Flintlock The Siege of Dawn Review "Buy, Wait for Sale, Deep Sale, Never Touch?"

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Flintlock The Siege of Dawn Review "Buy, Wait for Sale, Deep Sale, Never Touch?"
Performance tested with 560.70 gameready Flintlock drivers as well as prior drivers for fps tests.
Flintlock made by A44 games is a mix of Dark Souls, Banishers, Elex, even a bit of DMC, and yet can't get its own feet under itself at any time. Nor as a protagonist gives it a try but even with the help of the more charismatic Enki, it just never hits.
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[@ACGreviews]

Be honest you getting this one? DId ya ever have any plan to? THUMBS UP IT HELPS THE CHANNEL! Ruff game in many ways that just doesn't come together Performance tested with 560.70 gameready Flintlock drivers as well as prior drivers for fps tests. www.patreon.com/AngryCentaurGaming

[@mattfurniss1]

Played around 4 hours so far and I think it’s fairly mediocre.

[@nyx2903]

Some of my biggest gaming disappointments of recent years had as I have learned a few weeks ago one thing in common: Sweet Baby Inc. I pre-ordered this game but when I learned Sweet Baby Inc. worked with the devs I cancelled the pre-order. After watching your review I think it was the right call.

[@paulszki]

It's on gamepass. So it's easy enough to just give it a spin.

[@jayceegenocide4402]

Game looks GREAT

[@Nedk82]

If you’re smart you wouldn’t play this even if it was free. Show these devs stop messing with our games with their bs agendas

[@SeducedMonk3y]

Sadly, the performance issue is a given. They always expect dlss and amd's equivalent to fix performance.

[@stanley13579]

The combination of this game's design choices, character choices, art style and game mechanics are like if you put ice cream, radishes, relish, top soil, shoe leather, and some creamed corn into a blender, mixed it up, microwaved it for four hours, and then threw it into the snow. ...Not sure I'd consume it, you know?

[@ThePowerOfOneThePowerOfTwo]

Lmfao this is the absolute best description for what this game looks like 😂😂😂 If "dubious food" were a game.....

[@thatHARVguy]

Fresh white snow? Driven brown snow? Yellow snow? 🤔

[@TheLordDracula]

I was very excited for it. Got the demo during next fest and immediately realized it wasn't for me. I was hoping for a French God Fighting Bloodborne and I'm not really sure what it even is.

[@kvothefan5106]

Sad to hear about the sound. Thanks for covering it. Sound is always a huge part for me. Thanks for the review.

[@ACGreviews]

No problem!

[@_george84]

@@ACGreviews When I played the demo I thought my speakers were broken or something! Thanks for clearing this up indeed!

[@sockhead117]

Especially when playing with headphones on for several hours That sound design and fluidity has to be on point

[@BondorianReich]

“Better planning during commercial submarine expeditions” bro, this game is dead. You can’t recover from that lmao

[@ACGreviews]

Never to be seen again

[@antaeus6637]

Acg is compromised

[@the-real-Lovefist]

Brutal

[@iamhardwell2844]

SBI is involved so the game already dead

[@BondorianReich]

@@iamhardwell2844 god ya’ll are annoying as shit. Go take your senseless hate somewhere else

[@naturalborniller7426]

Bro the Leonardo decaprio line damn hahaha.

[@bludclot]

Dude, that got me too. I didn't get it until he said the "under 30 part". 🤣

[@dotunfadairo8496]

That line got me too! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JimmDogg76]

I was like "Where is this going?"

[@mjay6245]

​@@bludclotHe got it wrong then, should be "under 20" lol.

[@Desmond-Dark]

I started scrolling down when I heard that line. 😂

[@BustedaWay]

This reminds me A LOT of Evil West; It looks like it has a pretty damn fun gameplay system, but it may seem lackluster in other things

[@aeztral]

But Evil West was pretty focused in what it was trying to be. A fun over the top vampire slaying roller coaster. This does a lot but isnt particuarly good at anything.

[@frequencyoftruth2303]

​@@aeztralI don't get that at all

[@BustedaWay]

@@aeztral agreed. But while this may seem a bit worse, it still looks fun as hell. It just seems like people overexaggerated it due SBI's involvement. Idk what to think personally.

[@Mmachine88]

@@BustedaWay Yeah I'm still going to check it out on GamePass and am still relatively excited to check it out.

