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Re: All The Game Awards 2023 Winners

zhoont

I think the real odd one out here is best multiplayer game to BG3. I think it reveals the weakness of this year and of gaming the past few years- we aren't getting very good AAA multiplayer experiences like used to be commonplace. Battlefield and COD used to compete for the plaudits, and games like Gears, StarCraft 2, and Overwatch were really nice. We even got great multiplayer in single player games like Uncharted, the Last of Us, Resistance.

Re: Poll: Was The Game Awards 2023 Worth Watching?

zhoont

That was an extremely good show. The musical acts were superb. Heilung, Old Gods of Asgard with Door, Lake, and both Alans. That final orchestral piece was great.
The games this year were phenomenal. The relevant trailers were all very interesting- and I think that's what stood out the most to me. Game devs are making very good trailers now. Hellblade 2 gave me shivers, Wukong was amazing. OD was intriguing. Outlast, Life is Strange, Ghost of New Eden, No Rest for the Wicked, Light no Fire, and The Finals all had really great trailers. Getting a Blade game from Arkane Lyon is also very special.
The show was also funny. McConaughey, Christopher Judge, and Timotee Chalamet as YouTuber ModdedController360.
And we saw a lot of justified wins. Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 won what they ought to have while sweeping the show. Even Cyberpunk 2077 winning the ongoing game award is important I think to chronicle that it is truly one of the best games made because of how much they improved the experience.

Re: When Is The Game Awards 2023?

zhoont

Can't wait to see Death Stranding 2 again! My dream reveal is a fallout3,NV/oblivion remaster since I doubt naughty dog will show anything Last of Us.

Re: Life is Strange Crosses Hella Impressive 20 Million Player Mark

zhoont

I couldn't stomach the intro to 2, but man this is one of my favorite series, ever. I played through the other 3 installments once myself and then again with my grandmother. She absolutely adores the games, too. Shout-out to the cliffhanger in Before the Storm where the woods are on fire and it's spreading towards the school. Amazing moment which unfortunately isn't utilized later, but god I love these games.

Re: Players Point Out Destiny 2's New Crossover Cosmetics Probably Cost More Than The Witcher 3 and All Its DLC

zhoont

@Markatron84 Why do you say it's "not right"? Why do you care about other people's spending habits? For example, CSGO has bottomless spending options for skins. You can buy tens of thousands of dollars worth of skins on the Steam marketplace, or buy crates there & keys from Steam directly and open your own. But why would I care as a player of CSGO? Other people's skins don't affect me at all.

Re: Court Rules £5 Billion Lawsuit Against Sony Can Go Ahead, Following Years of 'Excessive' PS Store Prices

zhoont

Wait so is his argument based on Sony's cut of store sales vs what devs see, or the "high" price consumers have to pay for games on the store? Both? Frankly I think PlayStation games are extremely cheap if you shop carefully. Right now on sale for under $10 are Horizon ZD, Bloodborne, Metro Exodus, Titanfall 2, Bioshock Collection, Batman Arkham Knight- all top games. And that doesn't even account for the extensive library of top games that were available to any PS5 user free to own for a couple years there, or the insane value you can find in an PS Plus extra subscription... Advocate away, but I think this is a first world problems' first world problem.

Re: The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Leaks, Has a Brand New Survival Mode, Cut Levels

zhoont

I'm a sucker for the best game ever made, so I'm down to pay $70 for this. Plus, it sounds like it's getting way more than I thought it would. RE Mercenaries style mode No Return sounds awesome. Love to see lost levels and developer commentary. I think the coolest feature they could add would be to remix the story however you want, play through your own designed timeline of events . Or just give us one cool alternative directors cut.

Re: Star Kaitlyn Dever Could Be The Last of Us TV Show's Abby

zhoont

She can bulk up, sure. But Abby being 5"2 is not exactly true to character... Bella Ramsey is 5"1 playing teenage Ellie. Surely you'd want both characters to be at least 5"5 as adults? I'm just not as excited for a short bulked up Abby. Feel like it works more if she's average female height .

Re: Remedy Ditches Free-to-Play Model for Upcoming Multiplayer Game

zhoont

I've played thousands of games, and after the two weeks I spent with Alan Wake 2 it is in my top 10. I didn't like control, though. But I am excited about jumping into the Max Payne series for the first time, and I'm totally down to pay for good multiplayer experiences. The future of Remedy excites me!

Re: All The Game Awards 2023 Nominees Announced, Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 Lead the Way

zhoont

I'm actually very disappointed that best performance didn't nominate the combined actors or Alan Wake, both voice and body. I was already imagining them accepting the award because they did that well. It would have been unique for both of them to win it, too. It's an amazing performance throughout from both of them, way better than Saga or even across games than Idris Elba in CP2077 Phantom Liberty.

Re: The Horror! Phasmophobia's Console Release Delayed Indefinitely

zhoont

@YoureTooSlowBro I assume Sony doesn't want voice recognition to be implemented into games it platforms? I just don't understand why the devs would compromise one of the key aspects of the game. Back when it released my friends and I would repeat "show yourself" into the voicebox as fast as we could and the ghost would be quickly replying a bunch of lines- "here." "kill." "kill." "die." "die." "kill." "here." and then it would hunt us and we'd piss our pants laughing and run away