| Mar1217 said: Indiana looked like the most enjoyable blockbuster experience out of them. Of course, it was gonna keep the Machine Games 1st person DNA. Could be interesting plot wise, but my guess is it's gonna be moreso a rethread of the first movie but in a different story. As for Ara Untold, you have to specifically be into the Civilization/Real Time Strategy genre. Don't know how it'll stand among it's peers. Visions of Mana coming directly on Xbox but no Gamepass makes me wonder if they forked some budget for Square Enix to port it there, although not enough. Of maybe it's just a genuine try from SE to look for a public on Xbox. There's no inherent problem for Hellblade II for its campaign to be about 6-8 hours considering it's lesser price and what the first game was about. Don't think they necessarily need to go better in all aspects. But it's probably the one game I'm the most puzzled about since most of it's marketing is just around the visuals of it mostly. I feel like the lack of gameplay portion points out to something that could be lacking there or simply similar to the first game. Also digital only release like Alan Wake II makes me irk a good bit. It's one of their big release but they kinda make it as lesser than the marketing suggests it to be. Anywoo, seems prep enough for the year at first glance. |
Sorry I just had to add a clarification that Ara is like Civilization, but is NOT a Real-Time Strategy game lol. I've seen this comparison online a lot today 
4X games like Civilization are Turn-Based. In the presentation you saw that things seemed like they were moving in real time, but that was during the players turn. They were just animations to give an illusion to make it feel more real. Nothing would actually happen until the player ends their turn.
Not a knock on you, but just thought I'd clarify for those that may go into Ara thinking they're playing Age of Empires but instead get something totally different lol. There are certainly some hybrids of 4X games with real time gameplay, but those are very few and far between.
You are right though about seeing how well Ara stands amongst its peers. Civilization being the biggest. Age of Wonders and Stellaris are other notable examples. The studio does tout having the talent behind Civilization V, which to me was by far the best in the series, then the most recent outing Civilization VI was a huge step backwards. So I'm really looking forward to Ara.
Last edited by G2ThaUNiT - on 19 January 2024
