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Re: This Is the New Voice of Lara Croft in the PS5 Era of Tomb Raider Games

Pat_trick

@tameshiyaku I think this is reading way too much into the trailer. From what we’ve seen, the only real “shift” is that Lara looks more like classic Lara again. That’s it.

There’s nothing in the trailer about her personality, attitude, or how the story treats what she does. Being more traditionally sexy doesn’t automatically mean she’s arrogant or that the game is suddenly endorsing colonialist power fantasies again. That stuff comes from writing and framing, not from shorts and a tank top.

Criticizing the old games for never questioning those things is fair, but I don’t see how you can conclude we’re “going back” to that just from a visual redesign. Feels more like you're projecting concerns onto something we barely know anything about yet.

On topic, she's a good voice actress and her voice seems to perfectly suit the character.

Re: Cryptic Game Awards Statue Teaser Rumbles on with New Riddle

Pat_trick

The language makes it look like it's a new IP.

If not, I would rule out ESO as they've stopped with major expansions and the game is basically on maintenance mode.

Bloodborne 2 seems unlikely as it's not Sony's marketing style and The Duskbloods is coming out on Switch 2.

Darksiders seem more likely than anything else, the art has a striking resemblance to its style.

Re: Resident Evil Requiem Is at The Game Awards with a 'New Look'

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@carlos82 Oh, don't get me wrong, 5 and 6 definitely were action schlock B movie inspired games. But to me 7 and 8 didn't even feel like RE games. I do think they're good games too, but very removed from what RE is. Very little charm and personality with the characters (a few villains aside).

RE 9 to me looks more like RE than 7 and 8 did.

Re: PS5 Action RPG The God Slayer No Longer Part of Sony's China Hero Project, First Gameplay Footage Is Jaw-Dropping

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@Hyena_socks I agree, that's why I've said what I said.

I've seen a few posts by certain authors hyping the hell out of a game to later say the game didn't live up to expectations. Expectations the individual set in the first place.

I've been checking this website for five years and there's definitely someone who's frequently guilty of this behaviour.

Re: PS5 Action RPG The God Slayer No Longer Part of Sony's China Hero Project, First Gameplay Footage Is Jaw-Dropping

Pat_trick

How is this janky as hell movement jaw-dropping? The animation is terrible and the game is chugging a lot.

Maybe analyse what you're seeing before saying it's the best thing ever?

Some posts here are extremely guilty of hype culture. A a year from now this is game is going to release, you're going to give it a 6 out of 10 and say it was a slight disappointment. All of this out of the excessive hype you built for this game.

Re: ARC Raiders (PS5) - A Triumph in Multiplayer Immersion

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I've played solo several times at the server slam and completely disliked it. It's slow, the loot variety was limited and the art style for the equipment leaves something to be desired.

I'm also not that skilled at MP games and more than half of my runs ended up in death and feeling of disappointment and time wasted.

I also think it does the extraction shooter bit quite well, it's that I've learned that for me this genre is very unrewarding and it feels like I'm not progressing quite frequently.

I hope that those that like the genre enjoy it, but I think due to their punishing nature, extraction shooters might have a more niche appeal.

Re: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 'Will Be Loved by Everyone', Says Director

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@Darude84 And Metacritic is the lord of judgement?

It's a an opinion aglomerate of dozen of self proclaimed critics.

I don't think the games are complete trainwrecks, but both were underwhelming in my opinion.

And that's the keyword, opinion. If another person thinks it's a complete trainwreck, it's entirely up to them.

Metacritic is no more right than your perspective or mine.