'Tremendous Response' sounds just about right. Funny how they failed to address the number of units sold, must've slipped their minds.

From Max Paynes brutal one liners and hard truths to the yet unmatched bullet-time mechanics and great set pieces. The graphics still hold up even today and I can think of very few games that deserve another entry as much as this gem!

I loved every second of it! I want more. You don't play as the hero. You play as Max, a deeply flawed badass motherfucker

I am talking about a tutorial level so good that you play through it every time you start a new game

To me it’s Stardew Valley. I always end up hearing a lot of great things of this game, i bought on the switch but for some reason i get bored so easily, probably just isn’t my type of game.

What single game can make a person “get” a long-running franchise, and be satisfying entirely on its own?

*Or rather, prerendered trailers. Thanks for the correction u/Skarth (et al.).

I really dislike CGI (cinematic) trailers.

Especially announcement trailers.

They tell me nothing that interests me about your game. Pair it with something gameplay related at least, so I can get invested in the trailer. I get that sometimes games are too early to show, but if that's the case, then you're probably announcing your game too early.

I also understand that sometimes these announcements are more "recruiting tools" for workers - there has to be a cheaper/more efficient means for achieving such a goal. It's not like these trailers are cheap to make and distribute, especially if they're part of a larger showcase.

CGI trailers are rarely representative of anything regarding a game, and are completely useless to me.

There are very few company/IP combinations I will tolerate CGI trailers from - Naughty Dog games are one of the few for some obvious reasons - the strength of their most popular IPs atm come from their narrative foci, which doesn't need gameplay to represent them.

Most everything else, even if I'm somewhat interested in the IP - like Assassin's Creed - if I see that the announcement trailer has no gameplay, I'm skipping through it, or ignoring it completely.

Is there anyone else that feels the same?

*edit*

"If you don't click on the trailer, how do you know it's only CGI?"

I can't believe how much I'm getting this question in the responses.

I read the comments/headline/title before I decide whether or not to click. The information is typically front and center. It's not rocket science.

I feel this FFVII trilogy naming can be quite confusing to some people: We have the first part which is "Remake" and now the second part called "Rebirth", my guess is that the third one wil be "Reunion" or something like that.

I felt dissapointed when I finished Remake when launched on the ps4, the game looked amazing, the combat system was fine but man the new adittions to the story, I didn't like them at all and my impressions got even worse when I watched Rebirth.

Before knowing about the 3 parts I was hoping this Remake would become something like the Resident evil remake was on gamecube. Have the same story, better graphics, some adittions here and there but nothing major IMO (and a single game of course).

Can't help to think maybe the decided to go with "Remake" because of marketing, the game some people have been waiting for long time, I think if they went with "Rebirth part [whatever]" from the very begining would have been more accurate regarding the story.

GTA 5 was fun but I feel left out because all the updates and added content were for online only. I've had a pretty rotten experience with people hacking and teleporting me around and killing me for no reason. I just can't get into it. Also the shark cards are a scam and a cash grab I get why they do it but I think it's predatory and disgusting. But that's what has me worried about GTA 6, online was so successful for their bottom line is there any chance at having a single player game with updates and dlc? Or is this going to repeat until selling in game money is no longer the cash cow it is now?

Edit: I asked my original question in the title a little awkwardly, I understand that there's going to be an online mode, but will single player be cared for better than 5 was? Or are we only getting updates to online content going forward after release?

Sometimes a studio can have a good fresh idea, talented developers, good leadership and genuinely put a lot of time and effort into making a good game. But it just doesn’t work out. Not because of bugs or laziness but it just doesn’t happen to work.

What are some examples of this? Only one I can think of is BioMutant. You could tell the devs tried but it just wasn’t that good and not because of a lack of effort.

When life gets too much for me and I'm overwhelmed, the game that gets me functioning again better than any other is Sayonara Wild Hearts. Something about it is soothing - but more importantly it really lets me process the stress. I know other games that soothe by distracting a little, allowing you not to think and numbing your emotions. Wild Hearts on the other hand exposes my emotions and releases them, regardless of what kind of things I'm emotional about. My therapist distinguishes between avoidance of stress (harmful) and processing of stress (helpful), and many games are the former, SWH is the latter.

I'd like to start a conversation about people's healing experiences with games, exchange reccomendations for these moments, and maybe get to the bottom of what makes a game good for processing stress.

What games allow you to really process your stress? What do you think makes it so good at that?

Personally, I've been a fan of 3-round burst-fire ever since the Halo 2 & 3 battle rifle.

Edit #3: I wish I could just rename this post to “I miss random, out-of-place, goofy side-stuff in games”

I just wanted talk about like, the Black Ops 1 Thunder gun :(

Edit #2: I never said that what I’m looking for is completely impossible to find (but keep mentioning good games, always appreciated, altho not the point of this post), or that there aren’t any interesting AAA games, or even that AAA is bad, but that seems to be what people are reading from this post

I just miss like, Big Head Mode lol

Edit #1 for clarity: I love indies, that’s where pretty much all of my gaming resides these days because that’s where all the cool, amazing shit is happening. But I just want fun, goofy games with a budget again, in a way that echoes genuine happiness and not corporate greed

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This may seem like an odd thought, with new releases trending towards a distilled, “just the gameplay” model compared to the $60 full-package releases of before, but I’m talking about things that break the 4th wall, let you peek behind the curtain, and remind you that you are in fact playing a video game created by somebody.

I miss easter eggs, cheat codes, mini-games, galleries, wild unlockables, etc. I miss all the things that established a connection between developer and player, a cheeky mutual nod in agreement that we’re both gonna take a pause from the “serious” stuff and have a little fun.

Nowadays there is no distinction, all the wackiness is on full display in every micro transaction you can fit in your wallet, or is completely non-existent so as to not detract from the experience.

Gimme an achievement for running over just a few too many people in GTA, gimme a goofy costume for completing a level in an inhumane time, just give me SOMETHING that shows that someone actually enjoyed making this game, without completely derailing the entire thing altogether (usually into a soulless cashgrab)

Now I get why things are like this: the industry has gotten too big for its own good, and the medium is either treated as a glorified storefront or an artistic statement, either one needing to appease shareholders. But please, video games are supposed to be fun, let them be fun for fun’s sake

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Side-discussion: Bring back ARCADE-Y GAMES!!! Why is NFS the only big-name arcade style racer on the market now? Where’s all the the goofy sports games like NBA Street and Mario 3-on-3 (that game was fire btw)? Where’s my 3D fighters that care more about crazy characters and ring-outs than making the EVO roster?

are there games where the devs were surprised that their game became popular for other reasons what they were intending?

I'm addicted to Burnout Revenge right now. Loved it then, even more now ❤️

What is a moment in a game that made you well up through either sadness or happiness?

The game must be doing even worse than we thought.This must really be a "100% of tree fiddy" situation for EA, of all companies, to be doing this. Between this news and knowing that Michael Kirkbride was part of the writing team I'm now kinda of curious to give it a go.

I mean....

Can it be that bad?