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[FoxMcChief]

Game looks offensively mediocre. My rights feel violated having watched it yesterday.

 

[MayauMiao]

Oh dead another generic hero shooter and what's worse its a poor man's version of an already boring Overwatch.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

At least I'll know the pronouns of the robot, that's important.

 

[Pop]

“undecided”

 

[realcool]

The game launches with 16 characters. Every character has pronouns on their character select screen.

Of the 9 human characters, there are 0 Caucasian men and 0 Caucasian women.
Of the 9 human characters, 7 of them are women.

I couldn't have been monkey pawed any harder here, WTF.

Discord |OT| You mod, cis?

 

[FoxMcChief]

“undecided”

I’ll decide for you.

Nope.

 

[peish]

That's because they are "white adjacent" so best they can do is women, probably have to make her a lesbian at least as well as that's dangerously close to not diverse enough as it is non-binary too.

I think is unfair because we asian worked diligently and quietly, does not mean there was no discrimination and office politics that we gone through.

I just remembered sony closed their japanese studios, yet they went out and buy this studio making a generic hero pvp with DEI messaging. yucks!

 

[Radical Dreamer]

What the fuck are those hideous designs lol, this fucking game is doa

 

[Killjoy-NL]

How could the same arguments have been made about Helldivers when it was obvious it was received quite well by the people who checked it out? Where are these threads where everyone was negative towards the game? Link them to me

The general reception to the videos and discussions pre-release was quite some mockery.

 

[MrRenegade]

Okay. Make a game about the yellow robot thing. Rest are fillers.

 

[FoxMcChief]

Okay. Make a game about the yellow robot thing. Rest are fillers.

Nah. Astro Bot is the only robot game we need.

 

[Gambit2483]

Just noticed there's not a single white person on the (12+) character roster. Why am I not surprised...

 

[MrRenegade]

[AAnderson sends his regards]

 

[FoxMcChief]

Astro bot is fagtastic, but this yellow tincan has a much better personality.

Ehh. He/his personality was ok.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

This is bigger than the election

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

If it ends up being good and doing well I'll drink Banjo64 cum and then unlife myself

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

“undecided”

I can see why Sony was so eager to acquire this game/studio. Druckmann and Hermen Hulst probably got the biggest boners in their lives upon seeing these character selection screens.

 

[deriks]

A robot with a male voice needs to have a "he\him" thing

Oh, boy...

PlayStation Studios' New 5v5 Multiplayer Shooter 'Concord' Gets Raked Over The Coals For Pushing Pronoun Nonsense And DEI Character Designs

Firewalk Studios, a subsidiary of PlayStation Studios, provided a number of new details about their upcoming 5v5 multiplayer shooter Concord during a PlayStation State of Play presentation. It did not go well as gamers are raking the game over the coals for pushing pronoun nonsense, DEI...

thatparkplace.com

 

[VinnyMac]

Reminded me to much of guardians of the galaxy. Space and esp samurai games are getting over done obviously just my opinion.

 

[Ronin_7]

its not going to be 70$. It is going to be 40$ just like Helldivers 2. Hopefully it is as light on MTX as HD2, but that may be more of a Arrowhead decision

Yeah unlikely to be 70$, ideal would be f2p because if it's good WoM would carry it.

Wait & see.

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

This needs to fail as hard or harder than Suicide Squad. Total trash.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

We have Overwatch

Overwatch at home

To be fair, the overwatch we are forced to play now after they pulled the original game isn’t worth playing. So, if you want Overwatch, Concord might be a better alternative.

 

[Sonik]

The general reception to the videos and discussions pre-release was quite some mockery.

It was well-liked by youtube audience and it was well received here too:

News - Hype - Helldivers 2 Announced - Coming in 2023 | PlayStation Showcase

Arrowhead officially announced a sequel to its 2015 top-down shooter Helldivers, and it's coming to PS5 and PC later this year. Little else was revealed about Helldivers 2, including a release date beyond 2023. It also debuted a brief trailer, which showed off the original's popular four-player...

www.neogaf.com

 

[FalsettoVibe]

“undecided”

Probably the worst part about this game. Everything else looks decent though. Also even as a black guy, I find it so weird that developers are working so hard to exclude white male characters these days.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I'll pre order and take one for the team.

Impressions coming soon.

Damn....Can I get a beta code when you pre-order bro.....?

pretty please

I am intrigued to see how this plays and want to give it a shot.

 

[boomcrab]

I don't know, going from the gameplay trailer alone, this doesn't look as bad as some of these comments are making it out to be. But of course what else would you expect out of Gaf.
Could be fun, looks kind of like overwatch but I guess the benefit of that is so many people are tired of Overwatch's unchanged meta and here we'd have a blank slate if it's comparable competitively. I always hated Overwatchs art style so this speaks a little more to me at least from that aspect. Gameplay looks solid enough I don't see what the big deal is lol.

 

[Flabagast]

 

[Banjo64]

FUCKING PRONOUNS!!!

 

[Draugoth]

FUCKING PRONOUNS!!!

They have a robot with pronouns, you can't really defend this one

 

[Killjoy-NL]

It was well-liked by youtube audience and it was well received here too:

News - Hype - Helldivers 2 Announced - Coming in 2023 | PlayStation Showcase

Arrowhead officially announced a sequel to its 2015 top-down shooter Helldivers, and it's coming to PS5 and PC later this year. Little else was revealed about Helldivers 2, including a release date beyond 2023. It also debuted a brief trailer, which showed off the original's popular four-player...

www.neogaf.com

Too much digging, especially since the game suddenly exploded, but there was quite a shitstorm upon release regarding it's visuals and a lot of trashtalking around GaaS.

