In today's world? Perhaps it could. But what's special to me comes back to the amount of game artists & industry figures *willfully* jumping on the censorship bandwagon. During the Jack Thompson era and before, it seemed agreed-upon that enabling creative freedom was the way to go. Just slap the appropriate ESRB rating and let the market dictate what sinks or swims. That's what makes this situation so odd & annoying.
-"Moreover, a bellicose game made by bellicose cultures and somehow the video game is the problem."
The 90's never left. :/
I'm not convinced you read the piece. The "censorship" centers around a change.org petition that multiple artists/critics within the industry have signed and vocally supported. It makes demands to both game industry leaders (Steam, Xbox, Playstation heads) and governing bodies with the express intent of deplatforming, and/or banning, a game. That's a clear move towards censorship, not whitewashing.
That doesn't necessarily mean it's the maximum. Remember the Friend Pass here. Two different people played with me, but I was the only one who owned a retail copy.
Were it any other AAA developer, I'd be inclined to agree.
He's wrong and got the disagrees for an overly broad generalization. It seems true that low-tier journo site CVG started a "debate" about UC2 vs. Enslaved graphics for clicks, but apparently most users were calling this back then too.
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One of the first comments on that chain from TotalPS3Fanboy sai...
@TeamIcoFan
You're relying on a ridiculously slim minority to prop up that narrative.
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Good 'ole Buddy Holly. :)
It's been rumored Sony ran out the gate with a more unique method of manufacturing compared to MS.
It's more a case of their wonky track record in the past constantly coming to bite them, despite different approaches in data collection today. There's less of the hyped approach and more collecting various official retail numbers where they can. Along with that, series numbers are reflected by the publisher's own announcements.
It's kinda dumb b/c users here poison the well when they're at their most rigorous, yet had less of issue weaponizing them du...
Well, I certainly don't want to take away your enjoyment. There's just something about when Kamala's story gets de-coupled with its previous linearity that the GaaS structure damaged my enthusiasm.
@Senor
It's weird how I sympathize more with your conclusion despite the way you get there off-base. Conflating individualism with... some kind of nationalistic narcissism (soccer team narrative) is such a misdiagnosis. 9/10 times the "America has no left" line gets parroted it's some Euro-centric worldview intellectually gatekeeping what counts as some left contingent. Until the US reanimates Stalin, this repetitive convenience will keep going. The mi...
@gamer
This is also false by the account he's told. He released an explanation video about this: he'd intended to turn in his two-week notice soon into 2021 because of family concerns. Again, you can still go over the attitude of these sycophantic journalists, but it's not helpful to present false info.
"Kinda funny had a podcast where they trashed Troy and had no idea what he even said. Truly sad."
That one in particular really got to me. It was literally nothing more than "hey did you here to this bad guy said bad past stuff? I put no effort into specifically WHAT he said but actions have consequences!" The fact that that guest host is supposedly a GameSpot editor is truly sad.
No, no. He left his position because of family concerns and he was on the cusp of "re-retiring," as he put it. Avalanche didn't cave here. THAT SAID, I think we can readily tell that almost every big gaming website was gleefully sharpening their blade on a whetstone once the first tweet brought his history up.
-"But on the off chance that it gains attention I suggest it gets taken down before it does because it will likely start up a conversation that ...
I've heard mixed things about it. If you're heavily invested in Frictional's storytelling streak? Rebirth SEEMS like one of the best you'd get out of a game in 2020. Gameplay and some level design is where fans appear disappointed.
-"I boycotted Madden for decades. Well, it and the rest of their games for years. Still do. But I did buy Battlefront for $5 because of VR. And Squadrons for $15 instead of $40 because of VR."
Reminder: if you say you're "boycotting" EA and then subsequently admit to buying some of their titles at discount then you're not actually boycotting them.
@CaptainObvious878
"When we said MS needed more exclusives, it was obvious that's what we meant."
You're basically covering up for previously imprecise language though. If you see a mass of... low-info, hypocritical people spouting the same "N0 Gam3zz" lines over and over then it's quite obvious to expect a wealthy company to respond in what THEY believe is the most effective way. And considering the avg. timeline today o...
It's not an abysmal creature like Another Dawn, for sure. But that $30 price point (non-sale) is insane.
It's releasing tomorrow for PS4 & PS5.