• Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 hours ago

    things like Star Wars Outlaws are off limits

    That’s a bit too far in the other direction, innit?
    Games (or anything really) don’t get immunity from criticism just because they take risks

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      20 hours ago

      Even I said in my comment it wasn’t a fantastic game. It likely could have been a lot better, and I don’t fault anyone bored by it. But I take issue with claims it shouldn’t have been made - that greenlighting it alone was the mistake.

      “Don’t make bad game, dummy, just make good game” isn’t a tremendous observation.

      Sometimes I don’t even think the way people summarize Ubisoft games as “open world” is a good descriptor of their failures. I will see people meanwhile applaud dozens of games that can all qualify as “open world”.

      Maybe Ubisoft is deserving of a lot of criticism, but I’d also put them in perspective against an Xbox that is canceling studios and games left and right, and a Sony that just isn’t making anything except 8 more Last of Us remakes. No clue if EA even makes anything anymore.

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        2 hours ago

        Yeah outlaws was great, we get a fun non Jedi star wars story that feels part of the universe and stays open for room for more? It was a damn good time and I enjoyed Kay Vess as a character.