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Well, looks like SBI's latest masterwork Unknown 9: Awakening is on trajectory to bomb

Predict the game's player peak

  • Less than 100

    Votes: 67 27.2%
  • 101 - 500

    Votes: 108 43.9%
  • 501-1000

    Votes: 56 22.8%
  • Over 1k

    Votes: 15 6.1%

  • Total voters
    246

sainraja

Member
I wishlisted it. Not expecting much but its a new IP and it seems a bit similar to 3rd Birthday with the teleportation possession stuff. Look at all this glorious slightly janky AA stealth. That is my fetish.



I'm 100% picking it up on sale.

The game looks pretty interesting in that overview video and I don't see why people are taking issue with this title given that is a new IP, they are not changing any existing character to a different race, also, she doesn't look ugly.
 
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sainraja

Member
All of her photoshoots are lighter and the game she is just brown. It's a change for sure
You say that as if that is a bad thing. She's half Indian. The character still looks like her, just with brown skin. She still looks pretty. I don't see how a skin color makes someone ugly and I hope that is not what people are saying.
 

finalflame

Banned
The above comment was in regards to SBI, not this game in particular. The game itself will most likely bomb as it looks as you say "mid af", true, but the SBI involvement is nothing to disregard, and pretend that they have nothing to do with this.

Judging by the reply you've already sent, It's a shame that you've went straight to the insullts instead of opening an adult discussion about the topic, but then this is the norm for the kind of folk who advocate for SBI and the like, so not surprised.
I’ll give you the high road on this one, whilst not taking it myself. Frankly, I am neither here nor there on SBI. It truly makes no meaningful difference to myself or the world at large. The only people I know who hyper-focus on it to the point of mental illness are on this board.
 
...Have you been paying attention to the gaming news, lately pal? Sweet Baby Inc. is finished. They've gone underground; they literally deleted their website and rebuilt it to remove ALL references to their clients and the games they've worked with. Every game they have been involved with has either flopped and caused massive layoffs (Flintlock: Siege of Dawn, Tales of Kenzaru, soon-to-be Unknown 9 Awakening) and even games like Alan Wake 2 and Spider-Man 2 have their company's reputation ruined and with both being sales disappointment.

Are you aware that Kim Belair has blackmailed gaming companies as I've stated in my post above that forced companies like Insomniac Games to hire them to avoid bad press? Do you HONESTLY really think any sensible gaming company would want to hire these talentless DEI hacks to work on their games? Who the hell wants this disgusting form of black supremacy, anti-male, anti-white, and uglyfication of women bullshit? None of us like this! And Kabrutus's list on Steam proves it.
This is 1000% TRUTH…….and thank you for having the balls to call it out for what it is……black supremacy, anti white, anti male and uglyfication of women. All true and being pushed nonstop in so many games.
 

DonkeyPunchJr

World’s Biggest Weeb
lol the “average looking Strong Female Protagonist” is like this generation’s “generic bald space marine”.

For fuck’s sake, why do they keep doing this? At least with the generic marine it was something that appealed to their target demographic. This shit is apparently made for some fictional “modern audience” who doesn’t even play these games.
 

Big Baller

Al Pachinko, Konami President
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pudel

Member
I also she doesn't look ugly.
I think she doesnt look pretty as well (especially in this game)....sorry for my bad taste! But I couldnt stand her already in the Netflix Witcher. Compared to Witcher3 Yennefer she was a joke already and I never understood why they took her to play Yennefer.
 

deriks

4-Time GIF/Meme God
You say that as if that is a bad thing. She's half Indian. The character still looks like her, just with brown skin. She still looks pretty. I don't see how a skin color makes someone ugly and I hope that is not what people are saying.
It's not about being ugly, it's bad because doesn't make any sense but being woke. Don't mix it

If I pick Idris Elba and put a white skin color, do you have any idea how big this shit will turn?

