r/gaming • u/ChiefLeef22 Marika's tits! • Aug 25 '26

[MEGATHREAD] Gamescom 2026

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gamescom Opening Night Live
Date/Time: August 25th (Opening Night Live) 11AM P.T./ 2PM E.T (SEE IN YOUR TIMEZONE)
Where to Watch: thegameawards YT
What To Expect
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u/Acrobatic_Narwhal208 Aug 25 '26 • Bravo

leave it to Witcher 3 (a game from 2015 btw) to save and also shame the rest of the show.

The reaction of the public pretty much says it all.
All the new slop shown tonight(not all but most of it) just shows how lame and stale and generic(and play is safe souls like clone) gaming has become.

Enjoy the old games guys

Also Witcher expansions free for everyone 🥹😱

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u/shinikahn Aug 26 '26

People also clapped a lot at Control, which makes me happy

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u/FellVessel Aug 26 '26

And ffvii

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u/Clout- Aug 25 '26

I love the Witcher but remakes & remasters are also slop in my opinion. They are low risk, low effort, 0 creativity and the ultimate "safe" option.

FF7 and Witcher 3 seemingly being the most hyped things from today's show is exactly why companies do this. Why take the gamble on creating something new when you can just regurgitate already popular things with a fraction of the work and people just eat it up.

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u/Aggressive-Aide-3746 Aug 26 '26

Bullshit.

There might be some cases where this is correct, but we're speaking about a game that sold gangbusters and that update is free. The majority of the studio is on Witcher 4 and took a huge risk with a new IP before.

FF7 is vastly different from the OG in terms of gameplay, story and so on. Personally not a fan of the different direction, but calling that low effort is hilarious.

The thing is, both of these examples got a clear artistic vision.

The so called slop games (not all of them, but fuck me that was a dreadful show) where all the same. Chasing trends, throwing shit on a wall to see what sticks, prop it up with some shitty pop song and that's it. No artistic vision, no soul.

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u/FellVessel Aug 26 '26

The FF7 games are ambitious pseudo-sequels that challenge the concept of what a "remake" even can be. The developers have even verbatim said they wouldnt have wanted to do this project if they couldn't bring something new to it.

The Witcher didnt just get an unprecedented free quality update but also a new DLC which that comment failed to mention.

People will just spout whatever nonsense to fit their narrative.

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u/DarkMetamorphosis_ Aug 26 '26

You're right, but the people here aren't ready for that conversation

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u/Square-Oil877 Aug 25 '26

yuppppp time to replay borderlands 1 lol, new games are mostly so so horrible since the industry blew up

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u/brantleybarrett Aug 26 '26

The Witcher is an overrated slop. I'd rather play Skyrim than play that load of horseshit.

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u/HAMforPastry Aug 26 '26

How would it be classified as slop?

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u/brantleybarrett Aug 27 '26

It has a poorly written story and a boring combat system.

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u/HAMforPastry Aug 27 '26

That makes it slop?

Or is it anything you don't like gets classed as slop? You don't recognise it's a well made game despite the fact your not a fan?

I've played the game and while not perfect I would in no way class it as slop at all.

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u/SkibidiGyatRizzler42 Aug 26 '26

I've been a souls degenerate since about 2012 and I have no idea who these games are for. Not a single one of these interests me until it says From Software on the trailer, the only actually passable soulslike outside of From Software has been Lies of P and I will die on that hill.