MrBrown

1. Woke. Mainly because people love to hate. 2. Character designs. Mainly because it's really easy to make youtube content analyzing it.

Dustborn must be the perfect game for you.

I think it's a good indication of how content people are with the game. Sometimes it's for stupid reasons, but sometimes it's for good reasons, and you have to read the reviews to get a general idea why. For new games with no big franchise to bring a load of expectations, a review trends tend to be more informative of actual quality, I've found.

Ubisoft just can't get it right. https://www.tweaktown.com/news/100669/ubisoft-pulls-out-of-tokyo-game-show-after-mounting-assassins-creed-shadows-controversy/index.html

Getting trashed in steam reviews.

https://www.gamefile.news/p/microsoft-gaming-layoffs-xbox-650

https://www.eurogamer.net/the-eurogamer-100

This epitome of disaster has been interesting to follow. https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24234909/sony-concord-ps5-shutdown-poor-sales-launch-pc

https://www.ign.com/articles/concord-is-estimated-to-have-sold-only-25000-units-heres-why-analysts-think-its-failing

Vampire Survivors gets more absurd each update.

A year since release, and they've now gone full circle and are making Diablo 4 quite similar to Diablo 3. https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/diablo-4s-next-update-makes-season-of-loot-reborn-look-like-a-hotfix-a-new-level-cap-of-60-new-difficulty-levels-and-the-return-of-runewords-all-in-season-6

https://www.remedygames.com/article/remedy-and-annapurna-announce-a-strategic-cooperation-agreement

Looks like we have a new winner for the biggest failures of games: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/08/24/playstations-concord-did-not-break-700-players-on-steam-on-launch-day/

I'm ok with that. Can't make the same game so many times without switching things around, and they seem to keep a lot of stuff from 5-6 like hex grids, districts, and no stacking of units.

They were busy with Anthem. Also had at least one big redesign.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-and-activision-have-formed-a-new-team-within-blizzard-to-work-on-smaller-aa-games-based-on-existing-ip

https://apnews.com/article/sagaftra-video-game-performers-ai-strike-4f4c7d846040c24553dbc2604e5b6034

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-already-taking-jobs-in-the-video-game-industry/

MS knows Trump is new god-emperor, can't even hire other than white men from now on. https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-dei-lead-blasts-company-in-internal-email-after-team-is-reportedly-laid-off

I'll have to retract a bit on this, the last few bosses are really tough. So either be good, or grind lots. Turns into more of a diablo-like arpg at that point.

About 80% through V Rising. It's a bit repetitive. Constantly challenging, but it's mostly because everything is gated through the various bosses. So you're always with just about the same gear you fight a boss. There's various difficulties, so depending on how much you like the combat you should find a suitable difficulty. In settings, I checked the options that I keep my weapons and armor if I die, and that metals etc won't prevent teleporting.