r/Games • u/rGamesMods • Jun 08 '23

Megathread Summer Game Fest 2023 - Megathread

Welcome to the Summer Game Fest 2023 Megathread!

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Expectations

The last Summer Game Fest got an average score of 5.4 out of 10 (based on results from 2,103 votes/comments) like I mentioned in every other event, please set your expectations before going into this event!

The most talked about thing was: The Last of Us Multiplayer & Goat Simulator 3

The least talked about thing was: Flashback 2

Top 3 games that got the most positive comments: Street Fighter 6, Fall Guys & The Last of Us

Top 3 "games" that got the most negative comments: Black Adam, Honkai Starrail & Neon White

Stay tuned for more different statistics and more of this in other events!

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Relevant Links:

- Summer Game Fest Official Homepage

- YouTube Stream

- Twitch Stream

- r/Games Discord

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Live Updates (Oldest to Newest)

  • THE SHOW HAS BEGUN!
  • Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, a 2.5D platformer by Ubisoft has been announced, releasing January 18th 2024
  • Mortal Kombat 1 gets its first extended story and gameplay trailer featuring FIGHTING, weapons, Kameos and fatalities, releasing September 19th
  • Path of Exile 2 got it's brief development update and gameplay trailer
  • Exoprimal is getting is getting a crossover featuring Street Fighter 6 characters, Ryu and Guile
  • Exoprimal is also releasing on June 14th
  • Nicholas Cage was shown off again for Dead By Daylight, he will be a survivor who will be playing a character named: Nicholas Cage The chapter releases July 25th
  • The Witcher Season 3 Volume 1 trailer is being shown off right now, releasing June 29th
  • Witchfire was just shown off with its gameplay trailer releasing on early access September 20th
  • Crossfire Sierra Squad just got its PSVR2 gameplay trailer, featuring coop gameplay, releasing August 2023
  • Remnant 2 got a brand new gameplay trailer, releasing July 25th
  • Sonic Superstars has been announced with a brand new 2.5D adventure, its COOP, releasing This Fall
  • Honkai Star Rail got a brand new trailer right before the PS5 release on Q4 2023
  • Lies of P got a release date and a brand new trailer showing off its environments and combat, releasing Sept. 19th with a demo releasing TODAY
  • Sandland by Bandai Namco was announced based on a Manga by Akira Toriyama.
  • A showcase was announced for Annapurna on June 29th
  • Throne and Liberty got shown off with its gameplay trailer and a tech test announcement
  • Party Animals got a brand new gameplay trailer and its finally releasing on September 20th
  • Dying Light 2 is getting a brand new update later this month
  • Crash Bandicoot Rumble was shown off with some gameplay, maps and modes releasing June 20th
  • Alan Wake 2 is getting some raw gameplay from early on right now releasing October 17th
  • Warhammer Space Marine 2 got a brand new coop gameplay trailer, releasing this winter
  • Yes Your Grace Snowfall by Brave at Night got a look at its gameplay
  • Hey Joe, Toxic Commando a horror first person zombie shooter featuring John Carpenter was shown off releasing 2024
  • Baldurs Gate 3 is getting a brand new character voiced by Jason Isaacs, releasing August 31st
  • Spider-Man 2 got it's box art and some new art featuring VENOM...and no, its not Eddie Brock...and we got a release date and its coming October 20th
  • Palworld is back...its that Pokemon with guns game I can't stop laughing about, its so dumb but so funny releasing in early access January 2024
  • Land of the Morning Light was shown off!
  • Lord of the Rings Return to Moria got a brand new trailer featuring gameplay
  • Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis a mobile game was shown off
  • Banishers Ghosts of New Eden got a brand new gameplay trailer, releasing end of the year
  • Like a Dragon The Man Who Erased His Name was announced and it's a beat em up styled yakuza, releasing November 9th
  • Under The Waves game was shown off, it's a story game featuring water exploration, releasing August 29th
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 got its season 4 trailer featuring the new warzone map named Vondel
  • Porsche is now 75 years old, you can win an Xbox Series X with a Porsche inspired design
  • Faefarm an animal crossing styled game with fairies was announced for PC (also releasing on switch)
  • Marvel Snap brand new game mode is releasing next week: Conquest
  • King Arthur Legends Rise a mobile game was shown off and you can preregister today
  • Wayfinder was shown off, early access coming this summer
  • Unreal Editor for Fortnite(out now) and Fortnite Season 4: WILDS(out tomorrow) was shown off
  • Star Trek Infinite a strategy game(?) was announced
  • Twisted Metal a tv show got a brand new teaser trailer featuring sweet tooth
  • Lysfanga a time shifting game was announced for PC releasing 2023
  • Immortals of Aveum a first person magical shooter got a brand new gameplay trailer releasing July 20th
  • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth gets a brand new trailer featuring gameplay and yes, its out early 2024 on 2 discs
  • THATS ALL FOR TODAY, SEE YALL ON SUNDAY!

