I'm surprised to see some of these games on PushSquare's top 10 of the year because it felt like just about every game that came out this year got a 7 or an 8 out of 10 from PushSquare other than Ragnarok and Elden Ring.
I just don't understand. I thought the whole point of console gaming was to provide a way for gamers to play without having to spend the astronomical prices PC gamers need to pay to build their custom rigs. I guess those days are long over. Like, who is this for? This is basically only for the upper-class who make 6-figure incomes. I guess the rest of us can go screw ourselves apparently.
I played the first hour and a half of Requiem and absolutely loved it, but I've decided to wait for a patch. I'm cool with 30 fps, but the stuttering and screen tearing was to the point that it became distracting for me. I'm sure Asobo is working hard to optimize their game for PS5, especially after how much effort they've put into the dualsense functionalities. I look forward to playing the rest of their game in the future.
I may get a lot of crap for saying this, but sometimes I enjoy 30 fps over 60 fps. It really depends on the game. I care a lot more about a locked and consistent experience over 60 that stutters at times. I find that action games, like Doom, Rift Apart, Returnal, and Horizon, feel much better at 60 fps, but cinematic games, like RDR2, TLoU, P5, and GoT, feel better at 30 fps. Consoles handle motion blur incredibly well, so locked 30 fps can feel really nice if devs take time to perfect the motion blur in their games. However, 30 fps looks like complete garbage on PC. Anything below 60 fps on PC looks and feels terrible.
Thank goodness they did. Nier: Automata is one of the greatest games and stories I have ever played. I have bought it for several of my friends who have all had their minds blown.
You'll quickly find that not only did the PS4 struggle with early games to have a locked 30 fps or locked 60 fps experience, you'll find that almost all titles for PS4 could only target 30 fps or target 60 fps. Hardly any games actually had a locked frame rate for the entire gen.
@JAMes-BroWWWn That's not how it works. There is way more going on behind the scenes during development than the devs just deciding for a game to not be 60 fps. The games you names off are completely different. None of those games run at native 4k 60 fps. Second, those games were all first party games, so they weren't worried about optimizing for other systems. Third, some games literally can't run at 60 fps, like Okami HD, because the animations were directly tied to the frame rate. Fourth, depending on a game's art direction, different levels of realism and detail require far more graphical resources that are beyond the PS5's capabilities. Developing a game is far more complicated than you're making it sound.
Look, even the 3000 series Nvidia cards couldn't handle most 3D current-gen games on ultra at 4k 60fps. PC and consoles are getting there, but we're just not there yet for the mid-range gaming market to consistently hit 4k 60fps for everything.
Honestly, who is this game even for? It has hardly any differences from the first game except they're just slapping on all the baggage that comes with playing a "free" video game. This game just feels like neutering with extra steps.
As much as I love P5, I'm kind of hoping that this 3rd release completely bombs so Atlus can learn it's not okay getting away with this re-releasing s💩💩💩
@LIMA I thought the same thing too until I tried VR. It's shocking how fast our brains get tricked into what is and isn't real when you put on a headset. These screenshots already look great, but, once everything is in motion, this is probably going to be one of the most immersive VR experiences to date.
Here's the thing, I would like to see Assassin's Creed even ATTEMPT to hold a candle to the storytelling of Ghost of Tsushima. Almost every single encounter in GoT tied back into the overarching narrative that you were becoming the Ghost. It was beautiful. The ending left me speechless and in tears. I played it a year ago and I still find myself thinking about it.
Seeing all of the 1/10 reviews remind me that, even though TLoU series are the greatest games I have ever played, I won't touch the fan base with a 10 ft. pole.
Just...how? I fail to understand how TLoU: Part 2 is 84GB, H:FW is 89GB, and RDR2 is 111GB while this, which takes place in an indoor arena, is sitting at 143GB.
