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@LifeGirl agreed! There will come a time where politicians can cop out of their misdoings by blaming AI and we’ll all be none the wiser. Even now, Sora is being used to manipulate people with its hyper-realistic depictions of humans.

I’m sure the creators sat in meetings to discuss this, but in conclusion, they determined the financial gain outweighs the negative affect it’ll have on society at large.

@Marquez I love when they add these community things to games. Gave me some incentive to play more. But damn, when I’m stacked and then some clowns ambush me, I end my play right there. Hurling an $80 controller at a $5,000 TV is uncouth.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. One of my new top 10 favorites! Can’t hype this game enough. Sadly, I don’t know a single other gamer who’s played it.

@Ken_Kaniff likely sooner than that. It’s crazy what’s going on in the gaming industry. But I suspect this is all due to these companies wanting AI to create what they had to pay these people to do.

@GirlVersusGame ”Maybe I'm being harsh and it's a double standards thing because it happens with male protagonists all the time and it's seen as acceptable.”

THIS!!!! I’m not saying this is why you feel the way you feel. But I’m glad you’re able to maybe think that it could be your reason. Because this happens all the damn time to female protagonists!

The most recent I’ve iteration of this is how people who halfway played Echoes of the End say they quit because the female main, Ryn, is so mean to her brother when the game begins. But she treats him the same way Kratos treats Atreus at the start of GOW 2018.

Honestly, if they got past the meanness they’d find the touching sorry and ending behind their relationship. It’s just easier for Pepe to get past an a-hole male than a female with an attitude, I guess.

I’ll never get when people say things like “Move on from Horizon” or “Move on from the Ghost games”. Why?! Why leave successful franchises when they’re still successful? These things usually come in 3s. So if they’re gonna wrap things up then do so with a 3rd installment.

The hate for Horizon is always so puzzling to me. There’s fanfic, cosplay, and entire communities dedicated to the game’s story and characters. It’s far more popular than people seem to realize.

Bundle it with Astrobot!!!

@get2sammyb thanks for that. I was being too lazy to read and was about to buy. I’ll wait.

Says F2P but it’s asking for a $14.99 purchase. I guess that’s “free to play” but only after purchase? Kinda defeats the F2P label. Either way, I’m gonna try it out.

You had me at RPG. In fact, you always have me at RPG. Except when it’s preceded by “turn-based”. 😃

@SeaDaVie shut the 🤬 up with your stupid facts! No one wants to read your level-headed responses when there are hyperbolic opinions to be made!

@Oram77 a female main is almost always going to have an uphill climb to not be met with the “Mary Sue/girl boss” stamp. Especially so when she’s replacing a well-liked male lead.

Also, nostalgia can be the killer of acceptance and creativity. Too often, consumers are stuck with liking “the old one” so much that they’re not willing to give the new one a fair chance. This occurs across all media. Comics, movies, games, etc.

Would’ve beaten PS3 by now had it not been for, you know… the whole world basically shutting down.

Personally, I’ve loved this gen! The release of so many 3rd person action/adventure games and action RPGs make it one of my favorites yet. Also, the whole live service experiment thing doesn’t bother me at all. They’re a business trying to cash in on a trend. That’s understandable.

Concord’s release (and subsequent failure) didn’t prevent us from getting Ghost of Yōtei, Astro Bot, Helldivers, Death Stranding 2, etc. I think too many players were griping about “the resources” when something released that didn’t interest them.

@Robbirtles that’s likely your connection issue than an issue with the devices themselves. I’ve never had any issue connecting via Portal nor mobile phone/ipad. Are you wired or wireless?

No gaming for me this weekend. Beach vacation with the wife & kids.

But my most recent gaming consists of Platinuming Echoes of the End and on to Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden. Echoes of the End is a good game! Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is a great game! Really slept on! Wish more people gave them a chance.

@IOI absolutely! Love this! Like, I just platinum’s Echoes of the End and I loved it! Though I don’t think many people have actually tried it so it’ll likely fail.

After Echoes of the End, I jumped into Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and so far I’ll call it one of my new all time favorites. The game is so damn original and the voice work is top notch!

The story is heartfelt and the graphics are amazing. It’s a mixture of God Of War, LA Noire, and some LOTR Shadow of War. Great game and I don’t think anyone’s ever played it.

