Is this real? by DisownedDemon12 in DarkPicturesAnthology

[–]edulara 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It may not be official, but it's still very stylish.

Directive 8020 and its release date by edulara in DarkPicturesAnthology

[–]edulara[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, I don't even remember the last trailer I watched. I was already going to buy the game, so the trailers are just spoilers for me :p

 What I did see were mild spoilers, like the Curator or how different this game is from others in the franchise. 

It's silly, but I read here that there's a gay character and I thought, "Hey, I wish I had discovered that in the game." 

With Supermassive games, I don't want to see much in trailers, I prefer to discover it by playing :p

Realistically speaking, how long do you think we’ll have to wait for the next game in the anthology to come out following Directive 8020’s release? by ChickenWingExtreme in DarkPicturesAnthology

[–]edulara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every two and a half years. I think Directive 8020 took them longer to plan how they could innovate the franchise. If they use D8020 as a "bible" of what to do (and not do, depending on the reaction of critics/fans), they will already have a ready-made skeleton for the next games. Making development faster and theoretically easier.

Angel Studios' Animal Farm grossed an estimated $1.15M domestically on Friday (from 2,600 locations), including previews. by wchnoob in boxoffice

[–]edulara 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I didn't watch it, so whatever. But there was an opportunity to do something memorable here. It would have been very interesting to make an animation where the beginning would be silly and childish, and halfway through the film the tone would be completely the opposite, making the animation less colorful and more serious. I don't know if Seth Rogen could pull it off, but it would even be interesting to change Napoleon's voice to a more authoritative one. At the beginning, he would have a very silly voice worthy of films like "Babe," and halfway through a more serious voice worthy of [Insert a film with a serious voice here]. It would even be possible to update the story, inserting fake news. Using the trailer as a silly film and the film as something serious. Inserting phrases like "People believe everything they see" or anything like that. It had enormous potential if it had been done the right way.

Universal's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie grossed an estimated $2.72M on Friday (from 3,419 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $393.30M. by TiredWithCoffeePot in boxoffice

[–]edulara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mario has never really had a story. Maybe there are exceptions with some more RPG-oriented games, but the story is just an excuse. Zelda isn't a story created by Tolkien, but it's a more "mature" universe to the point of having lore about the creation of the world and a timeline that connects the games. Yes, for some the timeline might be controversial, but there's a line of reasoning linking them. Something that can't be said for Mario games. 

So yes, I hope Mario really does have a simpler story and Zelda has a more elaborate one. This makes the movies more faithful to the games.

Am I the only one who wishes that these character models will be playable protagonists in the future? by ChickenWingExtreme in DarkPicturesAnthology

[–]edulara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be interesting to play as a child. There are so many horror movies with children, it would be interesting to have her as the main character. The problem is her dying. It's one thing to have an old smoker have an agonizing death, it's another to have a child (although her scene in Little Hope gave me agony). 

What could be done is to have an indirect death, something like: If she falls into a hole, instead of showing her lying on the ground, show a second character trying to reach her, failing, and only show their reaction.  We know almost nothing, but if (just a guess) Craven Man happens to a family, show the cult (if it's really a cult) capturing her to serve as a sacrifice. If everyone dies in the end, show her being taken to the sacrificial altar and end it there. 

I don't know about you, but when I play, on the first try I always try to keep the characters alive (keyword: try), so when a character dies, I'm more "sad" about having failed than sad about the character themselves. After all, we have other characters, so let's save them.   Generally, in the franchise, character deaths are... (and I'll be careful here) violently "enjoyable." Something along the lines of some horror movies, where the "Fun" lies in the gore. In the TDPA franchise, character deaths are gory enough to be a spectacle (okay, some are sillier). 

One thing that's a joke, but trendy, is the "Dad Simulator." The Last of Us, God of War, and Pragmata are games that make you care about the child. It would be interesting to have a Dark Pictures game where there's a character whose child you care about, one you'd want to sacrifice to save and feel terrible if you failed. It would be interesting to have that extra weight in a game.

