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[Moondoggy]

I don't understand how Steamdb chart works.

Yet it was 113 modern audience playing it right now.

same, it keeps putting Marathon above Crimson Desert and Resident Evil Requiem for me.

 

[Bernardougf]

"I like games with badass females with swords"
"Oh cool, so you liked Stellar Blade?"

If only they had made Eve and Tachy a couple with a hot shower lesbian scene ...Then we all could come together (no pun intended) and support this game.

 

[spookyfish]

The final plot twist of the game is hilarious, I gotta admit.

Just in watching some of the streams, I have to admit -- that thought came to mind kind of early in the game.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

The final plot twist of the game is hilarious, I gotta admit.

Are you going to share?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Are you going to share?

It's authentic to lesbian relationships.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

It's authentic to lesbian relationships.

She rents a U Haul truck and moves in after two days?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

She rents a U Haul truck and moves in after two days?

Ultimately ending in

Spoiler

domestic violence

 

[StueyDuck]

That's the best picture you could come up with to prove that lesbians are hot?

bruh

What... gorlak the destroyer and Manny big bones doesnt do it for you?

 

[StueyDuck]

What stupid take is this? Being a lesbian isn't a race. Just like being gay or other labels. A hot, ugly, healthy, ill, rich, poor can be those. Don't let social media influence you. Those people that are loud, are the minority, not the regular people.

As for fantasy, anyone can be the hero or the main focus. There is no criteria to it. It all depends on who is narrating it. The best Jesus interpretation in film industry is made by a an atheist.

The issue with those topic, is that you are removing personalities, which is why you end up with bland interpretation. The person in the story need to be relatable. Being a lesbian doesn't mean you don't struggle with daily lives. These small moments make us relate to the character in some way or another.

p.s I worked with lesbians. Both hot and meh ones.

Dafuq you smoking lad ...

 

[uncreativename]

Ultimately ending in

Spoiler

domestic violence

lmao, I just watched it. This and Dustborn I could almost believe are actually designed by troll devs

 

[IDKFA]

What stupid take is this? Being a lesbian isn't a race. Just like being gay or other labels. A hot, ugly, healthy, ill, rich, poor can be those. Don't let social media influence you. Those people that are loud, are the minority, not the regular people.


p.s I worked with lesbians. Both hot and meh ones.

I don't disagree with you, but it's funny you took the moral high ground here, yet in your original post.........

that is not woke. lesbians are hot.

that one is wannabe lesbians game.

You make the assumption that lesbians are "hot", as if they all come from Themyscira.

 

[simpatico]

What stupid take is this? Being a lesbian isn't a race. Just like being gay or other labels. A hot, ugly, healthy, ill, rich, poor can be those. Don't let social media influence you. Those people that are loud, are the minority, not the regular people.

As for fantasy, anyone can be the hero or the main focus. There is no criteria to it. It all depends on who is narrating it. The best Jesus interpretation in film industry is made by a an atheist.

The issue with those topic, is that you are removing personalities, which is why you end up with bland interpretation. The person in the story need to be relatable. Being a lesbian doesn't mean you don't struggle with daily lives. These small moments make us relate to the character in some way or another.

p.s I worked with lesbians. Both hot and meh ones.

"Lesbians are hot" is upstream from everything woke in gaming. It lives right next door to "maybe I'm supposed to be a girl".

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

It's authentic to lesbian relationships.

Ultimately ending in

Spoiler

domestic violence

lol no fucking way. I was going to respond "you mean domestic violence?" but I thought that was too distasteful.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

lol no fucking way. I was going to respond "you mean domestic violence?" but I thought that was too distasteful.

You can't give away the spoiler. Ha

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

lmao, I just watched it. This and Dustborn I could almost believe are actually designed by troll devs

Relooted seems like a troll too. Let's have black people steal stuff but it's for the greater good!

 

[Germuso]

Less players than the name.

 

[tkminus]

"Lesbians are hot" is upstream from everything woke in gaming. It lives right next door to "maybe I'm supposed to be a girl".

"Woke"
gonna stop taking you seriously there buddy. i dont play that stupid social media word.

 

[tkminus]

You make the assumption that lesbians are "hot", as if they all come from Themyscira.

because i had hot colleague working with me that was hot.

social media ruined people's views outside world.

 

[tkminus]

Dafuq you smoking lad ...

nothing, just tired of social media wars.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

1348 Ex Voto reviewed by Jarrett Green on PC.

1348 Ex Voto is sick with its own pestilence. Every attempt it makes to upend the status quo for stories like this either goes criminally unexplored, is undercommitted to, or was never really deep to begin with. The rigid mission structure makes poor use of the beautiful areas throughout, giving you space to explore but nothing all that interesting to do otherwise. And every few minutes, you'll have to plod through soupy, boring combat that never changes no matter how many options to modify small parts of it exist. The best parts of this package – a great setting, picturesque landscapes, and some truly standout acting – would be better served without all the video game bits around them.

 

[laynelane]

Every attempt it makes to upend the status quo for stories like this either goes criminally unexplored, is undercommitted to, or was never really deep to begin with.

I wonder if this is shorthand for the game isn't gay enough? If so, this would be the second reviewer to have that complaint.
...

I watched the video and he observes that there isn't much of a romantic connection between the two leads so I think that is what he meant. The idea that the playable character may be attached to the other lead simply because she already lost her entire family to a plague, for example, is something he brings up. He may also be referring to the idea of a woman as a knight - probably a bit of both, actually. The rest of the video is all about poor performance, glitches, bugs, game structure, and bad combat.

