| Alara317 said: Man, this might be the most depressing game for me in the last ten years. I love pirates. I love the idea of doing co-op ship sailing and treasure hunting. I love the idea that there are supernatural elements like skellies and a kraken... but man this game is shallow. Been watching some youtube to inform my potential purchase (had it on pre-order for $40 and felt that was too much), and quickly found that it's got maybe three days worth of content in it. Based on what I'm seeing of the full game, the beta had virtually everything I needed to see. I know I've said this all before, but it's stunning how...mediocre this game ended up being. I'd pay $20 dollars for it. that's $20 CAD, so like $15 USD. Good idea, good base concept, no depth. Seriously, what went wrong here? Why is Microsoft failing so hard? Are they even trying? Sea of Thieves and Cuphead are the only exclusives to come out that I'm interested in for years....and I ended up getting Cuphead on Steam and cancelling Sea of Thieves due to a stunning lack of content or depth. Don't care about Crackdown, never been one for racing games, Halo is probably the most overrated FPS I've ever played, and Gears...okay, I like Gears, but Gears 4 was meh. |
Whats wrong? Microsoft has never had a great first party stable. Thats why they can never convincingly win a generation or create a lasting stable of first party to keep people coming to the console. Microsoft's best genre that they can create in house (that ive seen) are simulations (which is safe and gets boring). Microsoft has always been able to mask their bad first party by pulling out their wallet. This gen they were losing so third party were not as willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and they got exposed. Its as simple as that. They would commission and pay for exclusives and they would drop a game from first party in to have a passable year of games.
I commended Microsoft for their vigor in the first half of last gen but I knew their lack of first party growth would come to haunt them. I never thought id see the day that their issues would become this exposed though. After their first two years, We're technically back to square one now where they are faring like they similarly to the original Xbox. Staggered sales, less games, more power. Halo was purchased and Gears was purchased and maintained. If they couldnt make those games from scratch they must learn how to. With this said, I have faith that Phil Spencer will turn the ship around and become more first party dependent next gen. Any normal company who has gone through what Microsoft has gone through in this industry would be out of business, but they are rich beyond measure. This reassures me that when the checkbook is opened they will do what they should with a clear head like spencer at the helm. It sucks that we will have to wait until next gen (for the sixteen year restructuring that was waiting to happen), but thats just the case.
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