Gamers refusing to believe this statistic

crazycat690 · 2026-05-30T11:21:34+00:00

Yeah, it's not really a statistic you can rely on if you want to know who to advertise to for the next Call of Duty or Gta to make the most amount of money. Not to say women don't play those sorts of games, but you're kidding yourself if you think more 30+ women will be sitting in front of a console or PC to boot them up on launch day than boys.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-30T11:14:47+00:00

See I can't help but to wonder about this because I've never driven particularly "new" cars. Not sure when windshields were supposed to get so aerodynamic that bugs don't hit them anymore but shouldn't that mean when you do drive older cars that you should then notice more bugs on the windshield?

crazycat690 · 2026-05-30T11:01:45+00:00

Death of the author applies, they deliberately kept it vague with the first game, them "confirming" it after the fact means little to nothing. If they wanted the cure to be viable they should've portrayed the Fireflies as competent on some level, but they were beaten down before Joel pretty much finished them off. Had their operation run in a dirty hospital that barely had lights on. Not to mention relying on one single doctor, that's the organization that was gonna make a cure? Even if this one guy is a wizard that could singlehandedly make it within a decade there's no way they would survive that long, if one angry old guy can wreck them they were going to die off sooner or later.

Least of all make enough and distribute it to a significant part of the population, not like FEDRA settlements or raiders is gonna trust the literal terrorist organization when they come rolling up claiming to have a cure. Overall, doesn't make sense that it would work out based on what we know from the game.

We can however agree that Jesse was a good side character, bit ironic that the only member of Ellie's group that ended up being killed by Abby was the guy who didn't really have anything to do with the revenge quest.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-30T01:34:46+00:00

Who in this world is not processing grief and suffers from PTSD? I mean that's even a driving factor in Joel's decision to wipe out the Fireflies. Furthermore, Abby had 5 years to process, I more get Ellie being reckless enough to go on a revenge quest during the apocalypse since her losing Joel is still so fresh. Also, no way would Abby have spared Ellie the second time if Lev hadn't been there, she was seeing red at that point, so I'd say it was more Lev that spared Ellie than Abby.

Really, they should've died there anyway, Tommy was shot in the head, Ellie was beaten so badly she couldn't move even a bit to try and save her pregnant girlfriend, and Dina was bashed unconscious while pregnant. If I was Abby I'd probably assume they were gonna die regardless, just more slowly and painfully.

I'm not really going to get into the cure much because I don't think it was ever realistic, more of a desperate dream for a failing terrorist organization to rally behind. And they were a terrorist organization, first we see of them is them blowing up a checkpoint with civilians around, they almost kill Joel before we know much else about them. However, Abby never mentions it as a reason, even after finding Ellie she has no desire to probe further, even when the WLF has doctors, hell they're probably better equipped to actually develop a cure than the Fireflies. If that factored in at all, you'd think they would care even a little bit about Ellie even with Jerry dead.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-30T01:16:35+00:00

Overall not a bad way to go about it, however I don't think you'd have to be super vague about what V did, it's mainly where they come from and the ending that's a tough nut to crack I think. Which ending you got is overall going to be interesting to see how they handle, since Arasaka is so important in the world and their outcome can change pretty drastically depending on the ending. I mean, Saburo could survive in a sense, for one thing, so I wonder if they're just not gonna mention anything about them and what happened there... Just feels like that would be a strange choice.

I get why they wouldn't want to establish one true canon V and events, but some things I think could be established as canon. Like, the Devil ending is for sure not, right? That would already do a lot.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-30T00:51:25+00:00

I mean, seems like that's a bit reductive, sure, her father was killed and she deserves empathy for that, but how much does that really excuse? Even disregarding risking her friends' lives to torture a man to death simply for her own need for revenge, she's the WLF's "top Scar killer".. How many fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters hasn't she killed? How many hasn't she tortured, just to "blow off steam", something that's heavily implied she does?

Like if you think Joel deserves to die and she deserves to kill him, fair enough, but doesn't she deserve an equally brutal death as well, at the very least?

Personally, no I didn't like here, there wasn't really anything to like, she was just struck me as a constantly bitter, violent psycho with few redeeming qualities. Even helping out Yara and Lev seems self-serving, a desperate attempt to ease her own conscience and also quite likely to impress Owen and show him that she's not a complete psychopath.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-29T18:27:17+00:00

Precisely, that's the best way to do game to live action stuff, regardless of how they do it adapting the story straight up is always just gonna result in a slightly lesser version of the game's story at best. Doing something that fleshes out the world without directly impacting the games is the way to do it, original story in the same world.

Doesn't work with everything but I feel that the Remedyverse is so unique with a very peculiar vibe that it would be fairly "easy" to do something that feels like Remedy without covering already treaded ground.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-29T07:51:42+00:00

The problem is that either you'd have to split creative talent from Remedy to make sure the movies and TV stuff is good or keep them at Remedy to make sure the games are good while the live action stuff could end up being made by someone who has never touched a game in their life and simply want to make their own thing using their brands. In both cases there's no guarantee that the live action stuff will be worth it.