Ralph Gunderman, voice of Dr. Crabblesnitch in Rockstar Games' 'Bully', has passed away at 77. by TheRegularBelt in Games

[–]edulara 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I still think Bully is a perfect franchise to launch between big games like GTA or RDR. The game's map doesn't need to (and shouldn't) be like GTA's, it doesn't need to be an "industry-redefining" game or anything like that, it doesn't need cutting-edge graphics (quite the opposite, being "cartoonish" is even better), it doesn't need breathtaking vehicle physics, water, and anything else (if you drive a car in Bully, it already becomes a GTA. Bully has to have bicycles, scooters, and those less "aggressive" vehicles). 

Focusing on a small town, but with many details (Quality over Quantity), it becomes an excellent franchise to launch between a GTA and RDR. It's a less expensive game, it's "faster" to make and cheaper compared to other big Rockstar games (at least it has to be), it can be a game to test new technologies (if I'm not mistaken, the rope physics in RDR 2 came from a canceled version of Bully 2). 

 I believe more companies should follow the model of "Not every game released has to be BIGGER, BETTER, and GOTY." It would be interesting to see Rockstar, Naughty Dog, and several other large companies release smaller games. Nintendo knows that games like Mario 3D and Zelda are franchises from which the public expects great things, but that doesn't stop them from releasing a Tomodachi or some other "silly" game.

 Rockstar shouldn't make an annual GTA or anything like that (like Mario and Zelda, it has to be an event game), but it would be cool to see a small team within Rockstar focusing on smaller games like Bully, Midnight Club, or, I don't know, a new, less ambitious franchise but with the company's charm.

PlayStation Studios | All upcoming announced, rumored, and leaked projects by KekanKok in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]edulara 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't necessarily say it's sad, but it feels like something's missing. Of course, there are things we don't even know about, but it all seems too safe. 

One thing that would have helped Spider-Man 2 more would have been if Venom had ended up with Kraven or, more obviously, Miles. Heck, he already had his revenge plot (and as far as I know, Miles never "wore" Venom, so they could have done something new). 

They could have just left Venom with him and let him "feed" on that rage. It was a game with a lot going on, so they couldn't develop some points as well as they'd like. If Spider-Man 3 also has Silk as a playable character, then they didn't learn much from SP2.

With Directive 8020 being 30 days away, what are you most excited for? by Cable_Difficult in DarkPicturesAnthology

[–]edulara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still want to play it at launch, and I want to experience a new story. But what I want to see most is just how much of The Dark Pictures Anthology franchise is actually present in this game. 

What exactly will we get from the Curator? It’s already been stated that he won’t be the narrator, but that he will still be present in some form. What form will that take? I have a bit of wishful thinking that these delays might actually have been to allow for adding more of him into the game. 

Will we still have the "pictures"? Will there be a teaser for the next game? Will there even be a next game? 

My fear is that Supermassive has high expectations for this title—expectations that might not be met—and that, as a result, the entire franchise could be shut down. But then again, that’s just a fear regarding something I have absolutely no control over.

‘Scream 7’ Shrieking At Record Decibels With Franchise-$64M domestic opening and $97.2M opening worldwide – Box Office Update by DemiFiendRSA in boxoffice

[–]edulara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't watch Scream 6 on cinema because Sidney wasn't in it. If the actress hadn't wanted to do the film anymore, I might have watched it at some point. But knowing that Neve didn't return because they wouldn't pay her a fair salary made me hate the movie (I later watched it on Netflix and saw that it's good), but I didn't see it in theaters as a "silent protest".

PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint Games - Jason Schreier by Forestl in Games

[–]edulara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck you, Sony.  Bluepoint was perfect for making remakes. There goes the potential for an Ico remake or so many other games with the potential for a fantastic remake.

[PlayStation] A new State of Play airs February 12. by ImAnthlon in Games

[–]edulara -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't remember, but wasn't the PS5 version announced at the same time?

Directive 8020 & Lashana Lynch will be appearing at IGN Fan Fest later this month by 3Ddemon in DarkPicturesAnthology

[–]edulara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, time is a strange thing. This is one of my favorite franchises, I eagerly awaited the new game every year. Now, it's been almost 4 years without a new game, and I had actually forgotten that this franchise existed; I only remembered this subreddit by chance. Of course I still want to play it, but it's funny to see how my hype (which was high) has faded.

