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not this time.
People played tlou2 because 1 was beloved.
Now he is seen as woke director no matter of tlou2 quality.
he is widely disliked and intergalactic is already dumped on. it's doa.
And I am not even a hater to say that. It's just what you can observe.

It would have to be a miracle for intergalactic to reach it's full sales potential.

By the time the game comes out, we will be in the woke in cool again phase.

Gaming goes from Anti-Woke, to Woke, to Anti-Woke and then it will back to Woke.

Remember, when Anita came onto the scene with Feminist Frequency. Gaming was SUPER Anti-Woke. Then it turned woke. And now we are in the Anti-Woke cycle.

 

[Unknown?]

This is silly. It's like people earnestly suggestion you play through the MGS games in chronological order.

Yeah when MGS came out on PS1, I refused to play it knowing a prequel would someday come out.

 

[saintjules]

Anyone who comments in the thread? The ignore button still works AFAIK

 

[StreetsofBeige]

How about they do a reverse game update?

The game starts with playing a guitar and then goes to the Ellie/Abby fight and Abby drifting away in the boat.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

not this time.
People played tlou2 because 1 was beloved.
Now he is seen as woke director no matter of tlou2 quality.
he is widely disliked and intergalactic is already dumped on. it's doa.
And I am not even a hater to say that. It's just what you can observe.

It would have to be a miracle for intergalactic to reach it's full sales potential.

Some of yall need to leave Gaf bubble.

 

[Unknown?]

Next stop - TLOU in reverse order

After that - TLOUII everyone is Abby patch.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Next stop - TLOU in reverse order

After that - TLOUII everyone is Abby patch.

How about a random order patch? Google says there's 46 chapters in the game. Just imagine the permutations that can happen shuffling them all around. Every gamer can have their own unique experience. lol

 

[saintjules]

This is pretty cool. Imagine complaining about a free update.

Right?

 

[mckmas8808]

At Full Price, so within the first year.

The Full Potential Sales, especially for a studio like this, happens in a scenario where Intergalactic is the "Elden Ring" of ND (Which was also a new IP and a culmination of their design philosophies applied to something new for them)

I think the most likely scenario is going to be between 6-9M. (in the first year)

But some people are underestimating the "hate" toward Naughty Dog and Druckmann. This game will inevitably be a victim of the discourse and reception surrounding the previous one. To me, that's far more interesting than the game itself. How will Sony and everyone involved navigate this landmine? They've already started off on the wrong foot.

If the game looks good and plays well, I think 6-9 million is likely too.

I'm one of the ones that underestimating the hate for ND and Neil. Or........ A better way to say it is, "I think the hate people say is against them is overstated". I think most of the hate is related to Console and PC warriors too.

But we'll see. It helps it's coming out after GTA6 also.

 

[Wishmaster92]

Who the fuck wanted this? This gen is beyond pathetic, stop waiting development time on this fucking game! Move on!

 

[MayauMiao]

They really trying to make Abby likeable. Its a lost cause.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

LoL... sony is pathetic this gen

I agree, but I let my wallet do most of the talking this gen. Remember the old saying. Money Talks, Bullshit Walks.

 

[thismeinteil]

Good stuff.

Niel, ignore the GAF haters, they will all still play Intergalactic.

Yea, like they were all going to still play SW Outlaws and Veilguard. How'd that work out?

 

[Salz01]

Like patch in Factions 2. Like seriously. … and make a new game while you're at it.

 

[Exede]

I would play a "What If" mode where the Golf club scene is reversed and the story unfolds differently from there

 

[drotahorror]

They finally fixed the blood. PC version is worth getting now I guess.

 

[MALpractice311]

Do you mean Ghost of Yotei State of Play taking place this week?
Saros gameplay reveal later this year?
Marathon, Intergalactic, Fair Games, Marvel Tokon, Wolverine...


Yeah, they definitely have nothing.

(1) I wasn't aware there was a Yotei SOP this week.

(2) Saros maybe released this year.

(3) Marathon has been delayed and no one wants it anyway.

(4) Intergalactic is at least two years away. I'm in fact willing to bet it will end up being PS5/PS6 cross gen. Have we really seen gameplay yet? Those five seconds at the end of the story trailer looked fake to me.

(5) Fairgames? Oh, you mean Concorde 2.0?

(6) Tokon... yeah ok, fair point. Arc Systems makes good fighters.

(7) Have you seen the Wolverine leaks? I have such low expectations for this game.

 

[The_Mike]

Not sure if serious...

Just in case: the story of the second game is not told chronologically, they're just re-ordering the in game chapters.

So flashbacks are first, and modern time are second?

