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[PK htiw klaw eriF]

2 hours ago, uuuhhii said:

finally some pathfinder 2e game

on kickstarter now 

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ossianstudios/pathfinder-the-dragons-demand/description

At first I thought it looked bad but seeing stills of it and I have to say going with miniatures to double down on the tabletop feel is pretty cool. Just hope they use the Remaster rules here so Alchemist isn't relegated to serving drinks.

[uuuhhii]

32 minutes ago, PK htiw klaw eriF said:

At first I thought it looked bad but seeing stills of it and I have to say going with miniatures to double down on the tabletop feel is pretty cool. Just hope they use the Remaster rules here so Alchemist isn't relegated to serving drinks.

 

they say player core class so alchemist would be decent instead of terrible

at level 8 cap they would be handing out galvanic chew bubble gum before every fight instead

[kanisatha]

On 9/25/2024 at 9:41 AM, MrBrown said:

Getting trashed in steam reviews. 

To me that's a sign they must be doing something really good. I have zero respect or consideration for Steam reviewers. In fact, I wish Steam would allow me to turn off/hide the reviewer ratings for games.

[kanisatha]

On 9/25/2024 at 10:20 AM, PK htiw klaw eriF said:

At first I thought it looked bad but seeing stills of it and I have to say going with miniatures to double down on the tabletop feel is pretty cool. Just hope they use the Remaster rules here so Alchemist isn't relegated to serving drinks.

Well, sorry but for me your first look is how it looks, period. It just looks really bad, and that it is turn-based means I'll pass on it. A TB-combat game has a higher threshold that it needs to clear for me to have any interest in it.

[MrBrown]

13 hours ago, kanisatha said:

To me that's a sign they must be doing something really good. I have zero respect or consideration for Steam reviewers. In fact, I wish Steam would allow me to turn off/hide the reviewer ratings for games.

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.

[BruceVC]

On 9/25/2024 at 4:13 PM, MrBrown said:

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

Unusual, Ubisoft normally takes care to create AC  games that are  woke and inclusive and historically dont offend people outside of things like inaccurate gender  or racial representation. They clearly made a mistake here and overlooked certain things 

" Moreover, Ubisoft has been accused of disrespecting Japanese culture and its history with its Assassin's Creed Shadows merchandise, which depicts a structure that appears to be based on the Sanno Shrine and the One-Legged Torii Gate. For those that don't know, the One-Legged Torri Gate is located just 900 meters from the center of the blast created by the nuclear bomb that struck Nagasaki. Following the blast, the One-Legged Torri Gate was the only thing that remained in the area." 

 

 

[Hurlshort]

6 hours ago, MrBrown said:

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.

Yeah, I tend to get a lot more out of steam reviews than any 'professional' reviewers, or those terrible people that make videos. I have a pretty small list of friends on Steam (maybe a dozen people) but if they review a game, it pushes them to the top. They tend to share my interests, so that's nice. Plus it is easy to scroll through a few and get a feel for if the review matches what I'm looking for. They are typically short and simple.

The only games that tend to get skewed Steam results are usually the big AAA titles. All of the smaller indie stuff, which is what I tend to browse Steam for anyways, is pretty accurate when it comes to the positive to negative scale.

[kanisatha]

2 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

Yeah, I tend to get a lot more out of steam reviews than any 'professional' reviewers, or those terrible people that make videos.

I would definitely agree with this, and I don't pay any attention at all to so-called pro reviewers or streamers. However, unfortunately, I now feel that in today's society most ordinary people reviewers (in all media, so also TV shows, movies, restaurants, etc.) engage in unfair reviewing, icluding review bombing, as a way of making themselves feel important and relevant.

[uuuhhii]

user review are less reliable more popular a game become

while listen or read what reviewer say doesn't mean one would agree with everything they say

a few hour of uncurated playthrough are more useful for judging quality of game

[Wormerine]

Full interview with Josh S that's been used not so long ago for Avowed's promotional paned during Pax West. Didn't watch it yet, but from the title it seems that Josh's Pillars Tactics game is still being thrown around:

 

[Sven_]

So I hear there's some uproar regarding choices carrying over from older games into Dragon Age: The Veilguard. Or rather not carrying over. This is so big it has even reached Sports Illustrated now. For realz. Let me tell you:

Bunch of whiny, entitled and spoiled Millenials and Zoomers!

