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[proandrad]

I'm going to play because I like the first game, but I hate how the MC's face looks like she has Bell's palsy. Looking like Jim Ross.

 

[Pantz]

Wish Ms. Yotei looked more like this. You could even go more mature or more plain looking. No need to make her as sexualized as Eve or Wu-Chang. The actress they went with though, is just so fugly. I don't want to help her character achieve her goals or get her revenge.

 

[GymWolf]

Dude could fill a stadium just from sony portfolio

 

[Signalis]

That wuchang character is so whore'd up it looks retarded.

Can't wait to play it, whoring around etc. Can't wait

 

[GymWolf]

For me it's not even the drama around DEI. I genuinely don't care about that. It's more that it "looks" like ubislop. The deep dive didn't do any favors. The combat looks generic and I hate the way these types of games just have 4-5 enemies, but only 1 is actively engaging in combat while the rest stand around and watch. It's boring. People can claim all they want that this is better than Ubislop, and maybe they're right, but the problem is it looks like it. I just can't waste my time or money on it.

Other than graphic, shadows is kinda of a mid ass game, being slightly better than ubislop is not the high praise you think it is

It's like saying that a stealth game has better stealth than sw outlaws at launch, not much of a praise at all.

So yeah, don't put much weight on the sdf trying to shit on shadows to praise sushima\yotei

 

[Mortisfacio]

Other than graphic, shadows is kinda of a mid ass game, being slightly better than ubislop is not the high praise you think it is

I never said it was high praise. Others can think it's high praise, but I personally think Ghost looks on par with Ubislop as far as gameplay goes.

 

[Hudo]

Do the boobs jiggle? Otherwise, what the fuck are we even doing?

 

[Kupfer]

IDK if its just feeling burnt out on the setting, them not marketing the game well, having doubts it will be improved over part 1, and suffering from boredom of yet another she-quel. Sucker Punch deservers the hype and they never disappoint. Yet i feel meh about this game.. anyone else in the same boat?

I platinumed GoT, played it a ton, but have no interest in this sequel and plan on skipping it.

Same for me, platinumed GoT but I didn't felt like it was a masterpiece. Was fun, though I don't need another 50 hours of it.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Wish Ms. Yotei looked more like this. You could even go more mature or more plain looking. No need to make her as sexualized as Eve or Wu-Chang. The actress they went with though, is just so fugly. I don't want to help her character achieve her goals or get her revenge.

Ms. Yotei .

 

[powder]

I'm going to play because I like the first game, but I hate how the MC's face looks like she has Bell's palsy. Looking like Jim Ross.

I actually kind of like how she isn't all done up with makeup and shit – she definitely looks more like a real person compared to someone like that character from Stellar Blade.

 

[Windom Earle]

 

[GymWolf]

I never said it was high praise. Others can think it's high praise, but I personally think Ghost looks on par with Ubislop as far as gameplay goes.

Tsushima 1 did SOME things slightly better (and some worse) but yeah, imo it was a 7\10 game at best.

 

[AJUMP23]

Come lay on my couch and we can explore these feelings.

You do not have to be excited to enjoy a video game. Going in level headed might actually give you a greater sense of enjoyment if you like the game.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Samurai, Ninja fatigue. So many of those over the last few years.

 

[analog_future]

An open world Japanese Samurai game was the stuff of dreams when GoT was announced. Fans were begging for a Samurai Assassin's Creed for years at that point.

Since then we've had Ghost of Tsushima, Rise of the Ronin, Assassin's Creed Shadows, and now Ghost of Yotei. Not to mention stuff like new Ninja Gaiden and Onimusha games on the way.


That baseline hype around the novelty of just being set in Feudal Japan is gone now. I still think it'll be a great game, but the freshness of the concept is gone.

 

[Kilau]

I have said this in a few other threads and I stand by it. If TLOU2 never came out the first game would have never been held in such high regard. This time there is none of that and with a woman as the protagonist the anti-woke crowd can't latch on to it as the choice of true gamers.

You should probably stop saying that because it sounds stupid as hell. TLOU was acclaimed by critics and fans at it's release.