I haven't played the second game obvious.

 

[DForce]

(1) I wasn't aware there was a Yotei SOP this week.

(2) Saros maybe released this year.

(3) Marathon has been delayed and no one wants it anyway.

(4) Intergalactic is at least two years away. I'm in fact willing to bet it will end up being PS5/PS6 cross gen. Have we really seen gameplay yet? Those five seconds at the end of the story trailer looked fake to me.

(5) Fairgames? Oh, you mean Concorde 2.0?

(6) Tokon... yeah ok, fair point. Arc Systems makes good fighters.

(7) Have you seen the Wolverine leaks? I have such low expectations for this game.

This is what you said.

Sony really has nothing else to show for at least the next two years, don't they?

It's obvious Sony has many games lined up, and this statement makes no sense.

It doesn't matter that Marathon and Fairgames bombs, it's still games that Sony announced.

Wolverine leaks? That build was from a pre-alpha state. I don't know why people think this is the final representation of the game.

Saros is coming out next year. It will be revealed this year.

 

[Toots]

Next they should do a new game plus like in Nier, where you can hear the inner monologue of the ennemies you kill so they can artificially manipulate your emotions even more.
Then they release Rainbow road and add 120 more stars in the levels, and it will finally be time for the remaster of the remake of the remaster we are all waiting for.

If you look "creatively bankrupt" in the dictionnary you'll find druckman picture instead of a definition (you might find hermen hulst pic too).

 

[Embearded]

I don't know what the big deal is. If Capcom went back and did a free update on some of the RE remakes I wouldn't be crying about it.

People see TLoU and instantly go insane, its amazing.

 

[Clear]

People see TLoU and instantly go insane, its amazing.

The hilarious part is that it all stems from them being butt-hurt that a fictional character dies.... How fucking soy can you get ?

 

[Embearded]

The hilarious part is that it all stems from them being butt-hurt that a fictional character dies.... How fucking soy can you get ?

Joel's ending + Abby muscles + Ellie being a lesbian.
Then the other side didn't like how some black people died.
A few had a problem with killing the dogs and the brutality of the game in general.

I swear this game has been hated by every political side out there. I am expecting marxists complaining about owning your weapons any time soon.

 

[TintoConCasera]

One of the worst games I've played.

 

[Gonzito]

One of the worst games I've played.

The story is a complete joke man

 

[TintoConCasera]

The story is a complete joke man

Didn't really get very far, like half-way of Ellie's part. It was such a slog, barely a game most of the time.

 

[scydrex]

No thanks. I'm done with TLOU. Enough with part 2.

 

[NewYork214]

This instantly caught my attention. Slow chapters are in start which sucks. But I wish it was designed this way. Then Abby half way through wouldn't have made so many cry

 

[Toots]

Joel's ending + Abby muscles + Ellie being a lesbian.
Then the other side didn't like how some black people died.
A few had a problem with killing the dogs and the brutality of the game in general.

I swear this game has been hated by every political side out there. I am expecting marxists complaining about owning your weapons any time soon.

Is it possible to just think it is a badly written revenge story that only counts on shock value to convey its message ?
PS: if you want to watch a competent revenge story with lots of violence and a feminist spin just watch Revenge .

 

[Karim]

Is it possible to just think it is a badly written revenge story that only counts on shock value to convey its message ?
PS: if you want to watch a competent revenge story with lots of violence and a feminist spin just watch Revenge .

It's the perfect sentence to resume my personal experience with the narrative of the game.

 

[Ar¢tos]

5 whole years, zero original content, just remasters and remakes of the SAME game, over and over.
But the ones they close down were the small studios that actually made new interesting games...

 

[Embearded]

Is it possible to just think it is a badly written revenge story that only counts on shock value to convey its message ?
PS: if you want to watch a competent revenge story with lots of violence and a feminist spin just watch Revenge .

Of course it is possible.
If that's how someone feels, that's how they should describe it, instead of starting about "Cuckman".

Thanks for the tip, i'll watch it.
I don't care personally if its a feminist revenge story or whatever. I find TLoU very well written and the plot shocked me and stayed with me.

 

[Negotiator101]

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No PS4 version? Talk about treating your fans like absolute shit ND.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

You specifically need that PS5 upgrade for this, correct? That $10 upgrade? I was gung-ho about that and totally forgot. I played No Return at a friend's house for a while but wanted to get that anyway.

 

[Fake]

TLOUS fans still going... amazing.

 

[Toots]

Of course it is possible.
If that's how someone feels, that's how they should describe it, instead of starting about "Cuckman".

Thanks for the tip, i'll watch it.
I don't care personally if its a feminist revenge story or whatever. I find TLoU very well written and the plot shocked me and stayed with me.

