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[MiguelItUp]

U just feel like CEO went hard on woke shittards only coz most other CEO's are afraid to say anything and already surrendered to that mob(or are literally part of it- even worse), this CEO knows where the money is- and spoilers, its not with transformers/alphabet ppl/feminists etc, its with us, hetero males- we are stagging majority who loves that kind of brutal gory unforgiven games, and if game is good enough to convince us to buy it- it will bring decent profit

I don't really care for what "side" people bark from. I'd rather them not bark at all and just show it in their work, I mean why give folks attention? There's way too many people out there focusing on all of that ridiculous brain rot nonsense. If the game is good, the game is good. But a lot of what he said previously, to me, just felt like a lot of "anti-woke" bait. So folks that share those opinions and views ate it up and bought the game. A lot of people did come out saying that the game was meh or mid though, so it really didn't help the game much in the long run.

 

[PeteBull]

I don't really care for what "side" people bark from. I'd rather them not bark at all and just show it in their work, I mean why give folks attention? There's way too many people out there focusing on all of that ridiculous brain rot nonsense. If the game is good, the game is good. But a lot of what he said previously, to me, just felt like a lot of "anti-woke" bait. So folks that share those opinions and views ate it up and bought the game. A lot of people did come out saying that the game was meh or mid though, so it really didn't help the game much in the long run.

In most ppl eyes, thats never a negative tho, being antiwoke means being sane, so ofc u want CEO of gamecompany that makes games to be sane =D
Even from pure business perspective, he lost maybe 1% of sales and gained much more + its not like he said -dead to all lefits etc, he just said male/female choice will be in the game, which is according to players wishes, and quoted a poll he made where 88% ppl voted for that option.
That shouldnt be even controversial, its how it is, its what players want by huge margin too.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

 

[Zacfoldor]

The first game must have really sucked ass before the final update for everyone to dislike it so much.

Played after the last big update and it was a competent game. The systems were all there. The quests all worked. The characters looked good. The bosses were well balanced. The level design was really good. I can see people not liking the lamp mechanic, and hearing about it I was kinda dreading it, but I ended up enjoying that mechanic quite a bit. It was well implemented and never onerous on me. It was always obvious when to use it and it even got powerups itself. The powerups kept coming all the way up to the very end of the game. The graphics on PS5 Pro were well beyond Fromsoft versions honestly. There was a little jank in them due to their nature, but I mean very little compared to what I expected. Overall the game looked great. Ran flawlessly. It was a soulslike and the combat and bosses were fun. I don't get what people didn't like and nobody ever really says why, so the only thing I can figure is you played the game before me and they fixed it since you played.

I'd say it is a taste difference, but let's be honest, most of us have played all the soulslikes who have also played this one, so I guess it was just the patches. It's also refreshing to see someone against woke in a large company for once, but that really isn't relevant to my review....