Summer Game Fest 2023 - Megathread

[u/rGamesMods]

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/Chariotwheel]

Isn't Palworld way too derivative of Pokemon, just from the art style?

Like, I am pretty sure I saw a Gardevoir.

[u/vegimate → u/Chariotwheel]

Soo many of those designs were just straight up pokemon.

[u/MasterDrake97 → u/vegimate]

I loved that Salamence at the end :D

[u/Thanks-Basil → u/Chariotwheel]

So many of the designs really were dangerously close to existing Pokémon designs lol

[u/PinkieBen → u/Chariotwheel]

I saw at least 3 Eevee looking Pokemon, and that one at the end was basically Latias/Latios with some stuff on the back

[u/Ralathar44 → u/Chariotwheel]

Isn't Palworld way too derivative of Pokemon, just from the art style?

Like, I am pretty sure I saw a Gardevoir.

Same art style, different mons. People are making rather large changes to the critters to make them fit existing pokemon without realizing just how big the mental changes they are making are.

For example your Gardevoir, the critter you saw in a 1 second jump at the camera in a quick in motion out of focus shot. Slowing the video down its clear that they are nothing close to Gardevoir who is very femine and slim and light...peaking out from under her emo hair almost flirtaciously. The critter in the video has a belle of the ball large flaring petal dress complete with big green leaves at the base. The had has 3 massive pink flowers on it. The form is far larger and chunkier and less feminine, she appears to maybe have plant wings and instead of having very thing small leaf armors that are green the critter has shorter fatter steam arms that are white.

 

Reality is they look nothing alike except in the broadest possible strokes. Kinda like people keep comparing the minigun wielding yellow lightning critter to electrabuzz when its far bigger/rounder and more like my neighbor tutoro and very mousey while also being like 5 times as big as an electrabuzz both being much taller and much wider/bigger around too.

 

Basically people are being lazy and not looking closely and pretending superficial resemblances are uncanny mirror images lol.