Yeah Eternal wanted you to play it in a very specific way which I didn't really like.
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As usual I will watch Xbox streams to see new 3rd party announcements of games I'll play on my pc. Metaphor will also probably get another trailer
And trust me if I say this: you don't want to see a new Doom from modern Zenimax/Microsoft. I would love to be proven wrong but deep inside you know it's true
And trust me if I say this: you don't want to see a new Doom from modern Zenimax/Microsoft. I would love to be proven wrong but deep inside you know it's true
Doom Eternal is too bloated, I just want to move around and shoot demons, I don't want to have to manage every aspect of the game while doing it. Grenades, shoulder mounted cannon, lightsaber, and the small ammo carry capacity didn't really did for me.
Just Gears 6 for me I think. Nobody is making third-person shooters in that style anymore unfortunately.
Shame. The world could use a new "Spec Ops: The Line" right about now.
Shame. The world could use a new "Spec Ops: The Line" right about now.
From Xbox I"m interested in Avowed, Indiana Jones, Fable , Clockwork Revolution and the rumored Gears of War collection/Gears 6.
The South of Midnight teaser had great vibes but obviously we'll need to see more.
Yeah you can count me in the camp that didn't like Doom Eternal. I didn't like how they turned the combat loop into managing a bunch of cooldowns plus keeping track of enemy weaknesses to do decently well. It felt more like busy work than fun to me. If they continue moving in that direction with the next Doom I'm not going to bother with it despite really enjoying 2016.
The South of Midnight teaser had great vibes but obviously we'll need to see more.
Yeah you can count me in the camp that didn't like Doom Eternal. I didn't like how they turned the combat loop into managing a bunch of cooldowns plus keeping track of enemy weaknesses to do decently well. It felt more like busy work than fun to me. If they continue moving in that direction with the next Doom I'm not going to bother with it despite really enjoying 2016.
Not entirely. Using a specific weapon can kill a specific enemy faster, but every enemy can be killed with any weapon.
I liked Eternal a lot, but the length and intensity of the battles were at the maximum limit for me to be fun. That's why I never bothered playing the DLC.
I'm always interested in seeing more of everything, from Xbox or Sony or Nintendo or whoever.
Tried Crow Country, can't play that on mouse+keyboard, it's isometric but with full camera controls in 3D... with no mouse movement. And to shoot, you press Space, then you have the choice of two shoot buttons: L and K.
Can't rebind anything.
Absolutely insane decisions, but they did say they intend to add rebinding at some point, because that was too much of a hurdle.
Tried Animal Well... guess what?
Can't rebind buttons either. Hope you like playing a metroidvania like an RPGMaker game circa 1996.
Of course you'll tell me that you can use Steam to change those, and of course you can (well it's not like you can add mouse movement...). But if games don't care about me, I won't care about them. I should NOT have to fuck around with Steam input just for my keyboard to be recognized correctly.
It's now an endless wave of sludge options in indies that very much make me tune out with how many options we have. Ironic considering AAA games actually care a lot about those options now..
Also, having talked about that a bit outside of here, it pushes me to play a lot more Asian games than Western ones, because they are made with PC players in mind.
When I start a Chinese or a Japanese game, I get the options I need... and isn't that sad? But hey, now the younger generations don't even know how to hold a controller, so I guess things will have to change.
Can't rebind anything.
Absolutely insane decisions, but they did say they intend to add rebinding at some point, because that was too much of a hurdle.
Tried Animal Well... guess what?
Can't rebind buttons either. Hope you like playing a metroidvania like an RPGMaker game circa 1996.
Of course you'll tell me that you can use Steam to change those, and of course you can (well it's not like you can add mouse movement...). But if games don't care about me, I won't care about them. I should NOT have to fuck around with Steam input just for my keyboard to be recognized correctly.
It's now an endless wave of sludge options in indies that very much make me tune out with how many options we have. Ironic considering AAA games actually care a lot about those options now..
Also, having talked about that a bit outside of here, it pushes me to play a lot more Asian games than Western ones, because they are made with PC players in mind.
When I start a Chinese or a Japanese game, I get the options I need... and isn't that sad? But hey, now the younger generations don't even know how to hold a controller, so I guess things will have to change.
Didn't realize this was coming out so soon.
Early Access starts on the 24th.
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I see SE financials have been released.
In there is a lot of talk about going all in on Multiplatform and less emphasis on exclusivity deals. So maybe we can expect to see more day and date releases from them.
however I will believe it when I see it. Maybe release KH on steam and we can start believing it.
In there is a lot of talk about going all in on Multiplatform and less emphasis on exclusivity deals. So maybe we can expect to see more day and date releases from them.
however I will believe it when I see it. Maybe release KH on steam and we can start believing it.
Considering how they seem unable to handle multi-platform right now )The exclusivity of XVI has been up for ~5months and the PC version doesn't seem to be any close, and they keep giving sony free exclusivity) I'd have to wonder how they plan to handle that.
Yeah there are a lot of unanswered questions in their financials.
From a PC perspective, losing access to Nixxes hurt SE a lot.
although I can’t understand how they can’t afford/have people available for pc ports when so many smaller Japanese devs and publishers do.
Hell CBU3 have no real excuse as they have been publishing FFXIV day and date for the last 10 years.
From a PC perspective, losing access to Nixxes hurt SE a lot.
although I can’t understand how they can’t afford/have people available for pc ports when so many smaller Japanese devs and publishers do.
Hell CBU3 have no real excuse as they have been publishing FFXIV day and date for the last 10 years.
From the Square Enix report:
At least they're aware of the mess that was autumn 2022.
