It's hard to feel bad for anyone who dropped $200 on this when the Fallout 4 CE was garbage. They had plenty of red flags hitting them in the face, that's for sure.
@Kidfried I don't think you could pay me enough to even visit that site to skim through their articles, but from what gets forwarded here, most stories are created from heresay and "anonymous sources." If you expect me to believe a site of their size and clickbait style isn't going to report on every single rumor regarding the PS5 for the clicks, there's just no way. I'd be willing to bet good ole Liam over at NL will be reporting on PS5 rumors just as much too.
@BAMozzy Well for the game being made under the Bioware umbrella, with EA attached, and the recent debacle that was Fallout 76, I have a feeling people will be more reserved than ever when it comes to this game. We all know by this point that most games release in "beta" state anyways, but they could at least try to hide it better
@ShogunRok Obviously DAI wasn't hated too much, or at least Bioware was oblivious to it (go figure) considering they basically copy-pasted the open world and quest structure directly into ME Andromeda.
They just responded online with what I would call the "Sean Murray" approach, stating they were too silent at first, but promising more transparency and support from here on out. I think it's a little late for that honestly, but time will tell.
I'd have to see some in depth reviews before making this purchase. I tried playing this on my PC recently and I could barely hold above 60fps with a 1080, so unless they made some significant engine optimizations, this is going to run very poorly in VR.
Reading this review gives me the feeling @ShogunRok is damn frustrated over the fact that one of his favorite past developers has fallen so far. I feel your pain, same thing happened to me with Bioware.
I mean, we know Ghosts of Tsushima, Death Stranding, The Last of Us 2, Days Gone, Dreams, Medieval Remake, FF7 Remake are on the way, so I'm not losing confidence in them at all. Maybe appease the fanbase with SOME piece of info or update we haven't been given, it's certainly better than radio silence.
Why do they need to show up to an event, set up shop, and spend millions when they could just release some trailers online and call it a day? Makes sense to me. Release some demos on PSN so we get to play some of what they're teasing and we can call it even.
I think after botching Destiny 1 and 2 releases and season passes, and the Diablo Immortal debacle, a lot of people are in "wait and see" mode whenever Activision's name is attached to a project.
Not sure which is worse, the fact that this turned out to be a mediocre product, or the fact that Sony did this first instead of giving us the ability to play our PS1 games on PS4......
Bioware is a shell of it's former self. All of the good talent left a long time ago, and they keep bringing back the people who screwed up the end of the trilogy in the first place on their new projects. Rest in peace ME trilogy, may a better developer come along and fill in the gap left in the sci-fi space opera black hole.
Another Kotaku fail at it's finest, reporting on rumors before going to the actual source for actual facts. For every good piece of journalism they write, there's 15 screw ups following it up.
Eh, not my game of the year. Some systems are really nice, others are beyond clunky. Hard to get "immersed" in a game when you run your horse into a tree because he won't steer.....and it somehow triggers the wanted system..
Man, if this type of lawsuit becomes the norm, Kotaku will be shut down in the next few months. It's a win-win, less spoilers, less clickbait, and money for charity!
Good luck Bethesda, I think people are over your bug-ridden games at this point. Sure, most of the die-hards will buy this, but everything I've read points to this release flopping big time.
I'll be skipping the giant manbaby show, God that guy is irritating. I like immature humor, but he just rubs me the wrong way. Better than his former co-host I guess
I canceled my preorder, I much share @rjejr's statement about really wsnting a Squeenix box moreso than a PS1 mini. I'll just save $100 and hook my PS3 up to my PC monitor instead.
@Rob_230 They're two very different games, you'd think Capcom would want to drive up nostalgia for the original RE2 to get people hyped for the remake, then again we don't know if they had any say in what games were chosen for this system.
Is anyone actually looking forward to this? They're already pushing it on X1X hard with a discounted bundle that included RDR2, sounds like it's not performing well with preorders.
I wasn't going to, but somehow my best buy gamers club discount is still working even though I didn't sign up again. So yeah, for $45 I picked it up, even if I won't play it for a week or so.
@Octane It's one of those games that had to be played when it came out. Nothing revolutionary, but a fun and unique game at the time based on it's humor and gameplay. It hasn't aged well at all.....but the remake is definitely worth looking into!
"but how do you feel about publishers effectively asking players to help bug test their games? It’s a bit weird, right?"
We've been living in a "release now, fix later (maybe)" culture for almost a decade now. Companies coming out and openly admitting we are paying beta testers doesn't make it any better, and it's only going to get worse from here on out now that they are "owning up" to it.
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Re: Fallout 76 Influencers Got the Canvas Bag Absent from the Collector's Edition
It's hard to feel bad for anyone who dropped $200 on this when the Fallout 4 CE was garbage. They had plenty of red flags hitting them in the face, that's for sure.
Re: Editorial: Fake PS5 News Will Be Rampant Over the Next 12 Months
@Kidfried I don't think you could pay me enough to even visit that site to skim through their articles, but from what gets forwarded here, most stories are created from heresay and "anonymous sources." If you expect me to believe a site of their size and clickbait style isn't going to report on every single rumor regarding the PS5 for the clicks, there's just no way. I'd be willing to bet good ole Liam over at NL will be reporting on PS5 rumors just as much too.
