Odd that it's a stretch goal but, frankly, I can see why there'd be more important things to focus on. Shenmue was always a trailblazer, even if nobody bothered buying it. Getting what everybody else is already doing might not be top of the list.
I just hope they're making sure to build a firm base before going over the top in other areas.
Any improvements are welcome, but it would have been nice for this to have not been an issue.
I'm not exactly uncalm pal, but thanks for the, um, tip.
It was announced way before this year's E3. Didn't they announce they were working on something alongside Tearaway, and that was three years ago almost.
I'm not saying its bad. It's too early for that. But that's the point Im making, I would expect to know a little more at this point.
I feel at this point the "mystery" marketing for this game has worn thin. It's gone from Mild interest in a gimmick to thinking if they have anything worth showing, they'd have shown it.
I'm waiting to be wowed, but I'm definitely more skeptical than I was at last year's E3.
Nobody knows what you get with VR until they try it, and not like try it for 10 minutes in a booth, but sit and live with the full thing for days and weeks.
That's not just down to the tech, but the whole experience. What's available, how much it costs...
3D wasn't cheap, and people didn't buy it. It was when it became more accessible that it got to consumers. Again, Avatar being the choice example.
VR will never have its Avat...
When the more general consumer focus app starting coming out, there's the potential for it to really skyrocket.
The idea of broadcasting live concerts or hanging out with friends in VR is going to be huge, and would make the cost not seem so bad.
But it'll take much, much longer the harder they push it as a gaming platform. Even most gamers are still on the fence.
The only issue is that there's a higher cost of entry. With 3D films, people would happily jump in if the hype was there (as with Avatar) and then go from there.
Or maybe they'd buy a smart TV with 3D and try it out, just because why not?
But that isn't going to happen with VR. It's a dedicated device, and it's going to be relatively expensive at that.
So other than you don't want them to enter a popular market that you are not a part of, what are the actual downsides?
I don't think the game's quality is up for debate, to be fair. It'll be a great game, but there are indie titles which have similar themes and ideas, even familiar graphical styles. The more power indies get, the less fresh anything Team Ico puts out will feel.
And that's not to say they'll be in the same ballpark, but with ever-dwindling originality, I can't help but feel The Last Guardian will struggle to make its mark.
It may sell ...
You have a funny definition of bashing.
The point is that if the emotional investment is so high, and the financial investment is so high, how can anybody but the most die-hard fans be happy?
Which I think is a more nuanced point, and one more worthy of discussion, than "bashing" properly covers.
It does, and there was never any reason to think it would make the jump, but some people always want what the other console has.
Nothing wrong with that I suppose, we should all want our console of choice to be the best it can be, but it leads to people grousing over functionality they may or may not actually get.
While I'm not going to be dragged into a debate on the positives and negatives of GamerGate, I will specifically reiterate what I said in the article: there's absolutely no reason to think this short story was written for or by GamerGaters, and jumping to that conclusion is ridiculous.
The rest of that stuff, from a journalistic standpoint, definitely needs some citations.
Pretty much. It's interesting how easily people jump to conclusions. From my two minutes of research on the author, it appears she's a regular writer of short adult fiction - my guess is she thought the controversy would do her good.
But everything has to be a political statement I guess.
Who, through the power of teamwork and friendship, murder foreigners.
Maybe this isn't a good idea.
Right - the original isn't "banned" in Germany. The uncensored version is, and you can access it, I believe, with the workaround you've just provided.
The fact that the official Sleeping Dogs twitter account is answering complaints about the Definitive edition being unplayable in Germany kind of nullifies the rest of your points, unless you have proof to the contrary (and aren't just presuming your workarounds will work the same as they always do).
@nerdmaster
It's huge, but it's also a big internal issue within the industry where people either don't want to give it the time of day or are worried about being branded poorly if they support it.
Again, these are things that are going to contribute to it being insanely long-lasting.
It's kind of a mix of a number of things, and it moves fast, which is why there's so many different takes on it.
Simply put: a certain group of gamers are upset about journalistic practises and standards across a number of the bigger sites. Not unusual. It was made worse this time because of the involvement of Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian. Some journalists rallied to defend the developers against a small minority by attacking the majority of gamers.
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There's still some great stuff out there. Countless indies are desperate for gamers to check out their work, all of it well worth playing.
There's not really a way to change that for the vast majority of them though, sadly. You just have to be willing to check out something a little vaguer from time to time.
I could get behind it being a Gravity Rush port. That would be great news and not especially surprising.
It's never good when features don't make it, but at least the concept is fairly original. Still worth keeping an eye on, I think.