Editorial: No Man’s Sky, Fallout 4, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: Are They Overhyped?

Editorial: No Man’s Sky, Fallout 4, and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: Are They Overhyped? This is going to be a rather overabundant editorial, so to save time; we’ll get straight into it: No Man’s Sky is a masterwork, the ultimate craft of the medium, categorically speaking, it’s not even a game, but an artwork. No Man’s Sky’s perpetual building model makes it seem endless, like the universe itself. Even if all you do is jump around worlds, the game is worth playing just for the experience alone. Also, for those of you out there who claim it’s just rinse and repea, I daresay so is every other game ever invented. Also, we still don’t even know the tip of the tip of the surface of just what this game can do. The question I state is: is this game overrated? Is this going to be hyped so much, it will be almost comical to what the given purpose of this game was meant to be? I’ve seen about as much as anyone else has, and yes, we don’t even know if there is a legitimate storyline, let-alone a direct goal of the game. Still, it is something that may very-well be in a museum in the future, and be well-ahead of its time. In the history of games, only a few IPs have ever been even close to the scale of this game, and those few games are still dwarfed in comparison. If you are a gamer, you have known about No Man’s Sky since as early as 2013, and have been paying close attention since 2014. I’ve not been out of the loop per say, but I’ve not seemed to find it as anything else as a gimmick. I’ve not changed my stance, because the game seems hyped to be the next big thing, or worst: the biggest thing in gaming since Pong. My opponents will try to dissuade my cries of hpe b trying to say that this is how games should be, but I’ll also remind people that this game is not even set to release anytime soon. Like the lovers of the Last Guardian who are ridiculously loyal to the point of being sheep, No Man’s Sky comes off like some noir trend, or more accurately; a gimmick that will flop. Is this game hyped? Not at all! In-fact, it is as big as it claims to be, and yes, it will be accurately portrayed as it has been this whole time, but the real hype comes from overstating its importance on the gaming medium. I also believe that if this game is only a DLC, it will lose a great deal of gamers who will not want to put a 100+GB download onto their Playstation 4. Even if you have a 2TB hard drive in your system, that’s still pushing it, as the game can even grow to be 500GB, if not greater due to the perpetual building platform. Still, I’d love to see this game work in theory, because it can open boundless opportunities for other games for dynamically shifting the gameplay of bigger sandbox titles, such as the Fallout series. Yes, a shameless segue, but a segue nonetheless. I’ve already spent some time talking about Fallout 4, and yes, I plan on doing a full review come late December/early January, but do not let my enthusiasm for this long-awaited title fool you; it is already overly hyped. Yes, even Bethesda can be overhyped, despite being one of the best publishers/developers to date. Even the new Doom seems sheepishly admired. Let’s focus on Fallout 4 though, and why not use Fallout 3 for reference. Fallout 4 is sited to be the best of the best for the series, so-far. I wasn’t a fan of the way they promoted the game at E3, despite my inhereant geeking out over the twenty-plus minutes of gameplay. The hype was essentially real, it looked almost impossible, but I must’ve watched the entire demonstration of the game nearly fifty times, and I still see a great deal of amazing quality this game will bring to current generation systems. I almost want to run out and rebuy the Playstation 4, just to get a larger hard drive. Fallout 4 has set the internet on fire, almost as swiftly as the new FF VII reveal. The game looks to be the most hyped game in recent years, despite the loyal fan base that are already demanding a new Elder Scrolls, to which I say boo-hoo, let the Science Fiction legion have their share too! Still, the cause for complaint so-far seems to be just what you can do, and in-terms of hours put into a game, I can see this game passing well into four-hundred hours of gameplay, even more-so if you add in the inevitable DLC. So it’s obvious this game is hyped, but is that necessarily a bad thing? Doubtful, because the game itself looks polished, but will it be fun? I say yes, but it’s not the golden calf gamers expect. Fallout 3, for example, was astoundingly fun, despite looking like it was a giant desert, with a pretty accurate display of Washington, D.C., but it was nice