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I got banned from reddit…

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Good: Nice special effects, nice wardrobes, nice sets, the ludicrous violence fits right in with the universe, and particularly the performances from the actors are very good. At least visually, it looks way better and the effects look way more convincing than 3 Body Problem, to use another recent show as a comparison.

Bad: apparently the show disregards New Vegas lore (personally idk I never played it), I think the editing is super bad, the story is average.

I went to high school in America

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There felt like a lot of people who really wanted CP to be GTAV and were extremely upset that it wasn’t.

There was also a lot of angst from people who saw the words “open world” and expected it to mean some Second Life-esque escapist experience, rather than the actual meaning of open world, as in there is a big environment where you are free to roam around and do stuff in.

Misled expectations from the marketing hype absolutely played a key role in all of that furor, but at least for me, I tune out most of it since I like making my own opinions on things.

There’s a TON more that could be said but those are the three standout points from my perspective.

Yeah. I started one a few weeks ago but I paused it when I heard that 2.0 is coming out. I’m gonna pick up the expansion and just play a new run all the way through, maybe watch Edgerunners again too.

I feel ya, OP. I bought Cyberpunk 2077 at launch, played the hell out of it and loved every second of it. Then I tried to find honest discussion about it and it was threads full of nonstop bitching or substance-free fluff from the low sodium crowd. There wasn’t a place to find balanced talk where people could share their experiences about the game while also being civil and open minded about things.

If you are just looking to create discussion, I guess this thread has been successful as it’s gotten a lot of replies already.

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People don’t go to Starbucks for the physical products, they go there for the complementary handjobs.

Hey it’s me, your cousin. You can just buy games for me and I’ll play them for you.

I’ve cut out 99% of my Reddit activity. No comments, no votes, mostly stop by some sports subreddits, read headlines then leave.

In the past, I used to post some of my creative work in daily/weekly feedback threads. I could reliably get at least ONE REAL PERSON to leave a comment which was good enough for me. I tried doing this again last week and all I got was some rando douchebag using a chatbot to give fake feedback and try to drive traffic toward his Instagram.

I had [semi-important named NPC] die during a quest but then still talk to me as they were lying on the ground. Just Bethesda things, I guess.

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You nerds sure love putting words in my mouth. People need to calm their titties at best, or just shut the fuck up in general. Everyone’s so programmed to just turning every single casual discussion online into a black and white argument of who is right or wrong. (That’s you I’m talking about, btw)

Tell me you completely missed the point of every comment I’ve made in this thread without telling me you completely missed the point of every comment I’ve made in this thread.

I mean, the snarky side of me wants to say “tell me you completely misunderstood my comment without telling me you completely misunderstood my comment.”

Though in case you are asking in good faith, I already wrote above “Just because I’m calling it “hype” doesn’t mean I’m bashing the game, I’m making an observation where I give OP a concise response.”

To elaborate further: it seems like people are assuming “hype” has negative connotations where I’m actually delivering some underhanded criticism of the game, or Larian, or themselves as fans of the game, or themselves as fans of the movement of a non AAA game studio experiencing runaway critical success. I am doing none of these things. OP was wondering “what is up with Baldur’s Gate 3?” and I answered. It’s hype.

There are other comments from people explaining the fine details of why BG3 is getting hyped up so much and those comments are rightly upvoted to the top, as they should be. However, for someone who doesn’t have any skin in the game and is only passively interested in this whole thing (me, for example), this entire situation can be described as excitement, exuberance, noise, or… hype.

Holy fuck I miss the days when words actually had meaning.

I don’t see how me playing or not playing the game would disqualify me from recognizing the phenomenon surrounding this game as “hype.” It’s marketing hype, it’s fresh new game hype, it’s whatever you want to call it. The game is out, it’s popular, people are leaving glowing reviews about it everywhere. That’s hype.

Just because I’m calling it “hype” doesn’t mean I’m bashing the game, I’m making an observation where I give OP a concise response.

That’s fine and fair.

I know I’m just getting downvoted by people emotionally hurt by me stating I dislike tabletop RPGs. But my opinion is also being informed by my past experience with Larian’s other celebrated game, Divinity Original Sin 2. No matter how hyped it was, or how clearly polished it was, I didn’t think that game was fun either.

It’s hype.

I hate tabletop RPGs, so I know no matter how good everyone says it is, I know it’s not for me.

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