@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.
Is there a drone minigame where you can watch the diggers laying waste to the Amazon rainforest for the giant road that they're building for the next big summit? I don't deny climate change but I sure do deny the need for 20,000 entities to gather in the same place to reheat the same message.
@LifeGirl The first and third game are legitimate classics and along with PT they're a Kojima restrained but still firing imaginatively. MGS4 however, is utterly terrible in every aspect.
@AdamNovice Having the character arc of Meryl be that she's marries the guy who spends the entire series filling his britches with a continual stream of brown water is definitely genius writing. What creative visionary at Ubisoft is so devoid of ideas that he didnt think to insert that level of exposition into Assassins Creed XXVII?
@KundaliniRising333 People have a habit of saying he is gaming's Lynch/Kubrick/Eggers but I don't buy into that at all. He's as inept as he is talented.
Even if it sold 30 million it would've underperformed in Square's eyes. They have some rather ludicrous targets that they set. Also, they have a bad habit of complaining about external factors for the product not meeting it's target.
When I was a youngster you had to sit above the wheel arch of a big diesel engine double decker bus to get an involuntary erection. Games amounted to some rudimentary indescribable objects on a screen that bore no resemblance to humanity anatomy. Even out of reach, top shelf magazines were named after motor cars. Kids today will just not get the opportunity we had to get confusing involuntary erections.
@Bionic-Spencer I fully completed it and thought the game was an utter chore by the end, perfectly encapsulated by that insufferable epilogue. Many aspects of it are unmatched and yet other aspects however, are laughably bad.
@PuppetMaster What I class as proper video game core mechanics usually executed without fault. They're like virtual chess but with your butt clenched tight enough to crack walnuts.
There's the assumption that side scrolling, or twin stick shooters are simplistic affairs but if you watch videos on YouTube of a pro playing something like Nex Machina on Master difficulty it's any but. Looks more like video game poetry in motion.
'The game delves into the themes of exploitation, company towns, and abusive management, showcasing how capitalism has negatively impacted the Halcyon system. Players will encounter situations where workers are exploited and live in company towns designed to keep them in debt. The game also features characters who are critical of capitalism, reminding players that individuals raised in such systems may not understand alternatives to their current lives' In a game you have to pay £80 for
At least 30% of the higher ups who forced this direction upon the devs didnt lose their jobs. It means that they've still got the creative license to make some more cataclysmically stupid business decisions.
It might end up being a big, rancid, blow fly ridden turkey but it's been sat at the top of the pre order list on PSN for a while now so some consumers seem willing to give it a shot.
My major issue with Platinum has always been their colour palette. Their games are nearly always fantastically bombastic but always clothed with hues that come under 'Insipid' on the Dulux chart.
Went downhill as soon as Kojima stopped all momentum with that god awful trailer than explained nothing and just sucked the life out of that great initial trailer for Mortal Shell
It's another fake game scenario. There was a rather unpleasant trailer released years ago that made out it was 'in game' yet so obviously wasn't. It's been dining off that intial reveal for too long and now barely gets any nearer towards being a cohesive game other than showing some more gore snippets.
@StrickenBiged Would have to be either the Hunter, Lady Maria or Gascoigne for me. Bloodborne characters in anime would be delightfully graceful as well as grotesque
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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.
Re: Sony's New PS5, PSVR2 Game May Be the Most Important It Releases This Year
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Re: Sony's New PS5, PSVR2 Game May Be the Most Important It Releases This Year
Is there a drone minigame where you can watch the diggers laying waste to the Amazon rainforest for the giant road that they're building for the next big summit?
I don't deny climate change but I sure do deny the need for 20,000 entities to gather in the same place to reheat the same message.
Re: Death Stranding 2 Feedback Was 'Too Good', So Hideo Kojima Made Big Changes
@LifeGirl The first and third game are legitimate classics and along with PT they're a Kojima restrained but still firing imaginatively. MGS4 however, is utterly terrible in every aspect.
Re: Death Stranding 2 Feedback Was 'Too Good', So Hideo Kojima Made Big Changes
@AdamNovice Having the character arc of Meryl be that she's marries the guy who spends the entire series filling his britches with a continual stream of brown water is definitely genius writing. What creative visionary at Ubisoft is so devoid of ideas that he didnt think to insert that level of exposition into Assassins Creed XXVII?
Re: Death Stranding 2 Feedback Was 'Too Good', So Hideo Kojima Made Big Changes
@KundaliniRising333 People have a habit of saying he is gaming's Lynch/Kubrick/Eggers but I don't buy into that at all.
He's as inept as he is talented.
Re: Final Fantasy 16 May Have Underperformed on PS5, But It's Doing Terribly on Xbox
Even if it sold 30 million it would've underperformed in Square's eyes. They have some rather ludicrous targets that they set. Also, they have a bad habit of complaining about external factors for the product not meeting it's target.
