Oh of course, BF2042 was dead in the water when it dived it. There’s no resurrecting this mess, and TBH, the signs were already all over the wall long before the release.
The article misses the most important point; Battlefield should just be a Battlefield game again. That’s it. Nothing else. Just Conquest-mode, 4 well-balanced classes which are actually different from each other, maps which aren’t just big for for the sake of being big, which creates large boring open spaces and forces everyone into vehicles, teams which aren’t just large for the sake of being large, and again, the game should just trust itself to be Battlefield. It doesn’t need to ALSO be Ca...
The kind of greed you mention and we’ve all witnessed this past gen is exactly the reason the genre and these devs are self-destructing.
Before, the fighting game genre appealed to a wide range of gamers. You bought a fighting game and everyone had the same game, in terms of characters/content.
Nowadays, you buy an incomplete ‘base-game’, after which the devs add content through multiple expensive season passes.
Hardcore fighting game f...
I’d be more interested in a Street Fighter Alpha 4 than I’d be in a Street Fighter 6.
I always loved the more anime-style character designs and backgrounds of the Alpha series, and really didn’t care for the look of both SF4 &5 (bulky, veiny, ugly).
I wish, but sadly they killed the studio that made those games.
Super Meat Boy for sure. Not sure about the other two.
John Byrne’s She-Hulk is tremendous. She’s also quite different from The Hulk character, as she actually enjoys being a Hulk, she’s still a rational smart normal woman, apart from the green skin and strength of course. Personally never really cared for the original Hulk, who was mainly just angry and smashy. Grey Hulk, where he actually had a personality was more interesting. But Green Hulk works better as either part of a team or as a wild danger to everyone, while She-Hulk is quite independ...
Hopefully they’ll include the Japanese voices this time.
Why … why would an android need glasses … ?
Still hoping for the release of a Complete Edition some day, btw.
I agree, people will still buy their games like FIFA and Call of Duty, but to me, that’s not actually the problem. There will always be a mass-market for a football game or shooter. And so these games will be made, and they SHOULD be made.
The problem(s) arise when all the attention and ‘innovation’ goes to JUST these games, how to monetize them as much as possible, while they neglect 1: the core game, and 2: other games/genres.
The problem with a FIFA or...
Not surprised; the creative people who are attracted to the videogames industry want to make new, original beautiful content and experiences for people to enjoy, while more and more the suits at the top decide they want the least risks and the most profits, so creativity and originality are frowned upon while ‘tried & tested’ is now the go-to model, where the only innovation comes in the form of new ways to nickel & dime their customers.
We see it at EA, we see it a...
Good list. Personally I’d probably trade the Sonic CD game in this list for Sonic the Hedgehog (1), simply because CD is quite easy so you’ll blast through it, and the original Sonic was basically a new benchmark when it was released which blew everything and everyone at the time away. It also features my favorite zone, Starlight Zone.
I really hope one day we’ll be blessed with a Sonic Mania 2.
Same difference to me. Devs announcing an incomplete game at launch followed by DLC expansions means I won’t be buying it at launch and instead wait for a cheap complete edition somewhere down the line, if the game is good and if I’m still interested by then.
DLC has only made me spend less on games, not more.
The whole live-action actors in career mode already has me very skeptical of the game though …
Clouds these days are terrible. Back in my day, THOSE were some top-quality clouds …
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; I really wish Battlefield games would/could just be Battlefield games again.
They keep trying to push it into multiple different directions at once, and they believe they need to make it bigger and they need more players on their huge maps. And they’re wrong.
When it comes to Battlefield, just keep it simple (, stupid), so we just need Conquest (5 flags), we need some cool gorgeous fun well-balanced maps, not to...
Never picked this up because of all the DLC, and even 6 years after release they couldn’t be bothered to release a complete edition with all content included.
Fighting games are destroying themselves and their communities. Yeah, their hardcore fans will invest from Day 1 and (probably) buy the season passes, but at the same time they’re completely losing their mainstream audiences who see they’d be buying an incomplete game, so they just shrug their shoulders and pick up so...
Surprised by some of these noms while games like Tales of Arise, Death’s Door and Kena are missing.
I enjoyed it until the Library level, then dropped it. I think I got lost and/or without ammo, didn’t enjoy the new enemy (flood), didn’t care for the level-design, etc.
The music and open outdoor levels were great though.
I really wish Battlefield games would just focus on being Battlefield games
Yeah, ‘they need to make money’.
Well, guess what. When they announce expensive ‘season passes’ with characters they’ve left out of the game just so they can sell them separately, it automatically means I shrug my shoulders and forget about buying the game.
The fighting game genre is killing itself with its own greed. Yeah, hardcore fans of the genre might still invest in these games by buying them at launch and buying the season passes, but ‘hardcore fan...