Matt James

And gamers hate that.

They don't want to be told what they like.

It only occasionally works.

No, in this particular genre, open those lines of communication and take feedback and just present yourself as being really responsive to the community.

And that is your best shot at creating a live service game in 2026.

Well, I don't know if Aloy is an Epo baby, personally.

I don't have those facts.

But I will say, Aloy is not really featured in this game.

She makes an appearance in the trailer, but she's not going to be one of the playable main characters here.

And so I can't help but recall a previous live service game

set in the Batman universe without Batman that did not go over particularly well.

Now, that being said, I do think it's a little questionable to take the star out of your game and create a bunch of new characters and expect that people are going to be into that.

But part of me is a little bit optimistic about this game.

And again, I'm not someone who plays these types of games, but I do see...

enough monster hunter in this for there to be something interesting about the gameplay.

And I, you know, as much as we can take a look at the facts of this and, and like what I just mentioned and just the, the, the state of the live service game landscape right now being really dark, we can look at those things.

But I looked at the trailer and I,

I think if the game plays good, people are going to play it.

And there's a chance that the game plays good.

I don't know.