Be warned. This is November. Then comes December - and in December cgoodno will be posting the contests as I’ll be out until 2015. So if it’s December and you’re reading this, go find cgoodno. November winners will also be hearing from cgoodno, so if you're a regular to this zone DON'T PANIC. You can more or less trust him.
Also: tomorrow a contest will start that may involve the words "PS4", "Destiny" and "Bundle". (psst, the Edit Fairy was here: http://n4g.com/user/blogpos... )
The $50 COMMENTS - FOUR WINNERS!:
Each comment you make on N4G during November on any story, blog, user review, forums - ANYTHING = 1 entry. Comment 25 times? 25 entries. 100? 100 entries. You get the idea? Yeah, you do!
Each of the 4 Winners will get a $50 Amazon gift card!
DQ if you pick up a restriction during the contest period, and one word comments and comments with negative labels (Trolling, Off Topic, etc.) don't count.
BEST USER BLOG:
You must post a User Blog in the month of November! The top 4 User Blogs as voted by cgoodno and me win! There's no limit to how many wonderful User Blogs you can write and enter, anything you author here on N4G during the month of November will be eligible.
Prize: 4 winners, a $100 Amazon Gift Card each!
BEST USER REVIEW:
You must post a User Review in the month of November! The top 3 User Reviews as voted by cgoodno and me win! There's no limit to how many wonderful User Reviews you can write and enter, anything you author here on N4G during the month of November will be eligible.
Prize: 3 winners, a $50 Amazon Gift Card each!
CONTRIBUTOR CONTEST:
Submit news and get a top News ranking in November to win Amazon gift cards!
The prizes are:
1st: $100 Amazon Gift Card
2nd: $75 Amazon Gift Card
3rd: $50 Amazon Gift Card
4th: $25 Amazon Gift Card
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Despite No Man Sky's rocky launch, Hello Games managed to turn it into one of the best space exploration RPGs out there.
I hate the whole concept of "comeback story" because at the end of the day it doesn't remove the core issue we had in the first place, that we were lied to, it was disappointing and it launched with bare content to what was promised for years.
Any bad game can have a comeback story if it's supported enough after launch but for me if you launch in a terrible state then you had your chance. I can applaud you for what you've done after but at the end of the day there's not much of a choice since most gamers would blank your next product if you ditched your last game so fast, it's not about repairing the game but spending your time repairing gamers trust before you launch your next product otherwise it would be dead on arrival.
With these stories and the games being updated, the only way is up most of the time so of course it's going to improve the game and feel better over all, getting better and better as time passes. No Mans Sky, Sea of Thieves, Fallout 76 etc but then you have games like Anthem, Suicide Squad, Redfall and The Avengers where the devs just clearly moved on, now if they have another product people won't be as exited for it, I mean hell Guardians of the Galaxy was a great game but because of the Avengers it didn't help its sales since people were obviously still sour at that point.
I still think despite the improvements to games like No Mans Sky and Cyberpunk along with being better now overall the games are still not up there to what was promised and hyped as for years.
If we keep celebrating these “comeback stories” then unfortunately it only strongly supports the concept that these studios / publishers can continue to push half arsed broken products out for the sake of quick sales instead of waiting until they are fully finished. We need to condemn this awful behaviour or sadly we lose all voice and power as consumers.
I feel the same way about Cyberpunk 2077. I'm glad you mentioned that. I'm not a fan of comeback stories as well. But No man sky developer was a small indie team compared to CDPR. It's worse when it's coming from a AAA developer
"Any bad game can have a comeback story if it's supported enough after launch"
You make it sound so simple and easy. It's not. After release Hello Games poured countless hours into getting their game closer to what they originally wanted, without charging a penny to anyone. That's not normal.
The reason NMS and HG are held in such high esteem and calling them liars is a weak stance is the amount of work they've put into it, for free. They're not chasing a quick buck, they've dedicated their lives over the last few years to giving their fans the game everyone wanted.
I really enjoyed it at launch and had every trophy by August 2016.
The experience I had is no longer in the game: It was just me and my ship. It was a survival game and the feeling of loneliness in the universe was pervasive. There was no way to ruin too far from your ship and, in an emergency, you grenaded a hole in the ground to survive.
I miss that aspect, but since then, I love what they've done.
Asura Kagawa from NoobFeed writes - Vindictus: Defying Fate is the upcoming action RPG game by NEXON, and it has the potential to have a significant impact on the action role-playing genre. Expanding upon the immense universe of its 2010 predecessor Vindictus, this installment is being developed using state-of-the-art Unreal Engine 5, ensuring an immersive and graphically stunning experience.
A ton of leaked Marvel's Wolverine PS5 test gameplay have surfaced showcasing boss fights, Rage Mode, wall running, combat and more.
Scumbag journalists who post leaked gameplay for internet points are as bad as the leakers.
You can choose not to be a scumbag.
Am I crazy for being glad they showed this? Like, I’ve been wanting to see something for a long time. They actually do some journalism and we hate them for it?
Hate them for giving leakers a platform.
I want to see more too. But that's up to Insomniac.
Insomniac: “have you got a good tv, with HDR”
Player: “no”
Insomniac: “your screwed”
Excited to see the November entries and what tomorrow's contest entails.
"The top 2 User Reviews as voted by cgoodno and me win!"
Hehe...been a while since I caught a mistake so I feel happier now. :) I'll fix it.
PS4", "Destiny" and "Bundle"? I have no idea what it could be about...
Nice contest, i need a PS4 still and the gift cards are a good prize too.
Woohoo!! November is looking real good. I hope the gaming gods hear my prayers! lol I need a PS4 for my psVita, it feels so lonely without its big brother.
"You can more or less trust him."
Wow, now Cat is just outright lying to the public :P