to see a game that was vast, but entertaining. Fallout 4 looks to follow suit, but more was explained than shown, and that is always bothersome. However, it was also very apparent that the game was promising to deliver on a great deal of the promises put forward in the demo. I’d still admit that this game is very hyped, and probably will have as many comical flaws as it’s predecessors, and as much as I tout over how aggravating it is to see games that are so buggy and imperfect, it makes two generation before look like solid gold, the internet has made developers lazy, and publishers greedy. Still, it’s insulting to the gamer, who will inevitably be paying close to $150.00 a game if they want the, “Season Pass” (sic) it’s sad that gaming has gone “Hollywood” in its approach. Overall, Fallout 4 will be at least half as good as its been portrayed, and the story itself seems almost abled to be molded by every aspect of choice you make, but I do hope there is at least half of the story in the game that was seen in Fallout 3. Now for the most hyped game, it’s sickening: Metal Gear Solid V. MGSV is going to be so hyped, and so terrible, and just plain caricature of the actual series, I dread to see the final product. I cannot imagine the sort of cringing pain we will feel when plaing this game. Konami shouldn’t see a dime from anyone, and it’s a blatant sin what they’ve done. In my eyes, they’re monsters, and if you give them a dime of your money, you’re no longer a gamer! I’m sorry, you are a tool, and I say that with no shame. Konami has pissed on you, and you all have the undignified gaw to open your mouths and gargle. Face it, Konami doesn’t deserve a pittance of respect, and I don’t mean to literally speak to “you” but if you even buy this game, you are a whore. So, Metal Gear Solid V is going to be the last real game in the series, and hopefully Kojima put a ton of subliminal anti-Konami stuff in it, just as a blatant middle-finger to the system. Konami are assholes, and have destroyed every award-winning, moneymaking franchise it’s ever made, it’s like Bizzarro is their president. All joking aside, Metal Gear Solid V looks passé already, and like the Last Guardian, these games should’ve been out years ago. Remember, Metal Gear Solid V was slated for both PS3 and PS4 systems. Also, most of the games we see this year, will be delayed almost two years later than the slated release dates. I think it’s disgraceful what we as the gaming community are willing to put up with, and yes, I do believe if they do take the time, the game should be better, but really; whenever is that the case? Ugh! So, Metal Gear Solid V is more hyped than Space Jam 2, and that’s hype, I mean so hyped that it’s terrifying. I think it’s hysterical how horrid this game looks, and the lackluster summer sales are proof that the industry itself is hurt, and Konami is about to Enron itself, literally, (Yes, I started the go Enron yourself facsimile a few years back, so I own it!) and I will say this: I would rather eat the dirtiest burnt crow, then ever say that this game will be good. If you buy this game, I hate you, I’d rather play E.T. for Atari in the pits of Hell for all eternity than ever play another Konami title. The hype is in the pudding: The game looks great, but the waning desire for this title seems almost lethargic, even Kojima wanted it to die way back in Metal Gear Solid 2, and I truly believe he will do better at another company. I can’t even talk about this game, it irks me, and if it ever got canceled, I wouldn’t shed one blessed tear, and I absolutely loved the series, and it pains me to say it, as I also said about Silent Hill, if the series must die, let it die now, so it can die with dignity. So is the hype real? I don’t think it will be for these titles. I am excited for some of them, but realistically, most are going to be lost in time once we start seeing actual games for the current generation. It’s hard to believe the systems came out nearly three years ago, and realistically, none of them had legitimate titles released to actually excite most gamers. We buy into the façade that all these game are critical to the culture of games, but sadly, the only game so-far to fit the less commercial, more artistic string, is No Man’s Sky…unfortunately. There’s nothing apparently interesting coming out, and what aggravates me is now we obsess over these so-called “works of art” that are harken to 2-D sidescrollers, when we have systems that are so powerful, we can create whole galaxies within them! Maybe I’m just getting old, or maybe nobody cares, but it seems to me that we are seeing a pitiful end to one of the largest niche markets in history. I respect change, but this is sheer asinine gaming. We’re screwed.