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@Sketti Well... "essential" is a matter of opinion I think. Even though I liked the graphic design and music the idea of spending 30+ more hours playing P5 is not appealing to me, the base game was long enough as it was. And I don't mean any disrespect here, but "true endings" are just a marketing scheme for the FOMO crowd. I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything playing the base game and have no desire to go back despite knowing there is more content to be had, or different endings etc. Don't feel "stiffed" at all.

But I agree that for fans of the series or any game, training them to wait for the complete version down the road was a bad business mistake. DLC was always about generating sales though, not about pleasing fans with more.

I got my Pro this week, finally - now just need to get a compatible tv. The prices are looking pretty good this week.

Sometimes I buy the base game even when a "definitive" edition is out because I consider the extra stuff to be just more bloat and I value somewhat shorter game experiences these days. Roller Coaster, not Small World.

Giant breast fetishists rejoice!

I'm not familiar with Killing Floor or Synduality and after reading this post, still not.

I wonder if they'll ever patch out the ultra-misogynist dialog in this game. I was shocked by it myself. Turned me off of trying out any of the other Tales games, that and the repetitive combat.

An endless grind for better gear and weapons is just never gonna be my thing.

Alien Isolation is still my favorite horror game and it's not in the list

In my imagination TABS is the most inaccurate battle simulator ever and it would be really fun to play.

The number one priority in RPGs, for me, is the writing (really in any game that tries to make the story a significant part of the game). Sounds like I will enjoy this game as much as the first one, which was not that much. Wait for steep sale for me.

I know when I get my PS5 I will never go back to the 4, and so I really want to finish all the games I have bought first, and... it's taking me a bit longer to do than I thought.

I always upgrade mid-generation so that there's at least a few games I want that are on sale on a regular basis. Add to that that I need to get a new TV also for the PS5 Pro's upscaling tech. I have the money to get these things but I always have a hard time making myself do it. What do I do with my giant old TV that still works but no one will buy?

I can't believe people still eat that poison in this day and age knowing what we know about it.

I didn't like remake at all, though some of the art was nice. I found it tedious and the bad dialog didn't help. I found the combat system clunky and not much fun so I never played rebirth. Not much point in playing the 3rd installment at this point.

Well, he might be right in that there will be a large amount of money to be made on free-to-play games via a TV's native operating system, but gaming fans here won't be the target audience, it will be very casual gamers or people susceptible to gambling addiction. It seems like that kind of race to the bottom seems inevitable though. He might be wrong about Sony, who knows what they'll do with future markets, but he might be right about the future of gaming, sadly. Might be wrong too!

"The release’s inspirations run deep" is being excessively kind. I kinda hope they get sued.

I could see them messing it up with a super high price, pissing people off, but it will still be the biggest ever.

@kcarnes9051 We'll just have to agree to disagree about the "depth" of his character I guess.

@Northern_munkey Nope, just have a different opinion than you. I like the character but don't get the massive popularity. Maybe its because of the 2D nature of his character that people can project what they want to see in him? Dunno. If it's a 60 hour game with dialog consistent with the comics it's going to get repetitive real fast.

@rachetmarvel Solo comic or not he is written a little on the two dimensional side, he doesn't make for a compelling lead because of it, just my opinion.

Wolverine is a hard character to be the lead, he is more of a support character. I've deliberately avoided watching any videos so I can't speak to the violence, but I hope they justify it if it's really violent. Even the comics kept his violent nature restrained or at least out-of-frame.

I'm pretty sure the PS5 has been benchmarked as having sold just as well as PS4, so I don't think this guy really has a good point.

Stay classy Push Square!

One person's relaxing is another person's tedious. Always a red flag for me when a game review includes descriptions like 'soothing', 'meditative', or 'relaxing'. Also the trigger finger fatigue in the first game, and I imagine this a sequel as well, is unreal.

What is the main mechanic for pedaling? Is it mash a button as fast as you can? I read the review fast but don't think I missed anything, but it's possible.

I didn't know about Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew so thank you for writing this up!

it's more of the same, have at it fans. I already have icon fatigue.

I just finally played AC: Black Flag a few months ago so I can't say a remake holds any interest for me, and I liked the game a lot! It's one of the better Ubisoft map game offerings. But I mean the graphics were fine, gameplay fine, why do a remake?

I bought the first gen but barely used it. I quickly realized that wearing it for more than 20 minutes was akin to torture and I just stopped trying. Cool experience though, it was impressive looking.

It's a fine game, but narratively there was no one to root for as all the main characters were just out for murderous revenge. It also dragged on way too long. I wanted to answer that my opinion hadn't changed over the years but weirdly that was not an option in the question about whether your opinion had changed.

@Areus That must be what I was thinking of.

I thought I had read at some point that the original source code for NWN2 had been lost or was irretrievable, something like that. And because of that, it would not be getting a release on modern consoles, etc. Is that what it means that it's been "re-worked"?

Classless, the lot of them

The visuals were fine for me, but that gun gameplay! You'd have to be blind not to see it as a problem with the game.

I was surprised at how much I liked Agents of Mayhem, fun action and had me laughing at the deliberately bad comic book dialog.

I played Watch Dogs 2 only to see how San Francisco/Bay Area was rendered and it was an absolutely amazing job. Game was meh for me.

spaghetti meet wall. insane.

It's not a factor with a "complete edition" but putting the actual ending of the game in the "blood & wine" DLC was a ***** thing to do and exactly the kind of practice that puts me in the mood to wait for a "complete edition" on sale instead of supporting a game at launch.

From the headline, I thought it might be banned because of the tacky, classless character design, but nope.

Can anyone playing this confirm that the quest to un-do your vampirism is completable? That's when I got stuck, the quest giver was not interactive after I did the quest, I gave up after that.

"it's detrimental that we get our review score back up."

Um, what?

I can feel the Kojima indulgence overwhelming me already. Still gonna play it.

The people are a lot prettier in this one compared to previous games in the series. I liked in previous games how everyone was ... rough looking... instead of the constant barrage of beautiful people in other games/films etc.

Marketing: "Hey have you heard there's this new free-to-play MMO..."
Me: NO!!!

Enjoy all those long boring motorcycle rides, Liam.

"Hey, check out our new game! It's a battle ro..."

"NO!!!"

I enjoyed the DLC and thought it was quite well written, but the base game was a snooze, design by committee or something. Whether this one is any good will not come down to the progression system, but, as with every RPG, to the writing.

I don't have a dog in this race but why would ANY console player want to play a game that shares servers with PC players? That's where all the cheaters come from!

Literally every single game publisher out there has the same legal point of view as Ubisoft here. Every. Single. One.

I would say this is welcome news, but I fear it will simply mean that the term RPG will become meaningless, much like "souls-like" has been used, but even worse. It's still a welcome trend though, I'm happy to hear it.

I would like to be able to finish it without encountering a game-breaking bug.

Is "cooky" a British way to spell it?