[@isimioyekunlemarktaiwo3643]

​​@@aeztral played it..the demo, the combat is great and the platforming is very fun.

[@samvimes9510]

Who thought that yellow outfit was a good idea? Pair that with the brown shoulder pauldron and boots and the woman looks like a bruised banana hopping around. Games today sure love giving the player hideous clothes. First it was those ugly ponchos in Jedi Fallen Order, now it's banana jumpsuits.

[@ACGreviews]

Thats just me messing around. As I discussed int he review you can do many. I just chose to represent the Yellow

[@Jim26D]

She does looked like a rotted banana

[@nnnneeeeuuuu]

You should see the armor choices, all the helmets look goofy af

[@KonaSuba]

This game always looked like GamePass filler to me

[@Phantomrooster29]

@@KonaSuba seems to be on par for day one on game pass

[@Hellfox777]

And yet it's STILL better than Concord.

[@KonaSuba]

@@Hellfox777 true lol

[@osskeet]

Gamepass filler but on PS5 and PC also? Makes no sense

[@terence9867]

@@osskeet Just a gamepass hater little mind. Dont hear him much

[@TickleFight94]

Why does this game remind me of the Dave Chappelle skit when the Player Haters travel back in time?

[@darianstarfrog]

Because it's the same idea..she don't belong there

[@TOAOM123]

Great call back 👍

[@SkaerKrow]

Flintspoken.

[@Chanshilla]

Forlock

[@v2xerxes580]

Strong black woman flying simulator 2 ....😂

[@candyrub1105]

Forspoken has actually a great gameplay and transversal, but the story and character are very poor.

[@Chanshilla]

@@candyrub1105 traversal

[@GODzilla_FH]

I lost interest after the demo. I know it's supposed to be AA, but I thought it played very rough and found the game design a mixed bag, rather bland and unoriginal.

[@aoisagara8475]

Felt the same way about Ashen. Very meh

[@TreyeParker]

It's a double AA game what did you expect???? I mean a lot of the games we have today originally started as a double AA game... Then it became a AAA game....

[@GODzilla_FH]

@@TreyeParker What did I expect? Let us look into my original comment: I did expect...aha...a double-A game. And was still disappointed. I wrote that. Okay.

[@TreyeParker]

@@GODzilla_FH again what did you expect lol... It's a ....AA game... It always going to be disappointing 🤣. Even in today's standards of gaming

[@GODzilla_FH]

@@TreyeParker Oh sorry, I misunderstood you then. Well I wouldn't go so far as to discredit AA games in general, there are many great ones imho.

[@Stoned_apeTheory22]

*forspoken?... he said Forsaken lol

[@ACGreviews]

Always its burned in my brain

[@treemonk298mountain6]

@@ACGreviewsgreat job feeding that gamergate 2.0 hype train for views.

[@clarencericardo4401]

What went wrong huh...the same thing that had concord getting 650 players...

[@jrs2071]

GET WOKE GO BROKE LOLZ

[@Dubaikiwi]

@@jrs2071 You really think the black womanz main character is why this game isn't selling? Or maybe, its the gameplay. Yall are so fragile

[@eastbow6053]

@@Dubaikiwi black women are beautiful this is an abomination and an insult to them

[@dsswooshy]

​@@DubaikiwiFor me it was the black woman. I was 17% downloaded when I cancelled the download after realising the main character doesn't represent me at all. I have no issue with this, just saying that as a white middle aged male gamer, it WAS the main character that made me not want to play it.

[@CeeJay52071]

​@@dsswooshy Game library must be pretty small.

[@Umimugo]

Thanks for highlighting the sound issue, bad audio is a dealbreaker for me

[@even1313]

Nothing about this game looks interesting. That's its problem.

[@acurisur]

I'm playing this on PC Game Pass but the performance issues are pretty easy to fix. By default, the game sets shadows to Ultra and has NVIDIA Reflex turned on. Turn shadows down to high (which halves the GPU load), turn NVIDIA Reflex off and turn either DLSS or XeSS on. After doing that the only time the games stutters is when loading in a new area.

[@Brekner]

They lost me at "and you have this gun that you can only use if you melee for a while".

[@FirionDude]

I disagree, mixing between ranged and melee makes combat more engaging than just staying back and shoot.

