The cycle of every live service. Everyone tries it and eventually they go back to their comfort game leaving it barren. The market is saturated. All that's left are the tourists.
I am partial to Uncharted 3. I loved the story that keeps you trying to guess the next twist and it had some amazing levels such as the underwater ship. I remember being in awe at how it looked. It's the only uncharted game i'd replay now.
I don't think a 2 hour demo is gonna give an accurate picture of the pacing, but i will probably give it a try. It's unlikely i will get it at the current price anyways.
Meh... i have not enjoyed the series since Vesperia and since Xillia 2 i have not enjoyed the combat at all. It's so generic. The 2D combat is what made it special. Now it's just another jrpg.
I don't think i am a bad gamer. I have been playing games for more than 30 years.
Everytime i die in a game, my patience with the game starts diminishing.
If it's my fault it's all good and i will adjust. If it's cause it's cheap and annoying, each time i die and my time is wasted it empties the patience bag. If i am playing a game and constantly raging and getting my time wasted with repetition, it's over. I don't get any joy from overcoming a cheap challenge. I get relief and that does not feel worthwhile. I play games to have fun. I will not waste my time on trash. I will not live forever and there are other games i want to play.
When games make a selling point that they are souls like and/or dying a lot is a thing, i pass on them imediatly. It's instant cure. I won't buy your game.
What a nothing burger. What if they did? What if they didn't? Either way it doesn't matter. The game doesn't even have the wider appeal people might think it does. It's completely irrelevant.
The Xbox market is the smallest of the console markets. There is nothing surprising about skipping it or not giving it priority, given it's a market for game pass and not actual game sales. The big bucks are in PS, Nintendo and PC. So, yes, this will keep happening. The MvC collection also skipped Xbox. Oh no! Sony must've paid for Xbox to not have it. Cmon now... Sony is not responsible for Xbox's woes. Microsoft is.
Same opinion as after i finished it.
It's a good game, i liked it very much. I saw the clear hand of what is the ffxiv team and what they have delivered in the past years and it was good.
But, i still want a return to a more classic ATB formula for another entry.
But let's be honest. The problem is the volume of games is different nowadays and the FF's of before need several entries of today to remake. That means that new entries will never be as good as they used to be. So, i think they should investigate ways to recreate that volume.
The good old traversable world maps weren't bad and made the world feel bigger, for example. I think they need to review what made the classics good and iterate on it. I think we are hitting too many samey action rpg's.
The game looks great. I am done with fighting games cause i don't have the time to dedicate to them, but i always have a soft spot for marvel and snk. I will be getting city of the wolves.
It's funny how in those 4 years ND didn't output any new games. It's like he never left. Not that the studios he was in delivered anything either. Such incompetent management.
The... low difficulty of the game? I wouldn't say that. There is challenging content and for non experienced players it's very easy to accrue vulnerability stacks in the casual content.
There are layers to the problems with healing. But in general it is the predictable nature of the damage intake and the existence of off-GCD heals that can cover the healing necessities.
This leaves healers as effective DPS with a simplistic rotation and off gcd healer.
There are naturally a number of GCD heals aswell that go unused and you may receive grief by not playing in the optimal way.
It is true, healing needs to be re-pondered in FFXIV. But, let's be honest even WoW struggles to balance it after 20 years. It's hardly a simple task. But, it can definitely be improved.
It is a fair shout to call for a redesign, but it's certainly not gonna happen for Dawntrail launch, which is in like a week or two.
Hopefully they make sweeping changes for the next xpac. I would like to see changes to tanking to also make it feel a bit more like playing a tank than a DPS.
We'll see.
It's also much more expensive to buy a slot at games fest. This seems to be from an anime fest which is 100% the target audience. But, i don't expect a new tales of game. They don't develop that fast. An HD port of Abyss or some surprise old collections could happen. Either way i expect anime tie in's.
If the problem was the IP not being popular enough (which after being dragged in the dirt it's not surprising) and the studio did a good job, why close them? You can put them to work on a more popular IP perhaps? Alas... management. Their heads won't roll, so the studio will.
I will say i've been disappointed.
The game does not look like dragon age. Each subsequent entry seem to veer further and further away from the vibe of origins.
These plastic models do not look appealing at all. Like we went from realistic, bloody and dark fantasy to plastic looking, all ages approved generic fantasy.
The combat looked uneventful as well. Just more average action stuff.
Honestly, i have not seen anything impressive at all. It looked awfully generic. It could be called Fantasy Age and i would believe it.
