God, I haven't played this game in like 20 fucking years. It's gonna be super weird revisiting this on Playstation.
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1. Bethesda didn't make the Oblivion Remaster
2. Of course a remake of a good game will also be good, especially when it's just a fresh coat of paint.
3. Saying they need better writers and gameplay is like saying "This ice cream would be good if it was pizza instead."
The only time I felt the writing was good in any in-house Betheshda games are New Vegas, and some parts of Fallout 4 with specific side quests.
New Vegas wasn't Bethesda, it was Obsidian. Hence why it was actually well-written.
So turns out this remake is being built on UE5.
That kinda makes me worried; Because UE5 remakes has always been a gamble; It's either a great success or a soulless reskin.
Graphics might be pretty, but the soulless remakes tend to make unnecessary changes and having none at all where QoL improvements are necessary (i.e. Oblivion still having that janky combat and awful dialog minigame).
I loved the first Halo game. I will remain cautiously optimistic.
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I have a feeling it will be good since its a remake of Halo which had a really great campaign, but not a fan of unreal. Even when its used well it runs hot.
The Console Wars, which apparently lasted from November 11, 2001 to October 26, 2025, are officially over. Gamestop says so.
Which is bullshit of course, the console wars aren't over until I can play Uncharted on Game Boy.
Which is bullshit of course, the console wars aren't over until I can play Uncharted on Game Boy.
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The war might not be over, but Xbox lost, Nintendo gave up, and Playstation is confused.The Console Wars, which apparently lasted from November 11, 2001 to October 26, 2025, are officially over. Gamestop says so.
Which is bullshit of course, the console wars aren't over until I can play Uncharted on Game Boy.
Xbox Says TikTok Is A Bigger Rival Than PlayStation Or Nintendo
The tech giant claims TikTok is a bigger rival than PlayStation
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Congratz, MS. You just dethroned EA in spewing the dumbest BS I've ever heard from gaming giants
Amazon making ‘significant’ cuts to games business, moving away from MMOs | VGC
New World’s developer is affected by sweeping cuts at Amazon Games…
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Ugh…Console wars lol.
Well hey, can’t say you *lost* anything when you can just change the definition of what the thing is.
Well hey, can’t say you *lost* anything when you can just change the definition of what the thing is.
New World just announce they are no longer making content and the servers will be good only through 2026. Which is odd because most MMO's at least TRY to go free to play.Amazon making ‘significant’ cuts to games business, moving away from MMOs | VGC
New World’s developer is affected by sweeping cuts at Amazon Games…
But we all know they'd get going free-to-play wrong, too.
Ubisoft is planning another set of layoffs; But they are politely asking employees to lay themselves off, and calls it "voluntary career transition program"
www.videogameschronicle.com
Now since Ubisoft is a corpo in France, and I don't know how employment laws work for international companies, but I am willing to bet they are doing this to not pay any sort of severance or unemployment benefit.
What a disgusting bunch
Ubisoft is asking staff at The Division studio Massive Entertainment to volunteer to be laid off | VGC
The Star Wars Outlaws studio says it’s giving staff “the opportunity to take their next career step on their own terms”…
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Now since Ubisoft is a corpo in France, and I don't know how employment laws work for international companies, but I am willing to bet they are doing this to not pay any sort of severance or unemployment benefit.
What a disgusting bunch
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But if its not ready for the lime light and gets pushed too hard then it will fall just as fast as people lose trust in it. Only difference between it and a lot of snake oil is the potential for it, not what it can do right now.
I dunno, voluntary layoffs [I think] typically come with some sort of compensation package to incentivize people to take the deal. I can't imagine you'd get a lot of takers if it was just "fire yourself, and good like out there, please?" Not excusing a move like this from a notoriously ruthless and sleazy industry, but I'd at least credit them to be smart enough not to be that dumb. The voluntary package likely has less benefits than they'd get with forced severance, so the move is likely more along the lines of "let's see who we can convince to weed themselves out on the cheap before we force everyone we WANT out at a premium." The gamble being which employees think themselves one of the few who thinks they're going to survive this game of chicken.
Now that I think on it, the opposite could also be a case, i.e.: offering a premium severance to volunteers, and firing the rest for nickels and dimes? I know I'd certainly at least consider it if there was the potential to get fired anyway and end up with less. I dunno all the ins-and-outs of legal employment terms, but I could easily see HR and the legal department conspiring for maximum benefit.