Welcome back to The Nerd Stash Show!

With the recent backlash involving Marvel’s Avengers and Destiny 2, we wanted to have a larger conversation about the looter shooter genre. Why do so many games in the genre seem to fall flat? Are people starting to get tired of the genre, entirely? We (try to) tackle all those questions and more in this episode.

Also on the show, we share our reactions to EA finally revealing Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone, potential details on Obsidian’s Avowed, and some Back 4 Blood reviews along with our first impressions of the game. 

As always, you can check out timestamps for every major topic down below. If you want to learn more about any of the topics we talked about, we’ll also provide sources for that as well.

Timestamps

Battlefield 2042’s Hazard Zone Officially Unveiled - 4:22

EA Blog Post

Hazard Zone Trailer

Details On Obsidian’s Avowed Have Reportedly Been Revealed - 19:06

Windows Central Report

Back 4 Blood Review Round-Up And Our First Impressions - 28:25

The Gamer Review

Game Informer Review

VGC Review

ScreenRant Review

The Nerd Stash Beta Impressions Article

Why Do So Many Looter Shooter Games Have The Same Problems? - 36:51

VGC Article On Marvel’s Avengers And Paid XP Boosts

Eurogamer Article On Bungie Removing Forsaken Content In 2022

Changes To The Nerd Stash Show And What Next Week’s Episode Will Look Like - 1:03:29 

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