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[ReBurn]

I like the premise behind the game. I don't think it will be a blockbuster. But for game pass I'm willing to give it a spin.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Why’s she riding a catfish when she can just fly across the level?

Because it is holding information about her mum hostage. I like the giant catfish better than the protagonist. She seems like a lemmings descendant.

 

[Sacred]

I don't get the DEI complaints here, it's a Southern Louisiana (Bayou) styled game. Everything showed fits that esthetic without really being woke, we'll see since SBI is involved. Also, the Forspoken similarities make absolutely zero sense, not even the same type of game.

 

[skyfinch]

This is the Forspoken killer that the Xbox desperately need right now. Forspoken is a top 3 game of the generation contender.

My top 3 are:
3 - Forspoken
2- Foamstars
1 - tied between The Gunk, The Medium, and Scorn

 

[DeepEnigma]

I don't get the DEI complaints here, it's a Southern Louisiana (Bayou) styled game. Everything showed fits that esthetic without really being woke, we'll see since SBI is involved. Also, the Forspoken similarities make absolutely zero sense, not even the same type of game.

Well, we got the sassy "I don't need no manitude" trope, which would have more than likely be southern bell hospitality for anyone who spent any iota of time in the rural deep dirty south. That, and the community manager's typical current year racist comments.

Shame too, because the blues charm is right up my alley.

 

[Varteras]

Paul Tassi is really struggling

 

[LastBattle]

That was one of the less appealing games of the showcase for me. The combat looked very uninspired.

 

[Fbh]

For better or worse South Of Midnight looked like an ideal gamepass game.
Something almost no one would actually buy, but that gamepass subscribers might end up playing because it doesn't cost them extra.

 

[Ogbert]

It looks fucking shit.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

This game had the opposite effect on me. It's everything I hate about modern gaming and quite frankly makes me wonder if after 40 years it's time to find a new hobby. Absolute dog shit game that you couldn't pay me to even install.

 

[JCK75]

It is kind of interesting but I'm unsure .

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I don't get the DEI complaints here, it's a Southern Louisiana (Bayou) styled game. Everything showed fits that aesthetic without really being woke, we'll see since SBI is involved. Also, the Forspoken similarities make absolutely zero sense, not even the same type of game.

Exactly. I'm not too far from there and I see a lot of people that look like the protagonist.

 

[Clintizzle]

The game is great for me as in my old age I can only see about 12 frames per second.

 

[Bungie]

Definitely a gamepass game haha, it's not scratching any kind of itch for me. Just looks good enough to play if I am in the mood for something single player & trying it out because it's something new.

 

[ChiefDada]

To hell with all of you trash talking SoM

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

You should stop assuming someone hasnt read the o.p. before posting accusations that they haven't simply because they disagree with your fanboy warrior ass.

 

[diffusionx]

At least aloy somehow has a lore reason to speak to herself, she was casted away by his tribe and was basically alone for all her infancy except for one dude being the hard father figure (but hardly a chatty one).

She probably talked to herself a lot for like 17 years.

Still annoying in practice for the player but she is no schizo, just a lonely chick.

well she wasn't really like that HZD. HFW is just a bizarre game in so many ways but schizo Aloy is one of them.

 

[demonstr8]

“It’s a little Kena: Bridge of Spirits, a little Horizon Zero Dawnand a little Shadow of the Colossus, but rolled up into a possibly fresh Cajun package that has tons of potential”

Huh? Did we see the same footage?

Came here to post the same thing.

 

[LastBattle]

For better or worse South Of Midnight looked like an ideal gamepass game.
Something almost no one would actually buy, but that gamepass subscribers might end up playing because it doesn't cost them extra.

Yeah, I’ll give it a go on Gamepass. Certainly not something I’d part with my hard earned dollars for given what we’ve seen. That’s the beauty of Gamepass.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Welp, SBI is the kiss of death. The trailer was fine and I was interested, but finding out that SBI was involved means this project is doomed to be filled with constant reminders of where SBI stands in the "culture wars."

