Gonna keep this short. Reasons why:

1. HFW had a good main character

2. HFW had a better storyline. ) Storyline is non existent in elden ring)

3. HFW had way better cutscenes

4. HFW had far more livelier gameplay and you could feel it all with haptic feedback

5. HFW set up the threads for a sequal unlike elden ring.

6. HFW is very user friendly. @dont_log_me_out can play it with my mom or sister. @dont_log_me_out cannot play HFW with anyone else in my family

7. HFW has a more diverse and realistic caste of characters

8. HFW has more diverse and interesting terrains.

9. HFW has more interesting and diverse enemies

10. HFW has got far better swimming and archery mechanics.

Elden Ring doesn't deserve half as much hype as Horizon Forbidden west.

Elden Ring is only liked because it is a game made by a hikikomari for other hikikomaris.

Trans lives matter.

Bright memory: Infinite. Seems to run better and have more active environments than 99% of the games out there. Only downside I feel is that the main character looks too plastic. However, that might actually be due to the amount of surgeries that occur in South Korea. So any model they get would actually look like that.

Anyways, does anyone else feel like video game graphics have hit a wall. Like the only game in recent memory that made me go woah about the graphics were Metro Exodus and the last of us part 2. Every other studio seems to be stuck in place unable to figure out the necessary algorithms to get something even more cooler looking out of the system.

Also feel bad for naughty dog for making such a beautiful game with such a dog shit story.

Anyways, I am not impressed with how far graphics have come in recent years. They need to scale up actual games to keep up with the quality of unreal engine 5 demos before I feel interested.

Warhammer 3 looks good though.

If I were to compare today's game graphics against tech demos from the past, I think we are at 2016's tech demo levels of game graphics as of now.

What year of tech demo do you guys feel the best games are at now?

I don't play anymore but some good stuff.

Mods troll people in strange ways. The chadmins nerfed Thieving loot tables at stalls for some reason, making Farming nigh impossible to train. Basically the hats scenario here all over again.

People sneeding about some dumb shit so they started a riot in Lumbridge. Think swastika campfires. Only these dumbasses didn't schedule a time so fricking no one showed up LOL.

Mods moved a table a few tiles over in Lumbridge basement so I got stuck and a mod had to teleport me out. People posted pics of me haha.

It seems like the only decent trackers are private. I am dubious of most google drives and public torrent sites.

Character creator✔
Challenging gameplay✔
New morale system✔
Weapons used with Chinese martial arts✔
Famous warlords from the Three Kingdoms✔
Creatures & fiends from Chinese mythology✔
Sorcery✔
Online multiplayer✔
Gameplay trial in the near future✔#WoLongFallenDynasty pic.twitter.com/z3DLlM1IqR

— Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (@WoLongOfficial) July 28, 2022

Really looking forward to this one. I haven't played very much of the Nioh series - the extent of my experience is clearing the first island and starting on the second in the first game - but what I have played, I've adored. That series combat is good enough to rival From Softs, and that's not common within the Souls-like niche.

The article is worth a read given how ridiculous the premise is. For those that don't want to read it, the author argues that depicting fishing and animal goods speaks to how players are desensitized to animal violence and help mask violence against animals involved in the production of animal goods. Here's an insightful paragraph from the article:

As a thought experiment, imagine Animal Crossing involves a game where you hook not fish with worm bait, plucking them from their waters, but instead you're required to catch cats--with hooks and all--by coercing them into a trap like fish. Could you imagine such a game earning a spotlight in next year's Wholesome Direct? I think the obvious answer is no. But games with fishing mechanics are one of the most prevalent types showcased every time the brand takes the virtual stage. They both feel pain, so why does harm to fish still pass as wholesome?

It's chock full of insights like that and, yet again, I highly recommend reading the whole thing if that brand of I Can't Believe It's Not Satire appeals to you. Some commentary from Reddit's premier Gaming (with a capital G) community, /r/Games:

I went into it with a lot of skepticism, probably because I am a huge capital G G*mer with at least some of the issues associated with such a demographic. However I found the article to be incredibly well thought out and thought provoking, and actually defends some depictions of violence against animals that were met with condemnation, such as the bizarre cockfighting in far cry 6.

The author does not use their platform to deride games, or those who play them, instead just asking us all to think critically. I find the idea that we should pay attention to how terms like “wholesome” and “non-violent” are applied to games to be certainly worthy of thought.

But yeah, the comment section is filled with losers who are unable to think critically. I’m pretty sure if you added up the iq of everyone in that comment section, you’d get one reasonably intelligent person, but that’s about it.

> the comment section is filled with losers who are unable to think critically

Not only that, it's also filled with a disgusting lack of reading comprehension. Pretty much nobody is arguing the actual point of the article, whether you agree or not. Instead it's a whole strawmen orgy up in there.

Good to see /u/Destroyer_2_2 - a literal who - agrees with this article. I'm sure someone who delibrately identifies as a Gamer has a very high IQ as well.

Most people will avoid thinking about such things because it would make their life’s exceedingly uncomfortable to realize just how much suffering and death they inflict in other sentient beings

Fishing in games = inflicting suffering on sentient beings. I'm glad they got the point of the article.

I don’t usually agree with Gamespot on anything, but I agree with them on this.

I get tired of games that are so casual about violence, especially against animals. I’ve stopped playing a couple because of it. It just gets old and it takes me out of enjoying what I like about the game. In AC Origins I almost stopped playing until I realized I could get upgrade materials from shops once I unlocked the skill for it.

It’s not a big deal for most people and I get it, but as someone who’s had to hunt and slaughter things before, I’d rather not have those things come to my mind when playing a game.

Actually a decent take. This person has actual experience with killing animals and, even then, they acknowledge that other people may feel differently about the subject. It's sitting at -9 votes at the time of writing.

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https://www.g*merbraves.com/steam-epic-and-other-websites-are-now-banned-in-indonesia/

Canon Proof Rayman's Peepee is Visible And A Naked Rayman Would Be A Torso With A Peepee At The Bottom

According to Twitter account Killed by Google, a group that tracks all of the services that Google closes down, it will not be long before Google scuttles down the services of Stadia. They claim it could shut down by the end of summer. The worst of it all is this: there will be no license transfer of any sort. This means any game that was bought on Stadia will be gone for good when the services go down. There is some good news though.

1984 is cancelled.

I'm to lazy to link to it, trust me bros. Also FIRST