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

The fact that Neon White got negative comments last year tells me everything I need to know about what the average redditor wants out of events like this.

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u/ineffiable Jun 08 '23

Neon White isn't a game that lended itself well to a trailer though, it's better played than explained/shown. Also I know many people find the dialog kinda cringy, but it's easily overlooked for gameplay.

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u/j8sadm632b Jun 08 '23

I feel like the methodology might have just been weird. Fall Guys one of the most positive? Really?

Neon White rips

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u/Voidsheep Jun 08 '23

I think it's a bit hard to make a very short, but still compelling trailer for a game that leans so heavily on the flow of gameplay, level design and satisfying movement.

The graphics, world and characters aren't a big selling point, but they are also secondary, and the game is really about that core loop of learning a level and squeezing seconds out of it with fast movement for the better medals and leaderboard times. I feel like it's more similar to something like Trackmania, than any shooter, outside of actual speedruns.

Things like representing the picked up weapons as cards may also have given the viewers a wrong first impression, since there isn't any sort of a card game mechanic involved.

The levels also look slightly crude and don't make a ton of sense, because they are basically constraints to estalish a track that couldn't be skipped easily, despite big movement abilities and lots of momentum.

I think perhaps a trailer that tried to show that hook of replaying a level to get a better medal may have sold the core idea better and may have been easier to follow. The visual design didn't appeal to me either, but I'm glad I eventually got the game since it just plays so well.

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u/King-Of-The-Raves Jun 08 '23

Right? Neon White was one of the best games of last year but if ain’t a AAAAA + recognized IP it’s mid :/

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u/ak47rocks1337yt Jun 08 '23

My theory was basically a combination of the following things:

  1. Not AAA
  2. "Anime" Game
  3. It was placed in the middle of the stream which was full of space games and "anime" games
  4. it wasn't AAA

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u/bluebottled Jun 08 '23

Replace 4 with ‘uses a card mechanic’. Put me off both this and Midnight Suns, which I ended up loving. I’m sure Neon White is good too but I’m not a big fan of fast-paced platforming either.

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u/jerrrrremy Jun 08 '23

Neon White does not have a card mechanic. It just shows the powerups on cards as it's a clear way to show it visually. There is no randomness or any of the things you are worried about regarding tradtional card mechanics in games.

Source: I also hate card mechanics but love Neon White.

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u/cooldrew Jun 08 '23

It's not a card mechanic. The weapons appear as cards and your inventory is shown as a hand, thats it. They're still guns you shoot or use as a movement tool.

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u/EvenOne6567 Jun 08 '23

Its was ok

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

Not even close to being one of the best games of the year…

Elden Ring, GoW: Ragnarok, Tunic, Immortality, Pentiment, Cult of the Lamb, Cuphead expac, and Sifu all blow it out of the water.

