Metroidvanias are at their core based on having areas closed off without specific abilities, while open worlds are about having the worl not be closed off. I don’t see how you can make a game that attempts both without failing at being good in either domain

But who knows, maybe it’ll be a Breath of the Wild moment for the series.

At least Zelda was already pretty close to open world with most of their entries. Metroidvanias don’t really work as open worlds as a genre

Yeah, the bike section looked horribly boring.

And even though there’s some classic 1st-person gameplay, we all know Nintendo is going to push for tons of traversal on the stupid motorcycle, which will kill the vibe for the whole game.

They specifically mentioned multiple questlines breaking and blocking progression in addition to several smaller bugs yet they still gave the game an 8/10. I get that IGN reviews are the softest of balls to hit, but that’s ridiculous for even them

Nintendo’s patent lawyers should be reported to the bar association over this. These most recent patents are atrociously bad and could probably get the lawyers sanctioned

To call that dumbass palworld AI SLOP

Found the Nintendo fanboy. How do them boots taste?

Give eternal passes to Sony and Microsoft, but the pikachu/Mario guys are the villains…???

Obvious red herring. People yell about the bullshit Sony and Microsoft pull all the time. Have you ever considered that all 3 are shit?

You are calling me the “dumbass”, here? 😅 Both logic and philosophy say this perspective is wrong

If you’ve ever taken a philosophy course you’d know you’re completely full of shit.

Your whole comment belongs on r/okbuddyretard. Not that I should have expected any better from a Nintendo bootlicker

Yet it doesn’t seem to negatively effect the score

Nintendo is suing Palworld over patents they filed AFTER Palworld released, and said patents are so broad that many other games also technically violate said bullshit patents. Nintendo is the one in the wrong.

Source for the latest bullshit patent that they were awarded: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/09/10/uh-oh-nintendo-just-landed-a-summoning-and-battling-patent/

Eat my entire ass, bootlicker.

Capcom decided it was appropriate for them to add intrusice DRM into their games AFTER people already bought it.

Capcom can go eat everyone’s collective ass; they don’t deserve business

KIA?

Are you literally asking me to provide proof that somwthing isn’t happening?

You can’t prove a negative, dumbass. The onus of proof is on you

Microsoft and Sony aren’t currently trying to sue other developers into the ground. Nintendo is.

Fuck Nintendo and quit licking their boots

The competitive landscape has not improved one bit.

Except it is when you consider price/performance for the range of cards most people buy.

XX60 and XX70 class cards are where most sales are, and that’s where all 3 companies have something to offer

The main issue is that the average consumer is dumb and keeps buying Nvidia, even though both AMD and Intel have better price/performance and often just more performant in that class due to Nvidia cheaping out on vram. Consumers are treating Nvidia cards as a luxury brand, like iPhones

Repeatedly rewatch it. Need to help jumpstart it in the yt algorithm

Don’t forget the part where the publisher withheld the devs’ compensation for console sales

Why is this furry-themed?

The inconvenience of switching and learning a new thing is the largest deterrent.

Honestly, oftentimes it’s not evem that, it’s the perception of learning being difficult.

I have some friends decided to pay hundreds of dollars to hire a plumber for something pretty simple to fix. As in, it’d take $50 and an hour once you factor in learning and practice runs. And they’re always complaining about not having money, yet they got mad when I told them how easy it was

This is the most softball-assed “interview” I’ve ever seen. PC Gamer is full of clowns

And shitty guitar + singing