 

[NT80]

I'm going to play because I like the first game, but I hate how the MC's face looks like she has Bell's palsy. Looking like Jim Ross.

Must be something to do with the lighting in that particular shot. She looked nowhere near as bad as that in the rest of that trailer.

 

[powder]

This is reductive. Not all gamers want the weeb bait shit. I see Yotei's art direction way more in line with a game like RDR2. I don't remember anyone losing their minds over the female characters in that game.

 

[Windom Earle]

Not all gamers want the weeb bait shit.

That is true, but no gamer wants the Yotai shit.

 

[powder]

That is true, but no gamer wants the Yotai shit.

Yeah you're right, this game is going to sell exactly zero copies.

 

[Woggleman]

You should probably stop saying that because it sounds stupid as hell. TLOU was acclaimed by critics and fans at it's release.

That js TLOU1. I love PT2 but it is divisive and GOT was sort of championed by some as the competitor to root for.

 

[powder]

Fuck outta here – there was a sequel to that game BECAUSE the first one was so successful. I'm not even a huge fan of the series, those are just the facts.

 

[Kilau]

That js TLOU1. I love PT2 but it is divisive and GOT was sort of championed by some as the competitor to root for.

Not sure I understand you. GoT was a non woke competitor to TLOU2?

 

[powder]

That js TLOU1. I love PT2 but it is divisive and GOT was sort of championed by some as the competitor to root for.

How was GOT a competitor in any way to TLOU2? The games have nothing in common. Just because they released so close to each other doesn't mean they were competing. This is just when Sony was actually putting out first party games at a normal clip.

 

[Danjin44]

Again there are much better examples….

Even more recently new game from Game Freak..Beast of Reincarnation.

Heck more realistic character models Onimusha

My issue with how western devs design female characters is they make them look and act like guys and even most of the time they are attracted to other woman like man.....which make me think why bother make female character in first place?

You can make strong female lead without needing to make look or act like a guy.

Balsa from Moribito.

 

[EN250]

Eve's entire design feels more like an over-the-top parody, kind of like Duke Nukem. I just can't take either of them seriously. Even if they would have cast Margot Robbie for the role of Atsu, it wouldn't improve the combat immersion.

How her getting boobs and ass make her a parody? Go to any gym in your city, like everywhere in the world and you'll see the same or more, at this point is like a race to see who's gonna be the first to be able to accentuate her mount of venus to show it to everyone, then bitch about male gaze

 

[Inuteu]

 

[Fake]

 

[Windom Earle]

Yeah you're right, this game is going to sell exactly zero copies.

You are moving goal posts and this will absolutely cost them sales.

 

[Woggleman]

How was GOT a competitor in any way to TLOU2? The games have nothing in common. Just because they released so close to each other doesn't mean they were competing. This is just when Sony was actually putting out first party games at a normal clip.

On the surface it was not but it came out a few weeks after and there were many people who pitted it against TLOU2. Look at any anti'woke YouTube gaming video from that time. There were also many people that GOT did not win GOTY.

 

[IFireflyl]

Do the boobs jiggle? Otherwise, what the fuck are we even doing?

There's nothing to jiggle.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

IDK if its just feeling burnt out on the setting, them not marketing the game well, having doubts it will be improved over part 1, and suffering from boredom of yet another she-quel. Sucker Punch deservers the hype and they never disappoint. Yet i feel meh about this game.. anyone else in the same boat?

Because Sony's game plan for their big budgets is sequels this gen, or GAAS budget busters like Concord or Marathon. The only SP which will be big budget and a new IP is Intergalactic and who knows when that comes out. It might not be out for 2 or 3 years when PS6 is around the corner.

So unless a gamer likes the trend in media the past 5 years of lots of girl power, or a PS fan is amped up on new GAAS shooters the gamer/movie watcher wont care for it much. And because media takes years and years of script and production before it releases the company cant change because it's too late to do a 180. So they got to just release it and hope people still like girly boss characters kicking ass like Rambo.

 

[Lokaum D+]

There's nothing to jiggle.

The belly ?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

 

[JayK47]

There's nothing to jiggle.