When all is said and done, I still have no idea how on earth GamePass will be sustainable over the coming years. Something is going to have to give and I think both Microsoft and Sony know that. The cost of making games continues to go up. In some way I am with Sony on this one. It doesn't make sense to make a game for (something) over half a billion dollars and then put it on GamePass for $15/month. It's only a matter of time before Microsoft raises their prices and then it'll end up being more cost effective to just buy a game for $60-$70.
The game looks fun, but I am so confused by this game's art direction. This game looked like it had a different art director for the character design, the menu UI/UX design, the logo's typography, the trailer's typography, and the environment design. I mean, look at the menu screen at 1:13 in the video for example. The UI on the left, middle, and center look like they were designed by 3 completely different designers. It's just bizarre, honestly.
I'm not suprised by this at all. There are so many factors playing into this stat. With the pandemic slowing down in parts of the world and with worldwide inflation, people don't have nearly as much time to game. The supply chain is still in a complete mess. With personal obligations and needing to make money, I have gamed less this year than I have in the past 5. Also, people don't have a lot of extra income to buy games.
It's going to take a stupid amount of time to recover from the past couple of years.
I think, in the end, I've learned something about myself. The Last of Us is still my favorite game series and, without a doubt, I want nothing to do with The Last of Us community. They are almost as bad as the Star Wars community at this point, IMHO. In some ways, they're even worse.
I love The Last of Us, but if this rumor is true then I'm not going to be buying this until it's $20 or less, preferably just playing it when it comes to PS Extra.
@Discol76 They're related but different. FPS is the number of frames of animation that are being rendered per second by your system or console. HZ is the number of times your monitor or TV refreshes the image on the screen per second. If a game is running at 30fps then that means your PlayStation is rendering 30 images of the game per second. If your monitor or TV is 60hz then that means your monitor can refresh its image 60 times per second; so, if your PlayStation is rendering a game at 120fps and your screen is 60hz then you'll only see a 60fps image with about every other frame of animation not appearing on your screen.
That doesn't mean you need to run out and buy a 4k 120hz monitor, though. That's probably overkill in most instances and it may not even meet your wants or needs. Most systems (and even high-end PCs) can't consistently hit 4k 120fps, let alone 4k 60fps. If you value a high frame rate, go with something with a high refresh rate. If you value image quality, go with 4k. For myself, I don't really care that much about anything above 60fps, but I love high resolution and color accuracy, so I went with a 4k 60hz color-accurate IPS monitor.
I wouldn't be surprised if this got the Horizon Forbidden West treatment where more visual features are added after launch. Sony's 1st party games have been pretty good about this.
I got this on Steam last year. To call this game just a "deck-building roguelike" is a painful understatement. It's amazing in every way. The more blind you walk into this game the better. It's worth every penny.
Full confession, I bought the Lost Legacy upgrade and got a free ticket to see this movie in theaters... and I never went. Hahaha! The movie looked so average to me. I kept thinking, "Why would I see a mediocre movie version of fantastic games that I already own?"
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Re: Game of the Year: #5 - Cult of the Lamb
I'm surprised to see some of these games on PushSquare's top 10 of the year because it felt like just about every game that came out this year got a 7 or an 8 out of 10 from PushSquare other than Ragnarok and Elden Ring.
Re: Soapbox: More Publishers, Including PlayStation, Should Celebrate Their Catalogues Like Atari 50
At the end of the day, all they need to do is port these games to Steam and/or the PS Store. That alone would be massive for video game preservation.
Re: Indie Games Night in the Woods and Overland Receive PS5 Ports, Available Now
Finally! NITW is one of my favorites. I may or may not have a NITW wallpaper on my phone right now. Haha!
Re: Returnal on PC Recommends Ridiculous Amount of RAM
I forgot that 32gb of RAM is considered 'a lot' Hahaha!!
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate The Game Awards 2022?
So... are we going to talk about that Bill Clinton thing right there at the end?
Re: PSVR2 Launches 22nd February 2023, Costs $550
I just don't understand. I thought the whole point of console gaming was to provide a way for gamers to play without having to spend the astronomical prices PC gamers need to pay to build their custom rigs. I guess those days are long over. Like, who is this for? This is basically only for the upper-class who make 6-figure incomes. I guess the rest of us can go screw ourselves apparently.