Very happy about it. Alongside Xenogears it's one of my favorite rpg's of all time.
I'm really gonna need new content and graphics to play again though. I am swamped with games and i already beat tactics 3 or 4 times and kind of did all there was to do.
Every character playing similarly in terms of inputs is a series thing. It's what makes it easy to pick up and play so many characters. It was never a deep game. It was more of a "for fun" game for series fans. I think the point will be lost on others. It's meant to echo the feel of the battles from the anime.
3v3 is new though. Used to be 1v1.
@AverageGamer Bioware hates the heros of past games. They tend to kill them off canonicly. I think the inquisitor is the only one alive.
If yours survived they will do something nasty with them. I know the warden never shows up again. There is only a letter in inquisition even though morrigan shows up.
What i recall of hawke is if they survived DA2 you get a mission wether they or another character die in inquisition. I don't quite recall it very well. Either way, it's unlikely we will see hawke again, just like the warden. They really want to kill them off. I expect the inquisitor to be next.
Yes, i am a fan of dino's and time travel.
The problem is Dino crisis never took off because of several weird decisions.
The first was was a resident evil with dinos. It was alright, but it was under the shadow of RE which was better.
It was Dino crisis 2 where the series found it's footing moving into more outdoor environment and a more action heavy combat. The story took a step up too. It was the rise of the series.
But, then came the stupid decisions. One, the direct sequel to Dino crisis 2, Dino stalker, not only was named questionably, it was a light gun game. That there made fans of 2 lose contact with the series.
After that they went with the bizarre decision of making a huge time leap, leave behind the established characters and make Dinos in a space station, also known as the Xbox exclusive Dino crisis 3. Which was the disaster that killed the series.
So, do i want Dino crisis back? I want the Dino crisis from 2 back in a nice reboot.
The rest i don't want. 😂
@Voltan Because after the hype comes the honesty. The true review of a game is how it stands up after the commercial pandering, purchase bias and graphics craze's pass.
From what i understand DD2 is repetitive, disrespects your time (aka makes it boring) and performs badly. Story is apparently not great either and it wasn't an evolution of the series as it was more of the same.
Not saying it's bad, but those are the issues that creep up from what i heard and i can understand people getting disenchanted once the dust settles.
I am pretty sure this will not be the same kind of remake as FF7. This will likely be the graphics facelift that we actually asked for FF7 and got the reboot instead. 😅
@CWill97 Inquisition would be the one you want to play if veilguard is the one you want to get to. Several characters here and the plot is carrying over from Inquisition. The first two are more self contained. But, i still recommend the first one cause it's awesome.
I disagree. I think it looked as generic as the first trailer. Nothing about this was exciting.
I can't shake off the feeling that i already played something like this and got bored of it.
I cannot imagine the development hell this game went through. Something like this shouldn't have taken so many years.
Also, heck, do characters look worse than in inquisition? They look plastic like. I am sure i have seen better models of Varric.
Also dunno the fixation on just bringing in a new hero everytime, especially when the story is a continuation of the previous title. I guess the Inquisitor just decided to shrug Solas away.
Yes, it's all coming to an unsustainable edge.
If there are less games, the consoles will provide less value and sell less and therefore there will be less money to be made to turn a profit on these huge projects.
And no, live services aren't the answer. They are already saturated. Nintendo holds the answer to this problem and it would be best to make the change sooner than later. Stop rushing the tech.
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Re: SEGA's New Crazy Taxi Game Is Open World and Multiplayer
I hope it does well. I don't want them to discontinue this revival wave.
Re: The Obligatory Helldivers 2 Isn't As Popular As It Was Headlines Have Started to Emerge
The cycle of every live service. Everyone tries it and eventually they go back to their comfort game leaving it barren. The market is saturated. All that's left are the tourists.
Re: Best Uncharted Games
I am partial to Uncharted 3. I loved the story that keeps you trying to guess the next twist and it had some amazing levels such as the underwater ship. I remember being in awe at how it looked.
It's the only uncharted game i'd replay now.
Re: Dragon's Dogma 2 Gets a Free Trial for a Limited Time on PS5
I don't think a 2 hour demo is gonna give an accurate picture of the pacing, but i will probably give it a try. It's unlikely i will get it at the current price anyways.
Re: Evo 2024 Is Going to Be Gigantic, Smashes Record for Most Players in Any Esports Event Ever
I think it has something to do with a new street fighter and tekken coming out so close to each other.
