The first has the best pacing and length in regards to Kojima's attempt to seamlessly blend movies and games together but it's not that much in front of this installment in my list. A few too many overly long cut scenes but otherwise it's a cast iron classic for me.
Starting an event with a bloated COD trailer and then an even more bloated interview set the trend for the show. Nadir being WOW which was so utterly devoid of any actual gameplay content it encouraged me to just turn the whole event off completely.
I've no real hope here. I'd expect a beat for beat Hollywood remake of Meet The Feebles arriving on a big screen before Bioshock 4 sees the light of day.
@ShogunRok I remember discussing Journey with someone and they asked about my first playthrough. I waxed lyrical about having the same companion who stayed by my side. They raced ahead during the final flight but then waited at the final platform and we joyfully chirped away into the white oblivion. He told the tale that the same happened to him except that his faithful companion disappeared during the climb against the blizzard and never returned, leaving him to take that final flight alone without any feelings other than one of loss. Nearly broke my heart
@Puketapu I'm aware that some of the staff are ex employees but every one of their games just ape Journey to the point of that I can't see them as anything other than inferior clones. Abzu and The Pathless were decent games but nothing more. It doesnt help that the Journeylike genre is overstuffed with titles that live in the shadow of it.
Another Journeylike indie that'll be unable to get anywhere near that timeless masterpiece. Still, it's probably the first I'll play out of that menagerie.of games
If it's bug free at least then kudos to the team. One awaits Bethesda's port of Starfield however, like one would await a tap on the shoulder from the Reaper.
@nessisonett I never buy into the idea that if you don't set it in the US it won't sell. Rockstar could set GTA7 in Crianlarich with a game world that only stretched to the station at Rannoch and it'd sell millions. Set it in Birmingham with rival factions being led by a digitally accurate Stewart Lee, Lenry Henry, Noddy Holder and Armando Iannucci can be the Scottish kingpin who's behind it all. Plus Britain is as ripe for satire as the US is.
@nessisonett In agreement on your UK point. I just wish devs would have the confidence to set a open world crime caper in somewhere other than London. Cardiff, Birmingham or Glasgow would be great.
The game's incredible art style already makes it looks like an interactive comic book so if Sony doesn't get Arc to design and add PS IP characters like Kratos then I'll be most definitely miffed by the decision making at HQ.
@ThorsHammer The franchise is, for me, not scary anymore and just too overdone, reminding me of the Christmas Vacation turkey. If I was to choose an 80s movie that'd be a perfect fit for a game it'd be the very underrated Running Man.
@Hylian-Likely It's close but not quite correct. It's actually FloodMorne Kos, although some see to say Kosm. They just accidentally put the wrong consonant.
The new indie title by Met Offce Games called 'How To Avoid Sunstroke Whilst Still Getting A Nice Tan'. Involves plenty of ice cold Thatcher's (the cider and not the ex PM) Idiocy aside I'm going for Cyberpunk 2077 on PS Plus. I put it off until it was fully fixed so I'm now planning on a full playthrough.
@naruball I saw them when they toured the Black album a year after Megadeth toured Rust In Peace in 90/91. They really were rather disappointing. They also had no support band whereas Megadeth's set was fantastic and they had Alice In Chains and The Almighty as hors d'oeuvres. Completely unrelated to your argument however.
There are two cast iron classics in that list and also some excellent ones but I'll never budge on my judgement of 4. It's a dreadful, incoherent mess and the runt born of a noble litter.
@nessisonett I have my own life long illness that for years had people like myself thrown into the asylum or burned for speaking with the unholy one so no, I dont deny any of the wonderful, life changing, pioneering work that has been laid down by people willing to want to know how systems work or better people's lives. It's made life for myself and fellow sufferers better. You're completely missing my point and assuming I'm some contrarian who thrives on disrupting conventions. Epilepsy isn't just people frothing at the mouth or just grand mal vs petit mal. It's as complex as smells, deja vu, derealisation, hundreds of two second absences etc. At the time however, it was just that. It took people willing to delve deeper to understand. Ergo challenge popular expert opinion. By falsifiable I am not implying that advancement is redundant. I'm pointing to theories not being set in stone once discovered. It can and hopefully will be expanded upon. I get the point that many a contrarian is contrary for no point other than to annoy but not everyone can be lumped into that same bracket and I find that line of thinking unfair. I'm also not comparing this to string theory in the slightest. It was an example to show that people are willing to challenge the accepted norm. Not to dismantle it but to aid progress.
