huey p rxcan

5y

well said

i feel like we’re a few years away from that dream like vision of a truly free game and i’m sure rockstar will be the ones to do it

but for now i still think an immersive story is the best way to approach video games and like u said it involves a good amount of « hand holding »

i think mgs v against its predecessors is a good example of this tension between a great narrative and great gameplay

it has the best gameplay of the series no doubt but it’s obvious it had to sacrifice a lot of story. a lot of people just blamed it on industry drama and that’s real. but at the same time i don’t think people have enough empathy to the dev team who had to figure out how to make this clunky spy game with tons of lore translate into a modern video game experience. i feel like they did really well with the big expectations.

what’s most interesting about that game is that it actually integrated player choice with narrative with the casssette tapes. it was done really well, it’s obvious why he picked a big movie star and the best voice actors in the industry. the cassettes are really good and have a great incentive to make players find them and listen to them since there’s not many cutscenes. also so many people hated the long cutscenes !

i just don’t think players understand what they really want from video games.

UIP

5y

you telling me i was playing 4 in 18 FPS back then f***ing loved that game as a kid

hunh

5y

Horizon Zero Dawn ain’t totally doing it for me

hunh

5y

Horizon Zero Dawn ain’t totally doing it for me

Buckleys Angel

5y

It is a great game, but I never got why it was regarded as like a masterpiece. It’s a cool world and really tight gameplay, but it didn’t break ground or anything.

Barry Gibb

5y

You just described pretty much all of Sony’s celebrated games this gen lol

Nine Arts Dragon

5y

95% of games are mediocre and not worth playing

Bo Ceephus

5y

Mario is the best gaming series of all time

venus

5y

arkham knight was the best in the trilogy

Fries

5y

Entire industry would be in a different place if he didn't feel so damn good to control

Sidescrolling 2D platformers that don't handle like Pitfall? Thank Mario

Being able to freely control the camera in a 3D environment? Thank Mario

Almost every gen a new Mario game comes out and changes the platforming game, Odyssey is my personal fave, it's probably the most purely fun game I've ever played

Water Giver

5y

360/PS3 era is mid & mostly aged poorly

Panera

5y

yikes

Smoochas

5y

Examples of the 5%?

Jbreezyondeck

5y

Fortnite is still fun and one of the most important games of this century

mothership

5y

Kojima is a garbage writer altogether

Will Simp

5y

Sleeping Dogs is extremely mid. Only redeemable aspect of the game is the melee combat. Only paid like $8 for it and I still want my money back

Yakuza 0 is a good game, but I don't see myself ever playing a Yakuza game again

Persona 5 is overrated. I wish they established firm rules for how the metaverse works, it felt like there were too many deus ex machina moments explained away with "cognition", "change of heart" or whatever. The game also drags on for far too long Hella unnecessary scenes that add nothing to the game and could've been cut

Bloodborne has an amazing plot but I wish FromSoft made it more clear to the player. Major plot points of the game should be delivered to the player by progressing through the game, not by watching a video on Youtube. People finish the game and don't even have any idea about the underlying story

mothership

5y

Kojima is a garbage writer altogether