You very much missed the point of my comment. After the “professional” response the public got when leaving very justified negative feedback on Starfield, I now don’t trust any comment supporting Gamebryo to not be a Bethesda employee. Nor was I advocating for shifting to Unreal, it was the next person who brought up a different engine which I said I’d prefer since it’s reliable. I don’t really care what engine the next Fallout is made with, for example, so long as it isn’t made in Gamebryo by a bunch of hacks.
Either he has some kind of information, has prepared enough of a golden parachute that it won’t negatively effect him personally, he’s naive, he’s short-sighted enough that he really doesn’t think of shit to come or he’s already got a strategy in place to start a new company up at the drop of a hat.
True though I like to think he’s prepared, just because I like Obsidian and hope they can pull off a BI -> Ob again… even if it means my dreams of an Obsidian-made Fallout go out the window.
I hold my hand up as someone who hates the Tory scum but even I wouldn’t make a claim that bold simply because they’re too incompetent to be actively screwing over a market they simply don’t care about.
I know. My comment was about if he’s trying to prove himself right by firing everyone just in time for the use of AI. Hell was invented for scum suckers like Strauss Zelnick
It’s almost like they shouldn’t have bought a bunch of gaming studios. They could have at least had the decency to sell them again or made an agreement for independency. The irony of an American company opting against the latter isn’t lost on me.
Good to see them being gentlemen about it. Whether it’s for show is something else but I don’t see a second large gaming company moving in being very detrimental.
I’ve never played a soulslike games because they are a bit intimidating to me. Amy recommendations for soulslikes games to start on or for beginners to the genre?
Personally, I’d say Sekiro. You need to be good with timing but the experience is much more streamlined. There’s no equipment system so you don’t have to worry about finding what’s good for you, let alone slogging it through the first however many hours to get whatever items get recommended in Top X lists. Also, I find the movement system is much more to my liking. It feels immediate instead of trying to sprint through a field of porridge. However, if porridge is what you’re looking for, Sekiro is a poor pick for you.
Lies of P is also a good pick for having tighter movement and QoL upgrades over Souls games though I dare say a lot of fans will want to drag me across the coals for saying that.
I’m pretty used to it at this point. My best friend is a big Souls fan and is one of the many who refers to Elden Ring as the most approachable From game yet as well as Sekiro as possibly the hardest. The comments I’m used to seeing are ones calling X boss the hardest they’ve ever gone against and those are consistently the easiest for me. Personally, I’m terrible with the bosses that have a wind up for their attacks and make you wait for the timing as opposed to the ones where it’s almost pure reflex. If that sounds more your bag then I’d say Sekiro is your thing and you likely won’t enjoy DS or ER. Bloodborne is somewhere in the middle, debatably closer to Sekiro though I’ve seen arguments for both ways.
I’d have to agree with that. Sekiro has a lot of the trimmings of other From games while having a movement system much closer to the standard hack-n-slash adventure game like Assassin’s Creed or Ghost of Tsushima most recently.
this is already leading to layoffs, including “GamesIndustry.biz managing editor Brendan Sinclair” and “Alice Bell, deputy editor at Rock Paper Shotgun”
At least it’s not Kotaku but all this consolidation is far from good news. Heaven forbid reporters should get to stay independent, let alone being puppeted by a company that’s little more than a meme.
Oh please freaking do it. I bet the Ghost of Tsushima sales figures are doing most of the encouraging right now but I’d love to not wait four years for this too. Already nervous about how long Rise of the Ronin will take.
My reluctance to buy is only augmented by the recent Sony BS. I like the look of the gameplay loop and don’t doubt I’d get some enjoyment out of playing it with friends but it’s an online-only game and I refuse to buy a game that, without explicit promises, will vanish into the void one day. That’s not a purchase in my eyes and never will be, it’s an undisclosed rental.
And what I’m saying I’m not necessarily advocating for an offline mode. Self-hosting a server is a perfectly valid option in my eyes. That way one can play essentially offline but also for friends to play privately or people to simply host for randos if they wanted. This is sold as a product and not a service, it’s not one and done and I think it’s inexcusable to be giving a corporation an excuse to take away something someone has bought simply because of the framing.
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Best Soulslike game for beginners?
I’ve never played a soulslike games because they are a bit intimidating to me. Amy recommendations for soulslikes games to start on or for beginners to the genre?
IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more (www.gamesindustry.biz)
this is already leading to layoffs, including “GamesIndustry.biz managing editor Brendan Sinclair” and “Alice Bell, deputy editor at Rock Paper Shotgun”
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