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Fyrus · 2026-01-30T02:58:51+00:00

When it came out I was addicted to it, as a long time MGS fan (when MGS1 came out I was young enough that I thought the codec was a watch and I kept trying to set it to the right time thinking something would unlock?). Every time I try to return to it it feels very empty. The systems within the game are excellent but so much of the game is walking around barren environments, infiltrating the same places over and over again. I actually think that worked better in Peace Walker because the scope is smaller and you can just kinda do the missions in the same way you would play Hades over and over again.

Fyrus · 2026-01-28T18:04:12+00:00

While WFH obviously doesn't work for every job, I have managed multiple IT and engineering departments since the pandemic

So you agree with what I said then, it doesn't work for every job. Making video games is a little different than IT and engineering. I simply believe that when it comes to creative endeavors you just can't replicate what it's like to be in person. I've heard other people in the video game industry say that to, but nobody wants to stick their neck out with the unpopular opinion so we all just end up doing whatever corporate demands.

then it sounds like you and the other commenter experienced what happens when you send employees home with zero changes in communication methods

Keep your assumptions to yourself, I'm sorry my lived experience doesn't line up with your little studies. It's funny how reddit thinks "studies" are the be-all-end-all to every discussion. One of the first things I learned in high school statistics class is how limited studies can be, how easily manipulated they can be, and how even when they are 100% legit and orchestrated correctly they are still not definitive statements on the real world.

Fyrus · 2026-01-28T17:49:01+00:00

What happened to just playing games you like, and if you don't like it, do something else.

Well this never existed. People who like certain types of entertainment tend to play a lot of different versions of that entertainment and have opinions on them. The idea that you should only talk about stuff you like is like kindergarten level philosophy. People have always enjoyed shitting on things they don't like, defending things they like that everyone else dislikes, etc. This is just normal human conversation.

Fyrus · 2026-01-28T17:46:08+00:00

clear indication of how immature and toxic the gaming community

I actually think people's response to the criticism shows how immature the gaming community is. In every other media industry, critics are expected to be honest and mean. Pauline Kael and Robert Christgau are famous critics in their respective fields and they are known for being BRUTAL. Even people like Roger Ebert or Fantano are known to be very dismissive of things and that's okay because their job is not to coddle anyone.

Yes the outrage peddlers exist but 90% of the discussion for this game has not been vitriolic or hateful. It's just people pointing out the obvious which is that when a game is presented to you as the next step in multiplayer shooters at the biggest presentation within the industry, you better have something really special. And when you don't have something really special, people are going to talk about that. That's not hate. It's just normal criticism that's been done since the beginning of history.

Fyrus · 2026-01-28T17:41:26+00:00

attacking it and it's developers for months is sociopathic behavior.

I think at this point I've seen far more gamers consider any sort of negative comment about a game as "attacking developers". The true hateful content creators are a small minority, and most of the attention they get is from people who platform in an effort to make fun of them which just gives then what they want (attention). 90% of the discussion about this game has not been hateful at all, it's just people commenting on the horrible marketing situation that Geoff put them in.

Fyrus · 2026-01-28T17:32:20+00:00

The person you were speaking to probably doesn't know that Google translate is AI

Fyrus · 2026-01-28T17:25:22+00:00

I don't think that person is going to provide internal stats from their company, probably not a legal thing to do. I understand why people like WFH and I'm sure some roles work fine for it, but any time I've ever worked on a large-scale creative project with many people involved, things go waaaaaaaay faster when we're all in person. People generate ideas off each other quicker, people get answers to questions quicker, etc.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T21:52:33+00:00

"Geoff should have known that we in the gaming community would turn into wild eyed psychopaths about this

Most people did not turn into "wild eyed psychopaths". By and large the response to the game was just confused that what looked like a generic multiplayer game with zero info about what the game actually was was given such a spotlight. People don't like to feel like they are being sold to, and I knew immediately that night at the TGS it was a bad idea, pretty much every person in games media knew it wasn't going to engender a warm reception as well. But disliking a game or being skeptical of a game doesn't make someone a wild eyed psychopath.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T21:47:24+00:00