Re: Stellar Blade Thrives on PC, 1 Million Copies Sold in 3 Days
When I was a youngster you had to sit above the wheel arch of a big diesel engine double decker bus to get an involuntary erection. Games amounted to some rudimentary indescribable objects on a screen that bore no resemblance to humanity anatomy. Even out of reach, top shelf magazines were named after motor cars.
Kids today will just not get the opportunity we had to get confusing involuntary erections.
Re: Stellar Blade Thrives on PC, 1 Million Copies Sold in 3 Days
@get2sammyb Report said about 60% of PC sales were from China
Re: Red Dead Redemption 2's PS5 Version Could Be Announced Next Week
@Bionic-Spencer I fully completed it and thought the game was an utter chore by the end, perfectly encapsulated by that insufferable epilogue.
Many aspects of it are unmatched and yet other aspects however, are laughably bad.
Re: This PS5 Adventure from Another Code's Scribe Has a Truly Bonkers Premise
I'm all for a good bonk.
Re: This Outstanding New PS5, PS4 Shmup Will Make You Miss the SEGA Genesis Days
@PuppetMaster What I class as proper video game core mechanics usually executed without fault. They're like virtual chess but with your butt clenched tight enough to crack walnuts.
Re: This Outstanding New PS5, PS4 Shmup Will Make You Miss the SEGA Genesis Days
@Northern_munkey Its one of the few games I class as essentially perfect. An unsung masterpiece
Re: This Outstanding New PS5, PS4 Shmup Will Make You Miss the SEGA Genesis Days
There's the assumption that side scrolling, or twin stick shooters are simplistic affairs but if you watch videos on YouTube of a pro playing something like Nex Machina on Master difficulty it's any but. Looks more like video game poetry in motion.
Re: Xbox to Blame for The Outer Worlds 2's Devastating $80 Price Point
'The game delves into the themes of exploitation, company towns, and abusive management, showcasing how capitalism has negatively impacted the Halcyon system. Players will encounter situations where workers are exploited and live in company towns designed to keep them in debt. The game also features characters who are critical of capitalism, reminding players that individuals raised in such systems may not understand alternatives to their current lives'
In a game you have to pay £80 for
Re: Metal Gear Solid Multiplayer Returns in Delta's New Fox Hunt Mode
I'm still in a lobby....Snake Eater
Re: Silent Hill 1 Remake Announced, from Bloober Team
It's one of my personal favourite PS1 games. Voice acting has obviously dated badly but the atmosphere is still denser than a neutron star
Re: Stellar Blade Immediately Breaks Sony's Peak Single Player Record on PC
Numbers not even ZRodent can compete with
Re: Resident Evil Requiem Playable in 1st and 3rd Person, New Screenshots
Got a selection of good gameplay options on sale stranger
Re: Hands On: MindsEye Is a Boring Mess
Build A Coffin Boy
Re: Days Gone Dev Reportedly Hit with Layoffs, Loses 30% of Staff
At least 30% of the higher ups who forced this direction upon the devs didnt lose their jobs. It means that they've still got the creative license to make some more cataclysmically stupid business decisions.
Re: Site News: Where's Our MindsEye PS5 Review?
The Xbox version isn't even getting the day one patch at launch. You know, the one that actually makes it playable.
Re: Site News: Where's Our MindsEye PS5 Review?
It might end up being a big, rancid, blow fly ridden turkey but it's been sat at the top of the pre order list on PSN for a while now so some consumers seem willing to give it a shot.
Re: Sony's Legend of Zelda Movie Releasing a Little Later to Make It 'As Good As It Can Be'
People have wondered what it would take to bring back Daniel Day Lewis...
Re: Black Ops 7 Will Be the 'Most Mind-Bending' Call of Duty Ever on PS5, PS4
I think the adjective they're looking for is 'mind numbing'
Re: Ninja Gaiden 4 Looks Like a Stunning Sequel, Slashes PS5 in October
My major issue with Platinum has always been their colour palette. Their games are nearly always fantastically bombastic but always clothed with hues that come under 'Insipid' on the Dulux chart.
Re: Invincible VS Is Another Tag Team Fighter to Anticipate on PS5
Tokon has been the surprise reveal of the year for me. Arc's art design is just on another level to this.
Re: Stellar Blade's Story Continues in Monstrous NIKKE: Goddess of Victory Crossover
Gacha games are not my cup of Twinings but I'll cough up for the DLC in Stellar Blade.
Re: Poll: How Would You Rate Summer Game Fest 2025?
Went downhill as soon as Kojima stopped all momentum with that god awful trailer than explained nothing and just sucked the life out of that great initial trailer for Mortal Shell
Re: Everyone's Talking About Body Horror Game ILL for PS5, Apparently
It's another fake game scenario. There was a rather unpleasant trailer released years ago that made out it was 'in game' yet so obviously wasn't. It's been dining off that intial reveal for too long and now barely gets any nearer towards being a cohesive game other than showing some more gore snippets.
Re: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls: All Confirmed Characters and Stages
@StrickenBiged Would have to be either the Hunter, Lady Maria or Gascoigne for me. Bloodborne characters in anime would be delightfully graceful as well as grotesque