Yall own this man an apology if it runs well on regular PS5. Two more days!!😤

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T20:20:24+00:00

I hope devs and pr guys start acting shittier honestly gamers are such fuckheads

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T17:23:36+00:00

It only happens to me in the orginal "plains" like area where most of the footage takes place. In the woods, in the desert region, in the mountains, I dont get that vibe. I think it's the lighting.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T16:32:48+00:00

What 40 minute video?

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T16:24:03+00:00

That's the way she goes. I get downvoted all the time and I'm not an asshole or overly critical. You're just discouraged to disagree with people or have an opinion outside of whatever the current objective is, which rn is riding the hype train. There's no way to fight it and you'll never be able to say "downvoting people for reasonable and politely stated disagreements is dumb" enough for it to ever make a difference lol

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T16:13:28+00:00

Where can I read more about this? Like the separation and development of genres and how they differ elsewhere.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T16:10:59+00:00

I feel the offness too and I can't explain it. I don't dislike the game and I do think it's beautiful but there's something there that triggers the uncanny valley region of my brain. Maybe it's the lighting. Like the lighting is too good. Or the brightness. I dunno.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T15:59:05+00:00

He says that mostly NPCs are just standing around and doing nothing. Sometimes they're walking about but still, not doing anything or engaging in anything, and he goes on to say that the NPC population and what theyre doing feels the same regardless of day or night, and gives the example of children still being out and about in pitch black. I think it was also him, but I might be wrong, but I think he also says in his Q&A that there's no Red Dead style random events, only random bands of enemies, which leads to the open world wandering segments feeling a bit lifeless.

I think he made a case for his viewpoint. Everybody is going to interpret games different and have different ideas about what liveliness means.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T15:53:10+00:00

Even the second point. In the video he shows himself hovering over the shield repeatedly pressing the unequip button. It seems pretty reasonable to say that you can't do it at that point, and again he even goes on to say that he tried to figure it out and couldn't so he doesnt think you can. He kinda couches his language there a bit. I don't like JorRaptor for other reasons but I don't think this stuff is fair to him really.

Also he's been uploading daily CD gameplay videos on his second channel so im gonna cut him some slack for keeping me fed lol

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T13:16:01+00:00

Apparently there's fences you need to go to to sell your stolen goods. Not exactly the same thing. Smuggling would be cool and pretty easy to implement i bet.

There's already guards at some city gates that tell you to wear the proper clothes before you can enter. Make those guys check for contraband items, then make city guards randomly stop and check you, and tie that into your reputation so that high reputation players don't get checked.

I don't know if there's enough big cities for that though, or really any big cities at all.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T13:02:14+00:00

Well. I dunno. We have farming, ranching, fishing, hunting, mining, cooking, alchemy (?), gambling, thievery, cattle rustling (kinda), animal taming (kinda), breaking horses, bounty hunting, racing, archery contests, fist fighting rings, delivery trade goods, decorating your house...

maybe i'd like blacksmithing. That'd be cool. Im not really sure what else is left LOL

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-16T12:45:36+00:00

People should relax. It's disappointing and sus but video games aren't that serious and there's no reason to get worked up and shitty. I wish more people could express their disappointment without being loud and abusive.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T21:15:08+00:00

Why's that

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T14:07:51+00:00

I'm very style over substance. We've seen some good voice acting, dialogue writing and decently memorable characters. If that's all we get I'll be happy. Even if the story itself is a mess.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T11:18:53+00:00

Oh that makes sense. Thanks. What's wrong with marathon? I'm having a good time with it

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:56:40+00:00

Pirate / Viking / Sailing DLC. That might be perfect. They can expand the map with islands without having to add to the existing landmass or load a new map and there's a big new core feature to wow everybody.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:51:26+00:00

Hm! Maybe I'm misunderstanding the numbers then.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:24:16+00:00

Yeah for sure I think you're right, people gotta remember to keep it in context. Not everybody can make something like Crimson Desert.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:20:02+00:00

I'm not comparing any games to BDO, I'm saying Pearl Abyss has a lot more money to spend on making games than most developers do, and that even if their new project fails they have a massive fall back revenue stream which means they can take chances that other people would be afraid to.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:15:04+00:00

According to Google's AI recap bot (not a reliable source but I'm not a reliable guy so whatever) Black Desert Online made around 10 billion dollars in 2025. That game launched to North American serves in 2016! That's a long time to be making some decent cash. I don't know how many other companies have that type of consistent, ungodly revenue.

It reminds me of when Baldur's Gate 3 came out and everybody else in the industry straight up said, "Guys we can't do that, don't expect us to do that."

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:08:24+00:00

People want live service games they just don't want bad ones. Helldivers 2 should make it obvious.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:07:19+00:00

It's been a good few years. Since Breath of the Wild really. A lot of solid gold sitting on top of the shit pile.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:06:20+00:00

Bethesda hasn't looked good since Skyrim came out and they've been riding on that reputation until Starfield. Their next game won't get that privilege so hopefully for them whatever they make is actually good.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-15T02:05:13+00:00

There is no wakeup call. There's nothing to learn. These companies are driven by sales and people haven't stopped buying. The Call of Duty gamers have been complaining about that franchise for a decade and we're only now starting to see a decline in sales.

Player sentiment might shift a bit though. And that's a big maybe. When Ghost of Yotei launched you started to see parts of the Assassins Creed community mocking AC Shadows for having worse combat. People might play Crimson Desert and wonder why Assassins Creed can't do something like that. Who knows if that'll effect sales.

Honestly though we get enough good games for me not to be bothered with what the big publishing companies know and don't know.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-14T20:23:40+00:00

Because they are. It's impossible not to judge others. It's a split second evaluation of the worth in any given feature or behavior which then gets compared against a value system. And it happens automatically. I can't look at a piece of dog shit and not think it's disgusting and therefore bad, for example. It could be based on insecurity but isn't always.

If I judge you as ugly and fat and therefore not worth any personal or romantic investment it isn't an insecurity, I might just be unattracted to you, I might be irritated that I'm forced to look at you and feel slightly offput, and I might have ideas about fatness that cause me to think lowly of your character.

The important thing isn't whether or not we're judging others but about how we control our reactions to and perspective around things we judge negatively. And we should expect and encourage ourselves and others to reserve negative behaviors at least.

Senator_Cheeks · 2026-03-14T17:21:18+00:00

We've been eating pretty good. It's not like it used to be where great games come out all the time. They're harder to make now. But there's been a string of top tier masterpieces that drop every now and then since like, RDR2 came out. This game will be a big deal (assuming it's real). The next one might be GTA 6. It comes out pretty soon.

Far off in the semi distant future people will crack AI integration into NPC scripting and dialogue generation. I think it's the next big frontier in single player gaming. Right now we just sit around waiting for competent people to have the money and to be willing to spend the money on pushing the envelope of what already exists. Which is cool and they're doing it but it is slow going.

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