The Saint
Member
At least Andromeda had the bitch with the crazy tits...
Creepy. I have seen waterbeds that don't move around that much.
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Creepy. I have seen waterbeds that don't move around that much.
simpatico
Member
My backyard neighbors had this on a VHS. Quality flick. What happened to the people who were flexing on the chuds in this thread when early review scores came out? Before anyone actually read the text of a thorough one. Man they were really living it up.This must be where they got it from.
ikbalCO
Member
These people dont have actual friends? Whom they can sit on the couch and play fifa all day, fuck around, go get a drink etc?Polygon chimes in
Wtf is a friend group simulator? Brother you can have like an actual friend group. Call some guys from high school, play cod with your coleagues. You live in like a real world…
Alebrije
Gold Member
The older You get the less time for.crap You have, it's like your brain tells You , don't waste time disscussing You know the outcone, or maybe You brain tells You " hey You, You are gonna die sonner Than 10 years ago, don't waste time on crap , use it on better stuff.
So there are at least two better options , BG 3 and Dragons Dogma2 . Even DD2 has better narrative. Or if You like more serious stuff Kingdom Come is good.
Games whit deep narrative storytelling need well witers but it seems developers like Bioware and Bethesda hired students to write dialogs. Those games depend of good narrative to inmerse players on the lore and how your actions affect the story , allys, foes..etc. if the story and dialogs are weak the Game fails.
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DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Damn, SkillUp’s review has 1.2M views on YouTube, that really blew up. That’s like 2-3x what most of their other review videos get total.
Kacho
Gold Member
IGN has 350k for comparison, along with 43k dislikes.
Skill Ups review is going to have a massive impact on the games' sales potential. His line about HR being in the room will live on forever.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
A campaign will target him soon.
Kacho
Gold Member
Maybe. But the narrative is completely out of EAs hands at this point. They've lost all control, even with the big outlets on their side.
This video from Fextralife has more views than IGNs review. People aren't listening to them.
lmimmfn
Member
That shit makes me hate it more.Polygon chimes in
thegame983
Member
Skill up allegedly spotted at Madison Square Garden the other night.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Based.
Dusktildawn48
Member
Is the non binary trans crap forced into the main story? Or side quests? I haven't paid attention to anything on this game.
JayK47
Member
If you are thinking of buying this game, you owe it to yourself to check out the Skill Up review. I watched a part of it and it is clear Bioware has lost almost all talent. The characters do look awful and expressionless. To think some reviewers gave this a 10/10. That disqualifies them from being a reviewer. The more I look at this, the more it looks like a whole different game that was reskinned to be Dragon Age at the 11th hour.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Looks like a retconned mobile game.
Hrk69
Gold Member
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FunkMiller
Gold Member
He is very much a dude.
Ha ha. No. No, no, no. Ralph is most definitely not a Trump guy
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Vroadstar
Member
Polygon chimes in
It's a friend group simulator that you can get bi....
Calico345
Gold Member
At least Andromeda had the bitch with the crazy tits...
That's hawt
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Calico345
Gold Member
I'm about 20 minutes into SkillUp's review. This will be a deep sale for me. It is sad how terrible Western devs are at making games these days. It's generational and societal at this point. The nuanced creatives are all gone from previous generations, and any young people who might want to make the same entertainment media as the lates and greats will sadly be stifled in pursuit of "modern audiences" that don't exist and chasing financial trends.
RickSanchez
Member
Probably because it is very rare that he absolutely tears a new asshole into a seemingly popular game/franchise like this. Which is what he did for this. It is also rare that his opinion is opposite to the majority of other review outlets, which has again happened here.
Also because his review stands as proof that you can criticize something for its genuine shortcomings without getting political. He never mentions DEI once. But he mentions how all the writing is so totally safe and non-offensive to the point of being completely boring, which is an absolutely fair thing to criticize. Now if the defenders of the game complain that those who did not like the game are racists/bigots/whatever, you can simply point to SkillUp's video.
I was particularly horrified by the awful facial animations and the non-existent lip sync. When SkillUp shows how Dragon Age Inquisition did it better 10 years ago, i laughed out loud.
