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I'll see if I can get through takes of arise and scarlet Nexus. Bulletstorm should be a quick run if I feel like it. Though once February comes around I'll be too busy with kingdom come 2, Monster Hunter Wilds and Civ 7 to worry about any other games for a long time.

20 million is a drop in the bucket to Hoyoverse btw. Nothing changes and a few people get to buy some yachts, what a scummy system.

Also, funny how EA basically does the same with their sports games but essentially get a pass in the US. This is another case of "If the US can't control it, we're going to punish it."

It borrows a lot and I mean A LOT from Castlevania (to the point they tossed in Castlevania as DLC) so I can see the difficulty in a movie adaptation. If you stick close to the game's lore, it'll probably feel like Castlevania. If you don't, then it will feel like the film just has the name slapped on it.

Please be good. The game seems to be making bold changes and I hope they pay off.

They're probably worried that PC players will crack the game open And reveal its running on paper clips and bubblegum.

@naruball
Does seem like Nintendo had a plan of attack to utterly demolish Sony's efforts to continue to break into the handheld market.

I'll continue to say there's nothing wrong with live services. Look at the Gacha juggernauts, they make money hand over fist. Marvel Rivals is a Live Service game as well. The problem is, and I'll repeat ad nauseum, Sony continues to try to tap into the incorrect market. Twitter does not play video games. Make games for gamers again.

I miss the era of gaming where publishers just released games and didn't worry about making the next bajillion dollar game.

Absolutely not. I do not want to encourage this trend of rereleasing the same games over and over again, even if the difference has only been a couple of years. If this is the plan then I won't even purchase new IPs and will simply wait for the improved version to release in 5 years time.

The switch 2 looks so underwhelming that announcing a new PlayStation portable might knock the wind out of Nintendo's sails. Just like Nintendo did when they dropped the 3DS price and released a Mario Kart just before the Vita released.

They're really hyping this up like crazy, hopefully it delivers.

As a resident of California the gesture is appreciated. We actually get big forest fires every year so that was nothing new but not having any rain and tons of wind made it a true recipe for disaster. It also didn't help that leadership bungled the response at every turn -even sending us evacuation warnings just to say "just kidding, wrong place!" 30 minutes later- and made things much worse. Luckily I wasn't affected (besides the rotted air in my lungs) but my heart goes out to the people that lost everything in a day.

Would it be so bad if there were bots in quickplay? If you want to take it sweaty and serious you can scream at each other in ranked.

It's a great value and the industry does not want great value.

I think black flag was the first game I got with my PS4. Good memories there, Ubisoft was still pretty great. It wasn't until Unity that I felt buyers remorse with the company.

I want more of the rarer PS2 JRPGs to make a return. Unfortunately a lot of those studios have since gone out of business, so there is no one left to contact.

@Nepp67
Batman wakes up in bed with a start, Alfred over his shoulder. "Master Bruce, thank heavens...you were suffering from the lingering effects of Scarecrow's nightmare gas for a solid week. You were tossing and turning and seemed to be in terrible pain...what did you dream about?"

"I thought I trained myself to suppress fear Alfred...but that dream...it terrified me."

"Everything you've done never mattered and your impact was negligible!" The final message to fans of the game.

@rjejr
I see the big streamers constantly playing it, according to steam charts there are 320k playing right now. Compare it to overwatch to at 16k and you can see they're doing really well right now. I believe they make most money off selling skins. If they keep pimping out new heroes that will keep people coming back, it's how Fortnite keeps their audience, always giving them new stuff to do. The biggest thing with Ow was the glacial pace that it released new characters.

Faithfully represented, she looks great.

Astra is looking like a must pull. You should be able to slot her into any team's 3rd slot and she should just work. Here's hoping the game is generous and I don't lose the 50/50!

@DennisReynolds
Good point about Star Wars not being great lately. Most media has actually been following the same trend, the shows and movies are just as bad as this game was about it. I really hope you'll eventually start catching onto what I mean because as I said, I'm not going to use buzzwords just so you can shut me down by labeling me as this or that.

@DennisReynolds
Then why did no one want this game? It's Star Wars, after all. Also it's great that you figured out the formula to ensure a successful hero shooter, Sony should hire you.

@DennisReynolds
I'm surprised we all have it figured out... except for Ubisoft. "Ubisoft formula doesn't work anymore." You'd think they'd they'd be the first to realize this...but they don't. This is a massive IP that we're attaching to this and it only strengthens my case. How? Let's take a look at a past example.

Concord. Beaten to death topic right? But stick with me. At the time of it's death the excuse was "Well hero shooters are just oversaturated, nobody wants to play those anymore." And then Marvel Rivals comes out and sets records for player base and success. Now you could say "Well yeah, but Marvel is a huge IP of course it was going to do well!!"

