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Hmm, after GR2... I don't know. I really like the first one, but the sequel kinda sucked.
I know, hence why they could fix their mistakes with the third game. I'm not begging for it, but if it happens, i'm not gonna complain. I already have something better on the horizon.
 
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Killzone 2 is still a marvel of game development. One of 7th gen’s primary examples of what happens when art and tech are used exceptionally well within the constraints of the given hardware.



 

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Epic Games, which has their own "Steam" like service and PC application gives free games away every Thursday, 11 AM. Except this time of year. I think today marks the 1st of some 10 days of daily free games. Today is Vampire Survivors.


Another game in some 20 hours.
 
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I still had a good amount of fun with it, but they were trying to chase the CoD style of gameplay with this one and it made for a sequel that still looked and sounded incredible but lost some of its unique identity. The story was also a mess as stated, but the upside is a nicer variety of environments to shoot your way through.




Agreed. Was really expecting more from this even though it was a launch title. Merely having an awesome soundtrack, some good visuals and a couple minor gameplay improvements wasn’t enough. Resistance was done much better as a PS3 launch title all things considered.
 
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My bet is that they are keeping this game alive because of some sort of contract with Singapore government. This is the only live service game that Ubi-shit had any sort of government funding. If they take it down too soon, it's gonan be even a bigger loss for them.

It's also the only live-service that didn't get the axe after short-term.

This makes me question why the Singapore government decided to work with them in the first place.
 
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“I don’t know about you, but when I heard the concept of the game I was like, ‘Oh my God I want to go be Storm in a game, I want to go be Doctor Strange in a game. I want to be those heroes in the game, that sounds awesome.’ And of course my mind immediately leapt to all the cool possibilities you could have with that. That’s what I think will pull people in as well too. If we’ve done our jobs well, they’ll love what they play and they’ll want to play some more.”
This is like the basic 101 for any project deliverables. You want your thing to be a real headturner and pique people's interest.

It's quite saddening that such basic principle is being forgotten. Particularly for that OTHER HERO SHOOTER which completely ditched it and was hostile towards critics and reception
 
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Not that I give a shit about NFL anymore and the Madden series can go fuck itself, but who in the right mind does this?
This is like……actually I cannot think of an analogy for this. It’s so damn stupid.
 

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This is like the basic 101 for any project deliverables. You want your thing to be a real headturner and pique people's interest.

It's quite saddening that such basic principle is being forgotten. Particularly for that OTHER HERO SHOOTER which completely ditched it and was hostile towards critics and reception
There seem to be a lot of developers who need to be reminded of this. They seem to think "If we just clone X, then X's audience will come to us".
 

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There seem to be a lot of developers who need to be reminded of this. They seem to think "If we just clone X, then X's audience will come to us".
It is easy to say this when your hero shooter clone is piggybacking off the most popular characters in nerd history. Concord would have been fine if it was pokemon based or some shit too.
 

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It is easy to say this when your hero shooter clone is piggybacking off the most popular characters in nerd history. Concord would have been fine if it was pokemon based or some shit too.
Possibly. Rivals seems to be doing well, and granted I haven't played it, but after a look around, I'm having a hard time pinning down what it does to really differentiate itself other than featuring Marvel characters. Maybe that's enough of a hook to give it legs, but I dunno, seems kinda shaky ground. Guess time will tell.
 
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Possibly. Rivals seems to be doing well, and granted I haven't played it, but after a look around, I'm having a hard time pinning down what it does to really differentiate itself other than featuring Marvel characters. Maybe that's enough of a hook to give it legs, but I dunno, seems kinda shaky ground. Guess time will tell.
It is easy to say this when your hero shooter clone is piggybacking off the most popular characters in nerd history. Concord would have been fine if it was pokemon based or some shit too.
To quote Pat: This game is as closest we're gonna get to Anarchy Reigns 2 or Marvel vs Capcom 4 (for now). The battle passes are forever and not on any limited time. Also, you don't have the registered to some dumb website just to play the game or unique storpage. You just go in and play and that's it.