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Ryuu96 said:

Idas Said:

And New Zealand delays it again :P

Now a decision is due by June 9th.

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(They don't need New Zealand's approval to close FWIW. Only FTC/CMA/EC/SAMR).

I'd really be curious to know wtf some of these regulators are actually doing on a day to day basis. Like, how do some of y'all, especially in smaller markets, need a million fucking years to look at something that has really had all the pertinent information out there for ages now. It makes you look so incompetent.



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Angelus said:
Ryuu96 said:

Idas Said:

And New Zealand delays it again :P

Now a decision is due by June 9th.

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(They don't need New Zealand's approval to close FWIW. Only FTC/CMA/EC/SAMR).

I'd really be curious to know wtf some of these regulators are actually doing on a day to day basis. Like, how do some of y'all, especially in smaller markets, need a million fucking years to look at something that has really had all the pertinent information out there for ages now. It makes you look so incompetent.

The German mythos of our Beamtenstatus spread around the world it seems



Ryuu96 said:

As much as I'd love to see juicy industry secrets leaked, I hope it doesn't come to that because that trial is set for August so this shit would be dragged even further out, I expect Microsoft will close over FTC and force FTC to either take them to federal court (which I would expect to throw the case out easily) or drop their case. I'd also expect once CMA/EC/SAMR approve the deal that Sony will suddenly stop supporting FTC, Lol.

You know, Sony could just sign that agreement and all this goes away.  I am sure Sony doesn't want any of their laundry shown to the public so this is a pressure tactic on MS to get them to just go away.  Once the CMA and EU drop their decision, if they pass the deal I am sure there will be no need for Sony to continue on this journey and they will back out.  Once that happen, the FTC case is pretty much done.



Less cringe than some of the earlier IGN gameplay for Redfall



crissindahouse said:
Angelus said:

I'd really be curious to know wtf some of these regulators are actually doing on a day to day basis. Like, how do some of y'all, especially in smaller markets, need a million fucking years to look at something that has really had all the pertinent information out there for ages now. It makes you look so incompetent.

The German mythos of our Beamtenstatus spread around the world it seems

I feel personally attacked!



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shikamaru317 said:

Less cringe than some of the earlier IGN gameplay for Redfall

I’m really thinking the game will review better than many are anticipating. 



Barozi said:
crissindahouse said:

The German mythos of our Beamtenstatus spread around the world it seems

I feel personally attacked!

But he ain't wrong tho



gtotheunit91 said:
shikamaru317 said:

Less cringe than some of the earlier IGN gameplay for Redfall

I’m really thinking the game will review better than many are anticipating. 

This weird expectation this game is going to be bad because of what? No performance mode and always online? Last I checked, neither of those are features that should make or break a game. No respected reviewer should blast the game based on those reasons except if the game runs like crap in quality mode. There are a dozen other things that are way more important.



gtotheunit91 said:
shikamaru317 said:

Less cringe than some of the earlier IGN gameplay for Redfall

I’m really thinking the game will review better than many are anticipating. 

It's looking to be a really tough one to predict imo. Back at the preview event, the reception was mostly positive, lots of people praising the world design, the story, and the 4 playable characters. Gameplay was a bit more divided with some saying the combat felt slow, others that the game felt poorly balanced for solo play (the preview event was solo play only, IGN were the first to get to use Co-op in this new preview), and others felt like the open world activities could begin to get repetitive in the full game. PC Gamer was by far the most negative of the outlets invited to the preview event, they had criticism for just about everything, said the art style lacked something compared to Arkane's earlier games, said the combat felt too easy and the enemies too dumb, called the story fairly bland, said the world felt empty; their preview was titled something like "Redfall feels like a sad stumble", and insinuated that the game bears the scars of a troubled development cycle caused by Covid and Arkane struggling to design a game that can achieve mainstream success, after Dishonored 2 and Prey each had an underwhelming commercial performance.

Then since that preview event, we learned about the 30 fps only on launch. I look for that to cost them with any developers who care about technical performance and factor it into their scores. 

So I do think we will see a fair few good reviews, just like with the previews. However, I'm fully expecting a low review from PC Gamer as well as any other outlets who hold a similar opinion, as well as any technically oriented outlets docking some point for the 30 FPS. Overall I think the game still has a chance at an 80+ average, but I'm not optimistic for anything over low 80's, which is why my prediction in the league is at 81 right now.

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smroadkill15 said:
gtotheunit91 said:

I’m really thinking the game will review better than many are anticipating. 

This weird expectation this game is going to be bad because of what? No performance mode and always online? Last I checked, neither of those are features that should make or break a game. No respected reviewer should blast the game based on those reasons except if the game runs like crap in quality mode. There are a dozen other things that are way more important.

Yeah my thought is, if the game turns out to be crap, that’s not something a 60fps patch is gonna fix Arkane has yet to let us down and I don’t think they’ll start here. We’ll find out soon enough!