[@samuelhunter4631]

@@FirionDude What are you disagreeing with exactly?

[@TheTombo1990]

@@samuelhunter4631 Probably the implication that gating the use of a firearm behind melee attacks being is a poor design choice.

[@tommasoprevedello7593]

It’s simply a skill charged by the main attack Seen thousand of times Can’t see the issue

[@FirionDude]

@@samuelhunter4631 with brekner saying that its a bad thing to switch between weapons

[@ArtDadDraws]

So, Ashen wasn't as successful as it could have been. The Social Media Manager gave out a bunch of free codes to extremely small KZbinrs (my old channel included) and presumably got fired for basically giving away copies to the fanbase. I'd have to imagine they lost a lot of the Ashen devs in the process of not being super successful. Which means they probably had to hire more junior level designers and environment artists for their new title. There were a lot of great learnings from Ashen that would have been great here and they're very much not 😢

[@Discographic]

Sadly this is probably because this is a common scam and how key resellers get cheap keys for games like this.

[@15awesomehighfive]

It's a 6/10 game with a 8/10 soundtrack ("Liberation!" is a banger). When the upgraded combat syncs up with the soundtrack it really gets you pumped up. Overall it was a fun AA particle-effect-filled time. I hope A44 don't close down, although 75% of the folks in the comments section will clap in excitement if they do.

[@charmingpeasant9834]

Wonder how this game would've turned out if it werent for SBI involvement.

[@sirmathays]

I bet you have no fucking clue how games are made

[@Mohgenstein]

It would be the exact same 💀

[@linkvagar2336]

It would literally be the same.

[@capnphuktard5445]

The protagonist would be white

[@Isaygoodday5]

Definitely would've been better, but the mechanical shortcomings would be the same

[@Ready_Set_Boom]

Played it on gamepass and didn’t have any issues. Game played great.

[@kevinbuchanan67]

Lol....lol...who is this for? There's no way this game is gonna sell well

[@zachb8012]

But there's so many diverse women!

[@TreyeParker]

Bro this is not a AAA game. It's AA.... Completely different.... No different from greedfall... Honestly greedfall was a very successful game simply because of the timing .... And the fact that other games were really coming out as good

[@juicewayne8651]

@UnicornHor nice job avoiding that bait there 💯

[@erics8192]

Modern Audience that doesn't exist

[@murciadoxial8056]

so... what if forespoken, dark souls and anthem got drunk, had a very awkward orgy, and the offspring of that hazy night was this

[@JuniorTech-q1k]

dark souls would never fuck forspoken

[@roboticgentlemen1970]

So this us what happens when a game with one of those directors who adds features from every game he played last week is actually finished

[@ironwolf56]

I was calling it God of Forspoken Souls

[@Manganization]

This game is better than Forspoken. I think this reviewer is being a bit unusually harsh on the level design. The level design is good. There wasn't really platforms that led to nowhere. They usually all loop back.

[@murciadoxial8056]

@@JuniorTech-q1k ... not sober

[@grundged]

Voice is very important for me. Only reason I tried that Kenzara Zau game, that and it's free. It has the Bayek voice actor that I liked. Still wasn't a good game though.

[@chubbybehem0th]

Damn this game is rough. I was gonna try it on game pass, but I think I'm gonna skip it. I don't wanna deal with crappy performance.

[@Papito208]

The crazy thing about the platforming is when you get tired of it you can actually miss out on key weapons that will help in the long run. I ended up getting to the very end missing two guns and a specific grenade type that turned that last boss from impossible to remedial.

[@andron5352]

Already bought this on Ps. I really like the look of this so I took a chance. Played their last game Ashen and it was good, but a bit rough. This seems a large step up from that. It's not a huge developer so I can forgive some jank. Well I'll know soon enough how well I like it...

[@TheOneTrueJack]

I played the demo during Next Fest and was shocked by the perf, audio, etc. I couldn't believe a game that close to release could still feel so unfinished. Sad to see that virtually none of the issues were addressed prior to launch. Everything combined to produce a leaden experience where everything felt like a slog. A real missed opportunity here.

[@Guitarman5705]

Played the demo and it was very meh

[@Shroud83]

Played the demo, too. Was very generic. I kind of liked the setting but the story never hooked me enough to keep going. After meeting Enki (fox) I only played on for about a minute, then simply lost all interest.

