What's with all the fake reviews?

[FistOfTheNoob]

Most of the positive reviews are bought, it's just interesting why this game would stoop to that level?

[TornadoShun 🌪☀⭐⚡]

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Originally posted by TornadoShun:

Funny how they think we're working with Sweet Baby Inc when we have no part of hers incorporation. It's either you buy the game and enjoy, post your ups and downs. Or don't buy the game. But don't you ever bring politics into the forum. You'll get yourself dragged out immediately.

You had SBI employees on other forums proudly stating the fact and issuing death threats “to transphobes” so it’s not a stretch.

And what does this have to do with this game?

[好的_ricky]

Originally posted by Bosshog:

Article from the BBC the day of the game's release.

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68790072

The number of people calling this game revolutionary, and that it will change the face of gaming is quite remarkable.

"It's definitely the Black Panther of gaming"

"When it comes to these kinds of projects that come on to the big stage, and blow everybody's shutters wide open, it's like 'oh my gosh, there's a massive potential there, let's capitalise"

So where was the support? Why didn't all these glowing articles translate to sales?

Everyone "can't wait to play the game" in all of these articles.

Even the creator seems to be in fantasy land regarding this project, probably as a result of people blowing smoke up his ass for the past year.

"He's hoping to turn Tales of Kenzera into a full-blown franchise, with film, TV and comic spin-offs"

I feel bad for the guy.

Yeah I knew it was going to get gassed up on the basis of its MC, story, and location. Literally the definition of “stunning and brave.”

What you have instead is a sorta bland Meyroidvania with interesting art direction… sorta… It uses the typical Unreal Engine color palette which looks very similar to other games.

Calling it revolutionary is strictly because of visuals. But it is not. And media can now be trusted a little less.

[Sami]

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Originally posted by Bosshog:

Article from the BBC the day of the game's release.

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68790072

The number of people calling this game revolutionary, and that it will change the face of gaming is quite remarkable.

"It's definitely the Black Panther of gaming"

"When it comes to these kinds of projects that come on to the big stage, and blow everybody's shutters wide open, it's like 'oh my gosh, there's a massive potential there, let's capitalise"

So where was the support? Why didn't all these glowing articles translate to sales?

Everyone "can't wait to play the game" in all of these articles.

Even the creator seems to be in fantasy land regarding this project, probably as a result of people blowing smoke up his ass for the past year.

"He's hoping to turn Tales of Kenzera into a full-blown franchise, with film, TV and comic spin-offs"

I feel bad for the guy.

Yeah I knew it was going to get gassed up on the basis of its MC, story, and location. Literally the definition of “stunning and brave.”

What you have instead is a sorta bland Meyroidvania with interesting art direction… sorta… It uses the typical Unreal Engine color palette which looks very similar to other games.

Calling it revolutionary is strictly because of visuals. But it is not. And media can now be trusted a little less.

It is a revolutionary metroidvania since it's one of the first really fun metroidvanias in almost a decade. The genre has been watered down by a lot of games that are barely even able to be called metroidvania.

[Mr. Bunce]

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Originally posted by Bosshog:

Article from the BBC the day of the game's release.

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-68790072

The number of people calling this game revolutionary, and that it will change the face of gaming is quite remarkable.

"It's definitely the Black Panther of gaming"

"When it comes to these kinds of projects that come on to the big stage, and blow everybody's shutters wide open, it's like 'oh my gosh, there's a massive potential there, let's capitalise"

So where was the support? Why didn't all these glowing articles translate to sales?

Everyone "can't wait to play the game" in all of these articles.

Even the creator seems to be in fantasy land regarding this project, probably as a result of people blowing smoke up his ass for the past year.

"He's hoping to turn Tales of Kenzera into a full-blown franchise, with film, TV and comic spin-offs"

I feel bad for the guy.

Yeah I knew it was going to get gassed up on the basis of its MC, story, and location. Literally the definition of “stunning and brave.”

What you have instead is a sorta bland Meyroidvania with interesting art direction… sorta… It uses the typical Unreal Engine color palette which looks very similar to other games.

Calling it revolutionary is strictly because of visuals. But it is not. And media can now be trusted a little less.

Are we all going to go through this same song and dance when anything not featuring a white male is released? The aggression is as copy paste as the sexism and racism masquerading as criticism. Literally no one acts or talks like this outside of your small clique.

