KirbyTheVampire

I'm fine with that level of violence and subjects like abuse being depicted in games, personally, but a warning probably would have been a good idea for those who aren't comfortable with seeing it.

Besides, you never know if some little 8 year old is tuned in hoping they reveal a new Little Big Planet or something.

@Kidfried I agree with that part of your argument, but when you say the mere fact that it showed women in danger makes it a damsel in distress story, I can't help but get that impression.

@Kidfried So women can never be in a state of peril? They always have to be in a position of power for it to be a good story?

@IceClimbers That trailer is tame compared to The Walking Dead. If it was done with TWD levels of violence, she would have had her stomach sliced right open with her guts spilling everywhere in a steaming pile, and the other girl would have had her face smashed in with the hammer rather than her arm, lol.

As long as it's handled in a mature and respectful way, I don't think there's anything wrong with having that material in the game. If anything it just helps people sympathize more with victims of abuse in real life.

I don't think the violence was that extreme for a game like this. However, I think it was a dumb choice for a game that's supposed to be centered around story and characters.

But above all, the worst thing to come out of this trailer is the feminists crawling out of their lairs and declaring the trailer a glorification of abuse against women. That's completely rediculous.

@Neolit I actually had that thought as well, lol. Let's congratulate ourselves once we play the game and find out if it's true.

I'm assuming not though, since she might be pregnant, judging by what the cult leader said about an apostate being inside her or however she worded it.

@get2sammyb Not terribly realistic, given the fact that food probably isn't all that plentiful and I doubt she's lifting weights in the game, but it does make for a cool looking character, lol.

@Neolit It's not that it's totally impossible, I'm just saying it's not very realistic given the fact that there aren't exactly grocery stores in the apocalypse, and it's pretty hard for a woman to build that amount of muscle unless she's knowledgeable about weightlifting and eats a lot of food. Even guys in the real world who do manual labor aren't usually that muscular for the most part. But who knows, maybe they'll have her character be holed up somewhere with a plentiful supply of food and a bunch of weights or something.

Either way, I don't honestly care at all, it was just an observation, lol.

The new Sucker Punch game looks pretty neat. I'm not a mega-Infamous fan or anything, but I would say the trilogy as a whole is a solid 8/10, so I'm excited to see how this game turns out.

The Monster Hunter World beta is super exciting. I'm really glad I'll have a chance to try it out before I buy it. I'm assuming I'll like it, since I had a lot of fun with Tri, but we'll see.

Spider-Man, Shadow of the Colossus, and God of War are all games I'm interested in potentially buying. Detroit looks pretty cool, and I like choice-based games, but I'm gonna have to wait and see on that one.

Super pumped for The Last of Us Part 2. Not really sure why everyone was so shocked by that trailer, though. It's nothing we haven't seen in the first game, and plenty of other M rated games. Maybe it was a little heavy for a trailer, but I was expecting so much worse after reading people's reactions.

(Also, how exactly is that girl in the trailer so muscular? Most well-fed girls who hit the gym in real life aren't nearly as big as her unless they're on steroids, lol. Must have the genetics of a god)

@BAMozzy The faces do look a little derpy, but I can handle pretty much anything after Mass Effect Andromeda, lol.

Not too sure about this one yet. I haven't been very impressed by most of the newer Spider-man games. Web of Shadows was okay, Spider-man 2 and Ultimate Spider-man were good, but that's about it.

Definitely a big fan of bearded Kratos. Looks a lot cooler than the clean-shaven version.

Also, having that voice would be awesome.

I wonder how historically accurate it'll end up being. Probably not very, especially if there end up being ninjas in the game, but oh well.

That was kind of a weird trailer. I expected something to happen. Game looks great, though. I'm interested.

Hallelujah. It's always great to get a beta that doesn't require a pre-order to play, especially when it's a game I'm really interested in like this one.

I didn't actually watch the stream, but Ghost of Tsushima looks interesting. I'm always down for a new Sucker Punch game.

@carlos82 Ah, my bad.

@carlos82 I don't see how it's not doing well. It's on the path to outsell the Wii U by the time it hits the 1 year mark.

When a game that launched on PS4, Xbox One, and PC is competing with a game that launched on a single system that just came out in March, it would be pretty sad if it didn't sell more, lol.

The Last of Us doesn't belong on the list at all IMO, but it's the only one I've played, so I voted for that.

Super Mario Odyssey. I'm not far enough into it to determine if it'll dethrone Sunshine as my favorite Mario game, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if it did. It's awesome. Definitely one of the best games I've ever played.