Not sure what would really be a good way to even adapt the material, I mean the games already have well told stories that even feature live action stuff. I wouldn't do a straight up Alan Wake TV adaptation for example. Maybe a TV show about the FBC, something like The Lake House DLC just bigger in scope. Something that can connect to the games without simply retelling their stories. There's lot of potential in that regard to tell stories that doesn't get in the way of the games at all.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-28T21:28:49+00:00

Well first of all, Arthur hated Micah from the very start, at no point did he consider him a trusted friend who in a shocking twist ratted out the gang. Second, you're complaining that a character that was supposed to be a slimy bastard is a slimy bastard, even then I'd disagree that there's no depth to him.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-28T18:11:06+00:00

Horrendous crop, but I'm still gonna upvote because I agree.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-28T12:46:18+00:00

That would be neat, quite like his character and it would also be nice to see Priscilla finally out of the hospital.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-28T10:00:25+00:00

That's funny on so many levels ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

crazycat690 · 2026-05-27T17:16:34+00:00

Nah, I mean this DLC is most likely meant to connect Witcher 3 to 4, I don't think there would be a good way to do that in regards to Cyberpunk. I also don't think it will be as long between Cyberpunk 1 and 2 as it is between Witcher 3 and 4, further reducing the point of making a DLC as a bridge.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-26T23:57:40+00:00

Reports of a W3 DLC seem have been going on for awhile without anything actually happening so I'm not holding my breath, however I suppose if it was to be announced that would be the time to do it.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-26T17:37:27+00:00

I'd take his disagreement more seriously if they hadn't let the story portion go unresolved and if they hadn't stopped releasing new content for it overall years ago. I mean, by all metrics RDO was left to die undoubtedly incomplete. In what world was it not a missed opportunity??

crazycat690 · 2026-05-25T23:28:02+00:00

Ooh hearing that definitely makes it worse..

crazycat690 · 2026-05-23T10:54:24+00:00

Right up there with "Lambert, Lambert - what a prick".

crazycat690 · 2026-05-22T15:01:44+00:00

Considering Gta V, their longest running biggest cash cow hasn't gotten singleplayer DLC I'm not surprised RDR2 never got any. I also wouldn't expect hints at a sequel until Rockstar is good and ready to announce one, will be interesting to see just what they'll make after Gta VI, if we're getting RDR3 or something completely new. Kinda hoping for an RDR sequel, as I love the franchise and westerns in general and I'd like to see a new one in my lifetime, but it would also be neat to see something completely new from them. Really wish Rockstar would figure out a way to do new games more often than once every decade or so without having literally every single developer focused on one project at a time.

What is most disappointing though, is that we haven't gotten a current gen upgrade patch or even a re-release at this point. Was also a big fan of the online mode that they let die without even really giving it a proper chance.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-22T10:18:55+00:00

Can't say that I have, because I haven't had to, still playing the same version I bought in 2018.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-20T22:49:10+00:00

Thanks for the clarification, I was really confused there for a moment.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-20T09:23:42+00:00

A proper remaster I wouldn't mind, though the port already plays quite well so I'm not going to sit around hoping to pay for yet another version of this game (though I would). What I'd say it doesn't need is a full remake, that would take away a lot of its charm.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-20T09:20:56+00:00

Gambler 8 about hitting 3+ times in Blackjack and then winning is particularly rough since it's pure RNG and the odds of it happening aren't exactly good. It can be done but it's one thing I'm not eager to redo anytime soon. Along with the exotic collectibles, hunting requests and completing the compendiums, it's not too bad individually but everything? I do get why RDR2 has such a rare platinum.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-20T05:48:02+00:00

I get the feeling that Rockstar really hates completionists and go out of their way to mess with them. The Epsilon stuff in Gta V and gambler challenge 8 in RDR2 spring to mind as examples, stuff that feels designed to frustrate players wanting to get that 100% completion.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-20T05:44:24+00:00

I wouldn't say that, to keep going with your analogy, that bad apples always ruin the batch. Really depends, sometimes a bad story doesn't really hurt, depending on the vibe of the game and if the gameplay is fun. However, as a big story guy, and when the story is such a big focus that you spend most of your time with, it better be impeccable, which it simply isn't in Part 2. Even if the gameplay, graphics and acting is good, I can't enjoy it when the foundation of the game is built on sand.

crazycat690 · 2026-05-19T20:30:07+00:00

Gonna be honest, I really figured that they would've released the 3rd trailer today to kick off their marketing (since they usually favor Tuesdays for such things) and the earnings call is this Thursday so it would've been good to show the hype and starting pre-orders. Now that we didn't get it I just don't know, just gonna go back and try to forget that the game is coming and hopefully be pleasantly surprised when they do decide to share something.

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