LuXifer

Loved this game when it released, amazing adventure game. Sadly I've not been able to enjoy these types of games anymore and that saddens me very much.

Great quick summary and review, hope this game finds many happy homes.

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Sweet, got to love that color scheme!

It's such a cutthroat market. No one is safe, no matter the pedigree.

Fairgame$ seems so incredibly tone deaf and desperately wants to be cool. But could be the gameplay lifts it up of the trash.

Concord don't need to be commented upon. ☠️

Haven't seen enough of Marathon to get any real impressions either way. Will it include a SP/Co-op campaign w/multiplayer modes? Or will they try to cold-boot a GaaS leaning on the older games?

Let's hope they're cooking up something good, or they'll be cooked.

Loved DA: Origins, some of Biowares best work IMO.

Gave up on DA2 about halfway as it was too repetitive w/copy-paste environments.

DA: Inquisition I dropped after I got to the third zone. Seemed uninspired to me.

And after Biowares resent releases I'd have to be a rabid fanboy to trust them with my money again until I get the whole picture and see some unbiased gameplay and systems in action.

I'm just waiting for them to finish the game (FFVII) and release it as a bundle. I'm not paying 210$ (70 x 3) to play a remake, no matter how much content they cram into each "episode". From what I've seen I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but I'm a patient man. 😁

FFXVI haven't caught my attention at all, something about it's style/identity seems kinda meh to me. Might pick it up at a later date.

With the power of that unlocked toolkit I'm very excited for what the modding community can dish up in the years to come. 🎉

In my mind BF was always the more realistic and down-to-earth of the big military shooters. That's what set them apart from the rest. It boggles the mind that you wouldn't lean into the thing your fanbase love you for instead of chasing trends.

I get that they want to expand the player base, but quirky Specilists and stupid gameplay decisions ain't it.

Taking a timeout and revisit what made BF2/BF3/BF4 so popular in the first place sounds like a good start to me.

But we'll see if they can back up those words with actions. 🤷‍♂️

Seems like another title to pile onto the "I'll try to remember to pick it up when it's on a deep sale" backlog. 😋

I don't mind gaas games needing a steady income of funds to keep pushing out content. Especially seeing as the market has mostly rejected the subscription model.

Luckily outside of a few asian countries the user base (usually) quickly turn down games that are pay-to-win. So most of them seem to stay with cosmetics and some QoL stuff.

The only thing I'd wish was that here were legislation in place to make all games with microtransactions age gated to 18+. When you see how predatory they go after the user on a psychological level then I think it's reasonable that you need to be an adult to interact with these games. Just my 2 cents.

The sh**tiest part is that some publishers gatekeep bonuses behind MC scores. I mean you could make a customer darling of a game that sells millions and millions of copies, but because you got a 84 MC score the whole dev team must suffer. *****!

I think finding individual voices/reviewers that reflect your own taste in games or watching some extended gameplay are much more important then some general consensus. And that is especially true if you enjoy anything that is deemed a niche genere.

I agree to a point about the negativity of review bombing. But I mostly blame the industry at large for this. Gaming is one of the few businesses where the customers are held in contemp. I can understand that some people feel the need to lash out when we get bombarded with industry people giving the impression that we are an necessary evil that needs to be educated, kept quiet and keep on paying.

I believe that all digital storefronts should have a built in user review mechanic ala Steam. Just add a way to filter reviews based on how many hours the user has played. IMO that could be a valuable tool for both the industry and the users.

/rant over 😁

I hope they can shake up the industry with some actual creativity from strong voices, not the usual designed-by-committee slop. Would be nice to get something fresh outside of the indie scene. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

It's so refreshing seeing review scores on an actual 1-10 scale. 👏

The Binding of Isaac is such an amazing synergy simulator. A little bloated on the number of items but still one of my favourite games. Years later and I still boot it up when I got 30-40 minutes to waste.

@ShogunRok
Thanks for the summary. It does sound like they could use the expanded playerbase a console release would give them. But I don't envy them the role of keeping both PC and console camps satisfied.

Hope they pull it off and give everyone a fun mmo. 😃

Looks like a fun game, will 100% pick it up when the price drops a bit.

I haven't been following this game very closely but wasn't the PC version quite mismanaged?

@ScottyG
Thank you for your service, let's hope the NDA assassins makes it quick and painless. 😁

I really enjoyed VB, seems like a solid studio. This dosen't look too bad. Hope they're cooking up something good for their next outing.

Easy now people, take a deep breath. Having passion and opinions for a game is all well and good, but this is getting a bit weird.

Remember our identity is attached to our personality not to some stupid Ubisoft game. Either "reward" them by buying it, or "punish" them by not buying it.

Or be a dirty dirty cheapskate like me and wait until you can get it for a fraction of the price...and then maybe pick it up. 😅

@Enigk
lol, yeah must've been some high grade drama. Would've loved to be a fly on the wall during that meeting. 😁

I envision a Mad Men scenario where they scrounge up all the files and contacts (maybe a few promising new IPs) that they can get away with within the law...and making a run for it. 😋

Guess we'll know if they landed safely on their feet soon enough. 🤔

Might get it at deep discount down the road, but only if trusted reviews are raving. Ubisoft = 🥱

I'm guessing they (Gary & the others who left) already had a backup investor/partner for their plan to start something new. If not, then something must've gone horribly wrong during discussions.

The Outer Wilds was such a masterclass in storytelling in a game-format. Luckily it sounds like publishing duties will continue.

Not getting invested in this until I'm 100% sure it won't be a over-monetized riddled nightmare. Looks fun af!

@CriticalGames
It does look amazing!

Not even with the thickest and deeply tinted nostalgia-glasses does this look 8-bit. But apart from that it looks like a lot of fun, definitely picking it up. 😃

Must be the same analyst firm that has been promising game publishers and Hollywood sweet nothings about the "modern audience". 😁

• Same stupid design
• No disc drive
• Eye-watering price

Nope

I've replayed VI, VII, IX and X. Made it to disc 2 with VIII and never touched it again. 🤷‍♂️

I'm trying muster up the passion to say something about Ubisoft, good OR bad. But everything about their designed-by-committee portfolio just leaves me feeling aggressively indifferent. 🥱

A PS5 Pro sounds good. But until there's more games I'd like to play that can take advantage of the extra power in a meaningful way I'll stick to the base model.

@riceNpea
Yeah, I agree. He's a complex character that the world fell in love with over the span of the original trilogy. Any and all changes to his personality/character are easy to spot.

Crystal Skull was far from good, but at least it felt like a bad Indy movie. Dial of Destiny was, IMO, just a fanfic written by a "special" person. 😅

I just hope this teams writers aren't the same as Wolfenstein-Youngblood...oof.

Indiana Jones seems to be a difficult IP to transform into a successful game. I played Fate of Atlantis a handful of years ago and loved it, but apart from that one I've not played a game that captures that "Indy" feeling.

That he won't be a shooting everything he sees is for sure a good sign. 😋 Hope they end up with a good game.

Not my cup of tea, but sounds like fun for HP fans. 🧹

I agree, to a point, that the definition of live service can be stretched to include games with regular updates.

But when we got bombarded with statements like "get used to not owning games", publishers frothing over the thought of scummy subscription models and updates that removes content (like the recent Alan Wake music track). It's no wonder most people try to push back IMO.

If the industry believes that GAAS is the only way for gaming to grow an thrive economically, which the majority seem to think. Well, we're in for a wild ride. Gamers are nothing if not stubborn and protective of their hobby. 😁