Ok, let's come back to Outlaws. "But Star Wars is a huge IP, this should have been easy money!" Except if wasn't. I'll put it in the simplest terms. One studio provided what gamers actually wanted and the other still refuses to listen. Even now we continue to blame every other thing but the most blatant and the only reason I tiptoe around it is because you're just waiting for buzzwords and trigger words, which I won't say. Now you can choose to listen to my opinion or discard it and we can continue to watch more "sure things" flop and flounder.

So 2025 is the year Square files for bankruptcy huh?

@anubisvel
My comment was not coming from a position of superiority nor did I make the assumption that anyone was any less than I am. The desire to not have political hot takes in a gaming article should not be a far fetched one.

Rumor: Every Xbox game coming to PS5, apparently.

As much as I love Civilization, I'm expecting this release to be the most divisive release yet. A lot of people I talk to simply don't like the idea of changing civs with every era and after playing Humankind, I kind of agree with them. I'm still holding out hope that these devs will have the experience to implement it better than Humankind did as I really hope I can sink another thousand hours into a new civ game.

I've got a series S but funnily enough I don't really use it to play modern games much, wink wink nudge nudge.

@Blauwe_Chimay
They've added so much since that you'll find yourself with an overwhelming amount of content to come back to. Really gotta love how much the devs have supported Hitman.

@Ogbert
This guy, Khayl Adam, is definitely bringing down the quality of push square articles. I'm going to stop clicking on any that I see he's written.

@anubisvel
Why is it that when someone criticizes something, the response tends to be "Do it yourself then." ?

I feel like the writing on this site has leaned decidedly in one direction. It was rather refreshing last year when the reporting at least seemed more neutral but the bias seems to be showing now.

@PorkChopExpress
I mean yeah, I'll let them spend on whatever they want if it means I get to play the game for free without anyone having an advantage over me.

@PorkChopExpress
But look at it this way, if something has to cost money... aren't cosmetics the best option? Weapons vehicles and maps can segregate the player base from the has and the has nots so I see this as the best thing to charge for, since it doesn't give any unfair advantages and some people...just wanna look cool. It makes more sense to me in a game like this or Fortnite where you can actually see your character.

I'm sure it'll be another mid errand simulator like all of Ubisoft's open world games have been lately. Fun if you like to check of chores on a map.

I don't really spend too much in the store but it's nice to occasionally get 5 bucks every now and then.

@ThomasHL
I actually only played through the first one and have seen bits and pieces of subsequent releases through other's playthroughs. I really enjoyed that first one...up until the ending, which felt like the devs were forcing me to pick one "correct" path and made me feel absolutely rotten for picking another. The thing with the first one was that, even if the political messaging was there, it wasn't at the forefront. You were more interested in the characters themselves and not whether they identified a certain way or whatever else.

I'm not against "the message" itself. I will play games that feature such things...but when you can tell right from the trailers that the game is trying to market itself a certain way, it just doesn't sit right with me.

That being said, since you didn't immediately attack me for my comment I'll concede that my original comment was more filled with personal bias about how I feel about the more recent entries and more than likely not the reason this particular game failed to sell.

Looking at general consensus, it seems to be more likely that fans simply didn't want this particular story to be told, didn't like the direction they took fan favorite characters...along with rather scummy business practices by the publisher.

@ThomasHL
Ok, I'll go a bit more in depth. THIS game was made for an audience that doesn't play games. The original life is strange was amazing, heck I played it too...but as time went on the games became even more and more preachy, to the point that we got what we got this time...and guess what? It didn't sell.

There have been many attempts in the past but if Trump tries to take away people's ability to buy certain games then he really will be kicked out of office this time. He should watch his footing here, China has infiltrated the US through numerous successful games.🤣

It's way too late to be complaining at this point.

The simplicity of having a dedicated device hooked up to your main TV that you can turn on and start playing something in minutes just can't be matched. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to start a game on my PC only for my controller to no longer be recognized, for sound to not play or for my settings to be changed...even if I didn't touch anything after my previous session. These things just don't happen on console and it's the reason why I will always prefer playing on that rather than a computer.

Playing Civ has actually made me go back and try to read up on all these leaders. When a civ produces a unique unit or building I also like to read into what makes them so special to that particular civilization. Do I retain any of this knowledge? Not really...but it's still fun to take a deeper look in the moment.

I feel like 2025 is going to be a huge year for excellent games.

@bizzysgs
You say it as if its a fact. Ultimately opinions will vary but I prefer the more DMC style combat of ZZZ to WuWa.

@GymratAmarillo
Maybe people just aren't as interested for remasters as they are about brand NEW experiences. If Sony does plan on reviving old IP I really hope it's not to bring out even MORE remakes or remasters.

This community really is in the minority I guess. Besides GTA6 obviously being the most anticipated game of all time ever.