Interesting read! "Fuck" is such a modern sounding word to me that in fascinated to see it used that far back, even though it did indeed take a couple of centuries for it to catch on.
Totally. And between stuff like the stage fight in AW1, the Ashtray Maze in Control and We Sing in AW2 Remedy has gotten so damn good at integrating music and gameplay too.
I personally was blown away by POE - This Road as well. The track is mesmerising and every time a new variation on it played after an Alan chapter I had almost goosebumps. I still regularly go back and listen to the whole 9 minute track on YouTube.
I'll have to feel out the Mirage changes but 8 seconds longer between each Scarab in lane sounds like a pretty impactful hit. That skill was the bread and butter of his smooth laning stage.
I love Lucas Pope and would like to one day play Mars After Midnight, but I'm not paying over 200 bucks for one of these anytime soon.
I think going by overall mainstream appeal and zeitgeist it's correct. Everybody was talking about BG3 that year, even people who are usually not fans of the genre. So in that sense I agree that 2023 was the year of BG3.
On the games' merit alone as standalone pieces of art abstracted from context I think Alan Wake 2 puts up a good fight.
I was referring to The Game Awards and their claim on crowning the "Game of the Year".
BG3 got GotY, though there are debates to be had I suppose over the legitimacy of an "official" game of the year.
Good shout, I did fumble my word order.
I really really hope they don't get discouraged. They would have done so much better had it only been on Steam, please Remedy don't change your ways.
Also it should have been GotY last year, fight me.
Still feels a bit pricey but I'm happy to hear about another season. Some day I might get one just to play the Lucas Pope game.
They threw out the original writer and composer, and seem to have changed most characters and the whole script. It also apparently plays more like Dishonored now.
I was waiting for the original poster to repost it here, but if they aren't then I will since this photo definitely belongs here.
While still holding out hope of one day seeing his book (the excellently titled "etceteracide") released, a song lyric will do. RSH was great with words, and I always thought this read pretty well as a poem.
I liked the idea of this weekly a lot, but the balance was off and the Strawberry strategy was way too dominant. And the lack of Waffles and/or Flying Squirrel made Toy strategies extremely frustrating.
I didn't have that much fun this week and am glad to see it go, to be honest.
That was one of the craziest penalty shootouts I've ever seen. Heartbreaking for USA.
Yeah but it's not really the same thing years later when most people are long finished with the game. Was the same with playing BG3 around release last year, participating in conversations with friends and strangers alike about discoveries in the game as it's happening and everyone is talking about it and playing it at the same time. I'm sure similar things happened this year with Black Myth Wukong and Silent Hill 2 Remake to some extent, though I didn't play those.
It's not about spoilers so much as participating in the buzz and culture and community that only really occurs around release.