MercurySteam is working on their own ARPG project, to be revealed soon.
Mononlith? They shut down Monolith?!
The creator of Blood, NOLF, Condemned, FEAR, Mordor?
The studio celebrated 30th anniversary, last year, ffs!
WTF ... all for a B-grade Fortnite knock-off ... geez.
Please somebody buy Monolith.
Also, WB even patented Monolith's Nemesis System, so that other devs can't even use it!
Castlevania, next plz?
At 16:00 and the 16:24 the Fable alpha footage is looking pretty good. Forzatech engine scaled pretty well for RPG requirements. Combat might need abit smoothening, tho.
They did Suicide Squad after Avengers and now Rivals-wannabe? When will they learn?
Trend following games seldom work out. Do something innovative.
at least ship combat should be easier in creation engine than space combat, right? Right?
@CrimsonIdol
people were led to think that 2077 would be 3rd person RPG from the initial reveal ... well that didn't pan out. people were led to believe that death stranding would be something like a traditional horror game from the initial trailer coming just after Silent Hills ... well that didn't pan out either.
We can't take our initial opinions from a reveal trailer as the de facto knowledge of what a game should be. All we can do at the time is speculate, t...
A tease for a trailer shouldn't be news
Well the marketing was clear, it was not targeted as a TES-like or TES-rival. Its a first person RPG take on the Pillars of Eternity series. (sort of similar if you think 2077 was the first person RPG take on cyberpunk genre)
But yes, some writing and NPC engagement/behaviour could've been better. And its other disadvantage was that it came just after KCD2, which is just straight up sim-RPG and hence got compared a lot coz both are first person focused RPG.
But thus arti...
Yep, Alpha Protocol is pretty unique. A spy-thriller-RPG. A pretty rare theme.
But the development wasn't smooth, and needed more time.
One of the few 7th gen titles that I support for a proper Remake, so that the gaming world gets something unique.
Yea 2028 does feel right. Given how this gen went, 2027 feels abit early for a totally new PS.
But then again, Xbox is trying to launch their next gen earlier. Rumors were if PS chooses 2027, they'd go for 2026. If 2028 then Xbox is 2027.
Anyways, 2027 will start new gen nevertheless.
Coz it is
not a sliver of new media shared from the game but people gotta bid.
What I gathered from reviews, they've taken abit too safe approach with this one? Art style n exploration are great but dialogue and world reaction not so much.
I have a hunch, based on a leak/rumour of Avowed being internally rebooted, that the initial build of the game was more dark, ambitious and Skyrim-rivaling but after MS bought 'em and then BGS, internal review of the project led to changes that made it distant from Elder Scrolls style.
That's also what I was expecting.
Trademark BlackIsle/Obsidian RPG with big MS budget. (Maybe it'll start happening after Outer Worlds 2?)
But I also kinda agree with @Eonjay, utilizing MS budget for smaller more frequent AA is also not bad.
Hot take : I'd prefer if WB approached Remedy about a collab for a Remedy's version of a Batgame, whilst Suicide Squad was in development. Trust me, it'd have been damn cool. I know WB higher ups are stubborn as hell.
From YT comments: "The style of DMC, the spectacle FFXVI, the speed and dodges of Bayoneta, and some souls inspired enemy design to top it all... *Chef's kiss "
Console War,
Console War never changes
New Vegas also had a divided initial reception, critics said meh but players ... well you know its cult following.
Not saying it'll reach New Vegas level but these RPG games garner their following abit later.
Or a new original Silent Hill entry and then the Silent Hill 1 Remake?
you know going alternatively ... by that we get both new entries as well as remakes