 

Imagine the pain of all us old farts shutting up Imoen forever the moment she shows up after Gorion gets killed by Sarevok. Giving Khalid&Jaheira the hard pass. Never clicking on the random NPC that may have been our Minsc in Nashkel. Finishing the job with a party consisting of purely evil aligned sons of 'em b*tches...

 

...and then booting up Baldur's Gate 2.  

 

Edited September 28 by Sven_

[Gorth]

On 9/27/2024 at 4:06 PM, MrBrown said:

...but sometimes it's for good reasons, and you have to read the reviews to get a general idea why.

This... I don't look at the numbers or scores, but I do look for patterns if there are issues that seems to be repeated. Like sound never working or game always causing BSOD or whateverf. A few dozen unhappy gamers ranting because they don't like a game wont deter me from at least check out a game more in-depth, but if it's consistent that particular "features" gets slammed uniformly, they there is probably something about it

[Hawke64]

2 hours ago, Gorth said:

This... I don't look at the numbers or scores, but I do look for patterns if there are issues that seems to be repeated. Like sound never working or game always causing BSOD or whateverf. A few dozen unhappy gamers ranting because they don't like a game wont deter me from at least check out a game more in-depth, but if it's consistent that particular "features" gets slammed uniformly, they there is probably something about it

It is usually on the forums rather than in reviews, though? "How to fix A?" or "I don't like B", often in less polite terms.

Some of the aspects I look for might be not mentioned in the reviews, such as whether the keyboard and mouse are rebindable or how the game saves the progress, unless it is something really odd.

[HoonDing]

If there is a lot of whining about "woke" and "DEI", it is likely a good game.

[MrBrown]

18 hours ago, HoonDing said:

If there is a lot of whining about "woke" and "DEI", it is likely a good game.

Dustborn must be the perfect game for you.

[MrBrown]

 

[Mamoulian War]

On 9/28/2024 at 5:46 PM, HoonDing said:

If there is a lot of whining about "woke" and "DEI", it is likely a good game.

Are you by any chance one of the 20 people who bought Concord?

[uuuhhii]

 

age of wonder 4 had some decent update so far

still giant could be very uninspired

[Mamoulian War]

I wish some of the racing game developers would care as much about physics as the people behind Stellar Blade

https://nichegamer.com/stellar-blade-update-1-007-adds-visual-and-qol-improvements/

[melkathi]

10 hours ago, uuuhhii said:

 

age of wonder 4 had some decent update so far

still giant could be very uninspired

By the end of season pass 3 it may be a good game.

It will of course have reached a proper Paradox price by then.

Edited October 2 by melkathi

[Hurlshort]

18 hours ago, Mamoulian War said:

Are you by any chance one of the 20 people who bought Concord?

Are people blaming wokeness on Concord being a failure? 

I thought it was market oversaturation.

[Mamoulian War]

52 minutes ago, Hurlshort said:

Are people blaming wokeness on Concord being a failure? 

I thought it was market oversaturation.

They blame both of these things combined with failure in the Sony marketing department.

You just can not compete in one of the most oversaturated genres offering least aesthetically pleasing assets to the  target audience which mainly consists of teenage males

[MrBrown]

3 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

Are people blaming wokeness on Concord being a failure? 

I thought it was market oversaturation.

1. Woke. Mainly because people love to hate.

2. Character designs. Mainly because it's really easy to make youtube content analyzing it.

[LadyCrimson]

First reaction: "wtf"
Second reaction: "If this isn't in the actual released game (Dollman dancing, at least) I will be disappointed."

I think it was clipped out of a Playstation Presents Japan stream.   Where they also showed behind scenes mocap/live performers etc. (starting around 1:02)

Edited October 3 by LadyCrimson

[Hawke64]

13 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

Are people blaming wokeness on Concord being a failure? 

I thought it was market oversaturation.

Judging by Alan Wake II, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, and Larian's D&D game being critically and commercially successful, I would say that racists, homophobes, and transphobes claming that Concord's failure is anyhow related to "wokeness" are purposefully lying. The market oversaturation, combined with the price and the lack of marketing are more likely reasons.