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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This game is getting Concord or Veilguard treatment by gamers
That's over 2.5 million views in 2 days. Those down voters will be extremely pissed once they see how well this game preforms.
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FalconPunch
Gold Member
Nah, I get all that from the character design, ND's past history, his public statements, the actresses public statements, TLOU2, etc. There's sufficient paper trail to raise an eyebrow at this shit. If this was the first time Naughty dog pulled off something like this, they'd get the benefit of the doubt.
Lol, do you want me to bring up your post history because you literally have pages of posts on this thread. And lets not forget the stealth trolling you've been doing on here. Trying to play victim is laughable.
semiconscious
Member
very likely not if you're in the console-selling business, as that'd be one game per console generation:
FunkMiller
Member
Skill Up referred to this games as being 'Concord coded' in his game awards show wrap up video.
Also seeing people calling it 'Concord Beebop'.
Naughty Dog should probably say a little more about what the game is before this kind of thing sticks.
Also seeing people calling it 'Concord Beebop'.
Naughty Dog should probably say a little more about what the game is before this kind of thing sticks.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
? what does any of this have to actually do with this thread or this game?
So..I'm sorry man, most of your post seem to be this deeply personal thing of fighting users and arguing about world views etc...
You can talk to yourself for a bit man, I just wish to speak about the game, not what ever emotional trip you happen to be on.
Added to ignore.
FunkMiller
Member
Damn. She's smoking in that pic.
FalconPunch
Gold Member
"Preforms"? We've heard this song and seen this dance before. It doesn't go the way you think it will. I can't wait to see what they put out for the gameplay and story reveal. We shall see how they plan on reversing the current negative sentiment but to try and handwave away that negative sentiment is a recipe for disaster.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Skill Up referred to this games as being 'Concord coded' in his game awards show wrap up video.
Also seeing people calling it 'Concord Beebop'.
Naughty Dog should probably say a little more about what the game is before this kind of thing sticks.
Kacho
Gold Member
Nice I’ll watch that now.Skill Up referred to this games as being 'Concord coded' in his game awards show wrap up video.
Also seeing people calling it 'Concord Beebop'.
Naughty Dog should probably say a little more about what the game is before this kind of thing sticks.
Concord Bebop is 10/10 lol
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Anyone claiming the character on the right is "obvious female" is lying.
_Idea_of_Evil_
Member
Looks like my least favorite character from Alien Romulus. Gtfo. 
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
If your son managed to nab a girl like Tati, you should consider yourself lucky, cuz he will have fucking scored.
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Second flop?
What was the first flop?
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FunkMiller
Member
It'll sell. Naughty Dog have established way too large a reputation for this game not to do... pretty damned well, at least. Unless they start releasing stuff about it that features the main character lecturing NPCs on how to use the right pronouns.
Which it won't. Naughty Dog know how to write.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Skill Up referred to this games as being 'Concord coded' in his game awards show wrap up video.
Also seeing people calling it 'Concord Beebop'.
Naughty Dog should probably say a little more about what the game is before this kind of thing sticks.
Maybe, maybe not.
I think if they have a marketing path where they slowly dripping out info about the game, they should follow it. The trailer already has millions of views and I don't know if it makes sense for Sony to react to all things around Youtubers.
For millions, the game will be based on what Naughty Dog states vs a Youtuber
I like her in everything lol
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Geometric-Crusher
"Nintendo games are like indies, and worth at most $19" 🤡
I'll play and if the character's hair grows I'll go to the machine again. It's her hair, not mine, the characters in the game are characters, that's all.
''I'm not going to play this game, I'm going to bankrupt ND'' Sweet illusion, who said that ND put you as the target audience for this game? lol fighting against the wind talking about a game that you want to play but can't because the bogeyman
This game will sell millions of copies around the world and only you will be harmed because you fell into a trap where every game for you is bad, wake up guys, are you going to stop playing an incredible game, this is hysteria this is a trap for your mind.
''I'm not going to play this game, I'm going to bankrupt ND'' Sweet illusion, who said that ND put you as the target audience for this game? lol fighting against the wind talking about a game that you want to play but can't because the bogeyman
This game will sell millions of copies around the world and only you will be harmed because you fell into a trap where every game for you is bad, wake up guys, are you going to stop playing an incredible game, this is hysteria this is a trap for your mind.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
Skill Up referred to this games as being 'Concord coded' in his game awards show wrap up video.
Also seeing people calling it 'Concord Beebop'.
Naughty Dog should probably say a little more about what the game is before this kind of thing sticks.
Shill Up has had some pretty awful hot takes lately
FunkMiller
Member
In years gone by I would have 100% agreed with you, but games journalism has so consistently and utterly shit the bed repeatedly in the last few years, that gaming YouTubers now have a much larger influence on gamer's tastes and buying decisions. As does social media commentary.