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Calico345
Gold Member
There is a lot of content in this thread and I have admittedly not read every single page and post. Are there any reviews that are appropriately critical but still like the game? SkillUp mentions seeking out positive reviews in contrast to the critical ones, but I want to see one without the sociopolitical agenda point of view. Is there a reasonable reviewer out there who acknowledges all of the game's shortcomings but still finds enough positives to enjoy the game? I'd like to watch that if it exists.
xenosys
Neo Member
Another game he absolutely torched last year.
Superkewl
Member
March Climber
Gold Member
If Bloodworth or Damiani from Easy Allies manages to play this game, you will get your answer in a lengthy impressions video + podcast talk + short review.
Bloodworth might actually review it because he was the main one playing it at most preview events, and he normally doesn’t pull punches in what he doesn’t like because he is very direct and matter-of-fact about games.
Damiani can be harsh as well if anything annoys him. He usually points out issues pretty well with RPGs.
Raven117
Member
DJTaurus
Member
I cant understand that guy. 1 year ago he was bashing on Elon and left twitter.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
It's horseshit. He's not a Trump supporter.
I don't know why, but some people feel the need to claim public figures as one of their own when they happen to agree on one topic. I remember when SkillUp was a scumbag around here for some people just because he didn't review Hogwarts.
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PeteBull
Member
DA:I sold 12m copies so u can imagine how nasty this new one gonna flop soonI was reading the transcription of EA's investor meeting and between the lines it seems they have huge expectations towards Veilguard. Lol
Dragon Age: Inquisition slays sales records and stuns EA
Dragon Age: Inquisition exceeds 12 million sales, surprising EA and cementing its legacy in the RPG genre.
Dazraell
Member
This sequel was also in development since 2015, at least according to some reports and started over from scratch multiple times. So yeah, I can't see it reaching the same level of success and recouping costs they pumped to it over years. It'll probably have moderate sales that will be well below EA's sales projectionsDA:I sold 12m copies so u can imagine how nasty this new one gonna flop soon
Dragon Age: Inquisition slays sales records and stuns EA
Dragon Age: Inquisition exceeds 12 million sales, surprising EA and cementing its legacy in the RPG genre.spilled.gg
Guileless
Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
Polygon chimes in
That is really depressing.
Jaybe
Gold Member
I watched that video this morning, just digusting how EA & BioWare chose who to release a review copy to based on how the content creator covered the preview in an attempt to bump up review scores. The fact that over a day after embargo there is only 51 reviews on Metacritic shows how obvious scheme this was. Larger titles like FF7:Rebirth and Spider-man 2 had 100+ reviews within 24 hours of their embargos. Embarrassing, and I’m glad EA & BioWare are being called out on it by channels with bigger reach than most “game journalists”.
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Dazraell
Member
My theory was they did it to minimise the risk of potential shitstorm impacting their investor call which was yesterday. Wilson gloated over these reviews there. This is the perfect scheme tbh as outlets who were denied the key will be able to publish their reviews week later and people who are encouraged with glowing reviews will just buy it before Metascore will start changing. Some will definitely enjoy it, but I'm quite certain there will be also some who will be pissed they got duped like that
midasmulligan
Member
Morts always been a mile wide and inch deep, largely driven by the pace of his output and 100% completion target. Downside is he never has time, or desire, to really drill down on any particular mechanic.
Shake Your Rump
Gold Member
I was browsing resetera and came across their review thread. Apparently SkillUp is “banned” there. Not formally banned, just some sort of agreement that no one will post his content.
Is there something more to this, or is it just them not wanting to be exposed to differing opinions?
Is there something more to this, or is it just them not wanting to be exposed to differing opinions?
Sonik
Member
The NPCs from corporate marketing departments fucking love pushing for the latest fashionable marketing buzzwords, I wouldn't be surprised if the reviewers were asked from EA and Activision to add certain phrases to their reviews, they're corrupt af anyway
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
CloudShiner
Member
Common practice there, you should have seen the list of banned users when hogwarts was out.
Zero freedom of speech there.
Dazraell
Member
I loved Asmon's reaction when he stumbled on a comment where someone said he will be tearing this game apart the moment he will be unbanned lol
Already posted and fextralife sucks. Fuck em.
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Dazraell
Member
Bald man is gonna farm the shit out content with this game lolHe said he's buying it. Can't wait for the weekend updates
