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[Shmunter]

What strikes me is that they dared to make all the 3 protagonists Caucasian. And what double strikes me is the media is letting them get away with it. What am I missing?

 

[uncreativename]

I can't find anything woke about it. It actually seems kinda nice. Unlike Bloom and Rage it's not trying to hit you over the head with Message, and clearly a lot more sincere love went into this game.
Only thing is it's barely a game.
Who do the devs or publishers know lol. Usually the big sites wouldn't give a game like this the time of day, nevermind making it the top rated game of the year.
Weird, but that's how games journalism works I guess. Hard to be too annoyed at the devs.
Also if it does turn out to be pushing a Message, at least us millenials aren't to blame , despite the date this game is clearly really set before my time. Extremely Gen X.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Our inquisitors are overzealous. Overzelly Nellys.

What's crazy to me is this thread has identified a woke artstyle. This game isn't even woke but the artstyle is so engrained in our brains as woke we can't see thru it. Bisexual lighting, meet bisexual artstyle.

 

[Audible Silence]

game reminds me of Dazed and Confused but we are playing the nerdy kid who pinches his nose every scene... can't wait.

 

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Looks dumb AF. Like it's another game that wants to be a movie and I'm not even gonna talk about the main characters lol.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Our inquisitors are overzealous. Overzelly Nellys.

What's crazy to me is this thread has identified a woke artstyle. This game isn't even woke but the artstyle is so engrained in our brains as woke we can't see thru it. Bisexual lighting, meet bisexual artstyle.

can't blame people for noticing patterns and being weary of this shit.

 

[mckmas8808]

Which is why people like you show up in these threads constantly?

I'm actually interested in the game though.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Did marathon just lost its GOTY?

 

[RafterXL]

I'm actually interested in the game though.

Who are you kidding? You have a half dozen posts in this thread, not one is actually about the game. And it's the same in every one of these threads. A handful of you come into these threads, get up on your soapbox and wag your fingers at the rest us, pretending to be above it all, but you're literally attracted to them like flies on shit.

The culture war addiction is real.


People are.....

This is literally you, and it's hilarious you can't see it. You're every bit as addicted, every bit as engaged, and you routinely post every bit as much about this stuff, or more, than any other "culture war" addict on this site.

 

[ungalo]

No one ever said this.

I agree, and more people should play Ball x Pit, 2025 TGA Award Nominee, Balatro, the 2024 TGA GotY Nominee, or Vampire Survivors, 2023 BAFTA winner.

For the past three years they were all the best arcade-like experiences.

To be honest i wasn't thinking about those games at all. Vampire Survivors is not an arcade game and is completely trash in my opinion, i think that's why it got rewards too. But whatever i was just venting about reviewers i won't elaborate any further.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Was there news about the studio being on the verge of closure before this or something?

Reviewers seem to give a little "help" to games from studios like that.

Or maybe it's just that good, but I doubt this is anywhere near Clair Obscur good.

 

[Eesha]

woke or non-woke, this looks like a presumptuous "game" made by someone who smells his own farts

by the looks of the bands and the high reviews, they had a lot of money to spare

 

[Thanati]

Where are y'all seeing WOKE, exactly?

He's one of them. Everything is woke, apparently.

 

[uncreativename]

woke or non-woke, this looks like a presumptuous "game" made by someone who smells his own farts

by the looks of the bands and the high reviews, they had a lot of money to spare

I don't really have a problem with the game or the devs, people can make whatever they want I don't care, but yeah 100% about the second part lol. Licensing this much well known music for a 2.5 hour movie game when you're not a well known developer? More importantly for the reviews though, they probably know people.

 

[MayauMiao]

Did marathon just lost its GOTY?

Marathon was a GOTY contender?

 

[Magic-DEI-Hire]

I know just the game for anyone triggered by these type of games

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Marathon was a GOTY contender?

Still is. We are waiting for season 2

#OmegaGenre

 

[seb85]

This has dragon age the vailguard written all over it , yeah I don't trust these scores.

 

[Jormatar]

Sounds great if they are really able to hit those 90s nostalgia vibes without woke nonsense that plagues today's world.

 

[MayauMiao]

I do wonder about this game heavily reliance on actual songs, what will happen if the license expires especially when the studio goes down under?

 

[willothedog]

Just played 30mins and nothing negative to say about it

Protagonist is rocking a pair of koss porta pro's, so what's not to like.

 

[RedC]

I do wonder about this game heavily reliance on actual songs, what will happen if the license expires especially when the studio goes down under?

This game will inevitably get delisted.

 

[Odinnii]

There's a segment in the game where you have to push a shopping cart with your drunk friend in it while being chased by cops. I literally didnt touch the controller.
I just watched the game play the segment by itself and then got a an achievement for not crashing.

 

[adamsapple]

I do wonder about this game heavily reliance on actual songs, what will happen if the license expires especially when the studio goes down under?

Apparently the game doesn't have a 'streamer' mode so it's probably not gonna get a lot of traction on twitch, due to licensing.

