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@Stocksy that's just a bad analogy. You might be the perfect audience for Wolverine!

@trev666 my theory is they didn't spend that much, and that the game had a fairly massive scope adjustment after Sony started tightening the belt. There are a ton of out of bounds areas with collision, details, buildings, etc. The lack of fail-states in the QTEs, stuff like that. Seems like they were rushed to release something toward the end of production.

@AhmadSumadi that's not completely accurate, but his Veilguard review definitely became a meme. The line "Every character speaks like HR is in the room" was brutal. There were also not many reviews from big outlets that called out the ridiculous handholding in Wolverine.
His reviews are great, but I prefer reading This Week in Videogames (Skill Up's site) over watching reviews.

"We can't patch that out, our players are too stupid" is what I heard.

@TrollOfWar love my Evercade.

@GirlVersusGame Anbernic makes portable emulators. The SP is just what it says on the tin, an SP clone. I just love 4:3 gaming in that form factor.
And yeah my youngest is in to really cool stuff. He loves Turok, Mario Maker, Rayman, TABS, and Goat Simulator. He is trying to git gud with Kero Blaster rn too. I hear people say that all kids play is Minecraft and Fortnite but do not find that bears out at all.

@GirlVersusGame my seven year old adores Teardown. He is constantly showing me the hijinx he gets up to.

I think I want to dip into Alien Trilogy on my Anbernic SP wannabe. Maybe some Final Fantasy Tactics or Front Mission? I am working so boo.

@glennthefrog they just really should start making or at least publishing weird-ass "smaller" games, like they used to.

@GilaMonster
I was explaining @Totheteeth 's comment. You were and are still being purposefully obtuse.
But anyway, I watched a video where an entire minutes long motorcycle chase required zero input from the player, in Wolverine. You could say "well, you haven't played the game, so how do you know?" But it seems like the "game" doesn't require player input, so just watching it is fine.
If you are into the "game," I don't think we will agree on much.

@lacerz Yes. Those are literally the same thing. I played 5 minutes of a full glass of milk last night. It was unweildy. Great fluid physics though.
And FFVII is "SO 90's" as well, last I checked. Zero chance any FFVII fan would not squee if they released this thing on discs. But it's SE, so probably a physical version of the games will come out down the line with a necklace or something instead of all the games on discs. Your sentiment being exactly what is to blame.

This game sounds like the hand-holding training wheels du jour, so 8 out of 10 but with a "OMG CLOUD AND BARRET BLARRRRGH" push to a 9.

@GilaMonster like I said (before I saw @Totheteeth 's comment or the reply), the Wolverine review hurt the site's credibility.

Control was cool but I dropped out early because I was sick of having like two things I could do in combat.
Also, man that Wolverine review kind of hurt the site's credibility. That got an 8 and so did this, lol? Yeah, okay.
I think it was a really bad idea to release this in September. I don't think Remedy will be with us much longer.

@PuppetMaster People complain about the Nintendo releases you mentioned plenty.
...what if I told you that in fact YOU just lobbed one of those very complaints???

If it launches in a decent state, I will check it out.

I watched Charlie's stream last night and it looked like a deep sale for me, but like some parts of it were pretty fun. You don't look at it and see the creativity of something like Ratchet and Clank.

@Kriandis yuuuuuup.
I am hoping they patch up BoD a bit. Like how Geralt's movement was cleaned up.

Lol. Absolutely not. I adore Insomniac's older stuff but this is not for me.

@Cry_Zero you should see some of the absolute trash in the Wolverine Deadpool compilation they released w the film. Some of it is incredible. Some of it reminded me that comics used to be a lot better...

Just follow your nose...

The music with lyrics started while I was playing, and I tried to enjoy the game...but that just never works for me. I wish they would stop.

TMNT: Splintered Fate. Think I might finally go ahead and finish TP Dusk too. Got Zelda on the brain.

@jly1987 Harry Potter seems uniquely hard for fans to quit.
Like I grew up in a town that tried to ban the books because satanism or whatever, but then those same idiots all rose up to support HP when JK started her trans hate. I don't get it.

@Drnsnsr dude, all you do is sh*t on people here.

@Daleaf my friend one time remarked that he could not understand how I could watch someone else play a game. He was wearing an NFL jersey...

@Dogbreath if you like that style, check out Mortisimal. Guy is just chill, and none of the culture war BS on his channel.

It's not for me, but I am more annoyed by "streamlining" than most.

@WaveBoy I am planning on doing the MiSTer thing next year. I play a lot of Evercade stuff rn for my retro fix.

Oh, online thing, no.

@Fake-news I was interested in the AES+, until I saw that new third-party games are like $500. If they release updated carts like AoF3: R or The Ninja Masters (new modes, characters, etc) then maybe.

@Futureshark you get it.

@Oram77 The combat looked really rough.

I have gotten a Nintendo console for the launch of a lot of Zeldas, but probably not this one. I am waiting on the next Switch 2 iteration. I can use it like I use my PS5. Plays old games better.

Looks made for me.

@EfYI the more hands a game passes through, the more watered down the vision becomes. Add to that an inflated budget to keep up with the scope, and we see publishers and developers get more risk averse. You are more likely to end up with just another milquetoast AAA game for the backlog.
This has been true since at least the 16 bit days.

@old_gamer74 right, but TR could be like RE, also. Remakes of the old-school games that retain obtuse/obscure elements and modern AAA things.

@Nepp67 Nice. I got a cool edition of that w a poster from Play Asia! Great game!

@Kang81 Bro your pfp is AC, which damn near plays itself lol. Especially the kills in Syndicate. "Watch me take this man down in just 36 moves!" Lol.
No shade, just funny.

@Nepp67 I will be honest, I don't play a ton of AAA anymore. There's too much great stuff in my backlog and on the less streamlined side of things. I love processed cheese, but not every day.

@Nepp67 it's been a thing for a long time. I remember PS1 games doing that...like Brave Fencer Musashi. And, honestly, Uncharted on PS3 was pretty much a guided tour.
I get what you mean though, in the case of Tomb Raider. It really clashes with the older games imo.

More interested in the Alien Breed collection.

I was interested until I watched a demo and saw how hand-holding this game is. Looks more Uncharted than TR.

@Oram77 lol, yes. You won. Your prize is in the mail.

I mean, at least it has Ghost Babel?

@MFTWrecks I don't understand this sentiment. Have you SEEN the dumb sh*t that goes on in videogames? Over there playing some Quantic Dream game with your pinkie up?

Alien Deathstorm is a great name for a video game.

Online thing meh.

The Venn Diagram of the people who show up to chat on State of Play and enthusiasts that care about physical media/ownership is probably a circle or at least pretty tight.
Yeah the bottom line won't get hit, but there's enough to slam your chat. I hate to quote Jeff Bezos, but here we are: "When data and customer anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually correct because it typically means you are measuring the wrong thing."