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Dude, the title is inviting people who are not interested in the game to comment on it. You shouldn't expect much more.

It’s the hypocrisy for me…

 

[viveks86]

It’s the hypocrisy for me…

The hypocrisy being that people don’t criticize CoD or NFL as much?

It’s because they are known quantities. Yearly fast food. You don’t go to McDonald’s and critique the quality of food. Unless it’s unexpectedly bad, of course. But if you go to a Michelin star restaurant and it tastes like McDonald’s…

Hellblade invited this criticism by portraying to be a cerebral exploration of psychosis. Years of hype since the studio was founded. But it just ended up being a prettied up McDonald’s version of schizophrenia. You come out of it with no better understanding or perspective on mental health than you go into it. So if you remove the layer of storytelling, all you have is a shallow audio-visual experience, since the gameplay is barebones like a QD game. And if the audio keeps whispering in your ear opposing opinions and it irritates you, all you are then left with is a visual experience. At that point, high quality footage is all you need. If it comes free on PS plus, people will try it out and may even be impressed. But to pay for it, there needs to be a better hook. The Order 1886 and Ryse had similar problems. But at least those didn’t offend your ears.

This is not to invalidate your or others’ positive experience of the game. All art is subjective at the end of the day and may be you took something away from it that others couldn’t. Just explaining why others may not agree with you. There’s no hypocrisy or hidden agenda here. People feel what they feel.

 

[Topher]

Edit: Nevermind. viveks86 said it better than I could

 

[Fafalada]

So after all of this time, is anyone even wanting this game or is it true that people really didn't care about it outside of the graphics?

It's this gen's The Order 1866. Or The Bouncer if you go a bit further back.
Come to think of it - what was the 360 era equivalent?

 

[Vaquilla]

I'll probably buy if it if/when it comes to Switch 2/PS5.
I enjoyed the first game a lot.

It's this gen's The Order 1866. Or The Bouncer if you go a bit further back.
Come to think of it - what was the 360 era equivalent?

Beyond Two Souls maybe? Garbage game, but possibly the best looking console game of the 7th gen.

 

[Crayon]

It's this gen's The Order 1866. Or The Bouncer if you go a bit further back.
Come to think of it - what was the 360 era equivalent?

Maybe heavy rain? One of those where it feels the game is being compromised in some ways because the graphics are such a focus. On the other hand, it was pretty ambitious and not just barely a pretense of a game. Heavy rain might be up there more with LA Niore.

Yea now it's bugging me. There must have been some other demo-game. Heavenly sword might fit. Just looking at it, seems like they made an action game but if you play it, that gameplay is puddle-deep. That was when I learned that you have to look very carefully if you want to assess an action game from video. :/ What a disappointment. I was so incredibly excited for that game lol.

 

[lh032]

U said popular

 

[Arsic]

I thought this was the gaming side of GAF. Shouldn’t CG movies be in off topic?