Don't change appearances. It's not hard
 

LectureMaster

Gold Member
You people are still obsessed with SbI? Seriously why the F do you all care so much? They aren't going anywhere, they also aren't the ones killing games, the devs making bad games are. SBI are still getting hired as consultants and getting paid while you all cry, b*tch and moan like 4 yr olds. Bro it's time to move on and act like an adult.
So I have to swallow whatever retarded poisoning craps that are shoved down to my throat and shut up?

And nobody is crying, we are mocking the pathetic failures of those retards. It is because morons like you that we can't get good things anymore.

Edit: God damn already get banned. GAF mods are based as fuck!
 

sainraja

Member
It's not about being ugly, it's bad because doesn't make any sense but being woke. Don't mix it

If I pick Idris Elba and put a white skin color, do you have any idea how big this shit will turn?

Don't change appearances. It's not hard
I get what you are saying but the actress playing the character is half Indian and in some of her pictures online looks pretty similar to how the character looks.

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If the character model looks a bit off that is probably due to the skill of the developer but it's close and she still looks pretty.

Game might still do bad but there is no need to predict its failure based on these factors. They haven't taken an existing IP and changed anything so.. I don't see the big deal here.
 
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Zacfoldor

Member
Anya Chalotra is super hot IRL. Any uglification of her character in game was done by the developers and not how the Good Lord made her. She's beautiful. What a shame. This could have been Stellar Blade but look what we got.

Also, nobody gets treated worse in this than Anya Chalotra. In another time this would be Stellar Blade and she would make a huge name for herself, but now it'll be another failure under her belt and a fart in the gaming wind. What a shame.
 

kruis

Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Namco? This is a bad sign for the next Tekken.

It could only be a bad sign if Unknown 9: Awakening became a huge sales success. But it's going to bomb horribly so I think this will actually teach Bandai Namco the expensive lesson not to make games for a non-existing "modern audience".
 

Zacfoldor

Member
I get what you are saying but the actress playing the character is half Indian and in some of her pictures online looks pretty similar to how the character looks.

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If the character model looks a bit off that is probably due to the skill of the developer but it's close and she still looks pretty.

Game might still do bad but there is no need to predict its failure based on these factors. They haven't taken an existing IP and changed anything so.. I don't see the big deal here.
In those photos she is beautiful and showing skin. In the photos for the game she is covered up even with fucking gloves. Are they ashamed of her skin?

Also in the game those dead eyes, than jutted jaw, and all those skin blemishes aren't anywhere on the original actress.

Either they are incompetent or they SBI'd it up in here.

Why are you having so much trouble with this? She may still look pretty after she was uglied up because she is a super model but she should have looked like a hotter Stellar Blade. THAT game would have sold gangbusters. This full cowl/shawl/hide your women BS isn't what I want.
 

sainraja

Member
In those photos she is beautiful and showing skin. In the photos for the game she is covered up even with fucking gloves. Are they ashamed of her skin?

Also in the game those dead eyes, than jutted jaw, and all those skin blemishes aren't anywhere on the original actress.

Either they are incompetent or they SBI'd it up in here.

Why are you having so much trouble with this? She may still look pretty after she was uglied up because she is a super model but she should have looked like a hotter Stellar Blade. THAT game would have sold gangbusters. This full cowl/shawl/hide your women BS isn't what I want.
I will re-watch the trailer but I don't see how she was made ugly in the game (I see your point about the clothing I guess, but that might even make sense in the game world). The game version may have had some changes done to the character model and this could be due to the type of game it is, the setting, and other aspects, that might make sense within that game world, the time period, etc etc.
 
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Hopefully this game took a lot of money to make and won’t make any of it back. I’m not sure how else to tell the gaming super Giants of the world. DEI is not the way to go. A majority of gamers are straight men, they want an attractive main character that does not mean they need their boobs and ass showing all the time it just means they need to be attractive. Otherwise, what the hell are you even selling to me?
 
