[Malankazooie]

Mentalist, on 13 October 2021 - 07:17 PM, said:

Malankazooie, on 12 October 2021 - 05:38 PM, said:

Dang, is it me or does this seem to be one of the quietest autumn (going into to the Xmas holidays) release periods in recent memory? We're deep into October and there just doesn't seem to be any buzz. Sure there have been some heavy hitting AAA - Deathloop, FarCry, but where is the zip that accompanies the months of Sept - Nov? I guess maybe the CyberPunk hype and fiasco of last year has everyone with video game/holiday release PTSD? Also many games have been delayed until next year that were originally coming out in 2021. Still, it is strangely low-key this year.

Guardians of the Galaxy is out... next week?

Back4Blood came out yesterday. Metroid Dread also out last week, I think, and it's selling pretty well.

Microsoft still has Age of Empires, Forza and Halo to go; BattleField and CoD are coming.

Feels pretty typical as far as AAA releases go, tbh. Also a metric ton of cool indies came out in September, and there's gonna be another wave in November;

I mean, there's no big Sony game, but we all knew that. Kena, Deathloop and Jett are their latest exclusives.

Not sure where you're seeing lack of buzz, there's games of every flavour out there.

In general I agree. My post principally was a conversation starter, but to me it has somewhat been more low-key then past autumn/holiday release seasons, probably just my perception though. Also, as I alluded to, the huge hype about Cyperpunk 2027 last year (e.g. huge drapery signs outside of Best Buy advertising it) has skewed my impression of this year.

Oh yeah, Halo Infinite. I've been reading some serious accolades about the muliplayer. Haven't seen anything about the single player campaign though. I wonder it it will deliver in that aspect?
Back4Blood is a restart of the Left4Dead series, right?

[Mentalist]

Malankazooie, on 13 October 2021 - 09:50 PM, said:

Mentalist, on 13 October 2021 - 07:17 PM, said:

Malankazooie, on 12 October 2021 - 05:38 PM, said:

Dang, is it me or does this seem to be one of the quietest autumn (going into to the Xmas holidays) release periods in recent memory? We're deep into October and there just doesn't seem to be any buzz. Sure there have been some heavy hitting AAA - Deathloop, FarCry, but where is the zip that accompanies the months of Sept - Nov? I guess maybe the CyberPunk hype and fiasco of last year has everyone with video game/holiday release PTSD? Also many games have been delayed until next year that were originally coming out in 2021. Still, it is strangely low-key this year.

Guardians of the Galaxy is out... next week?

Back4Blood came out yesterday. Metroid Dread also out last week, I think, and it's selling pretty well.

Microsoft still has Age of Empires, Forza and Halo to go; BattleField and CoD are coming.

Feels pretty typical as far as AAA releases go, tbh. Also a metric ton of cool indies came out in September, and there's gonna be another wave in November;

I mean, there's no big Sony game, but we all knew that. Kena, Deathloop and Jett are their latest exclusives.

Not sure where you're seeing lack of buzz, there's games of every flavour out there.

In general I agree. My post principally was a conversation starter, but to me it has somewhat been more low-key then past autumn/holiday release seasons, probably just my perception though. Also, as I alluded to, the huge hype about Cyperpunk 2027 last year (e.g. huge drapery signs outside of Best Buy advertising it) has skewed my impression of this year.

Oh yeah, Halo Infinite. I've been reading some serious accolades about the muliplayer. Haven't seen anything about the single player campaign though. I wonder it it will deliver in that aspect?
Back4Blood is a restart of the Left4Dead series, right?

Halo is really keeping the SP story under wraps. Not sure if it's a great idea, but we'll see. The multiplayer open betas have been getting a lot of positive feedback, and since it's gonna be free to play, it'll probably make a splash in December.

Yeah, Back4Blood is a spiritual successor of Left4Dead, by the original devs, but published by WB instead of Valve. I think there's some mixed feedback, due to some of the new systems they've brought in. Not really my genre, so I haven't been paying it a ton of attention, tbh.

[Malankazooie]

Oh yeah, I'm also interested in how that Guardians of the Galaxy game does and whether it reviews well. The soundtrack is bonkers (which is on brand for the property), but people don't play games for the soundtrack. Unless you're like me and you bought Brutal Legend first and foremost because of the soundtrack. Tim Schafer, that beautiful insane bastard.

[Mentalist]

Malankazooie, on 14 October 2021 - 07:54 PM, said:

Oh yeah, I'm also interested in how that Guardians of the Galaxy game does and whether it reviews well. The soundtrack is bonkers (which is on brand for the property), but people don't play games for the soundtrack. Unless you're like me and you bought Brutal Legend first and foremost because of the soundtrack. Tim Schafer, that beautiful insane bastard.

I've been off the Marvel train since Iron Man 2, so I'm indifferent. Coupled with being biased against the game because it's not Deus Ex.

[Malankazooie]

Elden Ring delayed again to Feb. 25.

[Mentalist]

Oh, neat. Dad of War 4 is coming to PC Jan 14th.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 20 October 2021 - 03:12 PM

[Malankazooie]

Mentalist, on 20 October 2021 - 03:12 PM, said:

Oh, neat. Dad of War 4 is coming to PC Jan 14th.

