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For anyone that finds themselves really enjoying the factory aspect but wants it cranked up to 11, check out Satisfactory. Does everything this game does and more, almost to a staggering degree if I'm being honest.

I've been playing a lot of Arknights Endfield lately but ZZZ still blows it out of the water when it comes to the combat. Luckily I enjoy the factory building aspects more, otherwise I'd still be coming back to ZZZ.

@rjejr I just don't like how confidently incorrect AI can be. Made me double check to see if I missed an update or something. 😂

@rjejr
This is why we don't listen to AI. The Sims 4 is in fact single player only with no multiplayer at all.

I feel like the people picking it back up now are in for a pleasant surprise. There's things to grind for, the multiplayer community is still thriving and the difficulty has been upped (some might say a bit too much) overall as someone who played since launch, I think you should give it another try if you beat the main story and quickly got bored. There's a lot more content to sink into.

If I remember correctly these games were pretty frustrating or simplistic, even for their time. I guess it's cool they're being preserved?

@Stragen8
I think it's mostly Geoff and the Game Award's fault. He hyped the thing up to high heaven and clearly it was simply just an ok game. When expectations are lifted so highly the scrutiny becomes all the harsher. At the very least its getting SOME attention. This seems like the kind of game that would otherwise sneak into steam and have like 100 players, if that.

It seems the ability to connect to your PS5 from anywhere was the thing it really needed to succeed. My nephew brought his over for the holidays and it was basically like he had his PS5 here, miles away. Cool bit of tech.

Marathon just looks visually unappealing. Unless they've been overhauling the entire style of the game these past few months I just don't see it doing well or standing out.

Back when Ubisoft was at their peak. Man did I look forward to every game back then.

My patience continues to be rewarded. Why pay for games anymore? Who cares if I get to play them a bit late, it's still gonna be new to me.

I've dropped a majority of the Gacha I was playing so I'm ready to try something new for a while.

Everything points to her wanting to be with the demon lord but MC wants to steal her away. I'm interested in the premise at least.

My AI chatbot told me this is no big deal.

Premium is a joke. I thought Nintendo's pace was glacial but this is absurd.

Really wanted to like Expeditions but I realized it was the worst parts of snowrunner to me. Trying to climb mountains and stuff, I'm just not good at that. Vastly preferred roadcraft as a Snowrunner fan.

Please be a college student or salaryman. We've done the high school kid plenty, let's see how they explore adulthood.

@naruball
It sounds like we're giving gooners more credit than they usually get in that case. Though this is just one person's review, whether people actually buy it will be more telling. I've already seen some trying to defend the flaws away on other's video reviews so there is a contingent of consumers that truly will buy the game just for the...other content, even after hearing the actual gameplay sucks.

@RoomWithaMoose
When you compare this to a game look Stellar Blade it visually looks awful. For sex to sell it actually has to, you know, look appealing.

All I can say is give Route 96 a try if you haven't guys. It's a bit of a different experience but somehow feels sort of LiS to me and it's just a really well done game in general.

It seems like they aren't able to capture the same magic unless they keep going back to these 2 characters.

Overtime is a byproduct of mismanagement. When the higher ups screw something up it's your head on the platter and you say "thank you sir" because if you don't, why you just go ahead and look for another job. Nevermind that your resume will have a nasty spot for quitting because you didn't want to pick up others' slack.

@SeaDaVie
After watching the video myself, there was no way a seatbelt was saving them. I guess the best decision would have been to not get in the car with him.

@Uromastryx
Reports are coming out that Vince was speeding. I only feel sorry for the passenger whose life he took.

My only opinion this time is that if you are so anti AI that you want to shut down any game that uses it to save the employees from losing their jobs.....what do you think that actually means? When a game does poorly is it the executives and managers that get fired? No, it's the rank and file developers who are first to get the axe. The very people you are claiming to protect from big bad AI... you're dooming them to unemployment if your boycotts actually succeed.

