Oyster...GameRant Article wrote:CEO Jon Bellamy cited a shift in society towards being "less moral" and the increased hostility towards "woke" content as a major factor behind the decision to cancel the Pride event. Jagex did confirm that 2024's "Tales of Pride" event will return, but without any new content for this year's version.
It's at least marginally more believable than a sheboon.
"Engineers" in nu-dootyfield games are heavily armed anti-tank rocketeers, which doesn't make sense in this case since noodlewhores are too petite to carry that much.TKVNC wrote: β August 1st, 2025, 16:01It's at least marginally more believable than a sheboon.
At least an Asian might have the IQ to actually be an engineer.
Yes, completely agree with everything you said.gerey wrote: β August 1st, 2025, 11:21I don't think KCD2 was as successful as they claim.
For one thing, they didn't say anything about 2 million sales since the announcement of selling a million copies during the launch period. Nobody is even talking about the game anymore, not even the developers.
There's also very strong evidence that the game's stats on Steam were heavily doctored by using Chinese bots, the keys to which were likely sold at a steep, steep discount.
Finally, the recent-ish release of the first DLC failed to move the playcount in any significant way, meaning that very few people actually bought it. And much like with the base game, there were no announcements that I saw of the success of the DLC.
We can safely assume that Warhorse played their trump card, but that their ploy failed, and now both their, and Varva's, reputations are forever tainted.
That's lowballing it - the project so far is rumored to have cost over two billion dollars, and that's just the development costs, sans the marketing.
Rockstar delaying the game over and over again is a good indicator of their mounting panic. They never gave a flying **** about the polish of their products before, the launch of multiple GTA titles and the sorry state of their online components are proof enough of that, so the only reason they'd delay the game this much is either because it's an utterly broken and buggy piece of ****, or because they're doing major rewrites to the plot.
Also, and maybe this is my own bias, but I noticed a shift in the marketing away from the ugly **** *****, with more emphasis now going towards the male protagonist.
They need this thing to be the single most successful entertainment product in the history of the human race, and they also need it to entice people away from GTA: Online. And let's not forget that the game will be exclusive for the PS5 for a period of time, and the PS5 isn't doing all that well right now, with flatlining numbers of consoles sold.
These games are the last waves of this era, released after years of development. Healing will also take years, the time it takes for the next games to be developed. So expect to endure this slop for another 5 years.ThulsaDoomer wrote: β August 2nd, 2025, 00:26Did no one see the last game showcases that aired some months ago? All upcoming games from across the globe, and 80% of them were filled with women protags, *******, ******, homosexuals, globalist agendas, etc. There is no healing, it will continue to just get worse and worse. All these studios and companies will do is lesson the obvious propaganda to lure back in the general audience. If anything, indie has only doubled down on the alphabet agenda, while these larger publishers are so desperate to make money again they will actually concede a few inches of ground.
It's only a matter of time before the frogs are made gay.Jordy wrote: β August 2nd, 2025, 18:38The temp was too high and the frogs started noticing that they're boiling so they've turned it down slightly.
I mentioned Tracer in a conversation with a zoomzoom and they didn't know who it was...BlueMemphis wrote: β September 16th, 2025, 21:10Was going to necro the overwatch thread for this but let's be real, that thread is dead and no one cares about the game so it's just a waste, putting it here instead.
Edit: I have apparently forgot how to link a twitter link? Or is this uk internet shenanigans trolling me? Either way not able to make link show up on my screen, wtf.
https://x.com/baalbuddy/status/1967806453504414131
Edit 2: setting up a url link only way to get link to show up, wtf, i dont recall struggling to link twitter links before, i blame the uk gov.
I remember going to Blizzcon 2014. When Metzen said it had been 20 years since Blizzard introduced a new IP, you could just feel the energy and anticipation of the audience. And then when the cinematic happened, you could feel the hall shake. Not even the WoW cinematics caused that much excitement. I waiting until the end of the second day to get in line for the Overwatch booth and it was still an hour long wait. By 2017/2018 I was baffled as to how Blizzard was squandering Overwatch, since we only had the four cinematics and then the Bastion one, the graphic novel was cancelled, and there was nothing on the horizon.BlueMemphis wrote: β September 16th, 2025, 21:10Was going to necro the overwatch thread for this but let's be real, that thread is dead and no one cares about the game so it's just a waste, putting it here instead.
Edit: I have apparently forgot how to link a twitter link? Or is this uk internet shenanigans trolling me? Either way not able to make link show up on my screen, wtf.
https://x.com/baalbuddy/status/1967806453504414131
Edit 2: setting up a url link only way to get link to show up, wtf, i dont recall struggling to link twitter links before, i blame the uk gov.
why are you discussing female videogame characters with minors????Shillitron wrote: β September 16th, 2025, 21:27I mentioned Tracer in a conversation with a zoomzoom and they didn't know who it was...BlueMemphis wrote: β September 16th, 2025, 21:10Was going to necro the overwatch thread for this but let's be real, that thread is dead and no one cares about the game so it's just a waste, putting it here instead.
