The fact that Wolfquest, an educational game from the 2000s is on there, is absolutely mind blowing to me. I remember playing that game as a kid with my sister and it being beyond a buggy fun mess lol.
Our demographic is dwarfed by the type of person who only plays 4 or fewer games per year. These people play Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty, EA’s soccer game, GTA, etc. Call of Duty is one of the highest selling games each year because it sells to people whose only video game for the year is Call of Duty.
My gpu that I bought in 2021 came with a copy of cod cold war. And EVGA or Nvidia probably paid for that, I just didn’t.
I’m not really into cod games and never would have bought it, but now the outbreak zombie mode is something that my partner and some friends just do sometimes to hang out and talk online. We still haven’t beaten the easter egg boss though because of computer crashes and that if you drop from online mode you stupidly lose everything. Probably to avoid cheating.
That issue sucks, but the gamemode is fun. You just run around in a giant map doing challenges and leveling up weapons until you’re ready to push to the next level. Very self paced and potentially mindless. Great for talking over or relaxing.
Unfortunately, the cod player base is really split between the varying gamemodes, and each gamemode’s fanbase thinks they’re the most important one and that all the other gamemodes are bad and don’t matter.
It’s amazing just how much better games have been from indie devs and smaller publishers. I don’t see a single game from EA, Ubisoft, or Activision on there.
Cost cutting and designing for the lowest common denominator. Suits are afraid to take risks, because they want to sell to the widest possible audience. So they end up playing it safe and making bland milquetoast games that all feel exactly the same.
In fairness even if a big studio released a great game, enough people would either try it and not like it, or just give a bad review because it’s EA, that it wouldn’t make this list.
Screw a bad launch as long as the Dev delivers in the end and not just pisses off. And they did. It’s one of the greatest games of all times. And I’m gaming daily since pong and pacman.
There are tons of shitty releases that stay shitty but offer micro transactions and 2646 dlcs. CP has one add-on that is also fantastic.
Being an early adopter sucks in this industry. That’s why I waited over a year to play it and had not one single issue in 3 playthroughs.
To be fair, Hogwarts Legacy is a very good game, I started playing yesterday and the atmosphere of the movies is perfectly captured! I did expect a cash grab, but I was totally wrong.
For now there’s nothing of the sort, but I’m only a few hours in. Could it be too good to be true…?
Well, let’s see. It is a AAA game after all…
Edit: No, the game really is fun. 20 hours in, and I must say even if it were only exploring Hogwarts it would be quite worth my time. The music and atmosphere are really neat.
CDPR spent the time fixing CP2077 and then released a killer DLC, putting the entire game on sale a ton along the way. They also listened and reconfigured entirely some of the clunky parts of gameplay/RPG elements.
I think the reason it’s sold so many copies is because it’s been on perpetual sale everywhere. People were majorly against buying it and that dampened some people’s interest initially but when the game is $5, a lot of people will buy it just because it’s cheap.
I liked Wonder. It’s a decent attempt at refreshing 2D Mario, and some of the level gimmicks were quite fun. I think they’ve tried to recapture the effect of “every level a new idea” in 3D World, though I’d agree they were not as succesful in this one.
It’s a lot better than NSMB U IMO, that one was incredibly bland (especially after NSMB Wii, that one was great).
Nsmb wii was brilliant, really enjoyed it. The new one had fine parts but was just too disjointed and became tedious and zany which I wouldnt usually tiento Mario
Everyone is allowed their own opinion. So I’m not going to say you are wrong for disliking it, but I completely disagree.
I consider Super Mario World to be the best in the franchise, and Wonder was probably better. I loved the game. I found most of the “New Super Mario” (The 2D series) games bad, or at least missing the magic of the first games with tight controls and well thought out levels. Wonder was a return to that.
I consider the best “New” to be Wii by far. Good challenge, good level diversity, the right kind of chaotic fun in multiplayer.
The first NSMB was still very basic, and U was boring and uninspired. New Super Luigi U was the best part of U, at least it tried something, but too little too late.
NSMB2 felt like the worst example of “we need a Mario game now, pile up random shit until we have one”. I mean, they tried to have a gimmick in this one, putting it everywhere in theming and it’s… Collecting more coins than usual? And even then they don’t do anything with it.
By the way, of course everyone is allowed their opinion, but… 30 years later, still team SMB3.
I was trying to get them both to work for the players who wanted each. Journey map was having issues, but i got it sorted out. Unfortunately i forgot to remove it though. It’s kind of grown on me in a stupid way though, I’m half considering keeping it for shits and giggles
I keep expecting to find some gnarly shit like was in the previous game and I haven’t found it. IDK if it’s just not there to find, or if the shit is even more esoteric than before.
I’m also quite confused by the fan tributes and favorites. Not against it, or anything, I just don’t understand things like why Mr. Tenna is so popular. 🤷♂️
If you’re looking for gnarly shit, I highly suggest playing the weird route. When you start a new chapter 2 save file, backtrack ::: spoiler spoiler when noelle first joins your party. Then try using her ice magic. :::
Chapter 3 doesn’t really have content exclusive to this route, and in chapter 4 it will be obvious what you beed to do.
I agree about Tenna. Most of the fandom’s favourite characters are secret bosses or incredibly obscure and mysterious. If you don’t do a 100% playthrough you don’t get the full story of deltarune, it’s sad.
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