Your video game hot take(s) thread

[Old_Hunter_77]

If Half-Life 3 or Bloodborne remastered or Bloodborne actually came out, they would undersell.
These supposedly most-wanted games are more memes then actual potential games, and it's gamer culture with it head up its ass. It's been way too long for anyone but a small cadre of supposed fans to legit care about at this point.

I understand how important Half-Life was and influential and I'm not taking anything away from that but good lord this was like 20 years ago? Why should anyone under 30 care about Half-Life?
I know Elden Ring is the GREATEST THING EVER and I personally obviously adored Bloodborne but the latter was and always would be a PlayStation exclusive. If Demons Souls hasn't left Sony's grip, Bloodborne won't. That makes it not in the same commercial world of the other FromSoftware games.

I was just really struck by this supposed rumor that Half-Life 3 would be announced at the Game Awards. And they did announce a number of other surprise franchise revivals (Turak, Onimusha, Okami) but folks just gotta let stuff go already. It's not cute or funny anymore to cry "Half-Life 3" and "port Bloodborne to PC!" every gaming showcase.

(Honestly just buy a cheap used PS4 on ebay to play Bloodborne then re-sell/donate it).

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

^ Pretty sure as long as it didn’t release within a three month window of something like GTA6 that Half-Life 3 would go gangbusters. They’d need a clever marketing campaign for the younger crowd, but everyone else who’s played the series that still games would be like -

 

[BrawlMan]

If Half-Life 3 or Bloodborne remastered or Bloodborne actually came out, they would undersell.
These supposedly most-wanted games are more memes then actual potential games, and it's gamer culture with it head up its ass. It's been way too long for anyone but a small cadre of supposed fans to legit care about at this point.

I understand how important Half-Life was and influential and I'm not taking anything away from that but good lord this was like 20 years ago? Why should anyone under 30 care about Half-Life?
I know Elden Ring is the GREATEST THING EVER and I personally obviously adored Bloodborne but the latter was and always would be a PlayStation exclusive. If Demons Souls hasn't left Sony's grip, Bloodborne won't. That makes it not in the same commercial world of the other FromSoftware games.

I was just really struck by this supposed rumor that Half-Life 3 would be announced at the Game Awards. And they did announce a number of other surprise franchise revivals (Turak, Onimusha, Okami) but folks just gotta let stuff go already. It's not cute or funny anymore to cry "Half-Life 3" and "port Bloodborne to PC!" every gaming showcase.

(Honestly just buy a cheap used PS4 on ebay to play Bloodborne then re-sell/donate it).

I stopped caring for the HL3 jokes by 2012. There are fans doing a 60 fps mod on PS5/"PC port" for Bloodborne. So the other's begging for a remaster will have to take what they can get.

You're screaming at a storm, @Old_Hunter_77. They can't hear you nor do they can't listen and reason. I'm not making excuses for them, but there's no point shouting at these people. At some point they're gonna have to give up the ghost and just move on to something else. I tend to ignore both crowds either way.

You getting Antonblast, BTW? I'll be taking that up later today. It looks to be the best Wario Land game ever made.

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

You getting Antonblast, BTW? I'll be taking that up later today. It looks to be the best Wario Land game ever made.

It looks very cool but it's just totally not what I'm about right now- so loud and angry. I'm looking for the chiller Neva-style stuff

 

[BrawlMan]

It looks very cool but it's just totally not what I'm about right now- so loud and angry. I'm looking for the chiller Neva-style stuff

Ever play Tetris Effect? The game is pretty chill and it still gets updates. The multiplayer is pretty fun too, if your wife ever wants to play.

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[Old_Hunter_77]

Ever play Tetris Effect? The game is pretty chill and it still gets updates. The multiplayer is pretty fun too, if your wife ever wants to play.

I do remember trying that out. Pretty neat.
Wife don't play games, not even board games lol

 

[NerfedFalcon]

Games then were scored by outsiders, professionals, not the players. Cheap imitation is so prevalent in indie games.

"Only professionals can make good art" is the most anti-art statement I've ever heard in my life.

