Lavishturtle

Charming PS3 aesthetic = dated graphics. People really need to stop making excuses for bad elements with carefully chosen descriptors. It's poorly made and the only reason it gets any attention is because of Helldivers 2.

This won't save the game. People are already in line with pitch forks and torches after they kill Dragon Age. This is how bad gaming is now. The delay was because the model of release now and patch later is failing. The DLC plans have been mostly scrapped. The first DLC was well underway and is why they are giving it away for free now. The second DLC was probably only in planning stage and it's canceled. This will be a a one and done release with them abandoning it as soon as possible. The fallout from this will be epic though.

The reason older games did so much better was they weren't made by a checklist. Just let creators work and stay out of the way. Nothing like being directed by a greedy suit. If the greedy want money then let developers make good games. The more they interfere, the less money.

Developers needs to stand their ground against pathetic whiners. They need to stop catering to these tantrums. Balancing a game is tricky and it takes time. Maybe if they were any good at the game they would just adapt.

This game is cursed. It would be better to just not release it. They can write it off financially as a loss. Movies have done that several times. It ends up costing them less than releasing them. It strange but when it comes to finances and taxes, there are very creative ways to save money.

If they do release it, I am curious if you can play through the entire game as the same character and if any trophies are tied to a specific character.

I love how Capcom thought this game is so important that people will buy PS Plus to play it. I think Sony had a hand in this bad idea. I think they just want to shut fans up about Dino Crisis. I guess making money is not important anymore. Just like Sony and Bloodborne.

Massively overrated. Death Stranding is not a game. It's the worst quest of an RPG in long form. It's like a really cheap scifi movie made for TV. His other games feel like they were written by a 13 year old bored in math class.

It's sad. Bloodlines deserve a full remake and would sell easily. This sequel will probably kill the IP for good. Too many people trying to make it different than the original which nobody wants. All they have to do is modernize the design of the first one. Developers overthink everything which fails.

They really don't understand basic economic structures?

It's just a countdown to another failure. They can't save this game from the wrath of the fans at this point. No matter how you feel about the character, there was an agenda. That limits creativity and that is why their games keep getting worse. Just let people make a game and stop giving them a checklist from the top.

Not a bug. It was a test to see reaction. Sony is determined to keep doing the wrong things now.

None of this matters. Physical will continue to die no matter what anyone wants.

Hulst has a serious problem since he takes thing personally. If he personaly likes it, it's good. If he doesn't, then it's dead. He didn't like Days Gone so it was dead. Doesn't matter it sold over 8 millions copies, he just didn't like it. He needs to be fired since he lacks professionalism.

Enough to remake Bloodborne and make a sequel. Sony is imploding at this point.

Hermen Hulst is the problem at Sony.

Sony is just lazy and now greedy. The greed should have them making remakes of games people really want like Bloodborne, but for some reason they are just refusing to listen. So many games that would easily sell and need remakes but instead we are getting games that are just them changing a few settings in the graphics options. More reason that PC will always be best.

Sony has to be doing it on purpose at this point. How can you ignore the pile of money that is Bloodborne unless you are just being petty. This is what happens when they go unchecked by competition. The ego is out of control.

Anybody connected to EA in anyway should never be allowed to talk. Incompetence is a job requirement.

@nessisonett Ok, first of all he was a footnote in history. He wasn't a samurai by any accounts. The more important thing is why did they choose him over ANY other notable Japanese samurai in a huge history? They completely ignored centuries of names to pick this one person. If you can't see EXACTLY why they did it then I don't know what to say.

@RoomWithaMoose That's the spirit, keep trying.

@RoomWithaMoose I never said I was upset. I simply pointed out the motive for why they did it. Good try on getting on your soapbox to cause drama. And if you had read my whole message you would have seen that I want them to explore other cultures.

Imagine scouring Japanese history to find one anomaly that you build an entire game off of to just pretend you care about diversity. What a shame. They should have just celebrated the rich Japanese history in this game and made another game devoted to another culture. So many cultures out there with great stories that could be easily woven into a AC game. But that would have cost more than a token gesture.

Sony will not learn anything from this disaster. They will fire some lower people and move on. The meetings will include blaming a toxic gamer space and that gamers are idiots. I'm sure they are already working on the next live service games.

The sad part is they haven't learned the lesson. They will F2P the game and it will fail again. There will be some streamers that will play it and claim it's good just so they can pretend to be the good guys. It will all be fake just for content. Nothing can fix the terrible art design, characters design or the fact it's just a cheap ripoff of Overwatch trying to cash in. Hopefully Sony will just right it off as a failure and move on. There does need to be some people fired but they most likely be the poor devs forced to work on this to make a living. No executives will be removed.