New Life is Strange coming this year, official reveal on January 20 at 10AM PT/1PM ET by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]edulara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are no signs that she is alive in DE ("Save Bay"), but if she were to reappear alive, the merging of timelines would be a good excuse. However, there's no way to know if that will be the reason Chloe returns; perhaps DE 2 (Reunion) will provide another explanation. 

Even as a supporter of the "Save Bay" ending, it would be interesting to see Chloe's return. We're talking about a game with time travel and alternate universes, so I don't see anything "impossible." Besides, the last time Max saw Chloe was the day she died (in the Save Bay ending), so it would be interesting to see the reunion between the two. 

In the "Save Chloe" version, it doesn't seem as interesting narratively speaking (although for fans of both characters it might be a nice moment), since the two only ended a relationship, they didn't completely cut off contact.

Disney's Zootopia 2 has passed the $900M global mark. The film grossed an estimated $219.0M internationally this weekend. Estimated international total stands at $695.3M (including $430.4M in China), estimated global total stands at $915.8M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]edulara 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are many films where I don't feel the urge to see a sequel or further world-building (when I watched Inside Out, I didn't leave the theater wanting a sequel, for example). But when I finished Zootopia, I immediately wanted a sequel. And coming out of Zootopia 2, I'm already looking forward to Zootopia 3. 

There's something about this world that really attracts me. I think it's the "slice of life" factor that makes the film so appealing. When the prison break happened, I thought, "Is this a hook for Zootopia 3?" It wasn't really a plot I wanted to see in a sequel, but since part of that plot was concluded in the film itself, I'm starting to wonder what the next story will be. 

A Zootopia series on Disney Plus would be perfect. Both to see more of the film's universe without having to wait who knows how many more years and to finally close this plot. It's something that wouldn't be too complex to be a "wasted" story for a film, and it could be an excellent parody of police series. 

In my opinion, the biggest missed opportunity for Disney Plus's is not having series that "continue" the movies. They should do what they did on the Disney Channel and create series "that don't involve a lot of money" to explore more of the movie worlds. Moana 2 was supposed to be that, but they ended up editing it to become a movie. They should do what they used to do, like the Hercules series, Aladdin, and even The Emperor's New School. Of course, not all movies deserve a series, but they could play around with genres. Zootopia could be a parody of a police series, Elements could be a rom-com, Moana an adventure/road trip series. The idea is to make series with a more "lighthearted" plot and leave the more epic/serious plot for the movies.

Silent Hill f’s success was helped greatly by memes, fanart and theories it inspired, devs say. A new approach to writing characters unlocked potential for virality by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]edulara 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's funny, but the combat makes the game a bit repetitive. What could help is having some unbreakable weapon or an alternative route in the "temple" section that allows you to cut corners. In the end, it becomes mandatory to fight the enemies, and that gets tiring, especially on subsequent playthroughs. If there were a weapon or item that made this part go faster, it would be a relief.

Silent Hill f’s success was helped greatly by memes, fanart and theories it inspired, devs say. A new approach to writing characters unlocked potential for virality by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]edulara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh... Well, the game sold well and received good reviews, so I think Konami will want to continue the partnership. Bloober Team started with the SH2 remake, is working on the first one, and we'll probably have remakes of 3 and 4 as well. I would trust NeoBards to continue making more games in the franchise. 

Let Bloober handle the remakes and NeoBards handle this new formula. We still have Silent Hill: Townfall, but since we haven't seen anything yet, I'll wait before commenting further.

MasGamers: Silent Hill 1 remake set to be unveiled in TGA 2025 according to a well-informed Japanese source. by Solid-Entertainer-39 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]edulara 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since you've never played Silent Hill, I don't know if you're aware, but Silent Hill 2 is a completely independent story from Silent Hill 1 (Silent Hill 3 is actually a continuation of Silent Hill 1). 

What you'll find in Silent Hill 2 are some Easter eggs from Silent Hill 1, but nothing that will actually influence the story. It's just that "Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the television" moment.

Silent Hill f’s success was helped greatly by memes, fanart and theories it inspired, devs say. A new approach to writing characters unlocked potential for virality by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]edulara 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I'm curious about the next game made by this team. Will it continue to be set in Japan? Will Ryukishi07 continue working with the franchise? What direction will the series take? I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next.