Jeez Death Loop is way overhyped. I played and finished it but I am not sure why they are giving it flowers. There were other games that were much better last year.
No hate on the game but it seriously wasn’t anything amazing.
I like deathloop more than returnal personally. Not only is it a fun game, but the dialog and writing are top notch. I feel like returnal is fairly overhyped itself.
Yes the dialogue writing and voice acting, everytime you start the loop/enter new area is pretty good. But that's like 1 hour of content, the rest 20 or so hours is bland gameplay with mediocre story.
Returnal on the otherhand has gripping combat, the difficulty and limited life's just accentuates the experience. Plus varied enemy design and graphics, gameplay intrigued me much more. May be coz I am huge souls fan and like the idea of death penalty in games. To each his own. Returnal is more hard-core and deathloop is casual imo.
I didn't like Deathloop as much as some, but there seem to be plenty for who it really clicked. Personally, I thought Psychonauts 2 was super over rated and was completely eclipsed by Ratchet & Clank, but different folks click with different games.
Completely eclipsed is a bit of a stretch but to each his own indeed. Most critics thought they were pretty comparable if metacritic is any metric to consider.
I enjoyed both ratchet and psychonauts for different reasons. Psychonauts was more clever and creative while ratchet was more action spectacle. Both have their place. I def would say ratchet eclipsed psychonauts tho. It might have been flashier and more “Hollywood” but it was also a bit more derivative and formulaic as well. Both are good tho imo. This is me nitpicking.
Haven’t played Deathloop so I can’t chime in on the game itself, but I remember when Theif released from the same studio it was also a mixed reaction between reviewers and gamers. Haven’t played Theif either but I do have a copy in my physical collection to play if I so please
I hade a great time with Thief personally, I recall the only thing that got frustrating were the regular and lengthy load times, but the stealth action was super satisfying.
@Cosmicturtle It was Dishonored I was thinking of, not Theif! Thanks for the correction. I remember the two looking the same and blended them as such. Replace “Theif” for “Dishonored” in my original comment
The game was highly praised here at first, just go look at the comments from the articles when it was first announced. Its actually embarrassing to read the same people loving it back then and then overnight changing their opinions based on the publisher, even though the game itself turned out great.
Would have liked to see some love for Doki Doki as Edge are the sort of classy publication that would usually recognise a genius like Dan Salvato but otherwise, their list is pretty good.
DDLC Plus is my favorite game. I'm astonished that someone on this site even mentioned it besides me. I'm actually the director of Projekt Monika and The Real World Initiative. Yes, Dan is extremely intelligent and I can't wait to see where this metaverse stuff leads.
Jeez Death Loop is way overhyped. I played and finished it but I am not sure why they are giving it flowers. There were other games that were much better last year.
No hate on the game but it seriously wasn’t anything amazing.
Actually pretty good lists I thought, I might move a few games around a bit but all of the games are pretty great.
Monster Hunter Rise was definitely the strongest Switch offering this year. SMTV to me was a close second
Congrats to Arkane for winning Studio of the Year and GotY. That's high praise!
I'm not too sure why the people of N4G aren't a fan of it but I can hazard a guess. I won't though because I don't want to get into trouble.
Also well done to Microsoft/Bethesda with 3 games on the top 10 list
I find it ironic that a ms first party studios game won as a PlayStation exclusive (even tho it’s technically timed and slated for Gamepass as well)