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[Banjo64]

Compulsion Games are working with Sweet Baby Inc, they were on the list of approved clients.

 

[Calverz]

It looks like the type of game that was coming out every week in the ps2 era. Shadowman and American McGee Alice type of shit. Not necessarily a bad thing but idk how you were blown away by that showing unless you work for Sweet Baby Inc.

exactly what I thought watching. I remember loads of games like this during ps2, gamecube and Xbox era.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Ok I rewatched the trailer after reading this. In conference it looked rough.

Still don’t see it. There is potential, sure. There were pathways that weren’t explored. Game could be exploration focused. Which could be amazing.

But it wasn’t shown in the trailer.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Looked like a poor mans Beyond good and Evil.

 

[Toots]

If it's on par with Kena quality and price wise it will be a treat.

I hope the devs did not forget to include Pierre Saint Pierre and Chance Boudreaux in their retelling of cajun mythos

 

[Punished Miku]

Didnt know it was Olivier. One of the best composers in the business. Streets of Rage 4, Plague Tale, Remember Me.

 

[hemo memo]

He described it as "fresh"? Nothing about that gameplay we saw is unique.

 

[KungFucius]

Looked like Forspoken 2.0 to me, but I’d be happy to be proven wrong of course.

Not that I’d buy it either way.

I ain't buyin' it eitha. That is what gamepass is for. Looks good enough to play for an hour or 2 before work.

 

[yazenov]

The game looks like a lower-budget Forspoken DEI trash for modern audiences.

 

[TheGodfather07]

That stop motion crap kills it for me. How can anyone play this without triggering a migraine?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Just looks like Microsofts Kena to me. :/

If it was close to as good as Beyond Good and Evil I would lose my shiz.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Yeah, I'm from South Louisiana. Simply not true. I've never seen a actual creole in the bayou. I have seen many of other racees that have lived there generations that have become cajunized culturally and language wise.

Sounds like you shouid visit the bayou more. I’ve seen creoles of color there.

 

[Majukun]

nothing i saw in the gameplay made me excited about the game...and can't say I am a fan of the cutscene with less frames (for some reason)

 

[rickybooby87]

They lost me at SBI and Claymation.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Games are back, baby!

Sweet Baby. Fuck this DEI poster game.

 

[GymWolf]

That stop motion crap kills it for me. How can anyone play this without triggering a migraine?

I legit have no idea.

I guess it's like stroboscopic lights, some people get a seizure some people could not give less fucks

 

[Team Andromeda]

I think its a little woke nonsense, but the game looks so good in the gameplay sections. Its looks lovely and a game I want to play

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

You should at the very least read the article, or the paragraphs I've copied in the OP, before posting.

Western games journalists are so bad now I nope out when I read their clickbaity titles, more often than not. Unless it's from a writer I know is quality.

Exactly. For those that just read the title, they're saying Astrobot and South of Midnight give them home when most games are gaas or uninspired sequels.

Well fine that's good, but why didn't the article headline mention Astro Bot in there as well? Not really my fault for assuming it was a fluff piece going by the title, the website, and the timing right after the Xbox Showcase

Is it really a flex to use childish console warrior language like “Xcuckery” and then post a picture where a journalist has blocked you on twitter because you play console warrior there, too? Jesus I will never understand the mentality.

I barely ever responded to or retweeted Tassi's stuff on Twitter. He got anal about everyone calling him out for a clickbait article headline he had written. I said it was bad journalism. He blocked me.

So yeah, this one is a badge of honor.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Didnt know it was Olivier. One of the best composers in the business. Streets of Rage 4, Plague Tale, Remember Me.

Alone In The Dark

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Didnt know it was Olivier. One of the best composers in the business. Streets of Rage 4, Plague Tale, Remember Me.

Don't forget Dying Light 2 which (despite what some think of the gameplay) had an amazing sound track. I love his work so much.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

So yeah, this one is a badge of honor.

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

Cajuns live in the bayou, not Creoles and Cajuns are entirely white. Cajuns were the and still are the poor marginalized minority that lived in the bayou. Creoles are of mixed European and African and Caribbean ancestry and are affluent and wealthy historically and heavily Metropolitan in culture. They wouldn't be caught dead in a swamp. This game is an attempt by people with little understanding of Cajun and creole cultures and the nuances and differences between them throwing a blanket over both.

Have you never watched Eve's Bayou? Not all Creoles had/have lavish lives.

Also yes I know that's a film, but they did base it off a lot of research of the area and lifestyles there. I think it was a period piece of sorts, tho.

Compulsion Games are working with Sweet Baby Inc, they were on the list of approved clients.

That is the only truly unfortunate part about this game.

Or any game where SBI are involved, honestly.

 

[SHA]

Xbox’s ‘South Of Midnight’ Is Renewing My Faith In Video Games

The 2024 Xbox Games Showcase presented a huge turnaround for the Xbox brand, and one of the critical standouts was Compulsion's Southern Gothic ode to spooky healing.

www.forbes.com

More in the link.

Is that 30 fps game what Phil Spencer meant by creative choice?

 

[semiconscious]

It looks like the type of game that was coming out every week in the ps2 era. Shadowman and American McGee Alice type of shit. Not necessarily a bad thing but idk how you were blown away by that showing unless you work for Sweet Baby Inc.

someone had to remind us. great post!...

i'm fine with this game, just as i was with all those similar ones back then. it's this blatant promotional effort attempting to convince us that we're witnessing something extraordinary that i find kinda repulsive, particularly when it's attempting to pass itself off as 'game journalism'...

 

[DeepEnigma]

Imaging simping for Paul Tassi.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Imaging simping for Paul Tassi.

Don’t know who he is. But I’m sure you do.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Don’t know who he is. But I’m sure you do.

Of course. A segment love sharing his click-bait commissioned pieces on Gaf.