Edit: I have apparently forgot how to link a twitter link? Or is this uk internet shenanigans trolling me? Either way not able to make link show up on my screen, wtf.
https://x.com/baalbuddy/status/1967806453504414131
Edit 2: setting up a url link only way to get link to show up, wtf, i dont recall struggling to link twitter links before, i blame the uk gov.
16 year olds don't know who Tracer is.
Blizzard on suicide watch.
I know who Tracer Tong is. Is it him?
wndrbr wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 01:23why are you discussing female videogame characters with minors????
FTFYShillitron wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 17:13wndrbr wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 01:23why are you discussing female videogame characters with minors????
Believe it or not but some of us on this forum don't just larp as conservative and actually have families, kids & relatives and go to public events, church synagogue, schools and meet with other parents and kids.
Oy vey.Acrux wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 17:21FTFYShillitron wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 17:13wndrbr wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 01:23why are you discussing female videogame characters with minors????
Believe it or not but some of us on this forum don't just larp as conservative and actually have families, kids & relatives and go to public events, church synagogue, schools and meet with other parents and kids.
Shillitron wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 17:13Believe it or not but some of us on this forum don't just larp as conservative and actually have families, kids & relatives and go to public events, church, schools and meet with other parents and kids.wndrbr wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 01:23why are you discussing female videogame characters with minors????
This is exactly how I feel talking to kids.wndrbr wrote: β September 18th, 2025, 02:07Shillitron wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 17:13Believe it or not but some of us on this forum don't just larp as conservative and actually have families, kids & relatives and go to public events, church, schools and meet with other parents and kids.wndrbr wrote: β September 17th, 2025, 01:23why are you discussing female videogame characters with minors????
Just ramble about something you feel passionately about. They'll either leave or be fascinated. Young people often make great listeners. I assume it's because many things are still new to them and they haven't formed all their opinions yet.Shillitron wrote: β September 18th, 2025, 13:24This is exactly how I feel talking to kids.
I don't have any common interests with kids today and can't really relate to anything they say to me - they are from another planet. My one attempt to appear hip by talking about video games just showed how out of touch I was. What I consider zoomzoom Games like overwatch, League, rust - are for old fucks now.
Yeah, the MMO genre is 100% dying. Young people just don't care about them anymore, nor do they want to invest the time MMO take. The only mmo I even play anymore is Guild War 2 and that's only because I don't have so regrind content every new expansion, but it's clear they don't have the funding they use to have.GhostShiroyama wrote: β September 21st, 2025, 18:04Absolutely not. MMOs are dying, more games are trying to be "woke" or promote gay rainbows and people's demands are growing more unrealistic everyday. I'm just staying in my single player bubble until the idiot rainbow wave passes.
They play Fornite still
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This one made me sad. Overwatch was a breath of fresh air from Blizzard. Sombra arg might have been a bit overdone but man the reveal was exciting. And overall the game felt great at the beginning before they started turning everything gay.Val the Moofia Boss wrote: β September 16th, 2025, 21:38I remember going to Blizzcon 2014. When Metzen said it had been 20 years since Blizzard introduced a new IP, you could just feel the energy and anticipation of the audience. And then when the cinematic happened, you could feel the hall shake. Not even the WoW cinematics caused that much excitement. I waiting until the end of the second day to get in line for the Overwatch booth and it was still an hour long wait. By 2017/2018 I was baffled as to how Blizzard was squandering Overwatch, since we only had the four cinematics and then the Bastion one, the graphic novel was cancelled, and there was nothing on the horizon.
Last year Jason Schrier interviewed people and came out with his book on Blizzard (which has a skewed perspective, trying to ignore that Mike Morihime opening the doors to DEI is what killed the company, and that what made it great was the powermetal dudes that Schrier so despises). Apparently it was Jeff Kaplan was was responsible for what happened to Overwatch. After OW1 released and was a hit, Bobby Kotick asked Kaplan to establish another team that could work on a sequel game, but Kaplan did not want to do that and instead tried and failed to work on both OW1 updates and the sequel which lead to the long content drought, talent departing, and the years in between releases during which the franchise fell off the radar. It is pretty insane that Kotick did not step in and take control of Blizzard's new golden goose and allowed this situation to languish for years.
It will not heal until it first burns down to the ground.
This was a good post to make in ~2017.J1M wrote: β September 22nd, 2025, 23:16Between western devs and Japan's inability to understand the difference between the tastes of US journos and US consumers, it will be slim pickings.
The majority of countries lack the technical ability to make a quality game. Pretty sad. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy playing stuff from eastern Europe for the next 5 years.