Re: Editorial: Fake PS5 News Will Be Rampant Over the Next 12 Months
I bet 95% of them will come from Kotaku too.
Re: The Game Awards Will Play Host to Your Next Glimpse of ANTHEM
@BAMozzy Well for the game being made under the Bioware umbrella, with EA attached, and the recent debacle that was Fallout 76, I have a feeling people will be more reserved than ever when it comes to this game. We all know by this point that most games release in "beta" state anyways, but they could at least try to hide it better
Re: The Game Awards Will Play Host to Your Next Glimpse of ANTHEM
Seems a bit worrying a game of this scale made by a large company is three months away from release and still in alpha, no?
Re: BioWare Teases Dragon Age News Coming Before the End of the Year
@ShogunRok Obviously DAI wasn't hated too much, or at least Bioware was oblivious to it (go figure) considering they basically copy-pasted the open world and quest structure directly into ME Andromeda.
Re: BioWare Teases Dragon Age News Coming Before the End of the Year
I'm sure knowing Bioware it will be something lame like a character model on a screen.
Re: SEGA Teasing Yakuza Related Announcement at Kinda Funny Games Showcase
I don't think you could pay me enough to sit through anything involving him, but I'll gladly read an article on here detailing what was announced.
Re: PlayStation Plus December 2018 Games Announced
Iconoclasts? That's good for me, I've been wanting that game for quite awhile.
Re: Future Fallout 76 Updates Aim to Improve Performance (Again)
They just responded online with what I would call the "Sean Murray" approach, stating they were too silent at first, but promising more transparency and support from here on out. I think it's a little late for that honestly, but time will tell.
Re: Random: This Is Easily the Funniest Red Dead Redemption 2 Video We've Seen
These videos were funny years ago when GTAV was brand new.
Re: Guide: All PS5 Games Confirmed or Rumoured
I can't help but notice Fallout 76: Almost Working was left off this list.
Re: These PSone Sneakers Are the Third Best Thing You'll See This Thanksgiving
Those shoes represent everything that was wrong with the 90s. Sony should've backed out of this one.
Re: Borderlands 2 VR Gets the Live Action Commercial Treatment
I'd have to see some in depth reviews before making this purchase. I tried playing this on my PC recently and I could barely hold above 60fps with a 1080, so unless they made some significant engine optimizations, this is going to run very poorly in VR.
Re: Fallout 76 - A Shockingly Bad Attempt at Multiplayer Survival
Reading this review gives me the feeling @ShogunRok is damn frustrated over the fact that one of his favorite past developers has fallen so far. I feel your pain, same thing happened to me with Bioware.
Re: God of War Wins Big at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards
Very happy to see this game get praise, even if the awards ceremony is itself a joke (Fortnite GOTY, go home you're drunk)
Re: Soapbox: Fans Think PlayStation's Losing Momentum, And Sony's to Blame
I mean, we know Ghosts of Tsushima, Death Stranding, The Last of Us 2, Days Gone, Dreams, Medieval Remake, FF7 Remake are on the way, so I'm not losing confidence in them at all. Maybe appease the fanbase with SOME piece of info or update we haven't been given, it's certainly better than radio silence.
Re: Cliff Bleszinski Says He'll Never Make Another Game
Can't wait to see him on Shark Tank
Re: Reaction: Sony's Decision to Skip E3 2019 Is Confounding, But One We Can't Judge Yet
Why do they need to show up to an event, set up shop, and spend millions when they could just release some trailers online and call it a day? Makes sense to me. Release some demos on PSN so we get to play some of what they're teasing and we can call it even.
Re: PS4 Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary Today
I remember the videos of people showing it being uneven, and the post-it note fix
Re: Square Enix Has a New AAA Title in Production for PS5
FFXV:Royale with Cheese Edition confirmed
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2's Sluggish Controls Analysed
@RainbowGazelle Ask Miyamoto
Re: Hands On: Fallout 76's PS4 Performance Is Embarrassing in 2018
Don't worry everyone, I'm sure the game will run better when it's re-released on PS5! If the servers stay up that long..,
Re: God of War, Spider-Man Up for Game of the Year as PlayStation Dominates The Game Awards 2018
Gross, give it to God of War. RDR2 is good but it's definitely not on the same level as GoW, IMO.
Re: Bethesda Will Keep the Same Fundamental Game Engine for The Elder Scrolls VI, Starfield
Whew, two games I can definitely cross off my list until they go on sale.
Re: Sony May Be Planning a PlayStation Controller with a Screen
Please no. Just make a refined version of DS4 with quality analog sticks and a decent battery life. Leave the screens out of your controllers.
Re: Sony's PlayStation Classic Runs on an Open Source Emulator
"Video Game History Foundation founder Frank Cifaldi agrees"
Wow, talk about digging for someone to back up your argument. How many shovels did you go through
Re: Hideo Kojima Is Always at The Game Awards in Some Form, Hints Keighley
Of course he's always there in some form, Geoff brings his shrine with him every year.
