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Placeholder ai isnt bad. Stop yelling at clouds.

Pretty soon there will be a whole website like this thats all just AI scouring the interwebs for up to date info and making news articles 24/7.

Games are going to be using in incredible ways as will every medium. So many will be pulled kicking and streaming. There was a time when hige backlash was occurring during the emergence of digital artists too.

This is the best step and yall all sound like boomers yelling at clouds

@Swandivetotheasphalt maybe. I know many that put in more hours past the platinum though. Ive out in 35 hours, a lot of folks putting in more to get databank completion etc....

Of course you have the people who whenever beat it too playing less. But even with those hours its obviously not selling over a million etc....

So those 330k numbers might be right

I was heavy into quantum of solace online on the Wii..Great game imo

Ive platinumed both. Returnal stands above Saros imo. I went back and played returnal after the saros plat and just the weight and consequence felt better and more ...I dunno..important and impact full even from moment to moment gameplay.

Saros story is its weakest point imo. It lost the mystery and atmosphere and the NPCs were awkward and pulled me out of the moment many times. Also the motivation of the main character just didnt connect with me at all like it did in Returnal.

You can tell the games were designed by different people. A writer took the helm of Saros after the game designer of Returnal left. I enjoyed Saros but I can only imagine how much more I would have , had the Returnal game designer been the lead on Saros

This isnt just a sony thing

Relatable is not a word I would use to describe arjun, his plight or his motivation. Selene was so much more relatable

Nobody wanted that God awful campaign.

Mario galaxy was awesome. I dont want them to make a movie that panders to critics.

Gimme some AA games with worse graphics and smaller worlds. Im good with that

Another article about this? Lol

Thats nothing new, games been doing this since before switch 2 yall

Labeled news but reads like an opinion piece

I dont care. If its a game I want for the price im willing to pay then ill buy it.

@Stragen8 yeah I understand, i didn't like it. I love the classic feel of 9 though. Revelations was great too imo

I heard old RE was back and I had to jump back into the series. they lost me with 5,6,7,8

The amount of first party exclusives has been abysmal.. ps5 needs more before they release 6. Let it cool and come to the table with some exclusives

Thats like every big game nowadays

Turning into a hack n slash is what is killing it in my opinion.

Uhhh thats not a groveling apology lol

Never heard of battle engine aquilla? Im surprised by that

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The story is just the intro to the game and locks stuff behind it's progression. Sad they did that this go round because lots of people probably quit early dredging through the insufferable campaign

How was is it a social impact award if no one bought it and their studio closed down? Seems like virtue signal award. It was largely ignored and wasn't well revieved. I question how impactful it was on the industry

When 4 dropped the biggest complaint was the format change. You can't please everyone. They are messing with nostalgia at this point tho

Busy plating other stuff and have a backlog. This game isn't priority for me. It will be a game I play when I have nothing else to play but that will be a while

"but clearly you’re going to have to endure some shaky voice acting and flappy animations along the way"

Didn't stop Witcher 3 from being super successful

@Thelegend159 I never preorder but this trailer made me think about it . Great trailer

My copy is sitting here taunting me. As soon as I beat ratchet and clank, I'm popping it in!!

@PegasusActual93 I have a podcast called The Gamer and the Newb and it follows me and my wife as she dips her toes in my favorite hobby.

As soon as she figured out the stick moves in one game, she just assumed that was the method of movement in other games. The article falls flat because he looked at the simplest thing and assumed the player was too dimwitted to press buttons.

I agree that gaming in general can do things to empower new players but this article isn't really thought provoking. It's very superficial and undercooked imo.

Would love to read something deeper and with more research about gameplay mechanics and good examples of natural tutorials that teach mechanics through gameplay and how that can empower newer players.

Pretty sure someone firing up Sekiro is gonna know the stick moves. What would be more beneficial is to look into mass market targeting games and compare. My mom isn't like " ooooooh I don't play games but I'm gonna jump into this one here called Demons Souls !, sounds cute!" ... I purposely don't tell my 4 year old the buttons so she can figure them out.

There is something to experimenting and figuring stuff out on your own. If you don't know what the buttons do,just manipulate them and figure it out. This could be a good premise for an article with a deeper dive into mechanics and stuff but to remark on the lack of the most basic movement instruction in games known for their hard-core gameplay makes your point fall flat. Bake this up some more with relevant titles and specific mechanics.