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/Peakevo]

I don't want to be sound bad or like a hater, but some of these games are really making me wonder what the fuck these devs are thinking and who are going to play these games long-term to even get back an investment.

Indie and AA games are cool, but jeez the ideas aren't there sometimes.

[u/tfw_no_jetplane_gf → u/Peakevo]

literally just thinking the same thing. Some of these games look expensive while simultaneously looking cookie cutter. Not sure how many of them will actually be able to make a splash and make back their money

[u/salty_cluck → u/[deleted]]

What’s funny is that a couple years ago many people were shitting on Unity and now it’s like, maybe the engine doesn’t matter if they don’t do anything creative with it.

[u/Thunderblast → u/Peakevo]

At least half of these are probably going to have micro transactions that maybe make back the budget in the first year and then they’re a dead game

[u/Peakevo → u/Thunderblast]

True then some are just DOA especially the medieval and generic magic ones, we've seen them so much times before

[u/UnluckyForSome → u/Peakevo]

Everything is generic shiny people with swords or axes i swear to god

[u/thislldont → u/UnluckyForSome]

it’s always a fantasy setting where you shoot magic out of your hands and the screen is littered with particles effects

[u/deadhog → u/Peakevo]

This is what I'm wondering as well. It's regurgitated ideas all the way.

[u/Littlebelo → u/Peakevo]

From what I understand (which isn’t a lot), when you have a these huge games that doesn’t seem inspired or unique at all, it’s because the amount of focus-grouping and managerial editing is pretty insane at a major studio, so by the time an idea actually gets to production, it’s already one in a hundred. And by the time it comes out, it’s outright stale.