Ouch, that does not sounds good for Eurogamer.
With so much of the industry media that will more or less follow the same editorial line, it will be harder and harder to distinguish PR from actual journalism in a couple of years.
Thinking about it, may it explain their review score for Hellblade 2?
Not a great sign commercially speaking I am afraid.
My guess is that the game is very similar to the first one (introspective story, limited gameplay, around 6h playtime) while Microsoft wrongly made it appears a the new AAA megaton when they was marketing it.
The game may be very good indeed, but just far from the crazy expectations some may have.
Anast I wasn’t expecting more from you and I haven’t be disappointed.
Don’t believe any number if you want, but things cannot be more evident that most of games companies are pushing to get the most they can from PC market.
Hell, we have both MS and Sony that are releasing their biggest franchise on PC with no or less and less delay vs console release, that is never seen before in the industry.
What is surprising me is that PC is not...
Here they are: https://hothardware.com/new...
Another sign that dedicated consoles market is in trouble, while PC seems more and more attractive to big publishers.
Having a good gaming PC and a PS5 myself, given current trend form both Sony and MS I am less and less playing on PS5, waiting for exclusives to release on PC, so I understand the logic behind the new strategy.
Oh come on and stop the hypocrisy.
It requires internet connection to complain on this website that a game require internet to start, so it should not be a big problem to launch it.
I am on the opposite side, I would have preferred a full remake, based on RDR2 engine and assets.
The développement effort would have been reasonable I think, with a real benefit for everyone.
I would prefer they focus on Gothic remake 😅
Finally some common sense
Get real man, there is no downgrade, but neither “95% massive improvement” lol.
Everything is pretty much the same except some lighting changes, it is hardly a downgrade.
2022 trailer has more vivid colors also, but nothing an ENB cannot change easily.
The only “downgrade” I see is framerate, especially during slowdowns it is clear that 2023 trailer runs slower.
I am just hoping it will be one good game in one…..
It won’t. Last Spencer interview is a good indication the MS already knows Starfield will not live up to the expectations.
They already afforded to screw a lot of thinks they were supposed to “can’t”.
Don’t underestimate MS ability to ridiculise themself.
I am wondering if Nadella is not going to pull the plug on MS game division as it is today.
On top of being a minuscule part of revenu for the company, their business have dropped significantly in 2023 and they are more and more hurting MS overall reputation.
Will this game best ever released?
Utter nonsense that contradict the very core of souls like gameplay.
There is multiple ways to make a break while you are not on a fight: quit the game, rest to a site of grace, find a safe spot in the scenery ….
You are on a fight ? That’s not a damn time to pause, fight for your life!
As I said in another news, GP is killing financial gains from critical acclaim. Why bother doing a great game I you can do as much money doing bland low cost titles, as everyone plays everything on GP as it is « free ». You cannot anymore spent your hard earned money on titles that counts, everything is blent. Quantity over quality, it is mandatory when your goal is to keep people paying a sub on a monthly basis. We can clearly see that trend in streaming services, will be...
Well, kind of nothing since several years apparently given factual exclusive status for Xbox.
Ah yes one achievement they were able to kill they main franchise with Halo Infinite.
Yeah, yeah, I know « big things are coming », as every year since Spencer manage the brand …
What is funny with some die hard fans of MS and GP, is that they don’t see the correlation between the business model and the complete absence of AAA exclusives on their system.
Why spent multi million dollar on a game development if it does not increase significantly the subscriber base? Same for independant developers, the game development budget will for sure be aligned with the revenue they get for GP, and I am pretty sure return on investments does not favor high devel...
You should play DS before to do such comment, you clearly don’t know what you speak about.