@EVIL-C There was a counter movement anongst the string theory community when many realised that it was being taken to be gospel, despite being nearly forever untestable. The point isn't that there climate change is not evident. My point is you can't just lump everyone is the same bracket because they don't toe party line. It's far more convoluted that merely saying 'I'm right you're wrong'
@nessisonett The evidence for the ice age shows that too. The evidence points to it fluctuating for large parts of the earth's existence. The evidence points to dark matter and quantum uncertainty. These are generally accepted and of that one does not debate. Science is still falsifiable though. It is built on that very foundation. What also could said to be factual is that insinuating people on here are dumb because they are using their freedom as an individual to question something doesn't exactly help anything other than hinting at intellectual aloofness.
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Re: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Closed Beta: All Start Times, How to Play, and What's Included
Got the invite so I'll be diving in early tomorrow morning
Re: MindsEye Flopped So Badly That Its Publisher Is Questioning If It Should Publish Games Ever Again
I see the past tense version of Build A Rocket Boy you snuck in PS
Re: Sony's Helldivers 2 on Xbox Gamble Is Absolutely Paying Off
@graymamba Google Stadia?
Re: Sony's Helldivers 2 on Xbox Gamble Is Absolutely Paying Off
Would've an Xbox same day release saved Concord?
Re: State of Play Confirmed for 3rd September, Deep Dive on 007 First Light
Why not have Housemarque show us Saros?
Re: Poll: Are You Playing Metal Gear Solid Delta?
Some day you'll stutter through the rain
Your FPS slowly feasts on a tree frog
This ordeal, to get a solid 60
For Konami can you fix thee
Re: Preview: Lumines Arise on PS5 Is the Eye-Popping Glow-Up the Series Deserves
'One of the great falling block puzzle games' got a chuckle out of me.
Re: Preview: Hellraiser PS5's Sexual Horror Is Pushing Its M Rating to the Max
@nessisonett Xhamster Tycoon with Spankbang DLC to follow.
Re: Early Lost Soul Aside PS5 Reviews Axed as 'Comprehensive' Day One Patch Is Announced
I'm completely shocked about a game being in a disastrous state before launch.
Re: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Is Having a Tougher Time on the PS5, PS4 Pre-Order Charts
Greece, Rome Ottoman, Britain, USSR. They all crumble eventually.
Re: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (PS5) - The Best Version of an Undisputed Classic
The first has the best pacing and length in regards to Kojima's attempt to seamlessly blend movies and games together but it's not that much in front of this installment in my list. A few too many overly long cut scenes but otherwise it's a cast iron classic for me.
Re: Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Finally Out on 4th September
That release date is going to stir up a hornet's nest.
Re: Reactions to Stupid Call of Duty Skins May Make Dev Tone Down Black Ops 7
I think he meant "To fleece the widest audience"
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025?
Starting an event with a bloated COD trailer and then an even more bloated interview set the trend for the show. Nadir being WOW which was so utterly devoid of any actual gameplay content it encouraged me to just turn the whole event off completely.
Re: BioShock Infinite Executive Returns to Rescue BioShock 4 from Dev Hell
I've no real hope here. I'd expect a beat for beat Hollywood remake of Meet The Feebles arriving on a big screen before Bioshock 4 sees the light of day.
Re: Sword of the Sea (PS5) - Stunning Journey-Like Is a PS Plus Extra Hall of Famer
@ShogunRok I remember discussing Journey with someone and they asked about my first playthrough. I waxed lyrical about having the same companion who stayed by my side. They raced ahead during the final flight but then waited at the final platform and we joyfully chirped away into the white oblivion. He told the tale that the same happened to him except that his faithful companion disappeared during the climb against the blizzard and never returned, leaving him to take that final flight alone without any feelings other than one of loss.
Nearly broke my heart
Re: Sword of the Sea (PS5) - Stunning Journey-Like Is a PS Plus Extra Hall of Famer
@ShogunRok I'm guessing it's not quite as emotionally impactful as Journey and it's effortless grace?