Re: PSVR2 Launches 22nd February 2023, Costs $550
Absolutely effing not. I thought $300 or even $400 was too much but possibly worth it. No way.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give A Plague Tale: Requiem?
I played the first hour and a half of Requiem and absolutely loved it, but I've decided to wait for a patch. I'm cool with 30 fps, but the stuttering and screen tearing was to the point that it became distracting for me. I'm sure Asobo is working hard to optimize their game for PS5, especially after how much effort they've put into the dualsense functionalities. I look forward to playing the rest of their game in the future.
Re: Hideo Kojima Says Next Project Will Transcend Video Games, 'It's Almost Like a New Medium'
Is this another one of those "Strand-type" comments?
Re: Poll: Do You Care About 60fps on PS5?
I may get a lot of crap for saying this, but sometimes I enjoy 30 fps over 60 fps. It really depends on the game. I care a lot more about a locked and consistent experience over 60 that stutters at times. I find that action games, like Doom, Rift Apart, Returnal, and Horizon, feel much better at 60 fps, but cinematic games, like RDR2, TLoU, P5, and GoT, feel better at 30 fps. Consoles handle motion blur incredibly well, so locked 30 fps can feel really nice if devs take time to perfect the motion blur in their games. However, 30 fps looks like complete garbage on PC. Anything below 60 fps on PC looks and feels terrible.
Re: NieR: Automata's Producer Threatened to Leave Square Enix in Order to Get the Game Made
Thank goodness they did. Nier: Automata is one of the greatest games and stories I have ever played. I have bought it for several of my friends who have all had their minds blown.
Re: At Least The Callisto Protocol Will Be 60fps
@BrettAwesome Okie-doke. Well, if Bloodborne doesn't count as a game that the Ps4 struggled to hit 30 fps, then have a poke around here:
https://www.backwards-compatible.com/search/
You'll quickly find that not only did the PS4 struggle with early games to have a locked 30 fps or locked 60 fps experience, you'll find that almost all titles for PS4 could only target 30 fps or target 60 fps. Hardly any games actually had a locked frame rate for the entire gen.
Re: At Least The Callisto Protocol Will Be 60fps
@BrettAwesome One word, my friend: Bloodborne.
Oh yes, PS4 struggled with some of those early gen titles.
Re: At Least The Callisto Protocol Will Be 60fps
Those people in the comments here who are complaining that their $500 PS5 can't do what a $3000 PC can do need a bit of a reality check.
Re: At Least The Callisto Protocol Will Be 60fps
@JAMes-BroWWWn That's not how it works. There is way more going on behind the scenes during development than the devs just deciding for a game to not be 60 fps. The games you names off are completely different. None of those games run at native 4k 60 fps. Second, those games were all first party games, so they weren't worried about optimizing for other systems. Third, some games literally can't run at 60 fps, like Okami HD, because the animations were directly tied to the frame rate. Fourth, depending on a game's art direction, different levels of realism and detail require far more graphical resources that are beyond the PS5's capabilities.
Developing a game is far more complicated than you're making it sound.
Re: At Least The Callisto Protocol Will Be 60fps
Look, even the 3000 series Nvidia cards couldn't handle most 3D current-gen games on ultra at 4k 60fps. PC and consoles are getting there, but we're just not there yet for the mid-range gaming market to consistently hit 4k 60fps for everything.
Re: PlayStation Bigwigs Won't Shut Up About PC, Smartphones
So, I have a PS5 and a PC... starting to feel like I didn't need both if I'm honest. 🤦♂️
Re: You May Need to Play 100 Matches to Unlock All Characters in Overwatch 2
Honestly, who is this game even for? It has hardly any differences from the first game except they're just slapping on all the baggage that comes with playing a "free" video game. This game just feels like neutering with extra steps.
Re: Sony Expects More PS5 Owners to Wishlist Games When They're Announced
I'm a big fan of wishlists, so it's nice to see Sony make it a higher priority.
