From Eurogamer: "As Eurogamer turns 20, we thought, you know what? It's not all about us. It's also about the developers, the people behind the virtual magic that inspired the creation of Eurogamer two decades ago. Without the developers, we wouldn't be here. And so, we thought we'd ask a few of them (20, in fact!) to pick the games that defined the last 20 years, and see what would come of it."
The review embargo for Hellblade 2 appears to lift on the same date as the launch of the game, just an hour before it's available.
That's not a good sign.
Review codes have been sent out as of 8 hours ago (according to Tom Henderson on X) so at least they aren't withholding those... But you'd think with confidence they'd want positive reviews to get buzz going online the weekend before release.
... But if they're expecting mid reviews, yeah sure lift that embargo when most people are asleep.
Zero marketing and embargo lifts when the game launches?
No confidence from team Xbox.
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Demon Souls and Dark Souls after that are the titles that stigmatized gaming for me in the past 20 years and forever. Those games offered me the freedom from hand holding I never knew I needed so much until I experienced it. No other game type since then has captivated me so much...made me see other games as placeholders until the next Soul game comes out.
Second most important game to me was MGS4. If I go further back then I'd go with Mario 64 and GoldenEye.
I see you Phil!
Shenmue 1
Grand Theft Auto 3
Resident Evil 1 Remake
Resident Evil 4
Devil May Cry 1
Devil May Cry 3
Demon Souls
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Halo 2
PUBG
Diablo 2
World of Warcraft
Persona 3
Bayonetta 1
Batman Arkham Asylum
God of War (2005)
Doom (2016)
Spider man 2 The Movie game
There’s a bunch more I want to add but it’s for the last 20 years