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Hmm… but isn't it an "ongoing series"? Like, you can have short or long arcs, but if the continuity is the same, the story technically hasn't ended.

I agree gaming takes it a step further, but this is like comparing a worse example to a bad one… yeah, one is worse, but they both suck at the end of the day.

I'm glad you like Fast and Furious, but it's only one example of many. It's not the only movie franchise being milked to death, and won't be the last.

Yes, but it's also devoid of creativity and takes up space that could be occupied by more creative endeavors, so it's a similar path at the end of the day.

My point is pointing a finger at Fortnite and Epic Games is fair, but same finger should also be pointed at Universal, Disney, NBC… etc.

And the biggest finger should be pointed at capitalism itself.

And time machine leads to multiverse, and multiverse leads to reboot. Never mind the spinoff potential…

Hmm… title is a little bit clickbaity—author seems to be mainly going after live service games, not necessarily every video game.

Also, novels and movies don't always end 😂 Not sure why they threw that into the title. Freaking Fast and Furious will surely outlast planet Earth at this point 😂 What about Star Wars? It'll never end.

I agree with the general sentiment though: I think players are flexible and will be inclined to give your new IP a shot, but capitalism is risk averse, and will obviously disagree.

I upvoted for the Jon Benjamin mention. Jon Benjamin Has a Van is so fucking funny.

And I love Bob's Burgers, but Home Movies was magic and I consider it his peak VA work.

Yes. You probably will miss out on branching paths if any exist, but you will miss out on those in a regular playthrough anyway.

You also probably should've asked this question instead of the one in the title of the thread—they're two fundamentally different questions.

I know narrative-driven games are dominant nowadays, but not every game is narrative-driven.

Ima be honest: Colbert can do better than this show.

Strangers with Candy was peak absurd humor and The Colbert Report was one of the best political satire shows at the time.

I'd love to see him do something new.

Nice, now CEOs get to do mass lay offs on-the-go 😂

When will the capitalism cult die… has got to be more casualties than the two world wars combined at this point.

Based on my experience so far, I totally agree with you. I'm simultaneously impressed by the ideas and confused by the package they came in.

It's just that the fluff and errors are glaringly obvious… hard to fathom how the same mind who came up with these captivating ideas wrote, or at best OK'd, the fluff and errors.

I'd say I expected poor and somewhat pretentious writing and got that, but I'm impressed enough by the ideas that I haven't started skipping cutscenes yet, so I assume, overall, it's net positive… not by much, but it is.

Warning if you haven't played the game: there's a sidestory spoiler in this comment.

Unbelievable, but fucking Death Stranding 😂 The story has some cool concepts and moments—e.g. Mama's story—but it's too obtuse, has too much filler, and many senseless moments. Like, the Junk Dealer and his girl living literal meters away from each other and for some reason trying and failing to find each other or establish contact for years, or an entire MULE camp peacefully coexisting next to a Timefall farm… best way I can describe the world and story so far is it's an inconsistent mess.

Funniest moment though has got to be The Craftsman going "Fuck you, not joining your UCA!" only to go back on that in the literal next sentence with "But maybe if you do X, we can talk!" 😂

Apart from the odd climbing bugs and the silly, barebones combat, the game is nice though. Rebuilding the world and cooperating with other players feels really nice. And barely making it through BT encounters on very hard is exhilarating.

Fucking bikes are awesome to ride too… I love how goofy they're meant to be.

I don't see myself coming back after I 100% it though… I'm halfway through and I don't see any value in replaying the game so far. It's not exactly a skill-based game, and after roads and ziplines, I'm hardly motivated to go back to walking, but I don't think it's meant to be replayable, and I'll probably get like ~70 or more hours out of it in total and I bought it for $7, so I suppose that's OK.

Oh, I forgot to mention "I am Fragile… but not that fragile" Kojima sit down, please 😂

It is tricky, I agree.

Another point I think I need to try and comment on:

Ultimately yeah, I'm saying the game isn't for me. But I often hear the game in discussions of what the industry is missing in terms of game design, and I don't think I agree that it's worth that level of praise.

I think when people praise Hi-Fi Rush, they basically mean: "Hurray, a mid-budget, FINISHED action romp from a big publisher with a cool gimmick and no intention to drown me in microtransactions!" which is why you see the PS2/PS3/Xbox 360 catalog comparisons.

I don't think anyone actually means Hi-Fi Rush is the Jesus Christ of gaming—and if they do, I completely disagree.

We could use similar games though—specifically in the action game genre. We get very few of those nowadays.

He also directed two action GOATs: God Hand and Vanquish.

He did not direct Hi-Fi Rush though—that was John Johanas.