It could, but we all know that the very money driven people in the industry would never do so. Something niche by nature has lesser odds of making bank so they’ll never go for it

Careful, or we may get another Last of Us 2

@@NewSupa I think the issue with TLoU2 (and I hated it) was that Neil Druckman's personal vision for the first game was overridden by other creatives (I think for the better), but when he made the sequel he didn't respect the original and warped both the continuity and the characters to revive his original vision.

The world could do with more of everything made this way. Unfortunately, capitalism

@@In10tionL art that makes bold decisions while having a very broad audience will always have divisive reception. "Universal acclaim" can also mean a piece of art didn't take any risks. That's by and large TLoU1. A compelling narrative that bases itself in familiar storytelling tropes but is sold with exceptional performances and sensibilities. There are morally grey questions posed, but none that are truly going to challenge its audience emotionally, so the ones who would've otherwise been upset are given a way to opt out of dealing with the heavier stuff. TLoU2 takes massive narrative risks, not just as a video game for a video game audience that is largely mostly used to simple morality narratives of "good guys vs. bad guys", but as a storytelling media full stop, so some parts of the audience are going to be miffed because they're being challenged emotionally and faced with discomfort by a narrative which is something they're not used to. You can dislike the game for how its ideas are executed and how well it succeeds in what it's trying to do, but disliking its risk-taking and boldness in what it set out to do I think is disliking art itself and the importance of it within our culture, and admitting you're most comfortable with art that works as a pacifier to soothe you.

Best take. Many players don’t accept the idea that some games are just not made for them. They appeal to a restricted demographic. And to be fair, the same happens when people watch movies

Indeed. The more weird and varied games exist out there, the better. We can only go so far with bloated megaliths churning out grey slime in accordance with blasphemous eldritch paradigms that run counter to the true spirit of mankind.

How was pentiment?

@@jpope125 i liked it! It’s got some flaws but overall an enjoyable game and I’m extremely happy that such a weird, niche little game got to be made at all. It’s so uncompromising in that yes, it’s not for everyone, and it never pretends otherwise.

@@Trassel242got ya! thanks, I think I’ll give it a try.

Says something about religion i guess

It’s meta commentary on life, unfortunately most will only take It at face value.

Aww, thanks for the kind words. 🖤

Maybe they should just stay away. Not like Russia has anything to offer them besides Vodka and death by government sanctioned kill squads.

Damn I didn't know that

@@maxzapom it's an article from almost a year ago but that's why i got the game on my radar. Title is "Russian studio fled country to finish game" on Polygon. Very quick read. I'll send a link aswell. if ya aint seeing one then links are blocked:

What a trio to see my name included in. Thanks so much!

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And the fact that they act as flashbacks is something that can only be cleverly conveyed in the medium of video games

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I tried my best. ;)

About 2 weeks last time I saw one of their tweets

It looks way too polished to still be called jank.

Hah

I mean.. does she really need to? Can someone make a review and not refer to something completely unrelated to the topic at hand?

@@sunderark Go watch a playthough of Pathologic and you will know that it is far from unrelated.

no you were second

Why would you want to torture him playing a walking sim?

@@SuperSky9 he did play it

He'll talk about it on his "Yahtzee Tries" recap video since he played it on Yahtzee tries. Based on how the hosts talked about it during "Firelink," Yahtzee was on board with the game, so he may have finished it.

you were third

It’s making a point, it’s not just stylistic choice

Where at all do you get "generic" from this? Weird bias to have against any game without combat front-and-center.

​@@keyworksurfer if you remove the walking talking segments and the cutscenes what would be left of the game? Nothing, that what makes it a *generic-walky-talky-sim* because its an interactive movie "played" with controller or keyboard. Also, even with combat, It would've been a *generic-walky-talky-sim* with extra combat as an addon which is how we get God Of War (2018), The Last Of Us, and Hellblade.