I will come back to this post in September to see if I was right lol
Biggest concerning signs:
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30 FPS lock on xbox, there’s no way to spin that positively, absolute fail
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Predatory pre-order bonus skins to get people to buy before they know what they’re actually going to experience (buggy shitshow)
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Countless attempts to hype up the game and huge random assurances from the devs
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Preemptively admitting the game has jank and trying to make it seem okay lol
At least the bugs will be absolutely hilarious I think.
Idk, as a console user I’m pretty used to 30 fps myself. I actually get motion sickness pretty easily at higher fps. It’s why I can’t stand soap operas or TVs that run at 60 fps (or higher)
Oh yeah, no pre-orders. Fuck that noise
I mean, there’s two sides to this coin. On one side, a company needs to hype their product up in order to get customers on the bandwagon so they’ll buy the game. On the other side, developers are nerdy and can be proud of something they’ve made. That genuine pride can bleed over and seem authentic to the customer, which again might more consider to pick the game up. Either way, this is what companies do lol. Also I don’t think they’re random, what the devs talked about in the 45 min Deep Dive were probably aspects of the game that they worked on. You can’t interviewevery developer on a game and cover all the bases: that Deep Dive might end up being like 3 hours or more.
Has jank? Do you mean junk? Or is jank? I mean, some gamers appreciate that they can break the engine and make meme content. To them, that is fun. I imagine that you find other ways of playing games fun, and I’m sure you’ll be able to have your uber serious playthroughs yourself. There’s choice there, which is good.
The bugs are features :)