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[SLB1904]

What about all the other exclusives? Your theory doesn't hold up.

Who hurt you?

 

[Silent Viper]

Developers are compensated for putting games on Game pass. Do you honestly think games on the service aren't paid for? In the case of Arkane those guys are on MS payroll. I am pretty confident they aren't working for free.

Seriously. People believe devs are stupid and will put games for free on GP.



And Arkane its MS own studios. They get salary from MS like every other employee who works at MS lol. Why they worried about Arkane getting paid lol

 

[Paasei]

Jesus! These numbers are gooooood. I want it.

 

[balls of snow]

So much winning for people who have both consoles this year. Sony dominating with Ratchet, Returnal, Deathloop combo. Ms dominating the holidays with Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

So much winning for people who have both consoles this year. Sony dominating with Ratchet, Returnal, Deathloop combo. Ms dominating the holidays with Forza Horizon 5 and Halo Infinite.

while it could be true, a little premature to count our chickens before they hatch

 

[Punished Miku]

while it could be true, a little premature to count our chickens before they hatch

I 100% read that one in the Sawyer voice.

 

[Corgi1985]

Another Arkane masterpiece that nobody will play.

 

[SquillieDee]

Oh OK because you subjectively think a game that is also on PS5 and not even a true next gen game is GOTY, that means PS5 isn't objectively better at the moment despite having R&C, Returnal, Spiderman, and amazing next gen upgrades to games like Tsushima and FF7.

Who was the person who didn't understand objectivity again? Me?!

Spiderman is cross gen...

 

[breakfuss]

Who hurt you?

I simply asked you to explain the countless other exclusives, on both consoles, without critic/user score disparities. You're the one in here making dubious claims and acting weird.

 

[LectureMaster]

Woa a magnificent 90!

Arkane is my personal top rated studio but didn't expect Deathloop to be this high in review.

Might consider buying it sooner.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Woa a magnificent 90!

Arkane is my personal top rated studio but didn't expect Deathloop to be this high in review.

Might consider buying it sooner.

It's 88 on all aggregators now.

 

[SLB1904]

I simply asked you to explain the countless other exclusives, on both consoles, without critic/user score disparities. You're the one in here making dubious claims and acting weird.

If the game is popular people will review bomb. If not they don't bother simple as that. Unless 0/10 and 10/10 spamming is what you count. Good for you.
Anyway botton lime users reviews is irrelevant

 

[Rick Dangerous]

Wow, Stellar reviews!
Don't have a ps5 yet, so...

 

[Zones]

GUYS!

I have never seen Xbox fanboys so truly excited over a PlayStation console exclusive reviewing well.

This is a truly watershed moment in gaming.

Have we all finally beat the console war?

 

[SLB1904]

Another Arkane masterpiece that nobody will play.

 

[Negotiator101]

Always thought this looked good, yet on Gaf it was discounted before it even released, glad it proved all the naysayers wrong, nice timed console exclusive for PS as well!

 

[GhostOfTsu]

Another great PS5 exclusive! Sony knew they had something special. They never miss

 

[SLB1904]

Another great PS5 exclusive! Sony knew they had something special. They never miss

Yep they are on point

 

[Lanrutcon]

Watched the GManLives review, and it pretty much said it all. Looks fun, just not full priced fun.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Another great PS5 exclusive! Sony knew they had something special. They never miss

imagine what Starfield must be like, they were supposedly putting the big bucks down on that. Enough to make ms buy the whole damn company.

Didnt think I would be doing this but I’m buying the game. Crazy turn of events.

 

[dEvAnGeL]

You can't make this shit up, one of Microsoft studios highest reviewed game is a Play Station console exclusive...

 

[Little Mac]

Shocked it turned out this highly rated. I always thought it looked kinda meh. Regardless, I can wait a year for xbox game pass. Good job, Arkane!

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Another Arkane masterpiece that nobody will play.

Believe it or not, Microsoft's purchase of them has only increased the visibility of their games, so everybody wins.

 

[SLB1904]

Believe it or not, Microsoft's purchase of them has only increased the visibility of their games, so everybody wins.

that makes no sense lmfao

 

[Andodalf]

Believe it or not, Microsoft's purchase of them has only increased the visibility of their games, so everybody wins.

When the game hits Gamepass it’ll reach a larger audience than it ever does on PS

 

[Little Chicken]

I wonder if MS will continue to work on the game for the Game Pass launch next year.

