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Love reading in 2022 the takes of those who gave up on this game after a couple of hours when it first launched. Very informative!

I might be in the minority but this is kind of sad. These folks are still putting in work for a truly unbelievable low amount of players, in a way it's admirable even if their game isn't very good. Hopefully the updates are decent a few more folks pick it up just to make the work feel worthwhile.

I haven't been into HP since I was a child some 20 years ago and I have very strong feelings about... things... but I can't help but be incredibly excited about this game. Something about the idea of exploring that school is just so appealing and especially if it's a nicely drawn-out journey.

@Would_you_kindly It's fiction based off of a videogame about zombie mutant creatures. That folks get offended, or just shocked, that something as inoffensive as race gets changed is absolutely hilarious given the nature of the source material.

@naruball Well said. Anyone using the word "woke" in that capacity, or really in any way not related to the state of being quite literally awake, is someone not worth paying attention to.

I swear, judging by the comments here some people would rather face actual zombies in real life than a bit of diversity in a tv show.

I think it looks fine. Not poor, not amazing either but still on the right track. The goons lined up and standing around waiting to fight 1v1 is really annoying.

Lost In Random is wonderful and should be getting far, far more attention than it has.

@RobN Except this doesn't. You can fully skip it without ever being forced to touch it for even a minute.

@RobN Uh, you could do all that while ignoring the story mode. It wasn't a requirement.

@stu123 I'm in the minority with you, he's absolutely terrible.

Day one buy for me.

I'd rate it M for blood and gore, intense violence and strong language.

Great news, hoping the extra time leads to a product as good as the current one is following the most recent changes.

Okay but can you play as the rat?

@Gloamin Evil West is so, so good, as is Weird West. Can't recommend both enough.

I think it looks fantastic, very excited for this one.

Easily Spider-Man for me.

Unbelievable games, so excited by this announcement.

I feel like a lot of the present day criticism about the game being unfinished is coming from folks who were burned at launch and haven't bothered to give it a second chance since.

It's in a really pleasant state right now. It's not perfect but it's a good game at this point and it's nice to see that it's still getting attention from the people that made it. It's hardly a disastrous experience.

Seconding the Lost In Random recommendation. It's really such a fantastic game.

@NoFaceBigFoot Triangle Strategy is superb.

For me it's Spider-Man by a mile. It's the only game that I've fully completed and still play just to travel around the world for 10-15 minutes of relaxation.

The setting alone makes this a day one buy for me. Needed something to scratch the Hard West itch since finishing that ages ago.

Day one buy. Still holding out faint hope that they'll bring V2 over some day for the tens of us still playing it.

Really, really disappointed by the offering of sports games on this console. Not saying everything needs to be like FM or OOTP but the lack of any type of meaty franchise modes from most, if not all, of the big brand names makes me want to ignore them completely. F1 probably my favorite out of all of these despite that complaint.

@mucc People can't act disappointed when a game that has been in development for years by a major team launches with a flawed experience with a truly catastrophic patch soon after?

So when would it be okay to fairly evaluate this game, after how many years? What are we even doing here if we can't expect a better product at launch and have to wait for years for it to be in a state which we'd like it to be?

No rush, get it right. The current state of the game is very good imo.

This seems like an oddly forgiving writeup when it comes to this game and how the past few days have been handled by its makers.

@Kairu I'm a Ferrari guy so I'm not taking sides but I think your last statement is how I see it. It took Max being incredible and Lewis having a down year by his standards just for Max to be level with him going into the last race. A smidge in either direction and yeah, I see Hamilton being champ yet again (that's not to speak of the last race fiasco).

@Kairu Can't believe I'm poking this hornet's nest for the millionth time, but how do you feel Max was the better driver over the course of the season if they were even going into the last race and Hamilton was running away with it up until the end? I ask in peace.

We'll see. The fact that it's a standalone game is promising but every non-FM/OOTP franchise mode for the big sports games is painfully thin, F1 included. Looking forward to some gameplay screenshots and video.