Re: PSVR2 Isn't Backwards Compatible with PSVR Games, Sony Confirms
Oof. Hard pass if it isn't back compat.
Re: Atlus Wants to Sell You Another Persona 5 Royal Collector's Edition, This Time on PS5
As much as I love P5, I'm kind of hoping that this 3rd release completely bombs so Atlus can learn it's not okay getting away with this re-releasing s💩💩💩
Re: Gallery: Horizon Call of the Mountain Looks Lush in New PSVR2 Screenshots
@LIMA I thought the same thing too until I tried VR. It's shocking how fast our brains get tricked into what is and isn't real when you put on a headset. These screenshots already look great, but, once everything is in motion, this is probably going to be one of the most immersive VR experiences to date.
Re: Assassin's Creed Finally Goes to Japan as Ubisoft Takes on Ghost of Tsushima
Here's the thing, I would like to see Assassin's Creed even ATTEMPT to hold a candle to the storytelling of Ghost of Tsushima. Almost every single encounter in GoT tied back into the overarching narrative that you were becoming the Ghost. It was beautiful. The ending left me speechless and in tears. I played it a year ago and I still find myself thinking about it.
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give The Last of Us: Part I?
Seeing all of the 1/10 reviews remind me that, even though TLoU series are the greatest games I have ever played, I won't touch the fan base with a 10 ft. pole.
Re: NBA 2K23 Has a Frightening 143GB Install Size on PS5
Just...how? I fail to understand how TLoU: Part 2 is 84GB, H:FW is 89GB, and RDR2 is 111GB while this, which takes place in an indoor arena, is sitting at 143GB.
Re: Unearth an All New Adventure in the Ever-Changing Shovel Knight Dig
I mean, it's Yacht Club. Is there really any question as to how great this is going to be?
Re: Unedited The Last of Us PS5 Gameplay Reveals Crawling Clickers
whoa......
This is.... whoa.....
Re: Pretty PS5, PS4 Platformer Kena: Bridge of Spirits Getting Massive Update
WHAT!?!?! I just started playing this and I'm about half way through. Perfect timing!
Re: Microsoft Accuses Sony of Paying to Block Games from Xbox Game Pass
When all is said and done, I still have no idea how on earth GamePass will be sustainable over the coming years. Something is going to have to give and I think both Microsoft and Sony know that. The cost of making games continues to go up. In some way I am with Sony on this one. It doesn't make sense to make a game for (something) over half a billion dollars and then put it on GamePass for $15/month. It's only a matter of time before Microsoft raises their prices and then it'll end up being more cost effective to just buy a game for $60-$70.
Re: Drill Down into Made in Abyss with This Game Overview Trailer
The game looks fun, but I am so confused by this game's art direction. This game looked like it had a different art director for the character design, the menu UI/UX design, the logo's typography, the trailer's typography, and the environment design. I mean, look at the menu screen at 1:13 in the video for example. The UI on the left, middle, and center look like they were designed by 3 completely different designers. It's just bizarre, honestly.
Re: Random: This Crappy God of War Knock Off for Xbox Does Not Look Legal
This looks like something made in Dreams. 🤣🤣🤣
Re: Sony Coy on Potential PS5 Price Increase
If Sony raised the price of the PS5 then the PR backlash would be insurmountable.
Re: Sony to Take Action as PS5, PS4 Owners Play Less Than Anticipated
I'm not suprised by this at all. There are so many factors playing into this stat. With the pandemic slowing down in parts of the world and with worldwide inflation, people don't have nearly as much time to game. The supply chain is still in a complete mess. With personal obligations and needing to make money, I have gamed less this year than I have in the past 5. Also, people don't have a lot of extra income to buy games.
It's going to take a stupid amount of time to recover from the past couple of years.
Re: PS5 Folders, 1440p Support Part of New Beta Update Out Today
I really hope that this means adding themes back to the PS experience is around the corner.
