewed focus means that they are focused on getting those other games out quicker. That is why they offload STWOR to a 3rd party company and moving staff over to those games. If they didn't have renewed focus. They would just keep the game in house and have team continue to work on said title. Unfortunately, not all the staff can be move due to the fact you can't have duplicate of some positions and those other team already have those positions filled.