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FalconPunch
Gold Member
The questions is not whether it will sell or not. The game will obviously sell. Whether it'll sell well or not is the real question. If it cost 400 million to launch this IP and they bring in 100 million in revenue, it's still sold but sold poorly. Given that this is Naughty Dog, I don't expect this game to be cheap to develop at all. They've already been working on it for 4 years and it may not be out for another year to three years. Like I said, let us see how they plan on reversing this negative sentiment because make no mistake about it, the sentiment is overwhelmingly negative. It's negative on youtube, negative on twitch, etc. Even in the bluesky style places like ERA, some are daring to beat around the bush while trying to avoid an instantaneous ban.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Sure, but we've seen them overact about a lot of things and been wrong
Far Cry 5
Even acting as of Battlefront from EA was just going to flop and it ended up breaking every record imageable
or even that Call Of Duty that got all those downvotes, still moved well over 20 plus million units.
I'm sure they have some influence, but not to the tune of millions upon millions.
This game will live and die based on its own merit with gamers.
If Youtubers had this wild influence, Call Of Duty and Assassin's Creed should not be breaking records with units sold, all Youtubers do is shit on those series lol but 25 to 30 million gamers are not making their choice to buy such games solely based on that.
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Skill Up referred to this games as being 'Concord coded' in his game awards show wrap up video.
Also seeing people calling it 'Concord Beebop'.
Naughty Dog should probably say a little more about what the game is before this kind of thing sticks.
It's impossible for Concord to stick to this game. There's 0% chance that happens.
People are confused as to why Concord flopped and was a horrible game.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Have you played a ND game over the last 10 years? Have you noticed how beloved their games are?
TLOU2's gameplay was one of the best from last generation.
FunkMiller
Member
The negative sentiment will probably be nullified by a look at what the actual game is.
If nothing else, this is yet again another great example of why announcing your game with just a CG trailer is never a good idea. They should all do what Sony Santa Monica did with God Of War 2018. That was a masterpiece of a reveal.
Stooky
Banned
she has boobs and sounds like a girl. Plays a girl on tv and in this game. You can join the Gaf cock and balls check squad since you are so concerned about it. Cuz some people on here just gotta know.
But all of these haircuts were meant to dehumanizethe woman. Be it prision or military service. They were not elective fashion statements.
The bald asian chick in Alien:Romulus was probably an homage to sigoury in Alien 3
That hairstyle is probably meant to show that Jordon is a no nonsense all business lady but personally I find it very distasteful for a woman. Just do the pixie cut or cornrows if you don't want to animate hair much.
Look at the scarring all on her head. A traumatic event caused that and is probably why her head is shaved. The bottom picture is showing her with hair.
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EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
lol I wonder how Old Sony would deal with this?
Let me remind folks, Sony cancelled Eight Days and The Getaway 3 based on feeling they had too many 3rd person shooters, with Uncharted, Infamous, God Of War etc
Maybe Sony feels the genres are different enough and gamers are smart enough to know the difference from a online FPS title and a single player driven narrative or something.
semi OT, I really need The Getaway 3 rebooted so I can start saying bruv to people!
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
FalconPunch
Gold Member
Did you even play concord? It wasn't a bad game at all and to call it horrible actually makes me question your statements. Concord was technically sound, it controlled well and the gameplay was alright. It was just generic af chasing a trend that people had long moved on from.
Yes I played and own TLOU2 ps4/5, TLOU1 ps3/4/5, Lost Legacy ps4, Uncharted 1-3 ps3, The uncharted collection ps4, Uncharted 4 ps4, etc. In the last 2 years, I've replayed Uncharted 1-3 multiple times, replayed TLOU once, Lost legacy once, but I have 0 desire to replay TLOU2. Even the remaster which I purchased couldn't convince me to go back and play it. The game mechanics in TLOU2 are good but the encounter design for me is just bad. It's a game I thoroughly disliked.
You may be right, you may not be. We shall see but if TLOU2 is anything to go by, I'm not so sure. That game spent a lot of time beating a dead horse plot wise and trying to preach to me so lets see if they've learned anything at all.
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Hawk The Slayer
Member
Don't like anything from Naughty Dog except the first Last of Us which still isn't on my top 100. Not into the character at the moment but the whole 80s verse theme got me interested. I hope they'll truly make it feel like a alternate 80s verse like what their description says as in culture, style, music character designs, setting etc etc throughout the whole game. Depending on how well they do it, this could either be a extremely awesome game and a big nice surprise or a huge disappointment.
I went on a huge 80s movie watching spree since 2020 and I absolutely love everything during that era even as someone born after it. Easily my favorite and would really want to play a whole game based on that era so this will be a wait and see for now as I'm going to give it a chance to show more.
I went on a huge 80s movie watching spree since 2020 and I absolutely love everything during that era even as someone born after it. Easily my favorite and would really want to play a whole game based on that era so this will be a wait and see for now as I'm going to give it a chance to show more.
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Stooky
Banned
God Of War 2018 haha go back to ND reveal of uncharted 2 all the way up to TLOU2. You can watch past reveal video reactions of all their games. It's always been super positive except for this one except fo gaf and other anti woke channels.
vaibhavpisal
Member
Kotaro
Member
It's going to underperform, disappointing or downright bomb.
