Culture Wars General - KiA Diet Coke Edition

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I’ve just seen the official reviews for NBA 2K22 on Metacritic. Checking the PS5 version, and it is something:

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There were people trying to balance the negative review scores with 10’s, but it’s still in the red.

To compare it to, say, Madden NFL 22 for the PS5 on Metacritic:

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A lot of 0’s with only a few 1’s here and there. It seems that “generally unfavorable reviews” is a lot better than “overwhelming dislike”, for some reason.
 
I’ve just seen the official reviews for NBA 2K22 on Metacritic. Checking the PS5 version, and it is something:

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There were people trying to balance the negative review scores with 10’s, but it’s still in the red.

To compare it to, say, Madden NFL 22 for the PS5 on Metacritic:

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A lot of 0’s with only a few 1’s here and there. It seems that “generally unfavorable reviews” is a lot better than “overwhelming dislike”, for some reason.

Seeing this makes me sad that WWE 2K22 has been delayed to next March, as the negative reviews would have flooded in, as 2K20's state proved. Then again, even with the delay, the game will still probably be broken, because of 2K needing to keep up with WWE's on-going firing spree.
 
Seeing this makes me sad that WWE 2K22 has been delayed to next March, as the negative reviews would have flooded in, as 2K20's state proved. Then again, even with the delay, the game will still probably be broken.
Unpopular opinion, but WWE 2K Playgrounds looks like a fun game to play on the Switch. Microtransactions aside, it looks like a fun arcade, fighting style kind of game.

Plus, it’s going for a cheap price, too.
 
Why would EA give a shit now? They can just copy/paste code, update the rosters, and most idiots will line up outside GameStop to shell out $60 to 70 dollars, and then spend even more money on microtransactions.
 
Why would EA give a shit now? They can just copy/paste code, update the rosters, and most idiots will line up outside GameStop to shell out $60 to 70 dollars, and then spend even more money on microtransactions.
That to me is the biggest crime more than anything else. In the PS5 era, we’re having to spend almost seventy dollars over games that are either not finished or they’re yearly installments that you will have to pay for in order to get “new” roster updates and virtual cards that will be meaningless come next year.
 
Why would EA give a shit now? They can just copy/paste code, update the rosters, and most idiots will line up outside GameStop to shell out $60 to 70 dollars, and then spend even more money on microtransactions.

I haven't bought a sports game in years now. They use to be fun, but so did all video games in general. I just pains me that people still feed in to this shit; because it's the only way they can play as their favourite players. I hope people will finally just stop one day, but as long as the third world countries keep buying FIFA, nothing will change.
 
That to me is the biggest crime more than anything else. In the PS5 era, we’re having to spend almost seventy dollars over games that are either not finished or they’re yearly installments that you will have to pay for in order to get “new” roster updates and virtual cards that will be meaningless come next year.
MEANWHILE AT THE XBOX SERIES S:

 
>scroll into gameplay footage
>see stutters
>guy mentions that everything stutters


I mean I know microsoft's relationship with games is shakey at best but I didn't think it would extend to piracy.
That's been fixed I think, no idea, don't got one so I can't test it. Thinking of snagging one when they're available for this purpose, though.

The stuttering is something in a lot of these games regardless, though. You gotta set the framerate or something.
 
That's been fixed I think, no idea, don't got one so I can't test it. Thinking of snagging one when they're available for this purpose, though.

The stuttering is something in a lot of these games regardless, though. You gotta set the framerate or something.
I could have gotten one today at target but it was between an Xbox and a PS5, they wouldn't let you buy both.

Was kind of shocked they appeared in the wild like that
 
I’ve been trying to get Nintendo Switch games that I actually forgot that they may or may not be shocking up shelves for the PS5 or Xbox Series X.

In fact, I might just think about emulating the Switch sooner than later, since on Youtube I’ve noticed a sudden increase of people questioning/arguing if pirating games for the Switch is good idea.

I’ll grab some videos on there and see which ones are good so I can get your feedback on here. It says a lot that we see them finally talking about retro games‘ prices going up in price and now we see them at least talking more about this when it comes to the Switch in general.

If anything, I remember they used to do this for the Wii U, but when the Switch emulation started to show up, they just dropped it.
 
I haven't bought a sports game in years now. They use to be fun, but so did all video games in general. I just pains me that people still feed in to this shit; because it's the only way they can play as their favourite players. I hope people will finally just stop one day, but as long as the third world countries keep buying FIFA, nothing will change.
It would be better just for EA to allow gamers to pop in a copy of NFL 2K[CURRENT YEAR - X], then either pay $20 to get a roster update, or $3 to unlock their favorite player.

But they'd rather have people pay up to $70 each year, THEN drown them in microtransactions.
 
It would be better just for EA to allow gamers to pop in a copy of NFL 2K[CURRENT YEAR - X], then either pay $20 to get a roster update, or $3 to unlock their favorite player.

But they'd rather have people pay up to $70 each year, THEN drown them in microtransactions.
Yeah, cause IT FUCKING WORKS. Dumb fucks just can't stop themselves from paying each and every year with the added cherry on top of microtransactions.
 

He got blasted in the comment section so hard that mods turned off comments. The consensus seems to be that this guy is kinda of a douchebag dad and if he's not, he really phrased his article very poorly. And one of the staff played defense for the guy for the whole day it seems.
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I won't make any conclusive judgements of his parenting skills over one game article, but he definitely sounds like a bit of dick for trying to railroad his kid to play a certain way when he's not ruining someone else's day with the way he plays.
 

He got blasted in the comment section so hard that mods turned off comments. The consensus seems to be that this guy is kinda of a douchebag dad and if he's not, he really phrased his article very poorly. And one of the staff played defense for the guy for the whole day it seems.
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I won't make any conclusive judgements of his parenting skills over one game article, but he definitely sounds like a bit of dick for trying to railroad his kid to play a certain way when he's not ruining someone else's day with the way he plays.
The Escapist never changes. They've always had shit staff that ran interference for one another. Surprised people called the guy out, though, it was an echo chamber last I remember.
 
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