Your video game hot take(s) thread

[NerfedFalcon]

Not my take exactly here, but Nick has a point and talks about additional content single player that can make the game last longer and ease new players in.

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I would never wish death upon a game, but I kinda feel like it might be too little, too late for Marathon. Even if it does end up with a steady fanbase, the damage of Destiny 2's cancellation has already been done, and it was probably far worse for Marathon than any update could be.

 

[Ezekiel]

Modern games with good female writing:

• Nier Automata
• Oneechanbara Origins
• Street Fighter VI - Play their arcade modes or bond with them in World Tour mode. They got some deep stuff going on.
• Hi-Fi Rush - Even though Chai is the main character, none of the female characters who play huge supporting roles are written poorly, nor the men either.
• Both Norse GoW games. Yes, Freya can be up her own ass at times, but at least she gets called out on it several times in Ragnarok.
• Ghost of Tsushima and Yotei.
• Alan Wake 2
• Resident Evil 8 and Shadow of Rose DLC
• Resident Evil 9
• Silent Hill f
• Celeste
• Sayanora Wild Hearts
• Gris
• Assemble With Care
• Eliza
• 1000XResist
• Penny's Big Break Away
• Signalis
• Crow Country
• Double Dragon Revive
• River City Girls 1 & 2

Sounds like some people have only been looking in the one direction or blinded by hate and not giving games an actual chance, and rely only highly dubious second hand opinions. Writing of female characters wasn't perfect back in the 80s-2000s either, and many cases (not all) worse than now. Women were either treated as sex objects/eye candy/needing to be rescued only, or thinking making them total assholes as being tough was the only way to go.

Not my take exactly here, but Nick has a point and talks about additional content single player that can make the game last longer and ease new players in.

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The writer and designer of Celeste is biologically male, and it shows. Women have many things they're better at than men, but only a man's brain could have made Celeste.

I hate Chai from Hi-Fi Rush. Pathetic, weak voice and the butt of the joke. A bumbling fool made fun of by whoever is speaking over the radio. Probably a cuck. Can easily imagine him watch Peppermint fuck. The story is stupid anime bullshit.

 

[BrawlMan]

Sounds like a you problem.

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

The new God of War game looks fucking AWESOME. But then I also really like Raganarok.
Gamers are bitchy stupid assholes and don't deserve cool shit.

 

[Worgen]

The writer and designer of Celeste is biologically male, and it shows. Women have many things they're better at than men, but only a man's brain could have made Celeste.

I hate Chai from Hi-Fi Rush. Pathetic, weak voice and the butt of the joke. A bumbling fool made fun of by whoever is speaking over the radio. Probably a cuck. Can easily imagine him watch Peppermint fuck. The story is stupid anime bullshit.

I like that every time I think BrawlMan might be going too hard on you, you remind me who you are and that he might need to step it up more.

 

[thebobmaster]

I have to say, I've found dropping into this and the Gaming News topics a lot less stressful with Eze on ignore. Recommend it.

 

[Old_Hunter_77]

The whole panic about all these games coming out in September is a problem only for games reviewers and critics. Very few actual people want to play every new game all the time, most of us have a couple of genres we're into.
I think this coming September is cool. I like that there are four games coming out that month that I'm almost certainly going to play at some point (Blood of Dawnwalker, Control Resonant, Wolverine, Onimusha), though probably only one or two in actual 2026 and the others later. And I guess my hot take is: that's actually good?

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

All these games releasing end of summer. Kinda lends some credence to anyone acshooally believing GTA6 will release by year’s end. I guess the closest litmus test would be if we get a gameplay trailer by end of summer, like with RDR2.

 

[Xprimentyl]

I like that every time I think BrawlMan might be going too hard on you, you remind me who you are and that he might need to step it up more.

I have to say, I've found dropping into this and the Gaming News topics a lot less stressful with Eze on ignore. Recommend it.

I've thought about going the "ignore" route, but it almost feels like a "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" scenario. I'd much prefer to know what depraved ideas his persistently dissatisfied mind is disseminating. Why? Excellent question; I have no clue. It's like a bad smell or a sore after biting your lip: you could easiiy open a window or stop touching the injury with your tongue just to see how badly it hurts, but the human condition mandates curiosity can often win out over sanity and reason.

 

[thebobmaster]

I've thought about going the "ignore" route, but it almost feels like a "keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" scenario. I'd much prefer to know what depraved ideas his persistently dissatisfied mind is disseminating. Why? Excellent question; I have no clue. It's like a bad smell or a sore after biting your lip: you could easiiy open a window or stop touching the injury with your tongue just to see how badly it hurts, but the human condition mandates curiosity can often win out over sanity and reason.

Oh, I get it, don't get me wrong. It took me much longer to do than it should have, because it really was fascinating to see how long he'd linger on the smallest of details and continue hating something for existing and everyone around for allowing it to exist and not hating it as much as he did.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

As funny as it is to laugh at Zeke, here's a video game hot take as opposed to an Escapist user hot take:

I genuinely don't mind getting help with puzzles from NPCs, particularly in games with character-driven stories where they realistically would try to help, as long as I have to press a button to ask for it rather than simply being told the answer after a certain (arbitrary, hidden) amount of time. The Uncharted games are actually good about this, since the solutions are drawn in Drake's diary which you have to open to see. More like that and less like God of War 4 (which I otherwise really like), please.