It'd be like if at the end of the really solid Gears of War trailer we saw "Developed by 343 Studios." Just best to pretend the game doesn't exist at that point.

 

[Quantum253]

I don't get the DEI complaints here, it's a Southern Louisiana (Bayou) styled game. Everything showed fits that esthetic without really being woke, we'll see since SBI is involved. Also, the Forspoken similarities make absolutely zero sense, not even the same type of game.

It was the gliding and movement with a light trail that made me think of Forspoken. Not sure about others though.

 

[MayauMiao]

I watched the trailer. I thought Forspoken when I saw the gliding/movement. The animation is a little strange, but I suppose it's intentional to look like having frame spikes (for that stop-motion look). But agreed Forspoken meets the Bayou.

Not much to say how it will play. Maybe it will be a good game or just bland but at least the main character isn't as annoying as the Forspoken one.

The framerate for cutscenes bothers me a lot.

 

[Quantum253]

Not much to say how it will play. Maybe it will be a good game or just bland but at least the main character isn't as annoying as the Forspoken one.

The framerate for cutscenes bothers me a lot.

Same here. Won't know how the main character will be until a bigger in-depth review to see the interactions within the world and with others. Unless someone knows the writers and can see past dialogue

 

[Methos#1975]

I don't get the DEI complaints here, it's a Southern Louisiana (Bayou) styled game. Everything showed fits that esthetic without really being woke, we'll see since SBI is involved. Also, the Forspoken similarities make absolutely zero sense, not even the same type of game.

If actually a bayou style game she would be white and speak Arcadian French. Creoles don't venture far out of New Orleans and definitely wouldn't be in the bayou.

 

[Sacred]

If actually a bayou style game she would be white and speak Arcadian French. Creoles don't venture far out of New Orleans and definitely wouldn't be in the bayou.

What?

 

[MiguelItUp]

I definitely think the whole Cajun and Creole vibe that's going on is pretty neat. You don't see that too often. The almost stop motion-like animation looks neat too. Not sure how I feel about the gameplay just yet, it didn't really ooo or ahh me, but hopefully that changes!

 

[adamsapple]

To hell with all of you trash talking SoM

 

[adamsapple]

Well, we got the sassy "I don't need no manitude" trope, which would have more than likely be southern bell hospitality for anyone who spent any iota of time in the rural deep dirty south. That, and the community manager's typical current year racist comments.

Shame too, because the blues charm is right up my alley.

The developers have said music is a key for them for the game, should be really good in that regard.

Community managers are disposable and thankfully don't have much to do with developing the actual game. I also agree with S Sacred in the sense that nothing in either trailer for the game so far has shown the prototypical 'strong wahmen weak manz' kind of thing. The voice acting on the talking fish was actually pretty good.

 

[Methos#1975]

What?

Cajuns live in the bayou, not Creoles and Cajuns are entirely white. Cajuns were the and still are the poor marginalized minority that lived in the bayou. Creoles are of mixed European and African and Caribbean ancestry and are affluent and wealthy historically and heavily Metropolitan in culture. They wouldn't be caught dead in a swamp. This game is an attempt by people with little understanding of Cajun and creole cultures and the nuances and differences between them throwing a blanket over both.

 

[Dr. Claus]

Its an SBI written trash fest. Fuck the devs, fuck SBI, and fuck Paul Tassi.

 

[nial]

It looked like what I would call, PuniMiku-core.

 

[Fafalada]

“It’s a little Kena: Bridge of Spirits, a little Horizon Zero Dawnand a little Shadow of the Colossus, but rolled up into a possibly fresh Cajun package that has tons of potential”
Huh? Did we see the same footage?

I mean Kena's influence was rather blatant to the point it's basically direct copy-paste of elements as opposed to just 'taking inspiration' (and not even sure why - I thought Kena was universally not praised for its mechanics )
But I also don't know where the other two are supposed to be in the mix...

