Blackjay

That reminds me I’ve just started reading the first book in preparation for experiencing the show proper.

Hoping the issues with dialogue don’t distract from the overall narrative depending on what is like, as is often the case with some games.. At the moment the interest seem to ride on the combat and and rapid traversal which for some may be worth stomaching the cheesy script for.

@thefourfoldroot1 Say what you will about YA fiction but LOTR’s scripture is hardly dire.

Very one-sided way of looking at it but okay. At this point is probably best to agree to disagree and call it day rather that snipe at every single user who disagrees with you.

@Bismarck admittedly that approach can get grating but for others it seems to be part of the charm. For me personally I felt the game was fun for what it was worth even though it wasn’t perfect and better experiences are available. You didn’t answer my question as to why your last comment seemed to randomly insinuate that all kid-friendly games are dumbed down though.

@Bismarck You implying that all children’s games need to be contrived or something?

I’ve only ever read though the first two Arcs of the original Manga and some of third. My main thought of this game is how much do you need to know about One Piece to get what happens here, especially since the story has been plowing along for years.

@Bismarck Or maybe the game just wasn’t your kind of thing.

@Bismarck Um what does this have to do with sales exactly?

@Bismarck You did not take into account the work on Dues Ex though.

Horizon’s performance here is truly something considering not long ago most people dismissed it as boring and familiar. Not just average users mind but high profile game reviewers on YouTube also seemed to dig at it. People don’t seem to have gotten tired of Lego Star Wars yet meanwhile.

Difficult to say since nearly every game here has the potential to be amazing but for now my moneys on SF6, Final Fantasy 16, Stray, Calisto Protocol and Horizon VR. Eternights looks pretty wild though so sleeper hit maybe? On a side note it really speakers volumes that of all the games here Walking dead and No man’s Sky VR received no votes whatsoever.

To be fair Netflix is hampered by that very issue and they have lost subscribers (for other reason besides insufficient quality control of course but still) and AMC seems bent on milking Walking Dead for as long as possible.

@PegasusActual93 Interesting. Though in that circumstance one does wonder why they couldn’t have made an exception with thrones once the cracks started showing unless they clause meant they couldn’t. Not that I had that big of an attachment to thrones at the time of it heyday, I mainly speak in regards to the experience of others who took it hard. I suppose at the time I wasn’t used to tv being obsessed with and consumed in they way GOT did it.
Westworld I didn’t see enough to form a concrete opinion of its quality so I largely infer what it’s like from what others have said.

To cap it all how do you feel HBO’s quality control compares to other networks and services for comparisons sake?

@PegasusActual93 Indeed but still that final season really damaged much of the goodwill the show had built up initially with only that House of the Dragon prequel left to try and restore favour with the fans.

@AdamNovice been meaning to see the John Wick series myself actually. In that sense GOT might be in good hands.

@MisterMistArcane certainly raised the bar in terms of game adaptations can look like, plus animation might be an option for whoever’s doing doing the horizon project if the costs of achieving it in live-action become too high.

@BReal Personally I couldn’t really get past the premier episodes. Setup was too exposition heavy and confusing with more than couple questionable aesthetic decisions. Plus it isn’t really a game adaption as it is a book one, same as the games, the confusion stemming from the fact the latter are more well-know.

@PegasusActual93 does this track record take into account Game of Throne’s fall from grace or Westworld’s quality problems though?

After the divisive reactions to the Halo show, I think Sony really needs to think about how to translate these games in manner that preserves their core essence while making them workable in the non-interactive world of television and in the hands of people with a significant understanding of the games themselves.

@GorosBat I’ve never seen it personally , but word is the whole thing kinda goes downhill as it gets into the latter season. Just a heads up.

@WallyWest well I’ve kinda stated my feelings on the game in my other replies as would just be repeating myself at the time but to reiterate, I found the game to just be lazy, obnoxious, unpolished and derivative of better things with little if any unique flairs of its own. Feels like the developers did the bare minimum and then left it at that.

@naruball I take it Fortnite was in the firing line then.

Great to see Horizon doing well. Admittedly I’ve got a soft spot for it myself but kinda felt ashamed of that because of all the naysaying from others saying it’s no Elden Ring. It doesn’t help that certain high profile gamer YouTubers like Dunkey have little love for it for one reason or another. I mean it’s not like the game hasn’t got flaws but I wouldn’t say it was irredeemable.

@BoldAndBrash Isn’t destiny enough though?

@WallyWest Wrong.

