RDR2 sounds really cool but some of their discussions about it are giving me a real Fable prerelease vibe. The whole "everyone will know your reputation as a guy that punched some dude" stuff seems a little unbelievable.
Sales may very well be better than their estimation but it's not like their system is based on a single piece of broken data. Saying it's based digital copies on Amazon and a "narrative" isn't particularly accurate.
Pretty uncool of Alex to suggest that the first WW2 Battlefield in 9 years (16 if you don't count the small scope 1943) would be a disappointing reveal. But old guns are boring and we had too many ww2 games 10 years ago so they are banned for life.
Also very surprised that none of them seem to know that Howard said Bethesda has two big RPGs before the next Elder Scrolls.
@ripelivejam: it is a problem in many games but this looks uniquely bad due to
1. The small teams (you and a friend is it) means that individual power matter much more than in proper team games.
2. The 1 death and your out system means any encounter is unforgiving. You die you're done.
3. The objective in the game is chiefly surviving and this gives players with more money more access to more items that heal you which seems crazytown. I admit I haven't played the game but it looks worrying to me.
Am I missing something or is the metagame here fundamentally flawed? In a game where resources are so limited and things are at stake every round isn't this going to have a huge positive feedback loop? Players who win get more money and rank up more (which are not lost if they die) which gives them a better chance of winning next time because they can augment their recruits with better weapons and more healing items.
I wouldn't want to play a game where I'm going up against a guy with a better gun than more and more health potions not because he got lucky looting but because he had an advantage out of the gate. Its the sort of system that would make it very difficult for new players to break in months down the line.
There's no bootleg version of Kai with the Falconer music is there? People say it's corny but if it's not electric guitars and crazy piano it's not my DBZ.
Man, best world sucked. Wolfenstein got dunked on despite its amazing setting because apparently Neu York is too easy to get lost in (is it?) and other blurry factors.
@dystopiax: I have had a similar experience. I don't want to say get good or whatever but I've been playing on I Am Death Incarnate and its hard as shit but not as bad as the crew are describing the second lowest setting. I am playing PC though which probably makes a big difference. Glad they're enjoying it overall though.
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