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Roxkis_ii

Member
So I have to swallow whatever retarded poisoning craps that are shoved down to my throat and shut up?
You could ignore it like the rest of the world.

And nobody is crying, we are mocking the pathetic failures of those retards. It is because morons like you that we can't get good things anymore.

Your are crying, people are "forcing things down you throat" despite no one forcing you to care about this game. You did that by choice.

All this culture war shit is a big nothing burger. People are acting like it's a group of brightly colored hair people burning crosses in front of your homes. You all are (people who care about SBI) victims in your own choice.
 

tkscz

Member
I wishlisted it. Not expecting much but its a new IP and it seems a bit similar to 3rd Birthday with the teleportation possession stuff. Look at all this glorious slightly janky AA stealth. That is my fetish.



I'm 100% picking it up on sale.

Something about it looks, just not up to snuff to me. Like there isn't enough there to pull me all the way in.
 

Saber

Gold Member
I only knew about this game from this thread.

From the looks of it, it looks incredibly generic. And this is being tame, because this game looks like a red flag.
 
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LectureMaster

Gold Member
You could ignore it like the rest of the world.



Your are crying, people are "forcing things down you throat" despite no one forcing you to care about this game. You did that by choice.

All this culture war shit is a big nothing burger. People are acting like it's a group of brightly colored hair people burning crosses in front of your homes. You all are (people who care about SBI) victims in your own choice.
All you repeat eveytime is "oh you don't need to care them just pass by" cliches. Can't event have some innovations?

There are numerous games that I cared turned out crap because of the touch of SBI and I don't get to express my mockery? And LMAO how delusional you are thinking I'm a victim? I enjoy very much SBI failures.

Those hustlers verbatim said they wanted to destroy the gaming industry and morons still say "oh they are benign, this culture war is nonsense. " Honestly, you SBI apologizers are just jokers.
 

stn

Member
It looks okay. Bandai Namco is behind it, I think, and the game is creative in some ways. I doubt it will sell as it doesn't have that "AAA" flavor that lots of gamers want. It has the same "AA" vibe that Flintlock had, and that game apparently bombed hard (I'm waiting for a sale myself since a discount is inevitable).
 
I know people hate SBI, but the amusing thing here is that if SBI wasn't involved at all the game would still be in the same position. It just doesn't look like anything remarkable, and if anything, it looks pretty damn generic. The title doesn't really do it any favors either.
If SBI was not involved, this and many other games they helped ruin may have turned out much different my friend.
 

MiguelItUp

Member
If SBI was not involved, this and many other games they helped ruin may have turned out much different my friend.
That's not entirely true... They're a consultation company, they don't take full control of every project they touch, that's up to the developer (and even the publisher if they're that controlling). If anyone is upset about SBI being present period, be upset at the developer and/or the publisher for letting them in. 🤷‍♂️
 
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Roxkis_ii

Member
So loosing hundreds of millions in development cost is a big nothing burger. I dont know man.
Bad games have failed since the beginning of gaming. This ain't nothing new.

There are numerous games that I cared turned out crap because of the touch of SBI and I don't get to express my mockery? And LMAO how delusional you are thinking I'm a victim? I enjoy very much SBI failures.

Did you read what you typed out?? The first sentence is literally describing why your a victim! They ruined games that you were looking forward to! How dare they!!

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Those hustlers verbatim said they wanted to destroy the gaming industry and morons still say "oh they are benign, this culture war is nonsense. " Honestly, you SBI apologizers are just jokers.

Your literally crying about culture wars while advertising SBI games. No one knew or cared anything about this game until YOU brought it up. You sure showed them as you advertised their game with your righteous fury.
 