I agree the constant bashing of anything suspected to be woke is tiresome.
On the other hand, i participate in druckman bashing extensively (i'd rather calling druckboy than cuckman tho for obvious reasons), because having bad faith arguments with others on the internet is part of the game (imo).

Hope you'll have fun watching Revenge !

 

[MALpractice311]

This is what you said.



It's obvious Sony has many games lined up, and this statement makes no sense.

It doesn't matter that Marathon and Fairgames bombs, it's still games that Sony announced.

Wolverine leaks? That build was from a pre-alpha state. I don't know why people think this is the final representation of the game.

Saros is coming out next year. It will be revealed this year.

I suppose you if you read my original message as literally as humanly possible, than I'm technically wrong. But I feel as though it's pretty clear my original statement was meant more idiomatically; it was an exaggeration for effect. Sure they have some games, but they're objectively doing worse this generation than prior generations.

 

[Shadowstar39]

Milked to death.

I loved Last of us 1. And was on board for the ps4 remaster, it was great.
That's where it should of stopped.

Everything after that, and the firing of Amy, and walkout by Bruce.... The writing was on the wall.
Neil Druckmann staged a coup and ruined a beloved game and studio.

Now all we have gotten since for what feels like a decade is remasters and remakes of tlou and tlou2.
Milked to death.

I cringe seeing the characters faces, and I loved tlou1 and old school ND.
I miss 2000s era Nathan Drake. When wise cracking jokes and pulpy style adventurers with romancing the ladies was in.

 

[metareferential]

Joel's ending + Abby muscles + Ellie being a lesbian.
Then the other side didn't like how some black people died.
A few had a problem with killing the dogs and the brutality of the game in general.

I swear this game has been hated by every political side out there. I am expecting marxists complaining about owning your weapons any time soon.

That's an online-only and US-centric issue, though.

In Europe everyone I know or speak to loves both games to death, and no one gives a shit about who Ellie wants to fuck or whatever.

Abby is this gen's Raiden xD

 

[viveks86]

It all makes sense now. This cow still got milk!

 

[Success]

Yea, like they were all going to still play SW Outlaws and Veilguard. How'd that work out?

Listen up kid, time to get your education.

Both Ubisoft's developer history has been mainly flops recently, hence the Tencent bailout.

Bioware has been on death's door before Veilguard.


Naughty Dog has only been producing hits since Uncharted 2 and had an award winning TV show. The fact that you compared Ubisoft and Bioware shows that you are still new to hardcore gaming.

 

[MrRibeye]

To me it's pretty cool when devs keep singleplayer games alive for many years with new ideas. Makes me feel that my purchase from years ago still receives additional value much later. When Doom Eternal received patch 6.66 and added Horde Mode as free DLC, that was sick.

 

[Woggleman]

With all this I do wonder why we can't get SP DLC.

 

[Embearded]

That's an online-only and US-centric issue, though.

In Europe everyone I know or speak to loves both games to death, and no one gives a shit about who Ellie wants to fuck or whatever.

Abby is this gen's Raiden xD

Haha, never thought of it like that.

 

[yamaci17]

next up, last of us ultimate edition where part 1 and part 2 is bundled together and its one continuous 40 hours game
jk
this will be a solid reason for my 4th gameplay. should be a different and unique perspective to the story

 

[Hypereides]

I hope you're making preparations for a Heretic prophet preview campaign in the backdrop, Neil. With that said, I'm honestly ready for a potential Days gone 2 coming in and replacing TLOU's limelight. Its gotten way too overexposed.

 

[DForce]

TLOUS fans still going... amazing.

What's amazing is that you're still going for 5 straight years.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Since this f***er took over, they have released 2 games and one glorified dlc - in 12 years.. One of the games had the original creator of the franchise ousted, it changed tone and pacing killed replay ability this way. The other game was deliberately designed to be divisive and controversial. Meanwhile, between 2007 and 2013 they released 4 critically acclaimed and beloved games.

 

[Toots]

Listen up kid, time to get your education.

Both Ubisoft's developer history has been mainly flops recently, hence the Tencent bailout.

Bioware has been on death's door before Veilguard.


Naughty Dog has only been producing hits since Uncharted 2 and had an award winning TV show. The fact that you compared Ubisoft and Bioware shows that you are still new to hardcore gaming.

I love your posts man, unironically. From the creative use of colour and size to the always on point usage of gamer vernacular, they are all masterpieces. You always make me feel a rollercoaster of trolling emotions, and i'd never thank you enough for it. No man here deserves your name more than you do

 

[Paasei]

See you at PS6.