Things will be okay. You don’t have to be so angry.

[好的_ricky]

Originally posted by Esjay:

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Yeah I knew it was going to get gassed up on the basis of its MC, story, and location. Literally the definition of “stunning and brave.”

What you have instead is a sorta bland Meyroidvania with interesting art direction… sorta… It uses the typical Unreal Engine color palette which looks very similar to other games.

Calling it revolutionary is strictly because of visuals. But it is not. And media can now be trusted a little less.

It is a revolutionary metroidvania since it's one of the first really fun metroidvanias in almost a decade. The genre has been watered down by a lot of games that are barely even able to be called metroidvania.

Nothing I’ve seen puts it next to Aria.

I would be slightly more interested if they considered actually giving the guy some weapons instead of generic ki blasts.

But I imagine a Belair-like saying something like, “Ooh😬can we really show a bushman with a spear?. Might offend someone.” So they toned it down, like they did with Shadow Gambit’s art style. It just looks bland.

[好的_ricky]

Originally posted by Mr. Bunce:

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Yeah I knew it was going to get gassed up on the basis of its MC, story, and location. Literally the definition of “stunning and brave.”

What you have instead is a sorta bland Meyroidvania with interesting art direction… sorta… It uses the typical Unreal Engine color palette which looks very similar to other games.

Calling it revolutionary is strictly because of visuals. But it is not. And media can now be trusted a little less.

Are we all going to go through this same song and dance when anything not featuring a white male is released? The aggression is as copy paste as the sexism and racism masquerading as criticism. Literally no one acts or talks like this outside of your small clique.

Things will be okay. You don’t have to be so angry.

Bro I am going to blow your mind. Ready? You think you’re ready but you’re not:

Black characters existed in video games before this.

Had no problem playing Roland in Borderlands, or Dudley or Sean in Street Fighter.

I know, I know, you really want to revise history and say that the white patriarchy only included crackers in da vidya. But it’s not true. Never was.

But, keep gaslighting and revising history. Like you do

[Mr. Bunce]

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Originally posted by Mr. Bunce:

Are we all going to go through this same song and dance when anything not featuring a white male is released? The aggression is as copy paste as the sexism and racism masquerading as criticism. Literally no one acts or talks like this outside of your small clique.

Things will be okay. You don’t have to be so angry.

Bro I am going to blow your mind. Ready? You think you’re ready but you’re not:

Black characters existed in video games before this.

Had no problem playing Roland in Borderlands, or Dudley or Sean in Street Fighter.

I know, I know, you really want to revise history and say that the white patriarchy only included crackers in da vidya. But it’s not true. Never was.

But, keep gaslighting and revising history. Like you do

You do know you pulled a “I have black friends” moment, right? It’s a form of response often used by racists as *proof* they’re not racist. It’s as old as time.

And you just did it.

Not further questions, your honor. The defense rests.

[好的_ricky]

Originally posted by Mr. Bunce:

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Bro I am going to blow your mind. Ready? You think you’re ready but you’re not:

Black characters existed in video games before this.

Had no problem playing Roland in Borderlands, or Dudley or Sean in Street Fighter.

I know, I know, you really want to revise history and say that the white patriarchy only included crackers in da vidya. But it’s not true. Never was.

But, keep gaslighting and revising history. Like you do

You do know you pulled a “I have black friends” moment, right? It’s a form of response often used by racists as *proof* they’re not racist. It’s as old as time.

And you just did it.

Not further questions, your honor. The defense rests.

Mm, stating that I never an issue with black characters in videos games makes you racist, and stating that black characters existed before this one also makes you a racist. Got it.

I have a really good working definition of “woke;” a person who, usually obsessively, call other people bigots when they are not.

You’ve reduced the word “racist” to a marketing tactic and have done a disservice to marginalized groups by watering down its weight and meaning. Which is pretty racist, if you ask me.

[KOVIKO]

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Originally posted by Mr. Bunce:

Are we all going to go through this same song and dance when anything not featuring a white male is released? The aggression is as copy paste as the sexism and racism masquerading as criticism. Literally no one acts or talks like this outside of your small clique.

Things will be okay. You don’t have to be so angry.

Bro I am going to blow your mind. Ready? You think you’re ready but you’re not:

Black characters existed in video games before this.

Had no problem playing Roland in Borderlands, or Dudley or Sean in Street Fighter.

