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Granixo, do gaming w It looks like 2007's surprisingly alright The Sims spin-off MySims is heading to Switch
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EA finally realized that re-releasing DLC non stop was not gonna generate new sales.

azerial,

I don’t think they realized anything. I worked for them for 13 years. I think they are likely looking at a strategy to bring archived games with low hardware requirements to new platforms that can run them.

For example, I worked on NBA and Madden Mobile. These were ps3 games that were ported.

It’s a good strategy. Why start from scratch when you can just port existing titles that had good sales.

GammaGames, (edited ) do gaming w It looks like 2007's surprisingly alright The Sims spin-off MySims is heading to Switch

I played this on the wii, was fun and I liked the creativity with building furniture! I was also a child so temper your expectations

Crazazy,

Honestly all of the mysims games I played were the shit when I was a child. Don’t know what I would thing about them today though but

Faydaikin, do gaming w Silent Hill 2's remake dares to modernise a classic, and is largely succeeding
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We will see.

terminhell, do gaming w Avowed plays like a funny Obsidian role-player where you buddy up with the voice of Mass Effect's Garrus [Eurogamer]

Been waiting years for this. The original games are super underrated.

Faydaikin,
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Pillars of Eternity? Are they considered underrated?

The first one did pretty well as far as I remember.

My only personal complaint was that the game was too lineary.

terminhell,

Overall yes they did well, but it seems like they fell off. Poe1 has the better narrative imo. 2 had better mechanics.

Faydaikin,
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So they aren’t underrated. Just low replayability value.

And if Avowed is part of the series, I’d say the IP’s doing fine. Three installments is pretty good.

terminhell,

If it came across as talking bad about the game/franchise thats not the intent. It’s just rarely mentioned in the crpg mainstream articles I’ve seen over time. Usually Divinity and others are brought up more often.

Faydaikin,
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No no, I just see “Underrated” used a lot about things that really aren’t underrated. It’s become a bit of a pet peeve for me. (Like when someone calls REM an underrated band. Like, they are world renowned. They’re just old and broken up.)

And I’m also pointing out a likely reason for them not being talked about as much as other titles in the same genre. Aside from going through the game with different roles, the first game just doesn’t have a lot of replay value. Not a lot of ‘Choice & Consequence’ or things to discover. There’s your Char and what God you choose to side with in the end. That’s kinda it.

Good games, but not exactly riveting.

strongarm, do gaming w Avowed plays like a funny Obsidian role-player where you buddy up with the voice of Mass Effect's Garrus [Eurogamer]

Sounds great!

RandomGuy79, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

So we’ve moved on from no minorities to whatever we can find?

throbbing_banjo, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage
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Pirate the fuck out of this game, got it

Lianodel, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

Somewhat off topic, but the names of both the publisher and the developer are also used by unrelated tabletop game companies. Hero Games makes the Hero System tabletop RPG, and GameScience (no space, so there’s a difference) make dice. It threw me for a loop.

Murvel, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

Fucking pathetic

RunawayFixer, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

I was wondering what “feminist propaganda” was and apparently it’s talking about misogyny.

Another forbidden topic seemed to be targeted at criticism of misogyny at Game Science. The company has come under fire for lewd and sexist comments attributed in media reports to its founders as well as recruiting materials from 2015 replete with sexual innuendos. Those original job postings and comments were deleted, and the company has not commented.nytimes.com/…/chinese-videogame-wukong-censorship…

But this anti feminism attitude is not limited to this 1 gaming company, but government policy under Xi Jinping’s authoritarian rule: www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-08/…/100165360

hornedfiend,

Thanks for sharing this. I wasn’t going to buy this game,but now I’m convinced I won’t. Will wait for empress to turn denuvo intro their bitch.

echodot,

Oh yeah but then there will be another unhinged controversy.

PeriodicallyPedantic, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

I guess they’ve never heard of the Streisand effect in China.

ICastFist,
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It’s probably easier to control that effect over there, not so much on western countries.

Maggoty, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

So a video of the game overlaid by a feminist manifesto?

yamanii, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage
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IGN’s hitpiece was very iffy in the first place, with mistranslated “tweets” from one of the devs weibo and all, but by doing these guidelines they gave ammunition to these people, I’m glad the game is doing well at least so hopefully china keeps making good, AAA games that aren’t also gacha for once.

neo,
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Naturally, you’re getting downvoted into oblivion for recognizing a hit-piece when you see one.

Etterra, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

Well now I wish I was an influencer so that I could get paid for giving China the middle finger.

FeelzGoodMan420, (edited ) do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

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  • StoneyDcrew,

    Edit: downvoted for not wanting to pay attention to stupid controversy about video games? Weird…

    It’s one thing to live peacefully in ignorance. I get it. it is exhausting keeping track of every shitty thing a company does when it’s so much easier at the end of an exhausting 9-5 shift to avoid news and play your games guilt free without thinking about who it’s hurting.

    It’s a completely separate thing to brag that your ignorance somehow makes your way of life superior.

    People caring about these issues, and sometimes leading to actions being taken because of that, all makes the gaming industry, or to be hyberbolic; the world a better place.

    It’s fine to avoid news on controversy and just blindly enjoy games, but don’t lie to yourself (and others) by pretending that it is a good thing.

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