Andy Cortez (didn't pay for the blue check)

Shout out to @godfree for letting me know that I AM IN TIMES SQUARE HOLY SHIT. thanks @Twitch for the cool opportunity 💜

and thats what's wild about different tastes. i liked but didnt love thecombat for NG4 and rest of the game was pretty bad IMO and that equation meant that i thought the game was fine. i love the combat in Nioh and think everything else around it is meh and that led to me giving it a 7 out of 10 good. its crazy how people have different tastes, gene :) (this tweet is meant for other reply guys to read and hopefully understand how some people vibe with certain games more)

since i don’t like crimson desert’s combat feel, people are asking what combat feel i enjoy and ninja gaiden 4 last year is a great example. classic platinum games in general. “Here comes the feeling”

@saurongrant okay but if i gave you a burger with fries and the fries were stale, you'd point that out, right?

@TheAndyCortez @LukeStephens @LegacyKillaHD Isn’t that part of the problem. They are meant to review the game that has been made not the creative choices they would have made were they developing the game.

Uhhh Is this going to be one of those games critics don't like it but users love it? These Crimson Desert review scores are not great so far... 🙃

@Hoodman2nd @LOL531640917 i legit think it exclusively has awesome characters lol like if youre lame or boring, youre not allowed to be in the game

@LOL531640917 @TheAndyCortez elden Ring has good characters though

Fwiw: I've been saying for months, if Crimson Desert tries to go for a strong narrative and sucks, I hope everything else around it is awesome. Breath of the Wild didn't do anything story-wise for me but everything around fuckin rocked and it's one of my faves of all time. That being said, almost every NPC in zelda games are likeable/silly/weird/interesting so that at least made character interactions fun IMO.

@TheHJbear ive only played 2 hours. i didn't review it. you talk to a lot of NPCs. your character is kinda meh. just wait to form your opinion.

@TheAndyCortez It presented an open world sandbox game that let's you do what you find fun.

@theonly3l0t3 GO SPURS GO

@TheAndyCortez Thought y’all’s review was solid, and leaves it up to people to make their own decision. Excited to watch the stream tonight Go Spurs Go

@thebesttake5 dialog isnt voice acting

@TheAndyCortez Bro stop it, i love Zelda games and botw is on my top 5 of all time, but most npcs have very limited dialogue, they make some silly sounds and sometimes will tell you some random information and that's about it.

@DRVEMUSIC just wait to play the game and form your own opinion lol

@TheAndyCortez But they didn't go for a stromg narrative. It was reported on months before release after preview events that this is not a narrative driven game yet people are dogging on the story for not being robust and engaging

@Neumaaaan i bet you love some games i think are bad. i bet we love a lot of the same games. different strokes!

@TheAndyCortez Ngl after that veilguard review I can’t take anything yall say seriously

@locust9 oh of course, i was just excited about existing in it all. seems like Crimson Desert has a lot of that too!

@TheAndyCortez zelda didn’t have a great story but it had a great world that was coherent and the parts of the world all worked together

@troytrilla @GamingHighPries Damn you played it early? How'd you get a copy?

@TheAndyCortez @GamingHighPries “Not every game is trying to accomplish the same thing, but we are only looking for things the game isn’t trying to accomplish.”

@TheMissingDuck Okay you want comedy, here's a funny ass statement lol - "I love story games but critics pick and choose when to forgive games without a story. Like platformers"

@TheAndyCortez @LukeStephens Keep it going. it'll actually get funny next reply bro I promise

@Byron_Welsh2 Nah that game rocked. Lots of people still look to me for gaming opinions so things are still going very well for me. Hope this helps 👍

@TheAndyCortez @FrostyDanny Because if your a “Gaming Journalist” and you liked a steaming pile of shit like Dragon Age Veilguard your opinion suddenly become completely fucking irrelevant … hope this helps 👍

@sadotthegamer @FrostyDanny Nah I LOVED it. It was a 7 (good) that turned into a 9(amazing). It hit for me. I'm sure you love some games that make people question your judgement. It happens to everyone 🤷

@TheAndyCortez @FrostyDanny Anyone that rated Veilguard higher than a 7 definitely needs their judgment questioned and this is coming from someone that enjoyed the game

@JerryinCA @Durrtydoesit well quitting elden ring means you missed out on one of the highest rated games ever. if you love this one, its sitting at a 77. does that mean youre wrong? or everyone else? or maybe people just have different opinions?

@TheAndyCortez @Durrtydoesit If it sucks yeah, this looks more fun than elden ring though and I am looking forward to playing it tonight.

How’s the narrative depth in Tears of the Kingdom and Elden Ring???

@Victor_Lucas OUTRIDERS I MISS YOU

Sometimes a 7/10 is your 10/10.

@JerryinCA @Durrtydoesit are you gonna skip out on this too?

@TheAndyCortez @Durrtydoesit Elden Ring has no story at all, I spent dozens of hours on it before I gave up because there was no real reason for any of it.

@FrostyDanny yep but you already knew that, you didnt have to ask lol what does that have to do with someone saying "games journos are gonna be frustrated with the lack of hand holding" and that end up not being correct

@TheAndyCortez @LukeStephens @LegacyKillaHD Didn't your same games media/coworkers love Dragon Age Veilguard and Starfield?

@8BitClosedFist it's an atrocity. 85 minimum. what sucks is lots of outlets giving it a 4/5 which equates to 80 for them 😩

Lies of P being an 80 is kinda crazy

@GamingHighPries not every game is trying to accomplish the same thing. you dont gotta agree with the 7 out of 10 reviews but you also havent even played the game yet so just wait to form your own opinion lol relax

@TheAndyCortez The contradiction in your own statement defending your media friends and coworkers “wanting compelling characters and an interesting story.” You all rated ER and BOTW higher, when it suffers the same problems. Stop gaslighting