Within the first hour of playing (1.04), I have experienced a myriad of bugs. I am confused how they even managed to release a game in this state. Was it not play-tested at all? And after a 7 year development cycle, we should not end up with a turd like this. No. I am shelving the game for a couple of months until they actually finish the game so I can play it.
Right. So not only are they shipping a game that is so buggy it requires a massive day-one patch. Now they are also adding features that clearly didn't make it in time for release and calling it "Free DLC"?! I am starting to really dislike this studio. It is also becoming more and more unlikely I will get this game at all the way this is going...
How quickly people forget that BioWare employees are having to sacrifice their mental and physical health working on this game....Every single one of you expressing a fresh interest in this game, or even hope for something better to come from it; you are all a bunch of hypocrites!
"BioWare's looter shooter failed to find any kind of momentum post-launch, partly because it was hit with a recurring barrage of bad press."
REALLY?! That is an absolute misrepresentation of the situation. The game failed to find momentum because it is GARBAGE. No other reason.
This game will go down in history as one of the best Playstation titles ever.
Just a bloody shame the same can't be said of Red Dead 2. Rockstar has significantly compromised that game's quality since release.
To be perfectly blunt, what percentage of gamers need "accessibility"? A very very small percentage. Gaming is a business, not a charity. The gaming market is aimed at people able to use their 5 senses and their hands to a reasonable standard. Imagine if any mainstream business suddenly start focusing on making their products "accessible" to disabled people above all else. They will very quickly go out of business.
I have it on good authority that they will have a new chunk of gameplay for Cyberpunk, its release date, as well as the announcement of their "other" new game.
Yeah, I'm a little suspicious about this. Knowing that they have put all their energy and resources into developing Cyberpunk 2077, which by their own admittance, is a very ambitious project, what would they have left for a second AAA game? No...I think we are all going to get disappointed by this other AAA game. Probably something like Gwent 2 or Thronebreaker 2, or some other poor top-down old-school game. Definitely NOT a Witcher game.
If I end up being proven wrong, I will eat my boot. But I'm usually not wrong about these things...
Data storage is cheap as chips, so I don't consider it an issue. And why would you want to have a million different games installed at the same time anyway? I don wonder about SEKIRO's small data size. Makes me wonder, where is the compromise? And how will it show up in the game?
@Octane Yeah, imagine if CDPR said "OK, we are going to try something a bit different and create an open-world Witcher game. But this is our first crack at it so we'll see how it goes". Hell no! They got to work (not whining about how difficult it is to develop games) and created one of the BEST open-world RPGs the industry has ever seen. With a very limited budget and only about 200 people on their team.
What BioWare has done here is just absolutely pathetic. They should not be given a free pass just because they "tried something different."
Again, CDPR is "trying something different" making Cyberpunk 2077 and already we can see that the game will be nothing short of a masterpiece.
So BioWare....what is your excuse for being so incredibly mediocre?
I am absolutely bothered by it. How can anyone NOT be bothered by it? The visuals in RDR2 is one of its most fascinating aspects, and Rockstar just gone and completely ruined it.
I just cant wait for cyberpunk to release, just for it to be a buggy mess. CDPR with their "when its ready" nonsense is going to make them look pretty stupid.
EA and Bioware was really kind to put out a demo for this game. Now I can NOT buy it with absolute confidence.
Dear oh dear....where to start with this...
Booted up the game for the first time to try out the demo and after 5 minutes, hard PC crash.
Eventually got my head around the incredibly convoluted menus and started my first expedition after completely giving up trying to figure out how to do free roaming. Also seems impossible to go solo as Bioware promised would be possible. Instead you are matched with other players. Always.
Gameplay mechanics in general are nice. There is a weighty feel to your javelin.
Combat is just passable. Worse than Andromeda though.
The hub World is an absolute joke. Not only is it filled with the classic Bioware-style NPCs of old, standing in one place all the time pretending to be talking with idiotic looking animations, the place is just so lifeless. There is this stupid ambient background noise of a bustling city space, but no NPCs actually have ambient dialogue among themselves.
Dialogue, when it happens, is complete GARBAGE. Poor writing to say the very least.
And in first person perspective. Why???
Getting back into the actual gameplay, for some unknown reason I am greeted with load screens at random times that transport me to different areas. What the actual f*ck.
An incredibly BADLY put together game. Absolutely TERRIBLE.
It was an utterly frustrating experience and I will absolutely not buy this game. Not ever!
Bioware has forgotten how to make games, that much is clear to me now.
Mmmmm yeah just not sure about this game. I love the premise, but it will not be a pre-order or even a day 1 purchase for me. Waiting for actual gamer reviews first...