@mvhess
"i needed the money"

Have you ever stopped to question why? Perhaps if they paid you a liveable wage you wouldn't have to work overtime in the first place. These poor CEOs just can't go without another yacht...

People just don't have leisure money anymore. Everything goes to food, bills and other necessities. We're winning so hard right now guys.

This is exactly what I was talking about in the last article. People see the words AI and immediately shut their brains down and go into full on rage mode. They don't try to look for context or clarification, they go straight to the witch hunt. As I've said before this parallels how people react when they assume anything is DEI or Woke. Once again, those who pick either side are proving to be two halves of the same coin.

You can now consider this to be the final boss of the base game and it was an appropriately epic multi stage hunt. If you haven't played it in a while I think it's time to dive back in. You can always add AI hunters to help you if you don't like to play with others.

Abiotic Factor came out on PlayStation this year so that easily gets my vote. It's also the only game I played that came out this year so I'm not voting.

I think we need to reclassify what indie actually means.

No banner progress carryover and lack of 50/50 are a major turn off in this day and age. The game itself looks amazing visually and there's a lot of representation here (native speaker voice actors) but I don't think that'll be enough for me to jump into a more predatory Gacha than I've gotten used to with ZZZ and similar.

Considering it's already so deep into development, this means that they're still holding onto what was thought to be fun and popular a few years ago.

I can't believe its actually been defeated. "Too big to fail"....well the bigger they are the harder they fall.

Megaman gets the ports, Ace Attorney gets the remakes and DMC gets the new games.

@Flaming_Kaiser
I don't disagree with you but it's already here. These things are already being implemented. The systems are still clumsy and rudimentary but the plans are already in place. We're not in the experiment phase, these corporations have already rolled them out and since there's not widespread condemnation, I'd say they've won. Little robots that take your order, self driving cars, AI delivery bots... they're already out in the wild. Again, this is like trying to push a boulder uphill. These things are here to stay. I don't think AI will ever completely take over game making but we have to start coming to terms with the fact that they'll eventually be used in every game to some capacity.

@Flaming_Kaiser
"If AI dies"
People seem to believe this is going to happen but I really don't see AI vanishing with how integrated its becoming. Do a Google search? AI is there. Look something up on Amazon? AI is summarizing the reviews. Hoping for its death is the same as being a Luddite and thinking you could stop the textile industry from becoming mechanized.

Progress always causes some pain but this isn't something like NFTs that immediately struck out.

AI has become another buzzword like DEI and woke. If something looks slightly off? AI. Throw it in the garbage. Don't wait for any clarifications. Doom it to failure. Make sure everyone loses their jobs.

Congratulations, you have become the same sort of ridiculous people you have always claimed to despise.

If they can get Age of Empires at least playable with a controller then TW should be fine.

While it's not perfect it's still a really fun game. Most importantly it's the only monster hunter you and your friends can play regardless of your platform of choice (except Nintendo).

Funny because I literally just bought Satisfactory 2 days ago. The controls are so intuitive and building an efficient factory is so satisfying. If Abiotic Factor hadn't come out this year I'd say Satisfactory is the most fun I've had playing something in 2025.

I think the biggest problem here is that they don't give you a discount if you already bought the original version. I think that's all they really need to regain goodwill.

I expect whatever they make will be another big success for them.

"Money? Well yes, I want more money." I don't think any more thought was put into the statement beyond that.

They want to do all the fun stuff and crossovers that F2P games already do...but they charge you an entry fee first. As F2P quality continues to grow, people are going to increasingly look at games like this and wonder if the initial purchase is worth the money.

Now we need to get people to stop buying Pokemon games. Though that might be a harder challenge than weaning people off CoD.

@species
Definitely, it sounds like Marvel Rivals' monetization except MR doesn't charge you an entry fee.

Only 3 maps? How generous.

@Cikajovazmaj
Fire all the devs! The CEOs however deserve a bonus due to all the stress this is causing.

@JB_Whiting Not just them but Microsoft, who paid a fortune to acquire it. Love to see a mega corpo suffer a flop.