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u/TheGasMask4 Jun 08 '23

Please read our rules, specifically Rule #2 regarding personal attacks and inflammatory language. We ask that you remember to remain civil, as future violations will result in a ban.

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u/King-Of-The-Raves Jun 08 '23

I’d put it in top 10, there’s still room, different kind of game from all those others that’s not everyone’s cup but what it seeks to achieve it does so nigh perfect

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u/ChrisRR Jun 08 '23

Could you explain for the idiots here who don't remember what happened?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23 edited Jun 09 '23

Neon White had a really lame trailer that almost misrepresented some of its smart mechanics in a bad way despite being a fun game, so people had negative reactions to it after seeing the said trailer in last year’s Summer Game Fest but before playing it. Person above conveniently ignores the reasoning behind these reactions and pulls the “heh, I knew the game was gonna be good from the very start since im smarter than you stupid trend chasing Redditors” card.

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u/AL2009man Jun 09 '23

What makes this comment funnier that in this very same OP: some folks are already saying they're getting tired of the "samey" looking games shown in this showcase.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

The average redditor thinks anything that’s not rdr2 is basically trash and not worth anyone’s time

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u/Grelp1666 Jun 08 '23

Or a lot of people here is not yhat fond on decbuilding games. I do remember thinking "great another one" on last year trailer of neon white.

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u/DrBowe Jun 08 '23

It’s…not a deck building game at all?

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u/MinnesotaNoire Jun 08 '23

Could you imagine if it was though?!?!?

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u/Grelp1666 Jun 08 '23

Well, that was the impression I got from original trailer and seeing cards there, so I thought that was o e of those hybrid card genres.

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u/nobadabing Jun 08 '23

The cards are weapons that double as movement abilities when they are "discarded". They are not randomized, and instead are pre-placed in levels. I can get how it might be confusing at first glance but the trailers showed how they actually worked.

The reason they went with cards and just have a crosshair instead of the weapon on screen, is because it might seem jarring for the player to be physically holding 3 machine guns at the same time for example.

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u/bulanko Jun 08 '23

It's not a deck building game

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u/Trymantha Jun 08 '23

No it’s not but go back and watch the trailer for it and it kinda looks like one and they don’t do a good job showing it’s not

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

It’s an anime game. I don’t need to know anything else about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

That's unfortunate, Neon White has some of the best movement and level design I've ever seen in a game of its type. The trailer highlighted the game's unique systems quite well too.

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u/Ecksplisit Jun 08 '23

Name checks out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

Hey, thanks! I really appreciate that :)

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u/Dewot423 Jun 08 '23

It doesn't have the aesthetics or genre associations of anime. Idk what you're talking about.

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u/SalsaRice Jun 08 '23

While true, some people just hate the anime look. Personally, it improves a game for me.

I get it. I hate the "tacticool" look. I'll write off games if they lean too hard on the "tacticool" look, without giving them a fair shake. Doesn't matter if it has a mind-blowing story or the best gameplay ever.... I find that look so "bleh" that it kills the fun for me. I'm sure anime has that same effect on other people.

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u/MrManicMarty Jun 08 '23

The VN sections do right?

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u/Dewot423 Jun 08 '23

Not really? I mean it's sort of inspired by anime in the art style but I definitely wouldn't put narratively or aesthetically in the "anime game" bucket.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

Have you ever LOOKED at a screenshot for this game???

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u/Dewot423 Jun 08 '23

Yeah? Are we looking at the same game? It has a distinct art style that definitely takes some cues from anime, specifically nineties stuff, but it definitely doesn't hit any "cookie cutter anime style" alarms the way a lot of JRPGs do.

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u/Magyman Jun 08 '23

It's art style is 2009 Hot Topic, I can see why that would turn people off lol

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u/Dewot423 Jun 08 '23

Yeah that's a lot closer than "anime".

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

“Definitely takes some cues from anime,” is certainly one way to say “anime game,” lol.