At this moment, the only ones buying are hardcore Sony/ND simps, not even casual Sony/ND fans would touch this game
But they have 2-3 years to work on the image, so we'll see
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
A Live Service game that had nightmare level development and was only released because Sony bought the company in 2023 and dragged it across the finish line.
Concord was a GAAS game that had the design of a game from 2014. People don't want those type of games anymore and it was clear. Plus the art in the game was TERRIBLE!
The art in this game is already better than what we seen In Concord.
nial
Member
Jeez, could have used a much better number. This is less than 1.5M LTD.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
She just looks normal. If you've ever seen Vietnamese or Filipino women its really nothing that usual. They're largely invisible in mainstream western pop culture. Maybe that one girl that was in Star Wars 8 is about it. I guess this girl is half black half Korean. With a jacket on, that's just literally how she looks. She shaves her head. I think they bulked her arms up a bit and that looks bad, but that's about it. I think people are just really unused to seeing mixed race people I guess.
I shave my head. Everyone likely has a scar or two on their head like that, they just don't know it. Hair covers it up. A scar like that is nothing and has nothing to do with deciding to shave your head.
Look at the scarring all on her head. A traumatic event caused that and is probably why her head is shaved. The bottom picture is showing her with hair.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Not in the pic in the tweet I replied to. She looks a lot more female in your pic. But also looks like a freak.
95% of people would say this is a female.
If someone has unsightly features, the normal thing to do is cover it up like growing hair out to cover a bald spot or scar. Or someone in an office with tattoos to wear a long sleeved shirt, and someone with a nose ring to not put it on till they get home.
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EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
I think the scar has to do with like her past battles, like she has been in some fire fights or something and the shaved head is based on that narrative, like they've done crime, stole money and she must hide her identity
Like the picture could be them celebrating some score
Hawk The Slayer
Member
Much better compared to the Shaolin Monk looking dude on the right lol.
Topher
Identifies as young
Yeah, but any person who can be photographed in a certain way to make them look different than they are.
Here is one of Dolly Parton, for crying out loud.
see what I mean?
FalconPunch
Gold Member
You said:
Now you're saying the art is the reason or that it had game design from 2014? A game can have game design from 2014 and still not be horrible. People go back and play old games like BF4 for example despite it having old game design. Space Marine 2 has old game design as well. Concord wasn't a horrible game at all. It's like a 7-8/10 game but the audience for that game didn't exist anymore. They chased a trend and by the time the game released, the trend was dead. You claiming it's a horrible game tells me that you actually never played the game. In fact, you're not even qualified to discuss why the game failed at all based on the thoughts you've put forward so far.
Will Naughty dog reach those levels with this IP? I sincerely doubt it but will it be a success? That depends on if they're able to reverse the overwhelmingly negative sentiment.
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HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Sadly in todays world how the US has become I would guess this is a woman but wouldn’t bet the farm on it and that’s not a shot at this person just an overall generalization on our society
95% of people would say this is a female.
nial
Member
While the game is definitely taking a lot of time, I don't think you can determine it from that. Nate Wells, art director of The Last of Us, joined Naughty Dog 10 months before the game was released.
I personally think this aiming a release for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.
I'm sure they do. So why the choice to have her shaved bald instead of hair, even a close cut? Its a STATEMENT to do it that way. Just what that statement is....remains to be seen.
Not shaved bald though. Haircuts mean things. Buzzcut or flattop = military. Close cut but stylized means business, don't wanna deal with messing with hair. All shaved for a woman, very rare cut and usually brings certain associations, typically aggression, suffering, or deliberate counter-culture. Can also mean attention seeking.The actress has been rocking short hair for a minute and actually is quite gib.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Yeah, but any person who can be photographed in a certain way to make them look different than they are.
Here is one of Dolly Parton, for crying out loud.
see what I mean?
With her hair texture it would not grow back like that. You're actively ignoring the photo at the bottom. She would have patches all throughout her hair with huge balding spots. It's either that or wear a wig for the rest of your life. Those are DEEP scars and not just some nicks from a razor or clippers.
GermanZepp
Member
The trailer is bad. Is bland. It has lots of references that don't land. 80's anime, tech and movies... Can creatives move away from guardians of the galaxy? The brands? lame.. A red jacket and a red spaceship does not bring up the charisma of Akira or the Swordfish from Spike Spiegel.
The character I suspect cuts his hair for some 'lore' reason like the nutjobs in tlou2.
This trailer felt like a wasted opportunity.
The character I suspect cuts his hair for some 'lore' reason like the nutjobs in tlou2.
This trailer felt like a wasted opportunity.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
The fact that you are arguing that Concord was generally received well is laughable. The core mechanics were decent, but the game design was REALLY REALLY bad.
Having decent mechanics is not something ND has. And on top of that the excel at everything most single player games don't.