 

[BrawlMan]

I don't like a majority of Tengo Project's revival of old Taito games. I appreciate the effort and visuals that went into these pixels, but they always do these bad/weird game design decisions that either makes the game a chore to play or makes them less fun than their original versions. The only exceptions are Ninja Warriors Once Again and Shadow of the Ninja Reborn. Even then, Once Again removed scoring and Reborn has this dumb way of continuing the last stage by quitting the game. There is no auto save, unless you literally quit to the main menu. Wild Guns Reloaded locking levels behind difficulty modes (the original SNES game does not do this at all). Pocky and Rocky Reshrined doesn't let you select any characters freely, until you've beaten the game.

 

[ExtraWildGames]

No Hot Takes from me but I do have this hot ass n64 Tetrisphere album to open up the new year with.


Cheers folks

 

[BrawlMan]

Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III is the only good game in the franchise. The first game is okay, but overly difficult, and the second game is a big piece of shit. The latter is not a hot take. Warrior Blade is literally the only game I bothered to complete in the trilogy.

 

[ExtraWildGames]

Not feeling half of the new Mario games recently.

I was definitely disappointed with Wonder and Brothership. Didn't play TTYD Remake and loved RPG Remake.

But even then, can those even count as true new games? They're essentially just remakes.

 

[BrawlMan]

But even then, can those even count as true new games? They're essentially just remakes.

Yes. Especially if we're talking about Wonder and Brothership. Neither of those are remakes at all. They're new entries. Wonder completely goes insane with the gameplay, that nothing the New Super series can ever top. Brothership has a new plot and story.

 

[ExtraWildGames]

I honestly found Wonder hella gimmicky and boring

Brothership's combat is cool but the "progression" of the game honestly makes a snail sledpulling a cruiser ship seem less slow in comparison (it is a very strong snail).

 

[BrawlMan]

I honestly found Wonder hella gimmicky and boring

I found most of the gimmicks fun and good. They at least bother to change it up, similar to what 3D World did, but even more insanse.

Brothership's combat is cool but the "progression" of the game honestly makes a snail sledpulling a cruiser ship seem less slow in comparison (it is a very strong snail).

I can't comment on this, because I never played any of the Mario & Luigi RPG series.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Not feeling half of the new Mario games recently.

I was definitely disappointed with Wonder and Brothership. Didn't play TTYD Remake and loved RPG Remake.

But even then, can those even count as true new games? They're essentially just remakes.

Odyssey kind of sucked too.

 

[ExtraWildGames]

"Wake up boys, a new engine the vast majority of gamers/consumers who don't know much or give a shit about we fuck ass youtubers have to strawman in order to say it's bad!"

 

[ExtraWildGames]

Odyssey kind of sucked too.

Nah. Disagree. Odyssey was a blast.

 

[BrawlMan]

"Wake up boys, a new engine the vast majority of gamers/consumers who don't know much or give a shit about we fuck ass youtubers have to strawman in order to say it's bad!"

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I really don't know what they're trying to prove here. There are when you games that work fine on UE5. You're gonna have your bad games every now and then, but it's not worth crying like bitches about.

After playing through Maiden Cops, I actually owe a slight apology to Final Vendetta. MC Is not bad, but there's really not much else to this game once you beat it. It's got cool cosmetic and costume bonuses, but no other modes. For all of FV's problems, it has bonus modes to keep the player(s) playing.

Honestly, a lot of the people who review indie games, gave this game too high of a score. I'm glad I got it on sale. It is not the worst brawler and is just decent, but more could've been done. Even with it's most recent patch updates. I really won't be coming back to this one multiple times.

 

[ExtraWildGames]

Honestly, a lot of the people who review indie games, gave this game too high of a score. I'm glad I got it on sale. It is not the worst brawler and is just decent, but more could've been done. Even with it's most recent patch updates. I really won't be coming back to this one multiple times.

As someone whose an indie dev myself and working on my own project, indies do tend to get more of a break compared to AAA/bigger budget studios. Which isn't good. False positives are just as bad, if not worse, than false negatives.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Nah. Disagree. Odyssey was a blast.

It was fun when it was actually giving you platforming challenges, unfortunately most of the game was just walk around and collect all the crap lying around.