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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I never played it after the terrible reviews and after seeing the ugly busy ui/damage splatter. It especially hurt as a fan of the Rocksteady batman games and huge DC comics fan. Did the updates help? Is it better? Worth a play?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I felt like Shadow of Mordor was a decent spiritual successor, and while I haven't played Shadow of War it seems like more of the same. Same combat style as the Arkham games.

The recent Insomniac/Sony Spider-Man games also had a similar combat style.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you're absolutely set on playing it I'd say there's a fairly good chance it shows up in Humble Choice within the next year or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Actually, I just got it for free from my Playstation plus membership, one of this month's free downloads. Just wasn't sure if it was even worth my time

[–] Sturgist 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like a great reason to cancel my Humble subscription

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They've done that kind of thing before, throw in a notoriously failed game, but not as the headliner. The most obvious example I can think of is Gotham Knights.

[–] Sturgist 2 points 2 weeks ago

Was mostly /s, though with the recent selection, I'm not really keen on spending the money anyway.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'll miss Concord.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

NOW only it's finished? When did it become normal for these companies to release half finished trash and use their paying customers as beta testers?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

"Finished" as in "no more content", not "reached 1.0 state".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not too long after Minecraft blew up and they saw that people would willingly pay to play shit that's not finished.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's one game that I never got into the hype train with and still haven't got around to trying, even though it looks like it's right up my alley. So I might be mistaken but wasn't Minecraft originally an indie effort? I don't like it but I can understand and appreciate giving indie devs support while they're still working on things a lot more than paying the mega corporation for the privilege of being a beta tester.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, it was an indie thing, but it was also one of the first huge success stories from crowdfunding/early access, too. So in typical game's industry fashion, they copied it; but only the parts that make them more money for less effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Does that finally make it any good or is it still just as boring?