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Tjuz · 2026-07-08T12:41:51+00:00

Fantasy Critic has officially started! Rules / Draft Order https://www.pushsquare.com/forums/ps_general_discussion/pushs... *** Current Drafts TjuziMax ( @Tjuz ) - Points : 26 4. Halo: Campaign Evolved - 28/07 (OpenCritic: 81) 7. Beast of Reincarnation - 04/08 (OpenCritic: 73) 1. Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy - 27/08 (OpenCritic: 81) 5. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave - 17/09 (OpenCritic: 89) 3. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse - 15/10 6. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam - 10/12 2. The Duskbloods - Q4 2026 8. Neverway - 2027 (OpenCritic: 0) Counter Pick: Big Walk - 04/08 (Result: -18 points) BoobiSoft ( @Ravix ) - Points : 26 6. Big Walk - 04/08 (OpenCritic: 88) 2. Marvel's Wolverine - 15/09 (OpenCritic: 78) 4. End of Abyss - 01/10 8. The Witch's Bakery - 14/10 7. Final Fantasy: Resonance - 22/10 1. Grand Theft Auto VI - 19/11 3. Grave Seasons - 2026 5. The Eternal Life of Goldman - 2026 Counter Pick: There Are No Ghosts at the Grand - Early Access 2026 (Result: 0 points) iDoss Interactive ( @Werehog ) - Points : 42 1. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls - 06/08 (OpenCritic: 85) 7. Star Wars: Zero Company - 27/08 (OpenCritic: 85) 5. Silent Hill: Townfall - 24/09 (OpenCritic: 82) 4. Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve - 02/10 2. Star Wars: Galactic Racer - 06/10 8. Forever Ago - 08/10 6. Planet Zoo 2 - 13/10 3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake - 05/11 Counter Pick: Valor Mortis - 13/10 Pretendo ( @Th3solution ) - Points : 89 2. The Blood of Dawnwalker - 03/09 (OpenCritic: 84) 4. Onimusha: Way of the Sword - 04/09 (OpenCritic: 86) 7. Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter - 17/09 (OpenCritic: 92) 8. Well Dweller - 22/09 (OpenCritic: 90) 1. Control Resonant - 24/09 (OpenCritic: 85) 6. Valor Mortis - 13/10 5. Phantom Blade Zero - 29/10 3. Rayman Legends Retold - 03/12 Counter Pick: Forever Ago - 08/10 *** Hello all! I've been thinking about this for a while, and since we have a clean starting point with the halfway point of the year, I figured I wanted to gauge interest. In case you're unaware of Fantasy Critic, it's essentially fantasy football but for video games. Take the role of a publishersand pick the games releasing this year that you think will be the biggest critical hits to show off your foresight! I'll give a short overview of what this would entail without going into the nitty gritty details, as this is just to see if there'd be enough people interested to start something in this vein: If you'd want to participate, first of all (and most importantly), come up with a fun name for your fictional publisher. When we'd have a finalised group of people willing to participate, we start drafting. There'd be snake order picking (1 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1, etc.). When you pick, there can be no repeats on games already picked. Only one publisher can publish a game after all! We'd go up to six ''main'' games for your publisher to release for the rest of the year. You will also (at any point in the draft) choose a ''sleeper pick''. This would be a game that needs to be indie-published, from a lesser-established developer, etc. that you think could impress. Again, details would come later if this ends up happening. Finally, you get one ''counter pick''. After the draft is done, choose one of the games someone else has chosen as one to bet against. If you're right and it performs poorly, you will gain points while they lose points. The number of picks might change depending on how much interest there is as to not have an overwhelming amount of picks necessary between now and the end of the year. Scoring-wise, you'd gain or lose points based on the OpenCritic score of a game. For every point above 70, you will gain a point. For every point below, you will lose one. For example: an 86 score would net you +16 points, while a 54 score would net you -16 points. And in the case you have a real critical hit on your hands, you will receive a bonus point per point above 90. For example: a 93 score would therefore net you +26 points instead of 23. Finally, if your game starts looking like a stinker, you have one opportunity at any point during the league to switch out a game for a new one as long as review scores are not in yet. Think of it as the Xbox tactic. At the end of the year, we'd host our own fun little awards show based on the results. If you ever thought you'd do better as a publisher choosing what games to spotlight, this would be the chance to prove it. If it sounds interesting to you, let me know through a comment to see if there's enough interest to host something like this! It would take some time to do the set-up, but then for the rest of the year it's watching the fruits (or rot) of your labour for some friendly competition.

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Ravix
4 hours ago

Oh, it's such a good job I missed the trade deadline and it is null and void, isn't it? Gears of War what a game produced and picked confidently by Boobisoft, with endless promotion and months of hype. Well done, @Ravix you are the best game-picker there is.

Does the fact I admitted that I actually missed the embargo by 10 minutes and was happy to look foolish count for naught? I say we pretend it all never happened.

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When it seems you're out of luck.
There's just one man who gives a f*************ck
⚔️🛡🐎

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Th3solution
4 hours ago

Oh dear… Gears of War E-day an 87… 😯 and End of Abyss a 73. Yikes.

And we have @Ravix talking to himself in the third person… oh boy, we may need to send help to BoobiSoft HQ to help him find his lost marbles.

I’m fine with enforcing the embargo time expiration, as I guess technically the swap shouldn’t count and he should have had to keep GoW. That’s a really big difference in points. I’m confident enough in my catalog to let BoobiSoft keep the better rated game instead. The poor chap has two games without release dates so I kind of feel sorry for him. 😅 But I defer final judgment on this predicament to our supreme overlord, @Tjuz

“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”

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Ravix
3 hours ago

@Th3solution I always knew you were a stand-up fella, a role-model, even. Someone that we should all strive to be like - On our best days, we are not worthy of you on your worst

🙌 🙌 🙌 Mhysa! Mhysa! Mhysa! 🙌 🙌 🙌

@Tjuz I just learned that the board had actually taken away my executive powers (temporarily) as I was showing signs of mild psychosis, schizophrenia and general paranoia whilst clawing through potential conspiracies surrounding the release of Gears Of War and allowing AI misinformation and the scribblings of a madman to guide me (Who even is this: 'XivaR' whose notes i've been reading?!) A week away at 'The Resort' should sort things out. I hear they have lovely white jackets that we get to wear, and the veiws are wonderful, endless, and oh so peaceful. It is a place where everything is just... perfect 🥲🥲

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When it seems you're out of luck.
There's just one man who gives a f*************ck
⚔️🛡🐎

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