FIFA13 is just the gift that keeps on giv'n

It is unnecessary in the sense that the game would sell anyway. But if they do it well, it has great potential. So happy to have it and see what it can do.

I can imagine a 3PS style but with very limited gun/ammo, so far more melee combat, makeshift weapon etc.

That music is sublime. Just another feather in the its bow.

Doesn't matter if its useful (though I am sure someone will find something useful for it). The XBox does it, so Sony has to too. What surprises me more, is that they didn't just buy a company who already knew how to do it.

The more interesting question is what new innovation MS will come up with for 720. We know about the cable TV thingy, but what else. The PS4's big play is the streaming ability and the uses they will find for that.

@satam55 : based on those specs, the PS4 should do it easily.

There seems to be a lot more MMOs ported to consoles of late, rather than just focusing on PCs. I wonder why the change.

I am really still unsure about this release and why it is any great advancement over 5. I hope to be wrong, but the footage above doesn't convince me.

@get2sammyb Sweet dreams!

I really want to play this, but don't know how to find the time. More than anything the atmosphere just looks so haunting.

Stop teasing me!

What? With micro transactions and releasing half of their game's original content afterwards as DLC, they don't need this anymore?

Leaving your tag line alone...lol...my two questions are, was that game-play (not convinced)? and is it PS3 only or PS3/PS4?

@get2sammyb No, not that I can see, but I haven't had a chance to play the full version yet.

Downloaded the update yesterday only to start the game and have it download a new GUI (left it overnight). So all I got was to watch a couple of status bars move. It doesn't appear to have installed any trophies on the system though.

@Philson you are kidding right? We should not get our hopes up. Oh and expect to pay 50% more than the rest of the world, just because.

As Dust is free, I will download and give it a another try, but traditionally they shut down their servers for maintenance every night between 10-11pm AEST, which makes it all but unplayable for me, and probably most Australians. Prime gaming time. If they want it to work, they will need mirror servers.

I may be interested in GT6 (love GT5), if Buthurst is one of their 7 new locations. They filmed it in March 2012, so there is certainly hope. Excuse to get my logitech wheel out again.

As for why PS3, I honestly think that it is timing. I assume they were too far down the development cycle when they got the PS4 dev kit. To really use it, they would need to build a new engine largely from scratch.

As for Sony's strategy, I have said before I think it is more developer driven, than Sony driven. With the cost of making AAA games today, no one can afford to only release on PS4 (or 720) until after they have sold a enough units. Developers would go broke, because not enough games would sell to recover costs.They have to release for both.
So I agree with rastamadeus that 2015 will be PS3/720s year.

Birds of Prey is great, if ridiculously hard, but I guess flying a fighter jet is the war took some practice. If this is by the same mob, it might be interesting, I will look out for more info.

The teaser certainly tells you nothing.

@charlesnarles : lol. I probably am a graphics whore, and agree that this is the best looking game I have seen to date, but i still didn't have that reaction.
@Paranoimia : Did you think up the anagram or was it how you brain first read it?

Either way, you both just made my day.

Ever read Jonathan Livingston Seagull? Not to mention the great soundtrack by Neil diamond...no really.

This is exactly why I don't subscribe to PS+.

Kingdoms of Amalur, Demon’s Souls, ICO & Shadow of the Colossus and 20% off Metro: Last Light in the one month!

There just aren't enough hours in the day. I struggle to keep up as it is.
I am very tempted to pick up Metro though.

@get2sammyb : Care for a little wager?!

Price is the second biggest issue for the Vita in Australia. I laughed at your opening paragraph, because $350 is exactly what the Wifi version cost in Australia at launch. The 3G model was $450! They have come down a little since then, around $50, and most stores have simply dropped the 3G altogether. What a surprise. And retailers wonder why everyone in Aus buys from overseas on the internet.

The biggest issue, however, is memory cards. With digital downloads becoming more and more important (who buys CDs nowadays), the idea that a 4G memory card is even useful is just silly. Can you imagine an iPhone releasing with a 4GB model! Their smallest is 16GB.

Yes, Sony's 32GB cards cost $95 which is expensive and SD cards are buckets cheaper. But more importantly, SDHC cards come in sizes up to 128GB (for similar prices to Sony’s 32GB) and new SDXC cards come in 256GB versions (ok at a cost!). The point being Sony's tech is so far behind.

I honestly believe proprietary memory cards was the dumbest decision Sony made regarding the Vita, constricting them with both size and price. Honestly, Vita 2.0 needs to be SDHC compatible.

http://www.cnet.com.au/playstation-vita-launch-date-pricing-announced-339324580.htm

@SurgicalSlinky : I agree. I mean what? The industry is hyped to find out what the new XBox will be like when revealed in a week? Wow...who would have thought?!

It's going to look like a black box.

Dragons Dogma primarily and finishing Dragon born on Skyrim (hmm there may be a theme there). Intermittently playing Catherine and still have to get back to Bioshock, which I don't seem to have enjoyed as much as most. Will finish it, but it may be my last Bioshock game. Got bored with the first one too.

