Tides of Annihilation

[Nag]

https://insider-gaming.com/tides-of-annihilation-jennifer-english-steps-down/

 

Hope she's OK.

[Maf]

There goes this game’s chance of winning GotY 

[one-armed dwarf]

Did not know until reading it online but apparently she split up with her gf who she met doing Baldur's Gate 3, who is also in this game as the villain I think 

[Nag]

That's some soap opera type shit right there...

[Nag]

 

Wh wh wh what... ho ho how di di di did this happen?

 

Looks like they've redesigned her characters face to match too. Good for her though, I thought she was great as Grace.

 

 https://www.dualshockers.com/grace-ashcroft-actor-steps-in-as-new-tides-of-annihilation-lead/

[one-armed dwarf]

Reading my posts earlier in the thread, I forgot that I was kinda into it initially. Kinda losing me a bit in its recent showings 

[Nag]

 

[Nag]

 

[Maf]

The action looks great and resembles Bayonetta sometimes. But this overall Stellar Blade/Beast of Reincarnation style or personality is a bit soulless and I don’t like it 

[Maryokutai]

I'm completely over this barbie doll character design and I haven't even played any of these games. There was this new Hoyoverse game at the show last night and it looked borderline Elden Ring in terms of art direction, and quite impressively so. Yet it had characters like this running around, torpedoing any kind of coherence and believability in its visual design.

 

As for this game specifically I can't get over how bad the dialogue is, too. If you told me most of it was written by AI I'd believe you. I still think the game itself look quite alright, but there are other games that do as well without the other caveats, so I'm likely giving this is a miss. 

[one-armed dwarf]

On 13/02/2025 at 14:39, one-armed dwarf said:

Looks like combat is very 'Stand' based.

I was right, they're fans of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

 

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/action/tides-of-annihilation-devs-took-inspiration-from-berserk-final-fantasy-and-uh-jojos-bizarre-adventure-we-love-jojo/

 

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The devs go on to talk about all of the anime that has played a part in inspiring them as creators. "For example, in this game, knights appear and fight alongside Gwendolyn," they say. "This feature has a similar vibe to the Stands from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. We love JoJo, and you can see its influence in the way that the knights come forth and fight together.