Are we so gullible? Do we as an audience not demand anything from our art? There's no story, no new mechanics, no real characters, no interesting or enjoyable visuals, no compelling gameplay, no original ideas at all in fact. Is a faceless strawman to antagonise really enough to get millions of people to play an Unreal Engine asset flip made as artlessly as possible? Is no one else actively disturbed by how blatantly and gracelessly this rips mechanics from every popular game of the last 2 decades, without integrating any of them together whatsoever? Has art ever felt this cynical before?

Feel free to discount my opinion. I am a 'salty Pokemon fanboy' after all, and I only gave this game an hour or so of my not particularly highly valued time. I personally just prefer the art I engage with to care for the art form it sits within, even a little bit. Palworld hates video games. It sees nothing more within them than a collection of things to do and hopes that by shovelling a flaccid farcical version of as many of them as possible into your mouth it will somehow constitute a 'video game' when all is said and done. It doesn't. I'm deeply saddened that so many gamers think so lowly of our art form that they genuinely think this is acceptable.

aos que clamam, que se divertem e postam fotos de diferentes looks quando jogam fashion souls, eis que aqui reside a semente que deu origem a todos vocês: o jogo onde toda mecânica tem a ver com usar roupas, para abrir portas, para avançar na história, para ganhar desconto no shop.

esteticamente maravilhoso, super experimental e criativo, além da parte das roupas dá pra ver que o pessoal lá na from gosta de um tipo especifico de jogo e Evergrace é um dos melhores nisso - os ambientes misteriosos, que te pedem pra que você decore tudo, as armadilhas, os diálogos (direção das cenas é linda, pelo amor de deus), tudo o que há de escondido e as respostas pra quebra-cabeças vem de um ímpeto de criar conversa e experimentação com as mecânicas. recém joguei Armored Core 3 e pensei que eles tavam com tudo já na época do ps2, mas não esperava que estivessem com tudo assim.

do you like the oldgen mission format, AC vs AC fights and uh... programming? if so, then boy oh boy have i got the game for you:

...it's a shame there aren't more campaign set pieces a la ACV, but if their absence means having order missions that don't suck ass, maybe that's not such a huge price to pay. i'll certainly take 60 solid missions over 9 good ones and 80+ that suck ass

final boss made me remember things