 

[RedC]

There's a segment in the game where you have to push a shopping cart with your drunk friend in it while being chased by cops. I literally didnt touch the controller.
I just watched the game play the segment by itself and then got a an achievement for not crashing.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Game isn't doing too hot on steam. Hopefully it is making money via gamepass. Seems like the perfect gamepass game for those that subscribe.

 

[MayauMiao]

Apparently the game doesn't have a 'streamer' mode so it's probably not gonna get a lot of traction on twitch, due to licensing.

If it even has streamer mode, what would be the point of watching when there is barely any gameplay?

I've seen the playthrough and feels like 95% of it is cinematic with 5% walking around finding stuff.

Worst "10" rating since Polygon "10"'s Gone Home.

 

[adamsapple]

If it even has streamer mode, what would be the point of watching when there is barely any gameplay?

I've seen the playthrough and feels like 95% of it is cinematic with 5% walking around finding stuff.

Worst "10" rating since Polygon "10"'s Gone Home.

Oh I don't think that would really matter. Millions of people sat patiently watching thots in bath tubs too, remember?

 

[KanKamAndNob]

Those scores make me think this is going to be a full on woke slop of a game.

Plus it being hailed as "Reddit's Game of the Year".

 

[KanKamAndNob]

IGN gave a 10/10 to this

 

[Reckheim]

Just beat it, there is barely any game there.

Story was nice but main protagonist was way too self absorbed for my liking.

7/10.

Some real nice visuals tho.

 

[ReyBrujo]

It's obviously appealing to people who miss their teen years, those who watch Stranger Things, listen to Nirvana and play FF15 "band of brothers". I think most of the reviewers are old enough to have lost a friend whom they have shared time while child or teen by now so it doesn't surprise it resonates with them.

 

[Durin]

Definitely looks like the awkward coming of age slop redditors would love, and I think this stuff directly speaks to the kind of people who review video games at these sites too.

Hard for me to even trust if people say this is good, because I've heard the same about Life is Strange, and I spent money on those games only to think the stories were self-absorbed cringe trash.

 

[uncreativename]

and play FF15 "band of brothers"

Idunno that my fellow fans of Boy Band Simulator the RPG will find much here

 

[Sgt.Asher]

Doesn't seem woke, just 90s nostalgia bait. The 15fps artstyle is awful though.

 

[Jaybe]

I can't find anything woke about it.

Same. I watched the first 20 min and the last 20 min and skipped around a bit in between and nothing stood out

Only thing is it's barely a game.

This. Why bother putting it in game format if you don't use the medium.

The worst part is the story and dialogue seemed weak to me, so I can't fathom why this is well reviewed. It it was a movie or TV show it would have middling reviews.

 

[semiconscious]

I do wonder about this game heavily reliance on actual songs, what will happen if the license expires especially when the studio goes down under?

well, i'm not sure, but then again, it sorta depends on how many times you're thinking you might wanna replay it down the road, eh?...

 

[RedC]

The softball minigame made me smile with nostalgia.

 

[Heart_Attack]

I think the gaming media is doing a disservice by giving this audiovisual experience plenty of 10's and calling it a "videogame".

 

[TintoConCasera]

EDF 6: gameplay focused, has a cool story that takes adventage of the medium it's in to tell it in an inventive way, 7/10.

Mixtape: movie game with gameplay segments to keep you awake, 10/10.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

Finally a game that respects the time, and skill level, of game journalists. Less gameplay and systems = good I guess.

 

[evanft]

Even during the gameplay segments, it looks like you can simply put the controller down and the game will basically play itself. I was doing the part in the shopping cart and decided to try putting the controller down, and the game kept going without any input from me.

Absolute clown show.

 

[Zathalus]

I played it. Visuals and music were great. Really hit me with some nostalgia as well. Gameplay was barely there and it was under three hours. But the price reflects that.

 

[nush]

Is there some weird cuck thing in the game?

It's got a simp. The simp to cuck pipeline is known.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

I'm giving it a chance, though. A few of my friends really raving about it, despite our common hate of the recent DotNod games and LiS sequels.

I miss good narrative games with stylized look, could be Dispatch of this year.

 

[DenchDeckard]

There's a segment in the game where you have to push a shopping cart with your drunk friend in it while being chased by cops. I literally didnt touch the controller.
I just watched the game play the segment by itself and then got a an achievement for not crashing.

Such a shame because I had that same section with my steel series nova pro headset on, volume cranked and I fucking pissed myself all the way through it.

What a funny world where someone can find absolute joy in something someone else thought was really bad.

The news report section had me in tears.

I was high as fuck and it was awesome.

Games fucking bad ass, so far outside of the lead but she could grow on me.

 

[Tarnpanzer]

Gameplay was barely there and it was under three hours. But the price reflects that.

So the same as The Artful Escape, which I really liked. Perfect Gamepass game, will play this!

 

[xrnzaaas]

The fact that there's barely any actual gameplay isn't surprsing, but people saying that the game apparently is not heavy with the messaging certainly is a (nice) surprise. I expected some heavy stuff based on how the characters look and who's publishing the game.

 

[Zuzu]

I decided to buy it. Hopefully it's worth the money but it doesn't cost much so it's no big deal if it isn't.

 

[RPS37]

Bros, it's on Game Pass. We can safely roll the dice if we're really interested.