Reik posted:

It makes total sense that a Korean developer wouldn't catch this. Maybe we should start some kind of consultant firm studios could hire to go through their media with a diverse range of perspectives to make sure it's inclusive to the most customers possible without being accidentally offensive.

unattended spaghetti posted:

I think the Platonic 7/10 game is gonna grow increasingly common as budgets shrink and sales projections approach realistic levels. I'm glad of it. Critics were universally meh on Rise of the Ronin and while I think it's better than a mere 7 I also get why it got the reception it did. Modest budgets and laser focus on one gameplay element over others doesn't eat up attention as much as a game with insane graphical fidelity that attempts to position itself at the center of your existence and the media conversation all at once.

I guess I'm saying gimme the imperfect poo poo made for a singular purpose with warts any time.

And scores are stupid. People should just read critical takes and come to their own conclusions. I really hate how scores take the focus off the game and onto the subjective scoring.

I said come in! posted:

Gene Park (Washington Posts game reviewer) was saying on Twitter, that the final few bosses of Stellar Blade require perfect timing parrying over and over again in order to beat them. Said they will be a huge brick wall for many players. Gene isn't a normie game reviewer, they have beaten titles like Lies of P, and Elden Ring, so this isn't Paragon can't get through the tutoral on Cuphead levels of opinion. Stellar Blade is a difficult game.

exquisite tea posted:

In Stellar Blade players will refer to those challenge points as thicc walls.

Mordiceius posted:

Yeah. I'm all for games that aren't for everyone but extremely for the people who want that specific game.

Better than games trying to be everything for everyone.

exquisite tea posted:

Unless there's something severely wrong with the game, Metacritic ratings are more indicative of a game's production budget + the notoriety of the developer. Score herding exists hardcore in game reviews.

unattended spaghetti posted:

I wouldn't extrapolate all the way out to this conclusion, personally. Like FF Rebirth, exemplary emblem of AAA excess in a lot of ways, doesn't attempt to be everything to everyone despite that. It absolutely has a weird but brilliant combat system that puts off tons of people, until they get it anyhow, and yet it still feels like it's big budget siblings. It also has an easy mode for people who can't or won't learn the combat and I think that's great since the kickass combat won't be to everyone's taste.

GreenNight posted:

Can someone explain it to us olds who have no loving idea instead of just saying no.

acksplode posted:

The new FF7s can get away with this because they're attached to one of the most popular IPs in gaming. Which is the other part of the AAA problem, reluctance to put budget behind properties that don't already have a built-in audience. If it wasn't FF7 then there would be a lot more anxiety over the stuff that's potentially divisive and it would probably get sanded down into blandness like your typical AAA game. FF16 makes for an interesting contrast

Jimbot posted:

https://twitter.com/REBHPortal/status/1783210578422739313

I don't know, Capcom. Why do you ask?

Ryoga posted:

No need for any of the super horny outfits in this game when you can use the Kill Bill yellow jumpsuit.

Zedsdeadbaby posted:

exquisite tea posted:

9 from God is a Geek, the game officially has its blessing.

unattended spaghetti posted:

And yet I can't help feeling like Remake was pretty ballsy in building a new combat system that is genuinely novel out of whole cloth and bolting it onto such a beloved property. No way in hell would Remake have bombed, novelty be damned, but Rebirth could have, if they hadn't done such an excellent job. Comes right back to the core of it, which imho is clarity of purpose and good project management.

BeanpolePeckerwood posted:

This is precisely why games like Stranger of Paradise and Forspoken weren't cancelled outright despite being costly niche boondoggles from an outsider's perspective, they were testbeds and audience polls for new systems/mechanics/design components in service of the one game, a very expensive game tied directly to the company's rep, that could not fail under any circumstance. They also allowed Square to maintain vast institutional knowledge even from people or studios who might not be directly working on Rebirth, rather than just materializing another round of layoffs. This form of incrementalism in Square's bureaucratic production apparatus has really served them well in the last decade. I would also argue that FFXVI is part of this picture, both a testbed for future large project direction roadmaps on a tight budget, and an experiment in the usage of new technology and asset streaming techniques that will be required for the increased scale of Remake 3's world and inevitable kaiju battles.

Vintersorg posted:

"A PS2 game made with AAA technology"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhCXilVBVv0

They liked it. I can't get passed the rear end.

Rinkles posted:

Sand Land reviewing about how I expected, averaging in the 70s.

unattended spaghetti posted:

Executives say stupid poo poo all the time and there wasn't, to my recollection, any action following the hot air.

Vintersorg posted:

This game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDuiRFC965Q
From FightingCowboy who liked it.







Game sounds great all things considered but the costumes made for perverts is a bit much. Thankfully can find other ones to use. Including a giant bear costume, haha.

Paying2Lurk posted:

Gonna watch some streamers play this because I did NOT like the demo at all, but I'm still kind of interested in the game. Seems like a good $30 pickup down the line.