It is just some fat guy. Not exactly an elite samurai. Someone you kill during the tutorial.

 

[analog_future]

So many users here are like cringe memes come to life

 

[powder]

You are moving goal posts and this will absolutely cost them sales.

Not moving goalposts, being sarcastic. If I were them I'd be more concerned about response from the underwhelming marketing for the game more than a minority of chuds that just wanna play as a Chad.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Man, this fucking game industry, not gonna buy this one.

 

[Danny22]

I find it hilarious that the game anti-TLOU 2 gamers attached themselves to is now getting a sequel that they don't like because of the protaganist.

Are they now going to accept that Ghost of Tsushima was a wildly mediocre open world that didn't even deserve a nomination for GOTY?

I also don't have any interest.

Regardless of what some people or the developers may say, it's clearly politically motivated to have a female protagonist this time.
Especially these days it seem there are more games with a female protagonist than a male protagonist, it's buffling why they wanted to change it in an existing franchise as well.

Aside from that, it kind of looks like a DLC rather than a full game, it's just more of the same.

U want them to change the one thing thats actually different from the previous

 

[JayK47]

For me personally, this game has been far more entertaining than the original game. I can't wait for it to come out. The gift that keeps on giving.

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

I actually kind of like how she isn't all done up with makeup and shit – she definitely looks more like a real person compared to someone like that character from Stellar Blade.

I agree with this, but she is too fucking generic looking. Looking normal, and not being oversexualized makes sense, and it's what you'd want unless you don't give a shit about any kind of immersion in the game, but she looks like randomly generated npc with UE5.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

I'm going to play because I like the first game, but I hate how the MC's face looks like she has Bell's palsy. Looking like Jim Ross.

You sure it's a she?

 

[powder]

I agree with this, but she is too fucking generic looking. Looking normal, and not being oversexualized makes sense, and it's what you'd want unless you don't give a shit about any kind of immersion in the game, but she looks like randomly generated npc with UE5.

That's fair but I also don't really know how else they'd make her look distinct without looking stupid by adding a dumb haircut or facial scar or tattoo or some shit. She looks cool with the fucked up hat on, I guess that's enough for me. Better than going overboard for no reason.

 

[powder]

Again, though – that left hand AI looking ass image is too clean. I wouldn't expect any character male or female to be wearing makeup like that in a game like this.

That Stellar Blade actress doesn't even have the same facial features as the character in the game. Her proportions are all fucked up, too. The Yotei voice actress clearly didn't influence the character model beyond her basic facial features. If anything, they slimmed her down for the character model in-game.

Some of you guys don't seem to get what implied realism in art direction is about. The Stellar Blade actress would never be caught with a sword, her ass is sitting in the boba cafe on her phone all day.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

There's nothing to jiggle.

If anyone blocks out the curvy pontytail as part of the background padding, that is literally an overweight guy.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I dont know what is worse: comparing a human character in farmer plain clothes with an ANDROID IN SHINY COMBAT SUIT (who should not look human but HUMANOID) or claiming that a real model "doesnt look real". It's unbelievable I keep seeing this bullshit repeated ad nauseam.

When I go to gym I see chicks like Eve, not like Atsu. My condolences if your reality is the other way around, because your timeline sucks.

 

[powder]

I dont know what is worse: comparing a human character in farmer plain clothes with an ANDROID IN SHINY COMBAT SUIT (who should not look human but HUMANOID) or claiming that a real model "doesnt look real". It's unbelievable I keep seeing this bullshit repeated ad nauseam.

When I go to gym I see chicks like Eve, not like Atsu. My condolences if your reality is the other way around, because your timeline sucks.

We're not at the gym, we're in feudal fucking Japan.

 

[CokeDiet]

I'm going to play because I like the first game, but I hate how the MC's face looks like she has Bell's palsy. Looking like Jim Ross.

Now I want a Ghost of game where you play as Jim Ross and he's commenting on everything happening

"Bah Gawd! You have been broken in half!"

"I better run like a government mule to the next mission marker"

 

[Jacobson]

imagine posting this unironically lmao

 

[StreetsofBeige]