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Lumines Arise for me!

@Jrs1 It might be that I am well out of practice but it feels so much harder than Geometry Wars! I’m really enjoying it though.

I’m in the top ten on the leaderboard for the first time on one of these….NOONE ELSE DO THIS QUIZ!

Sold. Love scrabble, love roguelikes.

This gen has brought some of my favourite games of all time, 60fps as standard and lightning fast load times. I have had a great 5 years of gaming across all platforms and I’m looking forward to the next 5. First party output, while not high in number has been consistently high in quality. I’d like them to release some more quirky AA games but I’m also fine with what they are currently doing…it’s not like I’m short of amazing games to play, especially as the quality of indies has absolutely skyrocketed.

@Martsmall “yet no mention of the FACT that Microsoft own 27% of open ai so chances are they knew and make more money from open ai than Xbox”

OpenAI is losing billions. They aren’t making any money and neither are their shareholders. They aren’t projected to become profitable till around 2030 and that’s IF this massive AI gamble pays off. The fact MS own such a large stake in OpenAI and know what they are doing makes their lack of foresight even more dumb.

Arc raiders for my multiplayer fix, Yotei and Outer Worlds 2 for my single player fix. Have a great weekend everyone!

@Dudditz09 I’m 2 years sober from FIFA…nearly fell off the wagon when I looked at the sale earlier but reminded myself it’s just a road to frustration and high blood pressure.

Well deserved SF6 is fantastic. My personal preference lies with Tekken 8 but I had a hell of a lot of fun with SF and dip back into it every now and then.

For me the Steamdeck was a gateway drug into the world of full PC and 18 months later it’s where the majority of my gaming takes place. Valve don’t need this to sell 50million units to be a financial success, if they hook just a few million people into their ecosystem they will be making money off them for years. It’s not competing with console it’s just making PC gaming a bit more accessible. I still intend to get the PS6 whenever it might be but if the Steam Machine comes in at less than £600 I will be seriously tempted for some PC couch gaming.

@LogicStrikesAgain No worries mate.
I would hope the PS launcher is good and less intrusive than some of the others but Sony is relatively new to PC so I’m not holding out all that much hope. Ubisoft have used their own launchers for 15 years and it’s still crap so I worry there will be teething issues. I think Sony’s best bet is to make it optional so PC only players can access through steam without added bloat and gamers with both can use the launcher to play their owned PS games, resume progress, keep up with friends and track trophies. If it’s forced they need to add tangible benefits to using it otherwise the PC only crowd will just reject it outright.

@LogicStrikesAgain I have moved most of my gaming to PC after getting a half decent one this year. I wouldn’t mind a PS launcher if it allowed me to play my PlayStation games without repurchasing them but if not they may as well just continue with Steam.

But to clarify PC players hate launchers for a number of reasons; it’s extra bloat that takes up space on your PC, they often require updating before you can play your games, they mostly offer nothing of value and are just a glorified stores designed to sell you DLC, they slow down accessing your game because the launcher needs to load before the game which also wastes RAM, if the launcher is unreliable -cough Ubisoft connect cough- sometimes you can’t even access your game because it has a hissy fit and won’t load and finally they fragment people’s libraries if they can only get games through certain launchers. Honestly before I got a PC I never understood the fuss either but dealing with some of them this year, particularly Ubisoft has been an eye opener to how annoying they are.

It will be taking part in the incredible social experiment that is Arc Raiders

@Medic_alert Same boat mate! I want it on Steam so I can play it on the deck but also want to play it on VR. Might wait till the Christmas break though as I have spent a small fortune on new games recently and don’t have the time to play them.

@Medic_alert I’m not but will start. I’m absolutely terrible at keeping up with lore in all games!

Jin was more likeable than Atsu but so far I'm finding the overall story more interesting in Yotei. I initially wrote it off as your run of the mill revenge story but its actually got some really good twists and turns in there that I wasn't expecting!

I will take it with a pinch of salt until an official announcement but if true it will be a positive move. Hopefully they add an optional extra launcher for PS players who want to take advantage of this and keep Steam games operating as they were so PC only players don’t throw their toys out the pram.

The cynic in me also wonders if this could be a preemptive move to block future PS games appearing on the Xbox hybrid. We don’t know how much of a PC it actually is so they may be able to block their own storefront appearing on it.

@Futureshark…..comment of the day mate and it’s not even 7am 👏

I like to start and subsequently give up on a horror game around this time of year. I booted up Silent Hill 2 last night but wussed out after about an hour.

TABS is a hell of a lot of fun for those writing it off without knowing anything about it. Give it a go you might be surprised.

@Jrs1 Haha I'm glad mate! How are you finding the basey building stuff? Its a bit of a grind at first but you will start racking up buffs and resources within no time.

I really hope Xbox end the constant speculation very soon and just tell us exactly what it’s going to be. I’m not even 100% convinced they know themselves.

I played the demo on PC and it’s interesting but I’m going to wait for the full thing before purchase.

@Marquez As someone who will go to great lengths to avoid giving MS money I think you’re ok on this one. They didn’t publish or develop it, they simply got a timed exclusivity deal. Buy away!