[@lancealex382]

It's the lack of vision and pride in their work IMO. As average gamers we can see very quickly what's wrong, even from a couple of minutes of gameplay - so why can't the developers and producers!

[@neojd]

@@lancealex382I think they do but they’re just stuck and have to get a product out. Maybe even forced sometimes ala the death of Rocksteady

[@lancealex382]

@@neojd thing is these games take 3 to 5 years. Imo, unless it's a proven developer, They Need to have independent feedback from experienced consultants at intervals through the process so it doesn't go so far astray. This game could have been saved or recrafted, instead they've just probably put the companies future at severe risk of bankruptcy, such a waste and a shame

[@neojd]

@@lancealex382 Happens more often than not lately in the industry. Another reason why you don’t see as many risks as before. Just bad decision making at the executive level.

[@GhostyChives]

Never would've guessed this game would be awful, such a surprise.....

[@Manganization]

It's not awful, just an "okay" game.

[@TheShinyHaxorus3D]

Lmfaoooooo the Leo DiCaprio line

[@AVM26]

Mentioning Banishers and Atlas Fallen as similar games got me interested.

[@loucipher7782]

does the main character behave like star wars acolyte where she dont listen to anyone or just change her decision over 9999 times over the past 2 hours?

[@dontbeorbeevil]

It is called subverting expectation. Professional writers do it all the time. Of course, you are not a professional writer, you would not understand...

[@Gus1494]

The initial trailers made this look fun and exciting, but seeing the game in real time, it does not look very engaging lol. Great review!

[@elkabong7165]

Yeah the outfits do look like something MJ would wear....😂😂😂😂

[@Wasur1959]

Another amazing review, thank you for taking the time and giving me your opinion on Flintlock.

[@ACGreviews]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lippy_8392]

Well, it's coming to game pass, so I can try it anyway. The traversal looks fun, that might be enough for me. At least for awhile. Pity about the sound. That bothers me more than the rest of it.

[@DrierHyperion21]

I don't think anything went wrong with Flintlock. It delivered on everything I hoped it would be. I've been playing so many grueling souls likes lately so it was nice to have one that was fairly simple and just something fun and easy to play. Wasn't too challenging but still had some fun action sequences and some fun boss fights.

[@capnphuktard5445]

Good to hear I hate Souls games

[@dford192]

Sound mixing, level design, side quests, none of which are deal breakers to me. I also enjoyed the demo so i think im still giving this a shot pending what other reviews say.

[@whosaidthat84]

Check out Mortismal Gaming's review

[@EldritchPilgrim]

Damn. Given how much I loved Ashen, I was looking super forward to this game. I'll still play it since it's on GamePass, but it's sad to hear it probably won't live up to their first game for me.

[@thefella131]

Had on my wishlist for ages. It's now on ignore list. Not because of the review but because of SBI .

[@XZaziel]

It met my expectations when I first saw the screenshots.

[@dan-crum]

Damn. Really disappointing to hear. I was a fan of Ashen, so I was looking forward to this one.

[@andreichetan4694]

Rather finish lords of the fallen or bash my ahead in nine sols😊 Ty for review, sir!

[@GiggaVega]

I’ll play it on game pass but, I’d rather play Steel Rising. 😂 My only question is, how much swearing does this game have? Looks like it would have a lot.

[@ZombieGojira]

SBI and DEI is what went wrong.

[@doomham7652]

What?

[@ZombieGojira]

@@doomham7652 Sweet Baby inc and diversity equity and inclusion policies where people who are under qualified get a job based on what they are or believe. Hope that helps.

[@zalaquin]

Huh?

[@ZombieGojira]

Who?

[@RichardSekmistrz]

If you like Sweet Baby Inc, this game is right up your ally.

[@chechen149]

😂

[@blaymeister]

I've been interested in this. I loved Banishers, and was hoping for similar. Will give it a go (thanks Gamepass) but am a little apprehensive now.

[@ACGreviews]

Have fun!

[@sensoeirensen]

SBI detected = DOA

[@CatalystOfFire]

I miss finding random crummy $5 bargain bin games like Pirates Black Kat or Risen. I'll buy this game in three or four years, maybe.

