Being a lady on the internet can be a little rough. As I poke my head more and more into the world of gaming journalism, a number of questions go through my head as I see how others’ have been treated. Do I really want to stick my head out there? Do I really want to partake in this? Is this ever going to change?
"Nordic Game has revealed the winners of this year’s Nordic Game Awards, which took place on Thursday, May 23, during NG24 Spring and streamed live from Slagthuset in Malmö, Sweden." - Nordic Game.
Talal writes: "I'm talking about having that rush of excitement - that feeling you get when you know you've just made a memory for a lifetime."
There are different games. Some have gamplay at it highest priority, some have the story, some have the replay value and choices... There are a lot of different game experiences.
It is laughable that just now graphics does not have anything to do with that experiene. We have had many games of that type over time. This is just the one that have come closest to feel like playing an actual movie. Just look the the Digital foundry walkthrough it is a masterpiece in that perspective and hence wrth trying. But yes do not do it for the gameplay - but that was never the goal of this experience.
It's because it's on Xbox. When Xbox has amazing graphics, they don't matter. When PlayStation does, it's a game changer!
Pretty much my thoughts. They were technical marvel's on PS and still are. The moment Xbox puts out a graphically intense game is doesn't matter suddenly.
4 years ago this month would the UE5 tech demo debut with the girl flying (tech demo said it was only possible on PS5 because of the SSD. Glad to finally see it in its glory.
FFS, gaming journalism has really gone downhill. At least hire people with a basic grasp of grammar... "Me neither" means the exact opposite of what the "author" is trying to say. That's like saying "I could care less"... lol.
Maybe because the gameplay being dull allowed it to have the amazing graphics and people are not as impressed by graphics alone anymore? I mean there is a lot of sites saying the story and the gameplay are lackluster. So what are we supposed to enjoy then? Cgi graphics are beautiful but since they arent interactive, they dont impress me as much as they used to. Thats an extreme example, but you get my drift.
When Playstation (Sony) does it..its usually a great game and not a cinematic experience..or at least something new at the time..like Until Dawn back in 2015.
@gamer:” It's because it's on Xbox. When Xbox has amazing graphics, they don't matter. When PlayStation does, it's a game changer!”
The game looks as good as any other PlayStation game in my eyes why can’t you and the other hardcore Xbox be happy about it and drag PlayStation into every conversation and force PlayStation hardcore to look into the game and find flaw that most games have in one way or another.
@light: “ 4 years ago this month would the UE5 tech demo debut with the girl flying (tech demo said it was only possible on PS5 because of the SSD. ”
Yes at that time it was only possible on PlayStation SSD how ignorant of you to think that after 4 years the technology wouldn’t evolved and move to a industry standard 🤦🏿I wish your mentality wasn’t so naive and narrow to post stuff like that 😩 in a year or 2 a new game will come out that might look better, it’s the nature of the industry.
Now that the distraction is gone I feel that is a good thing that the graphics in games are starting to hit the rooftop and hopefully the developers will put more thoughts into story and gameplay mechanics than just the next shiny oily skin of old.
So true. Not surprised by all the negativity. It's a really good game and looks better than any game I've ever seen. GOTY nominee for sure. Like I said before, sony screwed up big time by not purchasing Ninja Theory.
Pretty much. It's like how the Switch and Steam controller using haptic feedback in their controllers wasn't a big deal but then Sony did it and it was then a "game changer".
The game runs at as low as 21fps... That isn't much to brag about no matter how good it looks.
We've had graphical gamechangers before, such as Crysis but those games still had gameplay to compliment it. Hellblade pretty much has none, and only achieved such graphics through being incredibly linear and having very small, closed off environments where very little is happening.
GFX does not mean anything if the game is boring. It is simple like that and these major companies need to understand this simple concept.
Games are like your lady, she may be beautiful to look at for a while but then it gets boring if her character isn't interesting and fun to be with.
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So until dawn, too human, or whatever those series of games were... Graphic masterpieces it garbage with no gameplay?
I agree and I actually think Forbidden West looks better than Hellblade 2. I easily prefer looking at it at least.
It does look better in my opinion as well. I don't know why it looks better but there's something about the Decima engine or that guerrilla games is using tricks that we don't know of
Can you fly a mount under water in Hellblade 2? I think not! One of the best moments this Gen
Indie games are single-handedly carrying the gaming industry right now and it's about time they get their deserved recognition.
When I play with females on the multiplayer games, I always like to say:
"NUTHIN' BUT A WOMAN"
I'm sorry, but I had to tell that to the world. I hope you understand.
Being a Woman in the Gaming World is the same as being a man in the gaming world as both genders are criticized and called names whether it's on the internet or an online game
It happens to everyone...
Come join the fun, genders mean nothing in a online world where you can be who you want to.
The NUMBER ONE RULE of online gaming is never announce your gender or use your gender for attention. You never hear male gamers doing streams with the title "Boy Gamer playing Tomb Raider" etc. The term "Gamer Girl" should never exist, people who use it are just pushing the gender boundary in gaming further apart.
Sure people can be dicks to you on microphones but who isn't? Just suck it up and either ignore them (mute/block exists for a reason) or strike back at them with something witty and hang out with all the cool kids.
In terms of genders in the gaming industry, females have already risen through the ranks and are making the games we all know and love today. For example 343industries is pretty much ran by females, e.g. Bonnie Ross (head of 343i), Kiki Wolfkill (greatest name in the history of everything)and BS angel.
I play a lot of The last of Us online and by now I have a party of three other people that I exclusively play with. One if which is some girl *gasp* and not a game goes by where an opposing player has to remind her that she is indeed a female. Last time I checked women are everywhere, why a lot gamers get all Ten Bundy-ish online is beyond me. Matter of fact I'm now looking out the window as I type and there goes a girl walking down the street! I think I'm going to go run outside and remind her that she's a girl and throw some cheese ball pick up line at her. Be right back...
Meh, nobody is polite online. Whether it be man, woman, or beast. Keyboard warriors will always be there.