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Visual vomit for real, that looks grotesque!
It has near-universal critical acclaim though. I've been putting it off because of the visual vomit ever since Steam recommended it to me before Civvie, Yahtzee et al boosted it ... but sooner or later I'm gonna have to give it a go.
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It has near-universal critical acclaim though. I've been putting it off because of the visual vomit ever since Steam recommended it to me before Civvie, Yahtzee et al boosted it ... but sooner or later I'm gonna have to give it a go.
It probably isn't for everyone, but at least for me it's among the better games I've played in recent years.
In comparison to other recent sales of big studios and publishers the price just seems absolutely and insanely low. Gearbox 1.3B, Bethesda 7.5B, Insomniac $230M, Wth is Square thinking. Letting Eidos and Crystal Dynamics go for about the same price as Insomniac? Wild just wild.
I was never sure how much of the $7.5B is Bethesda vs sister and parent companies . This deal makes it seem like it’s over $7B of it, but there were a decent amt of sister companies making thing. Epic Games was just valued at $31.5B in their latest funding round last month.
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I think Deus Ex is done. A finish to the Jensen story would rely upon Eidos Montreal being able to produce more than one game every 5 years. Since Mankind Divided, they've released only a Guardians of the Galaxy game. MD was a great game, which was according to Eidos Montreal kneecapped by "Square rushing it out". Human Revolution was an even greater game, but still slightly kneecapped by "Square rushing it out".
> I think Deus Ex is done. I mean, it says in the article that Eidos Montreal already confirmed their next game is a Deus Ex title, so....I dont think it is done.
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"Gameplay" is a non-criticism. The combat movement is clunky, especially by western it-sucks-if-I-can't-cancel-everything-all-the-time God of War standards. Plenty of other stuff is amazing.
> it-sucks-if-I-can't-cancel-everything-all-the-time Western gamers loves Dark Souls/Elden Ring so that statement is definitely false.
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For people who don't play MMOs because they're way too addictive, the focus of square on FFXIV has been really disappointing
When you zoom out a little it makes a lot of sense. FF15 and FF13 were both failures, company had serious financial issues before FF14 took off. Hopefully you will get to enjoy FF16, and making that game wouldn’t have been possible without the success of 14. FFXIV also has the least addictive qualities of any MMO I have played in my experience. There’s very little FOMO & you’re encouraged to play at whatever pace you…
FF14 is great, though, as a non-MMO player. The community is largely helpful to newcomers, the story content is very accessible and requires little to no grinding, and the game as a whole doesn't gate important plot developments behind high-tier endgame content the way most MMOs do.
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"Gameplay" is a non-criticism. The combat movement is clunky, especially by western it-sucks-if-I-can't-cancel-everything-all-the-time God of War standards. Plenty of other stuff is amazing.
> "Gameplay" is a non-criticism. How is "Gameplay" a non-criticism of a Game? That makes zero sense. Also, that gameplay you are talking about was arguably pioneered by Devil May Cry, which is a Japanese game. So I don't know what you're on about "Western Gamers"
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/pc/combat-canceled-i-god-of-wa...
As for “gameplay” I’m not going to recapitulate the past decade+ of how we’ve learned to write about games. It’s semantically empty, say what you mean instead.
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I think a lot of their games are really niche too. Nier is definitely not for everyone.
>The Transaction will assist the Company in adapting to the changes underway in the global business environment by establishing a more efficient allocation of resources, which will enhance corporate value by accelerating growth in the Company’s core businesses in the digital entertainment domain. In addition, the Transaction enables the launch of new businesses by moving forward with investments in fields including b…
For people who don't play MMOs because they're way too addictive, the focus of square on FFXIV has been really disappointing