Smaller games can be great and there many of them out there. People just had to go to them because, due to lack of advertising, they’ll likely fly under the radar.

It feels so weird that I’ve never, ever played this game. Even weirder that I have no desire to play this game.

Please don’t do anything funky with the characters! PLEASE!!!!

NOTHING ISN’T POLITICAL!!!

And it sucks! Can’t escape politics in this day and age. Even video games, my last bastion of escape from the ills of the real world, gets dragged into politics!

7.75 for me. Fun as hell. But the online PVP element and being ambushed is frustrating as hell and takes away from it a bit. Definitely having a good time though.

@Eld you gon’ cry? 😆

Yeah. Ghost of Yōtei is “bottom of the barrel” as it pertains to the gaming industry.

Go sit down somewhere!

@get2sammyb your first mistake was thinking that people wanna read past the headline 😉

@Jacko11 a whole 9 SENTENCES?!!! It’s like they didn’t even want you to read that part if they put it way down there! 🙄

Currently playing Echoes of the End. Interested to see how this runs.

Eat 💩 and 🪦 with this nonsense!

GG ND!!! Also, comments section going as expected… 🤷🏾

@Boxmonkey I didn’t know that. That’s cool. It’s been years since I’ve seen anyone playing it.

Saints Row is crap. Let it die and work on something new.

Wait?! PUBG still exists?! And people still play it?! Bruv?!

?!?!

Arc Raiders is good. Haven’t played Yōtei but I suspect it’ll take the gold here.

I remember I had a coworker whom the rest of us would urge to get MySpace. One day she came in and said, “I decided to go with Facebook instead…” We laughed and said who the hell uses Facebook. This had to be like 6 months to 1 year into Facebook’s existence.

I have my PS5 hidden mounted behind my TV so it doesn’t matter how it looks. Still, pretty cool to see this.

So far it’s been fun. Not really my type of game but my son really wants to play it with me so I’m with him. It’s like Helldivers 2 with a bit less of assclench.

Started it today. Hard AF!!! Fun though.

@Oram77 it’s what people do unfortunately. Guilty by association. Especially if the finger pointing can be done from a soapbox.

Nice to see this positive review! Picked up God Breakers and will be getting this one as well.

@Northern_munkey it’s still go fresh. You’ll get there. I remember when it was so new and it was hard.

@Odium thank you!

@hisownsidekick love it! My fondest gaming memory with my bro was waking up in the wee hours of the morning (4 AM) so we can play our season of Tecmo Super Bowl. We’d always simulate the games when our teams (his Bills vs. my 49ers) to play because we knew how we’d be against each other. But we’d always have to play the Super Bowl.

🍻 to the siblings! And RIP to your brother. 🙏🏾

Wow! Literally teary-eyed right now! Used to play these with my older brother who died 11 years ago today. Thanks for the memories 💕

I plan on picking it up. Just started God Breakers with my son and we’re having a blast. Wanna play more games with him before he likely ships off to the Marines.

@Cerny vast difference between shovelware that no one is paying attention to vs. a million dollar AAA franchise.

Here we go! And I mean that in more ways than one.

Heck, this might be a PS6 launch title at this point.

@IntrepidWombat you’re right. Digital preorders are nonsense. Unless they give some incentive for doing so, there’s no reason to do it. Well, maybe one reason. You might have the funds now, but won’t have the funds upon release. Although, I’d that’s your money situation you probably shouldn’t be using it on video games.

This game looks so damn good! I can’t wait to play it sometime in 2028 after I complete all the bangers I have lined up ahead of it!

This AI stuff is solely for the people at the top to be able to pocket more of the company’s income. Like, they wanna lay off the human workers so they don’t have to pay them. Then push out mediocre, AI slop because they know we’ll still buy it. This will kill industries and possibly entire economies.

This gen has so many 3rd person action games that I absolutely love it! I literally (and I mean literally “literally”) scoff when I read comments about how bad this gen is. I’ve discovered so many underrated gems as of late. Echoes of the End, Flintlock, Banishers, etc. Not to mention the known bangers such as WuLong and Wuchang.

@RoomWithaMoose crazy how it only took 4 comments for the voice of reason to show itself. Rare around here. ✌🏾

Short answer: No

Long answer: Nope

Just not my thing. Never understood the hype. And that’s just not me not liking the genre or the series. There are plenty of series I don’t like but I get the appeal. Halo isn’t one of them.