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Re: Saints Row Gameplay Shows Combat and Chaotic Cop Chases

Golem25

They might claim not to be affected by all the backlash from entitled babies, but I somehow doubt they would be releasing all this blatantly unfinished footage if the reveal had been met with applause.

They're sweating, and it just makes the game look even less appealing.

Re: Madden NFL 22 Adds Tottenham Hotspur Content Ahead of the London Games

Golem25

Would have loved to see the Jets play but I can't justify the pricetag. Never mind that I wouldn't want to be caught dead in London.

The Venn diagram overlap of American Football fans and Spurs can't be especially massive, so I don't understand why Tiburon would add this to the game - apart from the usual dearth of creativity on their side leading to this kind of nonsense, of course. At least the stadium itself represents a nice addition, butI'd prefer if they invested some time in making Trophies in '22 (and earlier games) unlock properly.

Re: Battlefield 2042 Now Supports Dual Entitlement Digitally on PS5

Golem25

EA expired the free next-gen upgrade offer for Madden 21 on the day of Madden 22's release.

I made it a point to get a used copy earlier that week, claim the upgrade, and then return it. EA hasn't seen a cent from me since Burnout 3 (everything I've played of them since has been used or from Plus) and I'm looking forward to keeping that habit up. Especially when they are now making the cross-gen situation even more confusing.

Re: Rumour: Destruction AllStars Dev at the Wheel for New Twisted Metal Game

Golem25

This has been doing the rounds for a while now, both the new TM game and Lucid's connection to it.

Personally, I don't understand why studios that produced great game - think of Studio Liverpool, Zipper Interactive, Evolution, Guerilla Cambridge, etc. - were all shuttered while Lucid produced one of the biggest bombs in recent Playstation history yet is kept within arm's reach by Sony.

Re: UK Sales Charts: Lost Judgment the Latest Game to Sell Best on PS5

Golem25

The market share is reassuring. Despite the formerly exclusive Yakuza series having plopped all its entries - save for Dead Souls and the Japanese-only titles - far and away most of its players are in the Playstation ecosystem. I don't see a reason to believe that XBox digital sales are significantly higher than their counterparts on PS either.

With all the rumours of SEGA being sold to Microsoft... well, I hope they think twice about ever going exclusively XBox.

Re: PS Plus September 2021 PS5, PS4 Games Announced

Golem25

I own nine PS4 games.

Hitman 2 (Gold Edition) is one of them. Just my luck lmao. Chuffed for everyone else because it is an amazing game, and if you declare it rubbish without trying it first then shame on you. Go in with an open mind and you will be amazed.

Re: WWE 2K22 Stashes the Spandex and Steroids Until March 2022

Golem25

Say what you want, but this is the right approach to take. If your annual sports title is stuck together with bubblegum and fails to provide significant improvements with every iteration, you should simply skip a year or delay matters further to get your product to the level of quality it needs to be at.

In other news, Madden NFL 22 just released, while its predecessor isn't even a year old.

Re: Talking Point: What September 2021 PS Plus Games Do You Want for PS5, PS4?

Golem25

@Iroha It's opposite for me, I will take Mahjong and other silly minigames over the Climax Battles any day of the week. Those can get rather ridiculous and cheap, whereas the minigames just tend to test the breadth rather than depth of your skills as a player.

I make an exception for the Disco in Yakuza 0, however - love the tunes but the actual minigame requirements are a kick in the 'nads.

Re: Sony Patent Points to Dynamic, Evolving PS Store Pages

Golem25

Mite b cool, but literally the only time I even open the PS Store is to buy a game I've already decided upon - which is not often because I'm so obsessed with physical purchases. A fancy-schmancy store might thus not really work on me, but I'm sure others will be drawn in.

Re: Talking Point: What September 2021 PS Plus Games Do You Want for PS5, PS4?

Golem25

Anything that's not garbage. Another Yakuza game would be nice considering we haven't had one since Kiwami. I own them all physically, but it'd be nice to get more people into the series (and to tank the completion percentage for the game, Trophy-wise).

But at this point I'll take anything that isn't, y'know, hot garbage. I've almost resigned myself to FIST being the PS+ game, which I'm really not fond of, but if the PS4 games are okay then maybe September will be worth the 50% off subscription.

Re: Soapbox: GTA: San Andreas Is Still an Open World Classic

Golem25

San Andreas Stories never happening for PSP/Vita is one of the greatest disappointments in modern gaming history. LCS and VCS improved on III and Vice City, one can only wonder how fantastic a second take on classic San Andreas would have been.

GTA IV and V are good games in their own right, but I don't think they ever recaptured that magic, that thing, that the 3D era titles had.