Lesson to Ubisoft: Steer clear from any kind of choice in sexual relationships in games. This is a terrible idea and the worst kind of gamers will come crawling out of the woodwork, demanding that their preferences be met. It is an impossible task.
Also, employ better writers.
LOL classic example of bad writing where they failed to properly lay out the plot in advance. And so, Ubisoft deserves all the backlash coming their way.
This game looks too good to be true. And when something looks too good to be true, it usually disappoints in the end. So I reserve judgment.
It does have very strong Dragon Age vibes though...or at least what Dragon Age should be.
The amount of bull*** commentary coming from Cory Barlog lately is surprising.
Around the time of GoW's release, he said they never planned any DLC because they always wanted to deliver a complete game from day 1. Now he claims he did have DLC in mind... And stating it was too ambitious after the massively successful launch, is absolute rubbish. Sony would definitely give the go-ahead for an expansion because everyone would buy it.
@AdamNovice You are basically just repeating the article like a parrot. Good job! And in this case, fans know EXACTLY what they want, which is the Sam Raimi Spidey suit. There is absolutely no confusion about that.
This is in my opinion, an absolutely ridiculous answer from Insomniac. Isn't the existence of the game itself an answer to the demand for it? So if a certain popular suit is in such high demand, why are they not including it? To me it seems like they are just being spiteful and childish to not include the most asked-for suit of all. Their answer for not including it is no answer at all.
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Re: Days Gone Patch 1.05 Improves Performance and Squashes Bugs
@JayDub I couldn't care less if you believe me or not, chum.
Re: Days Gone Patch 1.05 Improves Performance and Squashes Bugs
Within the first hour of playing (1.04), I have experienced a myriad of bugs. I am confused how they even managed to release a game in this state. Was it not play-tested at all? And after a 7 year development cycle, we should not end up with a turd like this. No. I am shelving the game for a couple of months until they actually finish the game so I can play it.
Re: Hideo Kojima on Death Stranding: 'Everyone Will Be Connected'
So it's going to be an online game. Absolutely not interested
Re: Days Gone Details Free Post-Launch DLC, Including Challenges and New Difficulty Mode
Right. So not only are they shipping a game that is so buggy it requires a massive day-one patch. Now they are also adding features that clearly didn't make it in time for release and calling it "Free DLC"?! I am starting to really dislike this studio. It is also becoming more and more unlikely I will get this game at all the way this is going...
Re: Shadow of the Tomb Raider’s Final Piece of DLC Is Out Now on PS4
An absolute slap in the face for everyone who bought the DLCs all individually so far: This DLC is exclusive to the Season Pass.
Re: Devs Give Update Following ANTHEM Patch, Key Features Are Delayed
How quickly people forget that BioWare employees are having to sacrifice their mental and physical health working on this game....Every single one of you expressing a fresh interest in this game, or even hope for something better to come from it; you are all a bunch of hypocrites!
Re: Sony's Flogging Days Gone Harder Than a Freaker Who Keeps Getting Back Up
I'm waiting for actual reviews by actual gamers before I even put this in my shopping basket. So far, I'm not convinced this will be any good...
Re: ANTHEM Player Survey Reveals Some Troubling Statistics
"BioWare's looter shooter failed to find any kind of momentum post-launch, partly because it was hit with a recurring barrage of bad press."
REALLY?! That is an absolute misrepresentation of the situation. The game failed to find momentum because it is GARBAGE. No other reason.
Re: PS5 Will Support 8K Graphics
Damn, we may finally have a PC killer on our hands...
Re: PS5 Confirmed to Be Backwards Compatible with PS4 Games
@NorrinRadd Is that an actual serious question?
Re: Soapbox: One Year Later and God of War's Overall Quality Still Blows My Mind
This game will go down in history as one of the best Playstation titles ever.
Just a bloody shame the same can't be said of Red Dead 2. Rockstar has significantly compromised that game's quality since release.
Re: Star Wars Actress: You're Gonna Die When You See Horizon: Zero Dawn's Sequel
No...I don't want to die.
Re: People Are Panicking Over Ghost of Tsushima's Progress
@kyleforrester87 What are you so salty about?
Re: Guerrilla Appears to Be Making a Multiplayer Game
Well, sugar. That is disappointing news. I was really hoping for a sequel to the brilliant Horizon Zero Dawn.
Language please - Quintumply
Re: God of War PS4 Director Says Accessibility Will Never Compromise His Vision
To be perfectly blunt, what percentage of gamers need "accessibility"? A very very small percentage.
Gaming is a business, not a charity. The gaming market is aimed at people able to use their 5 senses and their hands to a reasonable standard.