[@vme12]

Sweet baby -> NO BUY NEVER

[@brownbeastoftheleaf3215]

I PLATINUMED it this morning. It’s definitely not a 10/10, but surely an 8.5/10!!! I loved it! This is AFTER getting Platinum in Sekiro and Elden Ring.

[@underwaves75]

SWEET BABY is why it turned the way it did. I think most get that by now.

[@bivens0723]

That leo joke was crazy😂😂😂😂

[@redscience2117]

Another SBI failure, good to hear

[@akashchidyana7612]

If the camera moves this much during the combat, I'm gonna have a headache by the end of an hour

[@Brumizona]

Looks like a game being played in the background of a sitcom

[@NoisieBastrdd]

hahahaha that is so mean dude holy shit

[@gpabellano1223]

Been playing this on my ROG Ally Z1 Extreme on low settings (as I am always on the road) - it's passable, not the best, but entertaining. I am about 12 hours in so this keeps me occupied while in the airport or bus station. Eats up a lot of juice though - I'm getting like 45 - 60 minutes before I need to plug the Ally again. It's on gamepass, so I say give it a shot.

[@davidfall6255]

I have had it wishlisted for a year since it was announced. Been cautiously optimistic. Was always planning on picking it up on Game Pass. It looks interesting enough to give it a try. It can’t be as bad as Steel Rising can it 😂. Which I just finished recently.

[@FactoryDan]

This is an example of a game that cares more about checking current day boxes than actual good gameplay and storytelling. The modern audience just isn't big enough to support games like this

[@Mardark-e4s]

All i needed to know was, Sweet Baby is involved and thats it, not touching the game, dont care how good it looks, you just know they are gonna insert their agenda somewhere in the game.

[@dodo7ger]

Sounds about the same as the demo they had. Wish it would have come together a bit better than that, but I will just wait for some patches to drop, then jump in on Game Pass. Thanks for the review!

[@ACGreviews]

Ya the demo was a good indicator

[@chrisandrew7577]

Forespoken 2: Flintlock

[@Chhipz]

I loved Ashen. Sad to see this game took steps backwards

[@BorgWolf359]

Another game I was excited for but slowly died over time! This now is a heck NO for me! No character creation is definitely what made it a NO for me!

[@joeherrera8826]

You got allot of other games that do it better like asterigos curse of the stars, Thymesia your right about Banishers yeah it was rough but I think it played better.

[@mr.sarcastic8833]

What went wrong? A= Sweet baby inc

[@Skobeloff...]

What went wrong, was your father having sex with his sister, who was also his aunt.

[@TheWWFMankind]

DEI or SBI .... take your pick.

[@gnoclaude7945]

Looked great but sweet baby inc is a no buy. Sucks as I loved Ashen and would support the dev but they dug their grave.

[@MurcielagoAI]

I feel bad for the developers who workshopped this concept for years just for DEI teams to come in and fuck with it all.

[@ombra711]

Tell me you're a maidenless incel without telling me you're a maidenless incel. This game was in development hell for a decent amount of time, its a miracle it came out at all.

[@praisetheoak]

@@ombra711 boohoo

[@johndoe4034]

​@ombra711 brother, the only people who use Incel are people who are incels.

[@Isaygoodday5]

​@@ombra711y'all have truly made the word "incel" lose any bit of weight or meaning it ever had

[@ClumsyDrow]

Sweet baby was involved with this so it's an automatic no

[@midwestyle]

@@ClumsyDrow Sweet Baby was also involved with God of War Ragnarok, Spider Man 2, and Alan Wake 2. The game is a no because its a no. Not because of Sweet Baby Inc.

[@margi1717]

@@midwestyle Those game were not good too lol

[@DaddySenpai35]

@@midwestyle no that's exactly why I did not get those games because SBI was involved anything that SBI is involved in it's a hard pass.

[@Mohgenstein]

@@margi1717Cope, reviews and sales speak for themselves

[@midwestyle]

@@margi1717 All of those games were critically acclaimed by fans and critics and won numerous awards.

[@happyphiri4237]

It looks a bit too clunky for me

[@ACGreviews]

it probably is

[@happyphiri4237]

​@@ACGreviewsyeah but it's still got some cool ideas.Like the flight sections

[@spicynips8466]

What went wrong was that SBI put their dirty hands all over it

[@TreyeParker]

For the love of God can people explain what the heck that is... Every time I ask they don't give me an answer. Except for one person and that person says something that just didn't make any sense.

