>The game managed to reference an earlier game in the franchise
>Wow. It's a masterpiece

>>715177867 (OP)
you have to go up and left again though in the bottom pic

>>715177867 (OP)
It feels nice to know that someone who worked on the game has at least cursory knowledge of the predecessor. A lot of new entries in long running franchises feel like the designers have never even heard of the older games, at least to me.

>>715177867 (OP)
References in video games are usually fine and enjoyable. They're much better than references in films, where they just lazily copy a famous scene frame-by-frame or throw the Wilhelm Scream over it and pretty like it's some epic inside joke.

>>715177867 (OP)
>game pays homage to one niche thing from previous entry in the series
>completely shits on everything else
>makes a complete bastardization of everything the series has been previously to the point it feels like a different game wearing the skin of a beloved franchise

>Wow. It's a masterpiece.

>>715181645
It even shits on the homages so I don't know why OP is even bringing this up.

>>715181170
>character in an animated movie gets on a motorcycle
>sigh in anticipation as I wait for the animators to pull out yet another Akira slide