Re: These 11+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out Next Week (18th-24th August)
@Puketapu Thanks for the link. Always willing to lend an ear to a developer's thoughts.
Re: These 11+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out Next Week (18th-24th August)
@Puketapu I'm aware that some of the staff are ex employees but every one of their games just ape Journey to the point of that I can't see them as anything other than inferior clones. Abzu and The Pathless were decent games but nothing more. It doesnt help that the Journeylike genre is overstuffed with titles that live in the shadow of it.
Re: These 11+ PS5, PS4, and PS Plus Games Are Coming Out Next Week (18th-24th August)
Another Journeylike indie that'll be unable to get anywhere near that timeless masterpiece.
Still, it's probably the first I'll play out of that menagerie.of games
Re: Feature: Let's Predict Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
@twitchtvpat Planet Coaster 2 Bloodborne DLC.
Re: Feature: Let's Predict Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
@twitchtvpat Bloodborne 3 seems more likely
Re: Halo 3: ODST Content Teased for Helldivers 2, Even on PS5
Never seen ODST used so many times in an article about ODST.
Makes me think of an overdosing Atari
Re: Hellblade 2's Xbox to PS5 Port Seems Like It Was a Breeze to Make
If it's bug free at least then kudos to the team. One awaits Bethesda's port of Starfield however, like one would await a tap on the shoulder from the Reaper.
Re: Sony Controlling More of Marathon Dev Bungie, Will Be Integrated into PS Studios
Sony's bungie rope snapped.
Re: GTA 6 Might Require Age Verification, as GTA Online Checks Leak
And yet the ability to vote a tyrant in is to be dropped to 16.
Re: PS5 Is the Only Console with a Proper Physical Copy of Cronos: The New Dawn
@ShadowRJ There's no end of astonishment at the route Nintendo saw fit to take with the Key Card fiasco.
Re: Stellar Blade PS5, PC Support Still Ongoing as New Patch Goes Live
Meanwhile over at Bethesda...
Re: Rumour: Sony to Put More First-Party PS5 Games on Xbox
If more people can enjoy a wider selection of games on different devices then it's excellent news.
Re: Keep an Eye on ENDS, a GTA-Inspired Sandbox RPG Set in London
@nessisonett I never buy into the idea that if you don't set it in the US it won't sell. Rockstar could set GTA7 in Crianlarich with a game world that only stretched to the station at Rannoch and it'd sell millions. Set it in Birmingham with rival factions being led by a digitally accurate Stewart Lee, Lenry Henry, Noddy Holder and Armando Iannucci can be the Scottish kingpin who's behind it all.
Plus Britain is as ripe for satire as the US is.
Re: Keep an Eye on ENDS, a GTA-Inspired Sandbox RPG Set in London
@nessisonett In agreement on your UK point. I just wish devs would have the confidence to set a open world crime caper in somewhere other than London. Cardiff, Birmingham or Glasgow would be great.
Re: Hype Inducing 90s-Style Brawler Toxic Crusaders Drops 4th December on PS5, PS4
A sprite based beat 'em up based on Toxic Avenger, Radioactive Reporter or Street Trash would be most welcome
Re: Marvel Tokon Could Have Up to 35 Characters, Fans Hypothesise
@Keyblade-Dan You are aware that these are multi billion dollar companies with dollar signs for pupils oui?
Re: Marvel Tokon Could Have Up to 35 Characters, Fans Hypothesise
The game's incredible art style already makes it looks like an interactive comic book so if Sony doesn't get Arc to design and add PS IP characters like Kratos then I'll be most definitely miffed by the decision making at HQ.
Re: Pinhead Is Back! Single Player Hellraiser Horror Revealed for PS5
@ThorsHammer The franchise is, for me, not scary anymore and just too overdone, reminding me of the Christmas Vacation turkey.
If I was to choose an 80s movie that'd be a perfect fit for a game it'd be the very underrated Running Man.
Re: Pinhead Is Back! Single Player Hellraiser Horror Revealed for PS5
There's not been a good Hellraiser movie since the second so I'm certainly not putting tuppence ha'penny on a game bucking the trend.
