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Man the first outer world was such a disappointment. I played it expecting it to get the next step in fallout style gaming but I got a pretty funny basic rpg with boring shooting that was mostly linear and ended in 40ish hours. It wasn't "bad" but it didn't deserve any praise either.
The Outer Worlds 2 Is Microsoft's First Confirmed $80 Game - IGN
Microsoft has confirmed The Outer Worlds 2 costs $79.99 in the U.S. — it's the first Xbox Game Studios game to make the jump.www.ign.com
While I do agree w/ people feeling frustrated with this new pricing, I also find it hilariously ironic since the game itself is about fighting against greedy megacorps that overcharge the consumer base
For real. Had the first game been amazing, I think people might've been a bit more forgiving on this new price (emphasis on "might"). High price aside, the gameplay doesn't look all that different from the first game, save for a few new mechanics.
But to each their own, everyone has right to like and dislike certain games. The question really comes down to whether $80 is really worth the price for this game. Like, did you love the first game enough to be hyped for the sequel, despite its price?
I don't dislike the game, I just felt kinda let down by it if that makes sense. It was a 7.5/10 experience as much as experience can be a 7.5. It was like if Avowed was getting praise, and then people got it and realized it was Avowed.
I legit would rather go back and play fallout 4 again than playing a sequel of the outer worlds.
Ooh, speaking of which:
The Outer Worlds 2 game director says its writing has a 'less silly, darker tone' than the first game
People aren't always bad in silly ways. Sometimes they're just bad.
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IDK, the silly writing was one of the better aspects of the first game. Not sure how changing the tone is gonna help
I swear to god, if there's another director going through a whole, "please take me/us seriously!" phase, i'm gonna vomit.
Yeah its kinda the one thing that can stay the same, or should even be cranked up.Ooh, speaking of which:
The Outer Worlds 2 game director says its writing has a 'less silly, darker tone' than the first game
People aren't always bad in silly ways. Sometimes they're just bad.
IDK, the silly writing was one of the better aspects of the first game. Not sure how changing the tone is gonna help
Gameplay and environment is where the change is really needed.
This is the wrong choice. Embrace obsurdity! Bring out Killer Space Clowns!Ooh, speaking of which:
The Outer Worlds 2 game director says its writing has a 'less silly, darker tone' than the first game
People aren't always bad in silly ways. Sometimes they're just bad.
IDK, the silly writing was one of the better aspects of the first game. Not sure how changing the tone is gonna help
The writing was like the one good (very good) aspect of the game, it kinda made going through the slog of the gameplay and uninspired plot worthwhile cause it was witty and interestingly written.Ooh, speaking of which:
The Outer Worlds 2 game director says its writing has a 'less silly, darker tone' than the first game
People aren't always bad in silly ways. Sometimes they're just bad.
IDK, the silly writing was one of the better aspects of the first game. Not sure how changing the tone is gonna help
Though it's not as if it being more serious would necessarily ruin/improve it, it depends on if they handle it right or not. And to be honest, if I wanna play a game that lives and dies on writing and not much else, I'd just go play Disco Elysium again.
The main issue is that it felt like a downgrade in scale compared to much older games it was touted as being superior to. It was a game in space where you could fly between planets and so on but it kinda ran out of things for you to do way too quickly in each destination and then moved on. It totally lacked that fallout/skyrim style exploration where you just set forth in a direction and can be sure you'll run into a million cool or interesting things that branch into a million other things before you reach an impasse in your way.
Also, and I consider it a part of the above issue in spirit, but the game had a lack of freedom in the area of impactful choices for you to make, which you'd think would be the main thing to focus on in an rpg with an emphasis on writing and story. I was doing my companion quests and there was this mechanic girl who was randomly being flirted at by this cop and it felt random to me so I didn't go out of my way to encourage their relationship, and in their ending while everyone else whose plotlines I appreciated and went through to the end got a sort happy ending style epilogue, the mechanic girl was left more or less where she was in a state of limbo. It felt like the game considered the quest failed instead of resolved and either actively wanted to punish the player for not choosing right or just didn't have the resources to give her something else to do without her random lesbian cop lover in her life. Either way, not a cool thing to end your game on lmao.
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Nintendo Switch 2 Screen Punctures Ruin Launch Day for Fans Due to Store Receipts Stapled Into Console's Box - IGN
Nintendo Switch 2 owners are opening consoles with punctured screens due to store receipts being stapled into the front of the console's box.
Bu seriously, why did they use fucking staples?? What's wrong with good old fashion scotch tape, dipshits? And Nintendo, why did you package the console with the screen close enough to the exterior of the box as to be punctured by a staple (assuming the idiots used standard office staples; ) that just means it was close enough that any significant impact with the packaging could have done some damage. Questions for all sides involved...
'Silent Hill' Remake Confirmed by Bloober Team and Konami - The 1999 Horror Classic Will Live Again
Konami has announced that Bloober Team is working on a 'Silent Hill' remake. The project will be an HD reimagining of the 1999 classic.
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Komani really is trying hard to win back the love of gaming community. Maybe one day we can all get past the Silent Hills PT and Kojima fallout fiasco?
I've long moved past that fiasco around 2020 just before the announcement of SHR2.'Silent Hill' Remake Confirmed by Bloober Team and Konami - The 1999 Horror Classic Will Live Again
Konami has announced that Bloober Team is working on a 'Silent Hill' remake. The project will be an HD reimagining of the 1999 classic.