[@kidnamedfinger2840]

@@TreyeParker sweet baby Inc is like a advisory company kind of, people (including myself) avoid their games like the plague because they overly push woke agendas and narratives in their game and it doesn't even feel natural, clearly forced and unnecessary

[@TreyeParker]

@@kidnamedfinger2840 you mean crazy agenda/ideology ....that's not woke. I'm going to stand by the original definition of woke... Not this new crazy stuff. Originally the term woke was technically part of black culture and it was used for something else entirely.... But for some reason it's being used for an entirely new definition which I'm very confused about... I've been trying so hard to figure out how this got started... But these crazy ideologies are not woke it's just nonsense... Woke is based on facts in freedom from oppression.... The only oppression that has happened today is what the media and these guys are doing.... I mean don't get me wrong... We still have people still trying to hold on to the old days... But they are starting to become a minority... Unless you factor in the government that's a completely different situation... Less government power= more power to the people.. but too much government is what's creating all these problems nowadays

[@lumirairazbyte9697]

@@TreyeParkerhate campaign. That’s all. The game may be flawed but is not about what degraded people is spamming for.

[@spicynips8466]

@@kidnamedfinger2840 Adding to this, they're blatantly racist, with the CEO literally saying during an interview that they proudly don't hire white people.

[@reginaldmullen9390]

It's free on gamepass so worth a try risk free

[@jjr5233]

Tried it and it reminded me of Fallen Lords. The timing for parrying is quite "evil" when certain enemies tend to telegraph their attacks for quite a while and that so far is my only gameplay gripe. A bit buggy in the sense of it does not like me alt-tabbing too often in short timeframes but overall it's a solid game.

[@Acursianlord]

648 peak on Steamdb. Looks like people are starting to ignore SBI trash. lol

[@toab]

sweetbabybullshit 🤷‍♂

[@badfoody]

Dude Eff off You see a woman and say Sweet baby? Closet mofo

[@thewinterwoods]

I've played the game and there is nothing"woke" or unwoke about it. It's just a very very generic souleslight action game that feels 10 years old.

[@anarchyintheusa4443]

people act like theses people are involved in every aspect of a games development. Progressivism isnt why this game has terrible performance and bland combat.

[@toab]

@@anarchyintheusa4443 focusing on not making a good game sounds like a good way to not make a good game. 🧠

[@anarchyintheusa4443]

@@toab again the writing team is only one part of the games development. The people who design the combat aren't involved in the writing process. Another game SBI was involved in was the Spider Man games. People complain about the writing of those games but most people agree the core mechanics and design are incredibly well made and polished

[@donutsuplex1009]

Man I was looking forward to this. Still 40 bucks is a nice price point but I think I’m going to wait until some of these technical issues get fixed. The gameplay and the art style/premise does look good. Shame about level design.

[@dontbeorbeevil]

It got a discount on release, 35 was it not? My memory betrays me.

[@donutsuplex1009]

@@dontbeorbeevil if you pre ordered it early in digital store fronts I saw it was 35. Not sure about after release though

[@ps.shots.93]

SBI DETECTED ⚠️

[@Mohgenstein]

someone call the wahmbulance 😢🚨

[@ps.shots.93]

@@Mohgenstein LMFAO 🤣

[@djtoxicdhg]

Red alert we got a red alert 🚨

[@AlwayzFresh]

The thing I hate most about Souls rip offs are the levels. Always crap. This just looks like Forespoken 2.

[@nathanmitchell7961]

is the game really this flat looking? Maybe its my monitor 6:08 Also i thought we moved on from completely flat textures since 2004? 7:50

[@emoemo247]

Not your monitor, it really is this flat looking. Some of it looks good but so much is lacking polish or details. No one and nothing reacts to your presence as you move through the environments and the entire world feels dead as a result.

[@nathanmitchell7961]

@@emoemo247 yea thought i was going insane

[@Zargas]

i was actually looking forward to this game. But their sweet baby thing was a red flag, if for no other reason that i cant say i know of one good game they have fiddled with. But some mechanics of this game is weird. I get that a gun can insta kill but i still feel like it should be a force multiplier, you do not bring a knife to a gun fight. This game does and the bullet is more like a bean bag then an actual bullet.

[@Durfit]

Sweet Baby Inc consulted on God of War Ragnarok.....