Imagine if any mainstream business suddenly start focusing on making their products "accessible" to disabled people above all else. They will very quickly go out of business.
Re: You Won't Get a Game Over for Failing Missions in Cyberpunk 2077
You don't get a game over for failing missions in MOST games. So what exactly is so revolutionary about this?
Re: E3 2019 Will Be the 'Most Important Ever' For Cyberpunk 2077 Dev CD Projekt Red
I have it on good authority that they will have a new chunk of gameplay for Cyberpunk, its release date, as well as the announcement of their "other" new game.
Re: Generation Zero - A Woeful Open World Ordeal Stuck in the Past
@Danloaded There is absolutely no guarantee Kojima's game is going to be any good. None whatsoever!
Re: The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr Looks Intriguing and Deadly in First Gameplay Trailer
That is NOT a gameplay trailer. Maybe a cutscene trailer is a more accurate description.
Re: Cyberpunk 2077 and Another AAA RPG Still Set to Release Before 2021, Says CD Projekt Red
Yeah, I'm a little suspicious about this. Knowing that they have put all their energy and resources into developing Cyberpunk 2077, which by their own admittance, is a very ambitious project, what would they have left for a second AAA game? No...I think we are all going to get disappointed by this other AAA game. Probably something like Gwent 2 or Thronebreaker 2, or some other poor top-down old-school game. Definitely NOT a Witcher game.
If I end up being proven wrong, I will eat my boot. But I'm usually not wrong about these things...
Re: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice PS4 File Size Might Surprise You
@Octane Interesting, I did not know this! I guess we will find out soon enough how well the game runs...
Re: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice PS4 File Size Might Surprise You
Data storage is cheap as chips, so I don't consider it an issue. And why would you want to have a million different games installed at the same time anyway?
I don wonder about SEKIRO's small data size. Makes me wonder, where is the compromise? And how will it show up in the game?
Re: ANTHEM Launch 'Rougher' Than BioWare Expected, Says 'the Best Is Yet to Come'
@Octane Yeah, imagine if CDPR said "OK, we are going to try something a bit different and create an open-world Witcher game. But this is our first crack at it so we'll see how it goes". Hell no! They got to work (not whining about how difficult it is to develop games) and created one of the BEST open-world RPGs the industry has ever seen. With a very limited budget and only about 200 people on their team.
What BioWare has done here is just absolutely pathetic. They should not be given a free pass just because they "tried something different."
Again, CDPR is "trying something different" making Cyberpunk 2077 and already we can see that the game will be nothing short of a masterpiece.
So BioWare....what is your excuse for being so incredibly mediocre?
Re: ANTHEM Launch 'Rougher' Than BioWare Expected, Says 'the Best Is Yet to Come'
LMAO, desperate PR babbling. Anthem is dead. DEAD!
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Lighting Supposedly Downgraded Following Patch 1.06 on PS4
@Salmonella I am sorry. I read your comment as being sarcastic. My apologies.
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Lighting Supposedly Downgraded Following Patch 1.06 on PS4
I am absolutely bothered by it. How can anyone NOT be bothered by it? The visuals in RDR2 is one of its most fascinating aspects, and Rockstar just gone and completely ruined it.
Re: Rumour: Cyberpunk 2077 Release Date Set for 2019 According to Studio Leak
I just cant wait for cyberpunk to release, just for it to be a buggy mess. CDPR with their "when its ready" nonsense is going to make them look pretty stupid.
Re: The Division 2 Creative Director Reckons Death Stranding Will Be 'Timeless' After Studio Visit
Timeless? What the hell does that even mean in the context of this game?
Re: The Riftbreaker Is a Mix of Action RPG and Base Building Coming to PS4
Top-down hack 'n' slash. Seriously??? I was ALMOST excited for this to be what Anthem failed at.
Re: ANTHEM Down to £35 in the UK Just Days After Launch
Ouch! I would be lying if I said I was sorry to see EAWare crash and burn so hard.
Re: Guide: ANTHEM - How to Play On Your Own
Awesome, knowing this I may just reconsider getting the game....
Nope, still not getting it.
Re: Round Up: ANTHEM PS4 Reviews Go Down Like a Lead Balloon
These are very generous review scores.
Re: ANTHEM Launch Trailer Tries Its Best to Get the Hype Going
This is not a Bioware game. It is a EA game. Make no mistake about it. I hate EA. No chance in hell I am buying this crap.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of the ANTHEM Public Demo?
@Tasuki Haha, Good joke!
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of the ANTHEM Public Demo?
EA and Bioware was really kind to put out a demo for this game. Now I can NOT buy it with absolute confidence.
