I hope so, I could see Vinny getting up to some very funny hijinks but on the other hand it seems like a Rorie game
I just watched Dansgaming play through a (priest) quest on twitch and it was actually fantastic - Witcher 3 level great. Overall it does seem quite janky, but the right kind of jank for Vinny!
@ivdamke: It would not surprise me if this game is blacklisted on a few sites in the US.
I read the interviews the main developer gave and the criticism he received. My conclusion (based on those interviews) is that he is definitely a contrarian and a bit of an ass (and potentially wrong about brown skinned people in Bohemia in the early 1400s - we will most likely never know), but that is where an honest person would/should end their factual game related critique. Everything else - regarding the "isms" thrown at him - seems to be either speculative or irrelevant. I understand that some people are unable to separate the art from the artist, but you don't even have to do it to justify a very critical look at the final product. Looking at someone's product is not the same as supporting their views, you can and maybe even should make it very clear that it isn't beforehand.
Anyway, I will wait with the purchase until they have fixed some of those bugs, but I have to say that the outdoor environments (especially the positioning of the flora) are the most realistic looking ones I have ever seen in an open world video game. The environmental artists and designers have done an impeccable job.
@49th: yeah, anyone who had an ounce or skepticism about the game pre release got fucking hammered by thee hype train. its unbelievable now in retrospect, kind of tells you a bit about how blind people were because of their expectations.
It's kinda like that with almost everything in life though... always be (not overly) skeptical. Some people cross the line and become conspiracy theorists, which is unfortunate, but in this case here it kinda always sounded too good to be true.
The main thing I critizised about all of the demos was the fact that everything in the environment, literally all of the flora, was static. Funnily enough that's something they changed.
Sure, but it's almost always because I can't know beforehand whether I will like a game or not. I never stick with them after I have made up my mind though.
I'm listening to a podcast right now where people are saying "Laura", and it's driving me nuts. I thought I'd use the opportunity to give the new forum search function a whirl, and here's the exact thread I need to gripe about it!
So I happened to start playing through the latest Tomb Raider game a couple of days ago, about 4 years and 8 months after the latest post in this thread, and the interesting (crazy?) thing is that even the voice actors in the game pronounce her name the wrong way all the time. A few minutes ago a character pronounced it two different ways (Lara and the wrong way = Laura) in one single cutscene! It is the strangest/weirdest thing.
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