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So, due to covid, is the drought supposed to start now?
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2020 was absolutely garbage in my opinion . One of the weakest years outside of tlou2 ghost and cyberpunk.
This. There's been delays and there's going to be more, but in the end there's still more coming out on Steam alone than one person can keep up with.
It's always going to depend on what you like but looking through there was a lot of different stuff. Yakuza 7, Animal Crossing, Project Diva Switch, Nioh 2, Crusader Kings III, people love Hades, DOOM Eternal, Half Life Alyx, FFVII remake, Sakura Wars localizaton, 13 Sentinels, etc.
Pretty normal year, I think.
I'm excited for Hitman this month, Persona 5 Strikers next month I'll pick it up after I finish royal, and March apparently has Mass Effect Remastered and Monster Hunter Rise, Nier in april and Deathloop in May. I'm happy with this schedule cause it gives me time to enjoy the games without feeling pressured to rush them
Sounds like a good year to just play through Yakuza 4 through 7 lol
Or at least, until Flight Sim releases on X in the summer.
Or at least, until Flight Sim releases on X in the summer.
If you've ever experienced a video game drought in the past 5+ years, you need to expand your horizons. Gaming droughts are a thing of the past.
March looks ridiculous tbh. I think beyond that it might get rough, but I don't really mind.
I'd much rather have games come out when they're fully ready. I had a handful of games tanked by my experience with bugginess in Q4, that's what I'm more worried about now.
I'd much rather have games come out when they're fully ready. I had a handful of games tanked by my experience with bugginess in Q4, that's what I'm more worried about now.
Yup OP it's about to start. When Covid hit, most games due for 2021 were mostly content-complete (worlds, textures, voices, etc.), only needing to be polished for release. What remained to be done was clear and obvious and didn't require a lot team-based creative iteration, brainstorm, or specialized equipment that couldn't be brought home. This can't be said for games in active production or pre-production, and those will get hit hard.
I know that many games slated for the spring have been pushed back to later in the year. Lower-budget games with smaller teams and no big tech might fare better, but big complex AAA will suffer greatly.
I know that many games slated for the spring have been pushed back to later in the year. Lower-budget games with smaller teams and no big tech might fare better, but big complex AAA will suffer greatly.
It already started, it surely impacted the delays of Halo Infinite (not saying it wouldn't have happened but certainly it made things worse), the state of Cyberpunk (again, a mess is a mess, but Covid made it messier) and some more. I think we'll feel it for a couple of years.
Hard for me to complain about not getting smacked in the head with new games, when I am already drowning to death in perpetual backlog.
Yea ,as an aspiring music producer ( going to college but financial problems hindered that, also fuck physics class. High school didn't prepare me for shit!!) This was very intriguing!!!
if dub actors can do it, im sure video game companies can do it as well
I can't find consoles or GPUs, so I think the delays of new games will not be a problem.
Voice over I think they are working. Here in Italy they made covid-protocols to work in a safe ways.
Voice over I think they are working. Here in Italy they made covid-protocols to work in a safe ways.
Lowkey not even mad, I'd love to catch up on the games I started but haven't finished honestly. Could also catch up on shows, movies, etc.
Some of yall must be plowing through games to be thirsty. I have so many recent last gen releases to get through its not even funny. The PS4 droughts I had back in 2013 were pretty terrible though especially rebuying tomb raider to hold me over until infamous ss came out which turned out to be mediocre then to turn around and rebuy TLOU and play through that again with prettier graphics for the 4th time lol. It wasn't a good first year, especially since Battlefield 4 was broken as hell and unplayable for me.
Plenty of new gen ports for the first half of the year thankfully, that's keeping me in the game
That and my huge preexisting backlog
That and my huge preexisting backlog
Perfect opportunity to finish my backlog. I still have stuff like Prey and DOOM sitting on my Steam Library for more than a year
I don't know how anybody can look at the absolute bangers coming out in the next six months and think there's a drought. This is the strongest first half of a year for video games in years.
In the first four months of the year, so far, there are six games I want to buy/play.
There will likely be more announced for release by the end of April.
*shrug* I'm not sure I see games slowing down.
There will likely be more announced for release by the end of April.
*shrug* I'm not sure I see games slowing down.
Many titles will be delayed, however there is more than enough titles coming out, especially if one has multiple consoles/PC/etc... Plus, let's face it, it is very unlikely most folks played through all the good to great titles on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch over last 4-5 years. Backlogs are huge and prices for older games are cheap.
I am going to be playing a lot of RPGs I never finished, Yakuza, got ME Trilogy coming, etc... There are a ton of games in my backlog, so I am more than comfortable buying couple games this year and call it a day :).
I am going to be playing a lot of RPGs I never finished, Yakuza, got ME Trilogy coming, etc... There are a ton of games in my backlog, so I am more than comfortable buying couple games this year and call it a day :).
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Honestly, I agree with most of you, but I can't shake the feeling that we will get a "my next gen console/gpu is gathering dust" thread every other week. I mean, no sane person spent $500~$2000 in new gaming equipment to play $10 dollar games.
This is going to be the year of "back log" for me. There's so many games I've got that I want to play through that I've bought on sales/whims, and up until recently been bombarded with new releases that I'm interested in. Now that the slow down is in play, I'll be able to go back and play some series and some games I haven't felt like I had the time for, and maybe even platinum some old favorites (hello Tsushima and Odyssey).
Using my $500 PS5 to clear my PS4 backlog. It is nice even $10 games are now running 4K, 60FPS
I was due for an upgrade on the pc front (was on a 970) so I'm ok catching up on stuff like control, gears 5, etc. But I'm definitely glad I did not get caught up on the hype of a day 1 console. First time since the PS2 I haven't bought a console on launch day and I'm fine with it.
Not sure how much this will impact things, I feel many people and companies had a phase mid 2020 where everyone tried to be super secure, private people too and then because humans are like humans are, everyone got used to it and after some weeks and months everyone opened up more and more and even if many places and countries are at their worst Corona time right now, bad examples, Jimmy Fallon still has shows in front of small live audiences, AEW adds more and more people to their arena every single week and I'm pretty sure other workplaces act kinda the same. The more time passes the more they normalize things, so many probably just continue to work with some changes and some people working from home, but work will continue in some form.