 

[nikolino840]

I hope the black lady isn't too sassy. I've had enough of sassy black ladies. I live down south, so the Cajun accents and Louisiana swamps aren't as exotic to me as they might be to others.

Compulsion's last game was We Happy Few, which wasn't very well-received. We'll see how they do with this one, but that makes me a little cautious.

Compulsion also has the Community Manager who hates gamers and thinks white men were a mistake. So... yeah.

Well contrast was a good 3d person tho

 

[WorldHero]

Art style looks good with the stop motion technique, don't think it's a frame rate issue. Would like to see more.

 

[Brigandier]

Looked shit.

 

[Braag]

The trailer made me feel almost nauseous with its choppy look. Like it ran at 10 fps.

 

[nikolino840]

I hope the black lady isn't too sassy. I've had enough of sassy black ladies. I live down south, so the Cajun accents and Louisiana swamps aren't as exotic to me as they might be to others.

Compulsion's last game was We Happy Few, which wasn't very well-received. We'll see how they do with this one, but that makes me a little cautious.

Compulsion also has the Community Manager who hates gamers and thinks white men were a mistake. So... yeah.

Well but I didn't know about this until this game https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Toed_Tom

 

[Humdinger]

Well but I didn't know about this until this game https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Toed_Tom

Haha. I hadn't heard of ol' Two-Toed Tom, either.

Well contrast was a good 3d person tho

Could be, I haven't played that one. I do remember hearing some good stuff about it at the time. That was 2013, though. Long time ago.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

If actually a bayou style game she would be white and speak Arcadian French. Creoles don't venture far out of New Orleans and definitely wouldn't be in the bayou.

Yeah, this is false. Some of the higher class creole certainly wouldn’t be in the bayou but creoles of color, which the MC of this game clearly is, would have been in the bayou, particularly during the early to late 1800’s as more and more white Americans moved into LA and brought their racism with them. And obviously today you can find them all over the bayou.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The developers have said music is a key for them for the game, should be really good in that regard.

Community managers are disposable and thankfully don't have much to do with developing the actual game. I also agree with S Sacred in the sense that nothing in either trailer for the game so far has shown the prototypical 'strong wahmen weak manz' kind of thing. The voice acting on the talking fish was actually pretty good.

They reflect the culture of the studio. Otherwise, they would not feel oh so comfortable speaking the way that they do.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

looks nice.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Looked pretty dull to me.

 

[nikolino840]

The developers have said music is a key for them for the game, should be really good in that regard.

Community managers are disposable and thankfully don't have much to do with developing the actual game. I also agree with S Sacred in the sense that nothing in either trailer for the game so far has shown the prototypical 'strong wahmen weak manz' kind of thing. The voice acting on the talking fish was actually pretty good.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Is this the company tainted by that person who only wanted to work with people like herself, or am I getting my wires crossed?

Edit: I guess so

 

[Jaguar Victory]

It looked like babby's first Souls with forced DEI to me.

WTF... This is the opposite of DEI. This actually blends perfectly with the motif. Game looks great. Hope MS sees that and throws all the help that Compulsion needs to make it great.

 

[samoilaaa]

yeah who needs games like baldur's gate 3 that has good writing , depth , fun exploration , possible game of the decade , fuck that give me more games like south of midnight

 

[Tomeru]

Yeah, you can feel the hype existing and growing with this one.

 

[Methos#1975]

Yeah, this is false. Some of the higher class creole certainly wouldn’t be in the bayou but creoles of color, which the MC of this game clearly is, would have been in the bayou, particularly during the early to late 1800’s as more and more white Americans moved into LA and brought their racism with them. And obviously today you can find them all over the bayou.

Yeah, I'm from South Louisiana. Simply not true. I've never seen a actual creole in the bayou. I have seen many of other racees that have lived there generations that have become cajunized culturally and language wise.

 

[Goalus]

Looked like Forspoken 2.0 to me

/thread

 

[Duchess]

Well, the gameplay looks good. I'm not sold on the stop-motion cutscene style. When I first saw the video, I thought the stream was hitching.