 

[LordBlodgett]

343 black spot in Xbox family. Child that brought nothing but shame to family. I just want 343 to go away and take Halo with them. XBOX have other studios and IPs now. Dont need Halo.

Nah, I don't think I can handle the Halo multiplayer withdrawals I'll have if that happens

 

[SenjutsuSage]

that makes no sense lmfao

So you're telling me since Microsoft bought Bethesda many more people aren't paying attention to, arguing, talking about any and everything out of Bethesda that isn't a or next gen upgrade? Be real. Even you don't believe what you're saying if you try to deny that is the case.

 

[SLB1904]

So you're telling me since Microsoft bought Bethesda many more people aren't paying attention to, arguing, talking about any and everything out of Bethesda that isn't a or next gen upgrade? Be real. Even you don't believe what you're saying if you try to deny that is the case.

whos people are you talking about? your forum dwellers? wake up dude. no one gives a shit. for the average joe nothing changed

 

[Karak]

Karak said the game was surprisingly easy, but I'm not sure if he was speaking to combat specifically or the total package.

The puzzle? There are a couple of of cypher puzzles but those aren't hard. If this is in regards to the story? Not its not a puzzle its a story and its explained though it does have a good couple twists for sure.

 

[SenjutsuSage]

whos people are you talking about? your forum dwellers? wake up dude. no one gives a shit. for the average joe nothing changed

Even amongst hardcore gamers, not enough people bought Arkane's amazing games. That has changed because they, their games, and just about everything new out of Bethesda is now the subject of console war arguments.

Arkane's stuff was largely missed and underappreciated even amongst the hardcore gaming crowd. Many have only just now experienced how good the new Prey was. Many are only just now going back and trying the Dishonored titles. Many are only just now appreciating how good the Wolfenstein games are by MachineGames. Acquisitions, believe it or not, do raise a developer's profile and anticipation for their next thing. It has always worked that way. Let's not pretend like it doesn't.

You think there would be as much hype and attention and focus around Deathloop were it not for

#1 Sony getting it as an exclusive
#2 Microsoft buying Zenimax and Bethesda and now owning Deathloop, Arkane and every other IP and studio under the Bethesda umbrella.

If none of those two things take place and Deathloop is just a multi-platform release, do you think there's as much passion around the game as there now is? I'm not saying the quality of the game changes, but the Playstation exclusive deal along with the Bethesda purchase by Microsoft has only risen the profile significantly of games such as this.

 

[freefornow]

I wonder if MS will continue to work on the game for the Game Pass launch next year.

Playstation players are exclusive beta testers for Gamepass releases.
IGN will give this an 11/10 when it comes to GP.

 

[MaKTaiL]

So, none of the reviews I’ve read so far have answered my fundamental question.

Is the puzzle hard? Is it a brain teaser to work out how to kill everyone?

Or, alternatively, is it actually quite obvious, you just need to spend a bit of time grinding up weapons and visiting each area?

It's not hard, it's very intuitive and the hints are additive. There is a flow and a narrative structure to follow. As a fan of Hitman I'm REALLY enjoying it and I think it might be my personal GOTY.

 

[Badlucktroll]

Microsoft should just end the console war by putting game pass on playstation and switch.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I dont think this or or ghostwire will be day 1 on gamepass if the leaked RE8 marketing deal is anything to go by

 

[SLB1904]

Even amongst hardcore gamers, not enough people bought Arkane's amazing games. That has changed because they, their games, and just about everything new out of Bethesda is now the subject of console war arguments.

Arkane's stuff was largely missed and underappreciated even amongst the hardcore gaming crowd. Many have only just now experienced how good the new Prey was. Many are only just now going back and trying the Dishonored titles. Many are only just now appreciating how good the Wolfenstein games are by MachineGames. Acquisitions, believe it or not, do raise a developer's profile and anticipation for their next thing. It has always worked that way. Let's not pretend like it doesn't.

You think there would be as much hype and attention and focus around Deathloop were it not for

#1 Sony getting it as an exclusive
#2 Microsoft buying Zenimax and Bethesda and now owning Deathloop, Arkane and every other IP and studio under the Bethesda umbrella.

