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Like many have said just wait til it's over and look at what was mentioned then. Is FOMO so bad people can't wait a few minutes after the show has finished? Don't complain about the slog of a show when you don't actually have to watch it.

@naruball really coming out to bat for this one eh. Im not sure this is the hill you want to die on 😂

This review score is incredibly generous. I know you can say 'this is the opinion of the reviewer don't take it to heart' but this is the score that will add to the metacritic average which can encourage companies to make the same mistakes in future. A review of a game that can get a 6 for just having good graphics/sound isn't a serious review.

These games are so tiring, battle pass, skins blah blah blah its all the same garbage and it just never ends does it. How can people get excited for a game that has been released dozens of times before. These games are just like fifa, same thing every time, slightly different look.

And also just to the point. If anyone is actually buying that they won't release these kinds of skins a few months after launch then I feel sorry for you, for you are truly lost.

Big push for merch and sales on this site these days, starting to feel like one big advertisement

My sub ran out last month, couldn't be happier 😁 i have so many non ps+ games i still need to even start. It really is pointless, for me anyway

@Matroska thank you! The 4% stat which keeps on being used here is very misleading

@Gremio108 Hmm there actually was new ice knocking about. The ice caps grew significantly and famously even Londons river Thames froze for years. Yes it didnt last as long as normal ice ages, you could say it changed pretty quickly which is my point. Yes it wasn't caused by man. But you're certain that the climate change this time is caused by man? I have no doubt we have some affect on the climate but if you look into CO2 levels over the years (not just since 1901) you will see it was much higher many times in the past. Our contribution to climate change is miniscule in my opinion and from the evidence I have seen

@Gremio108 your point about the speed of change is false. There are many times in the earth's past where the climate changed just as fast as it is now. Google mini ice age for example which occurred in the early 14th century. Also the younger dryas around 12000 years ago.

Also just taking data from 1901 is very telling. Basically avoiding using a large enough data set to be accurate. That time frame is the blink of an eye geologically speaking.

My sub ran out last week. Was tempted to resub just because of the days of play offer but I'm glad I didn't.

I just hope that SE take lessons from metaphor, exp 33 and realise turn based is still alive and well for the next ff. If not then even as a lifelong ff fan I'm not buying it. 16s combat was mind numbingly boring

I will never commit to paying 80 euro a game besides like 1 or 2 exceptions. I can wait, there are so so many games in my backlog. I still haven't bought ratchet and clank and demons souls because i haven't seen them drop below 39.99 this generation. But they will eventually.

The problem is there are more and more people like me who either don't mind waiting or can't afford the price increases which is leading to less and less purchases on launch. It's a vicious cycle really and I can only see one outcome where a crash happens and a lot of big studios/publishers will go under

@KonstantTrouble if it's not regulated then I would have no trouble believing a big business would fudge the numbers. I havent heard this before but if true then that's pretty damning

@SaltySpitoon957 I know right? It seems like common sense to be sceptical without any numbers to actually see how well it did.

I dunno maybe it actually did do really well, but proclaiming it a huge success without any definitive data just seems strange to me.

@ShogunRok yes I have seen those comments but no figures to back any of it up. What does second biggest launch actually mean? Sales pre and on launch day? Sales in the first week? You say it's making so much money, have you got any figures for that? No matter what you think being cagey about the acutal numbers isn't a good sign. Every game that is successful cannot wait to publish figures proving their success we see it time and time again.

Shadows was such a hit we still don't have the sales numbers, definitely a good sign. The earnings report and share price beg to differ. The copium is strong

Guys I am right

Guys this site has got very bad lately, it's turned into an advertising arm for Sony. This comment will be deleted soon but leave this site please its not here for players best interests

@naruball I also compared to space marines, or did you miss that piece?

The last game that released on steam from bioware is ME legendary edition And before that the original 2 dragonage games. So youre basically comparing to over decade old games and a remaster. A bit disingenuous.

Maybe compare to other big releases this year like black myth which had over 2 million players or even games like space marines 2 which had over 200,000.

When you actually compare, this launch ain't great.

Thanks for bringing this up. I've noticed this happening a lot lately but it really caught my attention with silent hill 2. Like why? Well I know why. Also should companies be allowed call it 'early access'? There must be some sort of advertising rules that apply here because it's not early access it's more like 'not late access'

@LavenderShroud Lol only kidding I'm a big fan of Dragonball z too. Not so much super tbh

@LavenderShroud Sir I must protest your use of the word fad when speaking about Dragonball. I'm a 35 year old child that still rewatches DBZ on an almost annual basis

Glad it's doing well. Might pick it up on a sale but usually more interested in more mature games. Playing infamous 2 at the moment and it's so edgy it's entertaining 😂

Will definitely get it on a sale a bit down the line. Loved persona 5

Aspyr are certainly putting in the work. The new bluepoint perhaps? Think they did battlefront which was rough but legacy of kain remaster looks great from the trailers anyway. Gotta respect their work ethic!

