Woah, we're all in DANGER?
What is so dangerous about it? I should click to see the author's nuanced and sophisticated explanation.
Espgaluda and Ibara need a modern port.
Greedfall celebrates colonialism (according to Kotaku) and now Monster Hunter is colonialist, two games in one month!! It's almost as if these writers are reading out of a playbook.
The media silence (including the coverage over Alec "passing away" instead of accurately reporting his suicide) should be the clue here, friends. A week ago these journos were sharpening their knives over "gaming's #metoo movement" yet where is all that zealous anger now?
News outlets don't take themselves seriously. Have you watched the news recently?
Kotaku loves to control language.
They're just a propaganda outlet at this point.
No, it's a potent case-study for gaslighting. Blizzard insisted its own fans didn't want this. They kept saying that no one really wants this. Journalists affirmed the propaganda.
Then Blizzard finally gave it to fans and a ton of people are excited for it. There are specific reasons for wanting a return to vanilla WoW other than nostalgia.
It would be easier to take them seriously if they had other examples of when they stood up for small, indie, kinda-unpolished indie games and titles from small publishers. We all know there are tons out there. Why not shill for Earth Defense Force? Why not shill for God Eater 3? Why not shill for Kingdom Come Deliverance?
Only Microsoft games get this kind of red-carpet treatment, even when the car rolling up is a rusted-out GMC Jimmy.
I'm wondering if these writers believe that "competition is good", too.
Console wars are a natural byproduct of competition. You don't want brands to compete? I wouldn't mind if they tone it down, but you'll always have "console wars" to some degree. The real question is whether or not the companies themselves are participating in it and stoking those flames.
"Trying to clean up"
No, it's just called censorship.
There's nothing in the battle.net Terms of Service that dictates you should have to put accounts for completely separate services in jeopardy. Let's not forget this is the same company that wanted to publish your real name on their forums.
If you like roguelike platformers like Spelunky, it is in that same vein.
However, instead of just grinding endlessly to unlock more stuff (which there's still stuff to unlock, admittedly), you have to actually get better at the mechanics and learn how to use your tools.
It's a tossup between Monster Hunter World, Octopath, and Flinthook.
I'll have to go with Octopath, though.
Happy that M2 ShotTriggers will be bringing back the Aleste franchise and also ESP Ra.De.
The shooting at the Madden tournament a few months ago.
Gamers are always entitled: they are the customers.
Journalists are the ones who are entitled. They spout crappy opinions, don't even learn how to play the games (lol Polygon DOOM preview), complain about and mock gamers, and then wonder why their readership/viewership is declining.
FROM. They made Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, enhanced versions of the first two Dark Souls games, and Sekiro looks to be a solid title as well.
Microsoft. They are a publisher/manufacturer too, of course, but as a development studio they haven't delivered on squat.
Laura Bailey. She's done so many countless voiceovers and always does a good job.
Julian Gollop.
Folks identified this behavior over 10 years ago and got called fanboys and haters for it. Coincidentally, people also called out the culture-rot sneaking into videogames a bit over 10 years ago too and got called fanboys and haters for it. Hmm weird.
There are several blogs on this profile identifying these problems if someone needs a blast from the past. People are just goldfish brains and they want to delude themselves that a company won't act the way it has always...