I’ll wait for the Cinty review. And when it’s cheap. Maybe.

I've not been following it but One Piece Odyssey seems to have reviewed well. Fire Emblem Engage came out last week to big hype. Persona 4 Golden, Persona 3 Portable and Monster Hunter: Rise just went multiplatform, including on Game Pass. And then after all that this not-very-well reviewed game with a demo that already soured word of mouth comes out for £65, at a time when many people will still be financially recouperating after Christmas. I guess it could have been the big game of January if it had reviewed well but it seems really poorly timed for its apparent level of quality. Suspect it will not sell well.

The 'dies of boredom' bit reminded me of the footage we saw of the Platinum Xbox exclusive that was canned. Can't remember the name off-hand, Dragon something maybe.

Dark Soldier wrote:

Cupatay wrote:

DrewMerson wrote:

I realised how much this sits in the action-rpg territory, rather than action-rpg, so combat can lack the weight I prefer. At the end of the demo there was a large creature to fight, and it had that Monster Hunter feel of doing gymnastics in the vicinity of something that eventually dies of boredom, as opposed to feeling like you’re hitting it with weapons until you kill it.

This sums up why I think games like monster hunter and eldon ring play like shit. Fighting big scary monsters with no satisfying crunch to the combat can do one for me. I'll take the brutal feel of TLOU 2 combat or the slick swordplay of GoT over those long drawn out rinse and repeat fights with no weight to the action any day.
It was interesting (visually at least) two generations ago but it feels really boring now.

Beauty of gaming right there. I find the combat of ER weighty, meaty, has fantastic feedback and audio design. Stunningly done and one of the best gameplay loops there's ever been.

I found TLoU2 combat to be borderline cutscene shite that traded heft for playability. Sure it looks visceral but its fucking terrible to play.

Ha yeah, bonkers how two people can see two games so differently. Long live gaming eh, and this wonderful corner of the Internet.

Sounds like Boris' bathroom

Colossal weapon coupled with animations, stagger, sound effects, the works. Its absolutely fucking glorious and some of the best combat committed to any game.

DrewMerson wrote:

that Monster Hunter feel of doing gymnastics in the vicinity of something that eventually dies of boredom, as opposed to feeling like you’re hitting it with weapons until you kill it.

lol this is excellent.

Djornson wrote:

DrewMerson wrote:

that Monster Hunter feel of doing gymnastics in the vicinity of something that eventually dies of boredom, as opposed to feeling like you’re hitting it with weapons until you kill it.

lol this is excellent.

Could apply to fightmans also

*runs*

Bang!

I would think this would hit PS Plus Extra this year

Trouble is the bean counters will look at this and go "Oh, people don't want AAA single player games".

No, we just want ones that capture our imaginations.

Better make another 15 terminal at launch GaaS titles.

LivDiv wrote:

Trouble is the bean counters will look at this and go "Oh, people don't want AAA single player games".

No, we just want ones that capture our imaginations.

Better make another 15 terminal at launch GaaS titles.

Hogwarts should dispel them of that thought.

EvilRedEye wrote:

Seems like the inevitable price crash for this has started. I've seen both digital and physical discounts for this now.

It's getting close to tempting territory. £25 for a 14h blast through. Mayber...