GreatAuk

The media and those ( in this case Sony) who they collaborate with for news stories are all a bunch of liars, shocking.

@Sil_Am There is NO chance that a Switch 2 can run AAA games at anywhere near the level of the PS5. This is delusional.

Unless the Switch 2 becomes a console that needs to be plugged in at all times and lose all portability, it will never happen.

I own a Switch btw.

Why are they totally disregarding the extreme supply constraints that were present for the first two years of the PS5's life?

The fact that it's basically at the same sales level as the PS4 at this time is actually really good.

One day when the PC versions come out the same day as the PlayStation versions, the PlayStation brand will die the same way the XBOX brand is dead.

Why buy a PlayStation? You think I'd own a Switch if I could play the Mario games on another system or PC? No chance.

Nintendo is smart. Sony is just chasing short term profits over the brand's long term viability.

@Quintumply Good to know.

I can't seem to find any videos showing gameplay without the scan lines look though :/

The idea is interesting but I can't handle the cathode ray tube scan lines look.

There is the retro look and then there is just looking like an old VHS tape look.

The retro look has gone overboard now.

@DiggleDog

How many people are ACTUALLY complaining out of the total gaming community or even the people who are playing this game?

I bet the Internet is making a mountain out of a molehill like they usually do.

@LN78

My wife and children spontaneously appeared in my home one day. Funny enough, my new wife is also on the house mortgage and my bank accounts!

@Kidfried

Can you elaborate?

Sure they were.

I simply said average women are already good looking. We don't need porn stars in games.

But lately even getting average female femininity in Western games is like pulling teeth.

Why is that?

Controls were a little stiff but the game was fun.

Again, how can developers NOT take advantage of the upgraded specs?

Switch ray tracing on, increase frame rates, increase resolution, upgrade textures.

If developers can't do that then they should find a new line of work.

I want 4k, 60fps with full ray tracing.

Beyond that I don't care. I would look for improvements in realism (depending on the game of course) physics, etc.

Would I prefer a game that's not that fun but looks amazing? Obviously not, but I don't want to have to make such trade offs to begin with.

Any list without Mario at the top is just evidence of flawed methodology.

Hollow Knight was hard as hell and there was much cursing and screaming while playing.

The lack of health bars on bosses is the icing on the cake.

And when they were finally defeated it came with great satisfaction.

@Axelay71

Games were plenty fun in 1990.

Why did we waste all these years improving graphics? Those damned crybabies!

@AFCC

Entitled? If you own a PS5, congratulations, you are in the top 1% of humanity.

This whole hobby is entirely a luxury and a complete waste of resources.

Who are you to tell us that we are entitled if we want the hobby to keep improving, when taking into account that this whole community is indulging in what is already a luxury?

I feel like the design is a little bit all over the place. It's like supernatural fantasy, 1800s Western and Medieval all at the same time.

@jeff19023

Without capitalism there'd be no gaming industry at all. It's 100% a waste of resources.

If developers haven't taken advantage of the PS5 yet that's the developer's fault. It's not like deciphering hieroglyphics before we found the Rosetta Stones (yes there is more than one.) There are SDKs for this.

And how do people continue to say there's no point? Do your versions of games not have a performance and resolution mode?

I want 4k 60fps AT THE SAME TIME. Ray tracing would be icing on the cake. That's something that can be implemented immediately with a stronger machine, no need for developers to toil.

For those who say the games/developers can't yet take advantage of the increased power, I think that's false.

Any increase in power that makes 4k at 60fps with full ray tracing close to or the actual standard is something every game and developer can implement immediately.

I am tired of having to choose between one variable or another.

If the information is true then this is a significant upgrade. Way more than I expected.

I will buy it immediately.

I don't want to hear about The Last of Us ANYTHING ever again.

Please lord let's move on to a new IP Naughty Dog!

My personal preference would be not to play the game with the character having the look posted at the top (where she is almost naked.) I like some of the ones in the screenshot with the four choices, for example she looks real good in those jeans.

I am more happy that the character has a nice, full figured feminine body and face. That's all most of us ask for.

