I'm kind of surprised by the negativity towards Half-life Alyx... because I've had an Oculus Rift since day one... and this was possibly the coolest thing I have ever done in VR. Just the attention to detail in the environments, the amount of interactivity... the whole package is just amazing. Yes, in a way it is 'every VR made in the last few years' but they upped the ante on almost every single level. Like the drawings on that first window and lining up the drawings with the environment by moving your head around, or playing with that video camera looking through the window... just the incredible amount of detail everywhere. I'm kind of blown away. It totally is a reason to have VR in my opinion... I'm a bit surprised that other people don't see it the same way. It's definitely the best LOOKING vr game I've played. Granted... I have an RTX 2080 and settings cranked to the highest... I will spend 5 minutes per room just looking around sometimes... it looks so amazing.
I'm not saying quick looks have to be positive at all. I have been following Giant Bomb since day 1... I've seen and heard it all. I actually didn't even read other people's comments, I just posted this after watching half the video and from the last couple Bombcasts. He seems supernaturally down on this game in a way that goes above and beyond the normal 'jaded Jeff' I am used to. He is treating this game like it killed his cat or something... it's like he decided he hated it about a year ago and it just waiting for it to suck. And maybe it does suck.. I don't know. More so than any other game though I've seen he seems to have a bone to pick on this one.
(as a reference.. I'm an old dude, I am married and have two kids and a cat a full time job in IT.... I don't have time to follow the Internet.. I don't know what 'people are saying' about this game... my opinions are based solely on my experience with the beta, my years listening to and watching Giant Bomb for years, and watching the video above and listening to recent Bombcasts).
Generally I value Jeff's opinion on games... for some reason on this game... I feel like he is actively trying to dislike it. Like he is seeking for reasons to hate this game. In this video and in the podcasts he is picking every single detail about this game to dislike... even some that aren't there or are only part of the alpha/beta. It seems personal or something. Kind of annoying actually for somebody who enjoyed the beta (first time I've actually found feedback from Jeff annoying really).
I'm kind of surprised how down you guys were on Anthem... I played the demo this weekend and thought it looked and played pretty awesome. I had a great time with. Maybe it was tweaked a bit since the version you guys played? Or maybe I just play fewer games and I'm not as picky. I had a lot of fun with it.
Making a heavily dialogue focused game.... with no sound... was a very strange choice. If you know your audience isn't going to hear anything.... why have 5+ minute dialogue scenes where nothing happens? That is a VERY strange thing to do.
Man, Megazone 23 was one of the first Anime I ever saw. Akira kicked it off, then I got this movie and the Japanese version of Macross... started a whole thing with me. And that was also the first movie which taught me that "shower scenes" were apparently a thing in Anime... and they made me feel funny like when you climb the rope in gym class.
Wait... how do you put your blade away in case you start combat by mistake? I saw Brad do it, but I haven't been able to do that. Sometimes I'm trying to open a chest outside.... and I start combat by mistake... then I walk around with my blade our for ten minutes. I feel like I've tried all button combinations.
This trailer looks like a demo of fairly bad video game effects and hectic, incomprehensible action. Either it's a poorly assembled trailer or they just have very little to show for this game they've been making forever. Maybe I'm getting old but the action just looks glittery and sparkly and super breakneck in a very unappealing way. I guess it's just not for me but this did not make me any more interested in this game.
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