@twinspectre90 Ummm what? I'm not saying Hitler was the only terrible person to ever exist. Of course there are others, and yes, there are a few people that have ended more lives than Hitler. Does that not make Hitler a disgusting waste of skin that didn't deserve to live, and does that not make Hitler someone worth hating and turning into a video game villain?

If you want the people who killed more people than Hitler to be cast as a villain in a video game, that's totally fine, but I would say Hitler is probably the most well-known dictator/genocidal maniac to ever exist, and that's largely why there are so many movies and games and stuff with him in them. People know who he is, unlike a lot of other dictators.

I really don't see how my logic says I love genocide, either. Where did that idea even come from?

@doctommaso True, but it's only a few days away from November, and I doubt I'll be buying any games that month.

@twinspectre90 I think being anti-Nazi is an agenda worth pushing, unless you're pro-genocide.

Mario Odyssey.

@RedMageLanakyn I believe his comment is a reference to what I said in the De Blob article, lol.

The poor man's Splatoon.

Something fun that I haven't played yet. Best PS+ request ever, right there.

@BLP_Software Hey, at least there's a bit of hope here, compared to EA, who totally isn't hiding the fact that single player games are a thing of the past for them.

@ThroughTheIris56 Yeah, that's true. Boycotting the games that either are clearly half-hearted/rushed efforts or are filled with micro-transactions is basically the same thing as boycotting the entire company.

It sucks, because a company as large as EA is more than capable of publishing good games, not to mention games without stuff like micro-transactions and loot boxes. They just don't.

EA shouldn't be boycotted entirely. However, their games that involve these short-sited and greedy practices like micro-transactions and loot boxes should indeed be boycotted. It's just anti-consumer, and putting gambling into games is just plain wrong. It never has been and never will be okay to exploit people like that.

When EA starts making quality games (that would be a shocker) that don't involve these things, I'll be more than happy to buy them. Until then, I'll be buying the Mario Odysseys and Breath of the Wilds and God of Wars and Horizon Zero Dawns of the gaming industry. At least they aren't just soulless products pumped out on an assembly line meant to suck as much money out of people as humanly possible.

Not sure I'll be playing anything very much, but if I do have the time, it'll probably be Life is Strange and/or Splatoon 2.

I don't think they'll die out completely, but they're definitely becoming a lot more common, and that's a big shame IMO. While I like some online games a lot, single player games have always been my favorite.

What kind of monster puts Fallout 4 higher on the list than Skyrim???

@Lonejester John Marston gets my vote. Nathan Drake is kind of cheesy and nowhere near as hardcore as John, and plus he's basically a mass murderer. (I know John can be a mass murderer if you choose to play Red Dead that way, but still)

@BLP_Software She really annoys me. She's been such an edge-lord the past couple years or so, and it's incredibly cringy. Can't take her seriously at all.

Anyway, back on topic. I don't like Sonic games in general, and this one is no different. Maybe I'm just weird, but I find them incredibly dull.

The combat in this game looks like something you'd see in an MMO or one of those boring Early Access survival games. Not very impressed.

Maybe the story and characters can save it.

I plan on replaying Vampire - The Masquerade: Bloodlines. I love how replayable the game is, and it's an absolute shame how there are basically no games like it. Developers need to bring that style of RPG back, because it's incredible.

Other than that, I'll probably play some Splatoon 2 and Stardew Valley.

@Ackbar7 I guess it's not really different, I just think Nintendo games are better value than little 1 hour PSVR games that you probably won't play at all after they're over.

I think it's cool enough, but that's money better spent on a Switch IMO.

I'll stick with PUBG. This game looks decent for a free game, though.

If it's cosmetic, fine. If it gives people an unfair advantage, then I have a problem.

Micro-transactions are quickly becoming the scourge of the gaming industry. Wasn't gonna buy it anyway, and I'm definitely not buying it now.

@Hapuc Rey is the most boring and Mary Sue-ish Star Wars character in existence, so it doesn't surprise me that she's boring in the game as well.

Not a fan of this genre at all. Hope it's good for people who like this kind of game, though.

@3Above I'm not saying BoTW is perfect, but whether you like Zelda games or not, it clearly had a lot more effort and thought put into it than BF2. I'm just saying that comparing one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time to a game that has yet to prove itself and whose predecessor was bashed endlessly by gamers is kind of weird.

@Biotechzilla No, but that's because the frame rate issues weren't major (and were largely fixed in later patches), and also because Breath of the Wild is a great game. You can hardly compare that game with Battlefront 2.

Why does anyone even buy EA games anymore? Just let the company die already.

@FullbringIchigo Same here. No PS4 games coming out this month that I'll be buying. It's just gonna be Mario Odyssey and maybe a 2DS with 1 or 2 games.

Still haven't bought it, so I'll probably pick this up when I do.