One of the specialists Digital Foundry John Linneman shared in his personal blog his thoughts on the current state of the gaming industry, which led to heated discussions and controversy on his Twitter page.
It all started with a post left Rocco Botta, creative director of the legendary gaming channel Mega64.
Botte, who was apparently annoyed by the informational background in which the recently released gloomy action movie ended up The Last of Us: Part II, expressed disappointment with the gaming community.
“People continue to argue that AAA games should take risks. But when reviewers fail to compare Death Stranding with other projects on the market, people run to cancel their pre-orders. When Last of Us II offers something really risky, then this perceived as an “attack on the fans of the original.” Well, the audience. We deserve Madden. “
Rhetoric Botte found resonance in the heart John Linneman from the technical department of Eurogamer, and he supported the famous blogger.
Couldn’t agree more. Death Stranding in particular is one of the finest releases this generation but it feels like it was kicked aside. This is what I miss from the PS1 and PS2 days – you rarely knew exactly what to expect and it was glorious. https://t.co/W3atLLTuZe
– John Linneman (@ dark1x) June 24, 2023
“I fully support it. Especially regarding Death Stranding, one of the most interesting releases of this generation, which seemed to be thrown to the sidelines. That’s why I miss the times of PS1 and PS2 – we never knew what was waiting for us, and it was just magical.” .
In this next post Lineman made a small remark on the above Madden, stating that releasing games of this magnitude in the modern world is an extremely difficult task, fully deserving of respect.
However, even such a short correspondence was enough to start a chain reaction from response messages.
Some users supported Botte and Linemanexpressing the hope that in the future more developers and publishers will be ready to surprise consumers with unexpected solutions and developments. The other side hastened to criticize the examples Death stranding and The Last of Us: Part II, explaining that such experiments do not interest them at all.
Recent Game Designers Projects Neela Drackmann and Hideo Kojimaperhaps, indeed, they are one of the most controversially accepted major titles of the past years. Both games, despite their maximum dissimilarity, brought with them real discord and war in gaming circles, which rarely happens conditionally. “safe“An environment of high-budget console development. At the same time, The Last of Us: Part II reviewers rated 94 out of 100, and Death Stranding – 82 out of 100.
With our reviews Death stranding and The Last of Us: Part II can be found here and here.
See also: Waited: Hideo Kojima returned to work – the players considered a hint of a new project on Death Stranding.
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