What I'm trying to say is a consistently off-beat weirdo-looking inhumanity can work as a style, but one level that looks like 2004 video game incarnate and then another half dozen levels that are just Nintendo-ass Nintendo don't amount to a singular thing.
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What I'm trying to say is a consistently off-beat weirdo-looking inhumanity can work as a style, but one level that looks like 2004 video game incarnate and then another half dozen levels that are just Nintendo-ass Nintendo don't amount to a singular thing.
Yakuza might be a little too realistic for them to consider as style, especially when their previous picks have always leaned towards the more artsy stuff.
And it's kind of unfair because it's Japan style, but while the 80's-ness comes across, it doesn't come across as complete 80's-ness as Westerners would appreciate it. To be blunt, if it had more neon and shoulder pads and synth music, it probably would land like that, even if it was untrue to Yakuza.
BreezyLimbo
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The crew would hate the faux 80s music/style if done in a western style for yakuza.
But Yakuza has those three things
Maybe, but I'm pretty sure the duders appreciate Yakuza at least pseudo-ironically.
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I mean if you follow down my path of ruin it'll be more than two pairs sooner or later.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
If anyone actually plays it.
So it's the hipster GotY?
NumberThree
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Even if every member of Giant Bomb was forced to play through Prey it wouldn't make it in the site's top 10.
Yeah, and Skyrim won GotY 2011. Their taste is confirmed bad.
Destiny made top 10 in 2014 and Wolfenstein The New Order didn't even make the list.
No matter what reality says, Jeff will never allow Red Dead Redemption to be GotG.
Undertale got shafted for best OST
etc etc
I think on the list of P-games Vinny needs to play, Prey ain't at the top.
NumberThree
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That's what I mean. Prey is up there on my personal list, but I don't expect anyone from Giant Bomb to like it.
What if it's just you going blind
Four episodes into Twin Peaks season 3 and I'm glad I caught up into the only thing I sorta got spoiled on, which in passing looked like
And that's a real fucking sentence that can be applied to this shit. Fuck.
If it has, you wouldn't be able to even get on here and post, unless you're doing that on a different machine.
Edit: I think Giant Bomb will like Prey, and they'll get it, but they won't push for it. Without shitting on the crew, it's a bit too cerebral for them writ large. It'll end up somewhere between 7-10 on the overall list at the end of the year. Someone bet me on this.
a woman in a dress on top of a space theremin.
If it has, you wouldn't be able to even get on here and post, unless you're doing that on a different machine.
Edit: I think Giant Bomb will like Prey, and they'll get it, but they won't push for it. Without shitting on the crew, it's a bit too cerebral for them writ large. It'll end up somewhere between 7-10 on the overall list at the end of the year. Someone bet me on this.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Nobody will play it. It has zero chance of even being mentioned during the Goty talks outside of a "So, how was Prey?" followed by a "It was alright I guess" from Dan and silence from everybody else.
I just bought it btw, excited to dive in
ElectronicOldMen
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I haven't played Horizon yet but everything I've seen of it makes it look like the most 2017-AAA-western-open-world-game-ass 2017 AAA western open world game, to a fault and then some. Like they were terrified of the idea of putting any mechanic in it which hadn't already been in at least 3 Assassin's Creed games.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Horizon is alright once you learn that you need a more mobile hero. Point B is a bitch to defend though.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I think purely mentioning "crafting" is enough nowadays to kill my interest in a game.
Kneedeep in Reality
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Yup, if it doesn't, might as well just throw the whole category out.
The actual shooting is unfun
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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So I bought Horizon at launch, played past the opening area, and traded it in. My criticisms at the time mirrored what you're saying here.
I've since rebought the game on a whim to give it more of a chance and I'm definitely enjoying it now. That said, everything you're saying is still applicable, but with two notable standouts:
1. The annoying aspects of those games are streamlined in Horizon and are actually fun in some ways.
2. The characters and story have this weird vibe to them that I feel go against a mainstream AAA video game. Nothing is immediately forgettable or downright bland.
Edit: On the subject of Prey I thoroughly enjoyed it outside of the terrible PS4 control issues and the horrendous load times.
Also the best game this year is Yakuza 0 without a doubt. I can't imagine anything in the second half topping it.
And the lame aliens are lame
MassiveNights
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ITT acting like Horizon is a bad game.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Yeah that's crazy now that I've put a ton of time into it. The visuals and combat are likely the best in the genre.
MontyBrown
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Horizon is a really refined and fun Ubisoft open world style game.
But it's still an Ubisoft open world style game.
But it's still an Ubisoft open world style game.
Horizon was amazing and I can't wait to play the DLC.
I dunno why this is considered a negative.
I dunno why this is considered a negative.
NumberThree
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MontyBrown
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Because it's game design by committee. So safe and dull.
No shit? Same reasoning can be applied to any other game.
I still enjoy them and will continue to play them. Not every game needs to be super daring to be enjoyable.
MontyBrown
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Some people really enjoy that style of game especially when they don't have to deal with the Ubisoft jank and framerate problems. Not to mention the story is super good sci-fi.
So I should buy Wildlands?
Maybe if you have friends to play with since the game is basically brain dead easy with AI companions.
BotW was a nice change of pace. Mario Odyssey is considered a sandbox game so we'll see how that pans out. RDR2 next year. Plenty to look forward to.
NumberThree
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If you have co-op friends sure. Doesn't seem like a worthwhile single player gameSo I should buy Wildlands?
JustSurvive
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Because the correct answer is Burnout Paradise.
Pretty much, it's a lot like Dishonored 2 in that regard, in that it's strengths shine more if you really dig in and, no offense, most of the GB guys aren't exactly the most patient people in the world. So unless like with Hitman they happen to come back around to it by random chance or on someone else's recommendation they'll probably just forget about it.
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