When will people learn? Seriously. They keep touching fire and act equally surprised every time they get burned.
No Man’s Sky. (Great now but holy hell was it a shit show)
Cyberpunk
Diablo IV
Far Cry 6
StarField
And now this latest Assasins Creed: Mirage.
Probably forgetting plenty of recent releases too that just faded into nothingness.
Personally, I’ll be starting Batman Arkham Asylum this weekend. Heard it was pretty good. Should keep me busy for a while.
Gamers who preorder non-physical games need a legitimate intervention
But … but… collector and exclusive content!
If it’s not physical swag it’s just DRM’d pixels that you don’t actually own. 🤷
I did it ONCE and got burned so bad I’ve never even considered it ever again. Just Cause 4. So bad, it’s not even on the lists of biggest letdowns. A letdown of letdowns.
Took me a while to realize what you meant by that list of games. I thought I was on the piracy community so I was thinking “why would I want to pirate any of those???”
Reviewers won’t give anything below a 70% and marketing material is just that. Also, it rubs me the wrong way when a game’s first section is full of scripted stuff specifically to “trick” reviewers, who invariably go “WOW look at the scenic shot here!” As long as it keeps working they’re going to keep doing it. Bad ratings and record sales, why would they change?
There’s no such thing as reviewers for video games. Anyone actually critical gets blacklisted quickly. It’s just more marketing at this point.
Reviewers have always considered themselves and been considered part of the games industry. With a few rare exceptions they’re a glorified marketing wing.
videogamedonkey ia the one and only game critique
Is there anything non-indie that’s released in the last 2-3 years and hasn’t been an absolute shit show on launch?
Elden Ring, Tears of The Kingdom, Baldurs Gate 3 comes to mind.
The release of Baldur’s Gate 3 was when I re-purchased Baldur’s Gate 1 for a play. Owned the physical for windows 98 back in the day and wanted to give it a nostalgia run while I wait for the price to come down on BG3.
Armored Core 6 as well
Elden Ring PC port was rough but the game itself was great
I definitely seem to have gotten lucky with that. Were the issues performance related or something else?