Re: Dark Souls, Elden Ring Dev May Have Another New Game for 2026
@Hylian-Likely It's close but not quite correct. It's actually FloodMorne Kos, although some see to say Kosm. They just accidentally put the wrong consonant.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? - Issue 589
The new indie title by Met Offce Games called 'How To Avoid Sunstroke Whilst Still Getting A Nice Tan'. Involves plenty of ice cold Thatcher's (the cider and not the ex PM)
Idiocy aside I'm going for Cyberpunk 2077 on PS Plus. I put it off until it was fully fixed so I'm now planning on a full playthrough.
Re: Poll: Are You Sold on Ghost of Yotei?
Hopefully theres an Ichi The Killer reference somewhere in there (or Gozu for a deeper cut).
Re: Astro Bot Has Added Its Most Wanted Cameo in Huge PS5 Update
I beat Orphan of Kos quicker than that goddamn final challenge.
Cloud"s Omnislash was worth all of the finger ache though
Re: Old School Rally Recaptures Those Classic Colin McRae Vibes on PS5, PS4
Where the devil is the demo located? I cant find it in the Store anywhere.
Re: The Last of Us Part 2's Chronological Update Out Now on PS5, PC, Lets You Play Through the Story in Linear Order
TLoU2 Chronological Edition Remake coming to PS6 at launch
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Death Stranding 2?
So far it's about a 7. It currently feels like peak Kojima ergo some good ideas and some pretty bad ones too. I'll wait to reserve full judgement.
Re: Neil Druckmann Focused on Naughty Dog Games, Steps Away from The Last of Us TV Show
@naruball I saw them when they toured the Black album a year after Megadeth toured Rust In Peace in 90/91. They really were rather disappointing. They also had no support band whereas Megadeth's set was fantastic and they had Alice In Chains and The Almighty as hors d'oeuvres.
Completely unrelated to your argument however.
Re: Mass Xbox Layoffs Begin, Rare Game Everwild Reportedly Cancelled
And I thought it was bad for the line judges at Wimbledon
Re: Metal Gear Solid Series: How to Get Started and All Games Ranked
There are two cast iron classics in that list and also some excellent ones but I'll never budge on my judgement of 4. It's a dreadful, incoherent mess and the runt born of a noble litter.
Re: Sony's New PS5, PSVR2 Game May Be the Most Important It Releases This Year
@nessisonett I have my own life long illness that for years had people like myself thrown into the asylum or burned for speaking with the unholy one so no, I dont deny any of the wonderful, life changing, pioneering work that has been laid down by people willing to want to know how systems work or better people's lives. It's made life for myself and fellow sufferers better. You're completely missing my point and assuming I'm some contrarian who thrives on disrupting conventions. Epilepsy isn't just people frothing at the mouth or just grand mal vs petit mal. It's as complex as smells, deja vu, derealisation, hundreds of two second absences etc. At the time however, it was just that. It took people willing to delve deeper to understand. Ergo challenge popular expert opinion. By falsifiable I am not implying that advancement is redundant. I'm pointing to theories not being set in stone once discovered. It can and hopefully will be expanded upon.
I get the point that many a contrarian is contrary for no point other than to annoy but not everyone can be lumped into that same bracket and I find that line of thinking unfair.
I'm also not comparing this to string theory in the slightest. It was an example to show that people are willing to challenge the accepted norm. Not to dismantle it but to aid progress.
Re: Sony's New PS5, PSVR2 Game May Be the Most Important It Releases This Year
@EVIL-C There was a counter movement anongst the string theory community when many realised that it was being taken to be gospel, despite being nearly forever untestable.
The point isn't that there climate change is not evident. My point is you can't just lump everyone is the same bracket because they don't toe party line. It's far more convoluted that merely saying 'I'm right you're wrong'
Re: Sony's New PS5, PSVR2 Game May Be the Most Important It Releases This Year
@nessisonett The evidence for the ice age shows that too. The evidence points to it fluctuating for large parts of the earth's existence. The evidence points to dark matter and quantum uncertainty. These are generally accepted and of that one does not debate. Science is still falsifiable though. It is built on that very foundation.
What also could said to be factual is that insinuating people on here are dumb because they are using their freedom as an individual to question something doesn't exactly help anything other than hinting at intellectual aloofness.
Re: Sony's New PS5, PSVR2 Game May Be the Most Important It Releases This Year
@nessisonett All science is falsifiable. Challenging orthodoxy is how pioneers further their respective fields of expertise.