The biggest gaming controversies of 2024 [as seen by PCGamer]
The biggest gaming controversies of 2024 [as seen by PCGamer]
Layoffs, politics, and the culture wars dominated 2024, but there were plenty of regular, everyday goofs, too.
Okay, most of their takes are lukewarm, but their one on sweet baby is very weird.
To be clear, I agree that people who go "woke is bad reeee" are assholes who should be ignored, but my problem with the company is how they portray themselves.
With sweet baby higher ups calling for witch hunts against really ineffective small steam groups on twitter or having a very narcissistic presentation showing what they do, they just gave people like me the ick
If Concord had been a perfectly fine shooter it wouldn't have failed so hard. It was mediocre, uninspired and greedy. A project that sought after the Overwatch hype and got release far too late to capitalize on it, coupled with a 70$ premiun pricetag in a world where Overwatch itself is already free. Add to that a cast of uninteresting characters, poor marketing, barely any gameplay review (which wasn't showcased because they knew it was lacking), and you get the fastest shut down of a game in gaming history. Concord is a textbook example of mismanagement, poor development, and being out of touch.
Paladins, a game that definitely didn't qualify as a perfectly fine shooter, is the polar opposite of Concord. Capitalized on the hype on time, released with a proper price tag, free, and is still alive to this day, somehow with a very positive rating on steam.
Every person I know of who's played it said the actual shooter part was the only good part. Good gameplay, uninspired to crap everything else and, as you said, way too late and expensive to catch the Overwatch train.
Frankly, I liked the first trailer until I saw it was not just multiplayer only, but a hero shooter, making me as far from interested as it is possible to get.
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fixed..., thanks for the report
Thanks, that was a wild read.
I wonder if they changed the url or the edit didn't federate to me yet. https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-biggest-gaming-controversies-of-2024/
Alan Wake 2 image seems unrelated? Odd since the others match