All that is happening right now is a long discussion on how to shut this embarassment down and avoid as much damage as possible. The game is completely dead. There is no saving it. No, the F2P option will not work. They are busy writing a very carefully worded announcement that will attempt to shift blame and make excuses to the market and toxic gamers. They will never admit that every decision was bad. Character design alone should have been a flag. Someone put it out of it's misery so everyone can move on. I'm sure the developer is blaming everyone else for being toxic.

This is exactly what we need to start reminding developers of what people don't want to buy. Live service games need to continue to fail to stop them. The problem is executives are too stupid to understand. This developer clearly should never be trusted to make a decision. Not one person there noticed how truly awful every aspect of this game turned out. The characters are so bad that I think someone needs fired.

Nacon has a history of this very thing. Now you have half a studio signing a letter which might be a death sentence. They will just kill the studio and move on. They don't care.

There isn't much acting in recent movies and shows Amazon. Videogames have better writers and actors that actually care about their roles. Most of them don't get paid well and outperform most celelbrities who only care about money and fame.

Well that studio is dead. Nacon is awful and they won't do anything. Greedfall 2 will never be finished now. What a shame. The first one was fun.

Sony is very greedy which makes the Bloodborne situation worse. They greenlit a full remake of Demon Souls which was shocking but not of Bloodborne. Everybody will buy Bloodborne. It's a pile of cash that Sony is ignoring for some reason. But they spent money on this game. Nothing makes sense now.

Nothing will save it. I doubt Sony will even let it go F2P since that trick rarely works. Sony is much more prone to killing things now. Somebody over the years should have realized it was awful and stopped it. I guess now people need to pay attention and not let a bad project move on. Hopefully this will lead to more scrutiny and actually good games. It's time to be tough again and stop wasting money.

They could have spent this money on games people keep asking for like Bloodborne. Talk about not caring about money anymore. That's what happens when you are on top.

It screams cheap ARPG created from a checklist handed down by people who don't like games but they want money. Normally I give games a chance but this is one time I won't. Bioware is really doomed at this point. Mass Effect will end up being worse than Andromeda.

This is going to get destroyed at launch. People are already locked and loaded. Bioware is already burning so this won't help.

Longer development simply means they have more time to make bad decisions. If they actually cared, they would empower the employees to create freely. Too many games are made by checklist from some higher ups. Nothing should be included just because it fits trends. Too much pandering.

Looks so generic.

The only good thing coming from this game will be the desperate announcements being comedy gold as it dies quickly. Sony has so many other IP's they could have remade, rebooted or made a sequel that would actually make money. They really have no clue about gaming.

Here we go again. Developer ignores feedback, game releases in bad shape, fans say we told you so, developer makes excuses, fans don't buy the game, game fails and developer blames fans.

When you are trying to convince people to give you money, you might want to listen or don't be surprised when they don't give you money.

Sony could have used this money to remake Bloodborne or a sequel. You know, a guaranteed cash cow. Sony is now so arrogant that the don't even care about greed.

There is no chance this game will do well. The style and companions alone are truly terrible. Bioware already has 3 strikes against it. They are just Bioware in name now. It's soulless. They would be better off remaking Origins but they would screw that up too.

What's worse is people who still haven't figured out that all this diversity is actually just pandering by corporations to make more money. They are milking you in a slick way. Things are being made from a checklist now. It's just marketing and none of them really care about it. I will never tell any creator how to create. I just walk away and not support them. Fake diversity is worse than changing the natural thinking of a person. It's a fake world that has some influences, but not all. Most people would never even connect it. TIme to grow up.

Everything is derivative. Give it up. It's a fictional world. They won't change anything. If you don't like it, don't play it. Simple.

Nudity is fine when it makes sense but I have no interest in these companions at all. The whole game looks terrible. It will not sell well which will cause a panic meeting and Mass Effect will get shifted. Some suit will get out a checklist and force changes.

I was looking forward to this game but after this I can say they are hiding something. They would get much more feedback to polish the game with the beta. Focus Home isn't exactly high end. I guess this will be a bargain bin game for me if it turns out ok later. I already know talked to 2 people that cancelled their preorder after this.

It doesn't bother me because I am intelligent enough to understand what the game is about. I don't buy a game then whine because it isn't to my liking. I simply go play something I will enjoy. If it's too hard then it's not for you. It's as dumb as buying and FPS game and being angry because there isn't enough fishing. Too many whiners now.

@3Above It's not that much harder. It is giving me a good fight but that just means I have to be more careful. Souls dlc always ramps up because it has to or returning players will walk over it. People just want their participation trophy so they can feel special and pretend they are actually good at the game. They are lazy, plain and simple.

I hope they don't change one thing. If you can't beat it then it's your problem, not the game. Play something else. All this whining from entitled people who think everything revolves around them. If I had my way I would delete Fortnite from the world but you don't see whining about it. I just play something I like.