What are your Red Flags in vidya?
>Day 1 DLC
>On-Disc DLC
>Developed by STUDIO YOU LIKE (Satellite Location You've Never Heard Of)!
>Review Embargo
>Dev time >5 years
>Features Dante from the Devil May Cry™ series
>Can beat the game in <2 hours
>Any "boss" is a QTE
>Final "boss" is a QTE
>Cover art is a bunch of anime girls, all with their mouths open, except one is winking and one looks annoyed
>traditionally single player game now has a tacked on multiplayer component
That shit cuts into the single player budget and fucks up the game 99% of the time. ME3's multiplayer being the rare exception that turned out pretty fun
>>384718214
I 100% agree that I hate that and -00% agree that ME3 MP was actually really fun and I spent an embarrassing amount of time with it.
Max Payne 3 MP, though? Gross.
>free to play
>kickstarter
Obvious cash grab.
>dubstep, rap, memes, or any other pop culture trash in the trailer
>mountain dew promo
Self explanatory.
>[voice actor] really carries it
Honestly, who even cares if Liam Neeson is the voice of your dad? The game still sucks.
>inspired by [good game]
>reboot of [good series] by [?¿?¿]
Name drops are always a bad sign, but name dropping something ultimately unrelated just screams "We got nothing."
>>384718050
>Cover art is a bunch of anime girls, all with their mouths open, except one is winking and one looks annoyed
so basically every Disgaea and Neptunia game ever.
red flags in general:
>more of a movie than a game
>railroad experience except if it's something like the SMT Raidou games
>no camera options
>most modern western RPGs except if it's D&D and maybe TES
>no freeroaming
>no player agency because game takes it away so it forces cutscenes, environmental shots and stupid QTEs on you
>Indie Dev crap that reeks of feminist agenda and SJW bullshit from Commiefornia and (((Hollywood)))
>AAA blockbuster narrative
>long ass loading times like in most unity games
>style over substance approach
>any of that resulting in little gameplay or very shallow gameplay
>being forced to verify for a game on uplay or steam
>console only release
>>384718050
All female cast and batman combat are two massive ones.
>>384718813
>Commiefornia and (((Hollywood)))
>>384718050
The "elements" are a big deal and attached to everything, every enemy has an elemental variant, etc.
>Western Developer
>Open World Survival
>PG world
>Crafting system
>the word "innovative" used at any point by the developers to describe the game
>lead developer is balding, has a beard and glasses
>has a room like this in their studio
>>384719772
He just wants to be as successful as Microsoft
>>384720274
Hitler was right
>>384720585
Why? The language is really off putting but partying with a potential employer sounds fun.
>>384720754
partying with a potential employer sounds fun. Partying with a completely out of touch "how do you do fellow kids" employer sounds uncomfortable at best and insufferable at worst
>>384720937
Whatever, free food and beerpong I'd absolutely be there. If you've ever worked for a legitimately shitty employer you'd put up with some fellow kids bullshit.
>>384720754
>>384720937
>>384721062
I want normies to leave
>Steam exclusive
>>384721131
Well just like in real life what you want doesn't matter.
>>384718050
>>384720754
Woah there friend, let me, someone with first hand experience with """partying""" with people like this, tell you what it's like
It is the most insufferable hell you can imagine
Just picture being stuck in a room for 3 hours with about 60 assorted numales or varying height(usually between 5'3 and 5'7'), huge fat fuck SJW feminists with pink and green hair, all spouting the most nonsensical meaningless shit about every topic you can think of that they aren't qualified to talk about, I'm talking politics, business, why socialism "just werkz", racism in video games, why meat eating is inherently evil, and between all of this is that ONE(1) good looking girl out of the bunch who is surrounded by beta orbiters, and the moment you go over to chat with her she's halfway out the door and it's barely been 20 minutes.
The food is assorted gluten free shit, overly expensive wholefoods crap that I wouldn't feed to a dying dog, the drinks are always low % ass tasting shit , it's unbearable.
I ended up going back in the kitchen and playing cards with the catering staff whilst they were on their break, some fucking party.
If you're eyeballs aren't falling out and you aren't covered in shit, human and otherwise then it wasn't a fucking party.
>"Cinematic"
>>384718965
>Commiefornia and (((Hollywood)))
Never lived in California?
>>384721462
I find stuff like that fun for different reasons. Having some drinks and people watching can be absolutely hysterical. I guess if it was a potential employer you couldn't be too much of a prick, but I usually just hop on the pong table and insult whoever I'm playing against.
>anything coming out of California
>>384718050
>except one is winking, and one looks annoyed
Lol
>On Xbox One, Playstation 4 and Steam
>Steam
>It's a living, breathing world!
>no name dev taking on a AAA project
>>384721603
Hollywood is in California.
>pre-order exclusives
>review embargo until after the game comes out
>You'll never see the same npc twice!
>>384718050
>Exclusive preorder bonus
FUCK THAT SHIT
>>384718050
>Game is very barebones at launch
>Sell it at full-price regardless
>Release the rest of the game (which was already paid for) throughout the year
>Call it """"free"""" DLC
>People actually buy that bullshit PR and praise the company