@Th3solution I think, maybe, just maybe, Wolverine has a few deep-rooted issues with his anger management for whatever reason. I've even heard him called 'animalistic' at times 😄
Like, the enemy is clearly dead, spurting copious amounts of blood on the pavement, but Wolverine just keeps stabbing him 20 more times, then makes triple sure he’s dead by impaling his skull and then decapitating him before leaping for the next victim 😅.
It did kind of make a mess of his custom, handstitched, yellow pyjamas, though. So i'd like to see his dry cleaning bill!
Woah, Summer Game Fest is this Friday. And Xbox Showcase on Sunday, too. There's going to be so many great games to ogle at. And 100% some people still won't be happy after all of that. How many more September releases do we think we will see announced? 😱
@Ravix Lol, yeah I actually acknowledged that when I commented on these observations over on the front page article — that is that I can see the Mortal Kombat type of excessive violence as a narrative element due to his anger control issues. I only know Wolverine from the movies (haven’t read the comics) and he does often get a little over-aggressive and angry, so perhaps thrashing a dead corpse repeated and then butchering it like a lunatic is consistent with the character. 😅
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@Oram77 Don't waste your time and headspace on comments like that. Not worth it.
@Werehog I wanna echo what GVG (@GirlVersusGame it's ok I call you that, right?) said: thanks for being a beacon of positivity. Much needed in the online space.
That being said I am going to call this State of Play pretty disappointing. Sure, the games looks nice, but the State of Play lacked actual news. Two decent remakes, a new Stuntman and Faye. The latter admittedly looks very good, but that's kind of it with regards to actual new things. February's State of Play was so much more impressive. I guess I kind of hoped for something on that level.
@Herculean Friends call me kat but whichever you prefer really I don't mind. I thought State of Play was next month, someone told me a couple of hours before it went live, I wasn't expecting them to go straight to Wolverine. I definitely wasn't expecting Stuntman either, when I saw Saber and a road I thought it was DLC for Roadcraft or maybe even a new Snowrunner game. It gives me hope that we might one day see a new Burnout game, it's that same energy. I was reading the original Stuntman manual earlier today and hadn't realized Vic Armstrong was involved. He was the lead stuntman/coordinator for so many James Bond and Indiana Jones movies. I read his book a while back too, it was a really good read. I'm not sure what to think of God of War, it's like walking into a movie in another language and it's already been playing for an hour. I'd like that new one to be my first in the series but people said to play the others first.
I'm usually more excited for the smaller games and the Indies, it's a different State of Play in that I would try most of those bigger titles. Though I'm curious about that Runescape Plus+ game now too, it would be great seeing the Older Stuntman games showing up on Premium. I'll probably play through the original PS2 ones again, maybe Teardown too. I haven't seen many people mention that game, it's really niche but really satisfying.
These are mentioned in the manual too as DVD extras.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
Watched all the trailers, and liked most of what I saw tbf. Wolverine was the stand out for, it just releases at a bad time for me, a couple of weeks before Control Resonant and then GTA 6 in November.
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The Star Wars XCOM game looks right up my street! Another great use of the SW universe without needing to tie itself to the films; almost annoying that it felt the need to show Anakin off in the game.
@Thrillho Agreed. Great showing for Star Wars: Zero Company. If it ends up being well-received, I could see myself picking it up close to launch. I ache for some solid X-Com-style combat, preferably with a solid story and stylish presentation! This seems like it might fill that void quite well. Whether the Star Wars of it all will gel with me shall remain to be seen after my poor experiences with the films/TV shows, but even if not... let's hope the gameplay would be enough to carry it!
I have little to add to the points well-made by @GirlVersusGame@Gremio108 and @Herculean on the topic of online discourse, other than to thank them once again. I was sorry I couldn't make the other live chats that followed the State of Play. I hope they were a little more positive!
Just to quickly answer a couple things from Sol...
I suspect many people will be glad to have the escalated violence [in Marvel's Wolverine] but it didn’t resonate with me and I found myself less interested in the game overall. I’m still withholding final judgment though.
Agreed. It's why I've been cool towards the game since its announcement, although I'm equally lucky in that the character of Wolverine has never been a favourite of mine anyway (with no offence to the many talented actors who have done incredible jobs portraying him over the years). The news that you can deactivate the gore has been a welcome surprise, but it'll still take something real special in the writing or gameplay to get me interested in "being" the chap for twenty-odd hours.
What did you think of this new iteration of Lara’s introductory adventure?
I was very impressed, same as I was with the initial reveal trailer. I'm also pleased that it's not trying to sidestep the fact that we already got a remake of Lara's debut before, and is implementing or building on modern features Anniversary introduced, like the "adrenaline dodge" slow-mo gimmick. Makes it feel more like a natural evolution, rather than a jarring attempt to reinvent the wheel. Even though I share your disappointment about its delay, I'm glad it caught your eye!
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I don't mind the violent nature of the game, but it's definitely not something that makes me more excited. "This is like Spider-Man but more violent" is in my opinion somewhat of a weak proposition.
The trailer showed a lot of those same shipping containers that Marvel's Spider-Man has too many of already.
And, forgive me for this hot take, but I think most superhero movies and games look absolutely boring compared to their comic and animated movie counterparts.
@Herculean That's not a hot take at all, I totally agree and as impressive as the visuals can be in "realistic" superhero games like Insomniac's Spidey series, I reckon stuff like Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls looks a heck of a lot better. Indeed, my favourite games from Spidey's back-catalogue are all either highly stylised or straight up cel-shaded to look like comic panels.
It's a trade-off, though. I think of the jaw-dropping facial animations from Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and would sorely regret losing them. Combined with the cast's performance, they have helped me connect with those characters in a way I simply couldn't before.
I'm sure it's only a matter of time before we get a stylish superhero third-person action adventure!
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