Re: Unsurprisingly, There Seems to Be a New Tales Game in Development
Meh... i have not enjoyed the series since Vesperia and since Xillia 2 i have not enjoyed the combat at all. It's so generic. The 2D combat is what made it special. Now it's just another jrpg.
Re: PlayStation Likely to Go All-Digital By PS7, Analyst Predicts
I really don't care what "analysts" say.
We'll see where we are when we get there.
Re: First-Person Action RPG Alkahest Announced, Could Have Real Potential
Oh i have bad memories with Alkahest from TERA. Not a word i like. 😅
Re: Trails through Daybreak 2 Leak May Point Towards Imminent Announcement
Well... it's not like it was unlikely.
Re: Astro Bot PS5 Took 60 Developers Around Three Years to Make
That actually sounds like a good development cost. I am sure it will turn a big profit.
Re: FromSoftware Boss Puts Elden Ring Difficulty Discourse to Bed, Once and For All
I git to keep my money. 😉
Re: Poll: Can a Game's Brutal Difficulty Put You Off Playing It?
I don't think i am a bad gamer. I have been playing games for more than 30 years.
Everytime i die in a game, my patience with the game starts diminishing.
If it's my fault it's all good and i will adjust. If it's cause it's cheap and annoying, each time i die and my time is wasted it empties the patience bag. If i am playing a game and constantly raging and getting my time wasted with repetition, it's over. I don't get any joy from overcoming a cheap challenge. I get relief and that does not feel worthwhile. I play games to have fun. I will not waste my time on trash. I will not live forever and there are other games i want to play.
When games make a selling point that they are souls like and/or dying a lot is a thing, i pass on them imediatly. It's instant cure. I won't buy your game.
Re: Silly Speculation Alleges Sony May Have Signed Secret PS5 Exclusivity for Black Myth: Wukong
What a nothing burger. What if they did? What if they didn't? Either way it doesn't matter. The game doesn't even have the wider appeal people might think it does. It's completely irrelevant.
The Xbox market is the smallest of the console markets. There is nothing surprising about skipping it or not giving it priority, given it's a market for game pass and not actual game sales. The big bucks are in PS, Nintendo and PC. So, yes, this will keep happening. The MvC collection also skipped Xbox. Oh no! Sony must've paid for Xbox to not have it. Cmon now... Sony is not responsible for Xbox's woes. Microsoft is.
Re: Ambitious MMO Dune: Awakening's Sandstorms Will Weekly Level the Playing Field
I love Dune, but this is not for me.
I was also not impressed with Spice wars from them.
I miss the old C&C style RTS games. The Dune1 rpg strategy hybrid was also interesting.
Re: Square Enix's Forgotten PS1 Fighting Force Franchise Beats the Count on PS5, PS4
It's not right to call it as square enix's as they never worked on it. They just bought the rights.
This is Eidos and core design.
Re: Sony Is Allegedly Pulling PSVR2 Funding, Report Claims
Good. The thing was a resource hog that the main ps5 is in need of.
Re: Round Up: We're All Sleeping on Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami, as Super Positive Previews Drop
Capcom is doing well. But, i really have no interest in this. Just not for me.
Re: Poll: One Year Later, What Are Your Thoughts on Final Fantasy 16?
Same opinion as after i finished it.
It's a good game, i liked it very much. I saw the clear hand of what is the ffxiv team and what they have delivered in the past years and it was good.
But, i still want a return to a more classic ATB formula for another entry.
But let's be honest. The problem is the volume of games is different nowadays and the FF's of before need several entries of today to remake. That means that new entries will never be as good as they used to be. So, i think they should investigate ways to recreate that volume.
The good old traversable world maps weren't bad and made the world feel bigger, for example. I think they need to review what made the classics good and iterate on it. I think we are hitting too many samey action rpg's.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Assures Its RPG Roots with Massive Skill Trees for Each Class
Erm...ok? All i see are some funky lines. I don't know what these skill points actually do.
Re: Interview: How Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Revives a Classic Series Over 20 Years Later
The game looks great. I am done with fighting games cause i don't have the time to dedicate to them, but i always have a soft spot for marvel and snk. I will be getting city of the wolves.
Re: Naughty Dog Vet Back in the Dog House After Years at The Initiative, Deviation Games
It's funny how in those 4 years ND didn't output any new games. It's like he never left.
Not that the studios he was in delivered anything either. Such incompetent management.