I know, I know, you really want to revise history and say that the white patriarchy only included crackers in da vidya. But it’s not true. Never was.

But, keep gaslighting and revising history. Like you do

LMAO WOW

"I'm not racist. I liked Barret in FF7!" "Skate was great in Streets of Rage!" "Lucio drops the beat!!" 🤣

Companies CHOOSE to hire SBI because the companies see the criticisms we have of their games. AFAIK, SBI is just a consulting company (if they have mindflayers on staff, lemme know) which means that a company PAYS them for SUGGESTIONS, and then the company decides which—if any—to implement.

If SBI was involved, I bet they suggested Liyana's whole character design. She's freaking adorable!

[好的_ricky]

Originally posted by KOVIKO:

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Bro I am going to blow your mind. Ready? You think you’re ready but you’re not:

Black characters existed in video games before this.

Had no problem playing Roland in Borderlands, or Dudley or Sean in Street Fighter.

I know, I know, you really want to revise history and say that the white patriarchy only included crackers in da vidya. But it’s not true. Never was.

But, keep gaslighting and revising history. Like you do

LMAO WOW

"I'm not racist. I liked Barret in FF7!" "Skate was great in Streets of Rage!" "Lucio drops the beat!!" 🤣

!

Woah woah woaaaahh there, kimosabe. What’s racist about Barret? Kind of an unpopular opinion you got there. But please, explain why his depiction is racist.

Also you don’t understand why companies hire consultancies to be DEI compliant, which is on you.

[Mr. Bunce]

Originally posted by KOVIKO:

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Bro I am going to blow your mind. Ready? You think you’re ready but you’re not:

Black characters existed in video games before this.

Had no problem playing Roland in Borderlands, or Dudley or Sean in Street Fighter.

I know, I know, you really want to revise history and say that the white patriarchy only included crackers in da vidya. But it’s not true. Never was.

But, keep gaslighting and revising history. Like you do

LMAO WOW

"I'm not racist. I liked Barret in FF7!" "Skate was great in Streets of Rage!" "Lucio drops the beat!!" 🤣

Companies CHOOSE to hire SBI because the companies see the criticisms we have of their games. AFAIK, SBI is just a consulting company (if they have mindflayers on staff, lemme know) which means that a company PAYS them for SUGGESTIONS, and then the company decides which—if any—to implement.

If SBI was involved, I bet they suggested Liyana's whole character design. She's freaking adorable!

hahahahaha you're killing me

[Sami]

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Originally posted by Esjay:

It is a revolutionary metroidvania since it's one of the first really fun metroidvanias in almost a decade. The genre has been watered down by a lot of games that are barely even able to be called metroidvania.

Nothing I’ve seen puts it next to Aria.

I would be slightly more interested if they considered actually giving the guy some weapons instead of generic ki blasts.

But I imagine a Belair-like saying something like, “Ooh😬can we really show a bushman with a spear?. Might offend someone.” So they toned it down, like they did with Shadow Gambit’s art style. It just looks bland.

There is melee. The gameplay is tied between two masks, one of which is like ranged, and the other melee. Also Aria is incredibly old by now which is why I didn't even bring it up.

[好的_ricky]

Guys, everyone can’t be racist that doesn’t like your game. You’re alienating large portions of the population from your ideology by calling everyone and everything not in lock step with your views a bigot. And you continue to cement that fact.

[AdrianWerner]

Why do you think they're fake. It's a nice looking platform game with unique setting. There's nothing really wrong with the game. Plus no decent company fakes the reviews. It's not worth the risk of getting blacklisted from Steam.

[KOVIKO]

Originally posted by 好的_ricky:

Originally posted by KOVIKO:

LMAO WOW

"I'm not racist. I liked Barret in FF7!" "Skate was great in Streets of Rage!" "Lucio drops the beat!!" 🤣

!

Woah woah woaaaahh there, kimosabe. What’s racist about Barret? Kind of an unpopular opinion you got there. But please, explain why his depiction is racist.

Also you don’t understand why companies hire consultancies to be DEI compliant, which is on you.

Evidence shows that a diverse staff is more productive

Money doesn't grow on trees. Every step at which you can claim that some "shadowy entity" is giving money is because that "shadowy entity" also understands that a diverse staff is a more productive staff and are also in it for money.

Y'all are all in on capitalism until it doesn't validate your white supremacist notions. 🤡