I know the driving is miserable but it's still Knight for me. That city is just incredible.

Dynamic weather on all the tracks would be my biggest request.

@dschons lol what consequences? It's just a difficulty setting, you're completely free to ignore it if it's not your kind of thing. These are made-up consequences, you don't see other difficult games with difficulty settings suffer because of them (look at Cuphead for example). Again, if the entire perception of a game is tied to its extreme difficulty then that speaks pretty poorly of the rest of the game's traits.

@dschons It'd be the same game for you, only more people would be able to enjoy it now. Absolutely no one would force you to play on a lower difficulty so no, it wouldn't get trashed because the option for such a difficulty would still be there. If your entire perception of a game's worth or quality is tied to its extreme difficulty gating people out then maybe the game isn't so great to begin with, and for the record I do think these are great games but not at all due to their difficulty. Be sensible about this.

@dschons Their reputation wouldn't be ruined due to bad reviews if they implemented difficulty modes or sliders. Come on now.

"Just git gud!" they yell, as if all of us have the ability to fight through frustration and become good enough through repetition over time that we may or may not have in our personal lives.

If you love these games, that's genuinely fantastic, but treating them as if they're some holy untouchable thing that would be defiled with difficulty settings is something I've always found a bit laughable.

@LazyLombax Weird West looks superb, really not enough games that take place in such a setting. Agree on Ascent as well.

@Col_McCafferty C'mon, man, that's a bit of a ridiculous take even if you're not a fan of this game.

@ArcadeHeroes I'm not who you're replying to but count me as someone who is turned off by the visual look of these games. I like the settings, ambiance and lore of the Souls fans but the endless shades of brown and gray in endlessly dark corridors just isn't for me. Not saying it needs to be Mario-levels bright at all, and I'm glad you dig it, but I also don't think it's absurd to not enjoy this style either.

I'm definitely in the minority that sees this as another brown and gray Souls platter of frustration but I'm happy for those who can't wait to get playing, hope it meets expectations as I'm sure it was very competently-made if past games are anything to go by.

@stinkyx Except it's not at all what it was a couple years ago? Like, all the changes are spelled out for anyone to see. I don't think anyone is expecting this to be a masterpiece anymore the way it was marketed but a very good game though? Yeah, that's actually the current state of it. It really has come leaps and bounds.

@jrt87 How are they the contrarian as opposed to the individual still viewing this game through the lens of the 2020 release as opposed to the version reviewed here? Why not discuss this update rather than the initial state of the game? When is it okay to discuss the present?

@JohnGrey They've addressed a number of fundamental problems, this has been documented at more outlets than just PushSquare. It's up to you to both brush up on this and accept it while also noting that outlets like this one are still saying that it's not a perfect game. Or just be as you were and glass half empty, it's your call.

@Juanalf I'm not who you're replying to but it feels like this is a game where a subset of the population has their minds set on an opinion based on how the launch went and it's near impossible to change that stance no matter how the game improves.

Yeah, it was launched as a broken product by some scummy folks, we all know this. But since then the team in charge has rolled out some meaningful improvements that make it a genuinely enjoyable game, both to play and look at. It's not perfect but it's still better than a large number of games that launched in perfect condition. Both can be true, that it was once a disaster but has now become something very good. People should be open to change.

@JohnGrey Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Playing it for the first time, in act 2 and loving it. It's not perfect but it's engrossing and looks great.

Genuinely can't understand the people ripping this score as if the warts of the launch version haven't been accounted for and addressed by the people still working on the game. Maybe the idea of going back and correcting their mistakes with reviewers acknowledging these improvements is too big a concept to grasp. Either way it's, at worst, a very good game now.

I liked this game but to me it screams of a launching off point for a better sequel that builds on what we saw in the first one.

Meanwhile us fans of Bubsy II wait another day for our adaptation announcement.