Re: Fed Up with Square Enix, Final Fantasy 14's Healers Are Going on Strike
The... low difficulty of the game? I wouldn't say that. There is challenging content and for non experienced players it's very easy to accrue vulnerability stacks in the casual content.
There are layers to the problems with healing. But in general it is the predictable nature of the damage intake and the existence of off-GCD heals that can cover the healing necessities.
This leaves healers as effective DPS with a simplistic rotation and off gcd healer.
There are naturally a number of GCD heals aswell that go unused and you may receive grief by not playing in the optimal way.
It is true, healing needs to be re-pondered in FFXIV. But, let's be honest even WoW struggles to balance it after 20 years. It's hardly a simple task. But, it can definitely be improved.
It is a fair shout to call for a redesign, but it's certainly not gonna happen for Dawntrail launch, which is in like a week or two.
Hopefully they make sweeping changes for the next xpac. I would like to see changes to tanking to also make it feel a bit more like playing a tank than a DPS.
We'll see.
Re: Bandai Namco Confirms Summer Showcase Stuffed with Announcements and Reveals
It's also much more expensive to buy a slot at games fest. This seems to be from an anime fest which is 100% the target audience.
But, i don't expect a new tales of game. They don't develop that fast.
An HD port of Abyss or some surprise old collections could happen.
Either way i expect anime tie in's.
Re: Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection Takes PS4 for a Ride This Year
This is absolutely fantastic. I dreamed of this collection and it's amazing they are doing it.
Re: PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On
I suppose Bend Studio and Bluepoint games new projects will be due soon.
Re: Embracer Group Reportedly Closes Alone in the Dark Developer Pieces Interactive
If the problem was the IP not being popular enough (which after being dragged in the dirt it's not surprising) and the studio did a good job, why close them? You can put them to work on a more popular IP perhaps?
Alas... management. Their heads won't roll, so the studio will.
Re: Poll: So, What Are Your Thoughts on Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
I will say i've been disappointed.
The game does not look like dragon age. Each subsequent entry seem to veer further and further away from the vibe of origins.
These plastic models do not look appealing at all. Like we went from realistic, bloody and dark fantasy to plastic looking, all ages approved generic fantasy.
The combat looked uneventful as well. Just more average action stuff.
Honestly, i have not seen anything impressive at all. It looked awfully generic. It could be called Fantasy Age and i would believe it.
Re: Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Is Reportedly 'Real and Happening'
@ear_wig word up. Still waiting for it. It's past time for a replay.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Summer Game Fest and Its Surrounding Shows as a Whole?
I am still waiting for Nintendo.
But, i will be honest. All i watched was Sony's state of play.
Curious for the Nintendo direct.
Didn't much care for the rest.
Re: Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Is Reportedly 'Real and Happening'
I would live to see it in HD 2D.
Very happy about it. Alongside Xenogears it's one of my favorite rpg's of all time.
I'm really gonna need new content and graphics to play again though. I am swamped with games and i already beat tactics 3 or 4 times and kind of did all there was to do.
I am more excited about the prospect of a sequel.
Re: Preview: Playing Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero with Zero Knowledge of the Series
Every character playing similarly in terms of inputs is a series thing. It's what makes it easy to pick up and play so many characters. It was never a deep game. It was more of a "for fun" game for series fans. I think the point will be lost on others. It's meant to echo the feel of the battles from the anime.
3v3 is new though. Used to be 1v1.
Re: Forget About the Cheesy Reveal Trailer with 20 Mins of Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay
@AverageGamer Bioware hates the heros of past games. They tend to kill them off canonicly. I think the inquisitor is the only one alive.
If yours survived they will do something nasty with them. I know the warden never shows up again. There is only a letter in inquisition even though morrigan shows up.
What i recall of hawke is if they survived DA2 you get a mission wether they or another character die in inquisition. I don't quite recall it very well. Either way, it's unlikely we will see hawke again, just like the warden. They really want to kill them off. I expect the inquisitor to be next.
Re: Mini Review: Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (PS4) - A Monster of a Sequel and a Superb RPG
Yup. I really enjoyed my time with the switch version.
Re: Across Its Vaunted IP, Capcom Fans Crave Dino Crisis Above All Else
Yes, i am a fan of dino's and time travel.
The problem is Dino crisis never took off because of several weird decisions.
The first was was a resident evil with dinos. It was alright, but it was under the shadow of RE which was better.
It was Dino crisis 2 where the series found it's footing moving into more outdoor environment and a more action heavy combat. The story took a step up too. It was the rise of the series.