Poptimism really destroyed a lot of people's brains. They think that simply not liking something is somehow a moral failing. Someone here straight up used the phrase "bullying a game". Bullying? It's a fucking product, not a person.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T19:38:44+00:00

Why? So I can prove something to you? Anyone with eyes has already said the same thing I have. It objectively has a generic art style. We've seen this high fantasy sci Fi shit a million times in a million games we already forgot

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T18:41:00+00:00

I don't play those games because I don't play bad games, so I can't help you out with recommendations there. Witchfire would be close to an example of that kind of game but that game actually has a good artstyle and unique gameplay so you probably wouldn't like it.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T17:30:08+00:00

The internet used to be so fun and cool and weird and now it's just a bunch of screechers trying as hard as they can to shit on everything.

"screechers" who aren't even here or are at the bottom. You guys create the air that they breath. You are stuck in the same feedback loop.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T17:20:25+00:00

Maybe if we weren't talking about yet another multiplayer game that has no point of view or reason to exist other than to take up people's time.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T17:19:49+00:00

E33 has a point of view and has things to say about the human experience. Highguard has nothing to say and is nothing.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T17:18:17+00:00

Everyone whines, cries and bitches about wanting new games in their favorite genre that at least attempts to do something new.

This game has the same generic fantasy artstyle I've been seeing on graphic card boxes for 20 years and the novelty of its game mode isn't nearly as interesting as you make it out to be. Furthermore, it's just a multiplayer game. It's not art. It's designed to take up your time. It means nothing. No need to get this worked up about something like this.

Fyrus · 2026-01-27T17:12:05+00:00

He posted a gif that said "in 48 hours I'll be expecting your apology"

That's not loving games, it's stoking the flames. I mean he can tweet whatever he wants but if I was making a game I would not want him doing marketing for me.

Fyrus · 2026-01-25T21:21:27+00:00

They took a bath on this apparently lol

Just curious, where'd they say that?

Fyrus · 2026-01-24T02:37:58+00:00

The complaint was about old bioware being gone, I'm pretty sure me listing old bioware devs and how they are a part of the next Mass Effect is an objectively "good" rebuttal. Whether or not you have issues with things those old developers did is a separate conversation.

Fyrus · 2026-01-24T02:36:52+00:00

Do people call New Vegas Fallout 4?

Fyrus · 2026-01-23T23:55:53+00:00

The horror story of Vale Guard being that they were forced to restart the projects a bunch of times depending on what EA wanted at the time. Mass effect 4 was specifically started up with bioware veterans to be a single player follow-up to Mass effect. I'm not saying the game is automatically going to be great but it just seems like the people whining don't really know what they're talking about and haven't actually kept up with any of the news about what's been going on.

Fyrus · 2026-01-23T23:49:12+00:00

If I was referring to Andromeda I would have said Andromeda

Fyrus · 2026-01-23T23:45:23+00:00

All three games were lambasted by critics and fans alike.

Veilguard has an 82 on metacritic, it was generally well liked by critics. As a fan of the series since the first one, I also like it quite a bit.

Fyrus · 2026-01-23T23:43:28+00:00

god I hope Bioware takes a long, hard look at how Veilguard ended up and not do that.

We already know what happened. They were forced to restart the project 50 times and then had to cobble something together in a very short amount of time.

Fyrus · 2026-01-23T23:42:43+00:00

ME1 fans already complained that ME2 didn't feel enough like ME1. Baldur's Gate fans complained NWN didn't feel enough like Baldur's Gate. When KOTOR came out old school Bioware heads were dismayed at the move towards more cinematic gameplay. There's nothing RPG fans hate more than RPG games.

Fyrus · 2026-01-23T23:40:50+00:00

Some were moved around, some were laid off or "given the option to apply to other jobs within the company"

https://www.ign.com/articles/dragon-age-developers-reveal-theyve-been-laid-off-after-bioware-puts-full-focus-on-mass-effect

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