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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 2d

We've already got to the "why can't I solo tanks as a single engineer" complaints for Battlefield 6. The series is always at its worst when it panders to one-man-army players. Keep tanks tough!

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 3d

I also don't think the issue is enough to warrant making any changes. Like I think it comes at a detriment to the early game narrative, but many others don't seem to think so, and it won't matter if people push through, if disappointly, and still go on to play through the whole game.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think they'll change anything. I think the game is as it is and any post launch updates will be just polishing/improving content. Completely changing or expanding on the intro would mean getting people back in the booth and would be a pretty big undertaking.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure, but I think I would have had a smaller intro area and some heavier onboarding with story focused missions. There's really just one; the intro, and then the game goes "do whatever you want". It feels like there's some early narrative completely missing to better establish Atsu.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know man. I'm enjoying it, but I stand by my impressions from the beta; this is a Vince Zampella Battlefield through and through, littered with appeasement for the CoD and console audience. The play experience feels narrow and limited, heavy and crunchy, with flashy cinematic presentation.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 3d

"Battlefield is back!" they scream, even though Battlefield 6 is heavier, crunchier, and more infantry focused than ever before, and absolutely feels nothing even remotely like Battlefield 4. It has none of the openness or fluidity of BF4's highs.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 3d

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

hell yeab

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

And I think you're right, which is what I was alluding to with Halo 4. I think Microsoft have wanted to reimagine Halo as something it never really was to accommodate a shifting audience and market, which erodes the essence of what it always was, whether it's currently relevant or not.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly. Like Infinite could have been "this is absolutely not Halo in any way" but I really felt they nailed the 'feel' of the combat and movement, and the overall tone of the game. Structurally and in scope it wasn't there, but I had full confidence it was a strong foundations for a sequel.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

actual pain

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

The other argument is to accept that Halo ran its course and it's time to shelve it. Microsoft wants it to be the AAA blockbuster Big Name series it once was and I don't believe that's achievable any more. And that's okay, but they won't accept that. So you're stuck in a rock and a hard place.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

And now, clearly, if it weren't evident already, 343i is in shambles and Microsoft is a poor leader. What the fuck is anybody doing with Halo? How do you fuck it up this badly, so consistently?

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

Infinite should have been an 'easy' follow-up; taking the technology and design framework that clearly went through messy dev, using positive creative momentum (which Infinite had!) to build on the framework for a more enriching open world "Halo" game. Four years later = nothing.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

I really felt structurally Infinite was glowing with potential even if it succumbed to all the trappings of Boring Open World Game Template, but perhaps most bafflingly dropped the ball on key Halo tentpoles; no big battles, no sense of combat scale. Enough of a spark was there though.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

It really started with Halo 4. I think Microsoft wanted Halo to skirt closer to Sony's AAA Big Serious Narrative output, shaping the visual language and identity of the presentation and overall tone and structure, largely for the worse. They tried to halfway double back with 5 and wound up nowhere.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 4d

Genocidal corporate ties aside; speaking exclusively on video games, Microsoft's handling of Halo post-Bungie is head spinning. How they have consistently dropped the ball is absolutely beyond me. It's fucking Halo. I really don't think Microsoft have had any idea what they wanted it to be.

Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 4d

Long time Halo Art Director Glenn Israel leaves Halo Studios with ominous message:

"There is little more I can say for the moment, though I intend to share this particular story in its entirety when it is absolutely safe to do so next year"

➡️ www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

#Halo

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 5d

Fast forward to now and we have Samurai Assassin's Creed and not this.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 5d

I recall many moons ago when folk were pondering future settings and a lead dev, Désilets I think it was, said their vision was to always err on historic time periods that are unexpected and uncommon in the medium. And it was in part in response to people clamouring for a Samurai Assassin's Creed.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 5d

Not going to PAX. Gonna drink beer and masturbate instead.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 6d

There is no enlightenment in misanthropy.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 6d

I think with Yotei it's just not as compelling narratively, despite the very strong intro, and Atsu being fine as a protagonist. Not that Tsushima was ground breaking or anything, but the narrative structure and pacing here isn't as even or contextualised as it was with Jin, I feel.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 6d

Oh I agree, and it's the same here. There's a simple, satisfying butteriness to the interactivity that is inherently, undeniably fun. I really loved a lot about Tsushima, but it's easily one of the most effortlessly fun open world games I've ever played and the same is absolutely true here.

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ConsumeProgeny @consumeprogeny.bsky.social · 6d

Atsu's self indulgent revenge confronts the ultimate challenge, her brother as a mirror, a reflection of the Self, the otherness yet the same, twin swords/flames echoing each other in spirit and soul, also something about honour, and a flute plays, and then I erupt blood from my orifices.

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