Also, his referral to "video game bits" is the kind of cringe I've come to associate with gaming journalists bloggers.

 

[Goalus]

9 concurrent players right now.

 

[Goalus]

2 concurrent users at the moment.

 

[RSMan]

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

In the true ending, the two ladies fight because the protagonist gets upset when she sees her lover talking to the Saros dude.

 

[kruis]

2 concurrent users at the moment.

We're getting oh so close to absolute zero.

 

[calico]

Damn, not even enough people for a lesbian relationship.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Damn, not even enough people for a lesbian relationship.

In the true ending, she marries herself. Full feminist realization.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Deluxe edition is $10.20 on kinguin with code RAB20GG. You know you want it!

 

[Fbh]

Deluxe edition is $10.20 on kinguin with code RAB20GG. You know you want it!

Nah I'll wait for a sale on the collectors edition for that limited edition flannel shirt.

 

[Plague Doctor]

We're getting oh so close to absolute zero.

Devs should do the decent thing and personally shout them out a thank you on social media.

 

[Signalis]

Deluxe edition is $10.20 on kinguin with code RAB20GG. You know you want it!

Even is people get the game for free, they'd be paying too much.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

In the true ending, she marries herself. Full feminist realization.

Just like this feminist icon:

 

[TheLikou]

Devs should do the decent thing and personally shout them out a thank you on social media.

They can even thank every one of them personally, it should take less than 15 minutes.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[uncreativename]

Only the best for your ps5

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[GymWolf]

The secret is to finish it at least 3 times.

 

[adamsapple]

So ... there is a bizarre new wrinkle to this .. lol.

I popped in the game disc today, did the mandatory install portion, tried to start the game and ran into this error:

Uninstalled, reinstalled a few times. Restarted the PS5 a few times but that error happens every time the game starts, lol.

What the fuck is this piece of shit? The error reads like there's content files missing on the install ...

It's like the universe doesn't want me to play this game.

 

[Moondoggy]

So ... there is a bizarre new wrinkle to this .. lol.

I popped in the game disc today, did the mandatory install portion, tried to start the game and ran into this error:

Uninstalled, reinstalled a few times. Restarted the PS5 a few times but that error happens every time the game starts, lol.

What the fuck is this piece of shit? The error reads like there's content files missing on the install ...

It's like the universe doesn't want me to play this game.

Sounds like you owe the universe a beer.

 

[Gonzito]

So ... there is a bizarre new wrinkle to this .. lol.

I popped in the game disc today, did the mandatory install portion, tried to start the game and ran into this error:

Uninstalled, reinstalled a few times. Restarted the PS5 a few times but that error happens every time the game starts, lol.

What the fuck is this piece of shit? The error reads like there's content files missing on the install ...

It's like the universe doesn't want me to play this game.

So you returned Gothic to play this?

Man...

 

[adamsapple]

So you returned Gothic to play this?

Man...

No papi, 2 games in. This was already in the mail, lol. And If I can't get this working in the next hour, it also goes back in the mail today.

Gothic is like Crimson Desert for me, I can see other people having a fun time with it but it just didn't click for me.

 

[Zacfoldor]

So ... there is a bizarre new wrinkle to this .. lol.

I popped in the game disc today, did the mandatory install portion, tried to start the game and ran into this error:

Uninstalled, reinstalled a few times. Restarted the PS5 a few times but that error happens every time the game starts, lol.

What the fuck is this piece of shit? The error reads like there's content files missing on the install ...

It's like the universe doesn't want me to play this game.

I knew it was jank but not that jank.

 

[adamsapple]

I knew it was jank but not that jank.

Yep, in all my decades of console gaming, I have never seen an error like this where the console game just couldn't find a file, lol.

This is some next level euro-jank.

 

[JayK47]

There is no game you will not play.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Game was one of the well deserved flops and this update won't change that one bit.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

You need level 50 gae to boot the game

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

So ... there is a bizarre new wrinkle to this .. lol.

I popped in the game disc today, did the mandatory install portion, tried to start the game and ran into this error:

Uninstalled, reinstalled a few times. Restarted the PS5 a few times but that error happens every time the game starts, lol.

What the fuck is this piece of shit? The error reads like there's content files missing on the install ...

It's like the universe doesn't want me to play this game.

You might be the only person who's ever tried to run the physical PS5 version of this game.

 

[winjer]

So ... there is a bizarre new wrinkle to this .. lol.

I popped in the game disc today, did the mandatory install portion, tried to start the game and ran into this error:

Uninstalled, reinstalled a few times. Restarted the PS5 a few times but that error happens every time the game starts, lol.

What the fuck is this piece of shit? The error reads like there's content files missing on the install ...

It's like the universe doesn't want me to play this game.

That is the universe trying to save from a really bad game.

 

[adamsapple]

I was able to get the game to work. The issue was that despite the game crossing the arbitrary 'ready to play' installation threshold, the game wouldn't start until it was 100% complete.


In other good news, the main character also gets a different haricut after some chapters in the game.

The bad news is that it's this fucking man-bun.

Other than that, some quick impressions.

- The biggest sin of the game is that it's boring.
- It feels like A Plague Tale style but with even less of a budget
- There is a horrendous sharpening filter on the image that can't be disabled
- The game has a single 30fps mode, no Performance. The frame rate also drops to the mid teens during cut-scenes or so it feels.




Some other screens from the game.