[@Dingus00769]

@@Durfit They did, and their changes objectively made the game worse. Norse mythology? Let's make a few of them black women, for sweet baby reasons. God of war is just so great even sweet baby couldn't tarnish the greatness from it.

[@linkvagar2336]

@@TheIcarusEffect Hate to burst your bubble. But "gods" are made up sky fairies used to control sheep who can't think for themselves. They aren't real. Nothing can be "appropriated"

[@Isaygoodday5]

​@@Dingus00769 the disrespect to Norse mythology was definitely coming from them

[@Skobeloff...]

@@Isaygoodday5 disrespecting mythology... uhuh

[@QisforQadim]

People go all grr if you say 'Sorry, looks like a DEI title.' When really it's more if it looks that way, that serves as a warning sign that likely other parts of the game have been sacrificed on that altar. It's not the act of the DEIness, it's what it portends.

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

It's always so "on the nose." It's not black woman, it's a white person's stereotype of a black woman. There's never any nuance or subtlety. It's kind of offensive if you think about it.

[@Razermund]

It looks like a DEI title because there's a black main character? Jesus stop whining about dumb shit that doesn't matter

[@NickSargent-cy1il]

It means there are racist activists behind the scenes trying to shove politics into games and if we let them get away with it they'll keep doing it, so even if it looks fun, I'm good.

[@JimmDogg76]

Another protagonist from the Aloy-school of character design. That's gonna be a "no" from me, dog.

[@AIIEYESONME]

This one is flat as a Pancake. Yeah let's give the players absolutely nothing to stare at, that will make our game more fun, sure...

[@Alexniedrach18]

I loved Elex 1 and 2 and Outward was really excited for this

[@ACGreviews]

Same

[@ACGreviews]

@@Anotheranimeaccountt And yet none of the real issues have anything to do with that. Spectre or real the gameplay issues are solidly in the devs side and it could be the ROCK as the main character and nothing would be changed.

[@ACGreviews]

@@Anotheranimeaccountt Brought what up?

[@ACGreviews]

@@Anotheranimeaccountt Oh dear. You are about 7 years too late if you need that kind of consultation lol. From now on everyone and anyone should assume a company like that is consulting either internally or via contract. Thats beyond the pale.

[@C6KSystem]

Saw a trailer of this yesterday. Art style is pretty neat.

[@greatstrife]

Just completed it and loved it. Granted the first couple of hours were meh, but once you get some more guns and skills, its a blast! No rest 'til Dawn!

[@lucasnunes1041]

If Sweetbaby is involved, then it's a no

[@wrathfirex]

Elex progeny? Oh dear. Wait for a deep deep sale or free

[@GenosectKingRevived]

It’s on GamePass as well.

[@alenezi989a3]

I was planning to get it, it looked interesting, I thought it was a Soulslike, they say it's a Soulslike in the description. But it's not it's just an average action RPG, it plays more like God of War ( the new series) but not as good. Yeah after the demo I no longer plan on getting it.

[@giroromek8423]

The MC is absolutely unappealing.

[@Manganization]

The main character is pretty sweet, though. Obsessed with revenge but also kind.

[@austintaylor5683]

Their first game Ashen was amazing. I wanted them to stick with that formula and just make the next thing but they went a a far more bold route and it didn’t turn out like they wanted.

[@OneColdMonkey]

lmao you made me snort at the DiCaprio zinger

[@ACGreviews]

Its all love. Blood diamond is fantastic

[@AIIEYESONME]

@@ACGreviews These is Afreeca mang.

[@TheDarkShinobiX]

The shot at Leonardo Dicaprio was Diabolical. 😂

[@dantauche7917]

Sweet Baby Inc detected. PASSSSSSSSSSS

[@tommasoprevedello7593]

i played it skipping all the story i kinda enjoy it inn the end it was a sort of a plug and play: explore, kill, upgrade and that's it it worked

[@Darkmiss7078]

Let me guess DEI employment, employ whoever fits the DEI profile, not who's best for the job.

[@OceWhat12345]

The game is poisoned by SBI deeply during early stage of development. Eventhough they tried to fixed it in later stage, but whatever SBI touches, dies. Should have reboot the whole thing from ground up.

[@shipmcgree6367]

Ruined by Sweet Baby Inc. Pass.