Sports games fans like mobile game players have made it abundantly clear they are completely fine with being walked all over and wrung out for every cent all while being given a stagnant and in some cases regressing product.
And it's exactly why something like Ghost Recon Breakpoint's monetization exists in AAA gaming today.
I just think while not unique Origins and Odyssey pretty much nail the template, and it's clearly not the same template as Division, Far Cry, Wildlands, or Breakpoint. Far Cry follows the same Far Cry formula from 3 except massively watered-down. Division, Wildlands, and Breakpoint all follow the GAAS template of boring loot, no story, copy paste sidequests devoid of any interesting story or characters, and grinding the same missions over and over. Odyssey is distinctly free of those elem...
You call Odyssey cookie-cutter then seemingly look fondly back at the rest of the franchise when they were way more guilty of being cookie cutter and copy paste.
But whatever, have fun doing the same courier missions or assassin contracts over and over instead of actually interesting rpg-style quests in Odyssey, I guess.
Oh, and I'm pretty the yearly release schedule and releasing the mind numbingly boring and broken AC Unity almost broke AC's le...
@TheOptimist
Wow, providing zero context to your opinion and completely dismissing my opinion because I like one game you don't. I'm so shocked by your ignorant response........
I can provide paragraphs of context regarding my opinion on Odyssey if you'd like to have a discussion with any intelligence or usefulness whatsoever. Comments like yours do absolutely nothing for gaming or the industry as a whole...
@TheOptimist
Far Cry 3, Trials Evolution, AC Black Flag, Rayman Legends, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Child of Light, Far Cry 4, Grow Home, Grow Up, AC Origins, AC Odyssey.
They definitely have plenty of misses, and I'm not defending their recent push to games as a service AT ALL, (especially the disaster that is Breakpoint). But to say they haven't made a single decent game since 2011 is ridiculous honestly. We have to speak both positively and neg...
Wow, I'm baffled by this, even with Bethesda's recent actions this is astronomically tone deaf. They had just put out the fire in their dumpster fire game and even had the tiniest bit of positive momentum with 76. It's still a trash game but still, there were some at least curious for the wastelanders update. Most were just holding on to whatever sliver of a chance Bethesda returns to their old ways with Starfield and Elder Scrolls but they seem to be doing everything in their pow...
Dishonored 2, Alien Isolation, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, and Quantum Break are all great choices.
I'd add Hyper Light Drifter, Banner Saga Trilogy, Sunset Overdrive, Prey, Mass Effect Andromeda, Dandara, Observer, and Vampyr.
@Christopher
That's certainly an element of it. But even I as someone who gamed a ton before getting Gamepass I'm playing way more games and games I never would have played otherwise and everyone I've talked to who has Gamepass says the same.
Both what you're saying and what MS is saying can be true.
People love those slot machines apparently....
Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Demon Souls are some of the most immaculately designed games of all time.
The issue with the Souls-Like genre are the mediocre attempts from other studios who ultimately have a fundamental misunderstanding of what makes the games so great. People who seem to think making a Souls-Like means making a really hard game with big swords and big bosses and adopting a got gud attitude with marketing but don't have near the skill as developers to nail th...
I certainly don't agree with many choices on this list as someone else mentioned Dance Central over Spiderman, and some mobile games over Spec Ops seems absurd to me.
But I honestly enjoyed scrolling through the list. As much of this list as I disagree with, it's nice to see a list that actually feels personal. So many lists like this feel like they're scared to leave off games that "should" be on there as opposed to just talking about the games they ...
"From its horrendously designed map and level design, to a complete lack of meaningful tension or atmosphere" ??? LOL Did we play the same game?
Regardless of my disagreeing with the overall opinion of the author, the amount of poorly written or obvious clickbait headlines on this site recently is ridiculous.
@KeenBean345
1. I have all the merit in the world when talking about MY potential GOTY because it's MY GOTY.
2. Everyone has bias, whether a blind bias that clouds judgement or a known bias simply shaped by taste and experience that if explained is harmless.
3. In saying that I am biased against Platinum I find their general style, writing, tone, combat, and story to be the opposite of what I'm looking for (mature, atmospheric, immersive, systemi...
@ZeekQuattro @DefaultComment
So two remakes (Zelda, RE), two games that haven't come out yet (Death Stranding, Luigi's Mansion), and a generic Platinum game that look like it's from 2013....ok
Also I've really enjoyed Gears 4 and 5 but Control in every measure blows Gears 5 out of the water, (maybe not sheer graphical fidelity but Controls art style and atmosphere is way better). Again enjoyed Gears 5 but playing them back to back as third...
@Petebloodyonion
As someone who really liked QB and didn't understand the hate it got, Control is simply way better. The combat is even better, the protagonist and supporting characters are better, the world is better, the setting is better, the lore is better, the collectibles are better, the pacing/progression is better, the open location is better, exploration is better I could go on. They share combat similarities and graphical/engine similarities it's not like ...
Maybe if those PC gamers that sit in forums talking about hating GAAS games (rightfully) and supporting great SP games actually supported those games. But I could see how having to click on a different launcher icon would be too tough to actually follow through with that support.
Definitely not literally the same, combat is much the same but that's it's. Story, lore, setting, atmosphere, tone, progression, exploration, level design, entire game structure, no TV episodes, ect. Maybe you should play a game before commenting...
Also QB is completely underrated, I believe part of the reason they share similarities is due to them knowing QB didn't get a fair shake due to the TV episodes and being a MS exclusive.
I just about lost my mind playing Red Dead Redemption 2, if you are on a mission and don't take a step exactly when and where they want you will hear about it every three seconds incessantly.
Maybe I missed the part where the $60 disc isn't the "direct path to content"....
Outer Worlds is a better RPG than FO4.
It has more RPG depth, better dialogue, better conversation system, ect. With Obsidian's history with Fallout and recently Pillars it's obviously closer to a first person Fallout 1 or 2 than Fallout 4 maybe even 3.
Outer Worlds is fantastic and one of my favorites of this year. However I still prefer FO4 a bit more for now at least. As close to Fallout as Outer Worlds got, it just can't copy the feeling of playin...