It blows my fucking mind how badly companies mismanage good video game IP.
Either they absolutely saturate the market as fast as they can to the point where any game is just a grain of sand shifting and swirling as the waves of quarterly releases wash against the shore (Call of Duty)
Or they make a good game, but then spend either DECADES milking them (Elder Scrolls, GTA) or they just wait so long that it eventually falls of the cultural radar and the moment to strike is long past (Half Life, Portal)
Like, let creative people do creative things. Let people who are good at making games make games. No your MBA doesn’t mean you should be directing creative decisions.
bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I was pretty nervous about the show, but it far exceeded my expectations. It did a great job staying mostly true to the FO universe, and striking a balance between the serious, dark humor, and absurd tones of the games.
Hopefully we get another Fallout game sometime this decade.
FMT99@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I was very pleasantly surprised. The characters were likeable, the setting very well done and it mostly struck a good balance between the silliness of the FO universe and still staying more or less believable. Loved Matt Berry’s cameo especially.
The ending was a bit predictable and melodramatic which felt like it went against the grain of the rest of the show, but overall really well done. Looking forward to season 2.
bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve been really considering giving FO76 a try. I’ve been stockpiling resources from GamePass rewards, and the lore seems pretty cool. I like the idea of playing a fallout game that’s set so soon after the bombs drop.
xploit@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Same here, actually installed it the other day having never played fo76…
it played like shit (<15fps) with barely any hardware usage (GPU doing nothing, 14% CPU utilization) . Found out it needs to be played in full screen mode (on AMD cards at least) to actually utilize GPU, confirmed that was the issue and uninstalled it.
But the game is apparently good if you can get it to work or look past some dumb shit like this.
bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’d definitely recommend it. I played it about a year after release and didn’t encounter any of the bugs/problems that people were experiencing right after release.
It’s not the best FO game, but it was still a lot of fun. All the new cryptids/mutants were very cool, and the scenery/environments were great.