I'm still only really getting started on Dragons Dogma, which was my vote (glad I finally picked it up). Still not sure I have my head around it all, but can see I could easily while away many hours on this one.

Honestly, I have low expectations of the graphics, not expecting any great enhancement over ACIII. Would love to be pleasantly surprised.

Positive steps, but a long way to go.....

If you build it, they will come.

For $400 I would want it to actually fire.

"but this does look a lot like a budget Uncharted, doesn’t it?"- yup.

@rawr1234 : Personally I thoroughly enjoy reading rastamadeus' comments. I very rarely agree with them, but that's is what makes them interesting. He likes different games to me and values different aspects of gaming. Great.

It is fantastic to have different opinions and ideas here from people who like completely different things. Heaven forbid if everyone was like me! The world would stop.

Maybe one day from a bargain bin, just out of curiosity.

Not at all personally. I was seriously considering upgrading my PC to cope better with games because I wanted to play the best version avail of games, rather what was becoming scaled down versions on the PS3, but I do much prefer to play from my couch. The PS4 announcement has put that on hold, as I should now get the best of both.

Not sure I could possibly be less hyped for this game.

Still not sure what to think about this game. Need to see a lot more before I will be excited. As a GT5 lover, I am hoping for more sim and less arcade, but I know that is not everyone's cup of tea.

@ShogunRok : “You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means” - Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride

I agree with everything you say about not applying a mathematical formula to games etc, I’m certainly not trying to change the way you or PushSquare scores games. 5 is an appropriate score for “a game that is neither good nor bad”.

I just don’t believe that ‘average’ is an accurate (or helpful) word to describe “good and bad points in equal measure”. It is likely to be misunderstood again and again, which I clearly what has happened to me here.

Great idea. Personally I really like Papo and Yo.

Yeah agree. Blocking the share button for certain parts of games is pointless. it won't stop anybody. There is no share button today, and people still record their games and post online. The only thing it would achieve is to annoy people.

The vast majority of people who post spoilers, tag them clearly as spoilers. People can then make an informed decision to watch or not. The whole concept is flawed, and QuanticDream has the right idea.

My expectations are very low, which I hope means I will be pleasantly surprised.

@ShogunRok Firstly, the work which all of the reviewers do on this site is really appreciated. Hence why I frequent the site. Thank you.

I guess my pedantic nature just gets hung up on the usage of the "average", which I think is being misunderstood.

For example: "A 5 is a game that's slap bang in the middle.", but in the middle of what? It can't just mean the middle of the scoring system - which I have read .

Something that is "average" by definition of the word, is in the middle of its peers.i.e. when compared to other games. That cannot be true if a 5 is only given in 20% of cases, and 80% of releases are rated higher.

Or are you saying that 5 is an average of all games released, and Push Square is generally only rating the better ones that are released?

On a completely different topic. Ruse proved that Move works great as mouse replacement for RTS. Just a pity that more games didn't make use of it.

I am really not trying to be picky, but I do believe that there is a general misconception.The average score awarded to games on PushSquare (like other sites) is not 5. A 5 may be the magic line, where a game gets more right than it does wrong, but that is not the same thing.

Dumping the games list from this site into Excel (back to Jan 2011, I got bored at that point) the average score awarded to games by Push Square is 6.8, not 5. With a total of 392 games rated in that period.

1 - 1s, 5 - 2s, 14 - 3s, 16 - 4s, 43 - 5s, 61 - 6s, 100 - 7s, 91 - 8s, 55 - 9s, 6 - 10s

Interestingly only 79 games were awarded a 5 or less, which represents 20% of rated games. So that rating puts this game in the bottom 20%, which is definitely not average.

A coupe of other interesting points, is that when I did an initial check with only 2012/2013 data the average score was higher, meaning that PushSquare reviews are averaging higher scores now than in earlier years.

I have also posted previously that the average PS3 score on metacritic for 2012 was 70.3. So Push Square is generally a slightly harder marker than the average site.

@Slapshot : I agree. Brand loyalty still exists, but it will only go so far. just look at the number of people who jumped from the ps2 to xbox.

Personally I don't own a Vita because of the price here in Australia, no other reason (certainly not lack of games and I think cross compatibility is a good thing). If I bought a Vita, 32gb memory card and 1 game it would cost me close to $475 with the best deal I can find. They were even more expensive at launch. I am not spending $500 on a handheld. I have other priorities.

I wonder if there is a specific spell that you have to cast in the game to keep them defying gravity like that?
lol. Not sure why they even bothered with the other five characters. Do they actually expect anyone to play anything else?

Never heard of this, but after doing some reading I am curious. I like racing sims, so I will keep an eye on this.

Assuming this game is actually good, then it really needs a demo. If it is not actually up to par, then a demo would just kill it.

Do you know anything about the playable scene? How long etc? I really couldn't care less about the steelbook etc.

Not sure I am going to pick up this game, but will definitely try out the demo. Co-op clearly looks its strength, so I will have to get someone round to try with me.

She's got to be using some of the most adhesive Hollywood tape every invented. That's all I'm saying...