That line up from Autumn 2022 could have been split across 1, maybe even 2 years and they may have gotten better support from customers.
but there biggest issue is advertising. They still tend to shadow drop stuff that isn’t being released on a Sony/Nintendo console. Even then they seem to rely on platform holders to advertise more than them.
but there biggest issue is advertising. They still tend to shadow drop stuff that isn’t being released on a Sony/Nintendo console. Even then they seem to rely on platform holders to advertise more than them.
Hey, that's more self-awareness than I expected from them.
How did they get around this with the Steam Deck? If it's just the different shape/type of back buttons then they could build a SC like that as well.Another nail in coffin of Steam Controller
It is very encouraging that Square seems to have accurately pinpointed the issues in their previous strategy (moneyhats, absurd release scheduling). On the other hand, it puts the defenders of that previous strategy at a pretty awkward spot. When your main argument has been that "Square have the data and you don't, they know what they are doing", how do you deal with the fact that the company decided to do what the other side was telling them to do?
In any case, multiplatform releases are a win for all gamers, even for those who argued against them.
In any case, multiplatform releases are a win for all gamers, even for those who argued against them.
Did they get around it? I understand this current decision to be about the old Steam Controller. I'm pretty sure this patent troll will go after the Steam Deck too. They want to get paid, after all.
If I remember correctly, the problem was the paddles and their design. Valve basically got around it by putting four buttons at the back instead of two.
Basically, It came to whatever back button is too long. (There was other issues too, but those were tactically dropped prior to trial to ensure win)
I still expect one of these patent trolls to at least attempt to extort them over the Steam Deck too. Especially after this victory
I wouldn't be surprised if Square's former president was Don Mattrick with a face mask.
"FF16 was clearly a success for Square! You action combat haters just want to dismiss its success!"
People for the last few months
People for the last few months
Also based at current follower number Ghost of Tsushima should have launch similar to Horizon 2. But we will see if region limit will have further impact.
I don't get it. Is this supposed to be surprising? Why do you think every big company is trying to find a big live service?
The whole thing isn't sustainable, we've known that for a long time. And this doesn't apply to square only. Microsoft, Sony, EA, Ubi, every single big company big non-gaas games loses them money, that's why they are all looking for that infinite money glitch from a successful gaas to cover the massive financial hole they are walking towards, and in some cases already in.
I agree with you but the game would've been a financial disaster with or without TB combat. It's not the mechanics of the game that made it fail financially but the excesses in the graphical design and acting department.
this is the other issue with money hats. It only boosts the figures in the year they receive the payment(s).
so at a guess there was a nice boost in the year the deal was made but not in any of the subsequent years.
so instead you need money hats Year after year after year to make this numbers up.
I am guessing the 7R money hat did not cover the nose dive Rebirth had in its figures
The news is that they finally acknowledge it
Sony did not pay for a full year of exclusivity for Rebirth. Of course they know that Square isn't going to be able to drop it on PC or anywhere else within half a year, so Sony just had them by the balls and gave them half the money they were likely expecting
I didn't say that the Action combat is responsible. The people who defend FF16 are implying that the hate from TB aficionados is overblown and that FF16 is a success (even sometimes arguing it is "because" of action combat that it even has this success.
The fall of the FF IP is manyfold. Sure, Action combat is one issue, but nearly every decision that Square took with this IP was idiotic.
"Companies know what they are doing" No, they don't. They just arbitrarily decide what they think will bring money or other subjective thoughts on consumer spending and taste.
Either Square knows jack shit about their audience, or willfully ignores it to strongarm their own taste into their flagship IP.
It's like the death of CRPG in the early 2000's when retailers and publishers one day decided that CRPG's don't sell anymore.
Checking the page about games releases (this page doesn't count the MMOs), net sales went up compared to the previous year, but there was a higher operating loss:
In the major titles listed, more than half were exclusives, the multiplatform releases were the very mediocre infinity strash, the star ocean 2 remake and the late ps4/switch releases of the FF pixel remasters, plus I guess the costs of everything (especially dev costs and marketing for the big FF games) didn't offset the earnings.
I think it's likely that they would have ended the year with operating income instead of a loss if FF16 and Rebirth were multiplatform from day 1 (Foamstars can remain exclusive, that game was doomed from the start).
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The geniuses at Square finally realized they were being played and used by Sony.
Big games like 16 and Rebirth need to clear 10 million in sales (at or near full price) for them to make financial sense. You are not doing that these days without releasing on at least 3 platforms. These deals were always stupid asf and the only ones who benefited were Sony + a few execs at Square.
Big games like 16 and Rebirth need to clear 10 million in sales (at or near full price) for them to make financial sense. You are not doing that these days without releasing on at least 3 platforms. These deals were always stupid asf and the only ones who benefited were Sony + a few execs at Square.
The Rogue Prince of Persia launches on May 27th for $19.99 (with a launch discount).
Plenty big non-gaas games are making their money back and then some, i think the main problem is how bigger companies work and treat money and the risk involved with the longer dev times. Even if a game makes back 5x its budget that means big profits at launch and next to nothing 5+ years down the road before the relase of the next one. At that time the income from the previous game(s) is just gone, reinvested in the company and distributed to the shareholders. Essentially that studio has been a loss leader for the last year(s) waiting for the next release despite having created way more income than expenses overall. Which is fine, part of making games, but now the next game is a flop. Suddenly a part of your company that is supposed to make profit is just costing you more and more money for potentially 10 years in a row? And then maybe you get a big payoff but do you still have that amount of faith in a studio that just produced a bad game?
As long as they don't literally port the Switch version and limit it to 720p, I will be happyIt will be low effort console port
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