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Got ya all fixed up there partner.Both IP's are in graves.
Got ya all fixed up there partner.Both IP's are in graves.
Only played TLOU2, Uncharted 4, and Spider-Man.All of them having the same shit gameplay is a bigger issue.
Then pointing out Sackboy and Gran Turismo as 'breaking the cycle' is weird since, arguably, the big AAA heavy hitters have always been a minority of the output since then. You're forgetting to mention stuff like Alienation, Bound, The Last Guardian, Gravity Daze 2, New Everybody's Golf, Knack 2, Detroit: Become Human, Erica, Concrete Genie, Monkey King: Hero is Back. And even on PS5, you've also had the likes of Returnal, Helldivers 2, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, Astro Bot, Lost Soul Aside, Saros, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls etc.I'm talking about Playstation games in general, not just this gen, hence why I mentioned my disdain for Playstation 1st party games since Uncharted 4 which was released on PS4.
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Again, agree with what you're saying. Story formats at their core are pretty basic. I think people just need a break from the super heavy stuff. People want some lighthearted stuff once that isn't some big heavy experience is really more what I meant.If you think about it...the story beats in Astrobot aren't that different: Bad guy does something to someone (either the main character or someone he knows), he goes through multiple levels saving all of them and then right at the end there's a boss fight and bad guy is defeated.
TLOU2: Abby does something to someone Ellie cares about, Ellie goes through the entire game to find said person and a boss fight happens.
Crash Bandicoot: Cortex kidnaps Crash's sister, crash goes thought the entire game looking for him and defeats him in the end.
That's literally 90% of all videogames like i wrote in my previous post (3rd post here somehow lol). You can apply this to many RPGs, action games, hell even first person shooters in some way. I bet you that if TLOU2, SM2 and Ghost of Yotai weren't from the same publisher you wouldn't see an article saying "i'm tired of most games telling the same story".
Damn, who takes IGN seriously?
They literally became a joke when they said Stellar Blade was too woke, and the list goes on... like Polygon, now they need to be controversial to make headlines and stay afloat
Again, agree with what you're saying. Story formats at their core are pretty basic. I think people just need a break from the super heavy stuff. People want some lighthearted stuff once that isn't some big heavy experience is really more what I meant.
You have absolutely no way of proving that statement.
I'm currently playing Tactics Ogre Rebirth on PS5. The 3 games you mentioned are actually more similar in design than you let on. Games can do much more than ask you to navigate around predictable AI, from the 3rd person, in a 3D environment...with the occasional cut scene thrown in. There's some truth to the criticism.
Then don't. Ignore the fomo and buy it for $30 in a year.I'm bored of paying £60+ for 7/10 games.
I mean, it's all just Pong in the end.I mean thats just returnal
Unless our hero is a girl, then she's a tank that knows everything and rides solo.PlayStation plot:
Our hero is old. Over the hill. Still sometimes able to put up a fight, but he's retarded and often not able to fight. Indecisive with outdated morality.
The real hero is his child/female/minority sidekick. They have all the right ideas, offer solutions to the toughest problems and has to deal with all the intellectual shortcomings of the "hero".
A lot of their games do come off as very similar. They're probably good games on their own, but in the context of Sony's lineup they blend together. The lack of variety is disappointing.
So do you believe these games are very similar too?
- Starfield
- Avowed
- Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- The Outer Worlds 2
It's not that those games aren't good, it's just everyone's making super serious stuff. I mean, I'll be the first one to buy a Sony 1st party game so I can go either way.And yet everyone is pretty much in agreement that the best game this year by far is exactly what you say people don't want. I can guarantee you if they announced E33 2 was coming out next month because they were secretly working on it people would be hyped for it.
I don't pay attention to XBox's offerings.So do you believe these games are very similar too?
- Starfield
- Avowed
- Doom
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- The Outer Worlds 2
I don't pay attention to XBox's offerings.
I have a PS5, so I'm invested in their ecosystem. XBox hasn't released a worthwhile game in years (though I did play the Oblivion re-release). Let me know when they make Viva Piñata available.But you do Playstation offerings?
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It's not that those games aren't good, it's just everyone's making super serious stuff. I mean, I'll be the first one to buy a Sony 1st party game so I can go either way.
But there is a bit of a dearth of light hearted games.
All 3rd person slop.Do yall NOT buy 3rd party games anymore? This thread feels like bizarro world.
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I have all those except the Lego Horizon game actually. It feels like an overwhelming majority of games released are dark and broody though.Do yall NOT buy 3rd party games anymore? This thread feels like bizarro world.
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Yeah, so your argument is that they are all 3rd person view games... lol
You don't really believe that, right? I could see it for Horizon--though I haven't played those games--but the other woman-led Sony IP definitely do not feature perfect flawless girl bosses who only win (see: Returnal, TLoU2...either protag, they're both major fuckups).Unless our hero is a girl, then she's a tank that knows everything and rides solo.
I have all those except the Lego Horizon game actually. It feels like an overwhelming majority of games released are dark and broody though.
What would you have them do?I was bored like 4 years ago.
It's really not just the stories, but the general presentation, gameplay hooks, tropes and themes, difficulty level. It's a very homogenous operation and has been for some time.
Personally, I don't see it changing at all. Seems to me like a lot of mainstream fans have never been more conservative and unadventurous and these games are for the mainest of the mainstream. They don't like new things, new IP, new and unfamiliar gameplay.
I'm sick to death of open-world slop.I'm also completely done with AAA open-world games,
Getting cancelled.On the other hand, they aren't bored on MS games doing... what exactly they are doing?
I'm talking their big heavy hitters. And you fucking know that so stop being such a Playstation fan boy. The big, triple A tent-pole games are mainly all similar types of games and we all know it. They have a fair few games that break that mould and I am happy to say that (and I did say that) but I am talking the big money makers for Sony are similar types of games. You choose not to see it then that's on you.Then pointing out Sackboy and Gran Turismo as 'breaking the cycle' is weird since, arguably, the big AAA heavy hitters have always been a minority of the output since then. You're forgetting to mention stuff like Alienation, Bound, The Last Guardian, Gravity Daze 2, New Everybody's Golf, Knack 2, Detroit: Become Human, Erica, Concrete Genie, Monkey King: Hero is Back. And even on PS5, you've also had the likes of Returnal, Helldivers 2, Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade, Astro Bot, Lost Soul Aside, Saros, Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls etc.
Then there's the deep end of the library with PSVR stuff like No Heroes Allowed! VR, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission and Déraciné.
I can't take anyone saying this seriously. What was the gap between Spider-Man 2 and Death Stranding 2? 1 year and 8 months?
exceptions not the rule...Do yall NOT buy 3rd party games anymore? This thread feels like bizarro world.
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And yet, you understand that Stardew Valley is the odd man out in a grouping of Yotei, DS2, and Astrobot. Not sure what Xbox has to do with this.Bro.....are we really gonna do this? A 3rd person game in a 3D environment?! Lets not make GAF this silly. Look!......I know XBox took a strong blow yesterday, but we don't have to be dumb about this conversation.
When you think back to what Sony used to put out, man, its so sad..Amen and hallelujah. Agreed wholeheartedly. Enough of the third-person cinematic action game tropes.
More of this, please.
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