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[Laieon]

Hell yeah. Last year was a pretty big miss for me in terms of games, there wasn't really anything that stood out to me.

This is my Elden Ring.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Lol I will upvote this gif every single time.

This is honestly the best 'fuck you' to the loony mob that there ever could be.
I mean the masses have spoken, and its not what the loonies wanted to hear.

Maybe they will calm down with their daily nonsense from now on, nah who am i kidding.

Hell yeah, it's like a triple fuck you

- all the woke idiots get to see that the vast majority doesn't give a single shit about their shrieking
- virtue signaling gaming sites debase themselves and lose relevance by not covering the game
- Streisand effect

 

[TheInfamousKira]

If Tears of the Kingdom disappoints, I can easily see this being the runaway GOTY.

Bro, Twitter post Wizard Game IS the tears of the kingdom.

 

[Jaybe]

And this is early-access only!

 

[BacklashWave534]

The REeee tears must be flowing on biblical proportions

We should consider building an arc. I don't want to drown in REeeee tears.

 

[balls of snow]

If Tears of the Kingdom disappoints, I can easily see this being the runaway GOTY.

Way too much competition this year. Would be happy if it just some goty noms.

 

[Wesleyalucard]

What are the top 10

 

[ManaByte]

Way too much competition this year. Would be happy if it just some goty noms.

Pretty sure the Doritos Pope show will boycott it because he desperately wants purple approval.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Shout-out from voice actor aknowleding JK Rowling, love to see it. This game was always going to be big but it's reeeeally thanks to the psychotic, misguided "woke" that it will attain legendary status, thanks clowns!

 

[Jaybe]

Shout-out from voice actor aknowleding JK Rowling, love to see it. This game was always going to be big but it's reeeeally thanks to the psychotic, misguided "woke" that it will attain legendary status, thanks clowns!

The Queen acknowledges

 

[Davesky]

Smug.

In all seriousness though I hope all the ones believing in woman's rights, family values or whatever it is they believe in take example from this ladies unshakable will. You can only be cancelled if you allow it.

An ideology can only be removed from society by a second ideology with equal or greater force to replace it.. I learned that last year reading Mein Kampf… another example of why cancel culture is wrong. Information is important and to be learned from no matter the original source.

A little off topic but who knows maybe this little bit of news with Hogwarts Legacy could be showing that history might decide to start swinging the other way soon, and hopefully not as psychotic or extreme as the one before it.

 

[RPS37]

Wow. Hope other publishers learn from this and put some effort into their licensed movie based games.

Avatarrrrrrff

 

[LiquidMetal14]

It's a lot more fun than Elden Ring, I'll say that much.

 

[thismeinteil]

(Takes deep breath)

FUCKING RRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

 

[John_Ryder]

Good. Fuck the bigots.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

not real if I close my eyes.

 

[dorkimoe]

Imagine not being able to talk about this game on a "gaming forum"

 

[Barakov]

not real if I close my eyes.

 

[Silver Wattle]

 

[Baki]

$10 early access is actually a pretty genius way to earn some extra money. I can imagine a lot of day 1 buyers going for it.

 

[Pollux]

$10 early access is actually a pretty genius way to earn some extra money. I can imagine a lot of day 1 buyers going for it.

Shit - I did. I never do this but for $10 and Harry Potter? Fuck it I've spent $10 on stupider shit.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Streisand effect?

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

This game is blowing up on the Amazon best sellers across all platforms

Gonna be a monster hit. Good to see cherished IP like this done the justice it deserves

 

[Crayon]

The online protest did not work out to well. The problem is that pennies of your purchase are actually going into rowling's pocket. Making this mountain out of that molehill is the very picture of hysteria. You can't get anything done like that.

 

[Freeman76]

The nutcases who've railed against it in their bizarre crusade have been shown just nutty and/or irrelevant most people think they are.

The sad thing is, they havent at all. They will just rally even more with the mindset that they have harder work to do than first thought. Those people are so far removed from reality there is rarely any going back. They are in the band they're in mainly due to lack of self awareness and no ability or desire to self reflect. Lost souls man.

 

[StueyDuck]

Pop the champagne now the party starts

 

[ManaByte]

If WB runs a Super Bowl ad, it's over.