Also, that thread was just 2 pages, so it was probably mostly a few fans of the original.

 

[Sonik]

Too much digging, especially since the game suddenly exploded, but there was quite a shitstorm upon release regarding it's visuals and a lot of trashtalking around GaaS.

Also, that thread was just 2 pages, so it was probably mostly a few fans of the original.

I assume you're talking about the shitstorm about Sony's moronic enforcement of PSN accounts on PC which has very little to do with GaaS. Every single youtube video I've seen about the game people have been pretty positive, sometimes skeptical but still positive.

 

[Von Hugh]

 

[TheDrunkenMerchant]

Anyone with a mild understanding of video games: "Battleborn and Lawbreakers failed 8 years ago because of oversaturation."

CEOs today: "I just saw my nephew playing Fortnite and Overwatch. EMERGENCY MEETING, I HAVE A TRILLION DOLLAR IDEA!"

 

[FoxMcChief]

If it ends up being good and doing well I'll drink Banjo64 cum and then unlife myself

It’s not often I bookmark, but this is too good to pass up on, if hell freezes over.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Teo, a Spanish gender-neutral name.

literally says he/him. he’s clearly white? do you know what Caucasian means?

 

[Blackknight225]

Absolute garbage smh

 

[Gambit2483]

Anyone with a mild understanding of video games: "Battleborn and Lawbreakers failed 8 years ago because of oversaturation."

CEOs today: "I just saw my nephew playing Fortnite and Overwatch. EMERGENCY MEETING, I HAVE A TRILLION DOLLAR IDEA!"

The allure of the "Fortnite money" is too much for them to resist. They all think their idea will be the "next big thing".

 

[Killjoy-NL]

I assume you're talking about the shitstorm about Sony's moronic enforcement of PSN accounts on PC which has very little to do with GaaS. Every single youtube video I've seen about the game people have been pretty positive, sometimes skeptical but still positive.

No, not talking about that. That was just recent.

Doesn't matter though irt Concord. Nor HD2, for that matter.

 

[Oppoi]

“undecided”

Finally a video game character I can relate to! Thank you Sony!

 

[Oppoi]

Let us give some props to the real creators of the new directions of the games we all love so passionately!

 

[Audiophile]

“undecided”

I bet an artist made the model and then someone else was responsible for adding the pronouns, but didn't want to assume the wrong way; and at the same time, didn't wanna ask the artist in case they offended them by not knowing.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I heard if you bitch enough about the game, they will actually pay you. So keep going, you are almost there.



Its not, preorders start June 6th.

It's dead then.

I mean...was Redfall F2P ? You seemed to like that

I liked redfall? Did I say that? Must have been my split personality. I played it for like an hour lol

 

[Windom Earle]

Just saw the gameplay trailer WTF Sony

The OP of this (failed) marketing thread has put more effort into it than the design of the actual game.

 

[Fake]

Robots have pronouns in case you didn't know

Complete and total garbage

“undecided”

They have a robot with pronouns, you can't really defend this one

Is no use. This is the only thing you will get from those people:

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Anyone with a mild understanding of video games: "Battleborn and Lawbreakers failed 8 years ago because of oversaturation."

CEOs today: "I just saw my nephew playing Fortnite and Overwatch. EMERGENCY MEETING, I HAVE A TRILLION DOLLAR IDEA!"

You had me before Fortnite. This isn't Fortnite inspired, it's Overwatch inspired. Those games play drastically different from one another.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I'll make a bet that they pivot and this gets announced as a ps plus game within the next few months.

 

[UnrealEck]

No white male characters I can see.
Can't believe I'm like this now. They've turned me into one of them except I look for the characteristics they hate.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Yep the most obviously DOA game since Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is the sequel to a game people very much enjoyed and the only negative or doubt people had prior to release is the perspective switch. There was no major outrage about the game and no one predicted it to be DOA outside of maybe some fringe YouTube personalities for clicks.

People aren’t pooping on Concord because it’s a service game, they’re shitting on it because it looks like shit uninspired in every aspect.

On the contrary HD2 is certainly not in a unique position, there are tons of PvE horde games out there and yet leading up to release it still managed to look fun and unique.

You pulled a horrible comparison out of your ass. Wash your hands please, they smell like shit.

 

[Oppoi]

I'll make a bet that they pivot and this gets announced as a ps plus game within the next few months.

I'll take the bait, what do you propose?

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Helldivers 2 is the sequel to a game people very much enjoyed and the only negative or doubt people had prior to release is the perspective switch. There was no major outrage about the game and no one predicted it to be DOA outside of maybe some fringe YouTube personalities for clicks.

People aren’t pooping on Concord because it’s a service game, they’re shitting on it because it looks like shit uninspired in every aspect.

On the contrary HD2 is certainly not in a unique position, there are tons of PvE horde games out there and yet leading up to release it still managed to look fun and unique.

You pulled a horrible comparison out of your ass. Wash your hands please, they smell like shit.

Concord only “looks like shit” superficially.

No one is saying the gameplay looks like garbage

HD2 was met with a gigantic “Meh” from everyone, and they used it as another case of live service waste of money even if they weren’t as negative about the reveal as they are concord