Can’t say I shed a tear for this one. The whole thing felt like disparate mishmash of better more established games (i.e. destiny, gears) but with very little of the elements that made those games as successful as they were.

@frankmcma @frankmcma what do you even see in it? All I got out of it was boring level design, bad storytelling, so-so shooting and graphics that felt 20 years out of date made worse by the mucky colour palate that was being used. The borderlands comparisons didn’t help and even that franchise had a bit more going on.

@rumple1980 I disagree. Story was absolutely atrocious. Slapdash edgy nonsense with poor characterisation and voice acting. The RPG mechanics also failed to to give any kinda meaningful ways influencing or interacting with the setting for me.

@dark_knightmare2 At the time there was alot of naysaying about the game one specific sites i.e. metro to the point I was kinda put off from continuing with it. It didn’t help that many felt that the open worlds design was inferior to the one Elden Ring had which was further accentuated by the latter coming out a week after the former. I am considering going back to it when I can.

@dark_knightmare2 Interesting. I’m taking it that those detractors never played the game to the end or something.

In terms of of what I’dpick I’m kinda split between FW and ER in terms of polish for the former and mechanics for the latter.

Does Horizon getting the higher vote have something to with it being an PlayStation exclusive?

@SAMTYLER1974 A lot of people really had problems with its open world design though, said it was too derivative and all. Plus the were complaints that characters were uninteresting with Aloy’s single-madness towards her goals being particularly scrutinised.

Had fun playing through the games via Legendary edition for what it’s worth. Evidently it’s gonna take time to see if BioWare has learnt enough from past screw-ups to see if this new installment can work.

@Pat_trick I’ve read somewhere that designers from the OT have returned for this one, even if Casey Hudson has long since left to form his own team, who’s first project incidentally looks similar to ME based on initial concept art. The one tidbit of hope is that it will use Unreal (the newest one) like the the OT and not the hated Forstbite Engine which gave BioWare so much grief during Andromeda and Anthem’s development.

Only played a small fraction of the Switch version of Witcher 3 (may wait for PS5 upgrade instead) and have yet to start Cyberpunk, mostly cause of lack of time and being put out by the whole controversy of the latters launch. Still the situation appears to have settled now even if the memory’s won’t fully fade.

I was initially supportive of horizon at the time of ‘Zero Dawn’. However with all the negative word of mouth I’m hearing from the second game I’ve been question wether or not I ( and by extension Sony and Gurreila) have been wasting time with this very series. Sure it’s polished to a tee but the setting and characters are apparently boring as hell. Even Aloy herself feels less like a noble saviour and more of an aloof antisocial vacuum. And then there’s taking into account the maps design is too by the numbers when gaming has provided more varied alternatives both in the past and recently.

I dunno the whole discourse around the game has just given me a crisis of confidence lately.

@sonicmeerkat But even Austin Powers had style and Tone-in cheekiness. This damn game however looks like it has none.

Getting through what I can in my Xbox: series X and Switch back catalogue. For PS5 looks I’m gonna be going with more specific triumvirate of Cyberpunk, Horizion FW and Elden Ring once the latter emerges from the hype cocoon, with whatever else on the side.

@Medic_Alert Good for you. I for one do not have the time or space for such an experince at the moment.

@rawzeku Yeah, whats metacritic good for anyway?

@Medic_Alert I dunno, at the time of its release people complained about the game’s pacing being a slog due the micromanagement of its mechanics and extreme adherence to realism. Not to mention it didn’t exactly revolutionise gaming like Kojima promised.

@Barryburton97 Maybe Aloys focus translates it all or something.

@Medic_Alert @rawzeku That and I’ve boticed

Yeah I notice a few funny glitches in my playthough and the opening isn’t a strong as the first games. Things pick up once you can finally free roam I find.

@nessisonett Given CDPR stuck with it despite everything, I’d say they are going with the latter route.

@PegasusActual93 True. But Apex Legends has helped to boost awareness of the IP in recent years so anything’s possible.

@PlayStationGamer3919 I know that. What I was trying to say was that they were first conceived as PlayStation exclusives before the rights went elsewhere though I probably didn’t make my original comment clear.

@PlayStationGamer3919 you mean brought back considering they originally existed as Sony exclusives

@AFCC Book of Boba Fetts been a bit of a damp squib if I’m honest. To the point it’s had to tease an appearance from Mando himself In an effort to drag itself out of the Sarlacc pit of tedium. Granted it has three episodes left to turn things around but still.