DonkeyPunchJr

World’s Biggest Weeb
Hey fellow GAF incels, I have a great idea. How about we infiltrate every female-dominated fandom and fix them up. We’ll demand that every game/show/movie should have an average looking dude with a dad bod as the main protagonist. And
He should be the smartest, strongest, bravest, and most virtuous character ever with no flaws. He should constantly boss around all the women, in fact let’s make the women really weak willed and dopey so the protagonist looks good in comparison.

And if anyone criticizes it, we call them misandrists.
 

BlackTron

Member
Hey fellow GAF incels, I have a great idea. How about we infiltrate every female-dominated fandom and fix them up. We’ll demand that every game/show/movie should have an average looking dude with a dad bod as the main protagonist. And
He should be the smartest, strongest, bravest, and most virtuous character ever with no flaws. He should constantly boss around all the women, in fact let’s make the women really weak willed and dopey so the protagonist looks good in comparison.

And if anyone criticizes it, we call them misandrists.

You forgot the part where if it doesn't work, we burn it all to the ground in spite.
 

pudel

Member
Hey fellow GAF incels, I have a great idea. How about we infiltrate every female-dominated fandom and fix them up. We’ll demand that every game/show/movie should have an average looking dude with a dad bod as the main protagonist. And
He should be the smartest, strongest, bravest, and most virtuous character ever with no flaws. He should constantly boss around all the women, in fact let’s make the women really weak willed and dopey so the protagonist looks good in comparison.

And if anyone criticizes it, we call them misandrists.
Sounds funny...at least that would be some variety in the current stale and onesided gaming landscape. 😉
 

LectureMaster

Gold Member
Bad games have failed since the beginning of gaming. This ain't nothing new.



Did you read what you typed out?? The first sentence is literally describing why your a victim! They ruined games that you were looking forward to! How dare they!!

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Your literally crying about culture wars while advertising SBI games. No one knew or cared anything about this game until YOU brought it up. You sure showed them as you advertised their game with your righteous fury.
Jesus, just because a game failed doesn't make me a victim, you social justice warriors just want to victimize everything you touch right? Okay, even if I was a victim, you were telling me to shut up and stomach it, isn't that very opposition to your social justice creed, that victims need to voice out? Where is your logic?

Even just inside this thread, many people acknowledge they knew the game for better or worse, who in order to defend, you don't even mind blatantly lying?
Do you even have a slice of reading comprehension ability? Where the fuck in the OP I "righteous fury" anything? Even the title has a completely sarcastic tone. And no, not a single reasonable person would think my thread is advertising SBI. If your big brain thinks mockery equals to advertising, I'd be happy to advertise you all day long, seriously, get some help.
 
They should. That old game called LA Noir on archaic Xbox 360/PS3 tech had great facial animations.

As for game makers dumbing down any actress' into looking like Swamp Thing, that's a game studio choice. Not limitations. People would post on gaf pics of actor's who are just as handsome in the game as real life. So if the guys can look just as hunky with accurate faces and stubble, the women should be able to be just as beautiful.

But weird video game employees will dumb her down because she's too good looking for a game, even she's that good looking in real life. You'd think if there's any changes, it would be to make the actors and actresses even better looking just like make up artists touching them up or magazine covers getting airbrushed. But nope. Western devs uglify the women but often keep the guys still studly.

Figure that one out.
I actually don’t think it’s that insidious. Face scanning is not a perfect technology because the human face is not static, it’s no different than if you took a bunch of photos of a beautiful woman, she won’t look beautiful in all of them, you have to catch her at the right moment and the right angle, etc. That why great photographers gets paid big bucks.

Same is true with scanning which is just a 3D digital photo. The result has to be touched up by an artist to get the final result to be more aesthetically pleasing. The problem is they aren’t being touched up, because nobody dares to suggest they should be. Because doing so means you are saying the actress is not good looking naturally, or the person doing the scan is doing a bad job, etc. The toxic positivity thing. And you end up with what probably what the actress looks like when they get out of bed in the morning with a growl on her face, it’s recognizably her, but in her worst light.
 
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