Shadow Tactics and Shadow Gambit are excellent. I’m still sad we won’t see any more games from Mimimi

@Jrs1 No worries mate. If you do pull the trigger prepare for time to melt away.

I bought it for Steam purely so I could play it on the deck and I lost about three hours to it last night. @Jrs1 I wasn’t thrilled about the city building bit in the trailers either but it’s actually really well done and ties beautifully into the overall progression. You can’t really avoid it if you want to reach higher levels but it’s maybe about 10% of the game and it still uses the breakout mechanics in an interesting way! If you do have Steam there is a sizeable demo on there and progress carries over.

I got this in a humble choice month a while ago and really struggled to get into it but narrative driven adventure games aren’t my thing anyway. Glad more people get to play it

I always pick up a scary game for Halloween and was going to buy Silent Hill 2 this year so this is a very good month for me! I will inevitably wuss out half way through but I like getting in the spirit of things.

@Medic_alert this comment might get removed for being wildly off topic but the way we treat perm public sector staff in this country is grim. You literally keep the lights on and I’m assuming from your username you work for the NHS which is, if anything the area we should be pumping most money into not leaving it to rot. You deserve so much better 🫡

If I was to rate it now it would be a 9 but I have a feeling it might be an 8 further down the line as it’s starting to get a bit repetitive. Still brilliant though

Ghost of Yotei with a smattering of borderlands 4, Skate and Endless Legend 2

@HaveTheSauce It’s a good feeling my friend and I’m excited for you. Mine was the day one Xbox One and I booked the week off work and did the same for PS5. I did buy the 360 with my own money eventually but I was a super poor student at the time so basically had to trade in every gadget I owned….i feel old

Yessssss I was going to buy SH2 as a Halloween treat so I’m very happy!

I’m about 10 hours in and think it’s a big improvement on Tsushima. I’m slightly worried it’s going to outstay its welcome a bit like the first did for me but it’s captivating so far.

@andrewsqual Microsoft being unable to manage its already large amount of studios was one of the main reasons I was against the acquisition. People were listing all the IPs from ABK back catalogue they were expecting MS to bring back from the dead and I was just thinking about Rare and Lionhead. Honestly I didn’t see it being this much of a shoot thenselves in the foot move overall. It’s pretty impressive how much it has backfired. Still I saw one person on Reddit this morning saying Xbox should buy Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal next….like what frikkin planet are you on!

@GuttyYZ I’m a nearly 40 year old man but you know if Golden comes on the radio I am blasting the volume up and singing along about being the queen that I’m meant to be.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner My series X is a gamepass machine. I’ve been pretty good at using MS rewards for GPU but now they have nerfed that and hiked prices I think it’s getting sold.

This is dumb. Make a reward programme that actually gives rewards or don’t bother.

Woop can’t wait. It also shows a nice level of confidence from Sucker Punch that review copies went out well before release and the embargo lifted a week before. Pre ordering now!

Nioh 3 is the highlight for me out of that list anyway. I will get Resi Evil but I have to play those games in short doses because I’m a wuss. Even if I get it on launch day it will take me a few months to complete.

@LogicStrikesAgain Exactly the same for me. Saw original trailer then couldn’t find it again. For a while I genuinely thought ZZZ was this game and they just removed all the traversal and GTA stuff 😅

I’m really enjoying it. I was a bit dubious about it going open world but it works very well. Performance could definitely do with some improvement when it gets busy on the screen but I’ve not had any major crashes and it’s not dampening my fun. BL4 could go down as my favourite in the series.

Horizon Forbidden West for me and I didn’t even play Burning Shores. Graphically that game is beautiful.

@themightyant Yep I could not deal with difficult games as a primary school kid and I struggled with wipeout until I picked it up again with Fusion on the PS2. I also remember me and my friends trying Gran Turismo because the graphics were so good and I couldn’t even get passed the licenses but we would always revert back to destruction derby. There was another racing game that was on PS1 which I can’t remember the name of but we were obsessed with it because it had big ramps you could jump off. I love that in a child’s mind the key metric for a quality racing game is how long you spend without your tyres touching the ground.

@themightyant That’s awesome. I didn’t really care much about who was developing the games when I was a kid but I will always remember that psygnosis Owl! Still one of the coolest things I’ve ever known in gaming was being able to put the Rollcage game disk into a CD player and it would play the soundtrack, which was absolutely banging.

I had to wait for Christmas….but what an incredible Christmas it was.

Ooof im getting my ass handed to me and haven’t even reached these bosses yet. I’m still loving it though but agree with previous comments that resting points can be too far from some bosses making replaying them a chore.

My ears pricked up at a simpler design. I remember unboxing my day one PS5, audibly saying “what the f***?! this is massive” and then spending the next 15 minutes trying to fit it alongside the tv in my tiny little gaming room. The size and shape has always been one of my few gripes with PS5. Make it as futuristic looking as you want Sony but please make it so it’s fits in a compact space and doesn’t require faffing around with a stand.

@Ainu20 Completely agree with everything you have said on the last two comments. The day gaming becomes entirely streaming based and we are at the mercy of subscription services which could go down or get price hikes at any time is the day I nope out.

I’m so excited for this. VR is just the icing on the already delicious cake.