Re: Activision Pondering Faster Content, New Monetisation for Destiny 2 After Forsaken Sales Fail to Meet Expectations
I think after botching Destiny 1 and 2 releases and season passes, and the Diablo Immortal debacle, a lot of people are in "wait and see" mode whenever Activision's name is attached to a project.
Re: PlayStation Classic Size Comparison Shows Just How Small It Is
Not sure which is worse, the fact that this turned out to be a mediocre product, or the fact that Sony did this first instead of giving us the ability to play our PS1 games on PS4......
Re: Today Is N7 Day, and It's Reminded Us of How Much We Used to Love Mass Effect
Bioware is a shell of it's former self. All of the good talent left a long time ago, and they keep bringing back the people who screwed up the end of the trilogy in the first place on their new projects. Rest in peace ME trilogy, may a better developer come along and fill in the gap left in the sci-fi space opera black hole.
Re: Square Enix Thinking About Ideas Regarding Final Fantasy VII Remake's Release
I can't wait for next week's rumor dump from "trusted sources" that state the FF7 remake is now being turned into FFXV DLC
Re: Report Suggests Diablo 4 Announcement Was Removed from BlizzCon 2018
Another Kotaku fail at it's finest, reporting on rumors before going to the actual source for actual facts. For every good piece of journalism they write, there's 15 screw ups following it up.
Re: A New Diablo Game's Been Announced, But It's Not the One a Lot of People Wanted
Insert snarky "but is it coming to Switch?" comment here
Re: Poll: One Week Later, Is Red Dead Redemption 2 the Best Game of 2018?
Eh, not my game of the year. Some systems are really nice, others are beyond clunky. Hard to get "immersed" in a game when you run your horse into a tree because he won't steer.....and it somehow triggers the wanted system..
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2 Leak Leads to £1 Million Settlement
Man, if this type of lawsuit becomes the norm, Kotaku will be shut down in the next few months. It's a win-win, less spoilers, less clickbait, and money for charity!
Also @get2sammyb, did you mean "protect"?
Re: Hands On: Fallout 76 PS4 Beta Has Us Worried for the Full Game
Good luck Bethesda, I think people are over your bug-ridden games at this point. Sure, most of the die-hards will buy this, but everything I've read points to this release flopping big time.
Re: Greg Miller to Host Kinda Funny Games Showcase in December
@RedMan33 His face doesn't so much bother me, just when he acts like a tweaker. It's grating.
Re: Greg Miller to Host Kinda Funny Games Showcase in December
I'll be skipping the giant manbaby show, God that guy is irritating. I like immature humor, but he just rubs me the wrong way. Better than his former co-host I guess
Re: Soapbox: Why the PlayStation Classic's Game Lineup Could Never Please Everyone
I canceled my preorder, I much share @rjejr's statement about really wsnting a Squeenix box moreso than a PS1 mini. I'll just save $100 and hook my PS3 up to my PC monitor instead.
Re: PlayStation Classic Full Games Lineup Revealed
@Rob_230 They're two very different games, you'd think Capcom would want to drive up nostalgia for the original RE2 to get people hyped for the remake, then again we don't know if they had any say in what games were chosen for this system.
Re: Fallout 76 Live Action Trailer Is Just About the Most Un-Fallout Fallout Trailer You'll Ever See
Is anyone actually looking forward to this? They're already pushing it on X1X hard with a discounted bundle that included RDR2, sounds like it's not performing well with preorders.
Re: PlayStation Classic Full Games Lineup Revealed
I can't believe, especially with the upcoming release of RE2 Remake, that they chose RE1 over 2. Pretty disappointing to be honest.
Re: Poll: Have You Bought Red Dead Redemption 2?
I wasn't going to, but somehow my best buy gamers club discount is still working even though I didn't sign up again. So yeah, for $45 I picked it up, even if I won't play it for a week or so.
Re: MediEvil PS4 Remake Trailer Coming to Life on Halloween
@Octane It's one of those games that had to be played when it came out. Nothing revolutionary, but a fun and unique game at the time based on it's humor and gameplay. It hasn't aged well at all.....but the remake is definitely worth looking into!
Re: Rockstar Expects Turbulence Upon Red Dead Online Release
"but how do you feel about publishers effectively asking players to help bug test their games? It’s a bit weird, right?"
We've been living in a "release now, fix later (maybe)" culture for almost a decade now. Companies coming out and openly admitting we are paying beta testers doesn't make it any better, and it's only going to get worse from here on out now that they are "owning up" to it.
Re: Bethesda Warns of 'Spectacular' Fallout 76 Issues, Promises to Fix Them
Subtitle says it all, if they want me to play this, they better be paying me to do so, not alpha testing their three year cash grab.
Re: Shadow of the Tomb Raider Owners Aren't Happy with How Fast the Price's Dropped
I preordered on PC for $40, just need to know where to look!
Re: Spider-Man PS4 Adds Brand New Features with 1.08 Patch
@carlos82 It's one of the Fisk construction sites if I remember correctly!
Re: Spider-Man PS4 Adds Brand New Features with 1.08 Patch
Anyone else notice the puddle stickers they added to photo mode? Insomniac so edgy