Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
I understand being excited to play a new game but I hate it when some gamers talk about certain exclusives as though they are guaranteed to be masterpieces and then they will talk with concern and disappointment about another company's exclusives because the fact is, unless you've played any of these exclusives (the actual upcoming games, not the previous works), you don't know for sure what will be a 10/10 or a 5/10.
It is okay to like certain developers and publishers - we all have our go-to platforms and how we like to play. Just don't act like the developers and publishers aren't capable of failure and don't act like the competition isn't capable of succeeding. For all you know some of these launch games will fall short but you want to believe they will be 9/10s and 10/10s based on what you saw instead of actually playing it? I mean, gamers give game journalists crap for giving bad games good scores and good games bad scores but fanboys are just as bad praising certain exclusives while downplaying others before they even release!
Time will dictate whether or not any of these upcoming exclusives really do end up being masterpieces. When you go into a new game believing it will be this great experience, it usually is. But then you do a second and third playthrough and it no longer feels like a 10/10 but a 8/10 or maybe even... a 7/10. Especially a couple years after these next-gen consoles release and you get used to the faster loading and prettier graphics, what's left is the gameplay - was it genuinely good?
It's silly to even choose a side because you could be missing out on games you didn't know you might enjoy on other platforms. And yeah, there will be games that just don't appeal to you. However we tend to change our minds over time and give them a chance years later when there's nothing else to play. Honestly, there are no shortage of games to play and while they might not all be AAA production or cartoony or fit into a specific genre that you like, I'm just saying don't write it off unless you've played it for yourself.
I'll see the knee-jerk reactions to games like Halo Infinite and Final Fantasy XVI for not having next-gen graphics but I'm wondering about the gameplay and story. Maybe it will be really fun to shoot aliens in the new Halo and drive around in the Warthog and the new Final Fantasy looks like it will have an intriguing story with good dialogue and possibly a large open world to explore. I guess I'm rambling but at this point I'm just tired of reading about things like "the winning team" and how 2021 will be a great year for fans of X company but not Y company. And it's all because fanboys want to pick and choose which exclusives matter without even having played them yet.
It is okay to like certain developers and publishers - we all have our go-to platforms and how we like to play. Just don't act like the developers and publishers aren't capable of failure and don't act like the competition isn't capable of succeeding. For all you know some of these launch games will fall short but you want to believe they will be 9/10s and 10/10s based on what you saw instead of actually playing it? I mean, gamers give game journalists crap for giving bad games good scores and good games bad scores but fanboys are just as bad praising certain exclusives while downplaying others before they even release!
Time will dictate whether or not any of these upcoming exclusives really do end up being masterpieces. When you go into a new game believing it will be this great experience, it usually is. But then you do a second and third playthrough and it no longer feels like a 10/10 but a 8/10 or maybe even... a 7/10. Especially a couple years after these next-gen consoles release and you get used to the faster loading and prettier graphics, what's left is the gameplay - was it genuinely good?
It's silly to even choose a side because you could be missing out on games you didn't know you might enjoy on other platforms. And yeah, there will be games that just don't appeal to you. However we tend to change our minds over time and give them a chance years later when there's nothing else to play. Honestly, there are no shortage of games to play and while they might not all be AAA production or cartoony or fit into a specific genre that you like, I'm just saying don't write it off unless you've played it for yourself.
I'll see the knee-jerk reactions to games like Halo Infinite and Final Fantasy XVI for not having next-gen graphics but I'm wondering about the gameplay and story. Maybe it will be really fun to shoot aliens in the new Halo and drive around in the Warthog and the new Final Fantasy looks like it will have an intriguing story with good dialogue and possibly a large open world to explore. I guess I'm rambling but at this point I'm just tired of reading about things like "the winning team" and how 2021 will be a great year for fans of X company but not Y company. And it's all because fanboys want to pick and choose which exclusives matter without even having played them yet.