Drop everything you're playing and dive in when that comes out. It's only the best game ever made.

I'm curious to know how well it sells on PC.

[Mentalist]

New State of Play next Thur Wed. 20 min, some updates on upcoming titles + a few announcements.

Guessing it'll be the last one before TGAs at this rate. With November being the traditional Fields of Duties months, suppose we won't be getting too many big news. Microsoft will be all about Forza, and Nintendo has Shin Megami Tensei 5, which is supposedly a big deal since it was announced around the same time as the console itself.

Me, I'm gonna buy and check out the "El Shaddai" remaster, since it's gonna get Keyboard & Mouse support in a new update in November.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 22 October 2021 - 10:32 PM

[Malankazooie]

Halo Campaign. Defintely an improvement over that first trailer from, damn must have been two years ago now. The footage reminds me of the EDZ in Destiny. Looks like they could overlap the footage with the EDZ and you may not even notice. And the one enemy type reminds of the Cabal in Destiny. The voice acting though *cringe.

[Aptorian]

Malankazooie, on 25 October 2021 - 05:32 PM, said:

Halo Campaign. Defintely an improvement over that first trailer from, damn must have been two years ago now. The footage reminds me of the EDZ in Destiny. Looks like they could overlap the footage with the EDZ and you may not even notice. And the one enemy type reminds of the Cabal in Destiny. The voice acting though *cringe.

I think the world design looks underwhelming, surely they can come up with environments that don't look like a malnourished forest in the Rockies in 2021. Hopefully there's other locations.

But otherwise this looks like fun. Lots of new customizable abilities and toys. As long as this plays like Halo 5 I'm really going to enjoy it.

I wonder if Cortana will actually appear.

[Malankazooie]

So is there going to be any cool announcements at the Sony State of Play today? Or is it primarly a y2021 wrap up / self congratulatory pat on the back for accomplishments this year?

[Aptorian]

Maybe some more Final Fantasy 16 stuff?

[Mentalist]

Malankazooie, on 27 October 2021 - 05:10 PM, said:

So is there going to be any cool announcements at the Sony State of Play today? Or is it primarly a y2021 wrap up / self congratulatory pat on the back for accomplishments this year?

Little Devil Inside is getting a look

Possible announcement of Helldivers II.

other than that, could be new stuff, or could be partnered stuff (GTA remasters, COD exclusive goodies, etc)

Here's a link:




Edit:
-Bugsnax getting a free expansion next year;
-Death's Door coming to PlayStation
-bunch of multiplayer games
-Little Devil Inside is a game with an overworld travel and various vignettes happen-not sure if they actually affect things (how RPGy it'll be?)
-also, Star Ocean 6 is a thing. Coming next year everywhere that's not a Switch.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 28 October 2021 - 12:08 AM

[Mentalist]

Out of nowhere:



Bright Memory: Infinite is out on Skyrim Day.

Those who own the original/prologue (like moi) get Infinite for free.


wonder how long the full game will be.....

[Malankazooie]

So, what video games are coming out this month? Any gooduns?

[Mentalist]

Malankazooie, on 01 November 2021 - 05:44 PM, said:

So, what video games are coming out this month? Any gooduns?

It's the Field of Duty month. Also, Forza.

A few indie titles on my radar are due to release this month, but most AAAs are getting out of the way of the annual EA vs ActiBlizz shoot-out.

[Malankazooie]

Oh yeah, that's right, November is usually the war shooter month. It's going to be weird not seeing a new AC game, they usually double up on the years with back to back titles. Valhalla finishes the ancient trilogy, although I'm not sure it really is called that, so it makes sense there wouldn't be another one following it the year after (which I'm completely fine with due to burnout). Also they are going in new a direction with the Infinity concept, which I'm kinda cool to the idea of taking the series that direction. We'll see what they produce I guess.

[Not-So-Great-Raven]

Malankazooie, on 01 November 2021 - 08:46 PM, said:

Oh yeah, that's right, November is usually the war shooter month. It's going to be weird not seeing a new AC game, they usually double up on the years with back to back titles. Valhalla finishes the ancient trilogy, although I'm not sure it really is called that, so it makes sense there wouldn't be another one following it the year after (which I'm completely fine with due to burnout). Also they are going in new a direction with the Infinity concept, which I'm kinda cool to the idea of taking the series that direction. We'll see what they produce I guess.

I think the main reason this year doesn't see a new AC game is that Valhalla has performed so well financially that they decided to extended it with one more year of DLC's. Personally didn't even play Valhalla. Odyssey was already such a turn-off for me that I never finished it (endless map icon hunting).

[Mentalist]

AssCreed switched to a 2 year cycle with Odyssey-year 1 main game, year 2 DLCs.

This year we got Far Cry 6 and Riders' Republic as the annual Ubiworlds.

Supposedly next year will have Infinity and also the Avatar game.

[Aptorian]

Forza Horizons 5 is getting 9s and 10s from the critics:

https://www.metacrit...forza-horizon-5

I haven't gotten into a driving game in years but since this is on Gamepass, I think I'll jump in. This coupled with Farcry 6 should do until Halo comes out.