Komani really is trying hard to win back the love of gaming community. Maybe one day we can all get past the Silent Hills PT and Kojima fallout fiasco?
Hey, Yahtzee, you got your wish Are you actually gonna nut up and play it, or are you gonna biatch, about it even more and contrarily complain about how there doesn't need to be a remake of that game either?
I'm just happy Konami's actually releasing gains out, even though they still outsource to different developers. At least they have the dignity to put it in the hands of developers that are fans of these franchises and care about the projects they are working on. That Konami usually will not interfere and let the the developers do what they need to do helps out a lot.
Thank you for the news, and I'll be happy to get this game too.
heard some drama before games release from the board members/CEOs which didn't inspire confidence, and well hey it seems like those ominous feelings weren't for naught lol
it really was a mind's lie
the sponsored streamers struggle is real
it really was a mind's lie
the sponsored streamers struggle is real
the intaweblings are slacking, I was made to believe nothing in videgames can stay secret for long yet a triple AAA release managing 4 years till a Dev has to literally stream is...it's disappointing
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the Scots are back!
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Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart hid a prototype mini game Easter egg so well, no one actually found it
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has a prototype mini game hidden away so well within it, that apparently nobody found it.
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the Scots are back!
Oil rig horror Still Wakes the Deep is trading the 70s for the 80s in new Siren's Rest story DLC
The Chinese Room's impressively choreographed oil rig horror Still Wakes the Deep is making a return, in a brand-new bi…
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Oil rig horror Still Wakes the Deep is trading the 70s for the 80s in new Siren's Rest story DLC
And it's out next week.
The Chinese Room's impressively choreographed oil rig horror Still Wakes the Deep is making a return, in a brand-new bit of story DLC that'll pick up the action almost a decade after the events of the main game. It's called Siren's Rest, and it's coming to all platforms on 18th June.
Still Wakes the Deep's original story transported players back to 1975 and the wonderfully realised Beira D oil rig, located somewhere off the coast of Scotland in the churning North Sea. Eventually, it became clear that unknown forces had dubious designs on the Beira D's crew, and thus began a very difficult day in the life of electrician Cameron McLeary.
If you haven't played the main game, you might want to stop reading here, as introducing Siren's Rest requires revealing the fate of Beira D and its crew. You see, Still Wakes the Deep's story DLC time jumps forward over a decade to 1986 when a specialist diving team journeys to the site of the oil rig, now far below the waves. Armed with a cutting torch, crowbar, and camera, this new team is attempting to piece together the final moments of the Beira D, but it just might transpire those unknowable forces aren't quite done playing just yet.
"The Beira D is now a groaning steel catacomb interred in the inky depths of the North Sea," The Chinese Room teases in its announcement. "What really happened that December day in 1975, when communications to the mainland were severed and the rig sank without a trace? What answers can be given to families who still grieve, ten years on?"
Siren's Rest, which will supposedly offer around 1.5-2 hours of playtime, has a new writer in Sagar Beroshi (they previously served as narrative designer on Helldivers 2), and a brand-new cast to go with its brand-new crew. Lois Chimimba (Doctor Who, Shetland) stars as protagonist Mhairi alongside Lorn Macdonald (Bridgerton, The Lazarus Project) and David Menkin (Final Fantasy 16, Alan Wake 2), and Kate Saxon is once again on voice directing duties, which bodes well given the stellar performances in the main game.
I wasn't entirely sold on Still Wakes the Deep's design when I reviewed it last year, but there was no questioning its often astonishing artistry - and I'd be lying if I said the haunting fate of the Beira D's crew hadn't stuck with me. So I'm genuinely intrigued to see how Siren's Rest expands on what's come before with its new team and some 80s swagger.
Still Wakes the Deep's Siren's Rest DLC launches for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (via Steam and Epic) next Wednesday, 18th June, and it'll cost £9.99/€12.99/$12.99 USD.
What in the fresh fuck is this Escapist?
Oh, right, there's a website attached to this forum. I keep forgetting.
Man, i knew something was off. The marketing that tried a bit too hard to be hip and relevant was a dead giveaway.
Even if the game was released bug-free, it wouldn’t save from the generic gameplay
The diagnosis seems pretty obvious to me: They had way too broad a scope, ran out of money, had to push the game out the door far before it was finished, and decided to manufacture controversy to try to boost sales.
I hear people saying "Well, Cyberpunk 2077 started out this way too", and sure, but that game had Witcher 3 money propping it up.
CP2077 at the very least, had an amazing world-building, lore, story and characters behind that launch. Yeah that launch was a shit show, but people who decided to dive deeper past the technical problems knew this game would've received a lot better had CDPR polished it more.
But this game? Technical issues aside, there's just a boring game underneath. Like, okay the story is supposed to be about the world slowly transitioning into more robotic and digital age and its supposed to ask the philsophical question of whether we are losing our identity as humans... But:
- This topic has already been done to death
- There are so many games that explore this topic so much better, Like Nier: Automata, CP2077, Detroit: Become Human (boring gameplay, though), and Deus Ex
....Which begs the question, why didn't he simply snatch those folks from Rockstar? I'm sure plenty of them had issues with how Rockstar and T2 were running things.