Western progressives: you can be promiscuous and wear little clothing in public, more power to you!

Also Western progressives: you CANNOT create a fictional character that features basic characteristics of women, they must be as androgynous as possible

Western developers today create women who are masculine and men who are hyper masculine.

Where are all the soft, feminine men protagonists? That would be the equivalent of western developers creating ripped, masculine women protagonists.

Men spend much more time playing video games, spend more money playing video games and play more AAA/multiplayer games than women. Women tend to play more casual/mobile/indie games.

So of course as a company I'd focus on men.

You need to dig into the "women make up to 50% of the gaming populace" talking point because as always statistics are misleading.

"There are lies, damned lies and statistics."

@Stale-Bread

Is a cigarette smoker not allowed to tell others not to smoke?

Do you have to be a professional chef to judge someone's cooking?

Why do I have to be a Chad in order to judge someone else's attractiveness?

Men are "looked at" and get judged by women for their level of success/accomplishments all the time. Men and women are different. We look for different things in our mating partners.

The only thing that is stale are your "progressive" talking points from 2018.

@BeerIsAwesome

It must be because it has a female lead that talks you misogynist!

How dare you sir!

Anyone else tired of these people who see identity politics always and everywhere?

Because I sure as hell am.

I played this on the Switch and it was fantastic.

@KundaliniRising333

I think some developers do it on purpose when they design any character with certain attributes. They like the controversy.

Funny enough I don't think anyone has a problem at all with Lara's physique. For some reason though her face seems somewhat masculine. Why do that?

Anyone who lives and breathes and walks around knows that the average woman's face is more feminine than this design. So it has nothing to do with juvenile fetishes to expect at least the average.

People are allowed to say the designers made a poor choice without being attacked and smeared with a bunch of lazy, insulting labels.

Lara looked great in the latest trilogy. I don't know why they needed to change anything. Again, that means the change was deliberate.

So people are allowed to comment on it.

Regarding people's insecurities, I don't see people complaining that male characters continue to be and remain apex male physiques and looks. You would think that would be major source of insecurity for players as they skew male.

Nathan Drake is a Chad for example. And that's fine! He should be! It's a game.

But wouldn't you make a comment if they redesigned him to be overweight, look like a slob and have a more feminine face? Wouldn't you be like wtf are they doing? I understand my example is extreme, but that is because it's just to illustrate my point.

I want my female characters to be feminine and my male characters to be masculine. Most of us agree.

@KundaliniRising333

"if a strong woman offends your fragile illusion of male superiority/conditioned stereotypical male identity, that's on you."

I see, so a strong woman to you must look masculine?

Femininity to you apparently is weak. You've exposed your underlying, subconscious sexism and you didn't even know it.

It's so boring to hear from the self righteous that if you think Lara's face looks a bit masculine that they've never touched a woman.

What a lazy, smug attitude to have toward other people.

Lara was much prettier in the 2013-2018 trilogy.

I must be an incel! I got married and had two kids through immaculate conception.

It's probably very few people acting like animals.

The media and social media are most definitely amplifying these incidents and making mountains out of molehills.

Betteridge's Law.

There is only one correct answer.

@Valkyrian they didn't NEED to do anything of the sort.

It's like having a man as the head of the Girl Scouts.

@JSnow2

It is. Ignore the people who think we can't criticize the casting director's decisions as if said director's choices are some kind of act of god.

Abby's choice was horrible.

Dina's choice is good.

At this point I think HBO is trolling us.

Or maybe she'll add 50 pounds of muscle in time for filming.

@MrHabushi

And if he's extremely skilled in hacking and can't stop himself from doing it, there's no reason why he can't hack into the electric grid or a municipal water supply or some other vital infrastructure.

People who think this type of punishment is over a few million dollars are naive and probably still children themselves.

How about let me transfer my game to my digital PS5 since I bought The Last of US Part 2 on disc for the PS4.

I've lost all respect for this company.

A few years ago I would have had nothing but praise to say about them.

The writing's on the wall.

Oh man that's too long to wait to find out what happened!

Good. Now maybe they can devote more resources to a new IP.