@xDD90x Sure those are fair points. I do agree with them to an extent. I just don't believe realism and immersion are the reason these designs keep cropping up. For example Abby in tlou2 was ripped, in a post apocalyptic world where nutrients would be scarce and there is no way a woman could look like that. I believe the same ideology that designed her is why Lara is the way she is

@ThomasHL No I don't believe that it is this specific isolated instance that bothers people. It is the pattern of this kind of design choice that has been happening for many years now and a lot of people are tired of it. If Lara's design had been more feminine and conventionally attractive a certain other group would be complaining about objectifying women. So sometimes you need to fight fire with fire.

@naruball yup totally agree 👍

@get2sammyb if you like the direction the creators have taken that's fine. It's obvious that a lot of people like to watch attractive characters. It shouldn't be controversial it's why most actors/singers are conventionally attractive. I and many others do not find this new Lara attractive. If you do that's cool too. There's is a growing trend where creating attractive women in games/cartoons has become problematic to certain ideologies and I'm not a fan of this direction.

Look up the people behind this show and you'll understand why Lara looks so masculine. Another character ruined for the 'modern audience'

These improvements will all need a magnifying glass to see too I presume 😂

@LordFunkalot haven't purchased that yet but will definitely get to it. Have been playing my ps3 for the last few months need to cleanse my pallet of AAA modern slop 😂

@ErrantRob Toxic positivity is definitely the issue here. Awful ideas are not criticised for fear of being labeled the usual ist or phobe words. Probably 95% of the devs knew this whole thing was an awful idea but were too afraid to speak out. What kind of world are we living in

Sounds interesting I remember enjoying generations on the ps3. I'll be picking this up without a shadow of a doubt

Thank God I've been playing my ps3 for the past few months. Haven't touched my ps5 as the ps3 library and quality of games is far superior

Don't think there's a need to be quick to get one really, from what I've seen it's available everywhere. Most definitely will not be getting one myself. Will wait for the ps6 pro before I buy any more hardware from Sony, even then they will need to impress me next generation or I'll skip it altogether.

@get2sammyb Sure not everyone but you would assume this site will have a definite bias to purchasing one more than somewhere else a poll was created.
Not sure anyone has changed their mind since it was announced but sure maybe the attitude has changed slightly.

@Yousef- this is a PlayStation fan site, that it's evenly split is actually surprising. I thought the amount that would have bought it would be much higher

@Ilyn right I have not seen any media portraying him as a samurai prior to 2019? Could you enlighten me because I have searched for it?

Oh so you "imagine" that's why he deleted his social media, well I guess you must be right then. Please research it and you will see his claims were proven false.

Also conflating this with Nioh is also not right. The Ubisoft devs explicitly advertised this was all about historical accuracy, I don't believe Nioh ever claimed the same.

A lot of people saying Yasuke was a real historical character. It's come to light that a lot of what is known about him was made up by a western man called Thomas Lockley, the author who created the 'Yasuke was a legendary Samurai' myth from his book in 2019. He deleted all his social media accounts after Japanese gamers and Japanese historians call out his historical fabrication.

Ok he still did exist, but my question is from all the historical samurai known to us, why did ubisoft choose him over the thousands of known Japanese samurai?

Totally agree toxic positivity is becoming a huge problem. Any criticism is now seen by some as "hate". This means improvements badly needed are quashed right out of the gate and then when the market gets its hands on the product it's a disaster. This isn't just a problem in video games but in culture as a whole. Glad others are speaking out about it

These remasters are the bare minimum effort. That's what execs love minimum effort for maximum profit. It's just not good enough I could not care less about remasters of ps4 games there's barely a difference between ps4 and ps5 as it is! And obviously the main problem being so little ps5 exclusives over half way into the consoles life cycle! No wonder there are so many people sticking with their ps4s, there's no point in upgrading.

@thefourfoldroot1 I disagree, it's pretty much the same as a ps5. I can do without Improvements that require cerny to zoom into the screen for me to see. It may be a moot point to someone who won't consider a PC at any level but some people may. Also all the other benefits of having a PC such as a far far superior library of games now including ps5 'exclusives'