If none of those two things take place and Deathloop is just a multi-platform release, do you think there's as much passion around the game as there now is? I'm not saying the quality of the game changes, but the Playstation exclusive deal along with the Bethesda purchase by Microsoft has only risen the profile significantly of games such as this.

you are projecting hard.
i don't know who these hardcore gamers you talking about.
you know how many hardcore gamers? couple hundreds at best? bethesda games didnt sell 5mil or 10mil but at least 2 or 3mil must have sold. do you know these people?
you are in a bubble and thats it. you have no idea how big is the gaming community is. and I'm pretty sure casuals barely know who make their games let alone who Bethesda is
why do you think they put ''from the creators of X game in trailers?''

if this game wasn't getting good scores no one would give a shit simple as that

 

[dcmk7]

Trailers had put me off but after seeing these scores decided to take a punt on this.

 

[Sosokrates]

Budgets are made way earlier in development, so both of you are wrong. It's not like Arkane has to wait for a check from either Zenimax or MS to clear every month lol.

Well we dont know how Microsofts and zenimaxs payroll systems are set up, but Arkane lyon has still had expenses since the ms acquisition and the money is Microsofts regardless of which account its coming from.
If the budget was allocated at the start of development its not all allocated in one go, and as soon as ms aquired zenimax those allocated assets became Microsofts.

 

[breakfuss]

Even amongst hardcore gamers, not enough people bought Arkane's amazing games. That has changed because they, their games, and just about everything new out of Bethesda is now the subject of console war arguments.

Arkane's stuff was largely missed and underappreciated even amongst the hardcore gaming crowd. Many have only just now experienced how good the new Prey was. Many are only just now going back and trying the Dishonored titles. Many are only just now appreciating how good the Wolfenstein games are by MachineGames. Acquisitions, believe it or not, do raise a developer's profile and anticipation for their next thing. It has always worked that way. Let's not pretend like it doesn't.

You think there would be as much hype and attention and focus around Deathloop were it not for

#1 Sony getting it as an exclusive
#2 Microsoft buying Zenimax and Bethesda and now owning Deathloop, Arkane and every other IP and studio under the Bethesda umbrella.

If none of those two things take place and Deathloop is just a multi-platform release, do you think there's as much passion around the game as there now is? I'm not saying the quality of the game changes, but the Playstation exclusive deal along with the Bethesda purchase by Microsoft has only risen the profile significantly of games such as this.

It does make you wonder. Deathloop reviews are in line with every Arkane title before it.

 

[bender]

I wonder

The puzzle? There are a couple of of cypher puzzles but those aren't hard. If this is in regards to the story? Not its not a puzzle its a story and its explained though it does have a good couple twists for sure.

Is the only challenge in the game the red phantom/invader (sorry, forgot her name)?

 

[rapid32.5]

Pleasently surprised by the reviews can't wait to play it on GamePass.

 

[Pedro Motta]

It's very hard for me to believe reviews these days. I've watched several streamers play and other gameplay videos, and game is a snooze fest, so bland and boring. I really don't get it.

 

[Corgi1985]

Playstation players are exclusive beta testers for Gamepass releases.
IGN will give this an 11/10 when it comes to GP.

11/10 is reserved for shitty pokemon games

 

[MaKTaiL]

It's very hard for me to believe reviews these days. I've watched several streamers play and other gameplay videos, and game is a snooze fest, so bland and boring. I really don't get it.

There is your problem right there.

 

[Phase]

There is your problem right there.

Unless you pirate it, watching gameplay is the best way to see how it plays before you buy.

 

[JayK47]

Oh wow, it is on Steam. So surprising these days to see a game on my favorite system. Glad it is reviewing well, even though I doubt anybody would be willing to review it poorly.

 

[Pedro Motta]

There is your problem right there.

Why?

 

[TintoConCasera]

There is your problem right there.

Watching the game, even if played by someone else, is far better than trusting review scores.

 

[Captain Toad]

GUYS!

I have never seen Xbox fanboys so truly excited over a PlayStation console exclusive reviewing well.

This is a truly watershed moment in gaming.

Have we all finally beat the console war?

As soon as one of them can say something positive without the word "GamePass" in their post, I'll believe it.

 

[noise36]

I have never seen Xbox fanboys so truly excited over a PlayStation console exclusive reviewing well.

I guess people are just happy that MS studios have quality output in the wild, a good sign for the future considering the amount of studios they have working on games.