Dear oh dear....where to start with this...
Booted up the game for the first time to try out the demo and after 5 minutes, hard PC crash.
Eventually got my head around the incredibly convoluted menus and started my first expedition after completely giving up trying to figure out how to do free roaming. Also seems impossible to go solo as Bioware promised would be possible. Instead you are matched with other players. Always.
Gameplay mechanics in general are nice. There is a weighty feel to your javelin.
Combat is just passable. Worse than Andromeda though.
The hub World is an absolute joke. Not only is it filled with the classic Bioware-style NPCs of old, standing in one place all the time pretending to be talking with idiotic looking animations, the place is just so lifeless. There is this stupid ambient background noise of a bustling city space, but no NPCs actually have ambient dialogue among themselves.
Dialogue, when it happens, is complete GARBAGE. Poor writing to say the very least.
And in first person perspective. Why???
Getting back into the actual gameplay, for some unknown reason I am greeted with load screens at random times that transport me to different areas. What the actual f*ck.
An incredibly BADLY put together game. Absolutely TERRIBLE.
It was an utterly frustrating experience and I will absolutely not buy this game. Not ever!
Bioware has forgotten how to make games, that much is clear to me now.
Re: ANTHEM Microtransaction Controversy Starts Early, BioWare Says Pricing Isn't Finalised
Oh man....people buying this game are going to get BURNED by EA!
Re: Days Gone PS4 Pre-Order Bonuses and Special Editions Detailed
Mmmmm yeah just not sure about this game. I love the premise, but it will not be a pre-order or even a day 1 purchase for me. Waiting for actual gamer reviews first...
Re: EA: 'We're Fully Committed to Making More Star Wars Games'
EA: 'We're Fully Committed to Making More Star Wars Games. Just not good ones.'
Re: Ubisoft Apologises for Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC Ending as Fan Backlash Continues
Lesson to Ubisoft: Steer clear from any kind of choice in sexual relationships in games. This is a terrible idea and the worst kind of gamers will come crawling out of the woodwork, demanding that their preferences be met. It is an impossible task.
Also, employ better writers.
Re: Ubisoft Faces Fan Backlash as Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC Totally Ignores Player Choice
@huyi Yep, they are making it up as they go. This hardly ever ends well..
Re: Ubisoft Faces Fan Backlash as Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC Totally Ignores Player Choice
LOL classic example of bad writing where they failed to properly lay out the plot in advance. And so, Ubisoft deserves all the backlash coming their way.
Re: ANTHEM General Exploration Gameplay Detailed in New Video
Oh, wait...WHAT? Sh*t, sorry I fell asleep.
Re: That Amazing Looking PS4 Action RPG has Been Trademarked as Project Awakening: Arise in Europe
This game looks too good to be true. And when something looks too good to be true, it usually disappoints in the end. So I reserve judgment.
It does have very strong Dragon Age vibes though...or at least what Dragon Age should be.
Re: ANTHEM Dev Reiterates No Loot Boxes as Game Creeps Closer to Launch
Except for the fact that game devs under EA are LIARS. Journalists are going to have a field day when those loot boxes eventually appear...
Re: God of War PS4 Director Says Plan for DLC Was 'Too Ambitious'
The amount of bull*** commentary coming from Cory Barlog lately is surprising.
Around the time of GoW's release, he said they never planned any DLC because they always wanted to deliver a complete game from day 1. Now he claims he did have DLC in mind... And stating it was too ambitious after the massively successful launch, is absolute rubbish. Sony would definitely give the go-ahead for an expansion because everyone would buy it.
Language, please! - Quintumply
Re: Guide: All PS4 HDR Compatible Games
RDR2 should not be on the list. It does not have HDR.
Re: Spider-Man PS4 Dev Pushes Back Against Fan Criticisms Regarding DLC
@AdamNovice I created an account so I can leave comments. Just like every other account on here. So there is no need to congratulate me, really.
Re: Spider-Man PS4 Dev Pushes Back Against Fan Criticisms Regarding DLC
@AdamNovice You are basically just repeating the article like a parrot. Good job! And in this case, fans know EXACTLY what they want, which is the Sam Raimi Spidey suit. There is absolutely no confusion about that.
Re: Spider-Man PS4 Dev Pushes Back Against Fan Criticisms Regarding DLC
This is in my opinion, an absolutely ridiculous answer from Insomniac. Isn't the existence of the game itself an answer to the demand for it? So if a certain popular suit is in such high demand, why are they not including it? To me it seems like they are just being spiteful and childish to not include the most asked-for suit of all. Their answer for not including it is no answer at all.