General gaming discussion

Started Dead Cells last night. Seems okay. Like most roguelike games it seems it'll likely get much better the more and more you play, unlock permanent items, know what to look for and where to go etc. The gameplay/combat does feel incredibly simplistic so far though.

Either TLOU 3 is already under way or this morning Sony has kicked down ND's door this morning demanding it be made to give the show material. Mazin said it's a finite series, won't go on forever, and will do to the game story so doubt we'll get a game of thrones scenario but who knows.

I think Druckmann has hinted about TLOU3 being underway so I would say it is a certain. Assuming TLOU2 is 2 seasons, If the show airs every 2 years then it will be 6 years before we get to season 3, we should have the game by then.

Just with reference to your last paragraph, the fact that its almost a shot for shot retelling of the game is probably a huge contributing factor as to why its being well received (at least by the gaming contingent - who would also skew to being the most vocal if they disapproved of it).

An awful lot of the time, with adaptations across mediums, they leave the showrunners or directors have 'their take' on a character or story, which ends up missing the mark of what made the original so popular. It can often come across as change, just for the sake of change, and why you end up with guff like the awful Doom film, where the only way they could work the pinky demon into it was by mutating a guy in a wheelchair.

I'm probably phrasing it badly, but the world of TLOU and the story is interesting enough that its strong enough to stand on its own. Being fair to the game, its gameplay light - the actual combat and stealth is nothing remarkable, the story is what carries it, its probably as close to a perfect candidate for adaptation to a filmed medium.

I dont think its fan service as such, its simply letting a good story, be told in the way it was originally intended.

TLOU was great, it was already a TV series in game form. So it was critical they stuck close to the beats. Any big changes to the characters would be jarring and put off the core which will be TLOU fans.

I'm always baffled when I see a writer/showrunner come out and say they didn't look at the source material. Whether that is the game or the book or comic, then you know it's going to not land with the core fanbase. If you don't connect with the core it won't get a wider audience.

TLOU (at least so far) has nailed appealing to the core. That's already tens of millions of people and now it can grow from here.

One thing I don't get is the idea that 'ive already experienced it in game' - you never hear someone say that about comics or a book.

I can appreciate concerns about something not living up to the source material, but the idea that adapting to a different medium is pointless, is a harder take to get behind.

Yeah Microsoft and remedy tried this with Quantum break, Personally I enjoyed both the gaming parts and the tv parts which had fairly ok production values, the deviation points gave a fairly ok reason to play through at least more than once and the acting was fairly solid

Except for Aidan Gillans accent which was fairly awful, its worth checking out on gamepass as a nice little single player game.

Remedys evolution from Wake to control via Quantum Break was fairly enjoyable all the same

Each level ended with a TV show for around half an hour that was in between the levels and based on stuff that happened. It wasn't really made to be binged. As an experiment it wasn't the worst idea.

I'm enjoying watching TLOU with the missus. She would never sit and play/watch me play a game. So it's a way to show case why I get so into them.

But it also shows how far the medium has come that games are regularly at, or surpassing, most high quality TV shows and movies.

I started playing the Resident Evil 2 remake today, it had sat in the wrapper long enough.

It's surprising how much they could do with so little space to create a great game. When you see games now with 15km maps and RE is more compelling in essentially one building.

I only played and finished it myself at Xmas for first time , one of the greatest games of all time . Onto 3 remake now about half way though it's a very good game but nothing like 2 i terms of quality .

Layoffs happening at Gamespot/Giant Bomb.