But, then came the stupid decisions. One, the direct sequel to Dino crisis 2, Dino stalker, not only was named questionably, it was a light gun game. That there made fans of 2 lose contact with the series.
After that they went with the bizarre decision of making a huge time leap, leave behind the established characters and make Dinos in a space station, also known as the Xbox exclusive Dino crisis 3. Which was the disaster that killed the series.
So, do i want Dino crisis back? I want the Dino crisis from 2 back in a nice reboot.
The rest i don't want. 😂
Re: Betrayal as OG Mass Effect Citadel Sprinting Revealed to Be a Lie
I always noticed that shepard didn't seem to run very fast at all. I still expected it to be a little bit though. Not cool. 😋
Re: Preview: Astro Bot on PS5 Could Be the Best 3D Platformer This Side of Nintendo
Just what the doctor ordered. 😁
Re: PS5 Exclusive Rise of the Ronin Is Koei Tecmo's Best-Selling Game
@Voltan Because after the hype comes the honesty. The true review of a game is how it stands up after the commercial pandering, purchase bias and graphics craze's pass.
From what i understand DD2 is repetitive, disrespects your time (aka makes it boring) and performs badly. Story is apparently not great either and it wasn't an evolution of the series as it was more of the same.
Not saying it's bad, but those are the issues that creep up from what i heard and i can understand people getting disenchanted once the dust settles.
Re: Final Fantasy 9 Remake Is Almost Certainly Real as Another Database Leak Appears
I am pretty sure this will not be the same kind of remake as FF7.
This will likely be the graphics facelift that we actually asked for FF7 and got the reboot instead. 😅
Re: Forget About the Cheesy Reveal Trailer with 20 Mins of Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay
@CWill97 Inquisition would be the one you want to play if veilguard is the one you want to get to.
Several characters here and the plot is carrying over from Inquisition.
The first two are more self contained.
But, i still recommend the first one cause it's awesome.
Re: Forget About the Cheesy Reveal Trailer with 20 Mins of Dragon Age: The Veilguard Gameplay
I disagree. I think it looked as generic as the first trailer. Nothing about this was exciting.
I can't shake off the feeling that i already played something like this and got bored of it.
I cannot imagine the development hell this game went through. Something like this shouldn't have taken so many years.
Also, heck, do characters look worse than in inquisition? They look plastic like. I am sure i have seen better models of Varric.
Also dunno the fixation on just bringing in a new hero everytime, especially when the story is a continuation of the previous title. I guess the Inquisitor just decided to shrug Solas away.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Is Very 'Mission-Based', Not Unlike Mass Effect
I dunno. The game looked painfully generic. Funnily, much like the first trailer.
I can't imagine why it took so many years to come out with a linear game. There is a horror development story behind this one too.
Re: Hold Your Horses, Dragon Age: The Veilguard Actually Looks Sick in Gameplay Teaser
Sadly they released the other awful trailer instead.
This one doesn't say enough. But the town looks nice. I still fear the actual combat.
Re: Xbox Explains Why It Shuttered Beloved Hi-Fi Rush Developer
Yeah... i am sure the business was in great risk to not make all the money. That sustainability (for shareholders) battle.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Reveal Has Utterly Torn Fan Opinion as Trailer Gets Slaughtered
It's positively terrible. Let's hope gameplay shows a different game in tone and gameplay, but i am afraid that isn't going to be the case.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Demands Always Online Internet Connection, Campaign Included
That is gonna go down well.
Re: Rumour: Kingdom Hearts 4 May Be Trapped in the Darkness Until 2026
Well... it could be worse. KH fans know.
Re: Dragon Age: The Veilguard Finally Ventures to PS5 Later This Year, Trailer Gives First Look
Oh boy... such a generic trailer.
Re: Horror Hit Alan Wake 2 Is Getting a Retail PS5 Release Because You Wouldn't Shut Up About It
Good. Expect me to never shut up about and just do it from the start.
Re: PS5 Hardware Architect Says It May Take Less Time to Build a Console Than a Game Now
Yes, it's all coming to an unsustainable edge.
If there are less games, the consoles will provide less value and sell less and therefore there will be less money to be made to turn a profit on these huge projects.
And no, live services aren't the answer. They are already saturated. Nintendo holds the answer to this problem and it would be best to make the change sooner than later. Stop rushing the tech.
Re: Black Myth: Wukong's Physical Editions Won't Have Actual Discs at Launch, Just Digital Codes
That seals the deal on me not buying it.