 

[SegaManAU]

Installing as I type! Can't wait until the kids are in bed so I can play in peace!

 

[SegaManAU]

The Queen acknowledges

 

[hemo memo]

The Twitch hunt didn't work out huh? Lol

 

[LaughingStock]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....

Game of the year

 

[Dynasty8]

Streisand effect?

Big time.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I learned that last year reading Mein Kampf… another example of why cancel culture is wrong.

 

[MOTM]

$10 early access is actually a pretty genius way to earn some extra money. I can imagine a lot of day 1 buyers going for it.

MS did it with FH5 if I'm not mistaken. Had 1 million people in early access.

 

[GymWolf]

So many people failed the test...

 

[TLZ]

I wonder how long people (and the other forum) will keep 'ignoring' this game that is surely a strong GOTY candidate.
I bet it will be less than one month until everyone give in.

Ignoring it my ass. I bet they're all playing it in secret.

 

[TLZ]

The REeee tears must be flowing on biblical proportions

Cry me a reeeeeeverrrrr.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Good game. Great work by the devs. Looks like it's being rewarded for the hard work.

 

[OuterLimits]

Smug.

In all seriousness though I hope all the ones believing in woman's rights, family values or whatever it is they believe in take example from this ladies unshakable will. You can only be cancelled if you allow it.

An ideology can only be removed from society by a second ideology with equal or greater force to replace it.. I learned that last year reading Mein Kampf… another example of why cancel culture is wrong. Information is important and to be learned from no matter the original source.

A little off topic but who knows maybe this little bit of news with Hogwarts Legacy could be showing that history might decide to start swinging the other way soon, and hopefully not as psychotic or extreme as the one before it.

The pendulum always swings. Sadly, the time in the middle(sanity) is often way too short lived between two extremes.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Good games always win.

 

[John Wick]

Dang, held it too long.

Anyway big news, and I'm sure it's making a lot of salty people really mad to see this game do well.

VERY MAD.

Amen to that!

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Good games always win.

It should not pass unnoticed that ultimately this victory was won by the game actually being good.

If the game had ended up being bad, things might have turned out very very diffierently.

 

[SCB3]

See that boycott is going super well

 

[D23]

ppl that boycott this game, are they going to boycott universal studios/universal as well? Since Jk rowling gets royalty from the harry potter land at universal studios! Curios

 

[Loomy]

Let's be realistic here. The number of people boycotting this game and those counter protesting the..boycott(?) pale in comparison to the sheer size of the Harry Potter fanbase, most of whom couldn't care less about any of this and have been hungry for good Harry Potter content since the movies started dropping the ball hard after Deathly Hallows Part 2.

This game is going to sell like gangbusters, and people are going to attribute it to one camp or the other when the reality is that Harry Potter has a huge fanbase.

 

[hemo memo]

Let's be realistic here. The number of people boycotting this game and those counter protesting the..boycott(?) pale in comparison to the sheer size of the Harry Potter fanbase, most of whom couldn't care less about any of this and have been hungry for good Harry Potter content since the movies started dropping the ball hard after Deathly Hallows Part 2.

This game is going to sell like gangbusters, and people are going to attribute it to one camp or the other when the reality is that Harry Potter has a huge fanbase.

Just because it is a game from a popular franchise doesn't mean a guaranteed success. A lot of factors led to the game success most a great game over all. What is funny is that one of the factors that led to the success is people who would never checked out the game if it not for the calls for boycotts. So in a way they participated in the game success.

 

[JimmyRustler]

Let's be realistic here. The number of people boycotting this game and those counter protesting the..boycott(?) pale in comparison to the sheer size of the Harry Potter fanbase, most of whom couldn't care less about any of this and have been hungry for good Harry Potter content since the movies started dropping the ball hard after Deathly Hallows Part 2.

This game is going to sell like gangbusters, and people are going to attribute it to one camp or the other when the reality is that Harry Potter has a huge fanbase.

The francise itself is not a guarantee for success. See Fantastic Beasts.

 

[Flintty]

The funniest part is I reckon those boycotting this game have just ended up giving the game more attention, views and sales.

Yep. The Streisand Effect in full flow here, and I love it.