Re: What Remains of Edith Finch PS5 Upgrade Not Eligible with PS Plus
I was looking for an excuse to hop back into this game again.
Re: PS Plus Essential PS5, PS4 Games for August 2022 Announced
Personal opinion, this is the best PS+ month is possibly years.
Re: Naughty Dog Employee Implies The Last of Us PS5 Gameplay Is Rebuilt, Says Leaks Are Extremely Hurtful
I think, in the end, I've learned something about myself. The Last of Us is still my favorite game series and, without a doubt, I want nothing to do with The Last of Us community. They are almost as bad as the Star Wars community at this point, IMHO. In some ways, they're even worse.
Re: Reaction: WTF Is Going on with The Last of Us PS5?
I love The Last of Us, but if this rumor is true then I'm not going to be buying this until it's $20 or less, preferably just playing it when it comes to PS Extra.
Re: No Free PS4 to PS5 Upgrade Path for Persona 5 Royal
Hahahaha! Yeah, no. Not a chance am I buying this a third time
I'm ngl, this gen with game pricing has been pissing me off more than I would like.
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Stray?
I am so effing ready to be that cat.
Re: Rumour: God of War Ragnarok Will Have 60fps, 30fps Options on PS5
@Discol76 They're related but different. FPS is the number of frames of animation that are being rendered per second by your system or console. HZ is the number of times your monitor or TV refreshes the image on the screen per second. If a game is running at 30fps then that means your PlayStation is rendering 30 images of the game per second. If your monitor or TV is 60hz then that means your monitor can refresh its image 60 times per second; so, if your PlayStation is rendering a game at 120fps and your screen is 60hz then you'll only see a 60fps image with about every other frame of animation not appearing on your screen.
That doesn't mean you need to run out and buy a 4k 120hz monitor, though. That's probably overkill in most instances and it may not even meet your wants or needs. Most systems (and even high-end PCs) can't consistently hit 4k 120fps, let alone 4k 60fps. If you value a high frame rate, go with something with a high refresh rate. If you value image quality, go with 4k. For myself, I don't really care that much about anything above 60fps, but I love high resolution and color accuracy, so I went with a 4k 60hz color-accurate IPS monitor.
In the end, to each his/her own.
Re: Rumour: God of War Ragnarok Will Have 60fps, 30fps Options on PS5
I wouldn't be surprised if this got the Horizon Forbidden West treatment where more visual features are added after launch. Sony's 1st party games have been pretty good about this.
Re: Feature: Your Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games for the Rest of 2022
The Last of Us is #5?! That's fantastic! It goes to show that all of those people venting their toxic negativity online really are the loud minority.
Re: Find Out if The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Is Preciousss from 1st September on PS5, PS4
This looks like it's going to be the best Gollum video game that's ever been made.
Re: Inscryption Announced for PS5, PS4 with Full DualSense Support
I got this on Steam last year. To call this game just a "deck-building roguelike" is a painful understatement. It's amazing in every way. The more blind you walk into this game the better. It's worth every penny.
Re: Feature: What Are Your Most Anticipated PS5, PS4 Games for the Rest of 2022?
I've bought Persona 5 and Persona 5 Royal. I love that game, but I refuse to buy the same game 3 times.
Re: Mini Review: Tour de France 2022 (PS5) - Tactical Sports Sim Is Overly Familiar
That subtitle killed me. Hahahaha!!!
Re: Uncharted Movie Plunders Netflix from 15th July
Full confession, I bought the Lost Legacy upgrade and got a free ticket to see this movie in theaters... and I never went. Hahaha! The movie looked so average to me. I kept thinking, "Why would I see a mediocre movie version of fantastic games that I already own?"
Re: Xbox Appeared to Embargo PS5, PS4 Versions of Some Showcase Games
I wonder how much money Microsoft paid to make Atlus look tone-deaf for 48 hours?
Re: Poll: Will You Buy The Last of Us: Part I?
I wish there was an upgrade path like the Uncharted games. I can't justify spending $70 for a game I already own, even if it is my favorite game.